Chapter 17


"Detention?" Byakuya asked at the other side of the line, and he made it sound as if it was the worst insult he could've muttered.

Ichigo winced inwardly as he held the phone close to his ear, he knew that Byakuya wouldn't take the news about his punishment well. It was one of the conditions after all, a good employer ought to have an impeccable record.

"Yeah," Ichigo confirmed "but I can explain…"

"No, you can't" Byakuya interrupted him "how did you manage to get a detention when there's so much to do?"

"It's not like I got it on purpose" Ichigo muttered annoyed.

"What was that?" Byakuya questioned angrily.

"Nothing!" Ichigo said while running a hand through his hair "listen, I'm sorry… it's just…"

"You're such an irresponsible…"

"Okay that's enough" Ichigo heard Ginrei interrupting "stop giving the boy a hard time, it's the first time he misses work, it won't happen again."

Ichigo sighed.

He loved Kuchiki Ginrei.

He heard as Byakuya scoffed and he guessed that he was passing the phone to Ginrei, which made Ichigo extremely grateful, having to give explanations to Byakuya was hard but Ginrei was understandable and kind. Besides, he needed some reassuring words before actually informing his father, he would beat him up once he found out.

"Son," Ginrei greeted at the other side of the line "did you get detention for being a bad boy? Were you smoking or skipping classes?"

Ichigo was glad to hear Ginrei so lively, perhaps resting during the weekend turned out to be beneficial for him, Ichigo could picture him smiling.

"I beat someone up," he explained without feeling sorry "but the idiot was about to punch a girl, what was I supposed to do? I acted before I could even think!"

Ginrei laughed.

"If it was up to me, my boy" he said "I would give you a raise!"

"I'm not giving any criminal a raise" Byakuya declared.

Ichigo chuckled.

"As long as you keep in mind that violence is not the answer, you're forgiven" Ginrei said finally.

"Yes, Ginrei-sama" Ichigo said "I will keep it in mind."

"That's enough for me," Ginrei assured him "we'll see you tomorrow and don't worry, Byakuya will forget all about this."

"Thank you, really" Ichigo said and, after saying goodbye, he hung up.

It was then when Rukia approached him. Ichigo was standing outside the classroom in which he was going to have detention and classes were already over, he was about to greet her with a smile until he noticed her sad eyes and her worried expression.

"What is it?" he asked her once she was in front of him.

"This is my fault," she said while looking at him "if I hadn't encouraged him, I mean… I should've just told him my last name, that way you wouldn't be here and you wouldn't be in trouble at work."

"First of all," Ichigo started "you didn't encourage anything, Ginjo is a fucking idiot! You don't owe any asshole a fucking explanation."

"But…"

"Second," he continued "while some people, me included, might be curious you said that your father is a known figure in the business world, revealing your last name would be like driving him towards here, and I rather you being a mystery than having you going back to him."

Rukia's eyes widened.

"Really?" she asked.

"Really," Ichigo said nodding "so stop overthinking and besides, I'm not in trouble, my boss might be an asshole but he understood… sort of. If anything this is like having the afternoon off."

Rukia grabbed one of his hands and squeezed gently.

"You're an idiot," she said angrily "I don't want you to go around picking fights because of me."

Ichigo shrugged while squeezing her hand back.

"You're worth it," he said "besides, I sort of saw you threatening Ginjo, was it my imagination or were you ready to kick his ass?"

Rukia smirked.

"I thought about it," she admitted "I've had enough of bullies for a lifetime."

Ichigo kept quiet at that. He supposed that now that she was finally free her true self was starting to show, he guessed that back at the convent she didn't stand up to herself since she was at disadvantage, but now it was a matter of time before she were to be fed up about everyone trying to find out about her life. He was looking forward to see her breaking one or two asshole's noses, perhaps Riruka's attitude was rubbing on her.

"Anyway," Ichigo said finally "is getting late and you should be worrying about yourself instead of me. My father will be waiting for you and something tells me that Karin and Yuzu won't leave you alone once you arrive home."

Home Rukia thought, she really liked how that sounded.

"Are you going to be okay?" Ichigo asked her "I should've gone with you."

"Don't worry, carrot top" she told him "Yoruichi will go with me so I won't get lost and I should be able to handle the needles."

Ichigo smiled at her.

"Text me once it's done, okay?" he told her.

She stood up on her tiptoes and, taking him by surprise, gave him a peck on the lips.

"I will" she promised.


"What took you so long?" Riruka asked her once they were outside the school.

Rukia shrugged.

"I was apologizing," she explained and Riruka rolled her eyes "anyway, we'll go to Yoruichi's store and we'll call granddaddy from there."

"We should take the bus" Riruka suggested.

They were about to agree on the direction they were about to take when a expensive looking, silver Volvo stopped in front of them. Riruka's mouth dropped open while Rukia frowned apprehensively, she was sure that only his father, or one of his friends, would be able to afford a car like that one. Had she been found? She thought about grabbing Riruka's hand and running as fast as she could but in that moment the owner of the car opened the passenger's door.

Rukia sighed relieved when she realized who was inside the car.

"No need to panic," Yoruichi smiled at them "your fairy godmother is here to take you to your doctor appointment."

"This is your godmother?" Riruka asked shocked.

Rukia nodded happily.

"That's it," the pink haired girl declared "your family can adopt me, I'll dye my heart black and wear contacts for the rest of my life if they want to."

Rukia and Yoruichi laughed.

"Be careful with what you wish for," Yoruichi told her playfully as they got inside the car "Byakuya-boo is a fucking handful."

"Agreed" Rukia said unapologetic and Yoruichi accelerated.


"You're the one who's giving us detention?" Ichigo asked completely scared.

"You got a problem with that?" Kenpachi asked him while crossing his arms.

"No, Sir!" he answered quickly.

Inside the classroom were only two double desks. Ashido and Ginjo were together in one of them, apparently Ashido was still grounded for trying to attack Rukia in Gym class. Grimmjow was on the other desk and Ichigo tried not to think too much about having to share his whole detention right next to him, the worst part was that, inside the classroom, Grimmjow was the only one who Ichigo would be able to stand for several hours. He sighed inwardly at the absurdity of it all.

"Now," Kenpachi said as Ichigo took a seat next to Grimmjow "back in my days, detention was a pain in the ass so I swore that if I were to inflict punishment upon someone I would do it like a real punishment should be."

Grimmjow clenched his fists under the desk and Ichigo noticed, it was one of his mannerisms whenever he would get nervous or anxious.

"You two" Kenpachi said while pointing at Ginjo and Ashido "are here because you both tried to attack a girl, like the dickless bastards you are, do you have any explanations for that? Or should I punch you both in the face so you understand why you can't do that to a fellow classmate?"

Ashido hid his face on his hands.

"Sir," Ginjo said mustering some courage "I know I got carried away but I just wanted to know her last name, what's wrong with that?"

"Her last name?" Kenpachi asked "what for?"

Ginjo shrugged.

"Curiosity" he said finally.

To everyone's surprise Kenpachi laughed.

"Ginjo," he said "that's none of your fucking business but I guess that if that was the reason you should be thanking these two for stopping you."

"Thanking us?" Grimmjow couldn't help to ask.

"Yeah," Kenpachi said, he was grinning as if he was enjoying the whole thing "let's just say that if this bastard had laid a single finger on her, and if she had told her family about it, he would be on the truck of a black van on his way to be…" he made a pause "put to sleep, if you know what I mean."

Ginjo gaped.

Grimmjow looked at Ichigo with widened eyes.

"Are you sure she's not dangerous?" he asked him low enough so no one else would hear.

Ichigo shrugged.

"She's not," he assured him "her father is."

"And you're okay with that?" he asked him.

Ichigo smirked at him. He was pretending to be okay with the whole thing, although deep down he had to admit that he had no idea that Rukia's family could be dangerous, was she the daughter of some mafia boss?

"You know I've been thinking…" he said while paying attention to Grimmjow's expressions "perhaps the fact that she has this interesting background is one of the reasons why I cannot seem to be able to let her go."

"One of the reasons?" Grimmjow questioned while smirking back, he recognized whenever Ichigo would look for a way to piss him off "what are the other ones?"

"Her amazing kisses" Ichigo answered.

Grimmjow rolled his eyes.

The bastard was never going to change.

"If good kisses were enough for you to keep someone by your side you wouldn't have broken up with me," he whispered unaffected by the revelation that Rukia and Ichigo were already sharing kisses "idiot."

Ichigo glared at him.

"Now," Kenpachi said "let's go on with your detention."


"So, you're completely sure that this Chappy event is a trap? One hundred percent?" Yoruichi asked while casually ignoring a red light.

Rukia nodded as she held to her seat tightly, Yoruichi drove like mad.

"Ninety nine percent," she said "it'll be held inside the North building, and we're talking about daddy, there's no way he would use his dear and sophisticated installations to receive hundreds of teenage girls out of nowhere, it does not seem right to me."

"You know your father quite well, uh?" Riruka asked from the backseat.

Rukia shrugged.

"Sort of," she said "but what made me suspicious was the building, not daddy's personality."

"I didn't know that that building belonged to the Kuchikis," Yoruichi said "I knew some big corporation had offices there but it never crossed my mind that the Kuchikis owned the place."

"It's not public information," Rukia explained as she fought the urge to gasp while Yoruichi ignored a stop sign "the main branch, which is in the main Karakura building, is the only one that is publicly known as Kuchiki's property. That's where the general public is received, the other ones work more discreetly and it's divided by categories, for example, if someone wants to look for a job with us it would be handled by the main branch but, in case a business partner wants to suggest another huge deal, it'll be directed to the discreet branches."

Yoruichi looked at Rukia with surprise written all over her face.

"How do you know all of this?" she asked her.

"I used to work with daddy whenever he would stay at home," she said "but besides that granddaddy and grandpa taught me a lot, and whenever I was bored and alone I would memorize documents around their studio."

"What?" Riruka asked surprised.

Rukia nodded.

"Since I wasn't at home the last three years there's a lot I don't know," she admitted frowning "but I memorized all of the clan's real estate properties, account numbers, business partners and associates, some of the employees' names, numbers and addresses" she said and Yoruichi and Riruka gaped at her "I also know their car plates numbers, e-mail addresses and passwords."

"Wait," Riruka said "how come you didn't forget all of this after being inside the convent?"

"Well," Rukia said while shrugging uncomfortable "whenever I would get punished, you know whenever they would lock me in the basement or sent me to pray on my own, I would repeat everything I knew so I wouldn't forget any of it."

There was a heavy silence inside the car after that and Rukia looked through the window. She knew that Yoruichi knew about the convent but she didn't give any details to Riruka and besides she wanted to avoid sharing what happened there, she just wanted to forget.

"Shouldn't you be focusing on the road?!" Riruka asked Yoruichi who turned just in time to avoid hitting a hydrant.

"So…" Yoruichi said "you basically have inside your head all of your family's information? Girl, don't go around making that public, anyone who gets to know that can own their asses."

Riruka nodded.

"Yeah," she agreed "if a rival company were to find out they wouldn't stop at anything to get that information."

"Well," Rukia said "it's not like I'll be sharing it and no one, besides you two, know that I know."

"You never told your family?" Yoruichi questioned.

Rukia shook her head in negative.

"They just knew I was learning about the family business," she said "I never let them know that I was keeping all of the information" then she added "the only thing that I never checked were the medical records and the doctors' information, I didn't care about those especially after finding out that I had the same condition as mom."

Yoruichi gulped, that's why Rukia trusted Isshin and Unohana, she didn't know that they managed all of the Kuchikis' medical treatments. She was afraid about asking her next question but she needed to know.

"Were you planning to use it against them?" she questioned.

"One time," Rukia cleared her throat "well things were bad at the convent and my letters were never answered, I was starving and in pain, I promised myself that if I were to escape I would look for the company or enterprise that daddy hated the most and I would sell him" she admitted.

Yoruichi paled as she grabbed the steering wheel with more strength than necessary.

"But?" Riruka pressed on after a few seconds of silence.

"But I couldn't find the strength to keep hating my family, I realized that I missed them more than anything, so I prayed and I made a deal with God" Rukia said with sad eyes "I told Him that if He were to allow me to escape I wouldn't do anything against them, I swore that I would, eventually, forgive them and that I would live a normal and decent life."

Yoruichi gaped.

"One week later I found my chance to escape" Rukia said finally smiling.

"So the Kuchikis were saved by God" Riruka summarized.

Rukia chuckled.

"And now they are planning to kidnap me in the middle of the convention" she said smirking.

"Well," Yoruichi said finally "should we call Ginrei-sama to confirm our suspicions?"

Riruka and Rukia nodded.


When his cellphone rang Ginrei knew it was Rukia, she was calling from Yoruichi's phone but there was no doubt. Smiling slightly he looked around the garden, he was all alone so he started to walk further ahead as he answered.

"Hello?" he greeted.

"Granddaddy!" Rukia said happily "is it safe to talk for now, I guess?"

"Yes," he said, he was happy to hear her again so soon "otherwise I wouldn't have answered, is everything okay? Did you get the package?"

"Package?" Rukia asked.

"Oh shit," Ginrei heard Yoruichi saying "I forgot, there check under your seat."

Ginrei heard some movements and he realized that they were in a car, well, it was a good thing that Rukia was safe with Yoruichi but, if memory served right, the dark skinned woman was not the most responsible driver. He could remember Byakuya's anxious face whenever Yoruichi would drive a pregnant Hisana around, hopefully Rukia would be okay.

"Oh, here it is!" Rukia said "oh my God!"

Ginrei smiled.

He knew she would like the surprise.


"My sketchbook!" Rukia said smiling as she took it out of the thick envelope "thank you, granddaddy!"

"I knew you would like it," he said "send me pictures of your drawings once in a while, okay?"

"Sure!" Rukia said and then took out of the envelope the credit card he promised, her eyes widened as she realized which one it was "oh my God, the black card?! Really?!"

Riruka gaped as Rukia turned slightly around to show her the card.

Ginrei chuckled.

"It does not have a limit," he said as his voice sounded all around the car "so you're free to use it as much as you want, although I advise you to be discreet, it might call too much attention if normal people were to see it."

"It might call the attention? Normal people?" Riruka asked chuckling "do you mean "peasants" and "hard workers who earn the minimum", perhaps?"

Yoruichi chuckled.

"The Kuchikis are not exactly known for their…" she made a pause of a few seconds "humility."

"Who's that?" Ginrei asked confused.

Rukia laughed.

"Sorry, granddaddy" she said "I haven't introduced you, well… I cannot tell you her name, but she's my best friend so don't worry."

"Oh," Ginrei said kindly "nice to meet you, sort of."

"It's okay, granddaddy" Riruka said exchanging a smirk with Rukia "I've been taking good care of Rukia, so you can trust me."

"I'm glad," Ginrei said "you must be the pink haired girl that was with her at the Chappy store, right?"

Rukia and Riruka gasped.

"How do you know?!" they asked at the same time.

Yoruichi laughed.

"The Kuchikis are a force to be reckoned with!" she exclaimed.

"We paid quite the amount to the boy in the store to give us information on you both," Ginrei explained "although he was useless."

"Most boys are useless," Riruka agreed "I keep telling Rukia to don't even bother with them."

"I think I already like you, pink haired girl" Ginrei said.

Rukia rolled her eyes at Riruka's smug grin.

"So, I guess that I'm under the Kuchikis' radar?" Riruka asked "how are we going to attend the convention like this?"

"Granddaddy!" Rukia said "that's what we wanted to ask! The Chappy convention is a trap, right?"


Ginrei sighed relieved.

"I'm so glad you figured it out," he said "what gave them away?"

"Well," Rukia said "I remembered the building and I know daddy is not the type of man to throw that sort of events on a whim."

"You're correct," Ginrei confirmed "it's a trap, so as long as you don't go…"

"Granddaddy, they'll be giving one ticket to go to Chappyland" Rukia said interrupting him "and you're asking me not to go?!"

Ginrei cursed inwardly, he knew Byakuya was right, it was a huge opportunity for Rukia to miss. He had to admit that he knew his daughter's weaknesses.

"Rukia," Ginrei said "the benefactors of the event, Soujun and Byakuya, will be the ones giving the ticket, they know you'll do everything in your power to win. Do you realize that if you go, and if you win the ticket, you'll have no other choice but to face them?"

"Don't worry, granddaddy" Ginrei heard the pink haired girl saying "we'll make sure to be as careful as possible."

"She's right," Rukia agreed "we'll come up with a plan"

"But…" Ginrei tried to insist.

"You'll be going, right granddaddy?" Rukia asked "something tells me you shouldn't miss the fun."

Ginrei shook his head, Rukia was crazy.

"Fine," he said giving in "I'll go, but if you and your friend end up captured by our security team I won't be interfering, do you hear me?"

Ginrei heard both girls laughing and he smiled, he was really glad that Rukia had found a reliable friend.

"We're here" Yoruichi announced.

"Oh, right" Rukia said "I have to go, granddaddy. Thanks again! I'll send you some pictures today so make sure your phone has a good password, okay?"

"Yes, thank you" he said "take care, Rukia"

"Nice to meet you!" the other girl yelled and Ginrei chuckled.

"Likewise" he said and the line went dead.

He looked around his garden as he enjoyed the sunlight.

"Well," he said aloud to himself "at least she's having fun."


Isshin couldn't remember a more annoying day in his whole life as a doctor. He could remember several good days, patients thanking him, patients recovering well and all of that. He could also remember several bad days, patients getting worse, patients near death and of course, patients that would blame him for their misfortune after he did everything that was on his power to help them, so after all that, he believed that he had seen everything.

But oh, how wrong he was.

"Sung-Sun," Isshin insisted "you need to calm down."

"It's just…" she sobbed while crying all over his office carpet "I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! Please, don't fire me! I'll do anything!"

Isshin fought the urge to rub his temples, he couldn't stand her crying anymore, it was annoying as hell. Not to mention that Rukia was about to arrive at any minute and he didn't want them to meet each other, that would be awkward. It was a good thing that he decided to leave the door of his office open, that way everyone would understand what he was willing to do to protect his patients but also, there would be lots of witnesses so he wouldn't have to go around explaining why Sung-sun looked like a mess.

"The board will discuss your case in an hour," he said trying to remain calm and collected "we'll talk there, please, leave my office."

"No, Sir!"

Isshin was about to call someone from security when Rukia stepped into the room.

"Oji-san!" she greeted happily.

Isshin found himself smiling at the sight of her, he loved to see her happy, her violet eyes were shining with mirth and she looked as if she was having the time of her life, Yoruichi was really the part of her past that she needed to meet.

"Third daughter!" he greeted back leaving Sung-sun completely forgotten on the carpet "I was waiting for you!"

Rukia was about to say something else until she noticed the sobbing girl on the floor. She blinked confused until she realized that she had seen her before, when she visited the hospital with Ichigo the first time, she scrunched her nose awkwardly as she remembered her rude remarks.

"Oh, that's perfect!" Riruka said stepping into the office "you do that same expression if Ichigo is ever rude to you, he'll fall to his knees and beg for forgiveness!"

"Uh?" Rukia asked her confused.

Isshin laughed.

"Hello, Riruka" he said politely "it's been a while."

"Doctor Kurosaki," she greeted with a polite smile "I still remember how you offered my mom therapy in case I was giving her too many headaches, I've avoided you since then."

Isshin chuckled.

"You were always a riot," he said unapologetic "I just wanted to make sure that your mother was okay."

Riruka waved a hand dismissively.

"She hasn't complained lately" she said "and before you suggest anything for me, I'm just here supporting my best friend" she put an arm around Rukia's shoulders.

"I'm glad," Isshin said and then looked behind them "I thought Yoruichi was going to come."

"She's arguing with one of the nurses as we speak," Rukia explained "she dropped a pack of cigarettes by mistake on the lobby and they've been explaining to her that she cannot smoke in here."

Isshin chuckled.

"Then we should move on," he said "I want to take the blood samples as soon as I can towards the lab."

"Sir, wait!" Sung-sun begged "don't fire me! I cannot face the board! I'll do anything!"

Rukia blinked.

"We should go..." Isshin tried to say again but Sung-sun grabbed onto his coat to prevent him from moving.

"Please!" Sung-sun tried again.

Rukia looked at the sobbing mess the girl was, she also noticed how fed up Ichigo's father looked, the girl had probably been begging the whole morning. Rukia frowned.

"Let me guess..." Riruka said "she's the one who ruined the previous blood sample?"

Isshin nodded and Sung-sun sobbed harder. She was crying so hard that Rukia didn't understand how she was able to breathe, it was almost painful to see, she couldn't stand it.

"Don't you dare..." Riruka warned her after seeing her expression.

Rukia sighed heavily and kneeled next to Sung-sun.

"Hey," she said softly "I'm sorry but you should let him go, if you calm down you might talk calmly with the board."

Sung-sun shook her head.

"No!" she said "if I get fired my parents will be so disappointed! I cannot even explain! I..."

"Everyone makes mistakes" Rukia said calmly while trying to make her let go of Isshin's coat "we just have to face the consequences of our own actions, it'll be okay."

Sung-sun glared at her.

"This is all your fault!" she yelled finally "why can't you be less interesting?! Why can't you just be honest with the people around you?! Why are you hiding your last name?!"

Rukia sighed.

"Yeah, I'm the one to blame" she said sarcastically while rolling her eyes "I totally forced you to break your workplace's protocol just to find out an irrelevant fact about an irrelevant girl."

Sung-sun let go of Isshin's coat and grabbed Rukia by the front of her uniform.

"You don't understand what I'm going through right now!" she yelled "if you had never appeared around here I wouldn't be losing my job."

Rukia smiled sadly at her.

"You're right, I don't understand what you're going through" she agreed "but I'm not to blame, I'm a patient here and it was your job to respect my personal information, you should stop trying to look for culprits."

Sung-sun gaped.

"Besides," Rukia added "this is God's way of teaching us lessons, perhaps if you pray a little before your meeting with the board you might make them listen."

Isshin sighed as Riruka rolled her eyes. She knew that Rukia wouldn't be able to help herself, it was one of her mannerisms.

"God?!" Sung-sun asked confused.

Rukia nodded. She took Sung-sun's hand and placed them in a prayer position, taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and placed her forehead against Sung-sun's and started to pray quietly. She asked for her to be able to find peace within herself and to learn from her mistakes, she also asked for her to leave behind her some toxic relationships, like Senna's friendship. The prayer lasted less than a minute but once Rukia was done, Sung-sun threw herself at her and hugged her.

"Thank you!" she said to Rukia "thank you for this!"

Rukia hugged her back and chuckled.

"See? You'll feel better"

Isshin looked questioningly at Riruka who simply shrugged. Isshin thought that perhaps, if she hadn't been treated horribly at the convent, she would've been a great nun, the fact that Sung-sun had been touched by her prayer was proof of that. He wondered, with hidden amusement, what the men of the Kuchiki clan would think if they were to see her like this, Byakuya probably wouldn't even know what to think.

It was then when Yoruichi stepped into the room while frowning, she had obviously lost her fight against the nurse.

"Your nurses are a nightmare!" Yoruichi told Isshin "I told them that I know I cannot smoke inside a hospital but they didn't care! They took the cigarettes to prevent any mistakes!" she scoffed and then looked at Rukia who was hugging a crying girl on the floor "what the fuck did I miss?"

Riruka laughed as Isshin rubbed his temples.

"Should we take the samples now?" he suggested.


Ichigo was about to snap and bolt out of the room the moment Kenpachi assigned them homework.

"You've got to be kidding me," he said enraged "these formulas are impossible! We haven't even studied this! And you're telling us that we cannot leave until this is done?!"

Kenpachi simply raised an eyebrow at him.

"If you want to join them instead of using your brain just let me know, Kurosaki" he said.

Ichigo scoffed as he looked at Ginjo and Ashido. Since they refused to solve impossible formulas Kenpachi told them to punch each other on the face, until one of them was unconscious, but since neither of them was used to fight, they were simply throwing random punches and avoiding each other. Ichigo assumed that the only reason why Kenpachi wasn't stopping them was because, in the end, they were going to exhaust each other and, by tomorrow, their bodies were going to be sore as fuck.

"You're top of the class," Grimmjow said "we can do this! Or do you want us to beat the shit out of each other?!"

That was what Ichigo hated the most about the whole assignment, the fact that he had to work with Grimmjow. His presence was awkward enough, he was seriously starting to believe that God was punishing him for kissing Rukia. Little did he know that Grimmjow was thinking the same, the blue haired teenager also believed that messing up with a novice was the reason of why he was in this whole predicament.

"Let's do it" Ichigo said.

"You can use your cellphones," Kenpachi said while taking a seat on the teacher's desk casually "although it won't help much."

Ichigo rolled his eyes and took out his cellphone. he was about to look for answers on the internet when a Twitter notification caught his attention, it was from the prior day but he sucked at keeping track of his social media, frowning he opened it and his eyes widened.

Ruk14 has started following you!

He checked her profile and smiled at the picture, she had taken it on the picnic over the weekend, something about seeing Rukia eating strawberries made him quite proud.

"She's going to be the death of me…" Ichigo muttered.

Deciding that he didn't have anything else to do, and thinking that he didn't open twitter for no reason at all, he followed Rukia back and decided to tweet something.

"Aren't you going to mention her?" Grimmjow asked, he had obviously been watching Ichigo's phone the whole time.

"She'll figure out is for her" Ichigo said simply.

Grimmjow rolled his eyes and, together, they started to work on the formulas.


"You know," Yoruichi said casually as Rukia extended her arm so Isshin could take the blood sample "I think I know why you're afraid of needles."

"Really?" Rukia asked while trying not to think about how much the little pinch was going to hurt, unfortunately it wasn't working.

Yoruichi was leaning against a wall observing the whole thing, while Riruka was seated next to Rukia while holding her free hand.

"Yeah," Yoruichi said with a smirk "you're a novice so you have never been penetrated."

Rukia gaped and looked at Yoruichi while blushing madly.

"Uh?!" Rukia asked completely embarrassed.

"Oh!" Riruka said while swinging her legs playfully "it makes sense!"

Yoruichi smiled wider.

"I cannot compare needles to a penis, they are way too different" the dark skinned woman continued "but once they come in and out everything's over so there's no need to make a fuss about them."

"I..." Rukia said while focusing on Yoruichi "I don't think this conversation is..."

"Decent?" Riruka suggested while enjoying Rukia's blushing face "now that I think about it, did you have the talk at the convent? Because if you didn't..."

"I don't think I need it!" Rukia said quickly.

"Of course you do!" Yoruichi said and Rukia couldn't stop staring at her, how could she talk so casually about sex?! "Unless you want to be a novice forever, but considering how much sexual tension you and..."

"Don't!" Rukia gasped, she knew she was going to mention Ichigo and his father was right in front of them, why was Yoruichi talking about this now?! Why was Riruka supporting her?!

"I mean, I would like for you to wait at least until college of course," Yoruichi continued "you're way too young and..."

"Okay, it's done" Isshin said happily and Rukia looked at the blood samples, he had taken three and she didn't even notice.

"Uh?!" Rukia asked even more confused, when did he take them?!

"Oh, it worked" Yoruichi said with a smirk "I knew that distracting you was the key! Now we can go and eat something, I'm starving."

Rukia couldn't help it so she laughed, she was really glad to have Riruka and Yoruichi in her life.


"Someone looks chirpy" Byakuya commented while stepping into the garden.

His grandfather was enjoying the sun and the breeze, it had been a while since Byakuya had seen him so relaxed. He believed that it was going to be impossible to obtain this level of serenity unless he had Rukia by his side, so what caused the change? There hadn't been any new business alliances lately and, more importantly, there hadn't been any news about Rukia's whereabouts.

"Is it a sin to be happy?" Ginrei asked casually while looking at his grandson.

"Does this have something to do with how you keep forgiving Kurosaki Ichigo for his mistakes?" Byakuya questioned.

"Oh, don't be like that" Ginrei chuckled "he was standing up for one of his classmates, you used to do the same when you were younger."

Byakuya scoffed at being compared to Ichigo.

"The preparations for the convention are over," Byakuya commented to change the topic "the ticket is already purchased, it was worth a fortune."

Ginrei raised an eyebrow.

"You? The heir of a multimillionaire company complaining about the price of a ticket?" he asked.

Byakuya sighed.

"We both know that money is not the problem," he explained "the problem is the amount of resources we're wasting just to lure her out of her hideout."

"I didn't expect less from her," Ginrei said proudly "she's your daughter, after all."

"It does not matter," Byakuya said while walking back towards the mansion "everything will be over in that convention, catching her there will be a child's play."

Ginrei waited until Byakuya was out of earshot to sigh heavily.

"You're an idiot, Byakuya" he muttered as he wondered what kind of hell Rukia would prepare for him at the Chappy convention.


"So," Yoruichi said as the waiter served Rukia and Riruka their ice cream "are you both going to share your plans for the convention with me?"

After saying goodbye to Isshin Yoruichi decided to take them somewhere nice to have a chat, she had decided to keep an eye on Rukia and, apparently, that included her best friend. Yoruichi had to admit that the pink haired girl seemed to have her goddaughter's back and that was enough, she was glad that Rukia had found a reliable female friend.

Rukia nodded.

"Yeah," she said "in fact we were going to ask for your help."

"Count me in!" Yoruichi smirked.

"But first…" Riruka said "we have to focus on the beach party, you've never gone to one, right?"

"Beach party?" Yoruichi questioned.

Both girls smiled at her and started to tell her all about Kaien's beach party, how the other girls were going and how even the other school had a beach party that same weekend. Well, Kukaku had mentioned how Kaien's parties were a handful for her but also fun.

"Sounds like a blast," Yoruichi commented "Kukaku's beach property is gorgeous, you'll both love it."

"Kukaku?" Rukia asked.

"Kaien's older sister," Yoruichi explained "one of my best friends."

"It's a small world" Rukia exclaimed as her cellphone vibrated "oh! Ichigo followed me back on twitter!"

Yoruichi smiled slightly at how her eyes shone at the mention of Ichigo.

"And this tweet is definitely for you," Riruka commented while smirking "you should answer him."

Rukia eyed her strawberry ice cream as an idea crossed her mind.

"Yoruichi," she said smiling and passing her cellphone to her "can you take a picture, please?"

"Oh, girl" Yoruichi said "who would've said that a novice could be such a flirt?"

Rukia blushed and Yoruichi took the picture, she observed how she answered the tweet and sighed.

Hisana, Yoruichi thought happily this is definitely your daughter.


"Aren't you like, worried about your cousin?" Menoly asked Loly, they were at Senna's house, it was a tradition for them to do homework together and after hearing how Sung-sun might lose her job they wanted to talk about it.

Loly shrugged.

"Sort of," she admitted frowning "but I tried to call her today in the morning, she didn't answer."

"Hopefully she'll be okay," Nel said as she checked twitter, she wasn't that interested in the whole mess. She was more worried about Senna, she was sure that Kurosaki Isshin wasn't going to let go easily of the whole thing.

"Something interesting on social media?" Senna asked her "shouldn't we be doing homework? I need to distract myself!"

Menoly chuckled.

"You should try to enjoy your last days as a free teenage girl," she told Senna "once Doctor Kurosaki calls your parents you'll be grounded for life!"

"Oh my God! Shut up! I've been trying not to think about it but…"

"Oh my God!" Nel exclaimed, interrupted Senna, her mouth dropped open in shock. She wasn't even able to say anything as she showed her friends her twitter.

IKurosaki15: "I hope bunnies are not having a hard time with needles… they tend to be cry babies sometimes."

"What the fuck is he talking about?" Senna asked confused "is he tweeting drunk?"

She couldn't see Ichigo's tweets since he blocked her from everywhere, still she had to admit that his interactions in social media were close to none, apparently he didn't have time for twitter, Instagram and he didn't even have a Facebook.

"Look who answered him" Nel told her and Senna did so.

Ruk14: "Bunnies do not have time to worry about needles, they rather go around eating strawberries."

Senna gasped as she observed the picture that came along with the tweet. Rukia was eating strawberry ice cream, she was smiling at whoever had taken the picture and, much to Senna's surprise, Riruka was on the picture too and she was laughing alongside Rukia while putting an arm around her shoulders.

"Do you want to know what's worst?" Senna asked breathlessly.

"That your former best friend replaced you?" Nel asked curiously, she didn't know if Senna still had something against Riruka.

"That Ichigo liked her tweet" Senna said as jealousy filled her.

"I bet he even saved the picture" Nel said.

Senna screeched as she threw a pillow against the wall.

"Where does her luck come from?! Why does the whole family love her?! And what the fuck is Riruka doing with her?!"

Nel sighed.

"Calm down," she said "why don't we ask her directly?"

Senna scoffed.

"How?" she asked.

"The beach party," Nel suggested "she might go and, perhaps, Riruka will go with her."

Senna smiled.

"Well," she said "I do have a pending conversation with Rukia and I cannot wait to see Riruka again."

Menoly and Loly exchanged mean smiles.

"Two against four?" Nel asked smirking "sounds like fun to me."


Next chapter, BEACH PARTY! Are things going to get heated there? Of course! So, wait for it!

The reviews are my fuel to keep writing so tell me, what do you expect to see at the beach party? What do you want to see? If, I reach he reviews I aim for, I might gift a scene to one of you (not something too specific of course, the whole story is already planned out).

Now, I want to thank the reviewers!

Bleach power: Thank you so much for your review! It made me extremely happy! And thank you so much for reading the prequel, it makes me happy to write for people like you who always leave me reviews! Did you like this chapter? Let me know, okay? Kisses!

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