Yachiru rocked episode 39.

Nothing else is needed to say.

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"Act normal, okay?" Ichigo said, opening his door.

"Don't I act normal in front of your friends?"

"Tch, no."

"I'm absolutely normal!" she argued back.

"Yeah, some short high school student with a super cute voice that comes from a place where monsters eat them alive? Don't think so." That earned him a kick on the leg. Ichigo swore under his breath and he hopped into the house.

"Nii-chan's home!" Yuzu yelled out when she heard the door close.

"Hey, Yuzu, Karin." Ichigo greeted and started to head upstairs.

"SUPER FLYING DAD KICK!" Isshin's voice rang out as he flew toward his son with his leg extended.

However, he stopped in mid-air and dropped onto the floor.

"What's this! A girl! You finally scored a girl? Oh! Glorious day!" Isshin yelled out, holding his fist up in the air. "So, sweet heart, what's your name?"

"Kuchiki R-rukia." Rukia stuttered out, smiling nervously.

"Soon to be Kurosaki Rukia!" Isshin screamed out.

"DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS! SHE'S JUST HERE TO PRACTICE FOR A PLAY!" Ichigo screamed after he heard, 'Kurosaki Rukia'. He toss his dad off the stairs and continued to his room, Rukia quietly following behind.

"Maybe you should have snuck through the window…" Ichigo shook his head once he closed the door to his room.

"Then what would explain the second voice?"

"Shut up." Ichigo said and lied down on his bed, closing his eyes.

"Hey, what about the play?" Rukia held up her script.

"What about it?" he leered an eye on her.

"I thought we were going to practice."

"Hah! No." Ichigo laughed. Not soon after, he found himself being shoved to the floor.

"Look, we're going to practice!"

"Why do you care? It's not like you permanently live in this world!"

"Because I'm here for the meantime and we're going to practice!"

"You don't have to go to school anyways! I don't see why you bother, it's a pain and anyone just dies to get out of it."

"I need to keep and eye on you."

"I can take care of myself."

"Whatever, we're practicing."

Ichigo sighed, with her; he wasn't going to get any rest, so he might as well do something.

"Okay, okay. What's the first scene called?"

"…Ballroom…Meeting."

Ichigo looked down at his script, ignoring the lines, he read the other text under his breath, loud enough so Rukia can hear it.

"As the curtains open, people are dancing, having the spotlight spotting out the prince and the princess, swaying along to the music…" Ichigo's voice faded out.

"And?" Rukia asked him to continue.

"We're going to have to dance."

"Dance?"

"Ballroom dance."

"What's that?"

"Just let the teacher choreograph us tomorrow. Lets move on to the lines."

"I don't see any lines."

"No.. I see some speaking parts…"

"You said lines though."

Then it hit him, "Not lines as in like.. strait lines, but… parts!"

"Parts of a strait line?"

"NO!"

"Stop being so damn confusing then!"

"It's the part that you have to read, you're the Princess right? So you read where it says Princess Desiree."

"I see…" Rukia placed a hand on her chin as she studied the script.

"Okay, lets start." Ichigo cleared his throat, sitting down on his bed, he read out loud, "Hello, my princess. Would you like to dance?"

" Princess Desiree. Looks over at the prince. Why, Prince Enrique. It'll be my pleasure."

Ichigo said nothing for a while, then burst into laughter.

"What! Why are you laughing! I'm reading it, right!"

"No, no." Ichigo finished getting out his last laugh and walked over, pointing at the text. "Now, the bold, or 'fat' letters, tells you who's who. You don't read that, it just says who's talking. The text in italics or the slanted ones are the one where you take action. So see when it said, 'Looks over at the prince.'? You don't read it, you do it."

"…You're confusing me again, but I think I got it." Rukia said, trying again.

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"BWAHAHAHAHA!" Orihime did her Don Kanonji laugh.

"What are you doing…?" Tatsuki asked flatly.

"My evil laugh!"

Tatsuki sighed and pat the girl's head, "Don't strain yourself now."

Tatsuki waved a wooden bokken around and stab the air. She chuckled evilly to herself again, "I get to kill Kurosaki without being blamed."

"You're not really going to kill him are you?" Inoue blinked.

"Of course not," Tatsuki laughed, "Just going to hit him… Really hard."

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It was 6:00 PM, Rukia was still edging Ichigo to practice with her.

"It's been over three hours! That's enough for today!"

Rukia sighed; he's been saying that since they've started. "Fine."

Ichigo leave out a breath and fell backwards into his bed.

"Ichi-Nii!" He heard Karin's voice on the other side of the door, "Time to eat, dad said to bring down your girlfriend too!"

"….She's not my girlfriend!"

"No need to be shy." Karin mimicked their dad and laughed walking away hearing her brother scowl.

"Should I 'leave' now?"

"No, you go down and eat so I don't look retarded bringing food up to my room."

So down they went, Rukia sat in an extra seat the on other end of the table.

"How long have you two been together?" Isshin smiled widely at Rukia.

"Uh.." Rukia looked at him confused.

"We're not together! She's just here to practice for a play!"

"Tsk, tsk. Denial, denial." Isshin closed his eyes, looking disappointed. Ichigo just muttered something under his breath.

"Would you like some cucumbers, Rukia-san?" Yuzu smiled humbly to their guest.

"Cucumbers…?"

"Along with those eggs." Yuzu continued smiling.

"Um… Sure." Rukia pulled on a weak smile

"So, how old are you, sweet heart?" Isshin smiled at Rukia.

Rukia turned to Isshin and stuttered, "H-how o-old am I?" Isshin nodded.

Ichigo, himself, started to sweat. "Oh, she's-!"

"I'm asking her, not you, sit down!" Ichigo fell back onto his seat.

'How old was Ichigo? Thirteen? Fourteen? Fifteen! Whatever!' She yelled in her head before speaking, "Uuh.. Fourteen!"

Ichigo sighed out loud, thanking god that she didn't say something stupid like fifty.

"Oh, I see, turning fifteen soon?"

"Uh.. Sure." Rukia said then giggled nervously.

After the awkward questions and nice dinner, everyone bided Rukia 'goodbye'.

"Come back again, Rukia-chan! Are you sure you don't need a lift?" Isshin yelled, grinning widely.

"Eheheh, yes! Thanks for the offer though!" Rukia pulled on a fake smile and walked away.

Isshin closed the door and everyone went back to whatever they were doing. Ichigo went upstairs and back into his room to see Rukia sitting on his window.

"That was fast." Ichigo said flatly.

"Mmmhmm…" Rukia kept her gaze up at the sky. Ichigo walked over to see what she was so fascinated by.

'Just the regular night sky…' Ichigo mumbled in his head, wondering why she was so caught up. Then he looked at her face. It was so calm, peaceful… and she was smiling. Not her fake smiles, but a real one.

Sorry for a slow chapter. I swear, I owe you in the next one!

Stay tune to see Ishida measuring his classmates!