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Falling Together
Chapter Five - Where's the Juice? Where's the Love?
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They gawked at the news, both surprised and a little irritated since it was early morning. Yuzu and Karin had both awoke them with their very exciting information. It appeared that their castle was finally finished. "Is that it?" Ichigo asked rubbing his eyes with dissatisfaction, Yuzu huffed while Karin crossed her arms sticking her tongue out. "Little brats." The king sighed, while smiling. At least his new home was built.
"When will we be leaving?" Rukia asked in such a fake tone, her eyes shimmered with such interest. Ichigo snorted and a huge frown escaped his lips. Of course, he had already forgotten that SHE was going to live him. How could he have forgotten? It must be stupidity and tiredness rousing in his mind.
"Today, of course!" Yuzu exclaimed. Rukia's eyes widened while Ichigo looked rather alarmed by the so called good news. "Duh. Why'd we wake you up?" Karin smiled, boyishly she placed her hands on her hips and stared at the two shocked idiots.
"W-Wait! Why now!" Ichigo asked childishly, hitting his fist against the throne arm chair. Yuzu jumped a little while Karin smiled wider.
"Is it that Nii-san is afraid to live by himself?" Karin asked, her smile irritating him a WHOLE LOT. Rukia chuckled and quickly received a glare from her husband.
"NO OF COURSE NOT!" Was his reply, but that made Yuzu a little sad so he had to alter his answer a little more. "I mean! I am a little nervous living with this maniac." His new answer wasn't that great, as he pointed at Rukia who gritted her teeth. She punched him under the jaw and hopped off of her seat walking towards the kitchen. "HEY! BITCH! Where are you going?" Ichigo shouted after her.
"Getting a drink!" Rukia replied lazily and left. Ichigo let out a scowl while his two siblings giggled at him.
"Why are you laughing?" He asked hysterically, and more laughter came out of their seemingly large mouths.
"It's just that! You guys look so cute together!" Yuzu blushed, playing with her index fingers. Karin let out a yawn and gave a different more rude response. "You look like two bumbling idiots to me!" Ichigo pushed her forehead with his finger causing her to fall a little back. "LOSER!" Karin grumbled, after gaining her posture back. He was extremely powerful. So strange, a small flick from his finger actually kind of hurt her.
"That's what you get for insulting me!" He smiled proudly, hitting his chest with his left fist. Yuzu laughed, while Karin stuck out her tongue taking her sister's hand and leading her outside.
"Where are you going?" Ichigo asked the two, as they were heading outside.
"We're going to help pack up your things!" They replied honestly.
Jeez. Is that how bad they want me gone? He asked amusingly and shrugged. "Oh well! Time to check on that idiot." He spoke to himself and headed towards the kitchen door.
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She walked into the kitchen and asked the head chef to please get her a cup of orange juice. "Juice?" The chef asked a little puzzled by his lady's request. She arched her right eyebrow and nodded. "I-I'm afraid we have none here." He responded apologetically. "Perhaps a nice glass of wine or -" His voice was shaking as he found her unpleased.
"WHAT do you mean NO JUICE?" She asked a little shaken by the cold fact. The chef sighed and explained to her that Ichigo did not like juice, so he banned it from the castle without his family's consent of course. She got heated up. Obviously he would do that. He knew everything about her. EVERYTHING. Her pet peeves, her favorite pet, even her favorite color…which wasn't really hard to guess. But anyways….
"ICHIGO!" She screeched out his name with fury. This was, I guess, one of the fewest days she was actually pissed off.
He came walking in the kitchen with that same bored look. The same annoying look. "What, idiot?" He asked rather casually. Rukia pointed at the chef and frowned. "What? He's the CHEF. Get used to him." The king muttered heading back until she took a pan and whacked him on the head causing much blood to fall. Fortunately, he was STILL conscious. "What the hell was that for?" He asked angrily rubbing his head, the chef was screaming nearly fainting because he was homophobic.
Renji, at that time, watched from a distance after finally finishing his sword-swinging. He looked rather exhausted, but after seeing Rukia he found himself energized.
"Where's the JUICE?" She asked angrily, still holding onto the stainless steel pan.
"Where's all the LOVE?" He barked back at her. WHACK! "Hey what the fuck did you do that for?" He grumbled, holding his head as if it was precious. (And of course it is)
He stared at her amused, and then pointed at the fainted cooker. "Ask him. I have no idea what you're talking about." He smiled kindly, in a fake way (of course).
"YOU BANNED IT!" She hollered ready to whack him again after his stupid response.
"Yes, I know I did." He let out a grin, the same stupid grin that so had agitated her the day she got here.
"WHY?" She asked crossing her arms, and throwing the pan away. Thankfully the pan did not hit the unconscious chef's head. Or he would have suffered greatly.
"Cause. I hate you." He replied easily. Her eyes narrowed, and she got near him grabbing him by the collar. "You know, that is kind of rude." He smiled annoyingly at her. She gripped tighter onto his gi, and he smiled harder.
"BASTARD!" She shouted angrily in front of him. He could have swore, spit had just fallen on top of his face. Really disgusting.
"If you want it so badly, why don't you act like a real woman at night?" He asked, grinning. She turned red and slapped him. "So I guess no orange juice, right?" He asked. He knew she would NEVER do something so stupid for a stupid thing.
HAH! Renji thought to himself, clasping his hands on his mouth. She'll never do such a stupid thing like that! No way has Rukia become this foolish! He smiled to himself, and watched her ponder for a while. A very loooong while. Wait? Why is it taking her FOREVER to respond? He asked himself, feeling really uneasy.
It took no longer than fifteen minutes, until she had finally come to a conclusion. Renji's head shot up while Ichigo had a smile on his face.
"FINE!" Rukia answered. His eyes widened. Is she that STUPID? Is she that ADDICTED to it! Ichigo asked himself. "BUT AFTER TONIGHT I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" She responded, running out of his sight. Ichigo rubbed his chin and turned beat red. Dammit…
"WHAT THE HELL?" Renji screamed, letting Ichigo hear him. The king turned around and found a rather pathetic Renji slamming his head against the wooden door. He seemed frustrated, and confused. The smile on Ichigo's face vanished. Oh joy. "HOW DARE YOU FORCE Rukia to do SOMETHING SO…BARBARIC!" Renji shouted, pointing a finger at him. Accusing him.
"Hey. Hey. Don't get mad at me!" Ichigo answered passing him. "She wants to do it. Then fine!" A small smile cracked upon his lips as he saw Renji turning more scarlet with fury. "You can talk her out of it, if you want!" He sung a little and closed the doors.
"Like hell, I will!" Renji replied racing towards where he supposedly thought Rukia was to be at. Turning around a corner, though, he bumped into someone real hard causing both to fall abruptly on the floor.
"Hey. Watch were you're going." The man's brisk voice replied after the sudden contact. Renji bowed apologetically, but not at all a truly sorry apology. "Jeez. Now I have to redo EVERYTHING!" The man exclaimed and got up to pick up a few books, that he had been previously carrying. "Well. If you're not going to do anything! At least help me!" He hissed, and Renji got up to help him.
His face was scarred, his body was tough and slim. He had short raven hair similar to Ichigo's and wore a plain black attire.
"Whoa…aren't you…?" Renji tried to ask his name but the man quickly disappeared. "…Hisagi…Shuuhei?"