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After dinner and when Yuzu and Karin went upstairs to bed, Isshin asked Orihime and Ichigo to come into the living room to discuss Orihime's case.
"So what exactly happened?" Ichigo said as he fell down on his couch. Orihime fidgeted in her seat nervous to talk about the subject. She noticed that they were still waiting for an answer so she started to tell them what she saw.
"Well, I was on my way home when I heard some people yelling in an ally and-"
"So you stuck your nose into someone else's business." He cut her off. She gave him a glare and ignored his comment.
"As I was saying. I heard them yelling and then the man named Aizen shot him." She said horrified.
"Are you sure that his name was Aizen?" Isshin asked as he watched her fiddle with her fingers. She nodded than looked up to him.
"He was with a man named Gum." She said with a straight face. Ichigo started to laugh in the background.
"Gum? Are you even sure that was his name?" Ichigo said before laughing harder. She stood up then punched him in the arm. "Oww woman!"
"I'm sorry that my memory is not that good enough Strawberry-san!" she yelled then sat down. Ichigo was rubbing his arm.
"My name is Ichigo damn it." He said still rubbing his arm.
"And mine is Orihime." She said crossing her legs. Isshin couldn't help but laugh at the two of them. Ichigo glared at him.
"It's like you two are made for each other." He said with a big smile. "I have always wanted grandchildren." He said with a goofy face. Orihime blushed then looked down.
"Shut it old man." He said while leaning back on the couch.
"Anyway, the man you were talking about was Gin and they are both wanted criminals. Are you sure their names were correct?" Isshin asked seriously. Orihime looked up at him and nodded.
"Look at the pictures." She said giving him the camera. "I wanted to take them for my job. I wanted to make a story about it." She said looking down. "But I was stupid enough to get caught." She said sadly. With that someone knocked on the door.
"Who could that be in the middle of the night?" Ichigo said as he made his way toward the door. He opened the door and saw a letter on the ground labeled 'Orihime' on it. He picked it up then made his way back to the living room. He handed her the letter. "It's for you".
She read the letter in her head: If you tell the police, we'll hurt that nice family. She gasped before she ripped the paper up.
"What did it say?" Isshin asked. She waved her hands in front of her.
"It was nothing important." She said with a weak smile. Ichigo eyed her before she stood up. "I think it's time for me to go." She said.
"What are you talking about? I already said you can stay and plus it's already eleven. We can't just let you go home by yourself." Isshin said standing up after her. "Ichigo why don't you walk her home." Isshin said with a big smile.
"That's not necessary. I've caused you guys enough trouble." She said with a smile. "Besides, I can take care of myself." She said.
"Clearly." Ichigo said while rolling his eyes. He went toward the closet to grab his coat. "Common. I'll walk you home." He said while putting on a jacket. She sighed in defeat as she made her way toward him. "Do you have anything other than that sweater?" she shook her head no. He reached into the closet and gave her one of his jackets.
"You don't have to-"
"You'll catch a cold." He said putting it over her. She nodded.
"Orihime, if you ever need anything just call this number. Is there anybody we can contact to tell them you're okay?" Isshin asked as he handed her his number. She frowned.
"No. My brother died a while ago and I don't know my parents." She said bluntly.
"Sorry." Isshin said looking down.
"It's alright." She said with a smile. Ichigo was losing his patience.
"Can we go?" he asked as he pushed her out the door. She said her last goodbye to his dad as he shoved her out the door.
"So where do you live?" he asked shoving his hands in his pockets.
"I actually don't live far from here." She said snuggling into his jacket. It smelled like him. Surprisingly he didn't smell half bad. She was pulled out of her thoughts when he asked her a personal question.
"How did your brother die?" he said while not thinking. "Sorry you don't have to answer that if you don't want to." He said sticking his hand through his hair.
"It's okay. I don't mind talking about it." She said quietly. " I was waiting for him to come home. I usually cooked dinner since we didn't have a mom. I cooked and cleaned while he was working. One night, he didn't come home. I was worried so I called the cops." She stopped in the middle of her sentence to take a deep breath. "When they came to the house, they said that he died." She said while holding back tears. "Do you know what the worst part of it was?" she asked looking up to him. He gulped then shook his head. "We still don't even know who killed him." She sighed. There was a long silence before she started to talk again.
"I'm sorry if I made you depressed." She said with a small smile. "Whenever I tell the story, people get depressed." She said with another sigh. "That's why I became a photographer. So I can tell other people's story with just a picture so it won't have to be so depressing." She said with another smile.
"I felt the same way when my mom died." He said without thinking.
"Well our hardships make us stronger, right?" she said with a smile.
"Y-yeah." He said with a half-smile.
"Well, here I am." She said looking at him. He wasn't looking at her but at her house. She turned to see her door wide open. "My house!" she yelled and before she could run up to her house he pulled her back.
"Someone could be in there." He said pulling her beside him. He cocked his gun that was in his pocket and her eyes widened.
"W-What are you doing?" she asked nervously.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm getting prepared." He said slowly walking up the stairs with her close to his side. "Stay outside Orihime." He said in a low tone.
"O-okay." She said as she waited for him to go inside.
He walked into the house and everything was a wreck. There was glass all over the floor and papers everywhere. He hid behind a wall then pointed his gun in the kitchen. Silverware and dishes where spread across the floor. He lowered his gun and walked into the room. The room was surprisingly alright. It was fixed nice and neatly. "Orihime! You can come in now." He yelled.
"What the hell!?" she yelled as she walked into the house. My papers!" she yelled and started to collect the papers on the ground. "Byakuya-san is gonna get made if I don't put these in the right order." She said pouting. Ichigo made his way out of the room and knelt by her.
"Who's Byakuya?" he asked trying to help her with her papers.
"Don't touch them!" she barked then he dropped the papers. "Sorry. It's just that they have to be right or he'll flip." She said trying to put them in order.
"Who is he?" he asked again.
"Ohh. Sorry. He's my boss." She said focusing on the papers on the ground.
"Can I help somehow?" he asked as he stood up to close the door. She looked up at him surprised.
"You can clean the kitchen." She said with a big smile. He picked up the coat rack then put his and her jacket on it then made his way to the kitchen.
"Maybe you should call the cops." He said from the kitchen. The note popped up into her head and she shook the thought of calling the cops away.
"N-no i-its fine. I can manage." She stuttered. His head pocked out of the kitchen.
"You should. Your house is a mess. The people you saw must be showing you a sign or something. A threat." He said. Orihime sighed.
" I can't do that." She said looking down to her lap. This caught Ichigo's attention right away.
"Why can't you? You have every right to. I'll call them right now." He said reaching for the phone. She scrambled to her feet the smacked the phone from his hand. It shocked Ichigo.
"When I say I can't It means I can't!" she yelled. He looked at her confused then gripped her shoulders.
"They threatened you didn't they." He said trying to meet her eyes but she looked away. "What did they say?" he asked. She didn't respond. He shook her. "I'm trying to help you dammit! What did they say?" She finally looked him in the eyes.
"They said if I called the cops they would hurt your family." She said firmly.
"Bastards." He said then hit the wall. It made her jump. "Just call the cops. We'll be fine." He said after a long silence.
"No." she said quietly.
"What did you say?" he asked irritated.
"I said No dammit! I have already lost a family and I am not going to let you lose yours just because I am a little scared!" she yelled. He looked at her in amazement then sighed and massaged his temples.
"Fine then. You know you're gonna have to move right?" he asked her while still massaging his temples.
"Why can't I just stay here?" she asked crossing her arms.
"Because the men who are after you already know that you live here." He said giving her a scowl then rolled his eyes. She then took a picture of him with the flash on and it blinded him. She walked back to the living room to clean her papers up.
"What the hell woman!" he yelled rubbing his eyes.
"My name is Orihime dammit!" she yelled from the living room. He cursed to himself as he waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. He watched her ruffle the papers up as he leaned on the wall across from her. She looked up at him and he swiftly looked away.
"How long are you gonna stay here?" she asked annoyed. He looked at her then got his jacket and put it on. "W-wait are you leaving?" she asked as she struggled to get up from the ground.
"Isn't that what you wanted?" he asked as he made his way toward the door. Before he could reach it she jumped in front of him.
"I was just kidding." She said quickly turning her head from his gaze. He chuckled.
"What? You scared?" he asked with a dumb expression like his father's. She quickly denied it.
"N-no." she said while blushing. Even though he couldn't see it she looked away from him.
"What happened to 'I can take care of myself'?" he said patting her on the head. She pouted. As he took his jacket back off. He pinched her cheeks then went to the floor where all of the papers were still there. "Turn on the light so I could help you put this stuff together." He said while trying to comprehend the notes on the paper.
"They are paper work that boss man gave me." She said sitting down on the couch. She yawned.
"Tired?" he asked her as she yawned.
"Yeah, just a little bit." She said as she yawned again. She knelt beside him and tried to sort out the papers. A few minutes later she fell asleep through the process. He looked beside him and she was knocked out on the floor. He sighed.
"You're a whole lot of trouble." He said then looked around the house. "I'm not gonna just leave her house like this." He thought to himself. He cleaned up her living room and the kitchen. He stacked her documents on her coffee table then lifter her up. He picked her up bridal style then put her in her bed. He laid her down then took off her shoes. He then covered her up. He watched her sleep for a while then decided it was time for him to go. He made sure that every single window and door was locked before he left.
"It seems the Kurosaki kid just left the house." Gin said while looking through some binoculars.
"Interesting. Is anyone else in the house?" Aizen asked from the back seat of the car.
"It doesn't seem like it. The lights are out." Gin said back to him.
"Okay then. I'll be back then." He said as he exited the car. "If anyone tries to come in, honk twice." He said through the window.
"Alright boss." Gin said and waited in his car.
"What took you so long?" Isshin said with a goofy grin on his face. Ichigo hung his jacket in their closet.
"Shut it old man." Ichigo said as he walked up the stairs. Isshin frowned at his actions.
"Common son you know you could tell me if you two made sweet love." He said with an even wider grin. Ichigo took off his shoe and through it at him.
"Shut up. I have work in the morning." He said then slammed his door shut. Sometimes that man can be too annoying. He took off his shirt and changed into some pajama pants then flopped on his bed. "I need to move out already" he thought then rolled over to look at the ceiling. He sighed again thinking about all the events that happened earlier. He put his hand over his head and let out another deep sigh. He was about to fall asleep till his phone rang. He reached out and looked at the caller id. "Unknown Caller?" he said to himself.
"I'll let it go to voice mail." He said then laid down in his bed. His phone didn't stop ringing so he turned over and answered the phone.
"Why are you calling this early in the morning?!" he yelled into the phone.
"Is this Kurosaki Ichigo?" the man asked.
"It depends, who am I speaking to?" Ichigo retorted.
"Right know it doesn't matter. I only called to say one thing: STAY AWAY FROM INOUE ORIHIME . IF YOU DON'T IT WILL ONLY BRING PAIN TOWARD YOU AND HER." The man said. Ichigo's eyes widened.
"Who the hell is this." He said in a stern tone as he sat up. The man didn't answer back then he hung up. Ichigo rushed out of bed and put a shirt on before he ran down stairs. He put his jacket back on and rushed back to Orihime's house.
Aizen unlocked the door with the key he had from before. He locked the door then crept inside to find out that the whole house was clean. It made him sick. He went toward her room and watched her sleep for a while. He walked toward her then shook her awake.
"Stop it Ichigo." She mumbled before he slapped her. She was wide awake now when she saw the man named Aizen. She tried to scream but he clasped his hand on her mouth. He pulled her closer by her face.
"I'm gonna tell you this Orihime and I'm gonna tell you only once: You are my play thing and you belong to nobody else but me, you got that?" he told her. She tried to turn away from his face but he forced her to look at him. He then pulled her by her hair. She screamed.
"I said do you got that!?" he yelled yanking her head harder. She still didn't hear her say anything then he heard two honks coming from the front then banging on the door. He dropped her on the ground then kicked her in the stomach. He crouched down then gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Till we meet again" he said then made his way out the window.
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