With a swift movement Starrk brought out his two pistols. Lilynette was surprisingly remaining fairly quiet and obeying whatever Starrk wanted to do. She knew this battle wasn't hers and that Starrks motivation alone will help him kill Nnoitra.

"I've never seen your released form before. You're too fucking lazy to go out and train so no one has seen it. You must be serious then eh Starrk? That girl must mean a lot to you in your willing to show me your released form." Nnoitra coldy laughed at Starrk who remained where he was not taking his eyes off of his prey.

"Well why does it matter? It's not like you'll be able to tell anyone since I'm going to fucking KILL you NOITRA!" Starrk then shot out cero from his pistol without making a prior movement.

Nnoitra barely dodged but before he could regain his composure Starrk hit him square in the stomach again with his cero. Without letting Nnoitra react he continued to shoot him until he fell to the ground in defeat. He knew the other espada didn't know he could fire a cero with no prior movement so that gave him a serious advantage…

Starrk then walked over to Nnoitra who was barely identifiable considering parts of his body was missing and he was covered with blood. Starrk then spat on his face as he shot one last cero on his head to commit the finishing blow.

"You're all talk Nnoitra. I hope you rot in hell."

Ulquiorra glanced down at the fragile Orihime who was now wearing Starrk's jacket. She held onto it and closed her eyes trying to forget what had recently happened to her. She still felt sore between her legs and knew it would be excruciating if she were to move.

"Do you want to bathe Ms. Inoue?" asked Ulquiorra with the most gentle voice he could use.

Orihime nodded slightly and then looked up into the emerald eyes that were filled with a mix of anger and sorrow. He felt bad for her and he felt partly to blame for what has happened.

"Can you walk? Or do you want me to carry you," asked Ulquiorra.

Orihime tried to get up but the pain was overwhelming and she collapsed. Ulquiorra rushed over to her and then picked her up. He could feel her tense up as he put his hands around her.

"Sorry," muttered Ulquiorra as he flashed stepped to his room.

He gently put Orihime down on his bed as he went over to run a bath.

"I'm going to go and get some food for you; I'll bring back some clothes for you as well."

Orihime nodded with gratification. She felt empty but thankful that Ulquiorra was taking care of her. But even though he was helpful, all she wanted was the comforting hug from the primera espada.

When Orihime layed in the hot bath she still felt cold. She felt icy and empty, she felt like she was a weak and worthless human being… and compared to all the espada she was. She tried to wash herself as best as she could still feel the places on her body where Nnoitra had touched. He'd left his mark deep and she knew that no matter what she won't be able to forget what has happened to her. Orihime silently cried as she continued to lie in the bath.

Several minutes later Orihime was interrupted with a knock on the door. It opened slightly and she heard Ulquiorra say, "I'm going to lay your clothes her Ms. Inoue. I'll be outside the door when you're done. I have food, but please take your time."

He had left her fresh underwear and a new uniform but instead of wearing the uniform Orihime decided to wear the jacked that Starrk had left her with. It was big for her and fit her more like a dress. It was comforting and just what she needed since he wasn't there to be with her.

When she walked out to hallway she found Ulquiorra waiting for her patiently with food and a comforting smile on his face. It was rare to see him smiling and it was nice. He looked good when he smiled; less frightening for sure.

"You look gentler when you smile Ulquiorra-san," whispered Orihime. She then saw a blush sweep across his face.

"Anything to make you feel more at ease Ms. Inoue," replied Ulquiorra with another smile.

Ulquiorra watched as Orihime ate in silence. Ulquiorra seemed a bit uncomfortable then suddenly relaxed, "he's dead," sighed Ulquiorra.

"Who?" asked Yuki. Ulquiorra looked at Orihime then down at his hands.

"Nnoitra."

"Oh."

"Starrk killed him."

"Oh."

Seconds later Starrk appeared before them with Lilynette following closely behind him. He was shirtless, a bit sweaty, and fierce.

"Ah, Orihime," Starrk looked down upon the auburn haired girl and then kneeled infront of her. "I'm so sorry.."

Starrk fought back tears because he knew if anyone should be crying it should be her.

Orihime then fell into Starrk and wrapped her small and delicate arms around his toned body. She gripped tightly. "Never leave me again Starrk-san…"

"I won't…" replied Starrk who then looked at Lilynette and Ulquiorra. "We need to leave here. We need to leave before Aizen comes back. Lilynette go and get our stuff…"

Ulquiorra remained quiet as Lilynette left. "Will you be joining us Ulquiorra? Or will you try and stop me. Those are your only two options am I correct? Because if you wanted to stay then you'd have to explain to Aizen why you let me go."

Ulquiorra sighed then gazed at Starrk with determination, "I'm coming with you. We will need to go quick before anyone else sees us."

Starrk grinned with satisfaction and then looked at Orihime. "Jump onto my back we need to go get some food and then we'll go."

~1 hour later in the desert~

Ulquiorra, Lilynette, Starrk, and Orihime had set off in the dessert in search for somewhere to sleep for the night. They knew they were to be found out soon that Starrk had killed Nnoitra and that they ran off…

"What should we do?" whined Lilynette.

"Maybe…. Maybe we should go to the human world," suggested Ulquiorra.

"No matter where we go they will find us. Aizen's two best espada leaving him without saying a word? It's seriously unheard of… I think he's going to come after you," stated Orihime. Her voice was quiet but serious. She knew what she was saying was true and that they were in danger.

"Um… Starrk-san. I think our only option is the soul society," whispered Lilynette. She avoided the eye contact with her two superiors.

The four remained silent until Orihime finally said, "I want to see my friends."

"I understand," replied Starrk. His voice was a bit hurt, almost like he felt he would lose her if she were reunited with them.

Orihime looked over to Starrk, he was still shirtless and beautiful. She felt a blush creep to her face so she quickly looked away, "yes. I want to see my friends. Living in this world will only remind me of him."

As she said him her eyes filled with tears. She held them back while avoiding eye contact with her comrades.

"I agree with her…" muttered Lilynette. Starrk gazed down at Lilynette as she glared back up at him with an intense stare. "It's our only option Starrk."

Starrk sighed and ran his hand along his wavy dark brown hair. He then looked upon the fragile Orihime with his grey eyes who was still wearing his jacket. A small smile reached his face, "fine, let's go to the soul society."

Ok ok ok, I know I haven't written in a while but school is killing me. And just so you all know the next chapter will be in the soul society. I hope you guys like where this is going. I might end it soon because after this I'm not too sure what I want to write about. I seriously love the orihime x starrk pairing so I will try and write as much as I can thanks for reading!