Desperation

“We can’t just leave him alone in there!” Ichigo was struggling against Chad as they waited in the well furnished waiting room; he couldn’t believe that they had just left Ishida there for his father to talk to… ALONE. Didn’t they all know that his father had done this to him? How could they leave him alone with the man that had raped him and tried to kill him? It just wasn’t right! “Let me go Chad! He’s going to hurt him! He’s already tried to kill him, don’t you remember that?!”

“Calm down, Ichigo.” Chad murmured calmly, easily holding onto the wriggling teen. Normally he would let Ichigo go but…they had been told not to bother Mr. Ishida with his son or they would be thrown out and not be allowed to come back. “You don’t want to not be able to come back and see him, do you?” He asked, patting Ichigo’s shoulder gently before letting him go. He kept watching him though; he didn’t want him to try escaping…again.

“Can’t we…” Ichigo sighed, looking absolutely dejected as he stood there, his arms wrapping around his body. He had just gotten together with Ishida…well…not exactly yet but they had just started to have the starting of a relationship and now this had happened…what if Ryuuken really hurt him? “Just like…stand outside his…his door or something?” He asked, swallowing a bit. “Just you know…to make sure he’s ok…we don’t have to go in.” He said, biting his lip slightly as he looked up at his friend, his eyes pleading. “Then we…we won’t get kicked out, right?” He asked, looking towards the door again.

Chad sighed but nodded, walking towards Ichigo and touching his shoulder. He looked back at Renji, shrugging slightly. “We’re just going to stand outside his door, ok?” He hummed softly when he received a kiss from the red head. “Inoue and Rukia are supposed to be coming; can you tell them where we are? Try to keep them here though…we really don’t want to be thrown out.” He smiled at the nod he received before walking out of the room with Ichigo, trying to think of how to stop his friend from actually going into the room.

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Ichigo was rather patient…that was until all the noises in Ishida’s room stopped. He pressed his ear against the wall, frowning before looking back at Chad. “He’s not…” He trailed off again, barely hearing the sound of a struggle in the room. Chad couldn’t have stopped him from running into the room then, no matter what he did. The first thing Ichigo saw made him stop dead, his body starting to tremble in anger.

“I told you I would kill you and I meant it.”

Ichigo launched. He couldn’t stand it, Ishida was already hurt! Flashes of Ryuuken speaking to his son, his hand around his neck, choking his own son who was defenseless on a hospital bed…how fucked up was this guy?! “Bastard!” He yelled, literally taking the bigger man down. He was panting as he pinned Ryuuken, punching him as hard as he could across the face. “You should be in jail, you fucking bastard!” He wasn’t ready for when Ryuuken easily flipped their position, cracking Ichigo’s head on the floor hard.

“You piece of trash.” Ryuuken growled out, gripping Ichigo’s hair harshly and lifting his head up, licking the blood trickling from his lip. “You really shouldn’t have done that.” He said, his voice low, menacing as he spoke to Ichigo. “I won’t go to jail, I’m too important to go to jail.” He said, suddenly punching Ichigo across the face again, his already injured head falling back against the ground as he coughed up blood. “I’ll kill you next!” He yelled, finally losing his cool as he brought his fist back, balling his hand tightly as he swung forward again.

The crack echoed through the room.

Ryuuken screamed as he held his hand, his wrist twisted at a very strange angle, clearly broken. He held it to his chest, grunting when he was picked up off Ichigo’s unconscious body.

“He fights for me.” A deep, baritone voice echoed through the room as Ryuuken was suddenly pulled forward. “I fight for him.” The voice belonged to Chad and the punch that he hit Ryuuken with knocked the older Ishida out cold, sending him crashing across the hospital room. “So much for being too important to go to jail.” He murmured, watching as the guards and police rushed into the room.

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My new life started out… like hell.

I was so scared when I saw him laying there… my Ichigo laying unconscious on the floor with a pool of blood spreading around his head.

This was my father’s last act… the last thing he did to destroy me…

Why did this have to happen?

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Ichigo groaned when he woke up, shifting a bit where he laid. He felt a hand squeeze around his own, a soft noise coming from his throat as he looked up at the people around him with bleary eyes. “What… what happened?” He asked, swallowing as he finally figured out just who was holding his hand. “Ishida…” He murmured, reaching up to touch the other mans cheek. “Shouldn’t you be… in bed?”

“You’re hurt worse then I am right now.” Ishida murmured, leaning down to kiss Ichigo softly, the tightness in his chest finally loosening some. “You’ve been out for three days.” He said, carefully brushing his hand through Ichigo’s hair. His eyes widened when the other man tried to move, a soft noise coming from his throat as he pushed back on Ichigo’s shoulders, making him lay back down on the hospital bed. “Stop, you have a concussion, you’ll hurt yourself worse if you keep doing that.”

Ichigo looked a bit confused as he reached up, touching the back of his head. He winced at the pain, quickly pulling his hand away from the wound. “Ahhh, I guess you’re right.” He said, smiling lopsidedly. “I guess I’m the one that’s stuck in the bed now…” He murmured, reaching up to touch Ishida’s face softly. “Are you ok?” He asked, playing with Ishida’s hair a bit.

Ishida just nodded, smiling as he leaned down to kiss the other man again, just touching him softly. “Yes… I’m fine.” He murmured, pressing another kiss against Ichigo’s forehead. “I’m so glad you’re ok.” He said, laying on Ichigo, sighing as he laid his head against his shoulder. “So glad…” He whispered, sniffling a bit as he looked up. “I love you Ichigo…”

Ichigo just smiled down at him, running his hand through Ishida’s silky hair. “Ohhh, I love you too.” He murmured, pulling the other man into a soft kiss… the first of the rest of their lives.

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I was never happier when I found out my father was wrong…

He was ohhh so wrong about how important he was… the cops would arrest him in a second.

Ryuuken was arrested… and his precious hospital was given to me.

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“So, what exactly was he charged with?” Ichigo asked, rocking a bit as he held Ishida in his lap. They were all sitting in a park, curled up with their respective boyfriends and girlfriends as they talked about everything that happened. It seemed like it had been forever since this started… years… but it had been such a shorter amount of time then that.

“A whole bunch o’ shit.” Renji murmured, waving his hand as he reclined against Chad’s broad chest, randomly tossing up grapes for the brown haired man to eat. “I guess tha worst ones are… attempted murder, murder in the first degree and criminal abuse… or somethin’ like that.” He cocked his head at the confused looked he received before nodding. “He killed that weird blue haired guy, apparently.” He said, sighing when Ishida winced unconsciously at the reference to his former captor, he hadn’t meant to upset him.

“Don’t forget kidnapping.” Chad said, playing with Renji’s rarely let down hair as he sat therem trying to take the subject off Grimmjow. It warmed his heart to see the way they all were now… Ichigo with Ishida… him with Renji… Orihime with Rukia… they were a bunch of strange couples but… they were all so happy together.

“And drug running.” Ishida said, holding his hand out as he put in his two cents. He had a Popsicle in it, making his reach seem even farther. “And a prostitution ring.” He murmured, licking at the frozen treat again. It didn’t bother him to talk about it… quite to contrary, actually, it actually made him very happy to talk about his dad going to jail.

“Just means he’s not going anywhere for a long time.” Ichigo said, stealing a bite of Ishida’s Popsicle before grinning and suddenly picking the black haired man up as he stood. “But we are.” He said, grinning at the chuckling and waves he got from the rest of the group as he left. Now that it was all over… it was time for him and Ishida to start their relationship.

And they did.

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Life is a series of mishaps and successes… ups and downs… depression and happiness… But the one thing I know now…

Mishaps… downs… depression… they happen… whether you want them too or not. But successes, ups and happiness… they have to be fought for.

We fought so hard for this happiness… and you know what?

We won.

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AN: And this is the END!

I’m sorry everyone… I kind of… lost interest in this story but I didn’t want to leave it unfinished so… here it is!

I won’t spoil it here but… poor Grimmy *pats him*

Well… I hope you like it! Thank you so much for reading and please feed the author!

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