Title: Miniature Murcielago

Pairing: Ulquiorra x Orihime and Grimmjow x Ichigo

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"G-Grimmjow?!" Ichigo shouted at the top of his lungs. The tiny pantera's eyes snapped open from his slumber.

"What the hell?!" Ichigo continued to scream. Suddenly, Grimmjow bit down on his finger, earning a bone crunching sound. "What the fuck?!" The orange head began shaking his hands violently, trying to get the pantera to release his finger.

"Let go ya lil pest!" With his free hand he snatched Grimmjow's small body and tried with all his might to pull him away, and he did.

Ichigo shoved his face in the small pantera's face. "What is wrronnnggg with you?!" His face was so red due to the raging anger he had right now.

"Notin." Grimmjow answered simply.

Both their eyes widened. "M-My voice?!" He turned back to Ichigo, "Wait, this isn't another dream is it?!"

The strawberry stared at him. "No it ain't! But what the hell!? Why are you so fucking small?!"

Grimmjow glared at him, "Like hell I know." Just then he bit into Ichigo's hand once again.

"Shit!"

Grimmjow only smiled into his finger as his eyes narrowed.

"I don't know why Urahara left you here," Ichigo started, "But no way in hell Soul Society is going to approve of this. You're L.E.A.V.I.N.G!"

Grimmjow's smile faltered.

Still in pain, he snatched his phone and began dialing numbers.

-Ring-

"Hello?" Someone said over the phone.

"RUKIA?!"

He could have sworn he heard a sigh over the phone. "What is it now?" She asked. "And make it quick, me and Renji are decorating Nii-sama's place for the celebration."

"I don't care what the hell you're doing! What I need to know is why Urahara left me t-this…" He turned and glared at Grimmjow, "Why did Urahara give me Grimmjow?!"

"What?!" The raven-haired girl screamed into the phone. "Grimmjow is there?!"

"Well…." Ichigo started, "To be precisely, Grimmjow is here, but he's only 6 inches tall."

There was a moment of silence. The small pantera slowly released his mouth from Ichigo's finger, a sad expression started to creep up his face.

"Haha…Ichigo wow. Thanks for the laugh. Nice Joke, but hey, you're gonna receive the invitations soon. So bye. Haha Renji, did you hear that—"

-Hang up-

Ichigo stared at the wall, with a blank expression, then slowly back to Grimmjow. The small pantera was looking up to him with beady eyes.

"Looks like I'm stuck with you….."

Ichigo eyes slowly shut, Grimmjow was still looking up at him. Just then an imaginary lightbulb bolted from the top of his head.

"That's it!" The carrot top shouted. He shoved his face in the small pantera's. "Orihime can reverse you back to your normal size!"

Ulquiorra's hair was damp wet and stuck to his face. He could barely see where Orihime was taking him because his black locks were also covering most of his vision.

He just finished taking his bath and was now wrapped in a small piece of cloth, being held by Orihime. Her fingers were wrapped around his abdomen.

Just then they stopped moving.

Orihime sat down on the couch, with Ulquiorra still in her hand. His pitch-black hair was dripping droplets of cold water. Considering it was still winter, this only caused the small bat to shiver, her hand only concealing some of the cold.

The auburn haired girl looked at the small creature in her hands. He still couldn't see and was trying to shake his head to move the hair from his path of vision, he couldn't do so because Orihime's hand had both his furry arms and abdomen in her clutches.

She raised a finger to his face and gently moved the pieces of hair away.

Ulquiorra felt the warmth on his face. It was….mesmerizing. Then he could actually see the gentle look on her face, and his heart skipped a beat.

Once her goal was completed, she started moving her finger away, the small bat realized this and quickly captured it in his mouth. It was not a bite, it was gentle yet a stern grip is all.

Orihime looked to him surprised. When he finally released he said, "Can you…keep it there a little bit longer?"

There was a moment of silence. She slightly frowned. "You're all wet, we have to get you dry."

A small frown began to form on Ulquiorra's face.

"I don't want you to get sick."

His eyes lightened up with life. "Woman…"

Orihime was about to grab a bigger towel when he called her. She looked at him questioningly, "What is it?"

"Why are you….caring for me?"

The auburn hair knotched an eyebrow, "What do you mean? It's not like, I would throw you out on the street and let god knows what happen to you."

He stared at her, soaking in her words. "Why wouldn't you do that?" Her eyes widened. "After all the things I have done to you…" Ulquiorra continued, "I took you away from your home. Hurt those close to your heart. And so much more."

Orihime's eyebrows began to furrow as the moments sped by. "I don't know…." Suddenly a heartwarming smiled grew on her face. "Probably because you're so cute!"

The small creature still in her hand called out to her. "Your….not smiling." She looked confused. "Why yes I am."

She pointed to the smile present on her face. "See?"

"No." he replied. "What I mean is, you're not actually smiling. Can you answer my question?"

Orihime's eyes widened. 'He knew….?!' She thought to herself. His past words rung through her mind, "….hurt those close to your heart. And so much more…"

"Ulquiorra…." She started, while reaching for the towel. "Before I answer your question, please answer mine."

He looked at her expectantly while she put him inside the lump of a towel on her lap. "I would appreciate if you answered mine first, but I guess so..."

Orihime nodded, "You just said you hurt those close to my 'heart.' But if I do recall, you do not know what…..that is."

"But…..I do have one…" He looked away shyly, "….now that is."

Orihime raised her finger to his chest, "There's a hole there though…."

Ulqiuorra looked down. "Correct. I'm surprised I have to tell you this of all people, considering you were the one who….." He stopped for a moment, "….considering, my heart is not inside my body."

He looked back up to her, reaching his hand out. "It's in my hand."

Orihime's eyes widened by this statement, as he continued, lowering his furry hand back to its original spot, "A bond was made when we first met and-"

-KNOCK KNOCK-

Ulquiorra stopped mid sentence as he and Orihime both turned towards the door."

"Orihime you there?!"

They heard someone call out from behind the door. "C-Coming!" She called back. Swiftly, she took a piece of the towel Ulquiorra was sitting in and put it on top of his head.

"Woman, what are you doing?"

"I need to quickly dry your hair." She replied simply. With quick movements of her hands, she tossed the towel back and forth across his head, collecting up water. Then she snatched him in her hand and dashed to the door.

She opened it to find….

"Ichigo…hello." She smiled warmly.

"Orihime…" he started, "I have a problem." The silver orbed girl eyes him questioningly.

"What is it?"

Ichigo suddenly raised his hand, to show the auburn haired girl….Grimmjow.

Her eyes widened immensely, but before she could say anything, the carrot top continued. "Ya think you can reverse him back to his original size?"

Orihime stared at the tiny pantera, then leisurely held up Ulquiorra in her hand.

Ichigo's eyes were like watermelons. "U-Ulqui..orra?" His vision went from the pantera, back to the Murcielago, shaking his head violently, as if he couldn't except this fate.

Ulquiorra widened his eyes when he saw Grimmjow, while the blue haired pantera did the same.

'He shrunk….' The small bat thought to himself, 'Who…does he love? Or…what does he love?'

He looked up to Orihime who was smiling shyly and slightly laughing while she started her explanation. 'Does he love her?' His heart began to tear when he thought of that possibility.

"You see Ichigo…..when I went to Urahara's after the defeat of Aizen, I already tried using my powers to reverse Ulquiorra when he was asleep, but it didn't work."

Ichigo felt sick to his stomach. "But why did that man have to leave this…THING, with me?"

Ulquiorra shot his attention back to Ichigo, 'Could it be….that grimmjow, fell for…..Ichigo?" A sweat dropped from his head by the possibility, all the while Grimmjow stared at the bat, some anger in his face.

"So…." Ichigo continued, "What do we do now?"

Orihime shrugged, "Take care of them I guess…"

The strawberry looked unsuredly at Ulquiorra, remembering everything he had done, then back to Grimmjow. Their appearances now were hard to comprehend. He sighed,

"And I was expecting to just relax during winter break…."

"I'm sorry Ichigo…." Orihime started, "But if you need help with anything, just let me know and I'll try my best." She gave him a smile that promised every word she said.

"Yeah…..thanks Orihime." He turned to Grimmjow and sighed, "Lets go…." The small pantera snickered as they turned to leave.

"Bye!" The fall haired girl called out, all the while, Ulquiorra took in her expression.

Once they were out of sight, Orihime went back to her couch and took a seat. "What was your question again?" She asked, getting right to the subject.

"Why do you care for me after everything that I have done….." Ulquiorra answered, looking up to her as she put him back in her lap. "And why…." He added, "weren't you afraid of me?"

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