A/N: I hope you enjoy this story as much as I will writing it. If you do not like these pairings, or you do not like the character plots, then do not read.
DISCLAIMER: All is owned by Tite Kubo.
CHAPTER 20
THE END.
All was well in the World of the Living and the Soul Society. Byakuya and Yuki live in the Kuchiki mansion, neither of them able to keep their hands off of each other. Rukia had married Renji and they live in a wonderful home that Byakuya had built for them on the near the Kuchiki house. Uryuu continued his work as a doctor and is currently dating a nurse who works in the same department. Chad went back to Mexico and fell in love with a beautiful Hispanic woman named Maria. Tatsuki and Keigo became a couple after the fight with Aizen had been victorious and Mizuiro fell in love with a Soul Reaper from the 13th Division, who was older than him and was everything he desired.
And as for Ichigo and Orihime, they were at their private wedding, becoming bound to one another.
"Ichigo, would you like to speak your vows now?" The pastor asked and Ichigo nodded, looking at Orihime, who looked stunning in a simple white dress.
"Orihime, my love, I haven't been able to stop thinking of you, ever since the first moment I saw you. Your kindness and compassion has always saved me from a dark path that I find myself on and now I see that you are the moon in my night sky. You are the oasis in the middle of a desert. You are my Saviour. I love you Orihime, and I am glad that I am now finally able to spend the rest of my life with you." Ichigo stared into Orihime's tear filled eyes as he put the ring on her finger.
"Orihime?" The pastor prompted.
"Ichi, I have loved you ever since we were in High School together and ever since then, my feelings haven't lessened, they have grown and manifested into the woman I am today. People say True Love doesn't exist, but I know it does and it's right here. What we have now, that is True Love in it's purest form. I cannot wait for the fairytale that awaits us and the Happily Ever After that awaits us. But I do know this. We will be together. Five lifetimes of love, honor, trust, fidelity, friendship and devotion. I love you." Orihime whispered shakily and slid the ring on his finger.
"I now pronounce you, man and wife. Ichigo, you may kiss your bride." The pastor spoke and Ichigo nodded, his eyes suspiciously bright as he took Orihime in his arms and drew her in for a long kiss. Orihime threw her arms around her husband and as they kissed; True Love performed another miracle that had seemed hopeless at first, but was now a phenomenon in the world.
Fin.
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"Orihime! Have you finished writing yet? Dinner is on the table!" Ichigo called out from his place at the stairs.
"Coming!" Orihime said and printed the last few pages to her book and ran downstairs. "Ichigo! Read this." Orihime called out and gave him the paper. "Read from that line."
"'Kay." Ichigo said and put on his reading glasses and read the passage that Orihime had offered: "Anna, my love, I haven't been able to stop thinking of you, ever since the first moment I saw you. Your kindness and compassion has always saved me from a dark path that I find myself on and now I see that you are the moon in my night sky. You are the oasis in the middle of a desert. You are my Saviour. I love you Anna, and I am glad that I am now finally able to spend the rest of my life with you." Orihime, you went so far to create the perfect wedding vows you used ours? This book is all about our lives and I'm glad you changed the names so the Soul Society won't be on our asses about it. And why our lives?" Ichigo asked and looked at Orihime and touched the large mound that carried his second child.
"Because our life is a best-selling book and three time Oscar-winning movie. Or will be anyway." Orihime said and smiled beautifully at her husband and kissed him soundly on the the lips. Ichigo took his wife in his arms and kissed her back.
"What did I do to deserve you?" Ichigo asked her, tracing her sweet face with his fingertips.
"You saved me." Orihime whispered and stared into her husband's chocolate brown eyes and smiled brightly. "I love you with all my heart, Ichi."
"I love you too, my bad girl princess." Ichigo smiled brightly as she blushed and their their 5-year-old, orange-haired and gray eyed girl bounded in.
"Mummy, Daddy! Uncle Byakuya is here with Auntie Yuki and Uncle Renji and Auntie Rukia! Uncle Byakuya brought Ginrei and Auntie Rukia brought Ken!" Masaki was back out the door to play with Ginrei and Ken. Orihime and Ichigo walked out to see the heavily pregnant women and their husbands. Yuki and Orihime bumped stomachs as they tried to hug and they laughed. The women went inside to make tea and talk about their pregnancies and the men stood outside and watched their precious children.
"So, Byakuya, how is fatherhood treating you?" Ichigo asked, watching as Byakuya, the overprotective father watched his son with watchful eyes.
"It's different than what I expected. I expected. . . sleeping less and more. . . whining, but surprisingly, Ginrei is a very sensible young boy, something he gets from me, but when he is excited, he tends to act like his mother and be more. . . eccentric." Byakuya gave a brief analysis, meeting Ichigo's mental survey of how many times Byakuya could answer something logically.
"You, Renji?" Ichigo looked at the red-headed male to the other side of him.
"Ken loves Chappy!" Renji almost sobbed, gesturing to his black-haired son's shirt.
Ichigo groaned at Rukia's unhealthy obsession with Chappy the Rabbit, almost like Orihime with her combination of foods. Ichigo had to learn to cook, so she wouldn't go combining and potentially harm the baby with her weird creations.
Rukia walked out and called Ken over and gave him a Chappy cookie. Ken looked positively over the moon and Renji sobbed and grabbed onto Ichigo. "He's a man! He shouldn't love such a girly toy!" Renji shook Ichigo like a rag-doll.
"Renji, stop shaking me!" Ichigo yelled, trying to dislodge himself. Bykauya only walked over to his wife and put his hand on her tummy, feeling his next child kick. Yuki cuddled into her husband and they had a sweet conversation. Rukia went about separating Renji from Ichigo and proceeded in yelling at him in defence of Chappy. Ichigo walked to Orihime and hugged her from behind. "He's crazy." Ichigo said, watching as the rest of his friend's and partners got out of their cars and walked towar them. With no worries or cares in the world.
Orihime chuckled. 'Cold Heart? I don't think so.' She thought.
Happily Ever After.
Wow! And Cold Heart ends there.
What a huge and epic story this turned out to be with the occasional 'filler' chapters. I had so much fun writing this story and I'm so glad all of you, my loyal and new readers have taken time out to read this story it makes me so proud to know that I can do my job as a writer and I'm so happy! I will be continuing with my other stories now that I have finished this. So stay tuned.
I may make one more Chapter like ten years after and how they all are, but I am still undecided on that front.
Until then;
Arigatou!
RIKOREN xD
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