Chapter 14

After Tia left the shop she wandered around the city without any real plan. She passed countless buildings and streets, not bothering to notice where she was going. She wanted to just move forward, just to get as far as possible from…? What was that she was running from? Yes that was a good question, she wasn't sure what the thing that she wanted to get away was. Was it Ichigo? No, she quickly discarded that stray trought. She knew that it wasn't a person or thing, but rather a memory…

Flashback, Hawaii, Honolulu 1912

The waves gently hummed as they crashed onto the sandy shore. The day was almost windless and warm, with a cloudless sky. But the tranquil atmosphere didn't last long…

"Mommy, Mommy!" A slightly chubby four-year old girl, shouted as loud as she could. "Look what I found!" The girl ran to her Mother on her short legs, and showed her a red starfish with white stripes. The woman turned around at looked at the sea creature.

"Tia.." The woman sighed with a smile, stroking the hair of the small blonde. "How many times have I to told you to not to pick up pretty much everything from the sea.. What if you touch a jellyfish and get burned?"

"But is sooo cute." Tia whined, pouting. Her mother laughed at her pout. She always looked so adorable when she did that, but Tia here was not the only one who was "adorable"…

Her mother was simply astonishing. She was quite tall, around 170 cm, with long black hair. Her skin was tanned, just like the rest of the population of Hawaii, and she was very well endowed. But what really caught the attention of most the male population was her face. Roundly shaped, full lipped, a small nose, and deep alluring teal eyes. With one glance she could make any man hers. She was covered by loin-cloth on her waist line and her breasts (courtesy of her husband).

The sea creature glued itself to Tia's hand, and started to travel up, leaving a trail of slime on her forearm. Tia looked at it with fascination, giggling at the tickling sensation. Her mother sweat dropped at her daughter's antics. She tried to rip the creature off her daughter's arm, but the starfish was holding on tightly. She sighed again, and dragged her daughter to the sea to put her into the water. The starfish felt the environment change and let Tia go, swimming away

"Bye, bye Star thingy." Tia waved to the creature. Both of them walked back to the center of the flourishing village of Honolulu. New buildings made of brigs were growing everywhere, and the new center square was just about to be finished.

Before Tia was born the village was just like any back water village in the Hawaii region, but the arrival of her Father changed everything.

His ship was hit by a storm and sank, luckily he survived. The waves dropped him off ashore. The local healer Mano Halibel, found him half-dead and had taken him to her house. After a few weeks of therapy, Captain James Smith was as good as new.

He was a handsome man. Almost two meters tall, with blonde hair, and bright blue eyes. He was well built, not overly muscular but strong nevertheless. He smiled often and was a kind man.

Thanks to the connections he had a rescue team was sent after him, but due to certain event, that included him, a certain healer, and very comfortable bed, he decided to settle on the island. After a small wedding, he went back to his homeland the USA to arrange a few things. When he came back Honolulu changed forever.

To put it plainly, he brought civilization to the town. He brought the builders and materials to build his new house, but he decided to keep some traits of the local architecture. He also brought a proper doctor to help Mano. With their knowledge exchanged, health care in Honolulu was established.

That was only the beginning. James Smith was also a merchant, so he immediately took care of the island's economy. He showed to the local population the newest cultivation methods, which dramatically increased the growth of the local plants. Thanks to that they could export those, as well as folk handicrafts. Also, he taught the locals how to trade, so they wouldn't be cheated. Thanks to this the whole region started to thrive.

Despite some protests from the elder part of the population, James continued his work. To please them he established the first museum of Hawaiian culture. He stated that his intention was to help the locals, not to cut them off from their roots.

A few months after that Tia was born. The locals threw a party in her honor. After the celebration ended, life went back to normal.

Tia's first four years of life could were probably the best she had. Being the Daughter of the unofficial leader of the island and its Healer, she had everything from toys to loving parents.

But as all good things sooner or later come to an end. Her good life ended as well. Tragedy happened at the beginning of the rainy season…

With the first days of November, the rain started to pour heavily, forcing the whole family to stay inside. Mano was in the kitchen cooking dinner, while Tia and James were in the living room. James sat in the big armchair reading some book. Tia was lying on the carpet near the fire place, drawing some picture with crayons, and humming some song.

"Daddy look!" Tia pulled her Father's sleeve. The blonde man looked at his Daughter and took the piece of paper. It was a picture that showed three people holding hands. One small and two bigger, he guessed it was them. He chuckled, and took Tia onto his lap.

"So we have a little artist here." He smiled and kissed her forehead.

"No, I don't want to be artist, I want to be a Captain!" She exclaimed proudly. James rose his eyebrow, and looked at his Daughter with cocky grin.

"And what would you want to do as a Captain?" Tia looked at him with a sly smile, she had expected that question.

"I will sail and fight pirates!" Her Father started to chuckle.

"And what about sea monsters?" He asked quietly, looking at his Daughter with serious eyes. Tia cringed under his gaze, looking at him with wide eyes.

"Sea monsters?" She whispered.

"Yes, terrifying leviathans that could swallow whole ships. Like the monstrous octopus Kraken, with long tentacles that slowly wrap around you." He moved his hands to her sides. "And start to…tickle you." Tia burst into a fit of giggles when her Father started to tickle her. She tried to run, but he was preventing that. Mano came to see what that whole ruckus was about.

"James dear, stop teasing Tia." She told him with a playful smile.

"I'm not teasing her, I'm tickling her." He replied with a smug grin.

"Daddy hahaah stop hahaha can't breathe hahah." Tia choked between her breaths. James stopped tickling her and let go. She ran to her Mother with a squeal, and hid behind her, sticking her tongue out.

"Nanana. Now you won't catch me." Her mother smirked devilishly.

"But I will." And she copied what James did to Tia. After another tickling session, the family moved to the kitchen to eat dinner.

The meal was soon interrupted by frantic knocking. Mano stood and walked to the door. She opened it was met by Elder Hale, gasping for air and soaking wet. For a native Hawaiian he was tall, almost two meters. Despite being in his late forties, he was still as strong as a bull. Years of hard work as a fishermen strengthened his body, giving him a muscular build. Working all day outside gave him a very dark tan. His hair was still black, but you could spot gray hairs here and there. His face was slightly primal, prominent cheekbones and a clearly defined forehead, made his face look slightly savage. This usually scared smaller children, but you couldn't find more gentle person on this island than him. His sparkling brown eyes indicated that they belonged to some youngling, always having a spark of mischievousness to them.

"Elder Hale come in…" She started.

"No time! A tsunami is coming!" He yelled, urging her inside. James and Tia came to see what all the commotion was about. "James! Get dressed and come with me, the waves are coming!" James eyes widened. Years of being a sailor taught him not to underestimate the fury of the sea. He quickly sprang into action, grabbing coats. After they quickly dressed up, he took a frighten Tia in his arms and left his house with his wife and Elder.

They run to higher ground, where the storm shelters were located (another of James innovations). The typhoon was growing ever stronger and vicious with every passing second. Thunder roared in the dark sky, and lightning illuminating it. Just when they managed to get a little higher the first tsunami wave hit.

A two story high wave got through the storm shafts, and hit the coast with its full power, destroying the harbor, and carving its way through the land.

A second wave hit soon after the first, and almost washed out our group. They knew that they didn't have much time left before the main wave hit. Suddenly Mano slipped on wet mud, and slipped down the path. At the last moment she managed to catch a nearby tree trunk, just above the vicious current of water.

"MANO!" James shouted, he handed a crying Tia to Elder. "Go!"

"But what about.." Elder tried to argue.

"I trust you with her." He looked to Tia. "Mommy and I love you honey." And he ran to his wife.

"Daddy!" Tia tried to free herself from the Elder's grasp, but he was holding her firmly. He gave James one more look before turning back.

"Stay alive my friend." Then he took off as fast as he could.

James and Mano

James ran down the slope as fast as he could, but he was cautious so that he wouldn't share his wife's fate. He almost managed to reach her, but there was no way to reach her directly. She was holding the trunk of the fallen tree, and below her was the deadly current. In a moment of genius he unzipped his belt and threw it to the side to her. She managed to catch it, and James pulled her to safety. She hugged him tightly, crying into his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry…." She apologized.

"It's ok, you're saf…." He paused when lightning illuminated the sky once more, revealing the main wave. It obscured the horizon. The wave was at least fifty meters tall.

When Mano saw the wave she started to cry harder. She already knew that they wouldn't make it, and because of her James was going to die, leaving Tia to become an orphan. James hugged her even tighter.

"Shh. It's ok." He whispered into her ear.

"James it's all my fault." She choked. They had seconds before the wave hit. "I.." She tried to speak again, but was muffed by James's lips.

"You've made me the happiest man in this world." He breathed into her mouth.

'Thank you.' She thought.

Humongous mass of water fell upon them.

Tia and Elder Hale

Elder, with Tia in his arms, ran into the shelter as one of the last, slamming doors behind them. The long run up to the mountain had exhausted Elder, who literally fell to the ground. Tia used that opportunity to free herself, and ran to the doors, but some villager stopped her. She started yelling that her parents were still outside and need help.

When they refused to let her out, she fell to hers knees and started to wail loudly. Elder Hale had collected himself from the ground, and took her into his arms, swaying her slightly trying to calm her down.

"Hush sweetie, everything will be alright." Tia held him with all the might that a four year old girl could muster, still crying loudly. After what seemed like an eternity, she finally calmed down and fell asleep.

Hale gently placed her on a makeshift bed. He looked around the large cave. Even before James's arrival, this place was used as an emergency shelter when tsunamis came, but it was more primitive than now. James took care to properly equip this place in case of emergency. The make shift beds were standing in line near the walls, and a large fireplace was in the middle of the cave. The pantry had enough food for two months and was placed deeper inside.

Hale noted the rest of the elders near the mentioned fireplace, discussing something heatedly.

"I told you something like that would happen!" The village shaman yelled. "That white devil with his sinful "innovations"," He spat the last world. "would bring us nothing but misery. He defied the laws of the gods, and now we are being punished for his sins!" Hale clenched his fists, walking to the fire.

"Yes, that wave was a sign that gods are angry." Someone else yelled.

"Stop babbling you senile fools!" Elder Hale yelled, earning nasty glares from some elders. "James had nothing to do with this.. is this all who managed to get here?" He asked.

"Sadly yes." One of the elders replied.

"But it's barely half the population." Hale whispered.

"What about James and Mano?" Hale sadly shook his head.

"They probably didn't make it... They were to low when the main wave hit…I managed to bring Tia in." He stated.

"Finally! The will of the gods was fulfilled, and the sinners were punished! Pity that their spawn survi.." The Shaman didn't get to finish, because Hale's fist collided with his face, sending him flying. A nasty crack could be heard when he landed hard on the ground.

"Anyone else have some smart comment?" He asked, glaring at the frightened elders. "Good, I will take care of Tia…Any objections?" The rest of the elders shook their heads. Elder Hale turned and walked away to the sleeping Tia, looking at her with pity.

"Don't worry little one, I will take care of you. I swear on my life."

Flashback End

Tia opened her eyes, a lone tear slid down her cheek. She looked around and noticed that her legs carried her to the exact spot where Ichigo found her. A slight smirk played on her lips.

'Need to change the destination on my personal GPS.' She thought. She looked at her watch, 7:59 PM. "Shit!" She cussed aloud. She had only one hour before her meeting. Quickly she started to run towards Ichigo's home. Luckily her body wasn't exactly human, so she could travel distances much faster….

After Ichigo had left Urahara's Shop, he headed straight to his house to think over of what he heard from Tessai. When he had arrived, he went to his room and lie on his bed. He was lost. He hadn't had the slightest idea what was going on. The answers he got from Tessai just bred more questions, and confused him even more. He decided a short nap would be in order. Closing his eyes, he drifted off to sleep.

3 Hours Later

Ichigo woke up from a nightmare filled with supernatural beings, Hollows and other creepy stuff, doing nasty things to him. He collected his thoughts, and tried to put something together from that mess.

"So let's see." He voiced his thoughts. "We've got a group of twisted, god-like beings from the past, that supposedly are active. The Soul King was supposedly one of them, but he decided to separate because he was good. Then Aizen tells me that he was a disgusting creature, so that indicates that he's evil. But Aizen could be lying, I mean what kind of idiot would trust Aizen for even a millisecond?"

Somewhere a blonde, running with inhuman speed, sneezed hard. Causing her to stumble over the pavement, while cursing profusely.

"Add to that insane Kido rituals, with backgrounds of Hell, and Hollows to add spice, and we've got….chaos and a total shitstorm. Not to mention a massive headache that surely will hit me any mo… ok it did" Ichigo covered his face with his hands. He felt so old, and he was only seventeen. He was certain that before he reached twenty his hair would be completely white. Why couldn't he be like normal teenagers? Fooling around, doing nothing, and worrying about exams, not the future of spiritual world.

But then again he wouldn't have met so many great people, including Tia. So he couldn't complain about that.

But he was worried sick about the future. The magnitude alone frightened him. How he was supposed to fight a being that could create dimensions at will. He prayed silently that those Ancients Swift Claw spoke about, were only imposters and not the real deal.

He looked at the clock, 8:20 PM, and Tia still hadn't returned. He started to worry. Ichigo knew that she needed some time to herself, but she was clearly shaken.

"She might've lost her way, or someone could have attacked her." He shook his head. Tia wasn't a five years old, she could take care of herself, probably better than him.

Just as he finished this thought the door to his room swung open, revealing a sweating out of breath Tia. Her clothes were wet and stuck to her skin, showing off all her curves. Her face was flushed and her hair was messy.

Ichigo looked at her with mouth agape, literally ogling her. His eyes traveling up and down; he fought off the urge to jump on her and….

Tia noticed the way he looked at her, it was little disturbing to see his so badly hidden lust. She smirked slightly as she walked to him, swaying her hips.

"Like what you see?" She took his chin in her hand, rose it slightly, and gave him a tender kiss. Ichigo returned the kiss with full force. He wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her onto his lap. Tia broke the kiss.

"Mhm, Ichigo I have to get ready." He went down her neck, leaving a trail of kisses.

"Let's tell them that we're busy." He kissed her again, she giggled. Begrudgingly she left his embrace, and went to the bathroom to take quick shower. She was glad that she had short hair, so drying it wasn't an issue. She made her usual three braids, and wrapped a towel around her, before heading back to Ichigo's room.

Predictably, that gave him a heart attack, but he had managed to crawl out of the room, leaving a trail of nose blood behind him.

She opened the wardrobe, and looked for something to wear. It was her first party. In her time there were no clubs, and she had seen how it looked like on TV, but there was a huge difference between reality and TV. She went through her stuff, with surprising speed for a woman, and chose her outfit. Black, knee high boots, (think of the one's she has when she Resurrects, but in black) tight grayish leggings, a white T-shirt, and a black short jacked on top.

Ichigo came back soon, only his boxers on. Now it was her turn to ogle his well-toned chest. She was mildly disappointed with the loose boxers, she would prefer something tighter.

He decided to take lightly gray jeans, body-fit dark blue shirt, and a semi–elegant jacket on top. After they were ready, they went down stairs, and bid farewell to everyone. Ichigo told them to not wait up.

The pack decided to meet at the bus stop at nine, and drive from there to Tokyo. Ichigo and Tia arrived slightly late, receiving angry (Tatsuki), mocking (Ishida) or lustful (Chizuru) gazes. Besides them, present were Orihime, Chado, Keigo, Mizuiro and to Ichigo's surprise Rukia and Renji. He prayed silently that Rukia cooled down from last time, but the gods ignored his pleas and it had nothing to do with the fact that someone visited shrines very rarely. The glances she was shooting at Tia could be considered hostile at least. Ichigo mentally sighed, he just hoped that it wouldn't end in a blood bath. Though he was sure that Tia could mop the floor with pretty much everyone in the group, besides him…probably.

"Ichigo we thought you decided to dump us!" Keigo said with tears in his eyes

"I agree, what caused this delay?" Ishida asked with smug smile. He had pretty good theory about it

"I had some things to do, and it took me longer than I anticipated." He replied smoothly, trying to not look at Tia, she was doing the same.

"And what were those things you had to do?" Tatsuki asked.

"What the hell is this, an interrogation? " Ichigo half joked, Tatsuki's eyes narrowed.

"Ok if you don't want to tell it's fine. What you were doing and with whom…" She trailed off, looking at a slightly flushed Tia. The reaction of the group could be divided in three groups, angry (Rukia, Orihime, Chizuro), shocked (Keigo(very), Mizuiro, and Renji(mildly)), and we knew (Ishida, Chado and Tatsuki).

"I don't know what you are talking about." He responded red faced, but the oncoming bus saved him from the sticky situation. The group entered the bus. They chattered about everything and nothing on their way. After an hour they arrived in Centeral Tokyo.

From there they walked to the entertainment district. The place was lit with various neons, and advertisements. They decided to eat something first. They found a Pizza Hut restaurant and went in.

After they ate, Chado proposed to go to the club. Ishida argued that they are still minors, so they won't be let it. Chado reassured him by telling him that he knew the owner and the bodyguards.

But to get to this club they had to get through the adult part of the entertainment industry, including many "gentleman's clubs". The "ladies" from those clubs stared with predatory eyes at the group, especially Ichigo and Chado.

"Mhmm that big one makes me really wet." One of the "ladies" purred, licking her lips. "Wonder if he's so big in other areas too?" Chado's cheeks darkened.

"Nah, I would prefer the orange one. He looks sooo innocent. I bet he's still a virgin." Ichigo was now red as a strawberry. "And he's cute too…I would give him a freebie." She sent him a quick wink, smiling seductively. The other girls started to giggle, humiliating the two even more.

This quickly stopped when they felt the collective killing intent coming from the females of their group. Especially from the blonde and redheaded one. While the blonde was purely for the kill, the red-head had some hints of something darker, and much more foul. The ladies had a brief image of a serial rapist, she licked her lips, scaring the shit out of them.

The group finally arrived at the decent looking club, called Paradox. Chado went first to speak with a bodyguard, and after a few words they were let in.

The club itself was painted in a mixture of dark blue and black colors. The dancing floor was in the middle of the room, along with the tables. Chairs, and sofas were placed around it. The neon-lit bar was in the corner. The illumination was handled from above the dance floor, flashing multicolor lights.

There were some people in the club, but most of them were just sitting and drinking. Since it was barely after 11 PM, and Sunday, the possibility of crowds was low. Just as Ichigo intended. He was aware that in Tia's time there were no clubs, so he decided to take it slower, so she won't feel uncomfortable.

They went to an unoccupied table, and Chado went to the bar for drinks. After few quick words with the barman, he came back carrying a plate with eleven bottles of beer. The group looked at him with wide eyes.

"Chado were minors, we can't drink." Tatsuki stated.

"Don't sweat it Tatsuki, next year all of us will be adults." Mizuiro grabbed the bottle. Keigo looked at him with awe. 'Always the quiet ones.' He thought. Now he was facing a dilemma. He was seventeen, and yet now he stood at the doors of the adulthood. How could he refuse this final step from adolescence? He grabbed the next bottle, Renji and Rukia causally grabbed theirs, for obvious reasons. Drinking was nothing new to them, and soon the rest of the group followed the suit and took their bottles.

"Cheers!" They clattered their bottles and drank the bitter liquid, some handling it better (almost everyone), some worse (Keigo). The first round went relatively quick, and Chado soon had to go for seconds. They started to chat through the loud music, or rather yell at each other.

"So..how do you like the whole captain thing?" Rukia asked Ichigo out of blue.

"Well to be honest it, is quite good. Except the paperwork part and the meetings. I never knew that Kido could be so badass." He replied.

"What's your current level?" She asked.

"Both Hado and Bakudo up to the 75, plus Kurohitsugi." Rukia looked at him with wide eyes.

"What? But you had just two lessons with Hachi-san!" Rukia exclaimed, even she couldn't preform Kurohitsugi.

"What can I say, I'm that good…After all I'm the Kido Corps Commander." He replied with a smug look on his face.

"Commander?" She looked at him puzzled.

"Yep, it's the title that Tessai held, and I kind of like the sound of Commander Kurosaki Ichigo." He grinned. Rukia just rolled her eyes. They started to chat at about some random stuff, completely oblivious about a pair of teal eyes watching them.

She felt a pang of jealousy. She instinctively knew that the raven haired Shinigami was interested in Ichigo, very interested. She tried to speak to him a few times, but Rukia had taken his all attention, so she decided to wait for a good moment.

She was sitting at Ichigo's right side, while Rukia took left. Next to her was Chado, and next to Rukia was Renji and Ishida. In front of her sat Orihime, to her right Tatsuki and Chizuro, and to her left Keigo and Mizurio. She was sipping her beer, surprisingly the taste grew better the more she drank.

"How are you holding up?" Chado asked with a small smile.

"Good thank you. I have to say I'm starting to enjoy places like this." She replied with a smile, Chado chuckled.

"Glad to hear it." He leaned slightly to her. "So how are the things with Ichigo?" He asked, causing Tia to look at him surprised. She was sure that only Ishida knew about them.

"How?" Chado's smile grew.

"You could see with the naked eye that there are…sparks between you two."

"I see… As for previous question I guess ok. We're both new to this whole emotional thing, but he's a great guy, and I really want it to work out." Chado placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. He looked around and saw that the bottles were empty again.

"Ok guys third round." They handed him money, and he went back to the bar. Tia decided to accompany him. She looked at the various brands of the alcohols, until her eyes stopped at the one particular bottle, Old Lahaina, Hawaiian rum. She knew that one from her previous life, the deep and rich taste of the amber liquid.

"Excuse me what is the price of an Old Lahaina shot?" She asked the barman.

"Oh you have a very good eye. It's 600 yen per shot." He replied.

"Can I have two in one glass?"

"Of course, do you want me to mix it with something?" He asked politely.

"No thanks, it tastes the best as is." She replied confidently, earning a smirk.

"Oh, it seems we have an expert." He said with a sincere voice. She smirked, as he poured the liquid into an elegant glass, and handed it to her. She paid and returned to the table, were the group had started their third round.

Ichigo looked at her with surprise, when he noticed the glass in her hand probably didn't contain beer. She sat next to him, and sipped from the glass. For a moment her face gained a dreamy look, as she savored the rich taste of the Hawaiian specialty.

"I guess that stuff is pretty good?" He asked smiling.

"You have no idea how much." She handed him the glass, and Ichigo took a quick sip, swallowing immediately. He didn't find anything extraordinary about the drink, aside from it was just a little sweet. Tia furrowed her eyebrows.

"You drank it to fast, you need to hold it in and savor the taste." She instructed him. Ichigo took another sip, and held it in his mouth this time. At first he felt no difference, but after few moments the liquid started to pleasantly burn his tongue. Now he could feel the depths of taste of the liquid. The sweet taste overtook his mouth. His face now had the same expression as Tia's just moments before.

Tia looked at him with a smug smile, the liquid had that effect on people.

Ichigo reluctantly returned her the glass. He looked at his beer with disdain.

"What is the name of that?"

"Old Lahaina." She said.

"Got it." He went to the bar, and soon returned with an identical glass of ambery substance. They clattered their glasses, and drank. As the party progressed, the beer was replaced with stronger ones. Vodka, tequila, rum and others now ruled the table. Soon the group stared to get very tipsy. Bad jokes started to be funny, and people started to lean on each other. It was well after midnight, and the club started to get little crowded.

Every day I'm shuffling

"I love that song, let's go dance!" Rukia yelled, and dragged Ichigo to the dance floor. They were followed by everyone, except Chado, Ishida, and Tia.

"Why don't you go dancing? I can keep an eye on our stuff." Tia offered. She was slightly irritated when she saw Ichigo dancing with Rukia and Orihime. Both of them were far too close to him, in her opinion.

"I'm not in the mood…yet." Ishada replied, sipping his Smirnoff drink.

"And why are you sitting here while Ichigo and the rest are having fun?" Chado asked, causing Tia to blush.

"I don't know how to dance." She replied sheepishly.

"Keigo too, but that isn't stopping him." Ishida deadpanned, looking at Keigo "dance".

"Don't make fun of him. Not everyone's gifted at pretty much everything." She replied, sipping her rum.

"I'm not good at everything." He said blushing.

"No? What's your grade point average?" Chado asked.

"5.0 (equivalent to having A in everything)." He mumbled.

"Told ya." She started to giggle. The rum was finally going to her head. After everyone returned, they resumed drinking.

"Oi Ichigo, let's go for more." She proposed, he smiled and nodded. They ordered the same. Just when he turned around to go back to the table, she stopped him.

"Hey I want to show you something." She smiled seductively. She took him behind the bar, so the rest of them wouldn't see what she was about to do.

"Close your eyes." He obliged, she took a deep sip of her rum and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him deeply, sharing the liquid with him. At first he was surprised, but he quickly pulled her closer deepening the kiss.

The pair was totally oblivious to the set of violent eyes observing them. Rukia clenched her teeth.

'So that wench already sank her claws in him.' She thought angrily. 'I have to do something before it's too late.' Then an idea hit her. She decided that first she would speak with Ichigo in the S.S., to check how deep under her influence he was. Then she would take appropriate action. With a smirk she returned to the table.

After Ichigo and Tia finished their drinks, the DJ played a slower tune. They went to the floor, and embraced each other. Slowly they started to move to the song. Tia rested her head on his shoulder, enjoying the closeness. The pair danced till the song ended and then some, forgetting about the world. They weren't the only ones, Ishida was dancing with Orihime, Chado with Tatsuki, Mizuiro found some girl in the crowd, and surprisingly Keigo with Chizuro, but both were too drunk to remember that.

After few more songs and drinks some of the group decided to go home. Keigo was so hammered that Mizuiro decided to take him home. Tatsuki, Orhime, Chizuro, Renji, and Rukia went with them. Leaving Ishida and Chado with Ichigp and Tia.

They chatted, drank, and danced till 4 am. Finally they went to catch the morning bus, and arrived in Karakura shortly after five.

It was Monday now and their lessons started at eight. So they decided that going to sleep was pointless, but just before they parted a stray thought hit Ishida.

"Hey, it's Monday today right?" His tongue slipped a little.

"Ehe." Ichigo made confirming sound, while helping Tia walk straight.

"Isn't PE first?" Chado asked with wide eyes. Then realization hit the rest.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" They yelled in unison, waking up while district.

Three Hours Later

"YOSH! LET YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHTLYYYY! IN THIS YOUTHFULL DAY!" PE teacher Might Guy yelled at his students. He had planned extra youthful training today.

Ghrotto- Glad to hear that

Freowin- Thanks and I will

YagamiDark-Thanks, and I'm on it

Gundam Lord- You should watch the bunch of first episodes, there is an explanation, and as for where they go you will know soon enough

The Failing Shadow- Thanks and I'm glad I have finally made some visible progress in grammar department

scottusa1- Thanks and I will try

DhanaRagnarok- HA I know, I took most of her personality from hers episode it was 274 or somewhere in that area

Nxkris- Thanks,I always wondered how all of this happened so I use my creativity to make stuff up

Animecollecter- I hope he will manage

99 luffy- HA thanks for encouragement

Grimjaww- And it only the regular kido and as for your question… we'll see

BillyZhao- Glad you liked it

ShadowGOUF- Thanks