Author's Note: Thank you for the people who have reviewed. It makes me really happy. The Dark Eccentric I'm glad you like the story so far! People check out his stories you won't regret it. You have my word on it.

Ichigo: "Are you sure they should trust an insane person like you?"

Me: "Of course they should. Come on don't lie you were reading it over my shoulder."

Ichigo: "…"

Me: "By the way he wanted me to give you this." (hits Ichigo with a sledgehammer)

Ichigo: "What the hell I ever do to him?"

Me: "Ask him not me."

Ichigo: "Bitch."

Me: "Anyways I would like to dedicate this chapter to The Dark Eccentric. I hope you update soon."

Ichigo: Don't worry she does not own Bleach.

Chapter 9

Rukia stared at the ceiling fan. She had given up trying to fall asleep an hour ago. Her brother's harsh words played through her head like a record player stuck on repeat. It may not have been the first time he had insulted her but it still hurt her.

'He's changed so much ever since sis died.'

Rukia took out a picture from her bag. She tried not to make a lot of noise for fear of waking up the twins. Ichigo's dad had insisted that she sleep in their room even though she said she wouldn't have mind sleeping in the clinic she was a patient after all.

"You can always sleep in Ichigo's room if it gets too crowded in my daughters' room." He had said.

Rukia had never seen someone fly that high from just one hit. She shuddered at the thought of sharing a room with another man. Once Rukia had successfully taken out the photo she was looking for she laid back on her bed and looked at it. It was one of a woman who looked like an older version of Rukia holding a laughing Rukia tightly in her arms.

'Just when I thought that I finally have a family you leave me again. Why must you be so cruel sister?'

Rukia could feel the tears brim her eyelids but she forced them back down.

'No more crying! Brother is right I was weak. Well I'm not weak anymore. Just you wait Byakuya I'll show you!'

Rukia sighed in exasperation and got out of bed. She quietly left the room and went to the bathroom. She slashed hot water into her face so as to clear her head of painful memories. Rukia was going back to the twins' room when she heard cries of pain. She ran towards the source without even thinking. The screams were coming from a door not far from the twins' room that had a sign with the number fifteen nailed on it. She reached for the doorknob when another scream pierced the dark night and she stopped. Rukia stood frozen on the spot as each scream full of pain and anguished pierced her heart like broken glass. They brought about old memories that sent tears streaming down her face.

She was about to run away when her brother's words rang through her head. 'Don't run away. Someone needs your help now's not the time to be weak.' She thought. Rukia wiped her tears away and flung the door open. She was once again frozen on the spot. The figured kicked and threw whatever was in his reach to the wall. The bed sheets looked as if a wild animal had ripped them apart with their claws and there was broken glass on the floor. The person pulled at his hair as he fell on his knees and placed his forehead to the ground.

Rukia took the initiative and tried to calm him down. "Ichigo! What's the matter? Please just calm down and tell me…AHH!" She was barely able to move to the side as Ichigo threw his table lamp at her. "What the hell is your problem?" she yelled as she backed away scared of the man standing before her.

His eyes were wide and full of malice; his hair was wild and looked even more vibrant under the moonlight. Though what really scared her was the sinister smile plastered on his face. He smiled even wider when he saw the fear in her eyes. Rukia backed into the wall as he slowly made his advance towards her.

She slid down the wall and hugged her knees. Her heart was beating frantically against her chest as Ichigo transformed into a monster from her past. A monster she thought she would never see again.

'No no no no no! Impossible! It's him but it can't be! He came back for me!'

Isshin woke up to the sound of his son's screams. He quickly got up and went to check on his daughters. Luckily they were heavy sleepers and didn't look like they would wake up any time soon.

'Dammit something is not right with that boy but the idiot won't say anything. At least his sisters are alright.'

He was closing the door when he noticed that Rukia's bed was empty. Just then he heard her scream from Ichigo's room. He closed the door and ran towards his son's room.

'Ichigo what the hell are you doing? You better not have hurt her.'

Isshin opened the door to his son's room and was astonished at what he was witnessing. Rukia was curled up in a ball, her entire body shaking as his son loomed over her with a sinister smile on his face. He had never seen Ichigo like this before.

'What's happening to my son?'

He saw Ichigo grab Rukia by the hair with one hand and pull her up until their faces were close to each other. She was struggling to free herself but his grip was too tight.

"Rukia!" Isshin yelled as he was about attack his son. Ichigo finally noticed him there and stopped his advance by throwing his desk chair at him with his free hand. Thankfully it missed him but during that time Ichigo had grabbed a piece of broken glass from the floor and pressed it against Rukia's neck as he slammed her against the wall.

"Try that again old man but don't blame me for what happens to this bitch," Ichigo hissed as he glared at his father. Isshin stood his ground.

"Ichigo please stop this. What's going on son? This isn't like you at all. Now let Rukia go," Isshin pleaded.

Ichigo just laughed. Even his voice was different. It was distorted and twisted. His laugh sent tremors down Isshin spine. This was not the laugh of his son this was the laugh of a crazed maniac. The person standing in front of him was a stranger to him.

Rukia was finally able to clear her head and return from the nightmares of her past. She knew she had to think of something quick. She needed to distract him.

"Listen you have to stop this. This isn't you Ichigo!" she said as she tried to gain his attention. Ichigo looked at her and smiled.

"This isn't who I am? Don't make me laugh. How would you know?" Blood trickled down his arm as he broke the glass that he was holding. "What you think that just because I saved your life once that you automatically know everything about me? Please you don't know anything princess." He caressed her face with his bloody hand.

Rukia willed herself to stay calm as the blood flowed down her cheek. "No of course not. I may not know you well but I'm not blind!" she slapped his hand away. He tightened his grip on the hand holding her hair and pulled harder but that didn't faze her. "I may not like you, in fact I despise you, but I can see that deep down you're a good person with a good heart. Even though we started off on the wrong foot and even though you hate my guts you still saved me. You could have just left me there to fend for myself but you didn't. So please stop this."

Ichigo threw his head back as a fit laughter escaped his lips. Once he was done he released Rukia only to grab her by the throat and pull her face close to his. "You are so pathetic! No wonder…"

Rukia cut him off by doing the only thing that she could think of at the moment. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him fully on the lips. This bewildered him. He immediately let her go which caused her to hold on tighter to his neck so that she won't fall. They stayed like this for ten seconds until Rukia pulled back, let go, and lightly landed on her feet. Ichigo stumbled back and fell to the ground his face a bright shade of red.

He couldn't even form a proper sentence, "Ah ah…why…how…hell…Rukia…kiss…"

Rukia took this as her chance to get away. She quickly ran toward the bathroom and slammed the door shut. She stood with her back against the door as she tried to control her breathing.

'What the hell do I just do?' She touched her lips and looked at herself in the mirror. She was quite a sight. Her eyes were twice their usual size, her cheeks were red, and there was dry blood on the left side of her face. She ran towards the sink and cleaned her face off.

Meanwhile Isshin was finally able to speak after getting over the shock of what had just occurred, he tried his best to liven the mood, "Your first kiss. I can't believe it took you this long. That Rukia she's…she's something. Ha ha this would be a strange story to tell my grandchildren…if you ever give me some." Isshin's laughter died down when Ichigo didn't retaliate like he normally would. "Ichigo are you…"

"What happened here?" Ichigo asked after coming out of whatever spell Rukia had put him in and looked around the room. It didn't take long for Isshin to understand.

'He doesn't remember a thing. Must mean he wasn't in control of his body. Which means…'

"Dad." Isshin broke away from his thoughts and looked at his son. "Can you leave me alone? I would like to clean my room before I go back to sleep."

Isshin nodded his head in understanding. He took one last look at his son standing all alone in the middle of his own destruction.

The Morning

Rukia was awakened by the rays of sunshine hitting her face. She got up and saw that the twins were gone. She opened the door to find Ichigo's dad standing on the other side.

"Oh good morning Mr. Kurosaki. Can I help you with something?" Rukia said in a sweet voice acting as if nothing happened last night.

Isshin rubbed the back of his neck nervously, "Ah yes well you see I just came to tell you that Ichigo's sisters know nothing of the incident that happened last night. So can you…"

"I understand. I won't say a thing," she chimed while keeping up the façade.

He nodded and turned around to leave but Rukia stopped him. "Wait Mr. Kurosaki!"

"What is it Rukia?" he asked with worry.

"I just wanted to thank you for all the kindness you have given me." She bowed graciously.

Isshin chuckled at her behavior and ruffled her hair, "Oh don't worry your pretty little head. As far as I'm concern we are pretty much even."

Rukia looked at him confused, "What are you talking about?"

Isshin roared with laughter, "You gave my son his first kiss! He is no longer a lip virgin!" He laughed even harder at Rukia's expression.

"Have a wonderful morning," he said as he walked away, "And I told you to call me Isshin."

Rukia stood in her place for a while before getting a towel that they had given her and walked towards the bathroom. Along the way she bumped into Karin.

"Hey Rukia. Going to take a shower?" Karin asked.

Rukia nodded, "Uh yeah."

Karin gave her apologetic look, "Well sorry looks like someone is already using the bathroom. You're gunna have to wait a while though I wouldn't hold my breath if it was Yuzu. She likes to take extra-long showers." She was about to walk away when she remembered something, "Oh we washed your uniform for you seeing that it was covered in dirt. It's down in the laundry room."

"Oh thank you," Rukia said sweetly, "Does Yuzu want her pajamas back?"

Karin shook her head, "Naw you can keep them. Still can't believe that they fit you. No offense."

"None taken." They both stood facing each other in awkward silence until Karin excused herself and went to her room. Rukia sighed and was about to go get her uniform when she noticed that Ichigo's door was open.

'What the hell was that last night?' she walked towards his room with a mission, 'He's going to explain himself whether he likes it or not!'

Rukia barged into his room with thinking twice, "Ichigo I…" She stopped when she realized that he wasn't there. She looked around the room expecting to see the chaos that she saw last night. It was nothing like that. The room looked fine as if nothing had happened. The only evidence of the incident was the broken lamp that she could see sticking out from the trash can. Everything was intact even the bed sheets seemed to have been replaced. Rukia was starting to wonder if it even happened but she knew better.

'It happened dammit. I know it. Where is he?'

"What are you doing in here?" said a voice behind her.

Rukia stood with her back straight and turned to face him ready for a battle.

"I was just…" she stopped short when she got a good look of him.

Ichigo's usually spikey hair hung flat on his head. It was dripping wet as was the rest of his body which was covered only by a towel that hung loosely around his hips. He held on to the towel as he ran the other hand through his hair. Rukia couldn't help but stare. Her brain was telling her to focus and speak but her body wouldn't respond. He was quite muscular despite his thin frame.

'Well…this is a…nice…surprise. And here I was thinking he was just skin and bones. Wait what the hell is the matter with you? Focus dammit! Don't just stare like an idiot! Say something!'

"I was just um," she lost her train of thought, "Well…I…don't remember what…I was doing."

Ichigo was starting to get self-conscious by the way she was looking at him. 'Dammit why is her stare making blush? Stupid midget making things complicated.'

"Well," he sighed in exasperation, "What are you waiting for? Get out of my room!"

His shouting brought her back to reality. She glared at him, "I just came here to ask about last night but I guess it can wait seeing that you're busy and all."

"No shit," he retorted as he tightened his grip around his towel.

"I'll be leaving then." She was about to leave but he was blocking her way, "Excuse me." Ichigo pressed himself against the wall giving her enough room to leave while having no physical contacts between them what so ever.

Rukia slammed the door behind her and leaned up against it. 'Stupid hormones always have to mess things up!'

Once she was gone Ichigo started getting dress for school.

'What the fuck was that all about? This is bullshit why are these things happening to me? Maybe it's because of that stupid midget. Now what was it that she said?'

"I just came here to ask about last night but I guess it can wait seeing that you're busy and all."

'Last night? What happened last night that's so important for her to barge into my room? My memory is so blurry and my head is killing me.'

Ichigo stumbled as images flashed through his eyes. His mother's mangled body, Rukia looking at him with fear in her eyes, his father yelling at him, and…the feeling of Rukia's warm lips pressed up against his. Ichigo felt his cheeks burn up at the last image.

'What the hell was that? Don't tell me that…I…that she... No that's insane she couldn't have. And then those other things I don't understand. Okay just calm down it was just a kiss no big deal. People blow those things way out of proportion. Right? No big deal. Fuck it did feel kind of nice…wait no! This is fucking Rukia the little midget she devil.'

The other images flashed through again and stopped at Rukia's frightened eyes.

'What did I do to make her look at me like that?'

{"Oh is the king worried about the girl that gave him his first kiss? Aw that's soo sweet it almost makes me want to puke out of pure joy."}

Ichigo froze and looked around his room. 'Where did that voice come from?'

{"Guess who? What's the matter? Don't tell me you forgot about me? *chuckle* I guess it's been a while ICHIGO!"}

Ichigo fell to his knees as a roar of laughter erupted inside his head.

'What's happening to me?'

Author's Note: Not quite sure what's wrong with you. Maybe it took too many hits to the head. Or you fell into a coma and the last ten years have all been a dream.

Ichigo: "You're bullshitting them aren't you."

Me: "What makes you say that?"

Ichigo: "Well…"

Me: :D

Ichigo: "Umm…"

Me: :D

Ichigo: "Stop looking at me like that! I don't know okay!"

Me: "Hehehe works every time. Oh Batman our machine is almost complete but we need the secret ingredient."

Ichigo: "Oh shit not again."

Me: (grabs him by hair) "Better not mess it up like last time you got it."

Ichigo: "Fine! Geez people review so I don't have to deal with this psycho anymore."

Me: "Yes the more reviews the better the chances of the machine working and the better chances of… (pause for effect) WINNING ICHIGO AND MAKING HIM YOUR BITCH!

Ichigo: "What?"

Me: "That's all for today laters!"

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