Rukia lay on her back on the ground, blood slowly seeping out of her body.
She was going to die. There was no preventing it.
Her breathing was in erratic gasps.
She was going to die.
She… was going… to die.
The bloodied form of Ichigo blurred. Rukia managed to squeeze out a few tears.
"I… don't want… to…die…. I… don't- I didn't…. want you… to… die…"
"Good."
Rukia froze as the entire world came to a stop. The wind stopped blowing. Her wounds stopped bleeding.
A man wearing sunglasses and a black coat and a man wearing completely white that looked just like Ichigo leaned over her body.
"Ichi…go?" she said weakly.
"Che. Dammit. Just one look at me and she thinks I'm that bastard." The man said jerking his head toward the body that lay a few feet away, "Can you believe that?! What the hell am I helping her?!!"
The other man looked calmly at the latter, "Well it's natural to assume you are him since you do look like him after all…"
Staring straight into Rukia's eyes, the black cloaked man said, "Do you want to live? DO you want a different fate? Do you want to change… his fate?"
Rukia, unable to talk, nodded silently.
"Hmmph. Stupid king… just had to go get himself killed… Can't take over him if he's dead…" he went on to mutter a string of curses.
The other man glared at him and continued, "You will be sent back to the past. I don't know when in the past, though. You, however, will lose all memories, but will have this second chance to lice. To change… your fate, and more importantly, Ichigo's. Is this what you want?"
Rukia stared fully into the man's face and nodded once.
"Very well. Don't regret this now…" he trailed off as he was outlined with a blue reiatsu.
"And don't forget… 'The sun shall never rise again.'"
Rukia was enveloped in a light, and disappeared. Ichigo disappeared along with her.
Zangetsu looked at the sunset and murmured:
The shadows wither and the light flickers
If you seek death, you will never conquer
If you seek life, you will never surrender
The moment you waver on the edge of death,
The sun shall never rise again.
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I didn't like this chapter. For one thing, it was too short for my liking, and it reaaally sucked. I had a hard time writing it. Next chapter should be better… I hope… again. I'm kinda proud of myself, though. I made that little poem up. I was never good with poems unless they were emo poems. I don't know why...
Now here's that totally random Omake from last chapter.
----------Omake----------
Hollowheart: Now we have arrived in Sereitei, let us go study Shunsui's eating behaviors!
UchihaSakura and UchihaFanGirl: …sure.
Everybody: -runs toward division- -peeks into window-
Hollowheart: -takes out clipboard and scribbles madly-
UchihaSakura: He's… not eating anything…
UchihaFanGirl: He's drinking… lot's and lot's of sake… and who is that?
UchihaSakura: -squints- I think… That's… Nanao?
Hollowheart: You idiots! That's not Nanao. That's a cardboard cut-out of her. Say what you want, but I still think Shunsui is gay.
UchihaFanGirl:… That's cardboard cut-out shows quite a…. revealing picture…
-Nanao comes in and sees cardboard cut-out, turns red, and starts yelling at Shunsui-
Shunsui: Nanao-chan, why are you yelling? Why are you yelling, my beautiful, beautiful, sweet, lovely, cute, cuddly, squish-
-Nanao breaks a sake bottle over his head and continues yelling-
UchihaSakura: he's definitely drunk
Shunsui: owww… what was that fo-
-Nanao breaks several sake bottles over his head and proceeds to kick him around the room-
Hollowheart:-still scribbling madly-
UchihaSakura and UchihaFanGirl: -wince- ow…
UchihaFanGirl: that's gotta hurt.
-----end omake-----
Next Omake! We go see Kurotsuchi Mayuri's eating habits! Anybody know which division Shunsui is in? And is Kurotsuchi's division #13?
I forget. I hope this omake wasn't that stupid and random…