Oh My White Butterfly!
By Uchiha Xairylle

Chapter Ten : Fushigi Yuugi

It was all thanks to fan mail that Ichigo was alone with Rukia in his room. Byakuya's gigai returned with tons of fan mail that he had no interest in reading but had to be read. It's paper work and you can't leave paper work alone! At least not in the mind set of a taichou. Ichigo had convinced himself that Soul Society had brainwashed Captains to think this way. Ururu, Jinta and Tessai had suddenly disappeared and Urahara was suddenly snoring. Not wanting to have anyone disappointed, Orihime volunteered to read the letters for him. She had done this volunteering the first time and what resulted from the first time was the same as this time.

Ishida did not want Orihime to be exposed to things written by random ladies and volunteered himself instead. Byakuya preferred Ishida since he read more formally, which Byakuya favored even though it lacked emotion. Orihime's high-pitched voice and her tendency to burst in laughter, gasps or unnecessary pauses earned Byakuya impatience, which was rare for the Captain. And rare doesn't always necessarily mean "good".

It was already dark and they still weren't done. Ichigo had made it clear that he had no intention whatsoever to read fan mail and Rukia had to rest as well. So unfortunately, Ishida would have to spend the night over at Urahara's to finish off the reading (Tomorrow is a weekend so it is fine) since Orihime was overly eager to "send her boyfriend home and do the reading for him".

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"We can read it at my house!" Orihime volunteered as she raised her hand and Ishida literally slapped his forehead, "It would be too much to ask Urahara to stay let us stay here overnight, ne?"

"I prefer it here." Byakuya said.
"Araaaa… Then I will just have to stay here, then." Orihime blinked, "Uryuu, you can go home now. It's late."
"No, I'll stay here and read." Ishida sighed, "You go ho—"
"Great! I can make you snacks while you're at it!" Orihime got up, "Have fun!"

Have fun? What was so fun with reading other people's love letters?

"Ano… Where's the refrigerator?"

Yay, for the Quincy!

"Dear Kuchiki-taichou…"

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Ichigo never thought he'd say it but… Long live the fan girls!

Ichigo now looked at Rukia who was lying with her stomach on the bed and wearing his oversized shirt as the white butterfly rested on top of the pencil she used. She had complained about every piece of night clothing Byakuya had brought for her — too small, too frilly, too pink, too yellow, too girly, too old, too ridiculous and so on and so forth. So she had to settle for one of Ichigo's never used shirts. This one was orange and Ichigo didn't really like loose clothing so he kept the shirt for quite some time. Considering Rukia's height and size, it was enough to cover her body and serve as a make-do nightgown.

Not very seductive but if Ichigo tried, it was suggestive. Besides, how many times had he seen Rukia dressed in such a way that allowed him such easy access?

Hold it. Access where?

Ichigo was pretending to read his book. It had been a long time since he started and yet he had not left the page he was on. He was sitting on the floor and the book was on his leg as he pretended to read.

"Sweets for my sweets… Sugar for my honey…" Rukia sang along with the song from Ichigo's MP3 player. Only one earphone was plugged in her ear as her legs moved up and down randomly. Rukia was writing, drawing, copying… Whatever. She was humming now as one finger came down and she absently scratched her leg, lifting the material that covered it.

Absently or tried to "absently" scratch?

Was she teasing him?

Ichigo's head was bent towards the book and only his eyes lifted to see her. She continued her playful kicking in the air and Ichigo was provided with a great view of her legs. But maybe he could see… some… more… By and by Ichigo inclined to one side until he was literally at an obvious angle from the floor. He tilted and tilted and…

"Woah!" Ichigo caught himself and firmly landed a hand on the floor before he could fall. Only Rukia's eyes moved as she looked at him and she was unable to stifle a giggle.

Oh, so she was teasing him!

Fine, Rukia. Two can play that game.

"Screw the heat." Ichigo said. He didn't check but he knew she was watching him from the corner of her eye as he grabbed the end of his shirt. And in a slow movement, he lifted the fabric until eventually the whole material off his body before setting it aside.

Rukia did not react but he thought he saw her eyes widen a bit. The white butterfly then flew off the pencil and flew towards Ichigo and rested on his head, between his orange tresses. Rukia watched the butterfly flutter towards the man in the room and Ichigo immediately took advantage and he stretched as if he were alone. Ichigo knew which parts of his body she loved — his chest and his arms. She never told him but by the way she touched him there, he knew. He was no macho man but he knew what his woman wanted and he made sure she had a good tempting view of him as he continued to what he was previously doing.

Reading?

No, playing "tease me" with Rukia.

It was hard for her not to stare at him now that he had returned to reading. Rukia was scribbling nothing as she watched Ichigo from the corner of her eye. Her heart was pounding and she just wanted to grab him and pounce at him and just… just… just…

"Trigonometry is frustrating!" Rukia complained as she sat up and pulled the earphone off. Ichigo gasped as he caught a glimpse of her legs from a different angle. Rukia then got out of the bed and Ichigo merely watched as she approached his low shelf that was beside him and said, "Do you have a calculator here?"

Oh, my holy sheep, she was crawling.

Ichigo was determined not to look at her or at least not to let her know he was looking at her. He could partly see through her round collar and he gulped. This evil girl! She knew the calculator was in his drawer and not among his books. Drop that. Did she even know how to use a calculator? She only knew what a calculator was but he highly doubted she knew anything about trigonometric functions.

"It's in my drawer." Ichigo said, eyes not lifting from the book.
"Oh." Rukia said rather innocently and she straightened before standing up and walking towards the drawer.
"Where is it?" she rummaged, "I can't find it."

"It's right there." Ichigo replied and got up to walk towards her. Rukia stepped to one side to let him search his drawer. She was right. The calculator wasn't there.

"Well, it's supposed to be…"

"This one?" Rukia slid her way between Ichigo and his table. She was between his arms now as she held up the calculator in front of him. She just had to stand too close to him. He could feel the contours of her body against his skin and Ichigo could not help but gulp. Ichigo cursed.

He immediately grabbed her wrist and took the calculator and put it back in the drawer before slamming it closed. Rukia gasped as he pushed his body against her and drew his face so close that his lips brushed gently against hers as he spoke.

"You witch." He murmured huskily and Rukia's lips curved a smile.
"What'd I do?" she tilted her head to one side but fluttered her eyelids as she looked at him. Ichigo could feel something warm stir inside his body.

"What did you do?" Ichigo lifted her with ease and carried her off to the bed where he laid her. Ichigo was looming above her, as he was on fours, eyeing her devilishly. And Ichigo proceeded to kiss her neck. Rukia tried hard not to moan because it was what he wanted to hear.

"You've been a very bad girl." Ichigo buried his face in the crook of her neck and teased her with his breath as she gripped the sheets to suppress her moan.
"Well, I wouldn't say very." She muttered back.
"Oh?" Ichigo said and began to nip at her neck. His hand came down and lifted the end of the shirt so that he could rub her thigh.

Can't hold back now.

Rukia moaned as her head threw to the side.

"Bad girl." Ichigo grinned and he took advantage of the access and began to kiss her neck like the hungry husband he was. Rukia moaned longer as she slowly felt his weight against her. He was doing this on purpose. He was careful not to crush her but made sure his weight was evenly distributed so that she could not wriggle free or move too much.

Ichigo took her hand and placed it on his chest. Rukia wanted to claw at him but her fingers studied his surface. She wanted to cling to him and her mouth opened as if moving in a kiss with thin air. Ichigo grinned and answered her want. He mashed his lips on hers and she hungrily darted her tongue in his mouth. She was careful not to grab his hair because the white butterfly was there and she was afraid to disturb it and yet she did not want this to stop… yet.

Ichigo's hand was going higher as if just to tease and he moaned at his own actions. He just wanted to tear off her clothes and get on with it. He was sure it was what Rukia wanted as well.

"Ichigo…" Rukia gasped, "Please… I really want you now."

See? He knew she wanted it.

"Tsch." Ichigo smirked teasingly at her as he pushed himself up and both his hands landed on her inner thighs to part her legs and he said, "Don't scream, okay?"

She nodded.

Like she ever screamed the first time. Stupid boy.

Ichigo smiled inwardly, feeling that he had won their little tryst. He could feel his manhood right that instant and he grasped his waistband to push his shorts down as she moaned underneath him.

Damn, he would love to hear her scream his name and—

"ICHIGO!" That was his dad screaming from the first floor.
"What the fu—" Ichigo grunted and Rukia buried her face in his pillow before groaning.

"WHAT!" Ichigo shouted in response as he straightened. He was kneeling on the bed, Rukia still underneath him as he put his hands on his waist.
"Come down here this instant!"
"WHY!" Ichigo made sure his tone told the world he was annoyed as he scratched his head heavily, "Can't that wait, damn it! I'm in the middle of something important!"
"Fine, I'll just go up there!"

Curseeesssss!

"Hold that! I'm coming down already!"

Ichigo got out of bed heavily and Rukia rolled to the side. She groaned again and Ichigo grumbled as he put on a shirt. Just how wrong could the timing be? Why was all this happening to him? Byakuya was not in his room but his father was a pain enough as it is although he was downstairs. Ichigo was going to crack and lose it one day and it would be all thanks to his father.

Wait, he can't go insane. He was going to be a father and Ichigo knew very well how it is to have an insane father. He was not going let his son experience this.

And speaking of…

"Ken'ichi…" Ichigo called as his fingers carefully searched. His index finger felt the wings of the butterfly and it immediately perched on it.

"Ken'ichi…" Ichigo muttered to the Shiro Chou as he walked towards Rukia who was silently lying on her side. He knelt by the bed and put his finger on Rukia's ear, "Stay with okasan for a while until I return, okay?"

The Shiro Chou's wings opened and closed before fluttering on its mother's ear.

"Rukia…" Ichigo kissed her cheek. She was pouting. He could tell. Rukia sighed and looked with only her eyes before turning to him and kissing his lips and saying, "Fine, you bastard."

Ichigo got up and turned off the lights before leaving his room. The boy grunted and started down the stairs as he moved towards the living room where Yuzu and Karin were switching channels on TV. Ichigo shrugged as he looked at his sisters huddling close to the television.

"You're too close to the screen." Ichigo picked up Karin and Yuzu by their waists and started to walk towards the sofa where he placed them on either of his side.

"No, we're not." Karin complained as she continued to switch channels.

"Anything good on TV?" Ichigo yawned, his arm gently pushing Yuzu towards him and the girl blinked and looked up to her brother. She rarely received any tender acts from him and she smiled to her self as she snuggled towards him.

"Unluckily, nothing." Karin pouted, "Now we have to listen to pop's freaking talks without the TV to divert attention to."

The girl turned the television off.

"Think about what he'll do to you when you reach puberty!" Ichigo grinned and used his large hand to mess up Karin's hair. The girl gasped and her hands landed on Ichigo's wrist as she tried to remove his hand from her head.

"Hey! Ichi-nii!" Karin complained as she kicked away from Ichigo but Ichigo caught her foot and dragged her back, "Let me go!"

"Look, I'm taking you on with just one hand!" Ichigo said as his head dodged the kicks Karin was sending him using her free leg. She curled up towards him to grab him but Ichigo flipped her and pushed his arm against her back. He was careful with the amount of effort he was exerting because he really wouldn't want to snap his sister's body in two.

"Still using one hand, Karin." Ichigo said again as Yuzu blinked.

Since when had her brother played wrestling with Karin? Wasn't he supposed to be a scowling, short-tempered teenager?

"Oniichan, you might hurt Karin-chan." Yuzu appealed and Ichigo just chuckled and released the raven-haired girl.

"You…!" Karin lunged at Ichigo who immediately caught her amidst Yuzu's gasps. The orange-haired older brother then proceeded to pin his sister down and tickled her sides.

"I-I-Hahahahahahaha!" Karin writhed as she burst out in laughter under her brother who was laughing as well, "Ichi-nii…HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Stop it already—HAHAHAHA!"

"Oniichan…!" Yuzu blinked and Ichigo turned with sinister eyes to look at her. The girl gasped and backed, "I… I…"
"You were planning to help Karin…" Ichigo faked a glower, "Weren't you?"

"KYAAAAAAA!" Yuzu jumped off the sofa and ran away. Ichigo growled and chased after her as she screamed. Karin, after getting a hold of her senses and wiping her tears from all the laughing, jumped off the sofa and pounced at Ichigo from behind. Ichigo wobbled at the sudden impact as Karin continued to dangle from him. Yuzu had now considered finding sanctuary on the sofa and making herself a fortress of pillows. Ichigo stomped back to the sofa and dumped Karin on it. The tomboy then rushed towards Yuzu's pillow fortress; both of them shrieking in partial laughter.

"ONIICHAN!" Yuzu shielded herself with a pillow as Karin proceeded to throw one of the pillow walls. Ichigo caught the soft object and hit Karin's head with it. Karin took another pillow (the fortress was now no more) and retaliated, whacking Ichigo with all the strength she had.

"What is going on?" Isshin came in at this point as he wiped his hands on his shirt. His son and two daughters stopped and dropped the pillows, all of them half-laughing as they settled on the couch. Yuzu was still trying to hide behind the pillow she was holding.

"Were you and your sisters actually playing, Ichigo?" Isshin's eyes widened.
"Uh… Yeah?"

Ichigo raised an eyebrow. Now that he thought about it, he never really loved kids but for some reason, the small playful bickering he had with his sisters was actually fun.

Wait. Fun?

What was wrong with him?

He was playing with ten year-old little girls! And he was what? He was turning sixteen, darn it! Something was horribly wrong with him because in the Kurosaki Ichigo instruction manual, he did not remember it having "fun playful quality time with little sisters and other children"… which he felt like doing now.

Oh, no! He was turning into his father!

Nightmare! Wake up now! WAKE UP NOW!

"What did you call me here for?" Ichigo asked as all three of them fixed their hair.
"We're going to have family talk!" Isshin announced as he walked towards his children who all released a groan.

"And it's all about you and your girlfriend!" Isshin then sat on the floor.

"Come to think of it…" Karin was leaning lazily on Ichigo's arm, "… Who would've thought someone would fall for you?"
"Karin-chan!" Yuzu piped, "That's not very nice! Oniichan is a nice and handsome young man…!"
"Of course, just like his father!" Isshin then burst out laughing.
"Cross out that part." Ichigo said flatly.

"Tell me, Ichigo, exactly how long have you started dating?" Isshin scooted towards his son.

Ever since I had my Shinigami powers and I had to stick my neck out to save her and bring her back?

"What does it matter?" Ichigo pouted.

"Yuzu!" Isshin pulled out a notepad and a pen out of his pocket and handed it to Yuzu who gasped, "Make daddy proud and write down everything we say."

"Hai!" Yuzu nodded accordingly, taking the notepad and the pen in her small hands. Ichigo and Karin exchanged looks and groaned at the same time.

"From this point on, everyone in the family is allowed to ask Ichigo questions!" Isshin announced.

Talk show! Talk show! And Ichigo was the star of the night! Woohoo! Yet another way of canceling his sex life!

"What's her favorite color?" Isshin began.
"Yet again, what does it matter, old man?" Ichigo glared.
"Just answer him and get it over with already!" Karin complained as she flung her hands in the air.
"White." Ichigo said, taking only her Zanpakutou into consideration.

Well, Chappy the Bunny was white.

"The motif for tomorrow night should be white then!" Yuzu concluded and was immediately seconded by her father.
"Does she have a favorite cartoon character?" Yuzu blinked, "It would be nice if she had one."

Ichigo wanted to visibly cringe upon remembering Chappy the Bunny invading his house.

"No." he lied.

Sorry, Rukia. I can't be infested by your rabbits at this point.

"Favorite food?" Isshin again.
"She's into random stuff these days." Ichigo reminisced, "So anything will be fine."
"She will still have a favorite!" Isshin insisted.
"But these days she has no favorite!" Ichigo glared, "What is so hard to understand about that!"
"Then what are we going to serve her?" Yuzu blinked, "Oh, my… It will be a challenge thinking up a menu."

They wouldn't be having any trouble with Rukia, as she can eat anything especially if they're lucky enough to serve what she urged for. They should consider pleasing Byakuya instead. That stuck-up old noble man's got some tongue.

"Does she drink alcohol?"
"No alcohol!" Ichigo snapped at his father. He was not letting Byakuya drink and throw up around the house!
"Maybe we should borrow those sing-along CD's for entertainment." Yuzu suggested.
"NO!" Ichigo burst out. He was not having a singing and swaying Gotei 13 Captain in his living room! The trauma from last time was more than enough!

"Oniichan, why do you love her?" Yuzu's sparkling eyes looked at Ichigo as she dreamily spoke with her hands clasped together.
"How romantic, my daughter is!" Isshin broke into tears and proceeded to rub his cheek onto Yuzu's.

"Answer the question, boy!" Isshin demanded, "Or would you dare break your sister's young heart?"

Ichigo gulped and Karin, whose head was now on Ichigo's leg, looked up from her position. Kuchiki Rukia… He probably fell for her — if indeed that is the right term — because she also wore that black kimono. She was also Shinigami. What else could be the reason? Ichigo had met and have been with a lot of girls in his years and yet, Karin had never seen him take any interest in them. So for him to… to… love… a girl, she must be something… different. But Karin kept her thoughts to herself as she continued to muse upon everything about Ichigo.

To be honest, she had never been this close to her brother. And it felt quite good.

Family was good.

"Ne, Ichi-nii…" Karin asked thoughtfully, "Would you consider having a family with that girl?"
"Karin-chan! It's too early to talk about that!" Yuzu was blushing.

Actually, it's too late.

Or right on time.

Whatever.

"How long before you consider having a family?" Karin was looking at Ichigo but she had not lifted even her head.
"Karin-chan!" Yuzu began.

"Come on, Yuzu, it seemed that just yesterday Ichi-nii was never going to even look with desire at a girl and then all of a sudden he has a girlfriend." Karin reasoned out as she gestured and she took a deep breath, her hands dropping to her self, "The next thing you know, he's going to come in here with his wife and child."

"Karin-chan!" Yuzu was half-crying, "It's not like Oniichan is getting married already!"
"You can never tell!"

Ichigo paused, watching the exchange between his sisters. With a smirk, Ichigo's arms moved and hauled Karin up before pulling her and Yuzu into a weird group hug.

"Karin, Yuzu…" he began as he took a deep breath. The twins blinked and gasped when Ichigo pulled on their cheek, "You worry too much!"

"Ichi-nii! LET GO!"
"ONIICHAAAAAAAN!"

Isshin watched his children bicker among themselves and he silently, for a change, slipped away and moved towards the kitchen. He walked towards the wall where the calendar was pinned as he rubbed his chin. His fingers landed and moved across the paper, as if counting days.

"So it has only been lately." Isshin smiled.

Sign number one: Fondness of children.

His son was a father.

He was going to be a grandfather.

And as Isshin headed towards the living room where his children were now engaged in another pillow fight, he sincerely prayed to his wife Masaki to help him because at any moment now, he could faint from sheer happiness.

- End of Chapter 10 -

Author: LONG CHAP! OMG! Now THIS is my longest chappie so far! OMG! Am I early? Or am I late? Or did I make it just in time? Anyway, wootness for the Kurosaki family! Ichigo's symptoms are manifesting and he doesn't know it! I don't know why I entitled this Fushigi Yuugi. I was not a big fan of the series but I just thought it fit the chapter. I don't know why.

Uh… Yeah, if some IchiRuki haters made it to read waaaaaay down here. Uh… What are you doing? No, seriously, why do you read my stuff if you don't like my writing/me/IchiRuki/it/insert other reason here? I really need to put a notice or something in my profile.

Ah, well… Can't please everyone so I'll just turn my attention to those I'm able to please!

Thanks for the e-giving! I loved the cake and the cookies and… and… other stuff you've e-given me! Yay me!

Anyway, to all those who continue to read this fic (especially those who stayed with me ever since "Oh My Gigai!" was just budding a few chaps), thank you so much! I will try my best to do better (and do faster updates?)… Thank you for the support and the reviews! Love you all!

Oh, and… YAY TWO-DIGIT CHAPTER!