Note: I'm basing my story off the manga chapters of Rosario Vampire, not the anime. So there might be things here that are not in the anime. Just a heads up in case some of you are like "Wha….?"

Quote of the day: "Draw on me!"

-Awesome Crossing Redux

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Moka looked at the letter in her hand in silence. Her inner self had told her that there were two ways to unlock the Rosario. She currently only remembered one of them, and when Moka had listened to the explanation, she had been shocked. If what her inner self had said was true, then she needed to mail this letter to her father.

Tentatively, she pushed the letter into the opening of the mailbox. The deed was done and now she wondered how her father would react to her letter. She backed away before turning around and heading to class.

---

When the person on the other line spoke up with a curious hello, Ichigo hesitated.

"Hello?" The voice asked again. Ichigo took one last breath before replying.

"Yo…" Silence was heard for a moment, then the person on the other line erupted into high-pitched squeal of joy.

"Ichi-nii! Ichi-nii!" The excited voice paused for a moment, and when it came back, it sounded distant, "Karin-chan! Ichi-nii is on the phone!"

At this, Ichigo couldn't help but smile. It had been a while since he had spoken to his family. No doubt Yuzu had probably worried about him non-stop. He knew she would be the first one to answer the phone, she always was. His thoughts were brought back to reality when he heard Karin on the phone. "Hey Ichi-nii."

But before he could reply, Yuzu was on the line again. "Ichi-nii! How's school going? Are you eating good food? You're not getting into fights are you? Do you have a girlfriend yet? When can we come visit you? Wha—"

"Hold on Yuzu!" Ichigo commanded in an annoyed tone… but at the same time, he was happy to hear that he was missed by his family.

"Whatever you say Ichi-nii!" Yuzu chirped back happily, knowing Ichigo was happy and just pretended to be annoyed.

Ichigo gave a sigh as a small smile crossed his face. The next words he spoke were in a soft and gentle tone, "But I'm doing fine Yuzu. Things are going well here. There's never really a dull day here, it's always interesting. And…" He really didn't know how to tell the next part without lying, "I haven't gotten into any… real fights… Er…"

"Ichi-nii!" Came Yuzu's berating voice. Somehow, Ichigo knew that would happen. But he never could lie to his sisters.

"Relax Yuzu," Ichigo heard Karin placate the younger sister, "That's the way Ichigo is, you can't change him no matter how many times you try. It's almost like his duty to get into fights."

"But… But…" Yuzu whined. Ichigo however, picked up on Karin's hint and what she was referring too. So he played along.

"Don't worry about it Yuzu," Ichigo said as he tried to soothe the girl's nerves. "I'll be fine so you don't need to worry, alright?"

Silence reigned dominant for a couple of seconds before Yuzu gave a harsh sigh. "If you say so Ichi-nii… but when I come over to visit, you better make sure you don't have any bruises!"

"I get it Yuzu, don't worry!" Ichigo said before giving a light chuckle. And somehow, he knew that both Karin and Yuzu were smiling from the other side of the phone.

"Are you eating healthy though? I know you'd prefer to eat junk food if I don't cook!" Yuzu asked in a rather motherly tone of voice.

"Yea, yea... I'm actually cooking my own food." Ichigo replied.

Ten second pause.

"And you're still alive?" Yuzu asked, stunning and embarrassing the young Substitute Shinigami.

"My cooking is not that bad Yuzu!"

"Yes it is." He heard Karin reply back. "Remember that time you cooked for Yuzu because she was sick and you spilled it on the floor?"

"Yea…?"

"The food ate part of the floor." Karin simply stated.

"I've gotten better…" Ichigo replied indignantly.

"I hope so for your sake Ichi-nii." Karin retorted, mirth evident in her otherwise stoic voice.

Then, Yuzu spoke up once again. "Hey Ichi-nii, maybe I should cook some food and send it over to you?"

Both Karin and Ichigo replied with a quick, "Bad idea."

A bit taken back by the quick response, Yuzu asked why not. Ichigo simply said, "It wouldn't survive the trip. It'd spoil by the time it got here."

"Oh…" Yuzu replied with an unmistakable embarrassed tone.

"Mah, it's alright Yuzu. I appreciate the thought."

"Tee-hee…"

For a moment, there was a calm silence between them. They were enjoying their time with each other as long as possible since Ichigo wouldn't get many other times to call home. But all good times had to end and someone had to break the silence.

"It was good to hear from you Ichi-nii… we know you're busy so we'll hang up now." Ichigo was surprised to find Karin speak up. He guessed she must've really missed him since she never took the initiative in conversations. This brought a smile to his face as he replied.

"Ah thanks Karin. I actually have to get to class now." Ichigo momentarily had to pull his ear away from the phone when Yuzu had yelled out a disappointed 'NOO!.

"It's alright Yuzu, I'll make sure to call one more time within the next month or two."

"Promise?"

Ichigo smiled. "I promise Yuzu."

"Alright then," Ichigo could almost hear the smile in her voice, "We'll talk to you later then Ichi-nii!"

"Bye Yuzu… bye Karin."

Ichigo smiled when they both gave a unanimous, "Bye Ichi-nii!" And with those last words, he hung up the phone just in time to be surprised by one Akashiya Moka.

"Boo!"

"AAACK!" Ichigo as yelled as he jumped forward before twirling around to point at Moka as if she had done a horrible deed.

"What was that for?!" He asked, an annoyed tick appearing on his forehead.

Moka simply giggled as she asked, "Was that your family?"

Ichigo simply looked at her before taking a breath to calm himself down. "Yea, those were my sisters, Karin and Yuzu.

Moka gave a warm smile as she said, "That sounds nice. I wish I could meet your family."

Ichigo blinked… and then his imagination ignited into life. He could just picture his dad trying to 'test' out Moka and doing every possible thing to embarrass him. He would get into a fight with his dad, which would probably end up wrecking the house, and then he would have to run away with Moka in tow. Somehow, he got the feeling that Moka, or any of the others wouldn't be meeting his family any time soon.

"Ah… sure. Maybe some time in the future." 'The far future' Ichigo added as an afterthought.

"Oh! The bell is about to ring, we should get to class soon!" Moka reminded Ichigo, who nodded and proceeded to follow her to class.

---

As class ended, Moka and Ichigo headed out to lunch. Curiously, no one else did. It seemed Kurumu and the others were busy with their own business. But Moka didn't mind. This was exactly what she needed: Some alone time with Ichigo.

"It's been going well I guess." Ichigo said as he placed the cafeteria food onto his tray.

"I'm glad Ichigo. I've been having such a hard time with math; it's really weird that humans need to learn all these things just to create a life for themselves don't you think?" She asked as they sat down at the end of a lunch table. The cafeteria was relatively empty since most ate outside.

Ichigo momentarily froze before thinking up a quick reply. "Yea, I guess…."

"I hate humans." She said from out of nowhere, shocking the orange-haired boy.

"E-Eh?" Ichigo suttered. "How come?"

Moka bit her lip as a dark emotion played through her eyes, one that Ichigo had never seen: Anger. "You know… I… I actually went to a human school up through middle school." She began as a pang of hurt echoed its way through her voice. Almost as if the memory itself was painful. "I was isolated since humans didn't believe in monsters. It made me feel alone and people would often pick on me. I never made any real friends, and any friends that I thought I had made only betrayed me in the end."

As Ichigo listened to her woes, he couldn't help but think that he should definitely keep to himself that he's human. But he also couldn't help but feel sorry for her. He knew what it was like to be isolated, but unlike her, he actually had some friends to support him. Long-time friends like Tatsuki and Chad had always helped him. So now, he carefully selected his words.

"What would you say if I was human?" Ichigo asked in a casual manner.

Moka seemed to ponder about it for a bit before she arrived with an answer. "I really don't know. I mean, obviously you're not human since no human can do what you can."

She looked up at him before a blush stained her cheeks. "I… I guess if you were human, I might make an exception."

Ichigo blinked and felt like sighing. But he didn't because that might've looked suspicious. "Ah, well thanks Moka. It's… good to know that you wouldn't bite my head off if I were a human." Ichigo said with a nervous chuckle.

Moka gave a smile that was borderline feral as she leaned in a bit closer to whisper to Ichigo. "I wouldn't bite off your head, I'd suck you dry!" Then she leaned back with a smile, acting as if those words hadn't scared the crap outta Ichigo.

Then again, she couldn't know how much that had scared Ichigo. That would blow his cover. So Ichigo simply went with the flow as he replied, "You'd probably get sick if you drank too much though."

Moka giggled and Ichigo was relieved that his nervousness hadn't shown. Then, a thought occurred to Moka as she exclaimed, "Oh yea! We're handing out the newspaper we all worked hard on tomorrow right?"

Ichigo nodded as Moka continued in an excited tone, "Since everyone worked so hard on it, wouldn't it be great if a lot of people read it?"

"Yea…" Ichigo gave any automatic reply as his mind mulled over Moka's words and reactions. He could not let Moka find out he was human… but then again, she didn't have a reason to think he was. After all, physically speaking, no human could do what he could. So with that assurance in mind, he pushed the thought to the back of his head and focused on something else.

For a moment, it was quiet save for the clatter of plates and silverware. Then Ichigo noticed that Moka hadn't taken a single bite out of her food. "You haven't eaten a single thing Moka."

Moka blinked before looking down at her food. "Yea, for some reason I don't have much of an appetite. I guess I haven't been feeling too well."

Ichigo simply stared at her before he saw Moka's eyes light up as she seemed to realize something. "Oh!" She exclaimed as she brought up her hands in front of her and clasped them. She leaned close to Ichigo as her eyes seemed to sparkle. "I bet it's because I haven't sucked on your blood in I don't know how long!"

At those words, Ichigo's body froze. He really didn't know how to reply to that. He didn't even have the energy to sweatdrop, so shocked was he. When his mind rebooted, he said the first thing that came to mind. "NOO!" He yelled before getting up and walking… running away.

"Come on Ichigo! Let me suck your blood! Just a little?" Moka asked happily as she trailed behind the frantic Shinigami.

---

Ichigo spent the rest of the day trying to escape the hungry vampire. She had managed to get close a few times, but a quick shunpo had remedied that. Now it was nighttime and Ichigo really needed to get some sleep. But even though he hadn't seen Moka in over an hour, she would undoubtedly be waiting for him at the entrance of his dorm building.

'So far so good.' Ichigo thought as he hid behind a tree. Ichigo craned his head just enough so that he could see whether or not Moka was at the entrance. Ichigo gave a relieved sigh when he noticed she wasn't there.

But his relief was short lived for as he turned his head back, he was assaulted by a wave of pink.

*Chuu!*

"GahHAAA!" Ichigo screamed as Moka feasted on him without remorse!

Moka hadn't been hungry, she had been absolutely ravenous. Those were his thoughts as he fell to his knees, feeling weak and exhausted while Moka paraded and skipped around, basking in an ecstatic glow.

"You're blood is the best Ichigo! So tasty, so amazing! The thickness, the richness, its warmth and quality! It's all so GOOD! Mmmmm!" Moka ecstatically said while hugging herself as if she were trying to keep the pleasure from escaping.

"Y-Yea… glad to be of service." Ichigo replied in a sullen voice. He was holding one hand to his face, trying to keep himself from losing consciousness. He probably would if he tried standing up.

Another surprise came as Moka leaned down and gave him a small peck on the cheek. "Thanks for the blood Ichigo, I really do appreciate it. If you didn't give me any blood, I would have starved to death by now!"

'Yea… except I don't give you my blood, you hunt me down.' Ichigo had wanted to say, but instead said, "Yea… no problem."

After he said those words, all had gone quiet for a moment. Moka blushed when Ichigo looked up to see her since she had gone quiet and still. It could've been because he wasn't thinking clearly from the lack of blood, but somehow, the moonlight that surrounded her made her seem… angelic. But then that image distorted as a Moka with silver hair and red eyes, grinning at him evilly appeared before fading back to the Moka standing before him. It was the same Moka who had transformed and had nearly killed Kurumu. And now the place she had kissed felt like it was on fire, burning its way into his skin and flowing through his veins. But that feeling also subsided and when Ichigo came back to reality, he noticed that Moka was asking him something.

Moka's blush deepened as she noticed Ichigo staring intently at her. "W-What is it Ichigo?" She asked as she turned her head away slightly from embarrassment.

After a second, the question finally seemed to seep through to his head and he replied. "Ah, it's nothing. You… looked different for a bit."

Now a confused Moka asked, "Different? How so Ichigo?"

Ichigo simply shook his head as he got up slowly. "Mm… never mind. It's probably the blood loss affecting my head." He said as he staggered a little.

Again, Moka blushed as she apologized to Ichigo. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to take so much blood, I was… hungry."

"Ravenous." Ichigo corrected, making Moka blush a deeper red. "Mah, it's alright. I just need to get some rest and I'll be good to go."

"I'm sorry Ichigo!" Moka apologized again as she gave a small bow.

Ichigo sighed as he rubbed his temples. Despite having lost a lot of blood he could feel his veins pulsing. The signs of an encroaching headache. "I said it's alright Moka. Besides, we need to get some rest if we want to get our stand ready before school starts."

Moka smiled as she nodded. "You're right Ichigo. I'll see you tomorrow then." With those final words, Ichigo and Moka parted. One of them would be having nightmares tonight.

---

"Good morning…Ichigo?" Kurumu began saying before she realized that Ichigo looked absolutely… dead….

"Are you alright Ichigo?" Kurumu asked as she waved a hand in front of his empty eyes.

"Ha…ha… yea." Ichigo replied in a zombie-like fashion. Then, his eyes began to brighten as he blinked, looking around, "How did I get here?"

Kurumu now truly began to panic. This wasn't like ichigo, not at all! "Ichigo, I think I need to take you to the infirmary." She said as she grabbed his hand and began pulling him towards the main building.

But that failed since Ichigo didn't budge. She looked behind her and noticed Ichigo's usual scowl on his face. "It's alright Kurumu, I'm not sick. I just didn't sleep very well last night." He said before letting go of her hand.

Despite feeling a bit miffed that Ichigo had let go, she smiled, glad that Ichigo was back to normal. "Well, if you're having trouble sleeping, would you like to sleep on my lap again?" She asked in a teasing voice.

She was pleasantly rewarded when the tips of Ichigo's ears turned red as he looked away before replying, "N-No! I didn't even know I was sleeping on your lap!"

"But you're not denying it wasn't pleasant are you?" Kurumu retorted with a smile on her face. Now the blush spread from Ichigo's ears to his cheeks.

"Sh-Shut up!" He said as he gave her an angry stare. Although he wasn't angry at her, he was angry that he was getting embarrassed so easily.

Kurumu simply giggled. Then, their eyes locked. They stared at each other for a few seconds, unaware of the materializing pan that was about to ruin the moment.

"Gah!" Kurumu said as she fell backwards when a large pan hit her on the head.

"Stay away from Ichigo you portable milk jug!" Yukari yelled as she waved her wand again, sending another pan towards Kurumu's head. Kurumu dodged that one and stomped up to Yukari.

"What did you say you flat-chested girl?" Kurumu growled angrily as an annoyed tick appeared on her forehead.

"I said stay away from Ichigo! He's Moka and mine's and we're going to have a threesome in the future!"

Yukari's proclamation sent Ichigo into a violent coughing fit while Kurumu simply stood there, staring with a dumbfounded expression.

A moment later, Moka arrived to the scene and was curious why everyone had such different expressions. Kurumu looked like she was trying to catch flies with her mouth and it seemed Ichigo needed a glass of water. Yukari looked normal as she smiled and giggled happily.

"Hey everyone." She greeted. Kurumu and Ichigo snapped out of their stupor before returning the greeting.

"Well are you guys ready to work hard today? Let's hand out a lot of newspapers!" Moka enthused with a smile on her face. Ichigo and Kurumu wearily nodded their heads, still shocked by what Yukari had said. But they soon forgot when they got to work later on.

---

After Tsukune and Mizore had arrived, they begun setting up their stand, which simply consisted of a table lined end to end by stacks of neatly piled newspapers. At each stack stood the newspaper club, minus Gin, all ready to begin handing out newspapers the moment the gate opened.

"Let's work hard Ichigo!" Kurumu said as she grabbed a couple of newspapers, ready to hand them out.

Ichigo nodded his head and he too grabbed a couple of newspapers. Soon, the gate opened and students flooded into the campus. Busy chattering was heard, like the buzzing of Cicadas. Most of the newspaper club was nervous, since this was the first time doing anything like this. But they were ready.

"We're the newspaper club!" Moka said proudly in a loud voice, "Please take a copy of the newspaper we made! The case of the disappearing female students… as well as many other happenings and news about the Academy are written in it!"

A couple of students noticed the pink-haired vampire and proceeded to take a newspaper. "Thank you very much!" Moka and the others said gratefully.

---

Ichigo suddenly felt a massive wave of reiatsu hit him. He looked up, ignoring the angry person who wanted their newspaper only to be refused by a distracted Ichigo. Kurumu noticed this and tugged on his sleeve a bit as she said, "Ichigo… you're supposed to give them the newspaper, not tease them!"

But Ichigo simply pointed forward. Kurumu turned to look where he was pointing… and her jaw dropped. A massive stampede of boys came rushing towards the stand at high speed, all babbling incoherently. As they got closer, Ichigo could hear sentences like "OMFHAXOR THEIR SO HAWT!" and other gibberish that he couldn't make out. But judging from the looks on their faces, they were probably entranced by the beauty of the girls.

But they couldn't really complain since the excited boys were taking their newspapers. Whether or not they would read them, who knew, but because of them they were getting good publicity. "Yahoo!" Kurumu enthused excitedly, "I'm so happy that our newspaper was a big hit Ichigo!" She hugged Ichigo with all her might, making Ichigo's ears turn slightly red from the feeling of two soft things pressing against his chest.

"Kurumu-chan! You don't need to hug Ichigo! We're still handing out newspapers!" Moka yelled at Kurumu, who simply stuck out her tongue at her.

"What's the problem? Ichigo is mine after all. I know him way better than you do!" She spoke with pride.

"No!" She retorted, making Kurumu let go of Ichigo and up to her face.

"Why you!" Now their foreheads pressed against each other, sparks flying between the eyes. Even an audible sizzle was heard as they continued with their 'fight'!

"Don't you think you should do something about it Ichigo?" A worried Tsukune asked.

"I probably should." Ichigo simply replied. Then he heard a scream, which caused him to turn his head. In the distance, he saw Yukari running away from a bunch of boys that were chasing her. He would've helped, but when he saw those pans mysteriously materialize above them, he knew those boys were done for.

Ichigo gave a long, weary sigh. Just for one day, one day was all he's asking. Just for one day, he'd like the day to go by peacefully… without any incidents. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he could hear his Hollow cackling and even Zangetsu give a chuckle of amusement.

'Those bastards.' Ichigo thought somberly.

---

But somewhere in the interiors of the dark, underground corridors of the academy, a certain group was not taking too kindly to the newspaper club's efforts.

"What? The Newspaper Club?" The figure asked as his hands trembled while holding the newspaper.

"Yes sir! They appear to be currently in the process of distributing their newspaper in front of the school gate." The other figure replied with a bow before finishing, "Naturally, without our permission might I add."

The other figure licked its lips, an excitement trembling within him, before crumbling up the newspaper and tossing it over his side. "The Newspaper Club… so it's that gang again!"

"Those scum! Disregarding us and acting like saviors of justice!" He said, disgust evident in his voice. But as he walked out of the dark room, a smile crossed his face as he thought of how to deal with the newspaper club.

---

"How's it going? Are you giving out lots of papers?"

"Oh! Gin-sempai!" Moka greeted as she saw him approach.

He smiled as he looked at club all busy handing out newspapers. "Oh, looks like it's a pretty big hit eh? We're gonna need to start charging for these."

"We've already passed out half of them!" Moka said with a smile. "It really makes me happy!"

"Speaking of which, why don't you help us out?" Tsukune interjected as he handed out another newspaper.

Gin simply laughed at him before saying, "Yea right. Don'cha know boring work like that is the job of the underlings?"

"WHAT!" A ticked off Tsukune protested, "NO INTEREST FROM OUR CLUB LEADER?!"

"Cuz he's only interested in his H stuff!" Yukari quipped, "Just like a stray dog during mating season!"

An annoyed tick appeared on Gin's forehead as he walked up to Yukari. "Heeeey. As if a flat-chested girl like you was good for anything other than badmouthing people!"

"Hey! I'm famous for my flatchestedness!" She retorted.

"Well then how about I rub them and rub them and make then big huh?" He said before Yukari jumped back with shocked expression.

"That's sexual harassment!" She said as she waved her wand. A pan materialized and hit Gin in the back of his head. The others laughed when they saw Gin fall on the ground, a dazed look on his face.

But their fun was cut short. Suddenly, noises of distress came from the crowd and all turned to see what was causing the incident. A group of students wearing a black uniform made their way through the crowd, mainly by force. Their destination became apparent when the stopped in front of the newspaper club stand. Now that they were closer, Ichigo could see that each was wearing a sort of band on their left arm with the insignia "Police Committee" on it.

"What's going on?" Tsukune wondered out loud.

"Oh crap, it's the black suits!" Gin said, his face taking on a serious look.

Ichigo looked around, noticing how the crowd was acting. Though he could clearly see they were agitated, no one dared to make a move against these 'black suits' or whatever they were. One figure, probably the leader, stepped up and stopped just in front of the stand. He bowed slightly before speaking, "Salutations! I am Kuyou, the manager of the public safety commission. I am pleased to make your acquaintance!"

"Public safety?" Everyone was having similar thoughts. Who were these guys and what did they want with them?

"Public safety… so… you're the ones maintaining the peace at the Academy? What can we do for you…" Moka began saying before Gin moved in front of her, blocking her path. His back was to her and his arms were slightly extended, as if protecting her.

"Gin-sempai?" Moka asked, surprised at Gin's behavior.

"Huhu, so you're the newspaper club?" Kuyou said with a pleasant enough smile. "Well, your work is quite good." Suddenly, his face darkened as he looked at the group.

"However, who gave you permission to hand out a newspaper with these contents? We don't recall inspecting this!" His voice held a menacing edge as he looked at each member of the group. His eyes momentarily stopped on Ichigo before his focus shifted to Gin.

For a moment it was quiet before Kuyou suddenly kicked their table stand, breaking it in half and knocking over all the remaining newspapers. Pages were scattered about as most of the newspaper group gasped. Ichigo however, remained with his usual scowl, which looked just a bit more menacing than usual.

"Do you understand that it can cause problems for us?!" Kuyou began yelling as his voice radiated the anger he was feeling, "When a gang like you selfishly does whatever it wants and disturbs the peace and order of this Academy?!"

The rest of the black suits swarmed the stand and began kicking the chairs, ripping apart the newspapers, and simply dealing destruction while Kuyou continued with his speech. "Do you understand? We're the ones protecting the peace at the Academy, we, the Public Safety Commission! If you are going to do anything inside these school grounds, you need to get permission from us without fail!"

"Hey stop it!" Kurumu yelled as she tried to plea to Kuyou, "All we were doing was handing out newspapers!"

"It's no use! You'll only provoke these guys!" Gin stated as he tried to stop Kurumu from doing anything.

But he didn't need to do anything. One of the other black suits stepped in front of Kuyou and launched a ring from her mouth. The ring wrapped itself around Kurumu's hand as she looked at it with disgust, "What is this stuff? It's all sticky!"

"I see the newspaper club is filled with lowlifes like always." The girl said in a jeering tone.

"Wh-Why you…" Kurumu was feeling insulted, and rightly at that. Kurumu was a Succubus, one of the higher orders of monsters! How dare she say such a thing?

The girl smiled as she spotted a newspaper on the ground close to her. She walked up to it and lifted her foot, ready to tear it apart. But before she could do so, the untarnished newspaper disappeared before her foot hit the ground. She looked around, wondering it had gone.

"What the hell do you guys think you're doing!" An angered Ichigo yelled as he held the newspaper in his hand. His scowl gave the weaker members of the Police Committee chills while Kuyou met Ichigo's eyes with a piercing look of his own.

"And just who are you?" Kuyou asked as he looked at the orange-haired boy in front of him.

"I asked you first." Ichigo retorted, causing a look of annoyance to play against Kuyou's visage. Nonetheless, he replied.

"I am merely trying to keep the peace from… ruffians like you." He said those words as if he had tasted something disgusting and wanted to spit them up.

But this didn't bother Ichigo. He was used to being called that so it no longer bothered him. He was bothered though by Kuyou, who resembled Byakuya in away. Their arrogance and their I'm-holier-than-thou attitude always bugged a person like Ichigo.

"You don't say. Then you may want to arrest the one standing in front of me." Ichigo smirked when he noticed Kuyou pick up on the insult.

"Ichigo, what are you doing?" Gin asked, tension from the standoff evident in his voice. Ichigo didn't reply and merely kept staring at Kuyou.

But Kuyou wasn't liking this standoff. It was drawing too much attention and he couldn't deal with this gang properly in a crowded area like this. He would have to retreat for now, but the punishment would more than make up for this little incident.

"You're foolish Ichigo, for standing up to the Police Committee. But we have more pressing matters to attend so we'll be leaving you." Kuyou said as he turned around, but not before adding one last thing. "You'll be kept under tight surveillance. Don't do anything stupid."

Ichigo watched Kuyou's retreating form before it finally disappeared into the distance. He turned around and faced the newspaper club. A strange feeling washed over him as he saw the varying looks on their faces. He sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.

There was going to be trouble in the future…