"Come on Rukia" Renji pushes her forward towards Squad 11 "I'm not ready you stupid baboon" Rukia curses him pushing back and digging her heels into the ground in an effort to ground herself "You'll never get him to listen to you if you don't do this" Renji stares at her sternly.
"Damn it Renji I'm not a freaking child" she huffs crossing her arms childishly "Then don't act like one" he mocks in a patronizing tone before anything else could be said Rukia had jumped forward and punched him taking off in the opposite direction as quick as she could.
"RUKIA" Renji yells desperately but she doesn't turn just keeps going before stopping a good ways away from Squad 11 "I'm never going to get any peace around here" Rukia sighs exhausted "Then perhaps you should deal with the problem instead of making up excuses" Ikkaku steps out of the forest cover.
Scowling at the man who had made her life basically hell "Just be my woman and everything will go back to normal" Ikkaku grins stepping forward to pull her too him only to grasp air and find Rukia across the clearing "Don't touch me" she snaps stomping her foot angrily.
"Come on now you know you like it rough" Ikkaku shrugs hoping that it would draw her to him but instead she flash-steps further away "I don't like anything that involves you and I would like it if you left me alone" she spits out venomously "That makes it all the more fun" he smiles.
"Damn it just go away" she snarls out growing angrier by the minute "Make me shorty" Ikkaku mocks and Rukia lunges forward catching Ikkaku in the groin sending him to the ground on his knee's moaning in pain "Your vicious" Ikkaku grins for a moment before grimacing in pain as his groin throbs in pain.
"I'm telling you right now Ikkaku Madarame IF you do NOT leave me ALONE I WILL SLAUGHTER YOU" Rukia grinds out slowly between her clenched teeth "Oh I love a woman who likes to punish me for being a bad boy" Ikkaku grins and Rukia screeches in fury at his words.
"That's it" Rukia snaps slapping his harshly across the cheek before following through with a punch breaking his nose and kicking him in the chest sending him flying across the clearing to hit a tree roughly knocking him unconscious before storming off back towards the Kuchiki mansion furious.
Taking deep breaths as she walks Rukia tries to calm herself down her blood still boiling from her encounter with Ikkaku after a few minutes the anger simmers down and she slowly starts to relax her tensed muscles just as she was completely relaxed Captain Hitsugaya turns the corner.
"Good Morning Captain Hitsugaya" Rukia says bowing low feeling her cheeks flame up at remembering last night "Morning Kuchiki" he waves walking passed her before stopping "Hey what happened to your hand" Toshirou asks noticing that it was swelled up.
"Oh that" Rukia says staring at her hand "I just gave Madarame a piece of my mind and I might have broke his nose" she smiles sheepishly feeling slightly bad about knocking him out "And where is Madarame now" Hitsugaya asks staring at Rukia in slight amusement.
"In the forest still knocked out probably" she rubs her head looking down "Hey you shouldn't feel ashamed" Toshirou shrugs "Would you like to get lunch with me" he blurts out before blushing lightly at his blunt question 'Only Matsumoto is this blunt maybe she's rubbing off on me' he thinks in his thoughts scowling at the thought.
"Sure" Rukia nods surprised that the usually strict and serious Captain asked her to go too lunch with him "But first we should get that hand checked out at 4th" Toshirou says pointing at her still rapidly swelling hand grabbing her he clears his throat "It'll be faster this way" he explains before flash-stepping straight to Squad 4.
"Captain Hitsugaya what brings you here" Captain Unohana steps out of the building upon feeling the approaching spiritual pressure of Toshirou "Kuchiki here hurt her hand could you check out it looks pretty bad" Toshirou asks setting Rukia down on her feet now that they were at Squad 4.
"Sure come along this way Rukia" Unohana beckons with her hand and Rukia does so instantly not wanting to set off the Captain of Squad 4 after a quick examination Rukia's hand was wrapped in a bandage and told not to strain it any further for the rest of the day and with that Rukia and Hitsugaya leave for lunch.
"Where should we go" Toshirou asks unsure where to even go for lunch as Matsumoto usually chooses "Maybe that new restaurant Tanzaku?" Rukia suggests shyly still not really believing that he had invited her along to get lunch with him "Sounds good" Toshirou agrees turning left and heading straight for the restaurant.
"Hey Rangiku you haven't seen Rukia have you" Renji asks running into Matsumoto on his search for his petite friend "No, have you seen Captain Hitsugaya anywhere" Rangiku asks in return "Not at all" Renji shakes his head "Well where on earth could he be I was going to ask if he wanted to get lunch with me" Rangiku pouts.
Just then as they both turned to go on their separate paths to look for their friend/Captain a groan is heard and Ikkaku stumbles in between them landing flat on his face "What the hell happened to you Ikkaku" Renji curses rushing to help his friend to his feet "Rukia just make me want her more" Ikkaku mumbles before groaning.
"Rukia beat you up did she" Renji asks now feeling slightly less sympathetic for his friend "I did try to warn you" Renji shrugs before stopping upon realizing that Ikkaku was still going to chase after her "Man she's gonna murder you if you don't leave her alone" Renji tries to explain.
"She'll warm up to me sooner or later" Ikkaku grins before falling unconscious on his feet still being held by Renji "Come on lets get him to Captain Zaraki" Matsumoto offers and with that both friends where headed towards Squad 11 to drop Ikkaku off along the way they meet up with Captain Zaraki.
"The hell happened to him" Zaraki asks roughly "Oh Rukia beat him up" Renji says grinning when humor flashes through Captain Zaraki's eye "She did eh maybe I ought to go a round with her" Zaraki laughs "I'm sure you would Captain Zaraki" Renji whispers under his breath.
Dropping Ikkaku off at his room Renji and Matsumoto prepare to take off in different directions when they see the people they are looking for walking together "Why is Rukia with your Captain Rangiku" Renji asks in confusion while Rangiku is squealing in her thoughts.
'Oh Captain I am so happy for you' she squeals to herself before realizing Renji was waving a hand in front of her face "What did you say Renji" Rangiku asks sheepishly "I asked why they were together" Renji huffs out "I don't know" Rangiku grins hoping to hide her happiness for her little friend.
"I must admit that was a good choice the food was delicious" Toshirou says to Rukia as they were walking back to their respective Squads "Though next time I'll pay for you" Toshirou tell her throwing an amused glare at the petite girl who blushes "I'll try to remember that" Rukia tries to redeem herself.
Laughing Toshirou waves and head back to his office to get started on the rest of his paperwork a few minutes after he sits down Matsumoto enters with a smile on her face "Do I even want to know" Toshirou asks as she sits down at her own desk "I'm so happy for you Captain" she smiles but doesn't say anything further.
"Someone's being naughty" a voice singsongs causing Rukia to turn around drawing her Sode no Shirayuki "Who's there" she calls out and the Lieutenant of Squad 11 appears before her "Oh Lieutenant Kusajishi you scared me" Rukia smiles at the small pink-haired soul reaper.
"Sorry Ruk-ruki" Yachiru grins looking up at the taller girl "Kenny was happy that you took care of Ikkaku" Yachiru rambles out "Um Lieutenant who's Kenny" Rukia asks in confusion "That would be me you little mouse" Captain Zaraki appears behind Rukia upon hearing Yachiru's nickname for him slip from her lips.
"Captain Zaraki" Rukia bows politely "There's no need to be all stiff and formal like that" Zaraki grins ruffling Rukia's hair roughly nearly knocking her over with the weight of his arm "You would have done well in my squad" Zaraki gives her an indirect compliment.
"Thank you Captain" Rukia smiles before realizing that she had to get back to Captain Ukitake "Uh I'm sorry sir but I've have to go" Rukia bows once more before flash-stepping the rest of the way back to Squad 13 "I'm sorry I'm late sir" Rukia rushes out bowing low.
"It's alright Rukia lighten up a little bit" Ukitake chuckles softly before coughing after a moment the coughing subsides and he looks at Rukia who was staring at him in concern "You should rest some more Captain Ukitake" Rukia says rushing around to make a new pot of tea and putting on some relaxing music.
"Your to kind to me Rukia" Ukitake smiles softly at her while her back was turned 'You're the one who deserves the kindness after everything you've been through' Ukitake thinks to himself fondly while watching Rukia make the tea she was humming along with the soft music.
"Here you go Captain Ukitake it's your favorite" Rukia smiles gently setting the cup of tea in front of her Captain once he's taken a sip she asks nervously if it was alright and to his liking "It was perfect Rukia" Ukitake smiles at her reassuringly before turning back to his paperwork.
