It took two days before I felt back to normal.

I felt so useless. He shattered my spine by one throw. I was up and walking around today.

Ulquiorra has not visited since. The pink haired man, whose name I learned was Szayel, had been bringing us our food and checking us.

Szayel was incredibly interested in studying us, but for some reason he hasn't tried anything. I wonder why.

I was still trying to understand Ulquiorra. He was so confusing to me.

I couldn't get him off my mind. Orihime has been rather calm recently. We only had Szayel come and visit us.

Why were we even here? Was it solely bait? Aizen had said that we were of use to him. The both of us. He could have killed one of us, it still would have worked to kill me. They wouldn't have known if I was alive or dead.

What other purpose did we hold?

The door opened and our heads snapped up. Szayel walked in with a smirk on his face.

"What a lucky day, Aizen  said I can perform experiments on one of you," he said so cheerfully.

My eyes widened. It was useless for me to try to make a physical barrier. I couldn't hold it for long anymore and it would leave me exposed.

I would go instead of Orihime. No matter the cost. I would use the barrier to protect her, so he would have to take me instead.

"Maaya, come with me." Szayel beckoned me. I let a breath out and walked over to him.

He grabbed a hold of my arm tightly. If I put up a fight, he would go after Orihime. I had to do as he said. To protect her. Her shield couldn't protect her like mine could.

Ichigo better hurry his ass up.

"This is going to be fun," he stated. He yanked me outside of the room.

"Maaya, No!" Orihime yelled as Szayel shut the door.

His grip was breaking my arm, I had no doubt. Pain was shooting throughout my arm and I gritted my teeth to keep from crying out.

"What is going on?" A cold voice asked.

Ulquiorra. I turned around to see him. Fear coursed through me, but also curiosity. I was so interested in learning about him.

Szayel turned around, he did not answer Ulquiorra.

"Must I repeat myself? What is going on here?" He walked slowly towards us. I gulped, and winced in pain as Szayel's grip tightened.

"I'm just going to study her a bit, there's no need to worry," Szayel said.

"Your experiments end in death. I will not allow you to touch her," Ulquiorra said. Shock coursed through my body.

"As if you care? Having two of them is pointless, let me use her for experiments."

"I was entrusted to watch the both of them. Aizen has not changed these orders, nor has he relinquished me of my duty in watching them. Let the girl go," Ulquiorra said as he reached us. His coldness was frightening. His eyes though. His eyes seemed to show something more than nothingness. They showed anger.

I tried to get away from Szayel, I didn't like where this was going.

"Let her go." The hardness in his voice made me flinch and I was afraid for myself.

"Fine, don't get your panties in a twist," Szayel said and let my arm go and I cried out as the blood came rushing back through my arm.

"Why is she hurt?"

I closed my eyes and cradled my arm. It was definitely broken. Orihime would have to heal it, I couldn't heal myself.

"I guess I grabbed her too hard. She'll be fine," Szayel said.

Ulquiorra blinked. He looked the same as ever. All of a sudden Szayel was in the air as Ulquiorra squeezed his neck.

"Why-do-you-care?" Szayel gasped out as he clawed at Ulquiorra's hands.

"The only one that will hurt them is me," Ulquiorra said. His eyes looked angry. My eyes widened in fear. I changed my mind. I definitely don't want to die by his hand.

Szayel's face looked angry, but also fearful. Ulquiorra let him go and Szayel dropped to the floor.

"Leave," Ulquiorra said in his monotone voice.

Szayel glared and walked away. Ulquiorra looked at me.

"Follow me," he said. I sighed internally, afraid if I did, he would be the one to hurt me. I started walking, trying to stop thinking about the pain in my arm.

He led me down two halls and then took me into a room. The room had a table and some chairs, but it was currently unoccupied.

My eyes scanned the rooms, looking for other threats. The only threat was Ulquiorra. I whipped around to see the green eyed man staring at me. His eyes looked as cold as his face.

He said nothing, just stared at me. I didn't know what to say, he could kill me in a second, I was just going to remain quiet.

"What was that?" He asked.

I tilted my head to the side, confused.

"What do you mean?"

"I acted like Grimmjow. Why?" He asked.

Is he referencing to being angry?

"You mean that you were angry like Grimmjow?"

"Anger? What causes anger?"

I always forget he's totally clueless to emotions. While he probably sees them, he has no idea how they feel. Why is he feeling them now?

"There's a lot of things that can cause anger. Like being disrespected, kind of like what Szayel did to you."

"He did disrespect me, but that is not uncommon for many of the espadas. Why did I feel it?"

"You seem to take your job seriously, Aizen put you to this task and you don't want to disappoint. Szayel threatened the successfulness of the task, that's probably why you reacted."

Ulquiorra stared at me. He looked like he was deep in thought. I backed up a little bit, but bumped into my arm that was hurt.

I gritted my teeth, trying not to scream. I took a deep breath, trying to get my mind off the pain. Ulquiorra turned his head and walked over to me.

He was right next to me, being near him felt cold. He grabbed my arm, I pursed my lips, I didn't want to show how much pain I was in.

"Why didn't you put up a fight against him?" He asked. He turned my arm around and I cried out. Damn it.

"To protect," I gasped and screamed again when he just dropped my arm.

"Silly humans. I see why Szayel is so interested in studying you. We don't care about the others of our kind, we only care about our own safety. That's how you survive in this world, you should do the same."

He moved towards the door and crooked a finger, indicating I should follow him.

I walked out of the door, Ulquiorra following me. I tried to ignore the throbbing in my arm.

"The other emotions, will I feel them now as well?" I heard Ulquiorra mutter to himself.

A part of me wanted to comfort him, this was undoubtedly confusing for him, but I wouldn't insult the espada like that.

"Will you teach me about the other emotions?"

I stopped walking and turned around to look at him.

"Wouldn't it be better to ignore them for you? Emotions is what causes me to want to protect Orihime, something that you think is pointless."

"While I think it is pointless, it is intriguing for me to know what makes you humans act. You all are so weak, but yet you think you can take us on." He explained. I knew that wasn't totally why he wanted to learn about emotions, he probably wanted to learn how to stop him from feeling them.

"I will also be able to keep Szayel away from you and your friend. He will be back to try to study you, we are all curious as to how you humans act."

I nodded my head and turned around. I took a breath and started walking again.

"Explain anger to me."

"Well, there's different types of anger. There's just irritation or there's full out rage. It all depends. Worrying, remembering an event that was hard for you or traumatic, watching someone you love be hurt. These can all be causes of anger. It seems Grimmjow is angry a lot, he loses his temper. When he loses his patience he acts out."

Ulquiorra said nothing and I got to the door of my room.

"Interesting. What is love?"

"Love is probably the last emotion you should learn about."

Love hurts. Love brings pain. But love also brings some of the most amazing feelings. Orihime was the only person anymore that I felt love for.

Ulquiorra opened the door and we walked in.

"Maaya!" Orihime yelled and ran over and hugged me. Her warmth was so comforting. I moved my arm so she wouldn't hurt it.

"I will be back tomorrow." Ulquiorra said, before quickly exiting.

"Are you okay?" Orihime asked me as she hugged me.

I looked at the door. Ulquiorra was so different, and I wanted to know more about him.

"My arm is broken," I said, still not turning my head from the door.

Orihime pulled away and I looked at her. She looked so sad. She instantly started to heal me.

"Thank you," I told her. She said nothing, tears were forming in her eyes.

"Hey don't cry. I went to protect you and keep you safe. We'll soon be out of here," I told her, not believing it myself.