This came to me while I was eating my brothers birthday cake. I don't know why! And forgive me for making it soo long! Ah! My fingers just wouldn't stop! Anyway, I have to go now. Forth period in school starts in like . . . five minutes!

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or any of the characters. If you want to sue, ask someone richer than me.

Of Bunnies and Chistmas

"Gimmie! Gimmie! Gim-"

Kon was cut off by both a foot from Ichigo and a foot from Rukia in the face. He mumbled something they couldn't understand and then fell to the floor. Ichigo picked him up and threw him across the room into the laundry shoot. He would wake in a few hours in a pile of dirty clothes. Who cared?

Yuzu did.

"Oh, Ichi! Be more kind to Kon!"

"Why? Yuzu, I swear, sometimes I regret even telling you about that godforsaken lion," Ichigo whined.

"And the Soul Society and Shinagami!" Yuzu added happily. "Plus, daddy and Karin already knew, so it would have been mean not to tell me." Yuzu's eyes were glowing happily as Ichigo and Rukia watched her.

"Now, scuttle your butt out. I'm still wrapping your and Karin's presents," Ichigo said gently, taking his sister by the shoulders and driving her out of the room. Yuzu smiled and then returned to the kitchen, humming happily as she started dinner. Christmas was only a few days away, and she was probably the most excited person in the house. Having Kon and Rukia with them was going to make it even more exciting.

Suddenly, a loud screech from the next room made Yuzu drop her spoon on the floor. She quickly ran into her father's bedroom, where the scream had come from, and where Rukia and Ichigo were wrapping the twins presents. Well, Ichigo was wrapping. Rukia was just playing with everything, most intrested by the big fluffy bows that Ichigo was putting on the wrapped presents. Last time Yuzu had been in the room, Rukia was wearing two of the bows as hair-pins.

"What happened?" Yuzu asked, walking in.

"Rukia ran her finger across the tape cutter," Ichigo reported. Yuzu walked over, wincing when she saw Rukia's fingers bleeding.

"Are you OK, Rukia-Chan?" Yuzu asked, putting her spoon down and walking over. Ichigo was holding a washrag that he had been using for a marker eraser ove Rukia's fingers. The blood had already soaked through.

"I've taken worse than this," Rukia said, smiling slightly. Ichigo added more pressure to the wash rag, trying to cut off the bleeding. Rukia winced loudly.

"Let me get the first aid kit," Yuzu said, running out of the room.

"What is that thing?" Rukia asked, glaring at the tape cutter. It was about an inch and a half wide, and had sharp, in Ichigo's words, teeth on the top. Rukia, curious as always, had run her fingers across the teeth.

"It's to cut tape off of a roll if the normal cutter is broken. I told you not to touch it."

"And since when have I ever listened to you?" Rukia asked.

"Good answer. No, really, Rukia, this cut is deep. I might have to do a few stitches."

It turned out that there was needed three sticthes on each of the three cut fingers. After doing the stitching like his dad had taught him, Ichigo wrapped Rukia's fingers in gauze and held the gauze on with tape. Yuzu had, again, been kicked out of the room so Ichigo could finish wrapping.

"Here, play with this," Ichigo said, handing a roll of stickers to Rukia. "Write Yuzu and Kairn's name on a few of them, will you?"

"OK."

So they both went happily back to work. It was soon interrupted when Rukia moved closer to what Ichigo was wrapping. It looked like a bunny.

"Who's is that?" she asked, curiously. Ichigo gasped and pulled the present behind his back.

"None of your buissness," he snapped, his face flushing a little.

Rukia pouted, but went back to writing names on stickers. She tried to steal a glance at the present, but Ichigo had wrapped it fast, and again hidden it behind his back. After a few minutes, when she handed him a sticker saying 'Yuzu' he shook his head.

"I'm done with theirs. Now, you," Ichigo took her by the shoulders and pushed her out of the room. "Out."

Ichigo sighed in relief and walked back over to the bed, sitting down and taking the badly, and fastly, wrapped present out from behind him. He unwrapped it and set to wrapping it more carefully. When he reached across the bed for the stickers, he found they all had crude pictures of bunnies on them.

"Rukia!" he growled quietly. Sighing, he set to making his own stickers. Well, at least he had made the right choice in getting something bunny centric for Rukia for Christmas.

Christmas Eve Night

Ichigo woke up at about three AM and walked out of his room and into the kitchen, filling a glass with water and drinking it quickly. On his way back up to bed, he saw someone in the kitchen doorway. Passing it off as Yuzu or his dad trying to sneak a look at their presents, he walked back up to his room, collapsing onto his bed with a grunt.

In the morning, he woke to Yuzu jumping up and down on his bed, laughing happily. His dad, Karin and Rukia were standing in the doorway, all still in their pajamas. His dad had pajamas that were both striped and polka-dot; Karin's were plain green; and Rukia's were covered in bunnies.

"Uppy! Uppy! Ichi!" Yuzu said, smiling. She never got this excited unless it was Christmas. Even Karin looked excited.

"Fine, I'm up."

Ichigo pulled himself from his bed. He walked out with everyone, still in his pajamas.

They all walked out into the living room to find Kon already ripping at his presents.

"Ichigo, this is your year to hand out the presents," Isshin said, smiling. Ichigo nodded. Each year, one person would hand out a present to each person, and, going in age order, they would each open the present. Then everyone would dig in. It was something their mom had come up with to keep the kids calm until everyone was awake and ready.

Ichigo shuffled through the pile, handing a present each to the twins. After handing one to his dad and throwing Kon down the laundry shoot again, Ichigo shuffled through the piles of presents until he found the one he was looking for. Smiling, he handed it to Rukia. He was about to grab one that had his name on it when Rukia handed him something. He looked down at the present. The wrapping was a littls sloppy, and the sticker had drawings of bunnies all over it. It said: From, Rukia.To, Ichigo.

His smile grew and they all sat down on the floor. Yuzu was younger than Karin by ten minutes, so she went first. She opened her present to find a new stuffed animal. It was a lion, much like Kon, but it was one of those 'Doodle bears'. Karin also found one, but it was in the shape of a cat.

They let Rukia go after the twins, Isshin saying "Girls first!".

She smiled and took off the wrapping.

"Ohh, it's soo cute!"

It was a doodle bunny. Ichigo smiled.

"I saw it in the store while grabbing Karin and Yuzu's, and I figured you could use some work on your crappy drawings an-"

He didn't get any further because Rukia had slapped him upside the head. Deciding to keep his mouth shut, he looked down at the present in his hand, knowing it was his turn next.

He carefully unwrapped it.

Inside sat a small, square object. Ichigo looked puzzled.

"Um, what is it?"

"It's a pass so you can get into and out of the Soul Society without having to fight their hulking guard," Rukia said happily, already to work on doodling on her bunny.

"How did you get it?"

"Believe me, it was an awkward conversation. And I had to get it from Nii-Sama. That was worse."

"Thanks! This will help a ton."

Everyone had little idea of what they were talking about.

"My turn!" Isshin shouted happily. He ripped open his present. To find a doodle dog.

"Iiiichigo!" he whined. Ichigo smirked. Then, recovering, he shouted, "Dig in!"

Soon, all the presents were open, and everyone was playing in their respective corners. Rukia was laying on her stomach on the ground, her feet kicking back and forth in the air as she worked hard on fitting another drawing onto the doodle bunny. Ichigo watched her from across the room, glad that he had bought the bunny. The doodle animals were usually for kids. Let them draw for hours, then wash the drawings off in the washer, and let them draw more. But he knew Rukia's love for drawing, and her obsession for bunnies, and couldn't resist getting it for her.

Shaking his head, he turned his attention back to the gameboy he had recieved. He was in the middle of fighting something that looked a little too much like a Hollow for his liking when the doorbell rang. Sighing, he got up to answer it. No one else paid attention to it. He opened the door to find Renji and Byakuya at the door.

"Uh ... hi?"

"Yo, Ichigo!" Renji said happily.

"Not to sound rude or anything, but why are you guys here?" Ichigo asked.

"Just dropping in for a second. We had orders to come check up on you, like we usually do. How's Rukia?" Renji asked.

"She's fine. Come on it, if you want," Ichigo said, moving away from the door. Both Byakuya and Renji were in street clothes, as they usually were when they came to check up on them. Since Rukia had gone back to the Living World, and Ichigo ad been let go from the Soul Society without much way of anyone tracking him, Byakuya and Renji came to check up on them once a month. Ichigo guessed it was always them because of their relationship with Rukia.

"Oh, Rukia!" Ichigo called, walking back into the livingroom. "Company!"

Rukia looked up from her doodle bunny, having found a free space on the back, and smiled when she saw Byakuya and Renji.

"Nii-Sama!"

Not letting go of the bunny, she gave her brother and childhood friend big hugs.

"What is that thing?" Renji asked, pointing to the bunny.

"The bunny, or the unworldly drawings?" Ichigo asked, and, to his dismay, earned a smack . . . with the bunny, on the head from Rukia.

"Will you ever learn?" Renji asked. Ichigo shook his head, rubbing the sore spot. He then looked around the room to find his whole family staring at Byakuya and Renji.

"Um . . . friends," he explained. "Come on, everyone, let's go to my room."

Ten minutes later, everyone was sitting up in the bedroom, having gone through the normal questions. Had an unnormal amount of Hollows attacked? Were they stronger than usual? The ususal things everyone asked. All of Soul Society was still on edge from Aizen's attack.

"Everything's fi-" Ichigo began speaking, but was cut off as Kon flew into his face.

"Look what I found, Ichigo!" Kon said happily, holding up a pink bra. Ichigo turned a deeper shade of red than he could ever remember in his life. "It was in the laundry! I think it's Nee-Sans!" (A/N: Nee-San is what Kon calls Rukia)

"Give. Me. That NOW!" Rukia roared, grabbing the bra from Kon and stuffing it in her pocket. She then proceded to stomp on Kon. Renji looked over, curiously, at Ichigo.

"That normal?"

"Pretty . . . much . . ." Ichigo said, staring at poor Kon, whose stuffing was beginning to come out. Byakuya just raised an eyebrow.

Later That Night

Rukia and Ichigo were cleaning up in the kitchen after dinner. They were currently doing dishes, and since they were able to convince Renji and Byakuya to stay for dinner, there was only that much more. Ichigo was washing, and Rukia was drying and putting away.

"Hey, Rukia . . ." Ichigo trailed off, smiling as Rukia turned to look at him. "I bet these would look really pretty on you," he said, taking his hand out from behind his back and beginning to rub a handful of soap suds into Rukia's hair. She shrieked, grabbing a handful of suds and throwing them at Ichigo. He laughed and grabbed more.

Soon, it was a full-out sud war.

When all the suds were gone, Rukia and Ichigo were still laughing, and were covered in many, many suds.

Ichigo's eyes met Rukia's, into which was dripping soap from her hair. His laughing slowly quieted down. Suddenly, Rukia asked, "Ichigo, what's that?"

Ichigo looked up to see what she was pointing at. Ah, crap. So that was what the person he had seen in the kitchen doorway the night before had been doing.

"It's uh . . . Mistletoe."

"What's mistletoe?" Rukia asked curiously.

"It's tradition than when two people stand under it ... um . . ."

"What?"

Rukia reeally wasn't going to let this go. Ichigo sighed and ran a hand through his suddy hair.

"When two people stand under it, they have to ... well, kiss. It's only tradition, though," Ichigo said quickly. He was nervous. Rukia seemed deep in thought as she stared up at the spring of mistletoe. Suddenly, she stood up on her tip-toes and pressed her lips to Ichigo's. He was taken completely by surprise as Rukia wrapped her arms around his neck.

Soon, he responded, placing his hands on her waist. He couldn't think right. In fact, every trace of thought just flew out the window the second Rukia had started kissing him. Rukia slipped her tongue into his mouth, and he didn't care that he couldn't think. One could think later. Right now, all that mattered was Rukia.

Renji an Byakuya were watching from further off.

Renji threw a hand up in the air.

"You will not believe how much money I have just won!"

Byakuya stared at him, his eyes showing dissaproval.

"You bet on my sister's personal life?"

"Uh . . ." Renji looked anywhere but at Byakuya. "Ha ha . . .bye now!"

As Renji ran out the door, Byakuya on his heels, he accidently stepped on Rukia's doodle bunny, which was sitting, forgotten for the moment, on the floor.

Well, there you have it. Insanity in a nutshell. I hope you liked it!

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