A/N: Hey. I got the idea for this story and it just wouldn't leave me. So tell me what you think. :) I usually don't write anything with anything other than Ichihime, so bear with me if it's not perfect. It'll probably be a combination of Ichihime and Ulquihime. Again, bear with me.

Disclaimer: All bleach characters and property belong to Tite Kubo and Viz Media.

He Was

everything

she wanted

everything

she needed

everything

she could never have

He was

I'll protect you

in the dark

I'll protect you

in the light

I'll protect you

in the pain

Ichigo was

her hero

her savior

her one forbidden object

always

out

of

her

reach.

He was

the one thing

she always wanted

the one thing

she always wanted

the one thing

always

out

of

her

reach.

And then she met

him.