Even Through the Storm
Prologue-The Missing Link
This is after saving Rukia and a little before the Bounto saga. I'll go through the Bounto saga in the story and watch the show to continue.
This Chapter is in Ichigo's POV the Next in Rukia's and so on.
I felt the light hit me as the sun rose. I looked at the clock. 9 am. Since it's Saturday, I guess I could be doing something right now, but I really didn't feel up to it.
"Ichigo! Where Onee-chan!" Kon yelled bouncing on my stomach. "Will you get off? Isn't she in the closet, like always?" Kon burst into tears "No! I was calling her, but no one answered!"
I threw him off and opened my closet. He was right. Nothing. "Where did she go?" I wondered. I got dressed and headed downstairs. "Oh! Good morning Ichigo!" Yuzu said cheerily. I smiled at her. She was making breakfast, as usual. Karin sat at the table watching my dad play with sock puppets. "It's like he's devolved or something." Karin mumbled as she watched Mr. Inu eat Ms. Bento. "oh! Ms. Bento, you're so pretty I could eat you right up!" "Why thank-you Mr. Inu! Wait…what are you doing? NOOOOOO!" Yep. A typical morning.
"Ichigo!" my father screamed, finally noticing me. "You don't have to scream, I'm right here…OOF!" He kicked me right in the stomach. "I'm still number one!" he laughed, putting his foot on my fallen body. "Oh yeah?" I grabbed his foot and tripped him. He bumped into the counter and a pot fell on his head. "Today…you win." He said underneath the pot. "But there's always tomorrow!" I waved him off. "Good morning to you too."
"Do you want some breakfast?" Yuzu asked. I shook my head. "No thanks." She pouted a little, but went back to her cooking. "I'll see you guys later." I said walking out. "Where are you going?" My dad asked, finally removing the pot from his head. I just shrugged my shoulders and exited the house.
'Where could she have gone?' I continued to think to myself. It felt strange without her. It was just like before she came. Me taking long walks and doing nothing. That was my Saturday agenda. But since she came, I at least had someone to hang out with. Even if it was because I was now a Shinigami, it was still something.
I saw the beautiful sky get covered up in dark clouds. I sighed and entered a nearby shop for an umbrella.
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"This day is getting worse…" I thought aloud as I continued to walk. I've been walking for 4 hours and still no sign of Rukia. No hollows were attacking, so I was bored. Not to mention it was now raining heavily. "Dammit, Rukia! Where are you?" I decided to take a detour through the graveyard. Since I was close, I thought I should pay my mother a visit. 'Even though it's not near my usual visit…I shouldn't walk by without stopping there." I concluded. Through the rain, now turning storm, it was hard to find it. But I soon recognized the path and followed it.
When I reached it, I gasped. There I saw Rukia staring at my mother's grave. She had no umbrella. She was completely ignoring the rain. 'Had she been here all day?' I wondered to myself. She didn't notice me. She just kept staring at my mothers' grave. I looked solemnly at both her and my Mother's grave. I put my umbrella over Rukia's head. Finally, she noticed the rain and me. She silently turned back to the grave. I stared as well. 'Thank-you, Rukia. Thanks for caring.'
To me it sounded more like a one shot than a prologue, but it is in fact a story. The next chapter is in Rukia's POV. Don't Miss it!