Will

"I have reason to believe that I have victories to taste
I can feel them on my teeth, upon my lips and in my chest
I can roll them on my tongue, they are more supple than defeat
I feel the tension in my lungs and every move is fueled by my resolve to"

Reason to believe. Dashboard Cofessional

Orihime felt Tesla grip her arms tighter as the cero blasted Noitora. When the sand and smoke cleared an audible gasp escaped her lips. Nell's attack had been blocked! The only female espada had appeared from no where and negated Nell's attack with a cero of her own.

"Thanks for that Halli-"

"Shut up." Noitora's thanks were silenced with a swift kick to the jaw. "It's disgusting to see you beat by a discarded espada." Hallibel spat the words at him. "No matter," she glanced at Orihime, "we'll end this quickly and return the girl to Aizen-sama" Orihime felt her stomach drop.
"I don't think so," A voice that had thinned but hadn't lost determination called out. Ichigo was kneeling, his weight supported by his zanpaktou. "I came here for one reason, to bring back Inoue, and that's what I'm doing."

"Kouraski-kun don't." Orihime called to him, but her eyes remained on the ground, "leave now, take everyone and leave this place."

"But Inoue we-"
"NO!!" Orihime looked up and stared hard into Ichigo's eyes, "it's not worth it. You're all needed by people on Earth and in Soul Society. I'm one person, my fate is not as important as the world. You and Nell must go now. Please!"

"Shut up woman" Tesla kicked out the back of Orihime's legs and she dropped to her knees. Ichigo began to make a move towards them but was knocked back by a punch from Noitora, who had used the time given by Orihime's speech to move closer to Ichigo.

"How sweet and self sacrificing pet-sama, but who said we'd let them leave?" Orihime's eye's widened as she watched the battle play out before her. Ichigo was already badly injured and Nell was having trouble both fighting Hallibel and watching over him. Orihime bit her lip as she watched both Nell and Ichigo take cero blasts. She moved towards them without thinking and then, before she could blink, arms wrapped around her and threw her to the ground. Tesla held her there, one side of her head being pushed into the ground. The slightly metallic taste of blood swirled in her mouth.

"Just stay there and watch your friend's die." Tesla spoke softly in her ear and each word was a needle in her heart.

Watch here as your friends die…why was she always on the sideline's watching? Orihime felt for everyone's riatsu: Ishida and Renji's were weakened, they were fighting somewhere and having a hard time; she couldn't feel Rukia or Sado, she could just trace them to where they had fallen.

Ichigo and Nell were in front of her trying to rise to their feet, broken and bloody. Their opponents laughed. Fear gripped at her heart and held her captive. All of her friends could perish trying to save her and what could she do? Hot tears fell down her cheeks and mingled with the sand around her face.

"You are incredibly useless woman, I really don't know why Aizen-sama has any need for you."

Useless that's all I am. Her entire body went limp. She could do nothing but watch Ichigo get knocked down again.
"Looks like Noitora is going to finish this now."

NO! She shut her eyes and bunched her hands into fists. She could not, she would not sit back She wasn't useless if she did anything to stop this. She was the only one left, the only hope for the lives of her friends. She began to hear whispers coming from deep within her heart. She strained, concentrating on the voice. Had this always been here? The whispers grew louder and strength began to spread within her as her hair clips began to glow.

"Didn't I tell you I was allowed to destroy your pathetic fairies if you attempted to use them against me?" Tesla's eyes narrowed.

Something inside of Orihime snapped, and the warm strength that had begun to seep into her body now rushed into every particle of her being.

"Just try it." Her eyes flew open and Tesla stumbled back. Her eyes were burning, some kind of unearthly light danced behind them. Orihime rose to her feet. Suddenly her hair clips stopped glowing and there was a pause. Time stood still and everyone: Noitora, Hallibel, Nell and Ichigo stopped what they were doing. They could feel a deep rumble in the earth beneath their feet and all heads turned to look at Orihime and Tesla. Then it happened.

Orihime's clips began to emit a blinding white light and everyone had to turn their eyes away.

"What is this woman?" Tesla cried out and made a move to grab her again but it was in vain. The white light had begun to encompass her body and a wave of riatsu flung Tesla back and brought everyone else to their knees. No one could see Orihime anymore, just what looked like a huge ball of white flames with wind and sand twisting around it. From inside Orihime's voice answered Tesla's question.
"This is my will."