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Chapter 8: Scoldings and Suspicions.

Date: December 15, 1941

9:53 a.m.

One week and a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

"NO YOU IDIOT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THIS!" I yelled at Ichigo, who was stubbornly wasn't listening all morning to what I've been trying to tell him.

"NO, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THIS!" Ichigo yelled back stubbornly, pointing at an open spot area on the map on where the squadrons should go.

The soldiers stood there silently with sweat drops watching us intensively, satisfied with the amount of drama and fights that is going on between Kurosaki and I.

The don't even bother stopping us because they know that are likely to be killed if they get in the way. For some of the soldiers it's entertainment night just like watching a really intense football game.

I crossed my arms in annoyance as I stared at him, wanting to jump him and punch his face a million times.

"You are so stubborn!" I yelled as I clenched my fist.

"Same goes for you miss I-know-everything!" He snapped at my face.

I narrowed my eyes at him, feel like killing him right on the spot.

"Oh yeah? Look whos talking Mr. Cocky-asshole!" I yelled, flinging my arms down.

"You think I'm cocky?" He yelled with a vein popping onto his temple. "So are you Bitch!" He pointed at me.

Some soldiers who stood there witnessing the fight flinched at the angry tone of voice Ichigo gave out. They managed to not say a word while we are having a little war here.

"How am I cocky? You're the one who was cocky in the first place you jerk!" I yelled, pointing at his chest. "And now I'm stuck here working with a buffoon like you!"

"Oh really? Is that so? Then maybe you should stop being a little midget bitch and admit that my plan is better than yours!" He said crossing his arms.

Midget... did you say MIDGET? ...That's it! you just crossed the line Kurosaki! You are SO dead!

My fist fidgeted with frustration as I cannot take this childish game anymore. Without realizing it, I instantly jumped onto Kurosaki and started to punch his face as he fell onto the sandy ground. The soldiers gasps and gawks at the sight they're seeing.

I sat on his lap trying to hold him down as the best I could, he then flipped me onto my back like I'm a feather to him and held me down as I struggled to get out of his grip. The soldiers cheered loudly as to who would win.

Of course they cheered for Ichigo because he's a guy and they assumed guys are supposed to be stronger than girls. But they are going to be proved wrong!

I kneed him in the stomach as he grimaced in pain. I brought my leg back kicked his stomach as he flew off of me as he landed on his behind. The soldiers whoa'd as Ichigo held his stomach.

'Holy shit this woman is strong!" He thought as he got back up on his feet and recovered from the kick.

I got back up and charged at him with my fist. As I was about to punch him in the face, he then caught my hand before I could do anything and shoved me onto the ground. He hovered on top of me and held me down once again. Except this time he held my wrists tighter and layed on top of me and I mean LAYED on top of me.

"Damn it Ichigo you stupid imbecile!" I yelled with my cheeks flustered in a scarlet colour, anxious to get out of his grip.

"Stop moving midget!" He demanded as he's trying his best to maintain his position so I won't move.

"You're so heavy you fat ass! Get off of me you fool!" I choked out.

The soldiers chuckled at my fail attempts to get out of his grip.

"SHUT UP!" I yelled at the soldiers as they stopped laughing.

"Not until you actually agree that this plan is better for everyone here!" He said putting more weight on me. "There would be less casualties!"

I shook my head violently as I grunted from the weight and panted from the lack of air getting into my body.

"NO! Get off of me or I'll rip your head off!" I threatened as I jerked my wrists from his hands and placed it on his chest as I used all my strength to push upwards to get him off of me.

A shadow of a person cast on us as his hands was on his hips, staring at us. We didn't notice he was there but the soldiers did.

"ENOUGH!" A voice yelled from above.

Ichigo and I stopped what we were doing as we froze in our position. Our gaze went up to look at the red headed man above us.

"Stop it you two!" He said looking down at us, glaring at Ichigo.

"Get off of her Lieutenant!" Ashido yelled, glancing over at me.

I felt the load lighten off of me as I could finally breathe easier. I slowly got up and casually brushed the dirt off my uniform like nothing had happened. I stood beside Ichigo, looking at Ashido.

"What in the world are you two fighting about?" Ashido asked, narrowing his eyes at both of us.

"This dumb bitch over here." Ichigo pointed at me with his thumb. "Is being an asshole considering my plan was way better than hers."

"W-what did you say!" I yelled "I'll have you know-"

"Shut up," Ashido interrupted looking at me a bit pissed off.

"And you two had to take such drastic measures for something so simple?" He asked rhetorically.

"She attacked me first." Ichigo stated.

"You deserved it because you were being an insolent fool!" I said defensively.

Ashido closed his eyes and sighed in disbelief. He cannot believe that these us two were fighting over which plan was better.

In honesty, he doesn't really care which one was better. All it matters to him was them two to work together peacefully and not start a little war/riot over here. He now regrets being a commanding officer and dragging Rukia into it with it.

"Ichigo, go back to your camp and Rukia, just do your job and don't let this happen again or else you will be killed." He said looking at me seriously.

Killed? What?

"What did you say at the end?" I asked, thinking I misheard the word.

"Nothing." Ashido said quickly and calmly.

"Okay."

"Good, now since this commotion is over and without any further due, I must get back to my remote squad." He said looking at me and Ichigo.

Ashido glanced at me and walked closer to me. Next thing I knew that his right hand is on my lower back, pulling my close to him and his lips on my cheek. I can't help but to blush in embarrassment.

"Take care." He said as he intended to go back to his post and walked away.

All my anger had been swept away by Ashido's sudden affection towards me. I don't consider him as a boyfriend or a soul mate since we haven't done anything but talk... and his affection.

We both stood here silently for a moment until Ichigo broke it.

"Hey, who was that? And how did he know my name?" Ichigo stared at him intently like he was jealous of him.

I glanced at Ichigo and then looked back at Ashido.

"His name is Ashido. He's my best friend when we were younger." I said plainly, not noticing his facial expression.

Ichigo glared at Ashido, having an untrusting look on his face.

'This Ashido guy, I have a bad feeling about him.' Ichigo thought.

"Rukia, don't you think it's strange how Ashido is acting weird for the past couple of days?" He asked in a serious tone.

"What do you mean?" I said looking at his auburn eyes, cocking my head and giving him a confused look.

What are you talking about? He's just being himself.

"Yesterday he was acting weird, when he was commanding one of the 4th squads, he paced around like he's waiting for someone."

"Waiting for someone?" I asked.

"Yeah, and I've seen him around before. I was in his squad for a year when I joined the army so I know how he acts like every day. But right now, he's acting different and it's really suspicious." He said touching his chin.

Suspicious? Ashido? What are you implying here?

"What are you saying Kurosaki?" I said pointedly, narrowing my eyes at him.

"He just said that if you don't do your job, you will be killed... did you not hear him?" Ichigo said looking at me with a worried face.

W-what? So it is what I heard!

"I remember yesterday night he was talking to this dude dressed in all black. He was wearing this ninja looking suit. He looks like he doesn't go to this camp at all. I overheard them talking about a new invention of the Atomic bomb and the camp's 'weakness'."

Ichigo's flashback

December 14, 1941

11:34 p.m.

"That's not it you buffoon!" Ashido whispered loudly in a freaking out tone.

"What do you mean 'that's not it'?" The man dressed in all black asked.

I snuck behind a tree listening to the conversation. I was out for a little walk to cool off from the horrible nightmare of my mother and father dying, being burned alive in a house. Then suddenly I just hear men talking loudly in a whisper. I know the man talking for sure was Ashido. The other one talking; I'm not sure who it is. I quickly glanced over the tree and saw Ashido and guy dressed like a ninja.

I don't know what Ashido is up to but something is definitely not right.

"That's not the freaking town stupid! It's the other way! You were supposed to bomb Hiroshima not Karakura you dumb idiot!" Ashido said smacking the man on the head. "What are you trying to do? Kill me?"

My eyes widened as I leaned more to the right to listen more closely.

"B-but sir! If we bomb Hiroshima…" He trailed off.

"I don't care! They bombed our country! What are we supposed to do? Sit there and be dumb buffoons?" Ashido said crossing his arms.

I can't believe it… he's going to bomb Hiroshima!

The question is: with what though? Grenades? A random bomb? Invasion?

"Stupid!" Ashido said grabbing the piece of paper on the ground, holding it up."Why else did Einstein create the Atomic bomb?" He asked, pointing at the outline of the bomb.

An Atomic bomb? What is that?

The man dressed in black sighed as he scratched the fabric on the back of his head.

"You should leave now before anyone finds us here." Ashido demanded.

"Yes, sir." The man bowed as he ran off into the dark forest.

Ashido smiled mischievously as he walked past the tree where I stood, not noticing me.

End of flashback

. . .

"That's nonsense," I said looking away from him."Ashido would never really do that." I assured.

"I'm not so sure about that." He said crossing his arms.

'Why would Ashido say that to Rukia? It's not like he would murder her or anything...… wait… of course!' Ichigo thought.

"Rukia… do you think that Ashido might have an intention of killing you?" He asked in worry.

My eyes widen in shock.

"What? That's crazy! He would never hurt anyone!" I defended.

"Sounds to me like he's going to hurt you." He warned.

Are you crazy? Ashido would never hurt me!

"I don't think so." I disagreed. "Now will you excuse me I have an important report to do." I said walking away from Ichigo and back to my house.

Ichigo's POV

I can't believe it! She's defending him! He's really going to kill Rukia, I swear!

That look on his face just gave him away, that tone of voice also gave him away and the conversation from yesterday night just adds it as a conclusion.

The question is... why kill Rukia?

He's her childhood friend right? Shouldn't they be really close friends? And what's up with the mushy boyfriend act? It's really suspicious... Which I am totally not jealous of... ish.

But that won't matter, she's beautiful but her personality is still shitty.

My deep thoughts were interrupted by one of the soldiers who were standing there earlier.

"Sir, can we leave now?" He asked, hoping that I'd let them go.

I turned my head back to look at the line of soldiers. "O-oh yeah go ahead, you're all dismissed for the time being."

"Thank you sir." The soldier bowed happily as the other soldiers started scattering around the camp.

I looked back forward, scratching my chin and thought really hard. Just like a detective.

Okay if he was intending to kill Rukia, then wouldn't he have done it from the start when they both reunited in the camp?

And wouldn't Byakuya be aware about this too? I mean, he's really observant and smart.

But then again, he locks himself in his heavily guarded office and barely talks or sees Rukia. The only time he'd talk to her or see her is when he goes to her little house or tells her to go to his office.

When she goes to his office, of course she would scold the guards. When Byakuya is asked to come to her house, he would refuse until she drags him out of there.

But this concept doesn't make sense, after those childhood years like 14 or 15 years, he had all that time to finish her off.

Unless... something between that timeline, happened in the past might've triggered a will to kill her… that's it!

I quickly rushed back to my camp to where my friends are.

God I hope you guys are here!

Once I was near the camp after 7 minutes of running, I saw them staring at me and waving at me to come over. I ran as fast as I could to them. My heart was beating fast and sweat was dropping down to my jaw. I stopped running and stood in front of them panting hard. They looked at me in confusion to why I am sweating so much and running towards them.

"Ichigo, what happened? You look terrible!" Renji said staring at my limping form in confusion.

My hands were on my knees as my bangs covered my eyes. I kept on panting wanting to respond to them as fast as I could.

"A-ashido, he…" I panted. "He... is acting really suspicious." I looked up at renji.

"What do you mean?" Hitsugaya asked raising his delicate silver eyebrow at me.

"Come." I said gesturing my hand, telling them to follow me.

We walked back to our huge dark green tent and all sat in a circle in the middle of our tent.

"Guys, I think Ashido is going to kill Rukia." I said worringly.

"Rukia? Kill? What? Are you serious?" Renji yelled in surprise.

I nodded nervously.

"Do you have any proof or evidence that might prove that Ashido is going to kill her?" Hitsugaya asked in a serious tone.

I looked at Hitsugaya in concern. "Not just her; everyone in Hiroshima."

"What are you talking about Kurosaki?" Hitsugaya looked at me with a little panic.

"Last night, in the woods..." I said looking at my lap. "I heard Ashido and this dude who doesn't go to this camp, planning to bomb Hiroshima." I explained.

Renji looked at me in total shock. "What! Hiroshima! A bom-"

"SHHHHHHHHH." I said covering his mouth. "If Ashido finds out that we know what he's about to do, we are good as dead!" I whispered angrily into his ear.

I let go of him as I sat back down while Renji scoffed.

"Why were you in the woods?" Hitsugaya asked, trying to get as much information as he can to solve the problem.

"Because," I said looking at the ground. " I... I had a bad dream and- I went out for a walk to calm down." I said looking back up at Hitsugaya.

"That's when you encountered them correct?" He reassured.

"Affirmative." I nodded.

"Do you have any more evidence?" Hitsugaya asked crossing his arms.

"Right. First evidence is what I just told you, like the woods thing and the second is that this morning, Rukia and I were fighting-"

"Why were you two fighting?" Hitsugaya interrupted.

"Because we were now stop interrupting!" I said quickly, not wanting to explain it.

"Sor-ry," He said apologetically. "Every detail counts."

I glared at him and then continued to explain.

"Anyway," I continued. "Ashido came out of nowhere and broke up the fight. Then he said this: You better not let this happen again or you will be killed."

"Are you sure?" Hitsugaya asked.

"Yes!" I said getting annoyed with his constant reassurance.

Renji and I stared at Hitsugaya as he had his hand on his chin, looking down on the ground trying to think of a way to solve my- our problem.

"Kurosaki," Hitsugaya looked up at me. "I think you should be staying by her at all times, if you think your little hunch is true then you should be able to protect her with your Karate skills you told us about. That way Ashido can't get near her."

I nodded in agreement.

Even though I don't really like her, but her life is in danger and I can't risk that. I don't want to see her die, especially being betrayed by her best friend. I must save her!

"You guys should keep an eye out for Ashido when he's commanding your squad." I said glancing at both of them. "Find any clues and evidence so when he does kill her and tries to get away with it, he will be executed and trialed with manslaughter."

They all nodded.

"What kind of clues are we supposed to find?" Renji asked.

Oh my god Renji are you that dumb? Oh well… I haven't thought of it either soooo…. Uhh…

"Facial expressions, words he says and body language." Hitsugaya answered.

"Alright" Renji nodded. "Hey, I think we should name our little 'spy' group... Just for fun." He suggested.

"Name our group? Really Renji? Really?" Hitsugaya said raising his eyebrow at him.

"Yeah, you know," He shrugged. "At least go along with it, we only get to be kids once in a lifetime."

"Yeah, sure, whatever." Hitsugaya said rolling his eyes at him.

Renji glared at Hitsugaya and then started thinking of a group name.

"Hmmm... maybe we should call our group KAT." Renji suggested.

"….. Cat?" I said with a sweat drop.

What the fuck? Cat? Why would we name our group: Cat. It's stupid!

"NO not that cat dumb ass! As in K.A.T; Kurosaki, Abarai and Toushiro!" He said putting his hands on his hips.

"Ooooh!" I said giving him a 'oh I get it' look, even though I don't even give a flying fuck about it.

That's the stupidest group name ever. Better than what I thought you said, Seriously… come up with something better than that. It sounds retarded!

Renji then grinned proudly for choosing our group name. We don't bother changing it because we just don't care about the name right now. All we care about is saving Rukia and Hiroshima from Ashido and his diabolical plan.

Hitsugaya stood up and looked back down at us.

"C'mon, don't waste time here! It's time to investigate the situation. We don't have that much time if Ashido and the other guy is speaking about it right now." Hitsugaya said walking out of the tent.

Right now? Didn't I say: Look closely at him when he's commanding your squad? Doesn't anyone listen?

"Alright." I said casually. Renji and I both stood up and stretched for 5 seconds and then walked out of the tent.

"Have you taken her out yet?" A low mysterious voice echoed in the large empty building as his dark skin face was covered in the darkness.

I sat in the wooden chair with only a yellow light shining down on me. I didn't learn his name or his face. I was here to serve him.

"No sir, I have not. There was no opportunity." I said with a hint of disappointment.

His smile faded as he thought and hoped she was dead.

"You better finish the job quickly, Byakuya will become suspicious of us and catch us. We will be executed if you are not careful." He warned me.

"Yes, sir I will be very careful, when the time comes when she is vulnerable then I will not hesitate to kill her." I assured him.

"Good." He said impatiently, tapping his foot and crossing his arms. "Now when is this going to happen?"

"I am not sure sir, maybe today, maybe tomorrow." I responded nervously, hoping he won't kill me right now.

Silence fills the room as he was thinking of alternative ways to kill her without getting their hands stained and dirty. Hiring men to do this will just lead it to him when they rat him out. Instead of that, he had a better idea.

"Come." My boss demanded.

I stepped forward as his mouth was near my face. He whispered his plan into my ear as I nodded in agreement.

"You know what you're doing?" He asked eyeing me.

"Yes sir, I know what I am doing."

"Good. I'm glad you understand. Now get out of my sight."

I bowed to him and left the building. I scurried back to the camp undetected by the body guards and awaited for the morning sunrise.

A/N: Holy cow balls, this is the longest chapter I ever wrote so far. It took a while though but it was worth it!

I bet you thought Ashido was a protagonist didn't ya? But not anymore :3

That's not all to Ashido… You'll find out later in the chapters that he is not as innocent as you think he is. He is definitely hiding something.

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