"The Eve Project"
Ichigo is just your average, smart, healthy, young, virile male college student. Besides having a part-time job and three horny friends who're 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 16: Vergissmeinnicht
Kon has always been up for crazy experiences and challenges since all his life he's been the problematic child who gets into trouble... a lot. He had a list of should we say possible situations that he could get into and he'll always know what to do to get out of it and save his ass. Unfortunately for him, the list didn't include meeting a girl from the future and coming with her to sneak inside a hospital in the middle of the night. Sure she's hot but "crazy" was her specialty and he couldn't possibly say no to her. After all, charm and hotness always wins over batshit craziness in Kon's logic.
So what if it's the middle of the night and they got kicked out by the receptionist because visiting hours were over?
This is Rukia we're talking about. Breezing through inside the hospital would be too normal. So how do they get to where they need to be?
Kon didn't even notice that the hospital had emergency ladders placed conveniently on the sides and by the windows. It seems that Rukia saw those damn stairs as "plan B". Before they knew it, the two of them were going up the ladders with Kon leading the way. Of course he had to stop climbing when he heard the sound of glass breaking and Rukia, who was climbing below him, was out of sight. Then he saw the girl poke her head out of the now opened window beneath him and gestured for him to follow.
Apparently, plan B also included breaking windows that were locked from inside. He couldn't even imagine what plan C would be. It made him shiver to even guess so he let the thought go and just whispered out curses as he followed the girl.
The young man carefully stepped inside the fire exit through the now opened window while trying to avoid the small bits of glass on the floor. The petite girl was about to open the fire exit door when her companion called out.
"Wait! Rukia!" He whisper-screamed.
"What?"
"Are you hurt? I-I mean the glass—" Kon spoke while trying to shake the bits of it out of his shoes.
"I'm fine. I heal fast." She turned to him with a reassuring smile and her eyes literally glowing yellow. "Besides, if anything does happen, we're in a hospital." She teased. He barely let out a chuckle to that because he knew that whatever happening that may be, he's bound to be the one who'll end up on a stretcher or a hospital bed.
The two of them were finally walking through the halls of the hospital, patiently looking for the right room. But when they finally did found the door, the girl raised a hand to stop Kon from entering.
He blinked his eyes twice at the gesture. Before he could even speak, she beat him right to it.
"Stay here. Keep watch."
And with that, the young man was left to guard the door from the outside. He let out an exasperated sigh and wished badly to finally be back in bed.
She saw him and her eyes softened. He was lying down on the bed, probably still unconscious, with a neck brace around his neck. She walked closer and sat beside him on the bed. Rukia took this opportunity to observe the young man's state. Although he did look at peace, with the moon's light shining over him and making his red locks look even more vibrant, she still couldn't get rid of the pang of guilt that she felt.
This was her fault.
She looked at the clock that was about to reach half-past midnight. She needed to hurry.
She then placed her hand on his chest, took a deep breath and released the electric current flowing through her. She felt the energy escape her palms, reaching him. And with that one zap, the young man jolted awake gasping for air like a fish out of water.
"Fu-!" Rukia quickly covered Renji's mouth to prevent him from making any more sound that might draw in attention, especially the attention of the nurses.
His breathing was frantic and his eyes were quickly scanning the room until they focused on the girl who had her hand placed on his mouth to keep him from shouting. When she felt it was safe to let go, she did so and he spoke. "R-Rukia!? W-what? Where?"
"You're in the hospital, you're okay now. Just calm down," she explained and when his breath evened, he looked at her with horrified eyes.
"What happened?" He let out.
"That's what I need to know, Renji. What did you do?"
There was a pause and Renji's tattoo-filled eyebrows creased like he was trying to recount the events that transpired just this morning. He ended up groaning and running a hand through his head like he was in sudden pain. "Y-you... I remember..." He held his head with both hands now as though remembering felt like his head was being crushed.
She held his wrists, after seeing him in pain, and had him look straight at her. His gaze ended up surrendering to those violet orbs of hers and to her voice that was calling out his name, slowly but effectively calming him down.
When he seemed calmer, she continued on with her questions. "Was it in that drink you gave me?"
Another pause while he looked at those eyes that read his soul. He couldn't possibly hide the guilt he was feeling anymore.
"I'm sorry..." he murmured but she seemed unfazed by the confession.
"What was it?"
"I don't know..." He tried to look away from her to salvage himself from the interrogation. It was too much. So many thoughts. Just... too much.
This time her hands cupped his cheeks, her voice still calm as she spoke. "Renji. Focus. What did it look like?"
"I-it... it was in a small vial. A glowing blue liquid."
It made her eyebrows furrow in confusion. "Blue?"
She sat down straight and pondered on this information.
But the N-21 is black. She told herself.
"He made me do it," his confession continued.
"What?"
Renji dug his face on his palms. "He made me do it... Like he did some hypnotic shit on me."
"He made you do it? Who's he?"
"It was a man, with blue eyes and blue hair..." he began and from there he told the story of how after the two of them parted ways last week, he met a strange man who gave him a bizarre order to have Rukia consume the blue liquid. When he refused to do so, the strange man of inhuman strength began to choke him, thus the marks on his neck. He remembered how those blue eyes were glowing and his voice was in Renji's head commanding him to give the girl the mysterious liquid.
After that encounter he couldn't erase the order from his head. The more he tried to refuse the more he felt that he had to do it like some sort of obligation. He tried to fight it but it became too painful to think about not doing it. It was as though for some reason that man was inside his head.
"I'm sorry..." He apologized once again, sincerely. From the way he told his story, Rukia could feel the pain and fear in his voice. She didn't want him to suffer anymore especially when this suffering was caused by her. She needed to find that mysterious man... no... He wasn't a man. He was a Xephilin, she was goddamn sure of it.
The presence she felt a few days ago, she was sure that it was the same guy that Renji met last week. She clenched her shaking fists and she could definitely feel the anger burning up inside her but when her eyes fell onto a broken and vulnerable Renji, all the hatred disappeared and was replaced with guilt and pity.
She knew what she had to do.
It is a necessary procedure in order to not leave blanks on the minds of the people you encounter in that time.
Her heart raced when Kisuke's voice echoed through her head.
It needs to be done. She told herself. And without any more hesitation, her glowing eyes once again appeared. Before the young man could let out the shock he felt when he saw her eyes light up, Rukia placed her hands on each side of Renji's face and positioned her forehead on his. Their eyes never broke eye contact.
Kon tapped his feet impatiently as he waited for Rukia to come out.
What the hell was taking her so long?
What if something bad happened and I'm just standing here!? This was big creepy Renji we're talking about.
In panic and worry, he slowly opened the door and peaked his head inside. He saw that Rukia had her hands on each side of the red head's cheeks and their faces were so close like they were kissing—
Wait. They were kissing?
His theory was immediately dismissed when in that quiet room, he heard Rukia speak. Her words had him frozen.
"Renji Abarai, last Friday you went to the gym and minded your own business as usual. There was no girl and you met no one new. You went through your weekend as usual. On Monday you got into an accident at your house, you barely remember it but you are sure that all your bruises and wounds were caused by that accident. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Renji replied obediently and Kon could have sworn that Renji's eyes also glowed for a short moment. After that little charade, the young man fell back on the bed unconscious. Rukia blinked her glowing eyes back to their original purple then tucked the poor guy in like a caring mother. She smiled at his now peaceful sleeping expression then placed a finger inside his ear and frowned at the result.
50%
She sighed and gave his forehead a kiss before whispering a small apology and thank you. He did really seem like a nice guy and Rukia would love to be his friend but not today—not in her current state. Maybe in the future though and hopefully he lives a long and happy life without this encounter haunting his thoughts.
Well, she was sure about the haunting thoughts part being erased. After all, she did what she had to do. She sighed then stood up from the bed. She turned around to exit but came in face to face with a dumbfounded Kon who clearly didn't know what to say or whether to speak at all. Rukia's face was surprised for a brief moment and then she became stoic as she headed towards the door without uttering a word.
Luckily it was easier to get out of the hospital compared to sneaking in. The receptionist on the counter didn't even notice them passing by to exit the building. Rukia and Kon walked backed with silence enveloping them both. The girl walked ahead while the boy quietly followed. They were almost back at the house when Rukia finally spoke.
"Just say it." She stopped walking and he did too. "I can feel that it's making you uncomfortable to not say anything." She turned and watched him grapple for the right words.
"Fine." He finally let out. "What the fuck did you just do back there!?"
"What I had to do." She simply answered like all the details should be obvious.
"You... erased his memories—"
"Altered." She corrected.
"Of you." He continued like she didn't just interrupt him.
"How is that even possible?" He said mostly to no one in particular. And then it hit him... "But does that mean... you're going to do that to us too?"
She looked away. And that reaction alone was enough of an answer to Kon.
"Hey! You're going to make us forget you?!" He yelped angrily.
"Please don't tell anyone about what you saw."
He hated that she's speaking without paying heed to his questions. He went on."What!? No. You can't do that!"
"It's protocol." She answered plainly and emotionlessly. "And I suggest you forget what you saw—"
"Then why not just make me forget right now huh? Come on," he challenged. "And while you're at controlling people's minds why not force Ichigo to do it with you!"
"It doesn't work that way!" She snapped back and the two of them glared at each other for a moment but Kon broke eye contact first in defeat.
"Sorry... I didn't mean that." His voice was calmer now. "It's just that... to us... meeting you was actually something that we don't ever want to forget."
There was a short pause.
"Kon..." she called out as he opened the gate to the house.
He sighed, "Yeah,I won't tell them about tonight, if that's what you're worried about."
Another pause.
"Thank you," she still ended up saying, truly feeling grateful.
He finally turned to face her, "Well yeah, wouldn't want you regretting taking me with you." He gave her the best reassuring smile he could give her as he gestured for her to enter the house first. She did so but turned back to return the smile with hers much brighter and full of gratefulness that it quickly made him blush.
He definitely wouldn't forget that smile.
Rukia was back on the bed lying next to a sleeping Ichigo. She was staring at the ceiling as she collected her thoughts. Her eyes glowed while she embedded all the events that transpired today, inside her head. She blinked the glow away but the thinking continued. There were so many things to worry about, the blue liquid, the xephilin on the loose, the broken T-cube, finding a male higher than average health status—she turned to the sleeping young man beside her.
And here he is. She told herself bitterly but he still wouldn't do it with me.
She sighed and all her thoughts shifted to her memories with the boys living under the same roof as her.
She simply lied there recounting the few days that she spent in this timeline. They all seem like a dream to her. Then, she remembered that damn protocol courtesy of Urahara's voice.
"It is a necessary procedure in order to not leave blanks on the minds of the people you encounter."
Rukia scowled a bit at that explanation, "What do you mean?"
"Well, naturally," the older man began, "we can't help the fact that you'll meet people from that time and if this future changes, we don't know what will happen to us, just as whether those people will remember you or not."
She understood what he meant now so she kept quiet to let him speak. After all, this is Kisuke Urahara and he loves explaining stuff like he knows everything so she simply let him do his thing.
"It is quite a fascinating mystery but there is a big chance that they will remember you. However you'll become a big chunk of space in their memories. Like who was that that I talked to about this? Or who was I sitting next to back then? So just in case you accidentally drive them away from a path that they were destined to take if you were not part of their lives, you can simply alter their memories."
Her eyebrows furrowed at one word. "Alter? I can do that?"
"Why yes of course, you have N-21 on your veins!" He answered proudly like it was the greatest achievement of his life.
"So I erase myself by altering their memories?"
"Exactly!" He praised like she just figured out the answer to a million dollar question.
"So does it also mean that I can control minds?" Rukia asked with excitement as she imagined the vast extent of her abilities.
"Not exactly." Kisuke answered which made her pout. "But you can hack into people's heads when they dream."
"I can read people's dreams?"
"More like control. You see, when a person dreams, their thoughts are very spontaneous and responsive so you can interject your own thoughts into people's dreams. Like—"
"Telling someone what to dream about?" Rukia and Kisuke turned to the woman who spoke.
"Sounds cool, right?" The girl said to the third party who has now joined in their conversation.
Yoruichi let out a laugh in amusement, "You bet it's cool! So how about we test it out on Kisuke? It's been a while since I've tested my one-punch-knock-out ability on someone." She began to crack her fingers while Kisuke let out a nervous chuckle.
"H-hold on... I don't think it's necessary to test it out now!"
They ended up chasing each other around with a laughing Rukia watching them.
A smile escaped her lips at the memory then her gaze remained on Ichigo. "It would take awhile to alter yours though," she murmured. Still curious, she sat up, placed her hands and legs astride him then pressed her forehead on his like what she did with Renji.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, on the night of the first Monday of this month, there was no girl on the dumpster. You've done your business there and left." She felt the pang in her chest again... of guilt and sadness.
I can't do it... to any of you...
She heaved out a huge sigh and crawled back to lie down on her space lazily.
I wish I knew what he dreams about though... or if he ever does... dream of me... I'm sure that ability of mine works but it's not helping my situation at all.
She sat up once again frustrated.
More than that, I guess mind control wouldn't be such a bad idea in my situation. Then the thought of Renji being controlled by a Xephilin had her immediately shake the thoughts away.
No. It's never a good idea to force someone into doing something that they don't want to do. She released another defeated sigh.
Stupid Ichigo. Why wouldn't you have sex with me?
The young man turned to face her side and she lied down once again to be in face to face with him. This time, she examined him. His carefree face and all that... looking not so bad, especially with the scowl gone. She had to admit, he looks a bit handsome.
Do you really despise the thought of doing it with me? She wanted to ask but she was sure that she's not going to get an answer. Besides, whatever his reason was, he's probably determined to stick with it. He seemed like a hard-headed bastard which was making the situation between them... unfair.
Because she really doesn't mind doing it with him... for the sake of the world. Yes. That's right. She's willing to do it to save the future and not because she wants him to do it with her...
There was a pause and she simply looked at him.
Slowly she felt the heat creep up her cheeks at the thoughts that were grazing her head.
It was strange how she suddenly let her curiosity wonder there for a bit. Thinking about what it would feel like to have his lips on hers again for a long kiss and how those same lips would travel gently around her skin.
She blushed madly at the thought of having him caress her softly and lovingly on those parts that only he would have access to. That she would allow only him to touch.
She wanted to hear her name escape his lips like it was the most cherished word in the world.
She imagined how she'd react or how they both will when they finally become one... and complete. It made her heart race in excitement and her breathing hollow from all those tempting thoughts... it felt arousing and good... but alas, wrong.
She finally closed her eyes and literally shook her head rapidly to erase the thoughts away. It felt dirty just thinking about it. How could she fantasize about him like that?
She felt embarrassed for even thinking about it. He made it clear that he did not want her and yet there she was still having this inkling of hope that maybe he'll change his mind.
Oh what she'd do to get inside his head and know the real reason behind his hesitation.
Well he did flip out when they kissed. What more if they had sex?
She groaned in frustration and faced away from him.
Stop. Stop. Stop.
This was becoming a cycle. Being rejected and then coming back for more.
But then again, it's just sex. Don't people from this time have sex all the time? That's what Yoruichi told her.
Then why was he so goddamn hard to persuade!? Maybe there's something wrong with his...
She turned beet red as the thought of his manhood graced her mind. The more she tried to shake it off the more curious her thoughts dug.
Does it look like the one she saw from that porn video...?
Hopefully not because that one in the video looked really huge and there's no way it'll fit her!
But who said anything about it ever going inside her!?
Crap.
Now she's feeling tingles all over her nether regions... really weird sensations... was that even normal?
She twisted her legs together to try and alleviate the feeling. But unfortunately, she ended up just cursing under her breath when the feeling didn't go away.
Sleep, Rukia. Just sleep and forget all about it.
And with that thought in mind, she did sleep but the thoughts still remained.
The next day Rukia woke up to a hand shaking her awake and Ichigo's voice calling out for her to wake up. She quickly sat up, out of breath and covered in sweat. The orange head observed her state for a moment before he spoke, "Y-you okay? I had to wake you because you were—"
"I had a bad dream!" She cried out cutting his statement.
He raised an eyebrow at her outburst. "Bad dream?"
"Yes! We were having sex and you turned into a Xephilin!" She explained.
Ichigo blinked twice in surprise at hearing what she just said especially on a very specific part of her good-morning-statement. "W-what?" He had to ask wondering if his ears had deceived him.
"You turned into a Xephilin!" She yelped, repeating the words like it was the most horrid thing that could ever happen in a dream. Then she crawled and leaned closer to him in worry. "I know you're not a Xephilin! I'm sure of it!" She told him while frantically checking his limbs then his face.
She froze when suddenly it dawned on her what she just said.
"Did... did you just say..."
Ichigo didn't even dare finish his sentence when her face turned to look at his own. They were both looking at each other, with both of them looking just as surprised as the other. Then she gasped and her hand flew to cover her mouth. The two of them blushed.
"Y-you know what, let's just forget that happened," Ichigo said facing away with his cheeks red in embarrassment. He was about to get off the bed when she spoke.
"Ichigo," she called out.
"What?" he replied standing up but he refused to look at her. He couldn't possibly after hearing what she just said.
"I..." She took a deep breath, gathered her courage and continued. "I'm not giving up on you."
That statement alone made him look back at her unconsciously. She was blushing now but she didn't care. She knows that he could see it too but he needs to know. If he can be stubborn about this then so could she.
"What do you..." Again, his sentence was cut short as he watched her stand on the bed and walk towards him until they stood close to each other. With their height difference gone because of her leverage, her face was leveled with his.
"I'm not going to force you to have sex with me," she cleared out. "But I will find a way to change your mind. Until you are as willing as you were in my dream." He could feel himself turning beet red at her gaze but he couldn't seem to look away. She smiled at seeing that reaction.
"So you better watch your back because I won't give up that easily," she ended with much determination in her tone.
He was not even able to come up with a proper retort when she got off the bed and left the room effectively leaving the boy, in his frozen and somehow turned on state, to ponder over her words. He gulped and ran an exasperated hand over his wild orange hair.
He was still half shocked and half confused by what just happened.
Rukia didn't seem like she was kidding in that speech so one thing's for sure...
He's definitely fucked.
A/N: Okay. So we can't just have Ichigo having the thoughts right? I mean come on, Rukia freakin' watched porn with the guys, she can't be too innocent. Please still love me and review D: BTW, this chapter is to celebrate that I have reached 300 reviews! Oh yeah! Anyway, guess this means that I'm not doing so badly with this story. Actually, I've had this chapter for awhile and I always forget to post it. Sorry about that. Thanks for the support you guys! I hope that you're all still there though.
And just to add, Congratulations to My Queen for being the new captain of the 13th division! Wahoo! Anyway, I need to point out the fact that bleach is ending and I'm sure everyone is aware of that. I just want to thank all the Ichiruki and Bleach fans who have read and loved my stories! Stay awesome guys! Now that bleach is ending, I'm not sure if I'll still be able to continue this story since the inspiration would have ended, although Ichiruki will always be in my heart, writing in this condition would be very difficult. So just a little heads up, this story might not be updated as often, although it hasn't been in awhile, please don't hate me if I don't whip up a new chapter as my heart will be mourning the end of bleach. Thank you for all your support and love! You've been a great audience and your reviews always lift my heart up. ILY guys and God bless :P
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