Ishida's Place

Secret Santa Wishlist

To Secret Santa, here's my wishlist:

My favorite anime/manga characters:

Bleach (Uryu, Ichigo, Orihime, Rukia)
Naruto (Kabuto, Naruto, Sai, Sasuke)
Kuroshitsuji (Claude, Sebastian)
Durarara!! (Izaya, Shizuo)

Back to Searching

Stretching out, Ishida walked outside and held onto the piece of paper with the riddle on it.

"Alright," He studied the riddle again. "Let's get to this...in hopes of finding my cross."

You can tumble in it,
Roll in it,
Burn it,
Animals eat it,
Used to cover floors,
Still used beyond stall doors.
Freshens whatever it is placed on,
Absorbs whatever is poured into it.
What is it?

"Hm." Ishida glanced around him, wondering what he could find. But he found nothing around him.

"Oh dam--ah!"

As he walked, Ishida had tripped over a bail of hay and landed on his face. Studdering, he slowly picked his head up and leaned back. "D-Damn...it...what was--hm?"

Beside him, Ishida found it was a bail of hay that he tripped over. He blinked, "Hay..." He re-read the riddle again.

"Roll in it...burn it...animals eat it..." He continued reading it, to the end, "...Absorbs whatever is poured into it..."

He started to study the hay carefully. "I wonder...."

Ishida started to look through the hay, making sure not to miss not one piece of it. "Can it..."

Then he felt something. A spark, was it? Coincidence? Or...

He saw it.

Under a few pieces of hay, a silver bracelet, with a very familiar symbol to it.

"This..." Ishida slowly took it, as there was a sudden bright blue light that came forth and slowly disappeared.

He slowly breathed, as he placed his cross back on his right wrist, where it belonged. After he did, he stood up.

"I..." Then, his bow came out, letting out that same bright blue light.

He smiled, "Found it."

Cured

Letting out a long, soft sigh, Ishida laid back down on the bed from walking around in circles. But, from hearing Tessai walk in, he rose up, "Tessai-san? What is--"

He held up a vial filled with a bright blue liquid. He handed it to him, "Take this, Ishida-san."

Ishida blinked, "What...?"

"It is your cure."

From that, Ishida took the vial and studied it carefully. He then glanced at Tessai, "Should I take it--"

"As is. That's what Boss told me."

"Ah." Ishida nodded, as he uncorked the lid. He tilted his head back and swallowed his cure, whole.

And, suddenly, the blue spots on his arms started to disappear.

From seeing his arms clear, Ishida sighed. "Oh, they're gone. Thank goodness."

Tessai chuckled, "I'll tell Boss how you're doing now."

Ishida stood up and nodded, "Alright. And, tell him I said thank you for the cure."

Tessai nodded, before he left, "Alright, Ishida-san. Good to see you're better again."

"Oh yes." Ishida nodded, as he continued to look over his now clean, soft arms. "I am."

Restless

Ishida started to walk around the room he was in, with a limp.

He placed a hand over his chin, as he started to bite on his thumbnail.

More thoughts crept into his mind, feeling uneasy and impatient. "Damn," He swore, as he looked at the blue spots on his arms. "Come on...."

Ishida continued to walk around the room, as he felt restless. He looked around, seeing not one sign of a presence in the room he was in.

He sighed, as he stopped in front of the window, looking out. And, from seeing Ichigo and Renji, Ishida rose a brow.

"Yabba...Dabba...Doo...? What..." He blinked. "...Is that...?"

Ishida shrugged, feeling he did not want to know why they've cried out such as they did.

He dropped his head down, "I don't wanna know."

Then it came to him.

He rose his head back up, noticing Kisuke was not around. "Where...?"

"Where did Kisuke go...?"

Ishida walked back over and sat down on the bed. "Ah. It's probably something productive...it's must be."

He laid back down.

"It must be..."

Lost

Once again, inside Urahara's Shop, Ishida laid in the room he was being held.

But, this time, he decided to stand up and slowly walk around. He sighed, as he his right wrist, from when his Quincy cross would have been. From feeling nothing but skin, made Ishida feel lost. Lost in search of his power.

He stopped in front of the window with another sigh. "Dammit..." He dropped his head down. "Just...what the hell is this..."

He leaned his head back up, as he turned around and sat down. Slowly, he leaned backwards and laid down once more.

Then a negative thought crossed his mind.

What if...I never get my powers back?

That one question, alone, made Ishida shut his eyes and bite down on his lip in frustration.

Then, slowly, he reopened his eyes.

He glanced at his empty right arm and sighed once again.

"Please...hurry...."