A/N: I have three more chapters before this story will be finished as well! I hope to get it done so I can start on the other two!
Anyway, thank you to everyone who reviewed!
November 10 (Tuesday)
Oh it's torture! Pure torture! My heart leans to Kaien, to be with him. Then it leans to Ichigo. I can feel my powers growing and last night I had a dream...I was flying in this dream. Ichigo was on the ground and Kaien was flying next to me. I wanted to go back down to the ground but Kaien wouldn't let me. I woke up in a cold sweat. I have a bad feeling about today...
Nov. 10
She's like a blooming flower. I can't stand holding back when I'm with her. Her power is breaking away the mask, light shines in her eyes, drawing me closer. Oh how the gods must laugh! I had a dream last night. I saw Rukia flying in the air, she looked so happy but sorrow filled her eyes when she saw me standing on the ground. I reached out to her but she was taken away. I woke up screaming her name.
Rukia...how I wish you were mine and not Kaien's.
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I washed my face, staring up at my reflection in the mirror, little droplets of water hanging onto my eyelashes. I could almost imagine white wings on my back.
"Rukia, what do you think about the color amber?" Hisana asked walking into my bathroom, holding up a blanket that was a soft shade of amber.
Instantly my mind thought of Ichigo's eyes.
"It's not very baby...colored." I tried to explain but Hisana only nodded. She was understanding me a lot more lately. I liked it. Byakuya was slightly more talkative but only in passing and Hisana was spending more time home and not at work. This house felt more like a home.
"I was thinking ocean blue if its a boy and cherry blossom pink if its a girl." Hisana said affectionately placing her hand on her stomach. I could imagine what she would look like with a big balloon stomach. I almost giggled at the thought, seeing her waddle around the house and Byakuya running out to pick her up strawberries—whoah, strawberries? I shook my head to get Ichigo out of my thoughts.
"Rukia, if you need to talk. I'm here." Hisana said before she left my bathroom leaving behind the amber colored blanket. I wanted to tell Hisana about Kaien, about Ichigo, about my powers and everything. I couldn't though, she has no memories of her own powers. She would ask if I was doing drugs or something and then cast it aside.
I picked up the amber blanket before setting it down on my dresser. I needed to get dressed for school...
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When I got to school, Ichigo was waiting for me at the entrance. Renji was by his side and they were chatting like old friends. I was both happy at the sight and a little sad too, Renji...my best friend...who I've been excluding from my life for his own safety.
"Mornin' Rukia." Renji said when I walked up the two.
"Morning!" I greeted with a smile.
"Oh, Rukia. This is the book I borrowed...for that assignment. Here." Ichigo said taking a leather bound book from his bag and handing it to me.
The second my fingers touched the surface, I knew two things, I knew this book was originally my grandmothers and he borrowed it from her. My eyes grew wide and my grip tightened on the book.
My world faded from view.
I saw my grandmother yelling and throwing small vials. A tear in the wall was exploding with demonic energy. There were Hollows surrounding my grandmother, oh god! She was screaming and tears in her delicate eyes. She held her hand to her heart and then....
I was back in front of my school. I was breathing heavily and I was too aware of Ichigo's hands on my face.
"Rukia? Rukia?" He called out and I brushed away his hands.
"I'm fine." I said looking past Ichigo to see Renji with a smile on his face.
"Good to see you two are getting along." Renji said with a big grin.
"It's not like that!" Ichigo said turning around. I nodded my head and gave Renji an almost pleading look.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll tell the teacher you're sick." Renji said waving us off before he entered the school as the bell rang.
"What did you see?" Ichigo asked, his amber eyes back on me.
"Grams. She's in trouble! We have to go. We have to." I could barely get my words out. Ichigo understood and he took my hand, teleporting us to Grams house.
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We got there at the same time Kaien did.
"I came as soon as I felt the unusual flux in demonic energy." Kaien said hurrying inside with Ichigo and I.
"I got a vision." I said yanking open the basement door. "Grandma? Grams?!" I called out her name into the darkness. Ichigo clicked on the light for me. My hands jumped to my mouth in shock.
In the wall was a portal, it looked like a giant scar against the concrete wall, and it was pooling out dark black clouds of energy. Hints of purple light escaped and shone against the opposite wall.
I ran towards the portal and extended my hands, white light emitting from them. I closed my eyes and tried to search for my grandmother. I couldn't sense her anywhere. I could only feel darkness, pain, and a disgusting feeling of abandonment.
I drew my hands back and leaned against the wall, my forehead thick with sweat. Kaien wiped it away with his sleeve.
"You okay?"
I nodded.
"Ichigo? Please, close it. I can't stand the...emotions coming from it. It hurts." I clutched at my chest, realizing that it was suddenly very hard to breathe. Kaien was telling me something about breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. Ichigo stared at me and something changed in his eyes.
He shifted, transformed right before my eyes, and became the Hollow Ichigo that haunted my dreams. He reached out and shut the portal with his two hands. I could breathe again.
Then Ichigo turned around and lunged at Kaien.
I only had a half second to react, but it was all instinct. A white barrier appeared in front of Kaien and knocked Ichigo backwards into some old Yule boxes. He shook his head and returned to his normal mortal self. My barrier melted and I stared at Ichigo with wide eyes.
"Sorry." He mumbled.
"It's cool. You shouldn't go all demonic when you've got jealousy burning inside your heart." Kaien said with a light shrug. How could he be so carefree?
I sighed loudly, "Can I have a moment with Ichigo? I mean..." I shook my head trying to get my words straight. Kaien chuckled and patted my head before retreating up the stairs. Ichigo disentangled himself from the boxes and stood to face me.
"I didn't think I would..." Ichigo scowled.
"It's okay." I said placing one hand on his cheek. Ichigo's eyes went wide and I could feel my stomach fluttering. I wasn't even sure what I was doing but it felt right at the time. I leaned up on my shoes and kissed him.
Oh my Goddess...I was kissing Ichigo.
His lips were soft and gentle, totally opposite of his usual 'tough guy' self. I pulled away and swallowed, searching his eyes. I wanted those ocher eyes to tell me that kissing was allowed. He leaned down and kissed me back.
"I'm surprised we didn't share a vision." He said softly when our lips separated.
"I wouldn't worry about it." I said with a slight smile.
"No more jealousy. I want to stay with you. I will always love Kaien...but our time was in the past. This time, it's you and me." I said with such confidence there was no way he wouldn't believe my words. I meant them, don't get confused.
"When I'm close to you...like this...I can feel the monster shrinking away." Ichigo said so softly that I almost didn't hear him.
I rested my head on his chest, listening to the steady heartbeat behind his ribcage. If just being close to him, gave him such comfort. I was glad.
"Okay guys! I got this plan down—oops!" Kaien said when he came back down the stairs. He covered his eyes but I could see his smile. Ichigo and I broke away from our embrace.
"What's the plan?" I asked.
"If Ichigo can close portals, I'm sure he can make one!" Kaien suggested and I understood his plan. I looked up at Ichigo.
"Can you make one?" I asked and Ichigo nodded, mumbling a quiet 'I think so'.
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Ichigo and I walked outside of Gram's house. It started to rain and the streets were already decorated with small puddles.
"Hey Ichigo?" I stopped walking and stood in Gram's yard.
"What?" He said turning his head to look back at me.
I raised my hands and caught the rain in my hands. "Do it." I said closing my eyes.
"Do what?" He asked, sounding almost irritated but amused at the same time.
"Catch the rain." I said and I opened my eyes. Ichigo held his hands out and looked up at the sky, I watched his peaceful expression and I smiled. I moved over to him and wrapped my arms around his chest. Yeah, we were gonna get soaked. I didn't care.
I could feel the looming battles ahead and right now, I just needed a moment of blissful oblivion. I wanted the only thing to matter was our heartbeats and the rain.
Ichigo smiled, I barely caught it, but I blushed anyway. I could feel Kaien's energy nearby, he was happy for me. I sensed no jealousy. Ichigo's energy was warm and I couldn't feel the cold of the rain when I was beside him.
"I'm ready." I said with a determined stare as I looked into his eyes.
"Then let's go save your grandmother." Ichigo said with a smirk that made my heart flutter in my chest.
A/N: I feel like I repeated a lot of words.
I don't know why. First person POV is so hard. Argh.
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