Hi everyone~~ sorry for the very very very late update, but I hope you will all enjoy this chapter. I hope you will continue to support this story even if I do not update it as frequently as I wish to. Anyhow, HAPPY NEW YEAR!~~

"Hey you'd better wake up. I don't want someone to see you in here. Hey Hime, don't be difficult, okay? Get up!" The boy tugs on the sleeping princess, not roughly, but with enough force to jerk her upward.

"Ah~ Ohayo~~ prince-sama." Orihime says in a daze.

"Hey, hurry up and get out of bed, I'm your accomplice right? I'll take you somewhere far away, just work with me a little." He begs. "If it were Rukia, I wouldn't have any problems.."

"Nee~ It's too early to be awake, just a little longer…." She whines and she grasps onto a pillow.

"Alright, don't say I didn't give you a chance." He hoists her up to his shoulder and carries her out.

"Ano… you're a little hot headed aren't you?" she asks curiously on his shoulder.

"Well I told you to get up, I'm not playing around here, if we get caught you could be in danger." He says sternly.

"Hero-sama you're so nice. Actually I'll tell you a little secret… right now, I'm being a run away bride. Or a run away fiancé, I don't really know." Her tone sounded a bit sad, like she was a prisoner waiting for her fate to be determined.

"Running away never solves anything." He replies casually. "Why can't you just marry the man?"

"Because, a lot of people are depending on me, but I felt like I've already let them down… I'm not fit to rule, I don't understand anything, and I can't understand people's feelings." She began to unravel, her words soft and sad.

He puts her down, take a good hard look at her teary eyed face. She was adorable, he couldn't help but want to protect her. He started to harbor odd feelings, like she was a small animal and he was the protective owner. He puts his hands on her shoulders, " Give yourself some credit little Hime, you've got your good points too, and maybe he's not a bad guy, he could help you gain some confidence too. Maybe, you'll like him, you've just got to open you heart up."

"I don't know, I've never met him yet." She avoids his eyes at any cost. "And, I don't know what he'd like about me...but I think you're really kind Hero-sama, who ever marries you will be lucky. Even if your face is always in a scowl."

"Well enough talking, didn't I tell you to not get attached to me? Let's eat ok? And then I'm taking you back to the castle! You won't make it alive with out me, and I don't plan on staying." He says dismissively.

"OH MY MOMO… my idiot son, I think he KIDNAPPED THE PRINCESS!" Isshin cries.

"Oh… then as long as they're together it should be fine." Momo tries to console the worried Isshin.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO... my son, what has he caused upon himself?" Isshin whines. "If they are to be wed, I will take full responsibility, even if they aren't I will reprimand his actions."

"Actually Isshin-sama rumor has it, your son is already seeing a mistress, I am quite worried, to be honest I don't trust marrying Ohime-sama to someone like that." Momo informs Isshin about Ichigo's affair with Rukia, a noble woman who is married to one of her generals.

"I understand, that boy does have a mind of his own. To be honest Momo, I wish you princess could actually find a more suitable husband. My son's been asphyxiated with that woman since early teen hood. But Orihime reminds me very much of my late wife Masaki." Isshin then proceeds to eat his morning meal in silence.

Orihime reluctantly follows the boy back the castle, and realized the commotion the two have caused. The guards immediately separate the couple and escort the princess back to her room where she was to rest and prepare for her engagement. As for the boy, that was the last Orihime would see of him, she assumed.

She began to make her way up the stares, but was spotted by Momo who was in the company of Isshin-sama.

"I am so sorry Isshin-sama, last night I was taking some fresh air, and then…" She bowed her head low, but was interrupted by Isshin's strong voice.

"You're a lovely princess, but I don't think my son deserves someone like you. I'll come back with him when I think he is worthy enough to court you, anyhow promises me no more dangerous night adventures, the whole castle was worried about you." Isshin assured as he patted the girl and bid farewell.

"Don't think you're off the hook young lady." Momo warned as she escorted Isshin.

'Isshin-sama was such a nice man, I'm sure his son would of taken after him. I should ask for his address so that I could write, maybe Hero-sama was right, I should be more open to my role.' Orihime pondered her purpose in life, the Hero-sama she cherished was right, she had to believe in herself more. She slept, and as she slept she dreamt.

Dream: Orihime walks to her engagement event, dressed up in the most current fashions, and the man she is to marry is her old friend Ishida, he confesses that he loves her. Not only that but he left his fiancé because he could no longer suppress his feelings for Orihime. She cries and the two embrace, but when she tries to get a better look at his face, she sees the one in her embrace is actually Hero-sama.

She speaks, " I've always wanted to be with you… because you gave me the inspiration to find myself."

He laughs, then he says, "You're a beautiful princess, but you're as beautiful as you are dumb, so wake up."

The princess jerks up. That nightmare, was it supposed to imply something to her? Whatever the case, she was now for the first time in her life, excited to meet her new fiancé. She wondered, what kind of person he might be, and would he be the one Hero-sama told her about? The one who would give her a bit more confidence?

AHHH~~~ are you all excited to find out who the new fiance is? I think you all know already but I am not too good a building up a climax. See you all in the next chapter!