Rukia

The walls stare back at me. Are my eyes as blank as the stones that make up this tower of purgatory? I'm sure they are. It doesn't matter I should be here. I deserve it, if not for losing myself in the other world then for killing my friend.

'Kaien!'

'Now I can leave my heart behind.'

'KAIEN!'

I wince at this painful memory. Kaien…It's my fault your gone. Don't entrust your heart to me. My execution is in a couple of days, I feel it in my bones. I don't keep track of how long I have been in here. It would be useless for I am eager to atone for my sins. Before I die though I must ask them to return my friends to safety. I won't let them die for me. I won't die with that regret.

I walk to the miniscule window and sit on the cold ledge. It's so sunny and beautiful outside this square opening. The weather is in complete contrast to the civil war that rages beneath it. A war started because of me. Me. Why?