Lunatic Pandora1: I know they'd sense it, but then I'd have to shorten it a lot. I'm not good at drawing stuff out.

Barranca: Of course Rukia isn't satisfied. Otherwise, it'd be over too soon. I know Shiro probably wouldn't like a Shinigami, but I like crap like that, sadly.

Mellu-chan: I don't really know what you meant by "Rukia ch"

All the people asking, "is Shirosaki in love with Rukia?": YOU DECIDE IF THATS WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE AND STOP ASKING ME!

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Unfortunately for Ichigo, Rukia didn't just leave it at that. In fact, she had taken the liberty of calling Renji, and was now sitting in Ichigo's closet with the door open, staring at him intently. Renji, who was occupying Ichigo's chair at his desk, had no idea what was going on, but was clearly siding with Rukia. Ichigo was staring at the floor sheepishly.

"Ichigo, what the hell happened?" She demanded.

He gave no reply, and received a smack on the head from Renji.

"Oi, dumb ass!" Renji scolded, "Rukia asked you a question! Answer her!"

"I said," Ichigo voiced irritably, as it turned out he had actually mumbled something, "I can't explain it right now." His response earned him another smack to the head.

"Like hell you can't!" Renji very nearly yelled. He looked up.

"Renji, you don't even know why you're here." He snarled at the livid Shinigami. "And be quiet, or do you want to explain you being here to my dad?"

That shut him up.

"Ichigo," Rukia softly spoke up again, "I saw a hollow mask on your face." Renji's eyes widened. "Why did you have a hollow mask?"

"I don't know!" Ichigo said angrily, then sighed. "I mean, I know, but- there's no way I could explain it right now."

"Idiot-" Renji began to say, only to be interrupted by Ichigo, who had looked up and was now glaring into his eyes.

"Renji, piss off." He snapped, standing up. "I'm leaving."

He was stopped, however, when Renji came up behind him and forced him to the ground. He found his arms pinned behind his back by Renji's arms and one of Rukia's binding spells.

"Renji, what the hell-"

"Quiet." Renji snapped to the pinned teenager. "We're not letting you leave until you explain this."

"Stop it!" Ichigo exclaimed, outraged at his inability to get the Shinigami and the bind off of him.

"Ichigo!" His dad, who apparently heard Ichigo hit the floor and his angry yells, was knocking on the door. "Ichigo, what's going on in there?"

Rukia and Renji exchanged worried glances. Ichigo smirked.

"Dad! I'm being-" Renji clapped his hand over Ichigo's mouth.

"What now?" Renji whispered urgently to Rukia. "If he sees this, he'll probably call the cops."

Ichigo tried to tell them to leave so that he didn't have to explain this to his father, but Renji still had his hand over his mouth. Ichigo thrashed around on the floor.

"We can't stay much longer, his dad is gonna come in soon." Renji said urgently. "Rukia, open the window." He said, throwing Ichigo over his shoulder.

"Put me down!" He yelled at the red-headed Shinigami, who's hand had come off his mouth.

"Shut up, Idiot!" Rukia hissed in his ear.

"No!" He yelled in her face. Rukia responded by grabbing the back of his neck and squeezing the pressure points. He yelped and tried to squirm out of her grip, but found himself incapable due to his position over Renji's shoulder.

Rukia released him, but not before whispering in his ear, "Quiet before I do something worse." From the look in her eyes, Ichigo could tell that it was likely to be a kick to the nuts later.

"Let's go." Renji said, jumping out the window. Ichigo, not in a good mood, glared at Rukia, who was trailing along behind them.

Despite the fact that they were in gigais, they ran pretty fast. It didn't take long before they reached an old parking garage and dumped a seriously pissed off Ichigo on the floor. He landed on his face since his arms were still held by Rukia's spell.

"OW!" He yelled when his nose hit the hard concrete floor.

"Alright," Rukia continued, "Now we won't have people interrupting. Ichigo, what happened?

"I'm not gonna explain it!" He spat. "Just leave me the fuck alone!"

Renji scowled and stepped on Ichigo's back. Ichigo yelled in pain and Renji pushed down, forcing the oxygen from his body. Ichigo tried to wriggle out from under him, but he stayed put.

"Get off!" He choked out. "Can't breathe!"

"Renji…" Rukia started, "Renji, I think you should get off."

The red-headed Shinigami shook his head.

"Renji!" She yelled, "You're gonna kill him!"

Renji continued to ignore her, and she slapped him in the face.

"Get off him you dumbass!" She screamed. He continued to ignore her, however, and she attempted to tackle him. But their radical size difference made it futile. "Fine!" She shouted, and kicked him in a rather tender spot. Renji fell off Ichigo and lay on the ground, doubled over in pain. Ichigo inhaled deeply and glared at the two.

"Let me go!" He protested, now that he had enough oxygen to speak again.

"Not until you explain." Rukia answered for Renji, who was still on the floor, rather incapacitated.

"Need help?" Shirosaki said casually. "I could get you outta this."

"Piss off." Ichigo snarled to him.

Rukia noticed the flux instantly.

"Ichigo?…" She asked, frightened. She had noticed this happening a lot now. "Ichigo, why is your reiatsu fluctuating again?"

Ichigo gave no reply, but the fluxes died down.

Renji, who had recovered enough to stand up, had positioned himself protectively in front of her.

"Rukia, did you bring your glove with you?" He asked, meaning the red glove with the skull that was used to force Shinigami out of their bodies.

"No, I left it in the rush we were in," She said. Renji cursed.

"I can get them off your back!" Shirosaki insisted. "Come on, king! I won't hurt them… severely."

"I said piss off!" Ichigo yelled at him.

"Why?" He taunted.

"You'll probably kill them!" He said angrily.

"Nah, not kill." Shirosaki said casually, "Maybe put them in a lot of pain, but…"

"NO!" Ichigo yelled back.

Rukia and Renji were still staring, and Ichigo realized now that the bind had lifted. He jumped to his feet and tried to run, but found his way blocked by Renji.

"Move!" He yelled, preparing to attack him if necessary.

"If you're going to attack them, let me have fun, too!" Shirosaki whined. "Come on!"

"NO!" Ichigo screamed. He tried to focus on the situation at hand, but it was getting hard. He was finding it nearly impossible to focus on the situation at hand and at the same time keep Shirosaki at bay.

Renji was first to attack, and dove at Ichigo, who moved to the side. Rukia just watched, unsure of what to do. Renji rolled on the floor and leapt to his feet. Ichigo ran at him, swinging his foot at Renji's face. Renji blocked it with his forearm and grabbed Ichigo's foot.

Trying to get his foot loose, Ichigo jumped backwards. Renji let go as he jumped, however, and Ichigo fell backwards, hitting a wall. He pushed off and punched Renji in the face, who stumbled back with a split lip. His face twisted into a snarl as he launched himself at Ichigo, and he brought his knee up to hit him in the stomach, but Ichigo moved aside and kicked him in the back, sending him to the floor.

The livid red-head sprang to his feet and rushed him again, this time tackling him. They rolled on the ground, each trying to get a hit on the other. Renji punched Ichigo in the side of the face, and Ichigo returned the blow by head-butting him in the nose. This caught Renji off guard, and Ichigo got on top of him, his knees on Renji's chest and his arms holding his pinned opponent's elbows.

Rukia caught him off guard by kicking him in the ribs, and Ichigo rolled off Renji. They both stood back up, Renji's nose and lip bleeding. She jumped at Ichigo, and he was torn between defending himself or just dodging. He ducked and wound up doing both, because the top of his head connected with her stomach as he rose again. Rukia fell to the ground with a cry of pain.

Ichigo dodged an attack from the side by Renji and kneed him in the small of his back. Renji fell over, but swung his leg out, tripping Ichigo. He fell over ungracefully and hit his head on the ground. He lay there, clutching the spot that had taken the blow, feeling warm blood seep through his fingers. He cursed loudly but was cut off from a kick by Renji.

He sprang to his feet and bit-- yes, bit-- Renji on the shoulder. Taken by surprise, Renji fell over again to see Ichigo standing over him, glaring menacingly. He felt a sharp pain in the side and found that Ichigo was kicking him in the ribs, hard.

He tried to get up, but Ichigo had stepped on his stomach and was driving the air out of him. He looked into Ichigo's eyes and found that the teen was grinning. He grabbed Ichigo's ankle and threw him off balance, and he toppled over on top of him. Renji punched him in the face, and Ichigo sprung back to his feet in rage.

Rukia, who had been on the ground, snuck up behind him and jumped up onto his back. Ichigo tried to get her off, but she held tight. She grabbed his arms and held them behind his back. Ichigo spun around and barely dodged a punch from Renji. Renji punched at him again, this time hitting him square in the face. Ichigo stumbled backwards and hit the wall with Rukia still on his back.

She gave a strangled cry, unable to let out a full on yell due to the fact that the breath had been driven out of her by the collision. She dropped to the ground and Ichigo faced Renji again. At this point, both of them were panting, but Ichigo was in worse shape thanks to the bleeding wound to his head from falling over and hitting it on the ground. They glared at each other.

"Ichigo," Shirosaki said in a low voice, "You're going to lose.

"No I won't!" He insisted. "If you stay out of my way, I'll do fine!"

"No, you won't!" Shirosaki pestered, "You're already in a bad position as it is! And how are you going to explain the fight? Hmmm? You might as well spill it or let me fight them and have my fun!"

"Hell no!" Ichigo snarled in reply, swinging his foot at Renji's knee. Renji moved his leg up and Ichigo's foot came in contact with the side of Renji's leg. Renji reached out and grabbed Ichigo's shoulder, yanking him towards himself. He kneed Ichigo in the stomach and Ichigo doubled over.

"Come on, king!" Shirosaki whined, "You never let me have fun! I won't kill them this time!"

"I said no!" Ichigo protested.

"Then I'll get in your way!" Shirosaki screamed back. Ichigo tried to dodge a punch from Renji, but he found himself rendered incapable of movement. Renji's fist collided with Ichigo's nose and blood spurted out as he fell back. He managed to throw his arms out behind him and cushioned the worst of his fall, but it still hurt bad.

Ichigo was stuck in this position, with his legs splayed out in front of him and his hands on the ground behind him supporting his body. Renji picked him up by the front of his shirt and held him at eye level. Ichigo could only look on, eyes wide with fear.

"What happens when the king's horse throws him off, Ichigo?" Shirosaki quizzed mockingly. "The horse steps on the king's head."

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I honestly am not sure where this is going. I had a plan before, but now I dunno. Depending on the reviews, I may make Shiro take over, or Ichigo just gets teh shit beaten outta him. Both are interesting to try and write out.