349. The Lust 3

Summary
Orihime watches in shock as a hole is blasted right through Ichigo's chest at the top of the pillar. Ulquiorra then releases Ichigo's body and lets it drop down the side of the pillar. Orihime screams out and catches him with her Santen Kesshun. Ulquiorra appears in front of Orihime and tells her that her powers cannot bring him back to life. Uryu suddenly appears from behind Ulquiorra and fires at him with his bow only to have Ulquiorra deflect it with one of his large wings. Ulquiorra turns to face Uryu who proceeds to attack him with his arrows, allowing Orihime to run over to Ichigo. Uryu attacks Ulquiorra with his "Licht Regen" but Ulquiorra is completely unharmed by the attack. Ulquiorra tells Uryu that he's shocked, that he thought Uryu was the calm one out of all of Ichigo's friends. Uryu replies that he is calm, that's why he can fight him.

Orihime calls out her Sōten Kisshun and starts to heal Ichigo. She drops down to her knees in front of Ichigo and looks into his dead eyes before starting to cry. Orihime starts to have a mental breakdown, asking herself what should she do. Suddenly, Uryu flies by her, blood dripping down from a stump where his left hand used to be. Uryu tells her not to worry; that he already stopped the bleeding and to take care of Ichigo. He charges at Ulquiorra with a Seele Schneider only to be simply struck down by one of Ulquiorra's blows.

Frightened, Orihime calls up her Santen Kesshun in front of Uryu only to have it easily broken to pieces by Ulquiorra's tail. She mentally tells Ichigo that she doesn't know what to do anymore before finally desperately shouting out to Ichigo to help her. In response, Ichigo's hair suddenly grows into a long mane...

Characters
Characters in order of appearance:
 * Orihime Inoue
 * Ichigo Kurosaki
 * Ulquiorra Cifer
 * Uryu Ishida