Here is the "Now" chapter of Missing You Now and Then. Enjoy!

Kisuke Urahara sat outside on the porch behind his shop. It was late, but he always enjoyed being out here at night. It was calming to be alone with the stars and the moon. However, it didn't seem like he would be alone tonight. He looked over in the direction of the door and saw a small, black cat walking towards it. In a flash, the cat changed into a slender, dark-skinned woman. "Hello, Kisuke." She greeted as she leaned against the door frame.

"Could you please put some clothes on, Yoruichi?" He requested as he opened his fan in front of his face. Yoruichi never really liked wearing much clothing. When she was a cat, she didn't need any clothes, so she didn't like wearing clothes as a woman either. On this clear, warm night, it seemed like a perfect opportunity not to.

She just laughed. "Lighten up. Besides, don't you like what you see?" She jokingly asked.

He didn't say anything because he knew that any answer he gave would end with his skull getting split open. He heard the faint sound of her footsteps hitting the floor as she moved closer to him, and her fingers dug into his shoulders like claws.

"What are you doing?" He asked, somewhat leery of the answer. However, she didn't answer. Instead, she just tightened her grip and pulled on his haori. He knew that she would just tear it off if she wanted, so he slipped it off and let it fall into her hands. She then appeared in front of him, allowing him a full view of her body. After all these years, he had given up looking away. He didn't want it to be too obvious, though, so he looked at her from the corner of his eye.

She slid her arms slowly into the sleeves of the haori, and Kisuke turned red as he watched the mid-weight fabric caress her flawless skin. It was a good thing that the fan was covering his cheeks.

She grinned at him as she wrapped it tight around her and then sat down across from him on the porch. Even with the haori on, he could still see the outline of her curves. She slowly stretched, and he couldn't take his eyes off her. Yoruichi always had a gracefulness to her movements that captivated him.

"Stop staring, pervert." She ordered as she glared at him.

"I wasn't." He mumbled, not really surprised that he had been caught. Yoruichi could always tell when he was looking at her.

Yoruichi rolled her eyes, easily seeing through Kisuke's lie. Silence soon feel over them. The moon was full and bright tonight, and the sky was like a shadow covering the world. It all brought Kisuke back to a night long ago. It was shortly after he became Captain of the 12th division. He had met Yoruichi one night at their secret training spot under Sōkyoku Hill. As the memories flooded back, he could see Yoruichi from their time in the Soul Society, and he couldn't wrap his head around the fact that she had given up what she had in the Soul Society to save him.

"Why did you do this?" He finally asked. "You knew how it would end if you helped me." They had said before that they wouldn't talk about it. She had made her decision, and that was that. However, something about this night kept bringing him back to the past.

"There was nothing left there for me." She replied somewhat bored.

He laughed at the statement. "You had everything there. Family, nobility, revered positions, and whatever you could ask for." He said.

"You wouldn't be there." She stated in a tone implying that he was stupid for not figuring it out. "I left because you're my best friend, and you needed me. It wouldn't be the same without you, Kisuke."

"I know but-" He began. Yoruichi quickly appeared in front of him and put a finger over his mouth to shut him up.

"Don't argue, okay?" She said as she smiled at him. "Just be happy that I'm here."

He smiled back at her. She was bathed in the soft glow of the moon. It twinkled off her long purple hair, and it illuminated the golden shine in her eyes. His haori was beginning to hang loose on her thin frame, and the rest of the world seemed to blur away as she got closer.

If she had stayed in the Soul Society, they wouldn't be here together. If she had stayed in the Soul Society, he would have never had this perfect moment. Actually, he wouldn't have had a lot of perfect moments because every moment with her was perfect.

"I'm glad that you're here, Yoruichi." He said as he took her hand in his. "It wouldn't be the same without you either."

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