How Your And I Came To Be

By: NekoWriter

Chapter 11: The Situation Of Now And Forever

"If your are meant to be together forever, you will survive any obstacle or trouble that comes to you." -unknown

Four guys? Was that really it?

Well, this is insulting. Do you think they even have weapons?

Well, insignificant ones, but either way they're going to get the shit beat out of them.

My fury was peeking, a grunt or two escaped my mouth as I took a fighting stance. I had to say it felt strange not fighting with Zangetsu in my hand.

"Aw, look who came to play hero? The fiancé." The man who I just knocked over stood up dusting himself off. I wasn't surprised he absorbed the blow; I mean he was huge and honestly I really put no power into it; I was so focused on sneaking up on them that my follow through wasn't up to par.

"So, what the fuck are you doing out here? Huh?" I said to Rukia in a low voice that signaled 'danger' at every syllable. The big guy was the one to answer.

"We're having a party and I believe you just crashed it. I think it's time to go. Let me show you the door." As he said the last sentence he came charging towards me with the small, pathetic looking knife he pulled out previously. I stood my ground until the last second when I shifted slightly making him run into a gust of air which seemed to carry him over into a tree, hard.

"Lucky shot." He spit at me as I backed up to take him on again.

"How was that a lucky shot? I didn't do anything…yet." I grinned anticipating the next attack.

"A wiseass mouth doesn't get a man too far." The man behind me quickly said charging. Figuring he would attack sooner or later I had already planned on leaping backwards, over his head, ultimately making him fall as well. Typically the huge man and the other stood back up.

"Rukia. Here." I yanked off my shirt and threw it telling her to cover up.

"I didn't…thanks." She was tired and worn out I could tell by her voice.

"What the hell?" One of the men I haven't had the pleasure of fighting yet stated gawking. I forgot about all the battle scars and recent injuries. They were spread across my torso like grass on a field. Also, I still had bandages covering the upper half of my arms, so I guess that made the illusion look worse. "What are those from?" He said nervously backing up somewhat. "They look like…stab wounds."

"Wow, you're good at guessing. Almost all of them are stab wounds." I grimaced which scared the shit out of them. "And I'll tell ya this much, they weren't made accidentally."

"I'll add one more then!" Another guy from behind me, which was very well hidden I had to admit, ran forward as fast as he could with an actual sword in hand.

Who has a sword on them nowadays?

Well, they weren't planning a walk in the park when they left the house this morning.

Too bad his running was almost so slow it made me want to ignore the pathetic threat. I turned as he jabbed at me; my hand catching the blade. It wasn't even that sharp.

"Too slow." I ducked around the sword and right stepped flinging my fist into his rib cage; he would be out for a while. "You're all too boring. Too bad…if you didn't do that to her I might have let you all go." I grinned flashing my teeth while staring intently at the three remaining.

"Who wants to go first?" I asked deciding to pick someone up from the collar of their shirt because they weren't coming to a coherent decision. "Okay, you then." Not even with a second of hesitation I slammed him in the nose with my clenched fist flinging him into a tree; now there were two. The two strongest it seemed, yet hundreds of years away from even having the possibility of having a chance at avoiding my first attack.

Ya know that emotionless captain, Rukia's brother? I think his atitude is rubbing off on you…

Don't insult me

See?

"You're lucky we've decided to forgive you for disturbing us." The large man said starting to crawl away on the ground.

"Did I say you could leave?" I barked walking leisurely over to the bigger man harshly kicking him in the stomach. He coughed up a minimal amount of blood while rolling over onto his side.

Alright maybe I over did it a little.

How can ya say that? That'd be like a paper cut to you.

"Listen," I walked over to the final, skinnier guy, leaning down to his level where he was cowering. "You seem the smartest of the group, so I'll leave you conscious. When they all wake up warn them if they ever try anything like this again I, Ichigo Kurosaki, will personally beat the shit out of them…again." He nodded as he growled under his breath, but did nothing more than just hang his head in shame.

"Come on." I sighed holding a hand out for Rukia. She just starred at it.

" I can't stand." She spoke turning her head away.

"Why the hell not?" I responded in a confused voice.

"I sprained it." She said embarrassed trying to pull my shirt down as far as possible which ended up being mid thigh length.

Well, it's an improvement.

No, an improvement would be pulling the shirt up, this is a total regression.

I didn't ask your damn opinion.

Yeah, only because last time you're pleasure affected more than your mind.

I blushed remembering this morning's incident, but then suddenly had a want to rub down there in sympathy for myself.

"How did you sprain it? No way any of these pushovers could have given you a hard time." I pointed to the three passed out persons.

"I kicked a tree-" She whispered so low that it was barely hearable.

"You what?" I asked telling her to speak a little louder.

"I kicked a fucking tree." She crossed her hands over her chest.

"Why the hell did you do that?" I questioned her sanity then glanced over to a tree with a dent in the side.

"You frustrated me. So, it was either you or the tree." I for one was glad she chose the tree. Without anymore talk I scooped her up in my arms carrying her bridal style out of the wooded area.

Ya know you look pretty incriminating carrying a half naked girl out of a secluded area without a shirt on... At night.

I turned bright red; he was right. Thank god it was dark, Rukia would probably try and slap me for thinking dirty things…even when I wasn't the one to think them.

……………

The walk home was quiet neither of us wanted to even think about the situation right now never mind the stares we were getting. It figured we had to walk through two very public areas flocked with people. In the end I had to give at least a dozen nasty stares to on lookers and had to keep my hand basically on Rukia's butt to prevent the shirt from drooping too low.

"Thanks for carrying me." Rukia acknowledged as she placed her head on my chest. My heart, I was sure, was going a million miles per hour. I just hoped she couldn't tell.

"No problem. It's my job after all to get you out of all these strange situations." I grinned squeezing her a little tighter. She responded by wrapping her arms somewhat, around my waist.

"Not all strange situations can you get me out of." She spoke into my chest; her nose gave a cold sensation as it rubbed against the bare skin. I assumed she was talking about our wedding.

"If I could I would." I sighed slowing my pace slightly. Did I like Rukia more than a friend? Yeah, I figured that out, and basically admitted to it, but I still had a very vague idea of what Rukia thought of me. Even if she did like me as much as I liked her , no way were we ready for marriage.

"I know you would, but to honestly tell you I'm okay with it. Yeah, I'd like some more time to prepare myself, but it's really not all that bad." She admitted snuggling her face even farther into me.

"No, I guess not." I answered. The thought of another mile of walking like this made me sigh. Too much truth usually sprouted from me at times like this.

I'm drowning in all this sappiness.

Suck it up.

I'll drown faster!

…………………

"I hope you two weren't doing anything-" Dad stopped when he saw the condition of Rukia's ankle along with the various blood splatters across my body. "What happened?" He said in a very professional doctor like voice.

"Long story, but she can't walk." I stated as I noticed Rukia actually fell asleep.

"Bring her into the living room." He motioned to follow behind him as we ended up on the couch. I didn't let go or put her down; my arms supported her like a prop.

"Well, it looks fractured in several spots and is most definitely sprained. I can take the swelling down with kidou, but fractures take a long time to mend even with 'extra' help. She'll be off it a good week even with the extra boost of shinigami medical help." He sighed getting up; returning a few seconds later with medical tape and two wooden sticks that looked like large tongue depressants.

"So, that goes without saying no hollow slaying, of course that's even if any orders were to come in, which I highly doubt because at this point they realize they won't last very long." He propped the two sticks on both sides of the ankle before gently wrapping the area with a pre-wrap that wasn't sticky, but rather foam like. Then he wrapped the actual white tape around that securing it in place. It looked like a less bulky version of a cast that was half the size.

"That should do it." He sighed getting off the tiny stool he dragged over to sit on.

"Thanks." I mumbled defiantly.

"Don't thank me yet, there's still the issue with…bathing." He backed up a few steps, well out of reaching distance.

"What do you mean an issue?" I questioned already getting the gist as to where this was headed.

"Well, she can't put any pressure on her foot, therefore can't be trusted to stand in the shower all that time on one foot never mind the problem of getting in and out. Odds would be that she'd fall over and seriously do some damage." I went bright crimson, thank god Rukia couldn't hear this. I didn't think she'd be able to handle it.

"So, you're saying that I have to…accompany her!" It was a statement not a question. My body wanted to move and choke him until he told me he was kidding, but with Rukia on my lap and that look on his face I knew the confession wouldn't happen.

"Right, unless you don't want her walking for her wedding day." That was right, it'd be her day. No way was I going to stand in the way of any type of happiness. I gulped, there was only that option and nothing more.

"Anything else you want to tell me about?" I said peeved while starting to fidget in the seat.

"Actually, yeah. She won't be able to leave her room for a while. So, since I'm a busy man and seeing as you're her fiancé you'll basically need to wait on her hand and foot."

Well there goes the next few weeks of my life

It's not all that bad…I mean you get to see her naked right?

Yeah I guess...hey wait!

Too late you said it! He cheered in my head like he finally accomplished his lifetime goal.

I got up, with Rukia, making my way to the stairs carefully maneuvering her body so it wouldn't touch anything which to tell you the truth was a lot easier said then done. When we reached my room I gently placed her on my bed slowly and carefully propping up her foot on MY pillow which meant I had no pillow tonight.

I tucked her in, as weird as that sounds, then headed off for what I feared would be my last single shower…for a while.

A/N: Okay, this chapter is over! I didn't feel like going on any longer sorry. So, yeah I assume next chapter will have all your favorite other pairings besides IchiRuki. Not to mention Orihime…*Shutter* *Shutter* -Your NekoWriter

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