OnigiriKami: Hi! Well this chapter is short also, sorry! But a lot of information is in this one! Hope you enjoy it!! Finally, Ichigo meets her!!

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Last Chapter...

"Just get some sleep, Ichigo." he paused and hesitated before he added:

"We'll be meeting this girl tomorrow..."


Ichigo and Ishiin had parked in front of a big traditional noble house. It had big wooden gates in the front and there was a sign that read 'Kuchiki Manor'. It had enclosed around a big area of land and if you wanted to peer inside, you had to climb over it, or open the huge gates.

Suddenly, the gates had opened and their were two men dressed in yukatas, when they saw Ishiin, they had looked like that they already knew who he was. They had bowed low to them and lead them to a place that Ichigo did not know.

On the way, Ichigo saw many little traditional houses that had been near the biggest house in the center. There was little wooden stairs to climb to the house. There was a large pond next to the enormous house, and little koi fishes had swam in it. There was a big elegant, red bridge in the middle of it, and many cherry blossoms were around the whole little 'city'. They danced around in the wind and made the scenery of the house beautiful.

Ichigo was so wrapped up in the surroundings, that he did not notice that Ishiin and the men had stopped in front of the big house. He bumped into his father and rubbed his face.

Ishiin was very quiet, and he was staring at the house. The two men had went on ahead, and sat down in front of the sliding door.

"Kuchiki-dono, you have visitors." said one of the men, nervously.

"Bring them in." said the voice that had came from behind the paper sliding door. His voice was deep and had a monotone to it. The men said that they could come in, and then they disappeared away.

When Ichigo was about to take a step, his father raised his arm, indicating to stop.

"What is it, Ishii- father." Ichigo said. His scowl had deepen in confusion.

"Wait out here, this is grown up talk right now." Ishiin said calmly, then took a step on the stairs. He opened the sliding door and entered, leaving Ichigo alone in the little city.

Ichigo stood there waiting, but then something had caught his attention. He heard a drumming noise coming from the back of the big building. He followed it. On the way, there were many sticks that had not been broomed away yet. And when he reached the source of the drumming, it was an open wooden building, with polished wooden floors, and there was two girls there.

One was dressed in a beautiful pink traditional clothing, with a red sash that was wrapped around her waist. She had light orange hair and she was holding a blue traditional drum in her lap. She was beating it with her hands rhythmically.

The other had a elegant dark purple kimono, that had crimson flowers all over it, with a yellow and red sash tied on her waist. She was holding white fans in each hand. They were big and beautiful fans that had a black string on each ends, that decorated it. The thing that surprised Ichigo, was that she looked just like the girl in the picture. She had the same black hair and unusual violet eyes.

She danced beautifully at the beating of the drums. She swayed her hands back and forth with the fans fluttering like white butterflies. She then tiptoed slowly back, and fell down gently, to the end of the drum beating.

"That was wonderful, Kuchiki-dono." said the drummer. She had a high voice and was smiling sweetly at the dancer. The dancer had stood up from the drummer's comment

When the dancer had talked, her voice was smooth, "Didn't I tell you, Inoue? You could call me without formalities."

"B-But Kuchiki-dono-" the girl had been cut off, when she heard a twig being snapped. The two women turned there heads at the direction of Ichigo. The two girls' eyes had widened, but the black haired girl's eyes had shown the most surprise. She was in so much shock that the only word that she could mutter was his name.

"Ichigo..."


"I know that we, Kurosaki clan, have been serving the Kuchiki clan for years, but we are sorry, we want to cut all ties with you!" Ishiin pleaded to a man. He had black hair with white kenseikan, which symbolized him as the head of the Kuchiki family. He had a light green scarf on and a light blue yukata. His grey eyes looked emotionless at Ishiin.

"As you said, you are the Kurosaki clan that has served our clan for many generations, and you will keep doing that." the man said with his deep monotoned voice.

"Byakuya! I am the head of the Kurosaki clan! I know what's best for my clan!" Ishiin yelled, furious that the man named Byakuya, couldn't understand.

"Your clan has deteriorated a hundred years ago. They had all split up. But your family is of the last Kurosaki clan, and we Kuchiki's still have power over you. So I order you to still serve us."

"You're insane, Byakuya! My son almost died, by protecting your stupid silly clan!" Ishiin yelled.

"I do not care who dies in the process, I just want my pride to be safe. Kurosaki Ichigo will still be the body guard of my sister, Kuchiki Rukia. He might still remember his skills."

"Byakuya..." Ishiin said with rage, his teeth were clenched tight and his fists were balled tightly.

"Kurosaki Ichigo is to come tomorrow and take on his duties again," Byakuya paused and looked arrogantly at the raging Ishiin, "You are dismissed, and if one more rude outburst happens again, you will be punished."


"How do you know my name?" asked Ichigo.

The surprised dancer's face had suddenly changed to a confused one. Her eyebrow quirked and she looked questioningly at Ichigo.

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

"What are you talking about?" Ichigo said back to the girl.

The girl still held his gaze with confusion in her eyes. Then the girl had looked like she had realized something, then she slid down to the ground and looked blankly at Ichigo. The drummer had ran to the girl who just fell to the ground and held her shoulders.

"Kuchiki-dono! Please stand up!" she shook the black haired girl's shoulders.

"The rumors were true, he did lose his memories, it's all my fault..." the dancer had whispered softly.

"It's not your fault! Please get up, Kuchiki-dono!" pleaded the drummer.

"It's my fault!" The girl who dropped to the ground, was now clutching onto the drummer's arm. She looked like she was about to cry.

"Please, Kuchiki Rukia! Stand up! Even though he has lost his memories, his old self would never have wanted to see you like this!" the drummer pleaded once more.

Ichigo looked at them, he was so confused. What were they talking about!? He didn't understand a thing. He wanted to know what was going on.

When he had first saw this girl named Rukia, he had a feeling that she was somehow important.

He had to remember.

He squinted his eyes at Rukia and was searching through his memories. He heard a voice in his head:

"This is Kuchiki Rukia,"

"You're her guardian, starting today..."

Ichigo was interrupted by an extreme headache. It felt like thousands of needles were poking his brain. He put his two hands at each side of his head and started screaming in pain.

After a few minutes, the aching had slowed down, and his vision became blurry. He looked at Rukia, before he couldn't see her anymore. He felt himself tip over, and all the surroundings became darker. He heard the two girls screaming his name, before he was engulfed in darkness.


OnigiriKami: Good, huh? What is Ishiin and Byakuya really talking about?

Ichigo is Rukia's bodyguard!? For what? Why?!

Rukia's a traditional dancer!?

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