MindlessAbandon, , Ashezo, Thank you for your reviews =D Sorry again for the lateness
Sorry for the mistake too...
Well, when I reread what I wrote, I think that the story is reaally, really going slow, but I can't get me to erase some part (plus, I prefer all the courting and all ^^)
So, Ashiruki or not? =D


8-RENJI: IT'S SET UP NIGHT!

Listening to: Everybody's changing KEANE

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Ted: Hey Barney, see that girl?

Barney: Ohhh yeah, you just know she likes it dirty!

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"Hey Ichigo what's up?"

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Bad now that you called me." He said dryly as he pour his glass with orange juice.

"Aww, is that how you treat your college buddies? Who was your co-pilot back then? You couldn't have fucked this many girls without me!"

Ichigo smirked. "No, I think I would have a better score, you were a pain in the ass." Ichigo said mockingly.

"Oh, really? Wanna check it? I called to ask you if you wanted to hang with me and the old college gang anyway… Ready to loose your face?"

Ichigo grinned. "You're gonna regret it later. When is it?"

"Tonight. Are you in?"

Ichigo smirked. "Count me in."

"You can bring some friends when I say friends, I mean chicks of course."

Ichigo huffed. "Yeah, of course. Where are we going?"

"We don't know yet. I'll send you a message. Nice to hear you again bro."

"Yeah, same for me." He was about to hang up when… an idea popped into his mind "Wait!"

"What?"

"Is he gonna be here?" He asked expectingly.

"Who? The stick-stuck-in-the-ass?"

Ichigo chuckled. "Yeah."

"Of course! I told you it's a college buddies gathering!"

"Cool. Cause I wanna set him up with a friend."

"What? And what about me? I pretty liked the short raven haired one who was with you last time! Introduce me."

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "You're not worth her."

"Oh, am I encroaching your territory?"

Ichigo scowled. "No, I'm just stating the truth. Anyway, I was talking about the other girl who was with me. I think he was interested in her which was the first time I saw him interested in anyone actually…"

"Which one, they were three. MY short raven haired chick." Ichigo rolled his eyes. "A ginger haired with big boobs one, and a sexy tomboy."

"The orange haired one"

"But I thought she had a boyfriend since…forever."

"Yeah, but surprisingly, they broke up. Yeah, I can't believe it either. Anyway she's really down right now. I want to cheer her up."

"Okay, no problem, don't hesitate to bring other chicks as well, the raven haired one for example."

"Yeah, yeah! See ya!"

"See ya! Don't forget, raven haired chick!"

Ichigo hung up stared at his cellphone and sighed. "Who were you calling?"

Ichigo jumped in surprise. Ishida looked at him quizzically, as he dried his hair with a towel hung on his shoulder. "Ah, err… A friend from college, he wants to hang out tomorrow night." He said nervously. "Don't ask if you can come, don't ask if you can come, don't ask if you can come." Ichigo prayed in his head.

"Oh, great, cause I won't be here tonight either. I've got a meeting with my new columnist." Ishida said as he poured him some orange juice. Ichigo sighed in relief. "By the way, I didn't know you liked playing the matchmaker."

Ichigo spit out his juice. He coughed. "What… What do you mean?" He said wiping his mouth with his hand.

Ishida shrugged. "Well, you were talking about setting up a girl with some friends."

"Ah….ah…Yes, you're right." Ichigo said tensely, he couldn't think of anything else.

Ishida raised his eyebrow. "I'm not blaming you for introduce your sluts to your friends you know. Just don't bother to do it for me." He stated plainly before walking away.

Ichigo sweatdropped. "Sorry for making your ex-boyfriend calling you a slut Inoue." Ichigo said quietly, gazing at the ceiling, when his friend was out of hear.

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Renji was at his office. He barely slept last night cause he had to listen to his girlfriend's complaints about their friends. HIs cellphone rang. Who was calling him while he was working? He sighed and looked at it, it might be Tatsuki, who knows. The cellphone stated Ichigo on his screen. The crimson haired man scowled. If he didn't get any sleep last night was all because of this orange haired freak. He chose to ignore the call. 5 minutes after, it started ring again. Renji gritted his teeth. "Don't answer, don't answer Renji!" He repeated to himself. The ring stopped after a minute. 5 minutes after, it rang again. A vein popped out of his head. "What?" He shouted angrily.

"Renji! Why aren't you answering me!" Ichigo snarled.

"I'm working right now!" He hissed.

"Oi, cool down, what's wrong with you? It's not the first time I'm calling you at work!" Ichigo stated nonchalantly.

"What do you want?" He snapped.

Ichigo sighed. "Seriously, are you on period?"

"What?" Renji shouted.

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "I was just KIDDING! I'm gonna go out tonight, are you in?"

"Do you want Tatsuki to kill me? I'm not suicidal, she's pissed at you right now, there's no way I'm gonna hang out with you until she calm down." Renji hissed.

Ichigo scowled. "Seriously, what are you? Her little pet? Just tell her to come, actually, I kind of want her to come with us. Just tell her I apologized." He said casually.

Renji frowned. There was something behind. There was no way his most stubborn friend was going to apologize this fast. "What's the trick?" He asked suspiciously.

Ichigo raised his eyebrow. "The trick?" He repeated.

"Yeah, you would never apologize like that if there wasn't something else, so I'm asking you, what's the trick?"

Ichigo sighed. "Okay, I give up. I'm wanna set up Inoue with a college friend."

"What? Why would you do that?" Renji shouted.

"Cause she has to move on! And don't blame me, you know that deep down I wish that they come back together. But that's only in my head! The reality? They are not going to go back together, Ishida have a meeting tonight, but I think it's actually a date. He's moving on, and I don't want Inoue to stay single while he's dating other women! My friend are straight, I'm just trying to help."

Renji sighed. "Guess you're right."

"I don't think Ishida knows how much it hurts me to see him dating women aside Inoue." Ichigo sighed.

Renji chuckled. "The big womanizer has a soft point now?" He said mockingly.

"Oh, shut up!"

"By the way, do I call Rukia for tonight? or is it awkward between you?"

"Nothing is awkward between us." He said hoarsely. "Well, one of my friend will be hitting on her the whole night but I think she will be able to deal with him." He said airily.

"Okay, I really need to work, I'm hanging up."

"Okay, see ya!"

"Yeah, see ya!"

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They were in the Espada bar sitting on a couch, everyone with a glass of whatever cocktail their orange haired friend paid. Ichigo stared at his friends. "What's with these angsty looks?" He asked dryly.

"I'm still pissed at you, should you remember." Tatsuki answered icily before taking a gulp of her glass.

Ichigo glared at her. "Well, if you didn't want to see my face, you didn't have to come, nobody forced you!" He spat.

Renji sighed. He knew it was too early to put these two hot headed in the same room. "Can you guys calm down, we're suppose to have fun tonight."

Tatsuki snorted. "Yeah, whatever." She said before turning to her ginger haired friend. "Are you alright Orihime? Do you want another drink?" She asked worryingly.

Inoue shook her head with a bright smile. "Don't worry about me, Tatsuki, I'm really fine!"

"How can she be fine if you always treat her like she was a poor little thing?" Ichigo said sarcastically.

Tatsuki took a deep breath before standing up. "That's it…" She said coldly before putting a smile on her face. "Can you come with me for a moment, Kurosaki?" She asked with a smile.

Ichigo stared at her for a while before sighing. "Guess I've got no choice." He said before standing up and following his friend.

When they were alone, Tatsuki leaned on the wall, folded her arms and stared at her orange haired friend who was scowling deeply. "Can you stop that already?" She said harshly.

"Stop what?" He spat.

"The moody mood. It's tiring, really!" She said dryly.

"Well, with you pissing at me, it's not helping you know." He as sarcastically. "Why are you even pissed anyway? I am the one who should be pissed after all."

"I'm pissed cause… You don't listen to my advice and then you'll come a me crying like the crybaby that you are." She said.

He raised his eyebrow. "Oh, and why would I be crying?"

Tatsuki looked at him defiantly. "Well… You'll see."

Ichigo scoffed. "Guess it's a surprise then."

Tatsuki smirked. "You can say that."

Ichigo chuckled. "Okay let's bet. I won't come at you like a little crybaby."

Tatsuki sighed delightfully. "Aah…. I love when I'm making bet that I'm sure to win." She said happily.

Ichigo huffed. "Who told you you are going to win."

"I give you one week."

"Che, I can resist for my entire life." Ichigo said with arrogance.

"Don't be so cocky Kurosaki or you'll regret it." She warned him.

He smiled softly. "Well… At least you're not angry at me anymore." He said softly.

Tatsuki huffed. "Well, I wasn't angry at you to begin with, I'm just worried about you, big difference."

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Whatever you're saying." He said as they went back to their friends.

Renji watched them as they came back to them. He studied their faces and raised an eyebrow. "So…Is the murderer state over now?"

Ichigo chuckled and befoe sitting down. "Yeah, you can say that…" He said airily.

Tatsuki sat besides Renji and he immediately put his arm around her shoulder. "When are your friends coming by the way? "

Ichigo frowned. "I dunno, it's weird, they said 9 pm… well…not that they are known for being punctual either but…" He sighed before putting his hans behind his head. "When is Rukia coming by the way? It's funnier with her…" He said with a pout.

Renji raised his eyebrow. "What does that mean? We're not funny enough for you?" Renji said jokingly.

"Hey Ichigo!"

Ichigo turned around to see who called him. He immediately grinned, stood up and headed toward his friend. He shook his hand and give him a small hug. "Grimmjow, it's been so long man, how have you been?"

The blue haired man grinned. "Well, not bad, not bad, still breaking countless of hearts. What 'bout you are you ready for tonight? Cause I'm gonna kick your poor ass!" He said cockily.

"Oh, really? I can't wait to see that even if it's all in your dick head." He retorted with a grin. Then he looked pass the teal haired man. "Huh? Where's Ulquiorra?"

"He's parking the car." He said nonchalantly, waving absent-mindely at the door.

"Oh, okay."

Grimmjow grinned. "So where are your friends?"

"Over there." He said pointing at the couch. Renji waved back at him.

Grimmjow studied the group and lifted his eyebrow. "Where's the third one?"

Ichigo cocked his eyebrow feigning ignorance. "Which third?"

He sighed. "You know, the petite woman with dark hair and violet eyes… She's not coming?" He asked frowning.

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "I dunno, she's not sure if she can come." He said lowly. Actually, she was going to be here, but he didn't want Grimmjow to know. Well, if the guy was already hitting on a chick when Rukia would arrive… Well… It wouldn't be that bad.

The teal haired sighed deeply before turning to his friend. "Okay, next time, introduce me to her." He said eagerly.

Ichigo frowned. "Yeah, I'll see." He said nonchalantly before walking to his friends, leaving Grimmjow mumbling something.

"You walking away from me, trash?"

Ichigo turned around and rolled his eyes. "You won't be calling me that after I introduce you to the woman of your dreams, Ulquiorra..." He said sarcastically.

Ulquiorra raised his eyebrow. "Oh, really? We'll see."

Grimmjow glared at his orange friend before turning to his dark haired one. "You're lucky he's introducing you." He let out a deep sigh. "He don't even wanna introduce although I'm the most interested here." He complained.

"Too bad, I'm not even interested in your stupid games."

Ichigo waved to them from the couch. "Hey guys! What are you doing? Come here already!" He shouted. His two friends listened to their friend and headed to the couch. Ichigo cleared his throat. "Okay, you've already seen each other, but I never really introduced you. So this is, Tatsuki, her boyfriend Renji, my childhood friends and Inoue, childhood friend too. Guys these are Ulquiorra and Grimmjow, we all met in college."

Grimmjow grinned. "Hey! Nice to meet you, Ichigo was my copilot in college, I taught him everything to get any chick". Ichigo rolled his eyes. Ulquiorra isn't say anything but couldn't lay his eyes off Inoue.

Ichigo scratched the back of his head. "Err… Okay, just sit down.." He said nervously.

Grimmjow immediately shoved Ulquiorra near Inoue. "Hey, Ulquiorra just sit down already!" He shouted making his friend sit right next to the ginger haired woman.

Ichigo rolled his eyes and looked at Grimmjow telling him "You're too obvious!" in eyes language.

Grimmjow rolled his eyes and ignore his friend. "Well, now if your friend come, she'll sit next to me." Ichigo rolled his eyes.

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Ishida was waiting in front of the restaurant. He looked at his wristwatch and sighed. She was late. He didn't really want to be here tonight but he couldn't help it. Plus, his now roommate didn't stop to tease him about going to a date or whatever. If only the idiot knew. Ishida was not on a date, it was only a business meeting. They needed a new columnist for the cosmetics section and he was the only one available tonight. Yeah, he preferred to be at home, well, Ichigo's home, and being all gloomy, cause he knew he wasn't at his best to make a good business deal right now.

"Are you Mr Ishida?"

Ishida lifted his head to see a woman, dressed with a grey tweed pencil skirt with a small slit on the front, a white shirt with slight frou-frou near the collar. She had a raw mid-jacket and emerald green stilettos which matched her eyes. Her dark blue hair was braided. Ishida lifted up his glasses with his middle finger and extend his hand. "Himself, and you are Kurotsuchi Nemu, if I recall." She just nodded coldly. He gave his name to the waiter who nodded and led them to their table. They sat down and the waiter gave them the menu. After reading the menu and choosing his dish, he put the menu down and joined his hans on it. He coughed to make the woman sitting across him pay attention to him. She looked at him over her menu her eyebrow lifted. "So… You're here to apply for the cosmetic columnist job." He started nervously.

"Can we talk about that during the diner?" She stated emotionlessly. "Or at least not before I've not even chosen what I'm going too order?" She said coldly.

Ishida gulped. "Yes… Of course."

Nemu closed firmly her menu and looked at the man in front of her. "Now we can talk." She said.

Ishida cleared his throat. "Yes, of course… So I've heard that you are the daughter of Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who owns the Kurotsuchi pharmaceuticals."

She nodded. "You're right."

"Well, I just want you to know that our magazine don't favor any company, so if we think that a product from an other company, is better, you'll have to deal with it." He said sternly.

"Of course."

Ishida nodded. "You also have to know that you're not he only one who's applying for this post. So what are your strong points, why should we choose you aver the others?" He asked coldly.

"Well, it's simple, I'm the best among the best. I'm third seat in the Shinigami women's association which is the association of the most powerful women in town. So, I'm pretty aware of what women needs in fashion and cosmetics. Plus, before being a journalist, I studied chemistry, so, I'm kind of aware of the real effects of a product." She stated emotionlessly before pausing. Ishida stared at her intently. This business deal was gonna be tough. "And… I think that actually, the who who should be trying to convince the other should be you Ishida-san."

Ishida frowned. "What do you mean?" He said slowly.

"What I mean is…You really are missing a cosmetic columnist right now. And even though there are a lot of journalist waiting in the street to be hired but the fact is non of them is good enough for you. I know it, cause I've already made interview with some young journalists and read their works and it wasn't bright. You need need a good journalist and I'm one of the best. You don't want to waste your time looking for one. So here I am."

Ishida gulped and glared slightly at her. Even though her father was famous and owned one of the most powerful cosmetics company but she didn't have to act so high and mighty, especially in front of him. "Okay… And why us? Why your wonderful self want to write for us." He said sharply.

Nemu smiled softly. "That is… Because I really admire you Ishida-san." She said quietly making Ishida widening his eyes in surprise.

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Ichigo looked at the orange haired woman and the green eyed man talking together and smiled. They seemed to get along very well. He took a sip of his cocktail, leaning back in the couch, satisfied that his plan was working. He smiled to himself.

"Ichigooooo!" His friend who was sitting net to him whined.

Ichigo rolled his eyes in annoyance and put his glass on the table. "What?" He muttered as he leaned back in the couch.

Grimmjow blinked before sighing. "Why are you so bitchy tonight?" He whined. "You haven't even succumbed to any chicks since you arrived. I think that's really weird. Seriously, what's wrong with you?"

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Nothing's wrong with me. I'm just not in the mood tonight." He muttered before returning to drink his cocktail.

Grimmjow sighed. "You know if you stay moody like that, you're not gonna win, not that I thought that you stand a chance against me though…"

Ichigo snorted. "Maybe, maybe not. You're not hitting on anyone either…"

Grimmjow smirked. "Oh, don't worry about me, I'm just waiting for someone." He said airily.

Ichigo arched his eyebrow. "Oh, really? And who would that be?"

"Well… actually you know her." Ichigo scowled. "I don't know her name, but she's your friend and have raven hair."

Ichigo stared at his friend for a while scowling. "Didn't you hear what I told you?" He said quite annoyed.

Grimmjow smirked. "Oh, I perfectly heard what you said before, you told me that she wasn't sure to come, MEANS that she may come." The teal haired man explained.

Ichigo scowled deeper. "Yeah, you're right. Wait all the night for someone who won't come." He frowned.

"Why is Grimmjow so obsessed about Rukia? Well, not that I really care… It's not like I've never seen her hit on guys or being hitting on… but.." He thought.

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She told Renji she was coming late. It was 11 already. Che, it's not like they couldn't have fun without her anyway. She wore a simple black little dress who showed her white creamy legs, and a white suit jacket who went down to the middle of her thigh, and black stilettos. As usual, she looked gorgeous and every man turned to stare at her when she passed them. She ignored the many men who called her, trying to get her attention, hopeless… And headed to a couch where she saw her friends sitting in.

Grimmjow smirked making Ichigo arched his eyebrow. He turned to his orange haired friend grinning. "Guess, I'll be leaving now, seems that finally, I won't have to wait all the night." He said cockily before standing up and walk to a certain raven haired woman who had just arrived.

Ichigo rolled his eyes and followed his friend from the corner of his eyes. He saw him talking to a small woman. Ichigo smiled to himself, he knew his friend couldn't help to flirt with chick. He took a sip of his cocktail and suddenly stopped, frozen. Wait… This woman… He briskly turned around and glanced at the woman his friend was talking to. Yup, it was Rukia. He saw her giggle at whatever his dot of friend was saying and frowned. As he was staring at her, she noticed him and he waved. She smiled and pointed to him, making Grimmjow turn around. Now they were heading there.

"Hey Ichigo, where are the others?" She asked as she sat across him, and next to Grimmjow.

"Tatsuki and Renji are talking at the bar, and Inoue is with Ulquiorra, one of my friends, on another couch."

"Oh, so you're really setting Inoue up…."

"Yeah, what do you think of him?"

"Good looking, a little bit emo…"

"Oh, really? What's your type? Am I better than the emo guy?" Grimmjow asked with a grin, as he landed toward her. Ichigo rolled his eyes.

Rukia giggled. "Definitely."

"Great, so how about I take you on a date, I mean, you're a sexy chick, I'm a sexy guy… We look good together… Huh? What do you think?" He asked with a sexy grin.

Rukia giggled even more which made Ichigo scowl even more. "You're really a funny one!" She said putting her hand on Grimmjow's chest. "I would love to." Grimmjow grinned and Ichigo clenched his fists glaring at the couple. "But I'm already dating someone else." Rukia finished.

Grimmjow tilted his head and frowned feigning to be disappointed. "Well, it don't stop you from doing other things…" He said seductively as Ichigo raised his eyebrow thinking this guy has NO morality.

Rukia cocked her eyebrow and flashed a sexy smile to the blue haired man. "Sure, but I'm not this type of girl. Don't think I'm such an easy chick." She answered hauntingly.

Grimmjow didn't stop grinning and kept looking at her intently. "Well, that's too bad…" He said with a pout. He took a paper from his back pocket and wrote something down on it before putting it in the palm of her hand. She looked at him quizzically. He grinned. "Well, if you broke up with the lucky guy, call me!" He said before standing up and walking away.

Rukia looked at her hand before looking at Ichigo. He chuckled. "Nice move." He said with a smile.

Rukia raised her eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Ichigo tilted his head. "Well… Saying "I'm dating someone" to make him leave. Smooth." Rukia frowned. "I should try this one day." He added airily.

"Ichigo. I didn't say that to make him leave, well, not just to make him leave." She said lowly.

Ichigo frowned, not understanding. "What do you mean?"

Rukia sighed. "What I mean is… I'm really dating someone, I'm going out with Ashido."


Not so much in this chapter v_v

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