My Love My Life (Ichigo Kurosaki)

Part 16

It had been hours since Ichigo and his friends entered the Seireitei, and Jasmine had been keeping an eye on him, making sure he was alive, and he made it through with a good fight, but Rukia's execution was coming up fast, and Ichigo needed to hurry. Ichigo was now up against Renji, and he wasn't doing to good, and it worried Jasmine, "come on Ichigo" Jasmine whispered to herself, but she couldn't take much more, so she jumped down and blocked Renji's attack on Ichigo with her Zanpakuto, "it's you again" Ichigo said behind her, "wait you know who she is?" Renji said stepping back, "I don't know what she looks like, but she helped me before" Ichigo said walking up to her, but Jasmine held her hand out and pushed some sort of force out knocking Ichigo back, "hey what the hell?" he said sitting up from the ground, but he saw her walk up to Renji and place a hand on his shoulder, bringing him down so she could whisper in his ear, and without Ichigo hearing she said, "Renji, if you want Rukia too live, you need to stand down" she said to him, and Renji looked at her hooded face shocked, "I can't be the only one that thinks she deserves this" Jasmine said letting go and vanishing into thin air, "wait, what happened" Ichigo said standing up and looking at Renji, "go save her dam it" Renji sighed and ran away, Ichigo was confused, but once again he had the Red Reaper to thank. 

Jasmine was walking the grounds the next day, but she was suddenly stopped by Toshiro, "Jasmine, you have to come quick" he said, Jasmine nodded and followed him quickly, but what she saw when they got there shocked her to her very core, pinned up high on the side of a building, was Aizen, a sword through his chest, blood spilling down to the ground, "oh my god, what happened?" Jasmine said looking up at the man, "we don't know, but we herd other news, there was an attempt from the intruders to save Rukia, but it failed and she was placed back into the repentance cell, her execution will be later today" Toshiro explained, "dam it Ichigo" Jasmine whispered to herself, "we have to get him down now" Jasmine ordered, as other soul reapers helped to get Aizen down, Toshiro needed to tell Jasmine something, "Jasmine, there is something I need to show you" he said, Jasmine was confused but followed him, and they ended up at Aizen's home, "Toshiro, what are we doing here?" Jasmine asked stepping inside, and in the room stood Rangiku, but she had a sad look on her face, "guys, what's going on" Jasmine said feeling a bit frightened, "Jasmine, what do you remember of Aizen, did he ever hurt you?" Rangiku asked, and Jasmine was confused, "no, he never hurt me, he was always kind to me" Jasmine said, "Jasmine, this may come as a shock, so please be prepared, go over to Aizen's desk and look" Toshiro said, Jasmine looked over at the desk, she then slowly walked over to it, and her face went from shocked to frightened. On the desk was photos, photos of Jasmine, but they were of her screaming and being tortured by Aizen, "what, what is this," Jasmine whimpered, "you don't remember any of this?" Rangiku asked worried for her friend, "no, no I don't, he was always kind to me, he must have wiped my memory some how" Jasmine said looking at all the pictures. "Jasmine I'm so sorry, but he can't do this anymore, he's gone, we don't know how, but he is" Toshiro said comforting her, "the execution, it's started!" Rangiku said looking out the door and into the distance, "what, no it's too soon, NO!" Jasmine said running towards it, "RUKIA" she screamed as she ran faster and faster, but she saw a huge bright light come from the hill where is was happening, and she knew what that meant, "no, no, NO! RUKIA!" Jasmine screamed as she dropped to the ground crying. 

Jasmine didn't realise how long she had been knelt on the floor for, but she was brought back to reality by someone kneeling down in front of her shaking her, "Captain Kuchiki!" she herd Renji say, "she looked up and saw worry on his face, but she turned her head and her eyes landed on Rukia, "Rukia!" she yelled getting up and brought her into a hug, "how are you alive, what happened?" Jasmine asked looking into her eyes, "Ichigo" Rukia said to her, "he made it, he saved you" Jasmine said sighing with relief, "Jasmine you have to help him, he's fighting Byakuya" Rukia panicked, and Jasmine's worried returned, "what?" Jasmine said, "it's true Captain," Renji said, and Jasmine didn't think twice and ran as fast as she could, she was not going to let him die, even if she had to reveal the truth to him, she would rather him hate her than end up dead. 

Jasmine made it to where they were fighting, but what Jasmine saw horrified her, Ichigo had half of a hollows mask on his face and was going all out on Byakuya, what happened to him while she was away, did he really go this far as to save Rukia, to put his life at risk like this?Jasmine had to stop him before they killed each other, she put up her hood and ran towards Ichigo.  Jasmine jumped onto Ichigo's back and wrapped her hand around the edge of the mask, and started to pull, "what are you doing?" Ichigo said, but he sounded completely different, like he was being taken over by a different person, "stop interfering, don't you get it, I was about to kill him" he said, Ichigo tried to shake her off, but she wasn't going anywhere, "whoever you are let him go!" Jasmine yelled as she pulled harder, "you fool!" he screamed as the mask was almost off, "I will not lose him to a monster like you!" she yelled and pried the mask clean off, and Ichigo fell to the ground, but Jasmine stopped him from hitting his head as she gently laid him down. Before Ichigo could see her face she quickly helped him sit up against a rock, and she stood up and faced Byakuya, "stand down sister" Byakuya warned, "wait sister? The Red Reaper is your sister? And Rukias" Ichigo said surprised that Rukia never told him, Jasmine took a step forward towards her brother, "before we continue this, I think It's time Ichigo knew who you really are" Byakuya said, and with one swift movement, Byakuya cut off Jasmine's hood with his sword, revealing who she was to Ichigo. 

"It can't be" Ichigo whispered, his eyes widened at the women with ginger hair swaying in the wind, "Jasmine?" he said, she turned her head slightly so he could get a better look of her face, there she was, right in front of him, "your alive?" he said trying to stand up, but he was in too much pain, "don't strain yourself Ichigo" she said, guilt running through her body, "Jasmine, your The Red Reaper? All this time" he said trying to get answers, "I'm sorry Ichigo" Jasmine said, then she turned to Byakuya, and took off her red coat letting it drop to the floor, leaving her in the white cloth that was wrapped around her top half leaving her arms and shoulders exposed, and her bottoms that all the Soul Reapers wear, and Ichigo couldn't help but blush a tiny bit from what she was wearing, "stop this now Brother, or I will finish this myself" she said in a serious tone, "you are really going to fight me over this boy?" Byakuya said, "no" Jasmine said and transformed her Zanpakuto into a entirely knew weapon, "I will stop you from killing the man I love, even if I have to use my Bankai" Jasmine said holding out her new weapon, it transformed into a huge battle axe, and it can take the shape of any weapon she chooses, "you are forbidden from using your Bankai within the Soul Society" Byakuya said shocked that she was threatening to use it, "that is the length I will go to protect Ichigo, now stand down" Jasmine warned for the last time. "I will not" he said.

"Then you leave me no choice Brother"