The Eve Project
Ichigo is just your average, smart, healthy, young, male college student. Besides having a part-time job and three horny friends who's always after their hot and sexy neighbours, all seems normal. Until the fateful night he decided to help a girl he found naked on a dumpster who insists that she was sent from the future to search for a healthy human male and save the human race.
Disclaimer: I don't own bleach :P (but I want to haha)
Chapter 2: Midget from the Future
After quite a bit of a walk home, while carrying a sleeping stranger, Ichigo prepared himself for his companions' reaction when they see him with a young woman in his arms. He took a deep breath and entered the house normally but was surprised to find it empty. He wondered briefly if that was something he should be thankful for since it saved him from a long explanation as to why he arrived in this situation. However, he got quite a bad feeling about where they may be. It made him scowl just thinking about what kind of trouble they're going to end up with next. He stepped inside his room, the first one on the second floor, and gently placed the sleeping girl on his bed. Once he let go of her, the girl curled up on the bed like the way he found her on the dumpster. He figured she must either be really comfortable in this position or she was just really cold. And so, following his instincts, he grabbed a blanket from his closet and draped it over her body. After tucking her in, he sat on the floor and observed his guest's features once again. Her rosy cheeks, slightly dishevelled hair, and parted lips, all seem so enticing. This time he let the blush that was threatening to reveal itself come out, perhaps it was because he had missed this feeling of somewhat being attracted to the opposite sex. However, he immediately let the feeling ease away. It felt wrong. He didn't even know who this girl was and even if he did, fantasizing about her in such a vulnerable state just wasn't like him.
He closed his eyes and sighed. Right now he still couldn't believe what just happened or what he just saw and did. When his eyes open to look at her once again, he found a new sense of curiosity and it wasn't the lusty feeling he had awhile ago. Now he saw her as one of those really interesting books displayed on a store window. All you can do was gaze at its invigorating cover. So tempting and mysterious that you just want to take it home and get lost in its contents which was probably what he did and the reason why she was now here, soundlessly asleep on his bed. Of course he had a lot of questions but those had to wait. His hand moved to reach for her cheek however before his skin even grazed hers, his cellphone began to ring. He took out the phone from his pocket and scowled when he saw who was calling.
"What?" He spat out, remembering to keep his voice down a bit for the benefit of the sleeping girl.
"Back to the diner? Tatsuki, are you crazy? I'm already—" He was cut off by multitudes of pleading coming from the other end of the call.
"Damn it woman, don't you have your own key?" His voice got a bit louder but he quickly lowered it when he noticed the girl on the bed shift her position with a groan of discomfort.
He growled, "Fine, I'll be there in ten minutes." He shoved the phone in his pocket and ran his hands over his wild orange hair in exasperation. He looked at the petite girl for a moment feeling a bit bad for leaving her alone in the house. But he reasoned to himself that she looked like she'll be out for a good few hours more so he decided to set off. Besides, it was better to leave her here than in the place where he found her. He did well enough. He thought. And with that, he dashed outside the house while mumbling something about how frustrating Tatsuki was for forgetting important things and not having a key of her own.
Under the clear night sky Ichigo's companions were on their way home planning on their next attempt at sneaking inside the girls' boarding house besides theirs. The brain behind their feeble attempts was none other than a brown haired young man and at the same time Ichigo's cousin, Kon Kurosaki. "So what's the plan for tonight, boys?" He asked with pure confidence as he was somewhat the leader of their gang. The one with the Mohawk spoke, "I say we go from the back window."
"That's not a bad idea Moe," Kon pointed out. Moe Shishigawara was the right hand of Kon. Though the guy had a knack for bad luck, he tries to make up for it by keeping lucky charms with him. And he's next to Kon when it comes to brains. Kon then began to formulate a plan from his subordinate's suggestion. "How about, we can sneak in from there when the girls are asleep. And when their guard is down we won't have to worry about getting trash canned!"
And the last of the trio commented, "It's perfect!" Keigo Asano yelped with a raised fist. Keigo is always last in the trio although he had more luck than Moe, he was much more of an idiot than the other two so he usually just goes with whatever the others had in mind.
"Umm... If you guys are up to something, just... count me out..." Spoke their youngest and shortest apprentice, Yamada Hanataro. Hanataro lives in their house too so there is always a tendency that he gets in trouble with the trio especially when Ichigo is not around. Hanataro is pretty much a wimp which makes it hard for him to protest when he's being pulled by the others, just like now.
"What!? That's quitter talk! Come on kid, you can't give up now! We are this close to the gates of heaven!" Kon gestured a small amount using his fingers but Hanataro just rolled his eyes. He knew how this plan would work out. It will be just like the other attempts... a failure.
Gates of heaven? We are probably going to hell for this. He thought guiltily.
"Come on kid, you're coming too whether you like it or not," Moe said putting his heavy arm around the kid's shoulder. Still, Hanataro tried his best to protest, "B-but Ichigo said..."
Kon sighed, "Fine, we'll ask Ichigo to come too. There. Happy?"
"I-I don't think that's what he meant!" The small man yelped in disagreement but just like all his attempts before, it was futile.
They stopped by Ichigo's door and huddled for Kon's last minute reminders.
"Okay, if he doesn't want to come, nobody is going to force him to, okay? But if for some reason he decides to go, we have to be patient with him. This guy hasn't had any action in a long time so we let him learn from us, the masters, okay?"
"Alright," everyone replied with determined faces except for Hanataro who just sighed at the ridiculous idea.
After stepping inside the room their jaws dropped to a view they never thought they'd see in a million years on Ichigo's bed—a petite raven haired girl wearing nothing but Ichigo's jacket. A feeling of some shame tingle their spines as the realization that the one person they thought was being a party pooper was the one getting all the action after all.
Ichigo was quick to make his way back home from his frustrating trip from the diner. For some reason, something about leaving the girl alone in the house was bugging him and true enough, when he was about a few steps away from the house, he heard the sound of a girl's shriek.
"Shit!" He cursed as he immediately dashed inside the house and ran upstairs to his room. Inside he was surprised, well not really surprised, by the fact that his idiot friends are in there cowering while grouped together with an angry girl pointing her palm face up at them.
I knew I shouldn't have left her here. He told himself.
"What the hell is going on in here?" Ichigo yelped going over to his friends.
"Ichigo! Help us! That girl killed Moe!" Keigo spoke with teary eyes.
"What?" The orange head turned his gaze towards the young man lying on the floor with Hanataro catering to him. The small man looked up at Ichigo after checking Moe's pulse.
"Is he...?" Ichigo didn't even finish his question when Hanataro shook his head.
"No, he's not dead. Just unconscious," He reassured all of them. Well, the last thing Ichigo needed right now was someone dead in the house.
Just then all their attention turned to the girl who spoke once again, "I'm going to ask you one more time. Where is my T-cube!?"
He looked back and forth at the fuming petite girl and his friends, then he scowled at somewhat getting the idea of what could possibly have happened. And he didn't like the thoughts that were entering his head. "What the fuck did you guys do now!?" He scolded.
Kon began to explain, "We did nothing! And then she began asking us about this T-cube thing! We don't even know what that is!"
"Do something Ichigo!" Hanataro pleaded as all three of them hid behind Ichigo for safety.
"Yeah, calm your girlfriend down!" Keigo added which made Ichigo scowl deeper.
"She's not my girlfriend..." He hissed between his teeth then attempted to take a step closer towards the girl.
"Easy now... I'm not going to hurt you..." He mumbled with his hands raised in surrender but her stance did not waver.
"Is it with you? Where is it?" She questioned. The two of them began to slowly walk in a circular motion with both of them keeping their eyes on the other. Ichigo tried to move closer but she retaliated by threatening him with her palm.
"Stay back!" She warned.
"W-woah why are you doing that—" Ichigo unconsciously asked not getting the point of her gesture and taking another step closer but all of a sudden he was pulled back by his other companions.
"Ichigo dooon't!" They all yelped at the same time
"W-what the fuck!?"
"That's what killed Moe!" Kon pointed out and the other two nodded.
"What the fuck do you mean?"
Keigo tried to explain but ended up saying, "She shoots!"
"Shoots what!?" Ichigo was getting confused now more than ever which was something he hated feeling more than anything, and then the girl began to speak again.
"I demand to know where my T-cube is!"
"We have no idea what you're talking about... please..." Keigo sobbed.
Hanataro turned to Ichigo, "Ichigo what do we do?"
"W-what does this T-cube look like?" asked the carrot top and the girl immediately replied.
"It's a small cube, grey... like a bunch of pieces of mental strapped together."
As the girl described what the T-cube looked like, Ichigo began to remember his last memory with the said item.
"Was it like a little toy? With mechanical features?" He asked positive now that it was the item that tripped him a few moments ago.
"So you have seen it!" She yelped with a serious scowl and threatened him by moving closer with her hand pointing at him.
"Woah!" He quickly backed away in defence, although he still had no idea what he was defending himself against, he played along.
Better safe than sorry.
"I-I yeah... I saw it..." He explained.
"Where?"
"It's in the um... under the dumpster at the end of the—"
She quickly cut him off, "Show me!"
"Alright, alright, geez... just come with me." Ichigo began to lead the way. The girl turned to the other three still cowering in fear.
"You three come too," she ordered with a glare.
"W-what about Moe?" Keigo reasoned.
"Just... don't piss her off. Do you want to end up like Moe? Let's go," Kon advised pulling Hanataro and Keigo with him to follow while leaving poor unconscious Moe lying on the floor.
They made their way to the dumpster where the supposed T-cube should be with Ichigo leading the way, Rukia holding her hand up like a gun pointing at Ichigo's back and the other three following behind her in fear. They arrived at the scene with the trash still scattered just like how Ichigo left it.
"It's under the dumpster," he told the petite girl.
"Get it," she commanded as if she were taller than he was. Ichigo couldn't believe this was happening to him. He sighed and went down to reach the item under the dumpster.
Oh boy, after this he was so taking a bath. He told himself.
And when he finally pulled out the item, he stood up and handed it to her.
"Here," he said with his arm stretched out to her.
"Ichigo be careful..." Keigo whisper screamed as they all watch the girl look back and forth at Ichigo and the cube. Ichigo was becoming impatient. He rolled his eyes and grabbed her pointing hand. She didn't even have time to react or get mad when suddenly he placed the cube on her hand.
"There. Is that what you were looking for?" He tried to confirm and the girl began to observe the item on her hands.
"Is that it miss, if it is, please don't hurt us," Hanataro said this time and because of the lack of reply from the girl they figured she had found what she was looking for.
"Great I think that's it. Come on let's go Ichigo before she tries to zap one of us," said Kon who began walking back trying to persuade the others to do the same however, Ichigo just stood there observing the girl's reaction towards the device. It didn't seem right.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"It's broken," was her reply.
"Oh," he let out somewhat feeling bad himself.
"Ichigo! What the fuck are you still waiting for? Come on!" Kon called out again.
"Yeah, that girl is dangerous! Leave her," Keigo added.
Ichigo was about to follow the others when suddenly the girl turned her back on him and sat beside the dumpster. Her face was dull as she continued to examine the broken item. And so, feeling that maybe it was half his fault that whatever that thing she was holding was broken, Ichigo's good guy instincts kicked in and his legs walked back to stand in front of the girl.
Damn it.
"Hey..." He called out to her and she looked up at him.
"Ichigo no!" Kon shouted knowing exactly what Ichigo's going to do.
The carrot top began to scratch the back of his head unsure of how to voice out his thoughts, "If... you... you know... don't have a place to stay in... you can... just... stay at our place."
"Fuck man! Are you crazy? Didn't you see what she did to Moe!?" Kon tried to remind him while yelling from a good distance away from them.
"Well she probably wouldn't have done what she did if you guys didn't try to do anything to her," Ichigo figured then he turned back to the girl and asked once again.
"So... what do you say?" Without another word, she got up and stood beside him.
"I'm guessing that's a yes," he said placing his hands behind his head and leading the way back home.
"Ichigo... this is a bad idea," Kon warned standing in front of Ichigo's path.
"That's right! We are not staying under the same roof as a dangerous woman no matter how cute she is," Keigo threatened.
Ichigo shrugged, "Don't come home then. That's fine with me. Come on Hanataro." And the small man quickly followed and walked beside Ichigo.
"Daaamn. It's 10pm and I'm hungry. Do we still have ramen at home?" Ichigo asked while stretching his arms up.
"Yup," Hanataro replied with a nod.
"Yeah, let's eat some when we get back," Ichigo suggested and the smaller man agreed enthusiastically.
Kon growled at hearing Ichigo's statement.
"Damn that Ichigo, that was supposed to be our ramen," He hissed in frustration. "Alright fine! We're coming too but the girl stays in your room!" Kon yelled while pulling Keigo with him.
"Whatever!" Ichigo retorted.
And the two had no choice but to follow behind.
Back in Ichigo's room the mysterious girl was sitting on the bed while the boys huddle over Moe's unconscious body.
Keigo began to feel nervous, "What the hell are we gonna do with Moe? What if he never wakes up?"
Kon turned to Ichigo, "Oi. Ask the girl what she did to Moe?"
"Grr... Fine," as always Ichigo scowled but agreed to do so.
He was about to ask her what she did to Moe when suddenly she stood up and walked over to the unconscious boy. Keigo, Kon and Hanataro immediately backed away. The girl placed a hand on Moe's head and as if some electric current flowed from her palms the young man shook until he was awake. He let out a shriek at the sight of the girl who made him unconscious in the first place. Everyone in the room including Rukia flinched at the sound he created.
"P-please! I beg you... don't hurt me! I want to live! I'll succumb to your every will just don't kill me!" He begged kneeling in front of Rukia with the girl in return just raising an eyebrow in confusion of his gesture.
"Moe's alive!" Keigo cheered. The three ran towards Moe and embraced him tightly in relief. Ichigo rolled his eyes at the childishness of their actions. He turned to the girl who was now looking at him.
"What did you—"
"I'm sorry about your friend," she cut his statement off once again and this time it was Moe's turned to be questioned.
"Oi! What exactly did you do Moe?" Ichigo posed and with that the young man began telling his side of the story.
Keigo was the first person to approach the bed, "Woah! I can't believe it. Ichigo has a girl, in his bed?"
"Hey, let's not jump to conclusions," said Hanataro.
"Well, that is Ichigo's jacket," Kon pointed out as he remembered the carrot top owning one. "Check if she's wearing anything underneath," their leader commanded.
"H-hey, what's the point of doing that?!" Hanataro questioned as he blushed at hearing the command.
"Hanataro, she could be a prostitute for all we know, that's alright," Kon explained but Hanataro didn't seem to buy it.
"What if she's not? Ichigo isn't the kind who—"
"Fine, you do it," Kon said pushing the boy forward.
"What!? No!" He yelped tripping a bit.
"Fine then I'll do it," Moe volunteered. No one else seemed to protest except for Hanataro who was restrained by Keigo and Kon. Slowly Moe unzips the jacket. Every eye in the room focused on the skin the jacket was starting to reveal. Even Hanataro's protests were halted for a moment. Unfortunately, they didn't notice that the girl's eyes were beginning to open. Just before the zipper got past her breasts she jolted awake and surprised all of them in the process.
" W-who... who are you?" She said raising her palm at them.
"Hey... hey... easy... we're Ichigo's friends," Moe tried to calm her down.
She then asked, "What year is it?"
"What?"
"What year is it?"
Moe's eyebrows furrowed in confusion but answered nonetheless, "It's 2013, wait, why are you even asking that?"
"W-what were you trying to do?" She questioned this time eyeing all of them.
"Nothing. We just wanted to—" But before Moe could even finish his statement...
Zaaaaap.
And he fell unconscious on the floor. And Keigo began to shriek.
Talk about another bad luck for Moe.
So the girl he heard screaming was actually Keigo. Ichigo figured with his eye twitching in annoyance and of course he gave everyone a smack on the head because of what they did, including Hanataro for not stopping them.
Shame on these people. He thought.
Then Kon made a comment, "Why the hell are you mad at us?! We didn't even see a thing! You brought her here and she's wearing your jacket, you probably saw everything!"
And that earned him another hit, mainly because he had a point.
"I was trying to help her! Unlike you guys!" Ichigo reasoned.
"So you did see everything!" Keigo bit back with a pout.
"Yeah! Not fair!" Moe added.
"I did not! Just shut up!" And with that, the boys began to wrestle until they were all rolling on the floor.
"Guys please stop! There's no point in fighting over this! Why don't we just forget about it and eat down stairs okay? I'm sure... our guest is hungry too."
All eyes turned to the raven haired young woman who was quietly observing them. It was a good thing Hanataro was there. Actually, that has always been his role in the gang—the peacekeeper. It's amazing how being the youngest sometimes makes you the most practical one in the group.
On the dining table, everyone sat on one side while the girl was the only one sitting on the other. Ichigo arrived with the last two bowls and placed one in front of the girl. He rolled his eyes at how the others didn't seem to want to sit next to her and so he did. Everyone began to eat except for Rukia who just kept staring at the bowl of noodles.
"Oi, ee. Yow pwabobwee hangwi," Ichigo spoke with a mouth full of noodles. He then swallowed and repeated what he just said.
"I said eat. You're probably hungry. Don't you eat instant noodles?"
"I've never had noodles before," She said and they all froze. Some of them still have noodles hanging in their mouths as they watched the girl take a bite of her very first ramen. Her eyes lit up as the taste of instant food entered her mouth and without another thought she began to put a mouth full of noodles inside her orifice. She blinked at the men looking at her with fascination.
"Wha?" She asked with a mouthful of noodles.
"So... do you like it... uh... what's your name?" Hanataro asked. She swallowed the noodles until she can clearly speak her name.
"Rukia," She said and that name would forever be embedded in Ichigo's mind.
Rukia... the girl he found naked in the dumpster. He thought to himself and choked a bit on his food.
"Oh I'm Hanataro, this is Keigo, Kon and Moe. And the guy sitting beside you is Ichigo," Hanataro introduced as he pointed to each one of them.
"Hanataro... Keigo... Kon... Moe... and Ichigo..." Rukia repeated while she pointed a finger at them to confirm if she got the names right.
"That's right, nice to meet you," Hanataro replied with a slight nod.
"It's nice to meet you too," She answered as she genuinely smiled and tilted her head a bit to the side. And just like that everyone was still and completely dumbstruck by her sweet gesture. They literally had their mouths hanging, even Ichigo. Their brains were screaming...
So. Fucking. Cute.
Everyone had one thing in mind but only one of them was able to voice it out.
"Guys, I change my mind, I want her in my room," Keigo's remark earned him three smacks mainly from Kon, Moe and Ichigo.
Hanataro tried to continue the flow of conversation, "So um... Rukia... Do you live around here?"
"Oh... uh-uh," she shook her head.
"Huh? Where do you live then?"
"I live at Block 0008172836."
There was a short pause.
"Um... where is that again?" Hanataro asked once again out of politeness while he let out a nervous chuckle.
Rukia innocently repeated her answer, "Block 0008172836."
"You lost me at Block," Kon said.
"Block what? Where the fuck is that?" Ichigo asked with his scowl as deep as ever in confusion.
Rukia sighed and began her explanation, "It's under section A – cs54281826 which is located in sector beta 327192368."
Another short pause.
"Of course it is," Ichigo replied with sarcasm evident on his tone. "Look midget, we can't help you find your house if you don't give us a specific address."
"That IS my address," She said now pouting. "However you won't find it now because it doesn't exist yet!"
"Of course it doesn't exist!" Ichigo agreed.
"Yet!" Rukia quickly added. "But it will, a few years from now if I fail to complete my task and the Xephilins invade the earth."
The five men blinked their eyes at her.
"What?" She asked as if they were the ones who just said something crazy.
Keigo shook his head, "I don't care if she's crazy. I still want her in my room."
"Yeah me too," Moe and Kon spoke in unison and the sounds of fist hitting three heads was once again heard echoing inside the house.
"Um... what exactly do you mean?" Hanataro questioned a bit curious as to what she would answer.
"Well, this was supposed to be a secret but, I was sent from the future to save the human race from being invaded by the Xephilins," She explained.
"So you're saying. You're from the future?" The small man asked.
"That's right," Rukia nodded in angreement.
"How did you get here?"
"I used a T-cube."
"You mean that small box thing we found at the dumpster?" Keigo was the one who spoke this time.
"Yes, the T-cube is short for teleportation cube. It's a device used for time travel. I needed to go here and save the people from the Xephilins."
"What happened to the people why do they need saving?" Kon asked for some reason wanting to join the conversation.
"They've been turned into zeroes, almost all of them," Rukia answered and her expression filled with worry.
"What are zeroes?" Moe asked.
"Zeroes are humans who have been brainwashed by the Xephilins's pheromones. They don't remember who they are and what they are."
"Um... so then—"
"Okay stop. No more questions," Ichigo interrupted massaging his temples, "If you're going to keep talking like this, I'm gonna go now and rest, I still have exams tomorrow." He then took his bowl and gulped the rest of its contents and made his way to the kitchen. After doing so, he headed upstairs.
"So... why were you here again?" Moe continued his interrupted question once Ichigo was out of sight.
Rukia gulped down her food before replying, "I am here in search of a healthy human male who'll be willing to donate me some of his genes."
The pause this time was a bit longer.
"How... how are you going to collect their genes?" Hanataro asked sounding a bit confused at his own question.
"Through sex," Rukia simply answered and the four young men almost spat out what they were eating.
"I'll donate my genes!" Keigo willingly volunteered.
"Yeah, me too!" Moe said agreeing to do the same.
"I'm willing to do this for mankind," and of course Kon was in it too.
"Mmm... I'm going to have to check first if you guys are fit to donate," She mustered.
"Then check away," the leader of the trio said with open arms. Rukia then stood up from her seat.
"Who wants to go first?" she asked sweetly and the three started to brawl at who would go first. For some reason they settled with Kon going first as he was their leader, Moe going next and then Keigo.
"Okay, all you have to do is sit and relax," She explained to Kon as she pushed him to sit on his chair.
"W-wait, aren't we going to go somewhere private?" Kon asked in confusion.
"Oh no need."
"You mean we can watch?" Keigo asked in shock.
"Mmm... So ready?" Rukia posed turning to the young man sitting in front of her.
"Ah yes... do it..." He replied with his blood boiling in excitement.
"Okay," And with that she placed her finger in his ear hole and closed her eyes.
"Eh?" Kon blinked his eyes twice at the gesture and even the other three watching had gaping mouths as well. After a few seconds, Rukia pulled out her finger and her face contorted to a pout.
"Your health status is 34%. It is too low. You're not healthy enough to be a donor," She said in a disappointed tone.
"S-seriously?"
"Yes."
"No I mean, seriously that was the process of finding out whether I'm fit to be a donor."
Rukia's eyebrows furrowed in confusion then nodded, "Mmm. How else would it be?"
"I just thought... well, nevermind..." Kon ended up sighing in disappointment.
Rukia went to check the rest of them but somehow, none seem to fit the health quota, even Hanataro who she explained was mentally healthy but lacking in physical health didn't make it.
"Are you sure you're not just saying we're not healthy because you don't want to have sex with us?" Keigo asked suspiciously.
"Of course not. You three are very unhealthy. You should try exercising and eating more healthy foods instead of junk," She scolded them like a mother who's telling her children to eat broccoli.
"Yes ma'am," They all replied with big disappointed faces.
Rukia knocked on the door of the room she remembered she was in just a few moments ago. She opened the door and stepped inside. As she entered, the sweet scent of body wash entered her nose and she looked up to see Ichigo placing a set of pyjamas on the bed and a folded blanket beside it. His hair was a bit drenched and his clothes had somewhat changed indicating that he just took a bath.
"You can change into these. They're Hanataro's. I'm sure they'll fit you better compared to my clothes," He explained regarding the big jacket she still had on.
"Thank you," She said sitting down on the bed.
"You can take a bath, the shower's at the end of the hall. Just don't, for the love of god, forget to lock the door," He reminded her with all seriousness and she nodded then she brought out the T-cube from the jacket's pocket and observed it once again.
"Seriously, what is that thing?" He couldn't help but ask.
"I told you it's a teleportation—"
He cut her off before she could even start another ridiculous story, "Yeah, yeah, well you know, I'm not as gullible as the others so... If you were saying that because you didn't want to tell the truth for some reason—"
"I am telling the truth."
He sighed, "Fine. You win midget from the future."
She pouted, "It's not polite to address someone as midget you know."
"Well that is what you said you are right? A midget from the future?" He retorted.
There was silence for a moment until Rukia spoke to break it.
"You seriously need to work on your issues," She said crossing her arms over her chest.
"My issues? I'm not exactly the one telling people I came from the future that's been invaded by sephlors."
"Xephilins!" She corrected.
"Whatever. Look we're letting you stay here. The least you could do is tell the truth," He said beginning to feel impatient again.
"I AM TELLING THE—"
He ran his hands through his hair to alleviate some of his frustrations, "Look, I found you on a dumpster with no clothes on! At least tell me if you were robbed or something so that we could do something about it. Like call the police—"
"I wasn't robbed."
There was another short pause, "The T-cube was unable to transport my clothes. I probably punched in some wrong coordinates."
Ichigo let out an exasperated sigh, "Of course, why didn't I think of that." He said sarcastically as he stood up and grabbed one of the pillows with him. She followed and blocked his path. Her hands reached up to touch his face.
"You are very skeptical," she said with her hands on each side of his cheeks. They stared at each other for a moment but he broke eye contact before he even got lost in her gaze.
"You make me skeptical," He held her wrists and gently took them off his face.
"Fine I won't force you to believe me. Besides, it was supposed to be a secret," She explained breaking free from his grip and went to lie back down on the bed.
"Oh trust me I wouldn't want to spread your little secret," Was the last thing Ichigo said before he left the room.
Ichigo woke up covered in cold sweat on the sofa and panting like he almost drowned. It has been a long time since he had nightmares and this one was beyond weird. He dreamt of being feasted upon by horrible and monstrous looking aliens and Rukia was looking at him with a disapproving look for not believing her. He tried to catch his breath for a moment and went straight towards the kitchen for a glass of water. Once back on the couch, he tried to get some more sleep but for some reason something was preventing him to do so. He looked at the clock that says it was 2 in the morning. He groaned. He needed sleep. He had tests tomorrow. However, instead of trying to get some more sleep, he found himself going upstairs and making his way into his room. His eyes widened in surprise to see that the bed was empty. The clothes were gone and so was the blanket. All that's left was his jacket folded neatly on the bed. He looked around for any sign of the girl in the room.
Did she leave? He thought feeling somewhat worried when he saw the doors of the balcony in his room was opened. He ran towards it placing his hands on the terrace bars and looking down at how high the place was and wondering if it was possible to survive if someone jumped from there.
No way...Could she have possibly—
"Ichigo?"
He turned to where the voice came from and saw Rukia sitting on the floor, beside the balcony door. She was wearing Hanataro's pyjamas and the blanket was draped over her back and shoulders. Her back rested against the wall while she hugged her legs close to her.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"I... thought you left... How long have you been here?"
"Awhile," she shrugged.
"Why? Aren't you tired?"
She shook her head and he ended up sitting next to her.
"You should get some rest. I mean, tomorrow we'll go to the police and—"
She cut his statement with her own, "Shouldn't YOU get some rest? You said something about exams."
"Yeah... well I..." He didn't know what to say next so he'd rather change the topic. "What are you doing here anyway?"
"I saw the moon," She explained pointing at the big ball of light in the sky. "And I couldn't help but watch it, it's so pretty."
"I guess," He said looking up as well but not truly understanding her point.
"You probably see it a lot huh?" She assumed.
"Well, yeah, it is by my balcony."
"You're lucky. You see where I grew up, I can only dream of looking at the moon."
He was getting curious now, "How come? Don't you have windows?"
She lightly chuckled, "I was... raised in secret. My parents were great scientists. I was special."
"What do you... mean? Raised in secret?"
"As a last resort to save people my parents decided to sacrifice me to use as Project Eve."
"Project Eve?" He scowled, "Are we talking about being sent from the future again?"
"I know you don't believe me, I can't believe I'm here too. Like this, outside looking at this beautiful moon. Not worrying about being caught or dying. It's a nice feeling." Ichigo felt conflicted at hearing her words. She sounded so believable and yet the words she meant were so unbelievable. He knew she was special for some reason but she couldn't possibly be telling the truth, right? That would be a total mindfuck. He watched her gaze at the moon with so much awe and appreciation. Her beautiful violet orbs shining brightly and reflecting the moon's glow but at the same time competing with its beauty.
Perhaps... she could be telling the truth... Ichigo thought as he felt his eyelids threaten to close and tiredness began to wave over his body.
Was it really a good idea that he brought this girl here? He asked and blinked his drowsy eyes a few times. The last thing he saw was Rukia smiling at the view of the moon. It was at that moment that he told himself that he made the right decision.
Rukia continued to admire the beauty of the moon as she imagined herself with her parents.
Mother, Father, I know you're worried about me but I'm fine. I met some interesting people today. I even used defensive maneuver on one of them. I feel bad about it though, he didn't seem dangerous. I guess I just panicked.
Rukia turned to Ichigo who was now sleeping peacefully next to her.
One of them was this guy named Ichigo.
She smiled at how serene he looked while sleeping.
He's very skeptical and he doesn't believe that I came from the future. I'm sorry. I know Kisuke told me to keep it a secret but I'm finding it hard to lie to them. They seem like really nice people and they let me stay in their house for tonight.
She took off her blanket and placed it around the sleeping young man.
Unlike how Yoruichi described how the people from this time would act, they're not so bad. They even have a view of the moon outside their porch. It's so beautiful.
She sat beside him again and went back to watching the moon.
I hope you're all okay back there. Just wait a little longer. After this, we'll all be able to look at the moon together.
A/N: Woah! I updated! Yey! I hope you guys liked this chapter. Okay, I was planning on updating on Christmas BUT I decided to do it now because I'll be out for awhile with my family so I don't think I'll be able to update until then, anyway this is my early Christmas present haha XD I hope it suffice it's very loooong. This was supposed to be two chapters like part I and II but hey, this would be for Christmas and new years. Btw, about the invaders, in the movie they were called Xuckers (for some reason it sounded wrong to use that so I used "Xephilins" instead, plus they are different from Xuckers because in the movie they rape you and you become infertile forever and at the same time become sex addicts). Plus, about this chapter, I found it quite humorous to see older men fearing a cute little girl so yeah, just had to point that one out. I hope that was alright with you guys. Next chapter I'm not quite sure what happens yet, though I have an idea. I'd love it if you gave me some of yours. I really wanna play with this story a bit so I would really appreciate suggestions. Still, I know my writing sucks buuut in my defence I was writing while packing for our vacation. Damn, if you ask me, it was not bad (excuses? hahahaha XD) nevertheless, thanks a lot everyone (for reading, reviewing, favoriting? and alerting) Please review as a Christmas present pleeeaasse! I'd really like that! ILY guys and God bless :P Merry Christmas!
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