A/N hey guys! sorry its been so long, for those of you that dont alredy know, it's taken me so long to update because i've been going back and overhauling my stories, therefore i highly recommend that you go back and re-read the other chapters before reading this one, otherwise you might get a bit lost at certain points (plus i can do with the extra views :P) anyway, prepare yourself cause we leap straight into a lemon here (again, read the last chapter if your confused as to how that happened) so if you dont like lemons just scroll down to the first horizontal line. enjoy :D
Ichigo was stunned. His eyes drank in the sight of Rukia's naked body, illuminated by the moonlight. Her petite form aroused him instantly, causing her smile to grow wider. Her finger beckoned him forward, and he obeyed, walking towards her and climbing onto the bed, his lips meeting hers as her hands quickly undid his Obi.
Her small, nimble hands quickly shed him of his clothing, and for a moment they merely lay there, enjoying the feeling of each other's skin. Then Ichigo began kissing down her neck, slightly sucking on her collarbone before moving down her modest breasts and circling her nipple with his tongue, causing her to moan with pleasure.
His lips continued their journey down, over her stomach and her navel, he breathed in her scent, before opening his mouth and massaging the folds of her labia with his tongue. Rukia softly moaned his name and he smiled as he continued to pleasure her with his mouth. He found her hard clitoris and softly stimulated it with his tongue, causing her legs to tighten around his head and her hands to grab fistfuls of his orange hair, her breathing becoming quicker and her chest heaving as she screamed "ICHIGOOO!"
He worked his way back up, planting soft kisses on her pale body as she basked in the afterglow of her orgasm. He found his way back to her lips and kissed her, while positioning himself at her entrance. He looked into her eyes, to confirm one last time that she was ready, and she just smiled at his unasked question, and nodded.
He slowly pushed inside, groaning as he felt her tighten around him, he wasn't going to last long. Her soft moans were a mixture of pain and pleasure, so he stopped to allow himself time to calm down, and her to recover. However, she swiftly said impatiently, "Don't stop."
He couldn't help but smile, "I have to, you feel too damn good." she just smiled evenly, and began to move herself to increase his pleasure, taking her own pleasure in his panicked cries, "dammit Rukia stop, your gonna make me-"
"go ahead Ichigo, don't hold back." she interrupted him, and he just grunted in reply, grabbing the bed sheets and thrusting deep inside of her, groaning his release. He looked down at the woman he loved, and saw that love reflected back at him.
Meanwhile, in the next room, Chad was insanely thankful that he had remembered to pack earplugs.
The next morning, Rukia woke to see Ichigo at his desk, with the sheet of paper in his hands. She frowned. "where's my breakfast?"
Ichigo scowled back at her, "there's a kitchen down the hall, I reckon its probably in there, lazy ass."
She smiled at him, "so what do you think then?"
He knew what she meant, "well I've already crossed Soi-Fon off, seeing as she's an ally now, who's this guy here?"
She saw the name he was pointing at, and shrugged, "the third seat of squad five, in the event a captain cannot vote, the next available seated officer votes instead, in this case, Hinamori was too wounded to vote, so the third seat cast the vote instead."
Ichigo nodded, "that makes sense, I suppose. I don't really have a grudge against him, he probably just voted with the captain commander. Kurotsuchi I would love to get the chance to kill anyway, so that just leaves, Komamura, Kira and the captain commander."
"And my brother." said Rukia.
Ichigo's head fell. "and Byakuya. Rukia, are you sure-"
She stood up, and interrupted him mid sentence my planting her lips on his. "Ichigo, he would take me away from you and have you executed, given half the chance. There is no question in my mind. He became my enemy the moment he threatened you. Understand?"
He nodded, and she smiled at him.
"now, where is my breakfast?"
Ichigo had eventually ended up making her breakfast, while she wore a smug smile of satisfaction, and afterwards he walked to Urahara's lab, firstly because the scientist had something important to tell him, and secondly because Ichigo wanted something from the man himself.
Urahara smiled as he felt Ichigo approaching, and looked up as the man walked into the lab, "hellooo Kurosaki-Kun, nice night with Kuchiki-San?" Ichigo's eyes narrowed as his cheeks brightened.
"how did you know?"
Urahara smiled, "please Ichigo, my reiatsu sensing abilities are second only to Yoruichi-San, how could I not have noticed?"
Ichigo's blush deepened, and Urahara decided to show mercy. "relax Kurosaki-Kun, I wont tell anyone, and there aren't many people besides myself who will have noticed, besides, I have something very important to show you."
Ichigo was intrigued as Urahara walked over to the wall of the lab, and appeared to work a hidden catch, causing a door to open in the stone. They stepped through into a huge room full of what appeared to be-
"Cloning tanks."
Ichigo turned to look at the scientist, who had a gleam to his eyes. "cloning tanks, DNA samples, hydroponics equipment, in short Kurosaki, everything we need to stay in Las Noches for at least ten thousand years.
Ichigo was shocked, and deeply impressed. "how did you?"
"not me, Aizen must have had these put in as a backup plan, and it is incredibly fortunate that he did."
Ichigo smiled, well at least that was no longer a worry. However, they couldn't stay here forever. "Urahara-San, I have a request."
"Ask away Kurosaki-Kun."
"Can you find a way to create an Ouken, without sacrificing any souls?"
Urahara's eyes widened, then turned slightly dark. "Ichigo, as with almost every person in this building, I will follow you anywhere, you have done amazing things, and truly you have earned my respect. However, before I agree, I must ask you why you want me to do this."
Ichigo was deeply shocked at this outburst from Urahara, almost a pledge of allegiance, "Urahara-San, why?"
His mentor smiled at him, "Ichigo, you may be young, but you have done things that none of us could have ever dreamed of, you have shown true courage, power, and at times, genius, and now, you have surpassed us all. You are our captain."
Ichigo smiled. "thank you. But I don't want this, I don't want us to be fugitives, not everyone in soul society is our enemy, and that's why I want the Ouken. I will go to the royal dimension, I will talk to the spirit king, and I will beg him to overturn central 46's order. If the king orders them to, then we can all go back."
Urahara's eyebrow lifted, "and if he refuses?"
Ichigo's expression darkened, "then I'll kill him, and take his place."
Urahara looked at him seriously, and Ichigo waited for him to say that it was impossible, he could never win. "Ichigo, if you had told me a few months ago, that you would fight the spirit king, I would have laughed and said good one. Now though, after seeing what you are capable of, I honestly believe you can do it. You have my word, I will do everything I can to make you an Ouken."
Ichigo grinned, "thanks Urahara-San."
Urahara grinned, "by the way, Kurosaki-Kun, I was wondering if you would come to a party I'm throwing? To celebrate us being alive and safe from soul society."
Ichigo shrugged, "I suppose, who's invited?"
Urahara handed him a stack of cards and said "you are, do me a favour and hand these out to your friends please, and I thought it would be fun to have a boy's night, so men only please." Ichigo scowled at him, the bastard was making him do all the work!
He sighed, "some things never change"
Ichigo wandered for a bit, handing out the invitations, before faintly hearing his sister's voices, and feeling immense guilt. He hadn't checked up on them at all, they hadn't seen him in months, and now all this. His head fell, he was a terrible brother. He went to their door and knocked, "Karin, Yuzu"
The door flew open, "Ichi-Nii!" they shouted, Yuzu throwing herself at him, Karin hugging his leg. "Where've you been? You barely talked to us on the way here." Karin asked.
"sorry Karin, I've been really busy. But that's no excuse, I should have come sooner, I'm really sorry. How are you doing?" he entered the room to spend some time with his beloved sisters.
Ishida studied the invitation, debating whether or not to go. After all, a party thrown by Urahara Kisuke hardly sounded like his scene. But then his mind flashed through all they had been through in the last few months, and decided that this party was in fact exactly what he needed. He shrugged, might as well go for a little bit.
He was so lost in his thoughts he ploughed straight into Orihime, who as usual was in her own little world. "s-sorry Inoue-San!" he stuttered, helping her up off the floor, and she simply smiled.
"it's fine Ishida-Kun, no harm done, it was mostly my fault anyway, what's that you were reading?"
He held it up for her to see, "an invitation to Urahara-San's party, Kurosaki gave it to me."
"you got one too Ishida?" they were both faintly startled by Chad, who had heard them talking, and now held up his own invitation.
Orihime pouted slightly. "how come you guys got one?"
Ishida pointed to the card, where bright green writing read "boy's night" "seems its no girls allowed Inoue-San"
Orihime's pout lessened, "oh that's ok then, still, maybe Kurosaki-Kun could persuade Urahara-San to let me come? It could be like a date" Orihime was blushing, and so was Chad as he remembered the noises he heard last night before putting his earplugs in.
"Inoue-San, I think it would be best if you gave up on Ichigo." said the gentle giant, and Orihime looked shocked.
"why? What's happened?"
Ishida was confused, "he's with Kuchiki-San, haven't you noticed?"
Orihime put her index fingers together "well, I saw them holding hands in Urahara's shop, but that doesn't mean anything, lots of friends hold hands!" she protested.
Chad put his hand on her shoulder, and squeezed gently, "Inoue-San, I know you love Ichigo, but trust me when I tell you that he is with Kuchiki-San, you have to let him go. I'm sorry."
Tears began to form in the corners of Orihime's eyes, and she nodded gently, "I should have seen it coming a long time ago, I just never wanted to stop hoping. Thank you Sado-Kun, but, how do you know for sure?"
Chad looked away "I don't really, ah-"
"Sado-Kun, please, I have to know for sure."
He looked down at her tear filled eyes, and sighed. "my room is right next to Ichigo's, lets leave it at that, ok?"
Her eyes widened as she realised the implications, and she nodded slightly. "alright Sado-Kun, I understand. From now on, I'll try to let go. Thank you."
She walked off, and both men stood watching her for a moment, before sighing. "she took that better than I expected." Ishida observed, and Chad just nodded. "so, did you really hear Kurosaki and Kuchiki-San, you know," the giant nodded again, and Ishida whistled slightly. "well I didn't expect that."
Byakuya knelt before his wife's shrine, staring at Hisana's picture, wondering what he should have done. If Hisana were alive, would she agree with his judgment? To save Rukia from Kurosaki Ichigo? A smile tugged at the edges of his mouth, no. she would have told him to give the boy a chance, that if he makes Rukia happy, then that's all that mattered.
Well, you've made your bed Byakuya, he thought. He couldn't go back now, all he could hope for is that somehow, things could work out. He missed Rukia, and despite trying as hard as he could to prevent it, he missed Kurosaki too. The boy was annoying and irritating, but one couldn't help but admire his spirit and his honesty. For once in his life, Kuchiki Byakuya felt ashamed of himself.
Tatsuki lay on her bed, for what else was there to do in Hueco Mundo? This thought suddenly made her realise that she hadn't exercised at all since coming here, and she resolved to train till she dropped. She got up and left the room, only to bump into her rescuer from yesterday.
"hey Arisawa-San, settling in alright?"
"yes thanks, Fosuta was it?"
He smiled at her, "yeah, but just call me Tomasu"
She smiled back, "only if you call me Tatsuki"
"Deal. Where are you off? If you don't mind my asking"
She looked down the hallway, and realised that she had no where she was going. "well, I was going to train, but I have no idea where to go"
"that's no problem, I'll show you. What do you do then?"
He set off down the hallway, and she followed. "I'm a black belt in Karate!" she proclaimed proudly, and his eyebrows lifted.
"impressive, do you want a sparring partner?"
She smirked, "sure, if you think you can keep up, the only person who's ever beat me in a fair fight is Ichigo."
They arrived at a large room, and Tatsuki looked around, impressed, there was lots of training equipment in here. Tomasu moved to the centre of the room, and she followed him, they face each other and bowed. "ready?" he asked.
"always."
They watched each other's eyes for any type of movement, until Tatsuki made the first move, striking for his jaw, which he blocked before throwing a low punch to her stomach. She dodged by bending her body, allowing her to move closer and hook her leg around his, he noticed too late what she was planning and with a triumphant look she threw him to the ground. Or so she thought.
He placed his hands on the floor and flipped backwards, wrapping his legs around her abdomen and lifting her off the ground before throwing her to the floor. She looked up at him in surprise and he chuckled. "you are really good, but at the soul reaper academy I was really terrible at kido, spells." he added at her confused expression, "so I had to work extra hard at my Zanjutsu and Hakuda. Still, I am very impressed, for a human you are very talented."
Her eyebrow lifted, "for a human?" his eyes widened at the evil glint in her eyes. "Rematch."
They kept training for hours, until they were both out of breath and utterly exhausted. Tatsuki had him in a grapple, and was trying to trip him. He kneed her lightly, exhaustion taking any impact out of the hit, and as a result she was able to catch his leg and throw him down.
Unfortunately, he grabbed hold of her clothes and pulled her down with him, resulting in her landing on top of him, their faces a mere inch apart, their lips getting closer, until Tatsuki pressed her lips against his, softly, the deepening it once she felt him eagerly respond. He wrapped his arms around her abdomen, pulling her closer, and she could feel his enthusiasm pressing against her leg.
Eventually their lips separated, and they smiled at each other. "okay, you win this one" conceded Tomasu.
A/N as always, let me know what you think, i welcome constructive critisism with open arms, and i welcome purely positive reviews with an Isshin smile and a big sloppy kiss :) so please review guys!