Yeah, it's my first bleach pairing without any OC's. I don't know why, but I just like the idea of this pairing... Also, Kubo-san left lots of openings that could be used for pairings... Know what I mean? Yes? No? It doesn't matter.
Uh, I guess this is also my first drabble thing...or is it just a oneshot? O.o I don't know!
Lastly, before I let ya read, I reccommend either a slow, sad song or the song "Untitled" by Simple Plan to play during this, it adds to the mood.
Disclaimer: Don't own bleach or it's characters. If I did, Grimmjow would have returned and kicked Ulqui's tail end. XD
The World Ends With You
"So you've come…girl."
It was an accusation.
His voice was filled with coldness, the same cold as the open desert around her.
But naught was as cold as the piercing eyes that stared down at her, that pierced through her like a thousand blades.
She could feel her heart stumbling as it pumped adrenaline through her veins.
It took everything within her to stand there staring up at him, to withstand the frightening power of his very stare.
His reitsu was strong; there was no doubt in her mind, but it wasn't what held her in place.
The horror she felt filled ever single part of her being, held her there staring as he held Kurosaki Ichigo in his grasp.
She saw how he was about to kill the shinigami, to put him in his place for the final time.
What she did not see was the disgust that flashed in his eyes when she saw Kurosaki, when she realized what was to happen.
How he hated the bond between the two humans.
How he wanted to end things for good.
And he would.
"You're just in time," he said, his voice monotonous as ever, "Watch closely. This is the moment the man you put hope in, will lose his life."
It was killing her. He knew that.
It was killing him to see it hurting her, and he hated that.
Hated her…
Or did he?
The confusion he felt could only be matched by the certainty that he would never be the same.
That he hadn't been the same.
Not since he had gone to fetch her.
Never had he seen a woman so strong and yet so innocent. Not once in his life had a woman, be her human, arrancar or shinigami caught his interest.
No, she was different.
But she had betrayed him.
Again the despair which he so wished to show Kurosaki enveloped him.
He knew that she hadn't really betrayed him, but that he had betrayed only himself.
He had betrayed himself the moment he had become her caretaker, the moment he had set foot in her room and spoken to her.
And now there were only three things left for him.
Confusion, despair, and…her.
And how she had intrigued him, how she still continued to!
Throughout her stay in Las Noches, she had remained the innocent yet amazingly resilient young woman, seemingly fragile, yet gutsy enough to strike him down!
And afterwards how she continued to hope, continued to survive.
He couldn't comprehend where she drew her strength from.
He was drawn to her.
How he longed for her touch! For her to look at him the same way she looked at the broken boy in his clutches.
And how he hated that bond… He wanted to crush it, to wipe its existence from the world.
It would hurt her.
He knew it would.
He would hurt her…was hurting her.
It was torture, but there was no going back.
She did not care for him.
Not like he did for her.
She had already proven it by protecting Kurosaki, and therefore pushing his world into further chaos.
There was no going back now.
The cero was warm on his fingers, warm like the way he imagined her touch would be.
She screamed for him to stop, pleaded with her eyes, eyes so filled with pain it made him hurt.
He turned away with a quick intake of breath, her scream ringing in his ears.
The cero ripped a large hole through Kurosaki's chest, killing him instantly.
Her scream seemed unending, the very sound ripping through his very soul.
His world had already ended.
Ended like Kurosaki's life.
Ended with her.
There was no turning back.