A Past Not Written
By Amethyst Ichigo
/Yo./ Kuroji speak
/Hello!/ Rena and Zangetsu speak
Disclaimer: I will probably never own Bleach.
Chapter 14-Rain is Pain's Source
"I said don't interfere!" Ichigo said as he charged at Grand Fisher.
"Ichigo don't!" Rukia yelled as Ichigo ran after the hollow, and going into the forest behind the cemetery.
"ICHIGO!"
FLASHBACK
Ichigo yawned as the rain covered his window.
'Today's that day.' He thought looking at his room floor.
/Yes, it is…/ Rena said also knowing what 'that day meant.' Today was the day Grand Fisher was going down no doubt about that.
/ Ready to kick some ass, King? / Kuroji asked in his cursing matter.
Rena glared at him (though how Ichigo could tell was beyond him).
/Way to mess up the scene, jerk./ Rena hissed.
A smile broke out on Ichigo's face. Those two could always cheer him up.
/Boys./ She sighed, and Zangetsu smiled.
People would be people.
"Ichi-nii, hurry up dad's is waiting for you." Yuzu yelled barging into Ichigo's room to see him already dressed, and just grabbing his watch to put on.
"I'll be downstairs in a second." Ichigo told her.
Yuzu nodded, and left.
The door to his closet opened, and the ex-shinigami herself popped out.
"So Ichigo what's with all
'Kuroji's right, time to kick ass.' Ichigo agreed making Rena groan.
(0o0)
Ichigo followed the rest of his family as they started on their morning walk to the cemetery that held their mother.
"It so hot." Yuzu commented feeling very tired just trying to get up the hill. "This hill is also very long."
" It not." Karin told her. "But don't let goat face hear you-."
"IT OKAY YUZU GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT! DADDY'S HERE!" He said loudly as he jumped on his hand, and tried to walk…or…handstand up the hill.
All three of the Kurosaki children sweat dropped, and hoped to any higher beings that no one saw the idiocy that was their father.
"LOOK, I CAN WALK ON MY HANDS!" He yelled again.
"Spoke too soon." Karin said walking again, as she attempted to put some space between her weird father and herself. "Ignore him. If you pay attention to people like that, you'll only encourage them."
Unfortunately for the twins Isshin heard them…
"How cruel…" He whispered to himself." BUT I DON'T NEED ATTENTION I'M SELF MOTAVITED! "
He slide passed Yuzu. Yuzu pushed her skirt down in a failed attempt to hide her underwear.
"DADDY SLIDE!" Isshin called. "Polka doted underwear."
Karin cursed.
"Get lost you creep!" She said soccer kicking the old man back down the hill. They watch as Isshin was kicked out of sight.
"Come on ." Karin told Ichigo and Yuzu. "Let's hurry before he comes back."
Ichigo shook his head at the display.
Back in the original time line Ichigo hated the junk his dad pulled off, but now he didn't mind as much. He had truly missed his family, especially the weirdness that happened when they were around.
But one thing for sure, it was hot.
'Another June, so very different from then…' Ichigo though clearly remembering the incident that took their mother's life.
/Time passes, and everything changes…/ Rena added also watching everything from Ichigo's eyes.
/Wow, that actually sounded smart brat. / Kuroji said tying to start yet another argument.
/Whatever./ Rena said stealing one of Ichigo's lines. / Have fun beating the crap out of that hollow./
'Thanks.'
/What the hel-! /
/Don't worry about Kuroji disturbing you, I'll keep him quiet../
'Right.' Ichigo thought not even tying to figure how Rena was going to keep Kuroji quiet, he cut the mental link between them just in case.
"Hey someone beat us here." Yuzu said breaking Ichigo out of his thoughts.
Ichigo bit back a smile. He already knew who it was.
"You're right." Karin agreed. "Wonder who she is?"
"Maybe she's here to visit mom?" Yuzu suggested.
"She's waving to us." Karin said pointing out the extreme happiness that surrounded Rukia.
Ichigo sighed.
Rukia apparently didn't know what the word 'incognito' meant.
"Do you know her onii-chan?" Yuzu asked facing Ichigo.
Ichigo shook his head quickly.
"Nope. Don't know her at all." He denied.
"Mmm…maybe I know her from somewhere. She does kook familiar." Karin said out loud.
Ichigo looked at her, eyes wide.
He was so screwed if they found out who Rukia was so early.
"I-I Remember now. She's a classmate from elementary school. Its been so long I didn't recognize her. Give us a moment to talk alone!" He made up, immediately running up the hill and dragging Rukia away before she could make anymore trouble. "You two go away of me, and visit Mom's grave!"
Yuzu and Karin watched their brother ran away with curious looks.
"Onii-chan!" Yuzu called, but Ichigo didn't hear her.
"Heh, so that's it." Karin said.
Yuzu looked at her.
"What's going on? What did you mean?" Yuzu asked.
"It means that Ichi-nii has grown up." Karin said with a smile. "Better give him some space."
Yuzu got a worried look.
"What's that mean Karin-chan?!" She asked thoroughly confused.
Did she miss something?
(0o0)
Ichigo panted as he stopped running. He and Rukia were currently in the forest behind the graveyard.
"What are you doing here?" Ichigo asked looking at Rukia.
"Idiot. What if a hollow shows up? How would you transform?" She asked logically.
"That doesn't mean you had to show up like that!" Ichigo replied. " If you're going to follow me, don't let anyone see you. Do it secretly. My family almost recognized you-."
"Sorry. I didn't realize…" She said crossing her arms, all the same she still looked angry.
"Why're you angry?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm not angry… I'm confused." She admitted. "You…said she was murdered…."
She left the rest opened. Rukia didn't even have to say who, Ichigo knew who, and at the same time expected it.
"How…did it happen?"
Ichigo stuffed his hands in his pocket, and looked at the ground.
/ Ichi-nii! A captain's here!/ Rena exclaimed, Ichigo mentally cursed.
He was so warped up with playing his part that he didn't notice Hitsugaya sneak up on him. But wait his reiatsu was hidden so how?
/ Forget the captain for now, talk to Rukia!/
'Right.'
"I didn't say that." Ichigo told her.
"Who killed her?"
"I didn't say that either." Ichigo said, he still felt a huge amount of guilt for that day.
Bt his mind wasn't on this conversation. Just how long had Hitsugaya been following him?
(0o0)
Hitsugaya let out a breath as Ukitake was transported back to soul society. He had been too sick for this mission, so the sou-taichou had given Hitsugaya the sole responsibility of completing this mission.
BEEP. BEEP.BEEP.
Hitsugaya nearly jumped as his soul pager went off. He quickly opened the normal appearing cell phone, and looked at the location specified.
That was another thing.
Because the Shinigami for this area was M.I.A. he would have to take over hollow hunting until another Soul Reaper was dispatched, or more like allowed to come to the living world.
Hitsugaya signed, and read the order.
Karakura Cemetery, within forty to fifty minutes, within a twenty yard radius.
Hitsugaya replaced his soul pager, and speed out the door of his temporary house.
This mission…seemed to be so annoying, and that damned mysterious reiatsu wasn't helping. It hadn't been appearing in well over a week.
Oh, well lucky this mission was given a time limit. If he couldn't find any evidence of a vaizard, then he was to return to Soul Society in about two more weeks.
He stealthily landed in some trees, and started to look around and try to sense for any signs of a hollow.
Nothing resembling a hollow reiatsu made itself known, though he did sense some regular reiatsu it wasn't anything out of the ordinary.
"How…did it happen?" A feminine voice said.
Hitsugaya spotted a girl with black hair and a teenage boy with orange hair were talking.
"I didn't say that." The boy replied, though he was looking at the ground.
"Who killed her?"
"I didn't say that either." The boy replied again.
'Two humans,' Hitsugaya thought. 'But the girl seems familiar somehow.'
'Do I know her?' (1)
(0o0)
"Just forget I said anything." Ichigo said still looking at the ground.
"You told me you could see ghost for as long as you can remember, right?"
Ichigo didn't say anything. Rukia continued.
" Then, tell me one thing. Could the one who killed your mother be a hollow?"
Ichigo froze up, but quickly shook it off.
At the same time, he could tell Hitsugaya froze up as well.
"It is a possibility. Because your spirit energy was high enough that you could spirits for so long .. A hollow could've come after you and killed your mother instead."
"SHUT UP!" Ichigo said breaking Rukia's explanation. It hurt for anyone to say what happen to his mother out loud. "That couldn't happen… not everything is about hollows. My mother's death wasn't anyone fault…" He fist-ed his hand in his pocket. "Nothing like that happened, it wasn't any hollow…"
A thick tense silence descended between them, and Ichigo could tell Hitsugaya wasn't going anywhere. Rukia didn't know what to say. What cold she say?
Ichigo moved walking ahead of Rukia.
"Sorry, but your guess was wrong." He said, even if he knew she was right. "What killed my mother wasn't a hollow…it was me."
He ran off, and Rukia turned watching him go.
/ It raining./ Rena said offhandedly.
'Sorry.' Ichigo thought sadly.
/ No don't apologize./ Rena said. /I like the rain. Not that I like you being sad its just-./
'Its not surprising considering your element.'
/I'm a water zanpaktou, what do you expect?/
Ichigo smiled.
'Thanks.'
Ichigo ran off to join his family, ignoring Rukia's yells for him to stop.
(0o0)
"What you wanna know about Ichigo?" Tatsuki asked Orihime.
Tatsuki was presently at Orihime's house. It was after school, and Tatsuki had been asked over by Orihime to discuss something.
Though Orihime didn't tell her what at the time, Tatsuki could guess it was about Ichigo as the 'princess' didn't stop looking in the direction of Ichigo's desk all during the school day.
"The first time I saw Ichigo was when we were four, we had both signed up at the same dojo. He was a small happy boy, with bright hair who was being led by a very beautiful mom, and he was smiling this big smile." Tatsuki said looking at the opposite wall.
Orihime continue to nod though out to show she was listening.
"I remember thinking at the time that he looked so weak, and I was proven right at our first fight. All it took was one punch, just one and he was defeated. He started crying. But even if he was crying, as soon as his mother show up, he stop and then start smiling. I didn't like that part of him then. I mean who loses and then starts smiling?" Tatsuki put her head to hide her tears. Even though she hadn't sad anything yet, it still pained her to even think of that time.
Orihime didn't say anything, and instead let Tatsuki take her time recovering herself.
"But he was happy, and so I didn't say anything. And then…when we were nine…it happened... his mom…died."
Orihime eyes widen with shock.
'His mom died?'
Tatsuki continued, she didn't see the look on Orihime face, she didn't have to, She knew this would deeply affect the other girl.
"Yep. We were nine. He was still clinging to her. But she died. The day after he didn't come to school.\, and he didn't come the day after that either. After a week I wondered what he was doing, so I went looking for him. I-I found him at the river bank where his mother died, he was searching. Searching for any signed, for any hope that his mother wasn't dead. But deep down he knew it, he knew that it was true. She was dead. He start walking, and then after a while, he'd sit down, and then he'd stand up and go looking again."
Some tears fell down Orihime face as she listened to this.
"Day after day, from dusk to dawn he'd searching. I couldn't stand watching him…like that. It-it pained me."
Orihime wiped her tears away.
'Poor Ichigo…'
(0o0)
Rukia sat on the end of grass walk, and looked down on the grave site.
"Ichigo…killed his mother?" She asked out loud.
Still she couldn't believe it. She smiled a sad smile, and thought back to what she said earlier.
"I can't believe I said that." She muttered. "I'm such a fool."
She covered her mouth with her hand, feeling sad at her own words.
"RUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAA-NEEEEEEE-CHAN!" Kon said coming out of the backpack.
Rukia sighed.
"What is it? I told you not to come out until I called you."
"But nee-san, it's hot in here." Kon said waving his hand, fanning himself. "Cut me some slack. Hey, why don't we go home already?"
"Because if a hollow shows up, and we aren't near him, our response will be late."
Kon pouted.
"Its always hollows with you. If you only think of work, you're going to lose friends." He told her, he didn't know how close he was to describing what made Rukia upset, but he still hit the nail on the head.
Rukia stood up from her seat, making Kon fall out of her bag.
"Sorry, did I make you ma-?"
"Shh." She said listening.
She listened hard to her surrounding, but see couldn't sense anything.
Was she imagining it?
But she was sure she felt something…
"What is it?" Kon asked, not sensing anything.
Rukia walked back into the forest.
She needed to keep an eye on Ichigo.
(0o0)
Hitsugaya cursed as yet another order for a hollow came in. This time across town, for a menos grande.
What was with all these hollows.
(0o0)
Ichigo sighed, as he felt Hitsugaya leave.
/Luck was with us this time…/ Rena told him.
'But for how long?' Ichigo asked.
He knew he wouldn't be able to keep his secret, sooner or later someone was going to start asking question. Heck, for all he knew Urahara knew who he was.
/ Hollow's coming King. / Kuroji said sulking.
Rena had basically threaten him, and Ichigo had said he couldn't fight for away, so he was pissed as hell.
"Shit." Ichigo cursed, and started running. "Karin! Yuzu!"
"ICHIGO!" Rukia yelled. "Hollow!"
"Where?"
"Ten yards."
(0o0)
Karin shivered, and looked around. She didn't like the horrible feeling she was getting all of a sudden.
"Yuzu, come on." Karin said snacking Yuzu out of her praying.
"What?" She asked.
STOMP. STOMP.
Karin was too late.
"KARIN!" Yuzu yelled.
(0o0)
Ichigo and Rukia ran down the stairs. Ichigo had already transformed, and Kon was in his body.
"Aren't you going to ask me anything about my mom?" Ichigo asked.
He knew Rukia wanted to know.
"Even if I asked, would answer? It your problem. it's a wound, a deep scaring wound that still hasn't healed, and if I asked. It would only reopen that wound. So when you want to talk about it…I'll listen."
Ichigo looked at her. They turned off the stairs, and were only steps away when they both saw, and heard Yuzu's scream.
Yuzu was being suspended in the air by the hollow's tongue, and Karin she was being crushed under foot. Though neither were hurt fatally yet, that didn't meant it wasn't a possibility.
Ichigo didn't wait for an invitation, and jumped into the air, slicing the hollow's tongue, and cutting Yuzu down. He caught her in the same moment and landed carefully on the ground placing her leaning against one of the many gravestones.
Grand Fisher laughed as if it won a prize instead of it tongue being cut off.
Ichigo glared at the hollow, and watched as said hollow crushed Karin more, and bring her into the air as well.
She screamed, before going unconisous.
"Good," Grand fisher said watching everything Ichigo did. "I still have my hostage. I've been waiting for you Soul Reaper."
The hollow released it bait, making Ichigo glare more intently at the one responsible for causing his mother's death.
"You…" Ichigo said going off, and looking as if rage had overcome, when it hadn't. He had long abandoned his rage, and now he won't lose it. He had seen too many horrible things for this hollow to even match a tenth of the horrors he'd seen.
"You were the one at the riverbank that day. That day six years ago…" Rukia looked at the hollow and Ichigo.
Her eyes widen as she figured it out.
"Six years ago… you don't mean that?"
"Yeah, I tried to help her…and then she vanished…my mother was dead." He said shaking from remembered guilt.
"Six years ago?" The hollow asked. "I don't remember that far back…but this person was probably very delicious."
Both Ichigo and Rukia watched as the lure went back to the hollow, and only an empty doll was hanging limp from the hollow's head.
"Grand Fisher. That's his code name. He hides himself in between the worlds, and sends out his lure, he can tell who has high spiritual power, and attacks them, eating them, and increasing his own power." Rukia explained.
Ichigo's glare intensified.
'Kuroji.' He thought. 'Still up to fight?'(2)
/What?!/ Rena asked. /Why are letting him fight? I thought it was dangerous to allow him to-./
'It is, but I'll cloak our reiatsu, besides this will be a Plan B in case…in case I fail to bring Aizen down.' Ichigo thought.
/Then go for it. If we want to win this war, we kick butt./ Rena said.
She understood what Ichigo was going to let Kuroji do…
/ Fine, King. / Kuroji said happy that he was going to fight regardless if he was only being used.
'Then let's go.' Ichigo said sing a very close explain of speed, that was just barely under shunpo to rescue Karin.
The hollow was surprised for a second, but quickly recovered. Grand Fisher attacked Ichigo using his hand, and Ichigo dodged heading into the forest.
"Ichigo, attack while I -." Rukia started.
"Don't interfere!" Ichigo yelled.
Rukia looked at him hard for a second.
"Ichigo don't!" Rukia yelled as Ichigo ran after the hollow, and going into the forest behind the cemetery.
"ICHIGO!"
(0o0)
"Done," Hitsugaya said destroying the snake menos grande. He replaced his zanpaktou, and shunpoed off.
Only one more hollow to go.
Though it did makes him wonder, why weren't more hollows showing up? In the two weeks he's been in the living world, he's only had ten orders…
Cold someone else be fighting hollows?
(0o0)
Rukia cursed at Ichigo vanished into the forest.
"Kon, help me get Ichigo's sister's out of here." Rukia ordered leaving the battle to Ichigo.
'Don't you die, Ichigo.' She thought dragging Yuzu. Kon was carrying Karin.
(0o0)
"It was gutsy to tell your friend not to interfere with your battle." The hollow said. "Huh, Kid?"
"Shut up." Ichigo said with only one hand on his sword, and the other to his head.
He summoned some of his reiatsu, and pulled down, a mask of white, an red appearing on his face.
The hollow looked surprised, and said so.
"What are kid?" It asked surveying Ichigo.
Ichigo released some control to Kuroji but kept him in check.
"Your killer." Came a voice that was very distorted from Ichigo,it had a chilling quality that seemed to make everything shiver.
At the same time, everything around the two fighters darken, as the sky made way for the rain.
The hollow laughed, and sonidoed behind Ichigo.
"Didn't you friend tell you not to be careless, brat?" Grand Fisher asked.
The hollow still thought Ichigo was weaker then him, because he couldn't feel any real reiatsu from Ichigo,it was a careless mistake on his part.
Ichigo vanished and reappeared behind the hollow, slashing him in the back.
"I'm not the one who needs to be careful." Ichigo replied to his opponent.
"Damn you." The hollow answered, but Ichigo didn't pay it any mind.
Instead a manically smile appeared on his face, it was a smile that had spoke death for many. Ichigo released more control to Kuroji, and his hollow half took it in stride.
The hollow turned, and slashed with his arm at Ichigo, Ichigo dodged and used the hollow's opening for another attack. Blood started to pour on the floor, from the hollow.
Ichigo jumped high in the air, and a black Getsuga flowed from his sword straight at the hollow. Grand Fisher dodged, but too late. Another long wound appeared on the hollow, its mask cracked slightly.
"AAAHHHHHH!" The hollow yelled, as the pain cut deep. "DAMN YOU SHINIGAMI! DAMN YOU ALL!" It shrieked.
Ichigo cursed.
'End it now before anyone shows up.' Ichigo told his hollow.
"Fine." Kuroji replied irritated that his fight was interrupted.
Kuroji lazy slashed his blade at the hollow taking great care not to hit the ask, but making Grand Fisher immobile.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" It yelled but Kuroji paid it no mind , and walked closer to the defeat enemy.
Kuroji reach out one of his hands, and touched Grand Fisher mask, with a devilish look., he pulled off Grand Fisher's mask.
Darkness swirled around Ichigo's
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH-!" The hollow screamed as it vanished, being purified.
Kuroji smiled, as the mask disappeared in his hand, and he gave control back to his King.
They were too preoccupied that they didn't notice the pair office blue eyes watching them from the darkness.(3)
(0o0)
On the other side of town, a group of eight landed on a building.
"This the place, dick head?" One of them asked.
"Yes," Their leader said." This is the place."
The vaizards had arrived…
(0o0)
1) Hitsugaya doesn't know Rukia, and he's only seen her once or twice in passing.
2) Sorry, that part was suppose to be confusing it makes sense at the end of the chapter.
3) I really can't remember Hitsugaya's eyes color (hint, hint)….
FAQ ABOUT Rena
Amethyst Ichigo: I started this little section to answer some of the readers questions on Rena.Question 1- Why come you don't act like a normal zanpaktou? Topaz Ichigo askes.
Rena: Because I don't want too. I mean seriously you try and be sane around Zangetsu-san and Kuroji.
Amethyst Ichigo: We learned in one of the previous chapters that you were found in Hueco Mundo, why wee you there?
Rena: …Aren't you the author? Why are you making answer this question when it conflicts with the plot?
Amethyst Ichigo: Oh, right…. Anyway's why haven't your sword form shown up?
Rena: My sealed form very small, like Soi Fon's zanpaktou, so just because no one can see me doesn't mean I'm not there…
Amethyst Ichigo: Do you like Ichigo? Really like him?
Rena: I see him as my brother. Not like that, so the reader's can calm down.
Amethyst Ichigo: Who do you like?
Rena: None of your business! -throws some junk at author.-
Amethyst Ichigo: Well, that all! Have any other questions about any of the characters send them in!
Rena: Bye!
A/N: Done…anyway, in case anyone's wondering I'm not going to do Kon's running away episode, or Don Konoji! REPEAT! I'M NOT DOING KON'S RUNNING AWAY EPISODE OR DON KONOJI!
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