-My third IchiRuki fanfiction! I love this story so I hope you do too... I think if I receive many reviews, I'll continue on with this story... this is just a prologue and things will get more interesting starting from chapters one until the very end... (chapter 21) I've already finished writing this. All I have to do is to encode and finally, post. *laughs* This is an AU!-
Stay By My Side
Yazumi-chan!
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Stay By My Side – Prologue
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:: December 19, 1999; 9 AM ::
It's a very beautiful day of Sunday. Many people were in the park with their beloved families. They were there to have fun and try out the frozen pond near the said park to ski. You couldn't see the sun that day because of the continuous falling of snow. One of these many families was the happy Kurosaki Family. They were walking towards the park. They've just arrived there that time.
"It's just as I've thought. There were so many people here..." A woman with long curly blonde hair said while smiling brightly. She wore a simple blue dress overlapped by a thick yellow jacket and white scarf around her neck. She paired it up with thick black leathered boots.
"Yeah, you're right. I'm sure Yuzu and Karin will be able to have fun today." A man replied next to the woman. He wore a black leathered jacket and black pants with black shoes. He smiled as he looked around.
"Mom, Dad, can we play now?" a small gentle voice caught the couple's attention. She was looking at her parents with pleading eyes.
The couple smiled. The woman bent down on her level. "Okay Yuzu, enjoy and take care. We will be watching you from the bench." She pointed to the bench near them.
"Okay, see you later Mom!" Another voice said as she literally dragged Yuzu, her twin sister, towards the swings.
Kurosaki Masaki, stood up and heard her husband's voice.
"Ichigo?"
A young boy with orange hair looked up towards his parents after hearing his name. He looked at them wonderingly.
"Hm?"
"Do you want to play? You can go too if you want." Masaki said softly towards him.
"Okay, I'll go then. See you." He said as he ran towards some children playing on the snow.
"I wish Ichigo will soon learn to socialize with other people. He's still young." Masaki whispered.
"Don't worry about him. He'll be fine. He's our son." Kurosaki Isshin said to his wife.
"Well... I guess you're right."
"Come on, let's sit on the bench."
"Okay."
And they took off.
Ichigo was walking with no exact place to go to. He suddenly heard a voice. From his point of view, a very beautiful voice. Because of curiosity, he followed the place where the voice was coming from.
It's very beautiful... I wonder who owns that angelic voice...
He continued to walk and he was shocked. A young girl. In her appearance, she's like his age. And she is sitting on the branch of a tree with so much snow on it. And most of all, she's the owner of the beautiful singing voice! He continued to look at her without even blinking.
She's so beautiful... her voice, her hair, her skin, and her violet eyes. She's... she's almost perfect. She's like a snow angel...
The young girl stopped singing when she noticed a little boy's presence. She's now looking straight at him and so is he. Soon, because of the snow on the branch that the girl was sitting at, the said girl slipped and fall from the branch. Ichigo panicked but soon he realized that he's carrying the little girl in his arms.
She's as light as a feather...
The little girl's closed eyes fluttered open [she closed it unconsciously while falling from the branch...] and said, "I- I'm sorry..."
Ichigo put her down on her feet. "Are you alright?"
"Y-Yeah, I am. Thank you." The little girl replied.
"W-Well... um... you know... you have a very beautiful voice." He complimented her as his face goes madly red.
The little girl blushed. "R-Really? T-Thanks..."
"Don't mention it. Oh, my name's Ichigo. Kurosaki Ichigo. Nice to meet you." He said as he held up his hand towards her for handshake.
The little girl smiled warmly. "Nice to meet you too. I'm Kuchiki Rukia." She took little Ichigo's hand and shook it.
They smiled at each other.
Ever since that Ichigo met Rukia, he knew that he falls in love with her that instant.
-END OF PROLOGUE-
A/N: I forgot to mention... Ichigo's 8 years old here, while the Kurosaki twins were 5 years old.
A/N: Interview of the Author [Me!] with Ichigo... Part 1!
Me: Welcome to our Interview! I will interview Kurosaki Ichigo for today! Let's welcome him guys!
Ichigo: H-Hi...
Me: So, Ichigo, why did you fall in love with Rukia without knowing who she is really? Don't you think you are jumping in conclusions?
Ichigo: No, her beautiful voice is enough for me to fall in love with her.
Me: OOhhh! That's very unusual for Kurosaki Ichigo to be "love at first sight" with such a girl...
Ichigo: (got embarrassed and walked out of the room)
Me: He got angry at me... Well, never mind. Look forward for the next chapter! See yah!
-Kindly review please! Love you!~-
Next Chapter: Snow Angel
Yazumi-chan!