Fade to Black, 7-5

Help us, Rukia! Rukia!

(A Soul Reaper?)

Stop it!

Are you both all right?

Rukia! Behind you!

You're not... You're not a Soul Reaper! You're a monster!

Leave Rukia alone, you Soul Reaper!

Ah!

Sister!!!

Ah...

I remember...

Do you remember now?

I'm sorry we lied to you about what happened. We didn't want you upset since our lives...had ended.

Listen to me, both of you! Your lives haven't ended! Death is not an end!

Look at what's happened. You came back to see me, didn't you? You're a part of my life...and that makes me so happy.

We wanted to see you again, Rukia... You're the only friend we ever had...

No matter what, you were never alone. The most important person of all was right there next to you. Right there next to you, all the time.

It has all come back to me. I remember your names.

Homura and Shizuku. Taken together, it means the two of you shine brightly.

They're nice names... That's what we wanted to hear.

So happy...

Shizuku...

My sister, Homura...

Thank you.

Time to say goodbye... Rukia...

Homura! Shizuku! Don't leave me! Please!

It's not fair... Come back to me!

Waaaahhhh!!!

It appears you've saved me once again.

You know, if death isn't really the end of everything, then that first time we met might not have really been the "first" time.

For all we know, we might have been connected from way before that.

I'm not really sure, but I think maybe once a bond is formed, it can never disappear.

And if that's the case, even if we forget everything, we'll all be connected again somewhere in the future. That'll be true for you and those siblings as well.

Yes...

All right. Guess I should head back, Soul Reaper.

Don't call me Soul Reaper.

I'm Rukia Kuchiki.

Helloooo? Is anybody there?! Heeeelp! Is anybody gonna come and rescue meeee?

Ichigo! Come on, pal! You haven't forgotten me, have you? First Rukia and now you? Dammit!

Rukia? Rukia? Rukiaaaa!!!

How dare you forget meeee?!!!