Elemental Wielder

Chapter 7

I was still at Ichigo's dinner table to wait until it was time for me to look for a place to stay for a while, I'm getting the feeling that this is where I needed to be all along but I was never allowed unless I was stationed here. Hurricane pops out, "What's on your mind, Miss Akari?" "I hope I have somewhere to go," I tell him, "I can't help but think that I'm not welcomed here at all." "Just give it time," said Hurricane, "I'm sure that Ichigo will never let you out of his sight." "I doubt it," I said, walking outside to only get some fresh air. Hurricane followed, "What did you feel when you first saw him?" "Hope, freedom, warmth, and security," I tell him, "But, I didn't feel all of that earlier today." "You can't expect him to be like that for you," said Hurricane, "It can't be fair to him, you have to understand on where his point of view stands." "I just wish I knew what is like to be part of a family like his," I tell him, "You know, it's been only me and Shadow Phoenix." "I guess it's extremely hard for you to open to people that barely knows you," said Hurricane, "That's why you have us." "Yeah, I guess you have a point there," I said to him, "Thanks Hurricane. For a moment there, I almost called you father." "You can if you want to," said Hurricane, "You only have a mother figure, you need to know what it is like to have a father figure, I'll be sure to take that spot." I smiled at him, "Thanks, I'm pretty sure, she prefers someone else other than the Head Captain." "Consider it done then," says Hurricane, "I'll be here when you need a father's point of view." "Yeah, considering you took care of 100 kids in total," I tell him.

It felt like hours when we were talking, well, considering I don't know anyone that I could stay with I just stayed where I found Levy Leviathan. Is it really possible to feel all alone everywhere you go? I'm always feeling like that, then I heard an unfamiliar voice saying, "Don't cry, please." I couldn't help but make the tears fall, that's how sad I was feeling, then I heard it again, "You are stronger than you think you are." I looked around on who was speaking to me, I softly ask, "Where is this voice coming from?" Then it responded, "You'll know soon enough." I closed my eyes, heavily breathed in and out, then another voice but it was very deep, "You have to keep fighting through the obstacles that stands in your way." My eyes were originally Amber on the yellow side, but now they are on the orange side, I started my water training, I never felt this motivation before but now I was determined to train my way through in order to find on what I am capable of.

Mother has never seen this side of me before, she's very proud of how long I have to learn in order to keep a peace of mind inside of my head. To be fair, I really have no where to go to stay the night, then I heard this voice, "What are you doing out this late?" I turned around to see Ichigo, who saw the water works from his window, immediately that determination went away, I went silent for when I saw and heard him, Ichigo snaps, "Drop that act, we both know that you are more than what you give off." "Well sorry for being shut off from the world," I said, turning away from him. I was only hiding the hurt I was feeling, "You have no idea what it is like to be truly alone for almost your entire life, all I had was a mother figure and that was my Fire elemental named Shadow Phoenix. Throughout my life, all I ever wanted was to know what it was like to be part of a family, I thought you, of all people, would accept me into that family of yours, but how mistaken I was being to expect that from you."

He went silent for a bit, then I heard, "Why didn't you say that? You know that I wanted you to be here because I was informed by Renji and Rukia about you." "They did?" I asked, looking at him now. He really saw all the hurt and pain I been hiding away, "If that's the case, why not come home with me, Akari." "Huh, what do you mean?" I asked him. He escorted me to his home, "This is your home now." I never seen this tender side from him ever since I attended his school that he enrolled me into, then I heard him, "You are a part of this family now." "Really, I'm a Kurosaki now?" I asked. He nodded, "You are now called Akari Kurosaki." "I was hoping to keep the name Itsuki but that works too," I tell him. I went inside, feeling something different, it was very balanced I have to say, "Everything is going to be perfectly balanced from here on out."