Warning: This chapter contains descriptions of sexual acts. Discretion is advised.

The Nightingale

Chapter 29: Naughtiness

Spring / Year x492 – June

Ichigo was exhausted, he had left Adelaar Castle as soon as that Council meeting had ended, and traveling on horseback, for almost two days without rest, was worse than going to fight. His father had given him an order and he had to carry it out, even if he didn't want to; all because he himself had sworn his allegiance to the kingdom, and the situation they were in endangered the kingdom.

Kholtan screeched as he flew overhead, it was almost noon, but the closer they got to the mountains, the cooler it was, and Kholtan enjoyed traveling like this, among nature; Ichigo looked up to see his eagle, gracefully beginning to descend, until it landed on his outstretched arm. Kholtan had returned early, which meant Rukia was less than half a day away. The trip to Maranni lasts six days at normal speed; Ichigo hoped that Councilor Kuchiki would not be in a hurry to get to Maranni, because he had to intercept the caravan before they reached their destination and he had no time to lose.

Kholtan had a piece of parchment in his paw, which Ichigo gently removed before letting his eagle fly again; It was the parchment with the note that he had sent to Rukia but it had a few words on the back, he immediately recognized Rukia's handwriting and smiled when he saw that she had responded with the instructions so that he could get to where she was.

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The main road, the first detour on the left after Tenjira.

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Tenjira was the closest city to where he and Uryu were at that time; Ichigo had managed to reach Councilman Kuchiki's caravan even though they had left the castle a day before him, and that kept him calm. His father's words kept echoing in his head with the mission he had given him, and Ichigo kept wondering how he was going to get Rukia out of there; if the rumors were true, Maranni would have so many soldiers, that leaving there with Rukia would be dangerous.

Ichigo advanced in the company of Uryu, the caravan where he carried his things was a day late because he had not stopped to rest more than necessary, and Renji had stayed in the castle in charge of training the soldiers; if everything went wrong, he didn't want to have to test the effectiveness of that training against Maranni's soldiers.

If everything went wrong, he didn't want to be the one responsible for guiding that attack.

They passed the entrance road to Tenjira and followed the main road until they reached the detour, the detour led to a farm, only the house was really large, more than usual for a common farm, and that seemed curious. Perhaps it belonged to Rukia's family, or perhaps to a friend of her family; It didn't really matter, what mattered was that Rukia was there and he had managed to catch up with her.

The soldiers guarding the entrance to the farm detained him, and he had to identify himself to them to be allowed to pass; the soldiers looked confused, but they couldn't deny him entry, he was one of the princes of the kingdom and he was the fucking Commander-in-Chief. He saw one of the soldiers enter the house and knew immediately that the soldier would notify Councilor Kuchiki of his arrival.

— Uryu, keep an eye on the soldiers, if you see someone leaving here too quickly to Maranni, eliminate them. — He whispered to Uryu, and his friend just nodded.

Kholtan was flying over the farm and Ichigo knew that his eagle would hunt whatever flew out of there; Kholtan was very smart, but above all, Kholtan was part of him. Ichigo didn't want to get to spill blood, but he would if necessary; the mission that his father had given him, in addition to getting Rukia out of there, was to find out how true the rumors were.

Ichigo dismounted his horse when Rukia left the door of the house, he was tired and his back hurt, he needed to rest but he would do that when he finished what he had to do. Rukia's smile when she saw him was genuine, she was happy to see him, and that made him happy, but he also knew that he had to talk to her about his arrival. Ichigo wondered how he was going to explain that she had to return with him to the capital, but above all, he did not know how to explain that she was a hostage and that the life of her family and many other people depended on her.

— Miss Kuchiki, these days without you have been torture. — He said with a smile when she reached him and bowed to him. They had to keep up appearances, but all he wanted at that moment was to kiss her and ignore the rumors about the Councilor, but he would have to save those wishes for later.

— Your Highness, I did not imagine that you would follow me home. — Rukia was looking at him, and although she looked happy, Ichigo could notice the questions that were beginning to form in her and that she couldn't express.

— I shouldn't have followed you, I should have gone out with you on this trip, my dear. — He said looking at Rukia's father also coming out the door and approaching them. — But I had things to do, however, a vacation in the mythical Maranni would not be bad.

Ichigo said it before Rukia's father got to where they were, he said it only to Rukia, because even if he couldn't speak openly about the situation they were in, he would at least try to sound contradictory enough for her to question the words that would come out of his mouth.

— Your Highness, what a surprise your visit. — The Councilor said without taking his eyes off him. Ichigo could tell the anger in Rukia's father; the Councilor definitely did not want him there and his visit was not well received at all. — I didn't expect you to come, Your Highness. Is something wrong with the kingdom? Is the king okay?

There was a lot going on with the kingdom, and the king was definitely not happy, but he couldn't tell that to the Councilor, not until the rumors were proven false. Ichigo really wished those rumors were false.

— The king is perfectly fine, as is the kingdom. He's just a bit sorry that he couldn't join you to celebrate your first grandchild. — He said in a friendly tone. If Ichigo had learned anything well from Vayalat, it was to know how to tell lies; but he couldn't underestimate the insight of others, especially if others were always on the alert. — But I hope that my unexpected visit is not a problem, I am here because the king has sent me to Neikel to review some matters; Lord Baltan has approached the king saying that there are bandits damaging his lands.

And to arrive at the city of Neikel, he had to follow the road to Maranni; it was a subtle way of telling him that he was going to accompany them the rest of the way but not that he was going to stay with them.

— Bandits are always a problem. — The Councilor added as he looked at him. The annoyance and suspicious attitude that Ichigo had noticed in the Councilor relaxed but not completely; the Councilor did not trust him. — I hope you will join us and allow us to host you in the Great House before you continue on your way to Neikel, Your Highness.

— It would be an honor, Councilor Kuchiki. — Ichigo paused and turned to see Rukia, who had been quietly next to him in that talk. The Councilor noticed and spoke again.

— My daughter will show you the room where you can rest, I imagine that traveling two days without rest will have been exhausting, Your Highness.

That was the comment Ichigo was waiting for, the confirmation that the Councilor knew he had reached them on purpose, the confirmation that the Councilor was suspicious of him and his trip to Neikel.

The Councilor did not say more and left with a serious gesture. Rukia took Ichigo by the hand and led him into the kitchen to offer him some water. Ichigo watched her make sure they were alone, and she sat down next to him before speaking in a whisper.

— I don't know how to ask this question without offending you. — Rukia played with her engagement ring as she spoke. Ichigo liked that she was with him, and he liked that during the entire talk with the Councilor she had been silent, listening and watching how they spoke. He liked it, because he knew she was paying attention to what they were saying and then she would ask him.

— Did you pay attention to the talk? — He asked calmly as he approached her to kiss her cheek and move closer to her ear to whisper. — I know you did, but we can't talk about it now. We will do it later, I promise you.

— It's okay. — Rukia whispered before moving a little to kiss him. He liked it when she had the initiative, but that only made him test his own resistance with her, not take her in his arms and carry her to the bed to make love to her.

They had spent nights together, he went into her room or she managed to evade the servants and enter his. Since the incident with the wound on his arm, that bed scene had been repeated a lot; Rukia's curiosity to know everything she didn't know was something that really put him to the test. The questions she asked him, the answers he gave her, and the examples she tried to recreate with the answers made him masturbate in the king's bathtub when he bathed.

By dinner time, Ichigo already knew where he was, whose house it belonged to, and how long it would take to get to Maranni from that point. Rukia had shown him the room where he would sleep that night, which was conveniently close to hers, and when everyone was asleep, he carefully made his way to Rukia's room; the door wasn't locked, so she was awake and waiting for him. It would be foolish to think that she was going to be left with the doubt of his so sudden visit from her; Rukia was smart and observant.

— Why are you here? — Rukia asked in a whisper the moment he was inside the room and the door had been locked. Ichigo could tell the curiosity in her voice, maybe a little angry, too. — And don't say that because you're going to Neikel, nobody rides three days without rest to get to a city because of some bandits, and I don't think you miss my kisses so much so that you get to where I am for a kiss.

Ichigo smiled, Rukia was quite smart and a fast learner. He still didn't know how to tell her things, but he knew he should.

— Because I want to be with my fiancée. — He said approaching her slowly until he cornered her against the wall. The room was lit with a couple of candles, so they weren't completely dark. — What, I can't travel three days without a break just to kiss you, my dear "Kingdom"?

Ichigo asked cheekily, reminding her of how she had referred to herself the night of Kaien's wedding. Ichigo could see Rukia's blush and put one of his hands on her waist pulling her closer to him; they both remembered perfectly what they had done at Kaien's wedding. Ichigo had seen how Kaien looked at Rukia, and he didn't like it, but Rukia was his and Kaien had to understand it, by hook or by crook.

— I like to see you jealous. — Rukia said with a smile shamelessly stroking his chest until she put her hands on his shoulders.

He saw her go from anger to desire in seconds, and he smiled at that, because he knew that when she bit her lip, it was because she was fighting her most basic and savage instincts. Ichigo loved that expression, he was addicted to her expression on her face, and he couldn't resist the urge to kiss her; Rukia did not resist and clung to him while kissing him, hugging him and tangling her fingers in his hair. Ichigo lowered his hands to Rukia's thighs only to lift her up and make her wrap her legs around his hips while still kissing her, propping her up against the wall.

He could feel Rukia's hands clinging to him; the way she caressed him as her little hands began to open his shirt and she began to kiss his neck. Ichigo had never let Rukia undress him, it prevented them from going further, towards the inevitable. He wanted Rukia with every fiber of his body, but he knew that if they made love, she would have to start drinking the tea of the Inamoratas and he knew what that tea did to women; Renji had told it him when one afternoon they were talking about the work of Tatsuki, Renji's sister.

He did not want that for Rukia, his mother had forced her to drink a tea, which was even stronger than that of the tea of the Inamoratas, and according to the Kahya, Rukia was about to bleed to death. He definitely didn't want that for Rukia, not so soon, because Rukia would eventually have to drink that tea, but he wanted to prevent the tea from affecting her too much.

— Rukia… — He gasped her name and his voice came out too husky. — Bed? — He asked and only heard a slight "yes" from Rukia's lips before they both ended up on the bed.

Ichigo made sure to leave Rukia sitting on his stomach, for her to look at him from above, he needed to calm down a bit but Rukia's mischievous expression wasn't helping him; he loved that expression on her.

— You are now under my power, why are you here my love? — Rukia asked, and he felt her move her hips slowly, settling on top of him until she was sitting on his hips, and keep doing that movement. Ichigo cursed himself for teaching her to do that. He couldn't think clearly at the time, Rukia had learned too well and if she wanted to, she could torture him.

— The king sent me to… — He said in a strangled gasp, mixed with a mischievous grin. Ichigo could feel his cock start to get hard from the movement of Rukia's hips on him; and he was sure she felt it too when he saw her smile and bite her lip again.

— Did the king send you on a dangerous mission? — Rukia looked amused, and he didn't hesitate to put his hands on Rukia's hips; at the time he didn't know if he wanted to stop her or continue.

— Dangerous is what you are doing, my love. — He warned her, and he watched as she reached into the space between them starting to stroke his cock. He closed his eyes when he felt her caress him over the clothes, he was really hard and Rukia wasn't helping him calm down. — Why did I teach you to do this? — He gasped feeling Rukia's hand continue to caress him.

— Because I asked you to. I've been thinking about something. — Rukia sounded amused, but she didn't stop stroking him. Ichigo could feel the first fluids coming from the tip of his cock, wetting his pants.

— What have you been thinking? — Ichigo felt the pleasure rush through him, he brought one of his hands to Rukia's face only to bring her closer to him and kiss her with too much desire; Rukia kept moving very slowly over him.

— Something new… — Rukia whispered on his lips and got off of him. Ichigo was relieved, he thought Rukia was going to sit next to him but he was wrong; she settled between his legs, with a completely serious look, as if she was thinking carefully about something, and Ichigo could only watch as Rukia began to slowly open his pants.

— Rukia, what are you doing? — Ichigo watched her do. He brought one of his hands to stop Rukia's hands, but she gently pushed it away.

Rukia's gaze was so determined that it turned him on even more, and he didn't try to prevent what she intended to do. Ichigo couldn't take his gaze away from Rukia's hands, the candlelight allowed him to see how Rukia pulled his cock out of his pants; he cursed between gasps when he felt Rukia's warm mouth claim the tip of his cock.

Rukia's mouth was warm, the fluids from his cock mixed with her saliva and he could feel her playing with her tongue on his member; It was the first time she had done it and Ichigo had no idea how she had come to that conclusion but at that moment he couldn't think; the pleasure Rukia was causing him was indescribable.

Ichigo whispered the name Rukia in a gasp, but she just ignored him and kept running her tongue along the entire length of his member; Ichigo could feel her suck and drink all of him. Rukia had him, literally, in her hands; Ichigo felt ambushed but it was incredibly pleasurable.

Ichigo surrendered to the pleasure Rukia was giving him with her mouth, and from one moment to the next he began to move his hips slowly, letting out hoarse, choked gasps until he felt like he couldn't resist anymore. The look Rukia had every time he looked at her drove him crazy.

— Rukia, get it out of your mouth... you will make me cum... — He gasped but Rukia again ignored him and started sucking his cock faster and faster. Ichigo couldn't resist what she was doing to him, and came in her mouth.

His entire body relaxed at that moment, and he felt Rukia's mouth release him; he was stunned but full of that heady calm that came after an orgasm. Rukia sat next to him, while he tried to understand how it was that they had gotten into this situation; Ichigo adjusted his pants keeping his cock inside his pants, he had gone a long time without sex and it had felt great. He turned to see her and that mischievous expression was on her face.

— You had given me a lot of pleasure, more than I knew how to give you, so I was reading a little, and I think I did not do so badly. — She said with a smile on her lips without taking her eyes off him.

— And what else did you read? — Ichigo asked her making her settle into bed slowly, he had a curious look and he wasn't going to let her get away with it; If she wanted to play like this, then they would play like this. — Rather, where did you get books that talked about this, my love?

— I… — Rukia hesitated, she seemed ashamed to say so. That was funny, she didn't want to say it but she hadn't been afraid to.

— Did those "books" say things like this? — Ichigo asked as he settled between her legs, which were slightly bent, lifting just a little from the nightwear she was wearing and gently stroking the skin on her legs. — Or did they say things like this? — He asked beginning to very gently undo the knot that held Rukia's nightwear together, leaving her chest free and slightly exposed. — Or did they say things like this? — He asked for the third time as he ran his fingertips between her breasts making her skin crawl completely.

Rukia stared at him at times, and at times she closed her eyes and Ichigo felt her shudder. Her chest rose and fell slowly and he could see the blush on her face despite the low light.

— No, they didn't say any of this. — Rukia confessed as she looked at him biting her lip.

— I guessed it. — He said without stopping to caress her but without touching her completely; they were just very soft touches on her skin. Rukia hadn't read anything; what she did was because someone had explained it to her. — Will you tell me who told you how to do this?

Rukia stared at him for a moment, still biting her lip, a mischievous expression on her face. Ichigo knew that he had indeed guessed what Rukia had been doing, but he didn't stop gently stroking her; he could torture her too.

— They told me that I will be the princess of the town, so I went to the town. — Rukia said without taking her eyes off him and Ichigo smirked; he leaned over her and gently brushed her lips with his but he didn't kiss her.

— You are very curious, my love; but I'm not mad that you have gone in search of knowledge on your own. Were the girls good to you? — He asked in a whisper in her ear.

— How do you know?

— You just told it me, my love. — He said kissing her neck and slowly starting to kiss her throat, passing between her breasts until he left a kiss on her navel. Ichigo heard her sigh. — I liked what you did with your mouth, my love, but tell me, how will I do now to see you and not remember the expression you had at that moment? How can I kiss your lips without imagining the most naughty and delicious things you've done tonight? Now that I know how your mouth feels, my love, the nights without you will be torture, you have taken my peace, my love. You must be punished.

— Punished? — He heard her speak with an amused smile. Rukia did not resist, she let himself be done, knowing that he would not hurt her.

— Yes, I should do something to you that is the same as what you did to me. It should make the distance torture you as much as it does me. — He said starting to leave more kisses on her skin, deliberately avoiding her belly, and starting to kiss the skin of her thighs very gently.

Ichigo knew he was going to go to hell for doing that, but desire was stronger than his common sense, and Rukia's gasps didn't help him stop.

Thank you for reading.