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Seeds of Destruction	By : blackdiamondprincess Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 14158 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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5.
Whispers in the dark � The 3-way crossing

�Hah� haah-aahh��

�Again, Ichigo! Motto!�

Swords clashed once more in a frenetic
rhythm as the training took on a more aggressive character and the frequency of
exploding rocks in the enormous underground training place increased with one
every 3 seconds.

Urahara was sitting with Ururu, Jinta
and Yoruichi near the ladder having a little picnic as they looked at the
spectacle that happened in the distance.

�Kisuke-san, your tea, sir,� Ururu
whispered, holding up a cup of warm green liquid up to him.

The shop owner took the cup in his hands
with a grateful smile and then resumed his observation of Ichigo�s fight with
Rukia.

�He�s still using too much spirit power
in comparison to what he used to need,� Yoruichi spoke, sitting with her legs
crossed on a higher pile of rocks. She shook her head at Ururu�s offer of
cookies with her tea and sighed. �At this rate, he won�t last long and we�re
running out of time.�

�But you have to admit that he�s been
going for 5 days straight,� Jinta said with an amazed look in his eyes. �He
sure is strong.�

Urahara took a sip of his tea and
silently continued to watch the fight.

�GETSUGA��

�Kisuke,� Yoruichi softly said, sliding
off from her rock. �He needs a break.�

�TENSHOU!�

Rukia didn�t even move from her position
as Ichigo send her his most lethal attack, watching how the white crescent
passed right next to her. �You need a break, Ichigo.�

�Hell� no!� He breathed back, leaning down on his Zangetsu. He wiped away a few
sweat drops from his right temple with the back of his hand and lifted his
blade again. �Ikimashou, Rukia!�

Urahara stood and began walking to them.
Over the past 5 days Ichigo had grown a little stronger, but he was far from
the objective they had all set for him to achieve. He even lost his ability to
use his Bankai now that his body couldn�t handle the excess of effort that
required�

No matter how much he knew the orange
haired youth would not want to hear nor admit it, the truth was that he seemed
to grow weaker with every day that they spent here training. It was like the
Hollow was keeping him from accessing the power Urahara knew Ichigo still had
in him. He just wondered how they�d be able to access them without having to
confront the boy�s alter ego.

And like Yoruichi had said, time was
becoming a pressing issue.

Orihime was already showing even though
there hasn�t even been a week that has passed since she was forcefully
impregnated. Her spirit force was still too weak for her to endure a spiritual
cleansing of her body and he wondered if they would be able to save her if they
tried to extract the unborn child from her womb now.

To his request, he had kept the others
from informing Ichigo from the growing problem, having decided that the
additional weight of that news would slow him down in his training. Yet, now
that he had noticed the stagnation in the boy�s growth, he would willingly risk
that in the hope that it would boost him further into training harder.

�You imbecile! I said �You need a break�! It was not a suggestion, but an order.�

�Tch,� Ichigo
disdainfully whispered, still holding his blade pointed at Rukia. �Who the hell
are you to give me orders?�

A vein popped out of Rukia�s
forehead and she placed her hands on her hips. �Look, I can either make you go
take a break or you can go on your own!�

�Like I said,� Ichigo smirked, �Who are
you to give me orders?�

�That�s it!� Rukia unsheathed her sword
again and pointed it at him. �I�m gonna make you take
that goddamned break!�

A renewed smirk appeared on Ichigo�s
lips and he took in a battle stance. �Bring it.�

�Now, now kids!�

Out of the blue, Urahara was suddenly
standing in between them, clapping his hands. �Time for a
break! Anyone wants some tea? Ururu just made some and I must say��

�No thanks, Urahara-san,� Ichigo said
taking in his battle position again. �I don�t need a break.�

Urahara turned his head towards him with
a questioning look. �Sure you do, Kurosaki-san.�

Rukia lowered her blade and sheathed it.
�You really do, Ichigo.�

�Don�t make me make you!� Urahara
happily said, waving with his cane.

�Tch� maybe it
wouldn�t hurt to give you a breather, Rukia,� Ichigo then said, lowering his
Zangetsu with a small chuckle.

�I�ll ask Renji to come tomorrow, if that�s
alright with you, Ichigo,� Rukia said, smirking. �That way I can watch him beat
the crap out of you.�

�At least he�ll be a challenge!� Ichigo
retorted with a defiant smirk.

Rukia smiled at his unwavering
determination and nodded before walking away in the direction of the ladder.

�Urahara-san,� Ichigo began, but got cut
off by the blonde man himself.

�Kurosaki-san,� Urahara said giving him
a reprimanding look from underneath his bucket hat. �Even though things aren�t
going as fast as you wished they�d go, knowing when to take a break is also
part of the training. The body needs rest after a great effort, the soul is no
different.�

Ichigo sighed and sat himself down on a
nearby pile of rocks.

�Don�t let your worries for Inoue-san
have the better of you. Training heartlessly with only revenge as sole purpose
is not going to give you the desired effect,� the former captain wisely spoke.
�Inoue-san is counting on you to return to her safe and sound. Take it as your
responsibility to not deceive her with that.�

Ichigo closed his eyes and nodded. He
had been fighting with his heart filled with hatred and had only set his goals
on gaining powers as fast and as much as possible. Urahara was right and he had
to think of Orihime who would be waiting for him to return to her in one piece.

�Ururu, Jinta!� Urahara then merrily
called, orienting himself to the exit where both kids were still sitting with
Yoruichi. �Could you go prepare a nice warm bath for Kurosaki-san?�

�Arigatou,�
Ichigo whispered, standing upon his feet.

Urahara waved his fan in front of his
face. �Please� don�t mention it! You smell like you need one!�

With an annoyed look Ichigo turned
around to walk on. �Gee� thanks.�

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Absolute darkness surrounded her while
her body floated somewhere in the immense nothingness. How long had it been
since she�d been here? Hours? Days?
It was so hard to keep a track on time when everything around you was engulfed
in an impenetrable darkness.

Then, like a drop that falls on the
surface of water, her feet landed and a glowing green field appeared around
her.

She was lying in the high, wavy grass
now and the sky above her was of the clearest blue, with no clouds in sight.

She sat up and looked around, finding
the same scenery for as far as her eyes could see.

�You finally came to visit me, Orihime.�

Orihime turned in the direction of the
voice and gasped in shock.

�Don�t be afraid, please. It�s only me��

Orihime shook her head and squinted her
eyes in disbelieve. �Onii-chan?�

The young, brown haired man smiled and
nodded. �Orihime-chan, I�ve been waiting for you for so long.�

Orihime still couldn�t believe what she
was seeing and began to stand. �You�ve been waiting?�

He nodded, still smiling.

She bit her lower lip and placed her
right arm against her chest as in defence. This couldn�t be her brother Sora.
Her brother died in a car accident a long time ago. It had to be some kind of a
trick.

�If you�re truly my brother,� she
whispered, �then tell me what I told him the last time I saw him.�

The young man chuckled and shook his
head in amusement. �You created me, Orihime. I�m a part of you.�

�Answer the question, please,� Orihime
whispered, taking a step back.

He smiled and placed his hands on his
hips. �Alright,� he sighed, �you didn�t tell me anything before I left that
morning.�

Orihime balled her fists, realising he
was right, but still not trusting him. �Why didn�t I?�

�Why?� He echoed.

Now
we�ll see�

�Because you thought that those hairpins
I gave you and that you�re now wearing were too childish.�

Orihime had no other choice but to admit
that he was right and took a shaky breath as he approached her.

�Don�t be afraid. I�m the brother you
still have alive in your heart. I have no reason to harm you.�

�B-But how?� She breathed, not understanding how she could even see him now.

�This is your interior world, Orihime,�
he said, placing a hand on her cheek. �I exist here as the representation of
your Shun Shun Rikka; the
power of your soul.�

�This is how my inner world looks like?�
she whispered, looking around in growing awe. �But, what am I doing here? How
did I even get here?�

�Questions.�

She turned to him. �Eh?�

He took a step closer and placed his
arms on her shoulders, turning her around to show her a
suddenly very different scenery. �You�re here because of the questions
that have been tormenting your soul.�

The land she was looking at now was
dying and looked more and more as a desert the further she looked.

�When you let yourself be taken over by
a strong feeling of despair, this is what happens here,� Sora explained.
�Though usually you always keep a glint of hope existing within yourself,� he
now pointed at the speckles of green here and there, �it seems like, this time
even that is starting to disappear.�

One of the green spots vanished before
her very eyes.

�The events of the passing days have
deeply troubled your inner balance.�

Orihime instinctively placed her hands
on her lower belly and closed her eyes. �Something is growing within me with
rapid speed and I�m too afraid of what it�ll become.�

�Ichigo�s child or the Hollow�s.� Sora pointed to his left to something up in the sky and she saw a
bright, glittering cloud of white smoke up there.

�Nande?�

�It�s the being that is growing within
you, Orihime. It has indeed been developing itself with amazing speed and will
be part of this world very soon.�

�Very soon?� She asked with growing worry, �how soon is �Very soon�?�

�A month, if not within 3weeks already.�

�N-Nani?� Orihime found it hard to breathe as she was suddenly taken over by
immense fear. �T-that�s not possible��

�Orihime,� Sora whispered gently. �There
is a way for you to find the strength and the answers you need.�

�What am I supposed to do?� She shakily
whispered.

�Come with me,� he spoke, reaching out
to her. �It�s time you find out what answers your inner self has to offer.�

Orihime blinked a few times and placed
her slightly trembling hand in his.

Immediately the scenery changed around
them again and it was night. They were now standing on a 3-way crossing.

�These,� Sora explained, �are the 3
paths you can choose from to find the answers to your inner torment.

Higashi no Komichi. The East stands for beginnings.� He turned to the road on her right.
�On this path you�ll return to your origins, Orihime. You�ll lose your powers
and in that way erase everything that came out of them from the moment you used
them for the first time.� He then looked at the road stretching itself behind
him. �Kita no Komichi. The
North stands for constancy. You�ll return to Ichigo here, but nothing will have
changed. You�ll still be pregnant and you�ll retain your powers. No change will
occur in your powers and you�ll remain at the level you are now.�

Orihime nodded in determination and he
turned to the last path that was on her left. �Nishi no Komichi,�
Sora continued, �The West, stands for change and alteration.�

She frowned slightly. �Aren�t those the
same thing?�

�Iye,� he
shook his head. �Notice how all previous paths brought known existent or
non-existent change to your physical status or powers. You�ve known how life
without your powers felt like. You know how you were when you weren�t pregnant.
And of course your current state is something you�re aware of as well. The
Western Path,� he looked at the road, �Doesn�t offer any comfort of such
knowledge.� His eyes focused on her again. �The change stands for a difference
in your spiritual power and the alteration stands for a difference in your
physical and emotional status. In other words, your powers could grow stronger
or weaken and you may experience endless happiness and pleasure or more torment
and pain.�

�In short,� Orihime whispered, �it�s the
path of my destiny.�

Sora nodded. �A
destiny that is still in the making, Orihime.�

She took a shaky breath and turned to
the Eastern Path again. �Path of my past� A path I�ve already walked.�

Sora came to stand next to her. �A past
you could reject and rebuild if you choose to take it.�

She then turned to the Northern Path.
�Path of my present� A path filled with trials, pain and torment, but�� She
smiled softly, �A path� that has Ichigo in it��

Sora nodded with a small smile. �Your beacon of strength.�

Orihime nodded in turn. �I risk changing
this future, no matter how painful it is at times, if I chose to go back and
change everything our friends and us have been through. And that is something I
just�� She oriented herself to the Western Path with a determined look on her
face, ��can�t do.�

�Have you chosen your path?� Sora asked
looking down the Western Path that seemed to go on for miles and miles on end.

�I won�t let despair destroy this
world�s fields of green.�

Sora smiled and silently nodded. �Trust
in me and in the power of your soul, Orihime.�

Orihime nodded solemnly and took a step
forward. �My destiny lies in my own hands.� She then turned to him a last time.
�I�ll try and come to visit more often, onii-san!
Thank you for everything!�

The brown haired man nodded and waved at
her. �I�ll be looking forward to your next visit, nee-chan! Be strong.�

�Yes,� she said, turning around again.
She took a deep breath before breaking down in a run. �Bye, Sora-nii!�

He watched her running for a while
before he turned his eyes up to the sky and noticed how the transparent,
glittering cloud of smoke slowly began to grow in mass and to turn into an
ominous black colour.

�Gambatte ne, Orihime��

He closed his eyes and began to walk
away, disappearing into nothing as he went.

____________________________________________

With a stretched out sigh Ichigo lowered
himself in the extremely hot water of the tub, wincing now and then when it
caused his superficial wounds to slightly sting.

He closed his eyes and let his mind
drift away on a gentle stream of incoherent thoughts. Rukia was suddenly
standing there wearing a ridiculous cake-costume with her arms and legs
sticking out like some sort of funny protrusions. He suddenly craved for cake,
having heard his stomach growl with hunger and he chased after her, but somehow
she seemed to be able of evading all of his Getsuga Tenshous with ease, making him only hungrier and crankier.
Renji appeared out of nowhere and chased after her with him but once Ichigo
cast a look at him he couldn�t help but look at his friend with an amused grin.
He asked his red haired companion why on earth his body was that of a baboon
and received a vicious left paw in his right eye and a whole lot of
non-comprehensible monkey screeches and high pitched shrieks. Ichigo simply
walked away from the infuriated Renji-faced baboon that bounced up and down in
a fit.

He was all of a sudden aware of someone
calling his name in the distance. He searched for the source of the voice -for
God knows what reason- in the middle of a forest made out of trees that had
unevenly serrated blades as trunks. He searched and searched for the proprietor
of that voice that sounded so familiar to him, for what seemed hours until he
finally arrived at an opening in the woods where he found a large, black, with
tribal signs ornamented box standing there with a dark haired woman sitting on
it.

Her back was to him, and she was humming
a soft tune and apparently did not notice that he was there.

Ichigo called to her softly, wondering
if it had been she who had been calling him. She didn�t seem to hear him and
hummed on.

He decided to approach her, but suddenly
found himself unable to do so as his feet were stuck in the gooey substance
that had at first been grass. Ichigo called to her again while at the same time
he tried to free himself from the green puddle that kept him from taking
another step.

This time she heard him and she slowly
began to turn her face around, halting when she faced fully to her side.

He could only see the underside of her
face from behind the black curtain of her hair that fell in such a manner that
her eyes went hidden. Her rosy lips curled into a malevolent smirk and Ichigo
halted in his movements.

When next she spoke, her voice sounded
like a mixture of many voices mashed together that sent shivers up his spine.

�We�ve been waiting.�

All air left his lungs when she fully
turned around and her cold black eyes with yellow irises met his.

This couldn�t be�

�Ori� hime�?�

She stood and cocked her head to the
side as she contemplated him with a nearly loving gaze. �Now the fun part can
begin! I hope you�re ready,� she giggled and then burst into a maniacal
laughter. �Because I�m coming for you, Ichigo!�

He suddenly fell through the gooey
substance his feet were stuck in and he found himself surrounded in the deepest
darkness and deprived from oxygen for what seemed an eternity before a pair of
gentle, yet strong arms lifted him up and exposed him to air. He recalled
smelling a faint flowery perfume that he had always associated with�

Orihime�

Ichigo broke through the surface of his
bathwater with a loud gasp, blinking his eyes open and seeing nothing but
blurry dots of dancing colours for a while before he realised where he was.

He fell asleep?

�Ichigo!�

Ichigo turned towards the door and saw
Jinta standing there, breathing heavily as if he had just run a mile at top
speed. �Ichigo!�

Setting the memory of his disturbing
dream to the side, he rubbed the excess water from his eyes and asked the boy
what was wrong for him to be in such a state.

�Kisuke-san sent me! It�s Inoue-san!
There�s something wrong with her!�

Not even 5 seconds later Ichigo had clad
himself in a fresh yukata and was running down the
corridor towards Orihime�s room.

A loud explosion was then heard that
made the entire house tremble on its foundations.

When Ichigo and Jinta arrived at
Orihime�s room, they were both surprised to see the level of devastation that
had left the room in a barely recognisable state. Tessai had been knocked
unconscious in a corner of the chamber.

�What the hell�� Ichigo began, but felt
like his insides were about to be turned inside out and he fell on his knees as
his limbs suddenly felt like lead.

He knew what it was, he had felt it
before.

Urahara stood with his back to him and
was staring at something above him. One of his hands was placed on his back
with its palm open in his direction. �I can�t allow you to interfere,
Kurosaki-san,� he whispered. �Stay back.�

A restraining spell.

�Ichigo lifted his eyes up to the ceiling of
the room and could�ve sworn that he was hallucinating.

A rip had created itself in the ceiling
and inside, Hollow Ichigo was holding a seemingly lifeless Orihime in his arms.
Her face, that was tilted back, was pale and her right arm dangled underneath
her. Her long light brown hair was beginning to change into a darker colour
from the base down and the hairpins she always wore in it fell off her head and
onto the floor of the room.

�ORIHIME!� Ichigo cried, unable to move.

�Pathetic!� Hollow Ichigo sneered, �she should�ve left you a long time ago!�

�GIVE HER BACK! ORIHIME!�

��She can�t hear you, you know,� the Hollow
said with a smirk as he looked at her lovingly. �She�s already under my
influence and soon, we�ll make but one she and I. And then,� he shifted his
amber eyes on Ichigo. �We�ll wipe you out of existence!�

�YOU ASSHOLE! LET HER GO RIGHT NOW!�

The Hollow only laughed his cackling
laugh and disappeared behind the rip as it closed itself, leaving no trace of
him or Orihime.

Ichigo could feel the spell wear out on
him and he crawled onto his feet, running into the room even though he knew it
was too late.

�ORIHIMEEEEEEEE!�

She was gone.

____________________________________________

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Japanese Vocabulary List

-Ganbate ne: Do your best

-Higashi no Komichi:
Path of the West

-Ikimashou:
Let�s go

-Iye: No

-Kita no Komichi:
Path of the North

-Motto: More

-Nande: What

-Nani: What

-Nishi no Komichi:
Path of the West

-Onii-chan:
Big brother (Sora-nii= brother Sora)

-Yukata: A light
version of a Kimono. Used as a bathrobe here.

Yes, I see the foolishness of my previous words now
and I shouldn�t have asked for reviews, it made me sound greedy and that�s not
the image I want you peeps to have of me out there! Honto
ni gomen
minna-san! It wasn�t fair towards those of you who DO
read and review each time! Domo Arigato to all of you!

Please look out for next week�s chapter!

Next
Week: 6. Innocence Lost � Scarlet Tears

To
be continued�

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