SadoHime! Inspired by 's T.'s song Ignited. Not a songfic, I don't like those that much anyway.

-Saph


You fly, even with broken wings. Will they ever be repaired? Tainted with so much bloodshed, when will you be free? Free to fly and enjoy the sky. Soaring with broken wings, when will you be saved? Weighed down with all that pain, how can you still smile? Dakishimetai, I want to hold you. Nakanaide, don't cry. I want to embrace you who are so broken. Orihime. My princess.

Everyday he suffered in silence, watching his love swoon over another. He wished she would look at him. He wished she would call for him, but it wasn't his name she called when she was in danger, it was his. The princess would call the name of her knight, but she would never call for him. What was he? She was nothing less than the princess, he was the knight. So what was he? The stalker? The admirer? He didn't have a title, he was just Sado, the silent knight. He would never, could never, have her.

It's fine this way; she's happy. He would tell himself over and over. Ichigo can protect her far better than I can, she should go with him. He would reason with himself over and over, but then what had he been training for? What was his strength for? He was strong, he had what all boys dreamed of, yet he wasn't happy.

I know, Abuelo. The fists I have are not for hitting others, but for protecting those important to me. That's why, I shall use this power to protect her. My hime, my princess. Orihime...


Sorry it's been so long since I've updated this story, there should be more to come.