A collection of thoughts and poems from the Bleach cast as the cold war drags on…
As I watch them walk through the portal
I feel I am betraying them in some sense
As their teacher I should be leading them forward and calling the shots
But I cannot tread the path which they follow
I must stay behind like a loving mother watching her sons go from the doorstep
Silently knowing them may not all come back to me
Because of what I must here in the world they leave behind
I have plans to set in motion
And things to set up which will help them in the near future
Yet I feel some regret that I cannot protect them
But have had to train them
Teach them
Raise them
And watch them bloom into the warriors I have created in them…
Kisuke Urahara
The kittens venture into the black abyss
Were the larger cats do not dare to tread…
Yoruichi Shinoin
What was seen as good has turned out to be rotten on the inside.
Underneath the layers of lies and deceit,
The core shines with the ugly truth.
Life long friends have become overnight enemies.
Lovers beat each other to a bloody pulp on a broken background of rubble and dust.
Students are forced to fight their teachers, knowing that the score is kill or be killed…
For those who live through these horrors and nightmarish battles,
Nothing will ever be the same…
Their bodies may survive and heal,
But their minds and souls will not.
I not only see broken building and battered bodies littering the devastation,
But also destroyed hearts – ripped apart and beyond repair…
Retsu Unohana
As the war drags on,
Many lose themselves…
Yamamoto Genryusai
In my soul and in my mind I know I must fight against you
But my heart screams at me to stop,
Lower my weapon,
And run into your arms…
But I know I can not do that…
I know I must fight,
Hold back my fears
And disagree with aching heart…
Izuru Kira
Breaking through the barrier I see the destruction before me.
I feel the rapidly falling reiatsu of those wounded and still fighting in the distance
My body moves automatically and I feel those with me do the same
We rush to save those who are fading away,
And help those who are one their last legs
Children have yet again been sent to war
While those with more power and experience are forced to wait for orders
And stand idly by while the young are massacred, unable to do anything to help…
Byakuya Kuchiki
I sit here and wait for news
Not knowing if my comrades are safe
If we have won
Or if this nightmare is over
I am stuck here,
Protecting the fought
Holding down the barracks
And keeping some sense of emergency order
While they fight on the frontlines
And in the pits of hell…
Nanao Isa