Salvation

My Mother's Daughter

3rd Person POV

"KARIN!" Ichigo yelled as he leaned over her body.

"It's too late Ichigo," Toshiro said.

"What did she give you Ichigo?" Rangiku questioned.

"I don't know, whatever it is she gave her life for it," Ichigo exclaimed

 They all made their way to the 12th division to research the device. The plugged in the device and watched carefully.

"If you all watching this now it means that I am gone and I have given you the device which means I accomplished my one purpose. For twelve years I have been working inside the faction to end their reign After about seven years I was able to successfully able to infiltrate the faction under the false pretenses of my hatred of the Soul Society. Which is why I said those things about no one searching for me, and the harsh treatment I endured. All I ever wanted was to protect you all and the Soul Society. ON this device are every stronghold and every move the faction has ever made. Twelve years I spent gathering this information, so I ask you use it well. Another in the halls of that horrid castle in Hueco Mundo you will find a young child at the age of three. He name is Kirara, and she shares my blood and yours as well Ichigo. I know that she is destined for great things, she will become the future of the Shiba clam.  Ichigo I ask that she never know who I'm and that you raise her as your own. She can never know the truth about who I really am. She deserves a life that I could not give her and my shadow will not be her demise. She was my only light, I will not taint her with my darkness. My final request the Soul Society can never know the truth about who I really am either. I will be regarded as the traitor who betrayed the Soul Society. No as the fallen hero who died for something grater. It seems that time and serenity were not on our side. Live long and happy my friends. As much as I wish that this wasn't good bye the next time we meet I will be standing t deaths door. Your future is bright you have a tiny ray of light than burns brightly. A fire that can never be extinguished cherish her, she will be your guide to the light. My light died that day I knew that I would have to walk in the darkness if I had any hope of saving this world from annihilation. Never stop fighting, never stop protecting. That is the oath that all shinigami must swear and uphold. May we meet again in a timelong form now." The recording ended and the shinigami watched as information on their greatest enemy popped on the screen.

"She defeated our greatest enemy before we even knew we had one," Ikkaku exclaimed.

"She wasn't a traitor at all, she's a hero the only reason we're all alive. She averted another war single-handedly." Rangiku exclaimed.

"How the hell are we suppose to brand her a traitor!" Yumichika exclaimed.

"It was her final wish." All their eyes turned to Toshiro as his eyes filled with guilt. "I called her a traitor. My last words to my best friends were when I called her a traitor. That day twelve years ago I was there that day and I couldn’t protect her. And then I called her a traitor so I can do that then we can damn well honor her last wish. NO matter how unfair it seems." Toshiro exclaimed.

"Where do we for from here?" Shuhei questioned.

"We find her daughter, and we make sure that child grows up with as much love as we can give her. And we make sure she never finds out the truth about her mother. This is all we can do for Karin." Ichigo said and they made their way to the hell of Hueco Mundo.

They walked through the desolate terrain and soon came upon that large building that was filled with many carcasses.

"Karin did all this?" Rangiku questioned.

"She turned into quite the shinigami," Ikkaku exclaimed.

They all walked through the halls stepping over the fallen corpses. They checked every room they passed searching for the young child. They came to a small room with a white door. They pushed it open and walked inside. Inside they found a large crib with a young girl sleeping soundly.

"She's beautiful," Rukia exclaimed.

"She looks just like Karin," Ichigo said.

"We have to protect this child with everything we have," Toshiro exclaimed.

And they did the young child grew up never knowing that her real mother had died and saved the Soul Society in her death. The young child grew into a strong and confident shinigami who protected the Soul Society with all her might just as her mother did. She embodied the sacrifice her mother made. Whenever anyone looked upon that dark-haired girl memories of a certain raven-haired woman invaded their thoughts. The raven-haired woman who died and suffered so that the people she loved would not have to. Karin Kurosaki had the truest grasp of what it meant to wear the shihaksho what it meant to be a shinigami. Her life saved countless lives. She died happy and content knowing that the only reason she had for living was finally fulfilled. And knowing that she had the opportunity to bring that wonderful little child into this world and she would grow up free from the scrutiny of her mother's shadow. In the end, she was no traitor but the fallen hero that the world would never know. The fallen hero of a world she only knew my story and a people she been from for more than a decade. She was the fallen hero, the fallen hero that no one would ever know or thank. A nameless soul to be written upon the countless names of those who died in the name of the greater good. May her soul rest upon the hall of heroes even if her legacy was that of a broken traitor. May she be remembered by the people who loved her as the hero who saved them even if she must remain forever secret. Even if her legacy was written in stone to be the fated traitor. Till this very day, the truth about  Karin Kurosaki the nameless fallen hero is still widely unknown. The soul who died in the hope that no one else would have too, even if it was just a foolish notion. Karin Kurosaki a raven-haired woman, former heiress to the Shiba clan, Daughter of Issin and Misaki Kurosaki, brilliant shinigami, known as the traitor but secretly was their fallen hero. That was her legacy, that was her destiny and accepted with honor and grace. Because that was who she was, loyal to a fault, as brave as lion, and as fierce as a tiger. She was my mother, I am her daughter. "Kirara Kurosaki, heiress of the Shiba clan and future clan leader. I am my mother's daughter and I am the proudest to admit it. The truth may not be told but her memory and her legacy lived on inside me. I am the next Kurosaki, I will become the shinigami that my mother gave everything to give me. I will live the life she never could because I owe my life and anything I have to her. The bravest, strongest, fiercest person. Even if I don’t remember her, she is and always will be my strive, my dedication, and my resolve. I am the next generation, I am Kirara Kurosaki and I will never stop fighting. I am my mother's daughter.