NOTE: After this one… go read A Turn of the Page my newest IchiRuki

Chapter: Looks Like The Sun Isn't Coming Out

Shalan's WaaaI stayed up all last night talking on MSN with perhaps the funniest person I've ever met… and he's my size YAY! Anyways… here's the next chapter for you guys because I've met this person who kicked my ass at chess, uno and tic tac toe… TT.TT my life sucks… did I mention that I think he's funny? You guys… I think I'm going to kidnap him and bring him to Missouri! We don't have guys like there here in the Midwest XDDDDD but I think he thinks I'm weird… most boys do XD after last night he'll probably never talk to me again… TT.TT but… last night was fun while it lasted

ANYWAYS… ELEVENTY ONE REVIEWS? OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG dies

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She had no idea where her newfound sex drive had come from but the back seat that they were sitting in was starting to look promising. Ichigo's warm hand was resting on her thigh and she leaned into him. He smiled lightly and curved the arm closest to her around her waist.

"Where are we going?" She asked and he shrugged.

"Kisuke didn't really tell me… but I'm sure it's somewhere safe…" he rested his face against her neck.

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Uryu stretched slightly as they walked down the hallway. He and Toshiro walked in stride, both looking rather serious. Byakuya thought they were rather comical. Uryu walked in first and immediately held up a warrant in front of Byakuya's face.

"Byakuya Kuchiki we're here to arrest you on charges of embezzling." Toshiro grinned at him. Byakuya scooted back from his desk.

"What?" He looked shocked and drew back as they walked closer. "I have done no such thing!" He protested and Uryu grabbed him, slamming him against the desk and cuffing his hands together. "WHAT THE HELL! YOU CAN'T ARREST ME! YOU HAVE NO REASON!" He was slammed against the desk again.

"You have the right to remain silent, you have the right to legal counsel if you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you…" Toshiro quipped with a grin and let led the frustrated business man out of the building. He blinked and looked around as he noticed that all the offices were empty.

"Just trust us… we know what we're doing…" Uryu whispered to him and he tilted his shoulders away from them.

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"…there was an explosion in downtown New York today when the Sony building there detonated at 3 PM…" Rukia stared at the TV. Ichigo and Kisuke were in the other room talking about god knows what. They were out in the middle of nowhere in an underground bunker that Urahara had built. It reminded her of a hobbit hole. So that's what she called it.

"ICHG…" She froze as she saw her brother, escorted by Uryu, Toshiro and Kazumi down the stairs. "BYAKUYA!" She pummeled into him.

"Ugh… Rukia?" He blinked down at her and she squeezed him tighter.

"You're alright!" She was so happy. She had Ichigo and Byakuya now. He hugged her back.

"Are you alright?" He pulled her away slightly. Ichigo watched as they two immediately sat down in the den and began to talk. She was so energetic.

He felt his eyes grow sad. Byakuya was so much better to her than he ever could be. She had been raised under him and she had now spent part of her time living her life in luxury. He was a lower middle class detective that barely made his way on his measly paycheck. He scanned her body. She was a Queen who deserved a king… not a pauper.

"Ichigo…" Kisuke asked him… "Ichigo!" The man tore his eyes away from Rukia and looked at him. Then he did a double take. Her hand was curled against her navel. He blinked and Kisuke leaned over and planted a kiss on Ichigo's nose. He spun to look at him. "Hi there!" He grinned and Ichigo made a face. "I thought that would get your attention…"

"What do you want?"

"What do you want me to do with them?" He motion at Toshiro and Uryu. Kazumi was sitting next to Rukia.

"Oh… you guys can go back to work if you want… I won't be…" He smiled. "Obviously, come up with an excuse… and one for Byakuya as well…" Ichigo motioned.

"You're distracted… why?" Uryu blinked.

"No reason…" His eyes trailed back to Rukia who looked over, indigo met amber and she smiled, waving.

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"Good evening my love…" A deep voice spoke from behind her and a pair of powerful arms wrapped around her waist.

"Ichigo…" She laughed as he kissed her neck. "What are you doing?" She asked him.

"I am being curious… today I saw you looking mysterious…" his hands slid across her stomach. She smiled lightly.

"I was being mysterious?" She turned around in his arms.

"Yes…"

"Isn't it your job to figure out mysteries?" She smiled as he kissed her tenderly.

"Yes… but mysteries are easier to figure out when you have a talking dog…" He spoke against her lips.

"You just want me to tell you don't you?" She smiled at him again and he nodded, his eyes dark. She searched them for a second then blushed.

"Heh?" He blinked as her as she smiled timidly and turned red. "What is it?" He pressed his forehead to hers

"I'm…" She whispered. He kissed her tenderly. "I'm pre-g…" the door opened and her brother walked in.

"Ignore me…" he walked past them and into her bathroom, grabbed a towel and walked back out.

"I'm pregnant…" she finally spilled the truth and it felt so much better when she told the truth.

"You're what?" He blinked at her.

"I'm pregnant… pregnant Ichigo…" His jaw dropped down almost to his chest. She was pregnant. He had put two and two together a few weeks before… but hearing it from her mouth… he had no idea what to say… or do for that matter.

"You…" He stared. That put her in more danger than they had originally thought. If Aizen got wind of this…

"Yes…" She laughed slightly and tears welled up in her eyes… he wasn't happy. She bowed her head.

"What's wrong?" he tilted her head back up. Tears spilled from her eyes. She felt vulnerable again. She hated feeling vulnerable.

"I… I'm sorry…" She wiped her eyes until he grabbed her hand.

"No… tell me what's wrong…" His hands graced her face, his thumbs gently wiping away her tears.

"You aren't happy… I'm sorry… I made you unhappy…" she froze as he kissed her again, holding her lips hard against his. Her eyes fluttered closed, tears still dripping down her face.

"You didn't make me unhappy… I'm the happiest man on the planet right now…" he pulled her into an embrace and she pressed her face against his chest. "I'm just worried about you baby…" He stroked her hair. "I'm just worried about you…"

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"You got her pregnant?" Kisuke raised an eyebrow. "Was that in the plan?" Urahara chewed on a tooth pick and watched him pace.

"No… falling for her was not in the plan…" he spat. Kisuke spread out a set of papers.

"Right… you were just going to get her trust to get to her brother…" He chuckled. "That always works…"

"I didn't tell her…" He looked off to the side.

"Why do you have to?" Kisuke wondered out loud.

"Because… I'd rather have her hear it from me… than from say… you…"

"Yeah… I'd rather hear it from my baby's daddy…" Kisuke quipped and Ichigo hit him. "Ngh… you're mean!" He rubbed his stomach.

"You need to shut up…" Ichigo retorted and Kisuke made a face at him.

"How do you feel about being a father?" Yoruichi asked from behind them and they swung around.

"Me? I dunno…" He ran a hand through his hair. "I doubt I'd be the best… I'd probably be the worst…" he smiled towards the room where Rukia was sleeping.

"You've never run from a responsibility before… the only way you could be the worst would be if you ran from this one…" Yoruichi walked over to him.

"She deserves so much more than I could ever give her…" he looked down. Kisuke sat up.

"She doesn't care about having anything. She loves you. She's not going to care if you two are living in a one room apartment on the west side… she'd still love you. She doesn't need all of that… she doesn't even want it. She just wants to be with you…" Kisuke told him and Ichigo looked down.

"That's the first serious and truthful thing I think I've ever heard you say…" Yoruichi smiled at him.

"Thank you… you'll find I do think… I just don't tell you I do…"

"She still deserves more…" Ichigo stated.

"But she doesn't want more… she wants you… she wants you to be happy… because that's what love's all about… it's not a one way street. You always try and protect her, that is your way of showing your love because it's one of the only ways that you can express that love… she just tries to keep you happy, she makes sure you're alright she waits up at night to make sure you come home safe…" he pointed a finger at him. "You are the best man she could ever have… you're a good man… you should know that Ichigo…"

"Yeah… I kill people and I arrest people who kill other people… great job…" He looked off to the side.

"It doesn't matter, you're a good man. You are kind and caring, willing to do anything for the ones you love…" He folded his arms. "You are above and beyond any other man I have ever met. But you have problems, like everyone does… and she loves you, not despite of but because of those flaws…"

"Kisuke… for once… you are making me feel better…" He smiled.

"I should be… but you have to understand Ichigo… she doesn't just love you… she is IN love with you… and that is a bond not easily made and never broken. It's a connection not many people have…"

"I just… want her to be happy…" he looked down again.

"The only way she's going to be happy is with you Ichigo…" Kisuke told him and Ichigo looked up. "She wouldn't be happy with anyone else… because she loves you… and she will always love you…"

"She's never told me that…" He looked at the blue prints on the table.

"She doesn't have to. It's in her eyes, in her skin, in her voice. If she didn't love you she wouldn't run to you when she needed help… If she didn't love you she wouldn't have faced her fear of guns and men to save your life on the rooftop that day… If she didn't love you she would have never let you make love to her…"

"You know she loves you Ichigo…" Yoruichi rubbed his shoulder. "You know that… because you love her… you even said it… you love her more than life itself… didn't you say that?"

"I would die for her…"

"Well let's make sure you never get the chance…" Kisuke laughed and Ichigo smiled.

"Thank you Kisuke…" The blonde gave him the thumbs up.

"No problem… now back to what we were doing…"

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HELLO! I posted a new chapter for you… you all must love me now!

Anyways… so Rukia is pregnant? OMG Who saw that coming? XDDDD MEEE

And what's all this? Ichigo was using Rukia before? Oooh! But he fell in love with her! How cuuute! HAHAHAHAHA

Shalan