Authors notes: Well I decided to to give writing FanFict a try. I have always loved reading the stories about Ichigo and Orihime having kids so I decided to give this a try. This is the first chapter in "Till death do us part" and I am really only planning on finishing the story if I get some good reviews on it. So if you like it, please leave a review or send me a message. So thanks for reading, and I DO NOT OWN BLEACH. OH! Also, be for warned, I am a terrible speller so ignore some of the errors.

Everything was falling into place, they were finally together. Finally after years of admiring each other from afar they were together. It was on the same day that Ichigo and Orihime decided to tell the other how they felt. They found that they both shared the same feelings for each other, and it has been a fairy tail relationship for the both of them ever since. They soon got married, surrounded by all of there friends, family and Ichigo's deranged father. After they were happily wed, they had a baby. They had a baby girl with long, curly, orange locks named Masaki. This is where our story begins…..

Little Masaki was finally turning one. Orihime could barely hold in her excitement, where as Ichigo was not looking forward to his little girl getting older. Orihime playfully skipped down the sidewalk with some more party decorations in hand. As she made her way home she couldn't help but laugh as she remembered the looks on the faces of the party store clerks when she asked for little blue alien decorations for her one year old daughter's birthday party. She eventually arrived at there small apartment and struggled to get the door open, the aliens were trying to escape from the small bag. She finally got the door open, only to find Ichigo and Masaki asleep on the couch. As she giggled under her breath she silently made her way to the kitchen to begin decorating. The little aliens really livened up the room; Orihime silently thought to herself, "Why don't we always have these up?" That thought jumped around her head along with many other ideas towards new decoration for there small apartment. She eventually got back to her task at hand, and as she was doing so she heard rustling coming from the living room. Slowly, a very groggy Ichigo made his way to the kitchen with still sleeping Masaki in his large muscular arms.

"Hey, how was the store?" Ichigo said in a slightly hushed tone.

"Oh it was amazing, the decorations were much easier to find than I thought they would be!" whispered an overly excited Orihime as she pointed out the small blue men.

"Well that's good." said Ichigo with one of his not so rare smiles spreading across his face. That smile soon disappeared when Ichigo felt his small daughter rustle awake in his arms. The smile soon returned after he saw that she awoke with an identical smile. He lightly kissed her on the forehead and handed her off to her mother. Orihime took her daughter around the small kitchen showing her the decorations that covered every inch of it. Ichigo and Orihime couldn't help but laugh when they saw the look of utter excitement cross little Masaki's face.

"Hime, when is everyone getting here?" Ichigo asked knowing that almost all of there friends from the soul society would be bursting threw there front door at anytime. It wasn't surprising to them that when Masaki was born, they wouldn't be her only family.

"They should be here in about 30 minuets, so we better go change the birthday girl into her new dress." Said Orihime as she smiled down at her little girl. They all then made there way to Masaki's room and changed her into her little pink dress. Soon Masaki was changed and ready to go,

"God you're so cute!" Yelled Ichigo as he lifted his little princess into the air. He spun her around a few times, and she giggled the entire time. The only thing stopping him was a small rap at the door. As Orihime's face lit up, Ichigo's turned to his usual hard expression. He knew that spiritual pressure anywhere, it was Rukia. Ichigo made his way down the hall with Masaki in hand to open the door for the eagerly awaiting soul reaper. He opened the door to invite her inside only to find that his daughter was no longer in his hands. What was left of Ichigo's good mood was now completely gone, there was a strong snap in his voice as he yelled,

"Dammit Rukia, give me back my kid!" He turned to face Rukia and found a devilish smile spreading across her face,

"Oh Ichigo, I just wanted to get my adorable little goddaughter away from her permanently pissed off father." Ichigo never liked the idea of making Rukia Masaki's godmother, but when Orihime gave him that look he couldn't resist.

"Ugh, why you lit…" Ichigo was all but growling when he reached over to take Masaki from Rukia's arms. The minuet he got her back into his arms, he was a whole new person, and there was no anger, just like what happens when Orihime is in his arms. Finally when he was calmed down there was another knock on the door.

"Come i.." before he could even finish his sentence Renji, Rangiku, Uryu, Chad, Tatsuki, Ikaku, and all of there other friends from the soul society and the world of the living barged threw there door. Once again Masaki was gone; she was now with her godfather, Renji. Ichigo would have run over to get her back if a pair of familiar arms hadn't rapped around him.

"It's ok Ichigo, she'll be fine, let them have there time with her. We will have her for the rest of our lives; we get to see her every second of every day. They only get to see her on special occasions like this." Orihime whispered this into Ichigo's ear with such kindness and concern; it calmed him down in seconds. Ichigo took in a few short breaths, ran his fingers threw his hair and turned to face his wife. He rapped his arms around her in the same way she did to him,

"Your right, I'm sorry I acted the way I did. I just don't like it when she isn't in my arms. I just want to.."

"You just want to protect her I know, I want to do the same. But I highly doubt that Renji or Rukia are going to harm her in anyway." Orihime said this without a doubt in the world. But then she said under her breath,

"Sure there might be some mental scaring when they tell her stories about you when she is a teenager, but besides that.."

"What did you say?" Said Ichigo.

"Oh nothing, nothing at all." It took all the will power she had inside her to not burst out laughing. She gently kissed him on the cheek and then ran into the kitchen to grab Masaki's cake. Ichigo then ran around there small apartment in a mad search for his daughter. He eventually found her in the arms of her aunt Yuzu. Ichigo went over and sat with his sister and daughter until Orihime called them for cake.

Orihime and Ichigo gave Maskai her cake, and everyone sang her happy birthday. Masaki was so distracted by the candles that she didn't even notice all her friends singing to her. Eventually Ichigo and Orihime blew out Maskai's candle and they began to cut the cake. After everyone ate there cake they let Masaki open her presents. There were stuffed animals, books, and clothes. But by far the present that surprised everyone the most was Ichigo's. It was a heart shaped silver locket, on the front there was Masaki's name engraved into the silver. When it was opened there was a picture of Ichigo and Orihime on the left, then a picture of Ichigo and Masaki on the right. Of course Masaki only cared about the fact that she could see herself in it, but it brought Orihime to tears.

"Ichigo…..it…it's so beautiful, where did you ever get an idea like that?" Orihime was trying to hold in her tears, but it really wasn't working.

"I just wanted her to have something that would make her feel like we were never far away. So even if we get separated, she will always have us close to her. We will always be together, till death do us part." When Ichigo said this the entire room went silent. All eyes were fixated on Ichigo.

"Whoa, that's deep." Said Renji.

"Way to ruin the moment Renji." Rukia all but hissed as she said it. Soon the room fell silent again as Masaki got up and attempted to walk towards Ichigo. After a few falls Masaki made it to her eagerly awaiting father. Ichigo picked her up and put the locket around her neck and kissed her on the forehead. Masaki nuzzled her head into Ichigo's chest and said her first word.

"Dada" Everyone in the room began to giggle as that one small word escaped Masaki's lips. While Ichigo let one of his large smiles spread across his face he glanced up at Orihime. Orihime gave up all hope of holding in her tears and just let them pour out of her. It was the perfect moment, until everyone felt something. It wasn't anything huge; it was just a normal hollow that was attracted by the accumulation of spiritual pressure in there home. Ichigo handed Masaki to Orihime as he followed Renji and Rukia outside. They got outside and found that there was nothing there, the hollows presence was gone. Even with that in mind Renji and Rukia changed into there soul form. Ichigo reached into his back pocket for his pass when he felt something plung into his chest. The hollow was not gone, it had merely hidden its spiritual pressure, and how could they not have known that? Ichigo turned around with the hollows hand still in his chest to find Orihime and Masaki. Orihime's eyes were filled with fear and Masaki was crying, Orihime soon snapped out of her trance and fumbled around for her hair pins. But it was too late, Rukia had managed to kill the hollow, but in his human form Ichigo could not handle to fatal blow inflicted by the hollow and he fell to the ground. Orihime rushed to his side and found him bloody and mangled, she wasn't even sure her powers could save him. She sent out her healing powers and did the only other thing she could think of, pray.

"Ichigo you can't leave me! I can't go on without you! Five lifetimes remember?" Orihime was sobbing now, but know matter what she kept her eyes locked on his.

"Hime, I love you…so…..so much." All Ichigo could manage was a whisper, it was hard enough to keep his eyes open.

"Don't you dare start saying your goodbyes! I'm going to save you! W..w..we are going to live for a long time, wweere going to be with Masaki forever and we will always be there for her." Why isn't it working? Orihime thought. In the background she could still hear Masaki crying, she turned to see Masaki trying to get out of Yuzu's arms. Orihime didn't want Masaki to see this; she didn't want her to see her father dying. Orihime tried to talk, but she was crying so much that she couldn't get a single word out. So all she did was jump into her healing shield with her dying husband. With what little strength he had left Ichigo wrapped his arms around Orihime.

Orihime began to feel water dripping on her neck, she turned around expecting it to be rain but found that Ichigo was crying. She gingerly wiped the tears off of his face, and as she began to pull her hand away Ichigo grasped her hand and held it close to his face. After that they just laid there, waiting for the inevitable. Ichigo wanted to tell her how sorry he was, to tell her that he loved just one more time, but all he managed to get out was,

"Goodbye Hime" Orihimes eyes flung open to find his closing. She was frozen with terror once again. Ichigo, Ichigo, Ichigo, Ichigo, ICHIGO! That was all she could think of at the moment. Finally she snapped out of it,

"ICHIGO! DON'T LEAVE ME! ICHIGO!" She was shaking him vigorously trying to wake him up, even though she knew that he was gone.

"NO…NO…PLEASE GOD NO!" There was no response, he was really gone.

"No…*sniff*….no…Ichigo…" After every word she took in a shaky breath, it soon began to hurt when ever she took in a breath. Within minuets it began to rain, and Orihime just kept crying. She kneeled down and laid her face in his still chest; she stayed there for what seemed like hours, but was really only minuets. Soon she felt someone nudge her side; she raised her head from his chest to find Masaki. Orihime grabbed Masaki and held her close; Masaki wiggled her way out of her firm grasp and made her way over to Ichigo. She began to poke he deceased father in the face,

"Dada? Dada? DADA!" Watching Masaki do this made Orihime begin to cry again, her daughter was going to grow up with out her father.

Orihime began to wonder; how was she going to do this without him? How was she going to go on without him?

Ichigo was gone.

Author note: To be honest when I was writing this, I started to cry. When I began to write it(with the intention of killing off Ichigo) I got so into him being an AMAZING dad that I almost couldn't do it. But if I did then this would be a very short story. So like I said in the first note, if you like it write a review or send me a message. Also even if you guys don't like it, I will probably still keep writing the story because I want to know what is going to happen :) So yup, thats just about it. Thanks for reading!