Chapter 2: Reach Me

Ichigo's date was in an hour and it was already night time. He didn't dress up much, he just put on a black shirt under a white jacket and grey sagging jeans. He chewed gum in his mouth as he walked down the sidewalk. When he reached the cafe he saw that one girl standing there.

She wore a red dress and had her hair in a pony tail, though he'd never seen Rukia have her hair up like that. Ichigo walked over to her, not looking at her directly in the eyes. "You came!" she said, shaking his hand.

The girl led him inside and they took a seat near the entertainment session. They order some salad and water(they weren't that hungry) and began talking to each other. "So, I never got a chance to hear your name," the girl said. "I'm Ichigo," he said, taking a sip of water.

"Well I'm Miyuki." Miyuki took a bite of some salad and tried to look kind of seductive as she tried dangling the fork in her mouth a bit. Ichigo looked at her strangly and she stopped, her face turning red. "What do you do for a living?" she asked, sipping her water as she cleared her throat.

"I'm not really doing anything in particular, just trying out for sports right now. I'm doing soccer," Ichigo said, feeling a bit over confident in the date. "Oh, well you already know what I do," she said. She tried looking in Ichigo's brown eyes but he kept looking away. "Is something wrong?" Miyuki asked, reaching her hands over to Ichigo's.

He noticed her trying to hold his hands from across the dinner table and he began shaking. "Well, you look like someone I know and it's a bit unconfortable," Ichigo honestly said. She laughed and looked at him as her hands held his. "Well I bet she was sexy," she giggled. "She's not around anymore..." Ichigo said. Miyuki began thinking mat=ybe he was one of those heartbroken guys who can't get over a break up and sighed.

"Try not to think about her, think about me!" she said, squeezing his hands a bit. Ichigo looked in her green eyes and the whole time he saw Rukia looking at him. "Are you really going to betray me by doing this?" he heard Rukia say.

Ichigo stood up, parting hands with hers as he began walking to the door. "Where are you going?" Miyuki asked, chasing after him. "Forgive me Miyuki, I can't do this," Ichigo said, putting his hood on as he ran out of the building and into the ran.

Miyuki stared at him, an expression of sorrow filling her face as he ran off into the darkness, her hair getting wet.

In Rukia's dreams...

Rukia was in the same cave again. It was pitch black as she raced out of the cave. Instead of sunshine she saw a full moon above her, the stars shining. "Ichigo!" she shouted, there was no response. Rukia began wandering around the enchanted world.

Behind the giant tree was a beautiful pathway with white sparkling sand that went past sakura trees as it's pink petals fell around her. When she reached the end of the pathway their was a pond. It was a sky blue and looked beautiful as it shimmered and gleamed.

A creek ran through it and lead to a waterfall that matched the same color as the pond. Rukia looked at the beauty that lied before her as she reached her hand into the water. It was warm, a perfect tempurature as ran her hand through it, lines rippling throught the water.

Suddenly, Rukia looked in the sky and saw that the sun was rising but the moon staid in place. The sky began lighting up, making it easier to see. "Rukia!" she heard her name being called from a distant.

"Over here!" Rukia shouted. She saw Ichigo walk through the pathway, a smile forming on both of their faces. "Hey," Rukia said, as Ichigo walked over to her not saying a word. He reached his arms out and embraced Rukia for no reason as she stood there confused.

She could feel his lips on her neck as it tickled her giving her goosebumps. "What's this all of a sudden?" Rukia asked. Ichigo let go, clutching her hands. "I'm just glad to see you again," Ichigo said, not being completely honest.

Rukia sighed, rubbing the part if her neck he had his lips on. "Well that was quite a welcoming!" she said. She turned her head back to the pond and looked at her reflection. It was like a mirror as the pond sat still.

"This is quite a scenery," Ichigo said. Rukia nodded. "How's the water?" Ichigo asked. "Well it's warm but I didn't get in it," Rukia mentioned. Ichigo nodded his head in understanding. "This world is unlike anything I've seen."

Rukia ran her finger in circles in the water as she actually drew pictures in it. She made pictures of Chappy as the bunny image staid until she thought of another picture to draw. "That's incredible!" Ichigo said. He walked over to Rukia but tripped over a small hole in the ground.

He fell over and landed on Rukia, causing them both to land in the warm water. Ichigo grabbed Rukia's arm and pulled her up to the top of the pond. They stared at eachother confused, but then Rukia began laughing, causing Ichigo to laugh along side her.

Ichigo then stopped laughing and looked down at the water. "Is something wrong?" Rukia asked. "No, it's nothing..." Ichigo said. Rukia said his name and put her hand on his left shoulder. He looked up at her face and she saw the frailness.

Rukia ran her arm to his back and pulled him toward her as she began embracing him. "Oh, Ichigo," she said. Ichigo wrapped his arms around Rukia's waist and began clinching his teeth as she ran her fingers through her hair.

Ichigo pulled back a little and put his hand on her cheek as she looked at him. He leaned in and she followed. Their lips met as they tenderly kissed one another, repeatedly. Rukia kept her hands on his orange hair as Ichigo kept his hands on her cheeks.

They floated in the water, it felt as if it just kept them above. Rukia began parting her lips, allowing Ichigo's tongue to venture into her mouth. It ran around all the features in her mouth as they both kept their eyes closed.

They staid like this for awhile until they began swimming to the bottom of the deep pond, remaining their kisses as they held each other's hands to keep from parting. It was dark at the bottom except for some crystals that lit the bottom.

Floating back to the top they swam to the edge of the pond and leaned against the soft grass as Ichigo's mouth began going to Rukia's neck. She let out a small moan as his lips and tongue tickled her neck; using her hands to keep his head close to her.

She was enjoying every move he made as he ran his hands up and down her arms. Rukia repeatedly moaned and he began tugging at her shihakusho. She realized he really intended on sending her all the way. His hands ran up to her shoulders as he began pulling her shihakusho off her arms.

His head ran up to her chin as he reached her mouth again. Rukia then looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was slowly moving away from her. She knew that he must have been ready to wake up. She ignored it and continued to let him kiss her ever so softly untiled he vanished.

She began fixing her shihakusho and stood on the grass as she let herself fade away as well...

In the world of the living...

Ichigo's eyes flung open as he shot up from his bed, looking out the window. "Damn it!" Ichigo shouted. "I really had to wake up when it was getting to the good parts!" Ichigo whispered, not trying to wake everyone in the house up.

He began thinking, was he really dreaming about losing his morals to Rukia? Ichigo rubbed his hand on his forehead and looked down.

Ichigo got dressed for school and walked there without saying a word to his family. He sat at his desk silently and looked at the teacher as she wrote on the board. Orihime looked at Ichigo he bothered not to say a word to anyone that day.

At lunch, he sat by himself on the roof of the school as he stood and looked over the fence. The wind blew through his orange colored hair as he just stared at the clouds. He thought of Rukia's soft skin as his lips had ran through them like mist and the air.

He longed to feel her skin like that as he licked his lips. "Ichigo," Ichigo turned and saw Orihime walking to him. "Oh, hey Orhime," he said. "Is something wrong?" she broke out and asked. Ichigo's eyes widened as he turned his head.

"Is it about Rukia?" Ichigo didn't answer. He kept his view to the clouds and ignored her as she walked over to him. "I've been able to sense that you miss her, I do to. I just wish that she'd stop by and visit," Orhime leaned on the fence next to him.

She noticed he wasn't paying attention to her and grew sad as she looked down. "You don't have to hide it, Ichigo," Orihime began, Ichigo looking at her. "Me, Uryu, Chad, and even Tatsuki have always known that you liked Rukia in that way."

Ichigo looked at her stunned at the fact she was able to sense that. "Well she's gone now..." Ichigo walked back down into the building, leaving her up there as the bell rang.

In the Soul Society...

Rukia sat and at some onigiri with Momo and Rangiku. She took little bites in her food and drank a lot of alcohol that made her cheeks turn red. "Wow, your pounding them down aren't you!" Rangiku said, patting her on the shoulder.

"I didn't know you could drink like that," Momo murmured. Rukia continued pouring herself some alcohol and drinking it all in one gulp as she ate her onigiri. "What is this, your tenth cup?" Rangiku laughed, grabbing the cup full of alcohol from her. "Yeah, you might want to slow down," Momo said, patting her on the shoulder.

Rukia shook her off and drank some from the bottle. "Are you having those dreams again?" Rangiku asked. Rukia nodded, too dizzy to answer calmly. "Was it erotic?" Rangiku suddenly asked. "Erotic? Rangiku you shouldn't talk like that!"

"What's the big deal if I do? I'm curious! Well Rukia?"

Setting down the empty bottle she began explaining. She told what had happened between her and Ichigo, how they began kissing in the water and he kept trying to take her shihakusho off. Momo was shocked and Rangiku's ears soaked up every bit of information.

"Wow, you guys really got it started. And to think you'd actually lose your morals to Ichigo," Momo said. "I could see Rangiku doing something like that but you? If you did I would have expected it from Renji!"

Rukia looked at her annoyed. "Me and Renji are like brother and sister! We'd never do something like that!" Rukia said, burping in the middle of her sentence.

She looked out the window and saw as the sun set. It was beautiful and all she could think about was Ichigo.