Forever
Upon the meadows, touched with dew,
Do not you see my hearts askew?
Beneath the thousand twinkling stars,
Do not you feel my jagged scars?
-Seek not My Heart (poem) by Kit McCallum
"I'm here." Rukia shouted into the darkness of an abandoned beach house all the was on the coast. "Oi! Aizen! Gin! I'm here! Now, what do you scumbags want with me?"
Two figures stepped out of the darkness. Remember the two shady figures from before? Creeps 1 and 2? Well, here they are!
One had slanted, closed eyes, and short, gray hair. He had a tall, lanky body. His fingers were long and bony, and his voice was slick and evil. "Why, hello, Rukia-chan. Long time no see. Where's Byakuya? Oh that's right... I almost forgot, he's dead, ain't he?"
Rukia winced.
The other had brown hair, and cold, dark, eyes. He was wearing thick glasses, and wore an almost comforting smile. "I believe so, Gin." He said in a warm voice, laced with amusement.
Rukia took a step back. "I'll repeat myself: What the hell do you want with me?" Gin clicked his tongue. "Tsk tsk, Ruki-chan. Your only, what, fifteen? You shouldn't use that type of language."
Rukia glared. "I can talk whatever way I want to, bastard! What do you want with me? I got your letter! What's wrong?"
Gin smiled sickly as he stepped forward.
"You're father's been waiting."
"Toshi- I mean, Hitsugaya-kun, thanks for coming. It... it means a lot." MItsuki said, looking at Toshirou.
"It's fine, Mit-chan. After all, it's not everyday you find a long-lost sister, now is it? And... for today... you can call me Toshirou." He spit out his first name like venom.
Mitsuki looked up. "Thanks, Shirou-chan." Toshirou smirked. "Hey. I said Toshirou. I draw the line at Shirou-chan."
They were standing in front of Ichigo's house. Everything was silent, except for the sudden shouting in the backyard.
Mitsuki and Toshirou walked through the open gate, and saw a certain dark-haired girl and berry-headed teen fighting.
"GONE? What do you mean 'gone'?" Momo yelled at the top of her lungs. Ichigo winced. "Just what I said, Hinamori! She's gone! Disappeared! Ran away! Whatever you wanna call it, she ain't here!" Momo bopped him over the head. "It's no wonder you're failing English, baka. You don't know grammar!"
Ichigo growled. "But that's besides the point! The point is she's not here." Momo said. Ichigo sighed. "Yeah. and she's probably in big trouble with that pshyco Kaitou out there." Momo sighed "Your right. Rukia's in trouble; this is no time for us to be fighting!"
Mitsuki walked up, unable to contain herself.
"Excuse me," She started. "Do you mean Rukia Kuchiki?" Ichigo looked at her. "Why? Do you know where she is?" Mitsuki sighed. "No. But I might know someone who does. I'm Mitsuki. Her sister."
"Urahara! Urahara, you open this door! If you don't, I'll break this door down myself and beat you until the..." Mitsuki stopped as the door slid open. A man, about a year older than Mitsuki, came out. He had red hair, and tattoos all over him.
"Mitsuki?" He asked in disbelief. Mitsuki waved him off and looked inside. "Yeah. Hi Renji, long time no see." Mitsuki said simply before walking inside. "Where's Kisuke? I have to beat the crap outta him for not calling Yoruichi-san for three years." She growled, motioning for Ichigo, Momo, and Toshirou to walk inside, too.
"Okay..." Renji said a bit nervously. "Oi, Urahara-san, you have a visitor! And she's not very happy..." Renji said, mumbling the last part. Another door slid open a couple minutes later, and a blonde-haired man about twenty walked out, yawning. "Who is it Renj- Oh! Hello, Mitsuki-chan!"
Urahara barely had any time to duck befor he was punched to the ground. "That," Mitsuki spat, "Was for Yoruichi. And this," She kicked him in the groin, "Is for me. Now tell me, where is my sister?"
It took about five minutes for Urahara to recover, and the others waited patiently. "Mitsuki-chan, I don't know what you're talking about." Mitsuki glared at the young shopkeeper, and then pushed him up against the wall, choking him. "I don't like liars, Kisuke."
Urahara put his hands up. "I'm not lying, I swear! I seriously don't know where Rukia is! Your father came in the other day," Mitsuki winced at that, "And said he had plans for her. That's all I know. I also know his two buddies... Ichima and Sosky or something..."
Mitsuki tilted her head to the side. "You mean Gin Ichimaru and Sosuke Aizen?"
Urahara nodded frantically as Mitsuki's grip tightened. "Yeah, that's them! I also know they're helping out too. And ya know that girl that was killed about... three months back? The Aiiro girl?"
Mitsuki's eyes widend. "They did that? Those bastards planned the entire thing?" Mitsuki was so mad that if her grip on Kisuke's neck got any tighter, it would surely snap in two.
"Y-yes..." Kisuke croaked as Mitsuki finally let him go. "They're at the beach house. You need directions?" Kisuke asked, rubbing his neck carefully. "No." Mitsuki said icily.
"I know where it is."
"Wow, Mitsuki, you're pretty scary when you want to be." Toshirou said. He had known Mitsuki for well over four years, and in those four years, had never seen her that close to killing someone. Toshirou was currently sitting in the passenger seat of Mitsuki's CLK 5000 Benz rental. How she could afford it Toshirou had yet to discover.
"Hinamori-san," Toshirou started, "Are you alright?" Momo's head was out the car window. She slowly retreated back inside and nodded slowly. "Yeah, never bett-" But she didn't have time to finish; Before she knew it her head was out the door again, eyes focusing on the horizon, hoping she wouldn't heave.
And Ichigo, our poor, poor berry head, had already thrown up twice.
Toshirou was used to Mitsuki's reckless driving, and briefly wondered how she got her licence.
Not to mention her road rage issues.
"How about signaling next time, bitch?" Mitsuki had probably flipped off about thirty people that night, and most of them were sure one of them was a cop.
Mitsuki finally stopped next to the sign that read 'Karuka Beach'. "Alright. Toshirou, Hinamori, me and Kurosaki are both outta here." She started tapping her foot impatiently on the gas pedal.
"What?" Momo started, "Why are you and Ichigo leaving?"
Mitsuki laughed almost evilly. "Because. It's our problem. You two are staying out here. If we're not back in thirty minutes, we're either dead, or..." Mitsuki stopped looking at Momo and Toshirou's horrified faces. "You know what? Just try not to think about it too hard." She unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car. "Let's get a move on, Kurosaki!"
Ichigo quickly followed.
"It's been years since I was last here..." Mitsuki said as she and Ichigo walked through the creaky old beach house.
Noticing Ichigo's confused look, she decided to explain. "Before this nightmare began, Kaitou used to take us here a lot. In the Summer. When Hikaru-san and Tsukiko-san were still alive. Tsukiko was my mom's name. Her name, as I'm sure you already know, means "moon child". It's only natural she named me after the full moon." Mitsuki said, flipping on her Chappy flashlight.
Ichigo smirked. Noticing, Mitsuki asked, "What? What is it?"
"Nothing. But what the heck is the deal with Kuchiki's and Chappy the bunny?"
"First of all," Mitsuki started, "Chappy is a rabbit. Not a bunny. Second of all, what do you mean?"
"Rukia is totally obsessed with that thing! You should see our geust room. It's infested with Chappy stuff." Ichigo shuddered.
Mitsuki shrugged. "I taught her well."
Rukia's POV
How did I get here? Why did I leave?
I had known this was a trap. I had known it from the start. But I didn't listen.
I never did. And now I'm paying the price.
It''s cold where I am now. How long had I been here? Hours? Days? Maybe... maybe even months now.
But... where is he now? I remember... only one other person besides Ichigo, Momo, and Tatsuki knew the truth...
I can barely remember him...
"Kaien-dono!"
Black hair.
"Kaien-dono! Arigatou!"
Stupid grin.
"Rukia-chan, why are you crying?"
A heart of gold.
"No! I won't let you near her!"
And he's dead.
"Kaien... dono..."
Kaien died because of him... because of me. If he had never met me, if he never found out the truth, he would be happy with that foolish grin plastered on his face. I loved him, and now he was gone.
Forever.
End Rukia's POV
"How big is this house?" Ichigo asked.
Mitsuki shrugged. "It looked big outside, but it was always bigger inside. And if I know Kaitou, he probably has Rukia in the indoor pool house. Which would be... on my left." She smiled, then looked around. "Hold on, maybe it was your left... or was it right? Was it you kept going until you got to the double doors...? No! No! That was the library! I know my old room was back there... it was all purple... Uh..."
"YOU'RE LOST?" Ichigo screeched. "You used to live here! Mitsuki, how could you not know where your own pool house is!" Mitsuki glared at the berry-haired Kurosaki. "Well excuse me, but it's been seven years! And we only spent like a month every two summers here! Be happy I remembered the colour of my room!"
"Oh, whatever. Now what do we do?" Ichigo asked. He had had enough.
"I geuss we could split up. Let's meet back here in twenty." Ichigo nodded.
"Alright. Remember... twenty." Mitsuki nodded.
"Okay... it can't be that hard to find the pool house, can it? After all, I spent eight summers of my life here!" Mitsuki said happily to herself.
"Rukia! Ru-chan! Rukia! Ah... who am I kidding? She probably wouldn't answer to a stranger's voice! " Mitsuki said, her happy expression gone in an instant. "How right you are." Mitsuki whirled around, but before she could even see who it was that spoke, a sharp pain hit her.
Everything went black.
YAY! NEW CHAPTER IS DONE!
Which means it's close to the finale...
Oh, right, I'm planning a sequel to this story!
I haven't really planned a title... But after this story, I'll put that poll up.
Preview of next chapter:
"Rukia..." Her violet orbs were closed, and in that instant Ichigo realized something.
He loved her.
"Hang on Rukia. Hang on for me, please. Hang on and never let go."
A/N: Yeah... Kinda got the last part of that preview from Titanic. I luv that movie!
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Adiue!
Tsuki-chii
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