Chapter: Absolutely Not!

Shalan's Waaaa: XDDDDD I'm having fun with this story already… but yeah… can you all do something for me? I want you all to have my godfather in your prayers tonight… and every night… he's dying from brain cancer… he's in stage four so the only hope is prayer… please pray for him… please ask whatever god you believe in to help him… Whether you're Buddhist, Christian, Catholic, Islamic… and whatever I can't remember or don't think about… please dear god… please pray that he'll be alright… please pray for a miracle for me… if you do that… I… I can't do anything for you… but I… I just want him to be alright… and for me, being Christian… prayer is the only road I can go since I'm not a doctor… I know people will flame me for leaving this message calling me stupid and that I'm not very smart asking people I don't know to pray but if you'd pray for me… please… I'm just an author that you read… I just write stories… so please… please please please… I'm begging you to ask whatever god you believe in to spare him… to let him stay with us… and I know there will be those of you who tell me that there's nothing I can do… there's nothing I can do to keep him from dying… but I know I can't keep him from dying… I just don't want him to die before I can see him again… I just want more time with him… so please… please keep him in your prayers and in your thoughts… thank you… for reading if you bothered… because it means a lot to me… it really does…

This Story Is Dedicated to William Guy Groniger.

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Ichigo smiled lightly as he easily lifted her, spinning in a circle slowly before lowering her as her legs hooked around his waist, he spun again, his hands holding her wrists as hers held his. It was and exhilarating experience, to have another person relying on you again. He swung her free of him and spun her around into his arms. Their hips pressed tightly together they moved in sync, her head to one side and his to the other and he spread his legs slightly, sliding her through and out behind him and he spun to catch her again, pulling her up against him again and she laughed as he spun her on her blade for a few seconds.

"You two are horrible!" Jim skated out onto the ice and clapped his hands.

"You're the one who told us to have fun!" She laughed as the older man pushed her away, pulling her back in rhythm of the music, placing his hands on her waist only centimeters from her ass. He knew he still had no idea who the hell she was but she was fun to skate with. Her personality was the complete opposite to his, she was fiery and free spirited when he tended to be more cautious and calm. He thought she was funny.

"Yeah! Hey…" He slid to a stop and she bumped into him lightly. "What's your name?" He smiled down at her and she grinned.

"None of your business…" that childish side came out again. She had the body of a woman but the personality of a hyperactive teenager. He wondered who she was.

"HEY! RUKIA!" She heard Kisuke's voice.

"YEAH!" She had her back to Ichigo's trunk, their hips moving to the upbeat song, he was guiding her backwards on the ice.

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?" He pointed at his watched and she looked at Ichigo's.

"OH SHIT!" She broke away and tried to run across the ice, only succeeding in falling down in the meantime. She waved at Ichigo and scrambled off. "SEE YOU LATER DUDE!" She disappeared into the locker rooms while Kisuke leaned down and scolded her.

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"So you met her?" Jushiro asked him and Ichigo raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean so I met her?" Ichigo blinked as he was handed a flier. "Kuchiki Rukia, one night only at the Steamboat Rink… performing her latest routine… wait…" His eyes landed on the picture. "Are you saying that the girl I skated with this morning was Kuchiki Rukia?" He blinked over at the two of them and they nodded.

"The Olympic gold winner? Yeah… that's her…" Izuru pointed. "We want you to watch her tonight at the talent show… they're having it on the rink… just for her… she'll be the first performer…" He smiled and Ichigo blinked at him.

"Is this the woman you want me to partner with?" He blinked at them and they nodded again.

"Yes Ichigo… we believe she's perfect for you… and almost better in talent than her…" Ichigo stared at them then shook his head.

"No… no… absolutely not…" He stood up. "She's far too young… people will think I'm a pedophile…" Ichigo walked off.

"The first time you two would perform together she would be eighteen if that helps…" Jushiro suggested and Ichigo turned around.

"Partners have to be in rhythm and in sync… they can't just be thrown together like dolls…"

"You're an idiot… we worked hard to find you a partner… now the least you can do is come watch her dance." Jushiro grinned and Ichigo frowned. He couldn't believe he was doing this…

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"I'm nervous…" She said to Kisuke and he rolled his eyes. She walked up behind him, her long black hair was pulled back in long spiral curls away from her face.

"You look beautiful…" he smiled at her and she smiled lightly back. Her tight white dress sparkled every time she moved, it looked as thought it strapped up her neck but in fact the low cut white was stretched around tan fabric. The back was open with tan fabric all along her skin down to her tailbone. The short loose skirt hung barely to her mid thigh, shimmering slightly as she shifted. Her tan hose ran down covering the white skates. Her black hair was pulled back in a tight curled updo with a silver and diamond clip in it. Her brilliant blue eyes were lit with fire as she stood patiently by the gate to introduce her. Her diamond earrings sparkled as she looked over at her choreographer.

"Don't worry… you're going to do great!" Yoruichi whispered and Rukia smiled as she heard her name and her song. She slid out silently onto the ice, placing herself in the middle of the rink.

She dropped to the ice, positioning her body almost flat against it with one blade against the frozen solid, her face towards the audience. She knew that once the music began she would have to move quickly and as she waited for the music to play her eyes searched the crowd and they landed on the man that she had skated with earlier in the day. She felt her heart stop, a man that good was watching her?

She heard the opening notes and suddenly she wasn't Rukia Kuchiki, high school student, she was Rukia Kuchiki, sexy as hell professional skater. She lifted up silently as the first few haunting notes of Bring Me To Life. Her body unfolding from its position on the ground as she moved slowly, skating away from her position though as soon as she was moving the music changed and she whipped up, pulling off a double axel with ease, her hands slid down her body as she played the audience, motioning to the sky as the music played.

Ichigo watched her body move, wondering how she did it, draw him in like that. He should be used to it as he watched her white figure slide across the ice like an angel. Her legs whipped into the air as he leaned forward, her arms spreading by as she swooped by the audience. Her body twisted and she came into a tight spin as the man sang his solo.

She came back up, dragging her hands up her own body sensually and up her throat as the chorus came back on again and she swung her leg up, spinning herself in place then she took off again, skating up to high speeds, performing several moves before the long note came and she whipped up into the air pulling into a quadruple axel and landing it perfectly as the song ended and she froze in place, her hands pressed to her heart, her chest heaving, one foot out to the right, the other pointed forward but held behind her. Her head was back, exposing her pale neck to him and he suddenly realized that she had drawn him in, he was feeling the emotion that she had been trying to send… the emotion of pain.

"I know what you mean…" he whispered as the place suddenly burst into applause and cheers. Flowers littered the rink and she panted as she did a lap around the rink then skated off the ice into the arms of her coach. Kisuke squeezed her.

"You are so beautiful…" he whispered and planted a kiss on her cheek. She grinned up at him and squeezed him back.

"Thank you… but I almost screwed up at the beginning…" She laughed and walked off towards the locker rooms on her skates. "I'm going to change…" she walked off and she walked into the locker rooms.

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"So did you like what you saw?" Jushiro asked nonchalantly. Ichigo stood up.

"I'll skate with her…" He nodded and Jushiro grinned.

"I knew you'd come around…"

"Yeah… let's go talk to her now…" He walked off and Jushiro blinked, following him.

"You are one crazy dude…" Jushiro told him as they walked towards the locker rooms. Ichigo froze as he reached out for the door handle.

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"Absolutely not…" She had walked out. She skated alone… she always did… there was no way to skate with another person. She frowned as she stormed into her car and slammed the doors, bursting into tears as she did. Her entire body was shaking as she pressed her forehead against the steering wheel. What would Kaien say? She thought to herself. Her boyfriend had died of cancer only four months before… she had always relied on him for answers… and now he was dead… so very dead that she couldn't believe it.

A knock on her window made her jump and she looked over, a smiling Ichigo Kurosaki opened the door and leaned in. "What's up?" He smiled at her and she stared back.

"This was all your idea…" She frowned at him.

"Actually… I was completely against it before I saw you skate… please come skate with me…"

"No! Absolutely not!" She turned away from him and suddenly a hand gripped her face, turning her lips against his and he clasped his lips over hers. He knew that she was far too young for him but he also knew that this was the only way to get her to understand how much he needed her.

She broke under his touch, her mind flaring as his scintillating kiss drove her mad. His lips changed pressure easily, taking her from maddening force to slow and deadly. His tongue soared into her mouth, tracing every part as quickly as possible before he immediately drew away.

"Call me when you come up with your answer…" he smiled and pushed a card into her hand and waved as he walked off. She stayed there, her car door open, Urahara, who had been getting into the car was jaw dropped and his eyes were wide. Even Yoruichi stared at her waiting to see what the young woman would do. She turned in her seat and put her hands on the steering wheel as she closed her door.

"He's going to pay…" She spat and backed up as the other two slammed their doors. She sped off and the others held on for dear life. "AND WHY THE HELL CAN'T YOU TWO TAKE THE FREAKIN' BUS OR SOMETHING?" She shouted at them.

Yep… hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…

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