A/N: Don't like the plot of character plot, then don't read. Or I'll get my Zangetsu and Getsuga Tenshou you :P
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CHAPTER 5:
Gear Up Ichigo.
Orihime had been unreachable for two months, nobody knew where she was. Well, Tatsuki knew, but she wasn't telling anyone, no matter how many times people pleaded with her, all the tom-boy would say was, "I know you're worried about her, but she's fine. She wants to be alone and she made me promise not to tell you. So, I'm sticking to that promise."
How many times Ichigo just wanted to shake Tatsuki and tell her to tell him. He wanted to apologize for their fight in the training grounds, he wanted to be friends with her, to make sure that everything was fine with them.
But he couldn't because he didn't even know where the hell she was!
Tatsuki wasn't about to spill the beans and there was no way Orihime would contact if she wanted to be left alone, had something happened and she wasn't telling anyone? Has her inner Hollow gained control?
No.
Tatsuki would know and then she would have told Ichigo personally the location of Orihime's whereabouts. So there wasn't any chance of that situation.
Why would Orihime run like that? It didn't make any sense to him, nor did it make sense why she would fight for Rukia's case, saying she was alone all the time.
That wasn't true, he's been with her for two months, it wasn't exactly bliss for him or for Rukia, since all they did was worry about Orihime, talk about their current tasks and then worry some more about Orihime.
Damn it! If only Orihime would talk to him, let him in! But no! She just runs from anyone and makes Tatsuki swear to keep her mouth shut and of course Tatsuki does and Orihime leaves everyone to worry about her. It isn't right. He couldn't even trace her Spiritual Pressure, it scared him and when he confronted Tatsuki, she would say that Orihime is concealing her Spiritual Pressure for fear she might be discovered by Ichigo.
She should fear.
Because he was going to kill her as soon as she came back!
If she did.
Orihime looked at her watch and got up from the futon. It was rather warm in the mountains of Karakura, letting Orihime relax, the fresh scents of pine and grass opened her senses to the wildlife around her, and that she was peacefully alone, to deal with the talking in her head.
Ichigo said it would become easier to ignore, so far, it wasn't working. She wished she could call him. Maybe she should.
Then again, he'd be really angry with her if she spoke to him on the phone, and if she showed up, he'd definitely be angry.
She didn't want to face him until he learned his lesson of being a husband and putting his wife first.
Which could be in the next millennium and Orihime didn't really want to stay in nature for too much longer, she missed her bed and her Enraku.
She wanted to go home.
"Hurry up and learn your lesson Ichigo!" Orihime thought, laughing at her own impatience.
'Oh, Queenie...come out to play~" Her Hollow started to tease her.
"No! Leave me alone!" She yelled to her Hollow "Go away!"
'You can't keep resisting me..soon I'll be out and I'll roam free.'Her Hollow tried to goad her into letting her out.
"Leave me alone. Just...be QUIET!" Orihime screamed and her Hollow wisely shut her mouth.
Ichigo needed to learn his lesson fast, and if he doesn't, she wouldn't come back until Tatsuki called back to say he had.
"ICHIGO! What the hell are you doing!? Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Rukia screamed, slicing the Hollow in half. "That hollow was small fry! You should have beaten it with just a single strike! What's the problem?!" Rukia demanded, staring at her husband with enraged eyes.
"What do you think is my problem, midget!? Nobody knows where Orihime is! We've searched for her day and night, we can't find her at all. We don't know if she's dead or if she's hurt or even if she's fine! She shouldn't have ran off on us like that!" Ichigo said angrily, tying his long hair in a loose bun, spikes still sticking out in all directions.
"Ichigo, did it ever occur to you that she left to teach you something. About being with me?" Rukia asked, seriously.
"How did you come up with that Rukia?" Ichigo asked, taking it into consideration.
"Orihime came to me before she came to you, she said to me that you needed to spend more time with me, and to you, she said that you shouldn't leave me alone. It's obvious she wants you to learn that you shouldn't act so carefree around her, she isn't your girlfriend Ichigo, we have to be one." Rukia explained, her eyes sad and her lips turned down.
"It's so hard, doing this." Ichigo whispered, the spiky fringe of his hair, hiding his tormented eyes.
"I know, but whatever happens, we need to do this, or everything we have done will be for nothing." Rukia said, touching Ichigo's shoulder.
Orihime finished her chores around the tent, making herself some lunch, she went outside to let it cool down for a while, when she heard a soft swoosh behind her. Orihime jumped back and put her hand in front of her face, with a golden flash, her Hollow mask was on and her shield was up, she turned her body to face her attacker.
"Orihime Inoue..it's been a long time." She remembered that voice, that sarcastic, chilling voice that haunted her nightmares for 5 years.
"Grimmjow.." She whispered, her yellow eyes widening with fear.
"Ah, Hollow transformation, it looks good on you, makes you sexier. Hopefully you'll put up more of a fight now." The Arrancar smiled cruelly at Orihime, his piercing blue eyes watched her every movement expertly.
"I-Ichigo killed you.." Orihime whispered. "I was there! I saw it!"
"Well, I don't even know how I came back, so let's just leave it to your imagination. Grind Pantera!" Grimmjow screamed his sword's release form and Orihime quickly used her Koten Zanshun, releasing Tsubaki as he flew straight down to kill Grimmjow. Tsubaki's razor shield was wider and longer than the small fairies body.
Tsubaki screamed, but Grimmjow countered her attack, but Tsubaki recovered quickly and cut into Grimmjow's thigh, gouging a deep gash into his left leg.
"I won't let you hurt anybody!" Orihime screamed and ran towards Grimmjow who did the same, enraged at the pain she had inflicted,
"A mere human with special abilities cannot defeat me! You'll be dead!" Grimmjow screamed, laughing.
Orihime closed her eyes and took one last good memory. Of her brother and Ichigo smiling together.
She didn't know if it was a dream or if it actually happened, but it was the only memory that gave her the strength.
"Shiten Koshun. I reject!" She screamed with all of her power.
Hey guys!
Tune in for the next chapter, i know you guys have been waiting, but im still sick and i can't help it so sorry.
What's gonna happen?
EVERYTHING will be revealed in the next chapter.
Arigatou!
RIKOREN