Well... I have this lying in my folder and I don't have the heart to not upload it...

I didn't really edit it and to me this looks a bit messy, but I hope you don't mind...

It's been a while since I last wrote a Bleach story, so I think I'm going to continue this...

I do not own Bleach!


Déjà vu (I'll Still Be There For You)

"Ichigo nii-chan… who is he…?"

"It seemed that… she didn't remember what her soul did… the only thing she remembers are me and what she did before the accident…"

"But then…"

"I'm afraid… she doesn't remember you at all…"

/

"S-She…" Hitsugaya didn't believe a heart could break twice, but he was sure he could hear his heart broke for the second time. Ichigo saw that Hitsugaya's eyes darkened and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Maybe… maybe you could make her remember… be a friend to her once more, do the things you like to do… maybe you can return her memories, or maybe you can make new ones with her…"

"But…"

"She did say for you not to give up so easily, didn't she?" Ichigo said with a raised eyebrow. Hitsugaya saw a challenge in Ichigo's eyes and he isn't one of those people to back down from a challenge.

"Yeah… she did…"

"That's what I'm talking about, now better go in before she decided to ask me questions I didn't want to answer." Ichigo said as he pushed Hitsugaya back into the room. Hitsugaya saw Yuki trying to move out from the bed and Ichigo quickly walked towards her.

"What are you trying to do, Yuki?"

"The flowers…" Ichigo then sighed and ruffled Yuki's hair.

"You should've called me."

"But you're busy talking…" Yuki said with an innocent face and voice. Perhaps she really has forgotten everything, Yuki had looked exactly like a lost 5 year-old. Yuki then looked behind at Hitsugaya and looked back at Ichigo, confused.

"This… is Hitsugaya Toushiro, my student." Yuki then looked back at Hitsugaya and bowed her head.

"I'm Yuki. I couldn't exactly remember things right now since Ichigo nii-chan said I've just woken up so I'm sorry if I forgot you." Hitsugaya couldn't blame the girl, after all, he has never heard of a soul getting out from its body either and he didn't know if the memories the soul had will flow to the body…

"But your face looks familiar though… have we met?" Ichigo then raised his eyebrow and shrugged at Hitsugaya's confused face. Yuki then rubbed her temples.

"Are you alright, Yuki?"

"I felt tired… my head hurts…"

"You should rest more… you just woke up."

"I want to go to Mother Tree…"

"Maybe I can ask the doctor to let you out for a while tomorrow. Now rest." Ichigo said as he tucked Yuki under the sheets and kissed her forehead. Yuki then looked at Hitsugaya and waved.

"It's nice meeting you, Hitsugaya-kun." Yuki said as Hitsugaya replied with a nervous wave.

"If you need anything, just call the nurse, okay? I'll be out for a while. Love you."

"Love you too, Ichigo nii-chan."

/

"Thanks for coming, Toushiro."

"… It's okay."

"Don't worry, maybe Yuki'll remember soon."

"When will she be discharged?" Ichigo then sighed.

"It might take a while… she's been in coma for years and the muscles on her legs and body are rather stiff, so she'll need rehabilitation so she could walk again. She'll be using a wheelchair for the moment."

"I see…"

"You better get back, Matsumoto and Gin might be worried if you hadn't gone back by now."

"See you at school, then?"

"I won't be coming to teach for a while until I'm sure that Yuki will be fine. She's still too fragile right now. Watch out for Renji though, you might not know what he'll do without me around."

"I can take care on my own." Hitsugaya scoffed.

"Well, see you later then."

/

"Hey squirt, whatcha gonna do without your protector around?" Renji said as he stood in front of a reading Hitsugaya.

"Shut up."

"Oh? You're talking back? That's rare."

"I said shut up, I can't read with your stupid voice ringing in my ears." Renji's face right now is red with fury and the people around them are scared as well as confused. The quiet and aloof guy Hitsugaya is talking back to the bully Renji?

"How dare you? And you kept reading this useless book, what? Japanese Literature? You wanted to be a poet or what? That's so lame." Renji said as his boys laughed. Renji then took Hitsugaya's book from his hand and Hitsugaya quickly pulled it back before he punched Renji in the face. Renji fall down on the floor with a dazed look on his face.

"Don't you dare… don't you even dare to touch my book!" Hitsugaya said menacingly as he walked away as the students looked at him in awe.

/

Hitsugaya got onto his bed and thought about the earlier events. No one is going to touch is Japanese Literature book, no one. It's too precious to be touched, especially by Renji. Yuki loved the book and he's not going to let it be wrecked by Renji's hands.

"I think Japanese Literature is interesting."

Hitsugaya looked at the dried leaf on his bedside and smiled. It was the leaf that Momo got from Yuki. He had dried it and made it as a bookmark to hold his memories. Hitsugaya closed his eyes and went off to sleep. Tomorrow he's going to pay a visit to the Mother Tree first then he's going to visit Yuki at the hospital.

/

"Oh, Hitsugaya-kun, right?" Hitsugaya looked up from his place under the tree and saw Yuki on her wheelchair.

"Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?" Hitsugaya quickly said as he stood up from the grass when Yuki wheeled closer to him.

"Ichigo nii-chan promised me we'd go here today. This is my favourite place to play when I was younger."

"I see…" Hitsugaya thought, trying not to be too obvious.

"Do you like staying under the tree too?"

"Yeah, I do. This place gave me memories."

"Ah, I see. I don't want to disturb you, so I'll be moving on." Hitsugaya opened his eyes and looked at Yuki who's trying to move her wheelchair.

"Wait!" Hitsugaya called in reflex. Yuki then stopped and looked at him.

"Yes?"

"You can stay longer if you want, I don't mind." Hitsugaya tried to reason.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Thank you." Yuki said as she moved towards the tree and stayed there. Hitsugaya laid back down on the grass and tried to secretly eyed Yuki. She's very different than the one he used to know, she was energetic and always mingle easily, but now she's shy, sweet but still has her childish side. Hitsugaya wondered if she would ever get her soul's memory.

/

"Look who's here." Hitsugaya snapped his eyes open and saw Renji hovering over him.

"What do you want?"

"I'm here to pay you back for humiliating me in front of everybody." Renji as he started cracking his knuckles. Hitsugaya then glared at him and remembered that Yuki is still there behind him. He turned around and saw Yuki staring both of them with fear in her eyes. Renji noticed this and also noticed Yuki looking at them.

"Oh? Who's this? A friend of yours, geek?" Yuki was frozen; scared to do anything when Renji started to approach her. Hitsugaya was about to grabbed Renji's collar when all of the sudden Renji pushed Kumiko's wheelchair. Then she fell and hit her head on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Hitsugaya roared at Renji.

"Hmph, geeks are friends with each other after all." Renji said. Hitsugaya was so angry he was about to punch Renji on the face when they heard a new sound near them.

"What do you think you're doing?" Hitsugaya and Renji turned around and saw Ichigo stood not too far from them, face red from anger.

"S-Sensei!"

"What do you think you are doing to my cousin?" Renji's face was beyond shocked and he quickly fled. Ichigo and Hitsugaya quickly approached Yuki and saw that she was unconscious.

"The doctor will kill me when I got back…" Ichigo groaned.

"I'm sorry… I couldn't do anything…" Ichigo then sighed and rubbed Hitsugaya's head.

"Don't be, you know how Renji always showed up at the worst time." Ichigo said as he carried Yuki on his back.

"Is she going to be alright?"

"She's just unconscious, nothing serious. Can you help me bring the wheelchair back?"

"Sure."

/

"Hello…"

"Oh, it's you Hitsugaya-kun. How are you today?" Yuki asked from her bed.

"I'm okay…"

"Is something wrong? You look troubled…"

"I'm very sorry for yesterday… I couldn't help you even though I was there…"

"It's okay… I'm kind of used to it…" Hitsugaya was surprised, was she used to get bullied before?

"Used to it? How?"

"Well… when my parents died, people would usually pick on me since they say that now I'm parentless and I'm useless without them…" Yuki said shyly as Hitsugaya gritted his teeth and tightened his fists.

"But Ichi nii-chan has always been there for me, I really love him. He's been taking care of me ever since and I'm really grateful." Yuki said, smiling happy while watching the blue sky from the window.

"Yuki."

"Yes?" Yuki turned her head around and saw Hitsugaya staring at her.

"Can I… know about the accident you were in?" Yuki was surprised as Hitsugaya was starting to regret his question.

"If you don't mind, that is…"

"Sure, but I can't remember much…"

"Anything you remember then, I don't mind."


Read and review please! And don't mind about the messiness, I think this has been neglected for about a year...

I just recently read Eyeshield 21 fanfics, and I fell in love with the Fem!Sena ones *laughs*

And when I read the comic, I fell in love with Riku (and perhaps it's also because of my fondness for Hitsugaya that made me like him so much)

I hope you guys liked it~!