The Mysteries of This Life
Chapter 25: Tears Fall Like Rain
I gasped as the wounds left by Yoko's doll got deeper and started coming faster. Yami screamed with anger and rage in my hands. I decided I had felt enough of the pain and damage to myself. I raised Yami above my head and brought her down.
"Yamido," I said with as much power as I could muster in my voice. Yoko was engulfed in the dark path. She got stabbed through her head as her doll sent a blade of wind through my stomach. It went straight through, penetrating the other side. I coughed blood out in one cough and slowly fell backwards towards the ground.
"I should have taken over," were the last words I heard before my vision blacked out with a single tear leaving my eyes. The tear was shed for the weight of my victory. I would die and never be with any of my friends again. I would never see them or Uryu again because I couldn't bear the thought of letting my inner hollow take over. I finally felt the true weight of my decision. I heard voices and felt everything when I landed. Instead of feeling the hard ground I felt like someone had caught me. I heard voices all around me. I felt water land on my face. I concentrated on the voices so I could make out the words being said.
"I can't believe she's dying," I heard Ichigo say solemnly.
"She's dying in front of our eyes. I don't think they're going to be able to heal her before she dies," I heard Orihime's voice coated with worry.
"We can't heal her. I don't know why, but we can't," I heard another voice say. I didn't recognize it.
"Please try harder. I don't want her to die. She's our friend and she protected us," Orihime told them.
"We can't. We were trying our best already but nothing happened," the other voice responded.
"She's going to die?" I heard Chad say.
"Yes. I can't heal her wounds and neither can Orihime. There's no way she can live now," Rukia said. It sounded like she was trying not to cry.
"There has to be a way. She can't die," I hard Tatsuki say to them.
"No. If she's going to die we should let her," I heard Uryu say. It sounded like he was crying.
"You want us to let her die Ishida? How can you say that?" Ichigo sounded angry.
"I don't want her to feel anymore pain! All Orihime's doing is keeping her alive with the pain! Don't you think she's felt enough? I do! I won't let her feel anymore pain," Uryu shouted at him. They went silent. I continued to feel what I assumed were rain drops. After a while I got a little bit of my vision back. I saw Uryu crying over me. What I had felt was his tears, not rain drops.
"Uryu," I croaked out. He looked at me. I saw the hope in his eyes. "Thank you for voting on ending the pain I feel. I'm sorry I can't live with you any longer. I wish I could though." He leaned down and kissed my forehead.
"I'm sure you'll be a great soul reaper after this. If you remember me, please come and visit. I promise that I won't ever forget about you."
"I promise I will visit you if I remember who you are. And thank you for the promise to remember me."
"We can save her life." Uryu looked towards the voice and I shivered at it.
"You can?" he asked hopefully.
"Yes. We are the royal family guards. If you let us take her, we can bring her before the royal family. They can save her."
"She'll be able to live? Will the pain she's feeling go away?"
"Yes. Her pain will disappear. There is one thing though. Her memories of her time here will be erased from her memory during the process. She won't remember any of you as you are now." I heard everyone murmuring their thoughts about it. Uryu was the only one that told them his opinion.
"We'll let you take her with you. Just save her and take her pain away. I don't want her to die in my arms."
"That's the only good way to die. I don't want to forget you Uryu," I mumbled.
"If it's the only way to save you, let it happen." He hugged me before standing with me in his arms. He walked to the royal guards and handed me to them. They turned around and went through the royal family portal. They used the key that was inside of me to open it. The gates were huge and extravagant. They opened slowly and the royal guards shot through with me in their arms. We appeared before the royal family. Another tear left my eye and slowly rolled down my cheek. I passed out when I heard a voice start to speak.
"Congratulations Sari Saito. You are the new lieutenant of squad 13." I heard everyone cheer. I couldn't remember what had happened to let me release my zanpakto or why I was in one of squad four's hospitals. I had been told that I rescued all of squad three from a hoard of menos in the world of the living. One of the menos had injured me a great deal. Because of my accomplishment, I got a huge promotion. I met my new squad and decided to train for the rest of the day. I improved my technique and worked on my kido spells. I felt as if more had happened than what I had been told.
(A/N: "So that was chapter 25. What did you think?"
"You're evil."
"Just because you lost your girlfriend doesn't mean you can be mad at me Uryu."
"Yes it does. You almost killed her off. It's also all your fault."
"I think you're forgetting that I'm the one that can give you a happy ending or a sad ending."
"You're right. I hate to admit it though."
"Well you did. Now get out of my author's note."
"Ok."*Walks out of author's note*
"He did what he was told the first time! Anyways… Please review. If you do you get 30 points and a lemonade factory. I don't own Bleach or its characters. I only own Yamasorrowichi aka Sari, I also own Yami and Yoko. The song for chapter 25 is Rain by Breaking Benjamin. I don't own the song or the band. Have a great day!)