ICHIGO KUROSAKI groaned as he awoke from bed. He turned to Rukia Kuchiki who was sound asleep beside him. He stepped out of bed and slowly stood up, looking at his dishevelled room.
He walked slowly toward the bathroom door, passing by some empty beer bottles and clothes strewn across the floor. He flipped the light switch and walked over to the sink. He stretched and turned on the faucet.
He washed his face and wiped it. He looked up from the towel he held up against his face and his eyes widened with shock. His reflection stared back at him, his skin turning white from his mouth and spreading around his face. His reflection's eyes were black with yellow pupils and blood trickled from its mouth.
Ichigo punched the mirror and Rukia shot up from sleep.
"What was that?" Rukia yelled.
Ichigo slowly walked out of the bathroom and smiled slightly at her.
"Uh, nothing," Ichigo said, "Just get back to sleep,"
"Does 'nothing' involve punching glass in the morning?" Rukia asked smugly.
Ichigo shook his head at her remark and stepped into the bedroom. Rukia got out of bed, draped herself in a gown and walked up to Ichigo, seeing blood on his knuckles.
"Ichigo, your hand," Rukia said concernedly.
"Huh?" Ichigo said, realizing that his hand was bleeding, "Oh, it's nothing,"
"What's going on?" Rukia asked, "Are you okay?"
"Nah, it's nothing," Ichigo insisted.
"Ichigo, something's going on," Rukia said, "You're not sleeping anymore, you're distant, you're drinking like hell; it certainly isn't nothing,"
"I'm fine, Rukia," Ichigo said.
Ichigo walked up to his wardrobe and wiped his hand with a cloth. He placed Band-Aids on his knuckles. Ichigo started pulling out clothes from the wardrobe.
Rukia turned to the clock at the bedside.
"Ichigo, it's 2am, you should get back to sleep," Rukia said.
"Huh? Shouldn't I be getting ready or something?" Ichigo asked absentmindedly.
"See, this is what I'm talking about, you've been so distracted lately," Rukia said, "Ichigo, something's going on, you shouldn't bottle it up,"
Ichigo sighed and turned to Rukia.
"You wouldn't understand, okay?" Ichigo said.
"Try me," Rukia said.
Ichigo looked at Rukia closely, seeing the seriousness in her eyes. Ichigo sighed.
"I've been having these strange ... hallucinations and nightmares lately," Ichigo said, "Like visions and they're happening almost everyday now,"
"For how long?" Rukia asked.
"About a couple months or so," Ichigo responded.
"What type of visions are you having?" Rukia asked.
"I don't know how to say this," Ichigo said, "It's like I have this thing in me that wants to come out. I'm ... it's like I'm possessed by something, I don't know,"
"Well, that's odd, coming from the guy who doesn't believe in spirits," Rukia said.
"I don't know," Ichigo said, "Ever since I saved you from the Sereitei, this has been happening. Something's in my mind and it's taking over me,"
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Bleach: Invasion
Spiritual[AU] The endless battles against Hollows in Karakura town draws the attention of SHIELD as Phil Coulson takes a team on a mission to uncover secret experiments on Shinigami. Ichigo goes to Hueco Mundo when an Arrancar captures Orihime and Urahara in...
