OnigiriKami: Hello people!!! Long time since I update this!! It was just because I had ANOTHER writer's block. I had an idea and got help, but then I automatically lost it again. But this time, I'll try not to get writer's block. Well here's chapter 5!! ^^
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Last Chapter...
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that, Rukia." the name slipped out of his mouth without the formalities, he had said her name unconsciously, and somehow it had felt right to call her like that.
"Are we going to where you danced before, Rukia?" Ichigo asked curiously to the petite girl.
"..." She did not answer. So Ichigo had called out to her.
"Rukia!" Ichigo then stopped in his tracks and his shoulders tensed when Rukia turned around to meet Ichigo's gaze. She gave him a death glare, and took one step towards him.
"Stop calling me that!" Then she quickly faced forward and made her pace faster. But Ichigo caught up to her. Orihime was besides Rukia and hugging her drum like it was something so precious.
When they had reached the outdoors dojo like area Ichigo leaned on the wooden pillar that supported the roof. Orihime sat on her knees in a corner and Rukia was perfectly set in the middle. Rukia made a stance, ready for the drumming to start. When the beating started again with the same rhythm it had to help the dancer's feet movement, Rukia began to twirl. Her legs elegantly landed on the wooden floor without a sound and then she tiptoed. She twirled once more, then started shaking her hand, and opening the flaps of her fan. Her dance looked like a beautiful peacock. Each time she twirled, her silky violet kimono did also, and her black strings attached to the fan followed along.
When the drumming became lighter and slower, Rukia's feet movement became gentler and more slower like the rythmn. She went in one circle and closed one fan, and used the other to hide her face.
All along, Ichigo watched her in awe. He had never seen a dance that was so elegant, or even fragile looking. On the television that he watched when he still lived for a day in his house, he only saw these weird dances. But Rukia's was different, it felt special, and it felt like it was going to break. All her emotions were into the dance and Ichigo could tell only one thing that she was feeling right now. It was... sadness. Her dance felt like a dying peacock, and her facial expression told him everything. He was puzzled of why she was like this, and why she was always like this. Why was she being only cold to him, and warm to others. She wouldn't even let him touch her once.
Suddenly Ichigo felt it. He felt an aching pain in his heart. It was weird for him to feel like this. Why would he even, she was nothing special to him. But it hurt him so much to see her distancing herself away from him. He couldn't explain the reason why he was acting like this. After meeting Kuchiki Rukia, it made him have head aches recurrently and made him feel so off balanced. Ever since he saw her picture in his photograph, it made him feel weird inside. She was so familiar, and yet so not. Yet why? Why did he wanted to know her more? It was a weird thing to be curious about a stranger that you weren't related to at all. Ishiin was related to the Kuchikis, but Ichigo was not. At least he thought he wasn't.
Ichigo heard the drums called to a halt. And Rukia had finished dancing. She thew her fans down to the ground and started to walk over to Orihime, "Inoue, is it okay for you to go get me some water?"
"K-kuchiki-dono! You don't need to ask! You're to order me..." Orihime said, looking away. She was ashamed to talk to Rukia like this and didn't want to meet her eyes. But Rukia grabbed her face to turn to her.
"It's okay, Inoue, you're my friend." Rukia said, then smiled slightly.
Orihime nodded her head, then got up and ran out of the dojo, and Rukia stared of at Orihime. But then right after Orihime left, tension had crackled in the air.
Rukia then surprised Ichigo, when she whipped her head around to glare at him. "I want you out of my manor by tomorrow morning!"
Ichigo was actually bewildered. She was calm with Orihime, but once she was gone out of sight, Rukia started to lash at Ichigo. Somewhere inside of Ichigo, he felt something boiling, and something defiant inside. He made his scowl deeper at Rukia and said, "No."
"Hah! I'm ordering you!" Rukia said and laughed in disbelief of what Ichigo was doing. Then she looked away, as if she didn't need to tell him to go off any longer.
"Rukia, I obey the head Kuchiki. Not you." Ichigo said, he didn't know why, but he actually liked talking back to this girl.
"I'm doing this to protect you...." Rukia mumbled quietly so that Ichigo wouldn't hear, her eyes bearing the deepest sadness.
"Huh? What?"
"Nothing. Forget it, Kurosaki-san. You may wish to stay if you'd like... but don't you dare regret it." Then she went of towards her own little house that she had to share with her bodyguard for the rest of her life. Ichigo stared off at her, before some wilting trees covered her. Soon after, Ichigo followed to the house. 'This is going to be tough.... protecting that hot-tempered girl....' but as Ichigo thought, something began to make him curious. How would he protect her, if he didn't know anything about protecting? Sure, Byakuya said that he was a Kurosaki and that it was written in his blood, but how could Ichigo fight. He didn't know anything about fighting, he was a dead log that couldn't do anything. The only thing that he could do was follow Kuchiki Rukia to make sure she was save, and... sacrifice his life.
But as that thought came, something gnawed Ichigo at the back of his skull. What was this feeling...
It was fear.
Ichigo was actually afraid of dying.
"Huh?" Orihime asked to herself. She had a glass cup filled with water in her hands. She was looking around the empty outdoor dojo, as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing, "W-Where is everybody?!"
Ichigo laid on his futon and stared at the roof. He couldn't sleep tonight. So he opened up the Shoji, and went outside to walk again. If he walked and became tired out, he would be able to fall asleep better. But he was wrong, the cold autumn air hit him hard, making his arms and legs crackle with goosebumps. He was dumb to not wear anything warm, but he didn't care, so he left without it.
He past a small courtyard, but then stopped abruptly in shock. He had just saw two images of children playing in the courtyard. It was just a flash, but he thought that he saw his former child self, with another child, they were laughing and hugging each other. But this girl was familiar, and this girl was Kuchiki Rukia. But immediately, Ichigo shook his head like he was going crazy. He was never connected to Rukia in his child life. He was only a bodyguard to her. Yet, when he had come to the manor, why had she only been trying to get rid of him? Why was she so cruel to him, and always gave these sad looks when he was only around?
Then with a shudder, Ichigo realized something.
Kuchiki Rukia had to do something about his lost memories.
And Ichigo was going to find them.
OnigiriKami: Finally Ichigo realizes that Rukia has to do something about him. Also I gave you readers a lot of hints to work with. And the next chapter might be slow, but I'll TRY updating all three of my stories by the next week! My new years resolution was to try finishing at least 2 of my stories!! Because I was lazy last year, but now I'm trying to work hard for you guys!!! To tell you all the truth.. I was an amateur when I started writing, I even HATED english, but since I started fanfic, and wrote my stories, I actually get 100 percents on my English grades!! So fanfic actually helped me with my grades!! So all you people that aren't writers yet... WRITE!!! I'll be the first one to review, since you actually read my stories... :) (Yes... I'm trying to be a "noble" person..)
Also, what is this "disorder" called, when you can't fall asleep easily, but when you do sleep, you sleep for over 12 hours? Is that healthy? Because that's how I am.... -.-'
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