A/N: Requested: Gemini24

Karaoke

Keigo ran down the halls once he saw Ichigo. "IIIIICHIIIGGGG-OOOO!" Keigo was smacked by Ichigo's bag as he dodged him and countered with his own force. He was sent flying backwards and Mizuiro was standing at his side as he typed away on his phone.

"Good morning, Keigo."

Keigo quickly got back up and began whining to the raven-haired boy. "Mizuiro! Did you see what Ichigo did?" pointing over to where Ichigo was.

Mizuiro just kept on typing on his phone not sparing Keigo a glance. "Hm, you probably deserved it anyway." He shut his phone closed and looked over to where Ichigo was. "Besides, he doesn't seem to be in a good mood today."

Keigo stopped sulking and placed his attention to Ichigo. He saw that the redhead was looking a bit more irritated than usual and had his scowl deeper as well. Ichigo was sitting at his desk as his hand was propping up his face and was tapping the floor with his shoe every second. More or less, Ichigo was pissed. "Wow, I wonder what's got him all mad about? You'd think his pet cat just died or something?" no wonder he wasn't in any mood to deal with Keigo.

After a couple of seconds went by, Uryū walked by Keigo and Mizuiro, like always, he was very calm as he walked over to his seat to sit down. Both Keigo and Mizuiro saw Ichigo open one eye and glared over to the bespectacled boy. Letting out a quiet growl to accompany that look, he then closed back his eye letting his irritation show by his scowl deepening, even more so.

Keigo walked to the door and his behind it as he looked over to Ichigo and then back to Uryū. To him, both seemed very tense except that Uryū was slightly better at hiding his emotions. But that didn't stop Keigo from noticing a bit of tension between the two. He then walked back out into the hallway with Mizuiro.

He stood thinking for a second until he thought of something. "Those two are hiding something!" Mizuiro looked at him with an expressionless face.

"Isn't it obvious?"

"What!"

The raven-haired boy pointed to Ichigo. "See, he only becomes irritated when something is bothering him," he then pointed over to Uryū, "and Ishida-san only taps his fingers when something is bothering him." Keigo looked appalled at never being able to notice this. "So, now you know that they are irritated over something," ending with a smile on his face.

Even if Keigo didn't want to believe this, he did have a point. And besides, since when does Uryū ever tap his fingers that fiercely? Oh well, Keigo never really pays attention to him anyway. Soon and idea sparked up in his head. "Let's spy on them!"

Mizuiro waved his hand in the air. "No way. If you want to lose your head and then have it sewn back on then be my guest, but I'm not going to get between the two. Sorry, but you're on your own." He then walked into the classroom and took a seat.

Keigo was shocked to see that his best friend wasn't going to help his spy on the two weirdoes of the day. He somewhat didn't want to pry into their lives but the curious side of him overpowered everything else. And that was when he decided that he was going to figure out what was up with those two by following them whenever they were alone. Keigo clenched his fist in determination. Yes! I'm calling this plan, Keigo figures out what's between Ichigo and the Nerd!

Lunch time came around and Keigo watched as both Ichigo and Uryū began walking out of the room. But what seemed to surprise him the most was that neither Ichigo or Uryū where headed to the roof, instead, Ichigo seemed to be following Uryū as he walked by the crowd of students that were hoarding the halls.

He tried to make his way out of the crowded hall until he then went back to following Ichigo once he caught sight of him once more. Keigo noticed that Ichigo didn't want to be seen by anyone as he tried to be discrete as possible when he was following; even going as far as to hide if any other student looked at his direction. Keigo looked from behind the corner to see that Uryū was heading outside and that the redhead was right behind him.

Keigo went outside as well and quickly found a bush to hide in as he crawled on the grass. He saw Uryū in the middle of the field as he had his arms crossed over his chest. Ichigo then came up to him and scowled at him as he looked towards Uryū.

"So, what the hell do you want? I thought you said that you were "tired" of being near me," said Ichigo in a mad tone that didn't seem to faze the other boy.

Uryū sighed and looked over to Ichigo with his own scowl. "Kurosaki, I didn't mean what I said the other day. I was just caught up in my anger."

"Tch, you sure as hell didn't seem like that. What was it that you called me the other day? Oh yeah, you said I was a "bastard Shinigami who could just go to hell" does that seem to ring a bell to you, Ishida?" saying his name in pure hate that made Uryū move nearer to him which Ichigo backed away.

Letting out another sigh, Uryū pushed his glasses up. "Look, I just needed to cool down after what happened yesterday. I just took out my anger at you because I'm so used to doing it by now that I sometimes forget who I'm taking it out on."

Ichigo uncrossed his arms and his face softened a bit as he walked closer to Uryū. "I should probably say I'm sorry, too. I mean I provoked you when I knew that you were really mad. I guess we're both at fault here. But we're cool now, right?" offering a small smile that he only uses when he's with Uryū.

Returning it, Uryū nodded his head. "Yeah, we are."

Keigo's jaw dropped as he expected the two to either hug or shake hands but not lean in and give each other a small peck on the lips. He never, never expected that his friend was gay! I mean he was already suspicious of Uryū but how can you not be! The boy practically screams homo the way he acts around others! But Ichigo! How could he not see the signs? Uryū must have seduced poor Ichigo when he was in a weak state and took advantage of it. Keigo always knew that the nerdy boy was up to something when he always runs out of class after Ichigo already left.

Ichigo smiled down at the Quincy and grabbed his hand. "How about we eat out? Everyone right now is eating on the roof which gives us enough time to be alone."

The Quincy pondered on the idea for a while until he agreed. "Sure, I didn't bring anything anyway."

Then the two began walking away as they held hands and forgot about their issues that just took place a couple of moments ago. Keigo was still in shock as he watched his friend and nerd boy holding hands. This is so not happening! He was then surprised as he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Ahhhh!"

Mizuiro was looking over to the two that were walking away. "I guess they didn't tell you."

Keigo's attention was caught as the young rave-haired boy said that. "What do you mean they didn't tell me? Are you saying I was the only one left out again!" flaring his hands out as he was shocked that Ichigo would tell everyone else except him.

Sighing, Mizuiro shook his head. "Of course he didn't tell you, I mean, you're never respect Ishida which is his boyfriend for the past two months. Do you really think they would just come out and tell you? If I was you, I would try to say I'm sorry for always treating Ishida more different than you would with Ichigo."

"Huh? So, what? You want me to be nicer to Ishida?" confusion set into Keigo as he tried to understand what Mizuiro was saying.

"Well, not like that. I mean try to invite Ishida into things we all do together. If you haven't noticed by now that Ishida is always angered when you take away his boyfriend when they already have plans then you probably need some glasses."

Have plans? Keigo was getting more confused by the second. "Wait, when did they make plans?"

Mizuiro sighed again. "Don't you remember last week? You invited Ichigo to that new karaoke bar that he was already planning on taking Ishida to go there. But suddenly you invited him which made him leave Ishida behind. So, why not try to invite the two to the karaoke bar and show Ichigo that you really are sorry for not including Ishida."

Keigo moaned at the thought of having to invite Uryū into anything he had planned. "But Mizuiro, he's a nerd! Can't you invite him in my place instead?"

"Nope!" and Mizuiro began to walk away. "Remember to include Ishida if you want Ichigo to hang out with you!"

Sitting on the ground, Keigo crossed his arms in though. Hm, invite the nerd next time I have plans? I guess I could try. I'll text them later tonight, it's not like they would be doing anything that late at night.

The moon was high in the sky as it illuminated the streets with its white glow, shining anything and everything that came to its view. It even shined upon a window that was open that belonged to a certain Quincy who was moaning away, but not in pain but in pleasure.

He arched his back and then fell on the bed next to a redhead who was resting on a pillow. Ichigo was softly panting as he felt Uryū bring his body closer to his own and brought a leg to rest in between his more harrier ones, rubbing them once a while to feel the difference between his nice, soft, pale legs against manlier tanned legs.

Ichigo chuckled as Uryū was always fascinated with his legs because his legs didn't have a speck of hair on them. He thought because his mother didn't have hair either or it could be a Quincy thing. Either way, Uryū liked to feel the small hairs when he became lazy after having sex with him.

"That was hot. You're a bastard for depriving me of this," squeezing his behind to place more emphasis.

Uryū moaned in annoyance as he pulled back far enough to see Ichigo's eyes. He glared at him and smacked him on the side of his head. "Shut up, if I remember correctly you were the one that decided to abandon me so you and that idiot Asano could go to that new bar. So don't go claiming it was my fault when in reality it was yours."

Ichigo had a slight scowl on his face and sighed when he knew the Quincy had a point. "I know but I didn't have a choice. I have been ditching everyone to hang out with you and when Keigo asked to join him to that new bar that I was going to take you, I couldn't say no. If I had missed anymore of our group hangings then I would never hear the end of it from him," he then smiled as he switched positions with Uryū, making him be on the bottom with him straddling him. "And besides, he's not going to distract us anytime soon." He delved in to kiss Uryū as he already had his eyes closed but stopped half way when his phone began to vibrate.

Uryū growled in annoyance as he still had his eyes closed as he waited for Ichigo to begin kissing him into submission. Ichigo looked over to his pants that were near the door where they were dislocated at but merely shrugged his shoulders and turned his attention back to the awaiting Quincy. Again, he moved in to kiss him until Uryū's phone began to vibrate.

"Damn it! Who the hell text's someone this late at night!" said Uryū as he reached for his phone that was on the nightstand only for Ichigo to intersect him as he grabbed his wrist.

"Forget about it. We have other things to worry about." And that was exactly what Uryū did as he felt Ichigo cover his lips with his own. He soon forgot all about the interruption until Ichigo's phone vibrated again. But Ichigo didn't pay attention to it as he concentrated on how Uryū's lips maneuvered over his own, but when it started to vibrate once again he growled and pulled back from the Quincy.

"For the love of…" Ichigo stood up from the bed in all his glory as Uryū sighed and grabbed the bed sheets that were pulled away due to Ichigo suddenly standing up. Ichigo grabbed his discarded pants and reached inside one of his pockets to grab his phone. He opened his messages and saw that he received them from Keigo. Groaning, he opened the first one and was shocked to see what it read. "That's weird." He then looked through the rest and wondered if Keigo was drunk. "Tch, idiot." He placed his phone back inside his pocket and dropped them to the floor, crawling back into the warm bed of the Quincy.

Uryū leaned back on the headboard as Ichigo reached for his phone. "What are you doing?" exclaimed Uryū as he saw Ichigo beginning to go through his messages.

"Relax; I'm just seeing if that idiot of Keigo was the one that sent you any messages." He read the message and sighed, tossing the phone back on the nightstand. "That guy is an idiot." Ichigo lay down in the bed next to Uryū's body, placing his hands behind his head.

"What? What does he want?"

Looking over to Uryū, Ichigo places his hand on his hip and caresses it. "He said if we wanted to join him and a couple of our friends to go visit that new bar I was going to take you to. If you ask me, he was trying to invite you personally."

Bewilderment came over the Quincy as he looked down at Ichigo. "What's that mean?"

"Keigo was capitalizing your name every time he typed it. I wonder if that's supposed to mean something."

Uryū smirked down at Ichigo as he heard a slight hint of jealousy in his tone. "Do I hear jealousy in you, Kurosaki? Now that I think about it, Asano doesn't seem half bad," teasing him as he continued to talk.

Ichigo snorted and looked away. "Yeah right! I'm not jealous, especially of that idiot!"

The Quincy reached a hand out and turned Ichigo's head to look at him. "Kurosaki, do you honestly think that I would ever consider Asano boyfriend material? Please, he could possible turn me straight."

It was now Ichigo's turn to smirk as he wanted to boast his ego. "Oh, so you're saying that Keigo couldn't pleasure you as much as I can?"

Scowling, Uryū smacked Ichigo. "Shut up, but since I did see some hint of jealousy I'll tell you this much," Uryū leaned closer to Ichigo and began to whisper into his ear, "he probably wouldn't be such an animal in bed like a certain obnoxious, rash, loud, redhead I know." He then pulled back and smirked as he saw Ichigo with wide-eyes.

Ichigo was surprised at what Uryū said about him that he reached for him and brought him closer until he was a breath away from his lips. "I'm an animal, huh? Well, this animal isn't your normal friendly neighborhood cat." He then captured Uryū's lips and began a whole cycle of mating with his master.

Ichigo walked into his house and punched a projectile father launching at him. He ignored his groaning and kept walking towards his room, he then stopped outside before opening the door as he heard a slight groaning coming from within his room. Ichigo placed a hand on the door knob and hurriedly pushed the door open. "Who the he-oh shit!" he closed the door back up as he saw something he was never supposed to see. His whole face was red as he just walked in on Rukia doing something with someone. On his bed!

He didn't get to see who the guy was as he was covered by Rukia as she… as she rode him. In his bed! Now he's going to have to burn his sheets just to try and get that image out of his head. Ichigo shook his head and heard his window open. He waited patiently outside of his room until Rukia opened the door a bit hesitant at first. But at least she was dressed.

"Gee, can I come into my room, or do I need an invitation!" sarcastically talking as Rukia frowned but still held a red blush going across her face.

"S-shut up! And in any case, you weren't here and you were probably doing the same thing with Ishida!" Rukia let him into the room as she moved away from the door.

Ichigo looked at the bed and saw that the sheets were changed and he was thankful for that. "So? What I do outside these walls is none of your business! But you doing something-something like that," pointing to his bed, "was unnecessary! What if Karin or Yuzu heard you, or worse, saw you with someone in my bed?"

Rukia sighed and sat on her opened closet. "Don't worry, your sisters were out and your dad-well we just ignored him and pretended to not notice him at all. Besides he was the one that was practically encouraging this to happen," saying everything nonchalant which bothered Ichigo.

But he quickly realized and retook everything she just said. "Wait, are you saying my old man actually allowed this to happen? And in my room! Well who the hell did you invite anyway?"

Rukia looked away as her blush was coming back and mumbled softly the name that Ichigo couldn't be able to listen. "Huh, speak up midget."

"I said Byakuya-sama!" she then covered up her mouth as Ichigo's eyes widen. She probably shouldn't have said that but the idiot had set her off that she couldn't hold back.

Ichigo looked at his bed and wondered if he should burn it or sell it to the Shinigami Woman Association but just shook his head to eliminate such thoughts. "Whatever, I just came by to tell you if you received any text from Keigo."

Rukia groaned just thinking about the damn messages she received during the night. Ichigo understood immediately when she made that face since he was making the same face when he was going to make Uryū all hot and bothered. "Let me guess, he was interrupting you all night long."

"Yes, I had half the mind to throw the phone to the wall but Byakuya-sama beat me to it. Although," she placed a hand on her chin, "I wonder how Asano even had my number."

"Uh, yeah, I wondered the same thing." How did he even get Uryū's phone number? "Anyway, he said he wanted to invite us to that new karaoke bar, and I'm guessing he asked you the same question. So, why don't you invite… Byakuya if he wants to go. I'm going to Ishida's to finish off my homework." He then began to walk away from his room until he turned around and pointed to his bed. "And don't use my bed anymore for those types of things!" Ichigo closed the door and left Rukia by herself.

"Huh, he couldn't even say sex? He really is a child."

Uryū was busy changing his sheets when he could feel Ichigo's reiatsu coming nearer to his flat. He walked over to the door and opened it before Ichigo even could bang at it. "What now, Kurosaki?"

Ichigo walked through the door and looked disturbed. "I don't even want to sleep in my own bed today," he said as he groaned.

The Quincy arched an eyebrow but didn't even want to know what occurred in his bed, let alone have details of who was in the bed. "And you expect to stay…"

"Here? Aww thanks for offering, Ishida." Ichigo then began rummaging through his fridge to see if he could find anything to eat.

Any other day Uryū would let Ichigo do whatever the hell he wanted but today wasn't that day, unfortunately. "Kurosaki, why don't you stay over in someone else's home?"

Ichigo took out a piece of apple out of his mouth and looked over to Uryū in bewilderment. "Why? I mean, you have nothing to do. Besides, when we leave to go to that bar we could go together, saves us the time from going back and forward."

He does have a point. Uryū just let him be as he continued to rummage his fridge. He walked over to the couch and grabbed his sewing project and began working as he heard Ichigo in the background.

Keigo ran to Mizuiro's house and began banging at it with his fist. "MIZUIRO!" there was panic in his voice and he needed to talk to someone to help him calm down. If he knew that Rukia was going to text him saying that she was inviting a few of her friends then he would have never offered for her to come. Who knows who she'll invite? It could be that guy that is bald or maybe the one that hangs around with the bald guy or worse, it could be both! One thing's for sure, this was the worst day of his life.

Mizuiro opened his door and saw that Keigo looked panicked as he continued to have his hand in the air smacking away at nothing. "Now what's the matter?"

"What's the matter? What's the matter!" Keigo was becoming overdramatic which made Mizuiro expressionless since he was already used to this. "The matter is that Kuchiki-san is bringing more of her weird friends over and I don't know what to do! I first thought of inviting Ichigo, and Ishida but I didn't like going alone with just guys especially since those two are going to be hanging around each other. So I invited Kuchiki-san but when she texted me that she and Ichigo and nerd boy were coming, she also texted she was bringing some of her friends as well! Mizuiro, please come with me!"

"Nope! I have things to do today. So, good luck with all that! Tell me all about it later!" Mizuiro closed his door and left a deflated Keigo standing there with a hopeless look on his face.

"B… but, Mizuiro…"

The night came sooner than Uryū expected as he was lying on his side on the couch with Ichigo being behind him as they watched TV to let the hours fly by. Ichigo began to look over to a clock that was hanging on the wall and released Uryū so he could maneuver over his sleeping form.

Once he was standing on his feet, Uryū groaned in annoyance for having been woken up. He opened his eyes and narrowed them when he couldn't see anything. He then reached for his glasses that were on the table in front of him. Placing them on he looked over to where Ichigo was. "Kurosaki? Is it time already?"

Ichigo walked out of the bathroom and came out with new clothes. "Yeah, so you better change clothes while I text Rukia."

Uryū nodded and walked into his room, closing it as he began to look through his closet for anything that looked good to wear for a karaoke bar. After going through a few choices, he decided on some plain black pants with a new white shirt that he made. Once he was ready, he came out of his room and saw Ichigo lying on the couch. He scowled and walked over to him until he was in front of the relaxed Shinigami.

"Kurosaki, get up! We need to go before it gets anymore late."

Ichigo groaned but nevertheless, did what the Quincy said but not before scowling at him. "Whatever, besides, if it wasn't for Keigo inviting us to the damn karaoke bar, then right now I would be asleep. Any other day I would've taken you with it just being us, but I guess this is the second best thing."

The Quincy let out a small sigh and walked over to the door. "Let's just go. I don't want to keep Kuchiki-san and everyone else waiting."

Ichigo walked over to the Uryū and waited as the Quincy opened the door. When he did Ichigo closed the door and reached his hand out to intertwine his fingers with Uryū's. Ichigo noticed that he became a bit tensed when he felt him holding his hand but soon calmed down as he squeezed his hand as in reassurance that he didn't mind the gesture.

Both kept walking until they sensed where Rukia and the rest where at. When they arrived where the group was, Ichigo saw Byakuya standing next to Rukia and felt his face begin to heat up when he remembered what those two did in his bed. He then turned his attention over to Renji who looked to be bored but seemed a bit curios as to where they were headed at. Then he looked over to where Keigo was and let a smirk begin to show as Keigo seemed a bit uncomfortable, especially since Ikkaku and Yumichika were among Rukia's invited friends.

"Hey, sorry we're late, but Ishida likes to take his sweet time."

Uryū scowled over to Ichigo but pushed his glasses up with his unoccupied hand. "Can we just go?"

Soon they all began their trip to the new karaoke bar that Keigo was so eager to take them but the way Ikkaku and Yumichika walked behind him made him want to runaway and make up any excuse to get the hell out of there. But somehow he knew that he wouldn't get far seeing as he was in front of the bald guy and his friend.

Although, Keigo did notice a few things as they were walking to the karaoke bar. First, Ichigo and Uryū were holding hands as they bickered back and forward over things he couldn't seem to hear but they still held each other like they were lovers than a couple of bickering fools. He then brought his attention over to Rukia and some weird dude that had long dark hair. They both were walking very close until he saw Rukia make a move to clasp her hand on top of the quiet guy that didn't even react to such gesture and kept on walking like nothing happened. The guy with the red hair had his hands stuffed in his pocket but to him he looked like a street punk, especially with all those tattoos. Keigo didn't even want to glance at the guys behind him if he wanted to get asked questions and be practically threatened by the bald guy.

A couple of minutes later, everyone made it to the karaoke bar and quickly looked for a table that could fit eight people. Ichigo found one and everyone followed him to a corner that had a seat that went around. They all took a seat and watched as people went up to a stage as they volunteered to sing.

Renji smirked and began to look over to where Ichigo and Uryū were seated at. He then brought his attention back to the stage and waited until the man that wanted people to volunteer came back up. Once he did Renji stood up and screamed, "Ichigo and Ishida want to volunteer!" pointing over to the two.

Ichigo in response spitted out his drink while Uryū was choking on his own drink. "Wh-what!" a spot light came on Ichigo and Uryū and both were soon being pulled to the stage by a couple of guys that were eagerly waiting for them to begin to sing.

"Wa-wait! I can't sing!" Ichigo looked over to the Quincy and saw that he was turning red from all the people looking at him. He then saw a man walking over to the two and handed them each a microphone. Uryū grasped the microphone with both his hand and tried not to make eye contact with Ichigo. The Shinigami looked over to a screen and saw that it had words beginning to show up; he then heard a beat that sounded electronic to him. Ichigo looked over to Uryū and grasped his forearm. "Just try or we'll both look like idiots out here."

Uryū frowned and pushed his glasses up. "Easier said than done, Kurosaki!" either way, Uryū quickly placed his microphone up to his lips as he knew this song had two vocal parts to it. He licked his dry lips and began to sing.

"Yureugoku kono omoi unmei to shukumei ni." My emotion that sways with destiny and fate.

Ichigo prepared for his part as he followed Uryū's lead.

"Nayanderu jikan nanka nai." There's no time to worry.

"Wakari au toki sae mottenai." There's no time for us to understand each other.

Without pausing or having a second thought, Uryū continued.

"Nikushimi dake de kyou made ikite kite." I lived until today with only hatred.

They both saw that they were going to sing together and matched perfectly.

"Se wo mukeattara itsuka senaka awase." Turning our backs to each other, our backs then met.

"Yuzurenai." I can't give away.

Ichigo then took the next line.

"Aesthetics and Identity, woo."

"Tamashii ni chikatta koto." What I swore to my soul.

"Aesthetics and Identity, woo."

"Ikizama no." The way to live.

Both then matched again.

"Bigaku." The aesthetics of it.

Uryū then looked over to Ichigo and was surprised that both were not doing half bad as he thought they would. He then saw Ichigo's words come up on screen and patiently waited for his.

"Hotobashiru kono omoi ikiru michi, ikiru imi." This emotion that gushes the path of living, the meaning of living.

If there was one thing Uryū could tell, was that Ichigo had a beautiful voice. He then placed his microphone back to his lips.

"Yaburu koto de mamorareru michi." The path that will be protected by breaking it.

"Ikinokoru dakejya imi wa nai." There's no meaning by just being the last one living.

Ichigo quickly prepared for the next verse as he quickly licked his lips.

"Se wo mukeattara nazeka tsuujiteta." When we faced our backs to each other, we were somehow connected.

Both Ichigo and Uryū smirked at the next part as they sang it.

"Omae wo naguru tame ni mo kachinokoru sa." To punch you, I will win.

Ichigo continued.

"Yuzurenai." I can't give away.

"Aesthetics and Identity, woo."

"Oretachi ga chikatta koto." What I swore to my soul.

Uryū then took the next verse with more confidence as the both continued to sing.

"Aesthetics and Identity, woo."

Ichigo smiled and continued.

"Ikizama no." The way to live.

Then in perfect sync, both sang together.

"Bigaku." The aesthetics of it.

There was a small solo and in that time Ichigo and Uryū looked over to the other and both blushed and quickly looked away. And then Uryū began once again.

"Yuzurenai." I can't give away.

"Aesthetics and Identity, woo."

"Tamashii ni chikatta koto." What I swore to my soul.

Ichigo grabbed his microphone with more force and moved closer to Uryū.

"Aesthetics and Identity, woo."

Uryū saw this and also let himself walk closer to Ichigo as he then began.

"Ikizama no." The way to live.

Ichigo let a small smile show as both sang together.

"Bigaku." The aesthetics of it.

Uryū's voice lowered a bit in the next verse.

"Aesthetics and Identity, woo."

Ichigo's smile widen as he took the lead.

"Oretachi ga chikatta koto." What I swore to my soul.

"Aesthetics and Identity, woo."

"Ikizama no." The way to live.

And then Ichigo took Uryū's hand in his when they had to sing together.

"Bigaku." The aesthetics of it.

The song continued for a while and everyone in the audience clapped at the two who sang so beautifully, and then the man that gave them the microphones came back up and thanked them for such a performance. Ichigo took his microphone and gave it back to him, Uryū doing the same thing. Ichigo was then leading Uryū down from the stage until he got an idea and went back over to the man with a requested pair in mind.

Uryū was confused to what Ichigo was up to but when he looked over to him he gave him that mischievous smirk that said one thing and one thing only: payback. The Quincy shook his head at the poor unfortunate soul who had, had to get on his bad side but didn't comment on it and just watched as Ichigo walked him back to the table, smirk in place.

Not once letting Uryū's hand go, Ichigo pulled it on the table which surprised Uryū since he wasn't into any type of public display of affection but since he saw the Shinigami's face, Uryū let it slide. Ichigo's attention was soon placed over to where the stage was and watched expectantly to see the new pair. Payback was such a bitch.

The man who was on the stage took the microphone and began to speak through it. "Can a Kuchiki Byakuya and Kuchiki Rukia please come up on stage!"

This was the first time in all the night that Byakuya's eyes widen as he heard his name be called to get on some stage. He then looked over to the redheaded Shinigami and knew that this was his doing since he had a smirk on his face that basically screamed guilty. Byakuya was about to demand Ichigo to stop this nonsense but he then felt Rukia tug on his sleeve. He looked down at the raven-haired girl and saw her eyes sparkle which he knew meant that she wanted to try to get on stage. Byakuya knew he couldn't deny those eyes and merely nodded as Rukia pulled him out of his seat.

Ichigo then began cheering as Byakuya and Rukia were walking to the stage. "Whoa! Get them, Byakuya!" Yeah, you deserve that and so much more for dirtying my bed you bastard!

Byakuya glared over to Ichigo and the redhead in turn pulled Uryū in front of him to cover up the icy glare. Uryū looked annoyed and pulled Ichigo back. "Why are you so bent on embarrassing Kuchiki-san?"

"Tch, because I found that freak and Rukia having sex in my bed. My bed, Ishida! How would you feel if I ever had sex with someone else in your bed-uh, not like I would." Ichigo felt Uryū's reiatsu flare as he looked over to the Quincy.

"Kurosaki," saying it in a menacing tone, "if I ever find out you were doing something like that in my bed and behind my back, I will surely make sure you never be useful to anyone," Uryū grabbed Ichigo's collar and pulled him closer, glaring at him. "Understand?"

Ichigo nodded and was released from his grip as Uryū went back to crossing his arms over his chest with a still annoyed look on his face. "Oi, you know I would never do something like that." Trying to calm down the irritated Quincy, who was still scowling and refused to listen to him. Sighing, Ichigo brought his attention back to the two Kuchiki's who were on stage. He'll deal with Uryū later but right now he wanted to see those two squirm for having sex in his bed.

Byakuya and Rukia where handed microphones and Rukia looked happy to be able to be on stage while Byakuya kept an expressionless face that no one could read. Ichigo was surprised that neither one of them seemed scared nor even shy to be on stage. Well, there went Ichigo's revenge on the Kuchiki's.

Rukia looked up to the screen as words began to show up.

"Kikoete kikoete nariya manu no nara
shinjite susunde kokoro no sakebi wo
namida no omosa de kuzuresou ni natte mo
mou ichido mou ichido kao wo agete." If it can be heard, if it can be heard, the ringing that doesn't stop. The cry of the heart that believes and advances, almost crumbles with the weight of tears. One more time, one more time raise your head.

The slow piano comes to a stop and a beat of guitars come on as both hold their microphones to their mouth.

"Sekai ni senaka o muketa toshite mo
jibun ni tsujinu uso ni kurushimu." And as I turn my back on the world I suffer from the lie that I don't understand myself.

Then Byakuya took the lead.

"Ware-ware wa namida o nagasu beki da wa nai
sore wa kokoro ni taisuru nikutai no haiboku de ari
ware-ware ga kokoro to iu mono wo
moteamasu sonzai de aru to iu koto no
shoumei ni hokanaranai kara da." We should not shed tears. That is a surrender of the body to the heart. It is only proof that we are beings that do not know what to do with our hearts.

Rukia then stepped up to continue with Byakuya overlapping her soft voice with his deep voice.

"Kikoete kikoete nariya manu no nara
shinjite susunde kokoro no sakebi wo
namida no omosa de kuzuresou ni nattemo
mou ichido." If it can be heard, if it can be heard, the ringing that doesn't stop. The cry of the heart that believes and advance, almost crumbles with the weight of tears. One more time.

"Mou ichido." One more time.

"Mou ichido." One more time.

And then both combined their voices.

"Kao o agete." Raise your head.

"Kesenai itami wa kakuseru keredo
kanjiru soko ni aru kioku to tomo ni." Pain that can't be erased can be concealed but... it's still experienced along with the memory that lives there.

Byakuya then began to do his solo verse.

"Ware-ware wa namida o nagasu beki da wa nai
sore wa kokoro ni taisuru nikutai no haiboku de ari
ware-ware ga kokoro to iu mono wo
moteamasu sonzai de aru to iu koto no
shoumei ni hokanaranai kara da." We should not shed tears. That is a surrender of the body to the heart. It is only proof that we are beings that do not know what to do with our hearts.

Rukia smiled over to Byakuya and reached for his hand for him to only tense up for second until he let the warmness of the hand fill him up as Rukia continued after him.

"Hikatte hikatte mabushi-sugiru kara
terashite mezashite kokoro no ari ka wo
namida o moyashite chikara ni kaetarae
mou ichido." Shine, shine, beyond dazzling. The place of the heart that becomes illuminated. Stinging tears can change into power. One more time.

"Mou ichido." One more time.

"Mou ichido." One more time.

"Kao o agete." Raise your head.

There was a small solo part of instruments and in that time Rukia seemed to have clenched Byakuya's hand tighter in her grasp which he returned. She smiled and looked over to the screen and began.

"Tatoeba ikuse no kanashimi ni deai
karamaru omoi wo furihodo ite yuki
namida no omosa de tomarisou ni nattemo
hitotsu no." If the sorrow of several currents meet by chance, untangle the entwined emotions and go. The weight of the tears will almost end. One…

"Kokoro o…" Heart…

"Kokoro wo." Heart.

"Tsumase!" Can be clear!

Rukia then continued.

"Kikoete kikoete nariya manu no nara
shinjite susunde kokoro no sakebi wo
namida no omosa de kuzuresou ni nattemo
mou ichido…" If it can be heard, if it can be heard, the ringing that doesn't stop. The cry of the heart that believes and advance, almost crumbles with the weight of tears. One more time…

"Mou ichido…" One more time…

"Mou ichido." One more time.

"Kao wo agete." Raise your head.

Both ended strongly and the songs instruments kept on going while Rukia gave a smile over to Byakuya who seemed to be having some trouble trying to keep his red blush creeping onto his cheeks.

The crowd soon began to clap as well for them and even Ichigo had to admit, they did a pretty good job. Byakuya then, still holding Rukia's hand, led her down from the stage after giving their microphones to the stage man. But instead of joining the others in the same table they took a seat on a table across from them. Byakuya crossed his arms over his chest as he seemed to be still bothered about having to have gone up on the stage. Rukia in turn let out a small chuckle and patted his hand.

Ichigo laughed at seeing Byakuya bothered which earned him a smack from Uryū. "Oi, what the hell was that for!" rubbing his sore bruise that the Quincy inflicted on him.

Uryū glared over to Ichigo for being so rude. "You shouldn't laugh at others misfortune, Kurosaki. Or better yet," Uryū smirked, "why don't you go back up there and do a solo. All by yourself."

Ichigo paled and then felt a hand clasp down on either shoulder as he looked up to see Ikkaku and Yumichika looking down at him. Oh shit! Before Ichigo could escape, the two Shinigami's were hauling Ichigo back to the stage. "Wait! I thought you said you shouldn't laugh at others misfortune! Uryū!"

The Quincy let out a small chuckle as he saw Ichigo struggling to be released but to no avail. "I never said anything about your misfortune, Kurosaki!" he then began clapping when Ikkaku and Yumichika were successful to bring him back on stage.

Keigo, who was seated far away from the Quincy, looked frightened of him. I should probably be nicer to Ishida if I don't want him to embarrass me as well…

A/N: This came to be a lot longer than I expected but I hope you enjoy it!

I never actually heard the song sung by Rukia and Byakuya so that was new. Please leave a review and tell me what you think!