(A/N: And now we enter fluff land and will stay in fluff land until the end. All that's left to do is get Ichigo and Fandom!Karin back to their respective worlds and from there we only need to show how each character has grown from their experience.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach

Rukia's pov

Walking with Ichigo-san in the moonlight I went to the manor with him. The glow from the Sakura trees along the pond water set a very serene setting. I told Ichigo-san to wait outside while I went to go talk to Nii-sama. I found him sitting in the office he used for work regarding the Kuchiki family. Nii-sama is a very organized individual he never mixes his files for the Kuchiki house and 6th Division he always makes sure to keep them separated for highly appropriate reasons. I knock on the door.

"Come in," came his voice. He looked up from a scroll he was currently crafting, "Rukia, what can I do for you this evening?" I told him about Ichigo-san being unable to go back to his world this evening and that he needed a place to stay in the Seireitai for the evening.

"I see and what do you want me to do about it?" Nii-sama asked.

"Could he stay here? Just for one night?" I wanted to know.

"No," was the answer I was given

"Why not?" I asked feeling as though he just punched me in the stomach.

"Because I said so and I am head of the Kuchiki family." He answered. At that point I began bargaining with him.

"But it's only one night." I said.

"No,"

"I'll do extra work and act like a regular noble for as long as you'd like."

"No,"

"I promise I won't try anything,"

"Doesn't mean he won't,"

"What about 6th Division?"

"No,"

"I'll give him my room and I'll sleep outside."

"No,"

"But we need someplace to put him to keep him under the radar."

"12th Division is perfectly capable are they not?" Since bargaining failed I tried begging.

I got down on my knees and put my head against the Nii-sama's leg, "Please, Nii-sama, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, PUH-lease!" I whined.

"Rukia get up you're shaming the Kuchiki name," he scolded, "He's not staying here that's final. You will find that no matter what you say your words will not sway my answer."

He's not budging Rukia this is pointless, Sode no Shirayuki informed.

I guess, I sighed and walked away.

"Where are you going?" Byakuya asked.

"I'm giving up, I'll have to find somewhere for him to stay, just because my words won't sway you doesn't mean they won't sway another." I said.

"You will leave this matter to Urahara Kisuke." He ordered.

"No," I talked back.

"I gave you an order, do not make me force you to follow it."

"You forget you're not my superior in this matter, if you won't allow Ichigo-san to stay here then the matter falls out of your hands entirely and rests upon the Gotei 13 to complete in which case Ukitake-taicho is my superior not you."

Nii-sama turned back towards his scroll, "Then I hope you do not expect me to help you again if something happens. I will take no part in the rest of this excursion, if you want someone to save you, let him."

"Fine," I snapped and left. I trudged back to Ichigo-san with my head down.

"Man Byakuya is one stuck up guy even in this world. I haven't even done anything to the guy."

I picked my head up and smiled, "Don't worry if Nii-sama won't take you in I know someone who will."

"Who?"

3rd Person pov

20 minutes and another hurried explanation later…

"I see, I suppose I could make the arrangement to let our guest stay here." Ukitake said.

"Arigato taicho," Rukia bowed.

Ukitake looked in Ichigo's direction and said, "However, you should leave your Zanpakuto in Urahara's care if anyone should see it, though I doubt anyone would, there could be trouble, while you do that I can arrange a room for you."

"Hai, Ukitake-san," Ichigo got up and left to do as he was asked.

"I humbly thank you taicho," if Rukia's head could go lower to show her appreciation for Ukitake's generous hospitality it'd be through the floor.

"It's no trouble at all." He said.

Fandom!Karin's pov

"So let me get this straight," Hitsugaya-taicho said in the presence of Urahara and Kurotsuchi-taicho, "I have to let this girl stay in tenth division for one night so that the operation can run smoothly."

"You already know about the situation, we can't ask any of the other captains to take her in since Karin shouldn't exist here in this world and because she can keep her Zanpakuto in sealed form I don't think it'll be much trouble to keep her in your division." Urahara explained further.

"But I'm supposed to be on duty in the world of the living my presence isn't warranted here right now even for one night." Hitsugaya-taicho explained, slightly worried.

"I've already taken that up with Yamamoto-soutaicho," Urahara stated, "I told him that you're here under the guise of you helping Kurotsuchi-taicho and myself with an experiment, he seemed to have bought it."

"What kind of," Hitsugaya-taicho paused, "Forget it I'd rather not know." He said with a sweat drop.

"And don't worry about your position, if anything should happen tonight in Karakura town it's been arranged for 2nd division to take up the slack. Soifon-taicho almost jumped at the chance when we might need back up in the event of an Arrancar attack.

I laughed to myself, that girl will do anything to get near Yoruichi.

"Well I guess you can stay for the night," Hitsugaya-taicho resigned finally, "Let's go."

"Hai," I said following enthusiastically.

Ichigo's pov

By the time I returned to 13th division it was really late, probably 9-10:00. The quarters that Ukitake had set up for me used to belong to his lieutenant. Surprisingly it was set up as comfortably as I would want a room if I was ever a part of the Gotei 13. When I walked in the lights were off and the moonlight was shining in from behind me as well as the windows to my right and left. I proceeded to head over to the futon when the door slid behind me and locked. I turned around, there in the moonlight was Rukia. I doubled back and tripped landing on my ass.

"What the hell are you doing?" I said in a loud whisper.

"I," Rukia's eyes were filled with sorrow, "It's your last night here so," she swallowed, "So I," she tensed and then finally said, "I wanted to spend my last night with you is that so wrong?" she asked, a little too loud for my liking as tears started to fall from her face. I walked over to her and held her against me.

"Calm down, and no it's not, and to be honest it's kind of hard for me to leave." I said.

"Then don't leave," she sobbed in a loud voice, "Stay here, stay here with me with all of us. Let Karin take your place in your world. Both Soul Societies could easily make the switch." She was a completely mess of tears.

"I can't do that, as much as it pains me to leave, my world needs me and this world needs Karin, that's the way it has to be. That's the way it needs to be." Rukia collapsed against my chest and just howled and broke down into tears.

"I don't want you to leave Ichigo-san," she wept.

"Because you love me, I know." I told her. Rukia continue to howl like a wounded animal into my chest. I just held and comforted her until she was done. "Do you remember that night you woke up and found me in your bed?" she asked. I blushed, but nodded. "I was in love with you before that point and because it was so cold that night I had hoped you could warm me up. And you could you were so warm."

"Rukia," I said holding her.

"Please Ichigo-san, if this will be the last time we'll see each other, let me spend it with you, please." She begged.

"Of course," I told her. Rukia and I lay down on the futon together. She made herself comfortable and wrapped her arms around me, resting her head on my chest, and she fell asleep with a contented smile on her face. "Goodnight Rukia," I said wrapping my arms around her before nodding off into the darkness of sleep.

(A/N: Yeah, sorry IchiRuki fans I couldn't bring myself to do a lemon. I had every intention of doing so though. Here's why I didn't though: (Part of this explanation is a bit risqué in some pieces of it you've been fairly warned)

For chapters 6, 8 & 9 I had help with the crafting of the chapters from my BFF Xeonico because I needed help crafting Ichigo's responses in chapter 6 and the Vizards responses in 8 & 9. For this chapter I turned to my brother for assistance for Byakuya's responses. Since my brother basically told me that there was no chance for Byakuya to be swayed unless Ichigo slept in the *cough* sewers beneath the Kuchiki manor or "underground" I couldn't go with my original intention of Rukia coming into Ichigo's room while he's sleeping in the middle of the night and remove her Hakusho and bra, zip his lips with her finger when he protests and then with a kiss and then the chapter would go from there, but unfortunately because of Byakuya's tude I had to change that plan. If you guys want to though you can make your own alternative of this chapter and send me the link crediting me for the idea. R&R please)

NOTE: Next chapter, depending on how it goes may very well be the final chapter to the series, if not then the one after