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Skyward

I don't know when it happened. I just know that was like that… for real.

Well, not for real exactly. But I could see him, I could hear him, I could feel him. I mean, not just him, all of them. But I knew that every moment looked real for me, and suddenly I enjoyed that more than anything.

Suddenly it became my life.

He became my life.

Chapter 1 – Dream

"Ow, Orihime, are you okay? You look a bit strange this morning…" that was Tatsuki saying. I should know that she would realize if I acted strange.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm just a little frustrated." I answered while I let my head fell and my hair cover my eyes.

That's me, Orihime Inoue, talking my best friend in the whole world, Tatsuki Arizawa. What were we talking about? It's pretty much absurd.

"That dream again?"

"Yes. I hate it. And I don't understand why I can never get out of it. I hate this dream." I sighed after that. She laughed a little.

So yeah, it was actually getting me mad, because from all the things that I and my best friend could be talking about… we chose that stupid dream.

Should I call it a nightmare?

"You're becoming a little obsessed with it, don't you think?" Obsessed? Me? The dream that was obsessed with me, for goodness sake. "Just forget it."

"Right, I'll try."

I lied; of course I wasn't going to forget about it. That dream was in my head during weeks. Tough it was supposed to be only a dream I always remembered everything about it.

I think it started after that other dream. Well, I don't know if that was a dream or a hallucination… the thing is that after it, I could never sleep peacefully again.

I simply hated to know that I was going to sleep and do the same damn thing every night. The frustration to know that it was never going to end and that was always the same. And that I could never get out of it.

Yes, I tried.

I shook my head trying to stop thinking about it. This dream ended my whole night, it couldn't ruin my life too.

I looked to Tatsuki, she looked a bit worried. When I'd told her about it and she didn't understand why it looked so awful. But it was, really.

"Let's go Tatsuki-chan, we're going to get late for the new period." I said while smiling and pulling her by the hand, and she opened a weak smile for my relief.

We got in the class a few minutes before Urahara-sensei, our Chemistry teacher. We sit relieved and instantly I listened to Chizuru asking what Tatsuki wanted to talk with me alone. I hold the laugh of her jealous.

"It was nothing Chizuru-chan. Nothing." I told her opening a small smile.

Right.

I was becoming more tired in every minute. But I didn't want to sleep, so I was trying to delay it at the most.

When I looked at the clock, I saw it was 1:30 a.m. I couldn't do it anymore. If I didn't sleep at night I would be too tired at school and the teachers would be mad at me, and my friends would get worried…

And I would dream there.

So after drinking the hot chocolate in my bunny cup, I felt that I was going to sleep at any moment. My eyelid started to get heavier and heavier and I yawned.

It couldn't be helped. I sighed, got up from the sofa and after I had turned off my TV, I went to my room and got to bed that I'd already made. I knew it wouldn't take more than a few minutes for me to fall asleep. And to dream.

I didn't have many options, so that was what I did. I closed my eyes and in the next second…

I opened my eyes, screaming, so I concluded that I was trapped in that place again.

I got up and instinctively embraced myself. Oh, I was wearing that white and slightly ripped dress again; my lips trembled while realizing that again: I was lost.

I couldn't understand where I was, or why I was there… in that immensity of pure nothing I just couldn't came up with a reasonable explanation. I couldn't think straight, because around me, seemed that there was just… sand. White sand.

That with the exception of the immense palace I could see in front. Well, that wasn't exactly a palace, in my opinion, it was just my mind playing tricks with me. Because it didn't matter how I walked or how fast I ran… I couldn't get closer to it.

So, I could conclude that I was just… getting crazy.

I watched the sky wondering again where it was this sky. And why it was so dark and frightening. Why it seemed that I was never going to get anywhere.

But I could feel the wind. I could feel the sand on my feet. I could hear the beat of my heart. And the most important thing was that I knew every moment that I was dreaming. I knew it. And I couldn't do anything. Even if I wanted to wake up or to change the reality that I was I just… couldn't.

So I started doing the same thing I did every night. I started to walk. Walk forward, to know if someday I would get to that palace. Internally, I knew I wouldn't. I had passed weeks walking and running to get closer to it, but it seemed that I never did.

And there I was… walking. It was strange that tough I walked every night my feet didn't hurt so much. Oh, they only did after I started running. Or when I purposely stepped in the plants and bled.

I didn't know how plants in this place existed; they were in pure nothing after all. There wasn't sun and water and, well, nothing.

But I knew they could hurt someone and that they were probably made of crystals or something. And how crystals or whatever-that-plant-was-made-of could grow in the sand, without the help of anything was beyond my imagination. But well, I guess if I could wake all nights in that place, I guess "plants" can grow in the place they want.

Who cares for the laws of the physics, huh?

I wondered while I walked the reason I could feel all this things so clearly. And reason I bled. The reason I could remember every single thing when I woke up in the morning. Because I would do anything to forget what happened when I'm here.

I looked to the palace. It was my impression or I was actually closer?

After a while, like always, I started to get tired from walking and I resolved to sit. I pushed my dress so that it could cover my knees while I pulled them closer. I blamed myself for not being, at least, tired enough to sleep… well, it wouldn't help. For some unknown reason, I never slept here.

Well, I just slept when I was ready to wake up. Then when I slept at night I woke up here. It appeared that I was living in this place at night, because, strangely, each day seemed to be related to the other.

I couldn't help noticing that after I ripped my dress and after that he stayed always like that. But I'm happy that I didn't do that with the whole dress because it would be strange 'wake' here naked every night…

Tough I was dreaming, all alone.

I finally decided to lay on the ground and to close my eyes. After I did it, I only opened my eyes to straighten my white dress around my body and I returned to my sleeping beauty position. I sighed.

That was when I heard it.

It seemed for a moment that the air around me was heavier... the wind seemed to run faster to the opposite side, like something… or someone… was there, walking towards me.

And I instantly panicked. Should I open my eyes and scream for happiness of not being alone? Or should I pretend to be dead so that the person would leave? Is this person good or bad?

I was being ridiculous. This is MY dream. It's not possible to have any other person than me. If there is, it's because I wanted this person to be. I did it. I'm in the command of my dream.

That was exactly what I was thinking when I opened my eyes just to find the most gorgeous green eyes that I've ever seen.

Like… 2 centimeters away from my face.

Oh, screw all my speech.

I started screaming.

A/N:

Hey guys! OMG, this is my first Bleach fanfic ever! And first UlquiHime too! And the first in English too! XD

Now seriously, I'm so excited. UlquiHime lately has been growing on me and I couldn't help to have many ideas involving them until I came up with this. *-*

Some points I wanted to make:

The fanfic is in AU, because it's set in the human world with some of my modifications… you will see it later. XD

Ranked T for probable swearing and… other stuff. (6' [Kidding, until now no lemons are being planned (x ]

The story is probably going to be set from Orihime's POV. And well, I don't know if I should include a warning since this is a fanfic and AU, so OOCness is expected. XD I'll try to make her look sweet and lovely as always but it's gonna be hard, especially because of her recent situation and previous experiences.

It's probably going to be a fanfic with 20 chapters or more, I don't know yet. I know this first chapter is short, but I don't want you guys to get bothered in the start. XD I'll make them bigger as the time passes, I promise! :B

Oh, and like I said, English is not my first language but I'm fluent on it, so I tried to make this the better I can. But I'm a beginner in writing fanfics in English, so mistakes can pass all the time. If you guys see any, don't mind in saying it. (:

And PLEASE, REVIEW! I really need inspiration to keep writing and posting here too! Just saying something about the fanfic is going to make my day FANTASTIC! *o*

Suggestions and critiques are always welcome too! (yes, you can say this is a shit if you at least tell me why, lol)

Thanks for reading!

- defy.