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Rated: T
"Did you just see what I just saw?"
Kagome looked at the scene with an open mouth and both Ichigo and Rukia turned to glance what she was staring at. They blinked when they noticed that a van quickly skidded away, leaving behind a fallen figure in the streets.
"O-oh, owwie..." The red-haired girl moaned in pain, slowly getting up while rubbing her head as the trio ran up to her side.
"Inoue?" Ichigo looked a little taken back by the scene, "Were you just hit by that car?" His voice rose in volume with every word and Kagome quickly leaned down to help Orihime up to her feet.
"Umm, yeah... probably," Orihime answered, glancing down at herself and wiping her clothes of any dust, "But I'm okay! It just hit me only a little!" She smiled widely, thrusting her large chest forwards, "I'm totally revived now!"
"How do you get hit by a car 'just a little'?" Kagome muttered, looking a little weirded out by Orihime's enthusiasm after getting hit by a frikin' vehicle, "But it's good that you're not hurt, Inoue-san."
"Thank you!" Orihime smiled again, blinking brown eyes when she finally noticed the third person in Ichigo's group, "Kuchiki-san!" She gasped.
Rukia narrowed her violet eyes, "Who the hell are you?" She asked with a frown, not recognising the girl before them.
"Dumbass! She's in our class!" Ichigo hissed loudly, "Inoue. Inoue Orihime!"
Rukia blinked, before quickly doing a one-eighty in her attitude, "Oh, you're looking quite well, Inoue-san!" She curtsied, smiling falsely with her fake voice.
"You're looking good as well!" Orihime quickly curtsied back, and both girls' earned a strange look from Ichigo and Kagome, "And my green onions, butter, banana, and sweet bean jelly are uninjured, too!" She said excitedly while spinning a leek.
'What the hell...?' Ichigo sweatdropped, looking a little disturbed by the food choices Orihime had listed off.
"Your leg..." Rukia suddenly said, pointing down at Orihime's leg where a hand-shaped bruise could be seen, "Where did you get that bruise?"
"Oh," Orihime blinked, "It must have appeared when the car hit me," She said, "It hurts a little, but I'm okay now!"
"Want me to walk you home?" Ichigo offered with a monotone voice, raising a brow when Orihime seemed to panic at his offer.
"N-no, no! It's okay! I-I'm fine! See you later!" Orihime stuttered, quickly crossing the street after looking both ways and disappearing behind a corner.
"How did the car give her that bruise?" Kagome wondered out loud, almost rolling her eyes when Ichigo glanced at her with a dull expression, "It was hand-shaped, Ichi," She pointed out, "Like someone had grabbed her there really hard."
"That girl... are you two close to her?" Rukia asked, looking somewhat thoughtful.
"No, not really," Ichigo answered for the both of them, "I've never really talked to her before this. And Kagome goes to a different school," He said, "I remember her because her brother died at our clinic after a traffic accident. He was her only relative or something like that."
"I see," Rukia murmured, "Well, then – see you." She abruptly began to walk away, much to the surprise of the step-siblings.
"Where the hell are you going?" Ichigo asked, stuffing his hands in his pockets while Kagome looked on curiously.
"Home," Rukia smirked, "Curious, are you?" She snickered at his annoyed look, "Don't ask if you aren't."
"I thought that she said she couldn't get back into the Soul Society?" Kagome asked out loud, watching Rukia's back as she eventually faded into the horizon, "She has a home here?"
"It's her problem, not ours," Ichigo huffed, gesturing with his head, "Come on, let's go home." He said gruffly.
Kagome followed without a word.
~00~
"Nii-chan!"
Ichigo glanced up as Yuzu opened his door without bothering to knock, "Nii-chan, have you seen my pyjamas?" She asked.
"You should knock before coming in," Ichigo scolded lightly, "You're learning bad habits from Kagome," He sighed, "Why don't you ask her? Wasn't she the last one to do the laundry?"
"You've gotten all mean since you started high school," Yuzu pouted, "Fine, I'll go ask Nee-chan, then!" She shut the door behind her.
Ichigo glanced up after a few moments, looking a bit confused when a beeping noise sounded faintly within his room, "What the...?" He almost fell off the bed when his closet door abruptly opened, revealing a certain somebody dressed in yellow pyjamas, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?"
"Speak later," Rukia jumped out, "We have orders! A Hollow is coming!"
"IF YOU'RE GOING TO CREEP AROUND IN OUR HOUSE, THEN AT LEAST DO IT IN KAGOME'S ROOM, NOT MINE!"