Bleach: Gishi Kasetsu
Chapter 3Akuma's zanpaku-to cut a hole through the air, creating an altered dimension. Blood crashed from throughout the dimension and came for Ichigo.
"What the fuck?" stammered Ichigo. Ichigo jumped from the car onto a fence wall.
The blood rammed the car at the last second Ichigo escaped, but the car didn't look at different. Ichigo struggled to escape the blood.
Ichigo smirked. "I know how to defeat your zanpaku-to's power."
Ichigo ran, and the blood followed. He ran into a rear by pond, and jumped in. But that didn't work. The blood went into the water, and the blood spread, like an angry disease. Ichigo frantically shot from the water and continued running. The blood now possessed the water, and there was over at least four times more of the blood after him now. Ichigo leaked blood everywhere, and his shoulder bone was nearly popping from its socket. Ichigo screamed but still continued running.
"This is taking too long," said Akuma.
Akuma appeared before Ichigo, and gave him another cut to the ribs. Ichigo screamed in extreme anguish. Akuma moved from the way of the blood, and watched as it splashed all over Ichigo. The blood covered Ichigo, and kept him sunk in the blood for quite a few seconds, until the water fell flat on the ground.
Akuma smiled. "Its over for you. See ya."
"Wait," commanded Ichigo. "I'm not letting you get away." Ichigo's eyes turned blood red from irritation of Akuma's bankai.
"Stand down Kurosaki," insisted Akuma. "You're already going to die. Getting frustrated will only kill you faster…"
"What the fuck do you think you're talking about?" asked Ichigo. "What do you mean die?"
"Goodbye, soul reaper," sighed Akuma.
Akuma opened a portal to the soul society. Before Akuma entered the portal, Ichigo came into view before Akuma's eyes. Ichigo swung his sword furiously and stabbed the boy in the left arm. Akuma shrieked.
"Your crazy!" shouted Akuma.
"You little shit!" yelled Ichigo.
Akuma swung his blade again and pierced Ichigo's abdomen. Ichigo fell to his knees and gushed blood from his mouth onto Akuma's shihakusho.
Akuma stared down at Ichigo and slowly continued forth towards the portal.
Akuma stopped again before the portal. "If your wounds don't kill you first, the blood will." And with that, Akuma walked away, into the portal.
Ichigo lay shivering, and helpless. But it wasn't long until Kisuke Urahara came.
"Oh, man," said Kisuke adjusting his hat downward. "This isn't good."
Kisuke gathered all of Ichigo's friends at his store. Orihime was crying softly, while Chad and Uryu just stood there, but it was obvious that they were his friends too, and they were just as sad.
"I can heal him, right Mr. Urahara?" said Orihime. "I know I can."
"No," exclaimed Kisuke. Kisuke closed his eyes and lowered his head. "It would just be a waste."
"What do you mean a waste!" yelled Uryu. "He can still live!"
"No, he can't," calmly said Kisuke. "Even if you do heal his wounds, he will still die of the poison."
"Poison?" asked Chad, Orihime and Uryu at the same time.
"He fought "something" and whatever it did, it injected some kind of poison in him," confirmed Kisuke. "But anymore than that, I do not know. The blood blends perfectly in with the blood inside the body. Its nothing I've ever seen before. Even if I were to find a cure for it, it would take weeks, maybe months. And Ichigo…is only looking at another thirty minutes to an hour, at most."
Orihime cried even harder, and it was seemed as though Chad and even Uryu were about to cry.
"I think," whispered Orihime. "I still think…I should heal Ichigo anyway. That way, we could see him…before he…" the words were too painful to mutter. Orihime cried again.
Kisuke looked over at Orihime. "Fine, it may even stall the poison for a little while. But no more than an extra ten to fifteen minutes."
Orihime began to heal Ichigo, but someone jumped through the window into the room.
"So, Ichigo's going to die, eh?" casually spoke Renji.
"Renji!" said Uryu and Orihime.
"Oh shut up Renji, stop being so dumb," said Rukia.
Renji lay back against the wall and looked back at Ichigo. "Pathetic, you weren't supposed to die Ichigo."
"Who did this?" asked Rukia. "Its vital that I know."
"None of us know," spoke Chad. "Mr. Urahara found him in the street, and examined his wound. Then he told us he was going to die. It surprised all of us. It's a painful time for all of us…but Orihime is taking it the hardest."
Rukia glanced over at Ichigo and walked near him. "Ichigo." Rukia put her hand over Ichigo's head and closed her eyes.
"Shit," laughed Renji. "Going to try to see what he's thinking, eh?"
"Quiet Renji," demanded Rukia. Rukia tried to see Ichigo's thoughts, and saw what he was dreaming. She saw the small boy with blood red hair, and how he used his bankai's power to summon chasing blood. She saw the entire fight. Rukia took her hand from Ichigo's head and opened her eyes. "He is indeed poisoned, that indeed is obvious. But it is not the poison weakening him. In fact, as strange as it is, it's making him a little stronger. But he will still die, and he has approximately forty minutes I'd guess. It was another soul reaper that did this…" Rukia sighed and walked towards Orihime to comfort her.
Renji clenched his fist and turned away. "Damn you, Ichigo." He didn't want anyone to see, but even Renji at that moment felt like crying. "You weren't supposed to another soul reaper. You were so strong. How the fuck could you die? You were supposed…to die by me…you punk." Renji punched Ichigo's unconscious body hard across the face. Ichigo's body flew from the bed and crashed into the wall. "Shit."
"What are you doing?" cried Orihime. Orihime ran to Ichigo and cried harder. "Can't you see he's hurt!"
"Fuck it," bitched Renji. "He's going to be dead within the hour anyway." Renji walked away with his hands in his pockets out of Mr. Urahara's store.
Orihime cried and held Ichigo close, until she felt a hand touch her face and wipe away her tears. It was Ichigo. He was no longer unconscious.
"Ichigo!" cried Orihime.
"Orihime," smiled Ichigo. "Are you okay?"
Orihime's eyes filled with thick clear tears as they dribbled down her face onto his cheek.
"I'm so sorry, Orihime," frowned Ichigo. "I'm going to die."
"No!" screamed Orihime. "Something will happen! You'll live! You always live Ichigo! Nothing has killed you before, the poison won't either!"
Ichigo stood up and closed his eyes. "Not this time, Orihime. Those other times, I survived wounds from blades. And it's obvious I would have this time around too. But…" Ichigo paused, "I've never survived poison from a powerful soul reaper's bankai. I don't think I'll make it this time."
Ichigo slowly walked to the front door of Mr. Urahara's shop. "Let's go, Orihime."
"Huh?" wondered Orihime. "Where are we going?"
"Anywhere," said Ichigo. "But I'm not going to spend my last moments in Mr. Hat-in-Clogs shop. Let's take a walk."
Orihime followed behind Ichigo. "Where do you want to go?"
"Let's go to the park," uttered Ichigo. "It's a good place."
"O-Okay…" blushed Orihime.
Ichigo and Orihime walked to the nearby park and sat down on a bench beside each other. Orihime stared at the ground while Ichigo glanced at Orihime.
"Orihime," said Ichigo. "You like me right?"
Orihime lifted her head in shock, and blushed. She raised her head, but than lowered it shortly afterwards. "Yes…I've loved you for a long time, Ichigo." Orihime shuffled her feet and nervously crossed her hands together and moved them unsteadily.
Ichigo smiled and closed his eyes. "I thought so…Thank you, Orihime…" Ichigo looked at Orihime, and saw she leaning towards him, she closed her eyes and puckered, she trembled in a nervous state.
Ichigo blushed a slight bit himself. He leaned towards Orihime, and with that, their lips met, a passionate sort of kiss that felt so sweet, so soft. Orihime was blushing like an apple, and pushed the kiss a little further. She moved her lips more making the kiss long last and smooth. After some seconds later, their lips departed and Ichigo and Orihime stared at each other blushing very much.
"Orihime," said Ichigo. "I'm sorry that we weren't meant to be together…"
Orihime looked down and uttered, "I'm glad that we both were able to fall in love at least."
Ichigo smiled. "Long after I am gone, you will fall in love again, Orihime. I know you will."
"No!" shouted Orihime. "I will never love another man! I love you Ichigo. I want to be with you forever." Orihime cried hard and rubbed her eyes as her tears dribbled down her cheeks.
Ichigo hugged Orihime. "Orihime, please don't say that. It hurts my soul to hear you say that. You will live on, and meet another man to fall in love with after I am gone. It will be hard at first…but you have to…please do it for me."
Orihime sniffled and hugged Ichigo back. She never said anything, but Ichigo knew that she would listen to him.
Orihime felt nothing. She got a deep feeling as if something horrible had happened. "Ichigo?" Orihime patted Ichigo on the back. "Ichigo?" Orihime began to cry again. "You can't leave me Ichigo…you can't…"
Rukia jumped from the tree above Ichigo and Orihime. "How touching."
"Rukia?" gasped Orihime. "What are you doing here?"
"I was waiting for Ichigo to die," said Rukia. "I have a plan."
Orihime opened her eyes wide, "plan? For what?"
Rukia smiled. "What? To bring Ichigo back of course!"
A/N:Ah, the third chapter is complete. I'm sorry it took me so long to write my third chapter. Not much time these days. I hope all of you enjoyed the chapter and will continue reading Bleach: Gishi Kasetsu. See you in Chapter 4!