4AN- So this is my first attempt at a fanfic. I am not too sure on it, so I would greatly appreciate reviews, be them good or bad. I am not sure if I am going to continue this, it may depend on how many reviews i get on this one. So please read and review.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or its characters.
Ichigo lay in bed just staring at the ceiling. It was just another ordinary night in his recent life. Rukia had gone back to the seretei for some urgent business with Ukitake-tiachou. Nothing of course that she could discuss with him. He could not figure out what was wrong with her lately… there was definitely something going on and she was not having any part of him in on it.
Rukia stepped serenely through the senkaimon and into the reiatsu rich air. It felt like an eternity since she had last visited. There were sure to be some complaints from Renji, but she would deal with him after she took care of business with Ukitake-tiachou. He had said it was urgent, but would not divulge into details. She was utterly confused, but willing to meet any expectation that he had for her. He had done so much for her, she felt that she could never repay that debt, but she would do her best. She quickly stepped to shunpo to reach her beloved tiachou. He was in his office when she reached the thirteenth squad's barracks. Kotetsu Kiyone met her once she arrived at the barracks to take her to Ukitake-tiachou. Although nervous, Rukia knew that her tiachou would not mislead her and bring her back for something that was not absolutely necessary. They arrived fairly quickly at his office and Rukia was ushered in and Kiyone was asked to excuse herself and to make sure that there were no interruptions. Once alone, Ukitake-tiachou asked Rukia to have a seat. He finished the paperwork that he was working on and looked at Rukia in such a way that she never had seen.
"Central 46 has made a decision regarding Kurosaki Ichigo." Rukia started. That was the last thing that she was expecting. They had thought that Central 46 was going to take quite an extended amount of time to figure out how they wanted to handle his ever-growing reiatsu. For some reason, she was very anxious to hear what they had decided to be his fate.
Ichigo had drifted in and out of sleep for a while. It was very disturbed, uneasy sleep. He could not understand why, but he did not like the idea of Rukia having to leave all of the sudden to go and see her tiachou and know why. He decided to just brush it out of his mind for now and to get started on the small mountain of homework that Ochi-sensei had given them tonight.
"So what was their decision, Ukitake-tiachou?" Rukia asked with bated breath. For some reason, his expression of sorrow gave her a very uneasy feeling and Rukia hoped that it was just her anxiety making her believe that he looked almost mournful.
"Central 46 has taken a liking to the idea of destroying Ichigo's body and bringing him into the soul reapers academy to see how he does. They have not made the decision yet, but that is one that they are weighing very heavily. They know that a power like Kurosaki-san's is incredibly unique and they would like to develop it more. They would like to see him harness kido, hakuda, houhou, and zujutsu."
"But Ukitake-tiachou, how would they execute that order? In essence, all they would be doing is killing him, and I am not sure, but from the sound of it, that is really the last thing that could possibly be good for him. His family has already suffered the loss of their mother. Is Central 46 sure that is what they want to do? I am sure that he would be more than willing to work with the shinigami and Central 46"
Ukitake looked away painfully. He had not wanted to be the one to tell Rukia, but Kuchiki-tiachou had specifically asked for him to do it. Even though he wanted to say no, Byakuya was not a person that he wanted to argue with. So here he sat with the youngest Kuchiki, trying to figure out how to console the poor girl. He could tell that she was confused and angry with the decision that Central 46 was thinking of making.
Ichigo finally finished his homework and headed downstairs to find something for dinner. His family was out for the night. Karin had a soccer game and they were going to go to dinner afterwards. He thought of calling Sado and asking him to come and hang out. His house seemed very empty tonight, and all he could seem to think about was the fact that Rukia was not here to harass him. She had only been gone for a day and he could not figure out why, but he missed her… terribly… and that fact slightly irritated him. He knew that she had another life with her own work and business to attend to. He had no right to capitalize on her time… 'I wonder what could have been so important that she could not tell me? Since when have we grown so much apart? She used to tell me everything." Ichigo could not help but get more upset at that thought.
"Maybe she is finally done with you, King."
"Why would you think that?" Ichigo really did not want to have to deal with his hollow right now, especially since he did not know what was going on with Rukia.
"She leaves and does not tell you why she is going, and don't think that I don't know that you guys have been drifting apart… It looks like your reign over her is almost over, King"
"I do not reign over her, and we are not drifting apart! You have no idea what you are talking about!" Ichigo tried to convince himself, but his hollow was possibly right. He was wrong in the fact that he reigned over Rukia, but he could be right. That scared the shit out of Ichigo…
"We will see, King… we will definitely see in the end…"
He had to be wrong, Ichigo knew that the Rukia he knew would not just abandon him. They had gone through too much together… At least that's what he thought. He would just have to wait for her to get back. However long that would be.
Let me know what you thought, so I can decide if i want to try to continue this story.