Revert
A young man with orange hair sat on his bed in his room looking out of his window. Rain pelted down hitting his window. He sighed to himself as he pulled on a shirt standing up from his bed. A stuff lion pushed itself from his sock draw rubbing his eyes. "Where are you going this late Ichigo," the lion demanded as he pointed one of its paws at the orange hair youth.
"I'm going on a walk Kon," Ichigo answered as he opened his closet ignoring the occupant laying on his spare futons inside. "I'll be back in the morning or as soon as the rain stops."
Kon, the stuff lion, looked out the window and then back at the youth. "Well then I'm going too," Kon declared hopping on top of his drawer.
"No you're staying here," Ichigo denied, "I need you to explain to Rukia when she wakes up where I am 'kay?"
"What but you never simply take a walk," Kon argued.
"It's just its so close to that day I guess I'm feeling a bit mellow right now," Ichigo shrugged.
Kon looked over at the calendar to see it was the fifth of June. "Oh," Kon said a bit dejectedly, "are you sure you don't want any company?"
"Yeah," Ichigo stated as he zipped up his rain jacket, "I'm sure."
Kon nodded as he jumped back down into Ichigo's sock draw. "Okay but don't take too long," Kon lectured.
Ichigo gave a faint smile before he shut his door. "That idiot," Rukia mumbled, "he needs to stop blaming himself."
Kon who heard watched from the window as he saw Ichigo leave the house with his hood on walking down the street to the same spot he and his mother were when she was killed in front of him.
"Jeez," a guy with tribal tattoos and long red hair complained as he walked along the river bank. "Why in the hell am I here when Ichigo and Rukia are here too."
He had a sword at his side wearing black traditional clothing. He put his visors down to keep the rain from hitting his eyes. He stopped when he saw a guy wearing a green rain jacket sitting near the riverbank. "Yo Ichigo," he called out to the person waving his arm.
Ichigo didn't turn to him like he always did nor even say anything as he just stared blankly ahead at one spot in particular. "Hey Strawberry," Renji tried again when he was closer, and for added measure swung his fist hitting the youth in the cheek.
Ichigo fell to the ground his hood came off, but he didn't rise nor get angry like he always did. What the heck the red hair man thought as he looked at the orange hair teen who merely sat back up never once taking his eyes off of one spot near the river. Renji took out his cellphone, but the teen's hand grabbed his wrist before he could do any more than that. "Let her sleep right now, Renji," Ichigo stated, "She'll come here in the freezing rain if you wake her up."
"You can hear me right," Renji asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah I can," Ichigo stated. "I'm just thinking of something."
"Don't hurt your brain," Renji teased trying to get at least a normal reaction from the hot headed teen.
"Can you not bother me right here," Ichigo asked him. "Maybe I'll tell you why some day but right now I'm just thinking."
"More like brooding," Renji scoffed and then looked at the same spot Ichigo was staring at.
Suddenly his cellphone beeped and he tsked looking at it. "Damn a hollow," Renji growled, "well come on Ichigo lets go."
"I left my pass at home," Ichigo stated not even bothering to rise.
Renji's hand loosen its hold before he intensified it once again. "Damn it," Renji growled, "when I get back we're going to have a serious talk about slacking on you duties Ichigo."
Ichigo didn't comment even though Renji was desperately wanting to see even a flicker of his friend's fighting spirit. When he saw nothing he grounded his teeth before Shunpo to where the hollow was. Ichigo's face which was neutral during that time suddenly pinched as if he was in deep pain. Flashes of what had accrued in that spot came and went repeating themselves over and over. "Mom, I'm sorry," Ichigo whispered to the river, mud, and rain. "It was all my fault I'm sorry."
Suddenly the rain stopped from hitting him, and he saw the violet eyes of Rukia holding a yellow umbrella over them both. "Idiot," she said with no real malice behind her words.
He sighed and looked at the spot with her standing right next to him. Neither of them talking both of them thinking of everything as well as nothing at the same time. "You know it wasn't really you're fault right," she asked him after the long silence.
"It was," he answered, "that hollow might have helped, but it was my fault for not being able to tell the difference in the first place."
She sighed and stated, "You were just a kid though."
"Yeah but I should have known better," he shot back. "I should have been stronger."
She kept quiet knowing very well that he would continue on even if she had any more to say.
The rain finally let up a bit before sunrise and Renji came back looking utterly exhausted. "Damn it," Renji growled, "what is with all these hollows popping up one after another."
Ichigo sat by the riverside with Rukia sleeping up against him. "Hey Renji," Ichigo called holding up a hand looking up as he approached the villoet eye girl and the orange hair boy.
Startled he stopped staring at his friend who was back to normal so quickly. "You idoit," Renji growled, "because you forgot your combat pass I had to take care of all of the hollows by myself!"
"What you can't handle a few low level hollows by yourself," Ichigo questioned with a smirk on his face.
Renji didn't continue their normal banter instead just glared at Ichigo intently. "What," Ichigo asked narrowing his eyes.
"You were acting weird before," Renji stated slowly.
"Rain does that," Ichigo stated, "a lot of bad things happened on rain days for me."
"Oh yeah name one," Renji challenged.
"Rukia was forced to go back to the Soul Society and the powers she transferred to me were sealed," Ichigo stated in a heartbeat looking up towards the sky instead at one of the guilty parties.
Renji stumbled back and growled, "I was under-oof."
"Keep quiet, I'm trying to sleep," Rukia yelled hitting Renji in the gut.
"Morning," Ichigo stated, "you could get sick sleeping out here you know."
"Good morning feeling better," Rukia asked him.
Ichigo shrugged careful not to let her lose what little balance she had leaning on his arm. "As good as I'll ever get close to that date," Ichigo stated truthfully.
"What date," Renji asked.
"Oh I nearly forgot to call Ukitake-taichou," Rukia gasped.
"What date," Renji repeated.
"Why," Ichigo asked puzzled by her sudden statement.
"So you can officially have those days off 16, 17,18," she stated.
"WHAT DATE," Renji yelled in furry.
Both of the two others looked at him and then at each other. Ichigo stated, "I told you I'll tell you someday just not right now."
Renji frowned but didn't press any further. "And Rukia," Ichigo stated turning towards her, "I just want one day not three."
Rukia who was already on the phone flinched before smirking. "I just finished," she stated.
"I don't need those many days off," Ichigo sighed.
"Last time when this time rolled around those three days were the worst for you," Rukia stated, "You can't do anything half done so it makes sense to take three days off instead of just one."
"Last time we had to deal with that hollow," Ichigo countered, "seriously I'll be fine the day after."
Rukia kicked him in the head sending him flying across the grass and shouted, "You idiot I'm you're friend and I'm worried about you."
Ichigo stood up and looked at her before sighing and stated, "Right."
"Seriously you guys talking in riddles is annoying can't you speak so I can understand," Renji complained.
Rukia's phone buzzed and she looked at her screen blinking in surprise. "Well you get those days off," Rukia stated, "but they would like for you to come to the Soul Society for further discussion."
Renji frowned and muttered, "I thought they weren't going to say anything to the Deputy Soul Reaper."
"What are you muttering about now," Rukia demanded turning her head to her long term childhood friend.
"Sorry but that is top secret," Renji stated.
Ichigo stood next to them and stated, "I'll go to Hat and Clogs after school. Hopefully it won't take too long."