D-F: Hi again! I thank you all who are reading and faving this! I'm having a blast writing this fic. So this is chapter 11 which means I'm almost caught up with my Hellsing fic! I'll have to update that soon XD Alright, last time Ichigo invited Kyo to try dreamwalking with him purposely this time. Let's see how this turns out.
Chapter 11
Kyo stepped over the threshold and in throught the front door into Ichigo's house. She loved the feeling of his home, the feeling that one got from others living in the house as well. It made her feel kind of depressed since she lived all alone in her house. Ichigo eyed her curiously, "You okay? You seem kind of down." Kyo's head shot up so she was looking at Ichigo, an alarmed look passing over her face for a brief moment. "Oh no, I'm fine!" She said a little too loudly but Ichigo decided not to push it, he didn't want to upset her.
"Ichigo's brought a girl home!" Ishiin cried as he barged in from the living room, tackling Kyo into a bear hug. "Hello Mr. Kurosaki." The small girl attempted to say, only it came out more like, "Erro Mrrr. Kuroshaki." Ichigo rolled his eyes at his insane father, "Dad, she's turning a shade of purple that's rivaling her eyes." Ishiin quickly let go of Kyo who was blushing slightly. "But son! It's not everyday you bring a girl home with you! Not to mention bring home a girl who stayed here once before!" Ichigo rolled his eyes once again as Kyo giggled.
"I just came over so we could do some homework together. We're going to try to figure out trigonometry Mr. Kurosaki." Ishiin grinned evily at the two then said, "And Kyo, you don't have to call me Mr. Kurosaki! You can call me anything you like, even future father-in-law!" Ichigo groaned but at the word father Kyo's expression darkened involuntarily. Ishiin realized he must have said something wrong because the last time Kyo had been over she had only had that expression when she'd asked about Masaki. "What's wrong?" The black haired man asked. Kyo shook her head and gave a weak smile, "It's nothing really, it's just that I lied last time I was here. Both my parents are dead."
A shocked expression came over Ishiin's features, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know." Kyo's cheerful look returned as she smiled, "it's okay, it happened a long time ago. I'm really sorry I lied though, it was wrong of me." Ishiin grinned again, "Well if that's the case, if you ever feel like staying the night you can!" Kyo grinned, "Thank you very much...hmmmmm...I think I'll call you Tio. It's spanish for uncle." At that Ishiin's face lit up and he danced off into another room practically floating. "You just made him extremely happy." Ichigo commented, smirking. "And I didn't know you spoke spanish." Kyo grinned up at him, "Before I moved here and after I escaped from Hueco Mundo I lived with that couple in Spain. I obviously learned the language though some of my grammer is off sometimes." Ichigo nodded with interest then turned to head upstairs.
"We can do this up in my room. Is there anything you need for it to work?" Ichigo asked as Kyo followed him up the stairs. The small arrancar shook her head, "Nope, I'm pretty sure nothing is needed. Like I said, I'm new to this and haven't ever been able to succesfully dream walk with another person before." They reached the top of the stairs and turned to go into Ichigo's room. Kyo took in her surroundings, there wasn't much to the room but she liked the tidy almost emptiness of it. "You might as well be as comfortable as possible so, the bed?" Kyo suggested. Ichigo nodded, "Sure." The two teens sat on the bed cross-legged, facing each other.
"Alright Ichigo, I need you to relax as best you can. Basically I'm going to be putting us to sleep, or trying to with this power." Kyo instructed. The orange headed strawberry nodded as he visibly relaxed, feeling muscles unclench that he didn't even know he'd had tensed. Once they were both tense free Kyo reached out with both hands and rested them on the sides of Ichigo's head on his temples. This small touch made Ichigo's cheeks tint a slight pink colour though he had no clue as to why. She closed her eyes and he followed suit as she muttered in a soft voice a couple of spanish words that he didn't understand, "Sueño liberación." Pale lilac energy began to swirl around them emenating from Kyo's hands. As the energy surrounded them, nearly blocking out everything around them, Kyo and Ichigo could feel the bed dissappear from beneath them as they began to fall into a sleep state.
When Ichigo opened his eyes again he was in his inner world. But it wasn't his inner world, he remembered Kyo telling him that once. He looked around, trying to distinguish any differences between his dream plane and inner world. However, other than a few whispy looking things floating around this place had no differences from his inner world. "Be careful Ichigo, it may look the same as your inner world, but it's a more dangerous place." Kyo's voice stated next to him. It was kind of unnerving how she seemed to be able to read his mind. "In this place I kind of can read your mind." She stated again. "Okay, that's a little bit creepy." Kyo giggled, "Don't worry, dad told me once that mom said the mind reading didn't always work." Ichigo nodded, being sure to not think anything she would take the wrong way while they were in the dream plane.
One of the whispy cloud-like things had floated closer to Ichigo while they were talking and the teen turned to get a better look at it. This one was a light grey colour, unlike the others which were mostly white. He was about to reach out and touch it when Kyo stopped him, "Wait Ichigo, these whispy things are dreams. The white ones are good dreams while any dark grey or black ones are nightmares." Ichigo glanced down at the arrancar halfling then looked back at the dream, "And what about ones that are light grey? What kind of dream is this?" Kyo's eyes closed for a moment, it was as if she were remembering something taught to her about dreams, when in fact she had no idea where this information was coming from. "The light grey ones are normally dreams created from tragic memories. Something that may have happened to you as a child or recently to leave great sadness in your heart."
Ichigo's gaze dropped to the ground as a sad look settled on his features. Kyo's heart skipped a beat at seeing him so upset. She walked over to the dream and took hold of it. Without looking at it she blew onto it causing the dream to fade away. Something told the small girl that that dream had to do with the day Ichigo's mother had died. "So, anything in particular you want to see in here? I'm not really sure what there is to see exactly." Kyo began rambling on to lighten the mood. Ichigo put up a hand to stop her. His request was a soft murmer so quiet she almost didn't hear it. "Do you think you could show me your dream plane?"
Kyo's eyes widened for a split second. A dream walker only on rare occasions showed another person their dream plane. It was something her father had told her. Kyo's mother had only ever allowed her father to see hers and that was because they'd been married. "Um... I'm n-not sure i-if I can." She stuttered, blushing slightly. Ichigo gazed at her, a question in his eyes. It was sort of strange for Kyo to not see his trademark scowl and she couldn't help but want to say yes. Well, it was probably because of him that I can use this power now so why not? She thought to herself while giving a timid nod. "Okay Ichigo, I'll show you my dream plane. But I'm not sure how well this is going to work." The orange haired teen nodded as Kyo approached him, a purple auora beginning to glow around her. The arrancar placed her hand on the arm of the substitute soul reaper and both were plunged into darkness.
For the second time in only a little while Ichigo opened his eyes. This time it wasn't his inner world look-a-like he was peering out at. This world was a tad more colourful, yet at the same time it seemed devoid of colour. It kind of creeped him out. There were lot's of green fields with tall red maple trees and tons of blue roses. The sky was pale blue with no clouds at all, the whispy dreams were all that floated about. Still, with all those greens, reds, and blues, that unnatrual shade of grey hung over everything, causing the colours to bleed out at times. "This place is amazing!" He breathed, too overwhelmed to really speak. Kyo was beside him then, "Yeah, it's nice." Ichigo stooped to touch one of the roses and as he did it turned to a dull gray, returning to it's original blue when he pulled back in alarm.
"Kyo, what's with the grey hanging over this place?" Ichigo asked. Kyo shrugged, "I'm not really sure. I think it has to do with my hollow side. It's the only explanation I can think of." Ichigo nodded as he reached out to touch the trunk of a tree. Once again the colour faded away from it as if frightened to have human contact. Despite the unnatrualness of the place it still took his breath away. Kyo had wandered away from him and was shooing away some dreams. Looking around Ichigo noticed a lot of dark grey ones and very few white ones. "Kyo, there are so many nightmares here." He stated as he reached out to touch one.
"No! Ichigo stay away from them!" Kyo yelled as she threw herself in front of Ichigo, just as the nightmare changed into a shadowy creature with long claws and fangs. "HOLY SHI-!" Ichigo staggered back, eyes wide at the sight of the monster. Kyo jumped back, just as scared. As the nightmare assended upon them the world began to fade away as a purple aura dragged them into darkness.
D-F: Oooooh! What happened? You'll have to find out next time. Sorry for such a long wait. And for a slightly crappy ending. So that's what Kyo's dream plane looks like, and that's what a nightmare does when you get to close to it. Find out what happens next in chapter 12! R&R! :D Also Sueño is spanish for dream and liberación is spanish for release.