White Rain

Chapter Five: shelter and death

This is a Bleach fanfiction story that I am teaming up with Openmonded15 (from fanfiction.net) to write. We do not own anything associated with the Bleach series and/or its characters. However this story is an original idea as some of the characters may seem a bit OC as we have also thrown in some completely OCC characters for this story. Please leave your comments and reviews telling us what you think. Thank you!

Key guide: bold - hollow voice, italic - zanpakuto voice, *mental speech*, "regular speech", 'thinking', bold italics - attacks, (author notes/translations)

Chapter Five: shelter and death

Both Rukia and Ichigo headed towards the tower that once severed as an cell for Rukia's execution. As the two walked they could see blood mingling on the ground as the rain continued to pour down on them in buckets.The two were grateful for their rain gear which kept them dry. So far they had not seen a single live soul except for Renji since they first arrived. Death and decay lingered heavy in the air as they passed by a number of corpses. All of them low level spirits and shinigami. No one that they knew personally. Suddenly the two of them could hear music playing as the song was familiar to Ichigo. Ichigo reached into his shukasho pulling out a cell phone as the ring tone "Dead Bodies Everywhere" was playing. Rukia looked totally mortified by the choice of a ringtone.

"Damn I didn't realize that we got good reception here." he stated flipping open the phone. "Yeah this is Ichigo Kurosaki." he answered.

"Ichigo..... Son where are you?" asked the voice on the other end. The voice belonged to that of his father Isshin Kurosaki, shinigami and former captain of squad ten.

"In the Seireitei. Something strange is going on dad. Everytime I perform a konso (soul burial), the souls don't go anywhere. There also happens to have been a number of hollows hanging around lately. So I went to see Kisuke about this but according to Jinta and Ururu, Kisuke hasn't returned from the Seireitei. So I asked Rukia to bring me here this way we can try to figure out what is going on." Ichigo replied.

"Do you wish me to help you two?" asked Isshin.

"No dad stay there. Something strange here is going on. There is this strange white rain pouring down as we found Renji hollowfied."

"That's impossible."

"I know tell me about it. Right know Rukia and I are heading for shelter and to place Renji in a holding cell this way we can try to figure out how to reverse what happened to him."

"Alright son. I will have Kon take over your body while you are away. Just please promise me that you will be careful."

"Sure dad." Ichigo replied as he then shut his phone. Rukia wasn't sure what to say as the two continued on their way. Shiro was laughing wildly in Ichigo's mindscape.

*I am surprised that your phone managed to ring here let alone your choice for a ringtone for your father. It is so appropriate right now as all we can see is Dead Bodies Everywhere.* Shiro stated. Ichigo kind of snickered lightly at the irony of it as well.

'I wonder though if the other Vizards Rojuro, Shinji and Kensei are going to be affected as well. However I happen to feel fine as if whatever happened to Renji had no affect on me at all.' Ichigo thought to himself.

Finally the two of them made it to the cell as Ichigo carefully placed Renji down. The Bakudo spell that Rukia had casted still was holding. Ichigo and Rukia shrugged off their rain gear as surprisingly the wound that Ichigo had received from Renji didn't hurt. Ichigo opened a bit of his shukakusho to see that his wound had fully healed.