Thanks for your reviews for the last chapter, I appreciate all of them. Many of you have been asking if this is an ichihime or Grimmjow x Orihime and I'm sorry to say it's neither. This story is renjihime, I know it wasn't clear because Renji didn't appear in the first chapter but he does in this one, if you're not into this pairing please give it a chance and enjoy this chapter. Leave feedback on how I can make it better. Thanks!
ICHIGO
Restless he got out of bed and put his shoes on "some fresh air ought to do me some good" he climbed out his window and landed on the floor with a soft thud. With no real direction where to he was headed he walked aimlessly until he realized that he was standing outside Orihime's apartment. He was about to leave when he felt it again, that spiritual pressure but this time it was different, there was something wrong and he knew it. On pure instinct he ran up to her front door and hesitated for just a second "You can't be here! This is just another dream" he heard her voice and he could tell she was frightened. He banging on the front door with his fist he called out to her, imagining the worst as he burst in and rushed to the only light source in the apartment. "Orihime!" he called out before reaching her, when he did, he stood at the doorway just staring at her. She looked so broken, and for some reason it made his heart ache, the sadness mixed with the fear she showed on her face made him reach out to her without realizing it….
ORIHIME
She didn't know if she was going crazy or what was happening, ever since that night she kept seeing Grimmjow. Every time it was just a glimpse or in the corner of her eye but he was there. She hadn't told anyone that she had been seeing things, she was afraid that they would think she was going crazy. She sighed and closed her eyes as she remembered Grimmjow reaching out to her in the tub, right after Ichigo burst in and tried to comfort her, hugging her and telling her it was going to be ok. Soon after, he realized she didn't have any clothes on and ran out to her living room waiting for her to change "I'm so sorry Orihime!" he kept apologizing that night, and she kept telling him it was ok, that it was her fault for not answering him. He never did tell her why he was at her house at that time of night, oh well, at this point she didn't really care. She was paranoid all the time, looking in every direction and at the same time she was too afraid to do so. Feeling frustrated and useless about not being able to do anything made it worst. Giving up, she made her way through school, she wasn't able to focus at all and every class seemed to be a blur. If it wasn't for Ishida's notes she would be clueless as to what the topics where on at school. Everyone outside was in a hurry to leave. to distract herself a bit she tried to keep her mind busy with the trip to the market and what buy, maybe something sweet.
That's when it happened in the crowd of people she saw them, the hatred in those eyes that she would never forget. The beating she gave her while she was in Hueco mundo. Loly. Staring right back at her, smiling and enjoying Orihime's reaction, the horror on Orihime's face made obvious. Frozen on the spot, she blinked a couple of times and yet Loly remained there, watching her, then Loly turned to look at another direction and Orihime followed her gaze. On the rooftop of one of the buildings stood Grimmjow and Menoly looking down at her, both of their expressions unreadable. They gave Loly a signal and Orihime realized it was an ambush 'no! Melony and Loly won't care if anyone gets hurt as long as they get what they want. I have to get away from all these people' and without thinking, Orihime ran away, she ran from everyone, from the crowds, from her friends to the loneliest place she could find. She ran as fast as she could with only one thing on her mind, Ichigo.
ICHIGO
School was over and he quickly headed over to Uraharas and met up with rukia and Byakuya. They were catching up on how things were going on in the soul society and how everyone was doing when chad and Ishida came in. They all sat down and were about to discuss what was going on when they sensed it, three spiritual energies at the same place, near school and moving fast. Everyone was stunned, looking at each other without saying a word, this was the longest they had been able to feel the presence of just one and now there were three of them. Then came the bucket of cold water, Orihime was using her power. Without a word they all ran out and headed in her direction 'Dammit! What the hell?! I was supposed to keep watch on her. Of all the days I kept close….' Ichigo hurried in front of the others, hoping he wouldn't be too late.
ORIHIME
She was out of breath and all she was doing was using her santen kesshun. "Tired already?" Loly teased her "were just getting started" she smiled wickedly back. Too fast for her to react Loly slammed Orihime against the wall "why are you here? What do you want from me?" Orihime barely managed to speak "what do you mean? Don't you remember? It's your fault Aizen isn't here anymore. It's your fault he didn't need us anymore" Loly slammed Orihime once again, she could tell that with each word Loly would get angrier and angrier. She understood, even if Aizen wasn't here anymore Loly and Melony were still loyal to him. What about Grimmjow? Just as she thought that pain shot through her wrist down her arm and up her shoulder, Loly was twisting it in a way it shouldn't. "Don't you remember? It's because of you that we are stuck like this you little bitch" Loly clenched her fist and smashed the wall right next to Orihime's face. She was thrown on the ground. Loly towered over her, kicking her nonstop until she could no longer feel the pain. She felt tired and everything around her started to get blurry, she felt being lifted by her shirt and thinks she was punched a couple of times but her mind was so fuzzy she wouldn't know. She saw everything change, they were now on top of the roof, no one is around but she can distinguish the colors of construction signs. They weren't so high up but if she fell from here she wouldn't know the damage she would take. Too tired to try to struggle she just limped, all the strength from her body gone. "Orihime!" was the last thing she remembered before everything started to fade until there was complete darkness and nothing else.
ICHIGO
He was shocked for a second, the image before him made his blood go ice cold. Loly held a lifeless body of Orihime over the ledge of a building. "Orihime!" he yelled but no response not even a twitch, nothing. 'Oh no! Dammit! What the hell?! Am I too late? No!" he stepped forward and noticed it wasn't just Loly, there were two other people but he couldn't tell who it was. All he was focused now was Orihime. Just as he was going to take another step Melony grinned and looked at him "you want this?" she taunted "well catch!" she let Orihime go, and without a second to loose Ichigo dashed over to catch her. He caught her without a problem, she was so light, but she didn't respond, she didn't make a sound. Just then Rukia, Byakuya, chad and Ishida caught up "what happened is Orihime alright?" rukia asked "quick there are three of those bastards!... one of them is Melony….. But you should be able to catch them" Ichigo answered quickly, all four looked at each other and without a second to lose they nodded and headed out to look for them. Looking down at her for the first time he realized the damage, her lips were starting to swell, her cheek was bruised and she had a couple of cuts and scrapes on her forehead. He laid her down and saw that under her shirt her skin was red, purple and black in some areas. "Dammit!" he stood up and punched the wall in frustration. Looking down at her he bent down and scooped her up gently, she felt so fragil. Carefully he headed over to Uraharas to have Orihime taken care of.
Once Orihime was cared for by Yoruichi a couple of hours had passed by, everyone sat down at the table to discuss what to do, just as they were about to start "Hey what the hell is going on?!" Renji walked in and everyone turned to look at him "Renji?" rukia asked confused. "What are you doing here?" "What didn't the captain tell you?" everyone looked around and noticed that Byakuya wasn't there "he's gone" chad stated "you didn't even realize he left?!" Renji practically shouted. "Well we were taking care of Orihime and we didn't notice until now" "oh yea, the captain told me what happened today but I don't understand why those bastards got away with you guys out there chasing them" a bit irritated Ichigo spoke up "look it wasn't so easy, as soon as we were on their trails their spiritual energy disappeared into nothing" after filling Renji in on everything that had happened they all sat quietly thinking. "so what now?" chad asked "well I think the best thing now would be to keep someone with Orihime 24/7, in her condition she wouldn't be able to defend herself. Meanwhile the rest of us keep looking until we find them "Ishida adjusted his glasses "Well there's no way in hell I won't be looking for those bastards, they have to pay what they did to Orihime" Ichigo spoke out clenching his fists "and I have direct orders to be on top of this mission" rukia added "I can't do it 24/7" chad interjected. "I can't either for certain reasons" Ishida replied shyly remembering the morning he saw her in her pajamas, he didn't know how to act around her and it would just end up being awkward. "That leaves you Renji" Ichigo stared at him "what? Why me?! I barely even talk to her and now you want me to stay with her 24/7?!" "Yes" rukia answered and got up "I imagine you were sent here to assist me weren't you?" "Yea…" "Well this is where I need your help… unless you want me to tell nii-sama that you didn't want to cooperate?" "wha… alright fine" resigned Renji stood up and looked at Ichigo "don't worry, I'll take care of her" "mmm" Ichigo nodded in approval and felt a little bit relieved.