Requester: shionch

Theater: The Check Up

Uryū suspected that today would be a very bad day, or at least a weird one. For starters, he woke up and noticed that he had twenty minutes to be ready for school and he had slept through the beeping noise of his alarm. Quickly getting up and skipping a shower and breakfast, Uryū dressed in his usual uniform. Looking at the clock at the side, he ran out of his apartment and made an exception to use his hirenkyaku to make it to school on time.

He landed on the roof of the school and dashed to his first class of the day. As he was turning a corner, Uryū bumped into a redhead who fell to the floor just as Uryū did. Rubbing his thigh, Uryū heard a familiar voice and sensed a familiar reiatsu.

"Damn! What's your problem?" screams out Ichigo as he scowls over to the young Quincy who is still on the floor rubbing his side. Ichigo stands up and rubs his lower back as Uryū is standing up, as well.

"You should have seen where you were going, Kurosaki?" using an accusing tone but hiding it behind his words as his voice remains slightly calm while his face expresses a slight scowl.

Ichigo returns the scowl and both look like they're having a face off until they hear the bell ring. "Damn, don't think I'm through with you, Ishida!" he says as he runs off to another hallway while Uryū takes the opposite one.

Stupid Kurosaki! Who does he think he is threatening me? Uryū arrives to his classroom and takes a seat at his desk. He looks up at the teacher but through-out the lecture his mind starts to wander off back to the redhead. I should make Kurosaki pay for threatening me this morning. But how? It's not like inspiration is going to hit me in the face—

"Now, I have been given the responsibility to ask for students if they want to partake in a theatrical play. All you have to do is sign the sign-up sheet right here in front of my desk."

Uryū looked at the sheet that the teacher was pointing at and after a few seconds, his mouth formed a smirk as an idea began to form inside his head. Perfect.

Walking by a hallway with his hands stuffed inside his pockets, Ichigo notices a sign-up sheet for a play the school is apparently taking part in. He looks it over once and begins to walk away until he does a retake and reads the names on the sign-up sheet. "Inoue… Tatsuki… K-Kurosaki!"

Ichigo saw his name written in perfect handwriting—which he knows couldn't be his—and looks up to the title of the play. There in big, dark bold letters said: Romeo and Juliet. The Shinigami could feel the color drain from his face and he quickly takes out a pencil to erase his name. He then notices after rubbing the eraser over his name many times, that his name was written with pen and not pencil—to his misfortune. Letting a growl out, Ichigo leaves the paper alone but stops mid-step and turns his head to look over his shoulder.

Smirking, Ichigo walks back up to the paper and scribbles down a familiar archer name. "I told that bastard that I would get him back." Ichigo walks away with a pleased look on his face.

Later on the day, Ichigo and the rest of his friends are on the rooftop eating lunch. Ichigo looks around and notices a bespectacled boy missing from the group. Scratching the back of his head, he looks over to the group, expecting someone to answer. "Do any of you know where Ishida is?"

Inoue pipes up and says, "He went to a near store to retrieve material for the Handicrafts Club. He was asked by sensei to help make costumes for the upcoming play!"

Ichigo is surprised and looks over to Tatsuki. "That's right; I saw your name on the list of that sign-up sheet. Are you really going to participate in the play?"

Tatsuki snorts and looks away. "No way! I only want the part of director." Tatsuki eyes Ichigo for awhile and asks, "Are you going to participate in the play?"

No use in trying to lie since my name is permanently written on the damn sheet. "Sort of, but I would like it better if it was Hamlet instead of a tragic love story," Ichigo shrugs his shoulders, "but I guess that's showbiz for you."

Nodding, they return back to their lunch and talk about what parts they're interested in and what they hate about the play. Ichigo just looks at them and contemplates what he's going to do about the whole situation. When the bell rings, Ichigo and all his friends stand up and head out of the rooftop. Once they're all in the hallway, Ichigo sees Uryū with a lot of material in his hands as he heads to the Handicrafts room.

He follows him in and as he is about to lose his balance, Ichigo reaches out and grabs the material from his hands. Uryū looks over to Ichigo with a scowl and sets down the rest of the material on the front desk. "I didn't ask for your help, Kurosaki."

Ichigo scoffs and places the material down as well. "I just came to ask you a question."

Uryū looks over to Ichigo with questioning look. "What?"

"I'm just wondering what part you want."

As Uryū is about to ask what he means by that, the bell rings and Ichigo is out of the room quickly before the ringing stops, leaving a bewildered Quincy behind. "What… was that about?" he shakes his head and starts to organize the fabric by color. Once he is done, Uryū pulls out his booklet from his back pocket and looks up the dates. When he makes it to today's date he furrows his eyebrows together as he looks at his schedule under the date. Damn. He pockets his booklet back up and lets out a sigh. I really wasn't expecting my check-up would be this soon.

Uryū heads out of the room and walks with slow speed to his classroom. All the while his thoughts going back to the check up he scheduled a week ago. Has it really been that long since my last time going? I haven't gone since… sensei passed away. But I need to do this! I must! With that in mind, Uryū sits down at his desk and begins to pay attention to the teacher in front of the room.

Zipping up his usual white shirt, Uryū looks over at a mirror and runs a hand through his dark locks. Sighing, he walks from the mirror over to his nightstand and places on his glasses, adjusting them until he feels satisfied with how he placed them. Taking a quick peek at the clock, Uryū begins to head out into his living room and grabs his keys that were left on the small table.

Today Ishida Uryū was going to miss school for the very first time and not because of Hollows, but because he had a check-up. A dental check-up. He was already threading the idea of complete strangers poking around in his mouth, and the last time he was in a room with them he could still remember the pain he felt as something drilled through his teeth, or at least felt like it. Shaking his head, Uryū heads out of his apartment and begins his walk to where his appointment was settled.

Walking to a cross roads, he takes a left instead of going forward like he usually does for school and continues on his way. He rubs his hands together and pockets them to keep the cool wind from getting him anymore colder. Ha, I really hate dentist. But this damn ache in the back of my mouth just won't go away! Damn, this is really going to suck. I wish… I wish sensei was here with me.

Ichigo walks down a hallway with a bored expression on his face and stops when he notices that Uryū isn't in the building. "Huh? Ishida never misses school?" Could he be in trouble? He tries again to sense out Uryū's reiatsu and notices that he isn't very far away. "It's not like anyone will miss me."

The Shinigami heads out of the school through the front door. Trying to figure out which direction to go to, he closes his eyes to get the location of Uryū's reiatsu and once he has it, Ichigo begins his walk to where the Quincy is located. I wonder why Ishida would miss school for. It's not like him to just skip without warning us beforehand. I really hate it when that guy goes all secretive and tries to distance himself from his friends. I swear, when I see Ishida I'm going to knock some sense into that creep!

After walking in a nice, slow pace, Ichigo stops when he reaches the end to where Uryū's reiatsu led him. "Huh? A dental clinic?" Ichigo is confused as he looks at the building and wonders if he traced Uryū's reiatsu well. "Tch, maybe I still need work on tracing reiatsu," he scratches the back of his head, "well, it can't hurt to take a look." He walks up to the door and grabs the handle to push it towards him. Once he enters he looks for Uryū and notices that he's sitting in a chair with an irritated look on his face with his arms crossed over his chest and his leg also crossed over the other.

Guess I do know how to follow his reiatsu. Ichigo walks over to Uryū and sits down next to him. All the while, Uryū keeps his eyes closed with his eyebrows furrowed together, almost like he's expecting to open his eyes and see that Ichigo isn't really there.

"Oi, Ishida!"

Uryū's eyebrow twitches and knows that Ichigo really is there with him. He opens his eyes and glares at the redhead. "What the hell are you doing here, Kurosaki?" saying it in a low voice to not disturb the other waiting patients.

Ichigo doesn't follow his example and keeps his voice normal. "I was wondering the same thing, what are you doing here, Ishida?"

Growling, Uryū looks away from the Shinigami and tries to ignore him until Ichigo begins poking his side. "If you must know, I'm here because I have an appointment. Now answer me my question, Kurosaki, why are you here?"

"To skip school."

Looking over at the redhead with wide-eyes, Uryū scowls at him. "Are you serious!" he then notices that everyone was looking over to him because of his outburst. Uryū clears his throat and tries to look calm.

While this was all happening, Ichigo let out a chuckle which irritated Uryū more. "Actually I noticed that you weren't in first period and thought it was weird, so I followed your reiatsu and here I am," gesturing with his hands to the dental clinic.

Pushing his glasses up, Uryū lets out a sigh. "You're an idiot, Kurosaki. I don't need someone checking up on me, I'm pretty capable of—"

"Hm, these are really nice cars."

Uryū looks over to Ichigo and sees that he's looking through a car magazine. "Are you listening to me, Kurosaki!" remembering to keep his voice low as he asks this to Ichigo who doesn't seem fazed by Uryū.

Ichigo looks over the magazine and scowls at Uryū. "You were ranting, so I got bored and picked up a magazine." He then went back to the magazine and tried to ignore the bespectacled boy but should know better not to simply ignore him, especially since he took out a needle and poked him on the arm. "Ow, what the hell!"

"Go away!"

"Why?"

Uryū rubs his temple and tries to calm back down and tells himself to not over exert himself over a stupid Shinigami and a stupid argument. "I don't need you to be here while I get a check up, Kurosaki. This is a personal matter and it doesn't concern you."

Placing the magazine back on the table, Ichigo scowls at the Quincy. "Oh, so I'm apparently not a friend for you to concern your matters with, right? So if someone else was here you would probably thank them and accept them with open arms too!"

The Quincy saw that Ichigo was getting out of hand with his outburst and saw him stand up to look down at him. He looks up at Ichigo and pulls his hand to make him sit back down. "Kurosaki, calm yourself and sit back down. This isn't the right time or right place for this—"

Ichigo shook off Uryū's hand and sneered down at him, anger present in his face. "Why should I? I'm not your friend so why should I do what you say?"

Shaking his head, Uryū looks over and sees that people are beginning to stare at them. Letting out a sigh, he looks up at Ichigo with a pleading gaze. "Kurosaki, just sit back down."

Hesitantly, Ichigo does what the Quincy said but still has his enraged scowl placed firmly on his face. "Why the hell do you want me to go?" keeping his voice low for only Uryū to hear.

"Because… I don't want anyone to be here. It's not the same."

Taken back from the confession that Uryū just made, Ichigo loses his scowl to a more concern look. "What do you mean "it's not the same"? Do you hate the dentist or something?"

Leaning back on the chair, Uryū looks away from Ichigo. "It's not that I hate the dentist, it's just not the same without… sensei." Whispering the last word but he knew that Ichigo heard him loud and clear because he reaches a hand out and places it on his shoulder, almost in a comforting manner. Uryū takes in the small jolt from the small gesture as it runs through his body and it somehow sets something off inside him. Pushing those thoughts away, he looks over to Ichigo and sees that he has a more calmer and tranquil look with an understanding smile on his face. It almost makes Uryū blush but he doesn't let it show as he fights it off.

"Hey, I may not be your grandfather but I can stay by you as his replacement." His words gentle towards the Quincy, almost reminding him of how his grandfather would sit by him and try to comfort him by saying that "it will be okay" or "there is nothing to worry about, I'm here" either way, Uryū relaxed under the touch and pushed his glasses up.

"Stubborn Shinigami."

Ichigo chuckled and reached out for another magazine to help pass the time. "So, you never told me why you're here in the first place."

"Hm, I been having this horrible ache in the back of my tooth for quite some time that I finally decided to do something about it and get it checked out."

"Let me guess, you haven't been to a dentist since your grandfather passed away, right?"

Uryū nodded as Ichigo turned his gaze from the magazine towards the Quincy. "Do you want me to go in with you?"

Surprised at the suggestion that the redhead made, Uryū contemplated this for a while and before he could reply, he was interrupted by the receptionist calling out his name. "Ishida Uryū."

The Shinigami saw how Uryū clenched his hands on his pants for a while until he stood up. But before he could walk away by himself, Ichigo was trailing behind him as a shadow. A woman looked at him and he placed his hand up. "I'm with him." The woman sat back down and let Ichigo continue to follow Uryū to the desired location. If he didn't stop in time, Ichigo would have bumped into the Quincy. "Why'd you stop?"

Uryū was looking down at the chair as if it was something used for torture and not checking up on someone's dental problems. "That thing looks merciless."

Ichigo placed his hands on his shoulders and led him in. "Calm down will you, just think of the chair as a friend. All you have to do is sit on it and let it support you as the dentist looks through your mouth."

Wordlessly nodding, Uryū walks into the room and lies down on the chair with devices hanging out from many directions. Ichigo sat down on a regular chair in the corner of the room as it overlooked at the Quincy. "Remember to relax, Ishida."

"Easier said than done," muttered Uryū.

A couple of minutes passed until two men walked in with smiles on their faces. "Good evening, nice to meet you." The man had his hand out for Uryū to shake, which he did. He then looked over to the other man and shook his hand as well.

"Is there any problems?" the man said as he took a seat on a chair.

Uryū looked over to him. "Actually I have some pain in the back of my tooth."

The dentist looked at him and began to look closer at his mouth as Uryū showed him. "Hm, all right, well, let's do some x-rays and we'll go from there." The dentist grabbed some gloves and placed them on. "Can you please remove your glasses?" Uryū removed them and placed them on his lap. "Good, now open wide and close your mouth." The bespectacled boy opened his mouth and watched as the dentist placed something that opened his mouth more for them to take the x-rays, he did this for four times and watched as the dentist threw away his gloves.

"We'll be back soon."

The dentists left both Ichigo and Uryū in the room and it was completely silent. Not liking the quiet, Ichigo said, "Do you want me to hold onto your glasses?"

Uryū looked over to Ichigo and then looked down at his glasses. He must have agreed with him since he held his glasses out for Ichigo to take. Standing up, the redhead took the glasses and went back to sit on the chair, his arms across his chest. "Just relax, Ishida, it'll be over before you know it."

The Quincy scoffed but stopped his retort as he saw the two men enter the room once again. The man took a seat on his chair and moved closer to Uryū while the other stood at his side. "Well, you seem to have a cavity inside your tooth. But don't worry, we'll give you a discount for the cleaning and try to repair the damage already caused inside your tooth."

Uryū's eyes slightly widen when he figured that this appointment would cost more than he was already hoping for, or at least more than he had brought. He was about to say something until Ichigo interrupted him.

"No problem, I'll pay for the cost."

Looking over at the redhead, Uryū was about to retort a reply to that but Ichigo had that look that said "I'm not taking no for an answer" so Uryū just lied back down and readied himself for the torture that the dentist were going to bring upon his mouth.

The dentist that was standing up moved to place a device—that somehow resembled a gas mask—and placed it over his face, covering up his noise so that he could breath in the air coming from it. "Now, just breathe in the air and try to relax, you won't feel a thing." The dentist then walked to retrieve something from a cabinet.

The Quincy could hardly move from the lying down position that he was in, let alone see what was happening since his sight was somewhat blurry and the contraption on his face wasn't helping any. Uryū decided that it was better to just close his eyes and breathe in the sweet scent from the mask. He heard things smack and clattered around but he still remained with his eyes closed, remembering to relax and not let anything disturb him. Uryū then heard the dentist tell him to open his mouth wide, and he did exactly that. The Quincy then felt something like rubber being placed inside his mouth to help him keep it wide open for the dentist to begin his process of curing his cavity.

"All right, now don't move and just breathe through your noise." The dentist then placed some gel inside his aching tooth and Uryū felt the nasty taste inside his mouth, he cringed at it but the dentist began to give him soothing words of encouragement. "Don't worry, it's just some gel, nothing to be worried about." The other doctor placed gel around his lips and scattered it all around there. Soon, the main dentist took a drill from his side and began to move it inside Uryū's mouth.

Ichigo saw that the dentist was beginning to get serious and looked at Uryū with worried look. He knew that the drilling was bound to hurt like hell but just stayed seated and reminded himself that the Quincy might not fell the probing around since the dentist had him under some very good anesthesia to numb out the pain.

Preparing himself, the dentist said, "You might feel a slight vibration, don't worry, it's just a vibrating tooth brush."

Tch , yeah right. The hell is that thing just some "tooth brush," thought Ichigo as he waited for the drilling to commence.

When Uryū felt the slight vibration inside his mouth, he cringed and began to moan and thrash around from the pain he could feel. The saliva was soon pilling inside his mouth that he desperately wanted to swallow but when he tasted the taste of the gel, he pushed the saliva up from his mouth and let it flow down the side of his face. The dentist stopped his drilling and waited for his assistant to wash his mouth with water to help him clean it up and then suck the saliva being produced inside the Quincy's mouth. All the while, Uryū's breathing was ragged and uneven as he tried to take a breather through his mouth but the disturbance happening inside made it impossible so he had no choice but to breathe through his noise, even though he desperately wanted to use his mouth.

"Mmm!" Uryū moaned in pain as he thrashed when the vibrating feeling came back. He soon felt someone grab at his thrashing legs that were hanging from the side of the chair, and patted them and rub them to try and calm him down. It worked for some time but when he really felt a jolt of agonizing pain, the soothing rubs turned into the bystander holding down his legs with all their muscle to keep him from kicking around. When Uryū settled down for a while, the rubbing then came back. Uryū knew that it was Ichigo who was at the end of the chair trying to comfort him through the pain he was feeling. He wasn't all that happy about it since Ichigo was seeing him in a manner that he didn't want anyone to see him before—untidy, unprofessional, and weak. It was all so pitiful that he wanted the Shinigami to just leave him alone until he heard him begin to speak, a soothing tone in his voice that calmed him down.

"Its okay, Ishida, it's just a sensation. It will all be over soon." Ichigo's voice was soother than he wanted it to be but when he saw Uryū begin to relax, he was glad he actually kept it as such a level of caring. Seeing the young boy go through that pain without him knowing that he was being drilled made him feel some sort of anger towards the dentists for lying to Uryū. He didn't know why, but he just wanted the drilling to be over with so that Uryū could stop trying to kick and clench at the armrests where his hands were grasping at. Ichigo just… just wanted to hold the Quincy and make him know that everything was going to be okay.

After a couple more moments of this, the dentist finished his work on filling up the area where the cavity was at and pulled away from the Quincy. Uryū had been holding back tears that were ready to come out and some did come out, trailing down to the side of his face into his ear. Once he felt the machine that was covering up his nose being removed, Uryū was beginning to open up his eyes as the sensation was from the pain was beginning to settle in but instead of feeling pain, he couldn't feel anything at all. He moved his hand up to his chin and felt it a bit swollen; he began to realize that he couldn't feel anything at all, and knew that his lower jaw and mouth was numb.

Ichigo moved to his side as Uryū was slowly trying to get up from the chair. He placed his glasses back on the Quincy and noticed that Uryū wouldn't make eye contact with him at all. Pushing any insults away, Ichigo helped Uryū stand up from the chair into a steady standing up position. He saw how Uryū was a bit drained and discouraged from all that he has been through. Taking his hand, which Uryū seemed a bit hesitant to give; Ichigo began to lead him from the room as Uryū kept his gaze down.

The Quincy was numb. Completely and utterly numb from his mouth down to his chin that it made him feel a bit naked. He didn't want Ichigo to see him in such a state but right now he was in shock from all he was put through. He looked up when the receptionist was asking questions and asking for the money, which he wanted to stop Ichigo from rummaging through his wallet to give. But he couldn't stop him since moving his mouth right now was a difficult task, especially since it couldn't move.

Handing the woman the money, Ichigo took a handkerchief from the side and began to lead Uryū out of the clinic. Ichigo stopped when they were outside and began to wipe away at the gel that the Quincy had around his mouth. Uryū cringed from the contact but settled down when Ichigo gently held his chin while the other was softly wiping away at extensive gel. Uryū had puffy, red eyes but avoided eye contact from the Shinigami which made Ichigo sigh. "I know you can't talk, Ishida, but try to relax. It's not like I think you're pathetic or anything… that really must have been like a hell." Ichigo's voice took a soothing turn which helped him gain the unsure gaze of Ishida Uryū.

Grinning, Ichigo tossed the tissue away and looked at Uryū straight in the eyes, making sure that he didn't escape his gaze. "I'll take you home." He waited to see if Uryū would show any signs of jerking away from him and motioning for him to leave but he did neither. Uryū just stood with his head down as the numbness still played a factor in this. Shaking his head, Ichigo reached down and took his hand in his, entwining their fingers together. "I knew you could take it." And that being said, Ichigo began to lead the Quincy back to his home.

Uryū heard what Ichigo said and couldn't help the slight squeeze his small, pale hand made on Ichigo's own tanned, calloused hand. His insides felt jittery and filled with a strange emotion pilling up inside him. Heh, that's exactly what sensei said after my check-up.

A/N: I started making that Romeo and Juliet scenario and decided to chop it off into chapters, beginning with a small starter up of their emotions coming into play since I didn't want them to just go out of character for no apparent reason. Hope you guys don't mind!

Also, I just had my dental check up and found out that I had THREE cavities which hurt like a bitch when the dentist began drilling away at MY teeth! I know Uryū's pain! Especially that numb feeling and swollen on my chin.

As always, thank you for reviewing and asking for request. Personally I'm starting to like the… well let's start with the review response.

Gemini24: I love your request! I wish I could write them down but sadly, I always seem to have my hands busy with something else. I'm really interested in that past story since I can't seem to get chibby Uryū and Ichigo out of my head, it would make for a nice element, I'm definitely keeping that one in mind! Also the 19th century London has also caught my eye with the entire butler and servant-master relationship, it really is interesting, I could already see a plot forming in my head. I like how you and shionch are making me see a plot coming out of your suggestions; I could definitely go in a lot of different directions with this one! Then there's the teacher one that I just find myself going through my head, I really need to decide how I'm going to do this. All in all, I really like the suggestions and request and I don't mind if you converse as long as you keep it in topic of the scenarios. "Zombie apocalypse" that made me want to play Resident Evil or Left For Dead! Oh man! I just love these ideas! The prison request made me want to write it down and make it come true! And no, it is not lame, it's a great idea! Assassin… this will not go overlooked!

shionch: When I saw murdering in the request of the London one, I was like "I like the way you think" I tend to play a lot of action packed, murdering (mainly zombies) games that I thought it would fit with the concept, like said, I could go many ways with that plot, all I need to do is figure out how. Yes, I know that there are many suggestions (and I'm dying to write them down) but I need time to figure them out, not to mention I have other stories I must also place my attention at. But not to worry! I never overlook a wonderful review for they make my day and make me write more! Hope you enjoy these plays cut up into chapters since they're going to be longer than I expected.

Gaia798: I'm glad you enjoyed my chapter! Your review is greatly appreciated!

Substitute Quincy: I always wanted to write a sick in bed one; hopefully I'll get to it on my free time. Thank you for the suggestion and your time!

Reina De La Noche: Two words: Russian roulette! I. Love. It! I can all ready see a scenario of this in my head, and why does my mind always wander off to Lady Gaga…?

Nano: I always love your compliments, thank you!

Cammy: Thanks so much for the compliments!

You all have wonderful ideas and I hope to get to them soon! The next chapter will be more into the Romeo and Juliet play so stay tune for that! Again, if you have anything to say, just leave a review and I'll respond. Your ideas are never overlooked! I love how you all think which helps me continue to write! Thank you for all your kind compliments!