Chapter 1: The Beginning
Autumn leaves flittered in the wind and Kurosaki Isshin voice resonated through the small clinic in Karakura Town
"I'm going to be a grandfather!!"
He gathered up Rukia in his arms
"I'm so overjoyed Rukia"
Rukia deepen to a dark shade of red and Ichigo who stood beside her was grinning from ear to ear. Rukia and Ichigo were having a baby, she was five weeks along and they were elated. Rukia and Ichigo had been friends from the very start and with the war behind them, their deranged friendship turned into passion. She remembered that first fateful night where part of her became part of him. When that sword pierced his heart, her soul mingled in his,their connection was undeniable.
She made midnight runs to his house from Soul Society using the excuse
"Oh nii-sama I need to go visit Inoue"
Though she felt guilty for lying, that feeling disintegrated when Ichigo pressed his lip against hers for the first time.
"Ichigoo" she whispered
"Rukia...I..I love you" he replied
He rest his forehead against hers "Lets not hide this anymore."
"we wont...I love you too baka" she said.
As their love grew so did the physical nature of their relationship, subtle touches turned to eager caresses, soft moans developed into screams of voracity. As Isshin and Ichigo talked, Rukia's mind drifted to the past to all the moments that lead her to madly in love with this orange-haired boy
[flashback]
"Give me your sword shinigami" the intensity of his eyes burning a hole through her being
"Kuchiki Rukia"
"Kurosaki Ichigo"
She plunged the sword deep within and closed her eyes as her soul scream from weakness. When she opened her eyes he stood before her,magnificent in his shinigami uniform with his zanpakuto on his back. Ichigo raise his hand to lay down an unwavering slash.
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Rukia burned in the presence of the flaming bird as she awaited her demise on Sokyuko Hill. She looked over at Byakuya seeing his eyes closed, she finally bowed her head in gratitude. Time stopped when she heard that familiar "Yo"
"Ichigo"
He broke the shackles that held her soul and placed her close to his heart.
"Rukia I came to save you."
He not only saved her but he gave a new hope to live.
When he returned to the living world he left her with words that latch themselves onto her heart "Rukia you made the rain go away."
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After the bounto attack,she laid in the Kuchiki mansion recuperating, his voice slowly seeping into her lucid dreams as he argued with Renji. Her eyes fluttered open to witness the exchange between Byakuya and the two dread-filled shinigamis. As she sat between them looking at the picturesque sky, her heart at ease and her mind in the past. She looked over at the boy beside her who was becoming a man not in age but in attitude. Her eyes lingered on his face, his strong jaw, the resolve in his eyes, that awkward orange hair.
Revolving
"Thank you ichigo. See you again."
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Within a couple months she saw him again shattered and depressed.
"BAKA."
He turned to look at her with those defeated eyes"Rukia." It pissed her off to see him like this for that wasnt the man she held in her heart.
"The ones that tore you apart." she said responding to his question about Arrancars. She jumped kick him
"What's with that cowardly face huh?"
"You bitch"
His words rile her up even more. She slapped him again and again before finally pulling his soul out to teach him that his resolve shouldn't be so weak. After helping him regain that and letting him be aware that she knew his deepest fears. She then made him apologize to Orihime.
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It was a cold night and those dangerous teal eyes looked at them a hint of amusement and greed as his tougue flickered out.
"Which one of you is the strongest?"
Rukia eyes flashed to Ichigo besides her "Run Ichigo." the words barely out her mouth when she felt that excruciating pain in her gut. Her world went black,the next time she awoke he was kneeling beside her with a desperate look on his face
"Don't blame youself for my injuries."
Those words went straight through him. She wanted to reach out and take his hand but something stopped her. The look on Orihime face and soon that look was confirmed.
Orihime Inoue was in love with the same man as Kuchiki Rukia. After Orihime rescue and Aizen defeat, Orihime became more forward with her feelings. Rukia could not bear with this display.
It was time to say goodbye as she needed to complete her mission and close her heart for this was not her world. His reiastu was leaving him, he would be nothing but a mere human and would not be able to see her anymore. She allowed him the content of fighting his last battle.
"Sorry I'm holding you back" he said gasping for breath.
"Baka what are you talking about. How can you be holding me back. When you are wounded I will support you. When you cant move I will fight in your stead. When you are suffering I will accept your pain. We're friends, arent we?"
"Yes we are..."
Her heart screamed,tortured by her words, bound by hers actions but she held strong against the tears for she knew that was the right thing to do no matter how much she loved him.
Her mind replayed yesterday events at the skating ring where he held on to her hand and caught her from her fall.
"Its time to part Ichigo."
"Looks like it."
She looked up at him as she faded from his sight.
"Goodbye Rukia"
That wasn't their first goodbye and it most certainly wasnt their last. The decision was sanctioned to return Ichigo's powers and deem him a true Substitute Shinigami and she was the one to do her with her Sode No Shirayuki. Seventeen months after that farewell, she felt a sense of deja vu as she plunged her sword into him and when he turned around to finally look at her, the quiet heart gave up a smile that was when she decided there will be no more running away from her feelings. Lo and behold Ichigo felt the same about her.
Two years after Ywach defeat, Ichigo turned down Inoue and began spending his time with Rukia. It was six months into their hidden relationship , Ichigo was in his first year of his pediatric degree. Rukia and Ichigo went to the shoreline. The sand lay beneath their feet as the sun sank into the horizon but their eyes were on each other ,his hand entwined eloquently in hers. He lowered his lips to meet her soft ones, she blushed at the contact. She rested her hands upon his muscular chest and deepened the kiss for what seem like forever. When they were done
"Ichigo." she whispered
He looked at her with those burning amber eyes "Rukia I love you" and rested his forehead against hers "lets not hide this anymore"
Her breath caught in her throat and even though she wasn't ready to let Soul Society know she replied "we won't...I love you too baka."
He kissed her again this time more passionate than before edging her mouth open to let his tongue explore the depths of her mouth. Rukia would never forget that day. Through some tough negotiations, Rukia continued to hide their relationship fearing her brother and the elders scrutiny. Ichigo even pitched the notion of him becoming a full fleged shinigami in Soul Society and in that way they can always be together. That was an option made available by the New Captain Commander after the war. Rukia refused saying she rather Ichigo finished his schooling. Ichigo threw his hands up in defeat "FINE."
He plumbed down on the bed next to her
"You win Rukia. I will wait until you are ready though I think this will have consequences especially when you oh-so-uptight brother finds out."
"Don't even go there." she fumed "relax we have alot of time." referring to the two remaining years for his degree which would provide the opportunity to take over some of the departments at Kurosaki Clinic while he finishes his Masters and Phd.
He turned to her "Speaking of time, I don't have to take over my shift until 6." He edged closer to her, his lips mere millimeters away as she took in his breath which smell of peppermint tea.
"Ichigo" she said playing coy but was extremely turned on by his kisses that she could not wait to feel them.
He captured her lips in his, she moaned against it, heat emanating from his finger tips as he grazed them lightly on her bare arms. She felt him reach up slipping the tank top straps from her shoulders and focused his kisses on them. He hands probed lower digging in under her top making their way to mounds of her breast. She quivered hoping he didnt feel the erection of her nipple through her bra. But he did, he rubbed circle around them as his mouth came upon hers again. She gripped the hem of his tshirt and pulled it over his head driven by lust,her hand took a mind of its own leading her to unbutton his pants and reach down into it and gently stroke his erected penis. This wasnt the first time they reached so far but this was their cut off point.
"Ichigooo" she sighed as she pulled away removing her hands from his pants and gripped his shoulder.
"Rukia..." he looked at her loving "I dont want to stop" he kissed her again.
"...ichiiii" she screamed in his mouth as he bit her lower lip.
"I want you" his voice filled with ecstasy.
"I...i..." she blushed. She reached up to kiss him again leading him to gently remove her top and pushed her down on the bed. He knelt on the ground to slipped off her shorts and when he got up he pulled off his as well. She stared at his chisled body,at all the lines that make up his muscles, all the scars that made up his past. She looked down at his now full erection protruding through the thin fabric of his boxers. He came over her kissed her forehead "...this is my first time" his eyes looking away from her.
She pulled his face to hers and looked in his eyes "Mines too...so be gentle."
He nodded and commenced his ministrations on her body letting his tongue lick every part of her milky white flesh. When he entered,she straddled his hips with her legs holding him in place as she adjusted and when it became easier they went at it like animals. He sat next to her cleaning her stomach where he came "I really love you Rukia and I will always love you no matter what happens"
A tear rolled down her cheek "I will always love you ichigo.
Rukia was jolted back to reality 3 years later
"Rukia we have to tell your brother" Ichigo injected seriously.
"Yes I guess we do" she replied.
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A/N: Hi Guys. Well I'm here again writing another lame fanfic that I hope you will enjoy. So bleach ended quite a while now and I must say I hated the end. I mean I had no hope that Rukia and Byakuya would end up together but my second choice was Ichigo. I mean come on man, Orihime just doesnt class with Ichigo. I get very aggravated with this pairing as I view Inoue too weak and whiney and I believe Ichigo deserves a strong capable woman beside him. I know some of you disagree but so be it. Everyone is entitled to their opinions so dont kick a hissy fit in the comments section ok. As some people said bleach wasn't a romance anime but hell Tite Kubo made pairings and you Ichihime fans won in the end.I will always have fanfiction to live out my fantasies. And besides I'm warming up to Rukia and Renji. So I was watching over some episodes of bleach in order to write some stuff for this chapter
Orihime:I wish I was the rain that binds together the heavens and earth who in all eternity will never mingle, will I be able to bind two hearts together.
Zangestu in his inner world: Ichigo..I hate the rain. Rain falls in this world too. When your heart is in chaos this sky becomes clouded.When you are sad rain falls so terribly easy. Can you understand the horrible feeling of being pelted by rain when you're all alone in this solitary world?
Ichigo to Rukia: Thank you Rukia I think the rain has stopped.
Well folks I'll just leave that there. Please RR..Thank You.