Until the day I die...{Ichigo Kurosaki}16

Ichigo's POV

It's been a few hours since Hanatarou finished bandeging Kaguya. He said she was seriously injured and it would take her a few days to even come close to fully healing. She wouldn't be happy about that. Her chest was bandeged as well as most of her body, Hanatarou said she suffered a lot of damage from her own Bankai.

I sighed, "Damn, why can't she just wake up?" I said leaning against a wall.

"Ichigo, I already told you three times. She was badly injured, she has to heal on her own." Hanatarou spoke, I glanced over at Kaguya. Her already pale skin, was now a sickly yellow. Her cheeks tinted a soft red, she had a slight fever as well.

"Yeah, yeah. I know. But...we only have so much time." Hanatarou put a warm towel on Kaguya's forehead, hopeing to cool down the fever.

"Healing takes time. You should know that yourself." He said, refering to just a day ago when I was injured. Sighing, I just dismissed the comment. I closed my eyes, eventually driffting into a deep sleep.

In the beginning I tried to warn you,

you play with fire

it's gonna burn you.

"I-Ichigo?" A meak voice called out.

"Hey, wake up." This time it was gruffer, it didn't have the kindness like the voice before. "I said wake up, Idiot!"

I opened my eyes slightly, but closing them only seconds later. "Go the hell away." I mummbled, wanting to get back to my sleep.

"I said wake up!!" The seconed voice said, grabbing my kimono he started to shake me like there was no tomarrow.

"I'm up, I'm up!" I shouted frantically, wanting him to stop shaking me. The shaking slowed to a halt. I rubbed my now thrabbing head. "What the hell was that for?!" I spoke looking up at the now smirking Ganju.

He shrugged, "I told you to wake up didn't I?". I scowled, 'Could've waited a minute...'

"Whatever. So what the hell did you even wake me up for in the first place?"

"W-well, were going to scout the area down here." Hanatarou spoke meakly. I raised an orange eye brow.

"Is Kaguya done healing then?" I asked slightly confused, I wasn't out that long was I?

"Idiot. Does she look fine to you?" I glanced over at the purple haired girl. No, she didn't look fine at all, it looked like she still had a fever, and her wounds probably weren't close to healing either. "See. What he meant was, your gonna stay here while Hanatarou and I try and find closer exits."

"What?! Why do I have to stay here with her?"

"Think about it Ichigo, what if a Captain came by. Neither Ganju or I would beable to protect her." Hanatarou said while standing from his kneeled position.

"But what if her fever spikes up? I wont be ab-" I was caught off.

"Just stop complaining." A fox-ish grin spred across his features. "Unless you want me to stay with her? I know you'd get bored, but me on the other hand, I could have a whole lotta-"

"Shut the hell up! Fine. I'll watch over her."Ganju laughed, his annoying laugh while Hanatarou looked like he would rather not of heard that sentence. As they left I looked over at the frail shinigami and sighed. I leaned my head against the wall, 'You better wake up Kaguya.'

It's been a few hours since Ganju and Hanatarou went to go scout the area. Kaguya hasn't so much as twitched since they left. But before Hanatarou left he said they her fever would go down and she'd look a lot more healthy.

Which was starting to come true, her complextion was much healther. Dispite the obvious fact she was pale to begin with.

I placed the back of my hand on her forhead, acting as a thurmometer. She didn't feel hot, she was finally back to normal temputer. I sighed in releif, as I placed a hand under my chin. I currently was sitting crosslegged next to her body.

'Kaguya, will you help us sae Rukia now that Yukine Kuchiki is out of the picture? From what Hanatarou told me, it wasn't the Kuchiki clan like she thought it was. Yukine acted on her own will.' I let my thoughts wonder until I saw the slightest movement. A strand of hair fell out of place. Smiling slightly, I use my finger to slowly move it make into place.

"I-Ichigo...?"The feminine voice that could only belong to Kaguya spoke slowly. I jumped back, startled, dropping the piece of hair in the process.

"Y-yeah?"

"I-Ichigo, c-come closer..." I did as she said, moving back to my original spot. "Closer..." Nodding I move my body, so I was almost hovering over her. "Just a little bit more..."I moved close enough so that I could feel her hot breath against my ear .My heart was beating fast, what could she possibly have to say that she couldn't tell me at a normal level? "I-im...." My heart was beating in anticipation. "I'm....hungry." It felt like my heart just exploded.

She obviously found it funny to see someone worried sick just get mocked. "Hahaha! You should've seen your face! Hahaha! You looked so worried, you baby!" She said, everyonce in a while having to stop to gasp for air.

"T-that's not funny! Grrr, you bitc-" I didn't get enough time to finish that word, because a certain injured shinigami tackled me.

"I don't like that word. Got it?" Her voice deadly, it could even make the strongest Captain tremble in fear. I nodded quickly.

"Right, got it." I spoke with haste. Currently she sat over me, each leg on either side of my torso, while her hands where on the side of my head. She was looking around, most likely wondering where we were.

"Nice place you got here, Ichigo"

"Hey, Kaguya?" She looked down at me, allowing me to continue. "What happened back there? That last attack, the one you killed Yukine with. It happened to you too, how come?" She sighed.

"Well, I suppose you already know about Bankai, so I'm not gonna explain that to you. But I have an elemental Zanpaktou, which is much harder to control then a Bankai based off of real things. It makes it espeasially hard when the element as no limit supply and is all around you. Which is my Bankai, Air. As you already know it takes at least 10 years just to master Bankai, as for me I've only been training it for 6 years. I still have trouble withthe element in general." She said with a sigh.

I averted me eye's to the floor, well as much of it as I could see really. Since she was still on top of me there wasn't much I could look at. A silence passed over us, I decided to be the one to talk first. As I opened my mouth to speak, something hit my cheek. Water to be exact. I looked up at Kaguya, a shadow covered her eye's.

"Ichigo?"

"Yeah?" She rolled her hands into fists.

"I'm...sorry. I'm so sorry!" This caught me off gaurd, what did she have to be sorry for, she didn't hurt anyone. Then...what?

"What are you talking about Kaguya?"

"For Rukia, and everything. I'm a selfish being that doesn't deserve friends like you and Uryu!" Another drop of water hit my cheeck. "I was horrible to Rukia because of her last name, when she had no idea why. She was nice to me too. And all I did was ignore her, I must of mad her feel so bad." She looked at me, her crystal blue eye's were filled with tears. Adding more to the one's already streaming down her porciline face.

"And you Ichigo, we didn't start off on a good note, but I could tell that you were trying to make an effert to be kind. But being the selfish idiot that I am, I hated you because you hung out with Rukia. I know this won't make up for it, but I'm going to try my absolute best to try and save Rukia!" She spoke, more tears spilled from her crystal orbs.

I smiled a little, and brought my thumb up to wipe away the tears. "It's not your fault, you didn't know what to think. And besides, the past is the past, right?" She nodded.

"Right." She said while getting off me. She sat to the said, wipping the rest of the tears away. "Thank you Ichigo. Oh, and tell anyone that I was crying and your a dead man!" She orderd/thanked. I chuckled.

'Maybe you wont be such a bad friend after all, Kaguya.'