Misguided Ghosts
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Song: Misguided Ghosts
By: Paramore
Requested By: leedakay
Genre: Bleachverse
Rating: T
Additional: Spoilers for the latest Fullbring/Lost Shinigami-daikô Arc
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She hadn't come to Karakura Town ever since.
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I'm going away for a while
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The rain was pounding heavily on him as he was leaning against the trunk of a tree, dull, brown eyes staring dimly at the surface of the roaring, black river.
But I'll be back, don't try to follow me
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His orange strands of hair were clinging to his head, the water running in his eyes.
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'cause I'll return as soon as possible
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"Leave me alone."
The woman hadn't even started to speak when his cold reply pierced through the cold, moist night air, the words stung as she visibly jerked back by the icy quality in his voice.
"I don't have the nerves for your explanations, Rukia."
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See I'm trying to find my place
But it might not be here where I feel safe
We all learn to make mistakes
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The seventeen-year old stomped down towards the very edge of the almost-overflowing riverside, glaring at the rippling water with his hands buried deep in his pockets as he walked alongside the dangerous tides.
"Fancy that you came back right after I regained my powers, shinigami." He spat the last word with venom and ire, brown eyes flashing silver for only a second, Rukia's own brimmed with hurt.
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And run
From them, from them
With no direction
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"Ichigo, let me ex-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" His arm lashed out as he felt her hand nearing, the water from the river following his movement and drenching her from head to toe.
It's not Fondness that makes the power work, any attachment does.
And Hurt and Sorrow are strong enough attachments for Fullbring.
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Run from them, from them
With no conviction
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"They say nothing matures you more than forgiving those who crushed your faith, you know?" His voice was hard and cold, nothing like he used to speak around her, chilling her bones more than the icy water.
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I'm just one of those ghosts
Traveling endlessly
Don't need no road
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"Well, I disagree."
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In fact they follow you
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"Having your faith crushed matures you more than anything else, shinigami."
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And we just go in circles
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She was getting more and more desperate, he could tell, but he didn't find it in him to care.
She hadn't shown compassion with him either, had she?
"Ichigo, please, listen to m-"
"Shinigami," he interrupted her again, any remaining emotion having left his voice, the rain worsening around them. "Drop it."
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Now I'm told that this life
And pain is just a simple compromise
So we can get what we want out of it
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"I hate you."
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Someone try to classify,
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She was crying, he could feel it.
Since that blasted dollhouse training he could sense his environment more clearly, an aftereffect of the power, he knew.
After all, tears had their own souls, too.
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A broken heart and twisted minds
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And he was torn between his hate and taking everything back.
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So I can find someone to rely on
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After several minutes of silence had stretched between them, Ichigo turned around and left, Rukia sitting in the wet grass and staining her clothes with mud as she remained in the rain.
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So run
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"Should you really be so harsh on her without letting her explain herself?"
The orange-head looked up, the unusually somber voice of the annoyingly arrogant Dokugamine Riruka alerting him. He snorted, trying to ignore her probing stare and strange, new attitude. "What's it to you? Shouldn't you be at home and suffocate of plush?"
"Ooooh?" She turned her head away, twirling her umbrella in her fingers as she smiled mockingly, eyes half-lidded. "So you did listen! I have to write it in my journal, bishounen-kun."
"Stop calling me that, you creep. I'm still shocked you actually kidnapped a Yakuza."
"The drunk ass had it coming," Riruka shrugged his comment off, turning back to him with a more serious expression. "I'm sure if you just listened to her-"
"Just leave me alone, Riruka."
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To them, to them
Full speed ahead
Oh, you are not
Useless
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Fuck Central 46, fuck them all to hell... Rukia was clutching her head as she sat in the rain right beside the almost-overflowing river, biting her lower lip as her tears meddled with the pouring rain.
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We are just
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Suddenly the raindrops ceased falling, something or another shielding her from the sky's wet wrath.
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Misguided ghosts
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When her deep blue eyes ventured upwards, her sight was met with a black umbrella keeping the rain at bay, held above her by a tanned, drenched hand.
"Ichigo?"
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Traveling endlessly
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"I still don't forgive you...
And you'll have a tough time rebuilding my faith in you...
But... I'll at least let you explain..."
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The ones we trusted the most
Pushed us far away
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She smiled shyly up at him, his face annoyed and turned from her. "Thanks... Ichigo."
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And there's no one role
We should not be the same
But I'm just a ghost
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"Just shut up and let's go home, midget."
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And still they echo me
They echo me in circles
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Hm... dunno what to think about this... but I'd like it if it went down like this XD
About Ichigo using Fullbring on the river.
You see, I think it doesn't only work on things you 'love' or are particularly 'fond' of – anything you have a strong affiliation with – be it through memories or you carrying it around everyday – would work. And since Ichigo has a strong connection to that river because of his mother's death, I think he would be able to use Fullbring on it.
My opinion, at least :3