Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Bleach original Characters; they are all thanks to Kubo for my being able to write about them. Enjoy!


The sunrise was the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen at that moment, its first weak rays of light what she had been waiting hours for. It's easy to say Orihime had gotten little to no sleep that night. Nearly shaking with relief, she waited for Tatsuki to wake up as well, hoping that with the now cheerful sunny skies the night's horrors would simply fade away into a bad memory.

Orihime was terrified of going home, of being alone. Tatsuki had offered to go with her, naturally, but she refused to give whoever or whatever was haunting her the pleasure of hurting her best friend too. Of course, she was regretting her choice some fifteen minutes later, having walked no more than half the distance home. It was eerily quiet on the street, every dark alley she passed creepier than the one before. Why was no one out here? Sure it was early in the morning, but it wasn't that early.

Paranoid, she kept glancing behind her, half expecting someone to appear in the distance. What's wrong with me? One bad night and I'm jumping at things that aren't even there.. Turning Orihime nearly ran into someone dashing out of a side-street, leaving her so surprised that she let out a small scream. Heart-racing, she mumbled an apology the stranger didn't hear and leaned against a near wall, trying to catch her breath. Ok, that one she had every right to freak out about. What were they doing jumping out of nowhere like that? She could've had a heart attack after these past few days! If this continues I'm going become a mental wreck... She thought with a small sigh. Couldn't she just have one peaceful day?

Managing to walk again she headed down the street the scared-the-heck-out-of-her stranger had just come from, half her mind on getting home and making sure her doors were locked, the other portion wondering what could've scared someone so badly that they'd run blindly down the streets to get away. Glancing up to make she was going the right way, Orihime nearly missed it. There, lurking in the shadowy depths of an alley ahead of her perched a huge, twisted, spider-legged Hollow, and in its jaws dangled the soul of a young woman she didn't know. Threads of reiatsu snagged at her legs, the movement making the beast swivel its head around.. And directly at her.

This so wasn't her day.


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Posted: 8-28-12