C 11 – Surgery
After Isshin gave him the stitches that he needed, Ichigo laid in his room to give a rest his fatigued body. He wanted to help something with his family but he was hardly forbidden to do anything, not until his cuts and wounds healed. He was bored to death in his room. There was nothing to watch on the TV; he didn't feel like listening to any kind of music; what he felt right now was nothing.
Sighed… looking around his room for something interesting but there was nothing that caught his mind. He got up from his bed walking towards his study table. There laid an album full of pictures, which he really know and loved.
He opened it. Inside there were pictures of him and her. It was an album, an album that was full with memories together. Looking at those pictures made him remember what they used to be doing together. Punching, kicking, arguing and other things that made Ichigo felt in love with Rukia secretly but he was afraid to tell her his true feelings. He was afraid of rejection from her. Now, because of that Rukia never knew that he loves her.
He sighed once again. He shut the album placed it away. Then he took the picture that was taken at the park when Sakura flower bloomed. He turned the picture and looked at the writing. 'Memories with her, Sakura Garden' he whispered. Then he put it back on the table. He walked back to his bed and laid to rest.
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Rukia walked away from Urahara's Shop. Her destination was Ichigo's house. Somehow, her feelings said that he was there. Reaching her destination, her heart pounded faster and faster. What will she say when she sees him? Telling him that she loved him? Or just said that she was worried because he ran away from 4th Division? Or said that Unohana-taichou sent her there to look at him? She didn't know.
She was now standing in front of Kurosaki's residence. She knocked the door several times. Waiting for somebody to open the door, she wondering how Ichigo was now.
Yuzu opened the front door. There, in front of her, was a girl same height as her but with black hair who was still in space. Somehow, she looked so familiar, she thought.
"Err, miss. Who are you looking for?" politely Yuzu asked Rukia. Rukia didn't reply as she was still got her head in the cloud. Yuzu called her several times. Then Yuzu shook Rukia's shoulder. "Huh? What?" finally Rukia came back to earth. "Are you okay, miss? You seem to be distracted," Yuzu looking at Rukia and her brain was working to identify who is Rukia and where did they met.
"I'm sorry. I'm fine. I'm looking for your brother, Kurosaki Ichigo. Is he home?" Rukia asked.
"Onii-chan is upstairs. I'll get him for you. Please come in," Yuzu asked Rukia to enter their house. Rukia entered but her mind was still away. She sat on the soft blue sofa in the living room. 'So much had changed in just a year' Rukia thought. She waited for Yuzu. Few seconds later, Yuzu came down. "Onii-chan in the bathroom. He said he'll be about 10 more minutes," she said with a smile. Then she walked into the kitchen made drinks for Rukia and herself.
Isshin and Karin entered the living room; their shirt was dirty with some bloods spat on. They just finished working at the clinic. "Who is this wonderful, beautiful girl in my house?" Isshin annoyingly asked Rukia. Rukia looked at Isshin. Luckily Yuzu entered the room just in time bringing their drinks.
"Tousan, this is Rukia-chan. She's Onii-chan friend" Yuzu said. Isshin 'ooohhhh-ed' and sat down on the sofa opposite Rukia. "Where's your brother? It's not good to let a girl waiting, you know," Isshin smirked. "Onii-chan is in the bathroom".
Then they talked about random stuff. They didn't know that something was happening to Ichigo upstairs.
Ichigo coughed and coughed. He was worsening. Then he coughed blood. More and more. His t-shirt got some red blood spots. With all his remaining power, he walked to the bathroom. All the way to the bathroom, he coughed more blood and the blood spilled on the floor. In the bathroom, he coughed even more badly. The sink of his bathroom once white now red covered with blood. He took out his t-shirt and washed his bloody face. Then he went out to rest his fatigued body. But before he managed to get to his bed, he collapsed and coughed more blood. He was laid unconscious.
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Downstairs, Isshin felt uneasy. Something bad had happened. Then Isshin asked Yuzu to check on Ichigo. Yuzu walked upstairs and knocked on Ichigo's door. But there was no response from inside. She knocked again but still no response. Yuzu started to feel uneasy. She tried to open Ichigo's door but the door was looked. Yuzu went downstairs.
"Tousan! Oni-chan didn't response when I call him. I'm afraid something had happened to him" a worried expression was on her face.
Isshin rushed upstairs followed by Karin and Rukia. Isshin banged Ichigo's door as loud as he can but still no reply. Then Isshin tried to open the door by kicking hardly. Finally the door opened and to their horror, three of them saw Ichigo laid on the floor, unconscious and covered with blood.
"Ichigo!" Rukia rushed into Ichigo's room. She felt her tears streamed down.
Slowly she placed his head on her lap, trying to wake him up. Tears fell on his blood-covered cheek. The tears washed some blood away. 'Ichigo, what is happening to you?'
then she heard Isshin shouting to Karin to call an ambulance. He knew Ichigo condition was worsening and he couldn't do anything in his own small clinic. Yuzu couldn't believe what she just saw. She walked slowly to her brother.
The ambulance reached about a minute later and they quickly brought the unconscious Ichigo to Karakura Medical Center. Rukia and Yuzu followed the ambulance while Isshin and Karin went with Isshin's old car. Inside the ambulance, the paramedics tried as hard as they could to wake Ichigo again but it was useless. Rukia and Yuzu couldn't help but to cry; watching the important person in front of them dying.
When they reached the hospital, Ichigo was quickly being rushed to the exam room to identify the problems. Luckily Ichigo's doctor, Dr. Nakashima Ryou was on duty at that time. He checked Ichigo and to their horror, the tumor had been growing badly. Doctors needed to operate him tonight or they will lose him.
Rukia looked at Isshin, and then looked at both little girls that Ichigo loves so much. Isshin then agreed to sign the form that gave permission to doctors to operate Ichigo. That was their only hope. Soon after, the nurses pushed Ichigo to the operating theater.
Ichigo's family and Rukia sat on the chair provided outside the operating theater. Waiting until the operation is over and waiting for a good news from the doctors. Rukia had been praying to Kami-sama to save Ichigo. She doesn't want to lose him right now. At least not until he knows her feeling. Silently she cried. Waiting and waiting until the operation that takes hours to complete.
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Once again, DO YOU GUYS WANTS ICHIGO TO HAD AMNESIA?
End here…I couldn't update so often… Well, I'll wait for 100th reviews then I'll upload the next chap!