"What the hell are we doing in this dump?!" Rukia shrieked. "Renji, is this another one of your drug-induced delusions?" Rukia did not have a very good day, and being dragged by her friends into the middle of nowhere didn't help. Orihime was ignoring Rukia's yelling, choosing to play with her hairclips and cling to Ishida.
"I dunno, Rukia….this looks kinda nice. Sorta Rococo." Orihime quipped. Ichigo shot her a weird look.
"We're out in the Podunk's, Inoue. And what about cocoa?" He said, half serious and yet half confused. Chad just looked mellow.
"Y'all never watched Marie Antoinette?! Oh my God!" Orihime sounded exasperated. She pouted and began to play with the sleeves on her jacket. Rukia began to pull things out of her purse, flinging lip glosses, beer caps, and a pair of chopsticks at her friends.
"I need a fix, guys. Desperately. All I have are…..3 packs of Salem Menthols in here…."
Renji fished into his pocket, and grinning, he pulled out a baggy of Pot. He threw it at Rukia, who smiled at him. "Thanks." She said. "Renji, you're a lifesaver!"
Ichigo and Chad crept up beside Rukia, giving her affectionate squeezes on her shoulder.
"Now, we can't let you have all that….." Ichigo gave her a grin, and so did Chad. Luckily for Orihime, the orange-haired sweetie had packed a few sandwiches, Mochi and some Red Bull incase snacks were needed on their excursion.
For the last few hours, most everybody was stoned out of their minds. Renji and Chad wouldn't stop laughing, Ichigo would have short screaming fits, and Rukia had ate all the sandwiches. Orihime and Ishida stayed away from the group, where they could be alone. Orihime was cuddled up to Ishida, giving him a sweet look. Ishida looked at Orihime.
"Is everything okay, hun?" Ishida asked. "You've been acting sort of skittish lately…." He kissed her forehead. "You can tell Uryu what's wrong."
"Well, you know I don't like loud noises. Ichigo's scaring me…" Orihime whimpered. Ishida frowned.
"No, Orihime. May I….see you?" his face looked serious. "Because from what I saw…..is your step-father….hurting you, darling?" Orihime's eyes misted with tears. She rolled up the sleeves of her shirt. Purple and blue bruises covered her arms. She pulled at the collar of her shirt to reveal a bruise on her shoulder. Ishida held her close to him, listening to her sniffle. "Orihime, Orihime…"
"Uryu?" she looked up at him.
"As long as I'm around, I swear to protect you, Orihime. I will never let anyone hurt you. Look at me, sweetheart. Here." Ishida pulled a ring from his shirt pocket. "This was my mother's…..I've been planning to ask you for some time. Now that we're alone…..Orihime Inoue, would you be my wife?" He slipped the ring on her finger.
"Yes, Uryu." she smiled, her voice wavering and tears trickling down her face. "Yes….." She kissed him passionately.
"I promise you, I will keep you safe from any bastard who tries to hurt you….I love you."
Ichigo could've sworn he heard noises. The Pot was wearing off, so he thought he'd wander around, even though it was dark. On the edge of the twisted forest, he heard footsteps.
"Rukia? Ishida? Ishida, if you're trying to spook me I swear I'll kill you!" He yelled. He turned around, only to see a hatchet fall into his chest. He fell on the ground, the hatchet had gone into his heart. Nnoitora pulled the hatchet out of Ichigo's chest made a motion for the rest of his family to come out of hiding. There were two young women accompanying the men.
"Four men, two women." Szayel said. He'd been keeping watch on the group of friends. Sun-Sun, the youngest of the family, tilted her head, confused. "No, Sun-Sun, this here's only one of them. There are more." Szayel sighed, exasperated. Sun-Sun poked the boy and chewed on her sleeve. Halibel, who was a year older than Szayel, gave Sun-Sun a knife.
"You'll need it." She said. Sun-Sun just nodded.
The siblings would make this a quick operation. It didn't take them that long to find them. Almost immediately they attacked. Nnoitora, tall, but possessing wiry strength, had Chad pinned down. Chad put up a fight, but Nnoitora finished him off with a hatchet to his stomach, happily watching a bubble of blood come out his mouth. Halibel had Rukia in a strangling hold, just long enough for Sun-Sun to make her move. Sun-Sun smiled and stroked the knife before slitting Rukia's throat. She jumped up and down, laughing.
Ishida and Orihime had been kissing for some time when they heard the screams. The pair rushed to their friends aid, only to see them dead or dying. One of the others, Stark, saw the two, and Ishida shoved Orihime away.
"Run! Orihime, run! I'll fend them off! Go!" Orihime ran like mad, only to run into a sad looking boy, Ulquiorra. He held a machete. Orihime fell back, shaking in terror.
"Please! Don't kill me! Please!" she screamed. Ulquiorra looked at her, then looked up. Somehow, Stark had followed. The boy looked at Stark, and without thinking, struck Stark in the neck with the machete, slitting his jugular vein. Orihime looked up at Ulquiorra, tears flowing. He reached out to touch her, but she smacked his hand and ran away. She ran until she found a nice-sized dent in a small hill and curled up, shaking and sobbing until she fell asleep.