What is a heart?

Chapter 2

She could do nothing. Nnoitra was an Espada, one of her new comrades. If she fought him, it would be viewed as resistance. This would put her friend's lives in danger. This was something she would not risk. She was willing to suffer for them, willing to allow this monster to do as he wished with her. She would do nothing to stop it.

He licked her neck as he ran his hand up her leg. She was so strange. She had begged him to stop before but now, now she as being so compliant. Surely his threat of being rough with her was no the cause. He was truly curious as to what she was thinking.

It seemed though, that no matter how hard she tried, no matter how brave she attempted to be, she could only cry. Tears ran down her face just as they always have. Something that surprised her most, was that she was smiling. She was happy that she could protect her friends She was finally useful in some way to them. She could rest peacefully because of this.

All at once Nnoitra stopped. She stared at the blade that was to his neck.

Nnoitra smiled at this. "I had expected someone else to ruin my fun, not you."

"She belongs to lord Aizen, body and soul!" her savior said.

Nnoitra backed off and knocked the blade to the side. "You would do well to respect higher ranking Espada, Espada number 6 Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez."

"You're the low life taking advantage of a disgusting human!" he shot back.

"I was simply punishing her for wandering the halls unguarded."

Grimmjow grabbed her hand and yanked her behind him as he led her away.

Nnoitra smiled at this. "So this is it, you wish to punish her yourself, am I right Grimmjow?"

He payed no mind to him as he pulled her allong at a fast pace far too quickly for her tiny legs. She struggled to keep up with him. Grimmjow shot around and stared at her.

"Why are you so slow human?" he asked.

"I-I'm sorry. I will try harder." She said trying to catch her breath.

He realized how out of breath she was. This annoyed him. If she couldn't keep his pace then why even bother with her? Without any thought of it he thew her over his shoulder.

"Grimmjow-sama! Please put me down!" she screamed.

"Be silent human! This way we can travil faster!" with that he took off.

He carried her there on his shoulder with such ease. Yet he didn't know that he was hurting her. She held her toung though. She bore it as not to anger him. He stopped. She looked over his shoulder and looked into the eyes of Ulquiorra.

"Grimmjow, why do you have the human?"

Grimmjow threw her at him. "Some guard dog you are. She was wandering the halls alone and had a run in with Nnoitra."

Ulquiorra looked her in the eyes, his expression had not changed one bit. He then turned to Grimmjow. "And what were you planning to do with her?"

Grimmjow huffed. "I planned to put her back in her cell."

Ulquiorra turned and started to walk away. "Come woman, if you disappear again, your punishment will be nothing compared to what Nnoitra had done."

She looked back to Grimmjow who gave a disgusted stare. She looked at his light-blue spiky hair as well as light-blue eyes, and also has green lines below them. His mask was located n his right jaw. His muscular chest fully exposed due to his open top. His Hallow hole lay on his stomic. He was gorgous.

"Come now woman! Need I remaind you of the punishment?"

She bowed respectfully to Grimmjow. "Arigato gozaimasu! Thank you for saving me from Nnoitra-sama, Grimmjow-sama." Her voice was unafraid now.

He grew angry at this. "I didn't help you! I could care less about you! You're nothing more to me then what Lord Aizen says you are!" with that said he stormed off in another direction.

She quickly fallowed behind Ulquiorra. Being sure she didn't take her eyes off of him. Grimmjow's reaction didn't surprise her tough. It was just as she expected from him. Though, just telling him how thankful she was to him, it gave her the feeling that they were more then monsters. Strange as it sounded.

They came to Aizen's door. Ulquiorra turned to her. "This is where I stop. Woman, go in now, you are already late."

She nodded and opened the door with shacking hands. Inside was a large thrown of white to which she found Aizen speaking with Gin Ichimaru. Gin was one of those she was truly frightened of. He keeps his eyes constantly narrowed to slits, rarely ever opening his eyes enough to visibly reveal their bright sky blue-color. Although he appears to be an early to mid twenty-year-old person, he is thin and tall with very sharp features giving him a skeletal appearance. He bears unusual silver hair which she believed he was named for.

As for Aizen, his features revealed menacing eyes and swept back hair, with a strand hanging in his face. He was truly a hansome man but she held no interest in him. He was the man whom had brught her to this. He was the man she hated most. The man whom caused her so much sarrow and dismay.

His cruel eyes turned to her. Once they met her's a crooked smile formed. "Miss Inoue, what a pleasure."

She was suddenly submerged in a large amount of spiritual pressure. It was suffocating. She struggled to stay up, to keep her self composed.

"Come now my Lord, must you treat her so harshly?" Gin asked in his calm voice.

The preassure stopped. "I was only testing her. How odd, she was able to stay standing when Grimmjow fell to his knees. What a strange human she is." Aizen said in a mockingly kind voice.

She bowed to him. "My Lord, you have summoned me?"

He motioned for her to come closer. She obayed. "You're name, it's Orihime am I correct?"

She nodded. "You are correct."

He smiled. "Hime means princess, am I correct?"

She nodded once more. "As always my Lord." She stopped a few feet from his thrown.

"So Gin, it seems we've royalty as our honored comrade." Aizen said mockingly.

"Quite a lovely princess she is Lord Aizen." Gin replied.

"So tell me princess, why did it take you so long to get here?"

She froze for a moment. If she told, what would happen to Nnoitra? It wasn't in her to cause harm to anyone. To anything. It just wasn't. "I-I was separated from Ulquiorra-sama. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. Forgive me Lord Aizen-sama."

He chuckled. "Very well, after all, this is the first you have been out of your room in so long."

"My Lord, may I inquire something of her?" Gin asked.

"Of course, I am curious of what you've to ask."

"Tell me Princess, do you like your room? Not just the room it's self, but the guard we assinged to you as well."

Aizen seemed interested in the answer as well. She looked down at the white tiles.

"I-I am happy with it. As for Ulquiorrra-sama, I'm not sure what to think of him."

"Tell me what you think of this Ulquiorra." Aizen asked.

She tensed up. She was so over whelmed by Aizen's power that she hadn't knowtaced Ulquiorra's spiritual pressure. She looked at him out of the corner of her eye.

"I don't find it surprising Lord Aizen. The woman has known me for such a short time. To have an oppinion of me now would seem illogical and improbable."

"This is of no surprize to me." He turned to Orihime. "Princess, I have called you here to day so you may understand that as you wear our uniform, you are our comrad. I trust you completely but I will ask you be locked in your room more for your safty then any other. Don't think of it as a threat my dear. Not many of my Arrancars are willing to accept a human at this moment." Aizen said so causally.

She bowed. "Thank you, Lord Aizen."

He stood up and walked to her. She reamained still, refusing to raise her head. She could see his shoes stop infront of her. His hand raised her head to here her eyes met his. "It's odd really, I never realized how pretty your eyes are."

She blushed.

"Like tiny stars, wouldn't you say Ulquiorra?" he asked as he turned to him.

Ulquiorra looked into her eyes, at the same time she looked into his. They seemed different from the other Espada's. They sparkled just like emralds. They were truly beautiful.

"They are quite unique my Lord." Ulquiorra replied at last.

Aizen let her go. "I wonder, if we kill her, what kind of Arrancar would she be?"

She froze. Her heart was racing now. Her calm composure shattered in a split second.

Aizen chuckled at her reaction. "I'm only teasing my dear Princess." He turned around and walked to the thrown. "You are dismissed."

With this, Ulquiorra bowed and walked toward the door. "Let's go, Woman."

Orihime fallowed closely. Her hand held closely to her heart to keep it from trembling.