Chapter 11- Inoue Orihime

Saniya awoke to see herself bathed in an orange glow. The girl with orange hair was sitting beside her, the glow emitting out her hands. She noticed that Saniya was awake and moved her hands away. The orange glow disappeared and the girl smiled at her.

'You're finally awake, how do you feel?'

'I feel much better, thanks, you have quite an amazing power' replied Saniya

'Oh its nothing' the girl replied modestly, 'I was so worried for you after the box task, only three people including yourself managed to finish within the time limit and you were the first to manage it! You did such a great job! Oh, my name's Orihime by the way, what's your name? '

'My name's Saniya, nice to meet you'

'That's a nice name. There was once a girl I knew, her name sounds like yours. What was it again? Umm Sandra? No no, maybe it was Sandy noo it was definitely something else, oh what could it be? Ahh maybe it was-'

'You don't seem like a hollow or an arrancar' interrupted Saniya. 'Where's your mask?'

Orihime paused. She looked at Saniya wondering if she should tell her. 'No, im not an arrancar or a hollow 'she said slowly. 'I'm human. '

Saniya looked at her shocked. 'A human?'

'Yup, just plain human' she laughed nervously. 'Ulquiorra, I don't think you've met him yet, but he brought me here and I guess I've just gotten used to the way things are run at this place. I got to say goodbye to my friends so it wasn't that bad. I'm sure they're all okay anyway.' She smiled sadly.

Saniya looked at the human girl with the sad eyes and the watery smile and said encouragingly 'I'm sure your friends will come rescue you'

Orihime shook her head. 'I don't want to go back, I'm happy here. '

'How can you be happy in a place where you don't belong?' asked a bewildered Saniya.

'umm...well it's not all that bad! I'm known as the healer here, there's not many people who can do what I do, you see, and they all appreciate it. Umm I also stay here because I want to know more about him a-a-nd and get him to open up to me more...' She trailed off wringing her hands together and clutching the fabric of her dress.

'Get to know who?'

'umm...w-well..it's ul-'

'Ahh it's so noisy in here, she must be awake eh?' Grimmjow stood in the doorway, grinning. A tuft of black hair stuck out behind him.

'Hey Ulquiorra!' Orihime ran forwards, breasts-first towards him. 'Why are you hiding, come meet Saniya! 'She dragged the reluctant man out from his hiding spot and proudly presented him to Saniya.

The first thing she noticed about him was how supernaturally green his eyes were. His milky white skin contrasted with his raven black hair and his eyes contrasted to his skin and his hair. Everything about him seemed unnatural. Yet that look suited him. The contrasts made him interesting and that stirred up Saniya's curiosity.

'Saniya, Ulquiorra, Ulquiorra, Saniya' Orihime smiled as she introduced them. With that out of the way, silence then followed.

Saniya and Ulquiorra stared at each other, both trying to stare the other one down. Saniya remembered that she was still pissed off at this guy for calling her weak trash and Ulquiorra still remembered that punch she delivered.

Saniya got even angrier. Why did those green eyes have to be so bright? And why did he look like he was looking straight through her? Unforgivable.

His perfect face bore no emotion, his hands deep in his pockets. Saniya clenched her fists. The movement caught his attention. He looked up slightly and Saniya felt her body burn pleasantly as he finally looked her in the eyes. His eyes were such a brilliant shade of green: they were enchanting, mysterious and deadly at the same time. He gave off a dangerous aura and that lit a fire in her soul.

The fire was quickly extinguished though, as he turned around and uttered his favourite word: 'Trash.'

She hated him.

She hated his smug little attitude and his expressionless face. She hated the word 'trash' even more than people mistaking her for a guy. She'll make him take back what he called her. She had a new goal now.

'LET'S GO PEOPLE!' shouted Grimmjow, clapping his hands. 'We need to head up to the espada meeting' he looked at Saniya pointedly.

Saniya glared at Grimmjow. Why did he always have to interfere with everything?

She blinked as the handsome face was suddenly in front of her.

'You're too close to me idiot!' she yelled, pushing his face away from her.

Grimmjow grabbed her arms. 'Why are you always so violent you moron! I was just trying to see if you had lost your brain, you were standing there looking stupid.' He paused. 'or maybe that's how you look normally?' He quickly moved away from Saniya as he sensed her killing intent.

'Who's the one who's stupid asswipe!' roared Saniya chasing the espada round the room.

Orihime beamed. 'You too look close, how do you know each other?'

They both abruptly stopped what they were doing and looked at her. Saniya had one hand in Grimmjow's bright blue hair and he held her other hand in his, their arms outstretched. He also had his arm around her waist. They looked as though they were locked in an alternative, violent waltz. Realising this, they both sprang apart.

Grimmjow put his arms behind his head, looking bored. 'Ahh, I was walking around looking for new arrancar coz Aizen wanted them gathered up and I found this weirdo- he pointed at Saniya- talking to herself. She wouldn't let me take her to the control room so I had to beat her up a little bit and here we are' he smiled arrogantly.

'You will both be disciplined if you don't hurry up' mumbled Ulquiorra walking away.

'Damn, you're right. Let's go!' he grabbed Saniya's hand and marched her out the room.

'Wait, wait! Why am I going?' asked Saniya desperately. She looked at Orihime. 'Are you not going as well?

Orihime shook her head. 'It's only for espadas'

Saniya registered this fact and then slapped Grimmjow's arm away. 'Yeah, it's only for espadas,smurfhead, I'm not 'superior' enough.' She air quoted the word and rolled her eyes. Grimmjow sighed impatiently. 'Just shut up and follow us!' He dragged her out the room.

They all walked down the long hallway in silence. Saniya pulled her hand away from Grimmjow again claiming she could walk by herself. This earned a sigh from Grimmjow before he faced forward and asked quietly 'Are you completely healed now?'
The question surprised Saniya and she looked at him puzzlingly. He kept looking straight ahead as they walked on. Saniya realised that, further ahead, Ulquiorra had slowed down and cocked his head to listen to her answer as well. She also faced forward and said 'Yeah, I'm all better now, so I can kick your ass anytime smurfhead!' Grimmjow smiled briefly and Ulquiorra walked on ahead again. The rest of the walk continued in silence.