I'm soooooooo sorry for the long wait! T.T I know I was supposed to update last weekend but I didn't and I'm soooooo sorry for that, really! I hadn't finished the chapter and I was too lazy to finish it. So I have no excuse! You can hit me if you want… This chapter is extra long because of the wait! So please enjoy!

AND BEFORE I FORGET! PLEASE READ THIS! The episode were Grimmjow and Ichigo fight, did not happen in this story, that's why Luppi shall not appear and Grimmjow is still the sexta espada, and no appendage was taken off his person.

Disclaimer: …I'm not doing this shit again…Fuck you…

Recap:

"Let's hurry and head over to Hueco Mundo, the faster we get out of here the better." He would have a lot of explaining to do, Aizen had given him a limit in the time he was to take in delivering the girl to him, and he went sailing past it long ago.

She nodded, no need to get the man angry with them.

Stark stood up from his position on the floor, and with Orihime still in his arms opened a garganta that would lead them to Las Noches.

They walked into the portal, and only the animals were witness as the garganta closed behind the three.

Rukia shook her head and floated over to Orihime's window, but because of the blinds she couldn't see inside. 'No problem, I'm sure she wouldn't mind if I phase through the window.'

She closed her eyes as she made it to the other side; she opened her eyes and looked over at Orihime's bed. Her face became pale and her eyes widened, "No…"

She took off and immediately made her way through the entire place, searching every nook and cranny in her desperate attempt to find Orihime, repeating over and over again the same thing.

"No…No! NO!"

Rukia's eyes searched frantically for any sign of orange, but it was all for naught as they found nothing indicating the presence of her dear friend. She quickly dashed in the opposite direction, her heart going a mile a minute as she headed over to Orihime's room and phased through the window once again. Immediately she started to look for her partner, and as she caught sight of him she ran as fast as her body could take her in his direction.

"Ichigo!" Rukia yelled as she caught a hold of his black robes. But because she had been running she almost toppled over him.

"What the--!" Ichigo grabbed a hold of her upper arms and steadied her. Rukia's eyes were filled with worry. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Rukia? What the heck happened?" There was a spark of concern that was growing beneath his eyes, if Rukia was acting this way, something must have happened; she was never like this, not this emotional.

Rukia looked straight at his eyes, "Ichigo…She…She--" Rukia gulped and inhaled in a much needed breath, calming her nerves in the process.

Ichigo was even more confused now, he looked over her shoulder, expecting to see some kind of hollow or something along those lines but there was nothing out of the ordinary. He released one of his hands that was holding Rukia and scratched the back of his head in bewilderment.

"'She' what Rukia?" His hold on her arm stiffened as he unconsciously tensed.

Rukia raised her head, her eyes reflected an unimaginable percent of worry, as if one of her greatest fears had been accomplished, and that wasn't far from the truth.

She let out a raspy laugh, not of humor though, it was filled with denial. A small remorseful smile flitted its way onto her mouth.

"Ichigo…She's not there."

"Stark! Hurry up!"

"…" Stark's eye twitched, even his almost unlimited patience had a line to cross, and it was coming to a definite and fast end. Just how did Lilynette think he could walk any faster than he did now with an exceptionally heavy human girl thrown his shoulder? Yes; he was an Espada, a very strong Espada at that, but the main reason he was annoyed would be that he didn't like to work or do anything for more than a minute. And she was making him do both.It was just too bothersome. He sighed.

Lilynette rolled her eyes and scoffed at his attitude, there was no hope left for him really. She had no idea on just how it was that he was one of the strongest, it was illogical.

They both walked silently through the empty halls, making their way over to Aizen's Throne room. They hadn't needed to announce their arrival; Aizen already knew of it.

Once they reached the entrance, tall white doors loomed over them, but their proportions meant nothing to them as they easily opened the giant doors as if they were as light as a feather. A light slithered through a small crack and it gradually grew bigger the more they opened the door. They were bathed in light, the same diminishing once they were inside the room.

"Welcome back…Stark. Lilynette."

There in front of them, sat Aizen high above on his throne, flanked on both sides by his most trusted soldiers, Gin, and Tousen. In front of him, all the Espada were gathered and waiting in their respective seats.

Stark only blinked, slightly surprised by the size of the welcoming committee, he had thought that only Aizen, accompanied by Gin and Tousen would be the only ones to receive them.

"Well. This is unexpected." Stark's voice echoed in the large room.

A chuckle soon followed his sentence, but it was not him that uttered it.

"Yes, indeed it is. Considering that I had expected you to arrive here much earlier. I wonder what kept you." Aizen's voice didn't tell of his true intentions, or of his mood, he was like an impenetrable fortress, waiting for you to get close so the ones inside will kill you.

Stark's expression didn't change one bit, but he did turn his attention toward Lilynette. "Go to your room." Even though Lilynette was sometimes unmanageable, she was still his fraccion, and an Espadas fraccion always obeyed their masters. She nodded and walked out the room.

Stark turned his attention back to Aizen; he also placed his hostage on the ground, she was getting to be a bit of a bother. The other Espada intently studied the girl, but most of them grew bored after a quick sweep over her. The only one still going at it being the octava espada, Szayel Aporro Granz.

"She was difficult to get to Aizen-sama. And I'm not the best at locating people." His eyes never left the form of their 'king'.

Aizen smiled, "Do not worry yourself; it did not bring any problems."

Stark nodded, "Is there something else you need me for Aizen-sama?"

"Yes actually. I need you to tell us everything you deem important about our new guest, and to wake her if you are so kind. Once you finish speaking of course, no need to have a panicking human on our hands if it can be avoided." He eased back into his chair, placed his hands on the armrest and rested his head on the palm of his hand. He motioned with his finger for him to begin.

He nodded, he racked his brain for anything he rembered from his brief encounters with her, but finally decided on what to say, "The human girl tends to be very emotional, and her moods are random at best."

"Hmm…Continue."

"She is extremely naïve from what I could gather, and much too trusting. But she at least seems to have a sense of preservation. She also seems to be severely weak in terms of physical strength, but that is partially because I haven't seen her in combat."

"Good work. As expected, but…Did she leave willingly with you? I imagine not. I still can't find a reason on why she is unconscious if you did not knock her out cold. " His tone changed a bit to a disapproving tone.

"But what is done is done. No use bothering over it, even if it made a small set back in my plan." He brushed back a lock of hair that was in his face.

He motioned at Stark, "Wake her."

Nodding, he leaned down and started to shake her, not too strongly but neither too gentle. Slowly, she started to wake up, her body twitched and her eyes slowly started to open.

"Ugh…" Orihime felt as if Charlie the unicorn had run over her a million times in search for the banana king while the magic leprechauns danced on her head singing old McDonald. Meaning, not well, her neck in particular hurt more, and not to mention she felt so sore.

She slowly raised herself on her arms, testing to see if they were functional, when she was almost certain that she wouldn't fall flat on her face, she pushed herself off the ground and sighed in relief when she felt that her arms did not give in under her weight. But now her vision was the only thing left, since it was still a bit blurry, and wherever she was, had an unbearable amount of clarity which was making her eyes sting.

"Dumb light…Should be darker." Were the mumbles the ones in the room heard as they watched the human slowly come to her senses.

Orihime rubbed her eyes and opened them, finally seeing clearly 'Yes! Finally!' A smile formed on her lips as she cheered silently in her mind, but it disappeared completely when she took in her surroundings. 'Huh…?' Around her were the entire Espada, Gin, Tousen and…Aizen.

A trigger was pulled in her mind as she gasped and hurriedly tried to stand, panic overtaking her senses as she battled the urge to scream in fear, his face was one she never forgot, like almost all of the shinigami's, but the others didn't bring on this reaction, only this man and those associated with him did.

Unfortunately, she didn't even make it a few inches away, as her legs decided to give up on her. Orihime let out a startled gasp in surprise and pain, her legs getting tangled in her fall made her twist her ankle.

A small chuckle broke the silence when the racket she had made ceased. "My my. What an interesting reaction, quite enjoyable." His smile was as chilling as ever, making a shiver roll up and down her spine.

Orihime gulped and opened her mouth to speak, but found it difficult do to the atmosphere she was in. "W-where a-am I-I…?" Her small broken whisper being heard by all of those present.

While this was happening, Stark stood silently to the side watching the girl, waiting to see what would happen now that she was awake. Her body was radiating with fear, as were her eyes. He could detect slight shimmers coming from her body from his position, which wasn't that far away, as he was only 3 through 4 feet away from her.

"My dear Orihime, do not fear as no harm shall befall you now that you are in my care…If…you follow my orders that is. Because my dear, what I offer…Is for you to join me." He smiled charmingly, as if what he had just said could alleviate any of the fear she had inside of her.

Orihime found herself shaking her head after his offer; there was no way that she would ever follow through with anything he told her to do, she would have to be crazy in order to ever agree to something like that. She gathered as much courage as she could, looked at him and shook her head vehemently, "No." There was nothing that could make her betray her friends.

Aizen smirked; she paled.

In Karakura:

"W-what…?" Ichigo knew he had to have been hearing things, what Rukia had just said must have been a mistake, it was just not possible.

He was racking his mind for an answer, it was— there was no—Arghh!

By this time, he had released Rukia and she had regained her sense of being, no longer panicked, but now rationally thinking what could have happened to her friend. But was disturbed as she felt a sudden spike in reiatsu, her face snapped over to the only one in the whole area around her.

Ichigo's face had gained a feral look; he was going to kill the one who dared harm Orihime. And even though Rukia's thoughts were also on the same page, she had to calm him down if they didn't want every single shinigami to be here in a minute, but one thing was for sure, the one that had taken their friend was not going to get off the hook easily, if ever.

"Ichigo! You need to stop it! Every single shingami is going to come our way if you don't stop it!" Rukia growled when the idiot didn't even respond her. That's it.

"BAKA!" Rukia raised her fist and landed it straight at his face, she flinched as it connected, the idiot had a really hard head. But she sighed in relief as the reiatsu dissipated rapidly.

Ichigo rubbed his now sore cheek, trying to keep the pain at a minimum. But the pain was obscured when he saw Rukia shunpo down the street at high speeds; he immediately followed her and caught up to her. He was fairly certain on where they were going, to the only one that could help them at this particular moment.

And his assumptions were correct as they stopped directly in front of a familiar candy shop. They looked at each other from the corner of their eyes and nodded, time to get rolling.

They entered the shop, quietly looking for any signs of the notorious shopkeeper.

"Yo!"

"KYA!"

"THE HELL!"

Rukia and Ichigo both jumped out of their skins when the loud voice sounded from behind them, they both turned to glare at the perpetrator. If looks could kill, Urahara would be smaller than an atom.

He smiled sheepishly at them, "Well, this is a pleasant surprise, I didn't expect to get visitors at this time of night. But to other more important matters, what was it that you came for now?"

Hueco Mundo: Some Time Later

Lilynette was sure that at least 2 hours had passed since she left the throne room. And the question was, why wasn't Stark back already? It was weird, Aizen never let his gatherings stretch this much, they were usually over in an hour max. Something was definitely going on, and if she had to guess, it was because of that human Stark went to retrieve.

She scratched the back of her head in confusion, what was so special about the girl anyway, when she had looked over the human she hadn't looked any special, just your average human girl.

She shook her head and sighed, no use thinking about it now, she'll just ask him later.

Lilynette rounded a corner in one of the never ending hallways and found herself stopping in her tracks as she stumbled onto a very interesting scene, she raised her eyebrow in question. 'Now that's…unusual.'

In front of her, was none other than Stark, if it had been only him, it would have been normal, but no, he was accompanied by the orange haired human girl, but Lilynette's eyebrows furrowed when she noticed she had a slight limp.

But Lilynette forgot about the monent when she saw his face, she almost busted out laughing at his expression. He looked like he was in unbearable pain, it was as if he had just been told that he could no longer sleep, he looked pissed to put it simply.

She saw them round a corner; she now had a dilemma on her hands, should she follow them and possibly risk getting caught, or, stay here minding her own business, bored?

"…To hell with the last one."

She scampered and hurriedly turned the same corner as she saw a small flash of Stark's white coat turning another corner far ahead.

"I better hurry."

She followed them as they rounded corner after corner, heading closer to the prisoners ward with each one. Until they arrived to one of the better cared for cells. When Lilynette finally decided to give the girl a once over, she blinked in surprise, the girl looked dead to the world, there was no light shinning in her eyes, and the way she moved was stiff at best, and she looked as if she was dipped into a bucket of white paint. She silently watched as he ushered the girl in, he said something to her but she couldn't discern what he said to her.

Once he was finished he locked the door and stood in front of it for a few seconds, doing nothing. Until he turned in her direction and looked straight at her that is. Her eyes widened as she scampered in the opposite direction as fast as she could.

Or she would have if Stark had not decided to suddenly appear in front of her.

"Wahh--!" She was cut off as she crashed against Stark, she stayed there for minutes, Lilynette dared not to look up at him.

"Now…May I ask you something Lilynette?" His voice gave away nothing of his intentions, and that was what scared the most. Even though he wasn't emotionally challenged, he claimed that most were too much work.

"Um…yes…" She had tried so much to make it sound normal, but instead it came out like a mouse squeaking.

"What were you doing following me." The scary part about this question was, that it didn't even sound like one, it was either answer or answer. She gulped; she was in sooo much trouble.

I FINALLY FINSHED! WOOOOHOOOOO! HALELUYA! XD I have been at this chapter since 7 o'clock, and finished it at exactly 2:06 in the morning. Holy Shit. I amaze myself. X3

And well anyway, hope that you enjoyed the chapter!

Ja ne~!