Do you think it's weird that an imaginary pink haired girl hangs around with me? Maybe you should just go and celebrate mothers day...


It was lunch break now, and despite the sheer craziness of the situation, things seemed to stay relatively quiet—until the bell rang. Rukia, who was seated awkwardly close to the 'new boy', walked over to his seat and kicked him in the shin, eliciting attention toward her without so much as a word.

Without answering his irritated scowl with words, she retaliated with her own, until finally walking out of the room—the boy figured he was supposed to follow. She led him towards the track field outside, and then began walking in between the main building and the sheds, almost like a virtual alleyway for them to discuss the previous night's events in private.

"So, what's up, baby?" The orange haired brute said in a cocky manner behind her.

Almost tripping when she heard this, Rukia quickly spun on her heels and glared at the boy as frustrated as she's ever felt. "Never…say that again…" she commanded, poking a small feminine digit into his gut. Ichigo backed off in response, his palms in view in a surrender-like motion.

"Whatever…" he said simply, and shoved his hands back into the pants of his pockets. "But I'm not going anywhere for a while, midget…"

Ignoring the rude comment, Rukia decided to focus on the boy's refusal to leave. She furrowed her well shaped brows, and circled about the boy as if outside some prescribed radius. "What do you mean? Just use one of those butterflies and-"

"-It's not as simple as that…" Ichigo interrupted the small girl's command. "You took it all…my powers…" He left certain aspects of the situation out, not wanting to give the human any ideas that could potentially get him killed by his superiors or worse—being the embarrassment of his squad forever. It was the boy's turn to do the poking, although he poked her forehead with his right index finger because of the height difference. "Thanks to you, I have to wear this gigai until my powers return…and that's going to take a while…" He kept poking the girl's forehead. That is, until she finally smacked it away with her own out of irritation.

"What the hell are you rambling about, 'Gigais'?"

Ichigo sighed, and yet smirked when he glanced at her once again. Taking out his left hand from his pocket, he pushed his hand against the small girl's forehead once again, only this time it was covered in a fingerless glove; a skull engulfed in flames on the backside of it.

The sheer surprise of his shove sent Rukia flying backwards, plopping against the concrete ground with a fleshy thump. "What was that for, baka!?" She screamed, managing a kick to the taller boy's face. Her sandal covered foot instantly connected with his face, although it did more to kick her away than it did to push his face in. Crashing once again a foot away, Rukia was taken off guard by her sudden change of garb, although the sword at her side seemed to be much more useful for this situation.

Before she could unsheathe the bladed weapon, Ichigo walked past her, a cell phone in hand and an unconscious form of a uniformed girl lying face down on the ground. "Come with me…" He said simply, although a foot once again connected to his face.

"And leave my body lying here? I'm not some guy, if you haven't noticed…" Rukia said bluntly. Ichigo simply stared at her, and silently glanced back and forth between the two Rukias in front of him. Without a word, he walked back towards the body, turned her over to her back, and then draped her arms over his shoulders—essentially giving her a piggyback ride once he managed to grasp her thighs.

"Now…come with me…" He said, and began walking towards the school gate, leaving the darkly robed girl behind before she hesitantly chased after him.


Some words from the Typewriter

Finally moved back home for the summer after two semesters of college, and I've still yet to clean the room of all the stuff...yet I've managed to set up the computer...geez...

Recently bought Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for the PC, and I've got to say...wow...

It's definitely been a while since I got back to this story, and I'm in the process of making more original stuff happen, rather than just copying the manga and switching some roles...there could be a lot of original stuff happen if I just believe, and devour a little fairy for imagination sustenance...

I'll be working on my Beta'ing side job for Bronx Shogun before I get started on Ichigo, so you should just check out his stuff...

Yachiru: Hai, hai!! It does seem like you're crazy, ne, Ken-chan!?

Wait...what?

Yachiru: That you're always pretending to have imaginary characters speak out...it also makes you seem kind of like a pedoph-

Ok there...I get it...no need to broadcast that, hehe...