Here it is! The ending is kind of crappy, but it's your opinion! Please review when you're done reading and vote on my poll for my one-shot as well! And I shall add my thank-you's to special people who have done something that have made my heart warm. xD

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Orihime's body hung over Tessai's hand. Her eyes drooped over, no life within them whatsoever. Ichigo incredulously looked at Orihime, not wanting to believe that she was dead. She can't be. She isn't, kingy. Stop getting so sad and pathetic. How do you know she's not dead?! Let's just say, that as you got used to her presence, I got used to her hollow's presence. How the fuck did you do that? Does that really matter?! Go save your fucking girlfriend! Right…

"Drop her…"

"Ichigo-," Urahara had walked over to him, but stopped talking when Ichigo raised Zangetsu against his chest.

"You're going to bring her back, you got that?" He lifted his head and made eye contact with him.

"I'm sorry, Ichigo. But I can't do that."

"AND WHY THE HELL NOT?!"

"She's a danger to the town. It isn't good that her growth was all at once. If you had stayed maybe things could've gone a different way."

"DON'T FUCKING BLAME THIS ON ME!"

Urahara sighed and pushed Zangetsu away. "If she's going to live, it's up to herself." He then pointed at Orihime who was now lying down on the floor.

Ichigo ran over to her body and picked her up by her shoulders. "Orihime, please hear me. Don't die… I can't have you die…" And for once for all to see, the knight shed tears upon the princess.

Orihime's Inner World

Orihime sat in the field, watching her world collapse all around her. The grass was a dying brown, no sun or light, strong winds… A small metal chain hung from the middle of her chest and she didn't dare pull on it. Her hollow appeared before her and smirked.

"Enjoying the sight, princess?"

"Haven't you thought that if I die, you'll go along with me?" Orihime responded, ignoring her previous comment.

"Do you really think that I am as weak to fall down with you? I will take over your body before it's too late. Unlike a horse and its king, I don't fall down with it when the king is hit." Orihime didn't say anything. "Wow. What a fight you're giving. Eh, I guess it's easier for me. No problems to deal with. Although, I am quite bored. Oh well." At that moment, her hollow had laid her right hand upon the ground, and at that same time, a voice rocketed as through out of the sky.

"Orihime, please hear me. Don't die… I can't have you die…"

Ichigo! Orihime's eyes widened at hearing his voice in her inner world, and she stood up.

"I guess you'll get your wish. Sorry but, I don't want to give up my throne just yet." Orihime made Tenjitsubaria appear in her hand and her hollow maniacally smiled.

"Wow. The princess had some bite in her. Let's go, Orihime Inoue!" They ran to each other and their swords hit against one another.

Regular World

Orihime's eyes had opened and Ichigo almost jumped in joy, but realized that they weren't her eyes. They began to form the gold pupils and he saw the black beginning to form at the corners of her eyes.

"So, it has begun."

"Didn't she beat it once already? Why does her hollow want to fight again?"

"Did you not listen before?! Orihime was human! Her body couldn't cope with the sudden growth of power! Her hollow isn't going to obey as well as yours did after your one fight. She has to defeat it as many times as it'll take for it to comprehend that it isn't in power. Orihime has to learn on how to master her hollow."

"So, this can happen again if she defeats it now?"

"It can happen a million times more, Ichigo. It'll happen until her hollow has learned that it isn't in control of her."

"Damn…"

Tessai had already put a barrier around Orihime and bound her with kidou. Somehow, her body wasn't trashing against the floor. In fact, it was quite calm. Too calm. Her body then got on its knees and stood up. Her eyes locked onto Ichigo's and Ichigo saw that its arms were trying to break apart from one another. Suddenly, Orihime's hands were apart from each other and she had walked closer to the edge of the barrier. Laying her hand upon the surface of it, she had kept her gaze on Ichigo.

Orihime's Inner World

Orihime barely had any scratches on her, but the same didn't go for her hollow. She was able to inflict a large gash across its chest and a couple of punches as well.

"Maybe you shouldn't have been so cocky about everything."

"Shut up! I'm in charge here!" Her hollow had run up to Orihime and raised her arm high, and Orihime immediately caught its arm and flipped her over onto the ground.

"Oh really? But who's the one getting beat up here?" Her hollow hissed at her and Orihime smirked. And then her hollow had done the same.

"But who's the one that has control over the body?" Her hollow remarked. "I've been with you for such a short time, and already I've grown onto to you. You're starting to become like me. Ha-ha! Who knew the innocent Orihime had the capability to smirk! Ha-ha!"

Orihime's eyes widened and she began to tighten her grasp on her hollow's neck. "Shut up! I'm nothing like you!" Still, no matter what she said, her hollow had kept on laughing. "I'm nothing like you... NOTHING!"

"Whatever you say, princess." Her hollow had suddenly disappeared from under her grasp and Orihime frantically looked around her. "Over here." She spun her head to her right. "No, over here." She then spun her head to her left. "Over here, my princess. Here. Here. Ha-ha!" Orihime bent down onto her knees, her hands covering her ears. Her hollow's voice was everywhere. It was overwhelming to her. No, get your head straight! For Ichigo! Ichigo… Orihime had suddenly remembered why she had begun to fight her hollow in the first place. And why she was winning as well. She had him in her mind; she didn't want to disappoint him.

"And I won't disappoint you now, Ichigo." Orihime stood back up and closed her eyes, searching for her hollow's presence. Tenjitsubaria…. I see you've found me once again, Orihime. I need your help. Very well. But remember, we have to do this together and you have to be focused. Hai…

"You'll never beat me! I'm the one in power!" Orihime's hollow's voice was everywhere, but yet she still couldn't be seen.

"No, I am." Orihime said, her head held up high. She laid Tenjitsubaria in front of her chest and laid her left hand upon the smooth end of the blade. "Bankai." She swept her hand across the blade and it had immediately turned into flames. *"Sen en Tenjitsubaria."

Orihime raised her flaming sword to her left and her sword cut out like rays of the sun. It had grabbed her hollow and it squirmed from its grasp.

"What the-? No! If you learned it, then I know it, too! No! No!" Where the flamed were touching her hollow's skin, had caused it to burn. Soon, Orihime's hollow began to dissipate.

A wind began to settle down, and light began to shine through the many clouds that hung high in the sky. "I guess it's over…" Orihime mumbled. "Thank you, Tenjitsubaria." She smiled faintly down at her sword, which has gone back to its regular form. Orihime closed her eyes and she felt the metal chain slowly go away. I'm coming back… Ichigo.

Regular World

Orihime's face began to slowly form the hollow mask, but it seemed to be breaking and forming over and over again. Plus, she had no hole in the middle of her chest.

"Oi, Urahara! Is that supposed to be happening?" Ichigo asked. He wanted to make sure that nothing would go wrong with Orihime at this point.

"I'm not sure…"

"WHAT?! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE?!"

"I'm only a lonely storekeeper!" Urahara then hid his face behind his fan and pretended to softly cry.

"Oh, cut that crap already! What the fuck is going on with her?!" Ichigo yelled, placing his hands on the storekeeper's shoulders.

"I told you, I'm not sure. I haven't dealt with anything like the case of Miss Orihime. She's definitely going through something that probably no one else has gone through."

"Shit…" Ichigo glanced back at Orihime and he saw that she was kneeled over, both of her hands covering her face. She then began to yell and tried to break off the mask that seemed to be forming much more rapidly now. "Orihime!" That was when she seemed to stop everything, like as if the world had begun to go still. Her head slowly looked up towards where Ichigo was, and he saw tears forming at the corner of her eyes. "Orihime…"

"I-Ichi… I-Ich…" She seemed to be panting, trying to catch her breath. That was when another scream escaped her lips and she kneeled down to the ground, as if she was in pain.

"No, no, no. Orihime!" Ichigo ran over to the barrier but then arms grabbed him at his stomach, pulling him back.

"Stop it, Ichigo!"

Ichigo looked behind him and his eyes widened. "Y-Yoruichi?!" She was the last person he expected to see.

"This is her battle." She pointed to Orihime and Ichigo took a deep breath and hung his head low. "Plus, do you think she'd like seeing you like this?" Yoruichi gave him a soft smile and Ichigo softly sighed.

"I guess…"

By this time, Orihime lashed her head back and a bright orange burst came about her. The high reiatsu had made everyone step back a bit and wide-eyed.

Orihime…

The mask was fully formed around her face and her hands slowly reached towards her face, taking off the mask in a swift movement. Orihime lifted up her head and had a faint smile on her face. Coincidently enough, she was already facing towards Ichigo. She took a deep breath and slumped over onto the ground. Ichigo ran over and wanted to just run through the barrier and hold her in his arms.

"Dammit, take down the barrier already!"

No one made a single movement.

"You guys! C'mon! Everything's fine! Take down the barrier!" Still, no one did anything.

"Tsk. Fine. I'll take it down myself." Ichigo rose up Zangetsu, but then strong hands grabbed his wrists. He looked up and saw Tessai. "Let me go." He didn't yell, but the way his voice sounded, there was no need for him to yell to show how he felt.

"Ichigo." This time Rukia had spoken his name. She had just gotten there, not exactly knowing what had just happened. Behind her was Kon, who was looking around with curiosity.

Ichigo shook off Tessai and put back Zangetsu. He walked over to Kon and reclaimed his body back. He walked back to the edge of the barrier and just sat there. Unmoving, not speaking. People soon began to leave or just go upstairs, but Ichigo stayed put. He watched Orihime just lay there, and he wanted to so badly just break the barrier. But he didn't want to risk anything. The young Shinigami watched her sleep, her chest slowly rising and then going back down. He was still quite surprised that she's able to sleep on such rough ground. I guess she must be really tired… Orihime shifted onto her side and fluttered her eyes open. Ichigo put on a small smile for her, but didn't say anything.

"Ichigo? Ouch. Where am I?" Wincing, Orihime moved a rock from underneath her and began to observe where she was.

"Oh, you're still at Urahara's."

"Oh, right." She was quiet for a second and then spoke again. "Hey, why are you in a barrier, Ichigo?" Ichigo's eyes widened and he opened his mouth, but no words came out. He just couldn't bear to tell her. Orihime looked at him questioningly and then looked around her once more. Her mouth formed an 'O' and she looked at him, as if telling him she knew. "Why am I still in the barrier?"

"I don't know. Those stubborn ass people won't let you-," He cut off mid-way when he saw her stand up and lay her hand against the barrier. Her fingers seemed to have gone through it and she slowly stepped out.

"To be honest, I thought that might've been harder to do than it was before. I haven't done that in a while." Orihime laid her hand behind her neck and nervously laughed. Ichigo looked at her incredulously, and then remembered that she had done this before when he was trying to master his own hollow powers. "Everything okay, Ichigo?" She looked at him worriedly and he nodded.

"Y-yeah. I'm just really happy that you're okay." He grabbed her hand and walked up to her, placing a small, soft kiss on her lips. She blushed, and how he missed those lips of hers. They both walked up the stairs and everyone stopped what they were doing. A cough was heard in the back.

"Ah! I see you got out there, Orihime!" Urahara gave her a smile and she smiled back.

"Yeah. Thank you, Mister Urahara."

"Oh, you're being too modest!"

"Wait. I'm lost now." Ichigo butt in.

"The only reason why I didn't break down the barrier was because I needed to make sure that our Miss Orihime was really herself. If she was able to pass through the barrier that I put up, that is somewhat like her own that her Shun Shun Rikka can make, then she was herself. If not, then we would've had to destroy her. Thankfully she's herself!" He gave a wide smile to Ichigo and Orihime and then walked away. Saying something about business with Yoruichi…

"Well then. I guess we're going to go. Ready Orihime?" She nodded and the both of them left the shop, holding hands.

"So, where do you want to go?" Ichigo asked.

"Uhm, I'm actually still kind of tired. You wouldn't mind taking me home, would you?" She glanced towards him, afraid that he might have gotten offended, but to her surprise, he shook his head.

"No problem. As long as it's alright that I can stay…" He smirked and Orihime's face flushed with embarrassment.

"O-of course not, Ichigo…"

"Good." The Vizaard had stopped walking and he turned his princess towards him and laid a kiss on her lips. Surprised at the sudden movement, Orihime laid her hands on his shirt and began to scrunch the fabric underneath her hands. Her right hand slowly moved up to his neck, also pushing him closer to him. They eventually pulled away, the both of them trying to catch their breath. "So, to your house right?"

"Mhm." Walking forward, Orihime dropped her hands beside her, but then felt the warmth of Ichigo's as he wrapped his own hand around hers. Looking up at him, she beamingly smiled and Ichigo gave her his own rare smiles. He pushed her closer to him and wrapped his left arm around her shoulder and left Orihime with no other choice, but to lean onto him for the rest of the walk.

***

Flipping through channels on the television, Ichigo decided to just turn it off. There was nothing good on anyways. His heart warmed once he looked at the face that was on his lap and he began to comb through her soft, auburn hair. She lay there on the couch, her eyes closed and her breathing in rhythm. Her face was so heavenly and… Beautiful. Ichigo couldn't help himself and he began to trace her cheek bones lightly with his finger. Slowly moving down to her soft lips, then her jaw and onto her neck and collarbone. But he stopped there. She was asleep after all. He didn't dare to make any type of move on her as she was sleeping. Rather get her reaction when she's awake, right Kingy? Just shut up. Despite the little argument that he had with his hollow, Ichigo still managed to keep that soft look upon his face. Deciding that his girlfriend will get better sleep on her own bed, he picked her up and began to walk to her room. He laid her down, but then he felt a small touch upon his hand.

"Stay…" Orihime mumbled through half-lidded eyes. He smiled and lay down next to her on the bed. She placed her hands near her face and Ichigo took one of them, wrapping his large hands around her small hands. He placed a small delicate kiss upon her hand and put it back down, still having his hand with hers. Orihime involuntarily scooted closer to him so that her head was partly on his chest.

"I love you…" Ichigo mumbled, thinking that she was already in her deep slumber.

"I love you too," Orihime managed to get out through a yawn. Softly chuckling to himself, Ichigo moved a strand of hair away from her face and placed his hand on her waist.

And so the knight had gotten his princess in his arms.

Meanwhile…

Rukia stepped outside of Urahara's Shop and decided to go back to Ichigo's. There was nothing else for her to do. Sighing to herself, she began to think about Renji.

"Rukia!"

Wow. I miss him so much, I even hear him calling my name…

"Rukia!"

Wait a minute! He is calling my name!

Rukia stopped walking and turned around to face Renji who was trying to catch his breath. "What?" She wanted to be as cold to him as possible, even as much as she didn't want to be… if that made sense.

"I was stupid. I shouldn't have broken up with you. I just thought that maybe if anything were to happen to us, that it might've affected you-,"

"What made you think something was going to happen between us?"

"Well, its normal… isn't it?"

"It doesn't have to happen. You just made it happen even quicker by breaking us up!"

"And I'm sorry. It's a lame ass excuse and I see that now. Plus… I miss you, Rukia." Renji didn't dare to make a step towards her, as much as he wanted to.

"You broke up with me for some stupid reason and you expect me to take you back?!" Renji looked down to the floor, already knowing where this was heading. "Baka. Of course I am." The raven-haired girl walked up to him and placed her right hand on his cheek. Smiling like a fool, Renji was about to lean in to kiss her, but was suddenly slapped. "Don't you ever do that again, you hear me!" She yelled. Renji nodded numbly. "Okay, now you may kiss me." Hesitantly, he leaned down and placed his lips upon hers.

Okie dokie! The fluffiness had officially come back! Whoo hoo! :D I really tried to reach my 3000 words minimum promise, and so I included Rukia and Renji. I didn't fully explain why they broke up, but that's because I have no idea, to be honest. So use your imagination as to why!

*Sen en Tenjitsubaria: Flaming Rays of the Sun Barrier; sorry if you're Japanese and that's not really it, blame bad Japanese Translators on Google. xD

Next Chapter: All is well between Orihime and Ichigo, all worries are forgotten. But they eventually get bored and plan to prank the other lovebirds. But things get a bit hot midway. xD This is dedicated to Derflinger for giving me this idea! This story might end up turning rated M… o.O It's bound to happen, people!

I would also LOVE to thank BleachFanJL for posting on his own stories and his profile about my poll! Couldn't thank you enough for that. :) Oh, and please vote on my poll for my one-shot! He-he. And review! Please and thank you. :D