Deja Past
White horses on a troubled sea
Your smile will flash through time
Up ahead a blackbird's wing
Your hair will come to mind
Every night I see your face when I have to pray
I need a bell, book and candle to keep your ghost away
Keep your ghost away, keep your ghost away
I need a bell, book and candle to keep your ghost away
Just before the thunder roars
I sense you next to me
And as I move through nature
I know where you will be
So I must keep myself apart, here is where I'll stay
With a bell, book and candle to keep your ghost away
-Bell, Book, and Candle by Eddie Rider
[9:35 PM]
Ichigo, Momo, and Senna reluctantly followed Grimmjow into an old hotel about two miles inland.
Ichigo had his eyes focused on the man leading them.
They soon arrived at the hotel lobby, which was totally vacant.
"Where is everybody?" Senna asked curiously.
Grimmjow shrugged. "I don't know. Kaitou sent 'em all away this mornin'. Don't know why, though."
Ichigo scowled at the mention of Kaitou. His fists clenched, and he grit his teeth.
The four kept walking, and Grimmjow wondered if he was doing the right thing.
I am. He thought stubbornly, shaking his head slightly. I know I am.
[Upstairs]
Rose knew she was going insane.
Her father was dead, her mother was a psychotic bitch, and her sister, the only person Rose had ever grown close to aside from Senna, Rukia, and Grimmjow had been killed.
She dug around her dresser drawer until she fianlly found it. She smiled, clutching the object tightly in her hands.
"Perfect..." She chuckled, and slipped the object into her purse.
Everything was perfect.
[Hotel Basement]
Kaitou smiled wickedly.
Rukia scowled.
He was enjoying this. He wanted her to cry, to be weak. To act like she was ten again.
But she wouldn't. She couldn't break down just to please him. She would stay like that, enduring the pain for God knows how long. He would get tired and leave...
Eventually.
He always did, but it usually took hours and hours to do so.
He kept cutting her with the blade in his hand, lightly, but deep enough to scar. Rukia flinched, and looked at him. "Y-you know," She stuttered, grinning slightly, "I don't hate you," She looked at him, waiting for his reaction. "You could kill me, and I'd never hate you."
He raised a brow, but remained stoic. "Really? You'd never hate me?"
She shook her head, her eyes shining with pure and utter disgust. "No... I'd never hate you. I don't." Her eyes hardened. "Instead, I'm disgusted by you. You despise me; You killed so many people... And you don't feel even an ounce of remorse? Nothing at all?" Her voice cracked.
He laughed a little, it almost sounded like an...Apology.
"Nothing at all," He confirmed, and brought the knife down. Blood stained the gray floor.
Rukia bit her lip as he stabbed her arm, trying not to scream.
She apologized to Ichigo in her mind. Ichigo... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. I shouldn't have been mad at you for lying; I should have thanked you, instead. Thanked you for everything. Thanked you for protecting me...
She screamed as he punched her wounded shoulder.
Ichigo...Help... Me...
[Kakura Train Station]
Inoue quickly hugged Tatsuki, who smiled.
"Tatsuki! I'm so happy to see you again!" Inoue squealed as she let her friend go. "But what are you doing here? I thought Momo was gonna pick us up! And... Where's Rukia? What happened to her?"
Tatsuki tensed. "I...I don't know. Momo, Ichigo, and Senna are looking for her now."
Inoue looked confused. "Senna? Who's Senna?"
Tatsuki shrugged. "I think she's Ichigo's cousin or something like that. And did you say... Us?"
Inoue nodded. "Oh, right, Tatsuki, I'd like to introduce you to my cousin Yumi," Inoue stepped aside to reveal her blond cousin. "And Roka Kusaka-san. He's Rukia's father." The auburn haired woman finished as she looked at her wide-eyed best friend.
"Tatsuki?"
Tatsuki snapped out of her trance, and walked to her car, motioning for the three to follow. "Okay then... Renji!"
[Hotel Basement]
As Rukia plunged into darkness, she thought for a second. Was it supposed to be like this? Was it decided the day I was born? Was I supposed to die alone, by the hands of my step father? Am I supposed to fight destiny, or resign myself to fate? These thoughts whirled in her head, and in the end, she chose the latter situation. She could faintly hear the voices of her friends, telling her not to give up.
"We're your friends! We just wanna know if you're okay."
Momo.
"Of course you would choose now of all times to give up. Grow some back bone!"
Tatsuki.
"I admit it; I was jealous. Jealous beyond compare. But even if my thoughts were clouded by such hostile feelings, you were my best friend. I'm not letting you go that easy!"
Orihime.
"Rukia, don't give up. Don't end up like us!"
Hisana?
"Lazy-ass Byakuya doesn't wanna say anything, so I'm just gonna tell you this for the both of us; It isn't your time! So why don't you just wake up and show that bastard you mean business!"
Mitsuki...?
"I know you're sorry. Wake up so I can really tell you that. Don't give up!"
Ichigo...
"Don't die... Please."
Who was that? Why did whoever it was sound like they were crying?
"RUKIA!" Rukia broke out of her trance from the voice that she thought she would never see again.
Ichigo... Her mind was whirring. He... He wasn't dead? He actually came to rescue her?
Did he forgive her?
Ichigo caught her as she fell from exhaustion.
"You... Bastard!" He glared at Kaitou, supporting Rukia's almost lifeless body. Ichigo had to do a double take just to make sure she was breathing. His eyes softened slightly. Dammit midget, this is the second time in three years that you scared me shit less.
He laughed inaudibly, and carefully handed the obsidian-haired girl to Momo.
"Watch her." He grunted, and stood up.
"So... The hero's back? What are you gonna do, kill me?" Kaitou teased, smiling.
Ichigo was ready to pounce on the man in front of him and punch him to death. And he would have, too. But as he got ready...
BANG!
Kaitou fell to the ground, and coughed, a pool of blood forming underneath him. I'll always regret what I did... Rukia, I'm sorry. He took in a last, shaky breath.
Momo and Ichigo turned quickly to see a shaking Rose, clutching the gun like a lifeline. "Rose..." Senna, who stood next to Ichigo murmured, sighing.
The redhead caught sight of Kiki, who was chained to the wall behind Rukia and Momo.
"Oh, my..." She couldn't even finish.
She screamed.
[4 hours later, Midnight]
"Just when I got out, I had to come back again to visit this idiot." Toshirou scoffed, glaring softly at Rukia. She had just gotten out of surgery, the drug Kaitou gave her had done something funny to her immune system. She was okay now, though.
"Nice to know you care," She said sarcastically.
Toshirou smiled slightly. "Well, at least you're not dead. I'll see ya around, Kuchiki." He waved her off, and walked out of the room.
Momo, who was seated next to Rukia's bed, craned her neck to see Toshirou walk out with Karin, who was visiting Ichigo.
She smiled sadly.
Rukia, who was watching her friend, asked, "You aren't going to try and get him back?"
Momo shook her head. "No... He loves Karin. Don't worry though, I'll find someone. I'm okay. There are plenty of fish in the ocean!"
So cliche... But so true.
Rukia only nodded, knowing Momo wasn't reallyokay. The Hinamori continued. "It's just... I wish... He at least knew... I..." Momo gasped as tears fell.
"It's alright," Rukia tried to comfort her. "Everything's okay."
[Rose and Senna]
"You're going back to Brooklyn?" Senna asked her friend.
Rose nodded. "Yeah. My aunt Cordelia lives there. I'll be fine."
Senna frowned. "Come on, why can't you stay in Japan, if not Karakura? I'm gonna be here for another three weeks!"
Rose shook her head. "Sorry... I can't. Besides, Senna. What do I have here? My dad's dead, my mom's a bitch, and my sister was killed by the one person on this planet I thought I could trust." She scowled. "Besides you and Oyasumi, I have no one."
Senna sighed.
[Rukia]
Momo waved goodbye to Rukia, and said she would be back tomorrow.
The Hinamori turned, and nearly jumped out of her skin, startled by Ichigo. "Ich! You scared me! Rukia is still awake, too. If you wanted to see her."
Ichigo nodded, brushing past Momo and into Rukia's room.
Momo sighed.
"Rukia?" Ichigo asked softly. Rukia looked up. "Ichigo..." She breathed his name, and smiled as he sat down next to her. "Hi." She cleared her throat.
He smiled back.
"Hi."
A/N: Hello pplz!
I'm not that happy with this chap, but I guess its okay...
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