The day of the cornation

At dawn on the third day Ichigo was standing, in his shinigami form, at the top of Tokyo Tower. He knew the entrance to the realm of angels would be there somewhere, he just had to find it. While he was standing there staring at the sky, willing it to open the entrance for him, he suddenly saw a bright light just above him. After staring at it for a second and deciding that nothing was going to come out of it, he leapt upwards and much to his surprise the light engulfed him. While traveling through a tunnel of light he heard a voice in his head. It was a clear and beautiful voice.

"Welcome you son of an angel. You have the strength of heart to pass through this gate and join the other angels in happiness."

Suddenly he found himself standing on the ground again, and after blinking a few times because the light had blinded him, he looked around to find that he was standing in a flower garden. He started walking towards the exit he saw in front of him and arrived on a large open ground. Right in front of him was a large group of angels, all with their wings out, and they were staring at him in wonder. He stared back for a few seconds before he heard a slightly familiar voice calling to him. It was full of surprise.

"So you actually made it here. I'm impressed Kurosaki Ichigo. I was sure you wouldn't be able to."

Ichigo peered into the crowd until he spotted the source of the voice.

"As you can see I made it just fine, Kuro the black angel. Where is Rukia?"

The black winged angel motioned for him to follow him and as he approached the crowd they all turned to the side to give him room. He followed Kuro towards the end of the grounds where he could see a high throne. And on top of that throne...

"Ichigo!"

He stared for half a second at the girl with the purple wings that was sitting on the throne. She was smiling, but tears ran down her face.

Rukia had spotted Ichigo where he walked behind Kuro towards her. He had made it, just as she had believed he would. Tears of relief started running down her cheeks as she called out to him.

"I knew you would come, I believed in you!"

She saw his eyes flow over in the same relief that she felt, but when he answered her she gasped for air.

"Rukia!"

The same moment the word came from his mouth, wings started growing out on his back. She could see his surprise as she flapped her own wings and flew down towards him.
"Rukia, what is this? What is going on? Why do I have... wings?"

She tried to answer, but she couldn't speak a word. She was just staring at his wings along with the rest of the crowd. They didn't look like anything she had seen since she came here. One of his wings was pure white, but the other one was pitch black. She heard Kuros voice beside her.

"I see, so he's half angel. That explains it. Boy, which of your parents is an angel?"

She looked at him in surprise and Ichigo looked just as surprised. But the question remained unanswered as Mary walked up to them.

"Princess, it's time. Now that everyone's here, we need to start the cornation."

Rukia looked closely at her face as she looked at Ichigos wings. But instead of looking surprised, Mary only smiled knowingly and urged Rukia to get back to the throne. She sighed and flew back up, seating herself comfortably and looking out at the crown. Her eyes stuck on Ichigo and she smiled. She had known that he would come. And he had.

The cornation was very quick and Rukia was soon standing in front of Ichigo again, now a cornated princess. He looked at her in wonder, taking a close look at her wings. They were a beautiful color, and they suited her so much. Then suddenly that blonde angel who had fetched Rukia to the throne earlier came up to him and asked a question he would never forget.

"So, Kurosaki Ichigo, how is Masaki doing?"