100 Years
"To plunder that which has been lost/Blood and flesh and bone and something else" Cover Poem of Bleach Volume 41 'Heart'
A/N: Well, the song is '100 Years' by Five For Fighting and is one of my absolute favorites of all times *-*
Like always I hope you'll enjoy reading this and I'll pray none of those wanting new chapters for my other stories will find out I wrote this^^"
A/N2: Thanks to my Reviewer! Toushi! And thanks to xXxMiserableLoveFairyxXx for adding this to your Favorite list^^~
He had never returned.
After the battle with Aizen he just never came back. They found the traitor's blade but there was no trace of his – or him for that matter. He just…
He just disappeared.
They said he was dead but there was just no way. No way that stubborn ass could die.
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I'm 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
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They said she was too shocked to accept the truth but they were those who didn't understand. There was nothing she was supposed to accept. What was there to realize? He just disappeared. It's not as if he died. Because…
Because Kurosaki Ichigo does not die.
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And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
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She was furious. Oh, hell knows no wrath like a woman scorched. And if he ever decided to come back he was so going to pay. For making her wait. Making her wait for his ungrateful ass. Because really.
A Kuchiki Rukia is not supposed to wait. People are supposed to wait for her and not vice versa, for heaven's sake!
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I'm 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
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She had lost her trust into his return only once. Around 22 years after his 'death'. The strong woman had broken down, began to cry her eyes out. The endless waiting got to her and she would've lost it probably… if she hadn't remembered that night…
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And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars
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He sat on his windowsill, staring out into the dark night, the scowl on his features a little softer and smother than usually.
She liked him better that way.
His head jerked around as she entered his room. Really, he always knew when she was near – and she didn't know whether to hate or love this fact.
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15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
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He scowled as he noticed her disheveled exterior and slowly walked towards her, concern all over his features as he got a hold on her fragile shoulders. With a scowl he locked his gaze on hers. "Rukia? What's the matter?"
Her throat felt dry as she – shuddering – got a hold on his worn-out shirt and buried her face into his chest.
"R-Rukia?"
"You aren't going to leave and never come back, right?"
His scowl deepened.
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I'm 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I'm a they
A kid on the way
A family on my mind
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"What are you talking about? Why should I go?"
She let out a humorless chuckle that sounded more like a sob. His arms wrapped unconsciously around her petite frame as her shuddering increased. "Never mind, it was just a stupid dream. You must think I'm being utterly foolish. I'll just-"
"I won't leave without a word and never come back, I promise."
She froze. "What?"
"If I happen to leave without a word…"
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I'm 45 for a moment
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"… Then just wait for me to come back, okay? Because, I would never leave you without one word of good-bye. And after I come back… you can yell at me and beat me to a bloody pulp as much as you wish to as long as you feel better afterwards."
She smiled into his chest. "I'll keep you to that, Kurosaki."
His embrace tightened. "I expect you to do so, Kuchiki."
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The sea is high
And I'm heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
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When the gang came to Soul Society they couldn't believe that she was still waiting for Ichigo. He was dead, they told her this time over time but she wouldn't bug.
"He promised me he would return and I'm keeping him to his word."
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15 there's still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
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Around 73 years after the war's end her brother began to urge her into a marriage but for one of the first times in her (after)life she fought back.
"I'm waiting for Ichigo to return."
"Rukia, when will you accept it? It's been over 70 years. That boy is dead."
"He isn't. And because he will return, I'm refusing to change one single thing in my life. And marriage is one of the last things I would do, even if he were here. Because he would get all green-eyed and send this poor guy into an early second grave."
Byakuya sighed. His sister really got obstreperous since she met that boy… one more thing about him he could hate.
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15 I'm all right with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
Half time goes by
Suddenly you're wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We're moving on...
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100 years. A whole century had gone by and she was still waiting for him. She sat at that hill where they parted after the incident with the twins. She sighed as the warm spring breeze was ruffling her hair and kimono. She wore the same like when they first parted on their own accounts. The dark lilac one with the sakura petals on it.
She sighed at the memory.
This century had made her age only a bit thanks to her Reiatsu. She now looked more like 20, maybe 25 at best.
Suddenly the wind changed and now blew into her back, sending bits of grass through the air… that scent!
Her heartbeat faltered for a moment as this scent of cinnamon filled her nose and this raw Reiatsu once again filler her mind.
She felt like dying in that very moment. It felt like a dream suddenly coming true.
"Oi, midget… long time no see…"
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I'm 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
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Slowly she turned her head, her mouth slightly gaping apart, and her big violet eyes even bigger than normal as she laid eyes on him the first time since well over 100 years.
Her voice was barely a whisper in the blowing wind but she knew he heard her just fine.
"I… Ichi… go?"
He smiled sadly at her.
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15 there's still time for you
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"I'm sorry it took me this long… I never intended to-"
But his apology was cut short as the small woman threw her arms around his neck throwing him back on the back with her on top of him and sobbing into his badly ripped Shihakusho.
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22 I feel her too
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"How… how dare you coming back after 100 years and talking like you left last week?! How dare you, Kurosaki?!"
His face saddened although his small smile never left his features. Slowly he wrapped his arms around her petite waist, pressing her more into him. He buried his face into her raven tresses.
"I'm terribly sorry, Rukia…"
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33 you're on your way
Every day's a new day...
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"I don't want to know what you did those years… I don't care where you were… just don't leave again… do you… do you even know what an excoriating pain it was to be the only one believing in your return?"
Tears of his own began to run down his cheeks as he hold onto her for dear life.
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15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
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Cupping her chin with his right hand he slowly lifted up her head to face her. And without a moment's hesitation-
He crushed their lips together, burying his hand into her soft hair.
When he broke their kiss after well over 5 minutes he let his forehead rest against hers and whispered in the lowest of voices so it was nearly blown away by the soft breeze.
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Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
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"I won't leave your side ever again, that I promise you, Rukia."
*sniffsniff*takes out tissue*
Really, I'm a total crybaby today and I don't know why, damn it! I'm crying since I got home over the smallest of things and I'm not even a frustrated pregnant woman in her last trimester! And it isn't PMS either! Damn it! I hate it when I'm this way *sniffsniff*
However, I hope you like this new installation of my little songfic collection^^~ (- what a change of mood o.O)
R&R and suggest songs like always or I'm SAAAAAAAAAAD! *sniffsniff*