Ch. 3
*****************************Flashback and explanation by Sachi*********************************
"Hey are you Sachi? I'm Hoshi and we need to talk" says Hoshi, he roughly pulls Sachi by the arm to him
"Y-yes, c-can help you?" asks Sachi
"Where's Lil Red" asks Hoshi
"Who?" asks Sachi
"Ichigo Kurosaki, who else?!" demands Hoshi
"I-I don't know, why?" asks Sachi
"You bitches put my pop in jail for what he did to you, I'm going to get my revenge for him. With that red headed bitch." says Hoshi, he tosses Sachi aside and leaves toward Ichigo's house.
************************Back to regular time, near Ichigo's house****************************
"Then why the hurry, she can handle him ?" asks Renji
"That's not it! Ichigo told us a while back that she lets her guard down, completely down on the roof!" says Tana
"Huh?" asks Byakuya, Renji, and Uryu
"Ugh, boys can be so useless sometimes. Okay, listen and listen well!" says Ayumi
******* Flashback everybody is nine, and Ichigo is helping everybody on her roof******
"There you go." says Ichigo, helping the last one up onto Yuzu and Karin's side of the roof.
"Thanks" says Everyone
"Wow it's so beautiful." says Tatsuki, looking out and about.
"Yeah, I come up here sometimes, especially after a bad day, but not very bad usually. If I'm looking for an escape though, I'm over there." says Ichigo, she points to the mountains
"What are you a monkey?" asks/teases Tana
Ichigo laughs
"No, It's just really peaceful there. So, if you want to talk, look for paper, pen, and an item to hold them. If you see that, but not me, you know where to look. Try not to sneak up on me though, I let my guard completely down." says Ichigo
***********Flashback over, five minutes closer to Ichigo's house.****************
"Of course we thought that she was kidding. Until the next day we went to the mountains." says Reiko
*******************Flashback on the mountains, where Ichigo is. Tatsuki calls to her. ***********
"Uh-wah!," says Ichigo, she turns toward the sound. "Oh Tatsuki, hi guys. You scared me for a second." says Ichigo
"Really? I thought you weren't scared of anything?" says/teases Tatsuki
"Yeah, and of course I'm scared of something, just not people sneaking up on me. It scared me for a second." says Ichigo
**********Flashback over, there almost there.****************
"That's it, she could almost get raped this time. " says Ayumi
"Almost?" asks Renji
"Yeah, her stamina is definitely down by now, as long as she's not injured too badly she'll be fine, but we have to hurry." says Reiko
"Please be home Ichigo!" says all the girls
They finally make it to Ichigo's house and see that she isn't there. They head toward the mountain and find Rukia. They fill her in on the way to the mountain where they see her sitting on the mountain. In the meanwhile, up on the mountain Hoshi gives Ichigo a glass of water.
"Thank-you," she says, she goes to get a drink but stops. "Rosemary?"
"Uh...yeah! I thought it'd be better than regular old water." says Hoshi
"Oh, I see." says Ichigo
She goes to get a drink, when she hears Kako yelling.
"Ichigo, get away from him! That's the guy's son! He wants revenge! " calls Kako
The guys pick up the pace to make it to Ichigo. Ichigo takes the water and splashes it in Hoshi's face.
"I knew something was up when I smelled the Rosemary." says Ichigo
She gets up to leave, but Hoshi grabs her leg and pulls her down. He pins her to the ground, holding both arms above her head with one hand he pours her another glass full. He then puts the glass above her face.
"That was dumb, but in the end. I'll get you for what you did to my father." says Hoshi
He moves it toward her mouth and she continues to moves closer to Ichigo's mouth and Ichigo continuously moves her head away. Renji makes it there first.
"Ichigo!" calls Renji
The others follow him.
"Renji! Guys! Get the cup! The cup!" yells Ichigo
"Huh?" asks Renji
"There's something else inside of it besides water! Kick the cup!" says Ichigo
"But-" starts Renji
"No buts! I'm fine! Just kick that cup!" says Ichigo
Renji does and everybody comes together to get at Hoshi, but Hoshi is faster. He pulls Ichigo up by the hair pulls her up, puts her in front of him, and puts a knife to her throat.
"Don't move! You move she dies! I'll slit her throat right here and right now!" says Hoshi
Everybody is up now.
"Damn! This is gonna look so weak but I don't have a choice." Ichigo thinks to herself and out loud she says: " Not on your life, pal!"
She stomps on his foot , jabs him in the ribs with her elbow, grabs his arm pulls it out straight in front of her. Kicks him up in between his legs, and flips him over her body with a lot of force.
"You just stay there and rest for a while." she says smirking.
All the girls except for Rukia hug her at the same time really hard.
"Ichigo! We're so glad you're okay." they say
"I'm fine, I came up here, because I was tired of the roof tiles jabbing in my ribs, and I didn't want to climb back down yet. So I climbed the mountain." says Ichigo
The girls let go of Ichigo, and stares at her.
"What's wrong with your ribs?" they all asks
Ichigo lifts her shirt little ways and shows them the swollen bruise on her ribs.
"Some giant used most of his strength to do this, but at least the swelling has gone down some." says Ichigo
The Giant has come into the view.
"Boss!" says Giant
The Giant runs toward Hoshi, then stops at Ichigo and bows at her.
"Sorry for earlier Lil' Red. I was just doing what I was hired to do." says Giant
He runs to where Hoshi is.
"You idiot, you were 'spose to break her ribs!" yells Hoshi
Everyone else except for Uryu, Giant, and Hoshi turns and faces Ichigo.
"You fought him?!" they ask
"Yeah and I won. Hee. It was hard though, given that he kept on going for my ribs. Same spot too, anyways lets go. Oh as a thanks, why not come to my house for dinner? We always end up having more-" says Ichigo, her phone rings and she picks up making a 'hold on' motion with her finger. "Yuzu? Oh really...that's okay you might have to add more...I invited some people for dinner as a thank-you...Yeah...Thanks see you later. ….Uh-huh...Bye."
She hangs up her phone puts it back. Later everyone except for Sachi, Ayumi, Kako, Tana, and Reiko are at Ichigo's. As soon as everyone is in the house, Karin drags Ichigo to where Yuzu is, and invites the others to sit at the table.
"Yuzu? What's wrong, why is Krin acting so w-" she stops mid-sentence
She looks at the food that Yuzu is cooking.
"Grandma's, Auntie's, your guys's, and my favorite food. What. Did. He. Do?" asks Ichigo, looking worried as well
"Don't know!" says Karin and Yuzu, they shrug.
"Well, come on, I'll help you two set this stuff out." says Ichigo
The three sisters set the food on the table, and join everybody at the table. A little bit later Isshin joins everybody at the table and everybody digs in. A few minutes into dinner, Isshin puts his fork down and clears his throat. Everybody looks up, but continues eating.