Author's Note: Thank you for the people who have reviewed. It makes me really happy.
Ichigo: Are you crying?
(Hits with mallet): No you know I don't cry! You're supposed to be my twin you jerk!
Ichigo: What the hell if you're my twin then shouldn't you have felt the pain too!
Me: I did (points to heart) in here.
Ichigo: You're insane you know that.
Me: well then How Rude? How can you think that being insane is a bad thing? I LOVE IT!
Ichigo: *BEEP* my life.
Me: Oh shut it and just do the disclaimer already so we can get back to our beloved Rukia…
Ichigo(interrupts): Beloved my ass.
Me(keeps talking despite interruption): who you love. *smiles smugly*
Ichigo: WHAT THE F…
(gets hit again): Shut up you know it's true and DON'T EVER INTERUPT ME AGAIN!
Ichigo: Bitch!
Me: Love you to Ichigo! Now the disclaimer please. (Pulls out sword from pocket)
Ichigo(Backing away): Why me? Ichigo's FAV Twin has never and will I repeat NEVER own Bleach or its characters. Hell will have to freeze over before that happens.
Me: Already working on it! (Giant machine appears out of nowhere)
Ichigo(sweat dropped): No fucking way…
Me: It's missing a key element but what! WHAT IS IT?
Chapter 7
The rain hit the roof with a heavy thud. The very sound of it shook her to the bone. The small child about the age of nine curled into a little ball for warmth and comfort. Her entire body shook from fear and loneliness. Her wide eyes were swollen from hours of countless crying. The men that had taken her had been gone for a while.
She was glad for that.
If there is something that frightens her more than being stuck alone in an unfamiliar place during a thunderstorm it would have to be being alone with HIM. She suddenly hears the sound of footsteps heading her direction. She holds herself tighter and starts shaking profusely. She shuts her eyes tightly to hold back the tears that threatened to escape. She feels someone standing behind her. The person bends down and hugs her tightly. It was… comforting.
Her hopes of returning home returned. 'They finally found me.' She thought as this person stroked her hair. She nuzzled closer happy about the warmth that was emanating from the other person. 'Everything was going to be okay.' She replayed that thought over and over in her mind while fantasizing about home.
The person behind her held her tighter. Too tight in fact. 'I can't breathe!'
Her fantasy was shattered when he finally spoke. His voice was as smooth as daggers and as sweet as poison. It pierced her heart and shattered it into a million pieces. He would fix it only to shatter it over and over again.
"I came back for you my little princess," he said sweetly with a hint of malice and enjoyment. He enjoyed torturing her and seeing the fear in her eyes.
She stayed silent. She already knew that it was futile to struggle or scream. Although she couldn't help her heart from skipping a beat as he spoke one last time.
"Promise me you'll remember me always my dear. What am I saying? Of course you'll remember. How can you forget the person who will never abandon you? The only one who cares? The only one who will ever LOVE you?"
Rukia started kicking frantically. She let out a horrible scream that would send chills down anyone's spine if they were to hear it. The images flashed through her head like a horrible slide show. The images of her past were soon replaced with recent images of her attacker. His hands running down the length of her body. She wanted to vomit at the thought of it.
Suddenly a pair of hands appeared and pinned her down. Rukia was still very weak from her attack and didn't have enough strength to fight back.
"Let go of me! I have to get out of here! I want to die! KILL ME! Someone please kill me!"
The person pinning her down finally spoke, "Miss Kuchiki please calm down. You're safe now no one is going to hurt you."
Rukia stopped kicking and stared at the man with a look that would make anyone, even a grown man, shrivel up in fear. Said man was tall, had black hair, and dark eyes that were framed by an angular face with a little stubble on the chin. He looked to be in his mid-forties. He backed away from her harsh eyes.
"No one is going to hurt me?" she exclaimed, "How do you know? How can you be certain about it? Tell me!"
The man regained his composure and spoke calmly.
"I don't know no one does. The world is cruel and harsh that we can't help but wonder why we even try to live in it. A good life isn't just about being born it's about what you make of it with what you have. It's about looking beyond all those hardships. Just because you're living doesn't make life good. You have to make life worth living." He looked at Rukia's shocked expression and chuckled, "Sorry I must sound like such a bore to you."
Rukia looked at him having calmed down and smiled sadly. She finally realized that she was no longer in danger and hung her head in shame.
"I'm sorry. How rude of me and no you're not a bore. In fact that really helped me. I felt so hopeless after all that has happened soo…," she looked up at him smiling, "thank you."
He returned her smile, "Yeah I knew that would help. It's what my wife used to say."
Rukia saw the sadness that appeared in his eyes when he said that and couldn't help but ask, "Used to?"
He looked at her and smiled again, "Yeah I never said that life was fair."
She felt empathy for him. She too knew the feeling of losing someone you deeply cherished. Her memory suddenly came back to her and she started to look around the room. She was currently sitting on a medical bed and she saw several medical appliances.
'Am I in the hospital? Who brought me here?' she thought with a confused look on her face.
He saw her confusion and proceeded to explain.
"This is my clinic and as you can see I'm a doctor. You were brought to me by…"
"Wait so it wasn't you who brought me here?" Rukia asked suddenly as she tried to piece things together by herself.
"Oh no. Can you please save the question until after I finish?" he said not at all offended that she interrupted him.
"Oh sorry please continue," she said embarrassed.
"As I was saying you were brought to me by my son who isn't here at the moment even though he should be. Oh well when he brought you here you were unconscious and appeared to have lost a considerable amount of blood. Luckily the wound wasn't as bad as it looked. The worst that you have right now is a little bump and some stitches. I made sure that there wasn't any more damage done and let you rest. Now here we are. Any questions?"
Rukia nervously looked at her hands. "So you know what happened?"
"Yes my son told me what he knew," he said stoically.
Rukia grew nervous at the realization that people she didn't know knew of her predicament. 'I wonder what they think of me. They must be disgusted.'
"Oh don't worry my son reported them to the authorities as soon as he brought you here," he said as he rummaged through papers.
Rukia looked at him slightly confused, "Wouldn't they have fled the scene by then?"
He immediately stopped what he was doing and looked at her and gave her a sinister smile, "Not after he was done with them."
Rukia's jaw dropped at his change in mood.
"Please don't look at me like that. They got what they deserved. If my son didn't make them pay then I would have! Then I would punish my son for being a moron and letting them go! See everyone wins!" he exclaimed as he laughed loudly.
Rukia didn't know how to respond to this. She had never seen an adult behave this way. Although this surprising factor didn't quench her curiosity.
"Wait! Who's you son?"
He immediately stopped laughing and gave her a serious look. "Ah I see that you're curious to find out who your savior is," he grinned maliciously, "Well despite this one act of bravery I would say he's nobody!"
"Excused me?" Rukia was even more confused. What kind of parent is he?
"I mean he has never had a girlfriend. You're the first girl he's ever brought home with him! How will he ever become a man?" He started weeping histerically.
"What the hell? You haven't answered my question yet," Rukia yelled completely confused. 'He was just fine a second ago! Just my luck I get stuck with an insane man with random mood swings!'
There was a sound of a door opening in the distance.
"Hey old man I brought some more…" The boy was cut off by his father launching himself at him. This made the boy angry.
"What the hell old man? Can't I come home one day without you attacking me?"
"Of course not! How else am I going to prepare you?"
"Prepare me for what?"
There were sounds of a struggle coming from outside the room Rukia was currently in. A minute later two young girls came in to check on her. One had short black hair and had a bored expression on her face. The other was the opposite and had short brown hair this one smiled warmly at Rukia.
"Are they going to be okay?" Rukia asked them.
"Yeah I'm sure they'll be fine. They do this every day," responded the brown haired one while waving her hand so as to tell Rukia not to worry.
"My money is on brother. What do you think Yuzu?" said the other one obviously not caring about their safety.
"Karin now's not the time to be making bets. Besides you shouldn't be supporting them," Yuzu said.
Karin responded by shrugging. Just then the man came flying into the room and hit the wall with a big thud. Rukia and Yuzu were startled while Karin just laughed.
"Oh my gosh! Are you okay Mr…." Rukia trailed off realizing that she never got his name.
He looked at her weakly and said, "Call me Isshin," and then he passed out.
Yuzu immediately ran towards her father. "Dad wake up! See this is why you shouldn't fight with Ichi-nii"
"Ichi-nii?" Rukia asked.
Karin just kept on laughing, "Nice one bro!"
Yuzu gave her a look of disbelief. She was slightly angered by her twin's reaction but she controlled her anger and kindly asked, "Can you please help me? I think you hurt dad really badly."
A tall boy with spikey orange hair, amber eyes and a permanent scowl on his face entered the room.
He scoffed, "It wasn't my fault! He started it!"
"And so you just had to finish it. Spoken like a true man Ichigo," Karin said sarcastically as she left the room.
Yuzu ran after her so she can try to convince her to help her out with their dad. Leaving Ichigo, a shocked Rukia, and his unconscious father alone in the room. Rukia was speechless.
'No no no no no no! Not him! Anybody but him!'
"It's… it's you!"
He looked at her as if he just became aware of her presence for the first time. He smiled at her.
"Hey there midget."
Author: There you have it our savior but you guys already knew. Didn't you? You smart people you. Anyways I'm really happy right now because I just finished reading this amazing story by Rukia141. She's awesome and a great and funny writer. You guys have to check out her work. Interview: Bleach Pairings! Is a hilarious story and it gives you a chance to see some of your favorite pairings. There may be a pairing that you may not approve of but they are still funny to read. Also she's an Ichigo x Rukia lover! UNITE!
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