Hey guys, sorry for the long wait, but I had the biggest fucking case of writers block

EVER! An update though. I still don't own Bleach.

P.s. this is basically part two of the prologue.

P.p.s when you see a line, it means that the P.O.V has changed. I will alternate between Rukia and Ichigo, plus Byakuya at the end.

Prologue Part 2

In the Meantime

Rukia never did like taking walks with Byakuya. Every night after Hisana died, Byakuya insisted on taking hour long walks in the dead of night. She didn't know, nor did she care, why Byakuya took her on these walks.

This particular night they were walking along a shop ridden street, with alleys imbetween. She practically jumped when she heard sirens in the distance.

"Rukia, stay here, I'll find out what is going on," Byakuya said impassively. Rukia sighed, and decided that she was going to follow him anyway. She trailed him at a distance, because she knew he would flip out if he knew what she was doing.

When they reached the scene, she gasped at the sight she saw.

A boy with ridiculously orange hair was on a stretcher and a slash mark on his chest. Blood was oozing out of the cut, but she wasn't paying much attention to that. Before she even noticed his hair, she had almost instantly thought he was cute. All of a sudden, the "I'll-fuck-you-up-if-you-touch-me" Rukia had fallen in love.

She was snapped out of her daze when she noticed that Byakuya could easily see her if she stayed out in the open. She darted next to the ambulance just as the boy was being loaded into the ambulance. She suddenly had an idea.

Right before the door closed, she slipped in and hid under the stretcher. The doors closed and she lurched as the vehicle started racing to the local clinic. Surprisingly, no nurses or paramedics were in the back of the vehicle, so Rukia got up and sat on the stretcher with the boy…

Ichigo's eyes fluttered open hazily as he woke up. He raised a hand to his forehead, as if to try to clear his vision. He faintly heard a gasp from his side.

He tried to turn his head, but found that it hurt immensely when he did. Then he felt another person slip a small hand into his own.

This puzzled him. He knew that he was in an ambulance, it had become obvious since he remembered what had happened in the alley. But he still didn't understand why the hand that now grasped his was so small. All the adults he knew had enormous hands. He again tried to turn his head, and let out a groan of pain as the same ache came over him.

"Don't move, you'll only hurt yourself," he heard a worried female voice say. His vision had cleared slightly, so he looked over at the figure holding his hand only with his eyes.

What he saw left him dumbstruck. He saw a small girl around his age with the most amazing violet eyes he had ever seen. Her dark hair fell unrestrained down her neck in a semi-long trail. He thought he was killed and sent an angel.

"Who are you," Ichigo questioned slowly. He didn't want to talk to quickly considering he might sound overexcited.

"Rukia Kuchiki, nice to meet you…," She paused, as if willing him to say his own name.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, nice to meet you too," Ichigo said, trying hard to hide the mixed emotions in his voice.

"I think I'm in love with you," Rukia stated, leaving Ichigo amazed at her direct attitude. He stayed silent for a minute, leaving only the sirens blaring in the background.

"That's funny. I think you're the prettiest girl I've ever met." Ichigo said, deciding that if she was so forward, why shouldn't he?...

Rukia's heart nearly jumped out of her chest as she heard what the boy, no, Ichigo, had said. There was a moment of silence, and then Ichigo suddenly jerked up, unaware that his chest immediately started bleeding when he did.

"Oh no, Mom," Ichigo suddenly said with a worried expression on his face. The memories of what happened to his mom suddenly came rushing back to him. The horrible smile on that freak's face whose name eluded him, the knife in his mother's heart. He didn't even feel it when Rukia gently pushed him back down on the stretcher.

"You idiot! You could kill yourself if you do that," Rukia said with a hint of annoyance. She really didn't want Ichigo to die, because she looked forward to continuing their talk.

"I apologize, it's just that I don't know where my mom is. Did you see her," Ichigo asked.

"No, I only saw you. I'm sure that if your mother is alive, she will be right behind us in another ambulance.

Ichigo felt relief as he realized his mother might be okay. He didn't know what he would do if she was dead, heck, he might go into an eternal depression. (foresight O.o) He quickly decided that it was best not to think about his mother, and quickly thought about what she had said before.

"So you think you love me," Ichigo pressed, "Why?"

"I don't know. The feeling just sort of came over me," Rukia hastily tried to explain.

"Come here, I want to see something," Ichigo said while beckoning Rukia closer.

She obliged, bringing her face closer to Ichigo, wondering what he wanted to do. She was surprised when he put his arms around her neck and quickly kissed her…

(I decided it was too much of a hassle to switch between two characters in the same setting, so screw it, this is now third person omniscient)

A million thoughts ran through her head as the handsome boy kissed her. She didn't want him to stop, but unfortunately for her, he released her and leaned back down into a comfortable position.

"I think I'm in love with you too," Ichigo said with a slow voice. She was dumbstruck about what to say, but fortunately Ichigo had the right idea.

"Lets trade phone numbers so we can talk after I heal. For some reason, I really want to sleep right now," Ichigo said. Rukia nodded, and pulled a Chappy the Bunny ( © ® and all that jazz) notebook out of her pocket. It had a normal yellow pencil attached to the spiral loop, and she quickly jotted down her number. She ripped out the page and placed it in Ichigo's hand, after which handing him the notebook. He wrote his number and handed the notebook back.

"You know, you never did tell me why you are in this ambulance," Ichigo said with a slight sign of curiosity in his voice. He was glad Rukia was able to distract him from his mother, even if just for the moment.

"I decide that I wanted to come after ni-sama bored me to death with his stupid walks," Rukia replied.

"Won't he be wondering where you are," Ichigo said with a touch of worry in his voice.

"I don't think he will be too concerned," Rukia said with a carefree tone.

Byakuya was practically ripping his hair out in rage. He told Rukia to stay put in one place for a couple of lousy minutes, and she had already run off. He had promised Hisana on her death bed that he would watch over Rukia until his own death. Now he had lost her because of his curiosity. He quickly called the police and told them to meet him at his mansion to engage a search party…

Another thing, when you see the double line, the chapter is over. I kind of like this part, even if it was uneventful. One more part of the prologue and then there will be a 7 year time warp (o.O back to the future-esk). I would also like to point out that I strongly dislike Byakuya, and I don't know why. So he will probably die before this is over. It will take many, many reviews for me to change my mind *grins evilly* so review please!