Chapter 29: Goodbye Shunsui
Warning: Lemon
The sun had just set by the time Rose walked out of Central 46. She felt dejected, pain, sorrow, sadness and dread. In fact a whole whirlwind of emotions were coursing through her that she did not know how to react. She had until midday the following day to spend with Shunsui before she was forced to leave. How many hours was that, she did not know. But one thing was for sure she was not going to waste any of what precious time she had left.
Rose started to run back to Shunsui's house, ignoring the curious looks she was getting from passers-by. She would need to pack, something she had to do alone because otherwise Shunsui might interfere in order to prevent her from leaving. Central 46 had been very specific on how they were going to punish her and Shunsui if she failed to leave by the following day. She did not want Shunsui to get into trouble and so she had to convince him to let her go. But how do you convince someone to let you go when you do not want to be let go in the first place? Rose just wished they had more time to come up with a plan. They had not given her much notice or a chance to defend herself. Those damn politicians, thinking they knew what is best when really they had no idea!
Rose only stopped running when she arrived outside of Shunsui's house. Thankfully he was still out so she would have peace while packing. Too angry to feel any sorrow, Rose ran around the house collecting all her possessions and cramming them into her bag. But when she put her bag down beside the door the immensity of what she was doing finally crashed down on her and Rose suddenly burst into tears. She was being forced to leave the one man that really loved her. This had not been an ordinary summer fling, but the real deal. Moreover, Rose felt so guilty for leaving Hana behind, her first true friend. They had done so much together ranging from pranking Maya, to training, baking and just hanging out. Central 46 were asking her to give up her life. Yes, the time Rose had spent in Soul Society ranged from only a few months, but in that time she had managed to establish a life. And not the half-life she had back on earth, but a real one where she got up in the morning feeling happy. Like she said before, those bastards had no idea what the correct decision was.
She needed Shunsui and she needed him now. Rose slumped down on the floor next to her bag and sought out his reiatsu. She found him in the office next to what felt like Nanao's and Ukitake's reiatsu. Normally, she would have gently run her reiatsu up against his to get his attention but right now she was too aggravated and upset to really control herself. She could feel Shunsui's shock and slight pain when her reiatsu was rather aggressively pushed through his body. Rose felt bad for what she was doing but she desperately needed him to respond to her. She gasped when she felt his reiatsu run along and seep into her body. His reiatsu felt warm and soothing as it gently flowed through her body, probing her in order to work out why she was so distressed. And suddenly he was moving, Rose barely had enough time to climb to her feet before the front door was yanked open. Shunsui walking inside quickly, with concern written all over his face. He stopped when he saw a tear stained Rose standing next to her packed bag.
"Rose what's going on?" He asked with concern in his voice. The sight of her bag unsettled him somewhat.
"Shunsui." Rose could not hold back the new tears that started to fall. "Shunsui," She said again but this time she ran forwards and crashed against his chest. As he was so much bigger than her the impact did not make him move and inch. "Shunsui…I…I have to go." She sobbed into his chest.
"Go? Rose what is going on?"
"Central 46 told me that I have to leave the Seireitei because I was not a soul. They also said that if I refused to leave, you and I would both be punished by means of the Sokyoku. I don't want you to get hurt so I have to leave. They also want me to hand over my Zanpakuto" Rose was sobbing so hard she was amazed that she was actually able to speak without babbling.
"What?" Shunsui sounded breathless.
"They want me to leave you, my Zanpakuto and everything behind because I am a human and have no right to live in the Seireitei."
"How much time do we have?" Shunsui estimated that they had about a week before she was forced to leave. In that time he could go to Yama-jii and talk to him about it. She had a Zanpakuto thus every right to stay within the Seireitei.
"Tomorrow at midday they will open a Senkaimon for me. We have until midday tomorrow." Rose looked up at Shunsui and saw the pain she felt reflect in his eyes.
"Tomorrow?" Damn! He thought they had more time. Shunsui looked down at Rose and tried to control his emotions. He needed to be strong for her.
Shunsui pulled Rose in for a bone crushing hug and held her tightly to him. Rose only sobbed harder and hugged him back. They had only just gotten reunited and now they were forced to leave each other. Why was life so cruel to them? All they wanted to do was love each other but people kept getting in their way. Shunsui leaned down and kissed Rose's head. It was almost laughable to think that the moment he found a girl that he wanted to spend the rest of life with fate had to tear her away from him. No it was not fate but those bastards in Central 46. They always had a screw up perspective of things. Maybe if they got out of their underground palace and saw what the real world was like they would make different, better decision. Maybe they would see that Rose was his life. She made him happier and helped keep back all the darkness within him. Why? Why? Why?
The two of them stood there, in each other's arms for who knows how long.
"Come Rose." Shunsui started to lead Rose towards his room.
"What Shunsui?"
"We only have a limited amount of time left and I want to spend that time with you. Will you let me?" Shunsui looked down at Rose with desperation in his eyes. He wanted to make Rose's last night in Seireitei memorable.
Rose smiled and rose up on her toes to kiss him. "Yes"
Shunsui smiled before picking her up and carrying her to his bedroom. When the two of them arrived in his room Rose leapt out of Shunsui's arms and, with bold hands, started to pull at his sash. Shunsui watched with amusement as his lover removed the lower part of his shihakushō and threw it rather unceremoniously across the room. His amusement was soon replaced with pleasure when he felt warm lips surround his semi-hard erection and suck…hard. Rose could feel his erection grow bigger in her mouth so she doubled the amount of suction she was using and started to massage his member with her tongue. Shunsui was in heaven and that only doubled when the goddess on her knees in front of him started to play with his balls while she gave him one of the best blow jobs of his long life. Over and over again Rose would run her tongue over his slit, tasting his delicious pre-cum and moaning her enjoyment. It was all so pleasurable and intense that Shunsui felt his orgasm approach. He looked down to inform Rose of his approaching orgasm but the look of intense pleasure in her eyes made him cum in her mouth. Rose swallowed all cum in her mouth and smiled. The taste was salty and oh so delicious. With a grin she looked up at her lover.
Shunsui looked down into the intense blue eyes of his lover before scooping her up and marching over towards the bed. He gently put her down on the bed before removing the last of his clothing and joining her.
He gently pulled down the top part of Rose's shihakushō and started to kiss his way down her neck and collar until he reached her bra covered breasts. She gasped when his hot mouth enclosed around her covered nibble and started to suckle and nibble it. With his free hand Shunsui cupped and tweaked the other breast. Rose moaned at the feel of Shunsui's mouth around her breast, it felt so nice. The feeling only got better when her bra was removed and her nipple was in direct contact with the warm mouth of her lover. Rose could not help the cry of passion that left her mouth when Shunsui bit down ever so gently on her nipple. Her hands ran up his back as he continued to pleasure her. She could feel her orgasm building. Just before she was frown off the metaphorical edge Shunsui stopped.
"What…no…please?" gasped Rose. The need within her was achingly painful.
Shunsui chuckled before kneeling down next to her and pulling open her legs, revealing her wet core. Without pausing, he dived down onto her core and started to attack it with his tongue. Rose screamed as Shunsui's tongue pushed her over the edge in a beautiful orgasm. Over and over he brought her to orgasm as he nibbled, sucked and licked her core. More and more of her juices poured out of her yet her lover continued to drink it up. He knew that this was going to be the last time in the very long time that he would get to taste her like this.
Finally after so many orgasm, Rose could feel Shunsui slowing down. Her arms felt like marshmallows but she still managed to sit up and stare down at the man between her legs. Rose worked out very quickly why Shunsui was slowing down. His erection looked painfully hard. It looked like he needed to be satisfied. With a small growl Rose sat up, grabbed Shunsui and pulled him down on top of her. His much larger body covered hers entirely and pressed deliciously in her. With a devilish wink Rose wrapped her legs around Shunsui's waist, causing her wet core to press against his erection in a way that notified him that she wanted him to enter her. With a grunt he did precisely that. Rose moaned when Shunsui's hard member slowly entered her dripping core, spreading her in the most delicious way. He only stopped once he was fully inserted inside of her warm heat. And then he started to move, not in a hard, brutal way that would have made Rose scream in pleasure, but in a gentle, slow way. It was almost like he was trying to savour the moment. Shunsui grit his teeth against the wonderful feeling of Rose's hot, wet core around him. She may not have been as wild or as exotic in bed as some of the other women he had slept with in his life, but she still way better. When he made love to her it was something more than sex. It was an expression, a way for both of them to show their love for each other. And that alone made the experience so much better.
Rose cried out when Shunsui hit that magical spot within her, the explosion of pleasure almost too much. He hit that spot again, and again with his slow, delicious thrusts. Rose could not take it, she cried out as a wonderful orgasm burnt through her. Shunsui watched her eyes shine with pleasure before letting his orgasm take over. With a growl he came, spilling his seed into her core before collapsing against her body. Rose felt the world move and the next thing she knew was that she was lying on top of Shunsui's chest, with her head resting on his wonderful abs. But the night was still young and the two of them only had a limited amount of time left to enjoy each other's company. With another devilish smile they started their intimate dance again.
It must be some unwritten law that when somebody dreads something time seems to speed up. And that is exactly what happened to Shunsui and Rose. It seemed like only seconds ago they stood in the entrance wall holding each other closely. But now it was time to leave…for good. The night (and morning as well) had been wonderful. Shunsui and Rose had made love so many times that they had lost count. But sadly their time was up. The two of them now made their way slowly towards the main senkaimon gate. Shunsui was holding Rose's bag in one hand and her hand in the other. People saw them walking past and shot them glances of sympathy. Everybody knew what was happening and those who by some miracle did not were soon informed. The look of pain in both Rose's and Shunsui's eyes was a reflection of how they really felt. This was the end for them. How cruel an end it was. People had rejoiced when Rose had been saved from Kurosawa because now finally the happy couple could live in peace. But now by the cruel fates of the government they had been forced apart. Saying goodbye to everybody had been one of the hardest things Rose had ever done. The eighth division had been so shocked when Shunsui told them the following morning that Rose was going to leave them. Some of the members, whom Rose had been growing close to, had started to cry and express their anger towards central 46. But the hardest part was telling Hana. The two of them had cried for ages. No words were exchanged between the two of them, just tears.
Rose noticed after a while that Shunsui was taking the long way to the gate, as if he was trying to delay the inevitable. She did not mind, it was nice to hold Shunsui's hand just a little while longer. But sadly they could only delay for so long and eventually the two of them arrived at the main senkaimon. A few henchmen from central 46 were there and, to Rose's great surprise, the Soutaicho.
"Shunsui you are early." Said the Soutaicho with a hint of surprise in his voce.
Shunsui did not respond and merely glared at the Soutaicho. Did the old fart know how much pain he was causing them by accepting central 46's decision?
"Rose Bentley by order of Central 46 you will hand over your Zanpakuto." Stated one of the henchmen. Rose walked forwards and handed over her Zanpakuto. The henchman examined the Zanpakuto before placing it in a container and sealing it with a kido barrier. "Your Zanpakuto will be held by the central 46 until you return to the Soul Society after your death in the world of the living." The Henchman then walked over to Rose and placed a seal on her right hand. "This seal will allow the Seireitei to keep tabs on you while you are in the world of the living. It will also inform us when you die and where you have materialized in the Soul Society." Rose watched the seal disappear before nodding in understanding.
"The Senkaimon will open in five minutes. I assume you have said all your goodbyes." Said the Soutaicho.
Shunsui glared at the Soutaicho before ushering Rose to the side and out of the way. "Rose I will wait."
"What?"
"I will wait for you to come back."
"No Shunsui you can't. You have a life to live and you can't put it all on hold just because of me. Go and live your life." Pleaded Rose.
"Rose…you are my life. Without you there is nothing, I am nothing without you. Life is just not worth living without you. I can and I will wait for you."
"But it might take eighty years or so before I die. It would be cruel to expect you to wait eighty years for me."
"Eighty years is nothing to someone who has lived for two thousand years. Trust me time will fly." Shunsui smiled but the happiness of the smile did not resonate in his eyes.
"But you might die. I have seen what dangers there are and you might die." Rose was trying to hold back her tears.
"Then I will find you in the world of the living and we can live our lives out there together." Shunsui pulled Rose in for a hug. "I have a feeling that you and I were meant to be."
A few tears slipped from Rose's eyes and ran down her cheek. "Then I will wait for you as well. As you said, eighty years is nothing" She said after a while.
"No Rose I want you to live your life out to the fullest. Go fulfil your dreams and live the life that you always wanted to. Don't waste your life because of me. Go, live…fall in love, and get married. Live your life like you would have if you had not met me. " Shunsui voice was so serious that Rose could not help but nod.
But it still seemed rather unfair. "It's unfair on you."
"I don't care."
"Please Shunsui. I-I can't live without you. You-you are my life and- and I can't imagine living without you. I don't think I can fall in love again because…because you have stolen my heart…and I don't want you want you to give it back to me. I could never more on as there will never be another person like you." Rose let out a little sob
"As much as I love to hear you say those words to me I don't like the idea of you waiting for me when you have a life to live. At least promise me that you will try to live your life out to the fullest." Said Shunsui before he kissed her cheek lovingly.
Rose looked up into his brown eyes. "I promise you I will try to live my life out to the fullest."
Shunsui kissed her ever so lightly on the lips. "Thank you."
"I'm gonna miss you so much." Said Rose after a while.
Shunsui pulled Rose in closer. "Same here."
"Shunsui" Shunsui looked over Rose shoulder and saw the Soutaicho looking at him and then at the now open Senkaimon. "It's time."
Rose then did something that she would never have thought about doing before. She pulled Shunsui down for a kiss right in front of everybody. Shunsui stood frozen for a moment but then he angled Rose head differently and deepened the kiss.
"I want you to have this." Whispered Shunsui so that only Rose could hear it after they had broken apart. He then pulled out a necklace with single silver sakura blossom pendant on it.
"No Shunsui I can't."
"I want you to have it so please take it." Shunsui gently placed the necklace in Rose palm and then closed it for her.
Rose was speechless for a moment before she jumped up into Shunsui chest and kissed him again. "Thank you." She whispered in his ear.
"You're welcome."
There was the sound of a voice being cleared behind them. "It is time."
Rose nodded her head and allowed Shunsui to lead her towards the gate.
"Go Rose, live your life to the fullest, I will be here waiting for you to return."
A few tears fell out of Rose's eyes again. "I love you." She said.
Shunsui pulled her in for a kiss. "I love you to." They shared a longer, more passionate kiss
"Time to move." Said the voice of one of the henchman who would be accompanying Rose thought the precipice world.
Shunsui watched helplessly as Rose was dragged through the date. "Goodbye my love." She said.
"Goodbye my darling Rose." Shunsui watched as the light of the senkaimon engulfed Rose completely and then she was gone. He could no longer sense her. It was just like with Kagawa all those weeks ago. Her disappeared through a portal he could not go through, separating them. Shunsui tried to shout, rage, to do anything that might help with the intense emotions coursing through his veins. But there was nothing. Normally sake would help fill the void but right now even that sounded horrible. He felt numb. Shunsui placed his hands in his shelves and started to walk away with his head bowed. He heard the Soutaicho call out to him but he ignored it. Nothing mattered anymore.
The Senkaimon leading out of the precipice world opened up into a deserted alleyway.
"Remember Rose Bentley you are not to return until you die in this world." Said the Henchman before turning and heading back through the gate.
"WAIT!" called Rose.
The Henchman stopped walking and Rose ran up to him. "Please give Shunsui Kyoraku this." She pulled the blue butterfly necklace she had been wearing off her neck and handed it to the henchman.
For a moment the dark, serious eyes of the henchman softened before turning back to its normal look. "Alright Rose Bentley."
Rose watched as the gate closed and faded away. She waited and waited, hoping for them to open and for somebody to say that this had all been a practical joke. But nobody came. This was it, Rose was now alone again, forced to wait eighty years until she could see her love again. One tear fell, then another and another before the dam broke and the tears fell uncontrollably. Rose fell to her knees and wailed as tears fell from her eyes. She did not care if people heard her, she just did not care. First her parents die, then she was forced to leave the godfather and now Shunsui. Why had everybody she loved been forced to leave her? Why? Why? Why?
It could have been hours that Rose sat on the floor of the alleyway and cried her eyes out for all she knew. But after a while…and when her tears had finally stopped flowing, she got up and started to walk away with her bag in hand. She had called Lexie the day before and asked if she could stay with her till the next year of university started. This coincidentally was in three weeks. Lexie had agreed and then proceeded to pester her about her boyfriend Shunsui. Rose had broken down in tears and sobbed about how they had been forced to break up. Lexie had been very sympathetic and helpful towards her. Rose really had no idea why she called Lexie, but in reality she was the closest thing she had to a friend in the human world. At least she was not totally alone.
The tub ride was long but eventually Rose arrived at the stop where Lexie lived at. Lexie came from a rich family and so her 'house' was in the posh part of London. Just as she was exiting the tub station, Rose saw a supermarket and need for chocolate overtook her. Thankfully this shop had a big alcohol section so Rose placed a big bottle of Vodka and Tequila in her basket before moving on to the chocolate section. Soon the basket was filled with Ice cream, biscuits, muffins, chocolate and alcohol. The person at the till looked down at the content of Rose basket and then up at Rose with a knowing look in his eyes. Alcohol, junk food and tears stains meant one thing: break up…and by the looks of the amount of alcohol and junk food, a serious one. After paying for her stuff Rose left the shop and headed towards Lexie's 'house'. House was putting it kindly, Lexie lived in a London Mansion with a Bentley and a Jaguar parked outside. Lexie opened the door and greeted Rose.
"I see you are already bought the supplies. Come on Bentley let's get wasted." Said Lexie.
Rose tried to smile. Getting drunk sounded like the best idea ever.
The rain poured and splattered against Shunsui's sakkat. He was slowly making his way back towards his quarters. In his hand was Rose's butterfly necklace that one of the central 46 Henchman had given him. He had claimed that Rose wanted him to have it. It seemed only fair that he got something to remember her by since he had given something similar to her.
He walked around the outside of his quarters and saw the Ukitake and the Soutaicho had made themselves comfortable on his porch.
"Shunsui, it's about time you showed up." Grunted the Soutaicho.
Shunsui's hands clenched as he fought back a rather rude verbal response. The Soutaicho and he had been on rather shaky speaking terms ever since Rose had been forced to leave. Both sides did not want to do or say anything that would aggravate the other. It had been a week since Rose and left him and the numbness in his body was still there. For the first time since forever, Shunsui had not used sake to dull his pain, a feat that had shocked everybody. Ukitake had even offered to help pay for Shunsui to get drunk. But he even refused that. He was lost, and nothing anybody did or said helped him.
In silence Shunsui sat down on the porch and watched the rain fall. A rather awkward silence passed between the three of them. "You know I had no choice but to let her go." Said the Soutaicho after a moment.
Shunsui grit his teeth. "You have been known to go against the orders of central 46 before." He was referring to the Kuchiki incident.
The Soutaicho grunted. "You and I both know that the situation was different."
Shunsui glared at the Soutaicho and was about to respond when Ukitake beat him to it. "I think what Shunsui was trying to say was that you did not even try to defend her wen the order was issued."
"What was there to defend? Central 46 made the right decision and you both know that. Rose Bentley is a human and thus cannot live in the Soul Society." Said the Soutaicho.
Shunsui growled, but even he to admit that the old man was correct.
"Plus." Continued the Soutaicho. "She is young and still has the potential to live out a full and complete life. it would have been cruel to deny her that."
"It was even crueller to force her to leave without taking her feelings into account."
"Shunsui, do not mix your personal feelings with your duty. It is the law, Rose Bentley is a human and so cannot stay in the Soul Society. You are too blinded by your feelings for her to realise this." Boomed the Soutaicho.
There was an eerie silence, filled only with the soft splatter of the rain on the ground. "Why could we have not given her a substitute Shinigami badge like Ichigo Kurosaki." Said Ukitake after a while. "I mean he was a human yet we still recognize him as a Shinigami and allowed him to keep his Zanpakuto along with passage into the Soul Society."
The Soutaicho looked at Ukitake. He was not surprised that Ukitake would support his friend, he had always done it. "Because Ichigo Kurosaki is living in an area with a high concentration of reishi. His services are needed to protect the humans. Rose lives in an area with a very low reishi concentration so her talents are not required." He explained.
"But why did she have to hand over her Zanpakuto." Asked Shunsui with a hint of menace in his tone.
"To prevent her from using her powers in the world of the living. The damage she could cause. It was deemed safer to separate her from her Zanpakuto while we monitor her existence." Said the Soutaicho without acknowledging Shunsui's evil tone.
The rain had stopped falling but the sky was still grey. The Soutaicho stood up. "Shunsui I understand your anger but as a Taicho of the Gotei 13 you must uphold the law. Personally I would have like Rose Bentley to stay in the Seireitei as she has potential but the law states otherwise. But I am sure that we will see Rose Bentley again." And with that he was gone.
Shunsui sighed. He was going to wait for Rose…even if he had to wait a hundred years he was going to wait for her. Why? Because she was his life and he could not live without her. And when she returned he was going to keep her by his side (if she wanted to be there) and fight off anybody who tried to separate them again. She was his…and he was hers.
Hi Guys, Yes Rose and Shunsui have been forced apart...again. I hope you understand why she had to go in the first place. If not please send me a message and I will try to explain it to you then.
I was going to be mean and end the story here but... I think that 29 is such an unsavoury number...so there is going to be an epilogue to bring the overall chapters up to 30. The epilogue will be released next week as I am still finalizing it. Please don't hate me for this chapter
