We are nearing the end

of this sad tale! I hope you like, though

nobody likes to see Ichigo die.

MWAHAHAHA I is evil!

So I predict (this is 4 right?)

It will probably end around 6.

Review and criticize please! ~

Here to Stay

It was a miracle that nobody noticed her absence for such a long period of time. Inoue was most likely at school or with Tatsuki. Urahara-san was doing who knows what and so on and so forth. Finally around 2 pm. Rain was slowly falling and 4 captains arrived with 3 vice-captains.

" Vice-captain Kuchiki, why haven't you come back all this time?" Her captain questioned. But Rukia didn't hear him, nor even sense all the spiritual pressures around her.

"O-oy, Rukia!" Renji hissed. Why wasn't she reacting? She knew the trouble she would be in if she didn't do what she was told. Byakuya stepped forward and coolly said,
"Step away from the body." Everybody's eyes widened.

" Captain Kuchiki, what are you talking about?" Nanao questioned.

" Oh boy, things will get shocking here. I believe sake will be appropriate when we return." Kyoraku joked.

"CAPTAIN!" Renji decided to take matters into his own hands. He marched over and decided to see why Rukia wasn't responding. All of a sudden he froze in his tracks. His eyes widened. That hair was unmistakable, the soul slayer was definitely his.

" No way, it can't be..." He said in total shock.

"What? Who is it?" Fourth squad lieutenant Isane asked.

"Isane." Her captain, Unohana warned.

"R-right." Ukitake stepped forward. A serious look was in his eyes. Who could it be to cause such a reaction. He walked over to Renji and slowly turned his head to the others.

" It's him, the Subsitute Shinigami, Kurosaki Ichigo." Not one person there wasn't shocked. Ichigo, dead? It was unthinkable. Finally, after a few minutes of silence, Nanao spoke up.

"I'm not trying to insensitive here, but what will we tell his family?" Byakuya asked,

"What do you mean?" It was a simple question, but a story would be told and that would be that.

"He has two younger sisters." Kyoraku stated, chewing on a piece of straw.

Ukitake looked and troubled, and before replying, he let out a sigh. "We have no choice but to say he was in a horrible accident." After what seemed forever, a hoarse voice spoke up.

"Make sure Inoue doesn't see."

"Rukia?"

"I am going to tear Aizen from limb to limb, Renji." And she fell silent.

Rukia thought it was pathetic. Him having two funerals. Ichigo wasn't some double agent. He was a boy who should have lived a regular life. And it was all her fault he dies. She was the one who turned him into a shinigami that day. The funeral in the Soul Society was more of tribute to a fallen soldier. Faces were solemn and few looked on the verge of breakdown. Their last hope gone. The one in the human world was much more depressing. Inoue wouldn't stopp sobbing. Yuzu was crying more than Inoue. Tatsuki was obviously hoding back tears. Karin sat stone-faced, she saw Toshiro and forced him to tell what actually happened. Isshin acted like he didn't care when he found out. But Rukia saw him over Ichigo's body with a broken look on his face. All those tears she held back at the Soul Society started spilling out. Rukia hated herself. She brought death to all those she loved. First Kaien-dono and now Ichigo. The sermon was quiet and respectful, and they buried Ichigo in a place that he would have loved. It was under a tree stretching outwards. Half in the sun and half out. She left a bouquet of flowers at his grave and disappeared, tears streaming down her face.

~ One more chapter left! I'm sorry I haven't uptadated, but the story will soon be finished! I'm sorry all you Ichigo fangirls out there! I just had to! :)