It had been years since the Winter War had ended. Since Aizen had been killed. Along with Momo, Jushiro and so many others. Everyone grown. Everyone. Tatsuki had left Karakura and built a Karate dojo in Tokyo, Sado had went to Mexico for his family. Uryu and Orihime had hooked up, but it left Ichigo. The only one, who didn't do anything. One night...

Rukia had returned from Soul Society and saw Ichigo in his gloomy demeanor. "Ichigo, what are you doing?"

Ichigo just ignored her, she kept trying to get his attention. Eventually she gave up, and rain started to fall. Her last words to him were, "If you need me, I'll be by your side Ichigo, remember we are nakama."

Ichigo walked briefly in the rain, until he saw the spot where his mother was killed. Where the rain started. Where it all started. It was clear to him, that if his mother wasn't killed by Grand Fisher, he wouldn't have survived the Winter War. If he hadn't seen his mother die, he would of been too soft to handle war.

Flashback

"Ichigo, why haven't you moved on? Your a grown man now." Rukia asked as they walked together to where ever. "You should have been married by now!"

Ichigo stopped walking to think up of an reply. "No one was the right one."

"What do you mean?" Asked Rukia as she turned around to face Ichigo.

"I don't want to talk about it." Ichigo replied.

Rukia met his gaze, it was one of sorrow and longing. It was obvious the Winter War took a toll on him, even till now.

Back to present time

The rain had became a complete storm, his clothes were sticking to his skin from the wetness. Then he felt a massive reiatsu flare, and Rukia's own reiatsu dimmishing.

Ichigo immediately left his body and shunpo-ed to the source.

What he saw wasn't a hollow. It was Ichimaru Gin, piercing Rukia through the lung with his shikai.

"RUKIA!" Ichigo screamed her name, Rukia just managed to turn her head to face him.

"Ic-Ichigo?" Rukia just barely managed to croak out, before Gin ripped his zanpakuto out her side.

"Tada, hope you have a fun life! Bai Bai!" Gin said as he left. Ichigo didn't bother to pursue Gin. He just ran to Rukia's side.

"Rukia! Rukia!" Ichigo just shouted out her name. "Don't you dare die on me!"

It wasn't working, Rukia despite her will, was about to die. Nothing was going to change the fact.

Ichigo was falling deeper and deeper into despair, he couldn't run to Orihime, she was much much too far. By the time they would reach there, Rukia would be dead.

"Rukia, no, no this can't be happening!" Rukia's eyes were about to dilute in color and she was just a step away from death. "I didn't marry anyone because I only wanted to be with you! I wanted to marry you, I wanted to have children with you! I love you Rukia!"

Rukia's eyes returned back to their original violet color.

"L-love me?" Rukia began to ask, as tears began to well up in her eyes. "I love you as well, Ichigo."

Rukia tried to raise her hand to touch Ichigo, but she didn't have the strength to move it. Her hand was caught by Ichigo's own hand. She felt his warmth and love pouring out from him.

"Rukia don't die damn it!" Rukia was once again about to die, this time, there was no delay.

"Thank you Ichigo, thank you..." Rukia managed to say. Ichigo dove in his lips and took hers with his. He could taste blood, and he felt salty tears coming down from Rukia's eyes. Kuchiki Rukia died, during their first and only kiss. Ichigo felt her hand lose it's grip on his hand.

"Rukia! Rukia! RUKIA!" Ichigo screamed out her name, as the rain drenched them both. Rukia's blood mixed in with the rain and onto Ichigo's clothing. It was the worst day of Ichigo's life. It became worst then the day his mother die.

A/N

Hope you guys liked my first try on tragedy.