I'll be going more into detail now, after reading back through the chapters realizing I had been rushing through a lot. Also, now that all of them are in the same world, it'll be easier to keep detail.

Warning: Language

Disclaimer: I do not own bleach or its characters.

Confused

Orihime's eyes were beyond worried as she kept her eyes locked on the boulder her nakama hid behind. She knew she would come to see them again eventually, but not like this, not after all these months. She looked away, sliding down the bolder as she held her hand up against her chest. She hadn't shown her commrades the weak side of her ever since the first attack from the Quincy, she was always bubbly, happy. Grimmjow glanced down at her, eyes suddenly concerned. He still kept the same hard look to them though, distracted by her sudden discomfort as the shinigami's reiatsu settled more and more in her heart. He grabbed her wrist, "Fourth, you take care of these fuckers, we'll go get rid of the small fry." Grimmjow stated firmly as he lifted Orihime by her wrist. Ulquiorra gave no response as he watched the blue haired man force her to use sonido to get closer to those Quincy's who had strayed from their leader, the one who seemed the most dangerous. Although Grimmjow was itching to fight the seemingly strong man, he found it best to keep Orihime away from such a sight and leave that to the shinigami. It wasn't his forte to be the hero for everyone, what they were doing was nothing he was concerned with, but Orihime was to be protected by all means. Orihime went along with Grimmjow without much of a choice as she thought back as to the start of this bombardment. It had been so chaotic, and seeing that the majority of the arrancar and hollows had never even come in contact with a Quincy, they had no time to react. They had no time to organize and do something to stop the killings and stand up for themselves. She could see the anger in all of their eyes as they were killed one by one, how angry they were being treated as something lower than these Quincy's who suddenly appeared for a killing spree. Orihime forced him to come to a stop, also using a slightly slower version of sonido in the opposite direction to stop him from going any farther away from Ulquiorra and the others. Grimmjow glanced back at her, narrowed eyes and a deadly glare directed towards her. Luckily, they were hidden from any wandering eyes of the Quincy as a large blue flame rose before them from one of the bombs the quincy's used to kill the arrancar, "We can't leave Kurosaki-kun and the others to fight on their own against such a large group.." She stated pleadingly as she glanced back at the group, noticing more movement between them as they were informed at how the situation had started and ended. Grimmjow's jaw clenched at the sudden mention of the strawberry, clearly bothered that she spoke his name rather than saying 'the others' alone. He didn't understand the anger he felt against the thought that she may love him after all these months, after he never did attempt to come back for her. Maybe there was a deeper meaning to his anger, but he sure as hell didn't give a fuck about that now. They were in the middle of a life or death situation and in the middle of the battle ground to make matters worse. He couldn't risk getting killed just because she wanted to be emotional and save the friends who no longer gave a fuck about her. She saw his anger, but still stood her ground as she locked eyes with him with worried eyes.

"Why the absolute fuck would Kurosaki fight against the quincy's to save the monsters that were once his enemies?!" Grimmjow growled in a low voice as he kept his ears perked and his eyes sharp, "He isn't that much of a fucking idiot," He stated under his breath as though it was meant to convince himself rather than Orihime. The most he expect Ichigo to do was search for the group Dondo-chakka had been captured in and do a quick run-n-out. Orihime looked away for a moment, knowing the type of person Ichigo was, he wouldn't do that while he's watching the distruction before him. He would try to help, try to save the day, and that was the type of person he was. And...she admired him for that. She was just about to retaliate just before she heard the commander of the hunters begin to yell out, her eyes wide and fearful, body tensing up thinking they must've been caught. Grimmjow immediately leaped into action as he wrapped his arm around her waist and used sonido to enter into a collapsed building, hidden from any eyes who were searching for any left over survivors in the numorous piles of corpses. He immediately let go of her, not wanting to give her the impression he wanted to protect her. Even though those were his intentions for a very long time now. He crouched, watching the leaders and the few Quincy's that strayed away from the group. He felt Orihime stand and lean against his crouched form as she too wanted to catch a glimpse and calculate the situation and how to defeat such a vicious man.

"I'll start from the right and go down the line impaling each and everyone of you!" Orihime heard the roaring voice of the leader, full seriousness as she watched the arrancar grow uneasy under the presence of the Quincy. She could tell they didn't know how to react to these men, didn't know their limits nor did they want to find out after seeing the amount of killings they have already completed. What was their reasonings to be torturing these arrancar? There was absolutely no reasoning in her eyes, none of them had caused any danger or had anything to do with the outside world of Hueco Mundo. Yes, there were regular killings here, but having it done by an intruder was something they could agree was unacceptable. Her eyes widened as she saw Ulquiorra join into the line of arrancar in silence, if he was planning something, she couldn't understand his train of thought. There was no way he had been captured, unless he had gone completely insane to just join the line. But, as the leader was suddenly interrupted by an arrancar who desired to bow down to such a man, he seemed to go unnoticed by the army. She saw as said arrancar's questions had been answered as the Quincy immediately began his killing once more, showing no mercy for his actions. She cringed slightly, taking a step back as a chill ran up her spine. As the man continued beating the arrancar she heard the leader speak about how those who were too much of coward to fight for his freedom should bow down to him and lick his boots, but should no ask no questions while doing so. Her expression stayed worried as sweat dripped down her temple. She hadn't expected things to go so wrong in a matter of seconds, glad she hadn't been caught by such a fearful man, a new fear grew in her heart as she watched her nakama and Ulquiorra so close to the man. The thought that her nakama from Karakura town and from Hueco Mundo would be injured evoled into an all too real fear.

Both of them were important to her, just as much as those from Karakura, and she wasn't going to lie and say otherwise.

"That fuckin' shitstain," Grimmjow grumbled nonchalantly as he watched the scene of the low ranking arrancar being brutally beat and impailed by such a cold hearted beast called a quincy. A sudden commotion came up as well as Loli and Melony attempted to try a surprise attack. Fear suddenly set in Orihime's heart for a mere moment as the memory began to flow before her, the same appearance they had all those months ago, just weaker and seemingly more violent. The same girls that had almost beat her to death had been alive this whole time, and she had been in the same world as them. She hadn't known, they must've felt her reiatsu all these months, hadn't they? What kept them away? Grimmjow gave her a side glance, noticing her reaction as he remembered the numerous nights he had found her near death after those whores beat her. He smirked, knowing those dumbfucks wouldn't dare to even come close to Orihime unless they wanted to tortured by yours truly. He wondered what went through her mind that moment before her expression calmed, and her slight shaking came to a hault. Grimmjow shook his head, knowing the two low ranking fraccion's actions were futile. How idiotic they had been thinking they might even be even somewhat of a problem to the clearly strong man. The leader remained unfazed from the two swords dangerously close to his face. Soon after the rest of the army realized what had happened, the commander seemed more upset at their slow reaction than from the sudden attack.

"Your reactions...were a tad bit too slow," He spoke disappointedly as he glanced back at them with murderous intent, "How strange..." He spoke once he returned his attention back to the ex-fraccion, "weren't all of their swords supposed to have been confiscated?" He asked with a cold, unreadable expression. The soldier attempted to come up with an explanation for the two woman to have their weapons, but was ignored as the answer gave no pleasure for the commander. The two girls introduced themselves proudly, which Grimmjow found quite irking, wishing he himself could rip them to pieces. Acting as though they actually had some strength in their weak forms, how fuckin' pathetic. Before the girls could even react the figth had already ended. The leader had become impatient with the girls, easily defeating them in a few swift movements without much of an effort coming from him. Grimmjow was a bit surprised, he knew they were pathetic, but not that pathetic. He chuckled, his dark humor showing as the scene unfolded. The lower classmen of the leader suddenly ran forward towards the girls after the order to deal with them with a beating to show the consequences of their idiotic move. The leader had turned their back towards them, both Grimmjow and Ulquiorra seeing this as a chance to kill various Quincy's at a time. The leader had believed his men were killing the two girls, "I told you not to overdo i-" He glanced back, eyes wide as he saw a circular figure speeding its way towards him. Both Grimmjow and Ulquiorra up and hidden in the ruins, Orihime having been left alone, still shocked by Grimmjow's quick movements and suddenly leaving. The fraccion of Tier Harribel suddenly appeared causing a commotion, energetic and as violent as always.

On the far side of the fight going on, Urahara had caught the two ex-espada killing the quincy. His eyes widened to see they were alive. He smiled, seeing they would make good soldiers in the fight against the quincy's. He kept his eyes on them behind his fan, he knew they sensed them quite sometime ago. He hadn't even noticed their reiatsu since their cloaks seemed to hide them well. But, being that their reiatsu was so immense, it was easy to catch if one was focused. A sudden gentle, bright reiatsu appeared in his mind as he focused, his eyes immediately snapped open, eyes wide and shocked.

That had been Orihime's reiatsu for a moment there, there was no doubting it.

Ichigo was getting significantly closer now, just now realizing the fight that was just beginning, "What the? Seems like something's already started over there..." He said with a surprised, but concerned expression. He felt a small hand suddenly grab on his shoulder, he was shocked by no end, suddenly yelling out at the same time as Nel shouted with glee that the Tres Bestia's had appeared to fight back, "Damnit Nel! When did you get back there?!" He said in a panic, having not realized the child sized hollow had been with him this whole time that he had been running towards the quincy. The commotion quickly settled down between them as Ichigo clearly had no choice, but just let her come along with him without another word, "Just hold on tight so you dont get hurt," He said in a nonchalant voice. Nel explained to him the fraccion of Harribel, suddenly getting caught up in the moment, they both got louder and louder by the second. Sado sweat dropped behind them.

"Ichigo...they'll see us coming if you keep making so much noise..." He said in his calm, monotoned voice. But then again, the killing seemed to get more advanced before them, so they weren't even noticed as most of his men were killed within seconds by the fraccion.

Orihime had now seen how close Ichigo was, and how in the open he kept himself. She was terribly worried and it showed in her expression, not wanting them to get caught or to get hurt for being so reckless. She watched as he got closer and closer, so focused on their moves that she hadn't paid any mind to the one-sided battle going on before her. A sudden explosion causing her to fall back on her bum, the wind making such an impact on all of them as they were forced to take a few steps back. It had pushed the hood of her cloak off of her head, making her reiatsu clear and visible. She felt someone looming over her immediately to deflect the blast away from her fragile body. She opened one eye to see Grimmjow's body over hers, quickly pulling her cloak back over her head, hoping her human commrades didn't have time to sense her in those few seconds, "Be careful dumbass," Grimmjow stated with harsh, low tone. He was uneasy, having watched how that man so easily beat those three beasts who seemed quite dangerous.

Orihime wasn't meant to be caught up in all of this.

Ichigo, on the other hand, was met with a gorey sight. The three godlike beasts had been beaten without a doubt. Bloody and battered, their bodies laid around the rubble, no sign of life visible. He hadn't noticed the sudden blast of reiatsu of Orihime like Sado and the others had. Although Sado's eyes had only widened a bit, he knew it wasn't the time to inform Ichigo about it. He would lose focus, and they didn't need that right now. It felt like deja vu really... the same reasoning they had with the battle against Aizen. Urahara was jumping with joy, now certain that his dear Orihime-chan was alive and well. In a matter of seconds though, the bright reiatsu was once again covered, and gone from their senses.

"Oh. And now...we have a shinigami?" The deadly man stated as he locked eyes with Ichigo's angry glare. Both men standing in silence as they watched each other carefully, "Today is a day of many vistiors it seems," The man stated without much amusement.

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