What Sets Us Apart
Chapter Eleven - Reasons
Author's Note: Yes. You can tell. I'm hurrying. After finishing a certain game. I NEED to write about it! XD Sorry for the long wait.
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He thought he heard her say 'die', and he was right. Ichigo trembled at the thought of Rukia fighting him once more. "W-What did you do to her?" He asked with horror. Ulquiorra stepped up towards him and patted Rukia on her shoulder. "MONSTER! The hell did you do to her?" He asked and grabbed the man's collar. Rukia snapped at Ichigo and swung a concealed sword. Shirayuki at him. Ichigo let go.
"You shouldn't speak like this…towards your savior." He replied with a gentle tone. Ichigo gazed at him with surprise. "Yes. I am you're reviver…so please, do not speak so harshly." He muttered and smiled. Byakuya gazed at Ulquiorra with an intent to kill. The man could sense it as well. "Kuchiki…Byakuya-sama…please. You're sister will rest in peace, after I finish with her." He grinned. It angered Byakuya, to see Ulquiorra playing with them so carefree.
"Can I go kill one of them now?" Grimmjaw asked in a rush while Luppi and Yammy agreed. Ulquiorra rolled his eyes and nodded.
"Leave Ichigo alone…though…" He commanded. The three nodded with fondness and jumped in. "Rukia…and Ichigo…the famous battle…repeated once more. I like that." He closed his eye and gave a wide grin.
"I GET THE ICE BOY!" Grimmjaw was heard in the background. Hitsugaya went for him as well.
"Then I get the big breast!" Luppi whispered with some perverted vision. Matsumoto's eyes flared and she prepared as well.
"Then I guess that fat man is mines?" Renji grumbled angrily. He took out Zabimaru and sighed.
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Inori and Unohana were now climbing down a spiral staircase. It was taking at least five minutes to reach the bottom. "…Here we go." Unohana replied opening a concealed door. She went inside and grabbed Inori's arm. There, they were in a big room. It was Ishida and Orihime's room.
"W-Who goes there?" A soft voice asked with fear. Unohana gazed at a young woman in bed. "U-Unohana-san?" She asked, relieved to see the doctor in her room. Unohana rushed towards Orihime and felt her forehead.
"This isn't good." The doctor frowned and took a small kit out of her gigantic pocket. Inori watched his…doctor carefully examine the frail queen. "…You should be fine…but please…don't do anything to hurt yourself." Unohana smiled and bowed. She gave Orihime a medicine packet. "Take it two times a day." And then she left, tugging Inori with her.
"W-Wait…" Orihime replied. Unohana turned towards the young queen. "Please…Please end my husband's life." She cried. "He is not…what he is.." She answered. Unohana's eyes widened.
"Y-You didn't." She replied in a hoarse voice.
"I…I did…" Orihime confessed. "When I heard Ichigo and Rukia had been successfully revived…I thought that it was alright for me as well…" She sniffed. "Ishida-sama…had died three years ago…due to an illness." Unohana sat down and gazed at the woman. You even told me you didn't have a cure to heal him" Orihime was sobbing. "So…I…"
"And it worked…" Unohana gulped. "However…there was a small price…and you gained the disease Ishida had?" The doctor had tears filling her eyes. Inori stood beside the doorway.
"Yes…" The queen responded. "I will die soon…and I would like Ishida to be with me." She murmured. "…I don't want him to suffer on…I love him." She closed her eyes. "Save him."
"Very well." Inori interrupted and bowed towards the queen. "We will."
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"Do you know why reviving the dead is forbidden?" Ulquiorra asked Ichigo who was busy defending himself from Rukia. She was like a doll filled with never ending energy. He swore that he would get tired right before her.
"Shut up!" Ichigo replied, trying to ignore the man.
"It's because…It goes against the gods!" Yoruichi had entered with Urahara. Ulquiorra gazed at the two annoyances.
"No." Byakuya replied and stabbed Yammy in the back. He found it much more easier to defeat his enemies while they weren't looking. "It is because it defies all human laws." Ulquiorra nodded.
"See…what happens once these forbidden laws are ignored?" Ulquiorra asked while grinning. "THIS is what happens." He pointed at Rukia who was trying to decapitate Ichigo, but he was too strong so she hopped off of him.
"But you wanted to resurrect my wife…didn't you?" Byakuya asked throwing a sword at Ulquiorra who dodged it easily.
"Of course…she was the one who was kindest to me…she was the one who made me. It was YOUR fault she died." The man replied. "It was AIZEN'S fault as well!"
Byakuya gazed at him, puzzled. "M-My fault?" He asked with a dangerous tone. He glared at the man who leaned against the marble pillar.
"If it weren't for your weakness…you would have saved Hisana…from that disease." He started. "If it weren't for your foolishness, you would have saved Hisana from Aizen." Byakuya gazed at him. "But…it's not your fault…humans are weak by nature." He smiled. "But ones who ignore the forbidden laws…are the powerful ones." He smiled and walked towards Byakuya. A glare of red light surrounded him, and he touched Byakuya's forehead.
"Third forbidden art…Drain Life."
Rukia stared at Ulquiorra. He was doing something to her brother, but what? She rushed to save Byakuya but she was too late. He was staggering and coughing up blood. "YOU! What did you do!?" Rukia cried. Ichigo wanted to console her, but she was still deadly. She gazed at Ichigo with hatred. "Tell me…what did you do?" She asked Ulquiorra. Taking Shirayuki, she was about to kill Ulquiorra until he touched her shoulder.
"Fourth forbidden art…Brain Control…" He smiled and ordered Rukia to kill her husband. She obeyed. "Fifth forbidden art…Explosive End." Ulquiorra replied touching Rukia's chest. She was trying to release from the spell, but he was too good, too powerful to even be stopped. Yoruichi and the rest tried killing Ulquiorra but they failed as the red light surrounding him acted like an ultimate barrier.
"EXPLOSIVE END…D-Don't do that!" Byakuya replied. He was, for the first time, afraid.
"Explosive end…is a good thing…you feel nothing once you finish your task." Ulquiorra replied.
"WE MUST STOP HIM!" Ishida shouted getting back into his senses. He formed a blue bow again, and aimed it at Ulquiorra. Sadly, it did no damage.
"DO NOT TOUCH HIM!" Everyone heard a strict voice and turned around. It was Unohana holding Inori's hand. "Ulquiorra has the power to kill all of us, if he is defeated." She replied. "Such energy source being extracted out of his body so quickly will surely cause all of us to die." Inori gazed at the doctor who closed her eyes.
"Then what should we do?" Yoruichi replied in anxiety. "We can not let THEM die!" Urahara nodded and took out his sword. "We must do everything in our power to protect them!"
"No…not you." Unohana replied. "Only Inori can touch Ulquiorra…" She sighed. Inori gazed at the woman with interest. What was she talking about? She stared at him, as if knowing what he was about to ask. She started explaining. "Ulquiorra has committed the forbidden arts. But because of that, only the bloodline of the people he resurrected can touch him. Why? He should have made a pact with the death god dealing with this thing." She whispered.
"But how, do you know so much?" Yoruichi asked suspiciously. Unohana smiled while staring at Ichigo and Rukia continuing to battle. "Let's say, history repeats itself." She replied.
Ulquiorra seemed quite amazed by her intelligence. But he couldn't really care. Everything was planned was going perfectly. That Inori kid, shouldn't even be a threat to him.
"But do Shinigami, really exist?" Urahara replied titling his hat. He scraped his wooden block sandals on the floor, feeling a little nervous. "Something so powerful. So mythological. Exists? I don't believe it. Not until I see it." He replied. Yoruichi nodded, agreeing as well. Hitsugaya did the same. Most everyone did not believe in such a super-natural being.