Author's Note: Hey, all you IchiHime Luvrs! I decided to take another chance at my story. Once before, I wrote a story…following the same line as this but I was being very lazy and I was not trying my best. Now, I will just give it all I've got and work on it everyday. Nevertheless, I can't guarantee you I'll be posting everyday. More like once a week or every two. However, all I have to say for now is that I hope you enjoy the story. Oh and I am going to start fresh so like I guess you could say that this is not the Bleach you all know and love okay?

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach; the wonderful Tite Kubo (Kubo Tite) owns it. I am just borrowing the characters and changing his wonderful storyline to another...wonderful storyline.


--Prologue--

The young girl leaned over the bed, looking at the cold, still body before her. She let her orangish-brown hair drift away from its resting place behind her ear. She was still fighting back the tears she wanted to let fall. She had so many mixed emotions. She wanted to cry, she was angry, she resented this man for not having the will to fight, and most of all she was afraid. She was afraid of being left alone in this world. She was afraid she would have no one, just like she didn't when her mother died.

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Her mother died about four years ago, part of which were the worst two years of her life. She and Sora went into foster care and were split up. She was teased because she had long, orange hair. Although the color wasn't drastic and was more of a burnt orange, it was still orange and different from the black, short cuts all the other girls had. They would pull her hair and smack her around. She always thought it was because she was ugly; she wanted to be just like them so she cut hers short too. She still had no friends. Moreover, she was all alone.

However, when she turned six, which was two years later, Sora turned 21. He adopted her. It took him one year to be able to leave foster care. He got an apartment so he and Orihime could be reunited and live in a stable environment. Orihime was happy. They lived in a town called Nago, which is in Okinawa for a couple of months. Then, they couldn't afford it because it was so close to the Pacific Ocean, they had pest problems, and they moved to Karakura Town. That is where they met the Kurosaki family. From there, Orihime and Ichigo became the best of friends. Masaki, Ichigo's mother, babysat Orihime in the nighttime while Sora worked in the Kurosaki Family Hospital. Therefore, Orihime spent most of her time with Ichigo while the pregnant Masaki watched them play.

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Now Orihime was lying over a body in the Hospital, and she never felt more alone in the entire 10 years of her life. She felt like just leaving and running away. But, how could she run away from such a beautiful family? The Kurosaki's have been there for her through thick and thin. She saw Masaki and Isshin as her mother and father figures and she loved Ichigo with all of her heart. She could never see herself loosing them. So, she thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and thought until she finally fell asleep on the small spot in which Sora's hand rested on the bed while he was unconscious. She was awakened by the sound of a beeping. She thought it was an alarm until she saw a woman in a white dress picking her up from her resting spot. She then knew that Sora was literally dying right before her eyes. He had no heartbeat.


Authors Note: So, I really hoped you liked it. I didn't want to really start the storyline yet because like…you know, I just wanted to get some background information in there. So I guess the real first chapter will be posted tomorrow morning. I have to do about three more paragraphs and spell checking and you know all those better suggestion thingies Beta Readers do… (I don't feel like searching for one with the best interest in mind and all the good experience and what not to make this the best story ever….lol) but yeah, whatever I just hoped you liked it and I would love it if you did just one more thing than what these authors ask….I would like for you to

1. Read of course

2. Review of course

And 3. Please. Please. Please. Just let everyone you know who is an IchiHime luvr to just at least check out the story…..thanx a lot. I really hoped you love it and expect more tomorrow...Bye!

TiffanY