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Hello my friends! I'm here again with my 3rd chapter which I hope you like. But before you cut to the chase, I would like to explain something that many of you logically have already noticed. And that's its title. I know that I had previewed something different first in my previous chapter, but wanting to go with the flow of the story I understood that the title didn't match, so I changed it to something more fitting. There's also the thing with the water,but I will give you more details down since I don't want to waste your time up here... So, have a good reading and enjoy!
[Sunday morning. Outside Ichigo's room.]
*Tok* Tok*
''Onii-chan…! Onii-chan…! It's morning. Wake up!'' Yuzu said casually to Ichigo, standing behind his door.
[Inside his room.]
''Mmhhmm…''' Ichigo moaned displeased, waking up by his sister's voice and starting to move his eyelids.
[Outside again.]
''ONIII-CHAN! ARE YOU HEARING ME?'' Yuzu shouted to make sure to wake him up.
[And again inside.]
''I heard you the first time Yuzu. It's alright. I will get up.'' Ichigo replied to her in a sleepy tone.
''Ah! Ok! I will go down then to prepare breakfast. Try to not be too late, Onii-chan.'' Yuzu's voice was heard behind the door.
''Fine, fine. I won't.'' Ichigo replied, placing his right hand on his face to protect it from the morning light.
''Great!'' Yuzu replied satisfied and after this, a number of footsteps that belonged to her started being heard from outside , meaning that she was leaving.
As for Ichigo, he sat up and started scrubbing his eyes with his right hand to clear his vision from eye gums.
''Shit! My head hurts.'' He complained, removing his hand of his face and revealing two large and dark eye bags under his eyes. ''Rukia really overdid it last night… I think I should ask for vacations…'' Ichigo murmured to himself and brought to his mind last night's events when he went on his daily Hollow-patrol with Rukia.
[Night. In the sky over Karakura Town.]
''Any signals now?'' Ichigo asked Rukia while running through the night-sky beside her.
''Nope! Nothing.'' Rukia answered him, looking at her Hollow-detector.
''That's weird. These last months we were barely able to track any Hollows in town. Not that I'm complaining, but we didn't have something like this even when Aizen was gathering his army.'' Ichigo commented in a puzzled tone.
''True! But we can't stay dull because things are like this. A Hollow might appear any moment now and it will be troublesome to not find it in time and let it kill some random citizen. You know. Like yesterday when one of them tried to kill that girl.'' Rukia pointed.
''I see. I can't disagree on that.'' Ichigo replied casually.
''Oh! Yeah! With all the work I forgot to ask. What happened with that girl in the end?'' Rukia asked, turning her face to him curiously.
''Her…? Well a lot happened and she end up living with us now. '' Ichigo answered her. ''Haa… My dad seriously likes to play the good guy in front of young girls.'' He added, looking a little troubled.
*Hhhrrssstt*
Hearing that, Rukia pulled a fictional hand brake and stopped in her tracks, goggling comically from surprise.
''Hm?! Is there something wrong Rukia?'' Ichigo asked her, noticing that she stopped by turning his face back to her.
''Minute…'' Rukia said, raising her left palm in front of her in a way that it was implying that she wanted him to stop talking momently. ''Ichigo… Did you just say that she is living with you and your family or my ears are playing pranks on me?''
''No. You heard well. She is really leaving with us.'' Ichigo answered her bluntly.
''But… But how?!'' Rukia asked extremely puzzled. ''I mean, you tested the limits of my patient until I convince you to take her in for just a night and now she is living with you? That's even weirder than the fact that Hollows don't appear. Seriously, what happened?''
''It's a long story and honestly I'm not in the mood to tell it to you Rukia. Today was a very exhausting day and I just want to finish our patrol and go home to sleep. Nothing more.''
''Sorry to disappoint you, but you can't light up a fire and leave it like this. Don't forget that yesterday we agreed that you will tell me everything tonight.''
''Well yeah… But…''
''No buts! You are telling me and no more excuses.'' By saying that, Rukia automatically pulled out of her pocket her cellphone. ''Unless you need a little professional help to make up your mind… If you understand what I mean.'' She continued smirking evilly.
''Fiiine.'' Ichigo replied narrowing his eyelids annoyed of the fact that his best friend is such a cheap blackmailer. ''I will tell you, so put that thing in his place.''
''Glad you understand.'' Rukia said smiling satisfied when she heard his reply and put her phone back, inside her pocket. ''I'm a genius.'' She started thinking while was in the middle of it. ''Unfortunately, I don't really have Yoruichi-san's phone number, but thank God, Ichigo doesn't know about it. I 'm pretty lucky to think this trick yesterday.''
[Yesterday night. The time when Rukia was threatening Ichigo that she is calling Yoruichi. At Soul Society's Fourth Division's barracks.]
Hanataro was doing some paper work, when suddenly his cellphone rung, interrupting him.
''Hm?'' I'm wondering who is at a time like this.'' He murmured to himself and took his phone to check the name of the one who was calling him. ''Rukia-san?!'' He wondered puzzled when he saw her name on the phone's screen. ''Why did she call me now? Did something happen to her? Better answer it to learn.'' He continued murmuring and pushed the Open button.
''Oh! Hello Yoruichi-s…'' Rukia's voice was heard from the other side of the line, but was cut immediately and the call ended as unexpectedly as it started.
''Eh?!'' Hanataro wondered with a lot of fictional question marks floating around his head.
[Present. 10 minutes later.]
Without having another choice and not knowing of his friend's devious trick, Ichigo told Rukia everything that happened between Moka and him since he woke up in the morning. The fact that his family returned earlier due to his father's short temper, what Moka said to them about herself, the unfortunate event that took place between them and how he changed his mind in the end and decided to accept her as a family member.
''…This is pretty much what happened.'' Ichigo said, finishing his story and having at the same time his eyes shut as his hands were crossed in front of his chest. ''So? Are you satisfie…'' He was about to ask her, but by opening his eyes to see her, to his greatest surprise, he noticed her having tears coming out of her eyes and biting a handkerchief. ''Ughk! What the…!'' He continued, goggling shocked from her reaction.
''Www… What a sad story. I haven't felt like this since I read Romeo and Juliet. Www…'' Rukia said with a crying voice.
''Are you kidding me? You are crying? Wasn't it you who was insisting on hearing what happened? What's your problem now?'' Ichigo asked her, lifting his right eyebrow.
''…*Sniff*…You wouldn't understand…*Sniff*… You are too hardheaded to understand the heart and the mentality of a young maiden…Sniff*…'' Rukia answered him while wiping her eyes with the handkerchief.
'Young maiden… Yeah…Whatever you say.'' Ichigo replied ironically.
''So… How are things going between you two now?'' Rukia asked him after giving him a kick to the back as a punishment for his ironic comment.
''Tcht… '' Ichigo whined, rubbing his back. ''...Normal. After that incident we agreed to try learning to live in harmony with each other so something like this never happens again. As of the rest of the day, I just helped her take care of some last things with her new room and the night we all ate dinner together and went to sleep. I have to admit that she adapted pretty quickly to her new environment.''
''I see. That's good…'' Rukia said casually and without any other tears. Then she changed her look to a strict one. ''Hey, Ichigo. Sorry, but may I ask you something else that I just thought?''
''Yeah! What?''
''I'm maybe over-thinking it, but just to be sure, you don't plan on doing something perverted to her now that she is living with you, right?''
''Huh?! What the heck are saying Rukia? Why would I do that? And nevertheless, what's up with everyone today? First my dad and now you. Why all of you are supposing that I want to do something to her?''
''It's natural to think like that Ichigo. You are a young man and you have urges. Urges that might worsen now that you are under the same roof with a beautiful girl. I wouldn't want to see you becoming a pervert or a rapist someday and that's why I want to verify this. I'm doing it from consideration as a friend of yours.''
''Well thanks for the thought, but I don't need it. I'm controlling perfectly my urges and anyway, even if it was like you say, I wouldn't try anything with my sisters sleeping right in the next room. Or do you think that I'm so shameless that I would try something when at the same time Karin and Yuzu are sleeping next door?''
''No. I have to admit that although your behavior lacks to some points, you definitely are not this kind of person.''
''Thank – you..., again. I'm glad that at least you don't have me so low.'' Ichigo commented irritated.
''You are welcome.'' Rukia replied casually, without paying any attention to the fact that he was irritated. ''So, I think that with this we can end our little break and get back to work. We still haven't gone through the whole town and as I said, you never know when or where a Hollow will appear.''
''I couldn't agree more.'' Ichigo replid with a look of relief on his face. ''At least now she will have something else to keep her busy and won't ask me anything more annoying for the meantime.'' He thought, looking at her while she was adjusting her Hollow-detector.
''I'm sorry Ichigo, but even if I know that you are not that type, I still have my doubts. You probably won't like it, but tonight I'm going to run you up a bit more than usual. This way I'm going to be more relaxed, thinking that you will go straight to sleep without any detours.'' Rukia thought to herself, getting a snick glimpse at Ichigo while he was waiting for her to finish her adjustments.
After this, both went back to their patrol that, as Rukia planned, took up a lot of hours to end, resulting in Ichigo's complete exhaustion.
[4 hours later. In the air, outside Ichigo's house.]
''Ok. Here we are. Time to say goodnight.'' Rukia said to him when they reached his window.
''Good for who? Not for me at any rate. You almost `broke` me back there. We checked every part of the town about… I don't know… 6 times. Just 2 would be enough as usual. What's gotten into you and wanted me to do so many re-rounds? Do you think that I'm a slave or something?'' Ichigo asked her, complaining.
''Oh, shut up Ichigo. A little exercise didn't harm anyone.''
''A little, no. A lot, yes.''
''You are just rusted from the lack of action. And anyway, we owe to be always vigilant for possible threats. ''
''Whatever. At least I'm happy that we finished. I can't wait to return to my body and sleep at last. I feel like I'm going to faint.'' Ichigo commented with a tired look on his face.
''Mission accomplished.'' Rukia thought satisfied, hearing him saying this. ''Then I shouldn't delay you anymore. Have a good rest and goodnight.'' She said while summoning the Senkaimon.
''Yeah! You too.'' Ichigo replied, still holding a little anger because she worked him to the bone.
Then, she walked inside the gate and Ichigo got into his room, returning to his human body that was lying on the bed and falling asleep in a matter of seconds to replenish the energy he lost from all this intense work.
[Present. 5 minutes later.]
''Honestly, I must go to Soul Society and discuss my terms of work with Ukitake-san. I don't have a problem with my job as a Soul Reaper, but I'm also human. I need my time to rest alright.'' Ichigo was thinking while heading to the bath. ''Yeah! That I will do with the first opportunity. Even if Rukia thinks that she is someone special now that she is a Lieutenant, I won't let her treat me as a one of her subordinates.'' He continued thinking and entered the bath, standing in front of the mirror and washing his face. ''I mean, I'm stronger than her. She just recently got her rank as a Lieutenant while I can use Bankai for two years now. If I were a normal Soul Reaper, I would be a Captain now.'' Ichigo commented inside his head and brought to his mind a picture of him being the Captain of a Division and Rukia his subordinate who obeyed his every command. ''Well that would be funny.'' He thought, smirking amused and went to the next step of his morning routine that was the brushing of his teeth. ''Hmm… Maybe I should consider asking Old-man Yamamoto for some privileges…'' He concluded skeptically.
And while he was in that state, something he would never have predicted happened.
''I-I-Ichigo?!'' A familiar, shaking, female voice was heard from his left where was the interior part of the bath where was the bathtub.
Goggling after hearing her, Ichigo stopped brushing his teeth, leaving the toothbrush inside his mouth and turned astonished to the voice's direction. There he saw Moka standing on the doorstep of the wooden door that was divining the bath to its two parts, the toilet and the bathtub, wearing only a large, white towel around her body, her choker with the rosario and smaller, similar towel around her hair.
''M-Mwokwa?!'' Ichigo murmured strangely since he had the toothbrush in his mouth, goggling even more after noticing her appearance.
It seems that Moka was taking a morning bath and didn't hear him when he entered due to the flowing water's noise while on the other hand, due to his sleepiness and his absorption to his deep thoughts, Ichigo didn't pay any attention to the noise that was coming from inside the bathtub.
''Wh-wh-what are doing here?'' Moka asked him, hiding her body behind the wooden door and becoming completely red from embarrassment.
Seeing her reaction and not wanting to embarrassment her more, Ichigo turned to the other side. ''Sworry. Iw dwidwn't knwow wthat wyou wewre whewre. Mwy wbad! Iw wilwl wget ouwt wimmewdiewtly. (Sorry. I didn't know that you were here. My bad! I will get out immediately.)'' Ichigo stated, feeling also a little embarrassed from his folly and started walking out.
''O-Ok.'' Moka replied shyly and tried to take her clothes from inside a basket she had left them and was a little further from the door, but slipped momently to some water that had gathered under her feet and lost her balance. ''WoaAA!''
''Huh?'' Ichigo said when he heard her and turned instinctively his face back to check what happened to her.
Then he became witness of a sight that pretty much all the male population back at Youkai Academy would pay a fortune to see first-hand. Wanting to stop her fall, Moka grabbed tightly the rear of the door, leaving like this her body-towel out of her grasp and letting it like this fall on the floor, revealing her beautiful, naked body to the eyes of the now extremely shocked Ichigo who was looking at her with his mouth so wide open that his toothbrush had fallen from inside it.
''N-N-Naked!'' Ichigo muttered in a trembling voice and pointed at her with his right index finger which was also trembling.
''Eh?!'' Moka wondered when she got over the shock of the fall and looking at her state, she became even redder, starting appearing tears in her eyes. ''NOOO!'' She screamed in a way that could be heard at least two blocks away.
[20 minutes later. In the living room. Around the table.]
''For God's sake! Don't you have any sense of dignity Ichigo? Walking inside the bath while a girl is taking her bath! I'm really disappointed in you my son.'' Isshin told Ichigo in a scolding tone.
''It was an accident. I was still under the influence of my sleep and I didn't hear her in there. I already told you that, so stop nagging to me.'' Ichigo replied annoyed to his father and then turned his face to Moka who was sitting across the table, hiding shyly her face behind a cup of milk. ''I'm really sorry. I will be more careful next time.'' He told her in an apologetic tone.
''Ok. I understand.'' Moka replied in a low tone and with her cheeks still having intense shades of red on them.
''Don't worry Moka-chan. If he does something like this again, I will personally take the matter in my hands and teach him some manners.'' Isshin said with a reassuring and at the same time proud smile to her.
''Like I need lessons from you.'' Ichigo said to him annoyed.
''I think you do.'' Isshin replied stubbornly.
''No, I'm not.''
''Yes, you do.''
''I said I'm not!''
''And I that you do!''
Then both got up of their chairs and stared looking irritated at each other.
''Wanna go at it dad?'' Ichigo asked him provocatively.
''My thought exactly. It's time to teach you who's the boss around here.'' Isshin answered smirking.
''Then let's do it.'' Ichigo said and clenched his fists.
'''Whenever you are ready.'' Isshin replied, doing the same.
*Tang* *Tang*
Before the two of them start one of their usual, needless fights, a pan that was being held by an extremely irritated Karin, hit their heads, stopping them.
''OOUUCHH!'' Both screamed from the pain of the hit.
''Don't start arguing so early in the morning, dad, Ichi-nii. We haven't even eaten breakfast yet. Try to stay quiet for once.'' Karin said strictly to them.
''Sorry honey.'' Isshin said in an apologetic tone to Karin. ''We will be quiet.''
''Yeah. Got it. '' Ichigo added scrubbing his head.
''Good.'' Karin replied and sat next to her father to take her breakfast when at the same time her little sister brought them some pancakes she had just prepared, sitting next to Moka.
[10 minutes later.]
After Isshin's and Ichigo's unsuccessful attempt to fight, all of them took their breakfast peacefully and were finally full and ready to start their day.
''I will take these, Moka-chan.'' Yuzu said smiling at Moka, grabbing her cup and the plate she ate her pancakes to go and wash them in the kitchen with all the other tableware.
''Thank you Yuzu-chan.'' Moka responded to her also smiling. ''Would you like me to help you? I don't have anything else to do, so I will be happy to be useful.'' She added.
''Oh, you don't have to. It's your first day here as an official member of our family. It wouldn't be right to make you do housework. I can manage it myself.'' Yuzu answered her.
''But then what should I do? I have nothing to get involved with. And as I said yesterday, I don't want to become a bother to you.'' Moka said a little worried.
''You don't have to worry about that Moka-chan. As Yuzu said correctly, this is your first day as a member of our family and it would be too rude on our part to make you help with the house. You should spend your day having fun.'' Isshin said to her smiling. ''Oh! Yeah! I just had an excellent idea. What do you say to go and take a walk through town and do some sightseeing? You said that you are new here, right? I think it's a perfect way to spend your Sunday.''
''I see. It may be good, but…you know…'' Moka answered him, hesitating.
''What is it my dear? Do you have a problem with this?'' Isshin asked her again curiously.
''Not exactly a problem. It's only that…'' Moka replied the same way as before.
''She is probably afraid that something like the incident where they tried to rape her happens again.'' Ichigo said to relieve her of having to say something she didn't want to remember to his father. Then he turned to her. ''Right?''
''Y-Yes.'' Moka muttered and lowered her face to hide her slightly sad expression that appeared after she remembered that tragic experience.
''Hmm…So that's what troubling you?'' Isshin commented skeptical, scratching his chin. ''In that case we have to find you an escort.''
''I think you are pressing it a lot dad. If she doesn't want to go out then we shouldn't force her. And in any case, who are you going to point as her bodyguard?'' Ichigo asked him casually.
''About that, I have already someone in my mind, Ichigo. Someone we all know too well.'' Isshin answered him smirking mischievously.
''Someone we know? Who?'' After that, Ichigo had a flash of the image of the closest person he knew that could be a bodyguard. ''Wait! You don't mean Chad, don't you? He is already too busy with his band's concerts and I don't want to let the others know that I live with a girl yet.'' Ichigo protested.
''Then you are very lucky, because the person I have in mind is not your Mexican friend.'' Isshin explained to him, still smirking.
''Ok. Then I give up. Who is it?'' Ichigo asked him again, being out of ideas.
''You my son.'' Isshin announced him victoriously.
''Eh?! Me? Why?'' Ichigo asked him once again, goggling.
''You don't need to ask this. Moka-chan is a member of our family and is the duty of one of us to guide her to the town. But since Yuzu has housework to do, Karin her own usual exercises for her club and I some business at my clinic, the only one that's left is you.'' Isshin explained to him casually.
''But…'' Ichigo started saying, wanting to complain, but was cut short as soon as he begun.
''And don't forget that you owe her for the horrible thing you did to her previously in the bath. So, stop resisting it. Either way, you don't have anything more important to do today, don't you?''
''Well… I…'' Ichigo started saying again, trying to find an excuse, but with no luck.
''I thought so. The only thing you will do if you stay here is laze around. So, no more words. You are taking Moka-chan out. End of discussion.'' Isshin stated with a determined look on his face and then turned to Moka, loosening it in the meantime. ''I hope you are not troubled of going out with this stupid son of mine, are you Moka-chan? I would like to take you myself, but I have work to do and I'm also sure that people would criticize us if they see a man of my age walking next to a young and beautiful girl like you, so I don't want to embarrass you.''
''Please, don't speak like this for yourself Isshin-san. You are not that old and I wouldn't be embarrassed to take a walk with you. I know what kind person you are and that's enough for me. What other people may think doesn't bother me so much.'' Moka replied to him to reassure him that he is not an embarrassing sight to be seen with her.
''Thank you Moka-chan. You honor me with your words. But you still haven't answered me. Would you like to go for a walk around town with Ichigo or not?''
''Well…'' Moka started saying and turned slightly troubled her face nexy to him to get a glimpse of Ichigo who was waiting unmotivated to hear her answer since his schedule was depending on it.
Noticing his reaction, Moka thought firstly of answering negatively, but on the other hand she also wanted to go and see the town. Ok, she got there by a mistake, but that didn't mean that she shouldn't try to see how this town was like. One or the other way, this situation was looking like a field trip. So, not being able to stop her natural curiosity about new things, Moka decided to answer positively in the end. And as for Ichigo who wasn't looking so amused with the whole idea of escorting her, she convinced herself that since he is going to go with her against his will, she must at least get him to have a good time as repayment. Of course she didn't know his tastes about fun, but that wouldn't discourage her.
''…I think that I want to go Isshin-san.'' Moka said, finishing her sentence with a smile that showed her change of mind.
''Great!'' Isshin replied happily with a satisfied look on his face.
''Haa… There goes my peaceful weekend.'' Ichigo commented, rolling his eyes to the left and looking like he was bored to death. ''Anyway...'' He continued and stood up, turning his face to Moka. ''I will go to get ready and wait for you outside. Please, don't be late.'' He pleaded her and headed upstairs to wear some of his casual clothes.
Seeing him, Moka thought that she should also start getting ready and stood up. ''I think I must get going too.''
''Yeah.'' Isshin replied. ''And I really wish that you will be able to enjoy yourself. Our city has not only crooks you know, but also some pretty interesting and beautiful places. Hopefully, this walk will help you forget a little that bad experience you had when you arrived here.'' He added with a sympathetic look on his face.
''I hope this too, Isshin-san. Excuse me now, but I have to go. I don't want to make Ichigo wait too much.'' Moka replied cheerfully and headed also upstairs.
After that, Isshin stayed still on his chair, looking at her with a nostalgic look on his face while she was moving away of the living room.
''For some reason she reminds me of Masaki when we were young and she was preparing for one of our dates… He he! What a funny thing to remember.'' Isshin thought smiling.
''Hey dad!'' Karin said to him, drawing his attention and making him turn to her direction.
''What is it my honey?'' Isshin asked her casually.
''You see, the thing is that I pretty much have understood your plan considering Ichi-nii and Moka-san, but there's still something that bothers me and I absolutely have to ask.'' Karin answered him.
''And this is…?''
''Ichi-nii already knows enough attractive and good-natured girls, so why you stayed quiet all this time and decided to help him only now with love stuff? If you are worried about his relationships, wouldn't it be faster to help him get together with Orihime-san or Tatsuki-san who know him for years than with a random girl who appeared suddenly from nowhere like Moka-san?'' Karin asked him a little puzzled.
''You are right on that Karin, but the reason I'm trying to make these two open up to each other is not only for your brother's sake. Of course I think that this is a good opportunity for him to start at last realizing that women are something more than friends, but my motive includes and something else, completely different.'' Isshin answered her, changing his expression to a serious one.
''Something else? Like what?''
''I can't be sure, but let's just say that I have a feeling that our dear Moka-chan has something special on her that probably haven't told us yet and I would like to know without needing to pressure her, but make her feel more comfortable so she reveal it to us herself.''
''I see. And that's where Ichi-nii comes to the scene.''
''Exactly. Ichigo is at the same age as her and it would be easier for her to confess it to him than you or Yuzu who are younger or me who I'm older.''
''Logical... But are you positive that Ichi-nii is the right man for the job? I mean, I may be his sister and I should naturally support him, but even I know how dull he is when it comes to women.'' Karin said, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
''That is something that bothers me too, but unfortunately we have no other choice. All we can do is wait and hope your brother awakens by some miracle to his manly nature while he is near her.'' Isshin replied a little unsure about his son's success.
''Miracle… I suppose that's the best word to describe what he needs.'' Karin commented bluntly.
[15 minutes later. Inside Moka's room.]
Wanting to get properly dressed for her first tour in Karakura Town, Moka was now in front of a body-sized mirror which was in her room and was trying desperately different clothes since she wasn't able to choose the right one to wear.
''For a simple walk you are making quite a fuss about it, you know that?'' Inner Moka commented, getting a little annoyed with her indecisiveness. ''Just pick something already and go. Have you forgotten that he told you to not get late?''
''I didn't.'' Moka replied while holding another dress between the mirror and her to check if it was ok. ''The theme is that it's my first appearance in this town and I don't want to make Ichigo feel embarrassed if I'm not dressed properly. You saw how he reacted when he heard about it. Since he is not so pleased with the idea of escorting me, I want at least avoid making him feel more bothered.''
''From the little we know him; more possible seems to me that he will get angry with your delay than your looks. So you shouldn't let it troubling you so much.''
''Even if it is like this, I can't risk it and make him mad at me.''
''You know… Maybe it's only my wild imagination, but aren't you pretty concerned about what this guy might think about you? Don't tell me that you had a change of heart and now you are starting to fall in love with him.''
''EH?!'' Moka said, goggling surprised and having her cheeks blush. ''W-W-What are saying? She continued upset, but still with red cheeks.
''What everyone would think seeing your behavior. If you remember, you were like this the first week after you met Tsukune. Considering that, it's logical to come to a conclusion as this.''
''Well you are wrong… Ok, it's true that I care about Ichigo's thoughts about me, but that's only because he is my savior and I became a member of his family. My heart belongs and will always belongs entirely to Tsukune.'' Moka replied with a voice full of determination, closing her eyes tight from irritation of her inner self's constant teasing.
Then she immediately realized what she said, opening them again and changing her determination to more embarrassment.
''Hoo, hooo…! Quite a bold statement of you. I never imagined that I would ever hear you say something so daring. And I'm sure Tsukune would be happy to hear it himself.'' Inner Moka said in a tone that implied that she was smirking amused inside the rosario.
''Oh! Cut it out! I could never say this to him face to face. It's too embarrassing.'' Moka murmured shyly, covering her face with both her hands to hide the intense red that has covered her whole skin and a small, happy smile that appeared on her mouth.
''Ok! Scrap what I just said. In the end you are the same wimp as ever. But anyway, I think you should stop the nonsenses and find at last a dress to wear. I don't have any intension to hear this guy complaining because you got late to get ready.''
''Yeah! You are right.'' Moka agreed, uncovering slowly her face and returning to her normal color. ''I have to hurry.'' She added and continued searching for her ideal dress. ''Which one should I wear?'' She wondered desperate while looking at all the dresses.
''How about the second one diagonally in the right? I think it is a reasonable choice for an occasion like this.'' Inner Moka suggested to help her decide faster and not risk hearing another one of Ichigo's bitchings.
''The… second one… diagonally in the right?'' Moka murmured puzzled and searched with her eyes to locate the dress her inner self suggested.
Then she finally got a glimpse of it and her eyes went wide from his appearance.
[10 minutes later. Outside Ichgo's house.]
Ichigo was still waiting for Moka, standing impatiently in front of his house's door and watching his wrist-watch every two minutes. He was wearing a yellow blouse with a stamp of a shark with his jaws open in the middle of it and a thin, dark blue jacket over it considering his upper half. As for his lower half, he had decided to wear a pair of black jeans and gray shoes.
''Damn it! How much time she needs to get dressed? Almost half an hour has passed since a told her to not be late and she is still inside. Man! I hate the way women are so slow when it comes to dressing up.'' Ichigo murmured a little annoyed to himself.
But his complain would come to an end the next second.
*Gdup*
''Sorry for making you wait so long Ichigo. I'm ready now.'' Moka who had just got out of the house said to him in a low tone since she was feeling a little bad for having him waiting for her all this time.
''About time.'' Ichigo stated, frowning slightly and turned to face her. ''And seriously, what took youso long to ge…'' Ichigo was about say to state his complains, but was stopped immediately when his eyes fell on Moka's new appearance.
She was wearing a beautiful, short-sleeved, red dress which was reaching to her knees and had some artistic designs of butterflies on its chest and belly areas. Other than this, she was wearing a black clip with a pink rose on the right side of her hair and two cute, black sandals with thin straps that were binding smoothly her ankles' skin. Gazing upon this site, Ichigo went speechless, being able only to watch her with his eyes stuck and at the verge of popping out of knew that something so simple and a little old fashioned would still look so good in his era.
''Ichigo?!'' Moka wondered, noticing puzzled his reaction. ''Is something the matter?''
''Eh?! Ah!... No… Nothing.'' Ichigo answered her in panic, snapping out his daze.
''Oh! Ok then.'' Moka replied, having still a puzzled expression on her face.
''I-I think we better get going. W-we lost already a lot of time.'' Ichigo said with a slightly trembling voice and turned to the other side to hide a faint blush that had appeared on his cheeks.
''Alright.'' Moka replied smiling and came closer to him.
Next, both walked away of the house, beginning their tour around town.
Firstly, they walked around some random streets so Moka could get a good image of how the town was looking in general. When they finished with this, they decided to focus their schedule to more specific places and started with Karakura Town's mall. There, Moka had the chance to visit a number of stores and buy some new stuff that she needed like pajamas, underwear, some modern and more casual clothes to balance her wardrobe, a bag and a new pair of casual shoes. Of course she tried to keep an eye to the money Isshin gave them for their walk, buying with consideration than personal desires. As for Ichigo, while she was doing all these, he was following her, giving her his opinion when she told him that she really needs it. Of course that excluded the underwear shop where Moka went inside alone, since it was a private matter… Next, since Moka showed interest when she saw a poster of it on a wall, they went to the city's aquarium. There, most of the time Moka was wandering around like a little kid, watching and admiring the different types of fishes since she hadn't the chance to visit an aquarium back to her world. Not that this was so bad. Considering her world, aquariums there would probably be full of monster-like creatures, making them look more like haunted houses than sea paradises. This whole situation was pretty exhausting for Ichigo since he had to follow her everywhere, caring at the same time the bags with her newly-bought stuff. But if he made a complaint the sure thing was that he would destroy her enjoyment and for some reason he couldn't bring himself to do this… Their third destination was a cinema. Not before long, a new dramatic-romantic movie had made its appearance in the movie-theatres and from what the critics said, it was a masterpiece, so the two of them went to watch it since Moka had a natural taste for this kind of movies. Things were a little awkward and at the same time embarrassing for Ichigo there since without him expecting it, Moka grabbed many times his sleeve when an intense scene was shown, shedding tears of the sadness for the protagonists' cruel fate..
[After the end of the movie. Out of the cinema.]
''If you can't take these stuff, why did you insist on coming here?'' Ichigo asked a little confused Moka while she was wiping some remnant tears. ''I seriously don't get you.''
''*Sniff*... Sorry.'' Moka replied to him, finishing her wiping. ''I just can't restrain myself when it comes to stories like these, despite knowing that I will probably cry in the end.''
''Anyway... We finished with this and from what I'm seeing it's already past noon, so we better go get a bite.'' Ichigo commented, watching the time on his wrist-watch.
''I think so too. I feel somewhat embarrassed to admit it, but I'm a pretty hungry.'' Moka told him shyly.
''Then it's settled. I know a good family restaurant one block from here with quite good food. This will be a perfect place to satisfy our bellies. What do you say?'' Ichigo asked her, looking at the direction where they should go to reach the restaurant.
''If you say that it's good then I don't have a problem going there.'' Moka answered him, smiling.
''Perfect! Let's go.'' Ichigo said and started walking.
''Yeah!'' Moka agreed and started also walking beside him.
[10 minutes later. A few meters away from the restaurant's entrance.]
''Are we close?'' Moka asked Ichigo, wanting to learn if they are approaching the restaurant since her hunger was rising.
''We are almost there.'' Ichigo answered her. ''You will see it when we turn around this corn...'' Ichigo was saying while turning to a right corner which was in front of him, but he suddenly goggled, stopping his speech, leaving the bags down and grabbing Moka with swift movements, placing her on the wall beside them while he was standing leaned in front of her with a shocked expression on his face.
''Ichigo… What happe…'' Moka was about to ask him, but her question was blocked by Ichigo's decision to cover her mouth with his right hand. ''Mmm…!'' Moka moaned astonished of his gesture.
''Ssst… Please stay quiet for a moment. I beg you.'' Ichigo said to her and then moved his face in a place where he could see behind the corner, but couldn't be seen himself.
There, he watched terrified Orihime, Tatsuki and Chizuru standing out of a shop whose exit was about one meter away from the corner.
''Shit! Why have the girls had to appear now? We were pretty lucky to avoid being seen by anyone familiar until now. If they see me with Moka I won't be able to explain them what we are doing without telling them the situation at my home. And that's something I surely don't want to do yet. They wouldn't stop pestering me if they learned it.'' Ichigo thought in panic. ''We have to get out of here before they see us.''
Then he uncovered Moka's mouth, allowing her to breathe normally since he was holding her so tightly that she was inhaling with difficulty.
''Ghh...! Ghh...!What are doing Ichigo?'' Moka asked him while coughing from the lack of oxygen.
''Look. I can't explain you now, but I will do it later. For the meantime we have to leave from here.''
''But why?''
''I said I will explain later. So stop asking and come.'' Ichigo said to her and grabbed the bags, starting running to the opposite direction and holding tightly Moka from her right hand with his left.
At the same time, the girls started walking towards the corner, passing it a few seconds after Ichigo had left with Moka.
''Hm?'' Orihime wondered, catching two shadows running with the edge of her left eye.
''What is it Orihime?'' Tatsuki asked her puzzled after she saw her reaction.
''I don't know for sure, but I think that I just saw Kurosaki-kun running between some buildings, holding someone.'' Orihime answered with an uncertain look on her face.
''Ichigo? And he was running, holding someone?'' Tatsuki asked her again.
''Uhm!'' Orihime nodded positively.
''This is a little hard to believe… Knowing him, since it's Sunday he is probably lazing to his house right now. I think that you made a mistake Orihime and thought this guy who might looks like him is Ichigo.'' Tatsuki commented casually.
''If you say so Tatsuki-chan.'' Orihime replied, thinking that her best friend who knew well Ichigo is most likely right.
''Hey, hey! Girls! Why are we wasting time with useless talks? We agreed on going to a karaoke, didn't we?'' Chizuru said in a complaining tone.
''Ok, Chizuru. Calm down. We will go, don't worry.'' Tatsuki told her and turned to Orihime, nodding her in a way that implied that they must continue.
She understood it immediately and then all three of them started walking again, heading to their respective destination.
''I'm wondering if this man was Kurosaki-kun or not in the end. Tatsuki-chan said that I made a mistake, but to me he looked a lot like him from his back. And I'm also curious about the person he was holding. From a quick glimpse she looked like a girl the same age as us. But Kurosaki-kun doesn't hung out with any other human girls in our age except us. Right?'' Orihime wondered skeptical while walking beside her friends.
[10 minutes later. In an open, random area five blocks away from their starting point.]
''I suppose that we are safe here.'' Ichigo commented, looking to the direction they came from.
''Haa… Haa… Could you please… Haa… explain to me now why we needed to run, Ichigo...?Haa… You said hat we were close the restaurant you mentioned, so why we had to leave?'' Moka asked him while trying to catch her breath from the intense running.
''Oh! Yeah! Right away.'' Ichigo replied to her by turning to her direction. ''Back there I saw some people I knew and… well… I didn't want them to see us together.'' He continued, explaining the reason behind his actions.
''But we are just going for walk to town. We are not doing anything wrong.'' Moka stated, not understanding his reason.
''We don't, but if they saw us, they would start questioning and then I should either find some ridiculous excuse, which probably wouldn't be too effective since one of them know me too well that would find me on the spot and in the worst case I would be forced to tell them the truth and I assure you that this wouldn't result to a good ending. Not at all.'' Ichigo explained to her again, imagining a little scared at the same time Tatsuki's violent reaction if she learned that he is living together with a girl.
Seeing him, Moka got confused. ''Are the people you know so bad Ichigo?'' She asked him puzzled, wanting to learn why he was so afraid of them.
''They are not bad. The problem with this specific bunch is that they overreacting to the smallest things and I want to avoid this. We are all attending the same school and it would be a big problem in all ways if the fact that we live together was accidentally spread out.'' Ichigo said to her to satisfy her curiosity.
''I see. Then I suppose it was right to leave.'' Moka replied to him, understanding finally his point.
*growl*
''Oh my!'' She murmured blushing from embarrassment after hearing her stomach grumbling from hunger.
''Seems you are quite hungry Moka.'' Ichigo commented, noticing her grumbling and took a look around to find out if there was some place for them to eat something.
Fortunately for them, he noticed a stand which was selling hot dogs only a few meters away and smiled satisfied.
''Hey, I know that it may not be as luxurious as a full course at a restaurant, but what do you say about some hot dogs? Ichigo asked her, turning his face back at her. ''They are tasty and nevertheless will be enough to calm down our stomachs.''
''I don't mind. I like hot dogs.'' Moka answered him, smiling.
''Great. Then let's go grab some.'' Ichigo replied, also smiling.
Next, both headed to the stand and bought a hot dog each.
[5 minutes later. Near the stand.]
''How was it?'' Ichigo asked Moka when he noticed that she had finished her hot dog like him.
''Pretty good.'' Moka answered him with a satisfied look on her face.
''So, what's on your schedule for the next part of our tour?'' Ichgo asked her to learn what she wanted to do from here on. ''We've got some hours before we return home.''
''Hmm… To tell you the truth there's still somewhere I thought we could go, but I don't know if the money Isshin-san gave us will be sufficient for it, so I'm in stalemate.'' Moka answered him skeptical and at the same time a little sad.
''Haa…To this point, it would be meaningless to hold back because of financial issues. We already went around the half town and a little, last stop to another place wouldn't be so tragic. And as for the money, iconcidare it my treat. I have some money from my part-time job with me and I can afford some last expenses. So chill out and tell me where you want to go.'' Ichigo said to her when he noticed the sadness on her look.
''Are you sure? These are your own money which you got by working. Wouldn't it be a waste to spend them for someone else's sake and not yours?'' Moka asked him, feeling a little hesitant on taking his offer and make him spend his money for her.
''Yes, I'm totally sure. Either way, these are only a small amount compare to the ones a have saved. And if I don't spend them here, I would probably spend them to something useless, so I think is better to use them for a better cause. Also, my dad wouldn't like to hear that I left you unsatisfied to preserve my money. He would keep scolding me endlessly if he hears it. That's why you don't need to feel bad about it. Just speak freely. Where you want to go?'' Ichigo asked her with reassuring expression that showed clearly his determination to fulfill her wish.
''Then…'' Moka started saying, appearing a faint blush on her cheeks from her happiness that he thinks so much of her satisfaction. ''…I would like to go to…''
[20 minutes later. In front of an amusement park.]
''…An amusement park… Here is really where you wanted to go? With all that fidgeting you showed me about money, I thought you wanted to go to some crazy-expensive place.'' Ichigo commented while looking at the amusement park.
''Well, I have a lot of years to go to one and I thought that since we went to all those other places, we could come here too. I hope it's not such a hassle for you.'' Moka replied to him shyly.
''No. It's ok. I have a lot of time to come to one too. Our father used to bring us here often when we were younger, so by coming to this place today feels a little nostalgic.'' Ichigo said, smiling nostalgically.
''Then, it's ok to go inside?'' Moka asked him the same manner as before.
''Yeah! Generally I'm not into these stuff, but I think it will be interesting to have a little taste of my childhood.'' Ichigo stated and to Moka's surprise, he caught unconsciously her left hand with his right and started heading inside with her beside him.
In that moment, Moka blushed intensively, seeing him holding her hand once again like before when they were running, but for a strange reason, she didn't dislike it as she would if any other guy did this to her. On the hand, she felt a feint, warm feeling flowing inside her. Something she had to feel since the first time Tsukune said to her that he wanted to be her friend.
[In the meantime. At Hueco Mudo. Inside Aizen's throne chamber at Las Noches.]
A dark, humanoid figure was sitting on Aizen's throne, while numerous Hollows were assembled on both his sides with one exceptional that was kneeling in front of him. It had a long body, green skin and his appearance looked similar to a lizard. Even his mask was looking like a lizards and more specifically, a chameleon's.
''Your report on the whereabouts of the Soul Reaper that beat our Aizen-sama were splendid Lagarto.'' The figure said, praising the kneeling Hollow.
''Your praise is an honor for me Celos-sama.'' Lagarto replied, bowing while being on his knees. ''I just did my duty as one of your faithful servants.''
''I know. And that's why I will see to your reward personally.''
''Oh, you don't need to do this my Lord. I did only what I had to do. And if your majesty wants to reward me about it, then if you allow me, I would like to state one thing that could make me very pleased if you decide to bestow it upon me.''
''And what's this Lazarto?'' Celos asked him a little curious about what his subordinate desired.
''The captain's position in the upcoming raid to the Human World my Lord.'' Lazarto answered him with a sly smile in his face.
''HA! HA! HA! You sure are a cunning one Lazarto. You know fully well that I'm going to reward with a place inside my Guardians whoever makes this mission successful and by asking me this you are practically asking me to hand this privilege straight to you.'' Celos commented while laughing intensively.
''And that's why you can't let a weakling like him take the task my Lord.'' A deep,wild voice came from a dark corner and then another Hollow with a large, feline body and a mask identical to a leopard's made its appearance walking out of it.
Hearing it, everyone in the chamber turned their faces towards it.
''Stay out of this Mancillas. It's not your business.'' Lazarto growled angrily to the new Hollow.
''Of course is my business trash. This mission is very important for our Lord's plan. We can't let a failure like you go and messed it up. The one who is more appropriate to go is me.'' Mancillas replied to him with a look full of egoism.
''What?'' Lazarto asked him, starting getting angry.
''You heard me. The one who should go is me, one of the strongest warriors of our Lord. Not a weakling that likes to play hide and seek like you.'' Mancillas stated, looking down on Lazarto.
''I will show you who's a weakling right now.'' Lazarto growled completely furious on Mancillas and got ready to jump on him.
''Ha! Try it if you can.'' Mansillas replied, smirking confidentially and prepared himself for battle.
Now, both of them were ready to strike any time, having all the Hollows in the chamber looking at them impatiently, wanting to see who would lose, becoming like this their lunch. But unfortunately for them, their desire was destined to be crushed in the upcoming seconds.
''That's enough!'' Celos stated irritated, hammering his right hand on his throne's right arm, releasing at the same time a massive reiatsu that made everyone there to fall on their knees. ''You two probably forgot in front of whom you decided to fight, but if don't stop it at once, I will be very pleased to remind you myself.'' He added in a strict and hostile tone.
Seeing his reaction, Lazato and Mancillas retreated and returned to their previous positions.
''I'm humbly asking you to forgive me for upsetting you my Lord. It was my wrong that I let my feelings take the better of me. It won't happen again.'' Lazarto said, kneeling again in front of the figure.
''The same goes for me my Lord.'' Mancillas added, kneeling too.
''Good.'' Celos said in a calmer tone and then stood up, turning his face to Lazarto. ''Lazarto... As I already told you, you are going to be rewarded for yours excellent results on your mission. But this reward won't be the one you desire. As Mancillas said, this mission is very critical for my plan to succeed and I can't take any bets. Therefore, I will appoint him as the captain of this operation.''
''But my Lord…'' Lazarto started saying in a low tone, trying to protest, but was cut short.
''There are no buts. My decision is final. The seat of the captain in this mission will be given to Mancillas. Now if you don't have anything else to tell me, go.'' Celos told him bluntly.
''As you command my Lord.'' Lazarto replied with a displeased look on his face and by standing up, he left the chamber while looking extremely angry towards Mancillas who was sniggering at him for his loss.
''Very well.'' Celos stated when he saw that Lazarto got out of the chamber and turned his face to Mancillas this time. ''As for you Mancillas, I want you to gather some troops for insurance of your success and wait for my signal to attack. Am I clear?''
''Of course my Lord.'' Mancillas answered humbly. ''But with your permission, I would like to ask something that I need to know since I will take this task.''
''I'm hearing you.'' Celos replied and sat down to be more comfortable.
''I know the importance of this mission, but this Soul Reaper and his father might be a problem. We shouldn't neglet the fact that they were able to hold up against Aizen-sama and eventuallly beat him. I'm not implying that I'm hesitating to do my duty of course; If you command it, I would be pleased to attack even the Soul Reapers' headquarters, but I'm just saying that I may need some additional help to handle them.''
''I see… Fortunately for you, you don't have to worry about these two, Mancillas. I have already figured out what I should do to keep them busy so you can do your job undisturbed. The only thing that there should be in your mind is the responsibly of gathering the troops you think that you might need and wait patiently for my signal. Nothing else.''
''I understand my Lord. I will do as you command then and stop worrying.''
''Yes you should. Go now. Time is moving and you shouldn't waste it.''
''Yes my Lord.'' Mancillas replied, bowing and heading immediately out of the chamber to start gathering an efficient number of Hollows to carry out his mission.
After his leave, Celos entangled his fingers in front of his mouth, smiling satisfied. ''Soon I will have the power I need right into my hands and then nothing will be able to stand in my way. Nothing… HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!'' He thought and started laughing evilly.
[In the human world. 2 hours later. At the exit of the amusement park.]
''I think I'm gonna get sick.'' Ichigo commented, having a nauseous expression on his face.
''Oooh! Come on! It's wasn't so bad.'' Moka replied to him smiling cheerfully.
''That's what you think. I almost puked from all these turns that damn train made.'' Ichigo said in the same state. ''Seriously, what you liked from this gut-blender? If we wanted to mess up our stomachs, we could just go to see that woman with the beard.''
''But it was fun. Running through the air at high speed, having its pressure drawing us back and making our hair float like we are flying. Don't you find this amazing?'' Moka asked him, getting goosebumps even from the memory of this experience.
''Not so much.'' Ichigo replied in a way which showed that he wasn't sharing the same excitement as Moka.
And that was expected since he was doing the exact same thing for about two years now, so it was more of a daily routine to him than a rare experience.
''Anyway… It's time to return back.'' Ichigo stated while looking at the time on his wrist-watch.
''Yeah! We probably should. The sun started falling.'' Moka commented, looking at the sky.
''Let's go.'' Ichigo said to her and started walking.
''Ok.'' Moka replied and did the same.
From there, both begun their way back, but to Moka's curiosity, Ichigo didn't use the roads they passed before, but was walking through some completely different ones.
''I thought we were returning home, Ichigo. Where are we going?'' Moka asked, not being able to hold in her curiosity any longer.
''Home. It's just that I'm going from a different route.'' Ichigo answered her casually.
''Why?'' Moka asked him again, getting even more curious.
''You will see.'' Ichigo answered her again, smiling.
[15 minutes later. On a large bridge across a big river that was going through Karakura Town.]
Right now Ichigo and Moka was walking on the sidewalk of the Karakura Town's bridge with him smiling all the time mysteriously and her looking at him more puzzled than ever.
''Will you tell me why you are laughin…'' Moka was about to ask him, losing her parient, but was cut off before she was able to finish, seeing Ichigo stopping suddenly in front of her.
''Ok. Seems we weren't late.'' Ichigo murmured to himself and leaned on the rail that was at their left, supporting himself with his hands and looking at the sun's direction.
''I don't get it. Why did we stop? Please don't leave me to the dark, Ichigo.'' Moka said to him in a whining tone, feeling completely at loss due to his actions.
''Ssst… Don't talk, just look there.'' Ichigo said to her in a low tone without turning to face her and pointing his right index finger to the direction he was gazing.
''What are saying? I don't understand…'' Moka was saying to him, turning at the same time her face to where he was pointing and then her eyes automatically went wide. ''…you.'' Moka murmured, finishing her sentence in a daze.
In front of her was a fabulous scenery of the setting sun which was touching gently the river's surface, making the moving water shine to its deep orange color while many birds were flying towards the horizon. The view was so amazing that to Moka's eyes looked like a well-drown painting of a genius painter. The only thing she felt she wanted to do at the moment was to keep still, staring at it until it comes to an end.
''It's so beautiful!'' Moka murmured in her daze, smiling amazed.
Hearring her, Ichigo turned at last to her direction, looking at her with a kind expression on his face.
''Yeap! It is.'' Ichigo commented in a low tone, gazing on her dazed and, momently, unbelievably adorable face where her two beautiful, emerald eyes were reflecting inside them the water's shine.
[A few minutes later when the sun had completely set. In a random street.]
After the fabulous scenery Mother Nature was showing them came to an end, Ichigo and Moka were walking once again towards their house. Both with a satisfied look on their faces, but apparently for different reasons. More specifically, for Moka it was due to the good time she had, enjoying herself in the town and seeing that extraordinary view of the dawn over the river while in Ichigo's case it had to do with something else. Something that at the first glance was seeming like enjoyment, but at the same time it felt somewhat different. It was a feeling completely new to him. But at least, whatever it was, it wasn't something bad so it wouldn't seem bothering so he let it be.
''So you really liked the view of the evening sun, huh?'' Ichigo asked her while walking beside her.
''Yes!'' Moka answered happily. ''It was amazing. I have never watched such a great scenery in my life. Thanks a lot for showing it to me Ichigo.'' She added smiling.
''Don't mention it. I'm watching this pretty much every day and I thought that since things like these like to girls, you probably would enjoy it. It was also my apology gift for what I did to you in the morning.'' Ichigo replied, glad that she enjoyed it so much.
''Oh, you were still worrying about that? You didn't have to. We both know that it was an accident, so you shouldn't feel any guilt about it. I have already forgotten it.'' Moka said to him to reassure him that she has forgiven him.
''I see. Then I feel somewhat stupid that I let my worries get the better of me all this time. He! He!'' Ichigo commented, chuckling and feeling a little embarrassed.
''Maybe, but only a little. He! He!'' Moka replied, continuing his joke and also chuckling.
''Hey! When did I say that you have the right to criticize me? Only I can badmouth myself. Got it?'' Ichigo told her with a smirk, taking her comment a joke.
''Oop! Sorry!'' Moka replied to him a little shyly and at the same a bit joyfully.
''Sorry or whatever, I think you need some punishment girl.'' Ichigo stated and without wasting any second, he came very close to her and started tickling her. ''How's that? And that? And that?!'' He continued while tickling her.
''Ahahaha… Please…Hahaha… Stop it… Hahaha… Ichigo…'' Moka said with difficulty between her laughs.
''I don't think so!'' Ichigo replied, smirking again in devious way and not stopping his tickling, wanting to teach her not to mess with him.
''Hahaha… Seriously… Stop…HahahAAAA…'' Moka screamed, feeling her body going numb from the tickling and losing her balance which resulted on her falling towards the ground.
''Woo...! WATCH OUT'' Ichigo shouted when he saw her and tried to catch her before she hits the ground.
Fortunately, he succeed a little before she touches the road, but being pulled by the forces of gravity, he end up losing his balance too in the end and then both of them continued the fall together, crashing to the ground in a hug. Ichigo on the top and Moka below him.
''Tsskk…Are you ok?'' Ichigo asked her, raising himself a few inches from her body with his eyes closed due to the shock of the fall.
''Kkmm… Yeah!'' Moka answered him, having her eyes closed too for the same reason.
Next, both of them opened their eyes to get visual contact so they could get up, realizing astonished that their faces were way too close to each other and resulting to an intense blush from both sides. However, that was not all. In this state the most common thing for anyone to do according to logic would be to try moving away from the other. Instead, they both remained in this position, unmoving and constantly gazing inside each other's eyes. Ichigo inside Moka's emerald ones and Moka inside Ichigo's brown ones… It was really awkward. Their minds were telling them what was the right thing to do, but their bodies wouldn't obey their commands. It was like some unknown force was making them unable to separate as if they were magnetized. And not only that. To make things worse, their hearts' beating and their pulse started rising to high levels, making their bodies feel hotter to the point of looking like they would burst.
''M-Moka…'' Ichigo started muttering in a trembling tone.
''Y-Yes Ichigo.'' Moka replied to him in the same state.
''D-Don't you think that we should we get up now?''
''I-I suppose so.''
''T-then, let do it.''
''Y-Yeah!''
Saying these, the two of them agreed that it was honestly time to get up, but once again their bodies refused to obey their thoughts, keeping them stacked in this position. To Ichigo this didn't make any sense. He knew that he should get up, but why his body was acting on his own? Why it didn't obey what his brain was telling it to do? And why it had this intense and unreasonable urge to hug her? Ok, after spending a day with her he realized that she wasn't such a bother as he thought in the beginning, but surprisingly a pretty interesting person to hang out with, but was this a sufficient reason for wanting to hug her? He was having difficulties to hug even his sisters and they were his siblings for God's sake! So why this sudden urge to hug Moka? What she had that made him want a so direct contact with her…? These were all the questions that were swirling inside Ichigo's head while he was looking unstoppable inside Moka's eyes… As for her, she was in a similar state. To her ultimate surprise, as much as she tried, she couldn't bring herself to push away Ichigo or at least stop gazing in his eyes. These two brown eyes of his with this strong and wild look on them had trapped her inside them and wouldn't let go. It was like she was hypnotized. And on top of that, her heart was beating so fast that she was feeling that her chest would explode any minute from embarrassment. This was a unique experience to her. She had felt a lot strong feelings when she was back at Youkai Academy with Tsukune, but never something so… so captivating. She didn't know why, but somewhere deep inside her, a faint voice, which wasn't her inner self, was whispering her to hug him. Oblivious that he unexpectedly wanted to do the same. But why? He was her savior in any case and she owed him a lot for this and after today she also realized that he was a very kind person even if he didn't show it in the beginning, but were these enough for wanting to do such a thing with him? Were...? This was Moka's part of inner, unanswerable questions.
''Why aren't you getting up?'' Ichigo asked Moka in a low tone.
''But you are on top of me. For me to get up, you have to do it first.'' Moka explained to him also in a low tone.
''Oh! Yeah! You are right.'' Ichigo replied confused and tried to get up, vainly since he couldn't move an inch.
''Well?' Moka said with a puzzled and at the time embarrassed expression on her face. ''Will you get up or not?''
''Sorry. I'm trying. Really. It's just that…'' Ichigo started saying, trying to explain her, but the truth was that he didn't know either why he couldn't move.
''It's what?'' Moka asked him even more puzzled.
''It's…'' Ichigo started saying, looking intensively in her eyes that seemed like they were drawing him in them and feeling his adrenaline rising to the maximum. ''It's…''
At this precise moment, his body started moving at last, but to the opposite direction from where it should, getting his face closer to her own than away.
''Ichigo…?'' Moka murmured a little astonished and with a huge blush, opening wide her eyes since she noticed what he was doing.
''Moka...'' Ichigo replied to her in a daze, continuing to lower his face to her own.
As things were going, it was almost 100% sure that the two of them would kiss in the upcoming seconds if they continued. But fate is a capricious thing and sometimes doesn't go as we think it will. A few mm before Ichigo's lips touch Moka's, a football ball flew from the left to their direction, hitting hard Ichigo on the top of his head and disrupting his course towards Moka's mouth.
''OOUUCH!'' Ichigo screamed, feeling pain from the hit and coming automatically to his senses. After that he stood up to see who attacked him. ''HEY! WHO THE HELL THREW THAT?!'' He shouted furiousLY to the direction where the ball came from.
There, he saw some young boys who were running towards them with a shocked and scared expression on their faces, revealing like this their guilt.
''Sorry Onii-san. My friend kicked it too hard and we couldn't catch it.'' One of them told him with a timid and embarrassed smile when he approached near him to apologize while in the meantime another was retrieving their ball.
''You guys should be more careful! What if you broke a window or damage a car with your ball? Then you would be in serious problem. You know that?'' Ichigo scolded him in a strict tone.
''I-I understand. W-We will be more careful next time.'' The boy muttered a little sad for his and his friends' carelessness, joining his hands shyly in front his belly.
Seeing him and understanding that he probably had regret it, Ichigo softened his expression and put his right hand on the boy's head.
''Good... Now go and be sure to stay out of troubles from here on.'' Ichigo said in a sympathetic tone. ''Ok?''
''Yeah!'' The boy answered, smiling happily that the man they hit seemed like he had forgiven them.
Then he turned to his friends and nodding them that they should leave, they all started running towards their playground.
''BYE KIND ONII-SAN! AND SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOUR TIME WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND.'' The boy shouted by turning his face back and waving at him while he was running away together with his friends.
That moment, hearing his comment about Moka being his girlfriend, Ichigo blushed, realizing that every person who would happen to see them in the state they were before would come to this conclusion. And not only every other person, but he, himself too. Now that his consciousness was working properly again and he was able to analyze the situation between them a few minutes ago, he was feeling an intense desire to dig a hole in the ground and bury himself inside it for what he was about to do to Moka.
''Are you ok Ichigo?'' Moka, who had already gotten up, asked him, approaching him from behind.
''Eh…?! Yeah, yeah! I am. It wasn't such a strong hit.'' Ichigo said to her a little upset from his realization.
''That's good.'' Moka replied with a small and shy smile, rolling her eyes to the right side because she had difficulties on facing him directly.
''Yes it is.'' Ichigo agreed, forcing a smile of his own to hide his uneasiness.
The situation now was quite difficult for both of them. If those kids haven't stopped them, they would end up kissing. Something neither of them was planning when they began their walk and both felt wrong since they knew each other for about only one and a half a day.
''We better continue.'' Ichigo suggested, wanting them to return as fast as they could home to escape from this bizarre situation.
''I agree.'' Moka replied, nodding positively.
''Then let's go.'' Ichigo continued and turned to the opposite direction, ready to start walking.
''Ok.'' Moka afreed and then came a little closer to him.
After this, they began once again their never-ending way back to their home, keeping a little distance from each other while they were walking and not exchanging a single word.
[20 minutes later.]
After a long and silent walk, Ichigo and Moka were finally able to return home. There, Isshin was waiting impatiently to hear how their day was, but to his displeasure and great curiosity, none of them wanted to get into details, answering the same way which was a simple -fine-. Next, they headed straight to their rooms, locking themselves inside to clear their thoughts.
[Inside Ichigo's room.]
Completely confused and upset from the event that took place between him and Moka not more than a half an hour ago, Ichigo was lying on his bed now, thinking again and again what happened.
''Why? Why did I react like this when I was on top of her? Normally I would get up immediately and apologize, but why I didn't do it then? And what was that strange feeling I felt while I was looking at her? I haven't felt like that before. It was completely absurd. My whole body was acting on its own and I almost…'' Before he continues his thought, Ichigo lowered his eyelids troubled. ''…kiss her… But that doesn't make sense. I admit that she is quite an amusing and attractive girl, but so are and some other female friends I have. Despite that, I never thought of kissing Inoue, Tatsuki or Rukia when I was with them. Why was it so different with Moka? She is just an unknown girl I saved two days ago and in a strange way ended up living with us. Nothing more. But despite that I lost control of myself and for some reason acted like a jackass… Haaa… Honestly what's wrong with me…?'' Ichigo asked himself worried since he knew that he would be unable to find a good answer as much as he tried.
[Inside Moka's room.]
As for Moka, she was pretty much in the same state as Ichigo, lying on her bed with her pillow in her hug and thinking embarrassed the fact that she almost was kissed with him.
''Aaaah... My God…! What I will do? What happened there was totally bad. We were about to kiss and if it wasn't for those kids, we would surely had done it. Why did this have to happen when we were having such a good time? I don't get it.'' Moka murmured whining to herself.
''I would like to say you something sympathetic under these circumstances, but honestly I can't find anything. I have to admit that I had some doubts about the whole tour-thing, but even I couldn't predict a development like that.'' Inner Moka stated.
''It's terrible! How will I face Ιchigo from now on? Our relationship will fall to crumbles before it even has the chance to be created properly. I must have given him the impression of some loose girl.'' Moka continued whining, tightening her grasp on her pillow.
''If I were you, I wouldn't blame myself so much. The main fault was his. He was the one on top of you, so he should have gotten up first. The fact that you stayed immobilized under him is not completely your responsibility.''
''Even so, I'm in the wrong too. He maybe didn't try to get up of me, but I also didn't do anything to push him myself.'' Moka replied, worrying about her bizarre behavior.
''That's true. And I would like to know more about this myself if you don't mind. This body doesn't belong only to you and that's exactly why you have to think about the consequences of your actions. So could you please explain to me why did you decided to stay like a rock when he was about to kiss you and didn't react? If it were me I would kick him in the nuts to make him know where he stands. What were you thinking, allowing him to be so intimate with you?'' Inner Moka asked her in a slightly strict tone.
''You probably will get angry with my answer, but the truth is that I don't know. I thought of course that what was going on wasn't right, but at the same time it was like I couldn't stop it. It was like I went numb and didn't think of the consequences. And that's why I feel so bad. All this time I had a clear image of who I wanted beside me in my life and he was Tsukune. Despite that I was about to betray him today and I can't understand why. Ichigo and I don't know each other for so long. It's illogical that we end up like that and almost kissed. Just thinking that if they hadn't stopped us, we would have already done it, makes me want to kill myself.'' Moka answered, lowering her eyelids from sadness and guilt.
''Well you better not. If you did that, you would take me too with you and I don't wish to die for such a stupid reason.''
''Then what should I do? We are going to live with each other for as long I can't find a way to return home and considering the situation, it would be like hell. And after all these that happened yesterday, I can't say again to Isshin-san that I think I should leave...'' Moka stated troubled. ''I'm too confused.'' She added and buried her face inside her pillow.
''You surely are. But anyway, that's the way things are and you better accept them. I can imagine how hard it would be for you to stay with him from now on, but you don't have another choice, so the thing that's left is to continue your life without paying any attention to that incident. That's what I have to say.'' Inner Moka stated, finishing her advising.
''I will try.'' Moka murmured from inside the pillow and then fell silent to work out her inner self's words.
[1 hour later.]
After a marathon of deep thinking and wondering, Ichigo and Moka were called by Yuzu to come down for dinner. There, even if they had decided to act natural, their inner emotions overwhelmed them and made them continue their previous behavior. That resulted to Isshin's and Karin's curiosities since they didn't understand why they were like this, considering that they looked ok when they left this morning. It was pretty strange. As for Yuzu, she felt a little curious herself about her big brother's and new sister's silent behavior, but thinking that it may be something serious, she decided to let it be by not bugging them. Something her father couldn't withstand doing for too long, ending up questioning them to learn what was happening between them. But as expected, he didn't take any answers, having his curiosity evolve to worry.
[30 minutes later.]
Having finished their dinner, Ichigo and Moka returned to their rooms, wanting to stay alone. As for the others, Yuzu was dealing with the washing of the plates like always; Karin sat in the living room,watching TV to spend her time until she go to sleep and Isshin for some reason went out because he said that something came up with one of his patients and he had to go to his house to examine him. In the end the time passed and the girls went also to their rooms, wanting to rest for the upcoming school day when at the same time, Moka had already slept from exhaustion of overthinking her future actions. The only one that wasn't asleep was Ichigo who was waiting the time he would meet Rukia for tonight's patrol.
[2 hours later. On the night sky over the city.]
''Hmm…'' Rukia murmured, scrubbing her chin and examining with a suspicious look Ichigo.
''What is it?'' Ichigo asked her, noticing her action.
''…I'm not sure, but it looks to me like you are troubled by something, Ichigo.'' Rukia answered him still skeptical.
''It's your imagination. There's nothing wrong with me.'' Ichigo replied casually.
''I don't think so. My woman intuition tells me that you really have a problem.''
''Your woman intuition also told you that you would be fine after eating a bunch of sweets and in the end you gained weight.'' Ichigo stated to her bluntly.
Hearing this, she replied with a strong kick on his right thigh.
''Idiot! No one should talk to a lady about her weight. And the smooth-talk end here. I can clearly see that you have something on your mind, so spit it out'' Rukia demanded of him irritated.
''Ktss… Darn it! How many times I have to tell you to stop with the kicks?! And don't make me reapeat myself. I'm fine. Ok?! So cut it out! And even if I have something bothering me, it's my business.'' Ichigo replied to her also irritated.
''You are bitching like a little girl, Ichigo. You know that? And in the end why are you so negative on telling me what's happening to you? What's sooo tragic that you can't confide it to your best friend? Don't tell me it has something to do again with this girl you are living with?'' Rukia asked him, getting even more irritated from his stubbornness.
From a lucky guess, she hit bull's eye with her last question, making Ichigo goggle a little and start sweating faintly on his face from uneasiness. These two signs were enough for her to take partly her answer without needing any speaking of him in the end.
''So I was right. It has something to do with her.'' Rukia commented frowning.
''No, it doesn't.'' Ichigo replied, trying to mislead her, but vainly since his expression was saying the opposite.
''You can't fool me Ichigo. I can read you like an open book. So stop playing the mysterious guy and get over with it. Whatever it is, I promise I won't judge you.'' Rukia told him in a calmer tone and crossed her arms in front of her chest.
''You are a real bother Rukia, but if you intend to hassle me all night about it, I will say it and after that do whatever you want. Except referring to it again.'' Ichigo told her with an annoyed expression on his face.
''Deal. Now start talking.'' Rukia replied and waited silent to hear his explaination.
[10 minutes later.]
''…That's all. Are you satisfied now?'' Ichigo asked her in cranky tone after finishing the narration of today's events.
But the answer he wanted wouldn't come so soon since one meter away; Rukia was standing now still, staring at him with a frozen expression on her face and her eyes wide open, unable to produce any words.
''Hey! What's happening? Didn't you want to know what was bothering me? Well now you know.'' Ichigo said to her, noticing her reaction.
Then, being able to snap finally out of the shock that incurred to her, Rukia regained her senses and approached Ichigo with a puzzled expression.
''Why? I mean how? How is this possible? First you don't want to take her in your home. Then you change your mind and take her in. And now you try to kiss her from nowhere? You really are amazing, Ichigo; to not use another characterization.'' Rukia commented with an astonished look on her face. ''What would be your next step? Proposing to her or raping her?''
''Don't joke with this Rukia. It's serious.''
''You bet it is. You almost kissed an unknown girl. What in the God's name were you thinking?''
''I don't know. It's complicated… One moment we are walking and talking normally and the other we are down to the ground, looking to each other while we are getting closer for a kiss. I still can't comprehend how this happened. The only thing that I know for sure is that, that precise moment I tried to kiss her, I wanted it more than anything else in my life. It was like my whole existence was guiding me to do it.''
''Tell me crazy or whatever, but from what I hear you say, there's only one thing that I can deduce that is happening to you my friend.''
''And what's that?''
''Frankly speaking, you are getting or maybe you are already in love with this girl.''
''Huh?! Love? But how can this be possible. We barely know each other.''
''Beat me! I have no idea, but as they say, love hasn't logic.''
''That's absurd. There's no way it's love. I can't accept it.''
''Accept it or not, this is the only possible explanation for your problem Ichigo. And unfortunately there's not any medicine for it. You have to fight it on your ow…'' Rukia was saying to explain him how things were, but was cut short when her Hollow-detector started beeping.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
''Hm?'' Rukia murmured surprised and looked on her gadget, noticing a red dot on a location of the city. ''Seems we have to pause our little discussion. A Hollow finally made its appearance.''
''Good… I never thought that I would be happy from a Hollow's appearance, but it came to the right moment. I wanted something to make my mind forget and this is the perfect opportunity.''
''Whatever! Let's go.
''Be right back of you.''
Next, both headed to the location Rukia's Hollow-detector pointed the Hollow, getting ready for battle.
[5 minutes late. At another location.]
In the middle of a secluded road a man was walking casually when for some reason he felt something grabbing him from his waist and lifting his body to the air.
''Eh? What?'' The man said in panic, not knowing why he was flying.
Then he looked back, noticing a faint, transparent and monstrous shadow being on his back and looking like it was smiling.
''MY GOD! WHAT IS THIS?'' The man shouted even more panicked and started squirming. ''HELP ME! PLEASE! SOMEONE! SOMETHING IS THERE! HEEELLPP!''
Ignoring his screams, the shadow looked like it was lowering its head to his direction.
''AAAAAA…!'' The man screamed one last time, thinking that his end had come.
*Slash*
But suddenly a sound of a slash was heard in the air and the grasp on his body disappeared, leaving him to fall to the this, he got up and started running to a random direction, being scared to death from what happened to him. Behind him, Ichigo and Rukia were standing at the place where the Hollow he just killed was disintegrating to bits of black energy.
[Playback in spiritual vision.]
The Hollow was holding the man and was about to bite his upper part with his wide open jaw, but before it had the chance, Ichigo appeared behind its head using shunpo and slashed it off with one strike, turning it to black energy bits and allowing the man to escape its grasp.
''Sometimes I wish I could to hear a -thank you-. Protecting humans for so long and don't get any credit sometimes sucks.'' Rukia commented, looking at the direction the man ran.
''In my case, I don't care so much. I'm just thinking it as a part of the job.'' Ichigo replied casually.
''Because you are doing it for only two years. If you were in this job for as long as I am, you would definitely see it from my view.''
''Not quiet. I would be dead before I reach your years Rukia. Don't forget that I'm still alive.''
''You are right on this.''
''Anyway… We finished here, so we better get going.'' Ichigo said and turned to the sky, preparing himself for a long jump.
''Right.'' Rukia agreed with him, but then her Hollow-detector started beeping again.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
Hearing the sound, Ichigo turned again to her. ''What? Another one?''
''Three to be more precise.''
''And where are they?''
''Nearby. I will show you.''
''Got it.''
Next, both high jumped to the air and disappeared using shunpo.
[In another location.]
A group of young people was having fun at a park, adult way, when suddenly the objects and trees around them started break and fly to every direction. Scared, they began running to every direction, but unfortunately they couldn't escape because whenever someone of them came close to get out of the park, something was hitting him/her, sending him/her back. Like this, after a few minutes, all of them were gathered in the center of the park, observing three faint, transparent, monstrous shadows having them surrounded.
''What is happening?'' A girl asked panicked.
''I don't know. But it's definitely not good.'' A boy who was standing next to her answered her also in panic.
''I'm scared.'' Another girl stated crying.
Then, the air suddenly got very cold and the ground around the three shadows froze, transforming to ice. After this, the sound of two crashes and a slash was heard and the three shadows vanished. Noticing this, the group decided that this was probably their chance to escape, even if they didn't understand what happened, running next with all their might towards random directions.
[Playback in spiritual vision.]
The three hollows were standing still, licking their mouths because of the dinner they were about to have and getting ready to attack, when Rukia suddenly appeared in front of them.
''Dance, Sore no Shirayuki…'' Rukia commanded while turning her zampakuto in a circle counter–clockwise. While she was doing this, its blade, hilt and pommel became white.
Next, a long, white ribbon started to materialize on its pommel and after that she punctured the ground, creating an ice circle around her. Following that she repeated the move four times in front of her, creating four small holes that were unleashing nice particles. For the end, these particles gathered on the top of her blade while she took a battle stance, pointing it at the Hollows who were coming at her after they noticed her.
''TSUGI NO MAI, HAKUREN!'' Rukia shouted and by pushing her zampakuto to the Hollows' direction, unleashed a large wave of ice air which looked like an avalanche and froze completely the Hollows and ground around them
*Crash* *Slash* *Crash*
For the finale, Ichigo appeared in midair between them using shunpo and punched the first on the face with his left fist, crushing its mask to pieces. Slashed diagonally the second which was beside it and ended his attacks with a kick on the chest of the third one, crushing its body also to pieces.
''Clear.'' Ichigo stated, turning to Rukia and approaching the ground.
''Great!'' Rukia commented when he reached her.
''Thanks!'' Ichigo said, smiling slightly. ''But who would have thought that we would get four Hollows at once when they had to appear for so long.'' He added, looking at the remnants of the black energy the Hollows' bodies had become.
''True! And to be honest I was thinking the same. It's pretty weir…'' Rukia was saying, when her Hollow-detector started beeping once again.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
''Don't tell me…'' Ichigo said displeased.
''Yeap! We have another situation in our hands.'' Rukia replied, looking on her gadget's screen.
''You know, this whole thing is looking somewhat suspicious to me.'' Ichigo said with a skeptical expression on his face.
''Me too, but we can't help it. It's our job to prevent every attack we detect.'' Rukia replied and then jumped to air to head to the direction of the next Hollow's appearance.
Following her, Ichigo did the same.
[1.30 hour later.]
For some unknown reason, Hollows were appearing one after another to the whole town, making Ichigo's and Rukia's work more bothersome and tiring than ever since they were rushing from one spot to another without having time to catch their breath, trying to kill them before they kill someone themselves.
''DAMN IT! HOW MANY MORE WE HAVE TO KILL UNTIL THEY FINISH COMING?!'' Ichigo shouted to the air irritated from the situation they were in.
''I honestly don't know. The only thing that's sure is that…'' Rukia was saying with an exhausted expression on her face when for one more time her Hollow-detector started beeping.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
''Oh my God!'' Ichigo cried and slapped his hands on his face desperate.
''I'm not getting paid enough for this.'' Rukia commented annoyed and looked on her gadget, frowning when she saw the Hollows locations and numbers. ''Shit!''
''What?'' Ichigo asked her, removing his hands of his face.
''You won't like it, but just now he got ten more Hollow appearances and to make things worse in completely different places.
''Today isn't our lucky day, isn't it?''
''I couldn't say it better… Haaaa… Ok. No time to spare.'' Rukia said, but the nerves-breaking beeping came back before she has the time to make a move..
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
''YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!'' Ichigo shouted furious, hearing it again.
''I'm going to change its sound after tonight for sure.'' Rukia stated annoyed and looked on its screen, opening her eyes wide shocked from what she saw on it, trembling and sweating on her face.
''Are you ok?'' Ichigo asked her, noticing her reaction and feeling a little worried.
''Ichigo…'' Rukia started saying with an upset voice.
''Yeah…''
''…We have a problem. A pretty serious one.''
''And that is…? '
''The last Hollow attack…''
''Yeah…''
''It's to your house.'' Rukia stated in panic.
''Eh?!'' Ichigo murmured, goggling shocked.
A/N: And that's the end of my chapter.
1:I know that a lot of you are eager for some action and that's why I gave you a small sample here. The main action part with Ichigo will be in my next chapter as you probably guessed and I promise you it will be an exciting one. As for here,I hope I met your expectations about Ichigo's and Rukia's action as Soul Reapers. Also, this is a small part of my answer to the ones that are wondering if I'm going to make the Soul Reapers here strong or average. I understand that it's not so sufficient, but it's a start. You will see more in the future.
2:About the fact that Moka can bath without a problem now, I know that in Rosario she is weak against it, but since I can't have the heroine stay dirty due to the fact that the herbs she is using don't exit in Bleach, I decided to stick to the classics and have her be vulnerable only to holy water.
3:Finally, in this chapter I began the main development between Ichigo's and Moka's feelings for each other and that was the basic reason that I decided to change the title since the natural flow would be for Moka to try knowing the place she is before she gets dragged into a battle. About why she didn't react too much to Ichigo's actions you will learn it in my next don't worry,I'm not fast-forwarding their 's all part of a BIGGEST plot.
Until then…
Be well and love Japan! Ja'ne!
Next chapter: Soul Reaper! (*re-written title*)
