IMPORTANT NOTE:

For all of you non-manga readers and anime-only watchers, you might not know why Ishida was away for "X" amount of time. (X being an unknown variable, I don't know exactly how long he was gone, so I said it vaguely.)

Anyways, this all takes place in somewhat of an 'alternate universe...' It takes place AFTER the Soul Society Arc but does not include the Bounto (anime) or the Vaizard. (manga)

With that being said, just PRETEND that Ishida went off (-MANGA SPOILER-) for the training with his dad to get his powers back (-SPOILERS END-) for whatever amount of time that was... Then he came back to crash Ichigo's house. XD

I'm not including the Bounto/Vaizard Arc... (YES, I know this is a kind of jacked up time frame, but it was necessary.) This is what would happen right after the Soul Society Arc IF, supposedly, the Vaizard never came, hence the similarities in anime/manga occurrences up until Saki and Yuki are introduced. Hn, check the word, 'supposedly'. :)

Now, please continue with about THREE MORE announcements, then onto the chapter we go!

It's been a LONG time since I updated (one week is long for me.) School has started for me already... I will try to update more and finish up the story, but there's no point in updating if no one actually reads it... :'( (-hint hint-) Anyway, enjoy this chapter:)

A/N ABOUT THIS CHAPTER:

I used to play a racing game called Burnout Revenge for PS2. There was this one time when I crashed into most of the cars, shunted many of the computer players, applied Crashbreaker more than enough times and I got a lot of Revenge Points. XD I think Rukia's OOC-ness in this chapter was somewhat like when I play Burnout. :D The game they play is similar to Burnout Revenge, but not quite. (One more announcement after this!!)

We're in story arc three already? It's called The Vacation! Let's see how much mayhem and chaos (chaos? I just love that word..! XD) the Ichigo groupie will get themselves into... Now I FINALLY present to you:

Chapter Seven: "Rukia is Bipolar??"

DAY ONE OF THE "VACATION"

Ichigo crankily rolled out of bed after a previously eventful evening.

Just last night, he and his friends (except Ishida Uryuu because he has been mysteriously avoiding everyone lately…) met two shinigami named Hirosaki and Yuki, learned how to extract reiatsu, contained the reiatsu disease called "Soul Core," learned about Hirosaki's dark past, found out that there were actually 15 Divisions in Gotei 13, and then woke up to a sleep-deprived Hirosaki and his room completely messy.

Regardless of that long thought, Ichigo shook his head as he thought all of this was either a dream or the work of a crazy authoress making a part of the entire plot start and end in the same day…

After finishing his morning duties and dressing up for school, Ichigo walked downstairs to the kitchen where he half-excepted Yuzu to be making breakfast.

Duh, of course she's not here…And dad couldn't attack me this morning either, Ichigo smirked, Ahhh, the sweet sound of silence…

RING RING! RING RI-!
Ichigo picked up the phone hooked onto the wall, not expecting a call at this hour.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Ichi-nii. It seems we're going to stay a bit longer than we expected. Dad said that we needed more 'family bonding time,' but I don't see how that makes sense seeing how you're at home… Anyway, we'll be home by Sunday night." Karin sighed, obviously not having the best time hanging out with a father that communicates like a child and a sister that gets excited over everything.

"Oi, I had reasons to stay back home..!" Ichigo complained to his younger sister.

"Yeah, I know," Karin's voice dropped low, barely audible. "You and your… shinigami duties..."

Ichigo gasped in sudden fear. Did she know that Ichigo was a shinigami? All he could hear from the other line was evil cackling and then the line went dead.

"Your sister's pretty freaky…" Hirosaki commented, casually sneaking up behind Ichigo.

Turning around, he nodded gravely.

A very uneventful day at school that no one wants to read about just passed... So I'll just skip to when they get home... :)

7:45 P.M. Friday night

"...And this is the Playstation 2..." Ichigo pointed to the slim black rectangle after they finished up their bit of homework for the weekend. "On Friday nights, Rukia and I usually play a racing game. Since you guys are here, we'll play against each other in pairs."

Hirosaki and Yuki looked in awe at the little, black, humming device, then at the TV screen, which showed Rukia (she was the one driving the red Chappy the Bunny convertible) haphazardly crashing into every computer-player car (as well as all the light posts, too).

"DIIIE, you good-for-nothing, mistake-of-a-driver!" Rukia screamed as she ran over the poor silver Toyota. Suddenly, a dark blue Mustang grazed the side of her beloved Chappy the Bunny vehicle and sped off. The screen flashed the words, "HIT AND RUN!"

"What... did you..." Rukia's eyes gleamed an evil, glowing red. "NO ONE SCRATCHES CHAPPY THE BUNNY! RAWR!" In Rukia's demented state of mind, she jammed the turbo button and raced after her new victim.

Yuki and Hirosaki looked on wide-eyed at the many faces of Rukia. Bipolar probably wouldn't be enough to describe the scene unfolding before their eyes.

"She's kind of an aggressive driver when it comes to slow cars." Ichigo quietly muttered to them.

"Kind of...?" Hirosaki sheepishly questioned.

Yuki nudged him. "You're having second thoughts, aren't you, aniki?"

"What do you mean? Why would I?"

"Good, because you're up next!" Yuki flashed a million dollar smile at her older brother.

Rukia finished annihilating the blue Mustang and her Crash Points totaled up to 10,275. Turning around, she smiled sweetly, "Are you going to race next?"

Hirosaki gulped weakly.

2 HOURS, 26 MINUTES, AND 39 SECONDS LATER

"YOU GOT PWNED!" The screen flashed the large letters playfully.

Rukia looked in disbelief that someone had actually defeated her.

Hirosaki glanced over at Rukia and hoped that she wouldn't start getting bipolar soon... Seeing that she didn't look mad, he sighed happily.

"Congrats. You beat me. Even if it took you twenty-three times to do it." Rukia beamed, being a good sport.

Yuki raised an eyebrow and muttered softly to the boy beside her, "Ichigo, do you know if she has a mood disorder?"

Ichigo grinned and replied, "Even if she did, she'd kill me if I said that in front of her. Then I'd bet she'd apologize after she murders me..."

"Exactly... Did you see them going at it just a while ago?"

-Flashback-

"Dang it, I lost again! Rematch!" Hirosaki demanded.

"Challenge accepted, Salmon-boy!" Rukia was in her unstoppable gaming mode.

"Let's go!" Hirosaki switched to his gaming mode as well.

"Damn... It's been like, what, their 20th game?" Ichigo groaned.

"Actually, it was the nineteenth..." Yuki corrected. "And yeah, when are we gonna get to play?"

They were interrupted by Rukia screaming, "YOU ARE GOIN' DOWN, BIATCH!"

"Apparently, not any time soon... Was it a good idea to pair them up?"

Yuki looked at the 20" TV screen, then at the Chappy the Bunny convertible and the black Nissan ramming into each other repeatedly and sweatdropped.

"Yeah, I think they'll be fine..."

-End Flashback-

Mini Part II: The Calvary Comes...

After Hirosaki added his name to the high-scores list (he had to shorten 'Hirosaki' to just 'Saki'), it was finally Yuki and Ichigo's time to play.

But before Ichigo could select the model and color of the car, his doorbell rang. He wondered who in their right mind would show up at his house at 10:15 PM, but curiously swung open the door anyway.

...Hn. He was right. These people obviously weren't right in their minds.

"Helloo--"

"ICHIGOOOOOO!"

"What the--! Keigo!"

"ICHIGOOOOOO!"

"Keigo."

"ICHIG--!"

"Will you quit it?" Ichigo's fist connected to Keigo's face.

"Hey Ichigo!"

"What are you doing in front of my house?!"

"Kurosaki..." an icy cool voice said from behind the group.

"You're here too?" He blinked twice at his group of school friends. Eh... What the heck... He might as well ask why two particular people were missing from the group...
"Um... So where's Chad and Inoue?"

"Chad had to go to his relative's house. Inoue is off shopping for who-knows-what again. They told us to go ahead and crash Ichigo's house...- Ah, I mean, Chad told us to come visit Ichigo's house... Yes, that is definitely what he said..." Mizuiro explained happily.

Wait, that doesn't make sense... Since when did Chad have any relatives? And if so, why haven't they gotten screen time?

"Oookay... Well, Rukia, Saki, Yuki and I were just playing a game...-"

"OMG! That hot chick is here?" Keigo sped past Ichigo's doorway to meet up with his newly found friend before Ichigo could whack him on the head.

Just great... Ichigo groaned as he saw Keigo try to flirt with Yuki... Quite badly, he must admit.

"Kurosaki..." the same icy cool voice said again.

"Ishida..." He raised his eyebrows at Ishida Uryuu.

"Kurosaki..." -yet again.

"What is up with you and 'Kurosaki' dot dot dot?"

"Hmph." He simply walked into Ichigo's house. The other boy quickly grabbed his wrist and demanded, "Hold up, you disappear from the face of the earth for who-knows-how-long, and then just suddenly show up at my house?"

With Ishida's free hand, he coolly pushed up his rectangular glasses, "That's none of your business. I just came because Asano and Kojima begged me to come. Did you even pay attention to what he brought in? Jeez..."

"Wait... What exactly did he bring in...?" In an instant, he dismissed Ishida's mysterious disappearance to glance over at Keigo, who was indeed tugging along a huge cooler that he failed to notice ten seconds ago.

Ishida kept on ranting. "I guess that's the difference between us Quincy and you Shinigami... Not noticing something as obvious as that right under your nose... Hn."

The horrified Ichigo didn't stop to listen to Ishida's rambles as he raced over to where Keigo was standing.

"What do you think you're doing? You're underage!" he gaped, still in his horrified daze, when he saw the bottle labels.

"Stop being so uptight, Ichigo. Have a drink?" Keigo shoved a bottle of strawberry daiquiri in Ichigo's face, "Hey, where's the other stuff?"

"I replaced that disgusting, horrid crap with fruitier, not-so-revolting drinks."

"Yuki, you did that? Whoaa, that was fast! You know, I like girls who are..."

Yuki effortlessly roundhouse kicked him before he finished.

Ichigo scowled. "You are not drinking in my house!"

Pulling himself off the floor and rubbing his sore cheek (and entire head), he asked, "Why, you don't like daiquiris?"

In a huff of frustration, Ichigo stomped away to where Rukia and Saki sat face-to-face, conversing about their love for Chappy the Bunny... Well, more like Rukia's love for Chappy the Bunny.

"Hey, Ichigo." Hirosaki looked up to see a scowling face.

Ichigo was lost in his own thoughts and did not respond. Pshh.. He had enough to handle, even with the two new shinigami in his house and all the chaos they had brought with them. He didn't need another ball of lead chained to his feet. He bitterly decided on a temporary solution; if anyone asked, it was all Keigo's fault.

"What's wrong?" Rukia questioned after he collected his thoughts, although she was used to seeing the angsty boy like this.

"Keigo's throwing an uninvited party in my house with some crap that he can't even get legally!"

"Ooo, that sounds fun... Come on, Ichigo, since there's already a party, just enjoy it! Oh, and they're just daiquiris. You know, low percentage of alcohol, fruity, sweet, yet a bit tart..." Yuki entered their conversation and grinned.

"Yeah, Ichigo... When was the last time you ever had a party?" Rukia added happily.

Ichigo looked in disbelief. Was anybody reasonable in this house, save for himself? And Rukia, of all people, had jumped on the bandwagon, too?

"You guys do what you want. I'll take no part in it."

And with that, Ichigo trudged upstairs to his desolate room.

TBC...!

"Low percentage of alcohol" for Yuki... She apparently can tolerate much, much more...

Ichigo is uptight and unwilling to participate in the party... Until a certain authoress hammers him in the next chapter... XD -fwahaha-