Chapter 20.
"I thought that I've been hurt before
But no one's ever left me quite this sore
Your words cut deeper than a knife
Now I need someone to breathe me back to life" –Shawn Mendes.
Rukia couldn't sleep.
She had tried calling Ichigo, several times, but he never answered. At first she was worried; perhaps something happened to him but after checking with Renji he told her that the carrot top was safe and sound on his house and while those were good news she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy; if he was completely fine why the hell wasn't he answering his fucking phone? Huffing she decided to go and get a glass of milk; it wouldn't do any good to stay on the bed worrying over a stupid orange haired teenager.
As she walked downstairs she noticed how the light of her brother's studio was on; she frowned. Perhaps the maid forgot to turn it off.
When she peeked inside, carefully to make sure not to make any noise she saw her brother typing on his computer. That was weird considering how much he loved to get home to forget about his work and spend time with her sister. Without even asking she stepped inside.
"You could knock" Byakuya said without looking at her "it's polite to do so."
Rukia chuckled and left the room closing the door behind her; after three seconds she knocked twice.
With a heavy sighed Byakuya told her to come in.
"What are you doing up so late at night?" he asked curiously "you have school tomorrow."
Rukia took a seat on the chair in front of his desk.
"I can't sleep" she said.
Byakuya eyed her.
"Why? Did Kurosaki Ichigo forget to call you tonight?"
Rukia's eyes widened as she gaped like a fish out of water.
"You know about our midnight calls?!" she asked surprised.
Byakuya didn't answer her immediately; instead, he saved his work and turned off his computer before making himself comfortable on his expensive black leather chair to look properly at her. Her surprised expression was really something.
"Close your mouth Rukia." He said "it's not proper for a Kuchiki to look like that."
She obeyed although her eyes still betrayed her emotions.
"Since when?" she asked.
Please, don't tell me he knows about our sleepovers Rukia thought alarmed.
"I've heard you once or twice" he admitted "but you just confirmed my theory that you talk every single night."
Rukia blushed.
"I just don't understand" Byakuya continued when he noticed how she wasn't going to talk "you see each other daily, is it really necessary to talk at midnight? Your phone bills aren't easy to pay."
Rukia chuckled although the blush wasn't leaving her face; Byakuya raised a questioningly eyebrow at her.
"Don't lie Nii-sama" she said amused "you were the one who insisted about getting my own cellphone so you could call me anytime."
Byakuya had to admit that that was completely true. When she started to go out without even asking if she could go here or there he had to take precautions so he gave her the phone as a gift and luckily it worked perfectly because she knew better than to ignore his calls and that way he always knew where she was. Seriously, raising a child like her wasn't an easy job but he knew that there was no one better than him at it.
"So… you're not mad at the fact that I spend my nights talking with a boy?" Rukia asked and Byakuya noticed how her eyes were twinkling with mischief.
The Kuchiki heir shook his head; she was never going to change.
"While I would like you to have a healthy sleeping schedule I don't see how speaking with your best friend is a bad thing… because that's what you two are, right?"
Rukia blinked confused.
"Yeah" she said shrugging "what else could we be?"
Byakuya gave Rukia a sceptical look for at least five seconds.
"Are you suggesting that the carrot top and I could be something more?" she asked and Byakuya nodded. "Nii-sama that's impossible" she assured him.
"Why?" Byakuya asked "I was young too Rukia and I promise you that romantic relationships between best friends are something really common nowadays."
Byakuya was expecting yelling and a tantrum from Rukia; he knew how much she hated whenever someone were to touch those subjects with her but she, as always, surprised him by doing the exact opposite. She covered her mouth just in time to prevent a huge laugh; she was laughing as if someone had told her the best joke in the world.
"What is so funny?" Byakuya asked afraid that she might suffocate for holding her laughter too long.
"It's just…" more laughter "it's so funny! Ichigo would never see me like that!"
That was it. Somehow Byakuya wasn't surprised at how dense Rukia could be, it took a great deal of time and effort for Hisana to realize that Byakuya was going serious with her, and apparently Rukia was as oblivious as her sister. She hadn't noticed but Byakuya has; the way Kurosaki Ichigo would look at her, as if she was the moon, Byakuya recognized that look… he used to give that same luck to Hisana after all, he still did. Whenever he would drop Rukia at the Kurosaki residence or at school the orange haired boy would smile as if Rukia was the ray of light that illuminated his whole world.
And somehow Rukia didn't know that.
The Kuchiki heir didn't know whether to feel bad for Ichigo or feel relieved at the fact that he wouldn't have to worry about a hormonal little sister with a boyfriend.
"What about you?" Byakuya asked and Rukia stopped laughing.
"About me?" she asked confused.
Byakuya nodded.
"Could you see Kurosaki Ichigo as something more than your best friend?"
Rukia's smile faded as she started to ponder her brother's question.
Somehow she was surprised to realize that she didn't find it hard; Ichigo was the most important boy for her after all, so it wouldn't make a difference if they were to start dating and probably kissing and…
Woah! Stop right there Kuchiki Rukia!
"No, I can't picture him like that."
Byakuya couldn't believe it; Rukia was either in the denial or she was awfully blind.
"I'm glad" Byakuya said "that means that I won't have to worry about you breaking our conditions."
Rukia frowned.
She knew perfectly well about which conditions he was talking about.
"You cannot have a boyfriend until you're eighteen."
Rukia huffed.
While she wasn't against her brother's conditions she couldn't understand why he was bringing out the topic right now; it wasn't as if she was looking for a boyfriend. Unless…
"Are you worried about me getting a boyfriend?" she asked "is it because Ichigo invited me to the dance?"
Byakuya couldn't help but notice how her eyes lighted up when she said "Ichigo invited me to the dance"
"Not really" he lied "a little reminder doesn't hurt."
Rukia couldn't help but laugh; she looked at her brother and gave her one of her cutest and brightest smiles.
"You don't have to worry Nii-sama" she assured him "you're the only man I want in my life."
Byakuya smiled fondly.
Somehow, Rukia had grown up too fast and now he was getting worried about an orange haired teenager stealing her little sister. As Ukitake told him once; parenthood was difficult.
Karakura High school, 06:30AM.
Riruka sighed as she stepped into the school building; it was too fucking early to be in such a depressive place but it couldn't be helped. With heavy steps she walked towards the bathroom and locked herself in one of the stalls, while it wasn't the best place to take a nap it was the only place where no one would dare to bother her; she sat Indian style on a closed toilet and closed her eyes.
"He saw it! He saw it!" a high pitched voice said entering the bathroom and Riruka's eye twitched, apparently she wasn't going to get a nap.
"How are you so sure?" Another voice asked and Riruka recognized it as Rita's voice; she made sure not to make any noise to keep listening to their conversation.
"I saw him getting to the school today… he looks pissed!" Yui said.
Riruka heard Rita huffing.
"He always looks pissed" she said "he has the permanent scowl on his face no matter what."
Riruka blinked.
Were they talking about Ichigo?
"I'm telling you! He definitely saw the picture and now it's just a matter of time for my plan to work!"
There was a pause and Riruka fought the urge to peek through the door.
"Just make sure that Amy doesn't spill the beans" Rita said finally "if I know something about your number one enemy is that she'll give you hell."
Apparently Yui nodded or something because the next thing Riruka knew was that they were both leaving the bathroom.
Riruka sighed.
What the fuck was that?
Ichigo was fuming; he spent the whole goddamn night trying to calm himself, trying to convince himself that everything was a lame joke or a not so funny prank from Rukia because seriously the sight of her on a date with Grimmjow wasn't leaving his head. He didn't need to know when it happened, the fucking picture had the date as a bitter reminder that Rukia probably sneaked out of her mansion just to see him… did they walk to the pizzeria or did they go on the bastard's motorcycle with Rukia hugging him from behind and...
"Stop right there" Ichigo muttered to himself because just thinking about how Grimmjow could have felt Rukia's delicate curves against his back was enough to make him want go to Hueco Mundo high just to kick him on the balls.
Ichigo liked to think that he was the only one with the privilege of having Rukia on his back.
Couldn't the midget see how Grimmjow was bad for her? Sure, the asshole had muscles and an attitude that probably was way too attractive to Rukia, after all, the midget loved danger and excitement and…
"Fuck" Ichigo said as he crashed with something big he took a few steps back only to realize that he had crashed against the classroom door.
"This is not my fucking day." He said angrily and someone huffed.
"Why are you so grumpy?" Riruka asked him while standing next to him.
Ichigo didn't notice but she was anxiously expecting an answer; she needed to make sure that he wasn't a poor victim of anything that Yui and her minions might be planning. Unfortunately, the orange haired teenager just shrugged and opened the classroom door, without saying a word to her he went straight to Renji's desk and started to chat with him.
Riruka gulped.
Something wasn't right.
"Okay" Tatsuki said while taking a seat next to Riruka "what is wrong with you?"
Riruka looked at her confused.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Tatsuki sighed.
"You've been looking at the door expectantly for almost fifteen minutes" she explained "you didn't even notice when Yui stuck out her tongue at you."
Riruka groaned while pulling her pony tails.
"That bitch is planning something" she explained "I heard her talking in the bathroom and Ichigo is not talking to me…"
Tatsuki nodded.
"He looks angrier than usual" she noted "but it's not your fault, besides since when do you care whether Ichigo talks to you or not?"
Riruka shook her head frantically.
"You're not listening!" Riruka said "tell you what, pay attention when Rukia comes inside, that way you'll understand."
Tatsuki nodded.
"Fine" she said "but still, don't worry and don't expect to see anything, if there is one single person Ichigo cannot ignore is Rukia."
Riruka could only hope that was true.
When Rukia stepped into the classroom the class hadn't started so when she saw Ichigo sitting by himself on his desk she walked towards him with a smile; she wanted to tell him how she was feeling way better than yesterday and she couldn't wait to tell him about her talk with Byakuya last night.
"Morning carrot top" she greeted while standing in front of him.
Ichigo's jaw twitched and when he looked at Rukia he crossed his arms.
"Morning" he said simply.
Rukia, pretended not to notice his tense stance and his hard and angry eyes.
"I called you last night" she said still smiling "you didn't answer."
Ichigo shrugged and looked aside.
"I wasn't in the mood to answer you."
Rukia blinked and her smile faded.
"You mean you actually saw my calls?" she asked "you could've told me that you were too tired or…"
"I wasn't tired" he said interrupting her "I didn't want to talk with you."
Rukia felt something in the pit of her stomach but she ignored the weird feeling and frowned angrily at Ichigo.
"Why?" she asked "and look at me when I'm talking to you goddamn it."
By this point everyone inside the classroom was looking at them and while they didn't know what they were arguing about the tension was thick enough to make everyone feel weird. Tatsuki and Riruka exchanged a worried look.
Ichigo looked at Rukia and held his eyes locked on hers without uttering a single word.
"Do you have a problem? Why can't you just tell me what the fuck it's happening?" Rukia asked; she hated whenever he was quiet.
Ichigo chuckled humorlessly.
"You start" he said "why can't you just tell me what the fuck did you do last Friday night?"
Rukia's eyes widened.
Did he…? No, it wasn't possible there was no freaking way he could know, she was careful enough to avoid anyone.
"What are you talking about?" she asked affronted.
"Stop playing dumb Rukia." Ichigo said standing up.
Rukia hated whenever he did that because he was way taller than her and she was forced to look up at him. Couldn't the asshole stay in his seat?!
"Listen to me idiot" Rukia said crossing her arms under her breasts "I…"
"Okay everybody take a seat with your partners we'll continue with the essay" Occhi-sensei said while stepping into the classroom "is there a problem here? Kurosaki? Kuchiki?" she asked when she noticed the two of them ready to start yelling.
"Not at all sensei." Ichigo said calmly and sat down.
Rukia stood there watching him for a few more seconds; she couldn't believe it. Was this really Ichigo? No, it couldn't be. Her Ichigo, her best friend, wouldn't talk to her like this, he wouldn't dare to let her like this because the only time when he did that was when Grimmjow used to hang out with her and oh no, no fucking way…
"Kuchiki" Occhi-sensei called her and it was then when Rukia noticed how the whole class was looking at her as she didn't move from her spot in front of Ichigo.
"Move" Yui said taking a seat next to the orange haired teenager "go search your partner."
Rukia's cheeks reddened.
"Who…" she was going to insult Yui unfortunately Riruka grabbed her by the arm and made her take a seat.
"Calm down" Riruka said "you can always talk to him after this class."
Rukia nodded as she saw Yui leaning too close to Ichigo; her blood was boiling with anger.
Rukia tried to follow Ichigo after the class was over but he left too fast and the crowd of people didn't let her go through. So she huffed as she decided to stay inside the class; it wasn't as if she needed a break, she just wanted to talk to him.
"Are you okay?" Riruka asked her and she nodded.
"What's up with him?" Rukia asked.
Riruka shrugged.
"Beats me" she said "but you should let him cool down a little…"
Rukia sighed.
"I just don't get it, we were fine yesterday."
Yui's conversation was still spinning in Riruka's head but she opted for not telling anything to Rukia yet. If she were to jump to conclusions things could get worse and she didn't need that right now.
"I'll talk to him on the last period" Rukia decided "I'll ask him and we'll end up okay, he'll call me a bitch and I'll call him an asshole and then we'll walk home together."
Riruka couldn't help but notice how Rukia seemed to be trying to convince herself.
Ichigo was sulking in the rooftop until Renji appeared, he had spent the whole day trying to avoid Rukia… he felt like an ass but he couldn't help it. He was so mad and his anger grew when she pretended not to know what he meant by "last Friday night."
"Fuck" Ichigo muttered and Renji took a seat next to him.
"So… is there a reason in specific about why you decided to be an asshole to Rukia today?"
Ichigo huffed.
"Yes" he answered "but I don't want to talk about it."
It was lunch time so Renji passed a sandwich to Ichigo who took it gratefully; he didn't bring lunch and Rukia was probably in the cafeteria so he didn't want to go there. Renji knew better than to intervene whenever those two were fighting, he never took a side because he cared about both of them but between them Ichigo was probably the one who would end up explaining everything to him; girls were complicated after all.
"Shame" Renji said "I wanted to know."
Ichigo rolled his eyes; Renji wasn't going to give up so without saying anything Ichigo took out of his pocket the goddamn picture of Grimmjow and Rukia.
Renji's eyes widened as he saw the picture; so typical of Rukia to break every single rule, she obviously didn't plan to tell about this to anyone but somehow someone found out about it. Renji frowned; how did someone…?
"Who gave you this?" Renji asked Ichigo.
"Does it matter?" the orange haired teenager asked "are you seeing it?! She went out with him when she was supposed to be sleeping at her house!"
Renji looked at Ichigo as if he had gone mad; he was more worried about Grimmjow going out with Rukia instead of thinking how clearly someone wanted to set the whole thing so he could end up fighting with the raven haired girl and goddamn it! It was fucking working.
Ichigo grabbed the picture and put in inside his pocket again.
"Listen Ichigo…" Renji tried to say but someone stepped into the rooftop.
Renji cursed under his breath.
It was Rukia.
"We need to talk" she said while looking at Ichigo and much to her surprise he nodded.
Renji gulped; this wasn't going to be good.
"What the fuck is wrong with you Ichigo?" Rukia asked angrily and Renji couldn't help but think that it was a bad start "you're being fucking rude and I didn't do anything to you."
Ichigo stood up in a defying manner and Renji noticed how he clenched his fists. Suddenly he was regretting coming to talk with Ichigo; he shouldn't be the one witnessing this because knowing these two things were going to get messy.
"You know Rukia that "I haven't done anything" act only works with Byakuya so save it" Ichigo said.
"Don't you dare to involve my brother in this" she said and Renji noticed how defensive she was of Byakuya "why are you so mad at me?!"
"You lied to me!" Ichigo said "had I known you wanted to spend your so precious time going around with assholes you could've told me, I would've leave you alone."
Rukia groaned and stomped the floor with her right foot.
"In case you haven't noticed you're the only asshole with whom I spend time with!" Rukia said and Renji winced when he heard how her voice was rising.
"Really?!" Ichigo asked taking a step towards her "then why don't you tell me what the fuck did you do last Friday night?!"
Renji noticed how Rukia blinked confused; she seemed to ponder his question a moment and then shook her head.
"I was at home" she said "in case you've forgotten I'm grounded."
Ichigo laughed sarcastically and Rukia took a step back.
"Funny" Ichigo said as he took out, again, the picture of his pocket and threw it at her "try to be more convincing the next time."
Rukia blinked as she unfolded the picture; she read the message on the back first and when she turned it around her eyes widened. She gaped and looked at Ichigo.
"This is…" she said but Ichigo never let her finish.
"The proof that you lied to me" Ichigo said finally "you know what? I'm not even mad, go on and hang out with the poor loser."
"What?" Rukia asked confused and Renji fought the urge to punch Ichigo; he had never seen Rukia more confused and sad.
"I personally don't want to go to that stupid dance with you anymore."
A heavy silence fell as Rukia looked at Ichigo; Renji didn't miss her pained look and the way her eyes darkened. Ichigo decided to leave the rooftop without saying anything else and it took Rukia fifteen seconds that felt like hours to follow him.
Renji didn't know what to say or think so he followed them too.
Ichigo was walking through the sea of people while looking for his classroom; since when the school was so crowded?! Luckily, he got to the classroom before the bell rang but unfortunately he couldn't step inside because Rukia appeared in front of him before he could take another step.
"Get out of my way." Ichigo said angrily and everyone started to watch and listen intently to the conversation.
"No" Rukia said stubbornly "listen Ichigo you have to understand…"
"Understand what?!" he asked "that you lied to me?!"
Rukia huffed.
"Oh go fuck yourself!" she said angrily "this is why I had to lie! Look at you, you're acting as if I cheated on you!"
By this point their whole classroom and some seniors were listening to the conversation.
"What?! Stop talking nonsense Rukia!"
She pushed him so he could step back; their closeness was suffocating her.
"Not even Nii-sama gets this mad at me!" she said "Ichigo it was just a dinner! Besides it's not as if I'm betraying you for fuck's sake! How many times do I have to tell you this?!"
Ichigo had a sudden flashback about them on an empty classroom talking about how he shouldn't get jealous; she had a tattoo on his honor after all.
"You shouldn't see him Rukia!"
None of them notice Kyoraku trying to get the students back to the classroom and failing miserably. The fight was too good to miss.
"Why?! Because he smokes and drinks?! Because he has a motorcycle?! Or because he understands what is like to be on the fucking street by your own?! Tell me why Ichigo!"
Ichigo closed his eyes and took a deep breath; couldn't she get it?! He looked at her and couldn't help but notice how much sadness and pain her eyes were showing, it was almost the same as the first time they fought over this. This is why he hated Grimmjow. He had seen several times the way the blue haired teenager looked at her, as if she was the greatest thing on earth and while he couldn't blame him he couldn't accept it either. Rukia was his best friend, only his and Grimmjow was ruining that.
"You shouldn't see him because he's not good enough for you!" Ichigo said "that's it!"
Rukia clenched her fists as he looked at Ichigo straight at his eyes.
"You have no right to choose that for me!" she yelled "you're not my father!"
Ichigo frowned.
"Of course I'm not" he said "in case you've forgotten Rukia you don't have a father."
There was a loud gasp and Rukia took a step back as she felt a pang on her chest; suddenly the nightmare came back to her; the orphanage, the bullies, her food on the floor, the cold nights and the loneliness. All of that because she didn't have parents, all that bullshit was coming back to haunt her goddamn it!
It took Ichigo three seconds to realize his mistake.
"Midget…" he said when he noticed how tears were welling on her eyes "I…"
"No!" she said "forget it I… you're right I…"
A sobbed escaped her throat and Ichigo wanted to hold her because he couldn't stand her crying, it hurt him to see her like that and it was worst knowing that he was the responsible of her sadness. Before he could reach her Rukia ran away towards the school exit and before Ichigo could follow her Renji stopped him.
"We have class and you'll make everything worse; let her go."
Ichigo nodded as Kyoraku-sensei sent everyone to their respective classes; Riruka was the only one who noticed Yui's evil smile during the commotion.
Rukia ran like mad until her lungs couldn't take it any longer; she didn't go home, she knew she looked like a mess so her sister was probably going to get sick with worry if she were to show up like this so instead she went to the her brother's office. She entered running to the building and she didn't wait for the elevator, instead; she took the stairs; she was sweating and panting and she was trying hard not to cry, she needed reassurance, she needed to look for herself how she was never going to go back to the orphanage and the only person who could give her that was her Nii-sama so ignoring the warnings about calling security from the secretary she opened his door and there he was. He stood up quickly when he saw her falling on her knees.
"Rukia?!" he asked "what are you doing here?!"
She was safe! Her brother was here, she wasn't alone.
Ichigo's words didn't matter when she was with her family.
Byakuya kneeled so he could be at her height. Luckily he wasn't with a business partner at the moment.
"Rukia what's wrong?" Byakuya asked worriedly.
He started to imagine several awful things that could've happened to her and all the scenarios ended up with her seeing Makoto. Byakuya tensed; he expected to be wrong.
"You'll take me back home with you, right?" she asked him and he noticed in that moment how her eyes were shining with unshed tears.
"Of course I will but what…?"
You don't have a father. The words were spinning around her head like a mantra and she couldn't stop herself. Rukia hugged her brother and started to cry.
"I'm having nightmares again!" she said while her tears weren't stopping.
"Cancel my meetings from today" Byakuya said to his secretary who had seen the exchange between the siblings "I have to go home early today."
The secretary nodded and left the office.
The rest of the day went in a blur and the students started to leave the school excited to get home; Riruka looked around expecting to see Rukia but she was nowhere to be found. She sighed, she would have to wait for tomorrow to talk with her.
"I don't want to go to school tomorrow." Rukia said during dinner and Hisana frowned.
Rukia hadn't eaten anything; she was just playing with her food.
"Did something happen today?" she asked.
Rukia and Byakuya decided not to tell anything to Hisana first of all because Rukia hadn't say anything to Byakuya and second of all because they didn't want to see her worried.
"Not really" Rukia lied "I just don't feel well."
Hisana nodded.
"It's okay, I have to go out tomorrow but I'll come early to take care of you."
Rukia nodded gratefully.
She was okay, she wasn't at the orphanage anymore and while it was true and she didn't have parents it didn't matter because as she saw her brother and sister in front of her she couldn't imagine a better family.
The next day at school Riruka walked straight to the classroom, she had called Rukia the whole night and she didn't answer, now she was ready to go and yell at her for make her worry about her, unfortunately her desk was empty. She was about to ask Ichigo if she had seen her or at least talk to her but he was talking with the other boys and he looked like if he hadn't sleep the whole night and she didn't need the asshole attitude right now.
In that moment Riruka's cellphone vibrated.
From: Loser.
"Hey, sorry for not answering your calls I wasn't feeling good in fact I still feel like shit, I won't go to school today, I'll call you later."
Riruka's eyes widened.
No, no fucking way. Kuchiki Rukia wasn't going to leave her alone with the bunch of losers, without caring what she had to do she left the classroom and started to run.
"Okay" Riruka said while stepping into Rukia's room with determination, luckily she and Rukia were best friends otherwise the maid wouldn't have let her in "speak to me, what the fuck happened yesterday?!"
Rukia ignored the pink haired girl and hid under her blanket. She didn't need this right fucking now! It took a great deal of time to convince Byakuya that she was sick and he believed her. So why, Riruka was here ready for school asking her what was wrong? Didn't she believe her message?!
"I sent you a message" Rukia said "I have a headache."
Much to her despair Riruka huffed.
"Bullshit" she said "I did not walk the whole way to your house for you to lie to me."
Rukia sighed.
"You already know what happened…" she said "the whole school knows."
Riruka rolled her eyes.
"You mean about your fight with Ichigo?" she asked "Yeah, it was quite a mess but I don't understand why you're missing school sure, you're both in some deep shit but it's not as if…"
"He cancelled me." Rukia said interrupting Riruka.
"Uh?"
"He told me that he wasn't going to the dance with me anymore." Rukia explained and again she felt a pang on her chest.
Riruka's eyes widened.
"What the fuck?! Why?!"
She, as everyone else, just heard half of the fight between Ichigo and Rukia and while she was already planning to kill the strawberry she never imagined that Ichigo would cancel Rukia… that was wrong, utterly wrong! Now Riruka understood everything; Rukia wasn't sick she just couldn't face the fact that her best friend was mad at her and… holy shit.
"You really wanted to go with him, didn't you?" Riruka asked with a soft voice.
Rukia threw her blanket aside and looked at Riruka.
"It doesn't matter anymore, right?" Rukia asked.
Riruka clenched her fists.
Rukia looked like shit; so sad and broken, no wonder why Byakuya believed her "I'm sick" act. This was the exact reason why Riruka thought that boys were trash!
"Okay loser" Riruka said while taking a seat next to Rukia and taking her by the shoulders "tell me everything and by "everything" I mean every goddamn detail."
Rukia rolled her eyes attempting to calm Riruka down; she could see anger flashing through her eyes and that was a bad sign. The raven haired girl told her everything, just as she requested, she told her how Ichigo practically ignored almost all the fucking morning until she couldn't take it, somehow they ended up fighting in the rooftop and when Ichigo decided to left her without even listening she followed him until they were both yelling in the middle of the hallway.
"You know the rest" Rukia finished and Riruka noticed how she was trying to smile as if it wasn't big deal.
Riruka frowned.
"Do you have the picture?" she asked and Rukia nodded.
She had a bad feeling about this.
When Rukia handed her the picture she thought nothing of it; anyone could've take it without her noticing then when she turned it around her eyes widened.
"What the fuck?" she asked surprised.
Now everything made sense.
"What is it?!" Rukia asked curious.
"Listen I know who is behind this and we're going to make them pay for this."
Rukia frowned.
"How do you know?" she asked.
Riruka looked at Rukia with all seriousness and said very slowly.
"Pretty little liars it's Yui's favorite American show."
Rukia gaped and took the picture.
"Are you sure that you want to go with this pretty little liar to the dance? Think twice."
"Oh my God" Rukia said "are you completely sure?!"
Riruka sighed.
"I need to tell you about what I heard in the bathroom today" she said "but first get dressed and call your chauffer we got a fucking mission."
Rukia didn't think twice; she ran towards her bathroom.
"I can't believe this" Rukia said as the chauffer drove at full speed towards the school, classes were almost over but it didn't matter.
They needed to do this.
"I know" Riruka said "but those bitches are not getting away with this, I promise you that."
Without wasting any more time she dialed a phone number.
"You want me to what?!" Tatsuki asked as she walked towards her locker with Orihime.
The busty girl looked at her friend with curious eyes as she talked on the phone with who knows who. Tatsuki looked troubled about whatever she was hearing.
"Fine" Tatsuki said finally "but you have to explain everything to me" then she hung up.
"What happened Tatsuki-chan?" Orihime asked worriedly and Tatsuki sighed.
"Come with me" Tatsuki said "we have something to do."
Orihime nodded as she followed her best friend.
Amy was the happiest whenever classes for the day were over; it meant that she didn't need to see Rita and Yui for the rest of the day and she could go home and watch movies and do her homework without any noisy bitches around her. She was feeling a little guilty too, she had seen everything that happened between Ichigo and Rukia and while she wasn't their friend she couldn't help but think that Yui had gone too far when she noticed how Kuchiki decided not to come to classes today.
Sighing heavily she told herself that it wasn't her fault nor her problem.
She was now at the front gates of the school and the sight made her smile widely.
"Amy-chan!" someone yelled behind her and she groaned inwardly, not now "Amy-chan please wait!"
Amy turned around and saw Inoue Orihime walking towards her with a smile. Amy frowned; she wasn't her friend, in fact, they hadn't exchange a single word since kindergarten… perhaps? Something was amiss.
"Yes?" Amy asked unsure when Orihime stopped in front of her.
"Occhi-sensei is calling you" Orihime said "she says she has something to tell you about the homework… apparently there was a mistake with yours."
Amy nodded.
She thought about it after she finished doing it; she couldn't focus because it was really late at night so she didn't even remember what she had wrote.
"She told me to catch up with you so we can go to her office" Orihime explained, her smile never faltered "apparently there's a mistake with mine too."
Amy frowned.
Inoue Orihime was one of the best students there was no possible way that she could've handed a bad homework.
"Really?" Amy asked with distrust.
Orihime nodded.
"Yeah, come with me." She said and Amy followed her.
She tried the whole way towards the teacher's office not to think too much about the way Orihime was holding her hand or how steady her steps were, as if she was in a hurry to get wherever they might be heading.
Amy never noticed how Orihime took the hallway opposite to the teacher's office.
The blond girl knew something was wrong when they stopped at the back gates of the school; everything was deserted because no one ever used them and Amy started to sweat nervously. She wanted to run away but Orihime wasn't letting go of her hand, she stopped struggling when she noticed how the orange haired girl looked at her with a sad face.
"What…?!" Amy couldn't finish her question because right at that moment an expensive black car parked in front of them and when the doors opened revealing the people inside Amy gasped.
Dokugamine Riruka and Kuchiki Rukia.
Holy fuck.
"Hello" Riruka said sweetly "come inside please; we have a lot to discuss."
Amy shook her head side to side before pushing Orihime away and ready to run for her fucking life unfortunately Arisawa Tatsuki appeared behind her stopping her.
"I won't say it again" Riruka said as Amy realized she was surrounded "come with us."
Amy knew better; she had known how many problems Riruka and Rukia could cause together, she knew how strong Tatsuki was and she knew how loyal to her friends Orihime was. Her survival instinct was telling her to get the hell into the car to avoid unnecessary pain but she wasn't going to do it; these girls were crazy!
She tried to run again, which was a huge mistake, because Tatsuki held her and the last thing Amy knew was that Riruka punched her hard on the face.
She passed out in three seconds.
"Wow" Rukia said "that was so badass coming from you."
"Thanks" Riruka said proudly "now come on girls, we have to take her somewhere else."
Everyone nodded as they struggled to put the unconscious Amy inside the car and when they succeeded the chauffer took the five girls towards their destination.
They never noticed the amused purple haired woman watching them.
Kisuke Urahara was working on his investigation, checking papers and camera surveillance videos to see if Makoto was close, unfortunately he was not getting anywhere with it. The door of his humble business opened and a beautiful woman stepped inside.
"Yoruichi-san" Urahara Kisuke said with a smile "why are you so happy?"
That grin coming from someone like Yoruichi was always bad news.
"Kisuke" Yoruichi said as she took a seat in front of her long-time lover "has the old man Yamamoto already chose the chaperones for that stupid dance?"
The mad hatter seemed to ponder her question for a few seconds.
"I don't think so" he answered "why?"
Yoruichi flashed him with a seductive grin that sent shivers down his spine.
"I think that I might be up to take that work."
Urahara blinked several times confused.
"Uh?"
What was happening?
"You know…" Tatsuki said "when you told me that we were going to our own personal interrogation chamber I was expecting something more private than this."
Riruka rolled her eyes.
"What's wrong with the Kuchiki mansion?!" she asked.
"Besides the fact that Rukia's brother could come at any second?" Tatsuki asked raising an eyebrow at the pink haired girl.
"Don't worry" Rukia said as they got down of the car "we still have two hours before Nii-sama arrives and when he asks what are you doing here we'll just tell him you were worried about me."
"That's not a lie" Orihime said "we are really worried Kuchiki-san."
Rukia smiled fondly at her.
"You don't have to" she said "let's go inside so I can explain you everything."
Rukia and Riruka pulled Amy by her arms and the blond girl fell with an ugly thud on the floor.
"Kuchiki-sama" The chauffer said "if my services are no longer required I'll take my leave; Kuchiki Byakuya-sama must be wondering where I am."
Rukia nodded at him.
"Of course, sorry for calling you on such a short notice." She apologized as she handed him a wad of cash "I believe I can trust you won't say anything to my brother."
The chauffer bowed respectfully.
"You have my word."
After the car was out of sight Tatsuki whistled impressed.
"Being rich sounds like a lot of fun."
Rukia laughed.
"Sometimes it is."
Amy didn't wake up, not even when the four girls tried to carry her to Rukia's bedroom and dropped her on the stairs at least two times.
"So, what's the plan?" Tatsuki asked as she finished tying Amy to Rukia's desk chair.
They were sure she was about to wake up.
"We torture her until she reveals everything." Rukia said while pacing back and forth.
"Sounds good to me" Riruka said "she's the weakest one of her group I'm impressed at how fast we catch her."
Orihime nodded.
"She believed everything I…"
A groan made them look at Amy, she was coming to her senses and when she woke up completely she looked around frightened; she tried to move but she was tied to a chair and when she tried to scream she noticed there was a cloth covering her mouth.
"We're getting good at this" Tatsuki said "if something goes wrong with our lives we can always start a gang."
Rukia laughed and stood in front of Amy.
"Hi, please don't be afraid we won't hurt you" she said but the glint in her eyes was suggesting otherwise "I have a few questions for you so be honest please."
"You can try to scream once we remove the cloth" Riruka said "but no one will hear you."
Amy's eyes widened.
She was done.
Holy crap I swear I didn't see this coming.
Joking, I actually did and some of you saw it too.
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