The second to last chapter. Hope you guys have enjoyed it so far.
Ichigo loosened the tie of his expensive tux, reluctantly allowing Yuzu to grab his arm.
She probably needed his support, what her heels being about three inches high. Even then, his little sister barley cleared his shoulder. Maybe no one would notice her with all that makeup on… he sure as hell hadn't. She did look very nice, though.
Holding up a wobbling Yuzu, Ichigo made his way to the docks, staring at the biggest boat he'd ever seen. He nervously scanned the dock, halfway looking for his friends and half looking out for any outrageously beautiful women that could be the hollow.
Well, he did find a beautiful woman. But it sure as hell wasn't any hollow.
It was Rukia! She was facing him, but she was chattering happily to Orihime, so she didn't notice him.
But he sure did notice her! She had on the shortest red dress he'd ever seen! If you could even call it a dress… he had shirts that were bigger than that freaking 'dress.' The thing hardly covered the tops of her thighs, letting the world see her long, thin, pale legs.
The dress was also low-cut, showing off her cleavage off to its best advantage. She looked absolutely amazing, and to think, she could've been his freaking date if he'd been nicer!
Rukia finally finished talking to Orihime and noticed him staring at her with his mouth wide open. Teasingly, she lifted one thin eyebrow at him, but didn't approach him. Instead, she turned around to a tall guy who was standing behind her and took his arm possessively. Ichigo felt a flare of jealousy go through his entire body.
He would kill that bastard. He waited impatiently for Rukia and her unknown date to turn around so he could figure out if he knew him. Finally they did, and Ichigo almost swallowed his tonsils when he saw that it was Uryu! The nerd was almost unrecognizable without his glasses, goofy hairdo and his normal bored look. Uryu didn't look bored right now!
He was looking down at Rukia like she was the most exciting thing he'd ever seen.
Enough was enough.
"Yuzu, there's your friends over there, why don't you go hang out with them? I'll come find you when we get back to the docks," Yuzu nodded, looking nervously at him before running off to a group of her friends from school. Well, that was taken care of.
Slowly, Ichigo walked up to Rukia and Uryu, trying not to look too pissed. "Rukia," he hissed when he finally reached them, "Can I talk to you in… private for a moment?"
Not waiting for her answer, he grabbed her roughly away from Uryu and walked off a while away, where no one they knew would overhear them.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Ichigo whispered quietly, not liking the looks Rukia was attacking from every guy within a mile. "What do you mean, Ichigo?" Rukia asked in her fake schoolgirl voice, innocently batting her eyes at him. Frustrated, Ichigo just groaned and walked away, noticing that they were now letting people get on the yacht.
He quickly rejoined the group, trying to ignore everyone. He just wanted this night to be over.
Soon enough, an hour had passed and nothing had happened. Ichigo refused to dance with anyone; instead he stood scowling off to the side, watching out for the hollow.
But it was pretty damn funny to watch Renji and Tatsuki dance. Poor Renji was trying to find the correct place to put his hands, and Tatsuki just stood there smiling like an idiot.
Yoruichi and Kiskue were dancing like morons, earning a lot of laughter from the other party goers. Chad looked amazingly tall dancing with tiny, blushing Orihime.
And Uryu and Rukia were sitting and talking. Every so often Rukia would throw her head back and laugh at something he said. Like anything the nerd ever said could be funny.
Frustrated, Ichigo locked his eyes on the two as they stood and began dancing. It was like watching a car accident- you didn't want to see it, but you couldn't look away either.
The woman came literally out of nowhere.
One second, he was just leaning against the wall, listening to the cheesy music and the sound of the water hitting up against the side of the boat, and the next she was standing next to him.
"Hey," she purred, leaning forward and gazing deep into his eyes.
She was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Forget Rukia, Rukia was a damn hag compared to this woman. As he gazed at her with wide eyes, he couldn't even really say what she looked like. She was simply so beautiful it hurt to look at her.
Feeling dazed, Ichigo didn't protest when she grabbed the front of his tux and slowly started to pull him away from the rest of the crowd. He was ecstatic that she was touching him…
She pulled him a while away, finally stopping in front of a closet and pushing him gently inside, shutting the door behind her quietly.
Ichigo didn't care that he didn't know this lady, and that he was far away from any help.
He only wanted to keep looking at her.
He almost sighed in relief when she approached him, latching her arms around his neck and whispering in his ear, "Ah, tasty soul reapers… so much better than humans…"
Tasty? Was she hungry? And how did she know about soul reapers? Some small part of Ichigo's brain was screaming at him to snap out of it, but a much larger part was screaming, "She's touching you!"
Unable to help himself, Ichigo smiled stupidly and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer.
The last thing he remembered was her laughter, and her lips against his neck… and then no more.
Yet another evil cliff hanger. And in case you didn't already know, the 'lady' was obviously the hollow. Poor Ichigo is bewitched. :O