Miss insensitive writer return to break her characters's hearts once more. More drama! More drama! There's never enough drama for me! Haha... But for those who feel that they had enough drama, they could try a romantic comedy: i've started "Arranged Marriage" last week (some of you are already following it and they weren't disappointed... Actually they liked it better... which kind of made me... uuuh, it doesn't matter! :) )
Anyway enjoy and let me know what you think!
(mind the english, pleeease)
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-saiya-jinPan140, if support ichiruki more, this is their moment in this story...
-itsruby, actually you are the first to wish Byakuya to remain with Haruna. The others still consider her "the bad guy"
-Araiae4u, Yep... Byakuya is really going in the human world... i don't know hoe sweet that will be. poor him
-purplepam, 'Children with black hair and grey eyes… children with black hair and amber eyes.' this will partly make sense after this second part is over. But for the moment, yes.. Byakuya is going to karakura.
-loverukia, so you can't make up your mind... no problem, me neither , haha. Everybody's asking me about the ending and the only thing i keep say is that it won't be classing happy ending... nor i will let everyone brokenhearted..
And last but not least! Finally romanians readers!
Guest1 - multumesc, iar cu enlgeza sunt sigura ca se putea mai bine.. dar deh, nu pot sa cer mai mult din moment ce am invatat-o de la tv
Guest2- multumesc! daca sustii ichiruki , atunci urmreste urmatoarele capitole, cu siguranta vor fi ichiruki
Guest3- ma bucur ca ti-a placut ideea mea cu bankai-ul Rukiei ... cat despre Nene-cha, zanpakuto-ul ei se va dovedi util la final...
Sincer, ma bucur ca am dat peste fan bleach romani... Nu sunt chiar atat de multi in Romania... ori cel putin nu in jurul meu :) Sa ne mai auzim!
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"Don't look at me, Ichi-nii…" Karin replied when Ichigo pun on his one million yens' smile on. "I'm not good at this kind of stuff… You should better ask Yuzu!"
"I'll do it!" the blonde twin replied. "I'll help her get prepared!"
Ichigo turned then to his other sister with a grateful smile.
"You heard her!" Karin added. "Problem solved! Now you should be more concern with getting yourself ready!"
"Myself?" Ichigo replied slightly surprised. "Well there is not much to do about myself…"
"I don't know… take a bath… shave yourself… get yourself a haircut…" Karin added.
"Cut my hair?" Ichigo asked in disbelief.
"No!" Yuzu riposted. " Onii-chan should let his hair the way it is… longer hair suits his better…It makes him look more…manly!"
Ichigo instantly blushed and Karin started to laugh amused.
"But a shave it's still necessary …So go now Ichi-nii, while the bathroom it's still available!"
Karin watched his brother leaving then she turned to her twin and followed her to Ichigo's room.
"Are you coming too?" Yuzu asked surprised. " I thought that…"
"Well you thought wrong. I'll give you a hand with washing her hair and easy stuff… but don't you even think of letting me do the make up!"
Yuzu smiled, but then in front of the door she stopped before knocking. She turned to her sister, facing her with a serious look:
"It's very kind of you… to act so nice toward Rukia-chan…"
Karin rolled her eyes with boredom, but Yuzu stopped her putting her hands on her shoulders.
"I know how you're feeling, Karin-chan…" she added. "I also liked Orihime-chan a lot. Moreover, she lived with us for six years. I guess that's something we can put aside … but in the same time, we can't deny that Rukia-chan makes onii-chan truly happy!"
Karin lowered her gaze for a second, trying to pay attention at the design of the carpet underneath her.
"I really appreciate that you are putting an effort on liking Rukia-chan! Moreover she's not like a total stranger for us… Do you remember when Onii-chan was in highshool she lived with us for a while… even slept in our room and that… "
"Don't… Yuzu!" Karin snapped. "I can see what you're trying… It's not like I'm trying to take a special liking on Rukia. I really don't! The same as you, I want Ichii-nii to be happy… so I'll like anyone who'd make him happy!"
Yuzu smiled relieved, prepared to knock on the door, but then Karin added:
"But don't get me wrong, Yuzu! If she'll break his heart, I'll break her throat!"
Yuzu's eyes widened:
"You'd better keep those words for yourself, Karin-chan! Especially today, since it's her birthday!"
"Oh! Yuzu… you're worrying too much. I already said that I'll give her a chance, haven't i?" and after she said that she opened the door putting on a cheerful smile.
The girls found Rukia dressed up in her shinigami uniform, trying to brush her hair, without even looking in the mirror.
"I guess that a simply brush won't do, Rukia!" Karin said with a smile.
"I'll go get the hairspray!" Yuzu added.
Rukia frowned confused and turned to the twins .
"Well… since it's your birthday, you won't mind being spoiled a little!" Karin replied to her inquiry expression.
"Today, you'll be treated at the Kurosaki beauty salon!" Yuzu added. "Hairstyle, nails, make up… everything you can imagine!"
Rukia blinked watching the girls one at a time.
"Oh, you mustn't be shy!" Yuzu encouraged the little shinigami.
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Yet during that evening, Byakuya got off from work earlier than usual. He entered his study and ignoring Haruna's presence took the Armani suit from his desk. Haruna smiled self pleased and got up up from the tatami in order to help him get dressed.
"Could you allow me at least the moment of intimacy while changing my clothes?" he asked passionless.
She smirked as she was taking off his captain haori.
"My poor, Toto… There is nothing that I haven't seen before…"
"We were children back then, playing in Shiba's pool!" he replied apathetically.
On his words, her hands clinched on his shoulders for a second.
"I wonder if you are right…" she whispered with her lowest and saddest voice.
"I beg your pardon?" he asked inquiry.
"No! Nothing!" she replied instantly, going back to the cheerful, lousy and despotic character she was trying so hard to play. "I'll let you change… "
And she left the room.
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Rukia was waiting for her nails paint to dry off, while she was having girls chats with the Kurosaki twins. It wasn't something that she was doing often. After all she was living in a men's world. She talked about make up… about boys…about fashion… she laughed and giggled and then…on the window's hill Renji suddenly appeared:
"Happy Birhday, Rukia!" he snapped making the petite brunette startle.
"Renji…" she hissed, prepared to scold him, but then he reached for her hand offering her a little box. She took it and opened it, finding inside necklace with a little pink rabbit hanging.
"Just tell me that you like it and I'll leave…"
She bit her lips.
"Renji… it's perfect…" she whispered.
His face turned slightly red and sorrowful at the same time. From behind, while watching the scene, Karin frowned suspiciously. Notching her glare Renji tried to hide his blush.
"I'm glad… yep… glad…that you like it!" he commented. "Well I'll be leaving then…I was supposed to be back in Seireitei yesterday, but I couldn't leave without seeing you on your birthday…"
Rukia opened her mouth to say something, but then Renji turned, prepared to leave:
"Say hello to Ichigo! Hope the two of you will spend a nice evening!... See ya, Rukia!"
The next moment, Rukia was again alone with Ichigo's sisters.
"Well do something about her hair!" Karin snapped to her sister, breaking the heavy atmosphere.
Rukia immediately put her hands over her hair in a protective manner.
"There's no need to fix my hair…" she said. " I mean… I like that we played today with the make-up and everything… but there is no need to go all over my hair since I'm not going anywhere tonight…"
Yuzu and Karin gave themselves meaningful looks.
"Is that so….?" Karin commented.
"Maybe Onii-chan has something in his mind for tonight…"
And the next second a knock on the door was heard and Ichigo entered, in his shinigami uniform:
"Is she ready?" he asked.
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"What present have you bought?" Haurna asked while accompanying Byakuya to the exit of the manor.
"I ordered a pair of earrings."
Haruna made a weary face.
"Does she even like jewelries that much?"
"All women like jewelries" he stated objectively.
"Is that so?... And are you marrying "all women", Toto?"
He frowned annoyed.
"So… what does she like the most?"
"Chappies" he replied instantly.
"What the f… it's a chappy?" Haruna asked intrigued.
"It's a rabbit!" he replied irritated by her ignorance.
"Does it look like Seaweed Ambassador?" she asked suspicious and worried at the same time.
He didn't reply and she gasped hopelessly.
"Fine you're both weird! But I shouldn't care, right? Just go and buy her a chappy… rabbit…whatever it is… and then…go to a restaurant… a hotel…"
"This is so ad-hoc… I haven't made any reservation…" he stated.
"You'll figure it out… you're Kuchiki Byakuya, right?"
A self pleased smile appeared on the lips of the gorgeous shinigami dressed in elegant human clothes.
"You're very handsome, Toto…" she whispered with a strange smile.
"I hope she will think the same..." he replied.
Her smile instantly disappeared.
"Take care, Nene-cha I'll contact you as soon as I get back…" and he added and disappeared with a shunpo.
The next second, Haurna remained alone in the enormous garden, trying to fight the memories that kept returning to her like a boomerang.
"That's not what you answered me that last time…" she whispered. "The last time…"
~~Flashback~~
Haruna stood in the threshold watching Byakuya fixing his tie. It was their last night in the human world and they were going out. The vacation was about to end but she smiled on the thought that back home, she will be encountered by the wedding party. After all that happened last night at the dance club, the idea of marriage didn't bother her anymore. On the contrary…
Byakuya put on his lounge jacket and checked himself In the mirror.
"You're very handsome, Toto…" she said.
He turned to her with a cocky smile.
"And I'm all yours!" he replied.
She clapped her hands with enthusiasm and approached him with quick steps. She put her hands around his neck and then she…"
Haruna gasped.
"Good luck tonight, Toto!"
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Byakuya was looking around at the Karakura Town. "It's been a while…" was his first thought. The second one was "Where can I find an expensive and good flower shop? What is the best restaurant to make a reservation? And also a hotel… But no! Nene-cha went too far! There is no need for hotel!"
And he kept walking around the streets, dressed into a wonderful Armani suit, while carrying around an enormous chappy plushy.
"This looks high-quality…" he stated while stopping in front of a flower shop.
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Ichigo and Rukia were walking side by side, heading downtown.
"Your hair looks nice…" he stated.
She smiled.
"I mean really nice… my sisters made a good job. I'm really glad that you are getting along with them"
"Well it's not like I'm meeting them for the first time" she replied.
Then silence fell for a couple of minutes.
"So where are we going?" she asked.
He grinned.
"It's a secret! You'll see when we get there!"
But Rukia remained a second behind, as he thought she sensed a familiar reiatsu.
"What is it, Rukia?" he asked.
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Byakuya exited the shop holding a huge white rose bouquet and a smile appeared on his lips. He already sensed her reiatsu. It was as fresh and chilly as usual. It meant she was alright... and that she was near.
He took a step but then he stopped. He also sensed Kurosaki Ichigo's reiatsu near her. He frowned intrigued. "Wasn't he supposed to be home with his new human wife? Why was he still hanging around Rukia?" he asked himself intrigued. "They must be patrolling together!" she calmed himself. "That woman! She couldn't go easy on her not even on her birthday…"
He smiled. Her hardworking side was another reason for which he fell in love with her. He hid his reiatsu so she won't know that he was here. If he was going to surprise her, he will do it all the way…
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"What is it?" Ichigo asked.
Rukia suddenly turned to him. The reiatsu disappeared. Maybe it was her imagination. That guilt feeling that was overwhelming her every time Byakuya's image appeared in her mind.
"No… it's nothing…" she replied.
And nothing was indeed, because tonight, she wished that she won't think about him anymore. Only for a couple of hours she will stop thinking about the engagement. For once she'll try to enjoy the life she has without bringing any sorrow into it. Maybe tomorrow she'll go back to Seireitei and start to plan her own wedding reception. Maybe tomorrow she'll have to find a way out to explain Ichigo that she's leaving him for good…. But tonight It was her birthday! She was supposed to be happy … and also she didn't want to hurt anyone yet.
"Nothing! Is that so?…" he stated diffidently and approached her suddenly taking her in his arms.
"Oi! Ichigo ! What are you doing! Put me down!"
He smirked at her, prepared to offer back one of his cheesy lines.
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"She's near…" Byakuya stated mentally trying to find his way out of the little streets. He held tight the flowers and the plushy, thinking of the words she should tell when she'll notice him.
"Happy birthday, Rukia…"
No…Too simple.
"I've missed so much. Happy Birthday…"
No… It's too cheesy and if i can allow myself to act like this in front of Rukia, I can't do it in front of Kurosaki!"
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"Put me down, Ichigo!"
"I'll put you down if you'll give me a kiss!" Ichigo replied with the same smirk.
"What?!" she snapped nervously.
He frowned.
"Come on, Rukia! It's your birthday!... Loosen up a little bit! Do whatever you feel like!"
"Ichigo… just put me down…"
He smiled.
"I wonder if you really want me to put you down…" he added while piercing with his amber eyes.
"I…" she hissed and without acknowledging, her body moved out her control. She leaved over him…over his lips.
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"She's right on the corner" he told himself and his heart started to beat fast as if he was a teenager again. He just missed her so much… He didn't care that Kurosaki was there also. He will just go to her and grab her in his arms… His Rukia…His fiancé… His wife…
He took a step…
And then another…
He turned around her corner…
And then his teenager heart stopped!
"See that wasn't that hard!" Ichigo's voice was popping from a distance of 20 feet and Rukia, from his arms, answered him with a clear and beautiful laugh.
"That's not fair!" she replied. "You stole it for me!"
Byakuya clinched his hand around the white roses almost squashing the flowers. His forehead was all covered up by a deep frown, but his eyes were still wide open… and his mind was still sane so he couldn't deny what he was seeing:
Ichigo Kurosaki held tighter Rukia in his arms and turned her around in a pirroutte. The sound of her happy laugh scratched Byakuya's ears. That innocent lover's game filled him with repugnance. Kurosaki stopped from that pirouette and he… stole her another kiss.
That kiss…
Those lips he was kissing.
The lips of his fiancé… the ones he didn't dare to touch yet!
Who is to blame? Who is to pity?
Was he angry? Was he hurt?
Should he reveal his presence? Should he just kill Kurosaki?
But he didn't want any of these. He threw the flowers and the plushy.
He just…
He just…
But he was Kuchiki Byakuya. He couldn't cry.
"Come on, Ichigo! I've kissed you! Now put me down!"
Her voice…His name…
He couldn't bear them anymore. Leaving all behind, he disappeared.
Concerning the next chapters... i will try something different... The night that follows is a looong one that i plan for a long time now.( the Byakuya proposing to Rukia) and in order to not miss a thing i will make a chapter for every character. A chapter written form character's point of view, revealing their true desires and feelings. And i think i'll Go with Haruna (i really need that because you guys are hating her too much, haha), Renji and Goroza (the same chap), Byakuya, Ichigo and last but not least Rukia (who will eventually make her choice . Some chapters will be long, some very , very short (like Ichigo, since his position is pretty clear) ... But remember... i can update fast, if you review more!
That's it for the moment! See next time! Until then, Read and review!