…The True Heir…
Author's note/Warning: This is a Yaoi story, male x male. The pairing is Seme Ichigo x Uke Byakuya. If it offends you, you might want to turn back now. For those that don't mind that, I hope you enjoy the story. All reviews are appreciated.
Disclaimer: I will only say this once. I don't own anything and make no profit off this story.
Chapter 1.
Once upon a time a Shinigami fell In love with a human...
They were happy that they married and there was a child on the way...
But…
"P-please Masaki d-don't die." Isshin sobs as he looks at his beautiful wife, who was laying in the hospital bed.
Today was the fifteen of July, the day that their son was born on, but it seems like fate was a cruel thing. Masaki had known before meeting Isshin that she couldn't get pregnant without the risk of dying, but still she didn't tell Isshin that when she got pregnant. After all, she couldn't stand the thought of killing her unborn child.
Masaki looked at Isshin with a sad smile and teary eyes. "My… son." she whispered softly and Isshin nodded his head giving her their son.
Masaki held her son and smiled softly as he cooed at her. Her son has a tuft of orange hair. Weird but cute. She thought with a smile. And he has her brown eyes that looks at her with fascination, and a slightly tan skin.
She smiled at her son even more, and a lone tear escaped her eyelids falling on her son's forehead, Masaki kissed her son on his forehead and whispered softly. "Ichigo." She laughed a little at her son's cooing and looked at Isshin who was looking at her pleadingly, she looked at him with eyes of love and trusted that he will take care of their son.
"His name is…. Ichigo." And with that Masaki took her last breath still holding her son.
Isshin sobbed at that but he expected it, after all, he and his son are alone now.
You would have thought that Isshin will honor his wife's wish...
And he did for a short time...
But it seems like every time he looks at his son he only sees the face of his wife.
With that Isshin took his three months old son and left him with Masaki's parents…
Isshin never looked at his son after that.
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Two years later Isshin met his second wife.
Isshin was sitting in the bar drinking as he listened to the music that was on, he sighs at that and looks at his empty glasses. Maybe he should go and see his son? After all it has been two years since he saw him the last time.
"Hello." Isshin heard and he looked to his right side to see a beautiful woman. She looks like Masaki. Isshin thought with a sad smile and a nod of a head.
The woman smiled at that. She has a fair skin and long, light, wavy brown hair down to her back, and bangs down to her chin in the front. She has a light brown eyes, that looked at Isshin with fascinate. "My name is Yuuki. What is yours?" She asked him with a soft smile.
"Isshin." He answered with a smile of his own.
A year later Isshin and Yuuki got married because she got pregnant...
They had twin girls by the name Karin and Yuzu…
Isshin couldn't be happier than that after all he had a family once again...
Though he still thinks that something was missing…
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Ichigo was five when he saw his grandma bring an unknowing man inside...
His grandpa had died a week ago so Ichigo was trying to cheer his grandma...
Ichigo was sitting in the living room reading one of his grandpa's books. A book he loved so much that he asked his grandpa to read it to him every night.
The book talked about a lone and a neglected samurai who had risen in the ranks and fell in love with a woman that could make the Sakura's blossom bloom for her. The two of them married and lived a happy life. Until the samurai discovered that his wife was the lost princess, the samurai had loved his wife so much that he brought her back to her parents. Everyone was happy especially the woman who had thought that she didn't have a family. The king though didn't like the gentle samurai, so he executed him with the crime of kidnapping the princess. The princess was so heartbroken that every Sakura tree in the kingdom had died with her. The two of them then met in the afterlife and lived happily ever after.
Ichigo knew that the book was sad and a lot of struggle had happened in it. But that is why Ichigo loves it, because it talked about real emotion and the afterlife.
Ichigo had known that something was wrong with him since he was three, after all he was able to see ghosts or as the ghost call themselves 'souls'. Ichigo was especially afraid of those monsters, 'hollows', the souls call them. But Ichigo had learned to ignore them, even if it was for a little time.
"Ichigo!" He heard his grandma call, so Ichigo put his book down and run to his grandma. Maybe she need help with the grocery?
Ichigo stopped as he saw his grandma standing beside a strange man. Ichigo scowl at him softly trying to remember him, only to come up with nothing. "Who are you?" Ichigo asked as he look at the man up and down,
The man was tall, and muscular with spiky black hair and brown eyes. He has thin facial hair around his mouth and on his cheeks. And he wears casual shirt and trousers.
His grandma gives him a sad and tired smile and Ichigo felt bad, maybe he could help her cooking dinner tonight and read a book to her.
Ichigo's grandma sighs at that and waved for Ichigo to come closer. "He is your father." She said softly making Ichigo gasp at that.
Ichigo didn't know what to do…
After all he didn't think he have a father…
He knows about his mother since he was four...
But he never heard his grandparent talk about his father...
At the age of five, Ichigo returns home…
And in the same night he did, his grandma had died...
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You will think that now with Ichigo returning to his family, he will have his happy end.
WRONG!
It seems like his stepmother didn't like him at all...
Ichigo was alright with that, after all for him he has only one mother...
Yuuki had taken the time Isshin was working at his clinic to show Ichigo how much she hates him...
She will beat him...
Sometimes starve him…
And always blame him for the things he didn't do...
Ichigo couldn't tell his father anything, because his father thinks he is a problem child…
So Ichigo left it at that...
At least he have Yuzu and Karin the two infant who adored him...
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Three years passed...
And things didn't change...
Ichigo's only escape was school…
And even there he will be bullied because of his hair...
Ichigo had forgotten about the stories that his grandpa would tell...
He forgot the taste of the food his grandma would prepare…
Ichigo accepted how his life will be from now own…
He sometimes wonders...
How did sweet girls like Karin and Yuzu has a cold mother like Yuuki?
Even if she didn't abuse them the two girls didn't know who abused him…
One cold evening in the middle of winter...
Yuuki decided to throw a party with her friends...
His sisters where in their friend's house…
And his father had to work late tonight...
Yuuki didn't hit him today...
So Ichigo took it as a good thing.
Ichigo looks at all the food at the table with fascinated and amazed eyes. After all, he hadn't seen that much of food before and the smell was heavenly.
Ichigo gulped and reached his hand to have one plate of the delicious food. Only for Yuuki' s hand to slap his away hurting him in return.
"Don't touch it!" Yuuki glared at Ichigo making the little boy nod his head and back away. Yuuki huffed and dragged Ichigo to the balcony and made him stay there. "Here!" She gave him a small bowl of plain rice and he took it looking at her.
Yuuki nodded her head with a frown. "Stay here, I will bring you back inside once the guests leave." With that she shut the balcony's door leaving Ichigo alone.
Ichigo sniffs a little as tears start running down his face. "I want to go home." He hiccupped then wiped his tears away.
Ichigo looks up at the moon and then sigh as he starts feeling cold. Ichigo then starts eating his dinner.
The party came and went…
And now it is past midnight...
Yuuki had forgotten about Ichigo completely…
Isshin returns…
Happy to finally be home...
Isshin looked around then looked at his wife. "Where is Ichigo?" Isshin asked looking for his 8 years old son.
Yuuki just smiled softly at him. "He is in his room sleeping." She said with a soft hum, and Isshin smiled at that and nodded his head.
"Then let's go to bed. I am tired." Isshin sighed softly and headed to bed.
That night Isshin dreamed of his dead wife…
"I TRUSTED YOU." Masaki screamed with tears running down her face, looking at Isshin with a hateful eye.
"M-Masaki?" Isshin asked hoping to calm his love, he comes near his wife only to be slapped on his face hard.
Isshin woke up with a startle and looked around, he didn't see Masaki so he sighs and frowns. Isshin then woke Yuuki up.
"What?" His wife asked him blinking tiredly at him.
Isshin sighs softly at that. "Where is Ichigo?" He asked Yuuki making her frown.
"I told you he is sleeping." She said then returned back to sleep. Isshin huffed at that then return to sleep.
Isshin then saw Masaki wailing and sobbing. Then she looked at him with blood instead of tears running down her face. "YOU MONSTER! YOU KILLED MY SON!"
At that Isshin shot out of the bed gasping. He looks at the clock to see it was 2 a.m. He sighed at that and stood up looking at his sleeping wife.
Isshin headed to his son's room and knocked on the door. "Ichigo." Isshin says as he opened the door, only for him to see Ichigo missing.
"ICHIGO!" Isshin called out, scared out of his mind, he then starts searching for his lost son. He heard the wind slam the balcony door hard making him jump a little.
Isshin headed to the balcony to shut the curtain only to see a glimpse of orange. "ICHIGO!" He screamed opening the balcony's glasses door.
That day…
Isshin found his son dead with a half-finished bowl of rice…
Isshin's ear piercing screams could be heard in all of the neighborhood...
That the police become involved…
Yuuki run away that night...
Only for her to get caught by the police that threw her in the prison…
and Isshin took his daughters and return to where he had originally come from…
Ichigo saw all of that unfold before his eyes in his soul form…
He then saw a black butterfly and hummed softly…
That day Ichigo was sent to soul society…
IXB.
The sound of alarms woke Soujun up, he shot out of his bed and ran out of his room. He saw his father Kuchiki Ginrei running to him with a sorrow felt face.
Soujun shook his head a 'NO' at that and run to his son's room, only for him to see a destroyed room and his son is missing. Soujun fell on his knees and screamed with tears running down his face.
He is gone! His five years old baby is gone!
That was all Soujun could think of as he passed out.
IXB.
Ichigo ran away from the angry shop owner with his treasure. And grinned as he lost him.
Then Ichigo headed to his home in the forest. It was midnight when he reached his home and Ichigo hummed at that.
It had been two years since his death, and now at ten years you could say that Ichigo learned how life could be cruel.
Two years ago a Shinigami had found him and send him here to soul society. So now Ichigo live in the 99th distract the worst distract of all. The distract that was close to the 100th, the place that hollows are able to cross to come and attack them.
But Ichigo wasn't scared he have his friend with him. Zangetsu! A year ago Ichigo was attacked by a hollow that wanted to kill him, and he was about to die if he hadn't awakened Zangetsu, the two of them became friends, and slowly Ichigo started seeing Zangetsu as the father figure he always wanted.
Ichigo hummed as he reached his home, which was nothing but a hole in the base of a tree. Ichigo hides his treasure which was a little bit of food and water and smiled. That food will last him three days if he eats once a day.
Suddenly Ichigo heard the sound of crying and he stiff. He knows that kind of cry, the desperate one he had always cried in the middle of the night.
Ichigo bites his lip and then sighs, he couldn't just leave whomever was crying. With that Ichigo sighed and stood up.
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Ichigo reached the clearing where he was hearing the cry coming from and grimaced at the sight. Five men laid dead in pieces everywhere, Ichigo was sure it was the work of a hollow. But that doesn't matter to him, they deserved it.
Ichigo could tell they are child slavery from their clothes that was on the ground. So he won't pity them on their disgusting death.
Ichigo turned to the sound of crying only to see a sack moving around, Ichigo come near it and kneel, he then use Zangetsu to cut the ropes that was around it.
Ichigo saw a child inside. A five-year old boy, if he has to guess. The child has slate gray eyes and long black hair that reached his shoulder with a milky pale skin. He was wearing a white sleeping kimono.
Ichigo hummed at that as he saw the boy look at him then laughed softly making a grabby hand at Ichigo, Ichigo smiled at that and raise the child making him giggle. "My name is Ichigo. What is yours?" Ichigo asked softly as he starts heading to his house.
"B... B-Byakuya!" The child says happily as he looks around the place and then frowns. "whea 's Daddy?" He asked looking at Ichigo cocking his head.
Ichigo sighed and shook his head. "Sorry kid, you parents must be dead if you were with those guys." Ichigo saw Byakuya tear up and cry, and he pitied that child. After all, maybe he had a loving family that those bastards just killed.
Ichigo sighed as he reached his home and enter it sitting Byakuya on the ground. "Shhh, it is ok kid. You have me. Your Aniki!" Ichigo said hoping to cheer the boy up, even if Ichigo didn't want to be burdened with the kid. He knew a kid with this beauty will be kidnapped again, and maybe the next time he would be sold to a brothel!
Ichigo really didn't want that, but maybe, just maybe he could finally have a family that would love him.
"A-Aniki?" The child asked as Ichigo wiped his tears away. Ichigo nodded at that making Byakuya smile and giggle looking at Ichigo with his big eyes.
Ichigo knew at that moment, that he couldn't let something happen to this child.
So what do you think?
I am sobbing right NOW! T^T.
Why Isshin? WHY?
And a cute Byakuya! YAY!
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Nazaki-Sama.