Universe: Bleach

Parings: None!

Genre: Hurt/Comfort, Adventure

Disclaimer: Bleach is owned by Tite Kubo

Warnings: Some Spoilers for Fade to Black, mild swearing and violence.

Authors Notes:

Yes I finally got it out! Right now the Fans of Fade to Black Scripts are cheering loudly but the fans of Guardian Strawberry are crying in sadness because they know with this out it means updates for GS are going to slow once again.

Anyway I'm sorry it took so long to get this out guys but I hope it was worth the wait; the cover for this is now up on my DeviantART so make sure you check it out, the link to my page and also to the cover is on my home page!

Please review if you have time and enjoy!


Fade to Black: Sorrow of the First Star's Shine

Part I


Why couldn't we be happy?

A pair of light green eyes watched from the shadows as Ichigo ran quickly across the roof tops with his senses wide open; the eyes gained a sad glint as they watched Ichigo disappear from their sights.

Why did they take you away from us?

A figure stepped forward from the shadows revealing themselves to be an older Homura, her green eyes continued to look after Ichigo's form even though he was long since gone.

She didn't even twitch when another figure appeared behind her with a flash of purple and black.

Why don't you remember us anymore?

"Did you finish it?" Homura questioned as the figure stepped forward and revealed themselves to be an older Shizuku; the pale boy nodded with his face blank of emotion, completely different to the once happy and emotional child in Rukongai.

"Good."

You are the only person I have; I'm not about to let you leave me alone.

"Then it's time." Homura stated as she finally looked back at Shizuku with a smile; Shizuku nodded as his eyes softened slightly but he still remained silent.

"Let's go." He finally whispered and the two siblings disappeared with another flash of purple and black; leaving the ally way empty.

I'm not going let anyone have you; I'm going to make all your memories fade to black.


1 ½ Years earlier: Heuco Mundo

The sands of Heuco Mundo blew softly against the ground as the eternal night sky shone down upon the cursed land; but a small cave covered by rocks was surrounded by Spiritual Particles, the only sign of life.

Suddenly, with a flash of purple and black, the Spiritual Particles slowly formed two bodies; one male with dark blue hair that came down to his shoulders and pale skin the other female with blond and pink spiky hair that was shoulder length also and tanned skin.

The light pink kimono the girl wore was torn at the ends and only just came to her knees, around her waist she had a long light green obi tied around her waist and finally a light purple hood resting on the back of her neck.

The boy's light blue kimono was almost perfectly intact, it was torn half way down his chest and also his back revealing his shoulder blades; he also wore a light green obi but his was shorter than the girl's.

As the dust slowly settled down Homura and Shizuku took a deep breath at the same time before their eyes opened slowly for the first time in their older forms.

Homura's eyes widened in shock as she sat up, she blinked before pinching herself to see if she was dreaming but she knew she wasn't when she felt the pain.

"We're alive..." She whispered in shock as Shizuku sat up beside her; in awe Homura held her now bigger hands in front of her face before softly touching her thin cheeks and finally running her fingers down her long legs.

"How are we alive? I remember being killed by that Shinigami. Why are we alive? Do you know?" Homura finally questioned turning towards Shizuku but the much taller boy shook his head with a blank expression; Homura immediately took notice of his lack of expression, her brother was always a happy person so why was he looking so dead?

"Are you alright, Shizuku?" Homura finally whispered after taking in her older brother's form; Shizuku nodded but he seemed slightly thoughtful.

"T-Then why does your face seem strange?" Homura demanded proving that even though their bodies were older their minds were still that of young children; a young child would never think of explaining Shizuku's expression as Blank or dead.

"I'm fine but...it seems that my appearance isn't the only thing change." Shizuku admitted and finally after a couple seconds of silence he finished his thoughts.

"It seems like I don't feel anything else but love for you and Ichigo." Shizuku finished with a sharp nod causing Homura's eyes to widen in shock.

"Ichii...Where's Ichigo?" Homura demanded but before Shizuku could answer she took off running towards the caves entrance.

"Onee-Chan, wait!"

"Ichigo!" Homura continued to cry out, looking all around the cave for her protector; for her older brother who had sworn to always look after them.

"Ichig-?" Homura's shout broke off with a gasp as she finally made it to the entrance; Shizuku saw that she was staring outside with horror and quickly hurried to her side to see what was wrong.

Instead of the dusty streets of Rukongai they expected, outside was miles upon miles of sand; dead trees were scattered around the place as a huge crescent moon shone down on them.

"W-where are we?" Homura stuttered as she shivered from the cold that seemed to surround the dark place but Shizuku couldn't answer her; Homura bit her lip at her brother's silence as her eyes looked around desperately.

"Ichigo!" She screamed one last time, hoping with all her heart that she would hear Ichigo's familiar call of 'I'm coming!'

But her spirits fell when the only answer she received was the sound of the sand being blown across the plain.


The Human World- Karakura Town: The Kurosaki Clinic

Ichigo Kurosaki huffed as he fell back onto his bed, his schoolbag landing on the ground with a thump; he could hear the loud shouts of his father before Karin shouted at him to shut up.

With a tired sigh Ichigo closed his eyes and tried to force his body to relax but without success; he had been tense ever since he returned from the Soul Society after the finale battle with the Bounts.

Ichigo's lips thinned in annoyance as he thought back to Zangetsu's last words to him; before his Hollow half took over became the controller of his power.

"It seems you really don't remember the reason why I stopped you using Bankai. It has nothing to do with the fact you are in human world, being human yourself means something that would stop normal Shinigami wouldn't stop you using my power. Seeing as you no longer remember there is no point in me stopping you, just remember that I am part of you Ichigo; even if you forget I will always remember."

'What is it that I'm forgetting? Why would Zangetsu stop me using Bankai?' Ichigo thought to himself as he forced himself to sit up in his bed and rest his arm on his knee; his mind suddenly found itself wandering to the first time he was in the Soul Society, when he was found unconscious in Rukongai with no memories of the past week.

'Did something happen during that week for me to lose my Bankai?' He questioned but suddenly hissed as a sharp pain invaded his mind.

"Well how about this. Instead of promising to stay, you promise to never forget about us. You're blood family can be your family in the human world, while me and Shizuku can be your family here. What do you say?"

A vision flashed in his mind as he closed his eyes shut, there were 2 children in front of him but their faces were covered with a strange black shadow; he was with them in a cabin similar to what they have in Rukongai but before he could get more detail the vision faded leaving Ichigo with a bad headache.

"What the hell was that?" Ichigo whispered to himself in confusion as he tried to think when that had happened but his mind came up blank.

With a groan as his head gave another unhelpful thump, Ichigo forced himself up to go get some pain killers; the vision falling to the back of his mind.


Heuco Mundo

"S-Shizuku w-where are we?" Homura stuttered in fear as she wrapped her arms around her form to try and stop herself from shivering; Shizuku shook his head sadly.

"I don't know but this place feels like that person who attacked us in Rukongai." Shizuku admitted as Homura closed her eyes in concentration; after a couple of seconds her eyes opened with fear.

"Y-you're right." Homura whispered shakily as she clenched her eyes shut, trying to force away the memory that suddenly attacked her mind.

"Get away from them!" Ichigo shouted as he used Shunpo to appear in front of him; with a yell he unconsciously forced his Spiritual Energy into his hand before punching the Shinigami straight in the stomach sending him flying backwards.

"Are you 2 alright?" Ichigo asked he crouched down in front of them; Shizuku was crying slightly in fear but he managed to nod.

"Ichii that was awesome!" Homura cheered causing Ichigo to smile at her slightly but suddenly Shizuku suddenly gasped in fear.

"Ichii behind you!" Shizuku shouted and Ichigo immediately turned and grabbed the wrist of the Shinigami that was trying to attack them from behind; Ichigo brought his foot up and kicked him sharply in the chest.

The Shinigami once again went tumbling backwards and Ichigo growled in annoyance when he quickly jumped to his feet; but his eyes widened in shock as black and purple Spiritual Energy started surrounding the Shinigami and Ichigo could see his head was tilted at an unnatural angle.

"Wait...what the hell is he?" Ichigo whispered to himself as he reached up to grab his Zanpakuto's hilt over his shoulder; the Shinigami stumbled around as a transparent serpent suddenly appeared around his neck.

"There it is! The Spiritual Energy I've been tracking, I must have it!" The Shinigami hissed and Ichigo's eyes widened in shock as he realised exactly what it was.

"Shit! Run you two!" Ichigo shouted before he quickly released Zangetsu from his bandages and brought the Zanpakuto up to block the Shinigami's strike.

"Ichii!" Shizuku cried out before Homura grabbed his wrist and started pulling him towards the pathway; Ichigo grunted as his arms shook with the effort of keeping the Shinigami back.

The Shinigami chuckled as he pressed more heavily onto the blades and Ichigo gasped as his knees gave out sending him to the ground; quickly he rolled to the side as the Shinigami tried to pierce him through.

Quickly Ichigo jumped to his feet and gave a yell as he swung his Zanpakuto but his eyes widened in shock when the Shinigami brought his hand up and stopped him in his tracks.

"What?" Ichigo whispered before he suddenly cried out as the Shinigami grabbed his wrist and flipped the orange head teen over his head and to the ground, Zangetsu flew from his hand and landed a few feet away from him

"Ichii!" Homura cried out as Ichigo landed harshly on his back; Ichigo coughed as he rolled to his feet and quickly used Shunpo to appear in front of the siblings as the Shinigami charged towards them.

"Stay away from them!" Ichigo shouted as he clenched his fist and punched forward but the Shinigami laughed as he grabbed Ichigo's wrist stopping his attack once again.

"Ichii!" Shizuku shouted as the Shinigami's calloused hands wrapped around Ichigo's throat and lifted him in the air; Ichigo gasped and scratched at the hands but they didn't budge.

"Y-You're...a...Hollow...!" Ichigo gasped but the man simply laughed and tightened his hold on Ichigo's throat causing him to release a strangled cry.

The man continued to laugh as he tipped Ichigo's head back and forced his mouth open; Ichigo eyes widened in horror as the transparent serpent once again appeared around the man's neck.

With a laugh the Hollow forced his tail down Ichigo's throat causing him to choke as he tried to breath, his eyes were turning purple as the Hollow slowly took control.

"Arg!" Both the Hollow and the Shinigami screamed as they felt pain in their leg; the man looked down to see Homura glaring up at him while holding his Zanpakuto in his leg.

"Let go of Ichii, Shinigami!" Homura cried out before the Shinigami suddenly swung his hand and punched her to the ground.

"You little brat!" He growled as Ichigo fell from his grip to the ground gasping for breath; the man pulled his Zanpakuto free from his leg and started stalking towards the terrified Homura.

"Onee-Chan!" Shizuku shouted as he suddenly jumped and covered his sister's body with his own; Ichigo coughed as he tried to force himself to his feet, his eyes wide with horror.

The Hollow laughed as he forced the Shinigami to bring down his Zanpakuto down and Ichigo screamed out in despair as blood stained the ground.

"Onee-Chan!" Shizuku cried out as Homura started shaking violently; quickly he pulled her into his arms and held her tightly as he waited for her shaking to subside.

"We were killed...by the Shinigami...So why are we alive?" Homura whispered but Shizuku couldn't find an answer for her.

The tense atmosphere was broken when Homura's stomach suddenly gave a loud growl causing the girl to blush in embarrassment.

"S-sorry." She whispered looking down completely missing Shizuku's small smile before he forced it away; he allowed Homura to back away as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"I don't think we'll find any food here. This place looks deserted." Shizuku admitted and Homura couldn't help but agree with him with a sigh of disappointment; she had grown used to having Ichigo there to cook for her when she got hungry, it was going to be hard to get used to going without again.

Shizuku looked around trying to find something for them to eat; it was hard to find food in Rukongai but Shizuku could tell that it would be even harder to find something in this place. It was so dead.

Homura suddenly flinched as she felt something run across her bare feet, with fearful eyes she looked down to see a small lizard with a hole through it's chest and a mask covering it's face; Homura bit her lip before she crouched down and held her hand out, allowing the small lizard Hollow to walk onto her hand.

"It's giving off a small amount of Spiritual Energy." Shizuku pointed out as he remembered Ichigo teaching him the right term for the weird feeling souls sometimes gave off; Homura nodded but she was distracted as she continued to stare into the Hollow's red eyes.

'What the...?' Shizuku thought in confusion as his sister's Spiritual Energy took on a strange edge but before he could ask her what was wrong, Homura's eyes flashed a dark purple; in front of his startled eyes Homura shoved the lizard into her mouth and started eating it.

Disgust curled in his stomach at the sound of bones crunching and the sight of blood pouring down his sister's chin; Homura licked her lips before she swallowed her meal with a satisfied smile.

Her eyes chose that moment to switch back to their bright green and horror immediately filled them at the sight of blood covering her chest; her hands shook violently as she whipped the blood of her lips and chin before holding the blooded fingers in front of her eyes.

"S-Shizuku, am I...am I turning into a monster?" Homura questioned sadly as she looked at her younger brother in the eye; Shizuku's eyes widened slightly before he shook his head violently.

"No! Of course you're not!" Shizuku denied his voice hard and filled with confidence but Homura couldn't make herself believe his words; her eyes flickered back to her fingers as the blood dribbled down to her wrist and her inner conflict became stronger.

In the back of her mind she was sure she could hear the familiar cackle of the Shinigami that took her life and she shivered; Shizuku hugged her close but it didn't bring her the usual comfort that it would.

It just made her feel cold.