Disclaimer: Bleach (And all its respective characters) is owned by Tite Kubo. This fanfiction follows the official storyline of the serie but from the point of view of one of my original characters, Shinrai Tengoku. Anything new introduced in this story is under my copyright.
This fanfiction will be written in a present, self-witness(?) way.
Prologue:Awakening
The sky. The sky is clear blue; no clouds, no birds, nothing. I am lying there, on the grass. I feel so comfortable, I could lay here for eternity.
-Please.
Please? Who is that? Who is here? I get up and sit, looking for where that voice came from. At the horizon, a huge tree stands, someone... standing beneath the leaves dancing trough the frail but present wind.
-Please, live.
Live? I mean, I exist, I can see my hands, I can feel the grass under me. What is this non-sense? I clearly am alive. I decide to stand and walk to that tree. Awkwardly enough, it seems that I cannot approach the tree. Is it so far and so big? It cannot be. Maybe... maybe I should run to it.
-Please, live for me.
Surprisingly, I get closer and closer to that person I saw while the tree still stands tall in the horizon. She, the person, seems to be looking at the tree. Maybe she seeks to get to it too. I try to catch my breath and walk beside her.
-Please, live for us.
She did not turn around. I did not even see her talk, but I know that it is her who did. I ask;
-I am sorry but, who are you? I try to recognize you but, I cannot.
-I cannot tell you my name yet, even if I wanted to tell you, you would not hear it.
-Ok? If you say so... But where are we and, how come we cannot get near that tree?
Water. Rain? How come there is rain when there is no clouds out there? I must be dreaming. She is... crying. I can hear her breathing heavily. What is happening? She says;
-I... cannot let you near that tree... it is far too precious to... let you stand by it again.
-What? Wh-what do you mean ''again''? Help me understand.
-It took me so long to make this one grow.
-Please, just tell me what is going on!
-I will not let you burn this one.
Black out. Nothingness. I liked this place so much and, in an instant, it became a place of sadness, depression. Why... am I feeling guilty? I am intrigued, I want to know what happened to that place, and to that girl. Rain. I must be coming back to my senses, but I feel so weak. Maybe now I will know what is happening. I see the sky, dark, cloudy. I am being transported. Someone is carrying me. We are in a forest for sure, but the trees pass so fast, that person must be really strong. I feel as if, I was close to die. I can barely concentrate on what is happening, everything is going so fast; First that place with the tree, then that person and now everything is just... upside down. I can almost hear the person carrying me. I can almost hear words I have already heard before I pass out again.
-Please... live.