Title: Tomorrow always comes
Characters: Ukitake, mention of Kyōraku
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the rights to Bleach – though I do own many of the wrongs! ;-)
Summary: Ukitake muses on his friend after battle.
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The look in his eyes is what I hate most.
He will do what his honor and duty demands. He has saved my life a hundred, a thousand times and I know he would not take back any of those, because it who he is.
That doesn't take away the fact that each time he releases Katen Kyōkotsu his heart becomes that little bit darker. His eyes harden and he closes off, cold to my touch as he grieve for the lives he takes.
I bear this only because I know that, eventually, the sun will shine through again.