Disclaimer : Bleach own by Kubo Sensei

~ Chapter Three ~

{ Tokyo, Japan }

"No! you can't stop! You have to find my sister!.'' Ichigo yelled at the police officer behind the desk. The police was startled by him for a moment. Staring at him up and down, the police gave him a serious look.

"We can't do anything by this rain. The water will rise and the current would be hard for our divers. You have to understand." Calmly the police stated, seeing Ichigo's agitated face. But this information riled Ichigo more. Seething, he clenched his fist and gave the police officer the deadly look he could ever give.

"I don't give a damn, just do your job and find my sister." With that he left the room with a loud slam of the door. The police officer was left shaking his head in annoyance.

"Easy for you to say, it's not your job." He murmured.

Outside, the rain was pouring heavily. Coming down from the night sky, hitting his pounding head making him closed his eyes. It might hurt him to admit but the police officer was right. It would be impossible to search in this heavy rain. A cold wind passed him, making him shiver but Ichigo paid no mind because all of the pain he's feeling. He could feel his fist tightly clenched , his heart pounding in his chest and a strong urge to go over that bridge and search for her himself. Ichigo took a shivering breath, half of it from being soaked , and the other half came from his heart.

As he drove to her house, memories with her came back to him. Since that day they first met when his parents brought her in their home. How she looked fragile and alone , and after their parents died. When he promised that he'll take care of her and protect her from anything that could hurt her. That promised, he hadn't fulfilled it. Now that his sister was gone and missing, the the fact that she jump over that bridge to kill herself. Ichigo didn't know what really happened but he blamed himself for not fulfilling that promise to protect her, for not being there when she needed him.

He arrived at the house where his sister lived. He opened the car door and slowly walked to the front door ,not minding the pouring rain and the cold air hitting him. Inside he went, soaked to the bone. Tossing his jacket aside, Ichigo made his way to the kitchen and found a note on the counter. Beside it, was curry. It was from Nanao, telling him to wait and gather himself together. He just glanced at it then walked passed the food and strode his way upstairs to his sister's room.

As he arrived there, he contemplated for a moment whether to go in or not. In the police station, he was asked if he knew anything about her suicide but he could not answer them given that he has no clue himself. Now he thought he could search in her room, he might find a valuable information that could help the police but again, he thought as his hand hover above the doorknob. It doesn't matter what her reason was.. If his sister didn't want him to know then he wouldn't ask about it. She always wanted her privacy and he respected it since then so he won't ask, he would never ask. He just wants her back..

Ichigo blinked back the stinging in his eyes before taking a deep breath , he opened the door. Inside, the room was all orange, from the bedding to the curtains. All of it are orange. A mirror on the wall, and different sets of makeup and other girly stuff he didn't know of. Yes, It was like her.

Ruefully he smiled. Everything about here represents her personality. Ichigo gripped the edge of the desk, blinking back the tears. Letting go, he started searching for her drawers, anywhere hoping he would find anything that could help him.

He was thinking about a letter. As far as he knows, people commited suicide would left letters to their love ones or families, writing their last words, the goodbyes.

On her desk he saw something that made him smile. He took it and looked at it closely. It was a picture of his family. Ichigo remembered where and when it was taken.

In the picture his parents was sitting on the grass while his sister hugged both of them from the back. They were having a picnic in the picture and Ichigo was the one who took it. It came out pretty good, he was proud of it.

Well when he was a kid, he had a passion for photography but as he grew up he realized that he's not the one to choose for his future. And so.. He stopped dreaming and faced the real world.

Carefully he placed it back and continued what he was doing. An hour went by but

he didn't find any letter.

He slumped on a sofa, breathing heavily as he tried to control his emotions. But then a sudden thought crashed into him and he sat straighter, resting his chin on his palm.

If there was no suicide note, then that means she didn't plan on killing herself. That should be it, but why..?

Ichigo groaned as his head throbbed again. Damn, he was tired, he didn't have any sleep either, and he can't remember the last time he ate.

There was a knock on the door and slowly he strode downstairs to know who it was.

When he opened it , two woman was standing outside, one of them was Nanao Ise and the other he did not recognize.

"Ichigo, I came here because I.." Nanao gestured towards her companion. " we need to tell you something."

He nodded, opening the door wide ,letting the women in.

He followed them to the living room but Nanao stopped him by placing a hand on his chest.

"You should change first. You're soaked and you're gonna get sick." She smiled warmly , even if her eyes shows that she cried all night and didn't had any sleep as well.

"Did you eat the curry I cooked this morning?" She asked as she made herself and her companion comfortable on the couch.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not that hungry." He lied and started his way upstairs. " Give me a minute."

In the guest room, Ichigo showered quickly and threw on a shirt and loose pants. He placed some of his stuff on his bed when he remembered he left his phone in the bag. He picked it up and saw 5 unread messages and 10 missed calls. He opened it, and listened to one of the voice message. It came from Orihime.

"Babe. Please call me I've been so worried. You don't even text me back please I wanna know if you're okay. Oh! And don't forget to buy me a souvenir when you get back .. Love ya!"

Closing his eyes, Ichigo groaned out loud. Damn.. His head was painfully throbbing and Orihime had to add in his concerns. He took the battery out of his phone and threw it on the bed. At least ,she won't bother him this way. Then he goes back to the living room where the women was now sipping their hot coffees and having some sort of serious conversation.

He cleared his throat to remind them he was there and the two stopped talking, glancing at each other nervously. Okay.. This has got his attention , whatever this two was about to say then it must be really important for coming here in this hour and through a heavy rain.

Nanao gestured for him to sit on a single chair towards the couch the women was sitting.

"What's with this serious atmosphere?" He inquired, leaning against the chair. The other woman glanced nervously at Nanao and the latter pushed her glasses upwards before looking at him in the eye.

"This is about your sister Ichigo."

He tensed and sat up straighter. He didn't asked anything and just waited of what were they about to tell him.

"We.. Or at least I think what we know was the reason she," Nanao took a deep breath, it seems that she was having a hard time saying it. " killed herself."

"I don't want to know." He stated calmly , surprising both woman.

"but why?"

"Because it doesn't matter. If she didn't want me to know about it then I shouldn't know about it. I just want to know she's safe...that's all that matters."

Nanao stared at him for a moment then sniffled. She wiped a tear from her eyes and looked at him.

"You're right. She wouldn't want me telling you this." The other woman patted her back, comforting her. " I forgot. Ichigo meet Isane Kotetsu, she's your sister's secretary."

Shyly,Isane extended her hand to him. "Nice meeting you Mr. Kurosaki."

Ichigo accepted it and gave her a friendly smile. " Same here." Then he brought his attention back to Nanao. "How's the company ?"

Nanao shook her head worriedly "Your grandfather was trying to cover this up. It wouldn't look good for the company and for her as well."

Ichigo felt anger rising inside of him. Does that really matter? That old man should worry about her more instead of the company. But Ichigo knew why, his grandfather didn't have any liking towards his sister since the day she was adopted.

A few moments of silence passed by and Ichigo cursed under his breath.

"Damn this." Rising to his feet, Ichigo went straight to the door when Nanao followed and stopped him.

"And where do you think you're going?"

"Out there. I'm gonna search for her myself." He made an attempt to open the door but Nanao took his hand, dragging him back and pushing him down the couch.

Hands on her hips, Nanao glared at him." Are you out of your mind? Its 9 pm already And outside the rain is heavy, what do you think you can do when the police stopped the search because of it."

"but I can't just sit here and wait! I need to.. I have to do something!" He said desperately.

Isane stood between them, frantically trying to ease the argument Ichigo and Nanao had.

"Please stop.. This wouldn't help anything." The she turned towards Ichigo, but looking down the floor , not meeting his eyes. "Its not my place to say this but..you should just listen to Nanao-san and stay. We really can't do anything about this right now but to wait."

Isane pulled something from her bag and handed it to him.

"What's this?"

"Its your sister's journal. I found it in her office this morning and decided not to give to the police. "

Ichigo ran his fingers on the plastic cover then glancing up to Isane and smiled gratefully. "Thanks.."

Blushing Isane nodded and glanced down on her watch. "I think it's time for me to go home. My mom might worry if she looked in my room and find no one there."

Ichigo almost raised an eyebrow hearing that but in curious he asked. "I think you're old enoigh for your mother to act like that."

Nanao shook her head and chuckled slightly, the tension already fading away. "Her mother is my doctor and believe me, she can be very scary if she wants."

Isane was blushing and scratching the back of her head sheepishly. "Yeah, she's kind of protective too."

Taking her purse off the couch Nanao followed. " I'll drove you home." Standing in front of Ichigo, she gave him a serious look. " listen young man. You are not leaving this house tonight. We are going to wait for news... I know you're worried so am I, but the bridge she jumped over was not that high and the river below isn't that deep either. Let's hope she was washed somewhere or someone rescued her. You know the reason the police stopped searching because of the storm but they're not giving so lets stay rational okay.." She walked over to him and caress his hair. Ichigo closed his eyes as Nanao embraced him. It felt good to have someone comforting you through hard times. She pulled back and smiled at him.

"Rest now, you look tired and please have a bite before going to bed."

"I will." Ichigo followed them to the door and bid goodnight.

It was still raining so both women ran to the car quickly, afraid they would get soaked. When the women was out of sight ,he strode to the kitchen and made himself a sandwich such before going to his room.

While sitting on the bed, he stared on his sister's journal. He was so tempted to open it and read all of her secrets but in the end he placed it inside of his drawer. Even if he's the brother of the owner , still he didn't have any right to open and read the words written on that journal. It's wrong, invading one's privacy.

He grabbed a pill and a glass of water. He knew tonight he won't be able to sleep and he sure hoped the sleeping pill would work. A minute passed Ichigo felt himself relaxing and before sleep took over, a last pray came in his mind. A pray for his sister's safety.

A loud ringing downstairs had him groaning as he woke up. Slowly Ichigo peaked his eyes open and looked around. At first he wondered where he was but when he remembered the happenings in the last twenty four hour, pain and sadness came crashing down on him. Right, his sister was still missing.

The phone downstairs started ringing again. Scowling, He strode downstairs, but it kept ringing continuously and he cursed. Damn, he's not in a good mood and the person calling this early would be the first to hear the negative words as a starting for His bad day.

With a growl, he picked up the receiver but before saying hello a loud voice from the caller made him took the phone away from his ears, afraid that his eardrums would go off.

"I called you in your phone, why weren't you answering?!"

The caller was Nanao and her voice sounded frantic. Ichigo made to massage his head, trying to remember where his phone was. Oh, right yesterday he took the battery off because he didn't want Orihime to call him.

"Sorry. I lost it, what's the matter?"

The woman sobbed in the other line and Ichigo felt fear starting to build up within. He gripped the phone tighter as he wait for her next words.

"Ichigo..Thank God! The police found your sister!"

That moment everything stopped, the only sound he could hear was the erratic beating of his heart. ''What?"

"You're sister! She's alive, they already taken her to the hospital. Find your phone and I'll text you where. Let's meet there." The phone beeped and he stilled , trying to processed the information in his mind. He swallowed and immediately went to his room. He didn't even mind changing his clothes and just grab a jacket, his phone and the car keys. Before he knew it, he's out of the house and on his way to the hospital.

When he arrived, Ichigo found Nanao sitting one of the waiting chairs, leaning on it tiredly. She saw him approaching and she smiled and went to embrace him which he did in return.

"Thank god she's alive.. She's okay.."

For the first time since he arrived in Japan, Ichigo sighed in relief, burying his face on Nanao's hair. She's right. Thank god for the miracle he'd given. Thank god...

A doctor with the tag name of Unohana approached them and smiled warmly as she asked.

"Who is the patient's family?"

Ichigo stepped forward. ''I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, the brother."

A sudden serious expression changed into the doctor's face that made him nervous.

"I have both good and bad news Mr. Kurosaki. "

Nanao stepped beside him and asked. "What do you mean?"

"You see.. The good news is the patient is fine and no damage in her lungs after consuming a huge amount of water when she almost drown. The person who saved her did good job for performing CPR."

"The bad news?" He inquired.

"The baby did not survive it. Im very sorry but her baby is gone."

Ichigo stared wide eyes at the doctor, with confusion. Nanao must have the same reaction and asked.

"What baby?"

Dr. Unohana stared at the both of them, but kept her calm posture then she nodded slowly.

"Yes, Nanao she was pregnant for two months. I thought she already told after she found out about it."

"Oh my god.." Nanao whispered and she started crying, the doctor came to her side, saying things to comfort her. It seemed both of them knew each other.

Ichigo clenched his jaw. Now, he wants to know what really happened. She's pregnant and didn't even bother telling him? He's her brother for god sake! And who's the father of the baby and where?

He was so confused he thought he'd explode. He was pained as well, the part where his sister didn't told him. Doesn't she trust him?

"I want to see her.."

Dr. Unohana, who was comforting Nanao looked at him. "Follow me."

As they arrived in the room where his sister was. Nanao let him in first to have some privacy with his sister. Ichigo went in and saw her lying there. She's sleeping and looked peaceful but few marks, bruises on her face to her arms could be seen. Not taking his eyes off of her, he carefully sat on the bed. He reach for her hand , wrapping it with his own. Now, seeing her like this, it made him forgot the anger he felt earlier. Ichigo knew her well, she has her reasons why didn't tell him anything and he will wait until she's ready to tell him herself.

The hand he was caressing moved slightly. Ichigo jerked in surprise as he felt it moved again.

"Nee-san.."

Slowly, her eyes opened, blinking it as she adjust to her surroundings. Ichigo gripping her hand moved closer so that she'll see him clearly.

"Nee-san.. Its me Ichigo. Do you recognized me?"

"Ichigo.. You're here?"

He nodded. " yeah, I came here for you. How do you feel now?"

"My leg its painful..." Suddenly, her eyes went wide as if realizing something then her hands went to her belly. "My baby.. Is she okay?"

Ichigo's eyes softened as he looked away, he can't tell her the bad news, he doesn't know how. But his sister turned his face so that she can looked at him in the eyes.

"You know something..Tell me."

"Nee san.." He whispered.

"Just tell me!"

Ichigo took a deep breath, looking anywhere but her. Then softly he said.

"I'm sorry but the doctor said.. The baby did not survived. I'm sorry Neesan.."

She froze for a moment then started shaking her head in denial. "No..you're lying. My baby is alive I can feel it!"

Ichigo tried to reach out to comfort her but she swatted his hand away. "No! Leave me alone! Now!"

He step back slowly, it hurts the way she said that. The way she glared at him like he was the person she hates the most. It killed him seeing her like this. She's hysterical, grabbing her hair and looking around as if she was scared of something then glaring at him angrily.

Ichigo stared at her sister clenching his fist. This was not the same woman he called sister a long time ago. She looke different and .. and

What happened to you Neesan?"

That moment Dr. Unohana and Nanao came in. The latter frantically asked him what happened but he was shocked to speak, he was glued to that spot staring as her sister wildly denied what the doctor was saying, clutching her head shaking it angrily. The doctor injected something to his sister to calm her. Minutes later it worked and she starts relaxing but the tears didn't stop flowing.

As her eyes closed again, Ichigo went to her and kissed her forehead but stilled when she murmured something in her sleep.

"I love you Byakuya.."

"We should leave Ichigo.. Let her have her rest." Nanao tugged his arms, leading him towards the door. He gave her one last glance before coming up with a decision. Now..he wants to know what really happened.

a/n:

Yes! Lots of changes, yeah I guess I'm rewriting now.. And it would be longer than before. I promised 4 thousands words each chap!

And I'm adding new characters , there's a good reason why I never mentioned the name of Ichigo's sister..and I wont tell you why..bohahaha!

Ahem! Okay.. Thanks for the reviews , favs and follows. And I will be updating twice a week. It's so hard thinking both different stories at once, it made my head dizzy sometimes so that's why I'll finish this first then I'll go back to my other fic.

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