ARRANGED LOVE OR COERCION?
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"Speaking"
"Thinking"
"Zanpakuto/Hollow"
AN
HELLO DEAR READERS THIS CHAPTER WILL HELP YOU ALL UNDERSTAND A FEW IMPORTANT THINGS:)
Chapter 15: What the Hell
Shinji entered the 4th division creating a comotion due to the load he was carrying.
"Hey you go and get Unohana for me" shinji ordered talking to a male shinigami.
"Sorry Captain, Captain Unohana left a while ago for a captains meeting" explained the shinigami with a bow.
"Oh I forgot we had a meeting. Is your vice captain here?"
"Yes Captain"
"Get her for me tell her it is urgent."
"Hai captain" the man answered hurrying to do the task.
"Eeehm.. Excuse me is that Ichigo Captain?"asked a timid voice.
Turning to face the speaker the blond said" Yes it's Ichigo and you are?"
"Ah sorry my name is Hanataro Yamada captain, I am the 7th seat of this division"
"Ok then where should I lie her down I need a medic to check her, she passed out during a fight.'
" Oh ok this way Captain" Hanataro said leading the blond to a room.
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"Ichigo...Ichigo, wake up Ichigo." a male voice called.
"Zangetsu is that you where are my?"
"Hey Queenie stop being a sleeping princess and wake up already!" her inner hollow added.
"Uurrgh!! my head hurts like hell" she groaned openning her eyes.That was when she realized she was on the roof of one of the story buildings in her mind scape."Why am I here?"
"You took your sweet time waking up queenie"
"Stop talking to me Shiro your annoying voice is adding my headache"
"Be grateful we brought you here by cutting your flow of spiritual energy or else-"
"What? So it was your fault I fainted?" she asked angrily interupting her hollow.
"Yes Ichigo we did that to protect both of you." Zangetsu explained.
"Huh? Protect me and Shinji? what do you mean? she asked confused.
" No not your blond friend. Don't worry you will find out soon enough." her Zanpakuto said pushing her out of her mind scape.
"Hey Old man wait!" was the last thing she said before she was ejected from her inner world.
"Why did you not tell her Old man?" asked Shiro.
" She will find out soon enough. It's not my place to tell her" Zangetsu answered.
"What an idiot she hasn't up till now realized that she has been under a strong kido spell for weeks."
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Ichigo openned her eyes and realized that she was in a room with white walls and ceiling." Where am I?"
"Oh Ichigo you are awake. how are you feeling?" asked a female voice
"Oh hi Isane, how did I get here?"
" Captain Hirako brought you here after you passed out."
"Shinji? where is he? How is he?
"Calm down Ichigo he is fine and waiting outside"
"oh ok. So what am I sick of?
"Well Ichigo congratulations" Isane said with a smile.
"Huh! what for?" she asked confused.
"Well dear you are pregnant, almost two weeks pregnant to be exact" the medic explained.
"Whaat? You are kidding right? Because that's impossible" Ichigo said with a frown.
"No I am not I checked and Hanataro did too and the results came out the same you are pregnant.
" But...wait ...how?...when? we haven't done it for months now." she said a panicked Ichigo causing the medic to blush at her last comment.
"You might have just forgotten. Since the test shows that the baby was concieved two weeks ago" Isane explained.
"No I am very sure we did not...except if-" she started saying before realizing something.
"Hey Zangetsu is there a memory seal or kido spell on me" she asked her Zanpakuto via mental link.
"Yes Ichigo" he replied
"The bastard used kido on me. what the hell old man! You should have told me earlier."she shouted
"May be because we thought even an idiot like you will realize that your memories were sealed" he said causing Ichigo to cut the link.
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Noticing Ichigo's deep frown Isane asked "What's the matter Ichigo you seem upset by the news. I thought you will be happy to be a mom"
"No I am not angry I just dicovered somerhing thats all" Ichigo explained her scowl still in place"
"Ok if you say so"
"Ne... Isane you ar good in kido right?
" Yes, not as good as taichou but yes I am"
" I will like you to break a kido spell on me that's concealing part of my memories."
"Oh ok but I will have to use a sleeping spell on you first so that I don't over load your brain with the memories.
"No problem do it Isane" she said .
Their conversation was interupted by a knock on the door."I see you are awake you got me worried." said a male voice.
"Sorry about that, I just found out I am pregnant. so that's why I- " she started explaining but stopped when she heard a load thud and realized her friend had fainted."Hahaha...he took it better than I thought." she said causing the medic to giggle.
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*.*.* *. MEMORIES. *.*.*.*
First memory
"So what did you want to talk about?" she asked.
"I am sorry" he answered in a subdued voice.
"What… do you mean" she asked surprised.
"I said sorry…" he began to say but he was interrupted by Ichigo again.
"I heard you the first time but what are you actually apologizing for?" she asked.
Byakuya sighed resignatedly and said" I am sorry for hurting your feelings through my actions and words these past months, I know I have been a real jerk to you and a horrible spouse, making you feel miserable in soul society by broking my first promise to you."
"Eehm! I don't know what to say you keep saying sorry each time you hurt me, but you still end up hurting me one way or the other. I sometimes feel you are not completely honest with me Byakuya." Ichigo said.
Sighing in defeat Byakuya decided to completely clear up their misunderstanding so he said " The truth is I miss you and your overwhelming presence around me, I feel very lonely when you are not around me, I am scared because I feel a strong affection for you but I don't know what it is because I have never felt that for anyone." He said slowly advancing towards the orangette invading her personal space, causing Ichigo to move backwards until her back hit the wall. However that did not stop Byakuya he kept advancing towards her. Stopping in front of her, he placed his hands on both sides of her head making it impossible for Ichigo to escape."I think I... am crazy about you because you disarm me and take away my walls"
"Byakuya... What are you doing?" ichigo asked in a panicked voice.
"Shh... I am equally sorry for what I am about to do to you right now" he whispered in her left ear, before finally, after weeks of indecision, he leaned down and kissed her.
Technically, this isn't their first kiss filled with lots of emotions, since he had kissed her passionately on the night of promotion. But Byakuya had been terrified, and judging from Ichigo's reaction, so had she. In Byakuya's book, a 'forced kiss' was not truly defined as a "kiss", if that made any sense whatsoever.
But now, this kiss was gentle and slow, Ichigo's lips soft against his own.
She made a sound, half between a whimper and a moan, and slightly arched into his body, pressing herself even more against him.
He noticed that she tasted sweet, as if she had just been eating candy.
At last, he pulled back, trying to read her voice was soft and almost caressing as he spoke. "Ichigo...what do you want me to prove to you?"
She fixed his eyes with hers, her tone defiant. "Prove to me that you're capable of love."
Then, she sagged, tearing her eyes away and staring at the floor. Her next words were so inaudible that Byakuya only hoped he heard them right.
"Prove to me that you love me." she repeated. That statement made Byakuya to freeze then go silent his hands falling to his side.
"I..." he tried to say but found it difficult to make a coherent sentence.
Sighing in defeat with her head bowed to hide her threatening tears from him she continued "You said you feel a deep affection for me it might be the beginning of something. However I need prove of that affection as well as re-assurrance that I am not useless as a wife."
"You are not the problem Ichigo the problem is me" Byakuya answered guiltily. "I will love to make this marriage work but I am so confused with my feelings. Please tell me what I can do to eas the pain I continiously cause you?"
Using the sleeve of her kimono to wipe her impending tears she spoke " I appreciate the efforts, really I gives me hope that one day I will be someone special in your life..."
"But you are..." he tried to say interrupting his wife.
"I wasn't finish Byakuya"she said looking at him in the eyes." I know it will be an inconvinience to you but would you mind us sharing a room from now on? I feel so lonely waking up and going to bed alone. My parents use to share the same room though I admit their narriage had something ours don't but please can you do this for me?" she asked in a pleading tone.
"Anything for you Ichigo" Byakuya answered in a voice full of regrets.
Second memory
Lips whispered against the edge of her ear, and warm breath filled the cavern. She shuddered, instinctively, as a hot tongue flicked out and traced the shell of her ear.
Tingles of pleasure shot through her body as Ichigo's eyes widened and she stared up at Byakuya.
"What…what are you doing?" her voice came out breathier than she had expected it to, and almost by default, she blushed.
His actions were slow and almost deliberate as he drew them out to make the suspense in Ichigo build to a breaking point.
He gently retracted his arms from around her body, and sitting up again, pinned Ichigo down to the bed with his arms, his hips straddling hers, his face barely centimeters away from hers.
Ichigo suddenly grew hypersensitive to every movement, and she could feel the silk that Byakuya was wearing brush against her thigh and the gentle sweep of his hair across her cheek.
His voice was suddenly sultry and deep, rumbling in his throat and almost a purr. "What am I doing?"
The only thing she could somewhat rationally conclude at that moment was that Byakuya was playing with her -why?It seemed like she was asking a lot of "why"s lately, yet she never got any answers.
Byakuya nipped at her neck, her nose, her ears, and Ichigo felt little stars and sparks explode before her eyes and she reveled in this feeling of being ravished, and of...being loved.
Of being loved...
Ichigo trembled as Byakuya lowered his head once more, murmuring "Is this enough proof that I love you?"
He covered her mouth with his, his teeth sensuously nipping at her lip, running the tip of his tongue against her mouth, seeking entrance. She gasped, slightly, but that was all he needed to ruthlessly plunge into her mouth, his tongue entwining with hers. She moaned in the back of her throat, arching her body into his, trying to fight the restraints his strong arms had on hers.
"Don't fight me please, just let me show you the depth of my feelings for you" Byakuya whispered after he had drawn back, running long, elegant fingers down her cheek, tracing her chin, then down her neck and against the side of her thin yukata.
Ichigo flushed as she suddenly longed for those very long fingers to be running down bare skin, glistening with sweat, his mouth, hot against hers, wanting and needing...
But for now, she settled for languorous kisses that were deep, almost sweet and romantic, since she is half-paralyzed on the bed.
Her mind racing and unsure of what to do. Her pulse pounded in her ears, and on impulse, she flipped Byakuya over so now she was staring into his eyes as she straddled his hips, a crooked grin on her face. She felt her blood racing and boiling, the extremely close proximity to his chiseled chest that she could ravish over and over all night long, and the glimmer in her brown eyes as she evenly met the slightly surprised gaze in his eyes.
Ichigo felt headstrong, brash independent and strong, like the Ichigo Kurosaki she had once been. The one that would not be weighed down nor defeated by someone like Kuchiki Byakuya, that's for sure.
"It's not enough," she said, trying to mimic the husky, deep purr of Byakuya's voice (and failing, if that much wasn't obvious already). "Show me more."
A somewhat predatory smile spread on his face as he cocked his head to the side, still not taking his eyes off of hers, nor making any move to reclaim his position as the dominator.
"Bring it on."
And then he yanked Ichigo's head down, ignoring her little noise of indignation and surprise, and thoroughly plundered her mouth as she ungracefully fell down on top of him. His warm hands, large and calloused from training with Senbonzakura cradled her face as carefully as if she were a porcelain doll.
She had nothing to do but fisting her hands in his hair and pressing him closer, feeling the urgent need to simply be close to him and want him, need him - It was a flurry of thoughts all barraging her at once, and she ignored all of them, just concentrating on one thing: him.
"Byakuya..." she whimpered, as he broke away to lick his way down her neck, past her pulse point, and almost down to her chest. He looked up with heavily-lidded eyes, meeting her glassy stare.
"I love you, Ichigo".
His damningly soft lips fluttered and pressed against her forehead as he still murmured sweet nothings and Ichigo basked in the glow. She never wanted this to end, never ever, this beautiful thrill ride that she only had one ticket to and she just wanted to ride it fifty million times over.
She writhed under his ministrations, attempting to form coherent words, trying to convey her thoughts to him, but failing as her mind blanked out and refused to she knew the exact words she was going to say. She had known them for the longest time, practiced them in her mind, silently whispered them as she sat across from Byakuya at the dinner table so many times.
"I love you, Byakuya. I don't understand why I love you, but I love you far beyond what anyone can comprehend, and far beyond anything in this world."
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Ichigo woke up from her temporary slumber with a start.
"Did my counter spell work? Isane asked but Ichigo did not answer her" Hey Ichigo what's wrong?"
"I am going to kill him" Ichigo muttered under her breath her bangs covering her eyes.
"What? kill who?" Isane asked but recieved no response and then she realized why . "Hey Ichigo wait. Come back here, you are not allowed to leave yet" She shouted trying to stop Ichigo who had jumped through the window. Unfortunately, the orangette ignored her and dissapeared via shunpo.
"I wonder why she was so angry. I hope she will be ok" whispered Isane closing the window.
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