Raven: Yeaah! A new day, a new chapter to write!

Ulquiorra: I swear, do you take happy pills or something?

Raven: *gasps* Ruuude! Do you take depressing pills?

Ulquiorra: No.

Raven: .'' Anywaaays, I own nothing.

Ulquiorra: Enjoy the story =I

Ichigo exited the huge ship.

I'm in Japan again, he thought.

He and Byakuya walked to Ichigo's house.

"Ichi-nii!" Yuzu yelled, running to her older brother and hugging him. Ichigo winced, this reminded him of Shou.

Ichigo forced a smile and patted her head.

"H-hey Yuzu."

"ICHIGOOOOOOOO!" Isshin yelled running towards Ichigo who side stepped the attack.

Ichigo felt a pained look approach his face.

"D-dad…" Ichigo said walking away from Isshin.

He decided not to notice Byakuya giving his father the other half of money and opened the back door and walked out, finding Karin on the steps, drinking a glass of juice.

"Hey Ichi-nii", She said as if he had just come home from school.

"Hey Karin." Ichigo said sitting next to her. That's what he loved about her. She didn't make anyone feel awkward.

"Why'd you come back?"

"What?"

"Ichi-nii, I know you. And above everyone else, I wanted your happiness. I saw you run away, Ichi-nii. But I was happy because for the first time in your life, you did something that you wanted. Why'd you come back?"

Ichigo sighed.

"I heard you guys were going to get kicked out of the house if I didn't come back Was that not true?"

"It was true but we would've been able to survive the streets. And once we got enough money, buy a cheaper, affordable house."

"Karin, I would never be able to let you guys do that."

"Still."

Ichigo smiled and hugged his sister, "It'll be fine, Karin. I'll be fine."

"No you won't Ichi-nii! Oh my god! You always think about everyone but yourself! It's not your goddamn fault mom died! It's not your fault that we're poor!"

"I know…."

"No you don't! Why did you take two jobs, huh? One before school, one after. Why did you try to be the perfect child?"

"Karin…"

Karin sighed and sat back down, resting her head onto Ichigo's lap.

"It's not your fault, Ichi-nii. Stop blaming yourself."

"Okay, Karin." Ichigo said running his fingers through her hair.

They both got up and went back inside.

"I'm going to my room." Ichigo said starting to walk up the stairs.

"Ah… that may be a problem." Isshin said scratching the back of his head.

"Why?"

"Well… Byakuya will be staying with us until after the marriage"

Ichigo winced at the word marriage, "So?"

"He'lll be…. Sleeping in your room….. so you guys share a room…"

Ichigo gave his father a blank stare and headed out the door.

Yuzu ran after him, "Ichi-nii! Where are you going?"

"Out. Don't worry, I'll be back later."

Ichigo walked past the bridge and to the place where his mother was buried.

He sat beside her grave as two little tears trailed down his eyes.

"Hey mom…" He said aloud to the gravestone.

"Remember you told me to always talk to you when I was sad? Well, I never did… but I think I will now. I didn't want to leave Grimmjow and Shou. Mom… I really, really miss Grimmjow…I don't know why."

A church bell rang somewhere and the sky darkened.

"Crap, it's going to rain." Ichigo muttered, "Mom… Am I doing the right thing, marrying Byakuya?"

Thunder was heard in the distance.

"Um… I promise to come back later mom. I want to come back later. But for now, bye", he said, waving to his mother's grave.

He ran home just before it started to rain.

He head upstairs and changed his clothes then headed downstairs, found a blanket and slept on the sofa. He would not sleep with Byakuya.

The next morning, Ichigo awoke to the smell of a fire in the hearth and food cooking over top.

"Huh? Wha?" Ichigo asked, his eyes adjusting to the brightness.

"Ichigo, why weren't you sleeping with me yesterday?"

"Um… cause I don't wanna." Ichigo said rubbing his eyes.

"Well, why you were lounging on the sofa, my grandfather came over." Byakuya said, sitting down to eat breakfast.

Ichigo rolled his eyes.

"Also my grandfather said that we are to-"

The doorbell rang suddenly, cutting Byakuya off.

Ichigo looked at Byakuya one more time before going to open the door.

"Hello?"

"Heeeeeeeey", Grimmjow said from the doorway.

"Ichi-nii!" Shou said from Grimmjow's arms.

"Grimmjow! Shou! What are you guys doing here?" Ichigo exclaimed, a smile appearing on his face.

"Just after you left, my sister came over. She decided to 'redecorate' and we got kicked out", Grimmjow explained, sweat dropping.

"B-but why come to my house? I mean, not that I mind or anything…"

"We missed ya." Grimmjow said winking at Ichigo.

Ichigo blushed, "Okay… how did you guys find me?" Grimmjow blinked.

"Shou told me." Grimmjow lied. He wasn't about to admit he had heard Ichigo's story.

"Oh…" Ichigo said blushing, "How long are you guys going to stay here?"

"For about two weeks? Sorry, my sister's crazy…"

"No! It's fine!" Ichigo said. He paused and thought for a bit.

"Sorry, but Grimmjow, you may need to sleep on the couch…" Ichigo said sweat dropping.

"My my! Is that how you treat a guest?" Grimmjow asked teasingly.

Ichigo blushed again.

"I'm sorry! We don't have a lot of room and-"

"It's fine, Ichigo. Chill! I was just messing with ya." Grimmjow said with his trademark smile.

Ichigo blushed 10 shades deeper.

"And Shou can sleep with me if that's okay?"

Grimmjow nodded. Shou would like that.

Ichigo led the two inside and let them sit down, giving them something to drink.

"Ooooh! Who are your friends, Ichigo?" Isshin asked entering the room.

"Grimmjow and Shou. They were….. taking care of me." Ichigo said.

"Oh! Nice to meet you! I'm Isshin, Ichigo's father."

Yuzu and Karin stepped out of the kitchen.

"I'm Yuzu! And this is Karin, my twin! Nice to meet you!" Yuzu said bowing.

"Um…Ichigo, before we were rudely interrupted, I had something to say to you." Byakuya said in annoyance.

"Oh yeah. What is it?" Ichigo said without care. He sipped some juice he had gotten. He took a seat next to Shou and Grimmjow.

"My grandfather also said that we are to be married in a week."

Ichigo spit out the juice and started coughing. Shou hit Ichigo's back in attempt to help.

"WHAT?"

"We are getting married in two weeks. Understand?"

Ichigo looked at his father who gave him an uncertain smile.

He tightened his jaw and walked out of the room to the door.

"Uh… Ichi-nii…" Shou said, starting to go after him.

"Shou, go away." Ichigo said outside.

"Ichi-nii are you okay?"

"Shou I said GO AWAY!"

Shou looked at Ichigo, hurt and ran.

Isshin neared the door, "Ichigo, I understand that you are upset but you didn't have to yell at the boy like that…"

"NO! You don't fucking understand! You are the fucking person who did this!" Ichigo roared at his dad.

"Ichigo that is no way to talk to your father", Byakuya disciplined.

"Fuck you! What are you, my mom? Oh wait, she's dead." Ichigo yelled, "I hate it here! Why the fuckin hell do you think I ran away, huh?"

With that Ichigo ran down the streets to his mom's grave.

Ichigo sat by the grave and let tears fall down his face. He sat in front of the grave, facing it.

He didn't want to talk, just sit and cry.

He heard footsteps approach him.

"Your sisters said that I'd probably find you here..." Grimmjow said softly from behind him.

Ichigo sniffed and rubbed his eyes.

"Only my sisters would know that."

"Heh… yeah. They're good kids." Grimmjow said with a chuckle. He took a seat next to Ichigo.

"Yeah… they are."

"Are you okay?"

"No. I'm about to get married to someone I don't even like, I keep living in blame for my mom's death, I hate my life-"

"Ichigo! I know… I… know…." Grimmjow said. He hadn't wanted to admit it but it kind of blurted out.

"What do you mean?"

"I…. uh…. Heard your story…. While you were telling it to Shou…"

"You what? You were eavesdropping?"

Grimmjow nodded shamefully.

"How could you? Why?"

"Well… um…. Ilforte heard it to…"

"WHAT? WHY?"

"Well… we had been walking… then we saw you crying so we hid behind a tree and heard everything….."

"Hmph."

Ichigo bonked Grimmjow's head and face away from him.

"Hey… I'm sorry…"

"It's… fine… I have more things to deal with right now." Ichigo said.

There was an awkward silence.

"So…..How's Ilforte?" Ichigo asked, trying to break the quietness.

"Ilforte's good. He was planning to come to but decided to stay with Szayel."

Ichigo stayed quite for a moment, "Is your marriage arranged?" He asked.

Grimmjow shook his head, "No. Hell, we're not even getting married to eachother."

"What?"

"Yup. See, our parents want us to be married to whoever they chose so we decided to pretend to already be engaged so that doesn't happen. Ilforte wants to marry Szayel someday though."

Ichigo's eyes bulged, "Incest?"

"Haha, no. They're actually not related at all. They have different moms and dads. Not blood relation what-so-ever. Ironically though, they have the same birthday."

"Oh. Then why don't they just get married?"

"Because it would be shame to their parents. They plan to move far away someday and get married."

"But then… what would happen to you? You would be forced to marry."

"I hope to fall in love with someone before then." Grimmjow said, Though I may already have, he finished in his mind. "Now how about we head home? Yuzu was starting lunch when I left."

Ichigo smiled.

"Sounds good… thanks Grimmjow." Ichigo said blushing.

"No problem" Grimmjow said with a smile.

They started to leave before Ichigo stopped and turned around, "Bye mom", He whispered.

Raven: Yeaaah! Done with this chapter! Guess who Grimmjow's in love with!

Ulquiorra: Don't give it away.

Raven: It's I-

Ulquiorra: *covers Raven's mouth* No one. It is no one that you know of yet.

Raven: *moves Ulquiorra's hand* Not true! But I won't give it away ;D

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