Chapter 26 The One Who Surpasses Me

Rukia was wet all over, step a little closer to the person who was watching her.

Ashido eyes wide open, started sitting. "What are you doing here?" he look at her, her new dress was a mess it got mud all over, her foot was bleeding she wasn't wearing any footwear. Was she looking for me? He stands up and kneels to her to see her wounded foot. "What were you doing?"

Rukia locks hers eyes on him. "It doesn't hurt."

Ashido didn't look at her, he just stare at her wounded foot; it made him feel happy for some reason. Who would anybody charge at a tempest condition, without wearing any footgear? He lips curve. He started looking around; there was this cabinet that took his sight. He stands up to go there. Rukia just look at him, not knowing where he was going. He slides the cabinet to see some clothing, bandages and some sewing kit. He picks up the bandages to see if it's clean. I think this is okay then nothing. He turns to face Rukia. "Sit there, I need to treat your wound"

Rukia look at him as he picks up the other bandages in the cabinet. Before she sits down she look at the room, it looks like someone was cleaning this room, only this room. It was not dusty as the outside would; it felt scary but somewhat comfortable for someone who wants to be alone. She sat down, feet straight.

Ashido was just finish cleaning the bandages. He turns around to see Rukia, rubbing her wound. "What the heck are you doing!?"

Rukia blink looking at him, he was mad.

"You could infect your wound, look at you, you're a mess! Let's find the bathroom first, shall we?" Ashido slide the door god the thunder was breaking his eardrums. He look at Rukia at his back, she was just eyeing him, kind of waiting for something.

They walk to the temple's hallway finding a damn bathroom. Thunders are getting louder, rain drops fall harder. It was really a horrible storm. They sight a room with a hose. They ran to it close the door. They tried fixing the hose so that they could use it.

"Do you think water can flow in this abandoned temple?" Rukia bend at Ashido, he was fixing the damn hose.

"I don't know but I notice there's a lake behind the temple, sometimes the temple gain water from near water itself." He started to fold the little rubber to the hose holder, so that they could open it and might as well the water flow into it.

Rukia look at him. "You are smart but you don't show it in school, why?"

Ashido smirk. "If I do I'll just resemble myself when I was in that house. I want to change to something a bit different."

She narrowed her eyes. "But that's your talent, the house doesn't force you"

"No. My mother wanted it." Ashido didn't look at her.

Rukia stop. She couldn't think another word; she wasn't the type to comfort someone because she hasn't gotten any friends not until now. There was Ichigo, Toushiro, Shuuei and Grimmjow that treat her as their little sister and most of their entire friend. Kaien was always there to comfort her. Uliquiorra and Uryuu were the people ready to listen to her anytime whenever she wanted someone to talk to. Ashido was gentle and close to her, everybody was close to her, it's just that Ashido is the only one that has been taking care of her like somewhat a lover this past 3 months.

She snaps out when a water flash on her face. "What was that for?" she rub her eyes and stop. She looks at Ashido.

Ashido was smirking. "Does the water feel cold or what?"

"Damn cold." She smiled.

They wash Rukia's wounded foot. Rukia sneeze. Ashido lift his head he was going to bandage her wound. "You have cold?"

"No. I think someone was just talking about me."

Ashido look at her, she really was a petite. He smiled and noticed her dress. "You're really going to have a cold if you wore that dress forever."

Rukia blink and look at her dress. "Now that you said it, I kind of feel cold."

"Let's go back first before I treat your wound." Ashido said as he stands up.

Rukia was a little confused but agreed to him; as usual the storm is heavily strong. They reach the room safe and sound.

Ashido took off his polo. Rukia was confused of what he was doing. He then throws his polo at her.

"Wear it until your dress dries up." Ashido turn around so that she could change her clothes.

Rukia blink at him. Is he serious? In the end she did change her clothes and wear his polo. His polo was big, it was okay, and it was like her nightgown maybe it's because Ashido is a tall guy. "You can turn around now."

Ashido turn around. "Come here, let's bandage your wound."

Rukia walk towards him. She sits up. Ashido lean over to bandage her foot. "Why did you come here anyway?"

"Because we're friends and friends don't leave a friend when they are in solitude mood." Rukia said a bit laughing. "Kaien said that to me" she laughs.

"That thing fits you not mine!" Ashido jokes.

"I was once like that not until today I met you guys" Rukia smiled.

Ashido smiled, bandaging her foot. He then lift his head to see Rukia, she was facing the window watching the rain drops. He then notices that her panties were already shown he can't stop blushing. This idiot! "Nice heart!" his tone was angry.

Rukia look at him, he was blushing. She then notices that she widens too much her legs. Ashido finish tying the bandage when Rukia lift her feet and kick his face. Rukia forgot that she was wearing his polo. Her face was red.

Ashido hold his face, his head was down. Rukia was a bit worried if she overdid it. "Ashido…?"

No response, she started really getting worried. He was trembling. Rukia stand up and ran to him. "Hey, what wrong?"

Ashido roll his arm around Rukia's neck. "Got you." He whispers it to Rukia's ear.

Rukia froze up, she clench her fist. "You crazy freak!" she free herself to Ashido's hold, he started laughing.

"Hey, your kick was awfully hurt that's just payback." He said still laughing.

Rukia sat beside him. "Please tell me"

Ashido look at her.

He sighs in defeat. What can he do? A lady, charge in the tempest just for him? Show her panties to him? What a crap! Ashido thought.

"I was young when I have the authority to handle everything in my family, Kano clan." Ashido started. Rukia listens. "My mom was in the hospital until she done suicide." Rukia eyes widen.

"Ashido, you need to beat that boy in the Shihoin clan" Ashido's mom said. Ashido was only three years old.

"Who are you talking about mom?" Ashido was a bit scared of his mother's idea.

"Don't let him beat you in class."

"Okay mom I promise, I'll defeat him."

It was morning; I started studying until the night. My mom won't let me go outside and let me play with other clans. I didn't feel lonely; I just want to see mom's face. She was beautiful, she was even more beautiful when she smile but when I turn four, something happened to her. I don't know if she crazy but she started hating me.

"Look at her! How awful of her to hate her own son, he's only four." Nurse.

"And that doll, I think she's really gone crazy, she started talking to the doll and calling it her son's name" Nurse.

I heard every bit of their chattering. I was forbid of getting a single foot on mom's room. My mom was smiling to a boy doll and calling it my name. I started getting lonely and cried every night but the fact that I follow her words even though she's telling it to the doll.

"Ashido you must study hard, and pass all your exams perfectly, always get 100 percent okay?" Ashido's mom said sitting in her bed talking to the doll.

Ashido was just outside in her room listening to everything she was saying to the doll.

It was a year after; that she gone deep, she goes outside of her room and started talking to herself include the doll and whenever she sees Ashido she started throwing things. That made Ashido think that her mother hated him, but he didn't want to admit it he started studying hard. That until he turns ten he was a second year high school. The clan decided for him to have a guardian so that he won't be lonely so much.

"It's nice to meet you, Kano-sama. I will be your guardian starting from now on, call me whatever you want and please do tell me if you wanted something. My name is Mizuiro Kojima." Mizuiro smiled at Ashido.

"It's nice to meet you also please guide me to a great adult hood" Ashido smiled back.

"There's nothing to worry about that Kano-sama" He laughs mysteriously that made Ashido sweat and thinking if he could trust his guardian.

It's been two years, Ashido and his guardian have been very close he was now twelve, he stills miss his mom.

"I heard from the elders that my mom doesn't want to have a husband just a son or a daughter." Ashido said brushing his hair up.

Rukia look at him. "Then how – "

"My mother paid millions just to have me, my dad, I don't know anything about him I just know that he was a sperm donor, he was a great teacher that's what the doctors said to me when I got the authority to Kano clan and ask them directly." Ashido said gloomy.

"Kano-sama your mom's condition is okay." Mizuiro said placing an eraser to his study desk.

"That's good. What does the doctors said?"

Mizuiro shook his head. Ashido have always send Mizuiro to the hospital to check his mom's condition.

"By the way Kano-sama."

Ashido look at his way. "What is it?"

"I will introduce to you someone tomorrow" He said smiling and exit from his room.

Ashido was confused. Someone?

It was an early morning. Ashido stretch his arms, someone knock at the door. "Come in"

Mizuiro enters. "Kano-sama please dress up now and eat your breakfast, and I will introduce someone to you"

Ashido was a bit excited about this someone. He dresses up and eats his breakfast and tag along with Mizuiro.

"You will like him Kano-sama" Mizuiro said.

"What does he look like?"

"You'll see, after we got there."

They entered the Shiba clan's garden. There were lots of cherry trees. As they walk by the garden, Ashido spotted a tall man in front of him, a kid like same age as him was with him.

"Hey!" Mizuiro shouted at them and started waving.

They turn around and walk towards us. I look at the boy, he has a green eyes. He was sad.

"Is that Ashido Kano-sama?" The tall guy asks.

"Yes." Mizuiro nodded.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Kano-sama, I'm Sentaro Kotsubaki. I'm just like Muzuiro, a guardian." He looks at the kid behind him. "Shiba-sama please introduce yourself."

The kid walks forward. He looks at me eye to eye. "Kaien Shiba. It's nice to meet you" his lips curve.

"Ashido Kano. It's a pleasure to meet you Kaien-kun" Ashido smiled. He notice that his guardian and his guardian eye wide open.

"Just call me Kaien." Kaien said smiling.

"Then Kaien call me Ashido" Ashido smiled back.

Months past by Kaien and me get along.

"Ashido why are you said?" Kaien ask.

Ashido look at him, he can't tell about his mother. "Please don't bother."

"Huh?" Kaien was piss off. He holds on to Ashido's head and shakes it. "What the fuck!? Here I was being too damn nice to ask you why you are sad."

Ashido was startled.

"Kaien shake my head hard that I gone dizzy just like you when we first met." Ashido smiled while saying that.

Rukia started laughing when she remembered what Kaien did to her too.

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"A-ah-achoo!" Kaien sneeze.

"Do you have a cold?" Toushiro asks.

"No, maybe someone is talking about me." He said and continues signing some papers.

"How boring!" Grimmjow yawn. Because of the storm he came back, he was mad because the damn bitch's parent came home early and he needed to sneak out of the house.

Kaien look at him, he look at the window, rain drops hard. He grinned.

Everyone look at him. He's thinking something again…!

"Ladies!" He stands up. "Let's get our clothes off now please? I won't accept any pants just boxers will do!"

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"We were promoted to the fifth position. I was then holding the authority of the family and elders seek power to me. My guardian then said I should tell it to my mom and that maybe she could talk to me. It was my birthday but Kaien got his birthday last month so he's older than me by month" Ashido was sad.

Rukia listens to him.

Ashido's car stops at the hospital. The Ishida's Hospital, he walks inside he was greeted by the nurses and doctors he was after all a noble. He asks the nurses to push the 37th floor for him, he was still small. After getting on the floor he ran to her mom's private room.

Mom's going to talk to me when she hears our family has been promoted to fifth position.

Ashido run fast, he was now in front of the door, he was panting. He then put his courage up and pushes the door.

"What did you see?" Rukia asks.

Ashido didn't look at her, he said in a whisper about what happen.

Ashido push the door to his mom's room. His eyes widen.

His mom was hanging, her eyes were crying of blood. Her neck was so red because of the rope. She was swinging slowly. The doll… its parts were taken off by pieces.

Ashido was just standing there looking at her dead mom swinging.

It was been a minute when Mizuiro follow up, he push the button to 37th floor. He got in the floor and started walking. He saw Ashido outside her room, the door was open. "Kano-sama…" He felt something wrong and runs towards him. He stop behind him and look at inside, his eyes widen to see his mom hang up. He immediately hugs Ashido and carries him. "Call some doctors! Nurses! Somebody!"

It was been 3 days. I didn't eat anything I just hide under my pillow day and night. Not allowing anyone to come into my room, I even forbid my guardian to come in also. No one. Until he came.

"Ashido…"

Ashido was familiar of the voice. He sits up.

Then his door was smash up. "Damnit Ashido! Answer me when I call you!" Kaien walk towards him. "Stop screwing around!"

Kaien stand in front of him with his teary eyes. Ashido hug to him, he started sobbing.

This person, the way he looks at me, like a brother. He surpass my mother's smile even my guardian's caring touches.

He surpasses me…

"Then we decided to leave the house." Ashido was a bit happy.

Rukia was silent didn't know what to say.

"Who would have thought after this long time some fools will screw around and make me remember things that I don't want to remember."

"You will never forget about it, even after your own death. Death is something you won't ever forget." Rukia said sadly. Just like me… I will never ever forget…

Ashido look at her, he started getting close to her, to her ear. "Then, can you at least let me forget about it today?"

Rukia didn't know what he wanted.

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"The FUCK! It's damn cold here!" Grimmjow complained.

Uliquiorra didn't give a damn.

Ichigo and Shuuei were playing.

Toushiro and Ishida were throwing ice.

Kaien owned them all.

They were bathing at the damn storm with only wearing their boxers.

How weird of them, right? – Author's thought.

They were having fun.

"I wonder where Ashido went." Shuuei was a bit worried but didn't show them.

"Oh please Jesus! This people don't know what they are doing!" Grimmjow grinned.

"Fuck you!" Shuuei charges at Grimmjow.

"That was revenge! Now come, all of you, I'll take you all! Give me all you got!" Grimmjow said happily. FIGHT!

They were a bit piss off but did charge at him.

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Ashido kiss Rukia's neck and hold her down.

What can I do? What would Hisana do if Niisama was like this? What will she do?

He started unbuttoning his polo that she was wearing, he stops unbuttoning at the middle, exposing her black, strapless bra. He lean to kiss her breast, he didn't mind the bra. He lifts his head to face her and lock his lips to her. He lightly bit her lower lip, pleading for an entrance in her small mouth. She open a little, Ashido didn't care a bit and forcedly deepen the kiss. Ashido noticed that his tongue was the only one moving, he unlocked the kiss and look at her.

"Was this your first kiss?"

Rukia just nodded. Ashido smiled and chuckle.

"Ashido let's go home, I made you smiled already.

Ashido stop and look at her. She was serious. "Pft!" He laughed hard while he was in a bed position with her. He lies on her chest.

Rukia raise an eyebrow while he was pillowing her chest. This guy…

But he was smiling and that was good.

Ahem, Rukia is not ETG -easy to get'- it just that she wanted to show Ashido that even if she will submit to him, she doesn't mind because she trusted him for not going continue it anyway. – Author's note.

It's been 20 minutes or so since Ashido fell asleep in Rukia's chest.

Rukia heard her cell phone, it was a text message. She tried reaching for it under her dress and avoiding waking Ashido. Finally after a long effort she reaches it. It was from Hisana.

Rukia I'm sorry but we will come home tomorrow afternoon if the rain would stop. The rain is too strong to get back home, just fried some eggs and bacon for your break fast.

Don't forget to wake up early.

Hisana

Rukia just sigh, she look at the window. It was really dark; she looks at her cell phone to check what time is it. Holy shit! It was already 10:07 pm.

"Ashido…" Rukia touch his maroon hair. "Ashido…"

"Hmmm…?" Ashido felt comfortable and doesn't want to wake up just yet.

"It's already 10:00 pm I need to get home"

Ashido lift his head, he then sit up and started yawning.

Rukia started unbuttoning his polo that she was wearing, Ashido notice and just turn his head to another direction. That's what makes Rukia really think that he wouldn't do anything to her earlier. She smiled and dresses herself; her dress was a bit wet. Who cares? It will be all wet again anyway, why bother?

"I'll fetch you home. Can I?" Rukia asks.

He just nodded. "I should be the one fetching you home."

"Fetch me after I fetch you." She smirks. "I want to see your house too because you saw mine."

"Weird." He whispers, he then stand up and wear his polo. It was warm, he felt bad if it got wet.

"Let's go!" Rukia slide the door and started walking outside. He just sighs.

They got out the forest, before they could walk on the road Ashido look back at the temple. I think I might be back if… if I ever feel that someone isn't going to surpass me, now the one that surpass me is you. He look at Rukia, she was waiting for him. He runs to her.

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"Shit I'm getting hungry!" Kaien's stomach growl he was laying on his bed.

"You just ate a sandwich." Ichigo look at him.

"I only ate 3 pieces, idiot!"

"Idiot! How I wonder why you didn't get so fat." Ichigo murmured.

"Stop you two. Does anyone know Ashido's cell phone number?" Uryuu shoved his glasses. "My atm card is with him, we can't order a damn pizza."

"He left his phone." Kaien said.

It was been awhile when they started fighting again, throwing pillows. It was then when someone opens the door, and accidentally Grimmjow throw the pillow knowing it was Ashido.

Rukia catches the pillow. They stop. Again! They were still on their boxers!

Rukia just blink, behind her was Ashido eyes wide open. Rukia hold Ashido's wrist, she started pulling him forward. Ashido was a bit confused but to his surprise Rukia throw him to Kaien and the others.

"OUCH!" they started saying to each other. They notice that Rukia wasn't there anymore, they look at the window. They saw her wave goodbye.

"Nice boxers! ASSHOLES!" Rukia shouted and run.

----Author's corner----

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