A/N: Thank you all for the reviews! Okay so here is the big party that Isshin has been going crazy about!
The surprise...well...you'll have to wait and read now won't you?
One question: Should I pair Renji up with Tatsuki or an OC?
Rukia pouted as Orihime brushed her hair, she didn't want to dress up. She wanted to go to this party with a normal dress or maybe she'd wear jeans. It was impossible to do that with Orihime around, they went through her closet and found 'the perfect outfit'.
Rukia did like the dress, but it felt too elegant...she didn't want to be in the center of attention, in the desires of all the men there.
"Kurosaki-kun will love it..." Orihime mused as she tied Rukias' hair up, a bun resting on the top of her head with two ringlets of hair in front of her face. Tatsuki had done Rukias' make-up and she kept it simple. A light gloss on her lips, no blush, some mascara and light purple eye shadow.
"I really don't think this is all necessary..." Rukia protested, Orihime just sighed and continued to fuss with the petite girls hair. "It's perfect" Orihime announced and Rukia gratefully stood up, she admired her appearance in the mirror.
"Alright fine...maybe he'll like it" Rukia confessed and Orihime just smiled; although Rukia could of sworn she saw her friend roll her eyes.
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"Ichigo, off you go! Yuzu needs those strawberries!" Isshin said, pushing his son out the door. Ichigo protested but eventually gave in when he saw his little sister give him the puppy-dog eyes look. He hated that look.
Isshin shut the door and shook his head, "I wonder if Ichigo even realizes it's his birthday" He said before helping with the decorations.
"That idiot is too smitten to even remember his own name." Karin replied as she helped tape small blue balloons around the railing to the stairs. Isshin chuckled, "Mhmm." was his only reply as he hung the words "Happy Birthday Ichigo!" across the wall. Rukias' idea for a surprise party was really genius. Urahara would be here soon to activate his new invention that would hide the reitsu of all the soul society members who were coming.(even if they would be in their gigai).
"Well, speak of the devil" Isshin laughed as Urahara came in with Yoruichi by his side.
"Here's the little device!" Urahara announced, holding a blue circular object about the size of a quarter. He placed it under the doormat and a blue light surrounded the house for half a second; "All set!" Urahara smiled, his stripped hat hiding his blue eyes. Isshin smiled and looked at Yoruichi, her purple hair was long and down to her shoulders. She wore tight jeans with a black tank top, Isshin found it funny to see her looking like a super model next to the humble shopkeeper. "Still dying your hair, Urahara?" Isshin joked, Urahara took out his fan and hid his smile. "I don't have any gray hair...old man" He replied with a snicker.
"Boys"Yoruichi said crossing her arms and rolling her eyes. Yuzu skipped downstairs in her soft pink dress, her hair down with two dragon fly barrettes holding the hair away from her face. "Hello Urahara-san!" Yuzu greeted with a bow. Karin followed soon after, Her hair in a messy ponytail, camouflage baggy jeans, sneakers, and a white tanktop. "Balloons are up in Ichigos' room now too" She said casually, giving a slight nod to the guests arrival.
"Such beautiful children you have!" Urahara said with twinkling blue eyes. Isshin smiled proudly; "I know! The apple doesn't fall far from the tree! Masaki would be so proud to see them all look so much like–" Isshin began, only to be cut off by Yoruichi.
"They must not get their looks from you, Kurosaki"
The father of Ichigo fell down dramatically weeping; "How mean!" He cried before jumping up when a knock was heard from the door.
"Come in!" Karin yelled; In came Kenpachi with Yachiru on his shoulder. The pink girl giggled loudly "Happy birthday!" She yelled, causing everyone in the room to sweat drop.
"Ichi-nii isn't here Yachiru-san" Yuzu said timidly, the pink haired girls' eyes widened but she shrugged. Kenpachi looked very well dressed for the occasion. He wore a jean jacket with a red shirt underneath, jeans, a wallet chain and black boots; while Yachiru had on a yellow and orange stripped dress with green sandals.
"Kenny brought Ichi-san a gift!" Yachiru pulled out a box decorated with bright neon blue paper and a large red bow. Yuzu took the gift carefully from Yachirus' hands and placed it on a nearby table.
"Speaking of gifts" Isshin remarked, placing his hands on his hips and giving the death glare to Urahara. The humble shop keeper smiled " I already gave him my gift" He said simply, everyone in the room stared with skeptic eyes.
"The gift of LOVE!!!" Urahara danced around the room; repeatedly saying how he 'hooked up' Rukia and Ichigo together in the very beginning.
"Idiot" Yoruichi rolled her golden eyes once more and grabbed her husband by the back of the shirt, "Remind me why I married you..." She asked with a playful edge to her voice.
"'cause I'm a great lover" Urahara replied with a smirk, Yoruichi chuckled and let the man go.
"Come in!" Karin yelled once more; she seemed to be the only one who heard the damn door knock. In came in Renji, Tatsuki, Ishida, Orihime and Chad.
"Look who we found!!" Yelled Orihime as she pushed the gentle giant into the kurosaki household. Uryu fixed his tie and glasses, his wife was bouncing with joy...her black strapless dress compliment Orihimes' 'features'. Uryu blushed and looked away, his eye caught Tatsuki and Renji chatting.
"I could kick your ass in an arm wrestling match!" Tatsuki announced holding her arm up in the air. Renji huffed and crossed his arms; "Yeah right" The red head replied.
Tatsuki fixed her form-fitting maroon sweater and brushed off her jeans, like she was getting ready for a fight. Renji took off the black suit coat, rolled up the sleeves of his dress shirt (why the hell did he dress so nicely? Oh yeah...Rukia and Tatsuki threatened to kill him if he didn't)
"You are on!" Renji yelled, the two took their seats at the table and his hand gripped hers.
"Orihime! You look so lovely my dear!!" Matsumoto said as she examined Orihime, out of coincidence they were wearing the same outfit. "Thanks Matsumoto-san!" Orihime blushed at the compliment. "Matsumoto, you're so blind. Aren't you mad that you two wore the same outfit?" Hitsugaya asked, the blue tie on his white dress shirt hung loosely. Matsumoto patted Orihimes' head and smiled. "Not at all!" She said as the white haired boy just rolled his eyes.
Isshin looked around, "Is that everyone?" He asked, scanning the room. Tatsuki and Renji still arm wrestling, Matsumoto, Hitsugaya, Orihime and Uryu all together talking, Urahara in the corner with Yoruichi whispering...something, Kenpachi and Yachiru completely engrossed in the news paper funnies...Yuzu and Karin were sitting on the floor blowing up balloons. "Alright! Ichigo will be back soon! Hide!" Isshin announced. The shinigami, Kurosaki family and friends all hid...badly.
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Kenpachis' hair stuck out from behind the couch, Renji and Tatsuki were under the table; still arm wrestling. Urahara and Yoruichi hid behind the curtains, Yachiru was sitting on the ceiling fan, Isshin hid behind a potted plant and his two daughters were behind the TV. Uryu, Orihime, Matsumoto and Hitsugaya all managed to hide underneath the table that had Ichigos' presents on it. Chad was standing in a corner with a magazine infront of his face...(how clever)
"Sorry I'm late." Rukia said walking in, "Hide quick!" Isshin replied behind the plant, Rukia raised an eyebrow and before she was half way down the hall when the door re-opened. In came the birthday shinigami.
"SURPRISE!" everyone jumped out, causing a plant to fall over, the ceiling fan to break, Renji and Tatsuki stood up and hit their heads on the table, Matsumotos' breasts knocked over one of Ichigos' presents and Rukia just jumped.
"Happy birthday." She said softly to the gaping orange-haired man.
He was lost for words, she dressed up...for his birthday. Her raven hair was up in a bun, two ringlets hanging down infront of her face, the dress dipped down showing off her back and a slit went up the side to the thigh. She wore heels! Two sliver stilettos and she even wore makeup. Her lips looked...kissable.
Ichigo shook his head quickly, the mental image of Rukia half-way turned around, the slit up her side were Ichigo could easily side his hand up and...No! No! He wouldn't think about that...
"Thanks." Ichigo replied dumbly, that's all he could say, why the hell did she have to look so god damn stunning?
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Rukia awoke, "Happy birthday." She grumbled before rolling on top of the orange haired adult.
"Thanks." He replied, he was 18 now. School would start soon and then he'd be off to college.
"Where's my gift" He asked poking the girl on his chest. She stirred and looked up; He couldn't picture a more beautiful face. Even with her hair messy and eyes half open, she was a goddess.
Rukia smiled, she leaned forward and kissed Ichigos' jaw, the followed along his jaw and onto his neck.
"I. Didn't. Get. You. Anything. Sorry." She said in between kisses, Ichigo turned red as she followed along her trail and her lips lingered over his.
"Forgive me?" She said with batting eyelashes. Ichigo kissed her and smiled when he broke the kiss.
"Yup."
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"Happy birthday!" Isshin yelled holding up a giant sign (that came out of nowhere) that read.
Happy Birthday Strawberry! Ichigo figured that was Rukias' idea.
"Thanks old man, I'm surprised you organized all this..." Ichigo said crossing his arms while he sat at the table with one of those stupid party hats on. Yuzu insisted that he wore one, or she would cry.
"Rukia did actually..." Isshin said pointing the petite girls' direction. Ichigo allowed himself to stare at her more then a second necessary, she was talking to Chad with an already drunk Matsumoto clinging to her shoulder.
"I'll have to thank her..." Ichigo said to himself.
"PRESENT TIME!" yelled an extremely hyper pink haired girl who some how ended up on Ichigos' head in two seconds flat.
"Y-yeah!!" Yelled Matsumoto while she raised her fist in the air. Ichigo grunted, "Isn't it cake first?" He said casually.
"Yachiru ate it all" Kenpachi commented, showing Ichigo the plate. Yuzu pouted and gave a look to Yachiru. The pink haired girl was happily bouncing on Ichigos' head.
"Alright fine!" Ichigo raised his arms up in defeat, "Presents."
"This is from your old man" Isshin said handing Ichigo a small box wrapped rather badly with red paper. Ichigo tore the paper off and wished he didn't...
"Condoms!" Isshin announced, Ichigo turned red and dropped the box. Renji was laughing his ass off, while the other shinigami raised their eyebrows.
"What's a 'condom?'" Matsumoto whispered to Hitsugaya, he shook his head.
"Next please." Ichigo grumbled as a pink box was handed to him.
"That's from me Ichi-nii!" Yuzu said happily as she sat on the other table swinging her legs back and forth. Ichigo smiled at his baby sister and opened the gift; it was a white knitted sweater. Ichigo could tell Yuzu worked really hard on this, even if he'd only wear it once.
"Thanks" Ichigo said as his little sister jumped up and hugged her brother tightly. Ichigo was handed a neon blue box. "That's from me and Kenny!" Yachiru yelled, now she was on Kenpachis shoulder, playing with the bells on his spikes. Ichigo opened the gift and his face went pale. Inside the empty was a slip of paper that read:
"When is our next re-match?" -Kenpachi
Ichigo gave a nervous laugh to the 11th division captain, who smiled evilly. "This one is from Tatsuki" Isshin said handing Ichigo a small box. He opened it and turned red, inside was a pair of diamond earrings with a note: "Give them to Rukia...or else." Ichigo looked at Tatsuki, who smirked. He quickly closed the velvet box and put it in his pocket.
"Did she propose to you or something?" Renji asked with a raised eyebrow; Ichigo laughed and shook his head. "This is from Karin" Isshin said handing him a orange package. Ichigo opened the gift and laughed; "Thanks" he said to his sister. She gave him photo album with pictures already in it. Karin smiled and Isshin passed him the next gift. "From Matsumoto and Hitsugaya" Isshin said hading Ichigo the pure white gift with a black bow (which Yachiru stole and put in Kenpachis' hair). The box was long, Ichigo opened it and found a sword; a normal one. "For training without your zanpaktou." Hitsugaya commented and Ichigo replied with a thanks.
When am I getting Rukias' present?
"From Chad." Isshin said handing Ichigo a wide purple dotted gift with a pink bow, Yachiru stole it and put it in Kenpachis' hair once more. Ichigo opened the box, Chad gave him a floral pink shirt; like the ones he has. Ichigo raised and eyebrow at his longtime friend; who remained silent but looked like he was holding back laughter. "From Orihime and Uryu" Isshin said giving the normal sized box to Ichigo, it was fine sake resting in tissue paper. Isshin handed the last gift to Ichigo, "Last one, from Renji." Ichigo did a double take. Was it really the last one? What about Rukias'? Ichigo tore the green and blue paper off the box and inside several CDs, Ichigo raised an eyebrow. "Smooth Jazz? Romantic love tunes? What the hell are you trying to say Renji?" Ichigo asked with a bewildered expression. Renji laughed and the others joined in; "It's the junk I found at Uraharas' shop." Renji replied and Ichigo just rolled his eyes.
"Let's dance!" Yachiru yelled grabbing one of the CDs and throwing it at the TV. She blinked and looked at everyone else...who just stared at her. "Um...right..." Ichigo said standing up, taking off the ridiculous party hat. Isshin grabbed one of the CDs and placed it in the radio, it was an upbeat song and Yachiru dragged Kenpachi to the middle of the living room were she danced around him. Ichigo resisted the urge to laugh, he'd loose the ability to have kids if Kenpachi caught him laughing. Tatsuki was back to arm wrestling Renji. Urahara was attempting to dirty dance with Yoruichi. Yuzu was cleaning up, Karin was being forced to dance around in a circle with Ichigos' father. Matsumoto was clinging onto Hitsugaya and begging him for a dance with her slurred words. He looked annoyed...but slightly amused. Uryu and Orihime were slow dancing, which didn't make much sense to Ichigo.
He felt a light tap on his shoulder, "hm?" He turned around to see Chad.
"She's outside." Chad said stoically, as always. Ichigo raised an eyebrow and then he realized that Chad was talking about Rukia. "Thanks" Ichigo said with a nod before he went unnoticed into the backyard, where he did find Rukia. 'She looks like an angel...no...no...it's over between us. She made that clear years ago...we could never...ever...be together.' Ichigo thought as he walked up to her.
Her back faced him, he could see her scars slightly paler then her skin, they stood out in the full moons' light and she leaned against the small fence that surrounded the deck. He stood next to her, she didn't even flinch.
"No present?" He said jokingly, that got a smirk out of her. Rukia shook her head, "I couldn't think of what to get you..." She replied keeping her gaze on the night sky.
"Can I say something?" Ichigo asked, that got her to turn and look at him.
"You need permission?" She raised an eyebrow at her orange haired friend who smiled sheepishly.
"You look amazingly beautiful, words can't describe it..." Ichigo said, avoiding her gaze and the blush that was coming with it.
"I'm glad you like it." Rukia said casually, she kept her eyes locked on him...the violets traveled from his strong jaw, to neck, shoulders, chest, biceps, forearms and...she wouldn't let her eyes go past his stomach they darted back up to his face only to see that he was looking at her the same way.
"See something you like?" He joked with a light chuckle. Rukia felt her cheeks tinge pink and she looked away. 'Say yes. Say yes. Do it. Do it.'
"You're so full of yourself" Rukia retorted with a smirk. 'Coward.'
Rukia turned back to look at him only to find that his face was only an inch from hers, their lips almost...almost...touching. The tips of their noses brushed against one another, the violets and ambers couldn't look away from each other. They both ignored the blush on their cheeks.
'We really couldn't ever be together...' Ichigo thought, his hands slowly moving up and resting on her slim shoulders.
'We really were together though...so it's not impossible.' Rukia thought before leaning in closer, just a bit more and she would be kissing...him.
'Can we try again?' Ichigo gulped, sure he kissed Rukia before but why was this different? Was it because...he didn't come and rescue her? Was it because it was such a long time? Does it matter?
'I believe in second chances...' Rukia slowly moved her hands and rested them on his strong chest, she could feel his muscles through the fabric of his shirt. He was still built like a god...
Ichigo pulled her in by her shoulders, pulling her as close as she could be...
They kissed.
Their lips moved up against one another, as if trained. She felt her body heat rise, her heart race, the butterflies in her stomach danced widely. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, he wanted her to melt into him. They weren't close enough, this wasn't good enough...he wanted to be with her...forever. Rukias' hands wrapped around him, she rubbed his back and clutched him to her. She loved the feel of his body against hers, her fingers slid over his spine and shoulder blades. They broke apart for a half second and their lips met again. He wasn't going to loose her again...
' I swear...if you leave, I'm coming to rescue you' Ichigo thought as he felt her smooth lips dance with his.
'I love you. Why can't I tell you that?' Rukia thought as she pressed her body against his, she wished they could be just one person, one soul, one heart. Their lips broke apart again, two years of not kissing each other felt like one-hundred and these two kisses felt like they lasted forever.
Rukia pressed her forehead against his, "I missed you." She whispered, Ichigo smirked and kissed her softly once more. "Mhmm, I know" He said before she kissed him again, her tongue twisting around in his mouth as they both fought for domination. Rukias' eyes suddenly shot open and Ichigo broke the kiss.
"Who's reitsu is that?" He asked looking around, he didn't know it...but Rukia did. Not him...Rukia begged in her mind, anyone but him. Ichigo looked and Rukia and she shook her head.
"Let's go inside..." Ichigo said taking Rukia by the arm, he didn't like this reitsu it gave him a sick feeling in his stomach.
"Ichigo, do you forgive me?" Rukia asked batting her eyelashes, Ichigo looked at her and smirked. She could let her worries go for a little while, the reitsu was far away...she wanted to enjoy this day, it was Ichigos' birthday and she wasn't about to worry him.
"Rukia, you can forget to get me birthday presents for the next 10 years." Ichigo answered as they walked by inside.
A/N: Evilness! Guess whose reitsu that was?? Hmmm...well what did you all think of that amazing sexy scene with Ichigo and Rukia?
I loved doing all the descriptions, it was mostly shinigami at the party...because they are party animals!!
Remember to leave me reviews! I love you all and see you next time.