Story: Playa Playa
Chapter Four: Training
Rating: Mature
Disclaimer: I do not own bleach or any of its characters, except in my dreams.
A/N: Anime Boston all weekend Bitches!!! Haha I don't know what could be better inspiration than that! Goodtimes!
The following night Ichigo did as he promised, he met Rukia in the same spot to help her train. He figured he would be miserable going to train instead of going to the bar, but as he was walked there with a smile on his face he realized he was just fine with the idea. Something about this girl intrigued him and he liked the challenge.
It was about 10:00pm there was darkness all around him but the sky was clear of clouds so he could see the beautiful moon and stars. It was a beautiful night. Ichigo made it through the woods and into the field of tall green grass where he had first met Rukia. He saw her off in the distance walking into the clearing.
"Oi Rukia are you ready for an ass whooping?" Ichigo yelled to her across the field.
"If it is coming from you I think I will be just fine!" Rukia shouted back.
"Ha! This girl is one tough broad." Ichigo muttered to himself.
When the two finally met in the middle Ichigo pulled his sword out off of his back and put the tip of it in the ground and leaned against it. "So, Rukia do you want to go right into your bankai or work up to it?" Ichigo asked in a sincere voice, he really did want to help her.
"Well, I think it is best that I work up to it, because I think in battle I probably will never go right into bankai without some type of battle beforehand."
"True, alright here we go." Ichigo said as he backed up and pointed his sword at her. Ichigo didn't waste any time once Rukia had her hand on the hilt of her zanpakutou he charged at her. Rukia was just as quick she had her zanpakutou out and in front of her in time to block Ichigo's first slash.
"Tsk. Tsk. Kurosaki, trying to catch me when I didn't have my sword drawn!" Rukia yelled as she sliced her sword down and across Ichigo's abdomen.
"Do you think an opponent will wait until you are ready?" Ichigo yelled as he jumped out of the way just in time.
Rukia continued charging and slicing, making Ichigo walk backwards and block her attacks 'I hope she is ready for this' he said to himself before he jumped back, lifted his sword above his head and yelled "Getsuga Tensho!" as he sliced his sword down sending a massive amount of spiritual pressure right at Rukia.
Rukia put her sword out in front of her to block the attack, it hit her sword and she was pushed back about 10 feet. "Damn he is strong." she muttered.
"How was that?" Ichigo yelled to her.
"You are definitely not holding back." Rukia yelled. She then put her sword out in front and said "Neither will I, Mai Sode No Shirayuki" as she turned here zanpakutou in circle, the blade, hilt and cross guard started turning completely white. As the sword transformed a rush of cold air came from all directions causing a fog to settle just above the tall grass.
Ichigo just watched in awe as her zanpakutou turned a pure white, its beauty matching her own. While Ichigo was watching her movements he failed to listen to her words "some no mai, Tsukishiro" she said as she held her ZanpakutÅ upside down. The blade began to glow and she made a slash, making large ice circle encase Ichigo.
"Shit!" Ichigo yelled. He began expelling enormous amounts of spirit energy to break the ice. With his immense power he broke the ice within a second.
"I didn't expect to get you with my first slash." Rukia yelled to him.
Ichigo just scoffed.
"Quit holding back Ichigo! I am not a dainty girly girl, I can take it!" She yelled at him again.
'If only that was the case' he thought to himself, embarrassed that he was too mesmerized by her that he forgot that he was fighting. "No I am not! I just made a miscalculation." He yelled.
They battled like that for about a half hour until Ichigo hit Rukia with a Getsuga Tensho that she could barely handle that she decided that it was finally time to go into bankai.
Ichigo couldn't see Rukia since she was thrown so far away and covered by trees and earth.
Already in a kneeling position Rukia stuck the tip of her sword in the ground and yelled "Bankai Tenshi no Shirayuki" The amount of spiritual pressure emitted sent the scattered trees and pieces of earth flying off of Rukia and out her way.
She stood up making her spiritual pressure explode even more, she slowly strutted towards Ichigo, she dusted the last remaining dirt off her hands and said "Some no mai, Konayuki!" and the snow began to fall.
She didn't stop walking before she attacked him because if she had, maybe Ichigo would have focused and remembered he was fighting. She continued walking getting closer and closer to him, Ichigo had his sword pointed at her, but all he was doing was staring. Rukia smiled at him, and pulled her wrist above her head and pulled it down fast cutting Ichigo from his shoulder, diagonally down to his hip.
Ichigo looked at his sword that was now on the ground, and put his hand to the profusely bleeding wound, and yelled, "Fuck! You actually got me!"
Rukia cocked a devilish grin and replied, "I see my bankai uniform has other advantages I hadn't thought of before."
Ichigo was pissed; he bent down grabbed his zanpakutou and released an amazing burst of spiritual pressure, expecting Rukia to have to cower in front of him. Ichigo had made yet another miscalculation, Rukia was far stronger than he ever imagined, she remained in her place, not even the little bit affected by his reitsu.
Rukia just stared at his hard exposed chest now dripping with blood, 'Mmm... so sexy' she thought to herself.
Unlike Ichigo, Rukia can control herself, she didn't let on for one second that she thought he was one of the sexiest people she had ever seen. "Oh, calm down Ichigo! All I did was get one slice in, it isn't like I beat you... Yet! But, if you don't take your eyes off of my thighs I might do just that!" Rukia said as she turned around to put some distance between them.
Ichigo laughed, he knew he fucked up! He wouldn't let it happen again, he know knew how strong and persistent she was, if she wanted a real fight he would give it to her. "I may have made a mistake by underestimating your true strength, but I think you have forgotten that I too have a bankai, and if you want a real fight I will give it to you."
Rukia stopped in her tracks, turned her head back, gave him a sexy smile and said, "that is what I was hoping for Strawberry!"
Ichigo held his sword out in front of him, gripping it with both hands, the ribbon on the end started wrapping up his arm and he yelled at the top of his lungs "bankai!"
Rukia was happy he went into his bankai, but she was sad that she couldn't see his exposed body anymore. "I will have to fix that!" She said out loud.
"What was that, Rukia?" Ichigo said as he was in front of her in a flash.
"Ha, oh nothing." Rukia replied. Ichigo started to circle around her, eyeing her body up and down as he did. "I heard you were fast." She said.
"I am fast normally but my bankai makes me even faster." Ichigo replied.
"But, I think I am faster than that." She retorted
"Care to put a wager on that?" Ichigo asked.
Rukia bit her lip, shook her head, and thought 'Damn he was good.'
"What do you have in mind Kurosaki?"
He traced his index finger down the center of her back between her ice wings, making her body shiver "I win, you go out with me tomorrow night."
"And if I win?" She asked.
"What do you want?"
"I want you to take me to the Chappy festival tomorrow, so you can buy all of the Chappy accessories I have been wanting."
"What the hell is Chappy?" Ichigo asked.
"Chappy the Bunny! Ichigo how could you be so insensitive, how could you not know Chappy?" Rukia yelled.
Ichigo looked at her confused and asked, "You mean, the bunny my twin sisters used to watch when they were little?"
Rukia let out a satisfied breath and replied, "Oh, thank god, I thought you had been living under a cave your entire life!"
Ichigo was now facing her, "Me live under a cave? You are an adult and still obsessed with a bunny cartoon for 3 year olds!"
Rukia's face got red with anger; no one talks about her Chappy like that. She reached her arm up like she was going to touch his face, Ichigo looked at her shocked until she whipped her hand down, slicing him from his shoulder down to his thigh.
"You bitch!" He yelled.
"It looks like I am already winning this bet." Rukia said with a smile, because not only had she hit him she got to see some of his exposed skin again.
Ichigo forgot about his cut and smiled at her "so you except it then, huh?" Ichigo asked.
"Ya, I guess I do!" Rukia yelled.
In an instant he shunpoed behind her and whispered in her ear "Then where should we go on our date?"
Rukia turned quickly but he was already gone "You haven't even got a hit on me yet, what makes you think you are going to win?" Rukia asked. Ichigo never answered.
The fight lasted for another hour. Ichigo was able to hit Rukia with a couple of attacks, but Ichigo's body took the brunt of the battle. When Ichigo would attack he didn't have anyway to protect himself, so Rukia who was able to guard herself and attack at the same time got a hit on him almost every time.
Ichigo was hunched over and was panting hard with blood dripping down his arms and chest he had been battling hard, moving all around, and Rukia had barely moved from her stance. "It is a good thing you don't have to move from that stance, or those high heels may pose a problem for you." Ichigo yelled.
"Will you stop checking out my outfit and fight me already Ichigo or I am going to have to end this now." Rukia replied.
"I doubt it." Ichigo yelled back.
"Mighty big talk for someone in your situation." Rukia replied.
"I want my date, so I will not lose." Ichigo yelled.
Rukia walked up to Ichigo and said, "And I want Chappy, so I think you know how this will end."
Within a few more minutes Rukia had Ichigo in her ice tower, Ichigo was powerless.
Rukia slowly walked towards the tower she said "San no Mai, Touketsu Yari!"
Rukia stuck the spear through the ice, intentionally missing Ichigo's body. She then pulled it out and slammed it into the ground. The ice broke and Ichigo was dropped to the ground.
"Fuck, Fuck, Fuck! Never do that again, that was some scary ass shit!" Ichigo yelled as he stood up.
Rukia sheathed her zanpakutou and asked, "What is your issue?"
"Even though I was frozen in time in there, I can see what you are doing out here, I really thought you were going to stab me with that spear thingy." Ichigo yelled with his heart still racing.
Rukia walked up to Ichigo, knelled in front of him, grabbed his chin, made him look at her directly in the eyes and said "Ichigo don't be stupid, why would I kill you, I won the bet you have to take me to the Chappy Festival!"
Ichigo began to smile. "What's that grin for?" Rukia asked.
"It isn't my type of date, but it is still a date." Ichigo smiled as he stood up.
"Oh no! I am not going to let you ruin this for me Strawberry! I won the fight, which means I won the bet, which means we get to do what I want to do and you have to suffer! But, since you are taking gratification out of this I will just make sure you suffer tomorrow at the festival."
"Fine Rukia, what time is it at?" Ichigo asked trying to hide his excitement.
"11:00 AM, I will meet you at squad 11's barracks at 8:00 AM and we will walk to it."
"What 8:00 AM, why? It starts at 11:00 AM?" Ichigo asked.
"I want to be first in line to get in, obviously!" Rukia shouted.
"Fine I will meet you there at 8:00 AM!" Ichigo replied.
"Thanks for the fight Ichigo, see you tomorrow." And with that she was gone.
"That heartless bitch cuts me all up and then doesn't even tend to my wounds." Ichigo muttered to himself.
He fell back to the ground and just laid there with a smile on his face, excited for tomorrow.