Chapter 6

Uryiu's plot - Stolen hearts

The next few moments were a blur as time around Uryiu started to slow, coming to a halt as he raced forward, his sword cutting easily through the hollow's arm as he tried attacking Rukia. Another, upward slash, followed his initial attack quickly after, years of time spent fighting and honing his skills reaching through and guiding his every motion. A brilliant blue flame ingulfing the creature, causing it to slowly turn to ash until only the mask remained, falling to the ground and shattering instantly as time picked back up. Uryiu falling unconscious the moment his arms stopped, the momentum of his last attack and the adrenaline pumping through his system faltering. His Spiritual Pressure much weaker than it had been previously.

"What happened? What's he doing here, I thought I warned you not to hang around him?! You idiot!" Ichigo yelled at Rukia, kicking hte unconscious boy. "How many times do I have to tell you before you belive me, it's Ulquiorra, he's fooling you!" Rukia glaring the entire time, waiting until he was done before hitting him in the back of hte head.

"He can't be, he transformed into a Substitue Soul Reaper!" Rukia scowled, calling him an idiot before continuing "He may look similar to this Ulquiorra but he's not the same, plus... He saved my life, no Arrancar would ever do something like that" She turned and jumped out of his window, leaving Ichigo with Uryiu.

"Wai!.." Ichigo sighed, stopping as he realized it was no use before turning back to the boy that was asleep on his bed. "I could have sworn you were..." He shook his head "I got a bad feeling... But I guess I'm just going to have to trust you, at least for now."

Ulquiorra stood outside of his body as he listened to what Ichigo had to say, his presence unknown by the orange-haired male, the essence of his darker half beginning to fade. "It looks like... you won't be needing me here, Uryiu... My second chance, it seems I'm not meant to exist here... But let me install into you this. That man, the one who calls himself Ichigo Kurosaki, it's not him... He's calling you this Ulquiorra fellow so that he can steal Orihime from this world and use her for his own selfish needs. He is in fact Ichigo's inner hollow. You must stop him at any cost... And as an early payment, I will take with me all memory of what happened before this life..."

Uryiu would slowly wake as the essence of his darkness began to fade, waiting for a time where it could rise again. His eyes widening as he stared directly at a white ichigo with frightening yellow eyes, scrambling back on his bed as the Ichigo started to talk. "What's the matter huh, you look like your seeing a ghost?!" the voice frightening Uryiu and causing him to fall off Ichigo's bed. Shaking his head afterwards before looking up, seeing the real Ichigo once more. "You must have taken quite a toll back there, huh?" he asked before reaching his hand out to Uryiu. The man hesitant to take it before pulling himself to his feet. "I... I have to get going" he stated as he rushed out, ignoring Ichigo's words as he was told to wait. 'and tell Orihime' the thought blossomed in his mind, wondering what he was going to do, only hoping she'd believe him.