The Hollow Princess

Chapter 14: Just like sleeping

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"Oww, what the-"

Oh no...

"Hey! What the hell is going on" Grimmjow said in frustration.

How am I gonna get outa this one? I thought.

Before I had a chance to answer his question there was an explosion of terrifying black reistu behind me.

I looked back slowly over my shoulder, eyes wide in fear, to see Ulquiorra close behind me surrounded by his reistu.

"I.N.O.U.E"

His voice sounded like a clap of thunder.

Even Grimmjow took a step back.

"O-Oi" he said looking at him with wide eyes.

The back of Ulquiorra's hand struck my face suddenly and I flew into a wall the the right.

The pain was astonishing.

I flinched as his shadow crossed over me. I looked up at his menacing black form in terror.

The next thing I new, I was lying on the floor in the throne room. The tension so thick you could almost cut it with a knife.

I opened my eyes but kept still, pretending to still be unconscious.

"Orihime."

Shit.

I sat up slowly and my hair draped over my face. I hesitantly looked up at the man who had addressed me. The man who supposedly owned me.

"Y-yes?"

His eyes hardened but he kept his self-satisfied smile.

"Yes what?" He said.

"Yes Aizen-Sama"

"Better" He said not even trying to disguise his humour.

"From what I've been told, you have been a very disobedient girl, haven't you?"

My blood froze. The gleam in his eye told me that if I dared to bluff, I wouldn't survive two seconds.

"I-I'm sorry. I couldn't kill him." I said my head bowed.

"Stand." He commanded.

I stood up straight and to avoid looking him in the eyes, stared at the wall beside his head.

"Now. Based on Ulquiorra's report, you were more than happy to obey his orders but suddenly changed. Why is that?"

"I-I don-"

I felt cold metal at the base of my spine and turned my head slightly to see yet another soul reaper traitor. It was none other than Ichimaru Gin.

He had that lazy smirk etched on his face just like I remember.

"Tut tut Orihime-Chan, don't you think that you should stop doin' all this sneakin' ?"

My breath caught in my throat.

"Do we have a problem?" Aizen called leisurely from where he was seated.

"Gin. Bring her here."

"Yesss " He said, you could practically hear his grin.

I ground my teeth but didn't protest when I was grabbed and brought just before Aizen.

"Kneel"

"No."

There was a slight pause and my pulse raced. I had a strange thought.

I wonder can they hear how fast my heart is beating?

"I said kneel"

His reistu crushed down on me and I gasped for air.

I sunk to my kneel under the pressure.

I rested his head in his hand and stared into my eyes. It felt like his gaze was penetrating the deepest parts of my mind.

"Tell me Orihime. Do you love Ichigo Kurosaki?"

His question caught me completely my surprise an I choked on my spit.

"W-what?!" I asked astonished.

I felt my blood run to my face and the tips of my ears felt white hot.

His smirk deepened and I knew he had me.

"You are too caught up in your emotions. Let me get this clear, .Dead."

My lips trembled and I turned my head away.

He gripped my chin with a strong hand and he pulled it back round to face him.

"You were dead to them the second you arrived in Las Noches. You were destined to be nothing but my mindless, pitiful puppet." He spat the last words.

"You're mind and body, no your very soul belongs to me! You have no escape and no choice. Submit To Me!"

His words crushed down on my head a tonne of bricks. I started seeing black dots as my vision blurred with tears. I could feel I was losing myself.

"No.." But it was merely a feeble whisper and as I slipped away I heard his chuckle and I felt a single hot tear run down my face.

His face flashed in my mind and it was gone just as quick.

K-Kuro..saki...kun..

My grasp on consciousness faded and I slipped away.

It was as easy as falling alseep.

I'm so sorry this took so long but I was so busy it's actually just ridiculous.

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~Thanks for reading~