Hoo! another update, and in the same day no less. Yay. I apologize that this chapter is shorter then the others. I just didn't want to defile all the glorious emotion of this scene with other things that are happening around Las Noches. I hope you enjoy this little piece of hell.

Title: "Love you forever, forever is over" -Boys like Girls

Pieces of rubble showered Orihime's back. and in the distance she could hear walls and ceilings heaving, giving out and collapsing. The sporadic presences of arrancar spirit pressure were fading and dispersing, so many arrancar were leaving Las Noches. And yet here she stayed, braving death to save the man she had so unexpectedly fallen in love with.

Her wounded fallen angel had his eyes closed again, he lost what little consciousness he'd acquired. She wasn't surprised considering the massive amounts of blood he lost.

"Just you wait Ulquiorra, you'll get better and we will escape to the world of the living." She entertained he deluded little fantasy, telling the dying arrancar about it as it came to her. "Mr. Hat and Clogs will get you a gigai, and you can live with me, we'll go to school together, and all the girls will be jealous. They'll wanna be with you, and they'll create fan clubs about you, and pick on me and stuff." She used her dirty sleeve to wipe the tears that had started down her face.

The golden light of her healing abilities bathed the surrounded area in a yellow glow. Her eyes reflected the light almost as if they were glowing as well, and even her tears that fell looked like golden drops of sunlight. Soten Kisshun was healing him, turning back his wounds, but it wasn't working fast enough, and she feared she wouldn't be able to heal the damage in time to save him, the re-building of his flesh and bones took time, and time was not on her side.

Without a single shred of notice a burst of spiritual pressure exploded in the hallway, it shook the already compromised walls and caused more rubble to shower on the crying girl. When the dust cleared Orihime opened her eyes to see who had arrived, and she was a little surprised to see Grimmjow standing less then ten feet away. The arrancar sported a grin as if some happy event had occurred that she was unaware of.

"Hello princess." Purred the 6th espada. "your knight in shining... uh, Ivory, has come to rescue you." He reached a hand out to help her off the ground. But she slapped it away in disgust and ignored him.

"I'm not going anywhere."

"Didn't you hear me, bitch? I'm taking you to your precious Ichigo. You're gonna be free." Grimmjow roughly seized her shoulder trying to pull her up off the ground. He wasn't about to take no for an answer. Not when his prize would be so very sweet.

She struggled against him, new tears welling up in her hazel-tinted grey eyes. "Let go of me! Can't you see Ulquiorra is dying?! He needs my help!" She managed to get him to ease up, and he paused for a moment to analyze the mass of blood and fur she was obsessing over.

"It looks dead to me." Grimmjow proceeded to spit on Ulquiorra's body. "C'mon, no use crying over a dead arrancar." He tried to coax her to come with him again, but she refused. "Look woman, your little friend, the small black-haired one, she's gonna die. Some S-O-B almost severed the little girl in half, and if you don't do something about it she's not gonna make it." Her got down on a knee and tried to reason with her. Maybe a dear friend in danger would slap some sense into her. "Ichigo is counting on you, he's waiting for you, don't you give a shit about your friends?"

"Rukia's dying?" The girl's eyes widened in alarm. Guilt washed over her, and she became torn between her friends and her new found love. "I- I can't leave him."

"Fucking hell, lady. He's dead either way, you can't save him." Grimmjow stood up and buried his face into the palm of his hand. "I'm going to stop you from making a very big mistake." He added under his breath. Without waiting for an answer or a protest, Grimmjow encircled her waist with his large muscled arm, then hoisted her up over his shoulder.

"NOOOO!" She screamed in his ear. "Put me down! Right now!" She beat her fists against his back, and kicked her legs. Her healing powers had been disrupted and the flowers had returned to the clips in her hair. "Ulquiorra will die without me!"

"Your Rukia friend will DIE without you!" He retorted. He began walking away from Ulquiorra's mangled corpse.

"Ulquiorra! No! Ulquiorraa!" She felt the world give out beneath them as Grimmjow used his sonido ability to exit the dilapidated fortress. "ULQUIORRRAAA!" Her screams echoed even after their absence.

One demon green eye cracked open to gaze at the reiatsu impression left in their wake. "Good-bye, Orihime."

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Grimmjow and Orihime appeared outside of Las Noches. They weren't far off from the slab of stone that Ichigo had taken Rukia to. The orange-haired substitute reaper was kneeling next to rukia, trying to nurse her wounds. He was using the knowledge he'd acquired from working in his father's medical facility.

The defected espada carried Orihime over to the flat stone, and dumped her down next to Ichigo. The woman was absolutely hysterical, sobbing so hard she was out of breath. Kurosaki looked up at her then at Grimmjow in alarm.

"What the hell did you do to her?" He demanded. climbing to his feet and making a fist at the arrancar.

"I didn't do shit to her man." Grimmjow turned away from the crying girl and the angry substitute reaper. "She's just upset because her emospada died. He tried to take on the intruding arrancar and was over powered. Now can we just get this over with. I hate scenes liek this."

Ichigo, felt like decking Grimmjow, but instead swallowed his fury and turned to Orihime instead. "Hey, glad to see you aren't hurt or anything. Are you gonna be alright?" He placed a caring hand on her back and softly rubbed in an attempt to console and quiet his friend. "I know this is a lot to ask, since you've only just escaped an' all, but can you save Rukia? I don't think she's gonna hold out much longer."

Orihime finally stopped her tears and it was soon followed by the quieting of her sobs. Through teary eyes she looked over at the other woman, and finally realized the extent of Rukia's wounds. If something wasn't done quickly everyone would lose a cherished friend. Trying to push the thoughts of her dying arrancar to the back of her mind, Orihime crawled over to Rukia and settled on her knees beside her.

Once again she used her ability and called upon the flowers to turn back Rukia's injuries. "Soten Kisshun, I reject." She whispered. She wanted dearly to save her friend, because she cared so much for Rukia, but no matter how she tried to justify it to herself, her heart wasn't in it. Not when she knew Ulquiorra was out there, bleeding to death inside the remains of Las Noches.

And so this chapter comes to a close. Ah damn, what a tough choice. Rukia, a trusted and cherished friend, or Ulquiorra her love and guardian. Guess its good Grimmjow made the choice for her, Love is such a selfish thing ain't it? R&R please tell me what you think. Once again, your humble author, Saij Spellhart.