Chapter: Bloody Sunrise
Shalan's Say: Hmmm… I smell something… lemony? Maybe in the next chapter… perhaps perhaps… XD Would you all like me to write a nice hot sexy lemon for you all? MASAKI! IS! SO! CUUUUUTE!
1. Silencers are illegal in the United States
ONCE AGAIN! THIS IS NOT THE END! NOT NEAR IT! DON'T LEAVE ME YOU GUYS! JUST KEEP HANGING IN THERE!
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Rukia laughed as her baby crawled towards her. At 6 months Masaki was extremely active and curious. Rukia was actually starting to find her a pain. She went everywhere with her mother, upset when Rukia would even leave the room. Though, now that she was crawling a little better she just followed Rukia around the apartment. Tosen smiled. He had befriended Rukia in the past few months that she had been around. Usually taking on his role of keeping Gin from hurting her.
"So how is she today?" He asked and she laughed as the baby crawled onto her stomach.
"She's alright… how are you?" She chuckled. Her life had slowly picked back up. She still believed Ichigo was dead… but Tosen had been commanded not to say anything to her. Of course, doing so would reveal that he was working for both sides.
"I'm doing peachy…" he said sarcastically. "May I ask you a question?"
"That's the last one…" she laughed as she cradled the baby in her arms, sitting up. "No, go ahead…" she smiled as Masaki giggled.
"Where did Ichigo hide the ring?" He asked her and she lifted an eyebrow.
"What ring Kaname?" She looked up.
"The diamond ring… I thought you knew about it…" He tilted his head. The blind man had never seen the diamonds before but he had heard they were magnificent.
"Oh… the one he gave me?" She asked and Tosen nearly spat out the tea he was drinking.
"What?" He nearly shouted. "I mean… what?" He leaned forward.
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"How is she doing?" Ichigo asked as he answered the phone.
"Why didn't you tell me that you gave them to her?" Tosen asked Ichigo and he chuckled.
"Oh… that… it slipped my mind…" Ichigo drummed his fingers on the table. Uryu pursed his lips from across it in annoyance. "Oh stop!" he kicked his friend under the table.
"Well now I guess that I'm going to have to just keep my mouth shut won't I?" Tosen sighed. "Anyways… the bossman is talking about Rukia an awful lot… I think you guys better move your little… invasion up to tonight… otherwise… she won't make it through…" He said into the phone.
"Shit… Alright… keep an eye out… I mean… ear…" Uryu snorted at him and a foot was placed between his legs, ready to kick if need be.
"Yessir, if I hear anything I'll inform you don't you worry…" Tosen hung up the phone.
"So what's going on?" Uryu frowned.
"I didn't tell Tosen that Rukia has the diamonds…" he smiled.
"Rukia has the diamonds?" Uryu spewed beer across the table and Ichigo jumped back.
"What the hell! Watch where you're spitting that stuff!" Ichigo protested and Uryu wiped his mouth as Kazumi walked in.
"Why did you do that?" She blinked at him. He grinned sheepishly and Ichigo slapped his forehead.
"Sorry…" he grinned and she shook her head.
"No you're not… you were just being male…" she walked off.
"HEY! WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" He shouted, leaning back in his chair. She walked by again and kissed him teasingly, sliding her hands down his body and into the front of his pants. She then walked off as his chair legs slipped and he fell onto his back. "YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!" He shouted and she laughed from the other room. "See Ichigo… being married isn't that great…" he frowned as he set his chair back up.
"She's got some definite control over you…" Ichigo laughed and Uryu threw a look in the other direction where laughing could still be heard.
"Shut your mouth Kurosaki!" Uryu hissed at him and Ichigo laughed again.
"They're not even married and she has a baby…" Kazumi said as she walked past them again and Uryu rolled his eyes.
"I'm sorry… do you want me to do something about it?" He leaned back in the chair again, his foot on the table. Ichigo snorted into his beer as she glared at Uryu as she walked by.
"You have an angry woman on your hands… why's that? Getting fragile in your old age?" Ichigo laughed as Uryu threw his empty can at him.
"Shut your mouth Kurosaki… now what did you come to talk about…"
"Aizen…" he leaned forward. Uryu leaned forward interestedly. Ichigo's eyebrows lifted as his eyes moved upwards. "Uhm… buddy… you might…" a hand grabbed him by the hair and Ichigo snorted again.
"You two better not be talking about anything treasonous… I'm not moving again…" she frowned at Uryu who grinned. She had his head jerked back to look at her.
"You're controlling…" Ichigo laughed.
"Someone has to keep him in line…" she smiled and let him go. Ichigo smiled back. She looked at Uryu with so much love in her eyes that he actually thought it was funny. To think the lieutenant with the big mouth and no respect for authority during wartime listened to everything his wife said.
"Now what's this about Aizen?" Uryu leaned forward again and Ichigo rested his elbows on the table.
"Aizen's dead… shot by his partner…"
"So you were right… Ichimaru was the one behind everything…" Uryu pursed his lips.
"Don't do that, you want me to kiss you or something?" Ichigo poked his forehead.
"So… you two ever going to tell me why I'm still being dragged around?" They heard a voice from above them and they looked up. Byakuya stood over them in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt under a jacket.
"Maybe…" Ichigo grinned.
"You going to tell me where my sister is?" He lifted an eyebrow.
"If I told you… you probably wouldn't like it… But I can tell you that Sony is yours again…" he smiled. Byakuya frowned.
"Where is Rukia?" He lifted an eyebrow.
"Sitting in her ivory tower awaiting her fair orange haired prince to come and rescue her from the evil dragon…" Uryu folded his arms behind his head.
"You don't know do you?" He frowned.
"Oh no… we know…" Ichigo grinned. "We just don't know how to get her back yet…" he drank from the beer can.
"Is that why we're here?" Byakuya asked, pulling up a chair.
"You're a business man… don't worry yourself with us militia…" Ichigo chuckled.
"Just so you know I was in the military for six years…" he folded his arms across his chest and Ichigo frowned.
"Hmmm… so you can handle a weapon?" Uryu lifted an eyebrow.
"Maybe… if you two let me in on what you're doing…" he leaned forward. Ichigo exchanged looks with Uryu.
"We're using you…" Ichigo leaned back in his chair, his foot on the table holding him back on the back legs of the chair.
"What?" He blinked.
"We were using Rukia to use you to get to Aizen… he's been doing some pretty dirty shit lately… embezzlement of funds, giving to the mob and the Yakuza…" he pulled out a cigarette and lit it up.
"Yakuza…" Byakuya parroted.
"Yeah… we figure…" Ichigo blew a puff of smoke into the air, "that his involvement with them has something to do with the Yakuza member that works for him…" Uryu tossed Byakuya the folio. "One Gin Ichimaru."
"So what have you got on him?" Byakuya asked as he read through the file.
"Not much… he's pretty good at covering his tracks… but he's got something that we want…" Ichigo blew a smoke ring into the air.
"What happened to quitting?" Uryu tilted his head to the side and Ichigo looked over at him.
"I have enough stress in my life… I don't need to worry about not smoking too… I'll quit once I get Rukia back…"
"I know the building they're holding her in…" Byakuya looked over at them. "I can get you in…" Uryu and Ichigo exchanged looks then slowly turned their heads towards Byakuya. One of his eyes was narrowed, his lips cocked in a half smile.
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She smiled as they got out of the van. "Be careful…" she whispered to him and Uryu smiled at her.
"I'm always careful…" he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her, hard enough to make her knees buckle. "I'm not going to die in there…" he stroked his thumbs across her eye lids, wiping tears away.
"Don't… don't you dare…" she whispered to him. Ichigo watched as they kissed again, her arms wrapping around his neck, their lips meeting in a passion filled kiss that could be the last but didn't want to be.
"I love you…" he stroked her hair back from her face.
"I love you, too…" she kissed him again.
…it's a rather large building… fifteen stories high made almost completely of glass…
Ichigo and Uryu stepped into the janitor's entrance, Ichigo screwing on the silencer onto his gun(1).
…the only way you two are going to get in unnoticed is the janitor's entrance. It's a separate door on the left side of the building… there will probably be guards there knowing the way they work… so be prepared…
"I'm clear Kisuke…" Ichigo walked slowly through the room, Uryu's back pressed to his.
"Yep… there's no one in the… wait…" Uryu lifted the gun as they heard a shout.
"HEY!" Uryu shot him in the forehead, grabbing him before he hit the floor.
"Good shot Ishida… you haven't lost your touch yet." Ichigo unzipped the janitor's suit and pulled it off, pulling out his regular clothes from within the duffel bag.
…from there you'll have to make it to the top floor, that's where I put her safe house… I put it there incase she needed to be held away from a stalker or something…
"He made this place too damn hard to get into…" Uryu hissed as he pulled out his lap top and set it on the table next to the security system.
"Alright… I've figured out the system…" Kazumi's voice came over his earphone as he unzipped the blue uniform.
"Thanks babe…" Uryu chuckled into the ear piece as he hooked the computer up. "Tell me all about it…"
"I'm pregnant…" he blinked.
"What a fucking time to tell me…" he grumbled under his breath.
"It was now or never…" she told him. "I'm pregnant… we're going to have a baby boy in six months…" he heard her laugh. "Now… the system won't be that hard to crack… I'll get it set up and you guys should probably get your… way in…" the video on the screen of her husband was a sad one. His face was worried and she smiled, wiping tears from her eyes. "I love you…" she smiled and he nodded.
"I love you too…"
…once you get past the security system you have to deal with the guards. Knowing Ichimaru he'll have guards at every door… you guys are going to have to be very careful…
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Rukia smiled as she put Masaki to bed, pulling the blankets up around her and tucking her in. She patted the sleeping baby and turned, walking out of the baby's room and shutting the door behind her.
"Hello Rukia darling…" she heard the cold voice of Ichimaru and the hair stood up on the back of her neck. "How are you doing?" He walked towards her and she closed her eyes.
"Stay away from me!" She swung around and slammed her back against the wall unknowingly and he leaned in. Suddenly her past flashed before her eyes. Her rape. Her eyes met his as he opened them.
"So you've figured it out huh baby…" he pressed his body against hers and she screamed her mind whipping through the images of her rape.
"HELP ME!"
…somebody… help me…
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Ichigo stepped quietly through the hallways, Uryu behind him, walking backwards. "Everything's clear on this floor…" Uryu whispered.
"It would seem so…" Ichigo relaxed slightly. "We're almost there…" he looked up. "One more floor…" He had emptied nearly 12 clips from each handgun in the past 30 minutes. He dropped the clips and reloaded again as they walked up the next set of stairs.
That was when they heard it. Rukia's scream for help. Ichigo's heart stopped. He had been right. He hated being right… he sprinted up the stairs and burst through the door to the landing only to be met with gun point. "Fuck." Ichigo breathed. Uryu rolled his eyes.
"Good job captain…" Uryu nodded as they sat tied back to back.
"You're very welcome lieutenant…" Ichigo hissed back and Uryu tilted his head back against Ichigo's.
"We're going to die…" he whispered and tears filled his eyes.
"Probably…" He nodded in return. Uryu's chest heaved.
"Jesus… she's pregnant…" tears dripped down his face, "I'm never going to get to see my son…" he whispered.
"You always were religious… just look at it this way… if god wants us to live… we'll live… at least… we can look at it that way…" The butt of a gun smacked the side of Ichigo's head, hard.
"SHUT UP!" The guard commanded and they fell silent, blood dripping from the fresh wound on Ichigo's head.
"I always… thought… that if I had a son… I would name him Ryuu…" he whispered to Ichigo and he nodded.
"I remember that… when we were talking that night under the stars… you were bleeding from that wound to the leg…" Ichigo chuckled.
"Yeah… you dragged me all the way to the city to get medical care only to find the gates were closed…" Uryu smiled.
"Even after you were a dick to me…" Ichigo smiled and felt his friend's chest heave again.
"Ichigo…" Ichigo felt a cold knife on his hands. "I'm going to get you out of here…" He cut through the ropes. "Tell Ryuu about me when he's old enough… tell him what kind of a man I was… even the bad stuff… you know… the kind of stuff only you would know…" His voice was shaking.
"What are you planning you son of a bitch?" Ichigo growled.
"Ichigo… when I get started… you just go… go get Rukia and that beautiful baby girl… and you kiss and hug them… you hold her close… and don't you dare fucking let her go…" he was breathing harder, and Ichigo gabbed his hands.
"You're not going anywhere…" He told him harshly. Uryu shook his head and Ichigo knew he was serious. "You're like my fucking brother Ishida… you are not going to leave me like this you son of a bitch… you have a little boy on the way and a wife that's waiting for you to come home…"
"And I have a brother who's trying to tell me that I should stay…" Uryu laughed softly. "Tell Kazumi… tell her I love her… tell her that I'll see her on the other side… tell her… that I… I fought and died to save her… and I'll hold my last breath, thinking about her…" he whispered then jumped up and Ichigo, only acting instinctively dove to the side and grabbed his guns. He heard two shots and swung around easily taking out the guards. His best friend lay on the ground, blood pouring from the wounds in his chest and stomach.
"Just hold on buddy…" Ichigo told him and his hands grabbed Ichigo's left, pulling his gun to his head. "No…" Ichigo teared up as Uryu put his finger on Ichigo's. "NO!" He pulled his hand away. "You are going to live…" He picked him up over his shoulder. "We are going to get out of this shit! Alive and together!" He told him and ran towards the glass door, gunning down the two guards in his way. "FUCK YOU!" He kicked down the door as he saw Gin jump out a broken window into a helicopter.
"GOOD LUCK GETTING OUT OF THE BUILDING BEFORE IT EXPLODES!" Gin laughed and waved at them. Ichigo shot at the helicopter but didn't hit anyone as it flew away.
"FUCK YOU!" He turned and there she was, looking a little roughed up but beautiful as ever, their baby in her arms. "Rukia…" he whispered then remembered what Gin said. "C'mon…" he grabbed her stunned hand and took off sprinting down the stairs.
"Uryu!" His wife's voice spoke in his ear piece. "Uryu! I heard gunshots! What's going on!" Blood spilled from his mouth as he tried to answer. "Uryu…" he heard her begin to cry. "Hold on baby… we'll get you to a hospital… please hold on… please just listen to my voice… hold onto my voice…" he heard her voice fade away as blood spilled from his mouth.
…I'm sorry baby… he thought as he closed his eyes, darkness surrounding him…
"NO YOU DON'T!" An explosion shook the building and Ichigo almost paused. "RUN!" He pushed her down faster in front of him. "RUN FASTER RUKIA!" He fell behind slightly as the reached the first floor.
"ICHIGO!" She called to him as they hit the floor. Ichigo pushed her out the door, tripping as he did. She flew out and tumbled, the baby clutched safely in her arms.
"Looks like… we're gonna die together buddy…" Ichigo's tears mingled with the blood and dirt on his face. "Looks like we're gonna die together…" He threw himself over his friend as everything around them exploded.
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That morning… there was a blood red sunrise that rose above the wreckage… a bloody sunrise…