Watching as the fall rolls on by and winter moving in, I sit on Sokyoku Hill with my feet dangling off the edge of the as I hummed our wedding song. How I love this song. It always reminds me of the good things I have to live for. Well… to watch over now I suppose. He he… I keep forgetting I'm dead… oh my… My, look at all those people… they look like ants! He he! Oh look! It's Shunsui! I should go see how he's doing.

I jumped down from the tall hill then race toward him. He stops at my grave and I frown slightly at the sadness on his face but then smile. "Aw… I'm glad you came to see me Shunsui. That's very sweet of you." I leaned over and gently peck him on the cheek and his eyes widened. He looked around but he can't see me…

I giggle a bit "I could tease him if I wanted to!" I lean forward again to start to poke him when he starts to speak.

"Jyuushirou I… I did a terrible thing that I'm not proud of…" he stared.

My eyes widened and I stop what I was doing. I look at him.

"I… I almost got rid of your ring… I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking straight. It's just so hard not being able to see you every day. I just really want you back in my arms. It's very lonely with you not here. You were the only thing that really kept me going and I just… I just don't think I can do it any more… but I promise that I will try. I don't want to give up like this just because no one's there when I come home but that doesn't mean I need to shut down like this." he gently put his hand on the grave stone then gently ran his fingers over my first name "Jyuushirou… I just hope that you're not suffering…" then he reached in his pocket and white narcissist and placed it on top of the stone after he kissed it. "I love you Jyuushirou…" then he stood up and walked away.

I stood there in the same position that I was before with my eyes widened. I looked at the flower then gently pick it up. "Aw Shunsui…" then I looked up. I have to show him that I'm alright. I just have to! If I do, then maybe he'll be happier and less moopy! Yes! That is what I will do!

I quickly set down the flower and ran after him "Shunsui!!" I shouted but it seems that he could not hear me. I ran in front of him and put to my arms out. "Shunsui stop!" but he past right thru me. The strange feeling of not being matter made me shiver and wrap my arms around myself. I turned around and watched him continue to walk.

Then I saw Nanao and I quickly ran to her. Sneaking behind her I put my mouth to her ear. "Do not act different." I tell her. Her eyes widened slightly but then she saw her captain coming and she went back to what she was doing. "Good. Now go to the tree that you and I talked together at. Act normal and don't let Shunsui notice that you know I'm here." I told her.

She fixed her glasses and pick up the book that she always walked around with. She began to walk toward the door. Shunsui looked up at her "Nanao-chan, where are you going?" he asked.

Nanao didn't turned around "I'm going to see Matsumoto-san." She told him then left the room. Once she was a safe distance any from her division, she glanced at me. "Ukitake-Taichou, what is it?" she asked.

I put my finger to my lips "Wait until we get there, then I'll tell you everything."

She looked forward and nodded very slightly.

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Once we got there I sat down in front of her with my legs crossed. "Nanao-san please, you have to help me be able to let Shunsui see me and hear me." I told her.

Nanao tilted her head "He can't see you?" she asked.

I shook my head "No he can't. I pecked him on the cheek and he felt that but when I called his name, he didn't hear me. Then I tried to stop him but…" I put a hand to my chest "… he just past right thru me… it seemed to me that he didn't even notice that he walked thru something." I looked up at her "Do you have any idea why he couldn't be able to see me but you can?"

Nanao shook her head "I don't know. But I have an idea. Who else was close to you?" she asked.

"Well everyone was."

"No, I mean really close to you. Like someone who didn't think you really died." She explained.

I thought "Hmm… well… I watched everyone at the burial and the only person who didn't seem sad was Byakuya-kun. But he never show emotion so I don't know about him." I told her.

Then she stood up "Please come with me. If Kuchiki-Taichou can see you then I think I know what's wrong."

I tilted my head some but then nod and follow her.

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She knocked on the door of the 6th captain's door and Byakuya called thru it too her. "Come in." he said in his dull voice.

She turned to me "Please stay here until I tell you to come in."

I nodded and watched her open the door and walk in side. I pressed my back to the wall and hold my hands to my chest. I couldn't see what was going on, but I would hear them.

"Nanao-Fukutaichou, what can I help you with?" Byakuya said.

"Kuchiki-Taichou, I have a favor to ask of you." Nanao said.

"What is it?"

"Um… I want you tell me if you can see someone…" she explained, a but insertion on how she should put the sentence.

"Nanao-Fukutaichou I have no time for you foolish-…"

"No please sir. Just… try."

There was a pause then I heard Nanao's voice again. "Thank you sir." She said, telling me that Byakuya probably nodded. I heard footsteps then I saw her again. She motioned for me to follow her. "Come on."

I bit my lip then walked inside. I looked around the room then at Byakuya. His eyes were wide and he slowly stood up. I heard the door close behind me and Nanao stood by my side.

"U-Ukitake-Taichou…" Byakuya said quietly.

I smiled "Byakuya-kun, you can see me!" I ran to him and hugged him tight "Oh I'm so glad someone else can see me too! I was so worried that everyone had lost hope! But I knew that you Byakuya would be able to see me! Not a doubt in my mind!" I told him.

He stumbled back and shivered. I looked at him "What's the matter?"

"You're… you're very cold…" he told me.

I chuckled some "Well being dead tenses to do that to ya!"

He smiled a bit at the joke "I can't believe that you're still here… why?" he asked.

I stepped back and put my hands behind my back "Well Shunsui still has his ring and he still loves me so I can walk around here forever or where ever he goes!" I told him.

"Well that's good I suppose." Byakuya said.

I nodded and chuckled. "Oh!" I turned around to Nanao who was now writing something down in her book. I blinked some and walked to her. "May I see what you're writing?" I asked.

Nanao nodded and showed me. "It's a little tally graph. There are two tallies on the visible side then there is one on the invisible side. The two is Kuchiki-Taichou and I and the other one is Kyoraku-Taichou. I was hoping that you could walk around with me and I can write down how many people can see you and how many that can. It's just an idea but I think I know what's wrong."

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We went around the Seireitei together; asking specific people if they could see me or not. So far, the only people that could see me were Yamamoto, Hitsugaya, Yachiru, Byakuya, Unohana, Ichigo, Yoruichi, Kuukaku, and Matsumoto. The people who couldn't see me were Renji, Yumichika, Ikkaku, Kenpachi, Momo, Soi Fon, and Rukia.

I sighed and plopped down in the grass as my eyes closed. "Are we done?" I asked. walking around the whole entire Seireitei was more work then I remembered.

Nanao nodded as she scribbled down into her black note book "Yes sir. I believe I have collected enough information to come to a conclusion."

I sighed "Well that's good…" I looked up at her "You know what? I think Mayuri could see me though you wrote him down as not being able to see me. He acted strangely when I walked into the room. I have a bad feeling about that…" I told her.

She glanced down at me then went back to writing. "I wouldn't think anything of it sir. He's strange like that."

I tilted my head then nodded "Yeah… I suppose you're right… So what did you get?"

She knelt down and turned the note book to show it to me "Well the people that thought you really weren't dead could see you and the people that thought you were couldn't so that brings me to the conclusion that-…"

"That Shunsui really thinks I died…" I finished for with wide eyes.

She nodded "Yes I'm afraid so…"

"This is terrible! I have to get Shunsui to be able to see me!!" I quickly jumped up and started toward the 8th division. Nanao quickly followed.

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I stood watching Shunsui sit as his desk and finger at the design on it. Oh it pained me so much to see him so sad… Then I turned to Nanao "Are you ready? You know the plan?"

Nanao nodded then walked into the room holding her black note book close. Shunsui looked up at her and forced a smile. "Oh hello Nanao-chan, how are you?" he asked somewhat quietly.

Nanao sat down at her desk and set her book on it. "I'm quite well. I saw Ukitake-Taichou today."

Shunsui smiled and shifted his weight so that both his hand. "You went to visit his grave? That's nice of you…"

"No, I saw him today." She looked at the doorway I stood in and pointed at me. "He's right there."

Shunsui looked at the door way and I looked at him. His eyes were slightly wide but then he chuckled as he smiled and closed his eyes. "Very funny Nanao-chan." He said.

Nanao sighed and I walked over to my lover. "Now he's standing next to you." she said as I positioned myself next to him.

Kyoraku's smile disappeared and he looked at her with a slight glare. "Stop it Nanao." He said in a firm voice.

This surprised both me and Nanao but Nanao looked at me and nodded. I nodded back and leaned over to gently place a peck on his cheek. Kyoraku's eyes widened and he put his hand on his cheek as he quickly looked up at me then looked at Nanao.

"He just kissed your cheek." Nanao said.

Then I poked him in the shoulder and he jumped again.

"He just poked you in the shoulder."

Then I took the hair tie out of his hair and held it in front of him. He jumped once again and stared at the hair tie with wide eyes.

"He just took it out of your hair and now he's holding it in front of you."

Kyoraku stood up quickly and slammed his hands on the desk's top with a lot of forces. His chair flew back and broken with a loud crashing sound that made me and Nanao jump. I dropped the hair on to the desk and Kyoraku glared at his vice-captain.

"Damn it Nanao stop it!!" he shouted.

We both stared at him in shock then watched as he started for the door.

"Shunsui wait!" I shouted then quickly jumped in front of him. This time I would not let him past thru me. Instead of walking thru me like he had done before, he bumped into me causing him to stumble back. His eyes widened and he stared at me; the spot I was standing in at least… then slowly reached out. His fingers brushed along my cheeks then on my eye lids as I closed my eyes. He then pressed my bangs to my forehead gently.

He took his hand back "J-Jyuushirou…?" he said quietly.

I slowly smiled "Shunsui… can you see me?" I asked back.

He slowly nodded and I smiled more as tears fill in my eyes then dance down my cheeks.

"R-Really?"

He nodded again and reached out to wipe away my tears then he looked at his wet finger tips. "Tears…" then looked back up at me. "Am I seeing things…?"

I shook my head "No Shunsui… you're not… I'm really standing right in front of you." I told him softly then slowly reach up and put my hand on his cheek. He flinches slightly then put his hand on my hand. He grips it tight then smiles too as tears fill in his eyes.

"Jyuushirou… it's… it's really you…! I thought you die…" he told me.

I nodded "I did die Shunsui," then I took his hand with the wedding ring on it and held it up. "But your love that you had for me was strong and you still had your wedding ring so I could go where everywhere you did."

He stared at me through the tears on the edges of his eyes then pulled me into a tight and close embrace. "Jyuushirou… oh my Gosh it is you… Jyuushirou…"

I smiled and hugged him back as my eyes lowered themselves. "Oh Shunsui… I love you so much…"

"I love you too… Jyuushirou…" he whispered in my ear softly.

Then all of a sudden the doors behind us flow open and hit the walls with a loud crashing sound, causing everyone in the room to jump. I turned around slightly in my lover's arms to see Mayuri standing there with a strange looking gun in his hands and an evil grin on his lips.

Nanao stood up, calmly placing her hands on the table "Kurusaki-Taichou, what are you doing here if I might ask?" she said.

"I have come for Ukitake—Taichou…" he said then aimed the gun at me. "I am going to take his soul and put in a container where I will experiment on him to see how his soul is built and how much it can take before disappearing into thin air." He said.

I gripped to Shunsui's kimono top tight and pressed again him in fear of what the mad scientist was going to do to me. He always made me feel uneasy and always asked me if he could do some of the scariest things to me. Shunsui always would walk very close to me whenever we walked near the other man. I could have sworn he was going to jump on his and choke him when he was eying me at one of the captains' meetings.

Kyoraku wrapped his arms around me tight as he glared at him. "You will do no such thing… I will NOT lose him again!" he shouted.

"If you don't move Kyoraku-Taichou… I cannot guaranty that you will live." Mayuri said not even moving the gun a bit.

"Then kill me."

My eyes widened and I looked up at Shunsui. "Shunsui no! You can't die! You have no idea how scary it is to die… It's more painful than anything in the world and you're always cold... I don't want you to go through that!!"

Kyoraku looked down his with warm and loving eyes "Jyuushirou I don't care… if I die then I could be with you forever…"

I just stared at him "Shunsui…"

"Move now Kyoraku-Taichou!" Mayuri shouted.

Kyoraku glared at him "No."

"Then you leave me with no choice…" Mayuri aimed the gun at my head then pulled the trigger. A bolt of gold flu right at me.

I quickly put my head into my lover's chest, braising for impact but then Kyoraku threw me out of the way and the bullet flew right threw his heart.

Everything stopped.

I quickly looked up at him just in time to see the bullet shoot out of his back. My eyes widened as his did. "Shunsui!!!" I screamed as he started to fall and blood flew everywhere. It painted the walls with pain and sadness as well as the skin of his vice-captain.

I quickly ran to him just in time to catch him in my arms. I held him close to me as I shifted my weight so that I could sit on my knees. Tears flowing down my cheeks as fast as the waters of the Amazon run toward the see, I looked down at him. His eyes rolled to the back of his head as his body started to become very pale and very cold.

"Shunsui wake up!! Please!! I need you Shunsui!!" I screamed at the tops of my lungs. "Shunsui no… please… don't die…! Don't die…" I whispered as I put my face in his chest. I didn't care that my white hair was probably turning pink. It was his blood that was dying it…

Nanao was quiet so I'm guessing she was staring in disbelief that her captain just died in front of her… The poor dear… I really hoped that she never had to see this but… I guess that it couldn't be helped. Then I hear her shout a Kido number with the words 'Six Bars of Light' followed after. Mayuri grunted which tells me that she got him in the hold. Then quiet weeps were heard...

"You bastard!! I can't believe that you just killed a man for your own presence game!!" Nanao shouted. Mayuri said nothing to this.

I looked down at my love then sniffle and smile as I feel that we are down slowly fading away from it all. "Well Shunsui… heh… I guess you got your wish… We shall always be together now…" I whisper to him, afraid that if I spoke any louder, my voice would have broken.

"Ukitake-Taichou!!" Nanao shouted.

I looked up at her with a sad but soft smile, tears still drenching my cheeks. There was a mix of all different kinds of hurtful emotions on her face as her cheeks were dampened. Her hands stopped to bleed due to her making such tight fists of anger and pain.

"Please don't shed such sad tears Nanao-san… You have helped both me and Shunsui greatly and we surely thank you. If it wasn't for you then I would be dead right now. If it wasn't for you Nanao-san… Shunsui would still be a moping man of nothing but sadness and sorrow; regret and remorse. So please don't cry dear child. A pretty face should not bare so many tears." I told her with a soft voice.

She stared in pain as we both faded more and more away from that land but then she showed a smile. She nodded once "Take good care of my taichou Ukitake-Taichou. If you don't then I'll hunt you down." She told me in a somewhat shaky and joking tone.

I chuckled some as I looked down at the man I fell in love with 2,00o years ago."I promise…"

Then everything was gone…