Hey! I'm back! Sorry for this super late update! School was kicking my ass while finals were bitch slapping me stupid... But since school is now out I can update a lot more frequently! Oh, and I can reply to your guy's reviews now, yay! Before I only got them on my phone (don't know why) and I couldn't reply with my phone, but now I'm getting them on my email again (still don't know why) I'm technology challenged lol, so now I can reply to all your wonderful words of support and wisdom. Thnx for all the reviews and not hating me for killing Momo. I actually got a lot people who are telling me to make sure Aizen dies in the most painful and horrific ways... you guys are brutal XD
So here is the next chapter! Please ignore the many spelling and grammer mistake I'm sure its full of. It was either post it right now and don't proof read, or wait another three days to post which is when I'll be getting the computer back.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.
Rukia laying back looking at the ceiling. So many things have happened so fast that she still couldn't believe it happened in one night. The day started off like any other day. It was a great day. Sure she admitted to their relationship but she finally got that off her chest, then they had a good time at the New Years party, but then it turned into a night just as terrible as the night three years ago. And just like three years ago, it was all her fault.
She and Rangiku were sitting silently on Ichigo's bed, waiting for him to get some blankets for the guest room. After they let him out the hospital he was questioned at the police station. Both women knew it was pointless to ask questions because there was nothing the police could do. Besides, Ichigo still had no idea what was going on. He was just caught up in the middle of it all.
Since Rukia and Rangiku couldn't go back to their house, Ichigo offered (demanded) they spend the night at his.
Rukia couldn't help but feel awful. First Kaien and now Momo. So many people keep getting involved and even effected by everything thats happened.
She cringed when she thought of what happened before they left the station. She and Rangiku were sitting, waiting for Ichigo to finish answering questions when Toshiro had came in. The police had called him to the station so they could tell him in person. He came in looking tired when he noticed the them sitting, looking shocked at him. When he asked what was going on they ended up having to tell him what happened, obviously leaving out a lot of things.
Toshiro took it hard. Just seeing how torn he was, was enough to make Rukia and Rangiku tear up again. The police took him to another room to talk to him about what had happened just a few hours ago. Everyone thought it was just an attempted burglary, but Rukia and Rangiku knew what it really was.
To think just earlier that day Rukia had actually thought nothing could go wrong and ruin how well things have been.
Ichigo walked into the room. "The guest bed has sheets and blankets now."
Rangiku nodded and stood up. She gave Rukia a hug and then went into the guest room for the night. Rukia looked up at Ichigo, her violet orbs glowing with sorrow.
"You can sleep in my bed and I'll stay on the couch tonight." he offered not wanting to crowd her.
She stood to her feet and wrapped her arms around Ichigo and pressed her face against his chest. He hugged back and she looked at him again with pleading eyes. "Can you stay in here?"
He nodded and kissed her forehead.
They laid in the bed. Rukia's head was resting on Ichigo's chest and he had his arm wrapped protectively around waist. Her eyelids became heavy and she let the steady beat of his heart and the soothing raising and falling of his form lull her to sleep.
Ichigo however could not sleep. He was tired but didn't bother trying to let sleep come because once it did, it won't last. He looked down at Rukia, smiling at her peaceful expression. He felt so at peace like this. Ichigo wouldn't deny to wanting to stay like this forever. With those thoughts he subconsciously pulled Rukia even closer to him.
He was burning holes into the ceiling, waiting to fall asleep. Its been a few hours and still no sleep, though he was feeling extremely tried. His eyes began to close as he drifted off.
"Ichigo..."
9 year old Ichigo looked around but no one was there.
"Ichigo!" the voice called again.
"Mommy?"
Standing a few feet from Ichigo was a beautiful woman with a comforting smile gracing her face. She outstretched her arms to him. "Come Ichigo."
Ichigo smiled and began to run to her. "Mommy!"
Just as he reached her, she disappeared in a flash of light. The boy looked around confusedly. He turned around to see Isshin with a cigarette in his hand, Karin, and Yuzu all looking at him angrily.
Isshin took a drag. "Ichigo, if it weren't for you I'd still have my wife!" he spoke harshly.
"Its all your fault!" Karin snarled.
"Its because of you we don't have a mother!" Yuzu hissed.
Ichigo looked at them horrified. They took a step forward to as he fell backwards, not taking his eyes off his family.
"You're the reason Mom is dead!" they all yelled in unison.
Ichigo got to his feet and began to run away in the opposite direction, tears flowing from his eyes. He kept running until there was someone new in his path. It was Rukia. She was facing him but her head was turned down, looking at the lifeless body before her. Momo's body.
The young boy halted in front of the woman. "Ichigo, why weren't you there? Why didn't you stop this from happening?" Rukia asked looking at his wide amber eyes. He covered his ears to block out her cries. "Why didn't you protect us?!"
Ichigo's eyes shot open and he was back in his room, Rukia still sleeping in his arms. He wasn't surprised she didn't wake considering how tiring her day was. He was breathing heavily as he looked at his clock. "Fuck." he whispered out loud to himself. He was only asleep for a few minutes. He ran his free hand through his hair and let out a sigh. 'This is why I can't get any fucking sleep.' he complained to himself.
()()()
Renji walked down a hall in the organization with a scowl on his face. 'Where the hell is that bastard!'
He has been running around the place for the past four hours looking for Aizen. He wasn't in his office, not at home, doesn't answer his phone, no where in the building, and no one has seen him all day. To put it simply, Renji was pissed. And now he had to go and tell Byakuya that he couldn't find Aizen.
The tattooed man walked up to his boss's office. He knocked on the door and received a 'come in' from the other side.
"Sir, I can't find Aizen anywhere." Renji stated, walking into the room.
Byakuya looked up from his papers and was about to reply when his phone rang. "Hello?" he answered monotonously.
Renji just looked around the room, waiting for his boss to finish. Shockingly the Kuchiki man seemed to lose his indifferent tone at whatever the person on the other line was saying. After a few words were shot back and forth, quite a lot of them being insults from Byakuya, he turned to his second in command.
"Renji, you're going to Karakura Town..." he started.
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Rukia slowly opened her eyes not knowing where she was for a moment. Then everything that happened last night flooded into her mind. She laid in the bed by herself for a few minutes, thinking about what was going to happen now that Gin knows where they are? Now that Ichigo has been dragged into this. Now that Momo was gone...
Finally she got out the bed and left the room, in search of Ichigo. Walking through the house she looked at a clock on the wall. It was 1:00pm. She has never slept in that late, but then again she didn't go to sleep until really early in the morning.
When she made it to the living room she saw Rangiku sitting on the couch watching TV. She didn't see Ichigo but she could he him from another room. Everything seemed so glum in the house. Just then the phone rang and Ichigo emerged from a room and answered it.
While he was talking Rukia sat down on the couch with Rangiku who was mindlessly flipping through channels.
Suddenly something caught Rukia's eye. "Wait, Rangiku go back."
She nodded and did so. It was the News.
"Early this morning around 3:30am tragedy struck at what seems to be a break in and suspected attempted burglary in this usually quiet neighborhood. Reports say there were at least four men who broke into the house and attacked the three young women who moved into the home a few months ago. One of the residents was shot fatally and another two were injured in the process. Though police aren't giving out their names the two woman are said to be fine. Oddly enough reports say that famed novelist Ichigo Kurosaki was somehow involved in last night's events, though we are unsure why he was there police say he was not one of the men who broke in but instead one of the people who were injured."
By this time Ichigo had gotten of the phone and was now watching the broadcast intently along with Rukia and Rangiku.
"He was stabbed in the stomach and was later taken to get medical treatment. Kurosaki is said to also be fine and is now out the hospital. As for the men who broke in and murdered one of the residents, only one was found in the house by the time police arrived and was apprehended. Unfortunately police were unable to get him to talk about the events before he committed suicide just an hour after he was put in a holding cell. Investigation is still going on but as of yet there are no leads."
Rangiku turned off the TV after the reporter finished speaking. They sat there in silence for a while, each of them not wanting to break the silence between them. Rukia looked at Rangiku. Rangiku was looking down at nothing in particular. She was not her cheerful self that morning for obvious reasons.
Ichigo was the first to spoke. "The people who just called," he hesitated for a moment. "It was the police, they said you guys can go back to your house tomorrow."
Rukia turned to Ichigo. Taking in his appearance shocked to see how worn out he looked. He looked like he hadn't slept at all last night. I fell onto a couch and just stared at the wall.
The room was very quiet for awhile. Not awkward quiet or comfortable quiet, just quiet. Rangiku was the one to speak first, breaking the silence and trying to escape the depression the loomed over the room. She looked at Rukia then spoke. "Have you called your brother yet?"
Rukia let out a sigh and shook her head. "No, not yet." she somewhat drawled. "But I'll call him later." she finished.
Rangiku didn't seem too pleased with her response but nodded none the less. She then stood up and walked out the room without another word. 'I can just feel an intense discussion coming.'
Rukia just looked at the blank TV screen before speaking. "Did you get any sleep?" she asked, attempting to start some kind of conversation.
"Nope." he chuckled bitterly as he thought of why he couldn't sleep last night, or technically any night.
She furrowed her eyebrows. 'I wonder why he couldn't sleep.' she thought to herself. She then remained quiet once again. There really wasn't much to talk about until it got to a certain subject anyway.
Ichigo was silent again. He wanted, needed to know. But he didn't want to upset Rukia by asking about it. But he should be entitled to know what happened and what its all about, after all he was a part of the situation now, even if its not by much.
"Rukia," he waited to know if she was listening. When she looked over to him he continued. "Those guys that broke into your house last night weren't trying to steal anything, were they?"
She was speechless. She knew what he was going to ask and that he would ask soon, but she still didn't know what to tell him. She could tell him the truth, but she was sure Byakuya wouldn't like anyone knowing too much. But Ichigo did have the right to know. He saved her and Rangiku and got stabbed for God's sake!
She let out another long sigh. "No." she looked at Ichigo to see him give her a look that said 'then why were they there?'. "They came to kill Momo and Rangiku." her voice cracked at the end.
His eyes softened. "And you?"
Rukia looked down at her lap as she felt the back of her eyes ting. "I can't tell you." she whispered so softly he almost didn't hear it. She then looked up at him, their eyes locking. Her violet ones burned into his brown ones. "At least... not yet."
He got up and walked over to her. He got on the couch with her and slung his arms around her small form, pulling her onto him. Ichigo kissed the side of her head then whispered into her ear. "Its ok, I'll wait. Just know that I'm here for you."
She let a small smile grace her face and leaned back into him. Ichigo was here for her. Thats all she needed to know.
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It had been three days since Renji was told he was going to Karakura. Once Byakuya told him everything that happened he was more than willing to run all the way done here himself. He only wished he could've been there when everything went down. Now one of his friends were gone and the other two needed his help.
Renji was currently walking around a neighborhood in Karakura, looking for what he already knew was going to be a big-ass house. There was no way Byakuya would let Rukia live in any old average house, no it has to be the biggest house in the richest neighborhood. While walking down the street he began to notice that he stuck out a lot. People would take on look at him and then take off running for there lives. He didn't get it. Its not like he was wearing his gun or anything and there was no way for them to know he was yakuza.
He was becoming more and more irritable as time passed. He usually liked walking but with all the looks he was getting it was really starting to piss him off. 'I knew I should've rented a damn car.' he growled to himself.
After awhile Renji found the large home. And well... about time. He walked up to the door and walked in since it was unlocked. Seriously, who knocks? Looking around the house it looked even bigger on the inside! He was about to call out for Rukia until he heard something in the kitchen.
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Ichigo was sitting in Rukia and Rangiku's living room, waiting for the two to get ready. Today was Momo's funeral but they didn't have to be there until another two hours from now. So why they made him wait for them to get ready now was beyond him. He was already dressed (far too early by his standards) and was now sitting down, waiting for the women to shower up and get dressed. He was wearing black slacks and a black button up shirt.
He looked at his watch, then got up and traveled to the kitchen. He opened up the fridge to see it was pretty empty, but still stuck his head in looking for something to drink. He pulled out a can of soda and stepped back from the fridge a little. Ichigo hadn't heard someone walk into thee house and he didn't notice someone walking to the kitchen.
Renji was walking quietly to the room where he heard some noise. Looking into the kitchen he saw a man with bright orange hair, wearing all black and holding a can of soda. He had never seen this man before and he didn't plan on taking any chances. Apparently the man didn't notice Renji was there yet since he was turned away from him.
"Who the hell are you!" Renji roared at the oblivious man.
Ichigo who was at that moment drinking his soda spit it back up upon hearing the unfamiliar voice. "What the fuck...?" he said while coughing roughly as he turned to face the new comer.
The man was pretty big, taller than Ichigo. He had violent red hair pulled back into a ponytail that resembled a pineapple. He was wearing a brown shirt, a pair of holey jeans, and a white headband. He had tribal tattoos on his forehead, neck, arms, and possibly the rest of his body.
'Who is this guy and whats he doing here?' was their same thoughts, 'Is he here for Rukia?'
Renji let his eyes scan the parts of the house he could see. Rukia and Rangiku weren't anywhere as far as he could see. "Where's Rukia?" he grunted angrily.
'Guess there's my answer.' Ichigo narrowed his eyes at the man. "Like hell I'm telling you." he shot back.
That was it. Renji was done with words. He charged at Ichigo with his fist ready, aimed for his head. As he swung, Ichigo ducked out the way, Renji's fist instead connecting with the refrigerator leaving a decent sized dent. Ichigo countered with a punch of his own landing on Renji's cheek, who was in turn pretty shocked the guy got a hit on him. He then kneed Ichigo in his stomach causing him to double over and without missing a beat punched him in the jaw. Ichigo was also surprised to see this guy take a hit better than the guys the broke into the house. He rammed into Renji, making him take some steps back. Before they knew it, the were wrestling each other back and forth, but not without damaging anything within five feet of them.
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Rukia was upstairs finishing up her shower when she heard some yelling from downstairs. Turning off the water she stepped out the shower and wrapped a towel around her body. 'Whats that idiot doing?' she mentally groaned as she started to head downstairs.
Walking down the steps she heard a lot of crashing sounds, which only pissed her off more. They had just fixed up the place and she just wanted to go to the funeral and let the day go by without incident, but apparently that wasn't going to happen. Once she got to the bottom of the steps her eyes widened and her mouth hung open. Not at Ichigo and Renji at each others throats. No, it was what the house looked like. Broken tables, busted lamps and vases, overturned couches, and dents in the walls. Overall, it looked worse than when Gin and his men broke in.
Both Ichigo and Renji had their hands on each other's shoulders trying to force the other back. Rukia narrowed her eyes and quickly dashed to the two fighting idiots.
"Stop fighting!" she yelled but to no avail.
She squeezed in between them and put her hands on their chests to push them apart. It wasn't until both her arms were extended out, keeping them a good distance away from each other did the two men stop but not because of what she said. Rukia looked at them and both their faces were crimson red and theirs eyes traveled slowly from her face to her feet. She suddenly felt a odd breeze and when she looked down to see the only thing that was keeping her from being butt naked was on the floor and her face glowed red as well.
Yes, Rukia was completely naked.
She gasped as she let go of the guys and quickly grabbed her towel putting it back on, her face resembling a tomato.
Ichigo and Renji, who were still red, had their eyes diverted in other directions until she had the towel back on. When the two men looked back at each other they both scowled even more.
"What the hell were you looking at!?"
"Me?! You're the one who was staring, you ass!"
"Renji... Ichigo... shut up right now." Rukia seethed deathly low, her eyes full of venom.
They looked at her incredulously as they started to ask, "You know hi-"
"I said shut up!" she cut them off, silencing them both. "What the hell is wrong with you morons?! Tearing up the house like you're crazy!"
They both started talking at once which only came out as moronic blabbering. Rukia had her eyes closed as she massaged her temples trying to relieve her newly sprung headache. She figured she should probably get dressed then come back down and deal with them. She let out a breath and looked at the two lazily. "Just sit down and wait til I come back."
"But-"
"I said SIT!" she snapped before they could complain.
In a flash they were sitting on the closest seat available like obedient puppies. She left the room with a huff to go change. Ichigo and Renji watched her leave then looked at each other. They began to glare from their respective seats as though they weren't just ordered to 'sit' by a woman half their size.
Suddenly Rangiku came from who knows where and into the living room. She was wearing a tight black blouse with an equally tight black skirt. Once she was in the room she saw Ichigo and Renji glaring so hard you'd think it give them a hernia. "Renji? What are you doing here?" she asked suddenly perky. Then she look at the rest of the house and before he could answer she continued only this time her voice was dangerously low. "What did you do to the house?"
"Uh..." was his intelligent reply.
"Don't worry Rangiku, I'm dealing with them." Rukia said as she came down the steps and into the room.
Rangiku's eyes widened at the two men and she just shook her head. "Good luck you guys!" she sang while waving her hand as she left the room.
Before either guy knew what happened they were both grunting in pain. Rukia had kicked Ichigo in the shin and elbowed Renji in the stomach.
"Dammit Rukia," Ichigo hissed while holding his leg. "What was that for?"
"For destroying my house." she then turned to Renji. "What are you doing here?"
"Wait." Ichigo interrupted pointing at the crimson haired man. "Who the hell is he?"
Rukia sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time that day. "This is Renji Abarai, the friend I told you about."
Ichigo was a little shocked to see this was who she talked about. Apparently they went to the same orphanage when they were kids until Byakuya adopted Rukia when she was fifteen. She said her and Renji stayed in touch but she was very vague about what happened to him after she left the orphanage.
Ichigo just nodded to show he knew who Rukia was talking about. She looked at Renji to see him still looking at Ichigo skeptically. "This is Ichigo Kurosaki." she clarified.
Renji looked back at Ichigo but noticed something. "Hey are you alright?" he asked not actually sounding concerned.
Rukia looked at Ichigo who looked confused to what Renji was saying. She then saw what he was talking about and walked over to Ichigo and began to unbutton his shirt. "What are you...?" he started but then saw what they were all talking about.
Part of his shirt had blood all over it as Rukia looked at his stomach which was now bleeding. Ichigo assumed the stitches tore when Renji kneed him in the gut. Ichigo made a mental note to get back at him for that later.
"You need to get stitched up again." she stated.
He noticed her concerned expression and smiled back at her. "Whats this? You're worried about me? I knew you cared." he teased in a attempt to keep her from worrying.
"Fool!" It worked. "You need to get stitches to stop from bleeding all over your clothes." she crossed her arms and looked away from him. "You're not going to the funeral like that. Get stitches and a new shirt." she finished up.
She turned back to Ichigo who had an eyebrow raised at her. She rolled her eyes at him, making her does this in front of Renji who was sure they had forgotten he was there. "Please?" she asked, clearly annoyed.
Renji looked at the two oddly. 'Rukia is never comfortable with people this quickly.' He mused 'She could've only known this guy for about two months.'
Ichigo was about to reply but then his cellphone rang. He looked at the screen to see who was calling and quickly answered sounded quite angry at the caller. "Why would you wait to me now?" after a few seconds of conversing Ichigo hung up now looking pretty pissed. At who? They had no idea.
It was actually Ichigo's self-proclaimed 'bestest' agent in the world, Kisuke Urahara. Yes, the man who showed up out of no where three nights ago and caused the creepy fox faced guy to jump out a window. The bastard actually had the nerve to ask how his book was coming along as though he didn't disappear without another word. But at least he seemed to call because he wanted to talk about that night which was good for Ichigo since Rukia didn't seem like she was going to tell him anytime soon. Speaking of which he still needed to find out how she knew Urahara and Yoruichi.
Both Rukia and Renji looked at Ichigo cautiously as he contemplated all this in his head. They just assumed he zoned out of something. After a few more seconds of silence Renji cleared his throat in order to bring the orange haired man back to earth.
"Huh?" was all he could form. "Oh, uh... I have to go." he directed at Rukia.
She just nodded again. "I'll meet you at the funeral." she said while letting out an exhausted breath.
Ichigo gave Rukia a kiss, which didn't go unnoticed by Renji. He then looked at said man hesitantly before leaving to go meet his agent. He knew he was being a little territorial in front of Renji but hey, he was just making sure the guy knew what was up between them. Of course Ichigo knew they were just friends, but it more instinct than anything. Just a type of guy impulse.
Once Ichigo left Rukia turned back to Renji to ask the obvious question for the third time. "So why are you here?"
"You're fucking him, aren't you?" he asked bluntly.
Rukia turned slightly red again. "God, what the hell is with everyone pointing this shit out?" she ranted. "Is it so hard to believe I have a life? I can't have a boyfriend anymore? Or is it just such a shock everyone needs to clarify this with me?"
Renji just laughed at the hysteric woman. "I didn't mean it like that. Its just... well..." he trailed off. Rukia knew what he was talking about and let him go on. "He looks a lot like Kaien." he said after a moment of thought.
"Yea but you and Ichigo are a lot alike, personality wise." she smirked at him. Renji gaze her a look that said he wasn't buying that. She then changed the subject. "Are you going to make me ask again?"
"Well Byakuya sent me down here firstly to make sure you're alright." he started. "I heard Urahara and Yoruichi showed up." to this she nodded. "Yea well it seems they already knew who was behind everything."
This confused Rukia. Everyone already knew Gin was behind this whole thing. Upon seeing Rukia's confusion Renji began speaking again. "Gin was a big part of it but..." he hesitated. "Aizen was the one pulling the strings. We found out after he left the organization and thats how they found you guys." he finished regretfully.
Rukia was taken back. She couldn't believe someone like Aizen could do that. It was almost enough to make her sick to her stomach. Whats worse was the trust and admiration Momo had for him. And he betrayed them all and Momo ends up with a bullet in the head. There was absolutely nothing right about this at all.
"That Ichigo-guy." Renji said, snapping Rukia from her thoughts. "Does he know?"
Rukia was quiet, debating whether to tell her friend. Renji eyed her closely, studying her. She finally spoke, deciding to just tell him. "Not everything. Just that those guys were after me. He saw Gin."
Renji's expression turned from hard to just being upset. "Fuck Rukia, why did you tell him?"
"Ichigo was the one who saved us! He got stabbed helping us, what the hell was I supposed to tell him?!"
"But he doesn't know everything right? Nothing about the organization or why Gin... Aizen wants you?" he corrected himself.
"No." she replied flatly.
"Good." Rukia waited for him to speak again. She knew there was more coming. "The other reason why I'm here is because Byakuya wants you to leave Karakura Town."
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Ichigo was sitting once in his agent's office, once again waiting for him to show up. Suddenly the door opened to reveal the tacky hat wearing man and his exotic looking wife. They both walked over to the wooden desk Ichigo was sitting across from, Urahara sitting in the chair behind it, Yoruichi sitting on the corner of the desktop. Both looking at him as though they weren't going to talk about a murder or at least the events leading up to it.
"So are you guys gonna tell me why you were at the house that night or how you're even involved in all this?" Ichigo blurted impatiently.
"Unfortunately Ichigo, we can't tell you." Yoruichi started with a cat like grin. "That is up to Rukia whether she wants you to know."
Ichigo scoffed. "So then why did you need me here if you weren't going to tell me shit?"
"Now now Ichigo, don't be like that!" the blonde man chimed. "There is something we'd like you to do though."
Ichigo looked at them curiously, waiting for what he was about to say.
Urahara's face along with his tone suddenly became very serious, more than Ichigo had ever seen before, which unnerved him slightly. "Even though its obvious you don't know much about whats going on, it is clear that you know Rukia is in danger." he paused to make sure Ichigo was following. "Whether you wanted to or not, you've become someone who will always be apart of her life and vice versa."
Yoruichi carried on. "You will always have be there for her. No matter what obstacles that are sure to be in your way, you must overcome them just as she will."
"You are her protector." Urahara picked up from where Yoruichi left off. "You are indeed the perfect man for it. You jumped in the way of a blade for her without hesitation and I'm sure you'd do it again. The bottom line Ichigo... is that she needs you, and you're going to have to be ready to help her."
Ichigo smirked. "This was just a waste of my time."
"How so?" Urahara asked mysteriously.
"You guys didn't have to tell what I need to do. I would've and still am going to be there for her and I will overcome anything that gets in my way." he finished to what sounded like something his book character would say.
The couple looked at him satisfied. Ichigo couldn't help but wonder. "Who are you guys?"
"Ichigo, you know who we are." Yoruichi stated vaguely. Ichigo gave them a questioned look.
"You're world's amazingly brilliant agent and editor of course!" the hatted man yell cheerfully, opening his fan from thin air, fanning himself.
Ichigo's eye twitched at the sudden mood change and just decided to leave. As he walked out the door her heard the man yell, "Don't forget to send us an update of your book!"
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They were all at the funeral. Needless to say it was pretty sad and depressing. Renji was there also since he was a friend of Momo's. It was like any other funeral, women were crying, men were silent while some tried to hold tears back, and eulogies were said.
Rukia still had that feeling of guilt. But for some reason, being around Ichigo always made it go away. Almost like he took her guilt and put it on himself, just to relieve her of that burden. She glanced to all the sad faces, to Rangiku, then to Renji, and lastly Ichigo.
"The other reason why I'm here is because Byakuya wants you to leave Karakura Town."
Rukia looked shocked, not that her brother wanted her to leave, but that it would come up so soon. "Is that an order?" she asked stoically.
"Not exactly." this caught her of guard as well. "Since there is no one will know where you are, you could very well stay here though your brother highly urges you two to move out of Karakura." he finished lamely.
Rukia thought for a second before Renji spoke again. "Its up to you. Think about whats safe not just for you but others that could be involved." he warned.
Rukia looked around. Looking at all the new friends shes made. 'Other that could be involved...' she thought. She looked back at Ichigo. 'Others that were involved.'
Little bit a Angst in there at the end which means there will also be some in ther the next chappie too. Renji pays a lovely visit which resulted in a lil brawl =0 To be honest I had no idea what I was going to write for this chapter so I made it up as I typed it. Silly me!
What do you guys think about letting Ichigo know about Byakuya and Renji's profession? What about any of the other characters? Let me know!
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