A/N: Im sorry guys ! For the late update .. haha ! So anyways , thanks for the review :) haha ! And ,hmmmm ? Sure ! I'll keep updating .. :)
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Chapter 6-So close, Yet so Far
He sat motionless, staring at the morning sky. The sunrise's rays reflect his amber eyes, making them slightly glow. The scene in front of him is so beautiful. The sun penetrating the darken sky, casting its light once again to Karakura Town. To him, watching the sunrise is a sign of another day, another day alone and lonely. Its warm rays make him feel alive despite of the numbness that he feels inside of him.
At least something is making me feel alive.
He sighed and closes his eyes. Her face suddenly came into view, looking at him with that mock look that she always gives him. The corners of his lips twitched, hinting a faint smile but the face in his mind suddenly vanished . . . like it always does. He sighed once again and opened his eyes. A light wind brushed his skin ever so lightly; he closed his eyes once again as the wind swirled around him.
"Ichigo . . . I'm back . . ."
His eyes opened up as soon as the words reached his ears. He looked around but found that he's all alone. He felt his heart beating faster and faster, this wasn't the first time he heard words that the wind carried but this is the first time he heard I'm back.
He stopped himself, and exhaled.
No, I'm dreaming again . . .
He shook his head.
What if she really is back??
He calmed himself down once again and stared at the sky once again.
If she's back . . . then . . .
For the first time in 5 years, his lips curled up into a smile.
Out of nowhere, a scream rammed the silence of the morning. He turned around to where he thinks the scream came from with his eyes open wide.
A hollow?
After she left, he stopped fighting hallows. He let the Mr. Afro take care of them instead. He had grown to ignoring the screams; it was as if he never heard them anymore. This was the first time he heard a hollows scream in a long time.
His gaze lowered, trying to figure out what happened to him. But before he could think of an answer, his legs moved to their own accord and he found himself running, running to where his instincts think the hollow is.
That morning something clicked inside him.
That morning . . . . Kurosaki Ichigo came back.
She landed on Ichigo's roof. She looked around to find that nothing has changed. She smiled to himself and breathed in the fresh air. She noticed the rising sun from the east. Oh how she loves its warm rays on her skin, pity she couldn't feel it as good when she's out of her faux body.
I better get a body but first I need to see Ichigo.
She swooped down from the roof and entered Ichigo's room through the window. She expected to see his body all tangled up with his sheets, sleeping care freely; but instead she found the room to be empty. She couldn't shake the feeling of emptiness in the room although it looked exactly the same as it did five years ago. It's not like Ichigo to wake up so early in the morning but I guess she just missed a lot with the changes that took place these past years.
I'm guessing he has grown matured.
She turned to the closet that she used to sleep in and slowly opened it, finding it empty, once again. She saw a note on the closet and she slowly read it. She smiled as she remembered Ichigo's handwriting.
School? But it's too early –
A scream pierced her thought. A hollows scream. She turned to look at where she thinks the scream is coming from.
Oh? So he must've known it beforehand.
She looked at the note in her hand. It looked old and battered judging by the way its corners looked.
Another scream pierced the silence.
She dropped the note and headed for the window.
She felt something off and wrong when she heard the scream. As if it wasn't a hollows.
She got out of the window and started to run.
I'm coming Ichigo, I'm coming.