Hello everyone hope you guys like my story :)) it might be three to five chapters long so don't worry I'll try to make it interesting.

Also excuse my grammatical errors hahhaha this is my first Ichihime story and I really hope it gets your attention.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach

I'll be there for you through it all

Even if saving you sends me to heaven

He saw her falling to the hard ground, a red stain growing by her side. His instinct kicked in and was able to get her in his arms before she could hit the surface. He stood there embracing her with all his might but he was unable to move, unable to think, unable to talk. He was drinking the fact that just seconds ago he was saved by no other than Orihime Inoue, the girl that had been by his side many times, the girl that could always bring the best of him was now hurt.

She had intercepted the blade that was supposed to cut him; for some reason at that exact time his spiritual pressure dropped dramatically, he knew he was over powered by the arrancar in front of him, the big wounds he had were proof of that but just when the arrancar was about to give his last blow Orihime saved him.

Putting her down very carefully, he saw her smile painfully which caused him to return his gaze to the bastard who was the reason of her wound. He knew that with her powers she was going to be able to heal herself in no time but he needed to do something fast. He didn't know how but he was going to make that filthy arrancar pay for what he had done. Nobody could harm his friends and get away with it and if they did that person was going to pay the highest price, his life. He knew he didn't have to think just act and with that he lunged to his enemy.

His vision was clearer than ever but he was too busy slashing, hitting and striking that he was not paying any attention at what he was doing. He kept on slashing until there was nothing anymore; when he saw a pile of aches in front of him he stopped relieve that he had killed his enemy.

He turned around expecting to see Orihime standing, giving him one of her sweetest smiles but what he really saw was a girl still on the ground and around her a pool of blood growing by each second. Something was wrong, why was Orihime still hurt? His mind was telling him hundred possibilities but he refused to believe any of them.

He went directly to where she was and knelt beside her.

"Orihime?" he asked full of worry and concern.

"I'm really sorry…" she said smiling.

"What do you mean you're sorry? You saved my life!"

"I'm leaving Ichigo… I can't… heal myself" tears streamed down her beautiful face.

"What's going on Orihime!? What do you mean you can't heal yourself?"

"There was some type of poison on the tip of the sword… I think that's not allowing me to use my Shun Shun Rikka … but don't worry" her smile returned even brighter than last one.

He saw her side and his face went pale. Orihime had lost a lot of blood and she was getting weaker. He lowered his head in defeat.

"Why? Why did you take that hit for me?" he said barely in a whisper.

"I really don't know… I just felt like protecting you… besides you are my friend why wouldn't I?" Orihime closed her eyes for an instant.

"But you're going to get better. I know you are because-"

"I'm so happy to have known you all this years" her face become blushed.

"You can't leave me alone Orihime I need you by my side. I… I…" his vision was becoming blurry, the hot lump in his throat was becoming more unbearable.

"It's okay Ichigo… I… want you… to know… that I…" Orihime gave him a weak smile while more tears were making their way down her cheeks, he could see that things were bad, he saw the effort she was making to talk but she didn't stopped. "I… will always be… by your… side… at all… times…" and with a last smile she closed her eyes and stood still.

"Orihime…"

"Orihime…"

"ORIHIME! NO… please don't go…. No you can't…. you can't leave me… you can't…" He held her close to his heart while shouting her name not receiving a response. Tears of his own were coming down while the pain his heart was growing more each second that passed. He didn't let go of Orihime and was not planning on doing so.

Suddenly he felt every inch of his body heavy with exhaustion and just like a curtain of shadows, the darkness engulfed him.

I will try to make the next chapter longer... sorry for leaving it in here but I have some plans for Ichigo in the future :) thanks for reading and don't forget to review