Silent Beauty

Chapter 4: Turtles & Strawberry Ice Cream

Kira's POV:

I opened my eyes to reveal darkness. I coughed, my throat was very sore, probably from the smoke.

I was comfortable, it was warm and I was covered in blankets. I tried to move my arm but, something was pinning it down. I looked over to see a hand gripping my forearm tightly.

It was.....Ichigo's hand.

He was laying on a mat beside me, he was still sleeping too, coughing a bit in his sleep. I shook my arm again but his hand wouldn't budge an inch. I froze when I noticed something on his hand.

Burns..

Ichigo tried so hard to save me, even though he barely even knew me. He even exhausted and burnt himself in the process. Why...Why am I always protected?!? People should worry about themselves more! Not me....I've lost everything, I'm not worth saving. 

Tears fell from my eyelashes and dropped on to Ichigo's cheek. I wiped my eyes and layed back down. In the meantime, I had to find out where I was. I watched as a door in the room opened and a crack of light peaked through.

"Kisuke-San, the girl is awake." A tiny voice whispered.

Then, the light in the room flickered on and a man wearing clogs and a green and white striped hat, walked in.

"Hello, I'm Kisuke Urahara, a friend of Ichigo's. And you are?" He asked, sitting on the floor next to where Ichigo lay.

I opened my mouth to speak...then closed it. I remembered what I was told that night, "Stay here, Kira. Don't you dare say a word. Mommy, Daddy, and I will be back soon, then we will be happy again..."

Kisuke waited then, he reached in his pocket and pulled out a pen and a piece of crumbled paper. He handed them to me and I scribbled down my name.

His eyes widened as he read my name. "Your last name is Kagirinai?"

I nodded and he opened his mouth to speak when someone beat him to it.

"Urahara? What the....Why am I here?"

I turned around to see Ichigo sitting up, scratching the back of his head.

"Kira?" Ichigo coughed. "Are you okay?"

I scribbled, Bandage his hands, please, on the paper and gave it to Kisuke. He nodded and a huge tan man came in.

"Tessai, please bandage Ichigo's hands. I'm afraid they're burnt very badly."

"Yes sir." He vowed and the huge man pinned Ichigo down with one arm.

"Ahh! What the hell are you trying to do?!?!" Ichigo shouted, struggling to move out of Tessai's huge arm.

"Ururu, the bandages!" Tessai shouted and small girl with black pig-tails and bangs in her eyes ran in with bandages in her hand.

I watched as she quickly bandaged Ichigo's hands. I stifled a giggle as Ichigo pushed the huge man off of him. I felt a tap on my shoulder, I looked behind me and saw Ururu.

"Here's your clothes, I washed them myself." She handed me my black skirt and white button-up with a black vest and red-tie. I looked down, I was wearing a black robe and my left arm was covered in bandages.

Kisuke saw me staring at it. "Apparently, you cut yourself on some glass from this picture frame."He held up the framed picture I had saved from the fire. Except the frame had been replaced, probably since the other had shattered.

Kisuke handed it me and I layed on my pillow. Bathroom?, I wrote on the paper.

"Down the hall, last door to the right." Kisuke said.