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YAY CH.3!! It's been forever since I have updated due to other stories I have been writing. Rukia finally gets to talk with Ichigo! See what happens

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DIRTY DANCING: RUKONGAI MOVES

CH.3

Everyone on the dance floor scooted out of the way as Ichigo and his partner moved towards the center. Rukia became curious as to who Ichigo's partner was.

Matsumoto saw Rukia looking at them and answered Rukia's question. "That's Ichigo Kurosaki and Inoue Orihime; they're the best dancers in town." Ichigo and the girl, Inoue, started dancing with the others.

She was reluctant that they didn't dance as horrible and close as the others did. "They seem rather close, are they dating or something?" Rukia asked, trying to not sound too interested.

"Oh no." Matsumoto replied. "It sure looks like they are doesn't it? No, they are like brother and sister, they grew up dancing together."

Rukia nodded her head, trying not to sound too happy that Ichigo wasn't dating the girl. "I'm sure he has a girlfriend, he's too good looking to be single." Rukia felt silly for even looking at herself with a guy like him. She figured it was simply attraction.

Rukia continued to talk to Matsumoto. A few minutes later, Ichigo stopped dancing with Inoue and came to talk to Matsumoto and everyone.

"What's up?" Ichigo asked. They all replied with 'nothings' and 'just chillin'. Ichigo smiled, wiping some sweat off of his face.

"It's so hot in there, I don't think I can stay much longer." Ichigo said. Everyone nodded in agreement.

Rukia didn't want him to leave. But then again, why did she care? Ichigo soon saw her and walked over to her. Rukia became very nervous.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, his voice was rough. Rukia was a bit surprised. Matsumoto answered for her. "I invited her. She's pretty cool."

Ichigo glared at Matsumoto for a while and then turned back to Rukia. "Well, you don't look like you'd say anything." Rukia was really confused now. Were these parties not aloud or something?

Matsumoto could see what was bothering her. "These parties aren't exactly 'approved' by the owner. Just keep it on the dl, no biggie." Being the goody girl she was, Rukia was afraid.

"So this is like, an illegal party in a way?" Rukia asked. She expected Matsumoto to reply, but she instead received an answer from Ichigo. "In a way. Just don't say anything, simple as that." Rukia obeyed. For some reason she wanted Ichigo to trust her.

The song changed and Ichigo smiled brightly. "I love this song, hey Rukia, come dance with me." She shot a worried look to Matsumoto telling her to save her, but Matsumoto did nothing.

Ichigo led her by hand to the floor. Rukia immediately began to sweat due to the heat. Ichigo was close, extremely close to her body. She felt so awkward.

He placed his hands on her hips. He started to move his hips and Rukia tried moving hers. It was quite obvious she didn't know what she was doing. "Follow what I do Rukia." He said. Rukia tried copying him. He helped keep her on the beat by pushing his hands on her hips.

After a minute or so, Rukia started to get the jiff of it. She even started to enjoy the music.

Seeing that Rukia was comfortable, Ichigo moved closer to her. Rukia blushed but moved in a little too. They were moving as one now, his hands still on her hips. She didn't pay attention to anyone else but him.

She was completely comfortable now. Ichigo was smiling at her, giving her confidence. She rolled her hips more and started to loosen her shoulders. Ichigo did the same. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and they swung back and forth.

Her body was completely on his now, but she wasn't bothered by it. Just as the song started, it ended. Ichigo released Rukia, smiled, and walked away. Rukia clapped and cheered with everyone else.

She saw Ichigo walk over to his partner, Inoue, and they both started dancing to the next song.

She stared at him for a moment and walked back to Matsumoto. Just as Rukia looked away, Ichigo tried to find Rukia, but he could no longer see her.

Her body was extremely sticky from the sweat, but nothing bothered her. Matsumoto was smiling and wooing Rukia. "Geez girl, you really know how to move! I've never seen Ichigo get so excited so fast!" she exclaimed laughing.

Rukia blushed madly laughing back and talked more with Matsumoto.

She looked at her watch and realized how late it was. "Well, I think I am going to head back. Tell me when there's another party."

"Will do Rukia!" Matsumoto exclaimed. Rukia was so surprised at herself. She felt like a hypocrite, saying how grotesque the dancing was, and then joining in the craziness and actually enjoying it.

On her way out of the clubhouse, she heard some voices. She ignored them, figuring it was people talking. That was until she heard what the voice said. "Listen you whore, you better do what I say." Rukia stiffened, afraid. "Please stop" a female voice cried.

Rukia didn't know what to do. Should she go tell someone and do something? Or should she just walk away. She knew the right answer, so she followed through with that.

She followed the voice to see where the people were. "Just do it" the manly voice said.

Rukia turned a corner and stayed where she was, for before her eyes was a man hovering over a woman. She couldn't really see what the man looked like, but she saw the girl. Brown eyes and light hair. "I don't want to." The girl cried.

Rukia slowly backed away and ran to tell Matsumoto. After explaining what happened to Matsumoto, she dashed to where Ichigo was. His face turned to anger as Matsumoto whispered something to his ear.

He left the dance floor and walked right to the exit. Matsumoto along with Ikkaku and Chad followed behind. Rukia stayed by Matsumoto's side.

Rukia pointed to where the man and the girl were and Ichigo stomped in the direction.

"Hey! What are you…" the man couldn't speak as Ichigo punched the side of his face. The girl only cried and looked away. Ichigo was furious.

"Who the hell do you think you are? Huh?" Ichigo kicked the man's side. "Answer me!" The man put his hands above his face. "Sorry, I just wanted to have some fun." The man's voice was shaky.

Matsumoto walked to the girl and hugged her tightly. Ichigo picked the man up by his shirt.

"If you wanna have fun, do it with someone who actually wants to have fun back. If I ever see you around my sister, no you know what? If I ever see you around here again, I'll kill you, you got that Keigo?" Ichigo's eyes were ferocious.

The man named Keigo shook his head slowly and ran off, not daring to look back.

The young girl was still crying. She looked to be about fifteen or sixteen. Once she saw Ichigo walking to her, she ran into him, hugging him. "Oh Ichigo, I was so scared!" she cried.

"It's ok Yuzu; no one is going to hurt you." She continued to hug Ichigo. He rubbed her head soothingly. "Ichigo is so kind. He is such a good brother." Rukia thought.

After releasing Yuzu, Ichigo turned his attention to Matsumoto. "How did you know about Yuzu? You were inside the whole time, right?" Matsumoto pointed at Rukia.

"Rukia was the one that told me." Ichigo looked curiously at her. "How did you know?"

Rukia looked down, afraid to look into his intense eyes. "I was leaving the party when I heard what that man was saying to your sister. Once I realized where they were, I went and told Matsumoto."

Ichigo seemed surprised. Yuzu walked up to Rukia. "Oh thank you so much. Nobody would have come if it hadn't been for you." Rukia smiled at the girl. She was only a few years younger than Rukia.

Rukia waited for a thank you from Ichigo, but received nothing. Feeling a bit irritated, Rukia started to walk away. "Well, I really need to get home, I have a lot of stuff to do tomorrow."

"Wait" Matsumoto called out. "Why doesn't Ichigo walk you to your room. Who knows who or what could be lurking out at this hour." Ichigo gave her a sullen look.

"Oh come on Ichigo, if it hadn't been for Rukia I wouldn't have been seen or found." Yuzu said persuasively. Ichigo scratched his head and sighed. "Fine, fine, I guess I do owe it to her."

Rukia smiled feeling a little bad, she didn't really need someone to walk her home. "She is a lot smaller than Yuzu, so I guess she of all people should be careful." Ichigo said smugly.

Rukia felt a tinge of anger go down her spine. "Small?" she whispered. Never in her life had someone dared to talk about her size.

"Well you are, I mean you are like the height of a twelve year old." Rukia only got angrier.

"You know what, I think I will walk by myself, I don't need someone with hair like his to bring attention to me." Rukia replied.

Ichigo was about to say something, when Yuzu jabbed his side. "Yuzu! No really, let me walk you home." Rukia was about to object but Ichigo already started walking.

"Are you coming?" he yelled out from ahead. Rukia rolled her eyes. "Yes!" she yelled back sarcastically.

The walk home started out in silence. Rukia didn't know if she should be angry or happy that Ichigo was walking her home.

"You don't really have to walk me home, you can go back now if you want." Rukia mumbled. Ichigo closed his eyes. "No, it's fine really. I owe a lot to you."

She wanted to apologize, but he beat her to it. "Sorry about calling you small." Ichigo said.

"It's ok, I am kind of short." Ichigo looked at her. "More like really short."

Once again, Rukia had an outburst. "What's wrong with being short? It's not like I can help my size!"

"I can't help my hair color either." Ichigo replied.

There was once again silence. "You can dye your hair, all I can do is where really high heels." Rukia muttered.

Ichigo laughed. "I use to hate my hair color when I was younger, but now I really like it for some reason."

"Where I live, no one ever makes fun of my size. I only get compliments from people, or criticisms from my brother." Rukia said. "Why did you come to Rukongai anyway?" Ichigo asked.

"This trip is my graduation gift from my brother. He let me pick anywhere in the world."

Ichigo looked confused. "So out of the entire world, you could have gone to France, or Italy, but you picked Rukongai?"

Rukia giggled. "I know, it does sound weird. I wanted to go somewhere with lots of history, and I decided Rukongai was one of the best places to study."

"Still," Ichigo began "I would have picked France or Italy." Rukia smiled. "Been there, done that." Ichigo's eyes widened. "You say it like its nothing. Do you go to those places often?"

Rukia only smiled again. "I travel all over the world with my brother. He owns an international corporation." Ichigo smirked. "Well aren't you lucky."

Rukia smiled, but sadly. She hated traveling so much. She never got enough of anything, just a small taste.

They walked out of the elevator and right to Rukia's room.

"Thank you. We should talk sometime again, and I should get to ask some questions." Rukia said.

Ichigo replied "Ah, no problem, yah I would like to talk again. And you might want to try wearing some heels so it doesn't look I am talking to a middle school kid."

Rukia rolled her eyes, ignoring the last part. "If I wear heels, than I will trip again as you witnessed earlier this evening."

Ichigo laughed and began to walk away. "I don't mind catchin you again." He said softly. Than he walked in the elevator and the doors closed.

Rukia sank down to the ground. She really liked being around Ichigo. She felt like she could tell him anything, and she barely even knew him. She opened the door and felt excited for the next time they would visit.

The next morning, Rukia woke up a little later than planned. She quickly got dressed and changed. Today was her first day to visit the reservations. Rukia was thrilled.

Grabbing what she needed, she walked down to the dining area to grab something quick to eat. As Rukia ate, she looked through her letters and pamphlets, telling her about her summer schedule. Finding the page she needed, she read through the letter thoroughly.

Dear Rukia,

Thank you for choosing the Rukongai reservation as your touring choice.

You will be staying at the Shikai Rantan. You're visiting hours at the reservation will be Monday-Thursday from 1:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. You're tour guide supervisor will be Yamada Hanatarou.

If you have any questions or if there are any errors, please contact us as soon as possible.

Our number is 1-300-555-1254

Once again thank you.

Kisuke Urahara.

Owner

"Hanatarou? Wasn't that the boy I danced with at the banquet dinner?" She was supposed to meet her supervisor at 12 o'clock.

"He should be here any second." Rukia thought. As if on cue, the boy Hanatarou walked in.

"Rukia! What a surprise! I'm so excited to be you're tour guide!" Hanatarou exclaimed. Rukia smiled and greeted him. She was glad it was someone she already knew and liked.

"Well if you want we can head on over to the reservation." Rukia nodded and followed Hanatarou out.

On their way to the reservation, Hanatarou bugged Rukia with a million questions. All she really wanted to do was enjoy seeing the city. When they reached the outskirts of town, they pulled into some mountains.

The roads were bumpy and a bit scary. Some roads curved close to the edges.

After fifteen minutes of driving, they finally pulled up to the reservation. "Here it is." Hanatarou said.

The village was more breathtaking than Rukia thought. The architecture was phenomenal. The temples were finely detailed. Everything still looked new, but the village was over 500 years old.

"I just want to look today, and probably the rest of the week." Rukia said. She had a way of studying. She would look at everything and respect the beauty. After seeing everything, she would go one by one to each historical piece and research and take notes.

Rukia had all summer to study Rukongai history, she couldn't have been happier.

Once five o'clock rolled around, they headed back to the hotel. Rukia talked on the way home, asking Hanatarou about what he knew about the village.

When they reached the hotel, Rukia said goodbye to Hanatarou and started up to her room.

She was about to head up the elevator, when she heard a familiar voice. "So are you and that Hanatarou kid dating?" Ichigo asked. Rukia gave him a pathetic look.

"No, I'm not. He's my tour guide supervisor for the reservation. He's really nice." Ichigo didn't say anything.

"So what do you want exactly Ichigo?" She asked, trying to sound irritated. Ichigo wasn't a fool. "Just saw you and thought I would say hello."

Rukia pressed the down and arrow and looked at Ichigo. "Well hello to you too."

She walked into the elevator, feeling quite proud of her smooth talk. The doors were about to close when a hand caught them.

Ichigo pushed the doors back and looked at Rukia aggravated. "I also wanted to tell you that there is another party tonight."

"So I am invited? I thought you didn't like me coming. You were worried about me going and telling the hotel." Rukia said mockingly.

Ichigo only grinned. "Oh I am worried, but I'm more worried about you not coming than you ratting out on us." The curiosity got the best of Rukia.

"Why are you worried about me not coming?" Rukia asked.

"Because" Ichigo began "then I can't walk you home afterwards and call you short."

Rukia tried not to act surprised by his remark. "So I'll see you there?" Ichigo asked.

Rukia shrugged her shoulders. "I guess you'll find out later."

Ichigo smirked and let the elevator doors close.

Authors note: GAH! So what do you guys think? I am having so much fun with this!

The story is going to be pretty long. Like, 20 chapters long. I haven't even gotten to the real plot yet!! I hope you are enjoying the story! If I write fast enough than I will post the next chapter really soon!

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