I stared at Ulquiorra. What the heck was an Arrancar? I had never had this explained to me; therefore, something like this that exists confused me.

"Now." Ulquiorra said, kneeling. "You will tell me, where Ichigo Kurosaki is."

"I don't know where he is." I growled. "I went to look for him."

Then I realized, why was I telling this thing what I was doing? I felt like I couldn't keep anything from him; I was terrified of what he might do if I stay quiet. But if he didn't believe I was being honest, then what?

"Are you lying? I wouldn't lie if I were you." He said, his tone scaring me although it was still just bland.

"I'm not lying." I glared, wanting to stand up. But my body wasn't functioning, not listening to me. It was as if my entire body was made of lead, and it was too heavy for me to move. "What do you want with him?"

"I want my revenge. He killed me once, and he got Aizen-sama caught. I think he deserves to die." Ulquiorra said.

I wanted to scream at him, but now I couldn't speak. I was in the presence of a dangerous person and I couldn't do anything to stop him, I already knew I wasn't strong enough. But if I could, would I be able to get up, and try to stop him? Yoso told me no, as I would completely fail. I just glared at him, although I could tell he was one of those people who would be completely unaffected by any form of hatred or anger.

"You won't be able to kill him." I hissed. "He's so much better than you. I can tell that you are one of those people who just doesn't care."

"You're right. I don't care. And if you aren't useful to me, then I'll just kill you." He drew his blade, and I just watched him, refusing to let him freak me out.

As he swung the blade down, suddenly a huge one blocked his and I knew who it was.

"Sorry Saru, for worrying you. I got caught up fighting other Arrancar. I'm glad I got here in time." Ichigo said. "Can you get up?"

"No." I squeaked. "I can't."

He only looked angry. "I see." Suddenly in a blur, he moved me to a tree, a few feet away from Ulquiorra. I just watched, I was still unable to move on my own.

"Were you going to kill her?" He snapped at Ulquiorra.

"Yes. She wasn't useful to me." Ulquiorra said, as if it wasn't a big deal.

Ichigo growled. "I see."

In a blurred movement, his blade came in contact with Ulquiorra's. Ulquiorra didn't seem fazed, and he was holding his blade with one hand. I continued watching, mostly because I couldn't turn my head. Ichigo shoved hardly but he couldn't make Ulquiorra to move.

"This time, you will be completely dead." Ulquiorra said.

Ichigo didn't say anything, and they began fighting harder. What had he meant by completely dead? I didn't understand that. I didn't think I wanted to know, seeing as Ichigo was perfectly fine. I started losing track of the fighting, as they were starting to move faster. I kept staring, even as their figures blurred. At some point their fighting stopped, and Ulquiorra had some scratches, but they were mostly minor. Ichigo had more severe injuries, yet he didn't seem to out of breath.

"Ban Kai." He suddenly said.

There was a blast of bright light, and the wind went nuts, as it settled, Ichigo's blade was jet black, and thinner than it was, and his outfit was different. He had a cape like thing flaring out behind him, that had ragged edges. I had no reaction to it. I just watched, until Ichigo suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Ulquiorra, slicing him straight down the back, getting a deeper cut. How did he do that? I had no idea. I watched blood come out of Ulquiorra's back, and saw the shock on Ulquiorra's face.

"You haven't gotten any stronger, Ulquiorra." Ichigo said, preparing to slice him again.

Ulquiorra turned around and blocked. "This won't be over, and you know that."

Ulquiorra disappeared, along with the feeling of lead-heavy limbs and the nausea. I let out a relieved sigh; I didn't know how long I'd have to sit there. Honestly, I'd been scared for him. He stood there, panting for a minute, as he and his blade returned to the previous state. He slung his blade across his back and slowly approached me, bleeding like none other. He had one eye squeezed shut because blood was running down across it. He also had a ragged cut across his chest and stomach, but they didn't seem they were as that deep.

He helped me get up onto my feet. He also helped me start walking to Urahara's in silence. Neither one of us were speaking, and I was shaking pretty badly, facing that thing. I wanted to know what an Arrancar was. I was a little terrified that the Ulquiorra character would be back. It's not an if. It's a when he will be back.

We reached Urahara's shop pretty quickly, and once we got there, I noticed the shopkeeper was standing there, and I could already tell he was pissed. Whether it was at me, or at Ichigo, I couldn't tell. Or maybe it was both. But when we got closer, he approached.

He glared directly at me. "I told you to stay put."

"Yeah, like I was going to listen to you." I snapped at him.

"You're staying in my place, so you kind of have to." He scowled.

"Maybe I'd rather be homeless." I spat at him.

Ichigo interceded before it got worse. "Urahara, if she hadn't gone looking for me, we wouldn't have found out that Ulquiorra is alive."

"I felt his spiritual pressure from miles away, that's why I came back." He snapped. "I already knew that she had no idea about Arrancar. And it's even worse that she had a run in with Ulquiorra." He turned his glare on me. "Maybe next time you'll listen to me."

I flinched at his hostile glare. "I was worried. I wasn't just gonna sit there and wonder. That would've been worse."

"You're lucky that you weren't killed." He snapped at me. "You're lucky Ichigo got to you in time."

"I get it." I muttered.

"Urahara you're making her feel worse." Ichigo snapped at him. "She didn't expect that to happen. So she came to look for me, so what? You can't control her."

I glared at Urahara and huffed. "And if you don't want me here, then I won't stay here."

I jerked free from Ichigo's gripped and started in a random direction, not caring that I left my physical body behind.