It was a few days after I had been taken away, and Ichigo decided to talk to Kisuke Urahara about what happened.
"I heard about that," Said Urahara, though he wasn't about to tell him just how he knew. "Rukia seems to have gotten herself into a lot of trouble, hasn't she?"
"'Seems to'?!" Ichigo glared at the man for stating the obvious. "She's going to be killed, for crying out loud!!" He hissed. "I can't let that happen!"
"Calm down, Ichigo..." Urahara said, this time, a bit seriously. "You don't want to mess with the Soul Society, trust me. I think it'd be best if you just left her alone."
"What part of 'she's going to be killed' did you not understand?!!" Ichigo snapped in the man's face. "I can't just 'leave her alone' when her life is about to be taken from her!!"
Urahara was silent for a moment, but soon shouted, "ICHIGO, DROP IT!!" He was glaring now, waiting for the boy to listen to him.
Ichigo closed his mouth, and gulped.
"Look, Ichigo," Urahara said after a minute, this time, more calmly. "If what I'm thinking is correct, then I know Rukia will be fine."
"What're you thinking?!" Ichigo gasped, a bit excited to know.
"I can't tell you..." Urahara had a serious look in his eyes.
Ichigo stared at him. "Wh-What?! Why?!"
"Can't say." Urahara turned his head away.
"What the hell can you tell me, then?!" Ichigo was becoming annoyed. "You can't tell me what you're thinking, or why...so what can I know?!"
"You can know that Rukia will be safe." Urahara looked back at him. "And that 'someone' out there won't let her be killed, even if they have to go against the laws of the Soul Society to save her!"
Ichigo had absolutely no idea of what to say about that. He was shocked. Speechless. Completely at a loss for words!
But then, he had to think: Would I, Rukia Kuchiki, really be okay?
Meanwhile, I was locked up in the Repentance Cell, downright miserable. I was to be killed thirty days from now, and the only thing I could do was to just sit there and wait.
Just sit there and wait for my death, wondering: Was anyone going to come for me? To save me?
I thought not. I broke the law, therefore, I deserved to die...but was what I did really that bad?! So I shared my powers with a human to save us...so what!
But then I remembered that my thoughts on the matter were meaningless. Nothing I could say could release me from this fate; I was to die, and nothing could be changed about that.
I was brought away from my morbid thoughts when Renji stopped by to see me. And it didn't matter how close a friend he was to me, I had every right to glare at him. To give him such an angry look, it was like I was striking him with daggers. I wanted him to know how mad at him I was, and this was only one of the ways I was going to show him.
"How dare you?!!" I hissed, my words sounding so mean, so evil, that I could almost taste venom burning on my tongue. "Do you really want me to die, Renji?! SERIOUSLY?!" I began to cry tears of anger as I growled at him, waiting for a reply.
He hissed under his breath as he bit his lip, squinting his angry eyes; annoyed with me for shouting at him before he could tell me what he came to my cell to say. "Grr, RUKIA-!!!" He snapped at me so loud, I knew he wanted me to shut up, and I did.
He let out a few deep, angry breaths, then looked up at me, his once furious expression now one of sadness...and of guilt. He started off by answering my question from before, "No, I don't want you to die, Rukia." He frowned. "That's why I talked to Byakuya about this. He's going to 'handle' the situation, if you know what I mean."
I blinked a few times as my eyes widened just a bit. I stared at him. Did he just say...what I think he said? "Y-You mean-" I gasped, completely overcome by surprise. "M-My brother's going to-" Okay, so I couldn't complete my sentences anymore; I had no idea what to say!
"Yes," Renji nodded, a slight smile forming on his lips. "He's coming for you, Rukia," He winked at me as he finished his sentence, "No matter what."