"Maaya!" Orihime yelled at me. I could feel her healing me, and I didn't feel like I was on the brink of death. I opened my eyes to see tears streaming down her face.

I heard a loud crash and my eyes snapped over to the sound.

"Oh she's alive," Aizen said as he deflected Ulquiorra's attack with ease.

"Leave the girls alone," Ulquiorra yelled as he sent a cero flying at Aizen.

"You're not the espada you once were. You are never going to be as strong as you were," he taunted as he dodged the cero.

"Get Maaya out of here!" Ulquiorra yelled at Rukia and Orihime.

"No, don't make me leave!" I yelled.

"Don't be stupid! You have Orihime with you, she's the one you wanted to save. Now get out!"

"You need to be safe too!" I yelled at him and he stopped his attack on Aizen.

"So touching." Aizen said, snapping us back to reality. 

"Ulquiorra the only way you'll ever be as powerful as you once were is if you kill Maaya."

Ulquiorra glared at Aizen. His hand gripped his sword tightly.

"I always believed that focusing on anyone but yourself makes you weak," Ulquiorra said. 

Ulquiorra flash stepped to be in front of Aizen and tried to hit Aizen. Aizen dodged. 

Ulquiorra followed him, trying his best to end this fight.

"But, having a purpose to fight for, having to fight for someone and protect them; well that makes it so much more meaningful to fight." 

Aizen glared at Ulquiorra as Ulquiorra's sword came into contact with his chest. His sword only grazed him, but it was enough to stun everyone.

"You are truly a fool," Aizen smirked.

"Ulquiorra!" I yelled out. I weakly lifted my arm and focused all my energy on sending Aizen flying across the room. 

"Do you really think that's going to work?" Aizen chuckled.

"I'm really tired of this, it's time to end this," he said. 

"Rukia get the girls out of here!" Ulquiorra yelled as Aizen lunged at him. 

Ulquiorra wasn't fast enough. Aizen's sword pierced his in the center of his chest. I saw Ulquiorra's eyes widen.

"No!" I yelled and tried to get up as Ulquiorra fell to the ground. Aizen had just been toying with Ulquiorra. He just wanted to have his own sick twisted fun. 

Aizen yanked his sword out from Ulquiorra and Ulquiorra spit out blood. 

My heart sank deep into my stomach. I got up and ran over to him

"Maaya!" Orihime yelled at me. I didn't care how much pain I was in, I didn't care. Ulquiorra please don't leave like this. 

I reached him and got onto my knees.

"You stupid, stupid girl," he choked out. He grabbed my hand, and tears streamed down my face. 

"You're going to be okay," I said as I put a barrier around us and was just about to heal him. My vision was really blurry, I still was in bad shape.

"No Maaya," Ulquiorra said as he realized what I was doing. "You will die if you do that. I can't bear that," he said. 

"I can't let you die," I cried as I started to heal him. 

"You both are going to die," Aizen said in his cold voice. I had forgotten he was even here. 

"No they aren't." 

My head snapped over to that voice. 

"Ichigo!" Orihime yelled and the orange haired male made his grand entrance.

He looked slightly beat up and pissed as hell. 

"You'll pay for kidnapping my friends!" Ichigo yelled as he went for Aizen. 

"Maaya, you guys need to leave. With them fighting this room is going to collapse," Ulquiorra said quietly. 

"I'm not leaving without you," I said. I placed my hand on Ulquiorra. 

"I won't let you die," I said as I focused all of my energy into healing him.

Light began to glow around Ulquiorra and he was instantly healed. 

His eyes fluttered shut before he could finish what he was saying to me. 

My vision blurred and I could no longer sit up. 

I wasn't in the condition to be using my powers. I felt arms around me.

"Maaya, can you try to walk? Rukia is going to carry Ulquiorra, I can support you but I don't know if I can carry you," Orihime said to me. 

I weakly nodded my head as Orihime tried to help me stand. 

A loud crash sounded as the fight went on. I couldn't see what was going on, all I could hear was the yelling. 

"Bankai!" Ichigo yelled. 

Orihime started leading us out of the room, I couldn't run, but I tried to move as fast as I possibly could. 

Ichigo, he's the only one that could handle Aizen. 

We got out of the building and we stopped moving.

"I need to heal you," Orihime said and she laid me down gently and started to try to heal me.

I reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Go make sure Ichigo is okay. You love him, please if he needs you I want you to take care of him first," I begged her.

"But you're going to die if I can't heal you," Orihime said and I could hear the tears in her voice. 

"Orihime! Maaya!" voices yelled. Uryu and Renji. I heard footsteps approaching us.

"Take Renji with you, I can wait till you come back," I told her.

"Maaya are you alright?" I heard them ask. 

I tried to nod my head.

"Why the hell is this espada out here?" Uryu demanded.

"Don't hurt him," I whimpered. 

"What the hell are you saying? He was the one that took you," Renji said angrily. 

"Don't hurt him. He was fighting against Aizen. Maaya spent the last of her energy after being hurt to make sure he didn't die," Rukia said. 

"What do you mean the last of her energy?" Uryu asked.

"Do you not know that she has powers like Orihime?" Rukia questioned him.

"What? No," Renji and Uryu said.

"Maaya's power is different, her healing is much quicker but it puts you to sleep instantly." 

"But where's Ichigo? We haven't see him since we got separated." 

"He's fighting Aizen. We needed to get out of there before the room ends up collapsing from them fighting," Rukia explained.

"Please go back and make sure he's okay," I begged them. I couldn't see them, but I hoped they would.

"I'll go. I'm not in too bad of condition. Rukia stay here and make sure that they don't get hurt. We don't know who is out here or what is out here yet," Renji said before I felt his spiritual pressure get further away. 

I closed my eyes slowly. 

"Is Ulquirorra okay?" I asked.

"He's fine, don't worry you just need to get better. We'll protect him for you," Rukia assured me. 

I nodded my head and lost consciousness. 

*******

"When do you think she's going to wake up?" I heard Orihime ask.

"I'm not sure. You brought her back from the brink of death and she put herself right back there when she healed Ulquiorra. She's not going to die, but her body needs to recover." Kisuke explained.

Kisuke. I needed to wake up, I wanted to see him so bad. 

"How is Ulquiorra?" 

"He woke up today. He seems perfectly fine health wise, he's incredibly concerned about Maaya and a little disoriented about being in the human world."

"Maaya at least will be happy he's okay," Orihime said. 

"What is their relationship?" Kisuke asked.

"They got really close when we were kidnapped. Ulquiorra was emotionless when we met, he didn't care about us. But he saved Maaya from death and being hurt more times than I can count. It seems obvious that they like and really care about each other, but they seem really ignorant to those feelings."

"So like you and Ichigo?" Kisuke chuckled.

I could only imagine how red Orihime's face was. 

"Maybe no that all of this is over, I can tell Ichigo how I feel," Orihime whispered. 

But wait. Did I like Ulquiorra?

I knew the answer, but there's no way that would ever work.

"Still. He may have saved her, but Maaya is basically my daughter. I don't want her dating at all." Kisuke said in his protective parent voice.

"She has to grow up at some time," Orihime giggled. 

I tried to move my body, but I couldn't feel anything. 

How was everyone? What happened to Ichigo? 

Come on wake the fuck up Maaya, I tried to tell myself, but I still couldn't feel any part of my body. 

What was going to happen to Ulquiorra now? He can't remain here can he? 

Was all of this over?  I find that hard to believe too. Would he go back? 

Truth be told, I didn't want him out of my life.