I can't write Akashi for nothing… School is stressing me out so expect few updates.

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Chapter 8: forget me not

Ichigo and Akashi was having a staring contest. That was Kuroko's thought as he came into the living room searching for his Uncle with Rukia in tow. "Akashi-kun? What are you doing here?" Kuroko asked, breaking the weird staring match.

The red head widened his eyes in surprise. "Kuroko-kun? Were you dragged here too?" Akashi asked looking at Rukia suspiciously.

"Dragged?" Kuroko repeated as his Uncle sputtered.

Rukia and Kuroko gave Ichigo dry looks.

"Don't look at me like that! It's the only thing I could do. You guys went out to eat, didn't invite me." The last part was said under his breath.

Kuroko and Rukia looked at him with amusement.

"Are you jealousy?" Rukia asked with a smirk.

"No I'm not!" Ichigo snapped with a tint of red on his cheeks.

"Don't worry. We brought you something." Kuroko wasn't smirking, but Ichigo knew him to well to pick out the mischief and teasing lint in his eyes.

Akashi cleared his throat, prompting everyone to look at glance at him.

He looked between the three, a curiosity and surprise look on his face. "What's going on Kuroko-kun? Who are these people?"

Even though he was no longer his Captain, there are times when he jumps to attention to answer his questions. "This is my Uncle Ichigo and Auntie Rukia." The phantom answered.

Surprised flickered across the red head face. 'No family resemblance.'

"Now as to why my Uncle dragged you here…" Kuroko looked at Ichigo with a question in his eyes.

"A hollow attacked him."

Kuroko and Rukia widened their eyes.

'I knew it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. Akashi-kun have too much spiritual energy for a human not to be notice by a hollow.' The phantom thought.

Without warning a bright light flash blinded the red head, knocking him out cold on the coach. Kuroko winched. Akashi was going to kill him if he ever found out.

"Well that should do it. All you have to do is drop him off home." Rukia said looking at Ichigo.

"Why do I have to do it?" he snapped.

"Because you brought him here. Besides Tetsuya can't carry him."

Kuroko shook his head as they went back and forth. He forgot how bad it was with these two. They were like an old married couple. Ignoring them, he pulled out his phone and text Midorima, asking for the address of Akashi-kun. Of course the question was met with suspicious, but he text him the address. He forwarded the message to his Uncle before going to his room to study.

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Ichigo dropped Akashi none to gently on his bed. If his nephew saw that he'll look at him with disproving eyes. But for once he didn't care. This brat hurt Tetsu and even though the phantom forgave him, Ichigo haven't. Yeah, he can be pretty petty when it came to his family.

He looked around the teen's room, noticing that there wasn't any personal items. It was bare expect for the bed and a desk. It felt so cold. Sighing, he looked at the teen sleeping on the bed, before looking away. Maybe he'll tell Tetsu to invite him for dinner one day. He jumped out the window and into the night.

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Kagami felt like crap. His head was killing him, the sun was making it worst, and he had a pain in his neck for resting in a weird position. As he yawn and got up from his bed, he couldn't help but feel like he was forgetting something. What, he hadn't the slightest clue. He looked at his alarm clock and just stared blankly.

9:03.

He was an hour late for school and he missed morning practice. When that thought flickered through his head, went into a panic and got ready for school. 'Coach is going to kill me. Sensei is going to kill me.' When he made it to school he got scolded by the teacher and had to stand out in the hallway with buckets in his hands. After that he slept through the rest of his classes like a baby, much to the chagrin of the teachers.

It was during lunch time that he noticed that Kuroko wasn't here today…

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Kuroko was never going into the medical field. He wasn't afraid of the blood or the long hours of studying were no problem. No, it was the life a doctor held in his hands. If you screw up it was over. That type of pressure he couldn't deal with. But as he watched his Uncle patch up a critically wounded man with such steady hands and a calm demeanor, his admiration for the man went up.

"Hand me the scissors Tetsu." Ichigo said.

The phantom did as he was told as he gave the scissors to his Uncle.

There was an accident earlier, two cars crashed into each other. One contain a family while the other was a single man. The wife and kids were okay with only minor injuries. The husband and the guy on the other hand were critically wounded. They had to be taken to the nearest medical facility which was here.

The husband slipped into a coma and Ichigo could only treat his wounds before transferring him to a hospital. While that was happening, his soul reaper pass activated. "Hollow! Hollow! Hollow!"

Ichigo sworn bloody murder and Kuroko looked on impassive.

"I got it!" Rukia called before she left.

And that was the extinct of the day. Since he skipped school to avoid waking Kagami's memories, his Uncle put him to work in the clinic. Which he didn't mind, but it only made his belief stronger that he was never going to be a doctor or a nurse like Auntie Yuzu.

"All done. He just need to rest for a couple of days before I transfer him to the hospital." Ichigo said as he cracked his neck, sighing as the muscles loosened.

"All in a day's work Dr. Kurosaki." Kuroko said with a straight face.

"I can't believe you just said that." The doctor said as they walked out of the patient's room.

They washed up and went to the kitchen for a cup of coffee. Well his Uncle got coffee. Kuroko just wanted his shake. Rukia wasn't back yet.

And Ichigo's pass went off.

His Uncle growled under his breath as he stalked out the kitchen with a terse, "I'll be back."

Kuroko does not envy is Uncle.

He sat in the kitchen for a while, enjoying his shake when the door bell rung. Getting up, he went to answer. When he opened the door he was greeted with, "I see you're in perfect health."

Kuroko blinked at his partner. "Why wouldn't I be?" he asked dryly.

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