She just stared at him. Ulquiorra had just walked into her room out of…nowhere. Orihime was speechless. She walked forward a few steps; she wanted to know if he was real. With her emotional dream still in her mind she cautiously crept closer. She stared at his face the entire time because his eyes were closed, and in her mind 'is he sleeping? Wow this is a first I can't believe he's asleep!' Orihime had to stifle the giggles that threatened turn to full blown laughter. Orihime's face was only inches away from his. She looked up to see his now open eyes drilling into her. He was mad. Of course his face wasn't any different, but his eyes were serpent-like with how narrow his pupils were. His eyes, still a beautiful shade of jade, belonged to a dangerous man. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again they were the green pools of noting!

Ulquiorra eyed her. His eyes went up and down the length of her body, and when he got back to her face she was looking at him with a light blush on her cheeks.

"So," Orihime began, "what you looking' at?", she rocked back on her heels waiting for his answer.

Instead of an answer she got another question, "woman, are you unharmed?"

Orihime was too surprised at his question to answer it immediately, which seemed to annoy him. As he turned to leave he saw, for the first time apparently, the damage done to what was the door. His eyed opened a fraction wider than usual. He regained his composure before speaking.

"Woman", he sighed, "what happened here?

Orihime gave a nervous laugh, "ha, well you see Miss Halibel came ov-"

He interrupted her, "why was the number 3 espada here?"

"Well, I can't tell you"

His eyes narrowed a fraction, "and why is that?"

Orihime looked up defiantly, "because she is a higher rank than you!"

She didn't see what happened next, but next thing she knew she was against the wall with his fingers barely an inch away.

He said, "When it comes to you", he paused to drill into her with his eyes, "only Aizen-sama outranks me"

"So-so, what does that mean?" Orihime was trying to put off telling him about Nnoitra.

"It means woman, that I am your everything," Ulquiorra said as he dropped his hand to his side.

"What?", her voice higher than usual, 'what does he mean EVERYTHING' the thought turned her into a deeper shade of red.

"Take it for whatever meaning you get out of it", Ulquiorra said much to Orihime's own annoyance.

"so," he said putting his hands in his pockets, "what happened here?"

"Well, umm…ah...Hmm," she was having trouble getting words at the moment, "Nnoitra got beat up by Miss Halibel."

Ulquiorra just stared at Orihime for what seemed like forever before he turned and left telling her to go to sleep.

Szayel was standing on a cliff that over looked the Menos' forest. He knew who was behind him before they had to speak.

"You know," Szayel said without turning, "Nnoitra came to ask for my help to kill you."

"What did you say?"

Szayel turned and walked over to his companion. He put his hand on their shoulder. After a few moments he smiled and said, "I said yes, of course. My dear Halibel."

"I see"

"Do you truly?", he noticed her eyes get large before they narrowed, "ah, I assume you figured out you can't move. The effect of the drug lasts only a few hours, but you will be dead long before then."

Szayel walked away chuckling

Halibel's eyes snapped shut as a surge of pain coursed through her body. She looked as far down as the drug let her, and she saw the source of her pain. Nnoitra's odd shaped Zanpakutō four inches into the ground. She saw blood running down the blade and forming a pool. Her blood. It was the last thing she saw clearly. Her vision got blurry. She fell, but she saw the oddest thing on her way down. Her feet. But she was lying in a pool of her blood, so how was that possible?

She realized what happened and knew she was dead. She was cut in half.

She looked up to see a blurry Nnoitra, "D-Damn y-y-you Nnoitra"

She heard his maniacal laughter, and then she saw his foot.

Nnoitra looked back at the bloody mess that was once the 3rd espada. He walked away humming to himself.