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Seeds of Destruction	By : blackdiamondprincess Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 14158 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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6. Innocence Lost �Scarlet Tears

Soft knocks sounded against his door.

�Ichi-nii?�

He only turned himself around in his
bed, facing away from his room�s entrance.

�Ichi-nii, I
brought you dinner, please open up?�

He wasn�t hungry and he didn�t feel like
seeing anyone. Better yet, he wished he couldn�t feel anything.

He just wished he was dead.

Why was he so ridiculously weak?

The one thing he loved most was gone and
he had done nothing to stop it�

A person who had wanted to protect him
was taken away from him�

What kind of a man was he for letting
that happen?

Again?

�Teme! You
let them get away!�

Urahara only looked at him with a stern expression on
his face, not reacting to the accusation of the orange haired young man in
front of him.

�Jinta,� he said, still fixing Ichigo while the little
boy shakily stood up from his crouched position behind the door.

�Y-yes, sir?�

�Get Yoruichi-san and have her meet me in the living
room. Also, call Ururu and have her bring the first aid kid for Tessai.�

�Hai!� And
the boy was gone.

Ichigo still looked at the former captain with an
accusing stare. �Doushite?
You could�ve easily done something!�

�It wasn�t up to me to do something, Kurosaki-san,�
the blond quietly spoke without a visible sign of anger or emotion matching
that kind. �I would�ve saved her and then what? You�d tell her that you were
too weak to protect her? Again?�

�You didn�t even GIVE me a chance!�

�I think we both know what the result of that would�ve
been, Kurosaki-san,� Urahara whispered, facing away from him now and walking
over to the hairpins that lay on the floor.

Ichigo cast his eyes downwards and closed them,
trembling with rage from head to toe.

�Kurosaki-san,� Urahara softly said, still crouched
next to the hairpins as he now picked them up. �Inoue-san is counting on you to
save her.� He stood up and walked to him. �Your feelings for her are what is
keeping her strength fuelled so she won�t give into the darkness that has taken
over her body.� He held his balled right hand up to him with its palm down.

Ichigo lifted his right hand with a frown, watching
how Orihime�s hairclips fell in his palm.

�Return tomorrow for your training.� And with that Urahara left, leaving Ichigo with his tormented
feelings.

A star twinkled brightly up in the
night�s sky and he groaned in deep shame before taking his pillow to cover his
face with.

Urahara had wanted to protect the little
bit of pride he had left, but Ichigo felt that, now, he couldn�t care less
about a thing like that�

�Orihime��

�Previous analysis showed us that the child she�s
carrying appears to be in its sixth month of gestation, Kurosaki-san. The
reason why I chose not to tell you was to keep you from worrying even more so
you could fully concentrate on your training.�

Urahara watched how Ichigo remained silent while he
simply walked passed him to exit the shop.

�Kurosaki-san��

�Aa�� Ichigo waved the back
of his hand at him, not even bothering to look back, �mata
ne, Urahara-san.�

Urahara sighed silently and shook his head, before
stepping into the shop to close the front door. �This is one hell of a mess��

�

The hairpins shone brightly in the soft
light on his night table next to his bed.

He couldn�t help but stare at them while
memories came flooding his mind and shooting daggers through his heart.

�I hope you�re ready, Ichigo! Because
I�m coming for you!�

�We�ll make but one, she and I��

He thought he had awoken from that
dream, but apparently the nightmare had followed him into reality and he couldn�t
seem to find a way of shaking it.

�Hime� I failed you again��

Her small hand was holding his as they ran through the
rain that had suddenly decided to fall over the small town.

She was laughing; her cheerful voice was echoing
through the streets and he couldn�t help but get infected and crack a smile of
his own.

�Ne, Ichigo-kun! What
is there to be embarrassed about?�

�I�m not,� Ichigo replied with a shake of his head,
still running.

�You�re the one, who kissed me, so why am I running
too?� she giggled.

He turned to look at her with a small smile and bit
his lower lip as he watched how her uniform was all wet and her hair stuck to
the sides of her face in a most appealing way. He then redirected his face
forwards with a smirk. �How long have we been friends, Orihime?�

She pulled the hand that was making her run after him
and made them stop underneath the shade of a shop window. �You mean, how long
has it been since you�ve noticed me this way?� She approached him and rested
her chin on his chest while her lips grinned up at him.

Ichigo was at loss of words for a moment but then
began to smile back and lift his arms to wrap them around her. �Aa��

�Well, let�s see�� she whispered, taking a step back
and putting on a pensive face with her right index on her chin. �Does it
actually matter?�

He chuckled and shook his head in amusement. �Only this does, right?� He bent over and kissed her on her
lips gently.

Orihime giggled and then nodded. �And now, the whole
world has seen you kiss me!�

�Eh? What do you mean��

Ichigo turned to look at the shop window and saw his
face displayed on maybe 15 different TV-screens. Each one of them was showing
his perplexed face.

�Nande��he began and turned,
but Orihime had already run off into the rain again, laughing her heart out as
she did so.

�Chotto matte!� he called
after her, setting in the pursuit. �Just wait �till I have my hands on you
again!�

That day underneath the rain had been
their first day as an official couple.

He remembered it like yesterday, because
the days that followed were nothing but a pure bliss to him whenever she was
around.

He remembered how she had laughed and
laughed over the littlest of his antics and how he had taken a liking to
kissing her right underneath her left ear and how she would always shiver and
place her hand on the nape of his neck in silent encouragement.

He had laughed when she once told him
that he was quite the cuddle-type when no one was around. The truth simply was
that she made him feel.

That�s what it was.

She made him feel.

�Stay for dinner, Ichigo-kun!� she offered him on that
night they would make love for the first time. �I�ll make us something now that
we�re finished with that speech!�

He watched how she walked out of the room with a small
smile and began to put his dictionaries and other books back into his school
bag.

A few moments later she bounced back into the living
room, wearing a black sleeveless top on her uniform skirt.

�Ne, mite mite, Ichigo-kun!� she happily exclaimed, sitting herself
back at the low table while she put her chest forward proudly. �Look at it!�

Ichigo smirked and gave her a questioning look. �You
want me to look at your breasts?�

She blinked a few times in confusion and then giggled.
�Baka ne!
Read what the t-shirt says!�

He had gotten the message the first time, but acting
silly around her had become one of his favourite pastimes. He knew for certain
that he�d be capable of doing anything to have her smiling all the time.

�Reserved Goodies,� the t-shirt read, �Touch At Your
Own Risk.�

He laughed, �Too bad you didn�t wear that at school
today.�

�I didn�t want to make others jealous,� Orihime
innocently whispered with a childish grin. �It was already hard enough to keep
interested guys and girls away this senior year� more than during any other
year actually. And I�m not even counting in Chizuru-chan!�

Ichigo slid down on the floor next to her and took her
in his arms. �And you think that a simple t-shirt will ward them off?�

�No,� She replied seductively, leaning into him, �I
have my ass kicking boyfriend for that.�

�Oh?� he chuckled, �So what�s the t-shirt for?�

She shrugged and then giggled as he planted a playful
kiss in her neck. �It�s for exposing goods people can look at, but never EVER
touch.� She kissed him back on his cheek.

�Not even your most dedicated
boyfriend?�

�Hmm�� Orihime thought about it for a few seconds and
then giggled with a shrug. �We could make an exception��

�I thought you didn�t want to make any jealous?�

�Oi,� Orihime reprimandingly spoke, now turning herself around in his
arms and moving to straddle him, �give a girl a couple of pleasures here!�

Ichigo laughed and pulled her with him on the floor before
rolling them over so he was on top. �I�ll do better than that.�

Orihime chuckled and raised a sceptic eyebrow. �Oh?�

�Oh yes�� Ichigo now nuzzled her in his throat. �I�ll
BE the pleasure!�

Her laughing voice had resounded throughout the small
apartment room from then on, occasionally altered by soft moans and whispers of
intimate delight while they took their relationship to a whole new level.

His eyes snapped open as those eerie
black and amber eyes doomed up in his mind again, making him realise that he
had fallen asleep while reminiscing. He could feel that there was a new Hollow
active in town, and his eyes fell on the Shinigami Badge that lay next to the
hairpins on his night table.

�Just go protect the innocent. I�ll be here.�

He didn�t deserve to be called a
Shinigami; it was a joke and he was the only one who hadn�t noticed.

Ichigo turned around in his bed and
buried his face into his pillow, hitting his right fist into the mattress.

�Orihime�!�

___________________________________

�Tch� this has
become a serious pain in the ass if you ask me, because what you�re saying is
just unheard of! Never in history has this happened before!�

Urahara silently sighed and picked up
his cup of tea from the low table in the living room of his shop. He had called
for an urgent meeting with Ichigo�s friends to share the news of the recent
happenings with them.

�Urahara-san,� Renji continued on. �If
what you�re saying is true, then��

�What I still don�t understand is how,� Rukia pensively spoke, sitting
against a wall. �I thought you said you were to perform the extraction this
afternoon?�

�We never got the chance to get that
far,� Urahara answered.

�When Urahara-san and I went into the
room to how Tessai was doing with the preparations,� Jinta softly spoke, �we
found Inoue-san convulsing violently on her futon. That�s when Urahara-san told
me to go get Ichigo. When he and I came back, the Hollow was carrying Inoue-san
in his arms through a rip he created in the room.�

�How did that Hollow manage to escape
from Ichigo�s unconscious anyway?� Renji asked with a completely confused
expression on his face.

�Materialization?� Rukia wondered.

�When I found Ichigo,� the redheaded boy
whispered uneasily, �he had fallen asleep in the tub. He must�ve been very
exhausted from the training��

�And the Hollow took advantage of that,�
Rukia concluded.

�Urahara-san,� Uryuu quietly said, �Is
she under the influence of the baby or is she under some kind of a spell the
Hollow cast on her?�

Urahara shook his head and closed his
eyes. �If she was but under a spell, I don�t think it would be that powerful
that it even changed an aspect of her external appearance.�

�Don�t forget we�re talking about
Ichigo�s Hollow here, if Ichigo himself sucks at Kidoh,
I don�t think his Hollow is any better.� Renji mockingly said.

�Like you�re any better�� Rukia rolled
her eyes.

�So,� Urahara continued, �I must
conclude that it must be the child that she carries within her that has a grip
on her. The Hollow will most definitely profit from this.�

�So then, Inoue-san will become a
Hollow?� Chad
asked; dread sounding through in his low voice.

�We don�t know for sure,� the blond man
answered, crossing his arms over his chest. �But that Hollow did more than just
impregnate her.�

�I never would�ve thought that it would
come back to this again�� Rukia whispered with a quivering smile on her face.
�I can�t imagine how Ichigo must feel.� She sighed and looked up at Renji as
she felt his comforting hand on her thigh.

Renji then smiled at her softly. �These
must be tormenting moments for him but, I know that if we are to break into Hueco Mundo once more to save
Inoue again, I�m game.�

Rukia smiled back at him and then turned
to Urahara. �We�ll work Ichigo extra hard starting tomorrow so he can rapidly
recover his powers and we can go save Inoue.�

A pensive expression fell over the blond
man�s features before he sighed in silent disappointment. �I had hoped that
that wouldn�t have been the case.�

�What do you mean?�

�By keeping him from interfering
earlier, I hoped to unlock something within him; something that would give him
enough strength to break free from my restraint spell and safe Inoue-san, but��

Renji frowned. �So then, you let
Inoue-san get abducted?�

�Renji!� Rukia whispered.

�Urahara-san�� Uryuu whispered, �You wanted to give Kurosaki a chance
at saving her.�

�Another plan that backfired rather
badly,� Urahara whispered with a small smirk. �So now we have to find a way to
unlock these powers within Kurosaki-san in order to save Inoue-san.�

�Naruhodo�� Chad said,
�It�s best if we take Ichigo with us so not to break his pride.�

Rukia nodded. �Sounds like a plan.�

�Yoruichi went to the Soul Society this
afternoon so she could ask Captain Ukitake if there
are any records, of what we are witnessing here, in the Grand Library,� Urahara
informed. �That way we could use any information that she comes back with to
incorporate in our plan. You mustn�t forget that Hollows are much, much
stronger in Hueco Mundo
than on Earth.�

Everyone nodded in understanding.

�Does Ichigo know about what you�ve just
told us?� Uryuu wondered.

Urahara shook his head. �Considering all
the hell he�s been through lately, I found it appropriate to tell it to him
tomorrow, when I�ll be certain that he�s had the time to turn the rage he feels
for Orihime�s disappearance into a new source of determination for his fight
against that Hollow.�

�What if he gets depressed instead?� Chad asked him
with a quirked eye brow. �It wouldn�t be the first time that happened.�

The shop owner cracked a smile. �No, it
wouldn�t and that is exactly why I�m certain he�ll be determined more than ever
to fight his Hollow.�

Rukia nodded in agreement. �He knows
that wallowing in self pity isn�t going to bring her back.�

�Boy,� Renji said, leaning with his
right elbow on the table as he eyed her from underneath his eyelids. �You sure
are putting a lot of trust in that whiner. I bet you he�s moping, right now as
we speak.�

�Nonetheless,� Rukia said with
confidence, �He�ll get over it, because that�s the kind of guy he is.�

Urahara nodded silently with a smile.

Renji groaned. �Geez,
I wish you had that much faith in me too!�

The black haired Shinigami laughed and
took off the hand her friend still had on her thigh. �That�s because I know
what kind of guy you are!�

Renji turned red at that and slowly
turned his eyes in the direction of the others who suddenly all found their
interest in their nearly emptied cups of tea.

�It�s this gigai!
Not me! I can�t help it if I can�t get it u��

�You know, Abarai-san,
if you�re having a hard time controlling you�re little �ahem� problem,� Urahara whispered from behind
his fan, �I have just the cure for that in the back of my store��

No one was able of keeping his laughter
in after that and it was with a very embarrassed and angered expression on his
face that the red haired Shinigami stormed his way out of the Shoten while the sounds of laughter sounded through the
night.

___________________________________

Without making a single sound, her feet stepped
through the narrow rip that had created itself in the darkened room. She
briefly looked around herself in silent wonder, not understanding how she
managed to find herself here.

Ichigo�s room�

There was no doubt about it; she
recognised his closet, his desk and his empty bed.

Her eyes fell on something on Ichigo�s
bedside cabinet that glistened in the pale light of the moon that shone through
the opened curtains. She walked over to it and sat herself down on the bed,
turning the bedside lamp on.

A small smile grew on her lips as she
looked at her hairclips with a mixture of incomprehension and confusion on her
face. When did I ever lose them�? Why
can�t I remember�

The sound of the door opening had her
startled and she gasped softly as she saw Ichigo walking into his room, busy
rubbing his hair dry and not seeing her sitting there on his bed. He obviously
had just taken a shower; his wet, firm body was clad in nothing but a towel
that hung loosely around his hips.

Their eyes met not even a second later
and she could see the undeniable surprise in his eyes that soon was replaced by
a small, uncertain smile. He couldn�t believe what he was seeing, she could
tell.

Orihime stood silently and smiled
reassuringly, �Ichigo��

The last thing she remembered was that
after she had taken the Nishi no Komichi, she ran and
ran for what seemed hours before a blinding light hit her and then she suddenly
found herself here.

Ichigo closed his eyes and opened them
again, he wasn�t dreaming, was he? Was she really here? �Douyatte�?�

She scratched the back of her head and
grinned, �I don�t know�? There was this ultra long road and then a white light
fell on me and then��

�Road�?�

Orihime nodded determinately, �Yeah, and
Sora was there too��

Ichigo shot her a confused look and
cocked his head to the side in utter non-understanding, wondering if she
perhaps hit her head or something of that kind. �Orihime� Your brother��

�Is dead, I know!� She said, agreeing
completely with him. �But I was in this interior world and he came to me!�

Ichigo couldn�t handle the growing
confusion now and shook his head to keep her from saying another word. �What
about the Hollow?�

�Hollow�?� she echoed with a blank
expression, before looking around herself quickly, �Did he attack again?�

He only gave her a wondering look and
then approached her to halt right in front of her. �You don�t remember?� He
placed a hand on her left shoulder and sighed out in silent relief. If she
wasn�t a ghost then�

Is this really you, Orihime?

�Remember what?� Orihime questioned
softly, looking up at him with her big honey brown eyes as he pulled her closer
with his left hand on the small of her back. �Ichigo?�

�You�re not pregnant anymore, have you
noticed?� Ichigo suddenly whispered, making her take a step back to look at
herself. �Where have you been, Orihime?�

Orihime placed her hands on her lower
abdomen and frowned slightly. �I� I was in my interior world and I had to
choose between these three paths. I chose one and I got here� But why�?� She looked up at him again, her eyes reflecting
incomprehension,��did Urahara-san abort my pregnancy? Did
we lose the baby?�

�He told me he tried, but that he got interrupted
while doing so, Hime��

At her questioning expression Ichigo
began telling her what happened in the outer world and how he had thought to
never see her again.

�He took me into Hueco
Mundo?� She whispered. They were now both sitting on
his bed. �But I�m here and I don�t remember seeing him again after� Do you
think he has our baby?�

�What would he possibly do with a 6
month old foetus?�

Orihime looked down and sighed out
softly; �What is going on?�

Ichigo smiled a little and shook his
head. He couldn�t care less about what was happening,
all he knew now was that she was here with him, apparently alive and well. �We
can figure out what happened tomorrow. I don�t think he�ll be making a move
anytime soon.�

She looked into his soft brown eyes and
returned his smile with one of her own, realising that he must�ve been
shattered when he witnessed her abduction of earlier that day and that he
needed to be comforted and set at ease. �Ichigo��

�I can�t express how glad I am to have you
back�� He whispered, closing his eyes at the hand she placed against his left
cheek. He couldn�t let his insecurities tell him otherwise now; she smelled,
talked and looked like the Orihime he knew. The appeasing warmth of her embrace
convinced him enough for now.

�I never left� You were always with me��
She whispered, scooting closer to him and bringing her
face near to his, rubbing the tip of their noses together. �I�m here now.�

�Hime��

Their lips met in a gentle kiss, his
hands moving to rest on her waist, expressing the need to have her next to him
and to feel the warmth of her body.

Her moan vibrated against his lips and
she moved herself to straddle him, never breaking the kiss while she hiked the
fabric of her white yukata up a little. His tongue
tentatively brushed against hers and she gasped, arching her neck at his hands
that crept up her thighs and caressed their way up her back and slowly pulled
the robe off her shoulders.

Orihime whispered his name and brought
her head back; feeling her body shiver at the wet kisses Ichigo caressed
underneath her right ear in a sensual pattern towards her chest. She could feel
him pressing against her now through the fabric of his towel and she moaned
again, biting her lower lip as his exploring lips pushed her yukata further and further off her left breast.

He could see the erected nipple press
through the thin fabric of her robe and moved in again, pushing the yukata out of the way.

�Mmm�!� Her
fingers were threading through the soft spikes of his hair, needing something
to hold on to with the pleasure that coursed through her body with every sultry
lick of his warm tongue. �Ichigo��

Ichigo retreated from her breast and
brought his lips up to hers once more, drinking in her heated responses and
enjoying the slight movements of her hips against his as she searched for that
thing only he could procure to her.

The piece of clothing now completely
slid off her shoulders and he reached for the sash that kept it wrapped around
her body and untied the knot, unveiling the body of his one and only goddess.

She clung to him as he laid her down
onto the bed, moving in to enmesh their lips again in a deep kiss, her body
shivering at the overwhelming feeling of his loving embrace. �Hime�� he
whispered, marvelled by her responsiveness and loving how her chest heaved up
and down as she gasped her pleasure while he kissed his way down her stomach
and over the soft rounding of her lower belly and onto the mount of her
womanhood.

Orihime bit down hard on her lower lip
to prevent herself from screaming it out when he pressed a loving kiss against
her most sensitive spot. Her legs were shivering from the anticipation and she
brought a trembling hand to rest on his head, silently urging him to continue
the heavenly treatment he was giving her.

Ichigo smiled gently and his gaze met
with her longing one before he closed his eyes and let his tongue dart out for
a taste of her personal honey.

Her thighs drew together reflexively and
she arched her back, letting go of the scream she desperately had tried to hold
back earlier. �Ichigo-kun!�

He continued to work his lips and tongue
against her, making sure that her hips remained firmly on the mattress and that
not a single drop of her sweet juices went to waste.

�Oh� Kami-sama�!�
she whimpered, throwing her head to the side when a shot of arousal rippled
down her spine and straight into that place he was licking up and down and up
again�

�So sweet�� Ichigo whispered against
her, giving her a last lingering lick before grinning up at her by pleasure
taken face. He then pulled away slightly and sat on his knees in front of her,
reaching out to her hips so he could coax her to turn over on her stomach.

Orihime tried to look over her shoulder
to see where he had gone, feeling a little nervous as to what he was going to
do to her now. �Ichigo�?� her small trembling voice sounded in the dim
darkness. She couldn�t feel him behind her anymore and was just about to turn
around when she saw his right hand turn off the bedside lamp, plunging the room
in a moonlit darkness. �Ich�?�

The sound of fabric hitting the floor
was then heard and a strong hand slid around her waist, exerting gentle
pressure on her abdomen so her hips lifted off the bed to grant him better
access.

�Aah�!� She
cried out, her hands fisting into the fabric of the pillow below her. His tip
began to slip into her, making tentative thrusting motions to help her relax
and get used to his size.

Ichigo bit his lower lip and
concentrated on keeping his movements as painless as possible for her. �Hime��
he whispered with a small wince, the feeling of his manhood sliding into her
moist warmth generating an overwhelming pleasurable feeling. �Stay with me�� he
then murmured soothingly after she had gasped loudly now that he had sheathed
himself deeply within her, sensing her body quivering from the overdose of
erotic stimuli that coursed through her.

�Da-Dame�!�
Orihime whimpered, resting her left cheek on the pillow as her tears of sexual
delight rolled out of her eyes, feeling like her body wouldn�t be able to bear
the next dose of pleasure. �I-I-Ichigo� oh!�

Ichigo bent over her and pressed open
mouth kisses the long her spine. �Shhh� daijoubou� I�m here, Hime��

�Please�� Orihime murmured with her eyes
tightly closed, unable to keep her passionate moans and whimpers from escaping
her slightly parted lips, �No m-more�!�

�It�s ok�� Ichigo whispered in an
assuasive manner, holding himself from plunging in and out of her in a frantic
rhythm. She felt so good around him and he briefly wished that they could stay
like this forever. Her gasping moans and high pitched breathing only made him
want her more, the way she called his name rendering him crazy with burning
desire.

With her, he had discovered that he
could be himself completely without having to keep himself in or show a tough
side that just wasn�t him.

He understood now what it meant to love
someone without restraint. It was that feeling deep in his guts that made him
sick when she wasn�t around, the way his heart beat faster when she laughed,
touched or simply looked at him. That urge that continuously needed to be
satisfied with a kiss, soft words or a meaningful look, a yearning to be with
her every single moment of the day, for her to be the first person he saw in
the morning and the last in the evening.

It was the realisation that she was the
one who would share his joy, his pain and his life no matter what until the
dream of their shared passion would be but a treasured memory in the next life.

The words of his father echoed in his
mind and he smiled silently at the surprising wisdom his old man had expressed
during one of his sober moments.

�When that day will come, in which you�ll find the cap
that fits on your bottle, you won�t realise it at first, but with time, you�ll
come to know��

�Ichigo!� Orihime arched her back, one of her lover�s hands
creeping lower from its position on her abdomen before arriving at the apex of
her thighs to play with her sensitive bud.

Ichigo felt her push back now, although
shyly, her passionate responses drowning his small room into a heated sensual
atmosphere. He grinned in satisfaction as one of her hands joined his between
her legs, the pace of their lovemaking quickening now with every stroke of
their joined hands.

�My precious Hime�� She was close and he
could feel it, her walls were already beginning to contract around his manhood
spasmodically. �Issho ni�?�

Orihime had no breath to answer and
simply nodded her head, whimpering softly as he removed their hands from her
womanhood and slid them up her body until they grabbed onto her right breast.

With his other hand pressed against her
lower abdomen, he urged her to kneel upright so she could lean with the back of
her head against one of his shoulders and he could add more speed and depth to
his strokes while he let his now free left hand roam over her body, knowing
that he was nearing the limits of his control but still wanting for her to
reach that coveted summit with him.

She felt like she was touching the sky,
the pleasurable sensation that flowed through her now reaching its peak. Her
body shattered beautifully into her orgasm and she felt him grunt her name
against her skin scant seconds before she cried out again at the searing heat
that suddenly flooded her insides.

They both collapsed on the bed,
breathing heavily in the afterglow of their intimate lovemaking, cuddling their
sweaty bodies close to each other while a mood of mutual satisfaction lingered
in the air.

Orihime smiled softly when she felt him
press a gentle kiss on her right shoulder, lifting her right arm to grab onto
the arm that was spooning her against him. �Never in my wildest fantasies did I
dream of you doing what you just did to me��

Ichigo smirked and brushed a lock of her
hair behind her right ear, nuzzling her neck lovingly after he had planted
another soft kiss there. �I�m a man of many surprises�?�

She chuckled and intertwined their
fingers, bringing them up to her lips to kiss them.

�Though I must admit,� Ichigo whispered,
�that you�re not much of a prude either, eh?�

The young woman blushed
a little and smiled, �Yeah well, you started it.�

Ichigo laughed and buried his nose in
her damp hair, feeling endlessly grateful to have her back next to him and in
his arms. She was the only place in the entire world where he felt truly safe.

Orihime closed her eyes and sighed
deeply with a happy grin. Being near him still made her insides all giddy and
she found herself oppressing a content giggle.

They laid like that for what seemed
hours and soon she felt his regular breathing hit her neck, indicating that he
had fallen asleep already. She carefully turned herself to face him and leant
onto her left elbow so she could run her right hand fingers over his handsome
features.

A single, red tear found its way out of
her right eye and she sobbed silently before wiping it away quickly.

This was exactly how I wished to say goodbye to you,
Ichigo-kun.

�Arigatou��
she bent over and kissed his lips. A serene smile then formed on her lips and
she turned, stood up and picked up the yukata that
lay on the floor next to the bed. She clad herself with it and then turned to
him a last time.

All of this will be but a dream to you come morning,
my love� but it�s better for both of us to not give you a too big feeling of
ease�

She brought her right hand up to her
face and watched how her nails turned black and began to grow. She hugged
herself in order to hide them and took a few steps back, her eyes shedding more
tears of scarlet.

This is only the beginning, Ichigo, and you still have
a long way to go� I�m sorry things went this way�

�Until next time we�ll meet, anata��

And with that she began to fade away
until a cloud of black smoke engulfed her and she completely disappeared.

___________________________________

Japanese Vocabulary
List

-Aa: Yes/
Yeah

-Anata: You
(My love)

-Arigatou:
Thank you

-Baka: Idiot

-Chotto Matte:
Wait a second

-Daijoubou:
It�s okay

-Dame: Stop

-Doushite:
Why?

-Douyatte: How?

-Gigai: Artificial Body

-Hai: Yes

-Issho ni: Together

-Mite: Look

-Nande/Nani:
What

-Naruhodo: I see

-Nishi no Komichi:
Path of the West

-Ichi-nii:
Brother Ichi(go)

-Ne: an
Interjection that can be loosely translated in English as �So�, �Well�, �And?�,
�Hey� or �No?�, depending on its position in the phrase

-Shoten: Shop

-Teme: You (bastard)

-Yukata: A
lighter version of a kimono, used as a bathrobe here.

Whoa, that was a lot of work! Phew, I hope I did well!
Thank you for the wonderful responses everyone! Let�s hope this story will
continue to catching your attention.

This was kind of a filler chapter, but I do advice you
to look out for the next one if you want to see the explosive confrontation
that is coming up!

Mata ne!

Next Week: 7. Path to Redemption � The Sacrifice

To Be Continued�

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