a/n: LOTS of Kisuke/Yorouichi…(Squeal!)
The first few days of Yorouichi's transformation into a cat was a total disaster, she found it really difficult to walk on four legs, and she would often forget that she had been turned into a cat, and she would sometimes try to stand on both legs, which led to her falling face flat on the floor. Kisuke was highly amused. Especially when it came to eating, she would desperately try to hold on to her chopsticks, but it was to no avail, thanks to her claws. When Isshin brought Retsu to their house and they found out about her transformation, Isshin rolled over the floor laughing, while Retsu tried her best to hide her rather obvious giggles. Yorouichi thought she would get sympathy, from Retsu at least, but she was dead wrong. She was always the topic of her friend's jokes. Yesterday, when she said that she was hungry, Isshin immediately grabbed a bowl, poured milk into it, and had her drink it from the bowl, on the floor. It was embarrassing. Isshin's constant jokes and comments really annoyed the hell out of her, and it wasn't helping that whenever Retsu came to visit, she would join in on Isshin's jokes. But what surprised her was that, Kisuke has not made fun of her since that day she transformed! In fact, he had been very helpful! Kisuke helped her with everything. She couldn't bring herself to eat like a cat, so Kisuke fed her instead, and he'd been working tirelessly on the antidote. This entire ordeal felt as if Kisuke was her caring master, and she was the loyal pet, normally she would get offended, but she didn't take offense. Kisuke had been a great help and it was hard for Yorouichi not to feel grateful towards him. She wouldn't say it out loud, because of her noble pride of course, but she's actually really glad that she became friends with someone like Kisuke.
"YOROUICHI!" called Kisuke as he suddenly barged in into his room, Yorouichi, who was taking a nap, jumped in surprise.
"What?!" she asked, slightly annoyed that Kisuke had woken her up.
"I think got it!" he said excitedly. He was holding a potion.
"You 'think' you got it? That's what you told me three hours ago and look at me! I'm still a cat!" complained Yorouichi. Kisuke had been giving her different kinds of potions, since this morning, and not one of them proved to be effective.
"This time I've really done it! Promise!" said Kisuke. He did seem really sure this time.
"Give me that stuff then and let's see what happens…." She said. Kisuke walked over to his bed and sat, Yorouichi jumped unto his lap. Kisuke guided the flask to Yorouichi's small mouth, as she slowly sipped the reddish liquid. After she was done drinking, Kisuke stood in front of her and waited for something to happen.
"Nothing's happening!"
"…and I was so sure that was it…"
"Yeah well… keep working! I can't stay like this anymore!" she pleaded.
"I guess I have to try again…" he said, turning away from her as he crossed his arms and began thinking. Yorouichi's eyes widened.
"K-kisuke!" she stuttered.
"Hmm?" When Kisuke turned to face Yorouichi, she had changed, she was no longer in her cat form, and she was back to her old self. Not only was she back to normal, she also happened to be completely and utterly naked.
"I'm back to normal!!" she said, quite surprised herself.
"Y-yeah…Wow… Those are really good...Err I mean that's because I'm really good!" he quickly said. Kisuke was blushing deep crimson.
"I can't believe you did it!" she said excitedly, and then something hit her… "And I…I'm naked! And you're still staring at me!" Yorouichi frantically grabbed Kisuke's bed sheets and she hurriedly covered herself with it, she looked away from Kisuke with a really obvious blush on her face.
"S-sorry!" Kisuke turned to face the door. "I've been working too hard and I think I need some fresh air. Later!"
"Wait! Kisuke!" called Yorouichi as she grabbed Kisuke's arm to stop him from leaving.
"Y-yes?" Kisuke gulped. He hoped that Yorouichi wouldn't kill him.
"Thanks…" she said, as she pushed him and slammed the door right into his face.
"Yep… She's gonna kill me later."
It had been quite sometime now since Kisuke was able to walk around the district. Familiar friends and neighbors greeted him as he casually strolled around. Since he was already outside, he decided to buy groceries… they had been running low on food, Yorouichi was quite the eater. When Kisuke got to the market, it was more crowded than usual. There seemed to be a commotion going on, people were gathering at the center. Kisuke saw their next door neighbor and tapped him on the back.
"Oh! Urahara-kun!" greeted Kisuke's neighbor, Kawamura.
"What's going on Kawamura-san?" he asked.
"The 2nd division captain is here. There, look!" Shihouin Azuma was walking through the district market, accompanied by the mobile corps. They were searching the area.
"Oh God no…"
"Have you heard about the kidnapping of the Shihouin family's heiress? I heard they were going to search for her whereabouts here in our district." Said Kawamura
"I s-see…"
"Tomorrow they'll start searching through every house in our street. Did they really think that a commoner from Ryukongai would be able to kidnap a girl from a noble family? I don't think that's possible with all the bodyguards the Shihouin family has! And you know what…"
"Sorry Kawamura-san! I have something very important to do!" Kisuke dashed and headed home. He had to tell Yorouichi. It was a good thing that he found out, if he didn't, then he'd probably be rotting in jail right now. Kisuke barged into his house panicking as he locked the doors and the windows shut.
"Kisuke? What's up with you?" asked Yorouichi, who was drying her hair with a towel, she had just taken a shower. And incidentally, she was just wearing a towel.
"Yorouichi…" Kisuke stared at her, clad only in a towel his thoughts began to drift to naughty-land… But then he was snapped out of his delusions when Yorouichi smacked him on the head.
"Well…?" said Yorouichi.
"Yorouichi! We have to hide!" Kisuke told her all about what he heard from the market.
"No way! Kisuke, what are we going to do?! If they catch us here they'll probably kill you, and they'll force me to marry that prick Nakatsu! And maybe…!" it was now Yorouichi's turn to panic.
"Calm down Yorouichi!"
"I guess I should… Freaking out wouldn't solve anything…" she said. Kisuke grabbed her shoulders and shook her.
"You need to calm down Yorouichi! Be calm! Be…" Yorouichi smacked him on the head again.
"I'm calm already! You're the one who needs to calm down!" she finally said, Kisuke was really panicking.
"I need to calm down…" he quietly said as he sat on the bed.
"What are we going to do?" asked Yorouichi
"This is my fault I shouldn't have turned you back so soon…"
"Oi don't blame yourself! I was the one who asked you to…" she said, sitting herself beside him.
"We're both at fault then…" Kisuke sighed.
"Maybe I should stay somewhere else in the meantime…"
"Where would you even go…?" asked Kisuke.
"Anywhere but here... You've helped me enough, Kisuke."
"No." he simply answered.
"What?" she asked, surprised at his answer.
"You're not going anywhere… without me that is."
"But you can't come with me! If they don't find you here at your house my father will just suspect you even more!"
"I'm going with you!" he retorted.
"No you can't!" she replied back.
"I'm not letting you go on your own!" he shouted at her.
"I can take care of myself! This is my problem and I'll deal with it on my own! I'm really grateful for your help Kisuke, I can't thank you enough! But I can't involve you any further!" Yorouichi was shouting back at him.
"I know you can take care of yourself but I just can't let you go on your own!"
"And why not?!"
"Because I want you to stay with me Yorouichi!" he blurted out. Kisuke blinked a couple of times in disbelief. The thought has been lingering inside his head for quite sometime now, but he didn't actually want her to hear it. Yorouichi was just as surprised as he was, she was left speechless. After a couple of seconds of silence, Yorouichi spoke.
"I… want to stay with you too…" she began to say.. "My father will surely hurt you if he found me here… and I definitely don't want that to happen… You're important to me, Kisuke…" she continued.
"You have no idea how important you are to me too Yorouichi… that's why I'll do anything to protect you, no matter how cheesy that sounds…" said Kisuke as he smiled at her. Yorouichi giggled softly.
"That was really cheesy… Who would've thought that I'd hear those words from you?" Yorouichi sat beside him.
"Yeah well… Even a good-looking genius like me can get really corny when i'm in love. Shit!" He looked nervously at her. Yorouichi's eyes widened in surprise.
"What did you just say?"
"N-nothing!" he denied, but he was blushing madly.
"You're in love with me…?" she asked, quite unsure of the revelation she just heard.
"I err… uhmm… Well you see…" Kisuke fumbled with words, he didn't know how to react. Why did he say that anyway? It was too soon for her to find out, and what if she didn't feel the same? Well, of course Yorouichi feels for him, but he wasn't sure if her feelings surpasses that of friendship.
"Go on…" she encouraged as she moved closer to him. Kisuke blushed deeper.
"I am but… If you don't feel the same that's cool too…" he said, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.
"You know what? You can be a jerk sometimes…"
"Huh? What do you mean?" he asked, confused.
"Let me make it clear for you then…" Yorouichi roughly grabbed Kisuke's face and kissed him, it was sweet and short, Kisuke even forgot to close his eyes. When Yorouichi pulled away, she laughed at Kisuke's dumbfounded face.
"W-what?"
"I hope I've made myself clear, Kisuke." She winked at him. Kisuke smiled.
"I think I need to be cleared one more time." He smirked at her.
"Idiot." Yorouichi leaned in and kissed him again, Kisuke closed his eyes this time, as he wrapped his arms around her, and deepened the kiss. His heart was beating like crazy, and so was Yorouichi's. Feelings they've been keeping inside have finally been revealed. It felt simply…amazing. The kiss lasted longer this time, and when Yorouichi pulled away, Kisuke gave her a menacing look.
"You know… we're on a bed…" He whispered into her ear.
"Dream on…" she whispered back to him, as she nudged him, quite painfully on the ribs. She stood up, and left the room, smirking at him.
"Fair enough…"
"I think I'm getting there. Be patient, okay?" Kisuke flashed Yorouichi a smile, before returning on the concoctions he'd been working on. They had both decided to turn Yorouichi back to a cat, only for a couple of days, to avoid being caught. After much debating with herself, she has finally come to the conclusion that fleeing now was not in her, and Kisuke's best interest.
"Fine… Ne, Kisuke?" Yorouichi spoke in a soft, and serious voice.
"Hmm?"
"I had a dream last night…" said Yorouichi
"About what?" he inquired
"Well… I-it was…" she was stuttering. "Err… nevermind…"
"What? Tell me?" said Kisuke as he turned to look at her. She felt herself blushing.
"N-no… It was nothing…" she said.
"C'mon, Tell me already!" Kisuke was intrigued. It was rare that Yorouichi spoke like this. He could tell that something was bothering her.
"Forget it…" said Yorouichi as she jumped down from Kisuke's desk, and transferred to Kisuke's bed.
"Yorouichi…" he called softly. He stood up and walked over to his bed, and sat right next to her. He reached out and patted her on the head.
"I'm just… a little worried… that if I do tell you about my dream… there's a chance that it might happen…" she said, looking away from him.
"Don't tell me you believe in those silly superstitions?" asked Kisuke.
"No! Of course I don't!" she exclaimed
"Then why can't you tell me?" Kisuke quickly said. He was looking seriously at her. She kept quite for a while, before she spoke again.
"Because I don't want to lose you…" she whispered, as she looked down, hoping that Kisuke was not able to hear what she just said. Kisuke moved closer towards her, picked her up, and hugged her tightly. Her eyes widened in surprise at his sudden action.
"You're not going to lose me, I won't let that happen…" Kisuke whispered softly in her ears. Tears were dreading to form around her eyes. Yorouichi closed her eyes and allowed herself to be held by Kisuke. It felt too damn soothing, Kisuke's warm body close to hers made her nerves calm.The dream she had, had been plaguing her sleep for quite some time now. It was about time that she told him.
"I dreamt that the secret mobile corps were chasing after us, Isshin, Retsu and the others tried to stop them from getting to me… but they were beaten… but you held me tighter and ran as fast as you could… they eventually caught on to us… we were surrounded… I told you to run but you didn't… You stayed with me and you fought them head on… But there were too many of them… and…"
"Hey that's enough…" Kisuke said, as she took her hand and squeezed it gently.
"But…" she protested, through muffled tears. Kisuke wiped away her tears.
"I know how that story's going to end anyway…" he told her, flashing her a smile. When Yorouichi gave him a confused look, he continued. "I beat the crap out of those guys, drag you away with me far far away from this place, and we lived happily ever after!"
"But that's not what happened in my dream…"
"Of course, but it was just a stupid dream Yorouichi. It meant nothing…" he said, as he stared at her softly.
"I don't know how to say this… but actually… I'm…really scared…" she spoke in a soft voice, as she snuggled closer to Kisuke.
"Don't be….I'm right here with you…" he assured her as he wrapped his arms tighter around her.
"I hope this ends soon… I've been stuck inside your house for weeks!"
"Yeah well sorry if my house is not to your liking, Shihouin-sama…" he teased
"I've actually grown fond of your cute little house Kisuke. Except for your occasional visitors, that is." She was of course, referring to Kisuke's rat problem.
"The reason they come out is because they wanted to stare at your beautiful face, Shihouin-sama…"
"Really huh? So you think I'm beautiful?" she asked, leaning closer towards his face.
"Definitely. There's no competition…" said Kisuke, as he kissed her forehead, stuff like this was still new to her, she couldn't help but blush even deeper.
"I think you've been stuck too long in this house too. You're saying weird things!"
"Maybe… As soon as this is all over I want to take you somewhere!"
"Where?"
"Somewhere…"
"Come on, Tell me!"
"Be a good little kitty and be patient okay?"
a/n: thanks to those who reviewed the previous chapter! Really appreciate it… Oh and sorry about the very late update… my schedule sucks… Please review this one too! Kudos!
