"We're here!" Isshin Kurosaki yelled as the Kurosaki family arrived at a small Japanese ski resort after a treacherous three hour car ride. Ichigo, Rukia, Yuzu, and Karin quickly piled out of the small Kurosaki family car to stretch their legs and begin a day of family skiing...at least that's what Ichigo thought.

"Okay, everyone," Isshin started in his usual cheery, yet annoying, voice, "Let's get started! Ichigo, you and Rukia-Chan can go off on your own. We wouldn't want to get in the way of anything…," Isshin finished with a smile, new black eye and a swelling bump on his head.

"Be careful, Ichi-nii, Rukia-Chan!" Yuzu yelled as her, her father and Karin walked off the rent their skies.

"So…now what? Should we get our skis?" Ichigo asked, walking off to the renting booth.

"Nope, never again," Rukia said bluntly, turning away from Ichigo's disappearing figure with her arms crossed over her chest.

"What? Why not? When have you ever skied?" Ichigo yelled, walking back to his stubborn friend.

"I tried it with Inoue-san last year. It was horrible. I'm not doing it," she said facing him with her hands on her hips.

Ichigo sighed; She's acting like a 5 year-old… "Fine. We'll go snowboarding."

"Nope, never again," Rukia repeated stubbornly, turning away from Ichigo once more.

"What the hell? When have you ever gone snowboarding?" he asked, annoyed with the midget standing in front of him.

"I tried it with Renji last year. It was horrible. I'm not doing it," Rukia once again repeated, her hands back on her small hips.

"Then why the hell did you agree to come to a ski resort?!" Ichigo yelled, throwing his hands up in the air.

"I didn't know the only thing to do at a ski resort was ski."

Ichigo smacked himself in the face, "Then what the hell're we supposed to do all day?"

"Ano….How about this, Ichigo?" Rukia said walking over to a flyer that was on the wall on the ski lodge.

Come one, Come all, for Mt. Tsubaki's famous Snow Tubing

Enjoy the times of winter with friends and family sliding down a hill in a large tub

Fun for the whole family!

"Ichigo, why are people sliding down a hill in giant doughnuts?" Rukia asked, curiosity shining in her dark purple eyes.

"It's not a doughnut, it's a tube," he sighed, "Come on."

Ichigo grabbed her by the arm and dragged her along the path to the snow tubing hill. Surprisingly, there were only about 10 other people there sliding down the fairly large hill in their so-called "doughnuts." Ichigo paid for them and they got on line.

"Sorry guys, all our other tubes popped so there is only one left," said one of the mountain assistances, "I hope you don't mind."

"Argh, fine. Rukia, you go first."

"Aww, come on. Go together! The only tube we have left is a double anyway. Don't tell me you're going to make your girlfriend go on by herself," the employee insisted, giving a red faced Ichigo the large black tub.

He tried to hide his growing embarrassment, "Fine," he muttered, "Come on, Rukia."

The two climbed to the top of the steep hill. Ichigo put the tub down and sat in it, his large legs just fitting in the tube even though it was big.

"Get in," Ichigo commanded Rukia, who just stared at him with wide purple eyes.

"How can I? You're in it," Rukia said pointing at the tube.

Ichigo lost his patience, "Get the hell in!" he yelled, pulling the small girl in the tube on top of him.

For a couple minutes they sat there in awkward silence. Rukia was sitting in between Ichigo's legs, his arms wrapped around her, her legs on top of his. They both blushed enthusiastically. Why are we doing this??

"Ano…now what?" Rukia asked, both grateful that she broke the silence.

Ichigo smiled. "This," he said as he pushed the big tube down the hill.

Rukia began to shout and clutched on to Ichigo's ski jacket as they flew down the hill. Rukia started to scream even louder when a large bump appeared in the tube's path.

"Ichigo, we have to jump out! Ichigo!" Rukia yelled in a panic. She was about to jump out of the moving tube when she felt two muscular arms wrap around her, preventing her from moving.

"Relax…" Ichigo reassured her as the tub made contact with the jump.

The tube flew off the ground and soared through the cool, brisk winter air. Rukia yelled again, this time in amusement, as she looked below at the small mounds of snow. Ichigo also looked down, amazed how high in the air they were. Suddenly, worry and panic took over him.

"Uh…Rukia…Hang on!"

Rukia felt Ichigo's arms wrap around her waist again. What's the problem? Rukia thought as she looked in front of her. Oh yeah, they both forgot about the landing. The tube hit the ground, throwing Ichigo and Rukia out of it. Ichigo looked over to Rukia in the air, expecting to see an expression of horror on her face.

To his surprise, Rukia purple eyes were bright as she laughed at the fact that they bounced out of the tube. Then, a still laughing Rukia grabbed Ichigo in the air and…used him to break her fall. Perfect.

They rolled down the rest of the hill and skidded to a stop.

"What the hell, midget? Using me like that! That hurt damn it!" Ichigo yelled and turned to Rukia, who wasn't there.

He turned again and saw her climbing up the hill with the tube that was twice her size. Ichigo sat on the ground and watched her slide down the hill again and go off the jump. Ichigo was surprised to see she didn't fall off the tube when she landed. The tub came to a stop right in front of Ichigo with a very, very happy Rukia inside.

"Let's go again!" she almost yelled enthusiastically, her eyes shining.

And that's what they did…for the rest of the day. Up and down, up and down. Ichigo stopped two hours before Rukia. He sat there and watched her speed down the hill, laughing harder and looking happier than he's ever seen her.

They left at nightfall. Actually, they were forced to leave because the mountain was closing. They walked back to the car together, both of them incredibly tired.

"That was…fun…" Ichigo said, scratching his head.

Rukia looked up at him, "What do you mean? That was more than fun. That was amazing!! Humans have so much fun!"

Once they reached the car, Ichigo told his family they went skiing on the other side of the mountain. They all jumped in the car and endured the three hour car ride home. Rukia fell asleep in the car. Well, she fell asleep leaning on Ichigo's chest. He turned red and stayed red for the rest of the ride home while his family said how cute they looked together.

When they got home, Ichigo had to carry Rukia upstairs to bed. Of course, his father made him put her in his bed because 'that's what you do when you're married.' When he put her on his bed she smiled, "That was fun…wasn't it?" she mumbled in her sleep.

"Yeah…it was," Ichigo sighed, "Now scoot over."

And they both fell asleep side-by-side, dreaming about flying doughnuts.

Man, it seems like forever since I wrote one of these. I think I did pretty well with it though. Rukia's so cute when she's happy I love them together soooo much!!

Tell me what you think!!