349. The Lust 3

Uryū attempts to attack Ulquiorra but is easily overpowered. Orihime calls out to Ichigo and suddenly his hair starts to grow in length.

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. Uryū suddenly appears from behind Ulquiorra and fires at him with his bow only to have Ulquiorra deflect his attack with one of his large wings. Ulquiorra turns to face Uryū who proceeds to attack him with his arrows, allowing Orihime to run over to Ichigo. Uryū attacks Ulquiorra with his "Licht Regen" but Ulquiorra is completely unharmed by the attack. Ulquiorra tells Uryū that he's shocked, that he thought Uryū was the calm one out of all of Ichigo's friends. Uryū 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, Uryū flies by her, blood dripping down from a stump where his left hand used to be. Uryū 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 Uryū 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
 * Uryū Ishida