The King's Death

Chapter 11:The Seireitei

Shinji's words rang through my head making me wonder about everything I've ever been taught by Kisuke and Yoruichi. I know they were right in what they taught me but sometimes I wonder just how much was kept from me over the years. Dad knew about my Uncle but didn't tell me, Kisuke and Yoruichi knew too. Who else knew? Did the Gotei 13 know and let me live or was there something more? Has Rukia known all along and just wanted to get on my good side to get the position or am I just over thinking things. How could I think those things about my Ruki, Jesus I love her to death. I can't think about something like that, Rukia has always told me the truth.

Confused are we Ichigo?

It's raining Ichigo, why is it raining here?

I don't know why it's raining.

"Ichigo are you alright?" Haruto murmurs from beside me. I look to him out of the corner of my eye.

"It's raining Haruto, it seems like it's always raining. He hates the rain." I mutter darkly looking back to the ground as the sun beats down on us.

It seems like it's started to thunder Ichigo, Zangetsu is getting uncomfortable.

I don't like the rain Ichigo, find the sun again.

"What do you mean? Are you alright Ichigo?" My eyes flash and the world blurs around me darkening and then brightening on an off. Zangetsu quivers on my back and then I feel my body hit the ground in front of me.

I land on the ground as rain pours down on my head soaking my clothing and I stare at Zangetsu and Hichigo as they stand before me talking quietly.

"What's going on why have you called me here?" I shout my eyes narrowing.

"We didn't call you here Ichigo." Zangetsu says looking up at the sky as the rain pours down on his face. His eyes narrow and a sigh escapes his thin lips.

"Ichigo, why is it raining today?" I turn my head from them and Hichigo pushes me softly.

"Why are you acting weak, king? Why are you letting me become more powerful in this one day? Are you going to be like this forever? Are you going to tarnish everything you've worked for?" He shoves me again and I hit the wall.

"I'm acting weak because I lost everything on this day! I lost the one thing I could never return, the one thing every other child had! It was my fault that I couldn't protect her!" I shout pushing him away from me. Lightning moves across the sky with a fury and Zangetsu hides under a wall away from the rain. Hichigo stares at me and the rain hits us harder and harder in his shock.

"Why are you here then?" He growls softly.

"I'm here because…I don't want to be out there!" I shout clutching my head softly. His sigh echoes around me before his hand comes in contact with my head knocking me to the ground.

"Would she want you to be like this?" his asks aloud glaring down at me.

"No, but what am I supposed to act like?" His eyes widen in disbelief and a smirk plays at his lips.

"Well you certainly are weak today king, would you like me to take over and be around Rukia-chan? I wouldn't be hard to act like you up until your wedding day and then the wedding night, it should be easy!" I feel a dark anger building in me as he smirks down at me with laughter in his eyes.

"Shut up you fool, I'd kill you today if it meant you'd stop talking but there is no use, you'll always be here taunting me and screaming at me, trying to control me! Where did you come from anyway?" His eyes down cast and he turns from me.

"I came from her you fool. The blood I was created from was from her genes. She gave you this as her parting. You were made into this because of her blood. Everyone in her line had one; they kept it a secret for generations waiting for some idiot like you to put it out in the world. She loved you but her genes were too strong to hold you back from this, from me!" He shouts turning back around his eyes wide and crazy.