A/N: Sorry for the late update, my dad had to use my computer, then he cleaned it up...it's a good thing that I published everything before he did that because, well, he erased ALL of my documents. It's everyone who reviews that keeps my sanity in tact, and making me motivated enough to continue. So without further ado, I give you The Outside Looking In, Chapter 4. Oh and sorry about the problem with chapter 3, with the lyrics, I did not mean for that to be confusing if it was. My computer is retarded, what can I say?

The Outside Looking In, Chapter 4

The last two bands have played their songs. All the bands wait anxiously backstage for the results, but one band is the most nervous of them all. The Outsid3rz are downing bottles of water to calm their nerves, but this only results in Ichigo having to go to the bathroom.

"Hey guys, I will be back in a sec, I got to take care of some 'business.'" His friends only nodded, knowing exactly what he meant and was glad that he substituted it, because quite frankly, they did not need to know.

Ishida turned over to Orihime, in whom, despite all the tension, did not seem the least bit anxious. She just looked as cheery as always. It enticed Ishida to see a girl so chipper about everything. She even looked happy when she would fall out of a tree. When someone would normally cry or dwell on the pain, Orihime would shake it off with a smile. He did not realize he had been staring when Orihime broke the silence.

"Ishida, is something the matter?" Her wide and bright eyes stared at him, as if inspecting him. Ishida in return turned a bright shade of red.

"Uhh, umm, no! I was just uhh spacing out I guess." He covered up his embarrassment by making sure his glasses were in the spot they should be. He was a prick about his glasses, coincidently whenever he feels uncomfortable. "So Orihime, do you think we won? You seem so happy, when everyone else seems…not happy."

"It doesn't matter to me! We had fun out there, and I can tell Kurosaki-kun did too. He seemed to be having a fun time, what do you think Ishida-kun?"

Ishida let a sigh of happiness escape him. It was as if Orihime was oblivious to any sort of sadness, or at least around him. "Well the audience seemed to like us, so that is a good thing. I was afraid that we were too new in the game to have done this."

Renji was sitting in a relaxed position with his feet up and his hands behind his head. Tonight was a good night. The long practicing must have paid off. He grunted, sitting up again. Rukia had to go to the bathroom, leaving him and everybody just hanging out. Renji turned his head when he saw Hikaru look at him expectantly. "Renji-kun, Naoto passed out again." Hikaru was the youngest and their lead drummer. He was talented for his age, but he what he lacked in was social interaction. His eyes were diverted to the floor. Being Renji, this ticked him off, as he hated pansy-asses who could not look him in the eye and tell him what they want. However, he made an exception to Hikaru as this was also a form of respect and Hikaru, unlike everyone else, he was quiet and hard-working.

He growled angrily. Naoto had a blood sugar problem and whenever he was on stage in front of a lot of people, he would pass out. Although this time, Naoto did him the favor of passing out, after their song. "Yare yare, that weak bastard better shape up or he is not coming with us to our next gig. I tell him that he spends too much time on the couch then exercising and eating right. Will you please tend to him? Rukia and I will be on stage to represent our band."

Hikaru nodded before returning to Naoto's side.

Tatsuki was pacing back and forth. "Where the hell is Ichigo?!! Did he fall in the toilet or something? Why I'm gonna make that orange-haired s.o.b wish he was never born!" Her violent ranting was stopped when Orihime placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Tatsuki, please calm down. I am sure Kurosaki-kun will be back before the results." Orihime's pleading voice calmed her down, as she did not like to see Orihime sad.

"Fine! But if he is late, I am not paying for gas, got it?" Tatsuki mumbled something else but it was inaudible.

…Tatsuki was not entirely wrong with her suggestion. Ichigo was trying to flush, but the flushy thingy would not flush!! Ichigo, in his rage, kept pushing down the thing until it finally went down. He sighed in relief. Ichigo closed the stall door behind him as he made his way towards the sink. That was when Ichigo realized with a sickening thud that there was something taped to the stall door, it read, This toilet is not working, sorry for the inconvenience. Well this could not get any better. Too bad for Ichigo, it did.

Five minutes later…

Ichigo was soaked from head to toe in his own bodily fluids. He screamed in disgust so loud that the people from down the street would have been disturbed while having dinner. "GAHH! THIS IS SOOOO GROSS!" Ichigo rushed to each stall, gathering up as much toilet paper as he could. Profusely, he rubbed it all over his body so hard, that holes formed in the thin sheets. Then, he took a bar of soap and rubbed it until his skin was red, in hope that it would remove partially the bad stench. By the time he was done, Ichigo looked liked he had the worst sunburn on his life. This would, undoubtedly give him attention from his friends.

"Would the two representatives from each band come forth to center stage for results? If two do not show, your band will be disqualified." The manager proclaimed into his mike.

Renji from Inuzuri Pride and Tatsuki from the outsid3rz walked hesitantly onto the stage. They were the only two bands without a second member. They both secretly shouted out streams of profanity in their heads to their missing partners.

"Inuzuri Pride and The Outsid3rz, you are both missing someone. If you are without them in the next 30 seconds, you will both be disqualified-"

The manager was cut off by the sound of two bickering teens. As it turns out it was Rukia and Ichigo, the most valuable players of the evening.

Flashback

Ichigo exited the boy's bathroom when he heard a girlish scream from the girl's bathroom. Ichigo never took himself as a pervert and only took a peek in, to see why the girl had screamed when he received a slap in the face.

"Hey, keep out Perv! You have your own bathroom, stare at the boys all you want!"

Kurosaki Ichigo, infuriated that the hot tempered, black haired girl would accuse him of peeping on her. "Watch your mouth bitch! I only heard someone screaming and I wanted to find out why."

Rukia calmed down a bit, which led Ichigo into believing that his excuse was excusable.

"Why were you so damned loud? Did the toilet monster scare you or something?"

Rukia sent a punch to Ichigo's face. "No retard! My stall was not working properly and it over flooded!"

"Well isn't that just peachy? The same thing happened to me too."

Rukia seemed even madder. "It's your fault!"

"Why the hell would it be my fault?"

Rukia just pointed her finger and stated with a 'matter of fact' tone, "Because you tried flushing yours so many times, that you messed up mine!"

"What did you have for breakfast this morning? Carnation instant bitch?"

"As a matter of fact, I did not have breakfast!" The two lovers already started off to a great impression of each other.

"Well then it must be that time of the month for you."

This earned Ichigo another hit, this time to the groin.

"Hey instead of kicking my balls around, why don't we get out there? If we are not with our band, then we automatically forfeit!"

Rukia looked like she would rather knock the brat into into kingdom come, however, he was right. She silently agreed. But she lost it when he called her a (let's just say it's too inappropriate to say so here). Then the two were at each other's throats, as they walked out towards the stage.

End Flashback

The crowd sweat dropped as they wondered how they got so close and what must have happened. Ichigo and Rukia were oblivious to the attention they were getting until they stopped for a breather and saw all eyes on them. Surprisingly, Ichigo was the first to go red in embarrassment. Rukia only looked down at her feet.

"Are you two done? Can I finish here?" The manager seemed to have lost his patience at the sight of the two 'love birds.' The manager silently thanked whatever greater power existed that his wife did not ask for children. He was given a slip of paper that showed the winning band, based upon the crowd's oppinons.

"NOW! Before my wife calls the police to ask where I have gone off to tonight, I will read you your choice for the winning band. I will make this short and sweet so we can all go home. Your band that won tonight's prize of 123,985 yen is…INUZURI PRIDE!"

A/N: Sorry that I ended this quick but I decided I would have more fun writing a longer chapter about their reactions and obviously the development of Ichigo and Rukia's relationship. Also, it's my birthday…well tomorrow but I had my party today and now I'm fresh out of ideas on how to make this chapter longer. So yeah, hope you like this chapter. I tried to make it as comical as possible since I'm a serious writer and I write very seriously and funny moments rarely show up, so enjoy it while you can! Now good bye until next chapter, and of course, Review as reviews are what make this site go round!