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Porcelain Doll

Chapter 4 – That Doctor

"What? Why? What happen?"

"Some one called from her soccer class asking dad to go pick her up… but they didn't told me what happen… I'm worried, Ichi-nii!"

"Crap! What hospital is she?"

"I just called him on his cell phone… he took her at Takahashi's hospital."

"Ok, I'm going there. I'll call you soon as I know what happen ok?"

"Ok."

I gave her a big hug. I was sure it was nothing serious. Bad knew always comes fast, so she must be fine.

I took my bike and took off leaving my other sister behind me.

When I got in front of that huge hospital after 20 minutes riding and hoping they wouldn't have left already, I felt shivers running through my body.

Although ironically I had decided to become a doctor, I always hated hospitals.

Staring at that big white building, made me remember once our father got really sick, so he had to stay a few days interned. At that time I was 12, Karin and Yuzu were 6. I was so scared that something terrible would happen to him, and he would leave me alone with those kids, since mom passed way not too long before that. It was a really terrible moment for a 12 years old kid like me. And seeing dad so terrible like that, made me get afraid of that kind of place. And adding the strong smell of chemical products that those places hold, was really sickening. Dad got terrible depressed after mother passed away, and his immunity got down, so he got a really strong cold. It was a pneumonia actually. He stayed for two weeks there. The longest weeks of my life. But thank goodness he got better. Although I think it left some sequels on his brain since he came back home more stupid then never.

Changing the subject, I actually wonder how did mom fell for that guy. He is stupid and childish. And I supposed he was worst at that time they met. I just can't understand that.

However, I know he is a good man and always looked after us with all his mighty, despite it all. And he did loved mom.

When I got inside, I found my father talking to a tall dark haired guy.

"…she might feel a little uncomfortable at night, so I prescribed a pain killer if she really feels like it… all I can tell is that she must rest as much as possible for two, maybe three weeks." His accent sounded familiar.

I looked around and saw Karin sitting on a chair beside the reception table.

"Hey, Karin… are you alright? What happen?"

"A stupid girl knocked me out on the leg… I broke it, and now I can't play anymore."

"For two or three weeks right?" I got worried. I knew soccer was her biggest passion in life. Maybe the only one. I was worried if someone would take that away from her for good.

"I hope so…" Her voice came out low. She was truly upset, and I felt bad for her.

My father and the doctor approached right after.

"When you come back to take off that plaster of paris bandages, we will make another scan on your leg to see if there will be further damages, ok?" The doctor said to her.

I looked at him again. He was taller than me, and he was pretty young for a doctor. I mean, all the doctors I had seen so far were old full of white hair and wrinkles. I began to imagine myself on his shoes within a few years. I would make sure I would become a hell of a great doctor, and get tons of hot nurses. I bet he did.

But then I noticed he had a cold expression on his face, like there was no emotion inside those blue sky eyes of his. And he didn't seem to like that job. I asked myself what a young man like him, was doing with a job he couldn't take pleasure on taking care of people. I mean, being a doctor is the noblest profession someone could choose. The wish of saving lives should be running on his veins. And there were a lot of others things I couldn't see through him. There was a dark sadden aura involving him blocking my view. He had just examined my little sister and there was no excitement about it on him. It was almost as if he didn't cared to Karin's pain.

I wanted to ask him what is his problem, but that was none of my business. My sister was fine, and that's what matters for now.

"Ok, let's go kids." Father said.

"If anything happen, you can give me a call." So that doctor handed my father his business card.

"Thank very much doctor Kuchiki."

"What??" I said it too loud, and all of them looked at myself get embarrassed.

That surname sounded very familiar, but I wasn't sure of it.

"Is there something wrong?" That cold strong voice asked me.

"Well… are you…" I wanted to ask him, but his eyes were telling me to keep quiet. He was intimidating. "…sorry… it's nothing."

So I helped Karin to stand up, and helped father to take her to his car parked in front of the building.

I saw that man walk away. He also had a hard cold back.

Back at home, Yuzu helped us to take Karin to the room they share.

And finally I was able to lay on my precious bed and closed my eyes. Soon I was hit by a lot of thoughts in my mind.

I wanted to think about Rukia's payment, that weird doctor and that letter.

'…although we do not share the same parents, we know how we will be forever bounded for a single reason… You freeze me, because you can't reach me. And ignores me. To those who know she is my sister, not yours, we kept our promise. I am not your enemy… Forgive me please, for I have sinned with my gore thoughts.'

Those parts of her note, kept hitting my mind unstoppable for the entire night.

'What reason is that? Why does he ignores her? Is she adopted? Or is he?... and why does she has such thoughts?'

The next day I got early at college. I got surprised by seeing Inoue talking to Rukia.

"Ah, Kurosaki-kun! I was looking for you… you didn't came yesterday to our meeting!"

"Ah… sorry Inoue… I had to take Karin to Takahashi's hospital…" I looked at Rukia to see if I could catch some reaction from her, but she just kept looking at her book. "… she broke her leg." So I concluded.

"Oh…I'm sorry, is she ok?"

"Yeah, she is fine." I still couldn't take my eyes off that raven girl.

"Good… can I come visit her today?"

"Sure. She is going to love it."

"Ok then… I'm going to my classroom, I have genetics class now."

"Ok."

"Bye bye Kurosaki-kun… bye bye Rukia."

"Bye." We both replied.

After she left, I set on the chair beside her.

"What are you reading?"

She looked suspicious.

"Why do you care?"

"Just curious."

"It's just a stupid romance." She sighed.

"If you think it's stupid, then why do you read it?"

"It's entertaining."

"Hmm… and what were you talking to Inoue? I thought you hated her!"

"Don't worry, I have no plan to steal her away from you." She told me with a bored expression on her face, as if I had the obligation to understand what she means.

"Huh?" But I wondered where did that came from.

"I know you like her… everybody knows."

That was true. I liked her, as a friend and probably more. She was the prettiest and sweetest girl I know. And I liked to thing she was the most perfect creature on earth too. But I couldn't say I loved her, though. I feel there is something missing on Inouer to make my mind go crazy about her, and I couldn't tell what it was.

"How come?"

"You drools everywhere when she is around."

"No I don't." Rukia tried to act like me drooling looking at my chest, as if I could only see Inoue's breasts. "…Yes you do." She concludes after finishing that cheap acting.

"Are you jealous of Inoue?" I was sure she was. After all, Rukia was flat like a board, short, sullen and had no one to talk to. She was almost pitiful, if it wasn't for that arrogant face of her.

"Don't be stupid! I would never be jealous of a stupid girl that can only giggles over everything fixing her stupid hair all the time… I hate girls that only care about their looks. I even wonder if they do know that that is all they have got to attract a man or if it is just their stupid animal instincts… you know, they have no brain to get into a decent conversation… the only thing they can understand is about hair, clothes, nails, body creams and make ups… and since those stupid gossiping magazines are the only thing they can read, they only see stupid actor's pictures and adore it as a holy thing… and that is when they are not comparing themselves to the beautiful women on it grabbing those men."

I was wondering when she would stop talking about it. But it was funny, and true. Although Inoue wasn't like that. At least I have never seen her acting like that.

"So you are jealous!"

"Idiot!" She hit my head with that book getting annoyed.

"Outch!"

"What do you want? I know you did not came here just to ask me that." She was really sharp.

"Well… I was wondering… what is your last name again?"

She looked into my eyes as if she could see through me.

"Why? Did my brother attend your sister?" 'I knew it.'

"So it was him." Now that stupid accent I noticed on him made sense.

"Have you thought about your payment already?" She changed the subject, and faced the book over her desk. There was so much I wanted to ask, but I wouldn't dare. It was her business, not mine, anyway.

"Actually… I have." I had just came up with an idea.

She looked at me with a serious expression on that sullen face as I had an evil grin on mine.

"I am not stupid, you know? Do not try to bargain on me, because it won't happen… so I am going to ask you just this once… how much Ichigo?"

"Zero."

"Huh?... What do you mean?" It was fun to see her out of clue.

"I mean, I don't want money. I want something else in exchange."

"Oh no!"

"Yeah!... but don't worry! Is no big deal, actually." But she was still laser-ing me with those deep blue eyes of hers scanning me.

"Say it."

"Well… I want meet your room!"

"Excuse me?" Now it was weird to see how shocked she got. As if I had asked to meet a holy ground. And now it made me even more curious about it. Obviously I wasn't trying to meet only her room. I wanted to see for myself the place that freak girl lives.

I couldn't say exactly why, but I was getting some how, kind of… a little interested on her. That letter made a huge impact on me, and I couldn't sleep properly because of it. I wanted to figure out the story behind it. And as I wouldn't dare asking it directly to that little but dreadful dark feline, I decided to make that kind of move. Slowly invade her own territory. Maybe I would find something interesting to put her little nose down.

"You know… you saw my room, now I want some revenge, and see yours too." I said simply putting that way so she wouldn't suspect me even more then she already was.

And as expected, I saw her putting some serious thought about it. I just couldn't tell if she was questioning about my intentions or about the possibility of me entering her castle.

"No."

"Oh come'on! You came to my house uninvited and I can't? Besides, I am spearing you some money!" 'Crap! I can't miss that chance!'

"And why do you care so much about my room?"

"I don't care! I just want so see for myself your voodoo dolls! I have never seen one before." 'That is it! I must tease her.'

"You brainless head…I told you my room is not like that!" I was getting exited for making her so angry that she would have to agree with me.

"So prove it!"

"I have nothing to prove to you!"

"Oh… so you admit you are that kind of witch scheming evil spells on people to get what ever you want? And that is why you are always so sullen. Because you just hate everyone around you, and wishes their death. And you made some kind of pact to the devil, so now you can only wear dark clothes to not shine among the stupid ordinaries humans and don't get a punishment from that little Satan… but I bet at night you pray you ass off to your God to save your soul, because you know you have screwed big time, and now you know you just can't come back to the living world, because Lucifer will hunt you down..."

"Fine, fine, fine! Enough!" She interrupts me."… but I will tell you the day." She told me pointing her index finger on my face.

"Ok." I replied putting down that annoying thing.

After that, I went straight to my seat felling absolute and proud of myself.

Only now I realized the classroom was already full.

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