Disclaimer: Okey, I think we all know that I don't own Bleach, duh!

A/N: Sorry for the long wait, but I was kind of busy with school and my other stories. Don't worry; I am not abandoning this, even though I had only two reviews last time! Kinda used to that I guess! Also thanks to people who alerted and put my story on their favorites.

Anyway, I hope you will enjoy this! ^_^

Chapter 9

Two figures stood near the prisoner's cell. Both about the same size, but one was wearing a very revealing outfit, while the other was dressed in clothes that showed off a lot less. One had long, black hair arranged in two pony tails, while the other had short, blond hair and she looked more like a tom boy. They both had similar hollow mask, indicating that there was something relating the two girls, except that one had it around her left eye, while the other had it around her right eye. "Loly, what are we doing here?" Asked the other girl Menoly; she didn't really like Loly's idea of having 'fun' with the prisoner. Of course, she couldn't give a damn about the girl, but if Ulquiorra found out, he would probably kill them on the spot. "Relax, were just going to have a bit of fun." Loly laughed and Menoly knew that this couldn't end well. Personally, she thought that Loly was going overboard with her jealousy with the human.

Loly couldn't stand that a human girl could be more important than her. She was loyal to Aizen, but he treated her like dirt under his shoe. She also hated the fact that Ulquiorra had declined Aizen's offer when he had instructed her and Menoly to be his fraccions. She had been pinning after Ulquiorra for ages, but he didn't even pay her any attention. She had tried so many things - following him around, talking to him, but every time he just called her a trash and left without sparing her even a glance. And now that human trash, the so called princess had Ulquiorra's attention three times a day. The little wench was not worthy to be in the presence of the powerful and attractive forth Espada and Loly just wanted to strangle her with her bare hands, which wouldn't be that hard because her neck would probably break in half with minimum effort. Humans where so fragile and weak, and Loly wanted to show her, what happens when the stupid whore messed around with her.

She had been ecstatic when one of the Arrancar servants that delivered food to the human, had said that Nnoitora had fun with the little human, though it was short lived because she had boiled in anger hearing that Ulquiorra had saved the pathetic trash from being raped. Also, some information leaked from Ichimaru that Ulquiorra had disposed of the fifth. Now the only question was – why would Ulquiorra want to get rid of Nnoitora? It wasn't that big of a deal; the girl was safe and sound, so why. "Loly, I don't like this." Menoly told her, her single green eye looking around nervously for any sign of anyone seeing them. Loly just rolled her single purple eye at her sister's cowardice and walked over to the prisoner's door. "Like I said, relax, no one is going to see us." She assured. Menoly looked at her sister with apprehension, but followed Loly's lead. Both sisters where now standing in front of Orihime's door. Loly was grinning like a Cheshire cat, while Menoly was slightly agitated.

Orihime woke up to a sound outside her door. She could tell that there was someone out there, but she didn't know who. Could it have been Ulquiorra? She rose from her bed and whipped the sleep and dried tears from her eyes and listened. She could have sworn she heard someone talking, but the more she waited the more silent it was. Slowly the door was opening a crack. "Ulqui-" She started, but the head that peeked into the room, was not Ulquiorra. Also, Ulquiorra wasn't someone who would peek in her room before coming into it; it was obvious that it wasn't the pale male with the vivid green eyes she had become accustomed to, and even like at some point; and of course, the fact that the unexpected intruder was a female. The face that greeted her was familiar a bit, and then she remembered that she had seen her once in her meeting with Aizen. She couldn't remember her name though, but she could remember that the girl had been glaring at her the whole meeting.

She suddenly felt fear when the girl grinned maliciously at her and opened the door wider, revealing another figure that stood behind her. Orihime was scared now; what did these women want from her? Did Aizen send them? Did Ulquiorra know that the two Arrancar women were here? What did they plan on doing? Did they want something from her? All the questions came crashing like a tide against a shore in her mind and she backed into a wall when the girl with the long, black pony tails approached her, her single purple eye glinting with amusement at Orihime's obvious discomfort.

"Well, well, well, how is our captive princess doing?" Loly said with fake kindness that Orihime didn't believe; the Arrancar girl had something on her mind. Something she was sure she wouldn't like. "I heard what Nnoitora almost did, how are you feeling you poor thing?" She faked concern, a smirk playing on her lips. The question sent shudders of revulsion through Orihime, and she recoiled from the black haired girl. Loly just smirked at her, and walked over to the couch and plopped down smirking while Orihime stood against the wall in fear for the girl and what she could probably do to her. The other girl cast her almost a pitying glance before speaking to her sister. "Loly, I don't think that we should be here. What if we get caught?" Menoly tried to get Loly to her senses, feeling that something bad is going to happen to the both of them if they didn't get out of there.

"Quiet Menoly" Loly warned her getting off the couch. She now turned serious as she rounded on Orihime. "Now listen you little whore." She started advancing on Orihime and soon Orihime was pinned to the wall, her legs dangling below her. "I don't know why Lord Aizen should need a pathetic little cockroach like you, but know this." At this she threw her across the room and Orihime landed on the floor by Menoly's feet. "Once he is in no need of you, I will happily kill you and feed you to the hollows." She kicked Orihime in the stomach a few times and laughed as Orihime whimpered in pain and curled in a ball at her feet. "Remember that you little slut." She gave a swift kick to Orihime's face, breaking her noise and making it bleed on the hard marble floor. She crouched at Orihime's side and roughly grabbed her face, making Orihime look in her eyes."And, if you so much as tell a word about who did this to you, then you're so dead." She released her face and showed it against the floor hard, making Orihime whimper louder, but she managed to contain the tears that wanted to spill over her cheeks. After that, Loly exited the room laughing maniacally, while Menoly cast a worried glance at the girl on the floor, not really worried about her well being, but the consequence this could lead to.

After the girls left, Orihime passed out on the floor, her tears mixing with her own blood as darkness over took her.

OoO

Ulquiorra breathed a sigh of relief once he had Orihime's door in his vision. All he could think was that a few more steps and he would be there. When he reached it though, a sinking feeling settled into his gut and he could tell that something was wrong. The door was opened a crack, and he could smell something. He breathed in deeply his strong sense of smell detecting the faint smell of…blood. He almost broke down the door when the realization that someone could have hurt Orihime while he was away, sank in. The door flew open and almost out its hinges as Ulquiorra's spiritual pressure spiked. He entered the room and immediately saw Orihime's form unconscious on the floor. He was at her side in an instant looking her over for injuries. He was glad that the only wound that had been the one to bleed was her nose, which was probably broken. Anger boiled in side of him, and he wanted to kill whoever did this to the auburn haired maiden.

Slowly Orihime started to stir, while Ulquiorra was wiping some of her blood of her face with a handkerchief. She winced when he touched her broken nose and her eyes fluttered open, her silver eyes showing relief at seeing him. "U-Ulquiorra" Her voice cracked slightly, but she gave him a small, shy smile. Ulquiorra's expression didn't change from a blank one, but she could feel him tense a bit. "Who did this?" He asked not breaking eye contact with her, and Orihime flinched from his commanding tone. "N-No one, I-I tripped and fell…" She trailed off hopping that Ulquiorra would believe her. She had no such luck because Ulquiorra shook his head. "Don't lie to me, Orihime." He told her sternly.

She didn't know what to do. "I'm sorry Ulquiorra." She started sobbing and Ulquiorra sighed patting her head gently. When her sobs subsided a bit, he asked her again, more gently now. "Now, are you going to tell me?" Orihime bit her lip and whipped at her tears furiously. She felt bad, but what could she do? "Orihime" Her name rolled off his tongue the second time in two minutes and she found him a bit closer to her than before, his face dangerously close to hers, and she could feel his hot, minty breath on her face. She blushed and shied away from him, but he grabbed her chin gently to keep her in place. "Tell me who did this." He was unrelenting in his quest to know who hurt the girl. She shook her head, her cheeks scarlet red now as Ulquiorra's emerald orbs bore into her very soul. He leaned just a tad bit closer and her eyes grew wide as saucers. Was Ulquiorra going to kiss her? His face betrayed no emotion, but his eyes had this glint in them that made her nervous. She almost panicked when Ulquiorra continued to get closer and she blurted out, stopping Ulquiorra just a centimeter away from her lips. "L-Loly" She stuttered out and Ulquiorra pulled away. He got up and moved to the door that was still standing wide open.

"W-Where are you going?" She called after him. He stopped and looked at her from the doorway. "I have to take care of something." He told her nonchalantly. "Heal yourself, I will return shortly with your dinner." He told her and left before she could say anything. She sighed. 'Just great' she thought; she wondered maybe she should have just let Ulquiorra kiss her, maybe then she wouldn't have opened her mouth. For a moment she wondered what would it feel like to kiss him. Would his lips be cold? Or would they be as hot as his breath. She blushed at the memory. Shaking her head to clear her mind, she summoned Shuno and Ayame. After she healed her broken nose and the bruises on her stomach, she layed down on her bed and waited for Ulquiorra to return, slightly worried that he would do something about Loly.

OoO

It didn't take him long to locate the two trash that had gotten away with hurting Orihime. The annoying girl Loly, who could't get it into her thick head that she was a worthless piece of trash, and her sister Menoly, who was equal to her sister, were standing near the kitchen talking about something. He heard the insufferable girl laugh and then she said something that almost made him lose his composure. "That pathetic slut got what she deserved." She sighed flipping one of her pony tails over her sholder. "Too bad I couldn't have more fun with her. Good thing I kicked her damn ugly face, maybe now she will actually be tolerable in the looks department." She laughed and then stopped when she felt Ulquiorra make his presence known by releasing some of his spiritual pressure, which was enough to send both girls trembling in fear.

Menoly was looking at Loly in fear, hopping that Ulquiorra hadn't heard Loly say all that about the human girl. Ulquiorra walked closer to them and they could only watch in horror as Ulquiorra stopped a foot or two away from them. His emerald green eyes bore into their face's and both girls felt like he would kill them with his powerful spiritual pressure. He circled both girls and unleashed more of his power and the girls fell on their knees on the floor, gasping for breath. When he knew that he was going to suffocate them, he controlled his spiritual pressure again, and both girls slumped down on the floor. Words were not needed to know that Ulquiorra had found out about Loly hurting the girl, and Menoly could only curse herself for being involved in it all.

After a moment of silence Ulquiorra finally spoke. "You two are the biggest trash in Las Noches and once Lord Aizen finds out, you are practically dead anyway." He told them giving them cold glares. "So, it doesn't matter if I kill you now or you're killed later." He was about to unshed his sword, but a voice from down the hall stopped him. "Oi Ulquiorra you freak, what are you doing?" It was Grimmjow and he looked confused as to why the Arrancar sluts were laying on the floor. "That's not your business, Grimmjow." Ulquiorra told him calmly. "Yeah, and killing two fraccions that aren't even yours, is not my business?" Grimmjow retorted crossing his arms across his muscular chest. "How's the princess doing by the way?" He asked.

"She'll be fine once I get rid of these trashes here." Ulquiorra answered monotonously, not even sparing a glance at the women on the floor. "So, you want to kill them? Can I help?" Grimmjow asked with a big happy grin; not even asking why Ulquiorra wanted the girls disposed of. Ulquiorra was about to decline, but reasoned that that way his hands wouldn't be covered in blood and Orihime wouldn't suspect him of killing anyone, which would be true. "Fine" He answered simply and walked to the kitchen. Grimmjow just grinned and grabbed Loly and Menoly by their throats. "We are going to have so much fun, before I kill you both." He laughed maniacally and both girls couldn't do anything as Grimmjow dragged them off somewhere to do God knows what.

After collecting Orihime's food that was always ready when he got there he made his way back to her room, a servant Arrancar behind him with the food trolley. Now that Ulquiorra didn't have to think about the two trashes, he was able to think about his actions in the girl's room. He hopped that he hadn't scared her with the whole almost kiss thing. He hadn't ment to get that close to her, it had just happened and he hadn't been able to stop himself either. If Orihime hadn't blurted out Loly's name, he would have kissed her. Though, a part in him had been disappointed that he stopped before he could have. That little annoying part in him was now chanting that he was a fool for stopping there when he could have the thing that he had been secretly craving for. His logical side, on the other hand, was fighting against that side, saying that he shouldn't get in too deep with the girl. One day Aizen will not need her anymore and that was a fact he had to accept. His hollow hole ached at the thought, and he knew that he could never be okey with the fact.

When he reached Orihime's room, he was almost hesitant to go in. He motioned for the servant to wheel in the trolley, while he stood outside the door, a bit apprehensive to go inside. He heard her soft voice ask the servant where he was and at that he entered and Orihime smiled, before blushing scarlet red. The servant set up her dinner and bowed to Ulquiorra before he wheeled the trolley out. Orihime fidgeted a bit with the hem of her uniform, Ulquiorra's eyes on her making her nervous. "You should eat your dinner." Ulquiorra stated walking over to the couch and sitting down in it. He watched the girl blush and quickly move to her seat at the lone table in her lone chair and start to eat just to keep herself busy.

Ulquiorra watched her, as she ate slowly not once looking up from her plate. It took her about ten minutes to finished her plate of steamed rise and vegetables with curry and gulp down her glass of milk, and Ulquiorra motioned for the servant to take away the empty plates. After that they stayed in an awkward silence for a moment, before Ulquiorra got up off the couch to leave. "Goodnight Ulquiorra." Orihime murmured quietly.

"Goodnight Orihime." He told her as he shut the door, not before catching a glimpse of the smile that appeared on her lips.

To be continued…

A/N: Well people, I really hope you enjoyed this, and if someone expected them to kiss, then sorry to disappoint you (Right, you guys are probably planning some painful death for me right now!), but yeah I didn't want to rush into things! Also, even though you had to wait so long, when I got to writing this chapter it took me about three hours tops to write it and edit it, so yeah basically it was written on a sudden brainstorm I had I guess, because prior I couldn't write anything and suddenly I just sat down at my computer and the words just literally typed themselves c;

Please be nice and review, I really want to know if this was good or should I stay away from my computer when I have these sudden brainstorms! ^_^

~*BeneHime*~