Forebearence
(Crossover: Bleach/Ranma 1/2; Byakuya+Kasumi)
When Kasumi dies, it is a shinigami that comes to collect her.

By: Rosethorn Li


This was not supposed to have happened. Never in all that she had thought possible, was she to have died.

"If I may," she says to the shinigami come to collect her, "might we stay here for a bit? You have my promise that I shall not cause any trouble." She shall not outright beg; this one is much too refined to accept such an act with anything but contempt.

There is her family to look after, until they are ready to move on. No one is fighting and that...she cannot leave them like this.

He is silent, and perhaps she expected him to be. No answer can, at times, be better than one, when it is open ended.

"...for now." It is quietly said, a commanding murmur, but she hears him all the same.

"Oh!" It is on impulse she hugs him, nothing more. And it is nothing that he stiffens, in indignation, or anger. "Thank you very much, shinigami-sama."

It is only right to pull away with a bow, as if nothing had happened. No use upseting his honorable pride; he was the one to grant her heartfelt request.

Father would take charge. With him, this silence would break, and they would be lively once again. But for now, she would be grateful for what little she had.