A/N: This idea was from Kerstin (anon), she emailed me and suggested I do a remake of episode 85-86 of bleach. In the episode Rukia is taking over by a Bountos' doll and it's Inoue who helps her with her healing powers.
Well what if Ichigo was there? Also, Kerstin I have tried to reply back to your emails but it keeps sending them back with a failure notice.
Title: Savior
Rating: T
The flower like doll latched onto Rukias' chest, she felt a fire burning through her veins as the doll took control. Her eyes closed and then reopened, blank and blue...Rukia stared as the doll forced her to launch kidou spells at her friends.
Poor Inoue...
She could see the pain in her friends face, the tears strolling down her cheeks because she could not attack a friend.
"31, blue fire crash down!" Rukia yelled, she could feel her body about to give out. She could do nothing...only watch. Suddenly, his reitsu peirced through her whole body. Not Ichigo! Not Ichigo! Please, anyone but him...
There he was, standing in front of her with a bewildered look in his eyes. 'Run Ichigo!' she thought, the doll was struggling for control. Rukia felt a weight press against her chest, and then she drew her sword. The doll had forced out her shinigami form...
"Attack the orange headed brat!" The Bounto yelled, laughing manically. Rukia watched in horror as she charged at Ichigo. Sparks flew as her small sword collided with Ichigos' zanbaktou, she could feel the tears welling up in her eyes.
She had to take control...
She had to...for Ichigo.
"Ichigo! Kill me! Kill..me..please...Ichigo. It's the only—" Rukia yelled before the doll gained control again, the fire once more burning through her veins and everything happening before her eyes, like a movie. She let out a heart piercing scream up into the sky before the doll took full control and made Rukia lift her palm up, beginning the incantation for another kidou spell.
"Rukia..." Ichigo dropped Zangestsu, and took a step toward her. He never...ever...wanted to hear that scream again. It pulled at his heart and made him feel weak to his very core. He couldn't attack Rukia, then again, neither could Inoue. "Rukia..." Ichigo said again as he dodged the blue fire crash down.
"Fight it!" He yelled at her, but her blank eyes did not flicker...they remained cold and lifeless.
"Ichigo, if you don't kill her...I will." Hisagi said, Ichigo spun around and glared at him. "The least we can do for her...is kill her as a shinigami...so she can have that dignity as she dies."
"No!" Ichigo barked at the stupid vice captain, he wouldn't kill Rukia...no chance in hell.
"She keeps fighting" The doll said to her bounto master, before charging at Ichigo to attack. Ichigo dodged her quick blows, but with much difficultly. Ichigo picked back up Zangestsu, he would attack that damn bounto and get Rukia back!
Ichigo jumped up and brought his zanbaktou down...blood splattered in his face and stained Zangestsu. Oh god...no! Ichigo saw who he attacked, it wasn't the bounto...it was the petite shinigami...she blocked his attack and Zangestsu was now in her shoulder.
"Foolish boy! My doll will protect me. She will keep fighting until she dies! Then my doll will go onto another host" The Bounto explained with a cruel smile.
"You...bastard!" Ichigo brought back Zangestsu and strapped him back to his back. "I won't fight Rukia..." Ichigo said firmly, and at that moment Rukia attack. Ichigo jumped backwards and Rukia followed, continuing to attack her partner.
"Rukia!" Ichigo suddenly had a not to bright idea, but if it would save Rukia...he didn't care. Ichigo grabbed her sword and forced it into his stomach, "Kaien...dono..." Rukia thought as the sword went through Ichigo, his limp body rested against hers. But...this isn't Kaien...it's Ichigo...please, let me dreaming...
The doll let go and the fire within Rukia was replaced by pain from her wound, and her eyes filled with tears. The flower-like doll floated towards her master, Hisagi charged towards it and sliced it in half. The thing turned back into a seed and ended up in the Bountos' hands.
He smiled, disappeared and Hisagi looked at the group. Inoue was in tears, Ichigo was limp against Rukia, who was silently crying while she clutched to him. Cloud was trying to comfort Inoue...
"Ichigo! Don't be dead! Don't you dare die and leave me!"Rukia was whispering, her voice was weak and cold water splashed against her cheeks.
It was raining...
"Che...Like a little sword like that could kill me." Ichigo said, as he lifted his head from Rukias' shoulder.
"Ichigo!" Rukia smiled, her eyes were filled with relief.
"Kurosaki-kun!" Inoue yelled, running to the couple. "Let me heal you!" She said lifting her hands to her hair clips.
"No..." Ichigo said looking at Rukia before looking back at a confused Inoue, "I want Rukia to heal me." He said as Rukia helped pull the sword out of his stomach, she pulled it out slowly, holding back her cries of pain as Ichigo gripped her shoulders tightly. (One of them was injured, but the idiot failed to remember that). Inoue stepped back and gave them space, she didn't want to watch but couldn't tear her eyes away.
The sword fell to the floor with a clang and Rukia grasped Ichigos' hands, "Ready?" She asked looking into those amber eyes that held so much. He nodded and rested his forehead against hers, they both blushed. Rukias' hands glowed with a soft green light, and using some of Ichigos' powers she healed his wound with ease.
"Your wounds too, Rukia" Ichigo said, he intertwined their fingers so she wouldn't pull her hands away and they both closed their eyes. Rukia felt the warmth spread through her body, her wound began to stitch up soon to be replaced with a smooth scar to add to her collection.
Rukia pulled away and Ichigo let go of her hands, no words needed to be spoken to express the emotions raging between the both of them.
"Idiot." Rukia said with a smirk and amused sparkle in her eyes, Ichigo would of died if he never saw those two perfect amthyst again. Ichigo grinned...
"I'm not the one who wanted to be killed." Ichigo said crossing his arms across his chest.
"No, you're just the idiot who purposely got stabbed by my sword" Rukia said with a glare.
"I saved you didn't I?" He retorted before he was kicked in the leg by the fierce shinigami.
Inoue watched with a pained expression...things were back to normal, Kuchiki-san and Kurosaki-kun were back to their usual bickering. The way she held him, when he purposely ran himself into her sword...the way he held onto her for support...the way he rested his forehead against hers and held her hands close while she healed him. It tugged at her heart, and she held back tears...
"Whatever, just don't get yourself killed next time." Rukia said, and it sounded like an order, but Ichigo caught onto the concerned tone that she hid very well.
Rukia turned to the others, she couldn't bring herself to meet Inoues' eyes...
"We will meet up at Uraharas' shop. Cloud and Inoue will go by ground, Ichigo and I will flash step the roofs...and Hisagi you may choose which group you wish to travel with" Rukia said before she picked up her gigai and handed it to cloud, telling him to take this with him.
"I'll go with Inoue and Cloud..." Hisagi said sheathing his sword and joining the two, "I'd rather not be a burden to the two love birds" He added under his breath. Sometimes, Rukia hated hearing things she shouldn't because she heard that and her face flushed a bright pink.
"Well then...let's go." Rukia said with a nod to Ichigo, they both jumped on top of a warehouse roof and began their journey to Uraharas' shop...Rukia wanted to flash step, mainly because, she wanted to race with Ichigo. She could see the grin on his face as they flashed stepped at the same time and ended up still being right next to each other.
A/N: What did you think? I tried to keep it as close to the episode as I could...but yeah... So, tell me what you guys think! I reply to most if not all of my reviews.
Also: The rain did stop. I didn't know where to put that in, but yeah...it stopped.