After explaining the first half of the story to Ichigo about how she found him that day of the Menos attack in the park that she found him and how she brought him home but left the same morning. "Shun Shun Rikkan," she called out. "Alright tell them what you told me, Ayame."

Ayame started, "It was happening not long after you all came back from Hueco Mundo, and everything started to settle down. Orihime had been dreaming for days the same dream…" Ichigo cut in.

"Wait what dream? How does that have anything to do with this," he pointed to Ulquiorra who sat far from the two of them and from the fairy-like beings. But Tsubaki was soon enough in his face irritated as ever with the soul reaper. "If you'd shut your trap and let her finish maybe she'd TELL YOU!" Ichigo blinked in surprise. "Sorry…," he mumbled.

"As I was about to say the dream starts like this: Orihime is in a bright white area just lying there suddenly the place slowly becomes a black abyss and just as its to consume every bit of white it stops just around where she laid. Then from the darkness a hand comes forth and just as Orihime is about to grab that hand it turns to ash. She gets up and runs into the darkness leaving the white haven, she runs towards where the hand came from and as she ran she calls to us 'Souten Kishun, I reject.' She repeats this over and over and over and over—and this is what happens in that dream repeatedly over the past weeks of the Winter War. But she could never retrieve that person…" she looks in Ulquiorra's direction and continues. "We follow her desires and we must fulfill them. Sometimes we can't and other times we can. But after someone has already been deceased or already dead," she emphasizes referring to hollows and to Ulquiorra especially "there is just no way. "And we couldn't at first but as the same dream went on and on for days on end we gradually collected the particles in her dream state and rejuvenated the body but it came to, in Hueco Mundo and soon to find out it was Ulquiorra."

"But I thought you said after someone has died you can't reverse, reject, rejuvenate, or whatever it is you do?" Ichigo said frustrated trying to follow the creature and her logic.

"We can't but Orihime's desire to revive Ulquiorra the more it fueled our power to reject. In a sense since we could only revive the soul of that person but without a body to return it to we couldn't do anything. But as Orihime's dreams repeated over time so did the desire grow so unconsciously we were sent to that place in Hueco Mundo and searched for whatever was left of him and the more we rejected the death the more we also rejected the hollow part of him. But he was still not alive. He didn't have a heart so we sort of linked Orihime's with his…"

Both Ichigo and Ulquiorra gasped and sprang to their feet and scared to see what they would do Orihime got up looking helpless.

"Why would you do that? Aren't you supposed to protect her?" Ichigo shouted, enraged.

"As I said," Ayame continued "We only follow the will and desires of Orihime. She wanted us to do that. Unconsciously, I guess you could say."

Ulquiorra was even more surprised than Ichigo. After every hardship he put her through in Hueco Mundo…stealing her away from her life, taking away her spirit, forcing her to witness as her friends suffered, secluding her to that lonesome suffocating cell, with no one but him to see, who further made her feel all the more inferior. So again, why would she desire him to return? "Why would you want that?" both he and Ichigo asked.

Orihime realizing that it might send the wrong "message"—that she had feelings for Ulquiorra—with a flushed face she nervously began to explain why, not that she even knew why. "Um, um its n-not that I want you Ulquiorra. It-it's that maybe I felt sad that when you were alive—um before that you didn't have a good life…." Thinking about what she was saying seemed pretty good as a cover story and went on babbling. "Yeah, yeah thats why I did it," laughing nervously.

"If they're linked in that way, does it put her life in danger if I were to kill him right now?" the soul reaper asked seriously to Ayame but all the while glaring in Ulquiorra's direction.

"We don't fully understand the boundaries of this link between the two, yet. But we do know that if either of them experiences a strain on their bodies the other will feel it. Well maybe now that I think about it I think it will but both their lives in danger. But if it's anything minor then fatal I don't think the other will feel it. Orihime I'd bet your heart has been racing quite a bit, hasn't it?"

"N-NO IT HASN'T!"

"It should be racing pretty high right now, I wonder." Flying over to Ulquiorra's side along with Lily they did a very brief quick check up on Ulquiorra's heart beat since they knew he wouldn't answer their question. "Wow! Its beating pretty high and you're not even breaking a sweat huh? How do you put up with it, with a straight face like that?"

Lily interjected "I could be that he just hasn't gotten used to his heart that he doesn't notice it yet."

Ulquiorra wished she hadn't said anything on that fact because he didn't notice it under she pointed it out and now he could feel it fluttering and hammering. It was uncomfortable but not unbearable and built up his front again showing no notice to it.

"I still don't understand it all too well…now the question is how did you get back from Hueco Mundo if you supposedly have no more power?" Ichigo questioned Ulquiorra putting him on the spot. But Ulquiorra now even more confused, didn't realize that fact either. If his body had awoken in Hueco Mundo how did he get back?

Orihime spoke to this, "Well maybe before his power completely disappeared, he had enough to come back."

"Even if he did have enough to get back on just a bit of reitsu a Menos Grande can just barely open one if it was powerful enough. But that's not what I meant by 'how did he get back' but how is it that he came back if he woke up here just as confused about it as we are? What was it sleepwalking? Gimme a break!"

Not knowing how to answer this, Orihime looked in Ulquiorra's silent direction hoping he had some recollection of how it was that he got himself to the World of the Living. But could only looking back in her eyes with an empty expression, and through that farce she could see how lost and confused he was.

The lump in his chest that beat ever so lightly now, weighed heavy on him. He did not like feeling answerless and powerless…

He finally spoke "So Orihime this is how you must have felt when you were taken hostage," pausing only to walk to Orihime's side "feeling powerless, inferior to others around you. Speechless to the circumstances because you didn't have a say to what was done to you. But unlike you I had nothing to lose, so I still don't understand your reasoning. But feeling inferior and having no say in the matter is something we shared in common at this point," his monotone never subsided his character as a hollow nor as a human.

Orihime eyes widened to the realization that she unknowingly done what he did to her, now was being done to him. She took from the life he knew and now he felt just as powerless as she did back in the white cell… But she gave him life a life he could find happiness and know what it is to have true friends and to have relationships and bonds with. "No because this is a better situation. Because now you can experience the joys of life. A better life than the one you and as a hollow and maybe even before that," she said with a gentle smile. "Although I don't know what to say about your powers being gone, but maybe they're all gone. You could see Ichigo when he stepped out of his physical body right? Maybe they're just dormant inside you."

"Although is it true that I could see Kurosaki outside his body, I do not feel the presence of Murcielago anywhere within my being. But as I've seen before" remembering back on the day he came to this town, and saw Tatsuki who could see them, "that even average humans can see that sort of thing."

Orihime felt sort of bad about him losing his powers but at the same time she felt happy he didn't have those horrifying abilities and appearance as he did in his Segunda Etapa phase. But maybe, Murcielago was probably the closest being he would call a friend. Or at least someone who related to him in more ways than one and now they were gone. Now she felt even more responsible for his discomfort and lonesome disposition. Behind her she could hear Tsubaki arguing with Ichigo over what was to be done about Ulquiorra. To kill Ulquiorra or not.

"Maybe we can find a way to separate them from their so called 'link' somehow?" Ichigo asked partly only to himself, rubbing his chin as if he was concentrating very hard.

Orihime worried about them killing Ulquiorra looked at Ulquiorra with desperation that he would stay here and live as a human, to live. But before he could say anything of his decision Tsubaki and Ayame intervene.

"Well we can't let Ulquiorra run wild anymore. Who knows what crazy things he might do to his body that will harm Orihime," Ayame declared.

"But he seemed very keen to take his own life before. Trying to jump off an abandoned building, really…?" Tsubaki stated.

Ulquiorra turned to the spunky fairy-being "How would you that I did such a thing?"

"Well now that you're partly connected to Orihime we can tell where you are just like we can with Orihime. But don't get the wrong ideas we still only go by her orders and no one else's, got that punk?" Tsubaki said with a flare before return to Orihime's hair clips.

"Well I think it's time for us to return, Orihime, Ulquiorra. If we have anything notable to tell you about this, we'll let you know. Goodnight," Ayame said before her and the others disappeared leaving them silent momentarily before Ichigo spoke.

"Well you heard fairy-man! We have no choice but to keep you alive…for her sake. But now where to put you, since you can't stay here—"

"And why can't I stay here?" Ulquiorra said feeling even more irritated after being told he had to stay alive for someone else's sake. No word and no say in the matter, just like Orihime before…

"You over stayed your welcome here with her. And it isn't right for a girl to live with a man, especially when that man is you! Or should I even call you that?"

"I am male and I always have been. And since she is the one who brought me here, I believe its her responsibility and be held accountable for her actions."

They both turned to her, who had a confused wide eyed puckered lip expression as if trying her hardest to follow their conversation but failed miserably. "Uh, Ichigo he can stay here if he'd like. It's not a big deal. It can be like a sleepover!" she cheerfully pointed, all the while Ichigo frustrated by her thickness to the situation rubbed the bridge of his nose then looked up to Ulquiorra and said "Fine! But you have to follow these rules. Number one: change inside the bathroom when you're finished with your bath. Number two: You sleep on the couch and you are not to go into Orihime's room. And number three: Be respectful and considerate to Orihime's home while you are here."

Ulquiorra said nothing to this but his stomach had something else on its mind as it growled loudly. Hearing this Orihime gasped and ran to the kitchen "Oh I'm so sorry you must be hungry, being as you haven't eaten since um yesterday morning was it? Oh I have an extra futon so you don't have to sleep on the couch—it's pretty small so it might be uncomfortable. Oh and Ichigo would you like to stay for supper?" she asked as she raided her fridge taking out all sorts of ingredients that didn't seem to make a good or even smart combination. Shuddering at the thought of Orihime's cooking Ichigo refused the offer and was on his way in hast before she insisted any further. But she didn't instead she asked him for a favor as she showed him to the door "Wait Ichigo could you maybe lend Ulquiorra some clothes? See I'm running out of my brother's clothes to give him since I donated most of them since I didn't have much space for them here."

"Uh, guess I have no other choice. But he needs to get his own underwear. I am not sharing those."

"Eeep! Oh ah its alright we'll go into town tomorrow and buy some new ones, ahahaha…" she said with a flustered goofy smile.

Meanwhile, Ulquiorra could feel her discomfort feeling as his heart fluttered rapidly as he sat on the kitchen table feeling light-headed from the lack of sleep and food, not to mention all that he to take in today. And thought to himself, Why is she getting over excited over trivial matters? Or is it because he was the one mentioning it? He wondered but soon let it pass as the hunger and sleep took its toll leaving him feel the fatigue come to him all at once. His eyes and limbs became heavy and he could no longer fight his tiring body he slowly drifted in and out of sleep from what felt like hour to hour but actually only seconds.

In the distance he could hear Orihime speaking in a low voice as if she did not want what she was about to say be heard by Ulquiorra "Ichigo I was wondering do you think they might get involved in this?" sounding nervously distressed.

"Who knows? But being as he was involved with him and his alliance and being as he was a hollow. I think its safe to say that if they're not thinking or aware of it now they will be and that means trouble for you Orihime. They already thought you were a traitor once and know you brought back someone who was an enemy not to mention dead back to life. They might see your power unnatural and a threat. So for now I think it's best to keep this in the dark for the time being I'll let Uryu and Chad know about the situation and we'll see wha…."

Ulquiorra could no longer hear their voices as he drifted to sleep exhausted by everything that was said today but as he submitted to his exhaustion he thought silently as he laid his head back, sitting on the chair; Soul Society hmph….What will you do to keep order…? How far will you go….?

A/N: Finally got to finish this chapter! Sorry guys, I have demanding courses that I had to take care of first before finishing this chapter.

I hoped you all enjoyed it. Its kind of off scale a little bit. Who would have thought huh? ME! ^^

Its going to be a little challenging to write the next episodes to come since Orihime is always gets overly excited over everything and now seeing as Ulquiorra could feel how that makes her body feel [in terms of her heart] -pervs what are you thinkin? I know what I'm thinkin of doing with this! MUAHAHAHA!

And now of course Soul Society is goin to stick their big noses in their business to keep "Order" What are they going to do about UlquiHime situation!

[ I love you Murcielago! I am sooo Tatting you on my bod. *-* ]