[The Moon and The Sun]:
Author's Note:
Hmm, for once I have nothing much to say :'X
so no delays this time!
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I do not own Bleach or any of it's characters!
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Enjoy! :D
Normal POV:
"You have got to be kidding me.." he deadpanned. The excitement glint in each of their eyes as they laid out his punishment infront of him. Cruel and harsh. He thought he was prepared for everything that they could ever throw at him and they just had to prove him so very wrong. His head that was held high previously immediately flushed the deepest red when the bright pink top of piece of lingerie held in his face, mocking him. "What do you expect me to do with this?!" incredulity in his voice, the shock and embarrassment written clearly for all to read.
The culprit of the group stood out giving clear orders "you've to wear it of course" her smirk grew wider, showing her canine teeth.
If there was even a single drop of water in his mouth, he would've either choked or spit it out at her face "What?! Are you crazy? What if someone saw me wearing this...this thing?!" he held up the skimpy hot pink bikini top with two fingers and swung it around like it was repulsive.
"Well we all agreed to the punishment Kurosaki, I dont see why you should make a big deal out of it" the multiple-skilled raven male shrugged uncaringly, though trying his best not to burst out in laughter.
"Why don't YOU do it instead you cocky pric-"
A hand held up and stopped him from continuing his retort "Stop it, we won and that's that so stop whining Ichigo.." she stared up at him, her violets piercing through his amber, daring him to say any different "unless you're not man enough to take it" her thick lashes fluttering ever so gently over her wide glorious orbs. He was about to open his mouth to protest again when she cut him short with a threatening glare.
Growling in frustration, he ran his fingers through his hair and looked away to a distant place "fine, but it's just for a minute right?" cursing under his breath.
She nodded her head in agreement "you don't have to wear it out, but at least wait until all of us has seen it" she couldn't imagine the muscular young lad wearing the stringy piece of cloth over himself, furthermore one with such a girlish color.
With that, she sent him off to the changing room while the rest of of them waited just outside. Orihime noticed the disappearance of Muzuiro and was about to question it when he reappeared by the doorway beside Chad. Rukia turned to him expectantly, to which he responded with a thumbs up and she returned with a nod. A minute or two later, groans and mumbles of curses were heard from the other side of the door, Ichigo was struggling to even place the bikini in the right area, the strings tangled up into undecipherable knots. "How the heck does this stupid thing work?! Forget it I'm not wearing it!"
Rukia rolled her eyes and knocked on the door "Ichigo Open," she said indifferently.
"WHAT?! n-no! I'm not done yet and it's not - "
She crossed her arms and tapped her feet on the ground, "you'd better open up before I kick the door down Ichigo"
There was a pause of deafening silence before he hesitantly unlocked the door and opened it slightly ajar. Before he could yell at her or ask her what she wanted, her petite body had already smoothly slipped through the small gap and closed the door behind her, locking the two of them within the small bathroom. Flustered, he took a few steps back when he realized that their bodies were touching and he could feel the warmth that radiated off her.
Rukia merely chuckled at his obvious naivety and 'innocence', not at all bothered by their close proximity. True enough, she found Ichigo topless with the pink piece dangling off his neck, the bottom park was tangled tightly with the upper. How he had managed to get himself into such a mess, she had no idea, but it was much more assuring than if he wore it with ease, the thought would have been absolutely wrong. Sighing, she took a few steps towards him and placed her hand on his arm which earned a slight shiver from him.
Outside, the six stood patiently in wait while their friend took control of the 'situation', one in particular was whining about how Ichigo was a lucky asshole who got be in a small room with Kuchiki-san. "Stop fidgeting Idiot!" everyone recognized the low womanly voice as Rukia's.
"What are you doing Midget, don't touch me!" followed by a few noises of fumbling and shuffling.
"I said stay still!" and SMACK! the painful sound of hard contact against skin.
A yelp "why'd you hit me for you crazy woma-" another SMACK! though it was a common practice of 'discipline', Ichigo was not one to realize when it was appropriate to keep his mouth shut and the insults to himself. Everyone sweat-dropped and shook their heads, internally thankful that they were not the ones at the receiving end of the punishment.
"Alright let me see how you look" they heard before a loud laughter was erupted, the door slammed open and their poor blushing friend was roughly shoved out. Five..Four..Three..Two..One.."HAHHAHAHAHA" Rukia, Tatsuki and Keigo were literally rolling on the ground, Uryu choked out from laughing, Chad just coughed behind his fist and looked away, Orihime turned red and giggled, Muzuiro was Click!..
'Click?...' his brain slowly processing, his body waited another whole five seconds before finally being to respond and understand what had just happened. "Why you!-" and charged towards Muzuiro before a swift kick was sent to his shin, making his sprawl over on the ground in pain. He didn't even have to think to know who was the person to cause the action. "Catch, Kuchiki-san" was said before the camera was tossed over to the young raven.
Nodding her head in sign of approval, she searched through the photos and smirked "Ahh, good job Muzuiro, that's a good shot!". The others gathered around her, eager to see the photo that Muzuiro had taken of Ichigo in the 'sexy seductive outfit'. In the picture, shown every single detail clearly of the previous display; the bikini wrapped too tightly around his chest, two pieces of hot pink fabric covering his solid front muscles. Pissed, he ripped off the provocative 'lingerie' from his body and threw it roughly on the ground. 'Damn it, if anyone else gets a hold of the pictures, everyone is going to think I have some fetish for cross-dressing!'
"Eh? I never knew you would look so delicious in a women's swim suit" Keigo snickered disgustingly in obvious mockery.
"Urusai! If it weren't for this stupid punishment, I would've never touched such a thing! You guys better delete that photo before I start murdering!"
Not taking his threat very seriously, the rest just shrugged "You guys, maybe we shouldn't do this to Kurosaki-kun?" the auburn haired female wasn't one who wanted to cause anyone displeasure, especially to Ichigo.
"See? Inoue is the only one with a heart here, the rest of you are evil" then pointing an accusing finger at Rukia "especially you! you're the worst of them. Ice queen my foot, you're more like the devil's incarnation!"
"Oh me? why I'm hurt Ichigo, why would you say such a thing?" she pouted, her eyes seemingly to glitter. Had he not known better, the innocent display she was putting would have easily fooled anyone. "The photos will be safe with me" before giving Ichigo a wink and sticking her tongue out at him. If that sentence was supposed to make him feel any better, it definitely only added a reversed effect. Had anyone been able to chance upon this particular set of photos, he would rather die than go through such ego deflating torture. Rukia was his friend, she wouldn't do such things to embarrass him..right?..right?!
snapping him out of his current daze, "so what's me and Orihime's punishment then?" Tatsuki questioned.
"woohoo! The two of you will be my personal servant~ and you're going to wear a maid costumes and call me master!" Keigo's mind was filled with a bunch of perverted thoughts.
"eh?! What?" The two females cried out in unison, despair and fearing that their punishment was indeed of such cruelty.
Then their knight in shining armore came in the form of the petite Rukia "no no don't worry about it, Keigo's just dreaming. Anyways Tatsuki, though your punishment has something to do with Keigo, it's not anything drastic"
Tatsuki only nodded, not sure whether to be relieved that she didn't have to do something as ridiculous as serving as a maid, or to feel dreaded that the punishment was related to the brainless and horny teenage boy.
"Your punishment will last for four hours and during this time, you have to for once be nice to Keigo. That means no insulting and no physical attacks. Got it?"
Tatsuki sighed but held back from commenting "alright alright, let's get this over with"
"what about me?" Orihime inquired, quite anticipating what fun her 'punishment' was to bring"
"oh yes for you, we have yet to decide so is it okay if we keep the punishment aside first?" Orihime jumped slightly in enthusiasm and readily agreed.
Since it was near lunch time, the group separated to prepare for their picnic outdoors, each with a different task on hand. Muzuiro and Chad layed out the mat while the rest went to gather the food they had made from their homes. Fearing for their stomachs and lives, they had left Orihime in charge of getting the drinks, in hopes that she would have just gotten bottled ones instead of brewing some odd concoction.
The eight had spread themselves out on the wide plaided mat "sorry everyone, I didn't have time to make my special chocolate peach tea, I hope you don't mind that I just bought those bottles drinks from the stall". Everyone else inwardly gave a sigh of relief and thanked the gods for sparing them of the agonizing ordeal.
The fine tint of red appeared on Orihime's face as she walked towards Ichigo "Ano.. Kurosaki-kun, may I sit beside you?.."
"Of course Inoue" as he shifted slightly to make space for her, bumping into Rukia's back in the process.
"Oi Baka, stop shifting towards me, you're hogging all the space!" Rukia said as she leant back into his side, pushing him towards Orihime. The two ended up pushing and shoving against each other. Rukia shoved her elbow back, sending it hard in impact against Ichigo's side, causing the latter to scringe in pain. He growled and sent a hard shove against Rukia, she almost spilled the drink she was holding.
"Chibi!" She yelped before launching backwards. Ichigo leant back to dodge her attack, and with nothing to meet her full input of force, she ended up falling into Ichigo's lap.
"hahahaha! Stupid midget, you missed!" He roared in laughter.
"Urusai!" her face red in embarassment, smacking him in the chest. He caught both of her hands in a firm grip and crossed it above her chest, pushing it down so she couldn't move.
She struggled wildly "let go of me!" She puffed her cheeks and glared at him. He chuckled at her rare display of childishness. She stopped moving and huffed, stopping her movements altogether. Seeing it as a sign of peace agreement, he let her hands go and looked down at her "okay you're free midget, now get up. My legs are aching from your weight" when in fact she was probably lighter than a feather.
She lifted a delicate eyebrow at his comment, then smirked "neh I think I'll stay like that instead, your thighs are a pretty good replacement of a pillow" and shifted to make herself comfortable. As she tilted her head back, she found a sad expression across Orihime's face. Knowing that her current interaction with the carrot top was the reason to her friend's discomfort, she quickly got up. A pang of guilt hit her, her lips curved slightly downwards.
Not understanding her sudden change of mind, he probed "why'd you suddenly get up midget? Weren't you refusing to budge a second ago? Such a fickle-minded person you are" he attempted to lighten the sudden dampened spirit of hers.
"ahh, just decided not to anymore. Im going for a walk" she forced a smile and quickly stood up, walking away before anyone could ask questions. Ichigo frowned at the abrupt change in her mood and was about to follow her when a hand held him back. " kurosaki-kun I'm sure she's fine, maybe she just wants to be alone?"
He stayed silent for awhile before finally settling back down. Orihime offered him some food to which he accepted politely, all the while turning to check if Rukia was still in sight. He was in a conversation with Tatsuki and Orihime when he spotted a male figure approaching Rukia. He was about to shrug it off when the man suddenly grabbed Rukia from behind.