Chapter 13: You deserve this! Dilemma of an Inoue.

Hey guys, sorry for the delay, but I have finally began work again on this story. Now this story as a matter of fact, is almost over. :O I predict that this story will be finished by chapter 16 or 18.

So how will our main heroine deal with this traumatic segment of her past? And will Ichigo be able to help save her from such a devastating predicament?

Find out in today's chapter.

Orihime collapsed to her knees, her legs defeated as they quivered in fear.

Orihime has stared death in the face plenty of times in her life.

She has stared down Arranchars', hollows and even soul reapers.

Even so, nothing could compare to this moment, Orihime felt as if the devil himself had appeared before her.

The poor girl was frozen on the spot, a nerve tackling shiver fell down her spine.

"How much longer are you going to sit there brat? Hurry up and get my alcohol you ungrateful cry baby!"

Orihime was speechless, but her mind raced at a tremendous speed.

"What should I do? What am I going to do? Why are they here? How did they find me? And finally, help me Ichigo!"

Orihime felt a sharp glare attacking her from behind.

Mio was staring at her with the most sinister and malicious smile.

"She must be speechless Dad.

I mean, it has been quite some time since you last saw each other. I'm sure she's more than thrilled to see her dear mother and father again." Mio said staring at Orihime the entire time.

Suddenly Mio let out a screech, her hair being handled by the rough man.

"Was I talking to you? I don't think I was!" The drunken brute said as he gripped Mio's long hair.

Orihime finally found her voice. The abuse becoming a sudden wakeup call from her shock.

"She's right! I just missed you so much Dad." Orihime said her hands behind her back. One sneaky pinch to help her stop quivering.

Orihime successfully managed to free Mio and reassign herself as the target of the thug's attention.

"Now that's more like it! Good to see you're still my little girl." He said making Orihime display a fake smile, the fear hidden behind it.

"I'll go with you. It'll be dangerous for you to go alone." Mio said suddenly appearing at the nervous girl's side.

"Good idea Mio, you can go with her. Make sure she gets dad the drink he likes."

"Of course father." Mio said as she and Orihime left the building.

On the way to the liquor store and all throughout the shopping escapade, Mio didn't say a word.

"Mio why?" Orihime said as they exited the shop.

Mio slammed Orihime against the wall using the full force of her forearm.

"Why?" Orihime said as she struggled for breath.

"Why? I'll tell you why! This is all your fault!" Mio said further perplexing the breathless girl.

"It's all because of you! All because you ran away from those monsters. My life has been a living hell!" Mio said tears streaming down from her furious glare.

Orihime both in shock and pain, listened intently.

"I had no father, and my mother died from a terminal illness. 5 years old and I was living on the streets. The rest of my family disowned me, they accused me of killing my own mother.

And just as I felt I was actually going to die, I met them…." Mio said and you could tell by the look on her face, she had no joy in reminiscing this particular section of her past.

"They took me in and gave me food, a bed to sleep in. Just when I thought everything was going to okay now, they revealed to me who they really were. That was when the beatings started." Mio said relaxing her hold against Orihime's Oesophagus.

"For 14 years….. 14 YEARS ORIHIME! FOR 14 YEARS I HAVE ENDURED THIS HELL! ALL BECAUSE YOU SELFISHLY RAN AWAY WITH YOUR BROTHER!" Mio said switching from a despair filled cry back to her sinister grin.

"When I couldn't take it anymore, I begged and pleaded for them to release me. They actually agreed to set me free, free to live on my own but there was one condition…."

"I had to bring back their darling Orihime! That's where you come in you selfish bitch. Whilst I suffered countless beatings and a loveless life, you've been gallivanting off with your man living a fulfilled life!" Mio said leaving Orihime speechless, a huge amount of guilt building up inside of her.

"Take responsibility for your actions! You don't deserve to be happy! You can still do the humane thing and let me out of this hell! All you have to do, is take that bag back to your dear father, and don't look back." Mio said shoving the bag into Orihime's arms.

Orihime's face was pale, her eyes lifeless as she agreed to Mio's guilt tripping and unfair proposal.

Orihime travelled back to her apartment all alone, her adult form inhabiting the soul of the frightened three year old who was now forced to return back to the land of the monsters.

The frightened heroine's heart was racing in her chest as she willed herself to open the door.

With a slow movement of the door knob, Orihime edged the door open slightly.

The door flung open with great force, almost flying off its hinges.

"What took you so long? You get lost you stupid brat?" Her father enquired as he dragged her back into the hell apartment.

"I'm sorry, there was a huge line." Orihime said trying to hide Mio's involvement.

"Of course there was! Just give me the bag already!" Her father said as he shove her aside, snatching the bag away from her grasp.

Orihime fell to the floor, her chest heaving as she tried to capture the oxygen which had been released.

"So tell me girl, have you got yourself a fella now?" The drunkard said making Orihime slightly panic.

"No dad, I don't." Orihime said as much as she didn't want to.

Orihime's father cackled like a maniac.

"I thought as much. Who would want to be seen with a slut like you?" He said causing Orihime to hide her breasts in shame.

"Come to think of it, the only man in your life was that sicko older brother of yours wasn't it? Where is that kidnapping scum bag anyway?" Orihime's father said clearly in the dark about his whereabouts.

"Sora died father. He was killed in a car accident." Orihime said a painful expression on her face as she remembered the tragedy.

Once again Orihime's father began laughing maniacally.

"Serves him right! The bastard! This is what he gets for stealing our Orihime from us! Isn't that right?" Orihime's father said gesturing to his wife.

"That's right darling. Our Orihime is finally home, and we are going to be one big happy family once again." Her mother said spelling a despair filled future for Orihime.

A night that seemed never-ending, finally came to an end and a new day had flown by.

At the sound of the final bell, Orihime gathered her belongings and made her way towards the exit.

"Orihime, wait up!" Ichigo said making Orihime freeze on the spot.

Upon reflection, Orihime began to walk away again.

Ichigo placed a hand on Orihime's shoulder, causing the frightened female to turn towards him.

"What's wrong? I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you." Ichigo said completely guilty for making his fiancée scared.

"Its fine Ichigo, you didn't scare me. So what's up?" Orihime said donning a huge smile.

"I was just going to see if you wanted to come home with me today? Yuzu is talking about making a huge feast tonight." Ichigo said expecting Orihime's warm reply.

"That sounds nice, but I'm sorry Ichigo! I have something to do today, bye!" Orihime said as she rushed out of the room.

"Orihime wait!" Ichigo called out as he journeyed towards the exit.

Ichigo's pursuit was blockaded by an unexpected obstacle.

"Mio? What are you doing?" Ichigo questioned surprised that Mio would stand in his way when Orihime seemed to be on the verge of tears.

"Orihime is just fine Ichigo, leave her be. Why don't you and I spend some time together instead?" Mio asked pressing her chest up against him.

"I'm sorry, but I've got to go." Ichigo said as he continued his pursuit of the sun haired girl.

But to Ichigo's further surprise, Orihime was gone, nowhere to be seen.

Later that evening, Ichigo journeyed outside on an unfortunate errand.

"Damn it dad. For a former captain of the soul society, you'd think you could remember to get all of the ingredients for dinner." Ichigo said as he continued to complain about his cluts of a dad.

All of a sudden, Ichigo spotted a familiar face sneaking around in the darkness.

"Orihime?" Ichigo said as he spotted her from the distance.

Ichigo contemplated calling out to her, but before he could find the correct timing, he spotted Orihime going into a liquor store.

Ichigo felt alarm bells ring through his mind.

Silently apologising to Yuzu, Ichigo began pursuing Orihime, unable to shake the feeling that something was wrong.

In all of his time knowing her, Ichigo has never seen Orihime drink any kind of alcohol not even on annual holidays which this would normally be customary at.

Ichigo with a guilt infested conscience, followed his fiancée all the way home.

Orihime walked up the steps, each footstep she took seeming much more heavily than the last.

Ichigo was soon following her path after hearing a huge come from her apartment.

"Orihime!" Ichigo said as he raced through her doorway.

The sight before him was not a pretty one at all.

Orihime was on her knees holding her reddened cheek, making it obvious to Ichigo that she had been struck by the thug standing over her.

"Who are you supposed to be? You here to fuck my daughter or something? Well here, have at her!" The thug said as he ripped his daughter's shirt open exposing her white bra.

Ichigo took a step forward making the stripper grin.

Ichigo undid the buttons on his own shirt and pulled it off.

"See, that's all you're good for Orihime. Giving yourself to others." The arrogant man stated as he sat down to watch the believed to be show.

Ichigo kneeled down with his shirt in hand, draping it over his fiancée's shoulders.

"Who the hell do you think you are? You bastard! How could you do that to your own daughter?!" Ichigo demanded as he brandished his well-polished muscles.

"That slut? I can do whatever I want to her! She's my property!" He argued, further enraging Ichigo.

"You bastard! How dare you!" Ichigo said attempting to get closer.

Orihime grabbed Ichigo's hand. And stood in front of him.

"Don't Ichigo. I'm fine really. Please just go home." Orihime begged, tears streaming from her eyes, her hands shaking.

Ichigo put his hand on hers and stroked it reassuringly.

"All that bitch is good for, is providing for her family! Come to think of it, these should fetch a pretty penny!" Her dad said as he ripped Orihime's prized hairclips out of her damaged orange hair.

Orihime suddenly turned around and tried to reach out to grab her precious items.

"Please give them back." Orihime begged as she reached up to grab them.

"Shut up! And get back on the floor you bitch!" He said punching her in the stomach right in front of the substitute soul reaper.

"You monster how could you! First you strip your daughter, then you offer her out on a plate without a care in the world. To think you would hurt your own child! And then desecrate the memory of the one person in her family who ever loved her! You're going to pay for this!" Ichigo said closing the gap between them.

"A brat like you needs to learn his place!" The assaulter said as he cocked his fist and smashed directly into Ichigo's face.

A sudden puzzlement befell him as his punch did little to no damage towards Ichigo.

"You little shit! You won't be smiling for long when I'm through with you!" He argued as he delivered yet another punch towards Ichigo.

Worn out and exhausted, Ichigo's attacker huffed and heaved.

Throwing one last deadly punch to Ichigo's cranium.

Ichigo grasped hold of the exhausted man's wrist and glared menacingly towards him.

"Your punches are too weak to hurt me. I guess this is what happens to a man's fist, when he spends most of his life hitting a woman!" Ichigo roared as he directly landed a punch of his own on her dad's nose.

Ichigo felt the bones crack, his punch sending the powerless individual across the room into the nearest wall.

Orihime's mum rushed to the dad's side and Ichigo bent down picking up the gift from Sora.

After placing the clips back in Orihime's hair, Ichigo embraced her warmly and stared down the injured adult.

"You bastard! I'll kill you for that!" Her dad roared as he got to his feet.

Ichigo grasped hold of the injured man's collar tightly and pulled him directly to his level.

"If I ever see you come near Orihime again….. I swear to god, I will kill you! Now get out of here, and don't come back!" Ichigo said throwing the defeated individual out of the doorway, his plastered wife quickly following after him.

Ichigo returned his attention to Orihime who seemed to be in shock.

"Ichigo…"

"It's alright now, he can't hurt you anymore." Ichigo said with sincere kindness.

Orihime burst into tears and firmly wrapped her arms around him.

Ichigo didn't make it home on time for dinner that night, like a shattered dam, Orihime's tears just refused to stop that night.

The nightmare was now finally over, but for Orihime, it may continue to repeat itself within her dreams.

Ichigo held her tight as she cried out her held back emotions.

The night was quiet, only Orihime's tears could be heard throughout the night's atmosphere.