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Sparklers

Ohmigosh! What is she doing here? Rukia thought. Did she saw me and Ichigo k-k … Rukia blushed at that thought. Please say she didn't, please say she didn't…

"Kurosaki-kun! Kuchiki-san! How cute!!" Orihime skipped on the rocks in the river, forgetting about the pain in her foot.

She did saw us! Oh noo… she saw us! Ah! This is so embarrassing! Oh! Why did she have to pop up now!? Why?

"Kuchiki-san!" Orihime hugged Rukia. "Kuchiki-san! I didn't know that you and Kurosaki-kun are together! Oh! That is just so, so cute! I mean, not just cute! Very, very super duper-ly cute! Ah! Wait till I tell Tatsuki-chan, Chizuru-chan, Asano-kun, Sado-kun…"

"Ahh… Inoue? I need you not to tell anyone about this, okay? Please…" Ichigo cut her off.

Orihime stopped listing names and went, "Ehhh…? Why not, Kurosaki-kun?"

"Just please don't tell anyone."

"Well… okay…"

"Inoue-san!" Ishida had finally gotten himself unstuck. "You should not run like that, your wounds will open and will take longer to heal."

"My wounds? … Oh! My foot! Sorry, Ishida-kun. I guess all this excitement went into my head…" She leaned to a tree and opened her shoe. Just as Ishida said, her wounds opened and the bandage was red, again. Ishida took out his trusty first aid kit and began to re-bandage her foot, yet again.

"Rukia…"Ichigo pulled her towards him and said in a hushed tone "… what are we gonna do? Inoue isn't one of the best secret-keeper, you know."

"I guess we'll just have to trust her. By the way, you think Ishida saw… us too?"

"Dunno. Hope not."

After Ishida was done, he said, "C'mon let's get back to the camp site already…" He put his kit into his bag and he lends a hand to Orihime to help her get up. The bespectacled boy then climbed a tree.

"Oi! Ishida what are you doing?!" Ichigo called out. "Being a monkey?" He snickered at his own joke.

"I am trying to find the camp site's smoke to find the camping grounds…"

Ichigo slapped a hand to his face. "Why didn't I think of that? We could've gotten back to the camp site by now!" And avoided 'The Awkward Situation.' He added to himself. And that was exactly how he said it, like it was capitalized at the beginning of each word.

Ishida heard him. "'Cause you're too dim-witted, Kurosaki…"

He ignored him. Rukia said to Ichigo almost inaudibly, "Eh, Ichigo, we should be packing back all our stuff now." Ichigo heard her, of course. He replied with a simple, "Oh, yeah." He turned to Ishida who was currently descending the tree. "Ishida! Done yet?!"

"Yes." He jumped down and landed swiftly on the ground "Don't be so impatient, Kurosaki. The campsite's over-"

"Rukia and I wanna get back all the camping stuff we left at our place." After he finished the sentence, he realized his mistake and mentally slapped himself.

"'Rukia,' hmm?"

"Ooh…Kurosaki-kun and Kuchiki-san are going to first name basis now! Aah.." And Orihime started to ramble about how cute and adorable they were together etc. etc.

"I meant, Kuchiki-san!" He said hastily as he flails his arms. "Kuchiki-san and I wanna get back all of the camping stuff we left."

Ishida smirked. Orihime squealed.

Rukia glared at Ichigo with a glare that said, 'Good going you idiot! Now Ishida will think there's something between us too!'

He mouthed, "So-ree! Geez."

0oo0oo0oo

Ichigo and Rukia packed. Seeing that there was only one tent, Orihime gasped and yelled, "You two slept together?!" Both said in unison, "No!" which was a total lie. Ichigo and Rukia did not want to meet each other's eyes.

Then, Ichigo climbed up a tree to check for smoke. Said carrot-top didn't want to do it at first, but after loads of blackmailing from Ishida, (to tell everyone at the campsite about him and Rukia.) he at last gave in. And now the four friends are walking towards the location where Ichigo said, to their east.

As they are walking suddenly they heard a stomach grumble. "Man, I'm hungry. We should've eaten before we left." Ichigo grumbled.

"Aha! Kurosaki-kun, you should try my special sandwich!" She rummaged her bag and then took out a container with a lime green cover. "This one's got chocolate ice-cream, tuna, mustard and wasabi! Try some, It's delicious!"

Ichigo, Rukia and Ishida stared at Orihime like she was a hyper, bubbly cook with no tastebuds. Eh, wait she was a hyper, bubbly cook with no tastebuds. Ichigo refused, "Err… no thanks Inoue."

"But you said you were hungry."

Looking at Orihime like that he then asked, "Okay, Inoue. Do you have something err… else?"

Orihime cheered up. "Oh! Yes!" She took another container, this time with a blue lid. "Here you go, Kurosaki-kun! It has peanut butter and jelly…"

Feeling very hungry, Ichigo didn't hear what else she said and ate it up in just three bites. After he had swallowed it, he felt that the taste was a little…odd. It did not taste like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, it tasted like…

"Did you like it Kurosaki-kun? Like I said, it's got peanut butter and jelly..." She said cheerily. "…And seaweed and sugar and mashed eggs and strawberry jam and a few other stuff that I can't remember." Orihime tilted her head to her right. Then she smiled "Oh well."

Oh well?! I am so, so, so going to be sick today. My stomach will be going through hell today.

"Are… you okay Ichigo?" Rukia asked.

"Urr…"

0oo0oo0oo

"My honey came back!" Chizuru yelled and she ran to hug the long haired girl. Hearing Chizuru, Tatsuki turned quickly. "Orihime!" She kicked Chizuru in the face "Oh, no you don't."

"Tatsuki-chan!" She hugged her best friend. "Look who I found!" She pointed at the back of her. Tatsuki saw Ichigo bending down clutching his stomach, groaning. Rukia was beside him giving… supportive words. "C'mon Ichigo! Take it like a man!" and Ishida… Wait, Ishida wasn't here? He was lost too?

"Ichigo! Rukia! Ishida!" She yelled loudly.

Miss Mayuki turned her head towards Tatsuki. She too, saw Ichigo, Rukia, Orihime and Ishida. The teacher gave a shout of happiness. "She found them! Inoue has found Ichigo and Rukia!" Suddenly as if having a surge of energy flow to her body, she started to happily… dance. Singing a song about how Orihime found Ichigo and Rukia. A very, very weird sight

Everyone else heard Miss Mayuki's song and looked at her. Only then, they saw Ichigo and Rukia. Everyone cheered. One, because they didn't have to stay at the campsite anymore. Or to search for the two. Or to sit around doing nothing in camp. Or to… well, actually the campers didn't do much while they were here.

0oo0oo0oo

People are walking about with their own groups of friends. Tatsuki was with Orihime. She asked the ditzy girl about how she found Ichigo and Rukia. Chizuru wasn't there so it was easier to talk to Orihime when Chizuru was anywhere else but with them (Tatsuki evilly grin). The tomboy didn't have to kick (or punch or yell) the bespectacled red-haired girl all day. Not that she minded, that is.

"So, Orihime. How did you actually found those two?"

"Well, I heard Rukia yelling at Kurosaki-kun, I think…" She put her index finger on her chin. "Then, we –Ishida-kun and I- followed the sound and well we went round and round and round and round…" Orihime drew a circle again and again in the air with her finger.

"Okay… I get it, next?" Tatsuki drank a bit of water from her bottle.

"Well then, Ishida-kun heard a waterfall and I said I wanted to soak my feet in 'cause it was so hot. So, we went there. And after that I…" She squealed again. "Saw Kurosaki-kun and Rukia-chan KISSING!" Tatsuki sprayed the water she was drinking. "What?! They kissed?!" She wiped her mouth. Orihime gasped and quickly covered her mouth with her hands. Oops… Sorry Kurosaki-kun…

A random guy was walking by and heard those two talking and heard about the news. He ran off and told another random guy… The news passed on to someone else but at that time, Keigo and Mizuiro fortuitously heard it. Both went, "What the hell?!!" (Actually, only Keigo did. Mizuiro jut blinked and said, "I knew there was something going on between those two.") Keigo ran off to Ichigo who was currently at the other side of the campsite, crying out, "ICHIGOOOO! WHY? Why did you kissed Kuchiki-san?!! Why?!!"

With him running all over the campsite and screaming like that, the rumour about the new couple, Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia spread fast.

Stupid, stupid, stupid, idiot Keigo. Ichigo hit his head on the wall nearby. Hard. And poor Keigo got beat up by Ichigo to a pulp.

That day, Ichigo stayed as far from Rukia as possible and if he could, both did not meet each other's eyes. People nudged each other when Ichigo passed by. Girls bombarded Rukia with their question like, "Since when did you two were out together?" And "Did you had always liked Kurosaki-kun?" Giggles and squeals included. Rukia would always use her fake school-girl voice and deny it while blushing.

0oo0oo0oo

That night, Miss Mayuki was giving some sort of speech, sort of. "Okay, tomorrow we'll be leaving this place…I know, it will be a very sad goodbye," Contrastingly, all of the students there cheered. Miss Mayuki blinked. "So, in account of the goodbye tomorrow, I'm gonna give out…" She took something behind her back. "Sparklers!!"

A random person said, "Where does she keep that thing? In her pocket?!"

"I will give each… let's see…two sticks each!" The teacher continued. Some students, namely who loved to play with sparklers groaned while the rest talked among themselves.

Ichigo took his share and went off with Chad, Keigo, and Mizuiro after both after they had lit up their sparklers. Other people played with their sparklers, from far away, it looked like fireflies are flying everywhere at the grounds.

A short time after that, Rukia came with two unlighted sparkler sticks and said to Ichigo, "Kurosaki-kun, can you help me?" Ichigo remembered that line that made him follow her and get lost in the thick forest. At first he did not want to help her just in case he got into trouble again. But then said carrot-top remembered about her cute little face as she slept, that water war, the secret place and that k… No! I refuse to remember that and I refuse to help her!

"Oh, Kurosaki-kuun…"she waved one of her sparkler sticks in front of Ichigo's face. Ichigo came back to earth. "…can you help me?" I refuse to help her… "Please?" Rukia made a cute bunny rabbit face. Aahh… scratch that.

"What is it, Ru…Kuchiki-san?" Rukia pulled him off away from the other guys.

"My stick thing isn't doing what it was supposed to do. I don't want to ask Inoue or Tatsuki; it'll sound weird."

He sighed. Ichigo knew it was going to be something stupid, in his words. "You just put the tip on fire." Ichigo grabbed her hand (Everyone had already lit up theirs, so no one will see that they were…holding hands) and direct it so the sparkler stick was on the campfire. Whoosh. The sparkler…lit up

"Wow! It's so pretty!" She ran off to her friends, twirling her stick. "Silly Rukia…" he said to no one in particular. Ichigo lit up his second and last sparkler and lazily twirled it and went back to his friends.

0oo0oo0oo

Chad, Mizuiro, Keigo and Ichigo all had finished using their sparklers. Now, the guys were talking just to pass the time. Keigo kept on asking about what happened between him and Rukia for the past few days, but Ichigo ignored all his questions.

Later Rukia came to Ichigo again. She gave him a sparkler stick and before he had a chance to ask why she had given the thing to him, she kissed him right on the lips!

He stood up surprised. "What the hell was that, Rukia!?"

"Sorry, it was a dare. And besides, Inoue and Michiru said that I would get two sticks of sparklers if I do it. And Tatsuki gave you that sparkler cause she said that you were involved too." She grinned. "Well, bye Kurosaki-kun. I'm gonna play with my sparklers!"

Ichigo, surprised had nothing to say. Keigo was crying. The girls were squealing and cheering (Tatsuki excluded) Rukia was playing around with her sparkler sticks. Some people who saw that incident were laughing, some nudging their friends, and some were glaring.

Ichigo's reputation was so destroyed.

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Ahaha… Sparklers are fun!! IchiRukiness is fun too!

By the way, Does Rukia know about sparklers? And what does Ichigo call Rukia while at school: Kuchiki-san, or just Kuchiki? Or is it something else? I… forgot… So, if I'm wrong, I'm sorry. :3

So… Please review! Hugs and chocolate for everyone who reviews!