My first fanfiction!
Main Pairing: Ichigo x Rukia
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, Tite Kubo does.
Hope you enjoy my story! J
Ichigo's POV
It's been a week since the Quincy blood war has ended. Yhwach, the Father of Quincy who started the invasion was defeated but both the Soul King's palace and Seireitei had suffered much damage as well. The arrancars who helped out in the war went back to Hueco Mundo.
The high priest revived the Zero division members and is currently rebuilding the palace. The Zero division also found a way to replace the Soul King and managed to stabilize Soul Society, Hueco Mundo and the Human World.
Seireitei is still under repair and the wounded are still being healed. We had lost most of our men in that dreaded battle, even some of our captains and vice-captains. Not only had we lost Old Gramps and Ukitake-san, but also Unohana-san and Komamura-san. Without Unohana-san, Isane-san and Hanatarou are working hard to treat the wounded. Kensei, Rose, Toshiro, Rangiku-san and other shinigamis that became zombies during the war were back to the way they were after being treated by Kurotsuchi Mayuri. I don't trust that guy but Urahara-san was there too so everything turned out to be okay.
After Yhwach died, Ishida returned to us. Turns out, Ishida was trying to avenge his mother but because he drank Yhwach's blood, he had no choice but to do his bidding. At first, Soul Society was hostile towards Ishida but after days of help in rebuilding Sereitei, they started to forgive him. I still wanna beat the shit out of him for giving himself up to the enemy so easily. Damn that Ishida.
As for me, Kyoraku-san told me that the power I got after training at the Soul King's Palace was too great. He said that I can't go back to the Human World because there's no telling how my powers will affect that place. Deep down I knew that this was going to happen sooner or later but it's still sad to leave my family and friends behind.
Still, I'm grateful that Kyoraku-san gave my family and friends soul tickets for them to visit me here in Soul Society. He even instructed some men to build me a house inside Seireitei. It may not be as big as the Kuchiki Mansion but still it's quite big for one person to live in. Kyoraku-san said it's their way of showing appreciation for protecting Soul Society.
After the war, I took Ukitake-san's place as the 13th division's new captain. I could sense a shift in atmosphere among the members and they seemed reluctant to have me as their new captain. Fortunately, Rukia was there to ease up the tension.
Speaking of Rukia, ever since Ukitake-san had died while sacrificed his life to temporarily replace the Soul King, she had been quite depressed. Ukitake-san has always been a father figure to her and I can understand the pain of losing the people you love. She's been trying to occupy her mind with work and I'm worried that she will one day collapse from overstressing her body.
Days had passed and I can see her growing thinner and thinner, there are bags under her eyes too. I tried to get her to rest but she's just so stubborn. We haven't been able to talk to each other much lately except when its work related.
I miss the times when we used to bicker at the smallest things. The Rukia I see now isn't the feisty Rukia I used to know. I get the feeling that she's trying to avoid me. Whenever I tried talking to her, she will come up with an excuse to leave. Is it because I'm the new captain of the 13th division or are there other reasons?
I want to talk to her…I need to know what's on her mind…but how?
Well, this is kinda short but I hope you like it. Kindly leave your reviews!
Next chapter will be out pretty soon! ;)