SEEN IT BEFORE

Ichigo sat there on that bench, nothing made sense here, and the rain, the god damned rain, it never ceased.

He stood fists clenched so tightly that his nails bit deeply into his palms, he felt them push their way through his skin, lifting his hands he slowly unfurled his fingers and stared, nothing, not a drop of blood, not even a puncture mark.

"What the"

He was certain that he had cut his palms he had felt it, he was sure he had, but there was nothing there so he couldn't have, his mind boiled in side his skull as the confusion took hold of.

Slumping backwards he hit the bench with a thump.

Rukia stared at Ichigo as he stirred and moved against the bed, his hands closing tightly, she watched as the small trickles of blood seeped through his fingers staining the pristine white sheets.

"Ichigo, what is wrong with you"

She whispered more to herself than anyone else, she heard the door click softly and listened to the whispering hiss of the draught excluder as its brushed across the tiled floor.

Ikkaku stepped in quietly pushing the door shut as he entered, looking at the still form on the bed he sighed and shook his head.

"Daft bastard all ways doing something for attention"

Stepping forwards he lay a comforting hand on Rukia's shoulder as he set the carrier bag down on the floor flinching as it clanked slightly drawing a curious glance from Rukia.

"How you doing sweet heart"

Rukia smiled up at him, and motioned to the chair opposite her.

"Ok, I guess, keeping any eye on him, no one else seems to"

Ikkaku looked slightly hurt at that statement.

"Sorry"

Rukia mumbled as she saw the look on his face, Ikkaku waved his hand at her patting the air softly

"No worries I deserved it, should have been here sooner, I guess for some stupid reason I was scared that if I did he wouldn't wake up, I dunno"

He stood up and walked towards Rukia, placing his hands on the tops of her arms he gently lifted her up from the chair.

"Go home, get some rest , some fresh clothes and a decent meal, bottled water and tracker bars aren't a stable diet"

She looked at him slightly shocked.

"How did you know what I was eating"

Ikkaku glanced at the table and cocked his eye brow, Rukia's face bloomed red as she realised just how dense she had been.

"Oh, yeah" she sighed deeply as she looked up into the Pale blue eyes that stared down at her, hugging Ikkaku she felt him tense up slightly then slowly relax and felt a gentle pat on her back as he offered a stilted comfort to her.

Rising on her tiptoes she kissed him gently on the cheek causing him to blush a deep crimson, turning from him she walked over to the still immobile Ichigo and kissed him lovingly on the forehead, curling her fingers into his.

"I'll be back soon my love, I promise"

Stepping back she quickly wiped away tears that threatened to break free, praying Ikkaku didn't notice, glancing round at him she saw him gazing through a magazine he had snatched up moments before, she smiled and knew what he had done, allowing her to keep some pride infront of the Macho Rocker and silently thanked him for it.

"I'll be back soon Ikkaku, keep an eye on him for me"

Ikkaku glanced up from the magazine he was now genuinely interested in.

"No worries, I ain't got any where to be unlike the rest of the group I don't have a ball and chain tying me down"

Rukia scowled slightly causing him to chuckle, "Go on Piss off, I got this covered"

Smiling at him she left, Ikkaku dropped into the seat, reaching into the carrier bag he pulled out a still chilled bottle of bud wiser, bringing the bottle to his lips he drank slowly before setting it down on the arm of the chair still in his grip.

Staring at Ichigo he sighed inwardly, watching the only man who had ever called him a friend and truly meant it, up until he had met the others in the band he hadn't had many friends if any, only Ichigo had ever stuck by him, him and Chad, the inseparable pair, he smiled at the memories that flooded his thoughts and raised the bottle again in a silent toast to his comatose friend before draining the bottle and setting it on the table infront of him.

"You, Chad, The rest of the group, your my family, all I have in the world if anything happened to you I honestly don't know what I would do, look at me now pouring out my soul to you and you can't even hear me"

Ikkaku smiled and cracked open another beer, "damn I am a coward, I would kill and die for all three of you,well four now with your little princess and I mean it I would, but this is as close as any one is going to get to finding out about it."

Raising the bottle he toasted the unconscious man before him, "Cheers bro, I love you"

Renji looked at Mina fear washing over him, as he carefully pulled away from her, "I, I, I, I'm, Uh, I'm sorry, I don't know why I just did that"

Mina looked at him slightly hurt, as she stared at him the soft rhythmic thumping of her heart filled her completely, she sat there not knowing what to do, she was drawn to him not just physically the need to be close to him roared through her very being like a tornado through a city, tearing her apart at the same time as it compelled her towards him.

Abandoning all sense and reason she leant forwards again, grasping the back of his neck lacing her fingers through his hair she drew him to her, locking her mouth to his she kissed him, deeply pouring all she was into him.

Dropping the jacket Renji clasped her round the waist as he pulled her forwards onto him, he legs splayed across him as she sat across him not once breaking contact.

Grasping her waist firmly he leant deeper into the passionate embrace.

Running his hand up her back her ran his hand through her hair feeling it flow like water through his fingers, dragging her shirt up she let go of his hair as she raised her arms above her head feeling the shirt slid up and off her body, breaking the kiss for mere seconds the shirt flew through the air landing in a crumpled ball at the foot of the stairs.

Chad sat with his arm around Karin they had put Masaki to be an hour ago and where enjoying the time alone together, but Chad could sense something was wrong with Karin.

"Thinking of Ichigo again"

She nodded, She sighed as tears threatened to escape she forced them down willing herself not to cry, Chad seeing her well up pulled her closer to him hugging her tightly.

"Why not go see him, put it to rest, Ikkaku's there at the moment, I ain't sure about Rukia, I think she has gone home to clean up and eat."

Looking Karin in the face.

"You know she was there from when he was admitted three weeks ago until today, she hadn't left once, not once she has stayed by him the whole time"

Karin felt ashamed with herself in the three weeks Ichigo had been hospitalised she had been to see him a total of six times and here Rukia was not leaving night and day, they had been together what she thought to herself a month, Two tops.

Clenching her fists in anger she pushed away from Chad, seeing the anger in her Chad leapt from the sofa and drew Karin into a tight hug.

"Don't be mad at Rukia, she's stayed because all she has is Ichigo, Do you think Ichigo would be mad at you for only visiting six times, No he wouldn't he would understand about us having to look after Masaki, she is after all our daughter Karin, don't let you anger at yourself blind you into raging against Rukia"

Karin sighed and slumped against him, looking up at her husband she smiled.

"Sometimes I really do wonder how I was this lucky to find you Sado, I do love you"

She hugged his chest tightly he head only just reaching the bottom of his neck,

"I know Mi corazon, I know, Phone Yuzu, and go with her to see your brother ill stay here with Masaki"

Nodding Karin pulled away from Chad and moved over to the phone in the hall way, picking it up she sighed as she punched in the number and listened to it ring, hearing the click at the other end she steeled herself and spoke in a small quavering voice.

"Hey Yuzu it's me, I know it's been a while, uh I don't know if you have heard from dad at all but" she paused as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"It's Ichigo, he's"

Yuzu's heart lurched in her chest.

"He's Dead isn't he"

Karin almost laughed, "No, he isn't dead Dumb ass, He's in a coma, he fell from the roof of his Flat"

Yuzu didn't know whether, to laugh or cry, "When did this happen"

Karin knew she was in trouble, although not as much as her father would be from both of them.

"Three weeks, sorry its taken me that long to call you I was so wrapped up with Masaki"

The phone burst with a very uncommon verbal outburst from Yuzu, holding the phone away from her head she could still plainly hear her sisters ranting.

She sighed as the ranting continued, "Yuzu Shut up, when are you back here again, we can go see him together, and then kick dads ass together, he should have told you about Ichigo and his accident"

Karin's anger was almost past boiling point, as she spoke to Yuzu it did little to calm her mood, slamming the phone into the cradle she smashed it against the stand so hard the casing cracked.

"Sado, I am officially going to kill my father"

with that said she kissed her husband on the cheek and walked out to her car.

Renji and Mina Lay in her Flat clothes strewn about the place, they had only just managed a huddled escape from the stair case, during their impassioned embrace they had been startled into a flighty retreat by a sixty five year old grandmother who was struggling to hide her grand child's eyes from the debauched display infront of them.

Screaming and screeching the woman had chased them from the stair well and halfway across the road up until she had actually remembered the reason for her anger in the first place.

Renji lay there a stereotypical cigarette hanging from his lip as Mina curled against him running her hand across his Stomach and chest.

"Renji" she traced his chin with her finger, running her nail along his jaw as she coaxed a reply from him.

"Hmm" he glanced down at her pushing against the pillow with his arms as he stretched his six foot frame, his hands locked behind his head hoping to hear the faint pops from his cramped spine.

"Yeah babe", he gasped as his back finally gave in and cracked releasing the tension from his muscles.

"What do you want from this, it is fine if it's nothing, it's just well"

he looked a little nervous as he looked into her eyes and she sensed it, looking away.

"Hey" he said as he grasped her chin guiding her face towards his, "What's up with you"

She smiled at him, "Well, honestly I don't know, I just feel safe with you; I knew something was different with you when I first saw you three weeks ago"

Renji was now very very nervous he wasn't good with this sort of thing he never had been, so he decided to do what he thought best and slowly draped his arm round her shoulders and pulled her closer to him.

She snuggled into him more resting her leg across his as she fell into his embrace.

"Mina, I want you to know before we get any further than we are, I ain't good with things like this never have been, I wasn't shown how to bee good at this, and I well; I like you a lot, But, I don't want to hurt you"

She smiled at him as she rolled her self on top of him, the sheet sliding down her back as his eyes traced her half lit form, he slowly dragged his gaze back up her lithe and supple form, locking on to her depth less eyes, "Damn it" he thought, "Why do I feel like I am drowning every time I look at those eyes of hers"

"Don't worry, you wont, it's time some one showed you what life and love truly mean"

With that she sank on to him, Renji's head dropped back into the pillow as he groaned.

Mina looked down at him her eyes tracing his lines as she gazed into his eyes, leaning forwards as she slowly sank onto him drawing him deeper to her, she whispered "I'm yours"

Ichigo sat alone, the bench still his home, slowly he turned his head, a soft tapping step drawing his attention, he gazed into the misted rain, as he watched a figure materialise through it, The raven black hair snapping in the wind, the Violet eyes that gazed longingly at him, the slowly she lifting arms begging to him.

Ichigo leapt from the bench sprinting to her, falling to his knees water cascading in torrents as he smashed through the stillness of it, he glided along the water slicked surface his arms reaching for her, his hands brushed the soft cotton of her blouse as he felt his arms close around her, as he drew her tight to him feeling the warmth of her body against his, he fell, Rukia vanishing in a flash.

Slamming hard into the clod wet unyielding stone of the floor, he screamed her name as he smashed his fist against the drenched floor.

"RUKIA"

tears streamed from his face as he screamed the pain rolling out of him, rolling on to his back he let the rain cascade down upon him, an inhuman cry on anguish filled the air as he unleashed all that he had kept inside.

Ikkaku stared as he watched his friend buck and writhe in the bed the restraints creaking as every muscle in his body tensed, then he was still the bend rocking as he crashed back into it.

"Where are you man, because where ever it is, it looks painful"

A/N

Well not my favourite ending for a chapter but it will have to do if I put any more down it wouldn't have felt right and would have just cut it out again, so here you go peeps let me know what you think of it.