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Hanatarou
Caught
He had been caught, when Rukia was imprisoned in the Soul Society, in the middle of a lot of things that he had no control over and did not really understand. There was not a lot he could have done, in retrospect, but he wished that he had not been quite so passive, that he could have taken a little more control over the way that things had gone.
Now, it appeared he was stuck in Hueco Mundo, and yet again he could not feel more at a loss. He patched up where he could, but that wasn't enough- not when he could feel the spiritual pressure of fighting Captains wearing him down, not when Ichigo Kurosaki was about to save the world.
He was only here because he was a fourth division shinigami; any one of many could have taken his place.
No one could replace any of the others here.
Any of the ones about to make a difference.
His life was in their hands now, if it had ever even been in his.
Whatever control he had ever had over his own life drifted past him, like mist through his finger-tips.
He had come so far, and yet he still could not catch it.