The School Catastrophe
Momo was presented in front of the "Anti Rukia and Ichigo Movement" (The name was thought up by Shuhei) after the events that would have ended Ichigo and Rukia's relationship. It was only Byakuya and Renji present, but Momo just had one errand to do whilst in the room.
"I'm sorry, Captain Kuchiki. I cannot continue my efforts to separate the two." Momo said with regret. Renji gave a sigh in sadness to this.
"Reasons?" Asked Byakuya unfazingly.
"I cannot fulfill commands that would end such a blooming love such as with Ms. Rukia and Mr. Ichigo's. Also To-...Captain Hitsugaya said that if I must cease plans against the two." Momo explained.
"Very well. You are dismissed." Byakuya said. Momo turned to Renji and gave a low bow.
"Please forgive me, Renji. I wasn't helpful in the slightest." Momo said.
"Not true. You almost had the two. If it weren't for Captain Hitsugaya, the plan would have been a success." Renji said, trying to raise Momo's spirits.
"Thank you." She said sweetly before leaving.
"Now, what is the position of this movement?" Byakuya asked.
"Yumichika, Izuru and Shuhei are out gathering intelligence on Ichigo and Rukia, seeing if they can find anything that would aid us. Captain Zaraki, Lieutenant Kusajishi and Ikkaku are trying to rally more allies. That is all to report." Renji detailed.
"Our plans need to work better. Every failed attempt and their love grows stronger." Byakuya said clenching his fist.
Ichigo and Rukia were walking to school the day after the incident; Rukia has been drawing and drawing with the help of Ichigo to replace the lost pictures the day two were chatting merrily about school matters, until a rock hit him on the head.
"Ow..." Ichigo reacted, rubbing his head were it hit.
"You okay, Ichigo?" Rukia asked. Ichigo looked around, seeing who the culprit was, but decided to ignore it.
"Yeah, must've been me..." Ichigo said as the continued walking. Then from the bushes came Yumichika, Shuhei and Izuru.
"What was the point in that?" Asked Yumichika.
"Dunno. I was just seeing how they would react." Shuhei said. "At least seeing if that would cause an arguement or something."
"I keep telling you, we need more beautiful plans. Plans that are like a venus flytrap, beautiful to the sight, but deadly to the result." Yumichika speeched.
"Unless we get a venus flytrap to eat Ichigo, I'm seeing no way around this." Izuru complained.
"We'll get them at school. Perhaps we can find something of value there." Shuhei said as they stalked their prey.
Ichigo and Rukia arrived at school along with all their friends: Orihime, Chad, Uryu, Tatsuki and so on; they wanted to avoid their love being made public, which would devestate some in particular. Soon the lessons began and Ichigo was already bored out of his skull. The three Soul Reapers spied on them through the window.
"Perhaps if Ichigo were to suffer more classes, he'd be bored to death." Izuru said. Yumichika however was busy scheming, noticing one girl in particular who couldn't stop staring at Ichigo: Orihime Inoue.
"I think I may just have a plan so beautiful it rivals even me..." Yumichika said in a cold dark voice.
Lunchtime came and Orihime was sharing her meals with her best friend Tatsuki in the school yard, whilst talking merrily with her. However the fun had to stop briefly since Tatsuki was dying for the toilet. Whilst Orihime was dining alone, temporarily, Yumichika approached her, in his Gigai wearing their traditional uniform.
"Greetings, Ms. Orihime." He said cheerfully. Orihime smiled.
"Oh? Nice to see you again, Yumichika." She said happily. Yumichika sat down next to her, while trying to keep his eyes away from Orihime's bizarre lunchbox.
"I thought I'd drop in to visit a beautiful flower, such as yourself." He charmed. Orihime giggled.
"Stop. Your making me blush." She said bashfully.
"How is Ichigo doing recently?" He asked feverently.
"Ichigo's doing fine, him and Rukia have been quite happy lately." Yumichika gave a smile in victory.
"Oh really?" He now said, putting his plans into motion. "Didn't you hear the rumours about them?"
"Rumours?"
"Yes." He looked around suspiciously. "You didn't hear this from me, but it's rumoured Ichigo and Rukia have been going out for some time." Orihime's eyes widened. She tried holding back her emotions.
"I-It's just rumours, it can't be true." Orihime said, fighting back the possibility.
"I dunno...Unless I happened to mistake this photo for someone else." Yumichika took from his pocket the photo of Ichigo and Rukia during their kiss. Orihime couldn't hold it in any longer, she could feel the tears rolling down her. "Ohh, don't cry, I'm sure they would have told you, but I doubt it, with them being together as a couple, I think it probably wouldn't do." Then Yumichika's phone rang as it detected a Hollow. "Oops, sorry, Ms. Orihime, I must go, duty calls." He left to go battle the Hollow, and the timing couldn't be better, as Tatsuki was returning from the lady's restroom. But on returning, she instantly noticed Orihime's face, which was dripping with tears, something that bugged her curiosity.
Ichigo and Rukia made it to the roof for their lunch; because of both their slow paces during their work, they needed to stay in lunch for an extra fifteen minutes.
"Jeez, I dunno why I even go to school." Ichigo groaned.
"Because you need a profession other than being a Hollow slayer to keep your life in order?" Rukia suggested.
"It's a pain in the ass, though." He continued to moan, and took a bite from his sandwich. Suddenly, their privacy was disturbed by Chad. Both looked to their companion who had a worried look around him.
"Ichigo, it's Orihime..." Chad said, obviously being meaning to find them. Both gave looks of worry, ignoring their lunch, followed Chad to where Orihime was: surrounded by caring classmates to comfort her, she was crying in anguish over the news she had just heard. Tatsuki and Uryu were sitting next to her, supporting her while Tatsuki had her shoulder hugged to death. On Ichigo and Rukia's arrival, Uryu's eyes threw daggers at Ichigo.
"You've got some nerve, Kurosaki..." Uryu hissed in anger.
"What? What happened to Orihime?" Ichigo said in concern.
"I'll tell you what!" Uryu said. "You fell in love with Rukia and didn't even tell Orihime anything! You knew how much she felt about you!" Ichigo and Rukia were taken aback by this.
"Uryu, I didn't mean to do her harm! How did she find out?" Ichigo said, yet again, finding himself in a predicament. Uryu tossed the photo to Ichigo which made his and Rukia's eyes widen.
"Someone was spying!" Thought Ichigo in anger. And even now, Ichigo was being spied on by the three assailants.
"What's the purpose of this plan?" Asked Izuru.
"Simple. Ichigo will need to comfort the little flower in some form. If Ichigo decides to say he loves Rukia, Orihime will be devestated, and perhaps Rukia will see him as a heartless scoundrel and leave him. If Ichigo says he loves Orihime to calm her down, Rukia will leave him. If he says he loves neither, he will indeed calm Orihime down, but lose Rukia. It's a situation where no matter what the outcome, he will lose the girl." Yumichika explained.
"That's quite a plan, Yumichika." Shuuehi said. "Though, you should have done it without the girl crying. If Ichigo doesnt comfort her, she'll never see the end of it."
"True. But at least our orders will be fulfilled." Yumichika said.
Indeed, Ichigo was thinking what to do, for each possibility would lead to one of his friends being terribly heart-broken. He didn't think there would be a Toshiro to be here to save him this time, and he couldn't remain silent, as Uryu was getting ready to use Ichigo as a target practice. But, before Ichigo could do anything, Rukia approached Orihime and fell to her knees in anguish too.
"Forgive me, Orihime..." Rukia said behind tears. Orihime's tears ended upon seeing this. "I was such a fool to let Ichigo teach me how to kiss..." Ichigo's jaw dropped to the floor, as well as the three Soul Reapers.
"Teach you...how to kiss?" Orihime hiccupped.
"I read in a magazine..." Rukia explained, drying her tears. "About men and women kissing. I asked Ichigo why we make such a big deal about it, he said he didn't know, and I asked him to do it to me. I was stupid and foolish to do such a terrible thing." Rukia then buried her face in her palms and cried.
"Is this true, Ichigo?" Asked Orihime. Ichigo couldn't exactly let this opportunity go by.
"Every word of it..." Ichigo said. "I'm sorry too, that you heard such a thing..."
"Then...you two aren't going out?" Asked Orihime.
"Nah..." Rukia lied skillfully. "We would have told you if we did." Rukia and Ichigo gave a smile to the young red-head, as her tears ended and she too smiled, ending the conflict.
"Liars, liars, liars, liars!" Yumichika was growling to himself. Rukia decided to play with Ichigo some more.
"Though, I couldn't help but notice Ichigo wanted to give you a kiss, Orihime." Rukia said deviously. Orihime and Ichigo gasped. "Right, Ichigo?" Rukia looked to his companion with a devillish look.
"Well, sort of..." Ichigo said, sheepishly. Orihime gave a loud giggle and puckered her lips really silly-like. Ichigo couldn't say no, other-wise risk Orihime be heart-broken again.
"I am going to kill you after this..." Ichigo thought, glaring at Rukia. Then, quickly, he gave a two-second kiss to Orihime before separating. Orihime was dizzy with ecstacy before collapsing. Rukia laughed to herself.
School resumed normally, except for Ichigo who was embarrassed by the whole charade, as well as be tormented by Orihime staring at him twice as much. when Ichigo and Rukia returned to the room, Ichigo went ballistic.
"Why did you say that, you idiot?" Ichigo yelled. "Now Orihime likes me more!"
"Oh, lighten up." Rukia laughed. "I thought I'd give Orihime something to seal the deal. It's not as if you were cheating on the girl who suggested it." She clipped her shoes off and sat on Ichigo's bed. "But something troubles me."
"What does?" Ichigo said curiously, sitting next to her.
"That's two big occasions which would have led to us being greatly affected, relationship-wise, one after the other." Rukia said.
"Not to mention someone's been spying on us." Ichigo said remembering the photo.
"We need to be more vigilant." Rukia said. "Maybe someone is targetting us to get to you."
"Yeah, you never know, especially when it's the Soul Society..." Ichigo said, now lying back. "I'd hate to be apart from you thanks to someone's interfering." Rukia lay beside him and pecked him on the cheek.
"I promise that won't happen, Ichigo..."