Chapter 6-Ichigo and Rukia
Ichigo couldn't take his mind off of what Hikaru had told him yesterday so to try and get it out of his head he went to talk to Hikaru. Ichigo walked in to the squad 5 office to find Hikaru sleeping on the sofa alone so Ichigo tried to take his mask off again but before he could even reach for it Hikaru said, "I'm not asleep"
"what do you want?" he asked sitting up
"I want to talk about what you told me yesterday" Ichigo told him
"don't tell anyone about the drones, I can give you access to them if you want" Hikaru said
"no it's about Rukia" Ichigo said
"what that she's in to you?" Hikaru asked
"yeah how would you know that?" Ichigo asked
"well when she's near you her body temperature increases and her breathing increases, sings of attraction and you can see her pupils dilate" Hikaru told him
"how would you know all that?" Ichigo asked kind of impressed
"these are really advanced drones" Hikaru said
"that is another thing I have looked around and I haven't seen any of your drones" Ichigo said
"they're camouflaged" Hikaru told him about to go back to sleep
"wait I need to know what to do?" Ichigo asked
"ask her out and talk about it" he said pushing Ichigo out the door
Ichigo thought about what Hikaru had told him and he decided to take his advice, Ichigo ran to the squad 5 offices to find Rukia packing up and about to go, "Rukia what were you going to do tonight?" he asked
"I was going to go home then go to sleep" she said
"do you want to get dinner?" Ichigo asked really nervous
"ok" she said, "we can go now"
The two walked out the barracks and Ichigo realised that he had nothing planed, "where are we going?" Rukia asked
"how about you decide" Ichigo said
"you had nothing planed, idiot" she said, "there is a restaurant not too far from here"
They started to walk to the restaurant when Rukia asked, "why did you want to get dinner?"
"well we never talked much outside fighting hollows and arguing so I thought we could talk" he said
"ok" she said as they walked in to the restaurant and got a table, they sat down and talked. The dinner was over and Rukia was about to leave when she asked, "was this a date?"
"no I just wanted to talk" Ichigo said
"so you don't want any of this" she said mentioning to herself
"of course I could date a girl ten times hotter than you" he said
"yeah right who would go out with you" she said
"I'm sure a lot of women would want a chance to date me" he said
"well the women in your imagination don't count" Rukia said
"as fun as this is what I really wanted to ask you is if you would teach me kido" Ichigo told her thinking on his feet
"you want to learn kido" Rukia said raising her eyebrow
"well I am a captain and my lieutenant can't be better at kido than me" he said, "just teach me the basics"
"fine met me in the west Rukongai forest tomorrow afternoon" she said walking away
Next day
Ichigo had finished his work for the day and he was standing in the forest waiting for Rukia, suddenly out of nowhere a red sphere flew at him, he jumped out of the way letting it explode a tree as Rukia walked in from the direction of the kido, "are you trying to kill me?" Ichigo shouted at her
"no but I want you focused, if you don't the kido could explode in your face like with Renji and that tree" Rukia told him
"ok" Ichigo said getting ready
By the end of the day Ichigo had almost mastered low level hado and was trying some bakudo, "Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and tear out your own throat!" he chanted, "bakudo number 9 horin"
Orange tendrils flew out of Ichigo's hand and tied up Rukia, "well done, very strong" she said trying to get out, Ichigo started to move the tendrils around, he turned Rukia upside down and swung her about
"I feel like I'm going to be sick" she said
"sorry" Ichigo said letting her out
"let's stop for today and come back tomorrow" she said catching her breath
"sure" Ichigo picked up Zangetsu and went to leave when he felt the presents of a hollow, he pulled out Zangetsu and Rukia released Sode no Shirayuki
The hollow confronted then, it was like a werewolf wearing a hollow mask, "ah a captain and a lieutenant your souls will taste exquisite" it said
"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren" Rukia called out the dance and pointed her zanpakuto at the hollow freezing everything between her and it, she turned around thinking it was gone when it appeared beside her and grabbed her with one hand and held her above its mouth
"an appetiser before the main course" it said about to eat a struggling Rukia
"getsuga tensho" Ichigo shouted firing it at the hollow, it just flashed out of the way not paying Ichigo any mind
"don't worry it will be your turn soon" it said about to eat Rukia again, Ichigo flashed in close and cut off the arm holding Rukia before slicing through the things neck and catching Rukia before she hit the ground
"get off me" she said jumping out of his arms and picking up Sode no Shirayuki, "same time tomorrow"
Rukia was about to leave when Ichigo built up the courage and shouted, "it was a date"
"I knew it you want this" she said
"maybe I do but you want me just as much" Ichigo told her
"what would give you that idea" she said blushing
"well your blushing now and I know you to well" he said walking towards her
"well maybe I do" she said walking towards him making them face to face
"well what do we do now?" Ichigo asked
"this you idiot" she said kissing him
Ichigo went back to the captains room happy and couldn't wait to tell Hikaru
Next day
Ichigo was looking for Hikaru and Shuhei had told him that Hikaru had gone out for a walk, he had been searching for about 15 minutes when he found him on a bench with a crying Rangiku, "what happened?" Ichigo asked sitting down
"I am going to be out of money for the next 3 years" Rangiku said through the tears, "that means no makeup or hair products and no accessories"
"it will be ok Rangiku" Hikaru said patting her on the back
"can you pay for the captains hair gel?" she asked
"I could" Hikaru said as Ichigo shook his head, "but I'm not going to"
"then what are you going to do?" Rangiku asked still crying
Hikaru put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a card, "my friend owns a studio he could use a new model" he handed her the card
"I don't know if I can do this" Rangiku said
"it pays more than your job" Hikaru told her
"wait this is an adult film studio, I'm not doing that" she said
"fine here's a card for a lingerie model studio, each shoot pays 1 and half times what you earn here" Hikaru told her handing over the card
"how would you know that?" Ichigo asked
"I was a lingerie model at one point that's how I know this guy" Hikaru told them
"thank you" Rangiku said hugging Hikaru
"so what's new?" he asked turning to Ichigo after Rangiku ran off
"well me and Rukia are going out" Ichigo told him
"good but I managed to give myself a pay rise" Hikaru told him
"didn't yo…wait how did you do that?" Ichigo asked curious
"if there is money left over in the monthly financial reports captains can give themselves pay rises" Hikaru explained
"ok but me and Rukia are together now isn't that more exciting than your self pay rise" Ichigo said
"no with this extra money I can buy a new mask" Hikaru said
"ok it was nice talking to you" Ichigo said walking away
End of chapter 6