Disclaimer: I don't own anything!
Summary: When your love is taken away from you, how can love conquer? Rukia died in Soul Society and Ichigo remembers nothing of her or of his shinigami powers. One day when a girl moves in next door, both Ichigo and her start having odd dreams. So how can love conquer all? Little do they know they have one shinigami on their side...
New Story and it's absolutely AU.
Okaaayyyy so let me explain the reason to my madness. In the Bleach movie when Senna dies, I'm pretty sure Ichigo doesn't remember her. So I just assumed that if anyone were to die then everyone that he/she came into contact with forgets them. Yes? No? But in this story it's just humans. Why? 'Cause Byakuya didn't seem to forget his parents or Hisana.
Also, at the end of the movie, it shows Senna running and she looks exactly the same. That's why in this story Rukia looks exactly the same. Why? Because it would just confuse me if I made her look different. Her name is the same also. Bleh, I know, major plot holes.
And, Ichigo is seventeen and so is Rukia. Why? Because Senna looked the exact same age as when she died. So...Rukia does too. I mean, I know that has a bunch of plot holes, but I don't really know what else to do. So, I'm sorry.
So explanations done? Good. I was getting bored typing them. If you have any questions, just ask me because I know it does sounds super duper confusing...
I've written out a bunch of these chapter, so updates should be quick (for once).
I hope you like it and please review at the end. Thanks!
One
Aid
"Rukia! C'mon Rukia. You can't die! You can't leave me!"
"Idiot, even if I die, I won't leave you. I promise."
.....
"Rukia, will you come help me wash the dishes please?" A woman in her early thirties asks.
She has dirty blond hair that goes down all the way to the middle of her back and piercing violet eyes. She wears black sweat pants and a light blue tank top. She's about six feet. The woman puts her hair up into a bun as she picks up a dirty dish and begins to wash it.
"Yes! I'm coming." Seventeen year old Rukia says. She walk out of her room while tying her shoulder length raven hair back.
She pushes her bangs out of her face and proceeds to the kitchen. Rukia is short to put it bluntly. She about five feet. She has violet eyes like her mother. Rukia has a light blue dress on that comes down to her knees.
She walks into the kitchen and takes a red kitchen towel with her. Rukia walks up to the sink and takes the a washed dish her mother hands her. She takes it, dries it off, and the puts it in the rack.
"Did you set up everything in your room?" Her mom asks and Rukia nods.
"Yes I did." She replies as she dries off another dish.
"Well that's good. I've been here watching TV all day." Ame says. Rukia shakes her head. That's just like her mother.
Rukia's parents are divorced. Her father and mother didn't get along at all (Rukia sometimes wondered why they got married in the first place...all that screaming and fighting...) and when Rukia was little, Ame took her and ran. Later she sent divorce papers, which he more than happily signed, but that was a long time ago.
Ame is a journalist. She recently got a job in Karakura and they moved. Their house is not too big, but not too small. Rukia and her Mom both agreed on it. It was perfect. They were the only bidders on the house, so they got it easily.
When they're done drying the dishes, Rukia's mom jumps onto the couch and turns on the TV. Rukia starts to walk back to her room.
"Don't you want to watch TV?" Ame asks from the couch, not letting her eyes move away from the screen of the TV.
"No thanks. I'm going to read for a while and then go to sleep. I have school tomorrow." Rukia replies.
"Alright then. Goodnight honey."
"Goodnight Mom."
Rukia opens the door to her room and turns on the light. Her walls and ceiling were a beige color. There was a fairly big window and on one side of it has her twin sized bed and on the other side is a small desk. Her clock is perched on the windowsill. Rukia's books are still against a wall waiting for a bookshelf.
Instead of reading, Rukia changes into her yellow Chappy pajamas and lays down under her soft violet covers. She sets her alarm for the next morning and then buries her head into her pillow. Rukia slowly drifts to sleep.
Somewhere in Soul Society...
"What are planning to do?!" A girl with bright pink hair asks. She wears traditional shinigami robes with black fishnet gloves. Her hair goes down to her chest and its layered. She has bright brown eyes and her Zanpaktou is secured to her waist.
"Nothing. Nothing. Calm down Natsu." A guy with spiky black hair replies.
His hair flies out in different directions. He has night black eyes and also has on shinigami robes. But unlike Natsu, he doesn't have gloves on. His Zanpaktou is on his waist too.
"You can't make them remember each other Daisuke!" Natsu wails.
"I'm not. I'm not. Quit yer yappin'" Daisuke replies slightly annoyed.
Daisuke and Natsu are shinigamis, yes, but they're special. Their job is to help the departed souls from Soul Society be reincarnated. It's not a tough job, all they have to is erase their memory and the memories of any human they came into contact with. Of course they did the same with Rukia, but it was different.
"Please. Bring me back to him. I promised him I wouldn't leave him."
"You have my word."
It was easy for Daisuke to make the promise. But why? He secretly felt bad for them. They loved each other so deeply, but never told each other. Ichigo and Rukia deserved a second chance and Daisuke promised himself that they would get one.
It was illegal though. Very illegal. But, he didn't care. As long as Natsu didn't go babbling, he'd be okay. Plus, he would just get the support of Byakuya. Daisuke knew that if he needed it, he would have it.
"Daisuke! You know that's illegal!" Natsu hisses as Daisuke looks down at Rukia.
There is a way for them to look down departed souls. They would just find the person's reiatsu and watch over them.
"All you've been doing is staring at the screen switching from her to him and him to her!" She says disapprovingly. "We have a job you know."
"I know. Who the hell said I was neglecting it?" Daisuke asks and sharply turns towards her. "If ya don't remember, while you were off fixing yer hair, I was doing all the work."
"So? When I came back, you left and sat your little ass down in front of the screen for the rest of the day!"
"You were 'effin gone for the whole day!" Daisuke says finally loosing his patience.
Natsu isn't always like this. Usually she's a calm and happy person. Usually. But when she gets worked up about something, she gets worked up.
Daisuke turned back to screen. Who knew keeping a promise could be so hard?
Back in the human world...
"Ichiiiiigooo!"
Ichigo wakes up groggily, no really sure what was going on. His dad stood there beside his bed and as soon as Ichigo opens his eyes, Isshin punches him in the face. Ichigo sits up and glares at him.
"Is that any way to wake your son up?!" Ichigo yells and kicks him in the stomach. Isshin falls back onto the wooden floor.
"I've taught you well son," Isshin says as he gasps for breath.
"You haven't taught me crap!" Ichigo yells. "Get out!"
Isshin gets up from the floor and feigns hurt.
"Why are you so mean to me?" He asks and Ichigo groans and opens his door and kicks Isshin out. The carrot top goes into the bathroom and gets ready for school.
Seventeen year-old Kurosaki Ichigo. He's forgotten about his shinigami powers and has forgotten about Rukia. But, he wonders why there is a makeshift bed inside his closet. No one can fit in there. He has bright orange hair and warm amber eyes. His body is well toned, but from what, he doesn't know. He rarely goes and works out. He's tall for his age, about six feet.
Ichigo comes out of the bathroom and heads downstairs where Yuzu gives him some toast.
Yuzu and Karin are twins, although they don't look or act alike. Karin has black hair while Yuzu has pale blond hair. Karin is more of a tomboy while Yuzu spends her time cooking and cleaning and sewing.
Their mother Masaki died when Ichigo was very little. Ichigo thinks that it's his fault that she died. He carries that burden around in his heart.
Ichigo hurriedly eats the toast and then grabs his schoolbag and heads out of the door. He walks past the house next to him which had been for sale for a while. As Ichigo looks at it, he realizes that the 'For Sale' sign is gone. He raises an eyebrow.
"Guess we have new neighbors." He mutters to himself.
The door to the house suddenly opens and Rukia steps out closes the door behind her while yelling.
"Make sure you lock the door this time."
"Of course. Bye honey!" Her mother yells back.
Ichigo stares at Rukia has she hurries down the steps. Rukia glances at Ichigo before running past him. She was going to be late. Very late. Ichigo follows behind her, but in a slower pace. He has no intentions of going to school.
'Maybe she's in middle school...' Ichigo thinks to himself as he walks along the sidewalk to school.
He gets to a stop sign and waits for the cars to go by so he can cross. Rukia is there looking frantically across the street. She's lost. Rukia doesn't know how to get to her school Karakura High School. It should be easy enough to find, but it's not. The cars finally pass and she glances over at Ichigo who is walking across the street. Rukia mimics him.
'Maybe he's in collage...' Rukia thinks as she walks behind Ichigo. 'I think I should ask him...'
"Hey! Excuse me!" Rukia yells and Ichigo turns around and raises an eyebrow at her.
"Yeah?" He asks and Rukia runs up to him. She adjusts the strap on her schoolbag before talking.
"I'm new here you see and I'm afraid I don't know how to get to school..." Rukia trails off looking embarrassed.
"Middle School eh? Ya missed it. You tur-" Ichigo starts, but Rukia cuts him off.
"Not Middle School! High School!" Rukia says angrily.
"Oh, sorry. You don't look like a high schooler." He says and scratches the back of his neck with his hand.
"What? What is that supposed to mean?" Rukia asks clearly outraged now. Ichigo waves his hands in front of his face.
"Nothing! Nothing! I was just saying that 'cause your so short-" Once again, Rukia cuts him off.
"Short?! I am not short! I'm completely normal sized. You on the other hand, are too tall!" Rukia says and Ichigo sighs exasperated.
"Tall my ass." Ichigo mutters before saying. "Look. I'll show you where the High school is alright?"
Ichigo starts walking and Rukia follows silently, still angry about the fight. They walk for a minute or so before Ichigo speaks up.
"So, what's your name?"
"Rukia, and yours?"
"Ichigo."
"Strawberry?" Rukia asks and cocks her head to the right. Ichigo flushes.
"N-No! It means one who protects. Dammit, get it right." He says and Rukia laughs a little.
"Whatever you say strawberry." Rukia says and falls into step beside him. Ichigo glances at her before rounding a corner.
"Yeah, whatever midget."
"I AM NOT A MIDGET!" Rukia yells and Ichigo scoffs.
"Stop lying to yourself."
They fight until until they get to school
Somewhere in Soul Society...
Daisuke grins. Maybe it isn't so hard keeping his promise. He gets up and goes and helps Natsu with the souls. They can handle themselves for a while. He didn't need to meddle every second. There were some things that they had to do by themselves.
He walks over to Natsu who just helped another soul be reincarnated.
"So, you finally got your butt away from that screen." She comments and Daisuke scoffs.
"Whatever."
They don't say anything for a while and Daisuke is busy helping souls anyway.
"You know Daisuke..." Natsu starts as she sits on the floor. "If the find out, they'll kill you." Daisuke turns to her.
"Yeah, I know."
"Then why are you doing it? Huh? What's the reason?" Natsu demands. He looks away. Even if he told her, she wouldn't understand. But, he decides to take a chance.
"They never told each other I love you." Daisuke says nonchalantly and Natsu becomes very confused. She gets up from the floor and goes over to a soul that just appeared. She helps him and then turns back to Daisuke who is back at the screen. She stomps over.
"I love you?" She asks and he simply nods.
"That's what I said isn't it? You aren't deaf are ya?" He asks.
"That's it? That's why?"
Daisuke doesn't say anything for a while. "You wouldn't understand Natsu, so please don't try." He whispers and Natsu's face falls. Something was wrong with him. Lately, his hasn't been his witty, mean, ass-like self. Natsu smiles. She would try to understand, she would.
"Aw! Daisuke has become Mr. Softy!" Natsu says and smiles while pinching his cheek. Daisuke slaps her hand away.
"Shut the hell up! No I haven't."
Natsu giggles as Daisuke goes back to see how Ichigo and Rukia are holding up.
Back in the human world...
Rukia takes her seat at her desk after the teacher introduces her to the class. She didn't like standing up there doing nothing and letting everyone look her over. She felt like she was being analyzed by everyone.
The teacher droned on and on. Rukia looked over at Ichigo who looked like he was paying attention, but he wasn't. She reached over and tapped him on he shoulder. Ichigo looks over.
"What?" He whispers.
"I just wanted to say thank you for helping me earlier." She whispers back. Ichigo scoffs.
"It wasn't that big of a deal."
The bell rings and Rukia assumes it's time for lunch. She waits until Ichigo gets up before following out. He walks into the fields where all the girls and some of the boys are sitting. Ichigo is fully aware that Rukia is following him here which is why he takes her here. Rukia peaks around Ichigo's body. He turns to her.
"Eat here. Most of the girls aren't that bad." He says and walks away before Rukia can say anything.
She looks around. There are trees around here, but the one she notices is the big tree a couple feet in front of her. Rukia clutches her lunch even tighter as she walks to the tree and sits down in front of it. All the girls stare at her.
"Hello! You're new here aren't you? I'm Inoue Orihime!" A busty girl with red-ish orange hair says. Rukia smiles at her.
"Yes I am. I'm Kuchiki Rukia."
"So it looks like you and Kurosaki are friends." A girl with short brown hair says. Rukia looks at her and scratches her cheek.
"Well...I wouldn't say that..." Rukia trails off wondering what relationship she had with the orange haired teen. Friends? Acquaintances?
'Yes. That's what we are.' Rukia says to herself. 'Acquaintances...'
Lunch passes quickly for Rukia after that. No one bothered to question her any further. She got up and walks towards the trash can to throw away her lunch. Rukia goes back into class and waits for the day to end.
After the bell rings, Rukia gathers her things and walks out of the building. She sees Ichigo a couple feet away from her. He's standing there looking around like he's looking for someone. Rukia jogs up to him. When Ichigo sees her, he stops his search and looks at her.
"I hope you know how to get home." He says nonchalantly.
Rukia simply nods and Ichigo takes off towards his house. Rukia follows, but not because she has no idea where to go, but because they are going to the same place. Ichigo notices Rukia walking beside him, but he doesn't bother to strike up a conversation. What was he supposed to say? How was your day? How do you like it here? Then it hit him, why the hell should he care anyway?
Ichigo grunts and walks faster towards his house. Rukia stops and looks after him questioningly. She shakes her head and sighs and walks home by herself.
When Rukia gets home, she sees Ame sitting with her back against the couch and her legs stretched out with her laptop typing away. Her blonde hair is pulled away from her face letting her bangs sweep to the side and black rectangle glasses frame her heart shaped face.
"Mom! I'm home!" Rukia calls and Ame barley looks up from her computer.
"Hi honey! How was school?"
"It was..." Rukia replays her whole day back in her head before answering. "Fine." She finishes. Ame looks up at her daughter.
"Did something happen?"
"No." Rukia replies going to the fridge. She pulls out some lemonade and pours it into a glass before taking a swing of it. "It was a normal first day." Her mother sighs and puts her attention back to her laptop.
"Well...that's good I guess."
"They already have you working on an article?" Rukia asks and her mother nods.
"Yeah and they want it done by tomorrow morning!" She wails and Rukia shakes her head.
"I guess you won't be sleeping tonight."
"You got that right sweetie." She replies and Rukia goes into her room and pulls out her textbooks before starting her homework.
Back at Ichigo's house...
"Hi Ichi-nii!" Yuzu says from the kitchen as Ichigo slips his shoes off and drops his schoolbag. "How was school?"
"Fine." Ichigo mumbles as he heads into the kitchen. He goes to the fridge and pulls out some leftovers from last night' dinner. He goes to the microwave and puts the chicken in.
"I just baked some cookies, do you want those?" Yuzu asks and Ichigo shakes his head while setting the timer and pushing start.
"Nah, this is fine." He says.
After eating, Ichigo washes the dishes and grabs his schoolbag on his way to his room. Once there, he pulls out his homework and goes over to his desk and starts to work. After an hour of ruthless homework, Ichigo was finally done. He sighs and leans back in his chair.
"Ichi-nii," Karin says poking her head into the room. Her jet black hair falls into her face. Ichigo turns. "Dinner time."
"I'm not hungry, I'm just gonna go to bed." He replies and Karin shrugs.
"Suit yourself. Yuzu made Miso soup." Karin tempts and when Ichigo doesn't move, she sighs and says goodnight before closing the door.
Ichigo waits until he can't hear Karin's footsteps anymore before throwing his shirt off and changing into black sweatpants. He slips into the covers and puts his hands behind his bed staring up at the ceiling. He lays like that for a minute before sighing and turning over onto his side. He closes his eyes and waits for sleep to take him over.
It was dark...that's all I could see. Blackness. I started to run around and around in the darkness...finally I saw a light. I ran to it and when I made to the other end, I saw a body...I ran to her. Her? How did I know it was a her from that far away? Her back was facing me. I saw black hair fanned out everywhere and she was wearing black clothes. I looked around me trying to find help...but I only saw brown dirt everywhere. I saw black figures in the distance, but I didn't move. I urged my legs to move, but no luck. I screamed.
Ichigo wakes with a start and he sits up in shock. He turns and looks out of his window only to see the sunshine pouring into his window. Ichigo puts a hand to his face and feels sweat. He frowns and glances at his clock. His alarm hasn't even rung yet. He throws his legs over the side of the bed and gets up while picking up his school clothes and heading into his bathroom still shaken from his dream...no...nightmare.
In Rukia's house...
Rukia wakes up after her alarm goes off. She sits up letting her silk lavender comforter pool at her waist. She stretches before shutting off her alarm. Rukia had the best sleep she's ever had. She smiles and hums to herself as she picks up her school clothes and goes into the bathroom.
She comes out a while later tucking her white shirt into her gray skirt. Rukia goes into the kitchen and sees Ame already up taking a swing out of the orange juice carton. Rukia makes a face as she reaches takes a strawberry Poptart from the counter.
"Ew Mom. Remind me to never drink that orange juice." She says and Ame smiles wiping her mouth as she shoves the empty carton into the trashcan.
"No need, it's done."
"Did you drink that whole thing by yourself?" Rukia asks with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course not silly! There barely anything in here."
Rukia just rolls her eyes and finishes her Poptart before taking her schoolbag and slinging it over her shoulder. "Did you get your article done?" She asks her mom as he slips her shoes on. Ame gives one nod.
"Yup! All ready to go! I think I did really good on it and I didn't have to stay up all night." She replies with an elated smile. Rukia smiles back as she opens the door.
"That good. I have to go to school now. Bye Mom." Rukia hurriedly steps down the porch stairs and scarcely hears her mother's goodbye.
As Rukia walks down the street towards school, she thanks God for making her a quick learner. She doesn't want have to ask anyone for directions today today. Rukia holds her head up proudly and shifts her bag on her shoulder as she walks into class.
"Kuchiki-san!" She hears someone calling her name and she turns and sees a guy with brown badly cut hair (in her opinion that is) that goes below his chin walking up her. She tries desperately to remember his name.
"O-oh! Good morning..." She trails off, but only for a second, "Asano-kun!"
"The beautiful Kuchiki-san remembers my name!" He says while sauntering around the room. Rukia just smiles uncertainly. Am I being...what do they call it...? Oh yeah, hit on?
"Shut up Keigo." Rukia looks up and sees Ichigo punching him in the back of the head.
He briefly glances at her before walking over to his desk. Rukia mentally fumes. What is with him? One minute he's friendly and helpful, the next he's cold and reserved? Rukia stomps over to desk.
"Are you bipolar?" She asks him abruptly and Ichigo takes his eyes off of the window and looks at Rukia with a confused look.
"Huh?" He says dumbly.
"I mean," Rukia starts sitting in her desk that's beside his. "Yesterday you're all friendly and so willing to help me, but just as the school day ends you decide that you're going to be cold?"
"What the hell're you talkin' about?" Ichigo asks still confused.
That's when he realizes that he probably is the only person Rukia knows...the only friend? Ichigo doesn't know what to call her yet, all he knows is that right now she needs him whether she admits it or not.
It's quiet between them for a second before Ichigo grins, "Sorry squirt." Rukia flushes.
"Squirt? I'm not a squirt you idiot."
The bell rings and Rukia turns away from Ichigo as the teacher walks in starting her lesson. Rukia pays attention to the board while taking down as many notes as she can. The day passes by quickly and often, Rukia would catch herself glancing at the orange-haired boy and she'd mentally scold herself.
"Oi, midget. Lunch." Ichigo says and Rukia glances up and nods while grabbing her lunch out of her bag. She didn't want to sit with the girls today, all they did was gossip about each other and...for some reason, she wanted to hang out with Ichigo.
Ichigo glances behind him as he sees Rukia follow him. She looks around the school with curious child-like eyes. He can't help but chuckle slightly as he leads her towards the roof of the school. They sit in the middle of the roof.
"Ichigo brought the lovely Kuchiki-san to lunch!" Keigo says happily and Rukia glances at him with a fake smile. She didn't want to be rude to him, but she sure as hell didn't want to give him any ideas.
"Shut up Keigo and just eat," Ichigo mutters as he pulls out his own lunch. Ichigo looks over at Rukia who pulled out something out of her Chappy lunch box. Ichigo smirks. "Chappy?" He asks amusedly. Rukia looks up at him and narrows her eyes.
"Why yes. Is there a problem?" She asks him as she pulls the straw off of the back of her juice box.
"Isn't that show for babies?" Ichigo asks and Rukia's cheeks turn pink.
"Shu-shut up carrot top!" She retorts.
Somewhere in Soul Society...
"Hey! Daisuke!" Natsu says sauntering over to him where he had just helped another spirit move on. Daisuke looks over at her. "Ukitake-Taichou is looking for you!" Daisuke sighs and nods before turning and leaving.
When he makes it to Ukitake-Taichou's office and knocks twice before hearing him say come in from the other side. Daisuke pushes the door open and bows as he walks in. Ukitake-Taichou looks at him for a moment before motioning for him to take a seat. Daisuke does.
"You wanted to see me?" He asks sounding a little uninterested as he fixes the buckle on his Zanpaktou. Ukitake nods.
"...I have been...slightly informed of your intentions with Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia." He says and Daisuke looks up at him alarmed, but keeps his cool demeanor on. It takes him a second to speak.
"Well? Are ya gonna do anything? Who're ya gonna tell?" He challenges. Ukitake sighs and leans back in his chair.
"I'm not going to do anything." He replies seriously. "I'm only informing you that I know." Daisuke raises an eyebrow in question.
"Ya know...I don't think I know what hell you're sayin'"
"Daisuke...I want you to do what you think is best."
"Huh?"
Ukitake gets up from his chair and Daisuke does too, still confused about why he brought him in here in the first place. What good does it do to Ukitake to tell him that he knows? Daisuke scratches his head.
"I brought you in here," Ukitake starts as if he read Daisuke's thoughts. "To tell you that I approve, but don't be neglecting your duties along the way. That is all. You may be dismissed." He says with a warm smile.
"Taichou, who told ya?" Daisuke asks and Ukitake smiles a little.
"I don't suppose that is any of your business Daisuke, just know that no one will come to know."
"Thank you Taichou." Daisuke says sincerely before walking out of the office.
Natsu had just finished helping another soul and as she turns, she sees Daisuke coming back looking a little...happier than he was. She runs over to him with her usual big smile plastered onto her face. Daisuke stops when he sees her, but Natsu looks closely at him.
"Hmm..."
"The hell're you doin'?" Daisuke asks trying to shove her away. Natsu just places a dainty gloved finger onto her chin in thought.
"Is just me or...are you kinda...smiling?" She asks tilting her head to the side. Daisuke frowns now and so does Natsu. "Aw! It's gone! I guess it's one of those...don't blink or you'll miss it type things!" She jokes and Daisuke pushes her away.
"Damn, ya just get more annoyin' each day don't ya?"
"And you become more crabby. Cheer up Mr. Grumpy Pants."
"Shut. The. Hell. Up." Daisuke enunciates each syllable as he sits down in front of the screen again.
He tries and feels Rukia's reiatsu and becomes pleased as he sees Ichigo and Rukia having lunch together. He hasn't checked on them all morning and he's glad that they can get along on their own. They didn't need him anymore. All Daisuke had to do was make them meet.
"I'm going back to work. Y'know, the thing that you're supposed to be doing." Natsu announces.
"Yeah yeah. Sing a new song will ya?" Daisuke says with a dismissive wave of his hand. Natsu, on the other hand, sits down next to him.
"So...what did Ukitake-Taichou want?" She asks a little nervously.
"Nothin' really." Daisuke replies with a shrug, his eyes still glued onto the screen.
"Oh. Okay. Well have fun doing your stalkerish deeds." Natsu says getting up and brushing the dirt and sand off of her. She rakes her fingers through her neon pink hair before turning away and leaving.
"Stalkerish deeds my ass." Daisuke mutters to himself when Natsu is out of sight.
In the human world...
Rukia sighs for what seems like the millionth time causing Ichigo to look up once again and frown. "Why the hell do ya keep sighing?" He asks and Rukia pokes the tip of her pink tongue out again from her red lips as she tries to stick the straw into the juice box.
"Need help?" Ichigo asks suppressing a chuckle. Rukia looks up him as Ichigo takes her carton of juice away from her hands. "Either you're really stupid, or really weak...I'm thinkin' you're both." That earns him a kick in the shin. Ichigo hands Rukia back her opened juice box. "That's the thanks I get for helpin' you?"
"I didn't ask for your help." Rukia retorts before taking a sip of the sweet liquid inside.
Ichigo just grumbles something before cleaning up. Rukia does the same and they get up. She notices that there's about ten minutes of lunch left. She gathers her trash and goes back down and throws it away. She can hear Ichigo behind her.
"I'm going back to the classroom." She announces and Ichigo looks away.
"I don't really care." He replies following her back inside.
Rukia sits at her desk and pulls out a blank piece of paper and starts to doodle on it. Ichigo stares at the board trying to look uninterested in what she's drawing, but after a minute, he can't help himself and looks over. What he sees makes him wish he hadn't looked over.
"What the hell are those?" Ichigo asks pointing at her scribbles on the page.
"Bunnies." Rukia replies innocently.
"Bunnies?!" Ichigo echoes eying Rukia's so called 'bunnies'. "They look like deformed tomatoes with tumors for arms and circles with dots in them." Rukia glares at him.
"That's what eyes are!" She protests.
"No, eyes are almond-shaped." Ichigo replies and she blows a strand of hair out of her face in frustration. Why did he have to make everything so damn difficult?
"Bunnies do not have almond-shaped eyes."
"How would you know? Have ya ever seen a rabbit?" Ichigo asks her crossing his arms over his chest? Why couldn't she just admit that she's a bad artist?
"Yes! Chappy the Bunny!"
"Chappy is not a real rabbit. That thing could eat a real rabbit." Ichigo mutters and Rukia smacks him in the head with her pencil.
"Chappy is to a real bunny! And he is not a cannibalistic bunny!" She glares at him. "You're just jealous that I can draw and you can't."
"Yeah, I'm really jealous that you can draw deformed tomatoes and I can't." He replies with a roll of his eyes.
Rukia merely fumes and goes back to her drawing. After a couple of more minutes of silence, more of the students start to file back into the classroom and after glancing up and noticing too, Rukia stuffs her drawings away into her backpack. The bell rings signaling that lunch is over and the teacher goes back up to the board to resume her droning.
When school ends, Rukia gets up first after throwing her schoolbag over her shoulder. She dares to glance at Ichigo once before heading out of the door. A minute later, as she's leaving the school grounds, she hears Ichigo jogging up after her.
"Jeez strawberry, I didn't know you wanted to walk me home so much." Rukia says grinning over her shoulder. Ichigo scoffs and looks away.
"You wish midget. I gotta go this way too idiot." Ichigo replies and then grins back at Rukia.
Wow! First chapter over! This is kinda like a pilot chapter. If people like it, I'll keep posting more chapter and if not, I'll take it down.
So if you did like it, please review so I know weather to post the next chapter or not.
Please tell me what you think of Daisuke and Natsu. I'm trying to make good OCs, so opinions/pointers would be totally helpful.
FADE TO BLACK = LOVE
3
=)