ANAlright, this was originally my friend Yuyake's Bleach story, but she wanted me to finish it like her other Bleach Fanfic. Takes place 1 ½ years after Ichigo lost his powers. R&R please
"Grrr!" Ichigo yelled, flipping his desk and running out of the class room. 'I can't stand it anymore! It's been a year and a half and I can't stand it!' Ichigo screamed in his head, sending death glares to all teachers who tried to stop them. The students stayed in their classes, to stunned to comprehend what had just happened. Ichigo walked out of school, fists clenched, and a glare so deadly that people who looked at it ran away, scared for their lives. 'I need to get some fresh air, that's all. I haven't been out of class during the day like this since- oh, right, since that damned war!' Ichigo thought, walking through woods. He stopped at one tree in particular, set his bag down, and climbed it, sitting on a large branch, his left leg dangling over. He had his back to the rough bark, but it didn't bother him. The only thing on his mind was how to fix this, how to get his powers and Her back, without having to deal with Them again. A howling noise ripped him from his thoughts, his amber eyes turning to the source, a hollow. 'Wait a hollow? That means- yes! My powers are comi- shit!' Ichigo thought, narrowly dodding a swipe from the monster. He dodged again, this time sending a kick dead-center to the thing's mask, effectively cracking it, but nothing else. He was smashed against a tree as the thing whacked him with the back of it's hand. 'Ichigo, get up! Get up, Dammit!' a voice rang out through his head as he started to black out. He felt blood running down his face, and a numbness that was soon taking over his entire body.
"Ichigo!" he heard a voice, but could do nothing about it, as his eyes started to shut, himself slowly losing consciousness. He saw a blur of black as a figure sliced through the hollow, finishing Ichigo's job. He slipped into unconsciousness before anything else could happen, his body going completely numb.
"Who are you!?" Ishida yelled, running at the figure dressed in black. It grabbed hold of Ichigo without turning to Ishida, and disappeared, leaving a very confused Quincy to grab Ichigo's stuff.
"Ishida! What happened?" Chad yelled, charging towards the scene, followed closely by Orihime.
"I, I don't know. I sensed Ichigo's power flare up, so I came charging, and when I got here, a figure dressed in black had defeated a hollow, and was standing there, watching Ichigo as blood ran down his face. I couldn't see who it was, because before I got to them, it grabbed Ichigo and disappeared," Ishida explained, recalling the whole event that he had seen.
"We need to tell the-" Inoue started, but was stopped by Ishida.
"No, we can't, for I fear that this figure is of another race, like the Vizards, or the Shinigami, we must wait till the time is right, and we take it down and save our friend," Ishida explained, a fierce look of determination in his eyes, one that matched Ichigo's when trying to save Rukia. " We do, however, have to tell his father, for he should know as to why his son is absent from the household." Ishida grabbed his friend's schoolbag, and walked off, followed by Chad and Orihime.
With Ichigo
"Mr. Kurosaki!" a figure cloaked in all black yelled, appearing inside the small clinic, carrying Ichigo's body. Isshin came running, seeming as when ever somebody yelled like that, it was usually an emergency.
"Yes, what- Ichigo!" Isshin yelled, grabbing his son from the short(Hint hint) figure. "What happened to him!? What did you do to him?!" Isshin yelled, causing the figure to jump at the anger in his voice.
"Mr. Kurosaki, he was attacked by a hollow, and when I got there, he was slammed into a tree and about to be devoured by the creature. I stopped the hollow but I didn't have enough time as to heal him on the spot, I'm sorry, please just help him," the figure said, desperation filling it's voice. Isshin looked shocked. 'Is it her? No, it can't be, she abandoned Ichigo, left for Soul Society, but who is it? The voice sounds so much like her, though,' Isshin thought, as he held his son. He quickly ran over to one of the beds and placed his son down.
"Shinigami, remove your cloak's hood so you can see properly," Isshin ordered, hoping to get a glance of who it was. The figure hesitated at first, but pulled down the hood, revealing a raven-haired girl with violet eyes. "Rukia! I'll talk to you later, but get me an IV drip asap!" Isshin watched as instead of doing as told, Rukia leaned over Ichigo, placing a hand on his head, sending Spiritual power to the wound in order to stop the bleeding and damage. "Rukia, what the hell are you doing here?" Isshin questioned, seeing her eyes sadden.
"I was sent to monitor Ichigo, and also to defeat any hollows in the area. I was ordered not to make any contact with anybody I knew, however, when Ichigo was attacked by the hollow…." Rukia drifted of, tears forming in her eyes.
"Rukia, I thought you said you were here to monitor my son?" Isshin asked, knitting his brows in confusion as to why if her mission was to monitor his son, how did she let this happen.
"I had to go kill a hollow, so I left for a moment. After I defeated that hollow, I got paged about another one and ran off to it. However, when I got their…." Rukia stopped her explanation as tears fell from her face to the floor. She turned her face down in shame, thinking she failed Ichigo. She felt a hand on her shoulder, looking up with her big violet eyes to see it was Isshin's.
"It's ok, you were doing your duty, however, what I don't get is why a hollow would target Ichigo, or why he ran off from class like that," Isshin said, drifting off into a deep thought.
"We can explain that one, Kurosaki-san," Ishida said, as he walked in carrying Ichigo's bag. "Rukia, I thought it was you who helped Kurosaki. Why are you back? When you left, Ichigo went into a deep depressive state. No, it wasn't from losing his powers. It was from losing his best friend, the only person Ichigo could be open with, happy to be around, he didn't have to put up a mask around you, and when you left, that Ichigo shattered. Which is why he broke down in class today, flipped his desk, and stormed out of school. He wanted his friend back, and when he found out he couldn't get you back, he wanted his powers so he could at least visit you once in a while," Ishida said, anger and annoyance clear in his voice. Rukia cryed even harder after that, which ended in the Quincy being punched in the face by Isshin, who was angered at how the Quincy treated Rukia.
"Leave, now. Rukia did nothing wrong, she couldn't come back because of the orders from the council and the captains, she has nowhere to be of blame in this," Isshin growled out, watching as the Quincy glared and walked out, not saying a word. Isshin reached over to Rukia, placing his hand on her shoulder yet again. "Rukia, it's ok. He's just mad because he hates seeing his friend in that state. You don't have to cry," Isshin tried comforting the girl, but to no avail.
"R-Rukia?" Ichigo's voice came out from beside them, sounding weak and confused.
"Ichigo, I'm sorry!" the raven-haired girl yelled, hugging Ichigo. "I'm sorry I left, I'm sorry I never visited, but I was under orders not too! I swear, I wish thousands of times when you were depressed, I wish I could appear and just make you feel better, but I couldn't!" Rukia cried harder, ignoring Ichigo's voice.
"Rukia, listen, it's not your fault, you can't blame yourself. But haven't you noticed anything weird about this situation? Ichigo questioned, successfully causing Rukia to stop crying and think. She looked up at his smile, and realized it all. His powers were coming back. His powers were coming back! Rukia hugged even tighter, not realizing that Ichigo was turning a deadly shade of blue. "Shorty, let go, I can't breath!" Ichigo struggled out, taking in a deep breath when Rukia loosened her grip. Rukia looked up again, showing a true, rare smile that she had always reserved for Ichigo, and Ichigo did the same, showing a smile not seen since his mother was alive. He ignored the pain in his body, enjoying his moment of happiness.
"Umm, you two, you have company," Isshin said, gesturing to Orhime and Chad, who standing in the doorway of the clinic, watching as the true Ichigo returned, and they smiled.
"Kuchiki-san! You're back!" Inoue exclaimed, happy that the transfer student was back. Chad flinched at Inoue's yelling, while Ichigo tried to get out of his hospital bed, only to be pushed back down by Rukia.
"Oh no. You're staying in that bed until your father says otherwise, understand?" Rukia asked in a sickly sweet tone, causing everybody to sweat drop.
"Alright, being that I'm the docter here, I'm ordering everybody out so that Ichigo can rest, understood?" Isshin said, watching as all three kids nodded. Inoue and Chad left quickly, while Isshin waited patiently for Rukia. Ichigo had fallen back asleep, and Rukia watched her best friend and how peaceful he looked. She leaned over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, and disappeared before the newly formed bush on her cheeks could be seen.