Prologue- Regrets of the Innocent

Ichigo's eyes were dull and lifeless as Orihime held his head in her lap. They had lost. Aizen had won. Ichigo had been the last to fall of all the Shinigami but in the end Aizen had proven to be too powerful for him to defeat. Orihime had long since lost her voice from screaming as each of her friends bodies fell from the sky so now, while she held the boy she had always loved in her arms, she could only quietly sob. She would have rather died then what she had just gone through. When she had first arrived from Hueco Mundo with Ichigo, she had helped Unohana heal the fallen but after awhile there were to many. They had to began what Unohana called triage, they had to pick who lived and who died. This had ripped Orihime's heart out, after all the training she had gone through and after all her time spent in Hueco Mundo to protect her friends, she was again useless and unable to help them. One by one she watched her friends die as Unohana told her to only heal the strongest or Aizen would win. First it had been Chad and Uryuu then Matsumoto and Renji. Eventually Orihime had exhausted her powers and Unohana had to leave to fight so everyone was left to die in there own puddles of blood, alone. Despite all of this, Orihime had not given up.

As long as Kurosaki-kun is alive then we will win. He won't lose, he can't lose.

Needless to say when the inevitable defeat came, Orihime's spirit had been completely broken.

"You should smile, Inoue. No one is happy when the sun isn't shining."

Orihime didn't bother looking up from cradling Ichigo's body. She knew who it was,

Who else could it be?

When he received no response, Aizen sighed,

"I had hoped perhaps you could play a major role in the new world I have envisioned. You are a pure being and could have been so much more but your nothing but a hollow shell now. I will go and I will sit on the thrown in heaven, my rightful place. Do not worry Inoue, when I make the King's Key and destroy this town, you will feel no pain."

He turned and walked away leaving the broken girl alone. Her silent tears fell from her face onto Ichigo's as she awaited her demise.

This is it. I'm going to die. There so many things I had still wanted to do in my life. Like be a baker and giveaway my cakes to the little children who don't have money for sweets or fly in space and discover a new life form or...

She couldn't keep a small smile off of her face as she thought of all the things she had for her future but it quickly turned into a frown followed by mores tears.

Or have my first kiss, or have a family, or grow old with Kurosaki-kun... And now I won't be able to do that. All those years of being so shy… maybe I should have been more bold… maybe I should have told him how I felt…

She sighed, "I guess it doesn't matter now though."

All of the sudden she could see a blinding light descend from the clouds and a powerful force all around her. Most people would think it was God or the Second Coming but Orihime knew better. It was the first step in the creation of the King's Key, the beginning of the end. She made no move to run away but instead laid down by Ichigo and buried her face into his chest, clinging onto him with all her strength.

"I'm sorry Ichigo… I'm sorry I couldn't have helped. Sorry I didn't tell you how I felt… I love you Ichigo, I always have… If I had a second chance, I would tell you everything and I would help you, no matter what the cost… I'm sorry…"

Her sobs made her speech almost indecipherable but it wasn't like anyone was listening anyways. She thought for amount, as she felt the powerful force start to grow closer, that she felt Ichigo's limp arms, that had been dangling lifelessly around her back, tighten around her. In that moment she felt comforted, safe and happy, even if he was just imagining it. It didn't really matter, in a few moments they would be gone anyways so she just thought of the happy times she had had with Ichigo. A tragic love story that would never be told, where Evil triumphed over Good, where there were no second chances, and where, in the end, nothing else mattered to her but the fallen boy hero who's arms she was in . Unknown to Orihime, just before the blinding light engulfed them her Shun Shun Rikka started to react violently of their own accord and shot off in different directions releasing unprecedented powers. Then the light took over and Ichigo and Orihime were consumed, never to be in existence again.

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