Chapter 21: Life's a Beach
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"Ichigo!" Rukia pushed on his arm playfully. "Get up! We going to the beach and if you don't get up, I'm going without you!"
"Go." Ichigo groaned as he turned away from Rukia in the bed. She pouted and then smirked as she stood up on the bed and jumped on him.
"Ah! Damn it Rukia!"
"Get up, get up, get up!"
Ichigo scowled at Rukia and she grinned back. Finally, Ichigo groaned and pushed Rukia off and went into the bathroom.
"Yay!" Rukia giggled and grabbed her beach bag and ran outside her room to go wake everyone else up.
"Rangiku!" Rukia pounded on her best friend's door. "Get up! Renji too!"
Rukia raised her fist to knock again, but the door opened and she was dragged inside.
"What the hell?" Rukia glared at Rangiku and Orihime as they both grinned and removed her sundress.
"What is that Rukia?" Rangiku pouted and Orihime shook her head.
Rukia looked down at her pale purple one-piece with little Chappies on it. "What?"
"You're wearing that to spend the day on the beach with your boyfriend?" Rangiku slapped Rukia on the top of the head and Orihime just looked down.
"Yes, why?"
"Because, all girls know that you have to look beautiful when you go to the beach with your boyfriend if you want to get some later." Rangiku winked and they both turned around when Orihime squeaked and turned bright red.
"What's up Orihime?" Rukia asked
"Nothing! It's nothing! I thought I saw a bug is all!" Orihime waved her arms back and forth and laughed awkwardly.
"Um, okay…"
"Anyways, Orihime let's get her!"
"Wait, what?" Rukia backed up as Rangiku and Orihime jumped on her. "Nooooooooo!"
"Where the hell are they?" Renji groaned as the men stood outside waiting on their girlfriends. "It's like 90 degrees out."
"You're going to have to be in it all day, stop complaining idiot." Ichigo rolled his eyes
"What did you call me strawberry?" Renji growled.
"I said you're an idiot Pineapple!" Ichigo stood up.
"You're both idiots." A female voice came from behind them.
"Who asked…." Ichigo turned around to see Rukia in short white and blue sundress with her hair up in a messy bun. She looked so beautiful. "You."
Rukia blushed as Ichigo gaped and she threw her bag at him. "Stop staring, let's go."
Ichigo nodded and grabbed Rukia's hand. They were followed by the other couples. Ichigo was wearing black surf shorts with a red stripe down the side and wearing a red shirt that was unbuttoned. Rangiku was wearing a pink flowered skimpy bikini with a white cover-up hanging on her shoulders. Renji was wearing full black shorts with a monkey on the side and a white tank top. Uryuu was wearing a pair of blue shorts with a white collared shirt on, and Orihime was wearing a yellow flowered bikini with a pale yellow cover-up hiding most of it.
"Amazing!"
They finally got to the beach and it was mostly empty. There apparently was some parade today in town so mostly everyone was there. They grabbed an umbrella and the guys set everything up while the girls finished getting undressed. There were two large umbrellas set up with towels underneath and a cooler full of drinks along with a stereo and a picnic basket. After it was all set up, they took off their shirts and got ready to hit the ocean.
"Rukia!" Ichigo called as he took off his shirt. "Are you ready to go?"
He turned and paused as he saw Rukia in a purple flowered bikini and blushing. She looked at his chest and blushed even more. Ichigo smiled and ran and grabbed her, swinging her in the air.
"Ah! Ichigo! Put me down!"
Ichigo held Rukia in his arms and kissed her. "You look beautiful."
Rukia smiled and Ichigo put her down. "Yeah, well don't get too distracted when I race you to the ocean!" Rukia took off running and Ichigo laughed and chased her.
They rode the waves and drowned each other in the sea and even played some volleyball and now it was about time for lunch.
"This is awesome!" Rukia sighed as she leaned against Ichigo and ate some more of her rice cake. "Thank you Ichigo." She leaned back and he leaned down and kissed her.
"Welcome."
"Yeah thanks Ichigo!"
Ichigo looked up at everyone else as they leaned on each other and ate with red faces from the sun.
"Of course, what fun would it be without you guys?"
"None."
Ichigo grinned and finished eating his lunch. Yawning, he fell back onto his towel. "Well, I'm going to take a nap."
"Oh, no you don't." Rukia reached up and tickled Ichigo till he sat back up. He scowled and held her hands to keep her from tickling.
"What?"
"You have to make a sand castle with me." Rukia grinned.
"Let's have a contest!" Rangiku screamed. Everyone raised their eyebrows. "Oh come on! It'll be fun!"
Everyone laughed and the contest was about to begin.
"Now we have to pick teams." Ichigo sighed as he grabbed Rukia and pulled her into his arms. "My partner and no one else gets to say anything."
Rukia blushed, but didn't say anything.
"I choose Orihime!" Rangiku grabbed Orihime and smushed her face against hers. "With our enormous boobs, we can make an amazing castle!"
Orihime blushed and gave an apologetic look to Uryuu.
"I suppose that means I am with nerdy here then." Renji complained, but a swift kick to the back of the head from Uryuu quickly silenced him.
Ichigo and Rukia walked close to the sea and Rukia sat down on some wet sand. Ichigo ran and borrowed some buckets and shovels from a family and Rukia grinned up at him.
"Can we make a Chappy castle?"
Ichigo groaned and handed her a shovel. "Sure, but I'm making a castle around him."
-Over at Rangiku and Orihime's-
"Okay Hime, you gotta squeeze your boobs like this to hold the water."
"Couldn't we just borrow some things from someone?" Orihime blushed as she held her boobs together.
"Nonsense! If we don't use these babies we have nothing!" Rangiku waved her hair behind her and ran to the ocean. A few minutes later, she ran back and dumped water onto the sand.
"Let's make the playboy mansion!"
Orihime blushed again, but nodded and started building their castle.
-Renji and Uryuu-
"A temple?" Renji glared. "What a stupid idea!"
Uryuu pushed up his glasses and looked at Renji. "It's the easiest, most elaborate and the simplest for a person such as you."
"Why you!" Renji swung at Uryuu who blocked.
"Get started Abarai."
Renji growled, but grabbed a bucket and dumped sea water on Uryuu. "Fine, four-eyes."
-Ichigo and Rukia-
Rukia bit her tongue as she stacked more and more sand on top of the gigantic Chappy she was building. The sand was already about five feet tall and Rukia was about to have to stretch to put more sand on. Meanwhile, Ichigo was sitting on the ground and building an elaborate kingdom around the Chappy. Rukia was stuck in the middle as he worked all around her, adding small houses and even people. Rukia grinned as she looked up and put the finishing touches on her Chappy.
"It's perfect!" Rukia cheered and turned around to look at Ichigo. Ichigo looked up at Chappy and turned white.
"It's…beautiful." Ichigo gulped. It looked like a mentally retarded bunny on crack. He looked down at the kingdom and smiled. He finished building the wall and made a place on it where a banner made of sand came out of it.
"Um, Ichigo?"
Ichigo looked up at Rukia who was standing awkwardly in the middle of the castle. Ichigo laughed and reached in and picked her up and out of the sand castle.
"There ya go shortie."
Rukia glared and kicked him. When Ichigo leaned down to grab his leg however, she grabbed his face and kissed him. Ichigo forgot all about the pain and put his hand behind her head and pulled her closer, sand-castle forgotten. They kissed for a few minutes before a small boy pulled on Ichigo's shorts.
"Excuse me; can we have our stuff back now?"
Ichigo smiled and rubbed the kids head before handing them back the pails and shovel. He turned to Rukia who was gaping at him.
"What?"
"You're really good with kids."
Ichigo rubbed his neck. "I have two little sisters, and I always did want kids."
Rukia frowned and looked down and noticed the banner. "What's that for?"
Ichigo leaned down and wrote on the banner. Ichigo and Rukia forever.
Rukia blushed and tackled Ichigo into the sand. Leaning up, she kissed his nose before smiling and winking at him. "I love you, strawberry."
-Orihime and Rangiku-
"Finished!" Rangiku cheered as Orihime frowned at her red boobs. The mansion was pretty standard with some sand plants and shells added on to make it prettier. Orihime had insisted on adding a sheep into the garden and Rangiku had added a pole. They wrote their names around it and ran off to find the others.
-Renji and Uryuu-
"Uryuu, are you finished yet?"
Uryuu turned and glared at the red-head as he finished putting designs on the outside of the temple. "Yes."
"Well, hurry up! I wanna race to the inside!"
Uryuu rolled his eyes, but stopped when he saw Orihime and Rangiku running towards them. Renji and Uryuu could only gape as they ran towards them. It was like a scene out of a movie.
"Hey guys!" Orihime waved as Rangiku tackled Renji to the ground.
"Where are the others?"
"Here" Ichigo greeted as he held Rukia's hand and walked up to the group.
"So, who's going to judge?" Renji asked, after removing Rangiku from himself.
"I will!"
The group turned around to see Hinamori Momo standing there in a light green swimming suit with her hair up in its usual bun.
"Momo-chan?" Ichigo asked as Rukia glared at the girl.
"Shiro-kun and I come here every summer for our vacation!" Momo smiled happily.
"Where is he?" Ichigo asked.
Momo turned and pointed to the drink shack. "He doesn't like the sun too much."
Ichigo laughed and everyone else just looked at them. Ichigo noticed and blushed. "Sorry, this is my nurse and Toshiro is one of my doctors."
Momo bowed as the others greeted her. "Shall we begin?"
They walked over to Rangiku and Orihime's and Momo looked it over. She blushed at the pole and when she realized what it was.
"Umm, very nice. I give it about a 5."
"Aww!" Rangiku pouted and crossed her arms. Orihime just blushed.
Then, they walked to Renji and Uryuu's. Momo smiled at the temple and it's design. It lost some of its score when Ichigo and Renji got in a race to get to the middle of it first. Rukia pulled them out and glared.
"8 and a half!"
Finally, they went to Ichigo and Rukia's. Everyone gasped at the kingdom and marveled at its beauty.
"Wow Ichigo! That's amazing!"
Momo gaped and then looked up and saw the Chappy. The group followed her example and sweat-dropped.
"I give it a 9."
Ichigo and Rukia cheered and Ichigo swung her around. "We won!"
Renji crossed his arms. "Psh, artists."
"What'd you say pineapple?" Ichigo threatened.
"Nothing, nothing strawberry!" Renji laughed and took off towards the ocean. Ichigo growled and chased after him. Rukia and the rest laughed and sat down under the umbrella.
"He seems much better." Momo smiled at Rukia.
"Yeah." Rukia smirked and watched Ichigo chase Renji across the beach.
"Be careful though." Momo warned and looked at Rukia. "He shouldn't spend too much time in the sun or anything, he could get sick."
Rukia looked over at her and bit her lip. "Okay."
Momo left and went to the drink shack. Rangiku and the rest relaxed on towels and were talking while Rukia watched Ichigo finally tackle Renji. She giggled and then Renji must of said something because the chase began again. Rukia laughed until she saw Ichigo suddenly stop.
She sat up and looked at him. He looked towards her and then fell backwards into the water. "ICHIGO!" Rukia screamed and ran towards him. Renji turned and saw that he was floating in the water and ran back and pulled him out. Carrying him, he finally got out of the water at the same time Rukia reached him.
"Ichigo!" Oh god, Ichigo!" Rukia ran her hands over his face and felt for a pulse. She relaxed a little when she found one. Turning around, she bolted to the drink shack as fast as she could. She burst in the door and found Toshiro and Momo paying.
"Kuchiki-san?" Toshiro asked.
Rukia couldn't speak and pleaded with her eyes for Toshiro to understand. He got wide-eyed and nodded before chasing her out the door.
Told you I would update soon :D