Prologue
"Rukia look out!" Renji shouted.
Rukia ducked just in time for the claw of the Hallow to pass over her head. She took a deep breath.
Renji blocked another attack that almost hit Rukia.
"How many are there?" Rukia shouted. There were too many too count.
She slashed again but ended up getting hit on her arm.
"Shit!" she screeched. Her arm was broken, her main arm at that. "Shit! Shit! Shit!" she attempted to block another attack but if Renji had not jumped in front of her she'd be dead.
"Shit! Why are there so many Hallows here? Where the hell is everyone else?" Renji tried not to panic; which was really hard.
Rukia managed on with one arm; the Hallows were getting less and less.
She slashed through another Hallow.
"Rukia! Behind you!" Renji shouted.
She whipped around and brought her sword up to defend herself but she didn't have enough strength with one arm.
The Hollow's claw cut across her face and neck.
"RUKIA!" Renji screamed, cutting through the Hollow and leaning down next to her.
"Getsuga Tensho!" the attack cut through the last of the Hollows.
"Shit, Renji, what happened?" Ichigo called.
"The Hollow got her." Renji informed quietly.
"R-Renji. Ichi…go," Rukia choked out, "your both… the greatest…. friends I could… ever... have." She coughed. Her breathing was ragged and getting weaker and smaller breaths.
"Rukia." Ichigo could feel tears coming down his face.
How? Why? Why had there been so many Hollows? Aizen was dead. Why? Why? Why Rukia?
Both Renji and Ichigo cried. They'd just lost one of the most important people to them.
"Why?"
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Toshiro slashed at a Hollow. Damn. There was so many. Where was everyone else?
"Damn it." he cursed under his breath barely dodging another attack.
His breathing was heavy, his clothes blood stained. It had to have been at least 2 hours and still it was just him and more Hollows than he thought he could handle.
"SHIT!" he shouted as he felt a blow to the back of his head, momentarily disorienting him.
He turned around in time to block another attack that sent him crashing to the ground hard.
He rolled as another Hollow tried to land an attack but a second one got him on his already damaged head.
"Shit." He breathed weakly while slashing at another Hollow.
'Three more.' He thought, hoping he could maybe make it but doubting it.
He slashed at one but got hit on the side.
'Two more.'
His slashed but his aim was off and the Hollow dodged easily while slashing out at him and managing to make a gash on his left arm.
"Shit." He stumbled to the side.
He attempted to block an attack with one arm but got knocked to the ground again. He heard a crack and felt pain in his left arm, broken.
'Shit, shit, shit.' He cursed in his mind.
He made an attempt at another Hollow, and by Kami-sama's grace, managed to land a killing blow.
'Just one more.' He thought.
He blocked landed a blow but it wasn't a killing one, not by a long shot.
He felt the wind knocked out of him; the Hollow hit his chest.
Toshiro made one last desperate attempt and brought his sword up. He managed to get the Hollow but he was wounded too.
His mind was blank as he attempted to breathe. He wasn't gonna make it, he knew it. He'd lost too much blood. He'd need medical attention soon, no where over 20 minute's time from then, probably much less.
He let his eyes close, too tired to keep them open.
He could faintly hear someone scream.
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Rangiku shunpoed to her captains side.
Her eyes were wide, her breathe was coming in heavy gasps, and she could feel tears already coming down her face.
"Taicho." She murmured.
She picked up his hand and tried to feel for a pulse in his wrist. She didn't feel anything. She moved her hand to his pulse on his neck. It was there but faintly.
"Taicho." She sobbed. He was already gone.
She could feel Momo's presence near her.
"Shiro-chan!" she shouted and then she was there leaning down on the other side of him.
"He's already gone, Momo." She murmured quietly.
"Why him?" Momo sobbed quietly. "Why Shiro-chan?"
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'Where the hell is this?' Toshiro asked himself. He was on the verge of panicking.
He couldn't sense Hyourinmaru. He couldn't sense anything.
The place in itself wasn't creepy though. It was a building or maybe just a collection of rooms; Toshiro had yet to find a window or anything that showed the outside world beside portraits.
He stopped to examine the current room he stood in. It wasn't that spectacular looking. Wooden floors, wood paneled walls, a wood fireplace that didn't seem to emit any warmth of any kind yet the room was warm, and an off white couch. There were portraits scattered around of serene places and a small potted tree that had leaves low to the ground in front of the other door. Aka the one he hadn't come in through.
He looked at the tree. Was there anything else living in this place besides all these damn plants?
He sat with his back against the pot.
"Gyah!" came a female voice as someone tripped over him.
The girl's feet were in her lap and the rest of her was sprawled on the floor.
"Ow."
She had black hair and was on the smaller side. She was very familiar though.
"Kuchiki!" he said feeling a bit better. At least he wasn't alone.
"Hitsugaya-taicho!" she said the relief showing in her voice.
She quickly got off of him. "Do you know where we are?"
"I wish. It's unnerving all these rooms but no windows." He responded. She nodded in agreement.
"Do you remember how we got here?" she asked.
He remained silent for a few moments, "I… can remember dieing…. Can you sense your Zaunpoukto?"
"N-no, can you and what do you mean dieing? Does that mean we're dead?"
"No I can't feel him and yes, I do think we're dead. Damn it." 'This is starting to freak me out.' He finished in his head.
The door Toshiro had come through opened again suddenly. The too looked up to see who it was.
He was old. His hair was gray and long. He had a beard that reminded him of Yamamoto's but gray and loose.
"Who are you?" Toshiro asked.
"That's a good question that I wish I could answer for you and have you understand. I am 'everything' if you may." His voice held his age but it was also calm and soothing.
"That wasn't helpful." Rukia muttered.
Toshiro silently agreed. "Can you tell us where we are?"
"My house. The house Shinigami come to when they die. The house of decisions." He said, voice filled with wisdom.
"Decision of what?" Rukia piped in.
"Whether you go on or not." He held up one hand when Toshiro opened his mouth. "Let me explain a bit more. A Shinigami is already dead so when you die you go someplace else, like how you went to Soul Society. No, you don't come here; you come hear for the decision if you go on or not. I do not decide this. The house does."
"Go on where?" Toshiro asked, "Why does there need to be a decision?"
The man chuckled softly, "There is always a decision and it is always made here unless you are to go to Hell." Toshiro and Rukia breathed a sigh of relief.
"What does… uhm…. The house decide?" Rukia asked feeling slightly stupid.
"Ah, ready to go already? Most like to wait." He informed.
Toshiro snorted, who'd want to stay here?
"If it's your decision the house has… a special… task for you too."
"What?" the two deceased Shinigami shouted together. This had to be some bad joke.
"It is rare, for the house to decide to have someone be reborn, especially rare if it's two. That's how I know there is something special in place for you two. I have only seen one person reborn before." He explained further.
"This is…" Toshiro started.
"Confusing." Rukia finished.
"I am just the houses physical form, bearer of your fate, I cannot explain everything."
"Clearly," Toshiro muttered, "You can't even explain who the hell you are." If the old man heard Toshiro he ignored him.
He placed one of his hands on Toshiro's head and one on Rukia's head. The two faded away until there was nothing but air where they had been.
The old man put his hands together and his head down.
"For whoever may hear me, please listen. Bless the two's souls. For they have some hardships ahead of them."
Should I continue this? I already have chapters 1-5 outlined and I just have to put them together and finish outlining more chapters. I don't know how long this story will be but it could get pretty long. I know the action in my outline hasn't really picked up yet but it's the first five chapters and if you could bear with me I know I can pick the action up once I'm done deciding one of the major conflicts.
Ok, so if I add any pairings in this it would mainly be Hitsuhin&IchiRuki, HistuHina&RenRuki or HitsuRuki and probably along with some other pairs.
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