Disclaimer:…Really, do I have to keep saying this?? And c'mon, I'm 13 years old--do u really think I'm capable of owning Bleach? In any case, I do not own Bleach.

Me: Wow, the woman updated! And don't worry--the zombies r gone! XD

Abe: Zombies?

Me: (gasp) Abe, there's a killer out ur window!! O.O

Abe: We're on the second floor, stupid!

Me: Well, then… (gasp) Abe, ur boxer's r on the floor!

Abe: what?!

Me: Haha, made u look! XD

Abe: (whips out wooden sword) Blind Man Kills Piano! (and attacks me!!)

Me: Stop going all samurai on my ass! (shields self) And what kind of move is "Blind Man Kills Piano"?!

Abe: A move that's gonna kick ur ass!

Me: Don't be so cocky---I've got my katana, too! (whips out katana) First Strike, Instant Dragon Fang!

Abe: Ah, ur being serious now. (gets into stance) All right, Breath of the Dragon!

Ahaha, how will this battle end?? I have no clue…even though we have sparred before (I admit--he won most of the battles…) But really, I make cooler names than him. XD But since I use a golf stick (yes, a GOLFSTICK! O.O) and he uses a wooden pole (it has a blunt point at one end so he can use it as a spear, too and it's a bit longer with more range DX) u can say that his weapon is more advanced, ha ha. Even if we had the same weapon, he's still impressive since he never had lessons (me too but I still suck). XD Don't tell him that---little sisters aren't supposed to compliment their evil older brothers, haha. XD Oh, yeah! I beat him in clashes, though! Well, the majority of clashes, hehehe.

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Chapter15: A Test of Love With a Broken Result

Time had passed and it was late. Dark had come and day had gone, and the movie had just ended.

Yoruichi yawned. Stretching on the couch, she heard Soi Fong stand up and eject the
dvd as she put it back in its case. A lazy smile found its way to her lips and she couldn't believe how much fun her day with Soi was. She hoped it will be the first of many.

"Yoruichi?"

"Hm?" She tilted her head to the side. "What is it Soi Fong?"

Soi shoved her hands into her pockets and a small blush lit up her cheeks. "Uh… It's late." She turned her head to the window and realization hit the stripper as Soi Fong carefully asked, "Do you want me to take you home? Or…maybe, you can stay here for the night… It's not a problem, but if you don't wanna…" Soi hung her head, her eyes on the floor.

Since Soi left her hair without braids, Yoruichi couldn't exactly see her friend's face. She was also apprehensive about staying and her eyes strayed to Soi's body again. She shut her eyes tightly before willing herself to look away. "Um, I don't know if I should Soi…" Yoruichi bit her lip and got up from her slouch, wrapping her arms around herself as she gazed at the floor as well. "You…I mean…" I can't control my feelings for you, Soi…I can't afford to spend the night here…not with you, alone…

Soi Fong brought her gaze up, a small, sad frown on her face as she asked, "You want me to take you home? I can, if you want." Inside, she told herself, I knew this wouldn't work. We're friends… My feelings for Yoruichi cannot--WILL NOT--go any higher than this… "I'm such an idiot…," she muttered.

Yoruichi looked up, a confused expression on her face. "What?"

"Oh, nothing!" Soi replied hastily, a blush rising once more to her cheeks, "Do you want me to---"

"Actually," Yoruichi interrupted, taking a deep breath of air and, looking straight into Soi's clear grey eyes, said, "I want to stay with you. If…If it's okay with you, of course… I mean…" The goddess looked worried now. Please don't reject me.

'That'd be really embarrassing…' said a part of her mind.

She had to agree with that. Especially when you're coming onto a friend and they don't even know it.

"R-really? Uh," a sheepish expression replaced the somber one and Soi hurriedly said, "You can stay--if you want you can take my bed and I'll---"

Yoruichi scoffed and waved a hand, cutting off whatever Soi was about to say. "Nonsense. We slept in the same bed before---we can do it again." She lifted an eyebrow and gave an accusing look. "Unless you don't like sleeping next to me…?"

Soi Fong went hot red and frantically waved her hands in front of her. "N-no," she stuttered, "that's not---"

The stripper laughed. The blush on Soi's cheeks were just too adorable. "Oh Soi, I was only joking!" She got up and slung an arm around Soi Fong's shoulders. Cracking her usual grin, she asked, "So, shall we go to bed now?"

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Uh… Maybe she shouldn't have insisted this. Yoruichi was alone in Soi's bedroom, slipping her garments off slowly as she thought. The Chinese woman had ran out the room with a look of horror on her face, and into the bathroom to change when she saw the breathtaking goddess start to strip. It had amused her the cocoa-skinned woman, but now…

Yoruichi sighed as the last piece of cloth fell to the floor, and went straight towards the bed. The heat in Soi's bedroom was warm enough for lingerie to be worn as 'pajamas' and besides, the stripper was too used sleeping in her underwear than in anything else.

Sliding a hand along the fabric, she crawled on top and laid sprawled over the cool surface, still thinking of her friend as she rested there. The notion of how provocative her position was never came into her mind. She just kept think about Soi.

Soi Fong still had a mad blush on her cheeks and she cursed to herself silently. Impatiently throwing her shirt off, her eyes glanced to the bathroom door behind her and onwards to Yoruichi who, in fact, was probably still undressing in her bedroom…

Soi shook her head rapidly, as if in doing so would throw those corrupted thoughts out her mind and through the window, but of course, it did no such thing. She sighed heavily and quickly undid her pants.

Damnit all, how the hell did I get into this mess?

She thought back, from before their deal was sealed, and into the first time she had first ever laid eyes on the goddess. Oh yes, Yoruichi was certainly a goddess all right. That word has been rolling around in her head for awhile and now she knows why. Soi paused and looked back at her reflection, grey eyes meeting grey.

"Can a goddess ever love a commoner?" she asked aloud, her gaze directed at her image in the mirror. No answer was returned but she didn't expect one. After all, it was just her in the room.

She pursed her lips. "Can a commoner ever trust a goddess?" Still no answer. Her eyes lingered on her reflection for awhile, but she soon shot her hand out and grabbed the robe near her. It was black and silky. She remembered that Matsumoto had bought it for her.

'It'll define your body, trust me---besides, you look good in it, right? Might as well buy it!'

She looked at her image again. It did bring her figure out more, she guessed. Made her look… She paused in thought and her eyes started to widen. Her jaw dropped. Was she about to call herself sexy?

Soi Fong instantly shook her head, but her expression of disbelief was still there. "Something must be wrong with me…," she muttered to herself and, not wanting a moment to hesitate, went out the bathroom door. It was time to sleep with the goddess.

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When Soi gradually entered the bedroom, her eyes connected with golden ones. The pose of her friend didn't go unnoticed either. It caught her attention rather well and shocked her to see how Yoruichi was looking at her. She recognized it well from the men that came across the stripper, but had never once seen it on the stripper's own face. Why was she staring at her like that?

'You know why,' whispered a voice in her head.

Did she really know why? Soi could only stay captive by the gaze of her friend. Do I love her? she asked herself wonderingly.The answer to that question had never liked to stay long enough for her to find out. Behind Soi, the door closed. None of them moved and no one made a sound.

Yoruichi could feel the lust building up inside her and she longed to touch her friend. She couldn't deny these feelings any longer. The woman before her was making her yearn for her touch, for her body to be pressed right up against hers. The desire she felt was so passionate. Had she ever felt this way towards her patients at the strip club? She didn't know but if she could guess, then it would've been a no. The need for Soi Fong was too strong for her to understand.

She opened her mouth to talk and hoped her want wouldn't affect her voice. It did. "Soi…," she breathed out and slowly got into a sitting position, her legs on one side and her hands balancing on both. "Soi…," she breathed out again and, almost pleadingly, continued, "Please, Soi… Please make love to me, Soi Fong…"

This shocked both of them, more so for Soi Fong but Yoruichi didn't care right now. She stood up and glided towards the stunned Soi.

"Y-Yoruichi…," the petite woman croaked, trying to find her voice. She felt warm arms wrap around her, pulling her in closer to the warmth of her friend's body. This bewildered her senses into more disarray. "Yoruichi, why…?" A pleasurable shiver shook Soi Fong as the stripper brought her face close and her breath lightly caressed her cheek.

"I want you," Yoruichi told her softly, one arm around Soi's waist and one nimbly running up and down the Chinese woman's arm. "I… I don't know how this happened, Soi… I…" Her eyes stared into the grey eyes of the woman before her, not knowing what say but only do. She wanted to kiss her.

"Yoruichi…," Soi Fong whispered again, almost afraid when she saw her friend lean forward and, when she didn't know what else to say or do, she closed her eyes. Soi felt Yoruichi's hot breath caress her again and her mouth responded by opening. Lips pressed to meet hers.

Lip locked and giddy, Yoruichi embraced the younger one closer by the waist as Soi, while still hesitant, slowly but surely brought her arms up and wrapped them around the goddess's neck, pulling her in to make the kiss deeper.

Soi Fong felt her robe fall to the ground but she was too busy kissing Yoruichi to care. Slowly moving her feet, she followed the older woman to the bed, still lip locked, and fell neatly on top of the stripper. Their hands wandered.

Yoruichi leisurely flipped Soi beneath her so that she was on top instead. Breaking the kiss, she planted a trail of kisses from the corner of Soi's mouth, to the pulse of her neck.

Soi moaned as Yoruichi lashed her tongue out, the feeling of skin on skin too much to bear. Then a thought flashed by.

Why does Yoruichi want me?

A surprised yelp escaped her when the stripper bit playfully on her neck, but a loud, lustful moan soon came after when the goddess started to suck on the hickey.

'She obviously wants to fuck you,' a voice told her. This was probably the roguish side of her.

Don't say it like that---Yoruichi is still my friend!

'You want her, too,' the voice continued. The voice clearly ignored what Soi had said.

I…

Soi blinked and roughly pushed Yoruichi off who only yelped. She sat up and, about to stand up, felt someone grab her wrist. She looked down and saw Yoruichi's pleading face.

"Soi…"

"I can't do this, Yoruichi."

"What? A pang hit Yoruichi's chest and she became frightened. "Soi, I don't understand… Did I do something wrong? If I did, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, Soi. I--"

"Shut up!" Soi shouted and wrenched her hand back forcefully. Guilt filled her when she glimpsed Yoruichi's hurt face. She looked away. "Yoruichi, I… I can't do this. Not with you, not with anyone." She tried to get up again, but was once again captured by Yoruichi's hand. The woman wasn't giving up, not yet.

"Why not?" the golden-eyed goddess asked determinedly, a hint of desperateness hidden in her voice. "You like me, I know you do." When Soi didn't reply, didn't look back at her, she continued, "Soi Fong, I haven't felt this way for anyone. No one at all. Maybe it's because I never got the chance to, with my job and all." Her voice was bitter then and she bit her lip. This may be her only chance to get Soi. "The times I've spent with you were wonderful and even if they may have felt long, it was too short for me. I didn't know someone could've fallen for anyone that fast, and so soon too."

Still no answer. She squeezed Soi's wrist, hoping she was getting somewhere. "And when I found out we had been past friends…and that feeling, that feeling I felt when you'd left the orphanage before I could convince you to reconsider… It was all too much."

She gazed at Soi, but the woman still hasn't turned to face her. "Please give me a chance," Yoruichi begged. She lifted a hand and forced Soi to face her. Their eyes met. "I love you, Soi Fong," she whispered.

Soi's eyes widened. What was she supposed to say? She watched her friend, studied the desperate look in those flawless eyes, and tried to think of how to resolve this. Why did all this have to happen? Why did Yoruichi have to kiss her, and confess something she totally couldn't ignore? Why is it she couldn't say anything to reply? To say, 'I love you, too' and be in a relationship with the one woman who stayed on her mind since practically forever? Why, why, why?

Soi Fong finally looked away. This made fear build up in Yoruichi's chest. "I'm sorry," she heard Soi tell her, "But I can't return your feelings… All of this was just a mistake, I was too shocked to do anything." Yoruichi sat there, a horde of emotions swirling inside her as Soi left the room.

"I don't love you, Yoruichi."

The door closed, and she couldn't quite breath---Yoruichi knew her heart was breaking.

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Me: OMG, what have I done?! O.O Everything went too fast, damnit!

Soi Fong: You made me hurt Yoruichi-sama! I'm gonna kill you!!

Me: It just came out---idk what happened!

Soi Fong: Fix it! Fix it idiot or I'll have Suzumebachi at your throat!!

Me: (sweatsrops) You mean…like now…?

Soi Fong: Yes.

Me: A-all right…. (someone help me!)

Ahem, back from that scary confrontation, I have to tell you guys that---whoops, almost apologized, ha ha. I need to stop that. XD If you find I went to rushy-rushy here, go on and tell me so that I can fix it, all right? I'll work on this chapter a bit more and repost it, kay? You have to tell me, or else I probably won't do it. xD