Okay so this chapter gets sort of down and depressing. Buuuuuuuuuuuut at the end, it gets more…what are the words….not down and depressing? 8D
Disclaimer: I had a dream; I owned it. But then I woke up and I didn't.
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What am I doing? Why am I even here? After eliminating that hollow, she left me in the park without so much as a backwards glance.
"My, my, Kurosaki Ichigo, how nice to see you so soon. What seems to be the problem? Do you need help with…maybe your hollow detector? I can give you a new, quality one, but it's gonna cost ya!" Urahara smiled, coming out of his store.
"Quality? Hah! That piece of junk you sold me didn't even last a week!" Renji snorted. He turned to Ichigo. "Hiya Ichigo. What're you doing here? I walked Rukia to your place after I found her, coz she looked a little sad or somehthing. Guess I shoulda looked for your fat-ass reiatsu first, huh."
The vein in Ichigo's head almost burst. "Who're you calling fat-assed, you stupid freeloader."
Renji was unmoved. "Stop trying to steal Jinta's insults. Just because you're too imbecilish to make up your own."
"Who's the imbecile? Imbecilish isn't even a word!" Ichigo retorted.
"Shut up, half breed!"
"Yeah? Well watch as this half breed kicks your imbecileish ass!"
"Hah! See Ichigo? It is a word. You just used it just now." Renji smiled.
"Oi! Freeloader-san!" Jinta called. "Go and eat before we change our minds and kick you out."
Ururu straightened up from the bow she had just executed. "Jinta-san! You mustn't be so mean to Abarai-kun. He—"
She was cut short and started wailing helplessly when Jinta almost pulled out her hair and smacked his fist into the top of her head.
Renji pulled Jinta off Ururu and carried them both inside, under his arms. Ururu kept still and quiet, thankful that Renji saved her, while Jinta threw his arms and legs in all possible directions. "Let go of me, you worthless piece of sh—"
"Shut up!" Renji yelled, before disappearing into the store.
Urahara, hiding his face behind his fan, cleared his throat. "Well, shall we go inside for some tea?"
"Nahh, I'm good, Urahara. I need to go and check on, uh, Rukia. Maybe next time" Ichigo smiled
"Yes well, pass our regards to Rukia-chan. Any time you're in the area again, drop by." Urahara called after a retreating Ichigo.
"Okay." Ichigo waved.
"What? Leaving so soon? Probably best anyway." Renji called, standing at the door of the Urahara store holding his bowl in both hands.
"See ya Renji!" Ichigo called over his shoulder.
"yeah." He muttered.
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"Rukia? Rukia!" she was nowhere to be found. He finally gave up and tried searching for her reiatsu (something he should have done in the first place). She was on the roof. He climbed out the widow and up onto the roof. "Oi, Rukia."
"Hmm? Hey Ichigo." She mumbled, looking back out into the black, starry sky.
He sat beside her. "I was at the Urahara Shop just now. Renji said he walked you home." he watched as she smiled.
"Yeah. I was bored, I guess. And he found me." she smiled again, remembering their short time together. Her smile faded when she thought back to when they were just scamps in Rukongai. They had been so close…
"Yeah, the idiot called me a half-breed!" he said shaking his head, annoyed.
"You kind of are…" she trailed off, feeling his intense glare. She knew he was annoyed at her for a lot of reasons, and now, one of them was the fact that she had just taken Renji's side. But he had no right…
"Why were you at the Urahara Store?" she asked, in an attempt to change the subject.
He looked out to the stars. "After you…left me, I walked and walked, finding myself there."
Ahh, another reason he was annoyed with her. She had left him. "That's all you found, huh?" she asked, barely audible.
His head snapped in her direction. "Whats that suppoed to mean?" she said nothing, angering him. "Rukia? What the hell was that supposed to mean? Was I looking for something?"
She heaved a deep sigh. "We both are, Ichigo. We're looking for answers—well I am anyway. Why things are going wrong—"
"Nothing is going wrong Ruki—"
"You're going to sit there and lie to me? you don't think that I saw you before we met up to kill that hollow? You were with her! And you were….doing…with her. How could you?!" the tears streamed down her cheeks, soaking her shirt.
Ichigo stood there shocked. She saw me….
He watched as she turned away from him. "Rukia…" he reached out a hand placing it on her petite shoulder.
She roughly shrugged it off. "I hate you." She muttered and shunpoed away.
Her words pierced his very heart. She had seen him. She was hurt. He was an idiot—no! He was an ass. A complete and utter ass. He sighed, turning to go into the house, knowing she wouldn't be back. Shit.
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Rukia stopped at the park. Her tears had stopped, but her cheeks were still wet. Now she was mad. She remebered their conversation and the look on his face when he found out that she knew.
"Asshole." She muttered. Idiot, Idiot, Idiot, Idiot, Idiot!
Her breaths grew raged and fresh tears washed away the old ones. She let out a scream from within her everything. She had never felt so broken. The cry pireced the silent night and with it a powerful, angry reiatsu was released.
When the scream ended, the reiatsu didn't stop flowing. Just because she had stopped screaming didn't mean she stopped being angry.
Then out of nowhere, a hollow appeared then a few more and then some more. They were attracted to her reiastu.
One that had a serpentine body dove head first for her. She dodged it, landing behind a tree. She popped a modified soul pill into her mouth and drew her Zanpaktou.
A hollow with what looked like twenty legs rammed her into the tree. She groaned ,slicing away half of its legs. It fell off her, while another lunged for her. She began slicing away, getting thrown here and there, but killing a lot of them.
She didn't realise tears were trailing down her cheeks until they clouded her vision, making her falter. She blinked them away before another hollow attacked. She had killed a lot of them by now and only three remained. She jumped zanpaktou first for the smallest one, cutting vigorously. She had not wanted to release Sode no Shirayuki; just wanting to cut them using her strength. A way to channel her anger.
She finished them off quickly, getting her reiatsu under control so as to not attract anymore. She kept her head down, her breath shaky, while she sheathed her zanpaktou. Without warning, she crumpled to the ground, burying her head in her hands.
She was about to start sobbing, when she mentally slapped herself. She was a noble. A member of the Kuchiki clan; one of the four most powerful families in Soul Society. What would her nii-sama think if he saw her now? She got up, brushing away dirt.
"Wow." She heard a familiar voice say.
She didn't need this. Not now. She didn't need to see him. She heard him walk closer. "You okay, Rukia?" his voice saturated with concern.
"Leave me alone, Renji." She meant for it to be harsh, but her voice cracked. What was she saying? She didn't need him there, she wanted him there
"Mmm, sorry, no." he said. She looked at him (actually glared, but who's asking?). Like her, he wasn't in his gigai. "What was with that reiatsu just now?" he asked. She didn't answer. "Okay, fine don't answer. Just glare at me. Whatever it is I'm sure Ichigo can help—"
"Don't…" she whispered, surprising Renji. He had expected her to yell at him with the looks she was giving him. "Don't…say….his name." he raised an eyebrow.
Not quite getting it: "Who, Ichi—"
For the second time that day, Renji was cut off when Rukia's foot connected to his face. She—once again—landed on her feet, and he—once again—landed flat on his back. "Damnit Rukia, every single time!"
"What are you, lazy and deaf? I told you not to say his name!" she shakes her head at him.
"I was just trying to make sure." He mumbled, holding his nose. But then he stopped, looked up at her and spoke calmly, through gritted teeth. "What did he do to you?"
"Nothing."
"Tell me."
"No."
"Tell."
"No!"
"Now!"
"Renji!"
"Rukia!"
"Leave it Renji!"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"I'll just go and ask him myself." He muttered, getting up. He turned on his heel and began walking.
"Don't…" she whispered for the second time that night.
This stopped him dead in his tracks. She turned and shumpoed in the opposite direction, secretly hoping he would follow. A few seconds later, Renji was shunpoing right beside her with an annoyed look on his face. They stopped on a hill overlooking the city. "Rukia, tell me what he did to you. I'm gonna kick his ass either way."
She looked at him through sad eyes. Then sighed, defeated. "Before the hollow in the park, he…was….with…someone else."
His eyes widened. Why the hell would that half-breed, want to cheat on Rukia? What could posses him to do that? Asshole!
"I don't know what to do Renji. I feel so….broken." she hugged herself.
"I'm gonna kill him. Then, I'll hunt him down in Soul Society and kill him again! That bastard! How the hell could he do this to you?!" he raged on and on, while Rukia hugged herself.
"Renji?" He stopped, turning to her. "Can you stay with me? I'm not going back to….his house."
Renji nodded, holding his hand out to her.
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Renji stalked into the Urahara Store, tired. He was about to crash when he heard Urahara's voice. "Ahh, Abarai-kun."
"Where were you, Freeloader-san? You left after feeling Kuchiki's reiastu and never returned." Jinta called.
"She was…..upset." he said, a little drowsy.
"Well, I think we ascertained that when we all felt her reiatsu." Urahara said, strangly cheerful as usual.
"Duh, idiot!" Jinta scoffed.
Renji's head pulsed; he was tired and had no time for an argument. "Say that again! Say it right to my face, you microscopic brat!"
"Uh-huh, you heard me. I said you an idio—what did you call me?!"
"What, your microscopic ears didn't hear me?" Renji grinned.
Jinta was about to hurl an insult at Renji when Urahara intervened. "I trust Kuchiki is alright now?"
Renji grunted. "Yeah, went to the park and swung on the swings in silence, all night. She's spending the day in Seireitei today; she'll be back later."
He jumped onto his futon and shut his eyes. "I assume you will be sleeping all day?" Urahara asked from behind his fan.
Renji grunted. "Sleep." Sleep now, kill Ichigo later.
Oooooookay, so there it is. The second chapter. Hmmm, I wonder who Ichigo's mystery lady is. I think I know…hehehehe
Ooookay, so this chapter is definitely longer than the last one and I think I need to put more humour in. Anyways, I'll fix that in the next one. (Next one?) Please, pleeeease review?! How do I end this story?
I'm sorry I can't think by myself. My brain is occupied on my five tests in a row tomorrow. Ahhh, the pressures of high school. PLEASE REVIEW?!!!!!
Thanks!! 8D
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