Chapter 8: Time

Ichigo and Yoruichi eventually came back inside the shop, much to the relief of everyone else present. After what Ichigo had said to them, they all started to think of just what kind of torture she had went through while in Hueco Mundo. To think that she would develop some kind of reflex to certain individuals shouldn't be all too far fetched for them to believe. It was the fact that she freaked out when they all mentioned this Halibel woman to her. Ichigo must have been through some sort of trauma to see an enemy as someone special to her. Whatever the reason, everyone would do anything to help her, no matter what.

"Ichigo." Isshin spoke to her while keeping his distance. "Are you alright?"

Ichigo simply nodded while clutching onto Yoruichi's arm. Everyone saw this and even saw that Yoruichi was keeping her close. Kisuke decided to speak up, an idea forming in his head.

"Well, since Ichigo is far more comfortable with Yoruichi," the former soul reaper captain started. "I suggest that Yoruichi stay with Ichigo for now."

Yoruichi looked over to her best friend and saw him nod to her. She sighed and nodded back to him, walking out of the room with Ichigo still in tow. The others gave the two a wide berth as to not cause Ichigo to react violently again with her reflexes.

As the two made their way through the group, Ichigo took notice of everyones faces as she passed them. Renji looked pretty shaken since he was the first to suffer from her. She felt terrible for hurting her friend and would have to apologize properly like Aizen had taught her back then. Next was Rukia, the petite lieutenant of squad 13. She saw that Rukia had that look of pity on her face. Not just any regular type of pity, but the kind that makes you feel as if you were broken beyond repair in their eyes. The next few were her friends, Chad, Orihime and Uryu. They had a mixture of kindness and grief on their faces. Kindness to reassure Ichigo, grief that they couldn't do a damn thing for her but give her space. Ichigo would have to talk to them at some point and apologize to them as well. After them was her father, Isshin, and the look of shame and forced joy was heartbreaking to her. She felt even worse when she realized that she had hurt him earlier. There was nothing she could do but hang her head in shame and look away from his gaze. She didn't get the chance to see Kisuke's regretful glance to her as he left the room rather quickly for what, she didn't know.

Once she and Yoruichi in her room, Ichigo sank to the floor with tears threatening to leave her eyes. Yoruichi knelt down to her and rubbed at her back to try and reassure her, or at the very least comfort her. The former captain felt the worst out of everyone though. She hurt Ichigo before when she thought the teen was just a normal arrancar in armor. That never really left her mind and had been eating away at her for some time now. To make matters worse, Yoruichi felt very scornful towards that Halibel woman Ichigo was talking about on the roof. How that arrancar bitch had stolen Ichigo away and then made the teen fall for her. She hated Halibel, but she was also envious of her as well. Ichigo was so in love with her that it made it all the worse for Yoruichi when she remembered Ichigo saying that she reminded her of Halibel. That made Yoruichi's mind race at the implication. The only reason Ichigo was so clingy to her was because she reminded her of that arrancar. Yoruichi didn't know how to feel about that.

As Ichigo was sobbing, she looked up to Yoruichi's golden eyes and, for the briefest of moments, she saw emerald orbs instead of golden ones. She stopped her sobbing and moved towards the purple haired beauty in front of her. Yoruichi looked into her eyes and saw them flash black with red highlights around them for a moment before Ichigo leaned onto her and nuzzled herself on the flash goddess' neck. She inhaled her scent and sighed as Yoruichi was lost at what was going on.

"Ichigo?" Yoruichi started in a surprised but hitched voice.

Ichigo didn't respond as she just looked back up to Yoruichi's eyes and let out a sigh. Her warm breath hitting Yoruichi's neck and chest, forcing a slight shiver down her spine. The two looked deep into the others eyes and inched their lips closer to one another, not caring about where they were anymore. For the briefest moment, they were still, motionless as their lips connected them to one another. They closed their eyes and both moaned onto the other. Their tongues fought for dominance over the other, with Ichigo have more experience with strong women's tongues in the past, and winning their little battle. Ichigo laid on top of Yoruichi while the flash goddess laid on her back, with the teen wrapping her arms around her neck and the other with her arms wrapped around the waist.

They continued to kiss each other, moaning uncontrollably into it. Yoruichi had no idea why she was doing this. True, she cared deeply for Ichigo in a way that no one else knew, but was this really okay? Was this really Ichigo showing her love towards Yoruichi, or was it just Ichigo seeing her as Halibel and coping with all the stress from before? Yoruichi didn't know, and for now, she didn't care. She had Ichigo all to herself now, and there would be nothing to change that for this moment alone.

Short but sweet. It's been a while since I've done a Yuri scene, so I'll do two in the next chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.

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