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3. dedicate a chapter to them + write them a small prose or poem. It can be for anything, fanfiction, original work, whatever. Up to them.
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"Alright, move it over here! A little to the left! Down!"
Orihime watched as Halibel conducted the re-construction of the throne room. She hadn't thought it possible for so many hollows to work together, but there was the third espada, leading them all with uncanny skill.
The throne room was no longer the throne room. Over night, it seemed, Halibel had changed the whole place into a big meting hall. The head of the big table had the biggest chairs, the things that had once been chairs. Two of the three thrones had been kept, but Aizen's mighty chair had been torn apart and used to help build up one of the walls.
The two heads of the table would be Ulquiorra and Halibel. Stark was too lazy to lead anything, he preferred to just be another arrancar. Barigon was really dead, there was no coming back from the deadly attacks that Soi Fon had dealt him.
They were the leaders of Hueco Mundo now, and nobody really protested it, ether. They were easily the two most powerful people currently in the palace, Ulquiorra being the most powerful despite his number.
Both of the espada were good leaders, Orihime decided. Things were a lot more peaceful since they had taken the reins, though people still fought and killed, as no one had really changed all that much.
There were two things that kept them all together, though. They wanted to stay strong, ready to defend themselves, and no one wanted a ruler like Aizen again.
Gimmjow and Neliel were next in the chain of power. Nel had regained a lot of control over her form, though every now and then she would turn back into a helpless child.
Yammy was a lot of the muscle used in reconstructing the palace, and Szayelaporro's minions had evolved into devoted little scientists, left over powers and potions from their master helping progress them to humanoid forms. Szayelporro himself had not been recovered. The healers of Hueco had tried their best to revive him, but his brain had permanently shut itself down, breaking under the stress of the drug that had been his demise.
The ninth espada was gone, exposed to sunlight and decomposing until there was nothing left to recover. He and Kain Shiba were put back into the cycle of life, both separate of each other thanks to Rukia. The seventh was also gone. He had been completely torn apart by the thousands of blades that Byukia Kuchiki had used, and when the healers had patched him back up, he had been alive only for a little while before he truly died. His soul had just lost the will to live, and once that happened, there wasn't much anyone could do.
Nnoritora was unaccounted for.
All in all, Los Noches had suffered some heavy damages. More than half of the remaining arrancar had left the palace, no one knew where they had gone, and the remaining were a little timid to bow to a new power.
Orihime didn't really blame them.
Of course, that wasn't really what was on her mind. No, instead, she was thinking about that morning.
She awoke, still in Ulquiorra's bed, and stretched. This was normal for her. She pulled her hands through her hair, brushing it out, and silently noted to herself that the was going to have to ask for a brush later on.
She pushed past the door and into the living room, yawning, her hands above her head.
Ulquiorra was there, sitting on the couch and eating out of the canister.
The second she saw his her cheeks went up in flames, embarrassment smacking her hard in the face. "U-Ulquiorra."
He nodded at her, cool as ever it seemed. "Woman."
"G-good morning." She stammered, the sentence almost a question.
He arched a single brow. "Indeed."
She timidly made her way to the couch, sitting beside him. She held her hand out in asking for the food in his hand, which he passed to her without a word. For a second they both ate from the canister in silence.
Oddly enough, it was Ulquiorra who broke the still. "Onna?"
Orihime looked over at him, surprised. "Yes?"
"Last night was a human display of affection."
Her blush, which had been receding, returned to her cheeks full-forced. "Yes." She squeaked, looking down at her lap.
"I wish for another display." He said suddenly, turning to look at her.
She thought that her whole face was probably red, looking at him with wide eyes. "You w-what?"
He maybe, possibly, might have looked the slightest bit unsure. Still, though, he repeated himself, his voice not wavering once. "I desire another display of affection between the two of us."
She was mortified, but she also had pressing questions at the front of her mind. The first of which was, "C-can't you call it a kiss?"
He blinked. Then after a pause, began again. "I wish for a kiss, woman."
Her heart was beating frantically in her chest, almost as if it was trying to escape and leap up to give the man before her a kiss before she had the chance to. "You… you didn't mind?"
He did not answer, which meant he thought the answer was obvious and didn't need to be spoken.
"Why did you leave?" She asked, tilting the head to the side. She had thought he had gotten up and left because he was upset, but now he was asking for another kiss. That alone was bazar. Who would have ever thought that she would hear Ulquiorra Cifer ask for a kiss? Well, it was more of a demand, but it was as close to asking as she believed he would get.
"I did not wish to place you in a compromising position." He allowed, interrupting her musings.
She blushed again, her stomach lit with butterflies. Mutant, zombie, flaming butterflies that were slowly tearing her up from the inside. "Oh." was all the butterflies let her say.
"If you do not wish for a… kiss…" It was clear he didn't like the word. She could tell he was just burning to refer to it as he saw fit, not by such a simple name. "Then I will not request one again."
"O-oh, no, no! I mean, I would like one, and, uh, I mean, uh…" She trailed off, staring down at her lap mortified. "Um, it would be nice?" She finished lamely.
A cool had met her jaw, turning her head gently to look at the hand's owner. "Then we are in agreement."
His lips met her's again, briefly, starting up a burning fire in her stomach. Her heart went nuts, beating as fast and sporadically as a lose stallion.
She had just added her own pressure when it happened.
The door suddenly swung open.
"Hey, Ulquiorra, Halibel- WHAT THE FUCK!?"
Orhime and Ulquiorra drew apart quickly, the former with a sharp gasp and another blazing blush.
Both looked at Grimmjow, one annoyed and the other wishing she could crawl inside a hole and never be found.
The blue haired man suddenly broke out into a huge grin. "I fucking knew it!" He shouted, fists punching up in the air. "You two are fuck buddies! Goddamn, I knew it, I knew it! Yes! Ulqui-fucking-orra and the princess! I fucking knew it! You've been screwing all along, and I just fucking knew it!"
A vein began to throb on the side of Ulquiorra's head, the man scowling dangerously at the sexta espada. "You have said that more than four times now." He looked over so see Orihime's face hidded, as she had put her hands over her face in distress and was crouched over with her face almost touching her lap. Seeing she was distressed made Ulquiorra all the angrier. "And, your accusations are false." He added.
Grimmjow, of course, wasn't really paying any attention. "I'm a fucking genius! I knew it all along! I fucking knew it!"
Ulquiorra was getting really tired of hearing him say I fucking knew it over and over again.
"All this time, and everyone thought you were such a prude! HA!" He pointed at Ulquiorra, razor teeth gleaming as he continued to display a terrifying smile. "You've been fucking the princess! Bat shit was getting laid all this time!" He laughed again, obviously pleased with his discovery.
"If you are going to continue to assume wrongly-" Before he could finish the threat, he was interrupted.
"I can't believe it! This is the shit!" Then he paused, and looked down, a little upset. "And I've been missing out this whole time…" He muttered to himself. "Well, shit…"
His face brightened again. "But I still fucking knew it!"
Fed up with Grimmjow's antics, and pushed over the top by the 'missing out' comment, Ulquiorra stood. He pointed a finger at the laughing espada, and glared hard.
Grimmjow had just enough time to realize what was about to happen. "Oh, shi-"
Before he was ceroed out of the doorway and through the wall behind him.
Needless to say, a fight had broken out.
In the end, it had been made very clear to Grimmjow that Orihime and Ulquiorra had shared a simple kiss, and that if the blue haired espada wished to remain breathing, he would not speak word of it again.
Orihime still blushed, thinking about it.
"Down, down, down, and there! Stop!" Halibel nodded, looking at the work in front of her, noticing that Orihime was blushing again. She was starting to wonder just what had happened to make blood rise to the girl's cheeks so often.
"It looks good, everyone." She praised, looking at all of her tired workers. "You may take a break for the day."
Looking back at Orihime again, she smiled. "You may return to your quarters. Thank you for your help." She said, referring to how Orihime had helped hold things in the air using her shields, speeding up the contusion tenfold.
The girl blinked rabidly and then nodded, turning to leave.
Halibel really was curios as to what had happened earlier that day, and had a feeling it had something to do with Ulquiorra and Grimmjow's fight.
"It is better that I do not ask." She decided out loud.
Everything was complicated when it came to being embarrassed by Grimmjow's antics. In time, one learned to not be concerned with it.
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So, it's a little weirded out time-wise. But I just HAD to, you know? I hope everyone enjoyed, though I do admit this chapter was a little… ditzy? I don't know, it was just off. *shrugs* Anywho, I hope to see reviews from my fabulous reviewers. You guys have really made my life a slice of heaven! XD Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed, again, I am so surprised at how many reviews this had gotten. You guys rock! Thanks!