Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ 30Kisses ❯ Savior ( Chapter 3 )

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He doesn't know what he's doing.

He can't see anything, except for Hisana's face. He can't hear anything except for the words of that ryoka, constantly repeating themselves in his mind. He can't feel the exhaustion or the wounds that cover his body. He doesn't know where he is or where he's going. All he can feel is a painful tightness in his chest. All he can do is keep walking and thinking and thinking and thinking.

But then a voice that couldn't be, speaking words it shouldn't cuts through the haze. He sees Abarai, beaten like the dog he knows him to be. The ryoka, defeated by something, someone impossible. He sees Rukia's wide, terrified eyes. And then he sees the flash of Shinsô speeding towards her and there's no time to think anymore.

The pain comes before he realizes it, yet somehow it hurts less than the caged emotion that used to be there. And when he looks down he thinks, "She's safe." and there's no room for anything else but relief.

For the first time in fifty years, Byakuya draws a breath of fresh air.