This is an alternate scene that takes place immediately after Orihime defeats the hollow when she discovers her powers. The title came from Aizen's later comment (in chapter #240) that Orihime possesses "a power that trespasses on God's territory" and a power I'm previewing here to give Tatsuki in an upcoming fanfic.
As expected, I do not own Bleach, Bleach owns me.
Chapter 1- Aftermath
Orihime winced as the dying wails of the hollow continued to echo though her head. She had never killed anything in her life, so even this, despite her anger and the necessity of it all, seemed to … hurt. She had never felt so drained in her life. No mater how hard she tried she just couldn't catch her breath. The world began to swirl and loose it's color.
"I… pant… did it?"
The spirits of the Shun Shun Rikka buzzed around her concerned. They could feel her strength waning.
Shun'o hovered directly in front of Orihime. "It's time for us to return. Hold out your hand."
As Orihime did what she was told, the Shun Shun Rikka came together and the hairpins fell into her hand. She let out a sigh; she could finally breath deeply now.
She surveyed the scene around her as she put her hairpins back in. The ruins of the shattered windows, her unconscious schoolmates scattered about… How on Earth was she going to explain all this? The only other person who really knew what had happened was…
"Tatsuki-chan!"
Orihime rushed to her friend's side and kneeled down to examine her. She appeared fine, peaceful. She was breathing and there was not a single scratch on her. Even her uniform had been restored to its original condition. Why did her friend have to go though all that? Orihime couldn't help crying.
Tatsuki was slowly slipping back into consciousness. Mentally checking herself, she found nothing wrong. Strange, wasn't I almost dead just now? She felt drops of water hit her face. Shoot, is it beginning to rain? She opened her eyes and was confronted with a crying Orihime. Her uniform was torn off of her right shoulder, leaving her upper chest and bra exposed, and there were scrapes and slight bruises on her face from the rough handling of the possessed students.
"Oi, Hime. I'm not dead yet." Tatsuki was surprised at how weak her voice sounded.
Orihime couldn't help but chuckle at the comment and sniffed. "I know, but…"
Then Tatsuki remembered why she had been laid up in the first place. "Is it…?"
Orihime just nodded.
Tatsuki looked at her concerned. "Are you all right?"
Orihime lied. "I'm fine." She could feel the bruise slowly forming from when Tatsuki was forced to kick her in the stomach and she was SO tired. Her trashed uniform just added to her disheveled appearance.
Tatsuki placed a hand on her bare shoulder. "Come on, while we still have the energy, let's get inside where you can lie down,"
Orihime could only look down at the hand as her heart fluttered. "Sure!" She strangely didn't feel so tired anymore.
Leaning against one another, they slowly managed to get up and make their way to the back door of the school building. Just before the door closed behind them Tatsuki could have sworn she heard the faint clomping of wooden sandals…
Things are about to get interesting in chapter #2. Please Read and Review!