Two Sides of It
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Ichigo sighed as he felt his sisters fall asleep and Rukia finally close his closet door, putting a barrier between them. "Aw, is Kingy having a lover's spat with his queen?" Brown eyes clenched shut at the voice interrupting his musings. "Now, now, no need to try to shut me out – I am you after all."
"You are not." Ichigo opened his eyes, glaring at the sideways clouds. "You are a hollow, not me." He hadn't fully mastered the dark side of himself yet, even after all his work and training with Shinji and the other vaizards. "And why are you so interested in Rukia – you can't have her."
Hichigo shrugged and laid back against one of the many buildings of their mindscape. "Meh. I've been antsy ever since we saw that blue-haired freak, Grimm-something, nearly blow her away. You have been, too, Kingy."
Ichigo scowled and mirrored his hollow's position. "Whatever."
They laid in silence for a while, Zangetsu watching over them. "Ne, Hollow." The orange-haired shinigami received an answering 'hm', and his custom scowl softened. "What… is Rukia to us?"
"Eh?" Hichigo sat up to stare at his light side incredulously. "Don't tell me you're antsy enough that you're questioning your own logic? She's your nakama, isn't she?"
A frown crossed the black-robed teen's features. "Well, yeah, but… I don't want to protect any of the others like her, and I'm not… The others don't make the rain here stop like she does, ne, Old Man Zangetsu?"
Dark sunglasses glinted in the sunlight, as he looked up at the sky. "Yes. It rained here all the time, even around the others, before she came."
Hichigo raised an eyebrow, looking from one of them to the other and finally settled on throwing his arms up and laying back. "Baka." It's probably best not to let them know about that other chick, Orihime-something-or-other, what with just leaving and all. He's not as protective of her and the others as Rukia, but he'd still run after them… Baka.
When Ichigo woke up the next morning, he didn't know that he would be leading himself and rest of his nakama straight into a place where they could be killed easily.
AN: I really liked this one, but it's just kinda weird, especially after the last one, which I didn't like. Thank you all for reading, and PLEASE review for me! The only reviews I've gotten from the same few people! I really want to know what you all think!