Okay, Time for the disclaimer! Yay! Okay, Bleach belongs to the admirable Tite Kubo, and I do not in any way own it (though it would be so cool if I did). Anywho, the story is mine, all mine! Hahahahaha! But if you have one similar to this it isnt my fault. Don't get mad, because hey, great minds think alike.

Rukia was eating lunch with some of her female classmates. She usually ate with Ichigo and his male companions, but Orihime, Tatsuki, and the other girls invited her to eat with them today. As usual, Orihime was trying to share her creation with the others. Today's strange concoction was Marshmallow cream and wasabi on a slice of sweetbread.

"Would you like to try some, Rukia-Chan?" Orihime eagerly asked.

"Umm…I'm not really hungry anymore, maybe another time." Rukia lied, laughing nervously.

"Aw! But you've barely eaten any of your food! No wonder you're so skinny." Orihime complained, pouting. Nobody ever wanted to try her food. Well, nobody but Rangiku.

"Don't take it personally Orihime, it's just that you have a...unique sense of what is or isn't edible." Tatsuki tried to explain, tough it only made orihime look even more confused. Rukia liked being here, where the only thing you had to worry about was bad hair days and boys. Where everyone was blissfully unaware of the danger around them. Sometimes she wished she was like them.

"Rukia! Oi, Rukia, are you listening to me?" Rukia was jolted out of her intense train of thought to find Tatsuki waving a hand in front of her face.

"Oh...y-yeah I'm listening." she lied for the second time that day. She thought she was getting quite good at this human thing.

"So do you?" Tatsuki asked.

"Do I what?" Rukia was confused now, since she hadn't really been listening. Tatsuki rolled her eyes and a girl named Mahana giggled.

"I knew you weren't listening!" Tatsuki accused, "Oh well, it doesn't matter. I was wondering if you wanted to come to my house after you eat dinner. We're having a little get together with some of the bo-"

"Is Ichigo going to be there?" Orihime interupted.

"Keigo is supposed to be asking him right now," Chizuru started to explain, though they all paused to look at the boys. It appeared that Keigo was begging Ichigo for something, and Ichigo punched him in the face for it. Keigo started crying and writhing on the ground dramatically. "Though I highly doubt he'll come. Ichigo doesnt usually go for that kind of shit." she continued.

"Rukia, maybe you can convince him, I mean, since you're with him all the time." Mahana suggested.

"Please Rukia?" Orihime pleaded, clinging to Rukia as if her life depended on it.

"Oh...Um, I'll try." She assured them, gently pulling Orihime off of herself.

"Yay!" Orihime cheered, causing an argument between Chizuru and Tatsuki.

--

Rukia ambushed Ichigo after school.

"I want to socialize with some of our classmates this afternoon." She informed him.

"So? What does this have to do with me?" He asked, looking rather annoyed with her. Rukia rolled her eyes. Was his skull really that thick, Or was it just his oversized ego? She sighed impatiently.

"Because," she said slowly, as if she were talking to someone mentally handicapped, "if something were to happen, you would need me there to help."

"No way, I know where this is going. You want me to come with you!" he accused her.

"Yes, that is correct." Rukia confirmed.

"No. Keigo tried to convince me earlier, the answer is no." He said, shaking his head vigorously. Keigo asking him was reason enough, though he would have said no to the idea either way, no matter who asked him.

"But I've never been to a 'get together' before!" She whined, putting on her cutest, most innocent face.

"But...but..."

"Pleeeeease? For me?" She begged, batting her eyelashes like she'd seen someone do in a movie once. He groaned, but said "Fine". He had to admit it, she was one manipulative midget. He couldn't be sure, but he could swear he could see Rukia smirk as they walked home.

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Ichigo and Rukia went over after Yuzu made dinner (and after Ichigo and Isshin's latest epic battle). When they got there, all of the girls (Rangikiu, Orihime, Mahana, Chizuru, Ryo, Michiru, and Tatsuki) gathered aroun Rukia, while Keigo made a comment about Rukia, and Ichigo greeted him by punching him in the gut. Toshiro just watched them all, expressionlessly.

"How did you talk Ichigo into coming?" Ryo asked.

"Oh, I just asked him." Rukia stated with an innocent smile, "Er... Rangiku, what are you doing here?" Rukia asked nervously.

"Oh, I'm Orihime's aunt, remember?" Rangiku lied, nudging both Rukia and Orihime with her elbows, "I'm here to chaperone." She added.

"Whatever," Hitsugaya contradicted, "She's only here because she was promised sake."

"There wasn't any." Rangiku complained.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me, Keigo suggested we play truth or dare!" Orihime chirped.

"What's that?" Rukia asked at the same time as Ichigo said "No way!".

"How does sake remind you of truth or dare?" Hitsugaya asked, giving the two busty girls strange looks.

"It's easy," Mahana began, ignoring the two boys, "when someone asks you 'truth or dare?' you pick one. If you pick truth, then we can aask you anything and you have to answer truthfully. If you pick dare, then we can dare you to do something and you have to do it." She finished. "Within reason." she added when she saw Chizuru smile evilly.

"It's rigged." Ichigo added, "It's just an excuse for people to manipulate each other."

"I wanna' play!" Rukia exclaimed. Ichigo grumbled and put his face in his hands.

"Oh, oh, I wanna' go first!" Orihime said, waving her arms around excitedly.

"Okay Orihime, truth or dare?" Tatsuki asked.

"Dare!" Orihime squealed.

"I dare you to eat normal food." Tatsuki teased, elbowing her playfully. Orihime laughed and dramatically took a bite of a prepackaged rice ball.

"Chizuru, Your turn." Michiru said, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare! And I dare myself to go out to dinner with Orihi-" Chizuru was interrupted by Tatsuki punching her in ther nose.

"You can't dare yourself, dumbass!" Tatsuki screamed.

"Ichigo, how 'bout you?" Mizuiro asked.

"I'm not playing." He responded.

"Dare then?" Keigo guessed.

"I'm not playing." He said again.

"Yeah, yeah, I dare you...to go out with Rukia!" Ishida dared. Everyone stared as Ichigo lunged for Ishida and chased him around the room.

"Fine...then..." Ichigo panted, "But...we...won't be the...only two...dating..." Ishida looked confused. "If I have to go out with Rukia, you have to go with Orihime." Ichigo explained.

"Hey don't say that like it's a punishment!" Tatsuki defended the two "victims". Rukia stared at the two boys in shock.

"Oh this is going to be so much fun! Like, a double date!" Orihime babbled excitedly. Rukia didn't move, she only stared at Ichigo.

Ishida is one scheming quincy, huh? Chapter two will be Matsumoto's medling. So much fun.