A/N: Well I really enjoyed that first chapter. Thank you for your review 27kirune12. Hope you guys enjoy the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or its characters, sadly.
"Oh for the love of God, Ichigo, I do not sleep walk!" Rukia yelled in pretend frustration she slapped her hand on her leg to show this. Ichigo stood there also pretending to be annoyed. "You totally do! You freak! Why in the world would you sleep walk right next to me?"
Rukia sighed getting ready to explode when Yuzu walked in. She could feel the tension in the air. "Ummm, you guys breakfast is ready."
"Thanks." They said with a faint blush showing on their face. They ate and began walking to school together. " You know every day we walk to this school and pretend to be normal high school students but we really are not. The five of us are not normal. We go to war almost every day and come back to this place and its just not the same. We've lost that innocence. Even Orihime has lost all of that. She has seen people die, she has seen bloodshed and then she comes here, and how do you cope? How do we become normal again?"
Rukia tried to come up with an answer for him, but there seemed to be none. To be honest this was all for show for her. She wasn't really a part of this world anymore. She had left it many years ago. But for Ichigo and the others this was real. When the missions were over he would return here and expected to go back to the life he knew. The life of a man who would grow up and marry, have children. But he was right now could you simply go back to that after being a part of a deadly world for so long.
"I don't really know how to answer that for you. To be honest this is unfair to you. Its unfair for all of you and I guess that I am to blame."
She remembered that night so clearly. It was what had lead to all of this. It lead to her feelings for him and his feelings for her. It lead to the others getting involved, well, other than Ishida he had kind of done that on his own. She remembered stabbing him with the sword as she introduced herself to him. She could tell that he was honorable in that one second. He would have done anything for his family. He still would.
"No I chose to take on that responsibility. It was not completely your fault." Sometimes he wanted to reach out and hold her most of all when she was feeling guilty. But he wouldn't touch her.
They nearly jumped out of their skin when Renji popped up behind them. "Hey guys"
"Geez Renji! Maybe a little warning next time!" Ichigo said annoyed.
"What could be more of a warning than "hey guys" you idiot?"
This earned him a hit on the shoulder by Rukia.
"What do you want anyways?" she asked
"The head captain has called for you."
Ichigo pulled Kon out of the bag who had crossed his arms. He hated that he was always stuffed in that bag. Ichigo took the pill and popped it into his mouth. Then he and Rukia headed off with Renji. Kon knew what to do. "What's going on Renji?"
"The Soul Society was attacked last night, and there are still no leads. We need all the help we can get. What we do know is that there were several people. They had the skill of 2nd squad."
"This doesn't sound good."
"Yes, in the past there have been a handful of people who had been fired from there, we believe that it could be them wanting revenge."
"That's just stupid…why after all this time would they attack now?" Ichigo said jumping off a roof top to another.
"Actually, it hasn't been just all of this time. The second squad captain fired a member just the other day. We believe it might have been the final straw. Captain Suifon is extremely strict, all of the rules in her squad are to be followed to a t and when they are not, she fires them after the second warning."
"What proof do you have that it's the them?" Rukia asked thankful they had finally arrived to the gate.
"The Second Squad's area has been destroyed."
Ichigo stopped mid run. "What the hell?! How did Suifon let that happen?"
"Suifon wasn't there…she hasn't been there in two days. The head Captain has heard no word on her she is missing."
"Does Yoruichi know about this?"
"Why would we notify her?" Renji asked.
"I don't know because it might be nice for her to know." Rukia said, she sighed "I will go and tell her."
"I will go on a head. Be careful." Ichigo said he wished he could reach out and touch her hand.
When she had gone Renji looked at Ichigo, jealousy come through onto his voice not Ichgio knew it. He was sure Ichgio didn't even know Rukia liked him. It had taken him forever to understand Orihime had. He was oblivious.
"When are you going to tell her?" He asked
"Tell her what?" Ichigo asked confused.
"That you're in love with her."
Ichgio's eyes opened wide. Renji stepped through the gate.