Black and white Guinea pig
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This fanfic takes place before the Arrancar-arc, and after the Soul Society-arc.
I do not own Bleach, Kubo-Sensei does.
Contains spoilers for the Arrancar-arc
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Not much to say.. That's a first Oo"
Oh well, read and enjoy!
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Ichigo started crying, something he hasn't done since his mother died all those years ago, Rukia thought it was strange to see him like this, normally he was the opposite of what she saw now.
"Ichigo?" she asked unsure if it was safe to come close to him after his outburst at his father.
"Are you .. ..alright?" wondering how on earth he could be 'alright'
He looked up, straight into her eyes, tears silently rolling down his cheeks
His face looked so young now that he dropped his frown, she remembered that he was just 16 years old, she was over 150, and yet, she couldn't begin to compare her life to his, he had done so much, and been through so much more in just one year than she in her enitre lifetime.
"How can I be okay?" he said while his tears continued to come out, it felt like the tears that he held back all those years came out, now that he found out the truth about almost everything. Even his voice was shaking and raw
"Look at what I am, I.. I don't even know what I am, my father turns out to be a shinigami captain, and a king of some sorts."
"A member of the Royal family that created Soul Society, to me more precise." Ukitake added but was silenced by Ichigo, who glared at him to shut up.
"Whatever.. my mother was a normal human. Can I even be called alive? And then Urahara did that experiment on me what made me into this... this hollow shinigami mix, hybrid whetever it's called." he had trouble finding the right words to say what he wanted to, he was confused.
"At first I was able to live without much problems, but since I came back from Soul Society, where I fought with Byakuya he came and took over for the first time, after that he tried to take over my body every chane he got, then the hollows came, keeping me awake at night, I became weak and wasn't able to protect anyone from my hollow. Then I decided to chanllenge him to end this once and for all, but that was a mistake, I didn't realize how weak I became, but managed to win all the same, the story after that is known." he wiped away his tears and stood up to face Ukitake.
"Ukitake-san I want to help Renji and Byakuya, I.. I'll ask Inoue to heal them, she won't say no anyway. She is the only one who can heal them fast, it will take them weeks, maybe even years to heal that the normal way, I don't want them to suffer because I was too weak and allowed Azien to mess with my mind" the taste of Aizens soul came back into his mouth as he said the name.
"I'm not a doctor, so I can't say for sure how long it may take for them to heal, but it will take a long time, that much is certain, Kuchiki and I will go back to Seireitei and tell them that we informed Ichigo-kun's father about the situation. After the hospital is closed we will make sure that no one is near or wakes up when you bring Inoue-san to heal them."
"Thank you Ukitake-san, I don't know how to than-"
"Let your actions speak instead of words, that has more effect. Then they will see you have changed back into your old self"
"Oi Ichigo!" Isshin yelled
"Where do you plan on going when all of this is history?"
"I don't know, A normal life is impossible, since I have a hole in my chest and Soul Society will hunt me if they find me. Maybe it's best to stay in Hueco Mundo" he said with a deep sigh, he didn't really think about where he was going to after all this.
"Why not stay here?"
"Here?"
"Yeah, well after I'm gone, which by the way will take a looooong time, or if something happens, you are the one who is supposed to be the next in line, so you'd better start training your social skills" he said half laughing.
"I'l think about it dad." and walked to the door that led back to Las Noches.
Isshin opened the doors back to the real world and went home, Ukitake and Rukia followed.
The doors closed behind them and vanished. Kon was asleep on the couch and all three of them got back into their gigai.
Ukitake opened the door to Soul Society where they would report back to Yamamoto and make sure that Ichigo was able to arrive without any problems.
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He went back to his home first, to get some new bandages to cover his hole, he didn't want Inoue to see it.
He said goodbye to his sisters, who were asleep at the place that he used to call home, he didn't plan on coming back, not when I still look like this he thought.
It was easy to find Inoue, she was home and Tatsuki was there as well, she brought over some of her mothers cooking.
"Inoue" he said while jumping through the open window, Tatsuki looked at him with shock and pointed at him
"How the hell did you jump from the ground to here?!"
"You can see me?" he simply replied.
"What's that supposed to mean? It's not like you're a ghost right?"
"In a way I am, but more importantly, Inoue I need your help to heal Renji and Byakuya" as he turned his attention from Tatsuki to Inoue
"Ehhhh? Renji-san and Byakuya-san are injured that bad?"
"Well yeah" he still felt uneasy when the topc came up, Inoue noticed this and didn't ask questions, But what botherd her most was that he was now wearing white clothes, shinigami hava black.
"Kurosaki-kun?"
"What is it Inoue?"
"Did you have fight with the shinigami again?" she asked not sure if she should have.
"I .." what was he going to tell her, that he was the one who almost killed Renji and Byakua?
"I just felt like a change that's all, the black was beginning to annoy me"
Inoue knew that was a lie, but she saw he didn't want to talk about it, so she let it slide.
"How are we going to Soul Society Kurosaki-kun? are we going to Urahara-san's place again?"
"No need, I can open a way there, one where we don't need to run"
And he opened a portal, that led to the execution stand.
"Where are you going, that's just an illusion, if you through that you'll fall out of the window onto the pavement in front of you're house!"
"I'll be right back Tatsuki-chan" and she went through, Ichigo followed and Tatsuki jumped in trying to save Inoue, but she never fell.
She opened her eyes she didn't know what she saw, it looked like she went back in time.
"What the hell, where am I?"
Then she heard Inoue's voice and went to the next room, where she found the group standing around 2 hospital beds with people in them, one of them had bright red hair while the other one had shiny black hair.
"What the hell did you do Ichigo! Where are we!?" Tatsuki yelled
The group looked at her in surprise.
"How did you get here Tatsuki?" Ichigo asked surprised.
"I tried to save Inoue from falling and when I opened my eyes I saw this.. old city."
"Idiot! You have no idea what could have happened if something went wrong. You could have ended up in hell or forever drifting between dimensions" Rukia yelled.
"I've finished healing them Kurosaki-kun" Inoue answered.
"Thank you, Inoue" and he opened a portal back to Inoue's apartment.
"It was nice seeing you again, Kuchiki-san Ukitake-san" and she bowed and went home through the gate, Ichigo picked Tatsuki up and went back.
"What... just happened?" Tatsuki said still not believing what she just saw, it coulsn't be real, she was just dreaming right.. ?
Ichigo opened another portal but this time to Las Noches.
"Thank you, Inoue" he bowed and left through the portal which closed when he was no longer visible.
Inoue looked happy and Tatsuki was confused.
"Can you tell me what yust happened?"
"We just went to a place called Soul Society, but why did you come too? Kurosaki-kun said that it wouldn't take long"
"What is this soul society place?"
"Oh, that is the place where you go when you die!" she said happy
Tatsuki was confused beyond reason, they just went to a place for the dead, and went back like it's normal?
"I enjoy dreaming when I'm awake" Tatsuki sad in a voice filled with sarcasm.
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Chapter 21
And as some guessed, the story is almost over, just one more chapter after this.
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