Hurry Up and Save Me
Ichigo Kurosaki
I'm going through the same day
Same place, same way I always do
I wake up at six, my cat, Sparks on my chest. He gives a cat version of "good morning" and his sky blue eyes gleam and glint. I yawn and sit up. He having already jumped off, leaps onto my dresser and presses the power button to my stereo. I sigh as the steady of Groove Coverage's cover of Poison fills the air.
Since Rukia's currently staying at Orihime's apartment, I don't have to keep my noise level down so much. I can turn my music up without being teased. The last time one of my friends heard the music I listen to in the mornings, I was teased for weeks. It's not worth it.
I toss on my uniform and run downstairs, grabbing the toast Yuzu holds out for me. Sparks follows me to the door and mewls a farewell before racing up the steps again. I smile at the cat and call out a goodbye to my family, namely my sisters. They don't have school today.
Then I saw you from the corner of my eye
And it hit me like a ton of bricks, I can't lie
Oh, you got to me
Outside, Rukia and the other shinigami fall into step beside me, a song Karin introduce to me playing over and over again in my head. As if someone would really save me, save me from what I am. I sigh and keep walking forward. A flash of white, grey and blonde over by the street corner has me jerking my head in surprise.
There in the morning light, golden wheat hair falling down her back and sapphire eyes glinting dangerously, is Princess Ketakoshka Castlionia.
My life was alright, living in black and white
But you changed my point of view
Show me your colors, show me your colors
'Cause without you I'm blue
She nods at me, and I gasp. "What's wrong, Kurosaki?" Toushiro pointedly asks; eyes narrowed into slits.
"Nothing, Toushiro." The girl smiles and rounds the corner out of my sight.
"It's Captain Hitsugaya!"
"Yeah, yeah." I walk on, a skip to my step.
When we get into class, everyone's excited. Supposedly, there's another new student. Is it her?
Hurry up and save me, hurry up and save me
Hurry up and save me, hurry up and save me
I just wanna feel alive and I do when I'm with you
Ochi-sensei comes in, calling in her always loud voice, "Alright, we've got a new student! So shut up!" I look up just in time to see Keta waltz in. Her blue eyes gleam with elation as she looks at me. "Well, introduce yourself."
The blonde smiles brightly, before saying, "I'm Ketakoshka Kathleen Castlionia. It is a great pleasure to be here." She bows, a fist placed over her heart. She stands up and turns to Ochi-sensei. A few whispered and hushed words later, Keta's walking over to the empty desk in front of mine.
She doesn't sit down yet though.
Hurry up and save me, hurry up and save me
Hurry up and save me, hurry up and save me
I just wanna feel alive and I do when I'm with you
She takes a hold of my hand and squeezes. "Please, don't mind me, Ichigo. I have nowhere else to go, so now I'm here."
"Well, do you have an actual place to stay?"
"No. I just got here last night."
"Well, I've got an open guest room, cause Rukia prefers my closet."
She laughs. "You've got a deal, Ichi-chan."
I have to have control of myself, my thoughts, my mind
'Cause the way it's going down
'So Ichigo, you gonna share Keta like we use to?'
'Why should I do that, Maru?'
'Because she's my mate too. And I won't threaten your stupid shinigami and human friends.'
'What about Uryu?'
'The stupid Quincy too.'
I internally smirk. 'Good Maru.'
'Shut up, bastard.'
In my life, I feel like a prisoner in a light
Are you feeling me?
That night in my house while waiting for Keta, I lean back in my seat, and my eyes slip closed. As soon as I mentioned Keta needed a place to stay, my father said yes. Karin and Yuzu were a bit more suspicious. But after a time, I won them over. My friends were a bit harder. But they promised to give her at least a chance.
"Ichi-Nii, your friend's here!"
"Kay, Yuzu."
'Cause the way you make my break my, shake my walls around
I feel like I'm breaking out
Show me your colors, show me your colors
'Cause without you I'm blue
"Ichi-chan, thank you." The blond woman strides up to me, embracing me. I hug her back tightly, oh how I've missed this. Not Ichigo Kurosaki. No he would never miss this. But the true me, Prince Ichigo Dragomire Karyushima. That's who I am, who I've always been. Just no one had seen it before.
"'Tis no problem, Keta." I stand on my tippy-toes to whisper, "I've missed you. We've missed you so much."
Hurry up and save me, hurry up and save me
Hurry up and save me, hurry up and save me
I just wanna feel alive and I do when I'm with you (x2)
The sky glitters with thousands of stars as I shunpo through the trees. The hollow howls and spits out an acid like substance. I dodge to the right, using my natural flexibility to maneuver away. Rukia, however, just barely gets out of the way; the bottom of her shihakshou burned and tattered.
I scowl and launch a Getsuga Tensho at the creature, eyes turning golden with agitation. Blood wells from its wounds and I laugh. A rustling from the trees being the source of my amusement. Keta's hiding out in the forest, just waiting.
My window's opened up, tonight I'm crawling out
Will you be there? Are you waiting?
Will you be there? Will you save me?
In the dimming of dusk, my mate's eyes glint with amusement. Keta smirks and cuddles closer to me. Oh how I've missed this, just laying with her, alone in the quiet. Suddenly, I cough, and a warm wetness splatters my chin. "Ichi-chan, can I?"
"Yeah…" another bloody cough, "p-plea-se, K-keta. B-be gent-tle." God, it's so hard to breathe when I have an attack.
"I will," she whispers and hovers over me. Her eyes glow red, and she kisses her way down my neck. The vampiress stops at my pulse point and bites down. She moans and bites harder, drinking in my lifeblood.
But if she didn't I'd have to improvise. And a pencil to the neck's no fun.
You can save me, I know you can save me
I know you can save me so just, so just save me
Without you I'm blue
That next morning, I wake up just after dawn. Keta's not laying beside me. She's downstairs cooking breakfast, as she has since she came here almost two months ago.
I pad down the steps to find my friends sitting around the table in their Shinigami forms. "Guys!" I shout, "what are you doing!"
"Ichigo," Keta calls, "they know I can see them."
I sigh, "fine." She walks back in, carrying a plate of pancakes. "Do they know, you know, the other thing?"
"No, but they know about my own Shinigami form. That's good enough for me. They do not need to know of my other… thing."
"What are ya talking about?" Renji asks.
"Nothing," we say.
Hurry up and save me, hurry up and save me
Hurry up and save me, hurry up and save me
I just wanna feel alive and I do when I'm with you (x4)
Save me, save me
We smile at one another, eyes gleaming. I really love this girl.
Third person POV
Outside in the calm of the early morning, Grimmjow watches, a smirk playing upon his lips. "Take care of her, Kurosaki. She loves you."
A garganta opens and a woman with spiky blonde hair walks out. "We've gotta go, twin. Keta'll be fine."