Tite Kubo already killed off Grimmy… and now Ulquiorra. –sulks in corner-

There was a major Ulquihime moment too…

Chapter Seven: Baka-Peach

"Kill me?"

A smiled formed on his lips, taunting the boy to even try. They both stood tall, their size on almost equal grounds. I didn't know exactly what the problem was, or how any of this started, but I had the uneasy feeling that it was all centered on Orihime.

The girl in question stood not too far behind Ulquiorra, having been pushed slightly back so that he could stop Grimmjow's violent act. She held a shaky hand to her mouth whilst the other gripped tightly on her school shirt. Seeing her in such a conflicted situation when she was a naturally kind and loving girl was horrible.

"Don't make me laugh." Grimmjow seethed as he took his hand back, "You can't do shit, let a lone know how to please a real woman." I didn't fail to notice the sudden quick glance he gave Orihime as he said the words. She gave a tiny gasp and inched closer to Ulquiorra, much like a puppy seeking cover from the rain.

Ulquiorra kept his cool demeanor as he replied but the anger from his insult was visible, "She's my woman, what I do with her is none of your concern, if she chooses to leave me I will let her go, but until that day she is mine."

As if taking this as her cue Orihime finally spoke, both hands securely holding onto Ulquiorra's arm, "Grimmjow," she said timidly, "Please stop causing trouble for me and Ulquiorra, I know that you like me a lot, but I cannot return your feelings for my heart belongs to only one person."

As I watched, the pieces suddenly came together. It was just as I had suspected. Grimmjow had a thing for Orihime, but she didn't feel the same way. It was kind of like a messy love-triangle only different. Two guys fighting over one girl.

Ulquiorra gazed down at her, seemingly touched by what she said—not that you could exactly tell with his emotionless expression, but his eyes seemed to do all the talking with just one glance. Orihime was right; he's a good person once you get to know him.

"Furthermore," she continued, "what we had was just one-sided… for you felt nothing for me when we were together."

The moment she said that, I thought I would have fainted from the shock if I wasn't in so much pain. It never crossed my mind that they had originally been together before Ulquiorra.

Grimmjow, despite his intimidating nature managed to soften his look, his blue eyes looking straight at her, "Your wrong." With that he turned on his heel and walked away, leaving everyone baffled and confused.

I groaned, this was too much for one day.

"Hey Hina, you okay?" Karin asked, genuinely concerned about my wellbeing.

I nodded reflexively and she took my hand away from my cheek to examine the damage. She sighed, patting my head and unknowingly messed up my hair in the process. "Is it that bad?" I asked.

"Stupid Momo, always getting yourself hurt." She smiled her smile and helped me up.

"Alright, let's go." Karin reached for my hand and proceeded to tug me away like nothing had happened. I resisted, wanting to go back to Orihime and ask if she was okay, it was times like these were friends were dearly needed.

"Hey, shouldn't we be helping—,"

"No Hina, they need to sort this out on their own. The situations too complicated to understand anyways." Turning her head to me she gave me a serious look, "looking out for your friends is important but getting hurt on their part is another thing."

The next day at school was surprisingly normal—which seemed to be a rare miracle in this school—and I spent most of the time chatting away with the new faces that Karin had introduced to me. I learnt a lot of things about them, about what they did childhood stories and even about some odd if not funny embarrassing moments.

"Ne, Hinamori-san, do you find any of the boys in this school interesting?" Orihime had asked as soon as we got onto the topic of relationships.

I shook my head, for most of the boys in this school I had no comment about them, "Nah, no ones really my type."

"Well that's a shame." Someone else said as they took a seat beside me.

Like a normal person would, I turned to see who it was and immediately wished I hadn't for it was the last person I thought I'd see sitting beside me. "Wha-what?" I stuttered like a fool.

Toushiro stared at me, his face an expressionless mask, "What happened to you?" he asked, obviously referring to my cheek since I had been punched in the face.

It didn't look as bad as I thought it would when I first saw it. The bruise itself was still fresh, taking a purple to blue colour on my left cheek. It wasn't that big, but it kind of resembled one of those bruises one would get after coming out of a gang war.

He reached a hand out to my face, turning my head to the side so he could further examine it. "Must've hurt." He commented, "Who did it?"

"Hitsugaya-kun, Hinamori-san got hurt when she tried to protect Karin-chan." Orihime had answered for me.

Startled, I pulled away from his touch and inched away from him, leaving a rather big gap between us. I had completely forgotten about Orihime still being there and with Ulquiorra being someone who could read a persons body language well I wouldn't want them to misinterpret anything.

Toushiro nodded but still wasn't pleased with the answer, "Yes, but I asked who did it, not how it happened."

Embarrassed, Orihime laughed and did an apologetic bow—for whatever reason I felt that was unnecessary. "Grimmjow," she said his name uneasily, immediately clinging onto Ulquiorra's arm.

Ulquiorra grunted turning his head away in distaste muttering, "Do not speak of that trash." To which led to Orihime playfully hitting his arm.

"That's not a nice thing to say." She scolded gently.

"He made you cry and almost hit you, he's trash."

Orihime sighed and gave him a smile, "Yes, but you were there to protect me," in a shy manner she kissed him quickly on the cheek.

Already I could feel my eyes tearing up; the two of them together were just so cute! It was kind of like a real life anime romance. I wiped at my eyes, the tears only a moments away from falling. I had myself had never actually experienced being with someone, only because the majority of boys that liked me were complete perverts. Sighing at their display of love I was ready and armed for the moment I would I would bawl. If only I had a box of tissues…

From beside me Toushiro put on a child-like pout and poked me, "Oi, baka-peach, why are you crying?"

I felt a vein throb and counterattacked by poking him on the forehead, "Shut up snow white."

He was speechless for a moment as he blinked in confusion; obviously he had never been called that before. He frowned then, disliking the name, "Baka-peach."

I glared, "Snow white!"

"Baka-peach!"

"Snow white!"

"Bed-wetter!"

"Whitey!"

This went on for a while, both of us insulting the other with names before a cough sounded and broke our combo of words. Unbeknownst to us, not only had we gotten into a verbal argument it had also turned somewhat physical.

Karin stood before us, hands placed firmly on her hips, "What are you doing?"

I had somehow ended up on top of Toushiro on the floor. During our petty and rather childish argument I had thumped him on the head every time he called me a name and he had resorted to pinching both my cheeks. As if my left cheek didn't hurt enough already without him pulling on it.

I laughed nervously, "He kept teasing me."

Karin raised a brow, "Then why are you on him?" She asked suspiciously.

I got up quickly—as did Toushiro—and gave him a warning glare, he would regret it if he ever called me 'Baka-peach' again. "Sorry, it was childish of me." It was only then that I realized both Orihime and Ulquiorra had left, most likely because they didn't want to get involved.

Karin took hold of my arm, "Hina, we need to talk." With that she dragged me away.

From a distance I heard Toushiro say: "See ya Baka-peach."

Loools! I could imagine Momo and Toshi getting into a small argument like that. xD
Anyways, hope this chapter makes up for my late up-dates. I definitely will try and work harder to get more chapters in.

REVIEWW, and receive an imaginary Grimmy plushieeee. x)