This is chapter three! I'm on a roll and I can't stop myself!

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

The Chase

From last time:

Ichigo had just put on his hakama and tied Kyoraku's haori around his waist when Rukia gave the signal, the chase was on.

Ichigo launched from his rock and tore into the forest to his right. Leaping from tree to tree he could sense them coming. Ichigo boosted his speed and kept on running.

He took as many twists and turns as he could doubling back four times, each time leaving multiple tracks to follow. He tore out of the forest and headed into Rukongai. Racing though the streets he felt them chasing him, well, he wasn't going to make it easy for them. Leaping up onto the roofs he ran across them with his eyes set towards his goal, the other half of the forest on the other side of Rukongai. Racing across the roofs he launched into the trees one again, racing through the trees, using tree limbs and stones, never letting his feet touch the ground.

Ichigo grinned when he realized that they were falling behind him. He mentally scolded himself, telling himself to not get too cocky, if he did, that would mean it would be so much easier for them to catch him. Suddenly he felt their riatsus ahead of him. Startled, he almost stopped, but managed to keep moving, and turned sharply to the left, going deeper into the forest.

They remained on his tail, so he sped up and kept going forward, once again only using tree branches and rock so as not to leave any foot prints for them to follow. He began to get ahead of them again but he remained alert, it would do him no good if he was caught now, after he had put so much effort into it, besides, the sun was still well above the horizon and he did not plan to get caught any time before dark. Once the sun set, he would be fair game for them but not until then.

Behind Ichigo, Kyoraku and Ukitake were getting very impressed, and a little irritated.

Kyoraku had woken up that morning to find his pink, flowered haori gone. He had gone to Ukitake immediately. "Juu-chan. My haori is missing!"

"Eh?" Ukitake poked his head out from under his covers to find Kyoraku looking at him like a puppy that had lost its favorite toy. "Did you leave it lying around somewhere?"

"No, I hung it up last night, right beside my taicho haori."

"Well, that means that somebody went into your room and stole it."

"Why, would somebody steal my haori?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but I think an option that should be seriously considered is that someone is trying to get your attention."

Suddenly they felt Rukia's riatsu outside Ukitake's door. He was about to give permission for her to come in when there was a rasping sound like that of a piece of paper being slid under the door, and then Rukia's riatsu was gone, indicating that she had used shunpo.

Looking over at the door they saw the paper lying on the floor. Picking up the piece of paper, Kyoraku walked back over to Ukitake; reading the note aloud, "Follow the pink ribbon road. P. S. It is both of you."

"So," Ukitake murmured, "the person who stole your haori wants to get both of our attention. I think we can do that don't you?"

"Definitely. I wonder if they're cute."

Ukitake chuckled, "Few people know this, but I know the handwriting of both of these people that wrote this note. The post script was written by Rukia, and our thief most likely wrote the actual message."

"Who wrote the actual message?"

"Kurosaki Ichigo."

Kyoraku's eyes widened, and then narrowed and he allowed a hunter's grin to appear on his face. He looked at Ukitake, whose expression matched his, "Shall we go catch our thief and see what he wants?"

"Let us."

"If he wants us what shall we give him?" pondered Kyoraku.

Ukitake responded having finished dressing, "We shall give him the time of his life."

Kyoraku ginned, and so the two set out to follow the "pink ribbon road."

Far ahead of Kyoraku and Ukitake, Ichigo was running out of breath. However, he felt the timing was right as the sun was just starting to set. He would keep going at his current pace for another hour or so, until the sun had completely set, and then he would slow down, reaching his destination by nightfall.

Ichigo had led Kyoraku and Ukitake through Rukongai three more times and was now on his way back to the "starting point", except now, it was the finish line.

Running through the trees he saw the glistening of the water of his little pond. He landed on the rock and waited for his pursuers to arrive. Looking at the water he decided he could rejuvenate himself with a swim. He was just reaching for his ties, however, when his pursuers arrived.

He froze fearing even to breathe as they watched him. He was afraid to turn around and look at their faces, the chase had been jolly, but now that he was caught, what did that mean for him?

His question was answered, in a way when Kyoraku standing directly behind him asked, "What were your intentions behind stealing my haori? Was it to get our attention, or was it something else?"

Ichigo, nervous, whispered his reply, "To get both of your attention." Ichigo winced at how loud a whisper was in the quiet pond as it echoed off the water and the trees around the bank.

Ichigo gasped, while he had been listening to the echoes of his whisper, Ukitake and Kyoraku had snuck up behind him and slipped their arms around him. Laying him down on the rock, they whispered words of reassurance while Ichigo shivered in both fear and anticipation.

Lying down on either side of him, Ukitake and Kyoraku removed their taicho haoris and placed them underneath Ichigo. Ichigo looked at both of them and took a deep breath. Kyoraku and Ukitake smiled. Kyoraku leaned forward lifting himself above Ichigo and settling on top of him, Kyoraku lowered his head a kissed Ichigo. Running his tongue along Ichigo's lips Kyoraku asked for entry and was granted it. As Kyoraku intimately explored the caverns of Ichigo's mouth, settling between his now spread legs, Ukitake slipped underneath Ichigo, sandwiching Ichigo between them. Ukitake whispered in his ear, "We've caught you now, and you'll never be able to escape us again." Ichigo shivered in delight at that deliciously sweet promise, he was theirs now and he had no inclination to change that.

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