~Rukia's First Trip Back to the World of the Living after Becoming Vice-Captain~
Rukia had to make a trip to the World of the Living for her Captain. Ukitake had requested that she go collect some information that Urahara had been gathering for Soul Society. As Rukia was leaving Urahara's she noticed she was near Ichigo's house. She decided to stop by for old time's sake and see how everyone was doing. Rukia saw Ichigo in his room studying and noticed that Karin and Isshin were gone. Yuzu was in the kitchen cooking dinner.
Rukia started to walk away when she heard someone call her name. She turned around to see Yuzu running towards her waving something in the air. "Hey, Rukia-nee. Ichi-nii wrote this and has had it pinned on his wall for months now. I made a copy of it and thought that you should have it, if we saw you again", the words rushed out from a winded Yuzu, "I've got to go before supper burns, but I'll tell Ichi-nii you said hi." With that Rukia was left with a letter in her hand as she watched Yuzu run back into the house. She opened it up and read the words written in Ichigo's handwriting.
I won't give up on us,
Even if the skies get rough,
I'm giving you all my love,
I'm still looking up.
And when you're needing your space,
To do some navigating,
I'll be here patiently waiting,
To see what you find.
'Cause even the stars they burn,
Some even fall to the earth,
We've got a lot to learn,
God knows we're worth it,
No, I won't give up.
Rukia smiled –Neither will I, Ichigo.-
ORIGINAL POSTING DATE: October 25,2012
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