Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach

A/N: Sorry that I haven't written in so long, I've been sick and then I was busy with school.

Cyberchondria

"Ichigo! Ichigo!" Ichigo heard Rukia call as she thundered down the stairs and into the kitchen where he was sitting working on his laptop.

"Oi, Rukia what's wrong?" Ichigo asked jumping up in concern, as he took in her dishevelled appearance and flushed cheeks.

"There's something wrong with me!" Rukia said in a panicked voice.

"What? Are you hurt?" Ichigo asked as he scanned her figure for injuries.

"I don't know. I don't seem to have any injuries, but my throat hurts and my body aches. I feel like I just got out of the Fourth Division after recovering from an injury. And I feel tired and before I kept on sneezing. I feel terrible!"

"Oh, that's all Rukia?"

"What do you mean that's all? There's something seriously wrong with me!"

"Rukia calm down. You 're just sick."

"Sick? What do you mean sick? Shinagami don't get sick."

"Well by the looks of it they do. You said that your throat was sore, you keep on sneezing and you have aches and feel tired?" Ichigo asked.

Rukia nodded.

Ichigo leaned in and felt Rukia's forehead with his hand. "You don't have a fever. It looks like you just have a cold."

"A cold? All that I have is a mere human cold? Are you sure?"

"Rukia, my dad is a doctor. I know a cold when I see one."

"What should I do then?"

"Just go and rest Rukia. The cold will go away by itself in a day or two."

"You're absolutely sure?" Rukia asked looking doubtful.

"Yes, I'm sure. Trust me Rukia. Now go upstairs and get some rest."

10 minutes later

Ichigo looked up as once again he heard Rukia thundering down the stairs.

Before he could ask her what was wrong Rukia yelled out "Ichigo I think I have syphilis!"

WHAT THE HELL?

"Syphilis?"

"Yes, I was researching my symptoms on the internet and it said I have syphilis and—"

"Rukia, you don't have syphilis." Ichigo said interrupting her.

"But the computer said—"

"Rukia. You. Do. Not. Have. Syphilis."

"Well how do you know?"

"Rukia, do you know what syphilis is?"

"No…"

"It's an STD."

Rukia looked at him with a blank look on her face. Sometimes Ichigo forgot that she wasn't up to date with all the modern day terms.

"A sexually transmitted disease." Ichigo elaborated.

As Rukia digested what Ichigo had just said a look of horror came onto her face. "You gave me this?!"

"WHAT THE HELL? NO! I DID NOT GIVE YOU SYPHILIS! I DO NOT HAVE SYPHILIS AND UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING WITH SOME OTHER GUY WHO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU HAVE SYPHILIS!"

Rukia responded to this by viciously kicking Ichigo in the shin.

"OWWW!" Ichigo cried out in pain as he clutched his shin. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"

" OF COURSE I'M NOT SLEEPING WITH ANOTHER GUY!" Rukia said in outrage.

"ALRIGHT THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE SYPHILIS!"

20 Minutes Later…

"Ichigo, I'm starting to get a headache now, are you still sure that it's just a cold?" Rukia asked.

Ichigo was the one with a headache now. "Yes Rukia, it's a cold. Now go back to bed."

10 Minutes Later…

She was back.

"I decided to double-check on the internet anyways to make sure that it was just a cold and it said I have a chronic kidney disease."

"Rukia, you have a cold. You do not have syphilis, or a kidney disease or rabies or SARS or whatever else the internet may have told you you have. You have a cold."

"Ichigo there is no way that a mere human cold could make me feel so terrible." Rukia said indignantly.

"You know what Rukia, you're right you don't just have a cold and I think I know what you have."

Ichigo typed something into his laptop and then turned the screen towards Rukia.

Cyberchondria: Cyberchondria (or cyberchondriasis) refers to the unfounded escalation of concerns about common symptomology based on review of search results and literature online Articles in popular media position cyberchondria anywhere from temporary neurotic excess to adjunct hypochondria. Cyberchondria is a growing concern among many healthcare practitioners as patients can now research any and all symptoms of a rare disease, illness or condition, and manifest a state of medical anxiety.

For somebody with a sore throat Rukia sure could yell loud.

A/N: I put the symptoms that Rukia describe into one of those diagnose yourself online things and syphilis was actually one of the conditions it came up with. The moral of this story is if you are not feeling well go see a doctor. Oh, and feel free to leave a review.