N/A: Thanks for reading! Sorry, the next update will take a while... I have some things to do for a few weeks... I'll try my best to write soon! I don't own Bleach!

Chapter 4 – The Reason to All This: Part 3 - Promise

"Yoruichi told me about your experience in the hot spring, so I build one here! You both can use it!" Urahara showed them the exactly same piece that Ichigo saw in the Soul Society.

"You, IDIOT!" Ichigo hit him.

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They used the hot spring in the end after the training, a huge rock was between them. Urahara was playing with them.

"Hey… Rukia…"

"Yes?"

"Are you sure you won't get executed again for being here?"

"You know the reason why I was sentenced to execution, so don't worry about that. I can receive a small punishment, but nothing to worry about."

"Good."

"Why? Worried?" Rukia smirked, even if he wasn't seeing it.

Ichigo could sense the smirk even in her voice.

"Of course not! Why would I be worried about you?"

"Then why you asked?"

Ichigo didn't answer. Rukia didn't smirk anymore, she knew now that he wanted to say something. Something that may change everything.

"Rukia…" he started, his voice had softened.

She didn't say anything, just waited him to go on.

"After this is over, I'll ask Inoue to date me."

Rukia's eyes had gone wide.

"So, before that, you have to spend two days with me. I don't care if you have to go back to Soul Society immediately, or your brother demands that you go. So, no matter what, you have to give me two days."

Ichigo looked at the fake sky above him.

"Ichigo…" she murmured.

"And after you go, you can't come back, no matter what. Don't even try to sneak around, I can sense you and if I do, I'll find you and kick you. I don't want to betray Inoue, or my next girlfriend or even my wife. So, just stay out, go find yourself a boyfriend, but I doubted that. Who would want you as a girlfriend?"

A vein showed up on her forehead. She turned around and faces the rock between them and yells:

"Ichigo! You damn bastard-"

"When I die, Rukia" he went on, cutting her off "Make sure you dump whoever you're with, even if it's that red-haired guy, because if you don't I'll kick them myself and it'll hurt."

"Who makes you think I'll do whatever you say?" Rukia asked, but her voice didn't sound angry, just sounded sad.

"I do. Don't worry, I won't kill myself, you're not that worthy" he said, smirking to himself.

"Ichigo. Things doesn't work like that, you're young and don't understand a thing about this. Don't make promises that you can't fulfill" she said, all serious, like she was giving a lesson to a rebel boy.

Now, who have a vein on the forehead was Ichigo.

"You shut up!" he got up and was pointing at the rock "Don't talk like an old hag! You're so damn stupid about life than I am!"

"Ichigo, there're plenty of other girls that you'll meet, that you'll fall in lov-" Rukia tried to reason, but was cut off again.

"Who said that I fell in… gurg! Don't say that word! It's just a fact, that won't change, like the fact that I can't have my mother back and like the fact I can't save the world! It's just a fact, that I can't do anything about it! So, just accept the fact and live with it!"

Ichigo was sure pissed and waited for her to say something that could piss him a little more, so he still pointed at the rock. But, nothing came.

He relaxed. Was she still there?

A shadow came above him, hit his head and pushed it to the rock.

"If you break your promise, I'll come to kill you! And if you get bold and fat, I won't accept you back!"

He tried to say something, but couldn't. She was strong when she wanted it, and she held his head quite firmly against the rock.

N/A: The next chap will come back to first chap's situation... I'm really happy wtih it... so hope you'll all read it! see ya...