Part 2: Dinner with Ichigo
Yuzu helped me pick out something blue. We found this dress that she one had but had lost intrest in it. She said I could have it, but i refused saying that I won't have anything to do with it. "Please Rukia I insist! I won't miss it at all!" Finally I just agreed, maybe I might be staying for much longer than I thought I would...maybe maybe not. We'll just have to see.
The dress itself flowed down my body, and went down a little past my ankles. I wore my regular sandals. I didn't want to be too fancy..or formal. So that night I went out into the Garden, which was the most beautiful Garden I have ever seen. It had an amazing fountain and cherry trees everywhere! A stream ran through it as well. It was very hard for me to believe that this was a Garden...more like an Oasis. At the end of a pathway that ran through the trees, there sat Ichigo. He was sitting staring at the stars, which were amazing. He was obviosly expecting me, because nobody else was there. Just him, sitting alone. The whole dinner was already there. More like a feast. "I see you came Rukia."
"Why were you expecting me not to come?"
"No and yes."
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing at all. But I was most expecting you to run off before twilight."
"You were wrong, and what lady would run off when she was invited to dinner by a king?"
"I suppose thats a point." About an hour into the dinner, he started to ask me about my kin. "I have a brother. His name is Byakuya. He is the head of our camp. We travel a lot."
"Are you blood related?"
"Not really. My older sister Hisana married him, then about five years she died of an illness. Since I was there, he adopted me intot he camp. I was part of another camp. Hisana left at the other camp, but I still don't know why. I think that the camp was too small and she could'nt take care of me. Byakuya told me the acuall story when I became old enough to hear and understand it."
"What is he a noble?"
"I guess so. Most of the Gypsies know and respect him. But I would hardly call him royalty. He hasn't really enjoyed me in his company."
"Then how in the world did you end up here?"
"I got lost in the woods while I was out hunting."
"And you came upon this kingdom?"
"Yes."
"Won't your brother be looking for you?"
"No, like I said he doesn't enjoy me in his company."
"Well he is your brother and I would expect more of him." We continued on talking until it was almost midnight. Finally we called it a night, and he went to off to get ready for bed. So did I. I stayed behind him, he was a king I would expect that he would want some room. He offered for me to stay a couple more nights, he said there was a lot for us to discuss. So I stayed for those days, and those days turned into 3 weeks. Then a month. It got to the point were he just didn't have to ask anymore. He and I grew very close, and he treated me like a close friend. WE talked more and more and laughed together. He told me about his mother whom had died of a murderer a few years back. Then I told him at least he knew his mother. He laughed and so did I. It was funny, we could turn any serious and emotional conversation into a funny one in a few sentences. He made me laugh a lot, he also said he loved to see me smile. I loved to him smile, the thing was that he doesn't smile that often.
But that was okay, because he didn't need to smile to make me happy. He was fine just the way he was. How ever, one night would change our lives quite litteraly. That afternoon we went for a walk around the forest trail. Suddenly some said, "Rukia." I reconized it as the voice of my brother, Byakuya.