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Chapter 1: Preparations

"Nii-san, come on hurry up. I can't wait to meet up with our relatives in Tokyo. It's my first time in seeing them. I heard from otou-san that they are quite nice and friendly. You know, you're very lucky nii-san that you got to meet them when you were still so little." Yuzu said near at the entrance of the door in Ichigo's room. After reminding this to her brother, she then quickly went out to give him some time alone to pack some necessary things.

As he was doing this, Ichigo sighed for the umpteenth time. After everything that has happened to him, he was now longing for a nice and normal vacation. It has already been a whole month since the war between Aizen has stopped. Life for the shinigamis as we all know became normal in their own way. Though, this sometimes frustrated the deputy soul reaper. He was looking forward for some peace and quiet nowadays and it was very hard for him to achieve that. Even though the war is finally over, high level hollows keep popping out of nowhere just to attack him and there's a certain blue haired espada that kept on appearing out of nowhere just so he can spar with Ichigo and at the same time, wreak havoc in wherever place that they fight.

In short, his life sulks more than before.

So when he heard about the upcoming trip, he wasted no time to agree and filed his papers to the soul society for a whole month leave. Ichigo could only thank all the gods out there if his wish was granted, even if that wish is just for a month. Fortunately, to Ichigo's great joy, the sou-taicho agreed to it, thinking that it's for the best.

'I can finally go to Tokyo and have some peace and quiet in there. I might see Kagome-chan again. I've kinda miss her somehow and it's also kind of disturbing to hear that she somehow managed to acquire too many sickness in less than a month. Maybe I can go sightseeing to many places and spend some time with her. The best part of this vacation is, there will be no Grimmjow to sta-I mean to follow me.' Ichigo thoughts were disrupted when her sister told him to hurry pack his luggage again because the car will be arriving for another 30 minutes.

Ichigo hurriedly packed his things to his luggage. He was so absorbed with his work that he didn't notice Rukia sneaked behind him. Even though Ichigo was now keen to sensing spirit energy, he still sucks at it when he is either too preoccupied or too spaced out to even notice it.

Rukia, realizing that Ichigo is too preoccupied at the moment, sneaked behind him and whispered 'boo' in his ear. Ichigo suddenly whip his head behind and somehow fell on his butt at the same time. Though how he did that was still a mystery. He was, at the moment, too surprised in Rukia's sneak attack. Rukia laughed at the position Ichigo was and doubled her laughter at the sight of Ichigo's face that became pale. Apparently, Ichigo was still traumatized at the event when his father scared him shitless when he was still 4.

"What the heck. What did you do that for?" Ichigo asked as his face started to come back in his natural color.

"Well you were too preoccupied at the moment to even notice me so I just sneaked up on you." Rukia said wearing an innocent smile that caused Ichigo to become very suspicious and wary at the same time.

"Well then let me rephrase that. What the heck are you doing here anyway? I thought you will be staying with Orihime for a whole month!" Ichigo said very loudly causing Rukia to wince and do her very convincing drama that will work on anyone except for those who knew her already AKA Ichigo.

"Well I only want to deliver some packages for you in case of emergencies," Ichigo fought the urge to roll his eyes and tell her that he can protect himself ,so he only did one thing: kept his mouth shut. "And I also want to say goodbye to you. After all we won't be seeing each other for a whole month."

Ichigo stared at Rukia for a moment and noticed the sad look in her face not to mention her eyes that were full of grief and concern.

Ichigo sighed and put his hand at Rukia's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. "Don't worry; it'll only be for a month. And we all know that time has a habit to fly very fast ne. So don't worry, we will be back here in no time. So what's this package all about then?", Ichigo said trying to change the subject as he also noticed a very big box that is almost as tall as Rukia. 'How did she carry it anyway?' Ichigo mused in his thought.

"Oh that, well Urahara made a new container for Kon since that stuff toy is too much a hassle and may become too suspicious if it will just disappear and reappear at any time. We won't take chances to being discovered because of his recklessness. It was very much of a coincidence that we managed to finish it before you leave the town." Rukia explained making Ichigo raised his eyebrows at the mere mention of "we".

Sensing the questionable stare directed at her, Rukia went on to explained some more. "We made it Ichigo. Uruhara Kisuke had invented the model that will work on anywhere you go even if you are in an another world like Hueco Mundo. It is kinda like the soul pager in Soul Society but more advanced. It can detect any strange reiatsu everywhere for a thousand miles. Cool huh? And, it is also tested so you don't have to worry."

"And what use were you in making this product you were talking about then? " Ichigo asked still not very convinced at the fact that Rukia here had made something useful and at the same time can be considered normal.

Rukia straightened her back as she said, "I designed the gadget!" Her voice was full of pride at the moment.

Ichigo paled slightly. He now has a very sinking feeling as to what had become to his future phone. He still couldn't believe it. "Are you really sure you design it?" Ichigo asked trying to think really hard that it was only just a joke and that Rukia was just pulling a prank on him.

Rukia became very insulted at Ichigo's assumption about her 'creativity', she took the phone in the box and shove it to Ichigo's face so that he can see it very hard.

The look on Ichigo's face became priceless as he took notice of the phone that Rukia had 'gently' shoved on him. He first noticed the color of the phone which was pink. A freaking pink. Of all the color, it has to be pink. The color that he detested so much after he heard the insulting meaning of his name that was called 'strawberry'. Not only that but they very had the decency to attach a freaking strawberry key chain in the phone. It also had a very strange design of a certain rabbit that he no longer had effort to even remember its name, though he very much knew of the person who is obsessive to the thing.

Ichigo took the phone and put it immediately in his pocket so that no one will ever saw it again. He didn't even bother to turn it on as he was very sure that he won't need that for a very long time.

"Uhm…so you design it then huh. Not really much of a surprise that you had those weird looking bunnies in the phone. But then...WHY DO YOU HAVE TO COLOR THE PHONE TO A FREAKING PINK! NOT TO MENTION THE STRAWBERRY KEY CHAIN DANGLING AT THE SAID PHONE!" Ichigo shouted very loudly. Fortunately his family didn't notice the loud noise he had created.

"Jeez calm down Ichigo. Here keep this manual. It will help you with this phone. Kon's pill is already inside the there and will sometimes message or call you since that will be the only way for him to communicate you without raising too much suspicion." Rukia explained to the now very red Ichigo. She couldn't help but snicker silently as Ichigo's face was becoming more of a strawberry.

"But I can't help it really. What were you even thinking when designing that stupid phone?" Ichigo asked. He can't very well hide his curiosity as to what have happened to Rukia's brain when she was thinking of that.

Rukia couldn't help but smirk. She answered the only reason that is sure to aggravate the deputy soul reaper. Of course, she won't be seeing Ichigo for a long time so might as well get a very good impression out of him before he'll leave. "Easy. I just thought of your cute little name."

Well, that really riled Ichigo up. His face was undoubtly becoming more like a strawberry. Ichigo gritted his teeth and tried to convince himself not to strangle Rukia already.

"Besides," Rukia continued, "we really don't want the same thing happen to you again… that was the most unforgettable moment that I will never ever forget." Rukia said while smirking. She really did want to get some unforgettable reactions to Ichigo.

Ichigo shuddered involuntarily at the mere mentioned of the 'incident' that Rukia had mentioned. He couldn't help but remembered the events that had unfortunately befell on him. 'Stupid damn hollows. That was all your entire fault in the beginning.'

*Flashback*

"Ichigo there is a hollow sighted near the park a couple meters away. Come on let's hurry." Rukia said alerting Ichigo for the first two weeks since the town became suspiciously quiet for the shinigamis.

Rukia quickly took her soul candy and was quickly pushed away from her gigai. She then hurriedly ran towards the hollow after ordering her gigai to sit in one of the benches and left Ichigo alone there at the streets.

Ichigo, who was clearly panicking and at the same time not thinking straight, took his soul badge that he hadn't used for so long and used it to shove his soul out from his body. He then, quickly followed Rukia leaving the people there panicking since according to them, the boy just suddenly collapsed.

After a full blown 5 minutes in destroying a hollow, which was surprisingly very easy since all it took them was to cut in half after freezing it. The only reasoned why it took so long for them to defeat it was only because it was very hard for them to find his hiding place since that damn hollow had developed some little brain in hiding his reiatsu for a little time.

Anyway, when the two shinigamis returned to the place where their 'bodies' were left, they were quite surprised when all they saw was Rukia's gigai sitting at the bench alone where Rukia had instructed before she left and never even move anywhere.

What caught their attention more was a gathering of a small crowd at the side of the street with paramedics. Rukia quickly slipped on her gigai form and went closer to inspect what the problem is. Imagined their surprise when they saw Ichigo's body there being covered by a white sheet of cloth. The people around them all had very solemn faces while some were crying very loudly.

It was very obvious to say that the medics had proclaimed that the man they are currently mourning was not breathing at the moment they had arrived and thus concluded that he was obviously dead already.

Ichigo was shocked down to the core. He was so shock that he stood there rooted on the ground not even moving an inch. He heard a snicker besides him and saw Rukia trying her hardest not to laugh at Ichigo's demise but was failing terribly.

Ichigo, not wanting to make more of a fool to himself did the most stupid thing that a shinigami would ever do. He quickly slipped inside his body shocking a lot of people around him. Heck, even bet that Zaraki would not be stupid enough to do that thing. He only did it just because of the panicked state that he was facing now.

Ichigo quickly stood up, ignoring the dumbstruck and awe faces of the crowd and bolt right through the street not stopping whether they had followed him or not. After some quite time he abruptly stopped from running and realized that he was now at the park. He quickly turned around as he heard a snicker behind him. As he turned his head, he saw Rukia Kuchiki standing there while trying her hardest not to laugh. Unfortunately it didn't last long as Rukia started to laugh so hard that she is now clutching her stomach because of the pain.

Ichigo only thought of one thing as he saw Rukia laughing, 'Stupid damn hollows. This is all your entire fault to begin with. At least there weren't any other shinigamis to see that.'

Unfortunately for Ichigo, words can run faster at Sereitei in a speed of light. Almost everyone knew of Ichigo's idiotic act at that day. His friends had started to tease him so much. Thank goodness he didn't get in trouble with that.

*End of Flashback*

Ichigo shuddered for the second time as he recounted his actions that day. Thank goodness Rukia had the decency to replace the memory of the crowd before leaving the scene. Unfortunately, it further complicated the people there but that wasn't their problem anymore.

Ichigo tried to divert Rukia's thoughts as he was already guessing what she was thinking. He quickly returned his attention at the big box beside Rukia.

"So, what's with the big box in there?" Ichigo asked curiously. He eyed the box suspiciously as he sensed a very familiar reiatsu.

Rukia's smirked wider, her eyes full of promise with unending doom for Ichigo. Rukia tap the box twice as Ichigo widened his eyes. Now he recognized that familiar reiatsu but it couldn't be right. She was not supposed to be here right? But then, why is he sensing her reiatsu right now?

"Please, tell me that this is kind of joke right?" Ichigo said hoping that it wasn't real.

Rukia's smirk never left her face. "Oh, But it is not."

Ichigo's face became paler as heard a very familiar voice.

"‼‼‼‼"

Well so much for his normal vacation anyway.

MAJOR EDITING: October 3, 2011

A/N: Well that's that. I hope you like the first chapter of my first story. I edited it because I somehow noticed some errors on this chapter. I still apologized for any wrong grammars and spellings that you may see in here. I know I suck at that but I am trying my hardest to improve. Reviews and criticism are always welcomed. You can even point out some errors so that I may change them in the near future.