Day 2, week 1, Sunday. Walk Right In… to my heart.

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open. ~B.K.S. Iyengar

"Ichigo! Ichigo!" Yuzu yelled.

"What?" I mumbled to myself, getting up. "Stupid hollow, waking me up just to be gone already." Yuzu yelled my name again.

"What?" I asked stepping out of my room.

"Dad needs help. There is an emergency at the hospital, so many people that some with minor injuries are sent here!" She yelled.

I ran down the stairs, grabbing my coat and making sure I was all clean and ready to work. I'm 26 now. I just moved back in last week with my family after being away at college to get my medical degree. Yuzu and Karin are 21, they'll have a birthday soon. Oh wait… it would be Friday. I said trying to smile as I went in to help.

I went to college and goofed off the first few. I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I had always figured I was just going to be a shinigami. Then one day my third year dad pointed out that I couldn't live at home forever, I had to make money, a living. So I decided I'd help people the way my dad had. I would become a doctor. I was 20 and 6 years later, I am a doctor.

Yuzu stayed around to be a nurse. She went to her 4 year program and she'll be done at the end of this year. She didn't want to be a doctor because she was more than happy to just do the little things like she always had.

Karin wasn't around much because she's in law school. She thought she wanted to be a professional athlete though she later decided that she didn't want to deal with that kind of life. So she has a 4 year program, her BAR exam and then she had to do hand-on internship work for a while. She won't be done very soon.

The hospital took all the major patients so we were left with people who just had cuts or scrapes. Apparently it was an explosion of a building and many people were DOA. I didn't like to tend to the cuts and scrapes of patients, it was boring but someone had to.

I went to the next room where a girl about 15 was sitting. She was facing the wall, her hair reminded me of Rukia. "Yo." I said.

She looked over her shoulder. "You're here, finally." She said rather impatiently.

"Sorry, we have a lot going on." I told her.

"I know, so my leg. You think it's broken?" I looked at the x-rays that Yuzu took, it was clear of fractures.

"It's not, probably just sprained. We can stick you on crutches if you want and pain meds." I told her.

"I'll do neither, can I go now?" She said crossing her arms. I laughed. She glared at me. "Hello!"

"Sorry, yes you are clear to go. Be careful though. Take it easy." I told her. She nodded and carefully got of the table, she was limping as she walked away.

After I took in about 20 patients, dad taking in about 40, it always being like a contest for him. We had taken care of everyone the hospital sent.

"That's good enough for today kids." Dad told us.

"Ichigo, let's go to the mall."

"Why?" I asked her.

"I want to buy a cute outfit, come on!"

Yuzu and I didn't get paid much for working with dad. It was mainly because we only worked when someone big happened. That was about 2 times a week now. It's been pretty bad lately. Things like buildings exploding are common place. People except it, I don't.

Dad suggested that I get a job at the hospital. I didn't want to because I liked the hours I got at home, and it was nice to be around the family and help out. Dad kept saying I should pay rent and help out but he didn't ask for anything. I didn't need much money, surprisingly I got through college without debt by working any hours I had free.

Yuzu and I walked into the mall and I wondered around the store as we tried on dresses. I was looking out the window when I saw someone, it looked like Rukia.

"Yuzu, I'll be right back. Stay here."

I ran into the store and grabbed the shoulder of the person. "Rukia?"

She turned around and I noticed she was the patient from before. "Hey you. I'm Gigi, not Rukia. Weren't you my doctor earlier?"

"Sorry, I just thought you were someone else."

"Oh. Well don't just run up to people and assume they're someone else." I nodded and went back across the street to see Yuzu.

"What was that about Ichigo?" Yuzu asked.

"Nothing. I just thought I knew her." I said.

"Who?"

"No one," I responded. "It turned out it was patient from earlier, I knew she looked familiar."

Yuzu looked confused but she then asked about the dresses she had picked out. I just stared out the window. I saw a black-haired figure. It must be Gigi. As I watched her closer I noticed this figure had longer hair and she was skipping, Gigi couldn't be skipping. The figure disappeared before I could see where she went. Oh well, I shouldn't chase after random people.

When we got home I was surprised to see Karin there. "Karin!" Yuzu said running to her twin and hugging her.

"Hey Yuzu, what'd you buy?"

"I got this dress, isn't it cute?" It was bright yellow with giant white flowers.

"Sure it is." Karin looked at me, shrugging but pretended that it was great.

"I know it's great!" Yuzu said running up to the room and putting it in her closet. She ran back down.

The restaurant was in the middle of town. It was about sunset and it was warm enough so we ate at the tables that were outside. "So how was your days?" Karin asked.

"The clinic was very busy. You should have seen all the patients that Dad and Ichigo had! Most of them were fine, just surprised to see that the building they were around destroyed but fine except for a cut or scrape." Yuzu explained.

"Hard day Ichigo?" Dad asked me.

"Uh… not really. I saw one of my patients, I thought I saw her skipping later on even with a sprained ankle. It was odd." I told him.

"That is."

"Is that why you ran of, Ichigo?" Karin asked.

"Yeah, I wanted to tell her she really…" in that moment I saw the same figure skipping down the street… she looked so much like…

I jumped up and ran across the street. I heard a scream as I was about to be hit by a car. Next thing I remember, I was on the sidewalk, safe and sound. I couldn't remember what happened. I looked around for the figure and she was gone.

The twins and dad ran over to me. "You okay Ichigo?" Yuzu asked.

"You're an idiot." Karin yelled. "Why'd you run out in front of a car?" I didn't know what to say. I was still confused. What happened?

Rukia sighed as she rounded the corner into an little side street. She stopped to catch her breath. She was surprised by how much he hadn't changed, still an idiot.

He had tried to chase after her earlier when she passed by the store he was in. She shook her head. She sighed, she didn't want to have to interfere but as she heard the horn honk, she turned around and in that instant she saved him and ran off.

She told herself that she would have to be more careful around him. He was going after her, she laughed, why was she hiding? She stepped out onto the street, there was no sign of him and continued on with her shopping, happily skipping along.

She went back to the house and sat the last of the things she bought down. She got colorful rugs for most of the rooms, lamps that had different color light bulbs, new sheets for the bed, she even got different sets of clothes. She hadn't thought to bring around most of her old clothes for her new gigai. This gigai looked like she did now. It was a lot higher quality. She didn't know why she wasted the money but she liked this one better.

Urahara's new collection of gigai were stronger, faster and more responsive. Ultimately, they could do anything that you could as a soul without your sword. You had to leave to use your zanpakto but that wasn't much of a hassle for what she did on a normal day. If she felt any sign of a strong hollow, chappy watched her body while she took care of it.

She looked at her house and smiled. "Much better." She sighed, "It really is too bad that I won't be around her for more than a month for all the stuff I bought."

She had bought a mirror to put up in the bathroom. She looked at herself and noticed that the headband was gone. "Ahhh! Where could it be?" She went through all the bags that she bought today in a panic.

She was panicked. "Where could it be!" She screamed, searching the house over and over again. She was about to run and search the streets when her phone went off. She grabbed the handle to the door and stopped. She thought about what if he found her!

She had to do her job. She decided to leave chappy here with her gigai. It was faster and easier that way. She, a little worried about what would happen, left the house in the direction of the hollow.

I was just lying in bed, in my hand was a ribbon. It was white and it was on my lap when I ended up on the sidewalk. I don't know why but I know it's hers. She has to be in town as the resident shinigami. Why would she do something like that? She tried to avoid me as best she could. She was doing a good job.

A hollow, I sensed. Well that's one way to find out. I hopped out the window after sticking it in my pocket. However, once again I got there too late. The shinigami who had recently been the resident didn't want me interfering so he took the thing from me so I was trapped, except for Kon but I didn't tell that shinigami that.

I was walking home and I was being followed. I looked around to see a little girl. "Hi." I said to her. "Don't be afraid, I'm a friend." Truth was, Kon and Orihime were close now and boy did Kon like that so he was hardly around. Normally I would just perform the konso myself.

"I'm Eemi. I'm all alone. My family is all gone."

"Did they die?"

"Yeah, but they disappeared…"

"They're in a place called soul society now." I told her. She was a girl with light brown hair, probably about 9. "You can hang with me until the person comes to take you." I suggested. Normally I'd suggest the soul wait around but it was like a trap for her.

She followed me home and I let her stay on my bed, I sat on the ground across from the window. Eemi fell asleep on the bed not soon after.

"Eemi… come on." I heard a quiet voice said.

"I want to say thanks." I heard Eemi said. I opened my eyes and there was Rukia, trying to escort the soul out.

I looked at her, she looked more beautiful than I remembered. She looked about the same height although her hair was longer and I noted she headband on. I searched for it and looked for her.

"It's mine." She said, then she looked at Eemi.

"Bye and thanks Mr." Then Rukia preformed the konso, saying by to the little girl.

She looked at me, and hopped out the window. I don't know how she did it but it was so quick I nearly missed it. I was about to jump after her but I wasn't a soul and I didn't have the spiritual pressure available to shunpo after her.

I punched my wall and stared off in the direction that she left. "Rukia… you're back." The fact that, that was Rukia, was something. I couldn't sleep but I just laid there, thinking about her. Was she still angry at me. Why would she be? She's still holding a grudge. I have to be the world's greatest idiot.

"Rukia… come back." I said as I laid there. "I'm sorry."

She was disappointed, she had run away from him. She told herself again and again that she wouldn't but she had to face the facts, she was scared. Scared of what would happen. She didn't know what to do…

"I will see him tomorrow. I will not run away." She stood up. "I am Rukia Kuchiki and I am not afraid of anything! Not hollows and not Ichigo."

She sat down with her journal.

Day 2: I did 4 konsos on a family of four that died. 3 hollows were purified today, one made an attempt to attack. No sign of the hollow as shown on the mission. I didn't run into the Quincy. However, it would appear that the substitute shinigami Kurosaki is not been leaving his body, probably at the insistence of the past resident shinigami. I will make contact with him tomorrow and the Quincy to discuss what we know. I am sure all will go well.

She threw the journal on the table, hopped into her gigai and went to bed. She was confident that she was super nervous to see him tomorrow. That is precisely why she would be totally focused on business and make sure that Ishida is there the entire time. He would stop them from fighting, he always did.