Yay finally a Bleach story from me! I've been planning to write one for like forever but I just couldn't stick with an idea... This is going to be a Renji x Ellie from The College Experience (I got permission from carrietheninja so I don't own her, carrie does!) also there will be IchiRuki, Uryuu x Orihime, Urahara x Yoruichi and maybe mentions of others!
Disclaimer - I own absolutely nothing... Ellie is owned by carrietheninja, and the other Bleach characters are owned by Kubo Tite...
Good & Broken
Chapter one – the beginning
It is a proven fact that humans need other human contact in order to survive but to Ellie Keegan all human contact brings is pain. It is a proven fact that most children who are abused act naughty in school in order to get the attention they never got, but not Ellie, she had learned to keep her pain inside. Ever since the tragic death of her mother seven years ago her father has taken all his pain out on her, she became his punching bag and after seven years nothing has changed…
Moonlight flittered through the thin pink material curtains of seventeen year old Ellie's room, casting a silvery shadow across the room, giving the usually warm room a ghostly look.
Ellie's tears fell quietly, he couldn't hear her crying. It would only give him the satisfaction that he hurt her and that was one thing she wasn't about to give him.
She was lucky tonight, she had escaped with only a shredded shirt, a ripped bra strap and pinch marks under all over her shoulders and stomach.
Slowly rising from her bed she took a tentative step forward, testing her jelly legs. She sighed as the muscles remained firm and she proceeded to walk to her full length mirror after flipping the light switch.
Her blue eye's widened and her whole body shuddered at the sight of herself. What had seemed to be simple pinch marks were in actual fact nail puncture marks with trickles of blood oozing out. The strap of her pale pink bra looked as if some animal had ripped it off her shoulder and several other rip marks graced the material.
Grimacing, her eyes wandered over her body, examining the various other bruises and open wounds that dotted her body. Some seemed to be healing while others looked infected. Some looked like they were going to leave a scar while others simply healed themselves leaving no mark.
She sighed, she would have to get cream for the infected ones before they festered or something worse happened. Getting the cream wouldn't be a problem, hiding it was the problem.
To her father the marks showed that he had power over his own daughter, it showed that he blamed her for the death of his beloved wife and if they were gone… Ellie shook her head, not wanting to think such unpleasant thoughts…
Walking away from the mirror she stepped into her bathroom, the tiles instantly chilling her feet.
She turned on the shower and shredded what was left of her clothes before throwing the bra into the dustbin, there was no use for it now and it looked as if it would fall apart at any moment.
She winced as the hot water touched her sensitive skin. In several places open wounds burned but it was a pain she had learned to live and breath through in her several years of abuse, besides it would fade away in a matter of moments.
Sitting down and leaning against the shower wall her minded wandered back to when she had returned home from school only moments ago…
Flashback…
The sun was setting in the background as Ellie rushed through the empty streets of Tokyo. Dread ran through her bones as she knew what was waiting for her back home… He would be furious because she was so late.
It wasn't really her fault… She had been kept up at school… talking to the only person who seemed to care about her in her short life, her English teacher, Mrs Takashi.
The woman was small and her brown hair was cropped to fit her head while her green eyes glimmered under her wiry glasses. Despite her appearance she was a very caring person and as soon as Ellie stepped into her class a year ago she had been the one to notice something about the girl.
She was first and only person to have noticed the bruises and wounds she received and began to question why she was off school so often. Ellie would always have to lie and tell her that she would get sick often… Her father being a doctor meant that she always had a doctor's note when she was absent.
Finally the brown haired lady had confronted Ellie, wanting to know the real reasons behind her absences and her bruises and she wasn't going to accept 'Oh it's nothing!' for an answer.
After class she had called the blonde to her office and Ellie had walked in, fearing what her teacher would say… Was there something wrong with her performance? Her thoughts stopped when the lady bluntly asked, "Ellie I want the truth and don't give me that 'I have a weak immune system' nonsense."
The blonde knew she was caught in a corner with nowhere to run. He had threatened that if she dared tell anyone he would kill her before she got a chance to run but how would he ever find out if he was busy at the hospital all day?
So she had spent hours in the teacher's office, pouring out all the pain she had felt for the last seven years, she finally had someone who cared, someone who noticed her pain. Maybe things would start looking up in her life now that someone knew.
Then when she had glanced at the clock her blue eyes widened it shock, he was going to be furious that she was so late! She quickly excused herself from the teacher and bolted out the office as if she had a rapid dog chasing her.
Now here she was running through the streets, barely dodging the old person or two. She ran even though her wounds pained her and the recent one on her leg was opening again but she couldn't stop now.
Biting her lip she ignored the pain and added some speed to her weak muscles, cold dread racing through her veins once again as her house come into her view.
She lived in the richer part of Tokyo and the house loomed out in front of her. Ellie found chills running throughout her body as she neared it. His car was outside meaning he was home.
She stopped running a few steps away from the house, her breath coming out in ragged, irregular gasps, she wasn't fit after her malnourishment. It didn't help that she was as skinny as hell either…
She reached for the door knob her mind debating whether to leg it or not and go to Mrs Takashi's house and then she could eventually tell someone about her abuse and they could go to the police…
Ellie's thoughts were abruptly broken as the door flung open and a pair of furious eyes greeted her and before she knew what was happening she had been pulled into the house and the door had slammed shut.
He grabbed her by the shirt and lifted the small girl up, till her feet no longer touched the ground. He pulled her face closer to his and Ellie could smell the alcohol in his breath and it disgusted her to the very core…
"Where the hell have you been?" his voice was like the low growl of an animal, ready to kill its prey…
When she didn't answer his eyes became enraged and he shook her, "I said, WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!"
"I…" she struggled to get her voice out with the panic in her throat, "… was with a teacher…"
She regretted that sentence as he moved his grip from her shirt to her neck, "DID YOU TELL HER ANYTHING?!"
"No… she was saying how my grades had been slipping and that I needed to pull my socks up," she lied and hoped that in his drunken state he would believe her.
"LIER!" he screamed throwing her down onto the floor.
Ellie backed up and prepared herself to run but her hopes were smashed as she hit something and she soon realized it was the stairs and now she had nowhere to run.
Her father looked at her and his eyes had changed… Lust had replaced the furious glare and Ellie squirmed under his gaze… It felt as if he was undressing her with his eyes.
She put her knees up and tried to cover herself but he walked closer to her the look only growing as he realized her position…
He stopped and kneeled over her before looking into her fear-filled face; it almost seemed to please him…
He reached for her shirt and instead of slowly unbuttoning it he ripped it in more than one place until it basically fell over her body.
Ellie tried desperately to cover herself from his prying eyes but it didn't help as he reached for her strap while his other hand pinched the sensitive skin under her bra.
A single tear rolled down Ellie's cheek as she now knew her fate… nothing could save her now as she felt his hand that was by her shoulder creeping down the clasp…
A vibration in his pocket stopped his assault as he violently jerked his hand away, hooking the bra strap and ripping it as he reached for the pager
He frowned before getting off Ellie and walking towards the kitchen…
End Flashback…
Salty tears now mixed with the shower water as it ran down her face. The water no longer soothed her tired and bruised skin as the memories flooded back.
This was the first time he had tried something like that… The look of lust in his eyes were burning themselves as a permanent memory.
She couldn't take it anymore as she turned off the water and leapt out the shower. The water wasn't relaxing anymore it only made the stare seem worse.
Drying herself she dressed in her pajamas and went to her bed. She sighed, her father was most probably gone by now… Going to save someone's life while he constantly killed hers, how ironic.
Her eyes went to her door, which she had slammed shut once she had reached the safety of her room. A picture was on the door, it was a picture of her family when they were still a family… She was up on her dad's shoulders while her mother had her arms around her husband… The picture brought tears to her eyes every time she saw it…
Wiping her tears away something caught her eye. Looking at the bottom of the door she saw what had attracted her attention. A small white note had been slipped under her door.
Getting up from her bed she walked over to the door and picked up the note, wincing when the wounds on her back were stretched.
Opening the note her blue eyes scanned the writing, it was definitely her father's…
Ellie
Pack your bags were leaving in the morning.
She didn't even need to read the rest as the paper fell out her hands. Just when it seemed her world had shattered it had broken into smaller pieces…
Well what did you think? This was all about Ellie's life but Renji and the gang will be introduced in the next chapter so look our for it!
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Angel