A Promise To Keep [Ichigo Kurosaki] (DISCONTINUED)

A Promise To Keep [Ichigo Kurosaki] oo8

It was usually like this. I would go to the cemetery with Ichigo and his family then we would part and go our separate ways to different locations in the cemetery.

It was around, I don’t know, three o' clock I guess and we were walking up this huge hill. I absolutely hated this hill, every year we had to walk up it. And to make everything twice as worse, it was blazing hot out.

I'm wearing a light orange sundress with short sleeves. The dress came to the knee and I was wearing white flats. 

I bought the dress and flats with Rukia once when we went shopping, she got a yellow dress though. My hair was down but the heat didn’t bother that much at the moment. I was also carrying a backpack which had some water, four small bouquets of certain flowers, and Haru.

Karin and Yuzu were a few yards in front of everyone and Isshin was behind them and in front of us and I was walking beside Ichigo. 

"Boy, we're never going to get to the top." I heard Yuzu whine. 

"Speak for yourself, this is no problem. And please don’t let dad hear you say that." Karin muttered to her. 

Speaking of Isshin…

"You can do it, Yuzu! Hang in there! You see? Dad's on your side!" he gleefully shouted all the while doing a hand stand. Yuzu and Karin had sweat drops as Ichigo and I just threw him blank looks.

"Now you did it. Just ignore him, or else he'll never stop. Giving guys like him attention only encourages them." Karin sighed and kept walking. 

Hmm. Who else is like that? Oh yeah, Keigo! 

"You're wrong about that! I'm automatically encouraged even if you ignore me!" he shouted running up the hill in his hand stand.

"Look out, Yuzu!" Karin shouted just in time. 

Just as Isshin slid, Yuzu moved out of the way. 

"Father slide attack says 'this way to the top'!" he shouted enthusiastically. 

"And daughter says 'go back to the bottom'!" Karin growled kicking him in the head as he rolled all the way back down. 

Ichigo and I got out of the way just in time before he hit us and had to walk all the way up here again.

"Now we can walk in peace…for a while." Karin smirked dusting off her hands and started walking again. 

"Man its hot, even for the middle of June this heat is kind of unusual." Ichigo spoke as he shielded his face with a hand as he stared up at the sky. 

"Yeah, it is kind of strange actually." I agreed with a nod. 

"It was also June 17th that day. But that day was beyond different."

"Someone's up there already…" Karin spoke up, breaking me from my thoughts. 

"Wow, she had to climb up there pretty early if she's all the way up there." Yuzu said in amazement. 

"Uh huh, although isn't she awfully happy visiting a grave?" Karin questioned.

Ichigo and I gasped in panic. What in the hell was Rukia doing here?! She was laughing happily like an idiot and waving some kind of sun hat around to get our attention and she was also wearing the dress we bought together.

"She's waving like she knows you two…" Yuzu pointed out looking back at us. 

"No way! Never seen her in our life!" we both denied with the shake of our heads.

"There is something familiar about her…I wonder if I've even seen her before…" Karin mumbled to herself. 

"No! Don’t say that! Hey, I just remembered, I think I do know her!" Ichigo threw a nervous smile.