Author's Note: THIS IS IT!!! PEOPLE! WE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE LAST CHAPTER!!!

I still can't believe I finally finished this prologue. Every time I finish a story I get so sad but so relieved that it's over...I don't have anything else to say so quickly read!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Bleach


Epilogue

Two Months Later

Rukia was sitting on the unoccupied bed of Ichigo's, staring out blankly through the window.

Two months.

It had already been two months since the owner of this room left, leaving Rukia to wake up alone in the bed, cold and scared each and every morning. No one dared to bother her, not even Takeshi. In fact, he was still too young to realize anything. But her obvious lack of attention was starting to affect him. He had become quieter and stopped crying for his father.

Takeshi was growing up too quickly.

Rukia was dying a little inside…but not quite. In reality, there was life.

The petite woman let out a depressing sigh as she dropped her head onto her knees, curling her body into a tighter ball. And in her hand was a tightly clutched positive pregnancy test.

"Ichigo…" she quietly sobbed.

The End…?


A/N: to those who are effing pissed and confused with this VERY short chapter...GO READ THE SEQUEL!!!!!

I liked how I ended this because it left with a major cliffhanger here and from the last chapter. And I didn't want to rewrite what is already written in the sequel. So to those who have been patiently waiting, thank you and now you are free to go read the other story (WARNING: Another Step Forward was my very first fanfic and there are TONS of grammatical and spelling errors). And to those who already read the sequel, then you should know what happened.

Well, thanks for reading my story. And to those who have reviewed (Not PM because I should have already PM'd back separately), I made a list below. Thanks for all the love, especially those who reviewed every chapter (you know who you are :D). Seriously, I wouldn't have finished this without you guys.

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