Please read this chapter's warnings, it's important:

- Sexual themes are discussed here, if you're not comfortable with that you shouldn't read.

- I, personally, believe that homosexuality is not wrong so if you disagree you might not like this chapter.

- I love Grimmjow and I love him especially when he's messing with Ichigo and Rukia, but in this one he has quite the background with Ichigo, you've been warned.

Finally:

- Ichiruki is my main ship, I love those two together so DON'T WORRY of course this Fanfic is 100% ICHIRUKI.

Happy reading.

Chapter 9


Ichigo groaned.

He refused to open his eyes, all he knew was that he was lying on a soft mattress and that soft hands were pressing something cold against his forehead, it felt so good that he relaxed and tried to remember what brought him to his unconscious state. He remembered threatening Ashido and saying how he was going to face Grimmjow, he remembered walking towards the gym and seeing the midget running laps while wearing the gym uniform, had she always looked so good? After ogling at her Kenpachi yelled something and…

He snapped his eyes wide open and found himself face to face with Rukia.

She was the one who was pressing an ice pack against his forehead, she was seated next to him on the infirmary bed. He also noticed how she was wearing the sailor uniform and his sweater again, he smirked at that.

"God punished me, right?" Ichigo asked jokingly.

Rukia frowned at him.

"What do you mean?" she asked confused.

"I was lusting after a novice" he explained.

Rukia blushed.

"That's what you think? That divine justice befell upon you?" she asked amused.

Ichigo nodded.

"Well" Rukia said while poking him on the forehead "as long as you confess your sin and find true regret you'll be okay."

Ichigo chuckled.

"What if I don't regret finding you attractive?" he asked and noticed proudly how she looked aside blushing.

"Stop being a flirt, Ichigo" she said while standing up "you lost two hours of class, we're already on lunch time. Renji brought you here with Ikkaku's help."

"Two hours?!" Ichigo asked "fuck, now I'll have to ask for notes and homework."

"It's okay" Rukia said "I wrote down everything for you, we can do homework together tonight."

Ichigo nodded and sat down. He didn't feel in pain which was a good sign, it meant that he didn't have a concussion so he was fine to go back and have lunch. It was a relief knowing that he was fine enough to go to work too. He looked at Rukia and noticed her cheeks were red and that she was breathing heavily, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him, she gasped surprised and then Ichigo put his forehead carefully against hers.

"You have a fever" he said "you should've told Kenpachi that you were not feeling okay."

Rukia took a step back and cleared her throat.

"I'm fine" she lied "I took a hot shower after physical education but I need to ask you, do you have Preptol at your house?"

Ichigo frowned, if memory served right Preptol was a medicine that could only be obtained through prescription, and it was for people with extremely weak immunologic systems. It was expensive as fuck and hard to get unless you had the right connections or an amazing insurance. Why did Rukia need that?

"Midget," he said "I can ask my father but a prescription is needed and he is quite strict when it comes to his job, are you sick?"

Rukia crossed her arms.

"Remember how I told you that my mom died when I was younger? Well, her immunologic system was awfully weak and well, mine is no better. I inherited that from her and I forgot my medicine at the convent."

Ichigo pinched the bridge of his nose.

"The sprinkles, right? You get sick extremely easy and you got all wet…" he stood up and looked at Rukia "why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Rukia glared at him.

"I wasn't planning on getting sick so fast!" she excused herself "besides, it was hard enough to escape I didn't have time to think about what to bring with me!"

Ichigo sighed heavily.

"I'll ask dad" he said "hopefully he won't ask too many questions."

Rukia smiled thankful.

"I met the Doctor Unohana, by the way" she said while walking with Ichigo towards the door "she went to have lunch with her husband, they make quite the interesting couple."

Ichigo shrugged.

"Tell me about it" he said while scratching the back of his head "Kenpachi is crazy as hell and Unohana is like the sweetest Doctor, I never understood that."

Rukia chuckled and together they went to lunch.


"Kuchiki-sama" a maid said shyly while stepping into the studio "my apologies, I do not wish to intrude but this box just came, it was sent from the convent."

Ginrei, Soujun and Byakuya stood up and looked apprehensively at the box the maid was holding. Byakuya instructed the maid to leave it on the desk and she excused herself, it was a cardboard box but for some reason it was making all of them tense.

Soujun scoffed.

"Would you man up?" he asked annoyed at his son "it's just a box! We asked them to send us her belongings, remember? This is probably just her toiletries."

Byakuya frowned at his father while Ginrei decided to open the box.

"That stupid girl!" Ginrei said aloud surprising both Soujun and Byakuya.

Ginrei picked up what was inside the box and threw it at Byakuya rudely. It was a bottle of Preptol, she had forgotten her medicine, Byakuya's eyes widened and he found himself worrying more than before. How could Rukia be so damn careless?

"There are two more bottles inside the box" Ginrei said angrily "is everything we sent her the last time, if she gets sick…"

Soujun pinched the bridge of his nose.

"She looked healthy on the security tapes from the city" he said exasperated at Rukia's carelessness "she's not going to die."

"She does not have the resources to get this medicine!" Ginrei said with his temper rising by the second "we don't know who's helping her, if she reveals her condition someone might take advantage of that, what if the man who's helping her asks for a payment in exchange of the medicine?"

Byakuya felt like throwing up.

"Is there anything else inside the box?" he asked trying not to think about Rukia getting sick in the arms of a stranger "anything?"

Ginrei took out a sketchbook and sighed sadly as he opened it.

"She still draws the rabbits" he said and cleared his throat "excuse me, I need a moment."

He left the studio and took the sketchbook with him, both Soujun and Byakuya, pretended not to see how Ginrei's eyes watered after he saw Rukia's drawings.

"Whoever is helping her" Soujun said after a few seconds "is going to pay with his life hiding Rukia from us."

Byakuya nodded agreeing with him.


Rukia found herself quite intimidated as she walked towards the rooftop with Ichigo. Everyone was looking at her, every single boy raised their eyebrows while others paled considerably. She didn't know what was happening or what she did for them to react like that but it was awkward, she didn't like that kind of attention.

"Ichigo" she said "do I have something on my face?"

Ichigo frowned and looked at her.

"Nothing out of the ordinary" he said "why?"

"Everyone's looking at me as if there's something wrong with me" she explained and Ichigo glared at one group of boys who were looking at her, they all looked aside and Ichigo scoffed.

He knew why they were looking at her with curiosity, it was the fact that she was wearing his sweater while walking with him. By this time all of the school probably knew about how, for the first time in his life, Kenpachi sent Ichigo to the infirmary for being a fucking pervert.

"Is Riruka alone?" Ichigo asked and Rukia shook her head.

"She said she would be waiting along with Renji" she explained "why?"

Ichigo grabbed Rukia's hand.

"They can have lunch without us" he said "come with me, I need to tell you something."

Rukia nodded and followed Ichigo's towards a section of the school she hadn't seen before. He never released her hand and she wasn't complaining, although she supposed that it just made the boys around her to whisper even more among them, was it that weird to see a girl walking holding a boy's hand? Well, perhaps in this school it was.

Ichigo didn't know how to touch the subject but the midget needed to know about Grimmjow. She was living with him so if something were to happen Ichigo would only blame himself and as he thought about Rukia near Grimmjow his blood boiled, he wouldn't let that happen.

"Don't mind them" Ichigo told her "it's my fault, I have quite the reputation."

Rukia blinked. She wanted to ask what kind of reputation but she never found the chance. Ichigo took her to an unused classroom and once they were both inside he closed the door behind them, Rukia noticed how he locked the door but didn't say anything about it.

"Did something happen?" she asked while taking a seat on top of the teacher's desk "you look annoyed."

Ichigo nodded while putting himself in front of Rukia.

"Midget" he said seriously "we met just recently but there are important things that you have to know, for your own safety."

Rukia frowned, he looked tense and he was scowling more than usual.

"Do you work for the mafia? Are we in danger?" she asked finally, why was he acting as if someone had threaten him?

Ichigo chuckled and Rukia smirked as he noticed how he relaxed a little.

"Don't be an idiot" he said "it has nothing to do with my work."

"Then?" Rukia asked curiously as she looked at Ichigo's conflicted face "you can tell me anything, carrot top."

"Are you sure? You won't freak out?" he asked and she shrugged.

Ichigo sighed and he took a seat next to her.

"Midget, just like I told you when we met I'll help you to get by life on your own" he started as he grabbed Rukia's hand "this means that we'll be stuck with each other for quite some time."

Rukia nodded as she intertwined her fingers with Ichigo's.

"I'm okay with that" she told him, she liked the feeling of his hand on hers.

"I'm okay with that too" he agreed "but I want you to know that I'm not the safest person to be around."

"Why's that?" she asked quietly.

Ichigo cleared his throat.

"A year and a half ago I had a huge fight with my father" he started "I wasn't at my best place, I won't explain why, but back then my relationship with my dad was awful. I didn't have a job and my grades were hitting rock bottom."

Rukia listened intently, what Ichigo was describing didn't sound like him at all. In the few days they had shared Rukia had heard him laughing with his family, she had seen him working hard and while she didn't have proof she could tell that his academic performance wasn't that bad.

"The thing is" he continued "that in the middle of a nasty argument I left my house, I was angry and hurt and I ran away."

Rukia squeezed his hand to let him know that she was paying attention, he squeezed her hand back.

"My hair has always brought problems for me" he said with a small chuckle "so I had quite some enemies in some parts of the city and a few friends too, the bad kind of friends mind you."

"You went with them?" Rukia asked.

Ichigo nodded.

"Back then Renji wasn't my best friend" he explained "the pineapple head has always been there for me but I didn't appreciate him enough, now I do."

Rukia smiled as she remembered both Ichigo and Renji panicking at seeing her conscious, for the first time, in Renji's apartment.

"I had another best friend, his name was Grimmjow" Ichigo said and Rukia noticed how he tensed, he was probably remembering something bad.

Rukia nudged him slightly.

"It's okay," she told him "you don't have to talk if you don't want to."

Ichigo shook his head.

"You have to know and…" he sighed heavily "why is it so easy to open up with you? Does this have something to do with you being a novice?"

Rukia chuckled.

"We can always go to church if you want to confess" she said smiling "I don't have the same authority as a priest."

Ichigo smirked at her.

"You're better looking than a priest" he said and she blushed "so I think I'll keep confessing to you instead."

"In that case" Rukia said jokingly while standing up to grab a book from one of the desks "I shall listen and go to the tomb with every secret you share."

She offered the book to Ichigo who looked at her confused, what was she playing at?

"You have to pretend this is the Bible, carrot top" she explained after a few seconds "place your palm over it and swear to be honest."

Ichigo smiled and obeyed.

"Now I'm ready to confess?" he asked once he was done "and you have to keep everything you hear as a secret?"

"Basically" she said as she took a seat next to him again "so, what happened with Grimmjow?"

Ichigo took a deep breath as he put an arm around her shoulders to pull her closer.

"Grimmjow had always being special, for a lack of a better word, he's a troublemaker and he likes to get into fights for the fun of it," Ichigo explained "back then a fight brought us together and we became inseparable. Since I ran from my house I lived with him and we would go out every night just looking for trouble."

Rukia's eyes widened, that didn't sound like Ichigo at all.

"We did all kind of things, bad things" Ichigo continued "we would get drunk, smoke, fight and…" he cleared his throat "fool around with women."

"Fool around? Women?" Rukia asked curiously "there were girls with you? Did you have a girlfriend?"

Ichigo took a deep breath, he didn't have any doubts that Rukia wasn't exactly informed about this topic. He didn't know much about nuns but he knew one of the requirements to become one, and the fact that ever since day one she felt comfortable around boys led him to know that she was innocent as fuck, or oblivious as hell, either way it was going to be awkward to share this with her.

"Do you know what a brothel is?" he asked her.

Rukia frowned.

"A sin bin?" she asked confused and after a few seconds her eyes widened "oh, you're talking about prostitutes."

Ichigo nodded, he was glad that he wouldn't have to explain what a prostitute was.

"Grimmjow and I, well we were young and we were respected by everyone" he said "in order to keep our leadership we had to be ahead of everyone in every single thing, sex wasn't excluded from that."

Rukia kept quiet, she didn't know what to say about it.

"So we would go and pay for sex" he explained "we both lost our virginity like that, with prostitutes."

"You were so young" Rukia said sadly.

Ichigo shrugged.

"I was about to turn fifteen" he admitted "quite precocious, don't you think?"

Rukia shook her head.

"Were they older women?" she asked barely whispering.

Ichigo nodded.

"They abused you!" Rukia said angrily surprising Ichigo "older men and women have no business getting involved with minors!"

"Midget" Ichigo stopped her "I went to that place by my own will, no one forced me to do anything. I was an idiot teenager who thought that he would win status by doing it, I even found myself enjoying those women's attention for a while."

Rukia blushed at that.

"Does this topic make you uncomfortable?" he asked, he didn't want her to get the wrong idea.

"Well, not exactly" Rukia said "I mean, I don't even understand sex entirely because it was treated as taboo inside the convent and while I'm a virgin I am in no place to judge you, if anything I'm mad at those women. How could they receive a young boy without any shame?"

"They did it because of the money, midget" he explained calmly "there are places where money is the only thing that matters."

Rukia scoffed.

"Did your father find out?"

"It took a while" Ichigo answered while nodding "but as I was saying, Grimmjow and I had our own little group of friends, we were considered leaders and while I was pretending to enjoy that kind of life my father was trying to make me go back home like crazy, I admit I was tired and I missed my sisters but I still refused."

"Why?" Rukia asked.

Ichigo stood up and put himself in front of her.

"Grimmjow" he said simply "you'll see, those guys didn't want to accept me when I approached them the first time. I'm rich and they didn't want to have anything to do with a spoiled brat like me."

Rukia frowned.

"What's wrong with being rich?" she asked.

"Why don't you look surprised at the fact that I'm rich?" Ichigo retorted, he hadn't shared that with her.

Rukia shrugged.

"I heard it today" she explained "during the whole Rolls Royce thing, I was surprised but then Riruka explained me that your dad is the owner of a hospital."

Ichigo ran a hand through his hair.

"Nothing is a secret inside this school" he complained "anyway, the thing is that I wanted to be part of them, I wanted to get into troubles with Grimmjow so he helped me. He took me to live with him and, in order to his group of friend to accept me, he pretended that we were dating for a while."

Rukia gaped as her brain processed the information. Ichigo dated a boy? Kurosaki Ichigo? It was hard to believe.

"Really?" she asked finally "that's quite the friendship."

Ichigo chuckled.

"Nothing to say about homosexuality being a sin?" he asked smirking.

Rukia crossed her arms.

"I know what the church says about homosexuality" she said defiantly "but I don't buy it, love is not a sin."

Ichigo's eyes widened, the midget never stopped surprising him. He was glad she managed to escape the convent, that place didn't deserve someone like her.

"Besides" she added while waving a hand "while there's nothing wrong with being gay, you were pretending, right?"

Ichigo looked at her and wondered how she would process his next confession.

"We pretended at first" he said "but one night, while drinking heavily, we both got to the conclusion that we felt something more and we let ourselves go. We dated for real for a few months."

Rukia gulped.

"Oh, so you don't" she stuttered "you're not… you don't like girls?"

Ichigo took a step closer to her and grabbed one of her bangs carefully. Rukia's heart started to beat faster as she realized that he was giving her quite a tender look, his eyes were soft but there was something else, she didn't know how to name it. She felt trapped, he wasn't holding her but she knew that she wouldn't be able to move if she were to try, it was as if Ichigo's eyes had her glued to the desk. She liked the sensation.

"Ichigo?" she asked finally.

"I do like girls" he said while tracing her jaw with one of his fingers.

"Then?" she pressed on "why did you date Grimmjow?"

Ichigo took her by surprise as he leaned on and rested his head on her shoulder, she supposed that he didn't want her to read his expression.

"I was lost and alone" he explained "Grimmjow was the only one who was there at the time but we were both confused, we were young and stupid, and deep down we were crying for attention."

Rukia hugged Ichigo, she didn't know what else to say or to do. He hugged her back and she wondered what could've taken him to do something like that, running away from home and living like a wild child didn't sound like something he would do on a whim. She wanted to ask but she didn't want to pry too much.

"What happened? How did you manage to get rid of that life?"

Ichigo broke the hug and put his hands inside his pockets.

"Kaien and Renji found me" he said "they both beat the shit out of me and brought me home. I had a huge fight with my father again but this time he made me listen, we didn't fix everything immediately but I was tired and I love my father, I cried like a baby and stayed at home since then."

Rukia smiled sadly.

"What happened with Grimmjow?" she asked.

Ichigo cleared his throat.

"It was a secret" he explained "Kaien, Renji and my dad are the only ones who found out we were dating so my dad allowed me to see him as long as I didn't run away again."

"He approved?" Rukia asked surprised.

"I don't think that was the case" Ichigo said smirking "he probably thought that I wouldn't go back home if he were to forbid me seeing Grimmjow, but that's when our relationship started to fail. I was back at school and Renji was becoming really close to me, Kaien was helping me with my studies and even Kenpachi took me under his wing so I could train with him."

Ichigo scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"A few days later my boss visited my house" he said "as I told you he's a really close friend of my father so he offered me a job as his assistant, I couldn't believe it, I've always admired him and I always wanted to be as successful as him so I accepted without hesitation."

"But?" Rukia asked.

"But Grimmjow didn't like that at all" Ichigo admitted "when I told him he accused me of leaving him behind, he told me how I wasn't going to have more time for him. We fought, we yelled and in the end we broke up, it was as messy as you can imagine."

Rukia frowned.

"I'm sorry, carrot top."

"It's okay" Ichigo said sincerely "it was for the best, we both needed to leave that wild side of us behind. Breaking up was the only good decision we took."

"So, your boss helped you, uh?" she said smiling "and here I was thinking that he was a stuck up bastard."

"He is" Ichigo agreed while thinking about Byakuya's cold eyes "but he's also a good man."

Rukia smiled at that.

"Why are you telling me all this?" she asked "I appreciate your trust but there's something else, right?"

Ichigo nodded seriously.

"There's a guy in our class" Ichigo explained "his name is Ashido and he's in constant communication with Grimmjow."

"What about it?" Rukia asked.

"Grimmjow has been trying to communicate with me for a while now" Ichigo said "and Ashido told him that you were with me."

"With you? I don't understand" Rukia said.

Ichigo took out his cellphone of his pocket and showed her the picture he had taken. Rukia blushed as she saw herself asleep on Ichigo's bed while hugging Kon.

"Ashido saw this picture and sent it to Grimmjow" he said "do I need to explain more?"

Rukia frowned.

"So, Grimmjow thinks that there's something between us?" she asked blushing slightly "is that all?"

Ichigo sighed.

"I don't know what he's thinking" he admitted "he's unpredictable but I want to avoid him for now, no matter what happens I don't want you to be close to him."

"Am I in danger?" Rukia asked.

"No, I will confront him" Ichigo said and Rukia's eyes widened "I'll explain to him that you have nothing to do with this and hopefully he'll leave us alone."

"But you don't want to see him" Rukia said while getting down from the desk "I don't want you to get into trouble because of me."

Ichigo shook his head.

"This is not your fault" he said "I am the one who's been avoiding him and I think it's time for me to talk to him, I don't want him approaching you."

"Do you think he would come looking for me?" she asked.

Ichigo nodded.

"Promise me that you'll go straight home today, midget" he said while grabbing her hand "I'll try to call him tonight in order not to lose time."

Rukia frowned.

"Well, I was already planning to go straight home and take a nap" she said "I don't feel that good."

Ichigo sighed heavily as he put a hand on her forehead, her fever was worsening.

"I'll call my dad too" he said "we need to get you that Preptol as soon as possible."

"Thank you, carrot top" Rukia said and Ichigo smiled at her.

"I should be the one thanking you, midget" he said and then he smirked "talking to you has lifted the weight of my sins from my shoulders."

Rukia laughed at that.


"So" Riruka said as Rukia took a seat next to her "Ichigo and you were nowhere to be found and rumor says that you were both walking towards the unused classrooms, do you have an idea of what people is going to think?"

Rukia huffed while blushing slightly. The teacher hadn't arrived to class yet and everyone turned to look at her when she came into the classroom with Ichigo.

"We were just speaking" Rukia said while pulling one of Riruka's tails lightly "stop looking at me like that."

"All I'm saying is that you managed to piss off Senna while saving his sisters and now you're disappearing with him" she said "do you like him?"

Rukia nodded without hesitation.

"I do, he's my friend" she answered.

Riruka rolled her eyes.

"We need to work on your innocence" she said "it might bring you trouble."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"All that I'm saying is that sometimes that boy looks at you as if you're the only person in the whole room and you're not even aware" she said "Ichigo is a good boy, one of the few ones around here that will respect you, but some people around here resent the Kurosaki heir."

Rukia frowned confused as she remembered her whole conversation with Ichigo.

"What about it?" she asked.

"Some boys might approach you in order to annoy him or challenge him."

Rukia groaned.

"What's up with boys? Is this some kind of sexist tradition?" Rukia asked.

Riruka shrugged.

"Beats me" she said "High School boys are stupid and you, my dear friend, are becoming quite close to one of the most popular guys around here."

It was then when teacher stepped into the classroom and ordered everyone to keep quiet.

"I don't care how popular he is or how many rivals he has" Rukia said whispering while taking out her notebook "he's my friend and that shouldn't be anybody business."

Riruka nodded.

"I agree with you" she said "hopefully not a single boy will give you a hard time, rumor says that Ichigo is quite dangerous."

Rukia sighed as she thought about Grimmjow, perhaps the nuns were right about boys being nothing but trouble. She then looked at Ichigo who was paying attention to the class and blushed slightly.

"I don't care if he's dangerous to have around" Rukia said finally "he's the first one I was able to call a friend, I want to be by his side for a while more."

Riruka smirked.

"You made a nice choice" she said finally.


By the time classes were over Rukia had a huge headache. She said goodbye to Riruka and noticed how Ichigo ran towards her.

"Midget" he said "I'll give you my phone number, that way you can call me from home once you arrive."

Rukia shook her head.

"There's no need" she said as she took her cellphone out of her backpack "save my number, Riruka gave me this phone."

Ichigo nodded as he took the cellphone and exchanged numbers with her.

"I'll try to get you the Preptol," he said "can you wait until dinner? I don't know at what time my father will arrive."

Rukia nodded.

"I'll take a nap" she said "it'll make me feel better."

Ichigo said goodbye and walked towards the parking lot.

Rukia sighed as she started to walk towards the Kurosaki residence, she never noticed the blue haired boy that was following her.


It took a few minutes for Ichigo to arrive at the Kuchiki mansion. Today, according to Ginrei, they were going to keep preparing the guest's room and to run some errands, he parked on the usual spot and walked towards the front door where a maid received him.

"My apologies, Kurosaki-sama" the maid said bowing "Ginrei-sama is not feeling well, he retired to his room and he won't be accompanying you today."

Ichigo frowned.

"Should I call my dad?" he asked worriedly.

"There's no need" Byakuya said stepping into the drawing room and dismissing the maid "come with me, I'll give you some documents so you can go and work at home."

Ichigo nodded and followed Byakuya towards the studio, it was weird for the Kuchikis to be at home but perhaps Ginrei's health had something to do with it. Still, Ichigo was grateful, if he was able to work for home he would be able to watch over Rukia until he could speak with his father.

"Don't worry over my grandfather" Byakuya told him while going towards his desk to retrieve the documents "tomorrow you'll be able to work with him as we told you."

Ichigo nodded as he took the papers gratefully. He was about to say goodbye when he noticed the cardboard box and the Preptol bottles. Ichigo's eyes widened, he couldn't believe it! He knew that the medicine was not for Ginrei, his father had been the Kuchiki's doctor for a while so he was aware of their whole treatment, why did they have this?

"Is something wrong, Kurosaki Ichigo?" Byakuya asked after seeing his expression.

Ichigo looked at Byakuya. He didn't want to ask for it, he knew how expensive the medicine was but this was an emergency. Rukia's fever was worsening and she looked extremely pale, he needed to help her, it was worth a shot.

"Byakuya" he said "can I take one of this bottles with me?"

Byakuya frowned.

"Do you drink Preptol?" he questioned "I wasn't aware that you needed this sort of medicine."

Ichigo gulped. He couldn't explain Rukia's situation so he decided to lie, Byakuya could always give him mountains of paperwork if he wanted to punish him for lying to him, although Ichigo wasn't planning on him finding out.

"I don't" he said "but I have a friend who is… poor. He was telling me how his mother needed this and I wanted to ask my dad but you know how he is, he would never give me medicine without the prescription."

Byakuya crossed his arms.

"I shouldn't give it to you either" he said seriously "is this friend of you from school? How is a poor boy able to afford an education at Seireitei High School?"

"Scholarship" Ichigo said quickly.

"Do I know him?" Byakuya asked.

Ichigo shook his head.

"He is new" Ichigo explained.

There was a silence of a few seconds in which Ichigo thought that Byakuya wasn't going to believe him. It was weird for Ichigo as Byakuya looked at the medicine with a mix of concern and melancholy, as if debating with himself something. He had never seen the Kuchiki heir acting like that, especially over medicine.

"Take all of the bottles with you" Byakuya said surprising Ichigo "I believe that the true owner of this medicine wouldn't mind giving them away to help others."

Ichigo frowned, he didn't understand any of that but he thanked Byakuya and took the medicine with him.


She knew she wouldn't be able to get home on time and it scared her to the bone.

When she told Ichigo that she would straight to his room and take a nap she wasn't lying, in fact that's all she wanted to do, but judging by how bad she was feeling she knew she would pass out before actually getting there. She looked around and noticed how there was no one close, she was about to turn into a corner and ask for help inside a store when out of nowhere someone grabbed her arm and pulled her towards a dark alley and pushed her against the wall.

She groaned at the pain she felt and when she looked in front of her she noticed how there was a blue haired boy smiling at her, he grabbed both of her wrists with one hand and put them above her head.

She gulped nervously.

This boy looked dangerous, he had blue hair and light blue eyes and his arms, the same arms that had her trapped, were really toned. He flashed her with a mean smile and leaned closer until their faces were only inches apart. It was the second time of the day in which she was this close to a boy but this time she didn't feel like she felt when she was with Ichigo.

The orange haired teenager made her blush and made her heart beat a little faster, out of nervousness or excitement she didn't know, but this boy made her heart beat faster out of fear.

"So" he said and his voice sent shivers down her spine "you're Kurosaki's new toy."

She blinked confused.

What did he mean by that?

"You were walking towards his house, weren't you?" he asked while grabbing one of her bangs carefully with his free hand "he's working, were you going to wait for him there?"

Rukia frowned.

"That's none of your business" she said angrily "let me go."

He chuckled and Rukia, who was now afraid of passing out on this boy's arms, shuddered. He had quite the wild laugh, who was he?

"Do you really think that you're in a position to make any demands?" he questioned while tracing her jaw with one of his fingers.

Was her imagination or the way he was touching her was the same way Ichigo had touched her earlier? Were they related? Rukia took a deep breath while trying to calm down.

"Listen" she said "I don't know what you want but…"

"I want Kurosaki Ichigo" the boy said angrily while punching the wall next to her "but the bastard is too busy to answer my calls!"

"Well" Rukia said carefully "what do I have to do with this?"

"I was informed that he had something going on with you" he told her and then looked at the sweater she was wearing, he smirked after reading Ichigo's name "so, you'll be coming with me and once we're in a more private place you'll call him, is that okay with you?"

Rukia cursed her luck, she knew who this boy was. Ichigo's theory was correct, he was going to come after her in order to call his attention but that was something Rukia wasn't going to allow him to do.

"Sorry" she said shaking her head "but you won't use me to harm Ichigo, so even if you take me with you, I won't be telling him anything."

"What's your name, brave silly girl?" the boy asked her while putting a hand on her waist "I'm starting to like you."

Rukia blushed and frowned at him.

"It's polite to introduce yourself before asking names" she told him seriously.

"My name's Grimmjow" he said and Rukia's eyes widened, she was right "so, what's yours?"

Rukia shook her head letting him know that she wouldn't tell him.

"You asked for my name" Grimmjow said angrily "now I want to know yours."

"Or what?" she asked trying to muster some courage.

To her surprise Grimmjow hid his face on the crook of her neck and bit her painfully. She gasped as she wondered if he was going to leave a mark, then he removed the hand he had on her waist to put it under her shirt, she could feel his fingers caressing her skin and she felt the need to scream but her voice wasn't coming out, her head was spinning.

"Now" Grimmjow said and his breath on her neck felt hot "unless you want me to figure out, with my fingers, whether Kurosaki already had his way with you, you'll do what I say."

She wasn't sure what was happening or how she ended up in this whole mess, but she didn't have any more time. Her eyelids felt heavy and she could tell that her fever was getting worst by the minute, not to mention that this was the first time a boy had actually touched her like this and she didn't know what to do, so in a poor attempt to find help she did the only thing the nuns taught her to do to fight hard times.

She started to pray.

She was simply asking God for a way out of this, with her virtue intact, and to be able to prevent Ichigo for getting into trouble with Grimmjow. She didn't want to be a burden for him, she didn't want Ichigo to get into trouble just because she couldn't escape for Grimmjow's grip.

"What are you doing?" Grimmjow asked her when he heard her whispering.

"I'm praying" she said as a matter of fact "since you're going to steal my virtue and to get my friend into trouble I might as well pray for you to find repentance."

Grimmjow looked at her as if she was out of her mind and it was then when he noticed she was breathing heavily.

"Are you religious?" he asked while carefully putting his forehead over hers, she had a terrible fever.

Rukia nodded, she was glad that his hand was no longer under her shirt.

"I'm a novice" she admitted.

Grimmjow let go off her as if her skin burned, did he just sexually harass a novice? Stealing her virtue and find repentance? Fuck, she wasn't lying. How did Ichigo find this girl? Did he kidnap her from the convent? Grimmjow shook his head, his father had warned him once about not messing with religious girls because they had God's protection on their side and, somehow, Grimmjow believed him. After all, his mother was religious too, and after the divorce his father had never been the same gain.

Grimmjow didn't want divine punishment to fall on him.

Rukia couldn't stand it anymore, she didn't have another choice so ignoring Grimmjow's astonished glare, she took a step forward and grabbed him by his shirt to support herself.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"I'm sorry" she said "but please, ask Ichigo for my medicine."

"Uh?" Grimmjow asked "why don't you ask him yourself?"

"I'm not going to be conscious to do it" she said and passed out on Grimmjow's arms.

The blue haired boy catch her before she could reach the floor and carried her bridal style.

"Fuck" he said and started to walk further into the alley "Kurosaki is going to kill me."


When Ichigo stepped into his room he frowned. Everything was the same as they left it in the morning, he opened the closet and found it empty. Where was Rukia? Taking a seat on his bed he dialed her number.

"Answer, damn it!" he said and after a few rings someone answered "midget! Where the fuck are you? I have your medicine and…"

"Nice" the voice at the other side of the phone said "because she needs it, she told me that much."

Ichigo froze as he stood up, pure anger and worry started to flow through his system. He hadn't listen to his voice in months but there was no mistake, Grimmjow was with the midget.

"What did you do to her?" he asked him with a dangerous low voice "if you dare to touch her…"

"Why don't you come to my place?" Grimmjow interrupted him "you'll find her…"

"Safe and sound?" Ichigo asked.

"Listen, asshole" Grimmjow said and Ichigo could swear that he sounded exasperated "she passed out as I was threatening her, so let's just say that I didn't have a chance to do any harm."

Ichigo cursed under his breath.

"She has a horrible fever and she told me to ask you for her medicine" Grimmjow kept explaining "I didn't do anything to her, damn it!"

Ichigo frowned.

"Nothing? Are you sure?" he asked threateningly.

Grimmjow sighed heavily.

"Fine" he said finally "she might have a hickey on her neck, but that's it."

Ichigo punched his wall angrily.

"I'll be there soon" he promised "and I'm going to beat the shit out of you."

"I'll be waiting" Grimmjow said and the line went dead.


I must say I'm nervous about the reactions to this chapter, what do you think? Did you like it? I hope you liked it because I worked hard on it. Well, Grimmjow and Ichigo will see each other again in the next one, so more drama incoming.

I want to thank everyone who leaves reviews:

Haru000: Thank you so much for your review! I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter! Secret's out about Grimmjow, what do you think? Let me know your opinion about this chapter, kisses!

Nejes: Thank you so much for your review! Let me know if you liked this chapter, take care!

Natsumivat: Me encantan los reviews detallados así que los tuyos siempre me hacen sonreír. Karin y Yuzu van a interrogar a Ichigo en el próximo capítulo y bueno, al fin sabemos que paso entre Ichigo y Grimmjow. Si tienes preguntas no dudes en escribirme, la verdad es que estoy nerviosa con respecto a lo que la gente va a pensar de este capítulo, ¡Gracias por tus comentarios! ¡Besos!

Achalida: Thank you so much for your review! Let me know what you think about this chapter, okay? Thank you for the constant support, kisses!

Jobananasan: Hey, thank you so much for the review! I loved it! I hope this chapter clears some doubts and I hope you like it! I'm honestly super nervous about your reaction HAHAHA. Take care, I'll be waiting for your review! Kisses!

RukiYuki: Thank you! We'll get to see Grimmjow and Ichigo face to face in the next one! Thank you again, kisses!

Vick Greystark: There will be some Grimmruki scenes, I just love him, we'll be seeing more of Grimmjow in the chapters to come. Thank you so much for your reviews, take care. Kisses!

uchihaNaruto247: Zaraki is also one of my favorites! Don't worry, we'll have a lot more Ichiruki scenes in the chapters to come. Thank you for your review, kisses!

Pd. I apologize for my grammar mistakes.