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Chapter 8: To Resolve
The world was silent. Orihime watched as time slowed, leaving her in an endless moment. Ichigo's cries muted themselves as she tried to comprehend his words.
Kill me.
Her bottom lip began to quiver as she could taste the salty tear that rolled down her face. She was angry.
Ichigo looked up at her as he heard her breathing stop. In her grey eyes, Ichigo saw an emotion he never thought he could ever see... anger... towards him.
Orihime let a small laugh of disbelief break through her tears.
"Ichigo... when I was young, my parents tried to kill me." She whispered.
Ichigo's eyes widened as he heard her say this. He couldn't believe it... Orihime looked up at him and he saw her anger in her eyes.
She'd been hurt. Ichigo always claimed he'd protect her no matter what, but she was already broken beyond repair. It was like trying to protect a broken clock...
What's the point? It's still broken.
"My father was abusive. He would beat me for just breathing... and my mother... she was a whore. She sold herself for money. Sometimes she'd let them touch me, too."
Ichigo just stared at her quietly, too stunned to speak.
"When my brother was old enough, he took me away from them. I could finally be happy. But the happiness never came, Ichigo. It never came. I was tortured in school... a teacher tried to rape me. The one who saved me was Tatsuki... and she's kept it a secret all this time. That's how we became friends, because she saved me..." Orihime paused to catch her breath.
Ichigo looked at her with sorrow. 'I never knew. I always assumed she was a happy girl... but she's suffered more than I have. My hime... I'm so sorry that I couldn't protect you from that pain, too.'
Ichigo's tears stopped falling. He felt so unworthy to cry compared to her. He'd only lost his mother. But she'd been tortured, beaten, and broken... and she still tried to find the light.
"She was the only person I could trust. Tatsuki helped me find happiness. But it was always ripped away from me... especially when my brother died. I planned to kill myself that night when I heard the news... did you know that?" She asked him. Her eyebrows were furrowed as stared him down.
Ichigo slowly shook his head. He gazed down at the ground, ashamed to look at her face.
"You know what kept me from doing that?"
"W-what was it, Ori-orihime?" Ichigo stammered. It was hard to breathe, much less speak.
"It was... you."
Ichigo lifted his head and stared into her deep grey eyes, taking in all her hurt and emotions. His questioned himself over and over again as to why him.
"M-me... Orihime, but why m-"
"Because I was in love with you, Ichigo... I've been in love with you all this time. You helped me find happiness, Ichigo. That's why I love the rain... Ichigo. Because it's where I saw you for the first time, remember? It was raining when my brother died, and you were there with your father. Although the rain gives me many painful memories, it gave me my happiest memory. I saw you, and for some reason, I felt like living... like I could get through it." She breathed.
Orihime took his hand and held it. She pressed down and felt his warmth.
Ichigo couldn't take this anymore. Why was she telling him all of this? What reason could she have for wanting to tell him her sorrows? It just went to prove that he can't protect her. The only way was to kill him.
"Orihime, but why are you telling me this? Are you trying to tell me that I can't protect you? My hollow wants to kill you, and the only way to keep him from having you is to-"
"BE QUIET!" She shouted at him. Ichigo stared at her in shock. 'She's never yelled like that before...'
"Ichigo, I'm telling you this because I've been through enough!" She screamed at him.
Orihime's wet hair swung as she began to shake her head, but in a sad way.
"I know that your Hollow wants me... and that has something to do with something you feel for me. I don't know if it's lust or love. But that doesn't matter..."
Ichigo swallowed guilt.
"What matters is that I love you! No matter what happens to me, I will always love you! This entire time, I tried to get myself to hate you, to hate him. But I just can't because I love you too much."
Orihime surprised herself at her confession. Ever since the first time, she'd been scared and tried to hate them both, but she loved Ichigo too much to bring herself to hate him.
'She loves me... my princess loves me.' Ichigo's heart broke as he realized that he was hurting her. His death was the only way...
"Orihime... you have to kill me-"
"Do you think that'll solve anything? You're not leaving me by myself to handle this! Do you hear me, Ichigo Kurosaki! I can't believe you'd be so selfish..." Her eyes grew slightly yellow.
Orihime was suddenly cut off by Ichigo grabbing her shoulders and bringing her to his chest in a passionate embrace.
"I'm sorry." He whispered in her ear.
Orihime gasped as he felt his hands trail behind her neck. His gentle hands ran along the back of her neck up to her cheeks, caressing them gently. Her lifted her face to look up at his. Ichigo's brown eyes were filled with love.
'She's right. I can't leave her... because I love her...' He told himself.
"I'm sorry... We'll get through this, Orihime. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you in the past, but I'm here now. And I won't leave you. I promise you..."
"How do I know you won't?" Orihime whispered.
Ichigo lowered his head and brought his lips close to hers. For a moment, they held their lips apart breathing, taking in this rare moment of passion between them. Then, they kissed. Ichigo felt her soft lips against his, tenderly caressing each other in ecstasy. Their lips moved apart, taking each other in hungrily with desire. Ichigo ran his toungue over her lips, tasting her. His fingers ran through her wet hair, sending tingles through her body.
Orihime wrapped her arms around his neck, as she accepted his kiss. She could smell him... strawberry.
Ichigo pulled away from her for a moment, to catch his breath, but Orihime couldn't wait. She needed him. She's waited for this her whole life, to be kissed by Ichigo Kurosaki. Before his head slowly descended down towards Orihime's face, he paused, looking into her eyes, his nose touching hers, he bent his head to kiss on her again lips.
His lips massaged hers, taking in each others life. Orihime didn't want this moment to end. She loved this sensation. She finally was having her first real kiss, not a forced one taken by him. It felt like they were there together, connected by a deep passionate kiss.
-THUMP-
Ichigo's hands were advancing from her face, making their way down her back. They lightly touched her waist, sending electricity down Orihime's back. Wherever he touched, Orihime quivered in pleasure. He pressed down on their kiss, making it deeper and surrendering Orihime to the ground.
Orihime felt her back slide against the cold wet floor, with nothing but a thin silky layer of fabric on her body. Ichigo followed her, letting his hands explore her soft skin. Ichigo took her forearm and began to lightly kiss her scars... as if to make them better.
Orihime let a small tear of joy escape as she felt happy with him. Not miserable with her family, or hopeless with strangers. She didn't feel broken with him. She felt happy, and that's how she wanted it to stay.
-THUMP-
Orihime felt something pulse inside of her once more. Her eyes began to turn amber. Her feelings changed from love to ravenous desire. Orihime had become something else.
But Ichigo didn't notice at all.
Her kissing grew more hungry. Ichigo just found it strange, coming for Orihime, but figured it was just the mood. Her arms wrapped around him, and pulled him close to her. She opened her legs to accomadate him and he pushed himself on top of her. They slowly rocked on the ground, moving in indulgence.
She bit his lower lip, surprising him. Ichigo chuckled, moving into to lick her neck. "My Hime..." He said between soft kisses along her jaw.
"Yes... I'm your Hime." The demon responded.
The demon's voice vibrated with intensity but Ichigo didn't care. Ichigo thought she was Orihime, but how wrong he was.
She moaned against his skin, holding him in a tight embrace, one that would never let go. She could feel her vagina getting wet with excitement. At the same time, Ichigo hardened at the thought of them being together...
'STOP!' Orihime shouted in her mind. Her eyes fluxuated back to their normal shade of light grey, and she realized what was going on.
"Orihime... I love you, so much. And I promise... I won't let him have you." He said with a new type of determination sounding in his voice; the resolve to protect. His kisses began to slow till the stopped altogether. She wasn't kissing him back anymore.
Orihime didn't look at Ichigo as he waited for her answer. His brown eyes widened.
"Orihime... are you ok? You just stopped... shit. I was going to fast... fuck. I-I just assumed since you were so grabby and I... shit, I'm sorry-" He stammered, mentally kicking himself for going so far with her.
'Now's not the time, you asshole... she probably doesn't feel comfortble with you yet!' Ichigo told himself.
"N-no... Ichigo, it's ok... I just wasn't myself for a moment..." She quietly told him.
'What just happened to me? My vision suddenly went hazy and all I felt was Ichigo all over me... was that her-'
Ichigo broke her train of thought by suddenly standing up. He gave her a quick smile and helped her up.
"Are you sure it's ok? Orihime. I don't want you to think I'm trying to take advantage of you-"
"Don't worry about it Ichigo... I'm really not concerned with that right now. If he tries to do that again, I don't know what I'll do... but I'll think of you. It's all I can do." She gave him a fake optimistic smile.
"You know what, just forget about it. I think you should get some sleep, Orihime." He said. He turned to walk away from her but she held onto his arm.
"Wait-" She called out to him.
Orihime lowered her head. "T-thank you... Ichigo, for saving me... again." She whispered.
Ichigo stared at her with loving eyes. He leaned into her and embraced her. "Your welcome... my hime."
Ichigo walked away and left the bathroom. Orihime stood with mixed feelings inside of her heart.
Although she still loved him, she was sure of it now, he still terrified her when he lost control of his hollow. And now she had her own demon to deal with. It seemed like everybody still wanted her to disappear from this world.
Orihime turned her head to look at the bathtub with an uneasy feeling of impending doom. Her eyes scanned the empty bathtub for evidence of her demon but she found nothing.
"Maybe it was in my head... but I swear I was attacked. How could she just have disappeared?" She whispered in her loneliness.
She turned away from the bathroom, turned the lights off and closed the door behind her. Orihime slid back into bed and tried to imagine how awkward things were going to be at school tomorrow.
Orihime didn't know what was going to happen to her in the future, concerning both their hollows, but she found the pain was a little bit easier to deal with now that both her and Ichigo had each other.
She closed her eyes and tried to imagine a world where this never happened. And she hoped that tommorow she would be safe from them.
Meanwhile...
Up in the sky, the moon hovered in the night sky. Clouds darker than the sky formed in the atmosphere, threatening the city below it. A white light emerged in the middle of the sky, revealing two opening doors.
A small black butterfly glided out, a small bell ringing behind it. Then she stepped out.
Her large indigo eyes shone as she smiled with her glossy pink lips. Wind blew through the night, making her short black hair fly. With her left hand on her zanpakutou, the shinigami dressed in black began to descend towards the ground.
The entire time, Rukia Kuchiki thought of one person. 'I'm back... Ichigo.'
PLEASE DON'T HATE ME PEOPLE. BUT I HAD TO BRING RUKIA INTO THIS TO ENRICH MY PLOT. (she's gonna troll so hard! haha) SO YEAH... I WILL HOPEFULLY UPDATE SOON! YAY FOR BLEACHEE! (lol) BUT PLEASE PLEASE PUH-LEASE REVIEW. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME! NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE OUT SOON... ACTUALLY IT'LL BE OUT WHEN I ACTUALLY WRITE IT. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU FIND TYPOS OR STUFF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! REVIEW!
So to clarify: Orihime and Ichigo finally confessed their love after Ichigo hears Orihime's sad past and realizes that she still needs him to get through this. Ichigo's hollow has eerily disappeared while Orihime's is becoming more dominant. When they were making out (they did NOT have sex) she came out and started getting rougher. Ichigo thought it was orihime and when him came back and stopped, Ichigo felt like a jerk. orihime is worried about that hollow and where it went when ichi saved her... and rukia came back from a mission.