The Forgotten
By: Amethyst Ichigo
Summary:Right before the crew leaves to go save Orihime from Aizen, Ichigo while training in Urahara underground room stumbles upon a mysterious object, and he's thrown headlong into an alternate universe were he never existed. This is his tale. The tale of the forgotten.
Disclaimer: I do not own bleach!
Chapter 1
Urahara was going to die.
That much Ichigo knew, in regards to his current situation.
For some particular reason Ichigo Kurosaki invader, and doer of impossibilities was in the middle of a forest running like hell away from a horde of hollows.
How, you ask.
This is how.
FLASHBACK-3 HOURS AGO...
Rain.
It was raining when Ichigo woke up, soaked in sweat.
He had had another nightmare about that rainy night six years ago.
Drip. Drop. Drip. Drop.
The rain smacked against his bedroom window, alerting him to the wet weather outside.It coldness touched Ichigo though the window.
"Shit." He whispered.
Ichigo sighed, and started to get off his bed, trying and failing to ignore the weather outside.
He hated rain more then anything else in this world.
He knew it was going to be a bad day already.
-
With Isshin...
Isshin frowned as he saw the rain outside his window.
It was also raining the same day Masaki died...
He sighed looking to the wall on his left side, it led to Ichigo's room.
His sad eyes seem to be looking though it, as he felt heavy guilt about what happened to his son.
He had hoped that by after five years, he son would no long carry the same burden he carried when Masaki died, but it was a false hope.
Ichigo hadn't healed at all, and worst yet he blamed himself entirely for the death of Masaki.
But it wasn't his fault, no it never was, it was simply being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
His frown deepened.
Masaki would be in tears if she saw her son right now.
CREAK.
It alerted Isshin to Rukia's awaking as well.
It was time to start the day.
-
Ichigo didn't even turn around when the door to his bedroom closet opened, he was much to use to it to be surprised.
"Rukia." He said as a good morning.
She nodded, preferring not to say anything, as she saw the rain, and knew why he was in a bed mood.
Unfounately, Kon had to come and mess up everything.
'NEE-SAN!" The perverted stuff lion said jumping out of nowhere.
Rukia so wanted to kill Kon as that moment but settled for bashing the idiot to the ground.
"Shut up Kon." She hissed into his ear motioning to Ichigo, and then to the window.
Kon finally understood, and got quiet.
"I'm going down stairs." Ichigo said in a slightly dead voice.
The other two room occupants said nothing, and watched him exit the room.
Ichigo's POV
I walked out of my bedroom, leaving Kon and Rukia behind.
I really didn't want to talk, and Rukia understood that.
I quickly walked down stairs and was greeted with the smell of breakfast, though sadly it was messed up with my dad tried to dive bomb me with his foot.
"Dammit Dad, not right now!" I yelled.
How the hell was I related to this jerk?
Dad went and started crying at mom's memorial poster.
"Oh Masaki, look how our son is grown!" He crys.
I choose to ignore him, and start eating, and wondering vaguely where Karin and Yuzu were.
"Your sisters are spending the night at a friends house." Dad says coming bed from the poster and sitting down on the seat opposite me.
I didn't even look up from my food.
"Sure whatever." I whisper my eyes dropping to see the rain hitting the window behind dad.
"Ichigo," He says trying to get my attention. "You need to get ov-."(1)
"ICHIGO!" Rukia yelled suddenly coming down the stairs and giving me that look.
A hollow had surfaced.
I stood from my place at the table.
"We'll talk later dad." I said. "After I get back."
He nodded in understanding, and I ran out the dront door with Rukia at my heels.
-ten minutes later-
We were soaking wet but, it didn't take long for us to arrive at the site of the hollow.
But there was none.
What the Hell?
"You're late Kurosaki." I voice I knew said.
I turned to see the cape quincy himself.
"Hey Uryuu." I said mentally smiling as I could see a vein pop out on his head.
He obviously hated when I called him without honorifics.
So Uryuu defeated the hollow.
"Come on Ichigo." Rukia said.
I spared a look at her.
"Let's head to Urahara's, we're close."
I nodded, and felt Uryuu observe us,well me to be more precise.
He could tell I didn't have my usual bite, but didn't ask.
He merely followed us as together we made the short walk to Urahara Shoten.
Would mom still be alive if I nevr was able to see ghosts?
What would Yuzu and Karin be like?
It my fault.
It really is.
"ICHIGO." Rukia called.
I snapped out of my sad thought and noticed we had arrived at Urahara Shoten already.
I bended my head forword slightly to shadow my eyes, and entered the dusty shop.
Rukia and Uryuu followed after me.
We were almost instantly greeted by the shop owner, I kept my eyes down.
"Well, well Kurosaki-kun, Kuchiki-san, and Ishida-kun what bring you to my humble shop?" He asked stupidly as if he didn't know why we were here.
"You know why we're here, Urahara-san." Rukia said, glance at me.
Urahara caught on quicker then all of them, and led us into his sitting room.
"Please have a seat." He said waving his fan in the direction of the table.
Already sitting there was Yourichi(2),Renji, Rinrin, Cloud, and Tessai.
Nova got up and went to fetch tea for us.
I could particularly feel everyone questioning eyes but I didn't say anything, intent on viewing the table.
Nova soon came back and placed cups of Tea in front of me,Rukia, and Uryuu.
Then it happened...
" What the hell Ichigo? What's got you so knocked? You're a man aren't you?" Renji said breaking the silence.
Rukia sucked in a breath.
She probably couldn't believe what Renji said.
I stood up, and brought my eyes up gazing at the room with my haunted eyes, and watched them all unconsciously flinched.
I turned to the perverted shop keeper.
"I going down stairs." I said.
No one said anything as I left them behind and descend downstairs.
I didn't think they would.
-
With the upstairs crew...
As soon as Rukiawas sure Ichigo was safely downstairs, she punched Renji in the face.
"You asshole," She hissed." You didn't need to say that."
Renji rubbed his now bruised cheek, and looked at Rukia at confusion.
What was she talking about?
"What the hell Rukia?" He voiced.
A vein popped out on Rukia's head.
"The day Ichigo's mom died it was raining." She said.
"So?"
"Today is raining." She said pointing to a window. "It a reminder of what happened you jerk."
The room went silent again (well if you don't count Rukia cursing Renji from high Heaven and Hell from his insensitive comments).
-
Ichigo landed on the rough ground of Urahara's training facility, and let his eyes wonder the landscape.
It seemed to be the same-,
'Wait, what's that?'
Ichigo's eyes stopped on what appeared to be some weird drawings on the ground.
He shunpoed for a closer look.
The strange words were in a circle drawn in a purple chalk or something.
He was standing a mere few inches from the circles outlining.
BOOM.
Ichigo jumped, not inspecting the explosion.
He was now within the circle.
"What the Hell?" He asked out loud.
He didn't get to finish that though as the circle under neath him glowed shining light and blinding him.
-
Chad who had been training in the underground room, didn't noticed anything as he continued to work on his attacks for their upcoming invasion into Aizen's Headquarters.
-
Urahara, watched Rukia beat up Renji, and couldn't help but think he had for gotten something...
FLASHBACK END
Ichigo found himself in a forest when his vision returned.
Just were the heck was he?
ROAAAAAAAAAR.
Ichigo grabbed Zangetsu's handle as soon as he heard the hollow's cry.
It was close, very close.
Ichigo could feel the hollow getting close, and then-.
Hell.
A freaken bunch of them appeared.
Back to his earlier comment.
He was going to kill Urahara when he next saw him.
No doubt this was his fault...
(0o0)
(1)Rukia has been staying with the Kurosaki's since she came back.They 'know' she there so they aren't surprised.
(2) Is that how you spell her name? I couldn't remember.
A/n: My sister begged me to write this story, and because I got stuck on the next chapters of my other stories I agreed.
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