Wow it's been a while... I'M SO SORRY! Once school started I got caught up in work and the musical (backstage, tech of course) My free time just went down the drain as soon as school started. And as much as i'd like to say that i've got everything sorted out and i'll got back to updating regularly, i can't. i'm just on break. i'll try to update as much as i can before the break ends... Like i said when i started this FanFic, I will not abandon it! It'll just take a while to finish... Okay well i won't keep you waiting, READ AND REVIEW! ...even though i might not respond to the reviews for a little while... Also, who can get the manga reference i made in the first paragraph?! :D

Chapter 6

Yuzu had woken up extra early so she could make bentos in peace, ever since she had started making Jinta's lunch a week ago her entire family started to tease her about it. Except for Ichigo, who'd just yell at everyone for encouraging Yuzu to start dating at such a young age. Oh come on, I'm only 12! I've seen couples who are still in their 4th year of elementary!

Yuzu finished her smiley face design on Jinta's rice. How cute. I hope he likes it.

"Still making bentos for that jerk?" A tired monotone voice said from behind her.

"Ka-Karin!" Yuzu jumped almost knocking the stack of bentos over.

Karin gave her a smug smile. "When are you going to confess?"

"What are you talking about Karin?" Yuzu turned around to put the left over food away.

"Oh, come on Yuzu! Girls can confess too."

"Who said I want to confess?"

"I can tell. I am your twin."

Yuzu's face turned red. "I need to finish getting ready for school! Your bento is on the bottom!" Yuzu ran out of the room. Towards the bathroom. Bang! Yuzu felt her head hit the door then the floor. Swish. The bathroom door opened quickly reveling a half naked Ichigo with a towel around his waist, he had just finished his morning shower.

"Yuzu! Are you okay?!" Ichigo asked from above her.

"Yeah..." She rubbed her head as Ichigo helped her up.

"Be careful."

"Yeah, sorry onii-chan."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." She started to walk away, but Ichigo held her wrist.

"If you can't talk to me about it, all you have to do is say so. But let me tell you something, you can't run away from your problems forever." With that he let go and returned to the bathroom.

"Izuru-kun. Izuru-kun!" Momo called from the kitchen to wake him up.

Mmmmph.. "Huh?" Why am I in the living room instead of my bedroom? Izuru thought as he stood up from the chair he had fallen asleep in several hours ago.

"Izuru-kun?" Momo's voice drifted from the kitchen. "Get ready. We'll be late to school if you're not ready soon."

"Momo-chan? Why are you here?"

"I stayed here last night. Remember? I hope it was okay."

"Oh. Yeah. I remember now." Izuru went into the bathroom to change into his school uniform and brush his teeth. "Do we need to stop by your house to get your uniform?" Izuru asked from the bathroom.

"Yes, but you can go on ahead."

"No, I'll walk with you." Izuru walked into the kitchen fully dressed and ready to go. Momo was finishing up their lunches and still in yesterdays clothes, her eyes were a little puffy though.

"Ready?" She handed him his bento.

"Yep. Let's go."

They left the apartment and headed over to Momo's house. It feels like we really live together... Izuru thought happily. Waking up in the same apartment, having matching bentos, walking to school together, hand in hand... wait. Hand in hand? Izuru looked down and noticed he had subconsciously grabbed onto her hand.

Momo was also looking down at the hand Izuru was holding. "Izuru-kun? Why did you-"

Doushiyou mo nai itsumo shou mo nai koto bakari de moriagatte sonna bokura mo otona ni natte... Izuru quickly let go of Momo's hand and reached into his pocket for his phone.

"Moshi moshi?"

"She didn't stop by my house last night. Let me know if she shows up at school." Toshiro's worried voice emitted from the phone.

"Oh! I'm sorry Hitsugaya-sempai! I forgot to call you last night. Momo was waiting at my apartment. I'm walking with her now."

"WHAT?! DAMN IT KIRA! YOU HAD ME WORRYING FOR NOTHING!"

"I'm really sorry Hitsugaya-sempai! I was so relieved it slipped my mind! Please don't yell..."

Momo snatched the phone away from Izuru and yelled into the phone. "Shiro-chan! Don't yell at Izuru-kun! He was busy taking care of me so he couldn't call you! I'll talk to you after school." She hung up before Toshiro could respond.

"Momo-chan?" Izuru was in shock, he'd never seen Momo act that way before.

"Izuru-kun if your phone is right, then we should run or else we'll be late for class." With that she took off.

"ASANO!" Ikkaku ran at Asano Keigo, grabbing his hair and dragging him away from his friends.

"Ow! Ow! What did I do wrong Madarme?! Ow!"

Ikkaku just kept pulling him along, they went up to the roof where Yumichika was waiting.

"Ikkaku... Why must you do these ugly things?"

"Yeah! Yeah! Why Madarme?! Dragging me up here by my hair?!" Keigo pitched in.

"I mean brining ugly things up here, you should be ashamed." Yumichika finished, putting Keigo in a state of gloom.

"I brought him up here so he could help us." Ikkaku said as he threw Keigo at the fence.

"Huh? Then why didn't you just ask me?! Why did you have to pull my hair?!"

"I have an image." Ikkaku said cooly, "anyway, I need your help."

"With what?"

"Getting rid of your sister. As you know we went on a date yesterday."

"Oh, yeah. She wouldn't shut up about it... 'Darling said this...' 'Darling did that...'"

"Yesterday we tried to change my image to get her to change her mind, but she didn't notice."

"She noticed. She thought it was pretty cool that you dressed up for her."

"Whaaaaaaaat?! She thought I was dressing up for her?!"

Yumichika burst out into laughter as Ikkaku's short temper shot up.

"Damn it! What am I supposed to do?!" Ikkaku punched the fence right next to Keigo, causing him to jump.

"Uh, uh, punching me won't help you."

"You've gotta help me Keigo! What can I do to get rid of her?!"

"Uh... I don't really know. She likes you because you're bald- I mean- you shave you're head."

"I'm not growing my hair out."

"Uh, she likes that you're tough... um, I actually don't know what she sees in you..."

"Are you trying to be funny?! Because it's not working!" Ikkaku held up his clenched fist.

Keigo gulped and quickly searched his brain for something Mizuho said. "She hates Yumichika!"

"What?!" Yumichika exclaimed, "how could anyone hate me?!"

Ikkaku and Keigo were silent.

"Fine! I hate her too, she's so plain and ugly."

"So, what I'm supposed to wear a wig, act like a wimp and declare this and that beautiful and ugly?" Ikkaku asked Keigo.

"I guess... we could see how that works."

"I was kidding!"

"Well, you could try, but you'd never be able to pull it off." Yumichika shared.

"Was that a challenge?!"

"No. I know you can't do it."

"I accept! Won't this be beautiful Yumichika?" Ikkaku fluttered his eye lashes, Yumichika and Keigo took a horrified step back.

"You've already lost Ikkaku."

"What an ugly thing to say Yumichika." Ikkaku said musically, as he strutted his way to the door.

"You've created something horrible Yumichika." Keigo announced.

"Well, either way it'll get rid of Mizuho." Yumichika said venomously, obviously still miffed about Keigo's earlier statement.

Toshiro slammed open the classroom door. "Aizen Sosuke! I'm calling you out for a fight right now!"

"Hitsugaya-san can it wait until after class? We don't have time."

"I don't care! We're fighting now! Behind the school!" Hitsugaya stormed out as quickly as he came in. Leaving the entire class in shock.

"Wow Aizen, ya upset teh kid pretty bad. Are ya goin'?" Gin asked from behind him.

"It would be rude if I didn't now, wouldn't it?" Sosuke replied, taking his time walking out of the class room, Gin close behind him.

The rest of the class erupted with excitement as soon as Sosuke left the room. Hitsugaya Toshiro was known to beat the shit out of anyone who messed with Hinamori Momo, and Aizen Sosuke was the judo captain, so the fight would definitely be good. Everyone raced around to quickly find their friends or to be the first there to get the best view. When Sosuke arrived there was already a circle around Toshiro.

"Lets go Aizen." Toshiro growled.

Sosuke silently stepped into the circle and held up his fists, ready for whatever Toshiro threw at him. Toshiro took a step toward him and immediately shot his left fist toward him, Sosuke easily blocked as Toshiro brought up his right leg and aimed a kick at Sosuke's side. Definitely leaving a bruise. Sosuke, still holding onto Toshiro's fist, swiftly flipped him over his shoulder. Wham! Toshiro landed on his back with a groan, the wind knocked out of him, he looked up to see Sosuke smirking down at him, several students started to turn away realizing the fight was over. But Toshiro wasn't easily beat, Momo's crying face flashing to his mind, he placed his hands on the ground behind him and flipped backward toward Sosuke, completely upside down Toshiro held Sosuke's neck between his feet. Because Toshiro was shorter than Sosuke his hands couldn't prop himself up from the ground, putting his full weight on Sosuke's neck. Sosuke staggered a little, but kept his balance, making small chocking noises as he kicked at Toshiro's face, but Toshiro had braced his hands on Sosuke's legs, keeping them from moving much. He then punched him in the stomach making Toshiro loosen his grip on Sosuke's neck, he kept punching until the short white haired boy completely lost his grip and fell back to the ground. Gah! Sosuke immediately stomped on Toshiro's left hand, grinding it into the ground with his foot. Toshiro hissed with pain. Sosuke lifted his foot getting ready to kick Toshiro's head.

"NO! STOP IT!" Momo burst into the circle crying, Rangiku, Renji and Izuru close behind her. "Aizen-sempai! Please!"

Aizen put his foot down and stepped back. Momo rushed to Toshiro crying all over him. "Hinamori! I'm fine!"

"No, you're not!"

"You've lost Hitsugaya-san, interference." Sosuke mentioned.

"Fuck you Aizen! It's not my fault!" Toshiro got to his feet and ran at Sosuke.

"NO!!!" Momo screamed.

Toshiro shot another punch at Aizen, who parried with his leg. Sosuke aimed a punch at Toshiro's head, but Momo jumped in the way, to push them apart. Sosuke's fist collided with her neck and she fell to the ground.

"MOMO!" Toshiro, Izuru, Renji and Rangiku shouted.

"Renji!" Wham! Renji saw Rukia's face as he fell backward after getting hit with one of her mystery thrillers.

"What was that for?!"

"You were completely out of it. I had to bring you back to earth somehow! Come on. Class is over and Ichigo is waiting at the gates." She started to walk away, but paused. "Do you think she's okay?"

Renji grabbed his books and quickly went to her side. "We can go see."

Rukia nodded and they walked to the infirmary. There was a group of people by the door. Renji saw Izuru and walked toward him. "How is she? Have you seen her yet?"

"She hasn't woken up yet... the nurse and the principle are talking about sending her to the hospital..."

"Oh my gosh! Why haven't they done that yet?!" Rukia exclaimed.

"The nurse didn't think it was that bad before. But she's been out of it all day."

"Can we see her?" Renji asked.

"Hitsugaya-sempai is in there now and everyone here wants to see her... so... maybe tomorrow?"

"Okay. Keep up updated Izuru." Renji turned to Rukia, "Ichigo's waiting right?"

"Yeah. We should hurry." They jogged to meet up with Ichigo.

"How is she?" Ichigo asked after pretending to be angry at them for keeping him waiting.

"We're not sure." Rukia said sullenly.

"Oh." Ichigo's face filled with pain for a split second, "Lets go eat!"

Renji watched them pick up from where they left off before class, arguing about Rukia's choice in books. Renji was used to this routine they'd argue and tease each other, settle an argument, Renji would start a conversation, they'd chat until they found something else to argue about and Renji would wait until they finished. He used to join the arguments, but after realizing he was just slowing them down he decided to let them be.

"Renji?" Rukia asked bringing him out of his thoughts.

"Huh?"

"What did you think of that career test we took today?"

Oh. They started a regular conversation on their own. "It was stupid. Those tests are worth less."

"Don't you think it'll be interesting to see the results though? I hope I get something cool, like a detective." Rukia hoped.

"I agree with Renji, you can't let a test decide your future, you've got to make it." Ichigo stated, "if you want to become a detective like the one in that book you're reading then do it."

Wait. This is the type of thing they should be arguing about? What happened? Renji followed them into the restaurant confused.

So there you go... I'm sorry for taking so long, maybe i'll try to work this story into my weekends, but that doesn't mean i'll update every weekend... I love all of you who've decided to follow this fanfic... THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Izuru's ringtone- "Arigato" By SMAP