(13) Something else
The way she fought reminded me of Grimmjow. Still… that psychotic idiot is nothing like Rei. I have no idea why, but I just know she's different. She's something else.
Her usually dark red eyes were now brighter than ever. For a few minutes I thought she was fighting by her instincts, just like Grimmjow. I thought she wasn't thinking whenever she attacked Kurosaki. But I had to realize I was wrong. She had a strategy. A good one, to be honest. She struck at Kurosaki's vital points like his throat, heart and lungs. By injecting some of the liquid ice into these areas, she could easily slow him down. And then it happened. Kurosaki fell on the ground and Rei was now on top of him, slowly raising her right hand as she put the other one on the right side of his chest. She was preparing for her final attack. I glanced over at the others but they didn't move. Was I the only one who remembered what she'd said before the fight?
'In a few seconds, Kurosaki will be dead.'
The voice in my head was annoying as usual, but it had a point. Someone had to stop her, and since nobody moved, I used sonido to get behind her. "That's enough," I told her, gently grabbing her right wrist. "Let the girl heal his wounds," I added, pulling her up. I didn't even recognize I called Inoue Orihime 'girl'. Actually I still don't know why I said it.
I didn't let go of Rei's hand, not even after her zanpakutou transformed back into its original state. That was the other thing I didn't realized immediately; only after her grip tightened on my hand. She looked kind of scared. "Are you alright?" I asked her.
"I nearly killed him," she whispered, still looking at Kurosaki.
"That means you're stronger than him," I said reassuringly.
Rei took a deep breath as she shook her head. "He was holding back," she said. "He didn't take it as seriously as he should have."
I looked at her and she seemed like she was about to cry. "Don't think about it," I said quietly. She turned to me and when I saw that look on her face I just wanted to hug her. Strange, I know. Very strange. "I think you should rest for a while." She nodded and walked away, leaving me alone with my thoughts.
A/N: Really short, I know. I'm ashamed. Let's call it a short cut. Why did I write it then? 1) I didn't know how to write the fight. 2) Two weeks from now, I'll be done with the rest of my final exams! YAAAY! 3) I kinda felt like writing another chapter from Ulquiorra's POV. (Yeah, I saw the last episode of the anime and read the latest chapter of the manga). And 4) There's a new poll in my profile. I have to know what you think.