I Will Follow You Into The Dark
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To those who were in a foul mood because I made Ichi marry Inoue in the previous chap, I originally planned to kill her off with a Hollow attack when their first child would've been 3 but decided to not do so... it just didn't fit into the flow of the story too well^^"
Personally, I like the lyrics but the way it's sung is not really my style .
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Song: I Will Follow You Into The Dark
By: Death Cab For Cutie
Requested By: Toushi
Warnings: Character Death (mwhahahaha...)
Um... just noticed... almost all the requests I got are from you Toushi o.O
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"Rukia?"
"Hm?"
"Could you do me a favor?"
"Depends."
"When I die... please be the one to send me to Soul Society, okay?"
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Love of mine someday you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark
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He knew what to expect from death. He'd already been there.
But it didn't change the fact that death kept it's uncertain and scary aura.
He knew he wasn't to see 'a light at the end of a tunnel' or fluffy clouds with a golden gate, an angel in front with a book checking if he belonged to heaven. That was some rubbish people came up with out of boredom and stupidity.
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No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
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They had been on a regular Hollow extermination like usual, just this time something went awfully wrong.
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If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the nos on their vacancy signs
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"Sorry, Kuchiki-san... his wounds just won't heal properly..." With that the orange-haired girl deactivated her healing barrier around the wounded Shinigami who was now only breathing lowly.
Rukia shook her head and bit her lip to prevent her eyes from letting tears fall down her cheeks as she looked at his blood-covered face. "Thanks for trying."
The teen then decided to leave them alone as she knew both were already oblivious to her being there.
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If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
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She had placed him back in his body to prevent his soul from just disappearing into thin air. The moment his Konpaku had reconnected with his human body the wounds his Shinigamiself had harbored gashed open on his flesh.
Rukia was grasping his right hand tightly in hers as she watched his face for any movement. Her heart skipped a few beats when he slowly – achingly slowly – managed to force his eyelids open to gaze at her through foggy pools of golden amber. Somehow he managed his cocky smirk to appear on his blood-stained features. How he always managed that was beyond her understanding.
"Time to make good on your promise, huh, midget?"
It just became harder not to cry.
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In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me
"Son fear is the heart of love"
So I never went back
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The petite Shinigami had his head resting on her lap as she used her sleeve to wipe the blood covering his face away.
Ichigo was now barely able to keep his eyes open, his breathing shallow and raspy.
"Oi, you act weird, chibi."
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If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the nos on their vacancy signs
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He coughed and she just now noticed that he was crying. When did he...?
"It's not like I'll go disappearing on you, I'm just becoming a Shinigami for good. At least show me a darn smile before I die, chibi." His voice was wet from his tears and the blood slowly filling his lungs.
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If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
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Slowly, Rukia forced her trembling lips to form a wry smile, staring into his eyes of molten gold. His hand, that had come up to stroke her cheek slowly relaxed as it fell down next to him. "Arigatô."
Drying her tears with one resolute motion she removed his head from her now blood-covered lap, waiting for his soul to leave his dead body.
Her face was stoic by the time his soul exited the corpse, he wasn't wearing his Shihakusho or his Zanpakutô, only his school uniform, like his body did, still lying on the ground. He smiled as he noticed this. "Guess the old man is a bit moody because I died." He looked back at her. "Don't show me that face. It makes me feel like I'm in love with your brother – and that's just plain wrong, y'know?"
A small smile cracked up her features. "Come here before I decide to let a random Hollow eat your face."
He held his hands in front of him in a defensive position whilst smiling. "No need to get creepy, Rukia. Just get on with it before I'm forced to get a soul burial by that freaky afro-head."
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You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
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The blue glow slowly diminished as a black and red swallowtail butterfly fluttered up from the ground and onto her left ear, its wings opening and closing two times as if saying 'hurry up and open the gate already, I'm growing old here'. She smiled. Typical...
Another flap of its wings. "Yeah, yeah, just a minute, idiot. Psh, for a butterfly you're pretty bossy and impatient, Ichigo."
"And for someone who cried her eyes out seconds ago you're pretty happy now." His voice echoed inside her head, emitting from where he was perched on her ear, a smirk sound in his words.
"Don't be so cocky, you cried, too."
"Can you prove it, midget?"
She smiled. "I don't have to, the memory alone is enough, retard."
"Bleh."
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The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
Cause we'll hold each other soon
The blackest of rooms
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Ichigo absentmindedly stroked the hair of the petite woman lying in bed beside him, her arms wrapped snugly around his bare waist as her breath fanned over his skin.
"What are you thinking about?"
He jerked as he looked down, violet pools of midnight glowing in the dark room as they stared at him, a shudder running down his spine hot and cold at the same time a smile making its way on his features. "About 50 years ago."
Her eyes darkened. "When you died?"
"Yup."
"Why?"
"Because."
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If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the nos on their vacancy signs
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Rukia narrowed her eyes. "Because?" Her voice was a snarl and he hurried in placing a pacifying kiss on her full lips. "I just remembered in that night, nothing big, right?"
She sighed. "Retard."
"Midget."
And quite suddenly he had rolled them both over, now hovering over her with a sly smile gracing his matured features. Stealing another, lustful kiss from her pouting lips he whispered against them, his hot breath fanning over her face and eliciting shudders from her. "I love you, you know that, right?"
His wife smiled back. "Sure, strawberry."
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If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
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"Stupid chibi," he whispered, smirking, as he dove in for another kiss.
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Then I'll follow you into the dark
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This time the shot is a little shorter, bleh, I don't care :D
I hope this time no one wants to kill me (*glare* Paige... I really don't appreciate Reviews all in caps, y'know? Makes me feel like I wanna punch someone, preferably the one writing the caps)
JK, anyways, please R&R, and, of course, make requests if you like XD
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