Tuesday.
It was okay.
I guess it's just Tuesday.
Her tiny arms flew through a patch of dark locks as she stumbled out of bed. By this time her left leg was devoured to the knee. She could feel the body part there. She swore she stood on 2 legs. But the naked eye it was a piece of floating atmosphere. Is it painful? Ichigo had asked. No. She had replied. But it was.
It was morning and she paced in the provided closet space. Her foot, she examined, now was completely diminished up to her thigh. She promised this was not to happen again. A hand grasped her waist and spun her around. Her roommate was awake.
"Midget. You can't go to school like that"
"SHUT UP! I know, but I...I have to do something."
She seized her cell phone and crept into the bathroom. She switched the florescent lights on and wrapped her lower half in a pink towel. There it was. A scar on her right side that had consumed the Hogyoku. Plugging in the radio, she stepped into the shower. Taking all the time she needed to wash up.
"Ichigo?"
No answer. He had left for school.
Suddenly the Kuchiki found herself alone. She was bothered by the silence and felt the desire to call her partner. So, when the message of a hallow sounded, she leapt at the chance to page him.
"Get over here! It's a hallow!"
"But, I'm in class and Kon's in my locker!"
"Excuses Ichigo. Excuses."
A tormenting 10 minutes later he arrived dressed in his signature black robe, Zangetsu shining in his hand. He shifted the smaller shinigami to his back and listened to her commands. He didn't dare bicker. It could trigger sadness.
"THERE!"
"That's the hallow? It looks like a person."
"Yeah, but his energy is monsterish "
"He's moving."
Ichigo flew into the air, his sword colliding with the deceased blade. The man turned and Rukia's throat swelled as she breathed. Ichigo couldn't kill this one. Never. It would crush her spirit into a million shreds. But if her left it alive, her tears would spill with love.
"Kaien Shiba?"
"The one and only."
The diamond like tears were forming in her eyes.
"Ichigo, please KILL HIM!"
And so with her wish as his action he fought the thing that hid behind the mask of her beloved teacher. Looking over his shoulder, the girls arm faded into the backdrop of the afternoon sun. He defeated the animal with a last blow and landed next to the female.
"Let's go home."
"O...ok"
Her pained expression was overwhelming.
He embraced her, picked her of her feet, and smiled. Kissing her forehead as she fought the urge to cry...
