A/N: Welcome to The Only One 2! It's set roughly four years after the first. Ichigo and company are in college now. For background, Aizen's betrayal has never occurred. The conspirators were killed at the execution, and Rukia returned to the real world with Ichigo after apologizing to the Shibas. Byakuya sends Renji to watch after her.

Disclaimer: Do I own Bleach? No.

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The Only One Two: Part 1: Gone

Ichigo Kurosaki sighed with relief as classes at Yokohama University ended for the day. Now he had the whole weekend to himself…sorta. He still had to go visit his sisters back in Karakura, plus he loved Yuzu's dinners. Another quiet weekend…

"ICHIGO!!!"

He stepped aside to dodge a stampeding Keigo, who hit the wall. "Ichigo you jerk!" he wailed. Keigo had grown up none since high school.

"What do you want?" he asked.

"Wanna hit the town tonight?" Keigo asked.

"No." Ichigo turned him down flat.

"Aw… come on! Mahana and Mizuiro want alone time tonight…"Keigo whined. Mahana and Mizuiro, Karakura High's most notorious gossips, had gotten together during their senior year. Keigo, who had never found love, shared the apartment they rented off campus.

"Still no. Besides, it's my night to visit Karin and Yuzu. You know that." Ichigo said.

"But you don't have to. C'mon have fun! You've been grumpier than ever since Rukia moved…"Keigo said.

"Goodbye Keigo, I gotta go!" Ichigo started down the hall.

"You meanie!" Keigo wailed.

Ichigo steeped off the train a while later, and began the walk through Karakura to his home. Rukia… he thought. They had been together a whole year, and then Byakuya came. Byakuya came, and ordered her back to the Soul Society. It was eerily reminiscent of the first time Byakuya came to Karakura, but this time there was no trouble; he simply wanted Rukia to come home. Rukia, torn in two by family and love, chose to go home with Byakuya. Tearfully, she had kissed Ichigo goodbye, and walk throughed through the door with Renji and Byakuya. That had been the last he'd seen of her, three years ago… True, it was on his mind often, but he never let it show. Luckily, his high school classmates had somehow ended up in his college classes, so that kept his mind busy at school. But when he was alone…

Before long, he was walking into the Kurosaki Clinic. Yuzu was sitting in the kitchen with her friends from the junior high she and Karin attended; a girl named Midoriki and Jinta Hanakari, who worked part time at Urahara Shoten, and whom Ichigo suspected had a crush on his sister. On the couch sat Karin and Ururu Tsumigaya, a quiet girl who also worked at Urahara's, talking quietly. When they spotted Ichigo, they jumped on him with a cry of "Ichigo!" Ichigo was thrown to the ground by their hugs.

"Get off me! Y'all are in junior high now! You'll kill me." He said.

"Well, I think we'll be off now." Jinta said, walking to the door with Ururu.

"I'm off too, Karin, Yuzu." Midoriko said with a wave.

"Bye!" the sisters called as their friends walked out.

Dinner that night was Yuzu's cooking at its best, as well as idle chit chat. Afterwards, Ichigo retreated to his old room, to get out of doing the dishes.

He lay on his bed, remembering the mornings he had gotten up to peek at the sleeping Rukia in her closet. Also reminded of the few times she had slept next to him.

Why did you leave Rukia? He wondered sadly. The creak of his door opening startled him.

Karin walked in. "What's up?" Ichigo asked her.

"Ichigo, you miss her terribly don't you?" Karin asked.

"Why would you think that?" Ichigo asked.

"Because you've been moping around for three years. Even goat chin notices." Karin said.

"Speaking of that, where is he?" Ichigo asked.

"Fighting with Mr. Ishida at the big hospital. Don't change the subject." Karin said.

"Yeah… I miss her… but what can I do?" Ichigo said looking out the window.

"Get over it. You're making yourself more miserable than usual. Go out, have some fun."

"Oh yeah?" he said. "What are you up to?"

"Changing the subject again… I'm hanging out with Ururu tonight at Urahara Shoten. Yuzu is going to the arcade with Jinta. Speaking of that, I have to go.." she turned to walk out, but looked back and said, "Please have some fun." Then she left.

Fun… Ichigo thought. The phone rang. He answered it.

"Kurosaki kun?"

"Hey Orihime. How are ya?"

"I'm ok."

"Miss Uryu?"

"Not really. It just didn't feel right. How are you doing?"

"All right, I guess." An idea popped in Ichigo's brain…"Say Orihime, are you busy tonight?"

"No, why?"

"Wanna grab a bite to eat?"
"Uhh…sure. When?"

"Now. I'll come over to get you?"

"Ok! Bye!"

"Bye." He hung up the phone. Fun, she said… maybe Karin's right.

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Well, that's the end of chap 1! Review please. Btw, I have no idea if there is a real Yokohama university..