A/N: Thanks to all who give CONSTRUCTIVE critisism. If you are a flamer... well, then, I don't care.

Anyway, I've been sort of out of ideas for some more chapters, so please make some suggestions! PLEASE!

Also, there was a bomb threat at my school (long story, nobody got hurt, except people's butts from sitting on metal stands for about an hour and a half), so I'm going to be in "what-the-flip-just-happened" mode for a while. Don't hurt me, please!

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Chapter Two: Lurking

Ichigo woke up feeling droggy and dazed. She rubbed the exhaustion from her eyes, and for the first time noticed someone hovering over her.

"Who are you-" she attempted to shout, before the figure cupped their hand over her mouth. "It's me, Kishu. You don't have to yell."

"Oh... right," she murmured, as the happenings of the day before rushed over her. "How'd you get in here without my parents noticing?"

"You know, there's this nifty little thing called teleporting," he stated sarcasitcally as he sat gently at the edge of the bed.

She glared at him for a moment, but couldn't manage to stay annoyed for long. She sat up, stretching out her arms to their full length.

"Well, I've got to get ready for school," she said with a sigh. She would rather not have to see Masaya ever again in her life, but obviously that was not going to go her way.

"What's wrong?" he asked in a hearbeat. What was it with him and knowing people's moods? "What are you, a mind reader?" she asked with a laugh - even if there as a possibility that hecould read minds.

"Yeah like I'd really tell you," he teased. "Well, anyway, you've got to get ready for school now," he said with a disappointed tone. "Think you can survive that long without me?"

"Well, I survived my whole life, haven't I?" It was more of a statement than a question, and noticing the time on her alarm clock, Ichigo jumped up off the bed and rushed to get dressed in her uniform. After being completely prepared, she waved goodbye and started to bolt out of the room, until Kishu caught her around the waist. "A wave won't do for me," he said wickedly. He began to kiss her up the neck, and she didn't object - until she noticed the obscene amount of time that had passed.

"I really have to go now," she said, still dazed from the feeling of his lips. "I'll be back in a few hours. Bye." She rushed out the door, and bolted to the school in just enough time to be on time.

As soon as she arrived, she regretted coming at all. Masaya was next to her in an insant, an apologetic expression on his face. "Ichigo, I'm so sorry," he said guiltily. "She took advantage of me, I couldn't-"

She cut him off in mid-sentence. "Please," she began bitterly. "Save it. It was pretty obvious you weren't trying to get away at all. Besides, I've... found someone else." She glared at him in disgust. At least she had waited for them to break up before finding another.

He began to retort, but she simply turned on her heel and stomped off to homeroom, leaving him standing in the middle of the hallway in disbelief.

The rest of the day passed by in a haze. Aoyama made pathetic attempts at apologizes, but she simply stomped off to her next class before he had a chance to get any words out. Other than that, she barely even knew where she was or what was going on around her. She spent most of the time daydreaming of being with Kishu. Their relationship had started so quickly, it seemed it hadn't happened at all. She even had a hard time remembering exactly how it happened, even if it had occured just the other day. Still daydreaming and staring into space, she jumped slightly when the final bell rang - was it already time to go?

As she watched everyone rise and squeeze out of the room, she knew it had to be. She picked up her books and left as soon as possible, avoiding the lowly scum that was her ex-boyfriend while she slid out of the school.

Ichigo walked sluggishly down the sidewalk. It was raining like yesterday, only now it was completely dumping rain. 'I wish I had an umbrella,' she thought. She attempted to walk under as many sheltered stores as possible, before she noticed something strange in one of the alleys. She scanned around inside for a moment, shrugged, and continued walking home.

Before she had known what happened, someone had snatched her and drug her into the same alley. "What until Kish finds out what happened to his 'little kitten'..." one of the figures muttered in a dark tone. The other figure laughed humourlessly. "Oh, we'll certainly have some fun with this one," he replied in a whisper. Even with her ability to see in the dark, she couldn't make out who these two men were. They seemed too familiar, but she couldn't quite grasp who it was. Suddenly, before she got a chance to react, her body was lying on the ground of the dark alley, knocked out.

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A/N: Oooh, suspense-y. Who are these two men? How did they make her pass out? Will she live? Will Kish find her? Dundundun, you'll have to keep reading to find out.

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