Orihime stood walked through the school with Grimmjow to find Ichigo and Renji. Her thoughts were on Ulquiorra only. The soul reapers could have handled Aizen easily and if Ulquiorra was right then he wouldn't be anywhere near as strong as they were. Even the weakest of shinigami would have been able to defeat Aizen after all their training they went through.
"OI! Kurosaki! Red! get your assses out here. I ain't wasting time with this shit!"
"Grimmjow, don't curse it's not nice"
"Tch-Woman. I am not walking around this damn place all day just to find those idiots. We need to be the damn soul society not out here!"
Orihime knew Grimmjow was right, they were wasting time if Aizen was in the soul society then she needed to be there for Ulquiorra but they had Isane there, she would have taken care of them. They needed to be here in case Aizen showed up.
"They are going to be fine. Aizen might not even be there Grimmjow and if he is they will try their best. He might still show up here"
He heard Grimmjow laugh and then suddenly stop. She almost collided into his back when he paused all of a sudden. Orihime didn't know what was so funny about the situation.
"You think I wanna go there because I'm worried. Woman, that ass hole took everything from me! I should have still been in Hueco Mundo. I should be ruling it! I want it back! I will slit the throat of anyone that stands in my way"
"You can't have it back Grimmjow. You don't have any powers. You were in hell, remember. You can't get back to Hueco Mundo"
Orihime touched Grimmjow's arm. She felt sorry for him. Everything would have been such a shock for him even all of this and she understood that he was still a little hazy. He probably could only remember bits and pieces of his previous existence and there would have been times he still thought he was an Espada.
"Whatever. Let's just find Orange and Red"
They started moving again. Orihime wished there was something she could do about it. She wasn't going to be able to reverse anything for Grimmjow. It was too late, he had already died and he had been to hell there was no way of knowing what would happen if she did it.
"What the hell are you yelling at Grimmjow?"
Ichigo and Renji met up with them after they walked around for a couple more minutes. Neither of them seemed concerned but they had nothing to worry about. They didn't have anything to lose. Orihime had everything to lose, she had Ulquiorra and she had Grimmjow. Even though Grimmjow was still unruly and impolite he didn't deserve to die again.
"Nothing. Red, take me to the soul society, orange stay here with the woman"
"Hey, you don't get to make orders, Grimmjow!"
Orihime watched in horror as Grimmjow lodged forward and wrapped his hand around Ichigo's throat. It was pointless. Orihime could see in Ichigo's eyes there was no fear, he felt sorry for Grimmjow. She watched Grimmjow's frown cease and he swallowed hard releasing Ichigo's throat and turning away.
"Renji take Grimmjow to the soul society. I will take Orihime back and watch Rukia"
"Yeah yeah-I got you"
Orihime walked away with Ichigo. Even she could see that he was sympathetic to Grimmjow's situation. She never thought she would see the day that Ichigo and Grimmjow would be face to face and not want to kill each other and that was the first time. There was no hate in their eyes, either of their eyes.
"What do we do Ichigo? We can't let him go through this. It's unkind"
"I know Orihime. Can't you do something for him?"
Orihime shrugged her shoulders and looked to the ground as they walked. She didn't think it would work she could only try but she didn't want to bring Grimmjow any more torment then what he was already suffering. He seemed that he was succumbing to things that Ulquiorra wasn't. She didn't understand why Grimmjow was going through it and Ulquiorra wasn't. She was thankful her lover wasn't suffering but it didn't make the situation any less melancholy.
"I don't know if it will help, I'm scared if I try I wont be able to undo what I did"
"We both know that sometimes you have to try even if you might fail. We would have never got through everything we all have if we didn't try. When they come back. We have to at least give it go. Grimmjow will be alright Orihime"
"Yeah I guess you're right"
She smiled again and continued to walk with Ichigo.
MEANWHILE BACK IN THE SOUL SOCIETY
"You wanna talk about last night?"
Renji asked Grimmjow as they stepped into the soul society and immediately started to head to where Byakuya was with Ulquiorra. Renji could feel them tracing the maze of passage ways that surrounded the thirteen barracks that made up the seireitei.
"Nope I wanna kill Aizen"
Renji suddenly stopped when he saw a cloud of pink suddenly fill the sky. He grabbed hold of Grimmjow and used his flash step to take Grimmjow to the scene where Byakuya had released his shikai. He felt Grimmjow rush towards the whirlpool of pink Renji grabbed him again and pulled him back.
"Are you fucking insane?! you will get killed dumb ass. He wont kill Aizen. You'll get your chance. Relax will ya!"
Renji yelled beside Grimmjow's ear as the blue haired male struggled against him. Grimmjow didn't want to stay back but he really had no choice. He felt Renji around him and he started to calm down.
Ulquiorra watched at the Kuchiki noble took care of Aizen very quickly and easily. He didn't even have to release his Bankai. His green eyes shifted over to Grimmjow and even though he wasn't expert in human emotions he could see the pain in Grimmjow's eyes. He was going through something that Ulquiorra wasn't which made him wonder how exactly Grimmjow was able to come to the human world.
"He escaped through the portal when I went through"
He mumbled to himself. It was too traumatic and messed with Grimmjow's memory and his heart. He was messed up through escaping rather then being wished into the world. He couldn't imagine what the other was going through. Even though there had been a lot of bad blood between them that was all in the past. They had new lives now and it seemed unfair to make Grimmjow suffer through such a torment.
The haze of pink petals vanished and Byakuya walked away from the very injured, bloody and broken Aizen. He wished to not waste another moment on someone so weak. He looked to Grimmjow and Ulquiorra.
"Let's go Renji"
Renji released Grimmjow from his hold.
"Go ahead Grimmjow. You and Ulquiorra finish him off"
Ulquiorra looked to Grimmjow and walked over to the ex-Sexta. He wanted revenge just as much as Grimmjow wanted it. He knew the pain of not getting the revenge that was justified too but Grimmjow needed this more then he did.
"Go ahead Grimmjow. You finish Aizen off"
Grimmjow didn't say anything he only paced over to Aizen. He was so pathetically beaten by one soul reaper. It was so disgusting Grimmjow almost didn't want to waste his time on Aizen. Their mighty leader was useless and he was so easily cut down. He wasn't dangerous, he was pathetic. Grimmjow lifted his foot and placed his boot against Aizen's throat and waited for the foe to open his eyes.
"Hello Grimmjow. Nice to see you"
"Tch. Go to hell you pathetic fuck!"
Grimmjow pushed his boot hard down and snapped Aizen's neck. He grinned as he took the very last of Aizen's life and left the broken and defeated body where it laid. He walked away and back over to Ulquiorra.
"Let's find the reapers and go home"
"Grimmjow-Is everything alright?"
Ulquiorra was sure Grimmjow was going to tell him to shut up or fuck off like he to so many, even Orihime when he was questioned about his mental stability. Grimmjow wasn't the most open man but he had to try. There was no one else there but them two so there might have been a chance Grimmjow would have said something to him.
"Nope"
"Is there anything I can do?"
"Nope. Let's just get the hell out of here and go home"
Ulquiorra walked with Grimmjow and they went to division six to find Byakuya and Renji. They were both very ready to go home.
Orihime looked out over the balcony as the sun began to set. They were taking such a long time. She guessed since Aizen hadn't been detected in the human world that he was still with in the soul society. She was so worried about Ulquiorra and Grimmjow and she had hoped they had been kept safe. She trusted Renji and Byakuya and that they would do as she hoped and took care of the new humans. Orihime had been thinking about whether she was going to try and reverse Grimmjow's memory. She didn't know what was going to happen but like Ichigo said, she had to try.
She heard the door open and rushed back inside to see Ulquiorra and Grimmjow enter with Renji. Orihime rushed over to Ulquiorra and leapt into his arms. Ulquiorra held the woman tightly and her lips met his. He kissed Orihime like he had the first time. It was passionate and wanting.
"Everything okay?"
Ichigo asked Renji
"Yeah of course Byakuya dealt with Aizen, Grimmjow finished him off. Happy times"
Orihime pulled back from the kiss and looked down into Ulquiorra's eyes. She didn't need to ask she could see that he had let Grimmjow finish Aizen off and if there was any doubt that Ulquiorra wasn't human there wasn't now. His heart was there and it was beating. Orihime's feet met the floor again and she took hold of Grimmjow's hand and pulled him over to an area less crowded.
"I can try and take away the pain if you want me to Grimmjow. I don't know if it will work but I can try my best"
"If your going to do that then I want you to erase the Espada part. I don't want to know anything about it. I don't want to remember a damn thing. Just this human life except for Aizen. Can you do that, woman?"
Orihime really wasn't sure if she could. She may have been able to reverse his memory and hope that he would take only the human parts excluding Aizen. It was a big ask but she had to try for him. She needed to know he wasn't suffering any more. She wouldn't have been able to rest unless it was complete.
"As far as I'm concerned I want to think I have always been human. You guys have been my-friends-and I've always lived here"
"Okay Grimmjow. I will try my best"
Orihime gestured for Grimmjow to sit down and she approached him. She held her hands up and created a yellow shield around Grimmjow's head.
"Just relax and close your eyes Grimmjow"
He reluctantly did as he was told. Orihime concentrated her energy on what Grimmjow had wanted from her. Orihime was going to do everything possible to reverse Grimmjow's anger and sadness and everything else that corrupted him. She had hoped once she was done she was going to have a happy and energetic Grimmjow in their lives and he was not going to ever remember Aizen or being an Espada or going to hell.
Orihime pulled down her hand and the shield disappeared. She felt Ulquiorra approach her side and looked at Grimmjow.
"Grimmjow? Can you hear me?"
Ulquiorra asked and waited for the man to respond. There was some relief when he watched Grimmjow's eyes flutter open and exhaled loudly. Everyone was on the tips of their toes waiting to see if Orihime was able to complete the task. She felt very pressured and prayed that it had worked.
"Yeah I hear you"
"Do you remember Aizen?"
Grimmjow grimaced his face who the hell was Aizen? Did Ulquiorra start taking drugs or something?
"Ah no-maybe you should spend less time on the bottle Ulquiorra. You're starting to make crap up now-And you"
Grimmjow pointed over to Renji. He knew exactly who Renji was and he planned on having another night like he had the night before
"You're coming home with me"
