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He hated this; he hated every minute of it. He watched the rain from his seat beside her bed. God, he hated rain. A sigh escaped his lips. His eyes traveled down to the woman that lay on the bed.

He stared quietly at her, studying her face because he knew that once she woke up he wouldn't be able to stare at her freely. Her midnight hair was spread all over the pillow. Her pink lips were now ghostly white, and her closed eyelids were hiding her purple-blue eyes. He frowned at this.

He wanted to see her hair combed in her usual style, with that annoying bang in the middle of her face. He wanted her lips to be rosy pink again. And most of all he wanted to see her eyes. Those eyes that held so many emotions; those eyes that made his heart race faster every time they were on him; those eyes that showed that she was alive.

But now she looked so lifeless. His hands balled into fists. It was his fault. Nothing of this would have happened if she had returned with him. But what could he do? He couldn't force her to go with him. It wouldn't have been fair for her. His eyes drifted to the floor. "Damn it, Rukia, wake up!" Ichigo said out loud.

"I'm awake," Rukia said.

Ichigo lifted his eyes and met her gaze. They just stayed there, looking at each other, until Ichigo jumped to the other side of the room. "When the hell did you wake up?!" Ichigo said pointing at her from the other side of the room.

She rolled her eyes at his childish behavior. "A few minutes ago. I just didn't want to open my eyes," Rukia said while seating herself on the bed. Ichigo walked to stand beside the bed.

She looked at the window, and frowned a little when she saw that it was raining. "Is something wrong?" Ichigo asked. He kept quiet waiting for her answer. But she kept quiet. Ichigo frowned at this. She kept looking at the rain. Ichigo understood. "I will go find Renji to tell him you are awake."

He walked to the door, but stopped moving when Rukia called him. He turned around and waited for Rukia to continue. "Thanks," she said giving him a soft smile. He looked away and scratched the back of his neck. "You should rest," Ichigo said stepping outside of the room.

She waited until she couldn't feel Ichigo spiritual energy anywhere in the fourth squad building. Now completely alone she could think. She couldn't help but feel worried, and anxious. She needed to find Hitsugaya. Rukia was more than sure that he would blame this on himself.

She was still too weak to try to find him by his spiritual energy. She would have to search for him room to room. She jumped off her bed but her knees gave way under her. "Damn it!" she cursed under her breath. She managed to stand again and moved towards the door.

She was so weak that she failed to notice two very familiar spiritual energies.

"Your zanpakuto is really handy," Gin said, amused. "Yes it is," said Aizen smiling, "Now let us prepare the next scene. Kyōka Suigetsu," Aizen said making a replica of Ichigo and Rukia appear. "Now we just need to wait," Aizen said smirking.

'Where could he be?' Rukia thought leaning against a wall. She had been looking for Hitsugaya all over the fourth squad building, but couldn't find him. She was very tired, but didn't want to rest. She wanted to see him, and tell him that she didn't blame him. She was now leaning against a wall outside. 'He must be in his office,' she thought.

Rukia watched as the rain still poured over Seireitei. 'It is going to be a long walk,' she thought. She pushed herself off the wall and started making her way to the tenth squad office.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Matsumoto said, standing in front of Rukia, with an umbrella in her hand. 'Damn.' "Well you see…I wanted a little breath of fresh air," Rukia said trying to sound casual. Matsumoto looked at her with I-don't-believe-that-not-even-for-a-moment-you-are-such-a-bad-lier look.

"Ichigo will be really pissed if he knows that you are walking outside in the rain," Matsumoto said with a hand on her hip. "But he doesn't have to now," Rukia said looking at Matsumoto with huge puppy eyes.

But before Matsumoto could reply to her something really fast passed their side.

"Was that my taichou?" Matsumoto asked looking at the direction he went. "Yes," Rukia said also looking at his direction. They both looked at each other and nodded, and ran in his direction.

The rain was merciless to who ever dared to be outside. Thunder could also be heard, and mist was starting to form. The rain drops were freezing cold. But in the middle of a clearing stood someone. His white hair was sticking to his face. His clothes were soaking wet. His zanpakuto was in his hands. All around him the trees were cut; some were even made of ice. Almost everything was destroyed.

He didn't care. "He is only a distraction." His grip on his sword tightened. "I only love you." With out thinking he threw a blast of ice into a tree, destroying it completely.

"Didn't I tell you to control your temper, king?" the other one said from inside his head. "Shut up," Hitsugaya replied. He looked up at the sky, as if trying to find something. "Aw, I see you are in a bad mood," the other said in a mocking tone, "Do you want a hug?"

This time Hitsugaya stayed silent. "Are you still mad at what that slut said?" the other said, faking concern. "You are so weak. Face the fact that she never loved you; she was only using you. How could she love someone like you? You are pathetic. Even that shinigami wannabe beat you," the other said. Again Hitsugaya stayed silent.

"You are not fun if you stay silent, king," the other said, annoyed, suddenly he smirked. "You know what I think?" He didn't wait for Hitsugaya to reply. "Maybe she felt disgusted at your weakness. Yeah that's it! She was disgusted by you. It wouldn't surprise me. After all even that stupid Strawberry is stronger than you.

"What is his name? Oh yes! Kurosaki Ichigo. That brat managed to beat a bunch of vice-captains, and even two captains, but you couldn't even beat that freak Gin, and you almost got killed by that bastard Aizen," the other said.

"SHUT UP!" Hitsugaya screamed. He released his spirit power, making the land below him break away, creating a crater. He fell to his knees breathing hard. The rain was still falling from the sky, this time harder. He suddenly felt a familiar spiritual energy. "Who is there?" Hitsugaya said.

"Even in that state you can sense my spiritual energy," Aizen said in an amused tone. He stepped from behind a tree. They stayed watching at each other, neither of them moving. Finally Aizen broke the silence. "Am I wrong to assume that you are in this sate because of Rukia-chan?" Aizen said almost sounding concerned.

"What do you want?" Hitsugaya said, avoiding the question. "So I'm correct," Aizen replied, "And this also has to do with Kurosaki-kun." Hitsugaya glared at him. He stood and was ready to go. "Don't you want power?" Aizen said. "My offer is still on. I can give you all the power you want. Even to defeat Kurosaki Ichigo," Aizen said, "What do you say?"

Rukia stopped; she was breathing hard. The wound on her abdomen was starting to open. "Are you ok?" Matsumoto asked. "Yes," Rukia said in between breaths, "What are you doing?" Matsumoto was kneeling in front of her, turning her back to Rukia. "You are in no condition to run," Matsumoto said, "Hurry and climb on."

Rukia nodded and climbed on her back. Matsumoto started running again towards Hitsugaya. Rukia was having a bad feeling. She was sure that something bad was going to happen. Suddenly they felt how the spiritual energy of Hitsugaya increased suddenly. "Matsumoto, can you go faster?" Rukia said in a worried voice.

"Yes," said Matsumoto shunpo-ing towards Hitsugaya.

Rukia just hoped that she would be wrong. 'Please don't do anything stupid,' she thought. Things always got bad when it rained.

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