Author's Note: This is my first Bleach fanfic. Please excuse my jejune writings.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.
This Light I See
By annyenil
Toukaba Houseki had been wandering on the streets for a few days. Rukongai was no place for her. She was kicked out of the house she had been living in because she stood up to the adult when her "brother" wanted an extra bag of confetti candy. She was flouted. They always said, "Houseki again? She thinks she's still a royalty?"
Houseki's family used to be one of the great noble clans in Rukongai. But about 10 centuries ago, her grandfather was forced to abdicate his powerful position in the Gotei 13 and the Toubaka clan was expelled from Sereitei. It was a grave mistake, an indelible mark, though Houseki was never told how, or what had occured. She has been alone since she was born, left on the streets of the 73rd district on Rukongai. And that was when she met a little girl with amber, wavy hair and a maternal air. Together, they became best friends.
Then one day, her friend was taken away, leaving Houseki all alone again. All she had of her friend was a pink ribbon. Ever since then, she has been plagued by a constant nightmare of a face. A countenance……yet so malicious….white……
She swore she would get stronger. She would strengthen her reiatsu and become a shinigami, so that she could find her old friend back, so that she could avenge the Nightmare. So that she could leave this darkness forever.
The last descendant of the Toukaba clan was known to be a lunatic. She walked her flaneur's promenade to the edge of a murky river, looking at her reflection intensely. It was blurred, it was sallow. It was just who she was: a fallen princess.
"I want to be a shinigami." She tells everyone.