Chapter 4

Strange feelings... the truth... revealed.

Ulquiorra watching Ichigo walk off grinned though the grin quickly faded noticing that the girl was still crying. "Hey... Orihime... everything's going to be okay.. he's just... i don't know..." he sighed. 'Why are you trying to help her?' he asked himself silently 'It's not like I care... this is just to get at Ichigo...' he finished the thoughts though he had started to doubt them as soon as they were thought. It had been all about getting Ichigo back at the beginning, not really getting him back though. Ulquiorra just wanted to make him suffer after almost dying by his hands.

"It's your fault... you stupid" she hit him in the chest hurting her hands. He may be skinny, irregularly so but he was strong. "Ow..." she sniffled trying to wipe away her tears. "You shouldn't have kissed me!" she protested though secretly she was glad he did instead of Ichigo. After all Ichigo was her friend and that was as much as she wanted him to be, their friendship was too much for something like this. She wouldn't let it get ruined even if she had feelings for him. 'But what about Uryiu?...' she thought having slight feelings for him already. She couldn't explain it but she felt like she knew him from sometime before. It was like he was an important part of her past.

"I'm sorry... your right" he told her somehow actually meaning it. It wasn't like him to be sorry. 'Is this what it feels like to be human?...' he thought hating it. He didn't want to be human... It's what Ichigo was... and her. "I shouldn't have... I.. I'll go now..." he stood up then taking his arms from around her. "I won't bother you again..." he told her with a soft voice, a hint of sadness in his voice despite him trying to hide all the emotions he was feeling. 'You really are turning human aren't you?...' he asked himself.

"N...no..." Orihime looked up wiping the last of her tears away, her voice whiny. "P-please... stay..." she whispered.

A few minutes later at Ichigo's house

"Who does the think he is..." Ichigo's voice was low as his fist came down on the door to his closet. "That bastard... I... hate him" he growled a deep rage stirring within him. ' Calm down...' he thought to himself not wanting to make his little sisters worry. Not only that but if his father found out something was wrong he knew that one: he wouldn't stop bugging him until he said something, or two: he'd try and cheer Ichigo up by beating the crap out of him, which never really worked out. Ichigo laughed to himself though his laugh wasn't at all kind. "I can't believe she kissed that loser... back" he closed his eyes taking a deep breath. "Gotta think straight.. there has to be something..." he paced around his room. "That's it!" he yelled suddenly stopping. The green eyes... pale almost white skin... medium length hair that went to the bottom of his neck. It had to be... 'But how do I prove it?...' he asked himself mentally. Add green lines running down his eyes and a broken hollow mask and there it was. "Ulquiorra..." he whispered. "So that's why..." Ichigo was even more pissed now though he was in a way calm. At least he knew what he was dealing with and if Ulquiorra didn't try killing him then he must not have powers like this. 'Now all I have to do is prove it...'

Later that night back at the park

"I think we should get you home..." Ulquiorra smiled lightly. 'I hate this... why not just tell her to leave you alone? quit being human...' he thought to himself. "I feel... warmth..." he thought allowed having never felt such a thing before. It was completely unusual for him. He'd never felt anything before, neither warmth nor cold. And now all of a sudden it seemed as if his insides were on fire.

"Hehe... okay" Orihime kissed him on the cheek "That's Ichigo's by the way" The kiss was hers to give him but she had to get him back someway, or at least she didn't want him to know that she liked him back believing that he really did like her.

"I..." Ulquiorra didn't know what to say but scowled when she said something about it being from Ichigo. "hehe" she giggled. Strangely enough though Ulquiorra soon got over his anger at the thought of Ichigo. It was like he didn't exist at the moment. "okay.." he said "Let's get you home... I think you've had enough of this night air."

Halfway back from the park Ulquiorra sighed again his thoughts still as much as ever. 'Maybe... I should try giving being human a chance... it might not be so bad...' his gaze on Orihime, he was confused still about these feelings he was having and even more by his thoughts. Why now? Was this some sort of punishment? 'or a second chance?' he corrected himself.

"Okay... this is where you stop" Orihime giggled giving him a kiss on the other cheek having warmed up to him a lot more since their walk. She didn't really understand her feelings either but she felt she could trust this stranger... 'no not stranger... he's Uryiu...' she smiled.

"I'll see you tomorrow then..." Ulquiorra said having a hard time getting the words out before turning and walking off into the night already ready for another day of school.

Back at Ichigo's house

"Kind of glad now that no one's home tonight..." Ichigo laughed remembering how he worried about his little sisters or pops overhearing him. They couldn't possibly no matter what, for they had decided to go to the movies tonight for once. Ichigo though being typical well... Ichigo declined the invitation and decided to stay home. "Still can't believe I thought that was Ulquiorra... I killed him... he couldn't have possibly came back..." he said allowed though deep within his mind he was trying to find a way to prove that Uryiu was in fact Ulquiorra... There was noway to tell how he knew but he just knew that that was the truth... that the kid who'd kissed his Orihime was none other than Ulquiorra...