Orihime returned to the rendezvous just as told. Ulquiorra awaited her.
"Woman. If I may give you even the smallest bit of advice."
Orihime would be willing to listen to anything helpful. But what would an arrancar want to say to her? He certainly doesn't know about her life and the only thing he could say was be wary of Aizen or something like that.
"Stop chasing after the guy who has no interest in you. He clearly does not have feelings for you. He is only interested in protecting his friends and believe it or not that is the closest you will get to being one with Ichigo Kurosaki."
Orihime's eyes opened in shock. She couldn't say or do anything but stay quite.
"I know what I am saying comes as a shock to you but unfortunately for you it is true."
Luppi, Yammy, Grimmjow and Wonderweiss awaited Ulquiorra's return. Out of everyone, Tousen, Yammy, Luppi and Wonderweiss were the only ones who didn't know about Ulquiorra's secret. It was almost transparent. Tousen didn't know as he and Ulquiorra rarely make contact with eachother. Yammy and Luppi didn't care and we all know Wonderweiss. When Ulquiorra arrived, he brought a shocked Orihime with him.
"I see you brought the prisoner here. She seems a bit shocked. What did you do to her Ulquiorra?" Aizen asked.
Ulquiorra could feel Aizen's immense reiatsu. As massive as it is, Ulquiorra's Segunda Etapa however had more. Did Aizen actually witness what Ulquiorra said to Orihime? More importantly what was Ulquiorra going to say.
"I simply told her the error of her ways." Ulquiorra answered.
Aizen didn't think Ulquiorra could handle this but nontheless, if Ulquiorra is to get, as humans call it, "laid" then Aizen would have to put down Ulquiorra tell he could no longer.
"There was no need of that. Ulquiorra."
Ulquiorra could feel Aizen's reiatsu crushing his soul. Ulquiorra needed to think fast before he Aizen notices.
"If I am to be her guard, I wish to form a relationship that will not make her difficult and show her that I am always right so resisting is futile."
That was the best Ulquiorra could do for now. Aizen felt that good enough.
"Very well. Orihime Inoue. I want to test your powers. I want you to heal Grimmjow." Aizen said.
Orihime summoned her power to heal Grimmjow's wound.
"What. That is impossible! Tousen destroyed his arm. Aizen, how can she heal something that doesn't exist?" Luppi complained.
Grimmjow's arm came back and was in a better shape then ever.
"Hey woman. I want you to heal something else for me." Grimmjow showed Orihime a scar and when Orihime healed it, it revealed Grimmjow's 6 tattoo.
Grimmjow turned to Luppi with a malicious smile. Next thing he knew, Luppi was impaled by Grimmjow's arm.
Coughing up blood Luppi spat at Grimmjow.
"Grimmjow... you bastard..."
Grimmjow's grin got wider. He raised his hand and charged a cero.
"Goodbye former number 6." Grimmjow fired a massive cero from his hand. The cero was so powerful it blew off the upper half of Luppi's body. The legs remained standing for a considerable amount of time as blood dripped from them. Before long, Luppi's legs collapsed and Grimmjow bursted into laughter.
"Ulquiorra you better watch out. This is a warning to what happens when you go soft." Grimmjow pointed a finger at Ulquiorra.
"I am still two numbers ahead of you Grimmjow. Besides my base form can beat your released form." Ulquiorra said.
"Is that the case now? The Ulquiorra I knew wouldn't have made such a defensive comment!" Grimmjow responded.
Grimmjow was not wrong. Ulquiorra wouldn't have said such a thing. He often ignored whatever Grimmjow said. Ulquiorra grabbed for his zanpakuto.
"Bring it on Ulquiorra." Grimmjow grabbed for his zanpakuto and pulled it out.
Ulquiorra looked at Aizen and he wasn't doing anything. Just watching and waiting for Grimmjow and Ulquiorra to kill eachother. Ulquiorra looked at Orihime and took his hand away from his zanpakuto. Grimmjow grinned and sonido'd behind Orihime with his zanpakuto at her neck ready to pierce her skin and skewer her neck.
"If you will not sacrifice yourself, I will satisfy my hunger for blood with her!" Grimmjow threatened.
"You are way too barbaric Grimmjow. If you proceed like this you will get what's coming to you." Ulquiorra lowered his head.
"Put down the blade Grimmjow." Aizen's reiatsu went through the roof. His reiatsu was enough to nearly destroy Orihime but also intimedate Grimmjow to drop his zanpakuto.
"Grimmjow. I cannot allow you to bring harm to Inoue. I could reprehand you for that." Aizen said.
"Apologies, Aizen-sama."
"Ulquiorra."
His face turned to meet Aizen's.
"Make sure our guest has a warm welcome. Give her your greetings."
"As you command my lord."
Ulquiorra raised his hand to Orihime and she followed him to her quarters.
"Espada. I am calling a meeting." Aizen said.
Ulquiorra opened the door to Orihime's room.
"Try not to stur up any attention. That is the last thing you want." Ulquiorra explained.
"Ulquiorra."
"Yes woman."
"Do you have feelings for me?"
That question hit Ulquiorra like a bullet in his back. Ulquiorra didn't know how to answer. How did she even find out? If Ulquiorra recalls, he was dropping hints left and right. The fact his mission was to kill Ichigo but instead of using his skills to take on Ichigo in the first encounter, he fought off Yoruichi just to get her. The way Ulquiorra held Orihime when they came back. He even tried to get Ichigo off her mind but reminding her, he isn't interested one bit in her. Ulquiorra just couldn't cover his trail. He was even hesitating to respond.
"What a preposterous question you silly girl. Of course not." Ulquiorra left the room.
Gin and Aizen walked to the meeting room. Tousen as well as every Espada save for Ulquiorra was there. Aizen and Gin took their seats.
"Espada. As most of us know, Ulquiorra is overcoming his aspect of death which is a void of emotion. Ulquiorra aided by the works of Szayel, Grimmjow and I has become more emotional if anyone has noticed." Aizen said.
"I do wish to know what the point of getting him all riled up is about." Grimmjow said.
"Grimmjow, patience is everything. Ulquiorra will eventually succumb to this emotion and Aizen sure definitely has a plan to use him." Szayel responded.
"Where is Ulquiorra anyway?" Nnoitra asked.
"He is with my Kyoka Suigetsu. I am placing the hypnosis effect on Inoue while at the same time convincing her that I trust her. I have also deployed two guards for her. Loly and Menoly to keep Ulquiorra busy. They will grow jealous if they think Inoue is replacing her."
"That is clever. But do we actually want to get Ulquiorra to be better aquainted with our guest?" Szayel Aporro asked.
"That's what I want to decide."
"If it is the case, I think I could feed the truth to the woman." Grimmjow said.
"From what I have researched, I believe we are trying to get Ulquiorra and Orihime to do something that humans refer to as sexual intercorse." Szayel said.
"What did you get from it?" Grimmjow responded.
"The females believe it is a way to get closer to their partner so they can bond more and become more intimate. I cannot decifer why males do it but I know it is a way the show their affection." Szayel said.
"If we get these two together, we can get Ulquiorra to be constantly around the prisoner. Of course when we kill the prisoner we can draw him into rage and then have fun killing Ulquiorra." Nnoitra said.
"I was thinking more, faking her death as in, the 13 Gotei squads killed or captured her and Ulquiorra goes on a suicide mission tosave her or exact revenge. Ulquiorra does lasting damage but dies and when the winter war comes, we will have the advantage." Aizen said.
"We could use your Kyoka Suigetsu for that but I think we should send some Espada to assault the 13 Gotei after Ulquiorra made a mess of them." Nnoitra said.
"Remember, Ulquiorra is only a 4 Espada. Don't expect damage to be to great." Tia responded.