FLOWERES OF THE FUTURE

Bleach Fan Fiction

Setting: …somewhere in the near future, when Ichigo had already gained his powers back!

Plot: Rukia is back, and staying at Orihime's for a while. Just what are Ichigo's exact feelings for these two girls? Maybe we'll find out as some unexpected events disturb the peace of Karakura town and of our heroes again...

Note: English is not my native! I tried my best…

Disclaimer: The amazing characters and the world of Bleach belong to Kubo Tite! I do not own Bleach. Bleach owns me…

Chapter 1

BUNNEIS BACK

Ichigo pushed the bell with his elbow, because both his hands were full. One contained an extra large pizza box, the other a bottle of coke. Orihime answered the door.

'Oh… Hi, Kurosaki-kun! You're here already…?

She seamed anxious for some reason, and kept looking back over her back. Ichigo put the pizza and coke down on her table.

'What's the matter?' he asked.

'Oh… it's nothing, really… ' But at that moment Ichigo saw Rukia sitting on the sofa, her right arm surrounded by the yellow light of Orihime's healing shield. His expression suddenly changed to outraged.

'Nothing..?' His hand twitched automatically in the direction of his jeans' back pocket, where he kept his substitute soul reaper badge.

'You can calm down already!' Rukia snapped. 'Like Orihime told you. It really is nothing… Just a stupid accident!'

'You see, Kurosaki-kun, we were making cookies together, and Rukia even had this amazing idea to cut them into the shape of cute bunnies, but I guess I just forgot that she never really used an oven before… so she burned her hand… and I'm so sorry! It's my fault!'

'It is not your fault, Orihime! How could it be? sighed Rukia.

Ichigo's exression relaxed somewhat. 'I guess that explains the burned smell…'

'Burned smell…?' Orihime still looked nonplussed.

Ichigo just promptly turned his back on her, and rushed to the oven, picking up a kitchen towel on the way. He took the dish out and examined what's left inside.

'Hm… Roast rabbit… well done…' The corners of his mouth were now twitching. ' Well you two really are a hopeless case, you know…'

It's been a whole week now, since Rukia suddenly turned up at Orihime's insisting she needed a place to stay in the World of the Living for a short time. Of course Orihime was happy to be a service to her friend, but was surprised by the awkward way she explained the cause of her visit. She didn't give any details on what brought her here, or indeed if she had any business here at all. But it was evident, that she was unhappy for some reason. Orihme tried her best to cheer her up.

Of course, Ichigo came over almost every day... They were separated after all for 17 long month during the loss of his powers. Orihime supposed she would now find out more about the strange "chemistry" they had, even if she didn't like what she saw, but she was wrong. It puzzled her that there relationship just went back to the same pattern as always: with a lot of shouting, taunting of each other, and from her part, head-hitting. Orihime was not exactly an expert on boy and girl relationships, but all this was really alien to her. And the fact that she didn't understand was weighting heavily on her heart.

She even asked Rukia one time why she didn't stay at his house, after all she knew Dr Kurosaki treated her like a third daughter. Her reply was confusing enough in itself, let alone what came next:

'Well he's not fifteen any more, you know!' she had said coolly. 'And now I know enough of the rules of the World of the Living to know that, it's not very appropriate for a girl to sneak in through boy's window, and sleep in there closet!'

'…?... Closet?'

'Ah, that's right! We never told you...'

'Kurosaki-kun was letting you sleep in his... closet?'

Rukia had laughed hard.

'No! Of course not! Boy, he was shocked when he found me!' she had said with a content kind of grin. 'You see back then I didn't have a choice. He was reluctant to perform soul reaper duty for me at first, so I had to be close to beat it out of him!' A dreamy expression had appeared on her face at these sweet memories...

When Rukia's arm was fully healed, they finally sat down to table, eating the pizza and speaking of there plans for the evening.

'Mizurito got the tickets of course… Chad will come… maybe Ishida.' said Ichigo between two swallows.

'And I called Tatsuki' added Orihime.

'So.. that's everyone. I just hope the movie is a good one! Or I'm likely to fall asleep in the middle of it! Damn! Two hollow attacks again this night! That makes it 8 in 3 day's… Oh yeah… and I haven't counted the 3 Ishida took care of… ' his eyes narrowed. It was always a contest between them, and even though he was glad not to do all the work alone, the Quicy's success always pissed him off.

'Isn't that a little odd? So many hollows appearing so frequently?' asked Orihime.

'I admit, it's a little strange… even for Karakura town.' said Rukia. 'Still… the level of these hollows is quite original. Ichigo and Ishida could defeat one even with their eyes closed… Nothing to worry about.'

'Couldn't you ask Soul Society whether anything's going on? You could call Abarai-kun…'

'NO!...I mean there really is no need for that…'

'Oh…Ok.'

That's the end of chapter one. I will upload chapter two very soon, as it is almost finished. If you liked this, then PLEASE read my earlier story "Shadows of the past" of which I kind of think as a prequel to this. And PLEASE review!