Here it is Chapter 12. Thanks to everyone who alerted,reviewed,and so forth. I have had a really rough two weeks so far. I got a wisdom tooth infection and soon after the antibiotics I was on gave me a bad side effect of severe back pain. I am only 23 and my back has had me in tears and I can handle pain really well,but not this kind. Anyway the doctor got me some pain meds and muscle relaxers so while working on these chapters I've been kind of not in my right mind. Lol. I'm glad I have Ru to Beta for me or I'd be in big trouble. I would also like you all to check out my new IchiRuki fic that I will be working on along with this one.

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It was a beautiful sunny day and Rukia was out shopping. She wasn't shopping for clothes instead she was grocery shopping with Tatsuki.

"So how's living with Ichigo going?" Tatsuki asked her friend.

"It's going really good."

"Things are getting pretty serious between you two aren't they?" Tatsuki smiled at Rukia.

"I don't see how they can get anymore serious."

"He could propose."

Rukia was taken aback by Tatsuki's statement. She turned really red and kind of laughed.

"I guess he could but I don't see that happening anytime soon."

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"Damn, I'm so fucked up right now." Grimmjow said taking another hit off the joint Ichigo rolled for him.

"When are you not fucked up?" Ichigo asked curiously.

Renji laughed at Ichigo's question. His eyes were bloodshot and he was definitely at the point where he was losing it.

"Shut up, Ichigo and take a hit of this. You always get the good stuff. When are we heading out to take care of business?"

"I guess I will. After we finish smoking this, I guess. I got people with money who need their fix. Maybe by the time we get back the girl's will have dinner fixed."

"I hope they make us something good." Grimmjow and Renji said in unison.

"As long as they don't burn my house down I don't care what they cook." Ichigo said seriously while hitting the joint.

"You know how Rukia and Tatsuki are though sometimes I wonder if they have a brain." Renji said running his hand through his hair.

"Rukia has a brain, thank you very much and she's really good at sucking dick too." Ichigo said handing the joint to Renji.

"I don't think me and Renji will ever find out since you hog her all to yourself!"

"Damn straight you won't. The only dick she can suck is mine and if she sucks anyone else's, I will slit their throat."

Renji put out the joint and got up off the couch. His high hit him soon after and he was ready to get down to business.

"Come on, you perverted bastards, let's go take care of business." Renji said taking a quick sip of his soda.

Ichigo got out the keys to his truck and all three of them headed out the door.

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Rukia and Tatsuki had walked to the grocery store. Neither one of them had their drivers license yet so they couldn't drive a vehicle.

"Ichigo is suppose to teach me how to drive later on. I'm pretty nervous yet I'm excited." Rukia said in a bright tone.

"I would love to see the expression on his face if you were about to wreck his car. Please tell me he's teaching you in his car and not that big ass truck of his?"

"He's teaching me in his car and he's also suppose to take me for a ride on his Harley."

"I'm jealous. I wish Renji would teach me how to drive.

Rukia and Tatsuki continued with their conversation until they ran into a group of men who were wearing masks on their faces. All of them had tattoos running up and down their arms.

On instinct Tatsuki grabbed her knife and handed one to Rukia.

"Rukia put your bags down and stay calm, okay? These guys are bad news. They're our rivals and they're not to be taken lightly."

"What do you mean?" Rukia asked Tatsuki in a whisper.

"They're called the masked warriors. They're actually some of Gin's men and are on our turf to start a fight. Stay calm and keep the knife I gave you close and if they try to rape you stab the fuck out of them. Ichigo and them will be here soon. They have a deal to make and you know they like to use the park right across the street from us."

"Well, Well, look who it is. Tatsuki Arisawa and Ichigo Kurosaki's little girlfriend. What a surprise running into you here." The man grabbed his knife and walked up close to Rukia.

"How about I tear off your clothes and fuck you right here in front of everyone?"

Rukia took the knife Tatsuki gave her on instinct and stabbed the guy right in the stomach when he was close enough. Then when she pulled back one of the other men quickly grabbed her hand while Tatsuki had two men holding her arms back.

The man held his stomach and noticed that Rukia had stabbed him pretty deep. His blood started dripping onto the sidewalk. These men were fast and before Tatsuki could even stab one of them they had her held back to where she couldn't.

"Rukia! Try to get loose and run!"

Rukia listened to her best friend and squirmed. Then she kicked one of the attackers in the groin once he let go of her. She punched the other one in the face. The third man was already down on the ground bleeding immensely.

Rukia ran as fast as she could.

Tatsuki saw another man come from behind holding a gun aiming at Rukia as he took off running after her.

"Rukia! Run he's going to shoot you!" Tatsuki yelled loudly at her best friend as she winced in pain when the two men holding her tightened their grip.

"Come here you feisty little bitch!" The man said as he fired his gun at Rukia.

Rukia was quickly running out of breath while she had been shot in the shoulder.

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Ichigo turned the corner in his truck and saw the masked warriors, which two of them had Tatsuki held hostage. He quickly started worrying about Rukia. He didn't give a fuck and parked on the sidewalk. All three of them got out quickly.

"Let her go!" Renji yelled and ran over to Tatsuki pulling one of the attackers off of her and punching him in the face. Grimmjow grabbed the other attacker and stabbed him while Renji started stabbing the guy manically. He kept stabbing him until Ichigo grabbed his hand.

"That's enough, Renji. He's dead and Tatsuki's fine."

Renji quickly stood up and put his hand on Ichigo's shoulder.

"Go find, Rukia. If you can't, look, there's a blood trail over there."

Ichigo felt panic hit him.

"Tatsuki where's Rukia?" Ichigo asked in a hurried manner.

"She went that way. They shot her Ichigo. I-I hope she's okay." Tatsuki said as she began sobbing.

Ichigo quickly took off running with his gun in hand. Grimmjow running with him.

"Ichigo, this blood is fresh so she couldn't have gone far." Grimmjow said looking at the trail of blood.

Ichigo slowed and saw Rukia leaning up against the fence with her eyes closed. She was breathing hard. He assumed from running. Ichigo and Grimmjow both checked their surroundings and saw the masked man, the one that was chasing her, make his way around a parked car to Rukia. Just as the man was about to shoot Rukia, Ichigo jumped in front of her and fell to the ground.

Rukia opened her eyes to see Ichigo laying on the ground. Blood poured out of his chest. He had been shot three times.

"Ichigo!" Rukia screamed while grabbing hold of his shirt.

Grimmjow shot the man in the head before quickly making his way to Ichigo's side.

"You baka!" Rukia said crying into his shirt.

"Ichigo, you're such a dumb ass sometimes." Grimmjow said shaking Ichigo.

"Ichigo, please wake up!" Rukia pleaded.

Grimmjow dropped his gun and put his arm around Rukia trying his best to comfort her.

Rukia cried into Grimmjow's chest and just as she started to cry harder they both heard a cough.

"Get your hands off of her, Grimmjow." Ichigo said choking on the blood coming out of his mouth.

"Ichigo!" Rukia kissed him on the lips not giving a damn about the blood.

"Are you okay, man?" Grimmjow asked concerned.

"I've been shot three times on the right side of my chest. I don't think he hit a lung or anything. It's just kinda hard to breathe with the blood coming up and shit."

"Ichigo, why did you do that? You're so stupid sometimes! You should have let him shoot me. Don't sacrifice yourself for my sake. Please!" Rukia pleaded.

"I would rather die then live without you." Ichigo said smiling at her and stroking her face.

Rukia put her hand over his and stroked the back of it.

"I don't want to live without you either. If you're going to die please let me go with you." Rukia said calmly smiling at him.

"Okay you two that's enough of the mushy stuff. Now, let's get you to your dad's clinic before you really do die."

Grimmjow put Ichigo's arm around his neck and helped support him to the truck. Rukia, getting there first, opened the door to the backseat of Ichigo's truck so Grimmjow could place him down. She was glad his truck was a double cab.

Tatsuki quickly ran to her friends taking note Rukia was fine but Ichigo looked in bad shape. His shirt was completely soaked in blood.

"Is everything okay, Rukia?" Tatsuki put her hand on Rukia's shoulder. She knew her friend was really upset and scared.

Rukia let herself fall in Tatsuki's arms as she cried.

"It's all my fault, Tatsuki. Ichigo's injured badly. I-I don't know if he'll be okay." Tatsuki held onto her friend as she felt Rukia's body go limp. Tatsuki noticed that Rukia had wrapped her shoulder with some cloth to stop the bleeding. She didn't know if Rukia fainted from stress or blood loss, but after Grimmjow loaded Ichigo she put Rukia in the front seat.

"Ah, hell! Not another one!" Grimmjow said shocked when looking at the passed out Rukia. He was thankful she was so short or else she'd be laying in his lap and Ichigo wouldn't be having that at all.

"Renji, take care of the deals. Tatsuki, you come with me so you can carry Rukia in."

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Everything was a blur. Rukia quickly opened her eyes and took note of her surroundings. She wasn't at home, obviously, and it looked like a hospital room, but why was she in a hospital bed and why was she hooked up to an IV?

She sat up and rubbed her eyes. She noticed Tatsuki setting by her.

"Tatsuki why am I hooked up to these IV's?"

"You fainted. I guess you couldn't handle the stress or maybe it was the blood loss. I'm glad you're okay though."

"Where's Ichigo?" Rukia asked with concern in her voice.

"He's in the room next to yours. I can take you to see him if you want. He'll be fine. He had to have a blood transfusion and he's lucky the bullet didn't pierce his lung." Tatsuki said helping Rukia out of the bed.