hi guys,
this is my first fic,
english is not my first language,so it`s unbeta-ed but i tried my best
just pointed out the grammar mistake and i`ll fixed it
disclaimer:
this is what happened when i mixed holiday, binge watched vampire diaries, and Lana Del Rey on repeat
i really need to get a life
anyway,
please enjoy the story
Two man rummaging the room without even bothered that they stained the carpet with mud from their shoes. One is breaking the cabinet while the other one ripping the couch with his hand.
"damn it, where is it?" he growls
"hey, check this out" the other one called and smirked while holding a business card
"well well well… he sure move fast"
"let`s go" his partner said and pulling the gun behind his coat and they vanished in a blink of an eye.
Meanwhile at the same moment
A young woman walking to a bar, dark short haired around her neck. Wearing a black shades on her eyes even though it was dark outside, walking close to bartender asking for a drink when a man approached her while holding a glass.
"one bourbon and vodka for the beautiful lady here" he said to the bartender
"change that to two bourbon" she answered and the bartender nodded
"you look beautiful as always my Rukia-chan"
"and you look old Mr shiba"
"it`s Kurosaki now, i`m married, remember?"
"how could I forget, you search two continent to drag me to your wedding"
The man chuckled and sipping his drink
"because you are not that easy to find, despite your reputation, dear"
"and you summoned me here after ten years, why?"
"I need a favor, do you remember a day before my wedding you asked me to pick you from the airport? You owe me that day. I need you to take care of my son in case I won`t make it after tonight"
"such a big favor for picking up someone from airport. What did you done now?" she raised an eyebrow
"I think they find out about me. I can`t risk my son to living a life like this, so please?" he smiled innocently
"i`m not a baby sitter. They won`t find you. not when i`m around"
"Rukia-chan, my dear sweet and innocent Rukia-chan. News spread fast. I found two of them lurking around my house this morning"
"fine, you can spent few days on my house. but you are out of country in few days. That`s my final offer Mr. Shiba"
"I told you it`s Kurosaki now, oh and I want you to meet my son, he`s standing beside the bartender there"
The man pointed at the pool table not far from their seat. Standing near the table stood a young boy with bright orange hair looking at the empty table with curiosity. When his father pointed at him, he looked at the two and smile waving his hand.
"what kind of father bought his infant in a bar and let them playing at pool table? I`m calling the social service" she grimaced and sipped her drink
"okay first of all, he`s 7 years old, not an infant. Second, a desperate father asking favor from his old friend will brought his own son if he had no more choice anymore. Now let me get my stuff, i`ll meet you at parking lot" he smiled and rose from his chair
The boy approach Rukia and trying to climbing the cair his father previously sat on.
"hello, daddy was right, you are beautiful" he smiled
Rukia blink once, twice and cringed. no one could smiling so brightly, is the boy drunk? Did the bartender feed him with tequila?
"kid, aren`t you too young to be here? It`s past your bedtime"
"daddy said today is an exception, beside I can eat ice cream for dinner today"
"hm.. that explains your grin" she sipped her drink again
Before the boy could say another word they heard a loud bang and few glasses were shattered.
"stay here kid, and you!" she pointed at the bartender "keep an eye of him or you`re dead" and she rushed to the parking lot only to find Shiba Isshin lying on the ground bleeding.
"oh crap, Mr. Shiba" she rushed and took off her glasses revealing a pair of violet eyes wildered in shock
"it… it`s Kurosaki now Rukia-chan" he smiled weakly "remember your promise, take care of my son, you are the only one I can count on"
"who did this? Did you see his face?"
"it was too fast. Please Rukia-chan. Promise me"
"i… I will.."
"your eyes are beautiful as always" he smiled and let out his last breath
"good bye Kurosaki Isshin" she let a small smile and close his eyes shut
She stood up and rushing back to the bar to find the kid, not noticing her hand and feet were covered by blood.
"kid, let`s go we don`t have much time. And you!" she pull the bartender close and look deep at his eyes
"call 911 and said there`s a robber outside and he killed a man. He was drinking alone. You don`t see us at all" she pushed the bartender and drag the kid by his hand
"wait, where`s daddy?"
"no time, I explained later. Get your stuff"
"is that blood on your hand?"
"where`s daddy? why we left him?"
"where are we going?"
Rukia groaned internally with all the question the boy asked. Since trying to ignoring the kid are clearly not helping at all, she sighed and face him
"no talking to the driver. Just sit and shut up"
"daddy always said eyes are on the road when someone`s driving"
"shut up kid!"
And they sit in silence
At least for a while
"it was my dad isn`t it? the loud bang?"
"yes" she answered after a long pause, thinking whether to lie or not
The boy silenced and staring at the street
"sorry kid"
"it`s okay. Daddy said earlier this might be our last day"
"not for you kid, not on my watch. Get up, this is your new home now" she opened the door and get up from the car.
"whoaaa…" The boy looked at the huge European mansion in front of him with awe. Water fountain in the front door and is that bunny shaped bushes inside the fountain?
"this is my house. go to sleep. We talked about it in the morning" she said and opening the front door. The boy still looked in awe, even the inside are amazing. There`s huge vase between the door and the stair, and ichigo can`t help to find a lot of bunny pattern on everything on this house.
"don`t touch anything" she warned when he`s about to touched the vase. Perplexed, he only smiled weakly and following the beautiful lady to other room only to find a man with strange eyebrow and long bright red hair tied into a high ponytail eating while watching a huge tv on the wall.
"rukes… who is this young man behind you?" he looks confused
"found him on the street" she waved nonchalantly and pour herself a drink from the mini cart near the couch
"don`t talk like it`s a stray cat! You can`t bring home a kid like that!"
"I have his parent consent" she sipped her drink again
"may I asked the name?"
"it`s…. what`s your name kid?"
"you don`t even know the kid`s name?" he gaped in disbelieved
"um… my name is Kurosaki Ichigo" he answered confusedly at the two adult in front of him who can`t stop bickering
"Kurosaki as in…"the red haired shocked and face the woman but she gave him a warning look
"find him a room, it`s past midnight" she ushered them
"come with me kid, let`s get you to sleep. By the way my name is Abarai Renji. welcome to your new home" the red haired man place his food on the table and drag the boy to his new room
"the kid is asleep, mind to tell me what happened to Mr Shiba?" Renji sit next to Rukia on the couch
"he came to asked a favor. To take care of his son. They killed him outside the bar" she let out frustrated sigh and recklessly throwing her sunglasses on the table
"damn, so the kid on the next room is the last of his clan?" he asked in disbelieved
"yaaay…" she cheered weakly "it was my fault" she said weakly after a long silence between the two
"don`t blame yourself rukes" he got up to sit closer to her hugging and patting her head
"I should have known" she shakes her head and sobbing weakly, letting tears pouring from her pretty unnatural purple eyes
"shh.. calm down" he pat her head repeatedly until she calm again.
Kurosaki Ichigo woke up in the morning with a frown on his face. Not recognizing his own surrounding for a minutes when suddenly he remembered what happened to him last night. The strange beautiful woman who wore black sunglasses in the middle of the night, the caring but weird eye browed red haired man, and his father. Thinking about his father make his stomach churns and suffocating him. He got up and open the door, only to show him a huge hallway with so many door. At the third door he found a red haired man named Renji wearing white frilly apron behind a bright yellow t-shirt with a pair of shorts cooking omelet and making toast.
"oh hi kid, you`re awake already. Breakfast?" he widely smiled unaware of the boy`s perplexed stare
"what`s wrong? You don`t like omelet? What do you prefer? Rice and miso soup?" he come close to the boy and kneeled in one knee facing him
"your stupid apron scared him you moron" the weird woman from last night grumbled from behind him and walk straight to coffee maker. Did she sleep with her black sunglasses? Seems like she never took it off.
"sit down kid, try to ignore the stupid apron, you`ll get used to it" she gulping the coffee like it`s life elixir for her life
"what about daddy?" Ichigo let out his voice while munching his toast
The two adult shared a look before trying to answer the question. Sighing, the woman finally facing him and explain everything to him.
"yes, your dad is gone. Something he used to running away from. Those are bad guy and we promise you, they won`t come near you. you have our word"
"dad tell me a little about the bad guys. That`s why he told me to packed all my stuff and said that I will be living in a huge house with the second most beautiful woman after mommy" Rukia smiled while Renji snorts at the comment, ignoring the scowl from the woman.
"did your father told you anything more?
"he said I should listen to the woman, she is an old friend of daddy and she will explained everything to me when i`m older than now. Oh.. daddy said the house will be filled with the pool and a lot of dogs. I can the pool from the room, where`s the dog?" he searching his surrounding while Renji can`t hold his snort and laughed out loud
"no dogs are allowed in this house, kid." She scowls and throwing half bitten toast to the red haired man
"you said you packed your stuff, where is it? if I recall you didn`t bring anything with you" Renji raised one of his eyebrow
"it`s on the backseat of the car. I was amazed with the house I forgot to take it. sorry" the boy blushed shyly
"I know, my house is awesome" Rukia can`t helped but gloat at the comment of her house
"i`ll get your stuff" Renji said and rose from his chair only to back in less than a minute letting Ichigo confused but say nothing.
"let see what you packed in here… toys, pair of pants, two t-shirt, bag of chips, and marshmallow?" she raised one of her eyebrow toward the boy "what? You`re going camping? Why are you staying in the woods when you have internet and electricity?" she asked in disgust, opening the bag of chips
"dad love camping, he said it`s a good thing to back to nature once in a while"
"yhea, if you saw it on tv. Trust me kid. Outdoor sucks, the sunlight, the humidity… ugh" she shuddered
"oh look, a letter with your name rukes" Renji grinned and opened the letter beginning to read it out loud
hello my dearest Rukia-chan.
Assuming I was already gone when you read this letter.
Remember you promised, you owe me a favor after I pick you from airport ten years ago
"seriously? He keeps mentioning that every single time" Renji paused and chuckled
I don`t want my son to bear his own father sin. So I need your help to let him live with his own way. At least until he`s old enough to protect himself and choose his own path and decision.
To my son Ichigo,
I`m sorry we had to separate this way, you might angry and blame your stupid father now, but I assure you I had my own reasons. You might not understand it right now but I believe someday you will forgive your old man.
The beautiful woman, after your mother off course is Rukia Kuchiki. An old friend of mine and will be your guardian until you`re old enough to make your own decision. I owe her a big time and she`s the only one I can trust you with. So remember to listen to her.
Go live your life. Be happy, find a reason to live, find a love, find someone you want to protect and always remember I will always proud of you, kiddo.
Love,
Your old man
Ps: sorry I lied about the puppies on her house, but if you asked nicely she might reconsider to give you a puppy or two. Just remind her that she owes me big time
"how dare he!" she scowl and munching the chips loudly
"here rukes, the paper you need to sign. Now kid, finished your breakfast, i`ll take you shopping" Renji`s eyes gleams and ushered the boy to clean himself before turned and facing the woman "and rukes, you`re coming too!" leaving rukia groaned and pour herself another coffee. Sipping her third cup of coffee she read the letter again. "it won`t be enough coffee in the world for all the paperwork, Mr. Kurosaki" she force a smile and bring the letter to her room.
"what about this mini suit? I will pop his hair color" Renji waving a set of black expensive suit in front of Rukia and Ichigo which they replied "no" in unison
"the kid will be bullied by his classmate if wearing those hideous suits. Find him t-shirt and shorts pants" Rukia rolled his eyes and turn her heels starting to rummaging on women`s section
"fine.. come with me kid" Renji sigh in defeat and dragging Ichigo around
When Renji and Ichigo were finished with the shopping spree they can`t find Rukia. So they split and Ichigo went to small alley next to the store to find a black haired woman, glasses on one of her hand while the other hand gripping a long blonde hair. He notice blood are flowing on the blonde`s neck, along with two punctured hole while the Black haired woman oblivious about her surrounding, not noticing pair of amber eyes watching behind her.
When Rukia was done, she let loose her grip on the blonde and biting her own hand to feed the blonde with her own blood and suddenly the punctured hole on the stranger neck slowly vanished and let trails of blood dried slowly. The blond opened her eyes and Rukia pull her closer like she did yesterday on the bar. "walked away from here and forgot about everything that just happened" she push her away. And the blonde blinks and confusedly walking away from the alley, licking her own fingers like having a snack, she put on her sunglasses again and turns away to find the boy looked at her in shocked. They both stared and she greet him
"you`re done with the clothes?" she asked like nothing happened
The boy nodded weakly
"let`s go home" she said and walked to her car "did you see it?" she asked while shifting the gear
The boy nodded again staring at his lap
"you know what I am" it`s definitely not a question
The boy nodded again. Unable to move his gaze
"I can make you forget about it if you want to" she said while honking the steering wheel when she saw Renji across the street "do you want to forget what just you saw?" she asked again facing him. Ichigo raised his head looking at her and shaking his head and staring back at his lap again
"okay then" She whistled and drive her car back to their home.
At that night Ichigo lie down on his bed, unable to sleep. Whenever he closed his eyes he can only picturing Rukia sucking blood on the stranger`s neck. He remembered his father`s word the day before he died.
"remember kiddo, when you met my friend, I might not able to talked to you again. It might be my last day here. Promised me you will be on your best behavior and let the lady to taking care of you. she`s a precious friend of mine and the only one who will protect you from outside world. You might confused now, but I promised you, when the time comes, she will explained to you about everything and someday you will have all the answer. Now remember, daddy always love you, okay?" and his dad was ruffled his bright orange hair when a strange woman wearing a big black sunglasses open the door. Ichigo glance at his father. It was hope, relieve, and somehow fear reflecting on his father`s eyes. His fathered ushered him to play on the pool table.
"someday you will have all the answer" his father`s word echoes on his head and he drift off to sleep not knowing a pair of purple eyes are watching him at the door.
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