Hello everybody, I hope you enjoyed chapter one! Here is chapter two!

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of its characters. *cry*

Stealing Property

Ichigo still couldn't figure out how Rukia had talked him into this.

Everything had gone well when entering Soul Society; he was even properly guided by a Hell butterfly. He was shown his new quarters that were stationed in the 8th Division, Ichigo had a sneaking suspicion that Rukia had something to do with that. Then he was shown where the mess hall was and where the 8th Division training grounds were. He was given many spare changes of uniforms and was shown where to put them and the clothes he had brought with him.

After he had put all of his belongings away in the places provided for them, he was guided to the Sotaicho's office, where he was briefed on the training program he was to go through. This program, they explained, was to put him on par with the taichos. Ichigo had taicho level power but not taicho level control, and that was what this training program was for, to train him so that he had taicho level control. He had a week to readjust to Soul Society, and then the training would begin.

After his briefing, Ichigo discovered the sun had set. He was led to the mess hall where he ate dinner, next to Kyoraku Taicho much to his dismay, and afterwards led to his rooms where he did a little of his summer homework and then prepared to sleep, but sadly sleep was not on the schedule Rukia had in mind.

Rukia came into his quarters through the window and poked Ichigo's shoulder. He turned and paled at her insane expression. She put a finger to her lips and whispered, "You only have a week right? So, you need to get their attention as soon as possible. I put the drugs in Kyoraku Taicho's food and sake, he won't be able to detect a thing, and my Taicho is in his quarters in the Thirteenth Division, so now's your chance."

"But what if I don't want to take it?"

Rukia looked at him as if he were crazy, "And possibly miss out on your only chance to catch their attention?"

Rukia had got him there, so here he was, pondering how Rukia had talked him into doing this.

It seemed that the drugs were doing their job, but he paid attention to Rukia's warning, "It will block his riatsu perception severely, but it won't block it completely, and it will do nothing to stop the reception of sound, and Kyoraku Taicho has very good hearing, so walk lightly, get the haori and get out of there fast."

So that was what Ichigo was doing, getting the haori and getting out fast, while treading lightly. He slipped in the window and walked softly across the floor. He spotted the haori and took it off of its hook. Behind him Kyoraku grunted and stirred, stopping Ichigo's breath in his chest while Ichigo's heart thumped in his throat, but Kyoraku settled down again. Ichigo walked softly back across the floor, winning a closely fought battle against his instincts that told him to screw being silent and to just get out of there. Slipping out of the window he gave Rukia a thumbs-up. She grinned. Slipping back into his quarters, Ichigo sighed in relief. Rukia took that moment to tell him the rest of the plan. "You know the place where you like to go skinny dipping?"

"Yes."

"In the morning, just before the sun rises, I want you to go there and hide out. Do whatever you want there, just don't leave that area before I give the signal. When I give the signal, which will be a pink flag that I wave, you take off and start running, any direction you want, except towards me, which is the direction they will be coming from. Just keep running until they catch you."

"How will they know how to even find the 'starting point'?" Ichigo inquired.

Rukia grinned, "That's the fun part, for me at least." She pulled a piece of paper from behind her sash, "I want you to write on this piece of paper, 'Follow the pink ribbon road.'"

Ichigo looking a little weirded out, wrote the phrase on the piece of paper. Rukia continued after he handed her the paper, "I will slide this underneath my Taicho's door, after I have completed my preparations."

"Which are?"

"I will tie these pink ribbons onto poles and tree branches creating a trail to your skinny-dipping pond, then I will slide this note under my Taicho's door and wait for their riatsus to appear in my senses. I will give you the signal and you will start running, and keep running until they catch you. Also, I'm sure you already know this, but keep the haori on your person at all times, and if possible, wear it in a very provocative fashion. I'm going to leave now so that you will get a few hours of sleep, but remember, leave just before dawn." With that Rukia leapt out of Ichigo's window and disappeared into the night.

Exhausted, Ichigo got under the covers, and went to sleep, clutching Kyoraku's haori.

Waking with a start Ichigo looked around him, seeing the haori he clutched in his hands he groaned softly. Ichigo had been praying that last night had been a dream, no such luck. Looking out the window he saw the gray light just touching the horizon, it was time to go.

Ichigo dressed quietly, slipping Kyoraku's haori underneath his uniform. Slipping out of his quarters he ran off into the woods that surrounded Rukongai, reaching his "skinny-dipping pond" by the time true dawn arrived.

Needing to calm his racing nerves, Ichigo stripped and slid into the pond, its' cool water soothing his nerves. Swimming around a little he kept an eye out for Rukia's signal. When he grew tired, Ichigo slipped up onto the large rock in the middle of the pond. It was smoothed and round like a river rock and was big enough for him to lay on it with room to spare, room enough for two more people. Resting and sun-bathing, the sun was high enough for it by that point; he kept an eye out for Rukia's signal.

At one o'clock Ichigo decided that he should get at least partially clothed. He had just put his hakama on and had tied Kyoraku's haori around his waist when Rukia's signal came, the chase was on.

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