Russion Roll'd! To all those =3 fans out there, you'll understand and if not, two camels in a tiny car! By the way… I think I maybe have invented a word in this chapter. Not sure where, but I think you'll see it.

Umm… I have no idea how to color code/match clothes, so I apologize to any girls that are fans for my lack of knowledge. Hope you don't get too upset by the clothes I chose!

I tried making Moka better, hope it helped. I'm trying to improve her character, though it won't be instant.

As a final note, did you know Ichigo is obsessed with butterflies? I didn't know that!

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It was morning and Ichigo got up with a yawn. He was feeling very peculiar this morning…then again it would make sense since he hadn't gotten much sleep last night. He probably shouldn't have stayed up so late thinking about his date with Moka tomorrow…

Immediately alert, Ichigo turned and grabbed his clock. With bright red lights, the clock flashed seven o'clock. Ichigo blinked as he stared at the clock blankly before letting it fall to the floor. His head found the pillow once more as he rested there for a second, trying to calm his beating heart. For a moment he had thought he was late but as the clock showed, he wasn't, much to his relief. Moka probably wouldn't even be getting up until lat…

Knock Knock Knock

Ichigo froze as he heard the sound. For a moment, Ichigo's eyebrow twitched. That couldn't be Moka… could it? Wouldn't she be catching up on her beauty sleep? The knock on the door was persistent though and didn't seem like it'd be going away any time soon. Throwing off the covers, he got out of bed and walked towards the door.

He opened it to find no one there.

"Ahem." Ichigo blinked as he poked his head into the hallway. First he looked left and then he looked right. No one was there.

"Down here." Ichigo did as instructed and looked down to see the petite form of one Yukari Sendo without her hat. Oh, so that's why he couldn't see her!

"Oh, hey Yukari. What's up?" Ichigo asked as he fought back a yawn. He was seriously going to get some zzzzz's after Yukari left.

"This!" Yukari quipped as she hoisted a blue vial into the air. Ichigo grabbed it from her tiny hand and proceeded to ask what it was.

"It's a pheromone enhancer!" Yukari explained, a slight blush on her cheeks as certain thoughts passed through her mind.

"And?" Ichigo quipped.

"And… it'll make you more attractive to Moka!" Yukari stated excitedly as the blush seemed spread from her cheeks to the rest of her face.

Ichigo blinked at this. "Why would I need Moka to be more attracted to me?" He asked before noticing that Yukari had a nosebleed and a really red face.

"W-Well. When you and Moka start making love to each other, you can invite me over!" Her body squirmed at the idea of being pressed between the bodies of the people she loved. There would be caressing, snuggling, hugging, touching, kissing, licking…

"The hell!" Ichigo yelled out, stunning the young witch, "I'm not going to have a threesome with you and Moka!"

Immediately as soon as the words escaped his lips, Ichigo regretted it. All the doors on his hall opened in rapid succession as multiple heads poked out, some in monster form, some half ways, and some completely human. Regardless of what form, they all portrayed features of immense jealousy.

"Well… think about it. I'll see you and Moka later!" Yukari winked before skipping away, giggling all the while. Ichigo looked in the hall and noticed that the stares were getting much more menacing.

So he sent them a scowl of his own. Not two seconds later the doors all shut and he was left in peace. Sighing and running a hand through his hair, Ichigo went back into his place and closed the door behind him. He momentarily stopped by a trashcan to throw the ridiculous vial away. That girl was insane, really. What kind of twelve year old thinks of sex at that age? Not to mention a… threesome…

The thought alone made Ichigo turn beet red as he shoved the thought away. He was red from embarrassment, not from being turned on mind you. Kurosaki Ichigo would never entertain the idea of getting it on with a child. He had two kid sisters of his own for crying out loud!

Those thoughts were soon forgotten as he turned on the oven and took out some eggs from the fridge. He was up and awake now, no thanks to Yukari, so he might as well get started with the day. So much for those zzzz's he had wanted.

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Ichigo looked at his checklist. So far he had gotten everything on it. He was carrying half the amount of food that was on the list. Why? Because he had taken into consideration that Moka was a vampire and if she was going to eat something, it would most likely be him, much to his chagrin. So, he bought himself a little extra food even though he got the strange feeling it would go to waste. Strange…

This was all strange, now that Ichigo thought about it. Here he was, preparing himself for a date with a girl and a rather pretty one at that too. Not only that, he also had another one tomorrow with another girl. If only his dad could see him now…

No wait, scratch that. Ichigo was IMMENSLEY glad his dad couldn't see it. Otherwise he'd never hear the end of it. He'd probably want Ichigo to get both of them pregnant to have a zillion kids or something. Then his dad would take half of those kids, turn them into replicas of himself, and then use them to fight the kids that had remained loyal to Ichigo.

Ichigo shook his head. Now was not the time to think about his dad… he was already getting tired from the mere thought of his father's possible actions. So he got to work and laid out the spread. Not long after, he put the basket on the corner of the spread and waited for Moka to arrive.

Then it hit him like the steel girder that fell on Chad in episode four.

He hadn't contacted Moka yet about where to meet him! Cursing himself for forgetting about the person whom he was supposed to be going out on a date with, he got up and ran to Moka's dorm. This sudden shock had made him forget he could use Shunpo. What a silly person Ichigo was.

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Moka hummed cheerfully as she tried on different dresses in front of her body length mirror. Currently she was only in her bra and panties as she moved one dress at a time in front of her. She couldn't decide what to pick. Bright colors wouldn't do well in this dim atmosphere, but dark colors would look just as bad. She needed something neutral, something that wouldn't clash with the atmosphere and yet, look good on her.

"Why are you putting so much thought into this?" Moka was startled when she heard her Inner Self speak to her through the Rosario.

"Because." She stated simply, which would've probably earned a questioning look had her Inner Self been materialized.

"Because?" Her inner asked.

"Because I decided that I'm not going to date Ichigo just to make him my mate." She replied as she momentarily stopped trying on the dresses.

"Then why are you going to date him?"

"I'm going to date him because I want to." She stated in an earnest tone, "I'm going to date him because I want to get to know him better. I want to date him because I like him. I want to date him as me with no other pretense."

Her conviction left her Inner Self silent as she mulled over the Outer's thoughts. Dating because she wanted to? While it was true there had been Vampires that had fallen in love, most of the time a Vampire mated with a suitable companion; one who was of either high status or wielded immense power, such as would be the case with Ichigo.

As the Inner thought about this, Outer Moka continued sifting through dresses. Finally she decided on a red summer dress with pink dots. The dress reached just below her knees, which made her think that it was too long. She thought about shortening the dress when a loud knock came from her door.

"Oh! That must be Ichigo!" Quickly she slipped on the dress and went to open the door.

"Ichigo!" She greeted the boy with a sudden hug and didn't let go until he replied with an unsure one of his own, which came after a brief moment.

"Hey… Moka…" Ichigo greeted as Moka pulled away, "So, are you ready to go?"

"Almost Ichigo, just give me a few minutes!" She replied before disappearing into her place once again. She left the door open, which left the orange-haired boy with a curios dilemma. Should he go in or stay outside? On one hand, he was curious to see her room, but didn't want to risk walking in on her doing something… personal. On the other hand, he didn't really want to stay outside and look at the dreary scene of gravestones and a gray sky.

Then he remembered Yukari's words, making the tips of his ears go red. That thought alone was enough to make him wait outside for Moka.

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Ichigo was now getting frustrated. Moka had said she would be out in just a few minutes, and now, thirty minutes had gone by! What could she possibly be doing that was taking so long? When he had last seen her, she had already looked ready. This made Ichigo tap his foot impatiently as he ran a rough hand through his hair. Feeling the need to find out, Ichigo went to knock on the door.

Before his knuckles could even graze the wood, the door swung open fully. Ichigo paused for a moment as he stared at the girl in front of him. Whatever she had been doing, it had changed Moka greatly. The makeup she was wearing, a faint mascara, brought out the emerald in her eyes. And as Ichigo's eyes trailed towards her lips, there was a faint glossy look to them that made them so… kissable. His continued searching her face as he noticed that she had powdered herself lightly, making her skin look smooth to the touch. Her hair wasn't its usual straight self either, but had a wave to it, like it was cascading down.

Needless to say, she was beautiful, and Moka know that's what he was thinking as she gave a proud smile.

"Uh… Moka?" Ichigo asked, unsure if the beauty in front of him was the same one he was going out with.

Said beauty stuck out her tongue playfully as she replied, "Of course it's me! Who else would I be?"

A picture of a silver-haired Moka with blood red eyes came to Ichigo's mind. Almost reflexively Ichigo said, "The other Moka?"

Now it was Moka's turn to pause as she thought about it. "Oh yea, I guess you're right. BUT she's not the one you're going on a date with, I am!"

Ichigo continued staring, earning a questioning look from Moka.

"What?" She asked at his curious look.

"Ah, well. Aren't you both the same technically?" He replied straightforwardly.

"Well, we're not exactly the same." She replied as she brought a finger to her chin, "We do share the same body though…"

They stood there in silence for a bit before Ichigo remembered why he had arrived there in the first place.

"So do you want to get going now?" He offered as he stepped out of the way.

Moka brightened before saying, "Alright! Let me just go get something!"

Before Ichigo could stop her, she had closed the door behind her. So Ichigo stood there in mid-grab, a drop of sweat rolling down the side of his face. He hoped that this wouldn't last another thirty minutes.

Thankfully it didn't because in less than two minutes, Moka was out. Ichigo noted that she had a wide, white hat on her head now and he couldn't help but feel that it was a bit much.

"Ready to go now?" Ichigo asked as she closed the door behind her.

"Ready!" She said and before long, they were off.

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"Wow!" Moka said excitedly as she clasped her hands together, "This is such an amazing view!"

Ichigo on the other hand had a defeated look on his face as he sighed. It was dark and gray, the ocean was red with hopefully not blood, and there was no sun… he couldn't see how this was an amazing view. Regardless of what he thought, it didn't stop Moka from gushing like an excited child.

"You must've put a lot of thought into it!" She said as she turned to face him with shining eyes.

Ichigo sighed. In truth though, he had put a lot of thought into it. He actually felt quite proud of himself for thinking of this place… even if he himself didn't like the view. He had remembered how the monsters here seemed to like these dismal places. From there it had been rather simple… choose the spot he least wanted to be at and there you go!

"I guess so." Ichigo said quietly as Moka sat down on the spread. She then looked up and patted the spot in front of her, indicating for him to sit down.

"What did you bring in the basket?" She asked as she opened it and looked at the contents.

Ichigo shrugged. "I brought a few sandwiches that I thought wouldn't try to eat me, chips and Dr. Pepper."

"Looks yummy!" Moka smiled as she brought out all the contents of the basket onto the spread. She stacked the sandwiches into two parts, as if she were going to have a bite as well…

Ichigo grew a bit nervous. He hadn't brought food for two people because he had thought Moka would feast on him… like usual. Yet here she was acting as if she was going to eat the food.

"You're gonna eat the food?" Ichigo asked when he saw her pick up a sandwich.

"Well, yea, why wouldn't I?" Moka blinked.

Ichigo rubbed the back of his head. "Well… I sort of thought that you only ate for show since you always end up biting me when you're really hungry."

Moka gave a giggle as she replied, "I bite you when I'm hungry, true, but I can also eat food. It doesn't provide me with nearly enough nutrients as sucking blood but it does relieve the hunger a little."

Then she added with a smile, "Plus, I already bit you two days ago!"

Unconsciously Ichigo brought a hand to his neck. "Yea… you did…" He said flatly despite Moka's happy demeanor.

"I think you're a very good person Ichigo." She suddenly said, catching the Shinigami's attention.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well, your blood is sweet!" She chirped happily, earning a flat look from Ichigo.

"Huh? How does that make sense?!" Ichigo sent her an incredulous look.

In turn, she brought up a finger and shook it. "To a Vampire, it makes perfect sense! You see, when we drink we're able to sample a person's personality from their blood. It's almost like the human phrase, 'The eyes are the window to the soul' except with blood."

Somehow… Ichigo couldn't wrap his mind around having to suck someone's blood to get to know who they were and frankly, he never wanted to get to know someone through those means. No offense to Vampires.

"That's disturbing." He spoke as he suppressed a shiver. This earned a giggle from Moka.

"Well every creature has its quirk. I'm pretty sure humans do things that are strange to monsters."

"I suppose." Was his simple reply. He supposed she was right. I mean just look at his dad… no, scratch that, no one should have to go through that torture.

"So are we going to eat?" Moka said as she gestured towards the food with a look.

"Yea… but we're not gonna have enough." He said as he took a look at the amount of food they had. Yea, definitely not enough.

"Well, I could always bite you." She suggested, making the color drain from Ichigo's face.

"N-No thanks! I'll just uh…" He got up as his eyes darted around, "I'll just get some tomato juice for you!"

Before Moka could stop him, Ichigo had already run away. Her hand stayed in the air, outstretched for a moment until she pulled back and puffed her cheek in annoyance. "Jeez… I was only kidding!"

Then she blinked. "Sort of anyways…" She admitted to herself with a blush. While she had eaten just two days ago, she just couldn't help herself whenever she was around him. She still wanted to have a bite or even just a lick of his blood to satiate the thirst that was currently filling her. She pondered why that was. Lately she had been hungry for his blood even when she wasn't actually hungry. Could she be experiencing insatiable thirst? She had seen the definition in a book once in her home when she was young, but she didn't have the chance to read it before her father had taken the book away. He had said that she was too young to read that before leaving the room. This had upset her, but surely now she was old enough. Maybe now she could ask her dad for it? Absorbed in her thoughts, she failed to sense the approaching figure.

"If your boyfriend is so unwilling to share his blood with you, why not ditch him and come with a real man Akashiya Moka!"

Moka quickly turned towards the familiar gruff voice only for horror to fill her. In front of her stood none other than Saizou.

"W-What are you doing here Saizou?" She asked in a panicked voice only to receive a predatory grin from him.

"You'll find out soon enough!" No sooner had those words left his mouth than a sudden pain filled her before her world went black.

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"I should stop doing that..." Ichigo berated himself as he grabbed the two drinks from the vending machine. He was a person who liked to help people and would feel bad whenever he didn't. Yet he had blatantly refused to allow Moka to take a sip. Sure it freaked him out, but it was Moka's sourse of sustenance he reasoned. It was helping… and yet, no amount of logic could alleviate him being put off by it.

Suddenly he felt a vibration in the air. Quickly he stretched out his senses to find out what was going on, but alas, he was still weak in this area and could not pinpoint it. He did know the general direction, and it seemed to be coming from Moka's...

Soon all that was left were two cans rolling aimlessly on the ground.

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"Hmm. It's been a while since I've touched a woman this beautiful." Siazou chuckled maliciously as he caressed the side of Moka's cheek, "and you seem especially beautiful today my dear Moka."

"What do you want!" Moka demanded as she squirmed, trying to avoid the man's twisted touch despite being held by her hair.

Siazou momentarily stopped his actions as his voice took on a hard tone as he said, "I'm here to kill Kurosaki Ichigo."

Suddenly the air was filled with Moka's unexpected laughter. Shock filled Saizou and even Moka to a lesser extent since though she knew the reason why she laughed, she didn't know why it was particularly necessary to do so. Admittedly, the thought of Saizou beating, much less killing, someone like Ichigo was rather humorous.

"What's so funny?" Saizou glowered menacingly at Moka as he pulled her by the hair, earning a pained yelp, "Tell me!"

Though the pain, she managed to say, "You'll never beat him. You're way too weak for someone like Ichi—"

Her face met the floor when Saizou tossed her down. Fury was written on his face as his monstrous form began to bulge through his human one. After tearing away from the disguise, a nine foot behemoth stood where the old Saizou once was. Stone hard muscles flexed and stretched as they were released from their confinement.

"Say that again..." Saizou's low and threatening voice sent a small wave of fear through her. The fear increased as Saizou hoisted up his gigantic arm, intending on using it against her. Moka shrieked and raised her arms in defense when he brought down his arm with startling speed.

A loud thump echoed before Moka noticed that the blow never came. She peeked through her arms and noted with pure relief that Ichigo had arrived in time to block the attack.

"Are you alright Moka?" Ichigo asked in a serious tone. His intense eyes bore into hers as she gave an absent-minded nod. Those eyes of his… they sent different chills down her spine, magnificent ones.

Turning his head, Ichigo now faced Saizou who was glaring at him with all the menace he could muster. "Kurosaki Ichigo…" Saizou hissed as he brought the other arm in an attack against the Substitute Shinigami. They were now in lock, both arms holding each other and preventing the other from attacking or moving.

"You know, if that attack didn't work the first two times, what makes you think it'll work if you do it again?" Ichigo smirked when Saizou scowled at his words but then became surprised when Saizou returned his own smirk.

"Unlike before Kurosaki Ichigo… I'm not alone." Ichigo's eyes widened when he felt a presence behind him. He tried to turn around but couldn't because Saizou had him trapped and he hadn't summoned enough reiatsu to break free.

"No hard feelings Kurosaki Ichigo! Just testing to see how strong ya are!" The person behind him spoke with a hint of glee. Ichigo managed to turn his head in time to see a blade aimed at his back in the form of a slash. This made Ichigo smirk, though Siazou or the other figure couldn't see. The person lunged as did the blade before the attack hit him, only making a thump against his back. The surprise emanating from the other figure was almost palpable as Ichigo felt the urge to chuckle, but first thing's first…

He didn't need to summon much reiatsu but what he did summon was enough to lift Siazou into the air and toss him like he was Kon. Saizou grunted as his back crashed on the hard ground with a resounding thud. This wasn't enough to put down the beast as he soon got back up.

"He's strong, looks interesting!" The final member of the trio stopped next to Moroha, his body never stopping its fidgeting and movement as he grinned.

"They're just tricks! Plus, he doesn't have his sword now. He's defenseless!" Saizou all but growled as he grinned at Ichigo's so called 'plight.'

Suddenly all three took a step back as they were bombarded by a wave of energy. Another shockwave hit them when Ichigo slammed his fast into the palm of his hand.

"Sword or not, you better be ready." Ichigo gave a smirk that sent chills down the trio's spines, "Because I'm about to kick your ass!"

"As if!" Moroha stated as his forearms morphed into sickly, bone-esque blades. "You're the one that's going down!" In an amazing display of speed, Moroha lunged at Ichigo, hoping to catch him before he could react.

However, what was an amazing display of speed for everyone else was only resembled closer to a hobble for Ichigo. He saw how the boy extended his arms, one aiming to pierces his chest while the other was aimed at his neck. Now that he was battle ready, all his reflexes were up to par, which gave him enough time to think before the attack hit. He was left with two choices: Dodge and knock him out or let the attack hit him and then knock him out. Hmm… decisions, decisions!

Of course, Ichigo decided on letting the attack hit to see their reactions. An attack that was intended to end his life stopped once it had touched his skin. This was to say, part of his shirt was ripped much to Ichigo's dismay. If Ishida had been there, he probably could've fixed it up in a jiffy. Then again, he really didn't want the Quincy's superior attitude hovering over him.

Ichigo's attention then turned towards the surprised boy in front of him, whose eyes widened from a mixture of shock and disbelief. The boy's eyes trailed upward, taking in the indifferent, yet distinctly victorious look on Ichigo's face as per the slight upward curve of Ichigo's lips.

Suddenly the boy felt a sharp blow to the stomach which knocked the wind out of him and knocked him out. The boy fell unceremoniously to the ground as Ichigo stared at the other two.

"Whoa… this is different. Wasn't this guy supposed to be weak Saizou?" The ever moving figure asked, twitching and spazzing.

Saizou growled as he ignored the boy's comment, opting to glare heatedly at Ichigo. The damn bastard was up to his tricks again! There's no way he should've been able to take down Moroha so easily! Anger and rage filled him as he struggled on what to do next.

"So, are you two gonna run away or can I kick your asses too?" Ichigo looked at them, his eyes darting between the remaining two. He didn't think the other one had any fighting ability since he really didn't give an aura. Saizou however, was absolutely fuming at the moment. He looked about ready to attack… and Ichigo was more than glad to hand his ass back to him.

"You bastard! How dare you look down on me!" Saizou growled with fury as he took a step closer to Ichigo.

"I'm not." Ichigo replied nonchalantly, "But I am going to kick your ass for hurting Moka to get to me."

By now Saizou was absolutely livid. This weakling was mocking him! Did this fool have no idea how close to death he was? As soon as he figured out the bastard's tricks, he would tear his limbs apart!

With something akin to a battle cry, Saizou lumbered towards the Shinigami. His two massive arms were brought over his head as he poured all his strength into his attack. A stronger wrath filled him when Ichigo didn't even seem the least bit threatened. Instead Ichigo simply looked at him, standing stock still. Saizou gave one last enraged howl before he brought down his massive fists upon Ichigo.

Saizou smirked when he felt the ground beneath give way and form into a crater. Surely that must've broken the boy's bones. There's no way he could come out unscathed!

To his sudden horror, his arms were going up against his will, and him with them! And below the smoldering crater was an unscathed Ichigo, giving Saizou a bored look.

"That it?" Ichigo asked, his tone borderline bored, "I guess it's my turn."

Ichigo concentrated some reiatsu into his fist, just putting enough energy into it to do what needed to be done. He cocked his fist back before slamming it into Saizou's gut. Spit and blood poured out of the behemoth's mouth as a mini-shockwave darted out from around them, kicking up dust and debris. Before long, Saizou joined Moroha in the land of dreams.

As he let the body fall to the floor, Ichigo turned to the last remaining member. He brought his fist up and said, "You want some of this too?"

The last member shook his head vehemently before turning tail, getting as far away from Ichigo as he could. Ichigo gave a victorious smirk before he turned to see if Moka was doing alright. No sooner had he turned around than he was enveloped in what would've been a bone-crushing hug had he been human.

"You're amazing Ichigo!" Moka said happily as she tightened the embrace.

'They're soft, eh kingy?' Ichigo's Inner Hollow spoke when he noticed Ichigo's embarrassment rise at Moka pressing her lean frame against him… especially those two soft things.

'S-Shut it! Not now!' Ichigo urged his Hollow to be quiet. He was left with surprise when his Holllow had actually listened.

"You're always so amazing Ichigo!" Moka pulled away from Ichigo, a happy smile on her face. A cool breeze blew by, blowing strands of hair sideways.

For a moment, Ichigo paused, entranced by her beauty. The battle, if it could be called that, had heightened his senses and now he could only focus on the girl before him. He noticed how her tongue caressed her lips, moistening them and making them inviting. He could feel Moka's slender hand reach behind his neck and pull him closer to her. Almost as if disobeying, his body didn't even bother to fight back.

"Ichigo…" Moka suddenly breathed, sending a slight tingle down his spine.

"I…" She whispered as she leaned in close to an entranced Ichigo. Closer and closer her lips became until she tilted Ichigo's head to the side.

"Eh?" Was all Ichigo could say before Moka sank her fangs into him.

*Chuu!*

"DAMMMMMMIITTT!!"