Sorry I took forever to post Ch.2 My dog knocked over my laptop and destroyed the screen. D:
But it's all better now. I have Ch 3 almost done and I'll post it after at least 10 more Reviews. Disclaimer, I own nothing, Tite Kubo owns all of Bleach. Ichi/Ruki/Hichi pairing(s).
Ichigo walked through the shop door with everyone. As Jinta and Ururu unloaded some boxes and fought with one another, the group walked in and surprised them both. The children jumped.
"Whadda you want?" Jinta yelled.
"Mr. Kisuke isn't here" Ururu said in a timid voice. "Would you like to wait for him?"
"Damn… No, please just tell him I stopped by and it's important." Ichigo said in a disappointed voice.
"Ok… Um, Ichigo?"
"Yes Ururu?"
"Maybe it's none of my business but…"
Jinta blurted it out, "Are you wearing lipgloss? Like a GIRL? "
Ichigo could only glare, "You're right, it isn't your business."
Jinta began picking on the poor girl again as the group walked away.
"Well that was helpful" Rukia commented.
"What are you going to do Ichigo?" Orihime asked, obviously worried.
"It seems he'll have to simply ride it out until Urahara comes back" Uryu said, "Do you think you'll be ok Ichigo?"
That bitch. She tricked me.
'Shut up, you're just mad because you got outsmarted by her. With a KISS no less. How's that feel?'
It was your body that did it, King.
'Shut up'
I warned ya already, enjoy that throne while ya can.
"I said SHUT UP!"
Everyone looked at Ichigo with wide eyes. Ichigo's face turned red, accompanied by an apologetic look. Chad shrugged and walked off with Uuryu, and after hugging Ichigo, Orihime soon followed. It was only him and Rukia now, walking home. Awkward silence ensued for ten minutes or so until Ichigo finally spoke.
"Rukia," She looked up in response as they walked, "Can I say something?"
"If you're only going to tease me again, I swear I'll kick the crap out of you, I'm not kidding!"
He studied her for a second; even angry as she was he saw the blueness of her eyes, the intensity of emotion in them, like blue fire. A lock of her hair had fallen from behind her ear and for a moment he wished he had the courage to brush it back with his hand. Her skirt was ruffled and exposed an inch more leg than it normally would. For a moment he wondered if she knew how naturally beautiful she really looked, just standing there, and he wondered if he should tell her.
So the King Does need a Queen to function?
"Who made Rukia Queen?!"
"What am I Queen of exactly?"
'Damn hollow'
"Oh! Uh, I mean- it's nothing, lets just get home."
Rukia wondered more than ever what went on in his head. Though still embarrassed about earlier, she was more occupied with worry now. 'How will Ichigo overcome this?' She thought inwardly. 'And what if the Hollow does take his body for good? Will I be able to really hurt Ichigo to stop him? If I can stop him at all?'
They were both deep in thought when they realized they were home. Ichigo walked in like normal as to avoid spectacle as Rukia sneakily climbed up to his room. He had made it in time for early dinner. Just in time for Isshin's relentless attack, Karin and Yuzu sat eating as if nothing was wrong.. Ichigo brought two plates up to his room, Isshin assumed he was just a growing boy, therefore just extra hungry.
After setting the plates down, Ichigo shut and locked the door behind him. He quietly opened the closet door to reveal a sleeping Rukia. It wasn't until he saw how peaceful she looked sleeping that he realized how tired he actually was. He went to his bed and fell asleep almost instantly.
Rukia awoke to her soul pager beeping. After the second beep she was awake frantically kicking open the closet door to see Ichigo was not in his bed, and the window was wide open. Still in her pajamas, she grabbed one of Ichigo's larger jackets and her shoes and went out the window.
It was cold and the chill thrilled him. "I can do whatever I wanna now! Hear that King? Oh Wait.. YA CAN'T!" He laughed as he ran. A slender leg poked out from around a corner but before he could stop he tumbled 10 feet until he halted to a stop. He looked up to see the culprit had run in front of him. He glared and then went wide eyed to see it was Rukia.
"You." He snarled, You're not Queen anymore, now that that idiot is where I was. He's just in a dumb horse's place now! " He smiled wide at the thought.
Rukia didn't get the Kingly references, but she held her ground, not allowing any sort of weakness or confusion to show.
"Hollow!" she shouted , ready to use her kido. "I won't do anything as simple as before, be ready to fight back."
"Stupid girl." He laughed.
Before she knew it, he was right next to her, smiling as if it were a game. She moved to the side to defend her self, but it was too late, he held her by her shoulders, and slammed her against the wall. Laughing at her surprised expression, he for a second became serious.
"Ya think ya can tell ME what to do huh? Even after tricking me like that!" Rukia's eyes grew wide, thinking this was the last thing she'd see were those eyes, black as obsidian with a golden center, looking into them she saw her reflection and the look of fear she had on her face. She closed her eyes and tried to remember kido or something that could help her now.
"Before I get rid of ya, this is payback" He held the back of her hair and tugged her upward towards him. Her eyes grew wide as he kissed her roughly. She was shocked but she sunk into it, it was a roughness that showed his yearning; a roughness she could get used to. She closed her eyes and loosened her grip, melting into him. The kiss got more heated and she finally had to pull away for air, she dizzily looked at him after gasping; the kiss made her feel drunk and as if to answer it, he pulled her back to him for a chaser, this kiss was much softer and more tentative. She felt lightheaded as he ran his hands down her back and back up her frame. He finally let her go when they both needed to breath.
Both of them had a dazed expression before he realized what was going on before that. He looked at her expression and grabbed her wrist tightly, making her snap back to attention.
"Ya know, maybe a King does need a Queen." He smiled slyly and let out a chuckle. "Maybe you're worth keeping around after all."
Rukia was speechless. How had she gotten into kissing him again? And what was this making her feel? Hollows were vile and terrible creatures, and this wasn't Ok just because he looked like Ichigo.
Ichigo.
How could she have gotten sidetracked, even for a second. She cupped his face and whispered in his ear,
"Ichigo, come back if you can hear me."
His eyes grew wide, "You can't keep me away for much longer" She saw the panic in his eyes and they rolled back into his head, quickly returning to their normal color.
"Ichigo!"
"Damn you!" the Hollow yelled.
Ichigo looked at her wide eyed as the Hollow before him when he realized how close he was to Rukia. He pulled himself away.
"Ichigo?"
"Rukia… What-"
"I'll explain when we get home, lets just go." She said, quite exhausted.
He looked at her, intent on finding out what happened. All he remembered was he had a strange dream and out of nowhere, hearing Rukia call his name. He followed her voice and regained consciousness to find them in their current predicament. He pieced a little of it together on his own before she could say anything.
"It was him using my body, wasn't it?"
She nodded.
"How did I come to again?" he asked, looking down.
"I just, called your name." She replied with concern.
"Do you think that will always work?" he had a hopeful tone in his voice.
"Probably not, if anything I just got lucky."
"Should we check back with Hat n Cloggs tomorrow?"
"Definitely. Well, I'm going to get sleep Ichigo. Goodnight."
"Hold on Rukia, I need to know something."
"Hm?"
"Did you two, kiss, again?" He had the most serious look on his face she'd ever seen.
Rukia became awake all of a sudden, "Uh, why? It wasn't anything just a peck on the lips and either way he came onto me and you came to so it's all perfectly well! Goodnight Ichigo!" She slammed the closet door quickly behind her.
Ichigo crawled into bed, but no where near able to sleep. He was afraid to sleep; he didn't feel confident that if he didn't stay up, the Hollow could take over him again. He could do something to Rukia, and Ichigo couldn't stop him. That thought angered Ichigo to his very core. He sat on his bed, with his fists clenched, desperate for an answer.
Rukia sat in silence, unable to sleep but also afraid to face Ichigo, at least for tonight. The Hollow had made her confused but also ignited a fire within her Ichigo had never tried to. She didn't know how to take in any of it, it made her head spin. What to do about Ichigo or the Hollow or how she herself could help at all. Or that kiss. She closed her eyes, wishing she'd magically dream the answer.
The Hollow sat in the inner world, thinking about the experience he'd just had; he was confused, and this made his plans more complicated than before. He thought aloud to himself, making sure for once that Ichigo didn't hear, "Maybe It's not just the castle I have ta conquer, maybe it's the Queen too. I think I have my answer."
It's a bit shorter. Please rate and tell me what you think. Will post Ch.3 as soon as I get 10 reviews on this Chapter.
Thanks for the nice reviews on the last Chapter! Makes me feel special. Constructive criticism is welcome, comments are appreciated. It is also 5am right now, so if there are any typos I missed please feel free to point them out. Thanks. 3