A/N: heya everyone!! Sorry I was late to update (Hey, that rhymes!). I just got back from my art camp. Don't tell anyone, but I went there with my chicken pox XD!! No one noticed it. That'll show my dad!! (He was rambling about 'someone will bound to notice that you have chicken pox!') Yes, so anyway...
Thank you for the review disinterested, angelic93 and auburn-haired-sadist-XD! And also, thank you for everyone that have put my story into their list of story alerts! It was very much appreciated XD. Yeah, sorry if anyone was out of character in this story... And sorry if my story don't have much of romance in it... I even changed the genre! There will be some, but not that much... Sorry! :(
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Perfection
Chapter Four
They are having Physical Education now. All of them are gathering on the school yard, doing some jogging or some random warming up.
"Achoo!" Rukia sneezed, covering her mouth and nose with her hand.
"Bless you," Orihime and Tatsuki said in unison.
"Thanks," Rukia replied, giving them a small smile. "So cold..." she continued, wrapping both her arms around her shoulders.
"I can see why you're cold." Tatsuki said. "Why in the world are we out here when it's only +1??" she continued, huffing at her cold hands, trying to make them warm. They were all wearing their P.E. outfit, which is a white T-shirt with bluish-gray sleeves and a pair of bluish-gray training pants.
"Okay, Arisawa! You're up!" Ochi-sensei called, pointing at a pile of wooden blocks beside her.
"Hai! Wish me luck, guys." Tatsuki grinned at the burnt-orange and black haired girls behind her.
"Good luck!" the girls said in unison, jerking their thumbs up.
There's 11 blocks of wood piled up in front of Tatsuki. Ochi-sensei said this was a 'test' to 'prove' their so-called-willpower. Some students think of it as an actual test while others don't.
Tatsuki took 3 steps back. She inhaled, then exhaled. She put on a serious look, then started running towards the pile of wooden blocks. She put her hands on them before jumping over them and she landed gracefully on her feet. She sighed deeply before saying, "Uh...Ta-da?".
"As expected of a member of the karate club!" a random guy said.
"Ooh...! I knew she could do it!" his friend said and they started clapping. Soon enough, a swarm of claps filled the yard as Tatsuki sat down on her place. "Good job, Tatsuki-chan!" Orihime said with a smile.
"Kuchiki! You're up!" Ochi-sensei called.
"Hai!" Rukia stood up, sighing as she jogged her way to the wooden blocks. 'Here goes nothing...' she thought. She observed the blocks for several seconds before hesitantly ran towards it.
'I can do this.' she thought as she run, 'This is nothing compare to the shinigami training back in the academy!'
She placed her hands on the top box before jumping swiftly. And just when she thought it was going well, her left hand slipped, making her unbalanced before the landing. But luckily, her reflexes helped her a lot. She turned her right hand along with her petite body, then gave the block a push, making her land gracefully on the ground. She winced when she landed and took a quick glance at her left hand. It was swelling badly.
The whole class stared in awe with their mouths ajar. That is except, of course, Ichigo. He knew damn well how her reflexes got the better of her at times. 'Heh. Guess I just figured out how she kicks me on the shin so fast at times.' he thought.
Realization hit the petite shinigami the moment she landed on the ground. "Uh...Ta...Da?" she said, anxiously putting her left hand behind her back. Then, the whole class went clapping. "Kuchiki-san! I am so proud of youuuuu...!" Keigo yelled, jumping to hug her in the process. That is, before Ichigo grabbed the back of his collar and pulled him back into his place. He looked at her left hand (which was dangling on her side because she was just about to stop Keigo from hugging her) and noticed that it was swelling up.
"Oi! Ru- I mean, Kuchiki! Is your left hand okay?" he asked, pushing Keigo who was struggling to break free.
"Y-yeah! I think it's okay..." Rukia said, trying her best not to flinch from the fact that she just sprained her left hand and it hurt like crazy.
"Yeah, right! You sprained your hand and you know it." he said as he walked towards her. "Sensei! Can I take her to the nurse! She seems to have hurt her hand!" he asked rather loudly, grabbing Rukia's right hand with his left to make sure she didn't run away.
"Uh..Y-Yes! You can! You are both excused!" Ochi-sensei said while writing something on her student book. "Okay! Next! Asano!" she called again.
"NO!!" Keigo screamed with rivers of milky tears streaming down his eyes.
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Somewhere on the second floor of Karakura High...
"Oi Ichigo! Let me go! I can walk without your help already!" Rukia yelled, trying to break her hand free from Ichigo's grip.
"No can do!" Ichigo yelled back, "You'll run away if I do so!"
"Pfft! No, I won't!" she said, averting her eyes from his.
"I don't believe you."
"What?! Why not?!"
"'Cuz I know you can't say the same thing while looking into my eyes directly!"
"Yes I can!" she turned her head and looked directly into his chocolate-brown eyes, "I won't run away." she said with a smirk.
"Che, good then!" he said, while he still hadn't let her right hand go, as he turned away and started walking towards the nurse's office again.
"I did it! Now let! My! Hand! Go!!" she yelled through her gritted teeth.
"NO!!" he turned to face her and yelled furiously.
"You're hurting me Ichigo..." she lowered her voice, averting her eyes from his again.
"I thought your left hand were the sprained one?"
"Well, maybe if you haven't gripped my right hand so tight, it wouldn't have hurt now, would it?!"
"Okay! Okay! Fine!" he yelled, letting her right hand go. Giving the chance, Rukia pulled her hand away and started running in the opposite direction. "BOHAHAHAHAHA!" she laughed (Kanonji style) as she ran.
"Dammit!" he yelled, running to catch up with the raven-haired shinigami.
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Meanwhile, on the school yard...
"I wonder what they're talking about in there..." Keigo said, putting his chin on both his hands.
"Probably some normal stuff." Mizuiro replied.
"BUT YELLING LOUD ENOUGH FOR US TO HEAR OVER HERE is not normal!" he shouted, waving his hands up and down in frustation.
"Can I help you, Asano?" Ochi-sensei asked.
"WOAH!" he screamed as he slid back ten feet in fear.
"Nice reaction." Mizuiro said clamly as he watched his brown-haired friend quivering in fear.
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Meanwhile, somewhere in the second floor of Karakura High...
"Oi midget! You can't run away from me forever!" Ichigo yelled as he tried to catch up with Rukia.
"Yeah? Well, watch me!" she shouted back and started running away even faster.
"Rukia! Why the hell are you running away?!"
"None of your business!" she mimicked him. She went up to the third floor with, of course, Ichigo chasing her. "Yes it is! You live in my closet so you're one of the residents in my room! And since you're living in my room, I have every right to know so!" Ichigo yelled.
"But you can't force it out of me!" Rukia yelled back.
"Yes I can!" he yelled and started running full speed.
Rukia gasped and also started running full speed. Even though she was few meters ahead of him, his legs were longer than hers, therefore, he had longer steps than she did. She was well aware of this and she also knew that he'll catch up to her in no time at all, now that he was running full speed. Knowing this, she called out, "Kon! Help me!". And out of nowhere, Kon jumped up to Ichigo's face and started covering his eyes.
"Run, nee-san! Run for your life!" Kon shouted, trying his best to keep himself on Ichigo's face.
"Thanks, Kon!" Rukia said with a smile, still running away.
"Gah! Kon! Get off dammit!" Ichigo yelled, grabbing Kon's tail and pulling it as hard as he could. Fortunately for him, Kon did not have real claws that could hold on to him forever. In on swift movement, he pulled him off and throw the poor Kon aside and started chasing Rukia again.
"Nee-san! Gomenasai...!" Kon said dramatically, milky tears flowing out of his eyes.
"Damn it! He's back!" Rukia mumbled to herself as she ran up the stairs to the roof top.
"Tch. She ran as fast as ever." Ichigo muttered to himself. He ran up the stairs, skipping on stairs as he always does. He slammed the door to the roof top open and slowed down. "You can't run away anymore, Rukia..." he said as he saw the raven-haired shinigami-in-a-gigai sitting near the railings, hugging her knees with her back turned at him. His eyes softened as he started approaching her very slowly. He took a peek at her face, sunlight shining on it.
'Now that I think about it, she is quite beautifu- whoa!' he thought, 'No, no, no, no, NO! What the hell am I thinking?! ' he shook that thought from of his head. He turned his head once more to look at her and he unconsciously observed her facial features. Her raven-black locks were swaying slightly because of the wind, her big, royal purple eyes were both closed and her small lips was slightly agape.
Ichigo smiled at the sight and said, "Oi, Rukia... if you don't want to go to the nurse, uh... we can just go home...uh...I'll fix the sprain for you..." while turning his head away, blushing.
"..."
No response.
"..."
Still no response.
"..."
"Okay. Look, I'm sor-..." he sighed, though he couldn't finished his apology. He inhaled some air and decided to try again. "I'm sor...ry, okay? Now will you just please answer me or something?" he begged. 'Wait a minute!' he snapped, 'Kurosaki Ichigo does not beg!' he thought after a sudden realization hit him.
"..."
No response.
"Oi! Rukia! Answer me!"
"..."
"Rukia!" he yelled, poking her arm.
"..."
"Oi!" he yelled as he did one big 'poke' on her arm.
Response: THUMP!
Apparently, Rukia has fallen to her side because of Ichigo's 'poke'.
"Rukia!"
"...", the said shinigami didn't even flinched when she hit the ground. Heck, she barely even breathed!
"!!" a sudden realization hit him (again) and he started shaking the petite shinigami that just fell to her side.
Response: No reaction whatsoever.
"Dammit!" he said as he take his shinigami representative badge and get his own soul out of his body. "Che. And she told me to take care of my body." he muttered, running after her in his shinigami form.
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A/N:I hope you enjoyed my story! Reviews and critiques are welcome and i would like to make a shot out to my editor. Thanks for checking my spelling and grammar mistake! TGOEWARPP FOREVER!! WOOH! XD