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The white blade thrummed in answer.
A gesture of her hand, she motioned him to sit beside her and a sudden lump caught in his throat at the naked emotion he witnessed in her eyes. His feet were heavy leaden as he inched forward towards her. Gingerly, he sat down and she took him into her sight in full. "Such strength, such courage and such love you displayed. Upon your demise, We would have raised you a guardian of hope. A spirit of protection for those who needed it. Yet you were snatched from Us."
'You've got to be kidding me…why…why is she crying?'
Golden orbs moistened as she raised a hand to his jaw. "We saw you, We watched you mature and We came to love you as We do all Our children." A light laugh echoed across the skies and Ichigo felt his chest constrict in an unbearable discomfort. "Though, perhaps, We grew to favour you more than others."
A lone hand, impossible in its splendour, rose to brush away strands of orange hair from brown eyes and Ichigo saw flashes of his mother within his mind. "And now, finally you are with Us. Drowned in Fire and Ash, a darkness We cannot deliver you from."
"The taint," He practically choked out. "My soul was long gone."
She shook her head, ebony cascading like a river of onyx gems over one another. "We could have saved you, kept the Shadow at bay as long as Our light was permitted to shine. Yet, in the end, the Heir of the Fallen Star took you from us."
Her eyes darted over every one of his features and Ichigo lost himself in the shadow of the sun. In its sorrow and bitter joy.
He felt her hand on the back of his neck, a gentle pressure pulling him down. Had anyone told before this would happen, he would have laughed in their face. Honestly, having Amaterasu herself letting him rest his head in her lap. Frankly, at this point, Ichigo was drawing a blank. All he knew, was that her fingers in his hair was the single most soothing thing he had ever felt.
He could feel his eyes droop as any and all weariness melted away. There wasn't a battle to be fought. No war to be waged. And certainly no enemy to be defeated. All Ichigo felt, was the simple yet profound feeling of contentment.
"You are stolen from Us and though, we may no more lay Our blessings upon you, know that a Mother will always love her Son." Her fingers brushed his bangs back, letting the warmth of her touch elicit a current of heat through his head and down his body. He was lulled deeper and deeper into a dream.
"Though We would ask of you a favour."
"Hmmm," he hummed, barely coherent in his thoughts as lightness overtook him.
"Yasaka is an aspect of Our glory. As Our worthiest son, We have deemed you proper for her. Will you agree to this?" Was there a sudden different emotion behind her tone? One all too…wolfish?
"Yeaah," He sighed as sleep overcame him.
Notes of purity and mirth rang through him as his body and mind fell into oblivion.
"You may be gone from Our reach," she murmured softly into his hair. "Yet for this night, you are Our child once again."
Several hours later, Yasaka would have a small mental breakdown when she woke with a smiling devil, snoozing softly in her bed.
i Sonido: Technique in Bleach that allows the user to travel great distances in a single stride.
ii J.R.R Tolkien: Author of the Lord of the Rings and the man who came up with the fantasy metal, mithril.
iii Jötunn: Old Norse for giant.
iv Himura Kenshin: Protagonist of the famous series Rurouni Kenshin.
v Taiyaki: You know how every anime has a festival episode and has that particular scene where the girl eats a fish shaped cake thing? Yeah, that's what it is.
vi Nihon-jin: Japanese People
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