Hueco Mundo

I was happy, no make that extremely happy. All feelings of 'I am going to die' aside, I was sitting in the throne room of Hueco Mundo looking at Aizen, Tosen, and Gin. Needless to say I had to fight myself from saying anything. There was so much that I had to do. Questions that this fangirl needed answered. Such as: Could I recruit Gin to help me prank Hueco Mundo? Would I be affected by Aizen's Kyōka Suigetsu, though I know how to get out of it? Do hollow holes go all the way through the body? How much trouble can I cause in little time?

I was broken out of my thoughts when Aizen appeared before me. I yelped in surprise and rose on my back paws for a second when he grabbed me by the scruff of the neck."Orihime, I did not know you owned a pet."

"O-oh." Orihime struggled to say. Meanwhile I was panicking on the inside, woman for once in your life, lie. Lie like you have never done before. Lie because I do not want a zanpaktou through me! Thankfully Orihime sensed my panic and came to my rescue. "I found her after Ulquiorra found me. She looked so all alone, I couldn't leave her there. I was not told I couldn't bring her."

Ulquiorra then spoke. "Lord Aizen, sir. This woman was inclined to keep that thing. She told me herself she would be more willing to come along if she could bring it, stating it was to remember her life in the Human World. Though I have no idea why that would be so important."

"Humans have a need to be bonded to other humans and sometimes the creatures of the Human World." Aizen said. "This changes nothing about our plans for her. I will have the former Espada Grimmjow Jaegarjaquez brought here."

Ulquiorra brought Grimmjow for her to heal him. Not that I was impressed, though I could defiantly see the uses, she technically had on up on me. She could heal. Only thing I could do was protect myself, though when I really thought about it, I couldn't do much of that, well not for these guys. After healing Grimmjow, he then killed Luppi and was about to walk away before he looked at me. Coming closer, he had began to get a curious and confused look on his face.

"That looks familiar." He said while I wriggled in Aizen's hand.

Aizen's eyes darted between me and Grimmjow. "Well it seems that this creature knows you as well. Since we have Orihime, I don't see why we need to keep it here. Ulquiorra, you are in charge of Orihime. Grimmjow, you will deal with the creature how you see fit."

Like hell! I thought as Grimmjow got his 'I will kill you' look and began charging up a Cero. I wasn't nearly as fast as the people who trained me but I figured I may have a trick up my sleeve. Orihime was protesting about my 'apparent demise' as I cast the Barrier around Grimmjow. I wasn't sure if the thing would hold, but it would buy me a few seconds of running away time. After placing the barrier, I mad dashed toward Aizen and jumped on him, while it looked like it was a stupid idea, I needed to touch that nasty little Zanpaktou of his, and thankfully, I hoped, I succeeded. When Grimmjow's Cero fired, Ulquiorra sonido'd in front of Aizen to protect him, but for some reason, to them, Grimmjow's attack exploded in his face. On the inside I was half smiling commenting 'in your face!' while the other half of me was still in slight trauma screaming 'scary!'

Aizen looked at me and then to Grimmjow. "Curious. This beast knows whom the master is. Orihime, was that event your doing?"

"No." She answered him with a sad look on her face.

I was then roughly grabbed and peeled off Aizen as he looked me over. "Then perhaps there is more to this stray than meets the eye. When did you get this?"

"I am not a spy and I have no idea what you are planning!" I squeaked out while my rational mind screamed at me for panicking and blowing the cover of 'stupid beast'. "Oh, shite."

"What are you?" He said as his grip around me became tighter. "A false hope of the Gotei Thirteen to protect Orihime?"

"No." I struggled to say through the pain my skin was feeling. Skinny as that man was, he had an iron vice grip on the back of my neck. "I am not a Shinigami, Vizored, or anything relative to your enemy, well other than bait. I know one of the Captain's will want me back, I am his friend. Keep me alive you just upped your chances of getting Soul Society's military strength down. Kill me and you get nothing. If you are curious on what happened with Grimmjow, it was I. I did that."

"There is more to you than-" He started to say before I transformed.

"Meets the eye. I know Aizen, could you please drop me? This kinda hurts." I was slightly amused when his eyes widened for a split second. "I did not come here from them, I came here for Orihime. Though now that I think about this, it was a bad idea."

"A human?" Gin decided to cut in.

"Not exactly." I said taking off my beanie and pulling out my tail. "I am very different. Er, name is Raven and I would prefer not to get injured, eaten, or killed. I will do whatever you want while staying here, just let me stay with Orihime. I also will protest to any observations done by Eighth Espada Szayel Aporro Granz, I do not want to be dissected. Thank you."

"How did you come by that information?" Aizen asked me as he dropped me to the floor.

"Er, I know things?" I smiled nervously. "Look I went through the same thing with Captain Commander. If I really was on thier side, I would have spilled the beans about you. Let's just say I know all there is to understand you guys. Well not all, just the rank and ressurection. Go ahead, quiz me."

Aizen just laughed for a moment before his curiosity got the better of him, and he asked me questions about the Espada. Aside from getting some of the Privaron Espada's numbers mixed up, I passed his apparent test. He then asked me who was going to come save Orihime.

"I don't know that much." I lied. "We will just have to wait and see."

"Then there is no reason to keep you alive." He stated with an evil smile.

"Er, yeah there is! Hello! The Shinigami know I have all your info, they know I am here, and they will be coming to get their asset back. Your chances just doubled for them to come here." I argued with him. "Now don't get me wrong, while I don't fight for them. I won't let you hurt Orihime. Look just let me stay alive and you won't have to worry about me escaping. Where am I going to go? I had to have Ulquiorra belie I was a pet to get into Las Noches, and Hueco Mundo itself is a giant desert, save for the Forest of Menos and I am not going underground to simply look at those things. "

"I have no reason to worry about you escaping." He smirked.

"Yeah, yeah, your freaking Zanpaktou Kyōka Suigetsu, the ultimate hypnosis. " I said adding a creepy voice and acting like a zombie at the end. "I am not of this place, the Human World, or Soul Society, I am from one end of the Dangai, or so I am told. That may be the reason I know about you guys. Maybe I am from the future or something."

"Then you would know the outcome of this battle." Aizen told me. Damn him for being right.

"Er? You win?" I said shrugging my shoulders. "Not that it matters, me being here just messes up time and crap. I already have had a shiteload of that happen to me. I saved a bunch of villains in...another town. I just hope they don't go all evil again, they only got one chance not to mess up their lives, again."

After a while of him, and me bickering back and fourth, I managed to talk my way into not getting incinerated, yet. He also wanted to know what I could do. So naturally I had to float around, use my Barrier Materia, and then make a few shapes with my Aura. Not that I would let him know I could use it for weapons, I just let him know that I could make shapes with them. That and I tested how thin and small I could make it, by leaving small traces on his body, more specifically around his sword. There was no way I was going to be his bitch.

Orihime was given her outfit for Hueco Mundo, while I had to wait for mine to be made. Not that I minded, at least I got some input on what it was like and since I was wearing black coming in, I saved most of my previous attire. I was given a white jacket, moddeled like Roxas from Kingdom Hearts 2, though there were no checkers and the inside was black, My skull shirt was torn in half and sewn back together so the skull that was on it was not there, leaving my midrift bare, I was able to save my skinny jeans, opting to model them like Roxas' pants, fitting white material over them, and I was given white boots. I had long since let my hair grow out, keeping it around my shoulders and cropping the bangs in layers around my face. When I walked out of the changing room, since Aizen had to approve of my choice in attire, I stood there with my hands behind my back.

"What are you hiding?" Aizen asked as he rose his eyebrow.

"Nothing, I just have-er..." I said while blushing, and slowly taking my hands out and showing everyone my markings on my arms. "They are...I am actually not sure what they are. They kinda came with the tail and ears. So, is my outfit white enough for Hueco Mundo?"

"It is passable. I am surprised that you were able to come up with an alternative to your original clothing so quickly." He mused as he turned around and summoned the other Espada. "I want you to be a part of our next meeting. You as well Orihime. You are welcome to tea if you like?"

My jaw dropped when we were escorted to the meeting room and they were there. Hell we were even given seats at the table. I was surprised when Aizen sat me next to Grimmjow and Orihime next to Ulquiorra. This caused a small stir at the table.

"I did not realize that Aizen-sama was keeping such wonderful pets." Nnoitra said smiling.

"And I had no idea that you are a lecherous pervert that needs to be shown manners." I smiled. "Touch Orihime and I will hurt you."

"Brave words coming from a pet." He shot back. "You are just fucking weak little bitch barking and whinning. Don't think that just because you are a girl that I won't hesitate and strike you."

"Enough." Aizen stated before I could antagonize Nnoitra farther. Which I suppose was a good thing. I don't think I would do much good against him, but I had never been in a real fight before. I mostly got kidnapped. While sitting there Aizen talked about his plans, why they were here, and who was in charge of Orihime and I. Which I wasn't surprised it was Ulquiorra. When the meeting was over Ulquiorra grabbed Orihime and I and headed down the halls.

I wasn't sure how far we had gotten before Nnoitra decided to give me a better welcome. I was suddenly ripped out from Ulquiorra's hands and being held up by Nnoitra. I looked up at him with anger and defiance. I was not going to let some over sized, poor tempered, foul mouthed, little mantis walk all over me. As he gripped my throat and squeezed he began laughing. "So, now that Aizen is not here to help you, I can play with you all I like, but first, I will need to discipline you."

"Like...hell." I said struggling to talk. I used my Aura to create a giant hammer above his head and hit him as hard as I could before he choked me out. Whether by me actually hurting him or surprise, he let me go and I landed on the ground. "Do not touch me you pervert! Do it again and I will stomp you with a giant purple boot like the bug you are!"

Ulquiorra who had been watching this entire time, simply plucked me up by my collar and continued down the hallway until we reached our room. He then proceeded to shove me into the room. "I have no idea why you must provoke an Espada, but know this. Your actions reflect upon your willingness to live. Nnoitra does not take well to threats and you have no business coming her claiming that you are to protect this woman and then proceed to act so recklessly."

"He had no right to call Orihime that and he just makes me so mad! I don't care how strong he is. Orihime is a lady and should be treated like one!" I argued back with him.

Ulquiorra then proceeded to stalk toward me calmly and place his hand on my shoulder. "It is curious. Aizen told us that you know so much about us, yet in all our power, you have yet to show fear. I wonder if tearing off your arm would do?"

"It would hurt." I said calmly. "If you are trying to scare me Ulquiorra, you need to try something else."

Ulquiorra then appeared before Orihime and touched her forehead with the tips of his fingers. "Would killing this woman cause you to become frightened?"

Human World

Sesshomaru's POV

"Are you sure about this?" Rukia asked aloud as she held what remained of the letter. Most of it was gone but there were a few fragments that could be seen. "If she knew this was going to happen she should have told us about it. We could have protected Orihime."

"She does very stupid things for her own reasons." I informed Rukia. "I am unsure myself why she does these things. However, that does not change the fact that your friend and Raven are in this place and I am sure that you wish to rescue her."

"Hey what about your friend?" Ichigo asked.

"It is tempting to leave her there, but left to her own devices, she is likely to destroy half the place or die. What are our options?" Sephiroth answered Ichigo.

"I will inform Captain Commander of this and we will see what we can do. With Aizen's force ready to move, there isn't much we can spare. However, since both Ichigo and you three claim that Orihime and Raven have been taken prisoner instead of leaving, as how it was initially believed. This will favor a rescue attempt." Rukia said before a black butterfly landed on her finger. A few moments past and the butterfly left. "I just sent word ahead. We will know in a few hours what the Captain Commander has to say."