THe Mysteries of This Life
Chapter 28: Nice to Meet You Again
_Dream_
"I should have taken over," were the last words I heard before my vision blacked out with a single tear leaving my eyes. I 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 a boy 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 a girl's voice coated with worry.
"We can't heal her. I don't know why, but we can't," I heard another voice say.
"Please try harder. I don't want her to die. She's our friend and she protected us," said the girl.
"We can't. We were trying our best already but nothing happened," the other voice responded.
"She's going to die?" I heard a deep voice say.
"Yes. I can't heal her wounds and neither can Orihime. There's no way she can live now," I heard Rukia say. It sounded like she was trying not to cry.
"There has to be a way. She can't die," I heard another girl say to them.
"No. If she's going to die we should let her," I heard another boy say. It sounded like he was crying.
"You want us to let her die Ishida? How can you say that?" The first boy 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," Ishida shouted. 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 a boy crying over me. What I had felt were 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 sat up with tears rolling down my cheeks. I had been having that strange dream for a week now. I couldn't take it anymore. There was definitely something strange going on.
"Rukia," I called out. She appeared in the room at the same time that I stood up.
"What is it Yamasorrowichi-chan?" I flinched at her calling me Yamasorrowichi-chan. I didn't even know why I did.
"Do you know where a person by the name of Ichigo Kurosaki lives?" She stayed silent. "In that case, get ready. You're taking me to him."
"What makes you think I know where he is?"
"You're silence. Now get ready."
"Alright," she said in a defeated left the room and I got ready fast. I went to her door and she soon opened the door to reaveal herself completely ready. I gave her a nod and we left with her leading the way.
"What are you doing here, Rukia," asked an annoyed little boy with bright orange hair and big, light gray eyes.
"We're here to see your parents," she answered.
"Why should I go get them?" I sighed in annoyance and walked past the boy, into the houyse.
"Ichigo, get your ass down here right now unless you want me to go find you and drag you by your little toe! Bring your wife too! I want to talk to her!"
"Is that you, Yamasorrowichi?" asked a woman. I turned to face her.
"You must be Orihime." She gave me an enthusiastic nod that made me smile.
"Who's yelling at me in my own house?" Ichigo shouted from somewhere up the stairs. I walked to the staircase and looked up the stairs.
"Ichigo Carrot Cake Kurosaki, you have until I reach 3 to come running down these stairs!" He came running down before I even finished my sentence. "Good boy. Now you have to tell me something I want to know."
"What is it Yamasorrowichi?"
"I'll tell you in a minute. First things must always go first." I turned to face Orihime and held out my hand with a smile on my face. "It's nice to meet you again!"
"So you want to know what happened to you 10 years ago?" Ichigo asked me. He laid down on his bed since we had gone up to his room.
"Yeah. I actually need to know for my sanity."
"What sanity?"
"Ichigo,"I said in a low growl. I then sent a glare his way. His expression was that of the young Ichigo that was scared of me.
"Alright. I'll just tell you and stop making jokes. Just please calm down." I sent him an approving glance.
"Thank you."
"In October 10 years ago, you came here to Karakura Town. You didn't have any powers, but that didn't stop your spiritual pressure from flowing out. On your first day back here, you started attending Karakura High with a head injury you had recieved earlier in the day from a fight with a hollow. Kisuke Urahara saved you and took yo in since your father wasn't in the town at that time. For a month and a half you attended school with me and our friends while occasionally saving a little girl soul by the name of Yoko. She had her chain and everything."
"Yoko! Damn her to hell where she will rot and burn for the rest of eternity! I hate that girl! She was a cold-blooded killer and she made me paranoid!" I shookm my head slightly at the words of my zanpakto as she ranted about a soul.
"You then met Uryu Ishida and started to date him. Shortly after that, you two saw Yoko in an alleyway speaking to a hollow. It turned out that she was a bount that got her power from people with large spiritual pressure like you. She had in fact gained power from you and she then wanted to kill you. You got your powers back after we had met her in an alleyway and escaped from her because she was fighting with another bount over who would be the one to kill you. Then one day, we were all walking with you to Orihime's house so that you could spend the weekend with her and Rukia for safety when we got attacked."
"We were attacked?"
"Yeah. You had two bounts that wanted to kill you. We were bound to get atacked sooner or later."
"Jerk."
"Anyways, the bount thatb had fought with her was Jean Kariya. He was the one that attacked us. Apparently, you had met him and a boutn by the name of Yoshino as a child. He killed her a few months before you arrived. He had told you that when he found out that he had been he one to kill your mother."
"I'll kill him and his arrogant face!"
"You already did. You killed him that day. Yoko saw the final blow you dealt to him and she tried to kill you. You killed her as well. You almost died in the process. The only reason you didn't was because of some royal family saving your life."
"Tell me about my dad. How did he react? Did he even know I was here?"
"He saw some story about you on the news because you taught some yakuza a lesson. once he did, he stopped his search for you and flew from where he was to get back to you. He had to quit his job first, but he did it for you. We had to tell him about your fight and why you were gone. He cried a lot. We eventually calmed down and we got him to stay in your home and he prays for you and for your mother's soul. He tells me about it for some odd reason. He hopes for you to return to him safely daily."
"Who else was I connected to?"
"A lot of people. I can show you if you like."
"That's perfect! Thank you so much, Ichigo!"
"You've changed a lot in 10 years. Your appearance and your attitude."
"Get up so we can get this started," I said in an irritated voice.
"Yes! It's finally happening! Orihime will be mine! She will be all mine because Ichigo is about to betray her!"
"Kon, get in here now," Ichigo shouted. The closet door opened and a weird stuffed animal came out of the closet. It stared at me a moment before it pointed at me.
"Your that girl I saved the other day!"
"What are you talking about, stuffed animal?"
"You seem pretty calm about him."
"Ichigo, I hang out with Renji. I'm not phased by weird things."
"I'm not weird!"
"You're a talking stuffed animal that is apparently named Kon and has a crush on Orihime. You're weird. I'm not phased by you though."
"I'm the Karakura Cop!"
"Yeah right! You're a stuffed animal ya weirdo!"
"I'm a mod soul! I take over Ichigo's body, then I use a watch to become the Karakura Cop!"
"Prove it!"
"Ichigo, let me use your body for a minute!"
"No! I don't want your perverted mind in my body! You might do something!"
"I just want to prove to this lady that I really am the Karakura Cop!"
"Fine! Just for a minute! What's a Karakura Cop?" Ichigo asked while he was getting Kon.
"Some dude that saved me," I said with air quotes around the word "saved". Ichigo pulled out the pill, cleaned it on his popped it in his mouth. I saw the way it moved down his throat which I found kinda gross. He popped out of his body as a soul reaper and his body kept moving. Kon moved his arm to the weird watch he wore and presssed a button.
"Career change!" There was a puff of smoke.
"Open a window or something, Ichigo!" I heard a click and the smoke slowly cleared out of the room. I saw the Karakura Cop in front of me."
"You weren't kidding. You really are the Karakura Cop." His watch started to chirp while he was striking his pose. I sensed the hollow for a brief moment before it disappeared.
"Hey shopkeeper. What do I do if someone else got the hollow?"
"Nothing. You'll be fine."
"I know who you are now Kisuke. Why didn't you tell me?" I told the watch.
"The royal family ordered the head captain to make sure you didn't know anything about what happened the last time you were here so I had to follow those orders too."
"I'm going to them. I'm going right now." I used the key that was inside of me to open the portal and I stepped throught, followed by Ichigo and Kon. We walked up to the extravagant and huge gates. "Open the gates," I told the guards that were standing there.
"We require identification."
"Let me in before I make your time here a living hell. I can tell that you're new but I am a part of this family so don't refuse to let me in."
"Yes ma'am!" They turned around and quicly pushed on the gates which made them slowly start to open. I walked in with the two boys behind me through the gates and I went straight up to the royal family.
"You erased my memories. I want them back."
"Silence, Sari Saitou!"
"That is not my name! I am not Sari Saitou! I am Yamasorrowichi Kunarowichi! And I am furious!"
"We were trying to protect you!"
"How is this protecting me?"
"Open your locket. Ask your ancestors about it." I opened my locket without believing that my ancestors would truley be inside. I widened my eyes at the 3 figures that appeared before me.
"Mommy?" I asked at the sight of my mother.
"Hello Yamasorrowichi. It's good to see you. You have grown up to be beautiful and I'm sure that you are also strong and smart."
"They erased my memories of my time in the world of the living 10 years ago or I would tell you about what happened between me and your killer." Her face contorted in anger. She rounded oon the royal family.
"You have upset my daughter! You have also upset me! Remember what i told you about her neckalce that she wears with her locket? I will come back to life and make your life a living hell unless you return her memories this instant!"
"Now we know where she gets her agressiveness from," Ichigo commented. I ignored what he said.
"We refuse! We erased her memories for her own good!"
"I don't see how this helps her," my mother shouted. The other figures from my locket agreed with her.
"We will not give her memories back."
"Then I have no choice but to restore them myself." She appeared in front of me as an actual being. She was a human again. She walked up to the royal family and reached inside the throne. A blue orbs was in her hands when she pulled them out. I looked at it as she came closer.
"Mommy? What is that?"
"Don't worry. Just relax." She put the orb to my head and the memories started flooding me. It was putting such a strain that I felt close to fainting. I let some tears fall as I remembered all the sad times that were in there. Once the memories reached the end, I broke down into my mother's arms. "Mommy, please take me top Daddy. I miss him and Uryu. We haven't moved since you died. Will you take me?"
"Of course sweetie," she said softly.
"Please don't leave us for this famiy." She gave me a small smile.
"Of course I won't." I smiled.
"Good," I said before I fell unconsious in her arms.
(A/N: Sorry for the looooooooong wait. I think this chapter was pretty good compared to the last one though. If anyone has any ideas for a disclaimer, please tell me. I'm tired of doing the same one. This is the 29th time I'm going to be doing it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I don't own Bleach or its characters. I oinly own my OCs which I don't want to name right now. Chapter song was Black Cat by Mayday Parade. Belongs to them, not me. Review? Have a great day!)