Chapter 3: Through the eyes of a vampire

Ichigo entered chaotic in the room and he slammed her into his bed. When her hot skin contacted with the cold of his bed she did take out a scream of pain. The girl felt like every part of her body slowly crumbled. The whole night was held in this way, and Ichigo stood beside her until the morning when finally her transformation was complete. Exhausted from the effort to maintain her temperature constant and to help her to not lose her consciousness he felt asleep on the floor leaning against the bed where her body is. Orihime recovered after some time and she tried to get up. Her body was comprehended by an immense pain, as all her bones in her body had been broken. After a few short seconds she could feel that the pain disappeared and she felt that inside of her veins began to flow a mysterious power. She was escaped from the bed instantly, after which she went to see her reflection.

Her skin was so pale, like Ichigo's. Her grey eyes had become red and she felt such a terrible thirst of blood. She could hear everything going on around her, even the tiniest whispers, even the beating of the hearts of brides of night. Their hearts rhythm seemed magnificent for her and Orihime was on the brink of disappearing through the door and to go to sink her fangs into their throats when Ichigo stopped her.

Orihime flinched at the sight of him. He was somewhat paler than usual. His body was sweating very much and she saw that he was making major efforts to not sweep on the floor. An intense feeling of guilt made her to think that his state may be her fault. It's true that she no longer remembers anything about last night, besides the fact that Ichigo saved her in front of his family and Aizen and he brought her into his room. Seeing his worried gaze Orihime tried harder to remember what happened, but she managed only to receive a severe headache. Seeing her desire to drink blood was diminished and that she was trying to remember what happened, Ichigo was feeling better so he allowed himself to slip easily across the floor to the base of the door after what he took her hand and he made her to fall in his arms. The contact with his body suddenly made her blush. When their eyes met the orange haired girl forgot all what she was thinking. She was simply enchanted by him. The spell was broke when Ichigo opened his mouth.

"I'm glad that you're okay. You really worried me last night. You should feel guilty for making a prince to go through so much for you." he said with a serious look on his face. His gaze and his words made her simply freeze. A terrible guilt has started to embrace her body and tears began to flow from her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Ichigo-kun. I wanted to ..." but her words and tears simply died in his shirt. Ichigo placed her head on his chest while his hand tenderly stroked her hair.

"Tsh ... It was just a joke. You should not take everything so seriously. Now that you're a vampire your feelings are much stronger so you should not worry too much, okay?" his words made her hug him stronger.

"Thanks for taking care of me. I know I can be a hassle sometimes, but ... thank you." Her words were so sincere and so full of emotion that Orihime swore that for a moment she felt that his heart was beating again. Ichigo's cheeks turned red and he felt it so he raised himself going towards the window, making Orihime to watch him with puppy eyes. The girl did not know exactly what is in his soul, but she really felt like that something made him nervous. She raised herself up and she tried to approach to him, but Ichigo increase distance between them. Orihime was looking shocked that her only friend was trying to move away from her, without telling her his reason.

"Ichigo-kun, is everything okay?" The girl scolded herself when the words escaped from her mouth. Certainly there was something wrong with him. For this he moved away from her, but why ? Ichigo eventually managed to calm down. His cheeks heat disappeared and returned to her as if nothing had happened, although his soul was all upset. He felt like he began to have feelings for her and he knew very well that this will only will make them problems. His eyes met hers and he ensured her that everything was fine.

"Are you sure?" She asked, hoping that him will reveal the mystery of his suffering.

"Yes. Anyway it's time for a walk. You will not learn much about how to control your vampire instincts if you will stay closed here." he said, heading to the door. "Are you ready?" he asked before opening the last thing that what was holding Orihime away to assimilate her position of vampire.

"Yes, let's start." she said with a look somewhat incredulously. She disliked that Ichigo was hiding things from her, but at the moment she was not in a position where she was able to comment on his sudden change of behavior. Ichigo sighed feeling that he made her to suffer, but it's never easy to clean your feelings. As the door was open and the light began to enter in the room Orihime decided that she will do whatever it takes to adapt and to make Ichigo to not hide ever again something from her.

After a few minutes during what Orihime was accustomed to the speed of a vampire they came in a forest not far away from the castle. The forest was green and full of flowers and it somehow exuded a pleasant energy. That made Orihime to get more confidence in herself then she turned her eyes towards Ichigo.

"And .. What exactly will we do here?" she asked leaning on a bark of a tree. Ichigo turned his toward her and he began to explain.

"Everything you want. We're pretty far away, so nobody could see us. It's time for you to try your strength." he said scratching his neck.

"And what are exactly my powers?" She asked puzzled.

"You should concentrate on everything what is around you and you will figure out." He replied. His explanation was quite abstract for her, but all was clear when Ichigo threw a pine cone in the distance. It flew so far and in spite of it she was able to follow it with her gaze until it struck the ground a few kilometers away. Seeing hoe strong Ichigo was Orihime tried to imitate him, but she failed to throw the cone too far. A disappointed sigh escaped from her mouth while she grabbed another one. Before she could throw it Orihime's hand became heavier. When she turned her gaze she saw that Ichigo was behind her and he took her hand while he whispered in her ear what to do.

"You have to let your hand as much back to increase the angle launch and what will make to launch the object much further. Do you understand?" Orihime could not hum nothing than a 'mhm' when she felt him so close to her. Orihime blushed when her hand started to shake a little of the emotion, but she launched immediately the object when she felt that Ichigo became aware of it. The cone flew so far that it almost reached the one of Ichigo, Orihime began to jump up because she was happy. Her gesture perhaps too exaggerated made him smile. He always liked the way she smiles. She managed to eliminate the worries from his mind. His thoughts disappeared when his body slammed to the ground. Ichigo needed a few seconds to realize what was happening and he saw that Orihime was in his arms, stroking her ankle. Perhaps something she had tripped by something and she fallen on him. Her innocence and worried face what seemed to be more worried for him than for her and stole from him another smile. Orihime blushed when she saw that Ichigo's hand touched her wound.

"Does it hurt?" He asked, anchoring her with his eyes.

"A little, but I will probably get over." She said, trying to hide his true thoughts.

"You're too easy to read." Ichigo said, which made her to focus even harder on him. Ichigo's lips were moving and some words escaped lazy from the prison of his mouth, but she can not hear them. After the words ended Ichigo closed his lips in a grin, and he raised himself up after that he help Orihime to raise herself. The girl is surprised to see that her leg looked like it'd never been hurt. 'Ichigo is definitely great, and I apparently cause only problems to him.' she thought. Her thoughts simply disappeared when his hand and caught her hand.

"Come on, it's time to go back. I think you got your moment to experience how to be a vampire." Orihime smiled and she wiped traces of the tears what were trying to form in the corners of her eyes. Perhaps she can even be a hassle for him, maybe she was causing him a lot of problems, but this will not prevent Ichigo to be next to her. He will not abandon her no matter how difficult the situation will be. Maybe it's because she's a vampire, but now Ichigo started to become increasingly more important to her.

Ichigo was trying to hide his emotions, even to himself even he enjoyed that Orihime had come so far and that she was trying to take her life as seriously as possible in order not to cause problems. But she did not realize that Ichigo does not care about the problems that they will have to have as long as she will be by his side.

Chapter 4: Even vampires need to go to school. How will she cope with her new powers when she will be surrounded by a lot of vampires? Will she face new trials or will only cause problems to Ichigo?