" Thank you, Rukia. Thanks to you, I think the rain has finally stopped."

~Kurosaki Ichigo~

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For the Love of Ichigo

Chapter 3

Kuchuki Rukia had a dilemma.

One would wonder how the violet eyed, raven haired, noble could possibly have such a dilemma considering the fact the had her nii-sama, Byakuya, controlled every aspect of her life, she couldn't help but to have a dilemma. Rukia by all means were not a common woman. Oh no. She was now the potential head of the Kuchiki Clan. To everyone else, Rukia simply had everything she wanted in this world but unbeknown to the rest of the world she wanted one thing....Well make that two things. She had yet to convince her brother that Chappy the Rabbit would make a great household pet. But, in due time and enough persistence on her part she knew she would have her Chappy, but besides that the one thing she wanted in this world was to be married so she could live her life the way she wanted without the prying eyes of the elders of the clan.

It was bad enough that they insisted she attended all Kuchiki Household meetings but when one of the Elders suggested she get rid of her Chappy posters, they had finally crossed a line. No one was going to take Chappy from her.

Technically, Rukia was not even a blood relative of the clan but she she was treated like elegant dirt all the same. The only people that were nice to her in the Kuchiki Household were the servants and her brother. Technically, nii sama wasn't even nice to her either. He was known throughout Seireitei as a cold and heartless man but, he had shown her some warmth one day when she so happened to be almost killed by a giant fiery, bird.

Not a pleasant experience.

That day one person had been on that hill to save her. Of course, she didn't count Renji as a person who saved her considering that all he did was run away after Ichigo threw her to him as if she was a football, but she was thankful nonetheless.

She was thankful to her friends for saving her no matter how much or how little they may have contributed. (cough Orihime cough)

As she stepped out of the gate connecting Soul Society to the real world, she thought again of how she could get out such a dilemma. Sure,she could try to run away and live in the real world like Kurosaki Isshin had done but she want to be completely defenseless if a Hollow happened to come along.

Decisions, decisions.

The warnings of the Elders came to her mind. They had warned her that they were possibly considering an arranged marriage for her. At first, she had been outraged but Nii- Sama offered some advice towards her situation. 'Get married before the Elders can arrange a marriage.' Considering the fact that was what ni iiama did she decided to listen to his wise advice.

Nii-sama is so wise.

But, the question still remained.

Who could she marry?

At the given moment, most of the men of Soul Society were either taken or too caught up in their own lives to really notice her. All she had to do was just find a guy so the elders could stop pressuring her and ni sama for an heir to the clan. That should be easy right?

She was almost to Urahara's shop to get a gigai when it hit her.

She had the perfect person in mind.

What other thing in the world could bother the elders enough to stop pressuring her?

Two words.

Kurosaki Ichigo.

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Back in Seireitei, Soi Fon, Captain of the Second Division, stood outside her quarters waiting on a certain person to walk by.

It had been two hours and now she was growing impatient. That person's training to should have been over hours ago. What was taking them so long?

Where were they?

Typically, Soi Fon was not the type of woman to sit around and wait on someone. So, for her to be waiting for this person was a milestone in itself.

The sound of chips crunching brought her attention away from the mission at hand. Who in their right mind ate chips at 10am?

Sure enough, her vice captain/garbage disposal Omeda wobbled outside to where she was currently sitting. With his close to 300 pound belly blocking her view of the street, Soi Fon grew more irritated than ever. She was pretty close to releasing her shikai on Omeda when she spotted the person she had been waiting nearly 2 hours to see.

'Finally.'

She pushed Omeda to the side and stepped out onto the street to intercept said person.

The person looked up their brown eyes staring intently into her own. Instantly, recognition crossed his face. Good, he recognized her.

"Oi Soi Fon" he said with a small wave.

Kuroaski Ichigo was a mystery to her. With his bright orange hair and deep scowl, the substitute shinigami normally did not interest her. At first glance, she had thought of him nothing more than a talentless punk with weird colored hair and a kitchen knife for a sword. But then he had to go out and defeat Aizen becoming Seireitei's hero. 'Cocky Bastard.'

But, when she saw the ad in the paper she thought maybe she had judged him wrong. She thought since he was looking for a wife, he should have no one but the best and as it were, she considered herself the best Seireitei had to offer.

"Kurosaki" she replied with a smirk. She stared at him quietly hoping he would say something else to her. She was not the social type of person so naturally the conversation went downhill from there.

"Did you need something?" he asked her breaking away from her intense glance.

Yes, in fact she did need something. She was going to do something that went against every fiber of her being. She was going to ask him out.

This guy.

A man.

She had never done anything like this before.

"Do you want to take me out?" Soi fon asked bluntly.

She was never the type to beat around the bush anyway so for her, the captain of the great 2nd division, to ask him out should have felt like an honor to him.

Soi Fon watched as Ichigo's brown eyes went from normal to the size of dinner plates.

She smirked again but inside gave herself a mental bat on the back.

'He must have been really excited about taking her out to dinner.' She closed her eyes anticipating his yes. Soi Fon was a fighter so no guy on their right mind would turn her down. Unless they wanted a death wish.

"Aren't you a lesbian?" he blurted.

Soi Fon's eyes snapped open.

What was with people saying that? First Hisagi and now this guy.

She was not a lesbian.

For the last time,she just admired Yoruichi!

She didn't want to date her.

Besides, Yoruichi wasn't available anyway.

"I am not a lesbian." she muttered angrily.

Ichigo stared for a minute absorbing the information.

"Could've fooled me" he whispered.

As the day went on, all of Seireitei could hear the faint sounds of someone screaming for dear life.

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Rangiku Matsumoto watched with interest as Kurosaki Ichigo tried to out run the hysterical 2nd division captain using his Bankai. She wondered what Ichigo had done to make Soi Fon so angry. Well whatever it was she hoped he didn't want children. As she turned away from the frightening scene, she opened the newspaper she had folded underneath the bottle of sake she carried around for times like this. She didn't consider herself a drunk because she carried around sake. She just thought she was better prepared for a party than others. As tshe opened the newspaper, she ignored the weird glances of her opening a paper, she focused back on her reading. It was no surprise that for some reason, most of the people in Seireitei thought she could not read. She guessed it had something with her boobs and blond hair.

As she opened to the personals section of the paper, she caught a glimpse of something that made her gasp.

Kurosaki Ichigo was looking for a wife?

'Wasn't he gay?'

Oh well. it wasn't Rangiku's business anyway. She had just assumed that since he never made a move on Orihime or Rukia then something must have been wrong. After all, he had went to Hueco Mundo to save Orihime and Rukia lived in his closet when she visited the real world. But, now looking at the paper she realized that she had guessed wrong. He wasn't gay. So, that means he was available.

Rangiku took a nice long sip of her favorite friend (sake) and took off in pursuit of calling an emergency meeting of the SWA (Shinigami Women Association). Finally, at long last there was an eligible bachelor in Seireitei that wasn't interested in fighting and doing experiments on people.

Kurosaki was kind of hot and now he was looking for a wife.

What a joyous day for the women of Seireitei!

If Kurosaki Ichigo wanted a wife then by all means Rangiku was going to help.

After all, who was she to turn down such fun.

Now, if only Kuchiki Byakuya was looking for a wife.

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