NOTE: 2,000+ hits my lovelies!

It was a strange feeling, it felt good, yet, painfull, it wasn't hard to hold back a scream, he didn't want her to no that it hurt, "I'm sorry," she wispered, "Wat for?" he choked out, "Shouldn't've... done this," "Nah, you needed to right?" "Still, I shouldn't've.... done this.... to you," "It's alright," "Nu-uh, it... hurts... I no...." "I've had alot worse, besides, you're making it alot better," "Might die," "No way, like I'd do something that stupid," "Please no," "Yeah, I couldn't just leave you here, how could I abandon you? I'm not cruel, you have no one else," "Why stay?" "I just told you, Rukia, you don't listen, I don't want to leave anyway, this actually is kinda nice," "Liar," "Eh, mybe I am, but having you here IS nice," "Still," "Stop cryin' will ya'? You can't talk straight wen you cry," "Can't help it.... I'm scared," "Come on Rukia, don't do that, you're.... you're gonna make ME cry," "Yeah right," "Yeah, right, don't think I won't, if you keep cryin', I'm gonna start cryin' too, come on, don't do that to me," "I'm sorry," "You shouldn't be cryin' anyway, I'm not leaving," "Sorry," "Rukia come on, this... this isn't goodbye, ok? Not goodbye," "I'm sorry, I shouldn't've done this, not to you," "You needed to, it's ok," it had surprised him wen she had first done it, it surprised him wen her sword was suddenly in him and she wispered in the lowest voice, "Bankai," but it surprised him the most wen she started crying and woudn't let go of him, after all, who new that she could actually purify him? "Don't die on me," Rukia wispered, "I'm not going to die, I promise," "You promise?" "Yes," "Do you promise that you'll see me again someday?" "Wat? Wat are you talking about?!" "Just promise," "Ok I promise," "Thank you, goodbye," "Wat?!" and that's wen he noticed that Rukia was walking away, "See you again," she promised,
Ichigo woke up, breathing heavily, Rukia looked up at him from her position on the floor, and raised an eyebrow, taking the cookie from her mouth and sitting up, "Are you ok?" she asked worridly, Ichigo looked at her for a moment, "Y-yeah! I'm fine," she sat next on him on the bed, "Sure," she said skeptically, touching his forehead with her hand, his eyes narrowed slightly and he brought her hand away from him, "I'm fine," he repeated, she stuck her tounge out at him, "Child," "Jerk!" "Atleast I'm acting my age so wat does that say about you?" "Well atleast I'm being nice! So wat does THAT say about YOU!?" She slid down from the bed and continued her previouse activities, the dream he had had scared him, "Hey Rukia? Do you no Bankai?" Rukia stopped drawing and looked up, "Yes," "And um, wat, by chance, IS your Bankai?" "Well, it's simaler to my Shikai, and ofcoures YOU'VE never seen it because you always kill everyone within a ten mile radiouse before I get to Bankai, but anyway, it's just alot stronger and more elegant than my Shikai, and if my sword is broken it can grow back, ...Why?" "Because I, uh, wanted to make sure that mine was cooler! And it is!" "To you maybe, tch, Jerk," 'Well, atleast that dream can't come true,' "You've been acting really weird today, I mean, you were mumbeling something incoherent in your sleep, and now this," 'Well atleast it was incoherent,' "I'm telling you Ichigo, one more weird thing today and I'm taking you to get your head examined, you may have taken one to many hits to the skull," Ichigo rolled his eyes, Rukia went back to her drawings, Ichigo shook his head, suddenly Rukia's Soul Phone went off, and it was time to leave
There were three hollows, the first two were easy, but the third was a bit unexpected, Rukia had just finished the first hollow wen the third suddenly attacked from behind, it slammed her into a nearby wall, "Rukia!" Ichigo yelled, finishing off one of the remaining hollows, Rukia pushed herself up from the wall, she found it a bit difficult to keep her eyes open though, considering that the blood trickling down her face was running into one of her amythist eyes, "Stay back Rukia! I'll take care of it!" and with that, Ichigo swung his sword down on the hollow, he turned to see Rukia tapping her foot on the ground impatiently, "Wat's wrong?" "Why couldn't you little ME do that?" "Because the blood could've gotten in your eyes and then you'd go blinde," "I don't believe that," "Suit yourself, now come on," Rukia rolled her eyes, but followed him anyway,
"Rukia, stay away," "No!" "Stay away," Byauya repeated, "NO!" Rukia repeated, "Why do you insist on going to him?" "Because I love him!" Rukia shouted, she tried to struggle out of her brother's grip but was unable, her brother forced her through the gates and into Soul Society, leaving Ichigo alone in the rain, 5 years later.... Rukia was cornered, five hollows, no sword, and her kido was useless, she looked arond frantically, there was no sighn of Ichigo anywere, "Ichigo!" she shouted, hoping that her savior would still come, "Ichigo please!" she tried again, still no reply, 'He'll be here! He's always getting in the way! And doing everything at the last minute! He'll be here though! Please?' she thought, "Ichigo! Ichigo please! I didn't mean to leave! I still need you! I still LOVE you! Please! Help me! Ichigo please help me! Please! ICHIGO!!!!!!!!" Rukia shouted as the hollow silenced her forever,
"Ichigo!" She woke up screaming, the closet door opened, "Rukia?! Wat's the matter? Are you ok?" she waited for a moment, letting herself calm down, "Um, I'm fine, wat on earth are you doing up?" "Well, as if I could sleep with your screaming, let's see, I normally respond to my name, so wat's the problum?" "N- Nothing, I'm fine," Ichigo stared at her for a moment, "Come on," he said, pulling her out of the closet, and leading her to his bed, "Lay down and go to sleep," "Excuse me?" "I'm not going to make you tell me about your nightmare, but I don't like being woken up, so just go to sleep, I'll keep the bad dreams away," Rukia was thankfull for the darkness so that Ichigo couldn't see her blush, "Fine," she layed down next to him on the bed and closed her eyes, but she only kept them closed for a moment because she soon felt him wrap his strong arms around her and pulled her forward, cupping her small hands in his strong ones, she opened her eyes in shock and glanced back at him, she smiled softly, seeing that his eyes were closed, she pressed her head lightly against his chest, and slowely fell asleep,
Ichigo woke up the next morning, he looked down at Rukia, it was nice waking up next to her, it felt sort of natural, waking up next to her, he watched her for a minute, watched how she slept, he had never watched her sleep before, it was kind of nice, seeing the diffrent quirks and habbits she had wile unconciouse, well, wile sleeping, she was still as a rock wen she was unconciouse, he grinned, her raven hair was clouding her face, it was messy and eskew, it suited her, it made her look more innocent, and he new that despite everything, she was indeed as innocent as, well, anyone else, as innocent as he was, if you took off the blood and death and killing work of a Soul Reaper, they were both incredably innocent, her mouth was slightly open, showing just a bit of the first row of tiny wite teeth, it was actually pretty cute, it made her look even more adorable and innocent, innocence suited her, it made her features pop, her hands were still in his, he watched her little chest rise and fall, and he grinned wider, he admitted it, she was cute, wat's so bad about admitting it? He stroked her pale face with the back of his finger, it was sort of hard to believe that this beautifull girl was so strong and had seen (and shed) so much blood, it was even harder to belive that anyone ever wanted to kill her, he saw her start to twitch and he quickly sat up to escape suspicion, she blinked her eyes open, he just noticed how big her violet eyes were, they took up most of her face, explaining her smaller features, she sat up, "Why are you looking at me?" she asked, "Uh, well, I wanted to see if staring at you would actually wake you up and it did," she cocked her head and then shrugged, he watched as she yawned and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, he held back a laugh, this was just too cute! (And how it was Ichigo's mind that these thoughts were running through is a mystery to this day) She was absolutely adorable in the mornings! "Wat's so funny?" she asked, her voice still rang like bells, even in the mornings, "Eh, nothing, just, nothing," "Someone must've had a good dream," "Eh, yeah, a dream, " she glanced at him, "Wat about you? How'd ya' sleep?" she blushed a little and looked away from his gaze, "Fine, as well as I could sleep with all your snoreing that is," 'Amazing! I haven't slept that well since-, well, never! He must be like some giant sleeping drug!' she thought, Ichigo got up and said, "Since my snoreing botheres you, I'm going to go ahead and- take the bathroom first!" "H- Hey!" but he was already gone, his shirt shed in the doorway, she rolled her eyes and fell back in the bed, turning on her side, she smiled, the pillows smelled like him, just like strawberries
"Ichigo! Move!" it was late afternoon wen the hollows apeared, there were few like yesterday, but as she turned to warn Ichigo, the hollow hit her in the back, nocking her off the roof, "RUKIA!!!!!" Rukia's pale hand was able to grip the side of the building, Ichigo quickly took care of the hollow and raced towards her, "Rukia! Give me your hand!" she reached up, he gripped her hand in his, "Now the other one," she hesitated, "Rukia! I won't let you go! I promise! I will NOT let you go!" She let go of the building and he grabbed her hand, "Now, I'll pull you up!"
Rukia sat on the bed, "It's ok if I sit here, right?" "Yeah," Ichigo entered the room, "You alright, Rukia?" "I'm fine," he sat next to her, "You sure?" "Yes Ichigo, I'm fine," there was silence for a moment, "Ichigo? Wen you said you wouldn't let go of me, will you NEVER let me go?" "Never," "Are you sure about that?" "Yeah, why?" "Nothing," "No, tell me, why?" "It's no big deal," "I want to no," "Wat if... I left, even if it wasn't my fault, would you still always be there wen I needed you," "Rukia, I wouldn't have to be, because I would rescue you, I'd bring you back with me, I would never let you go," "But wat if-" "No, there is nothing that could happen that would keep me away from you, remember? You already tried that and I came after you, didn't I?" "Yes," "And I rescued you, didn't I?" "Against my will but, yes," "Hey Rukia, um, if I had rescued you the first time, on the bridge, how much trouble would you have given me?" he layed back on the bed, she glanced at him, "Wat do you mean?" she asked, then copied him, "You no, you were being all 'Don't rescue me! Go home!' and stuff, if Byakuya hadn't had been there I would've dragged you away kicking and screaming," "Mm, well, I wouldn't have been that difficult, I think I would've calmed down for the most part after we were off of that bridge, if we were already gone and if you had proved how much you wanted to save me- wich you did- there would've been no point in resisting, you obviously weren't going to let me go, and you're twice my size so I could'nt exactly have escaped," Ichigo grinned, "Yeah?" "Yeah," "And wat about, if I had won before they took you back to Soul Society?" "Would I have had a choice?" "I mean, well, would you have been all depressed and suicidal?" "Probbably not," "Rukia?" "Hm?" "So, are you ever going to leave again?" "No, why?" "Just asking," "Why would I leave?" "Just asking," "Ichigo," she said in a warning tone, "Alright, I'll tell you if, and only if, you tell me why you think I would abanden you, deal?" "Deal, you first," "You first," "Play for it?" "You're on," they played a quick game of Rock, Paper, Sicors, Rukia won
"Ok, I had this really weird dream the other day, you were crying and, you said we would meet again, then you left," "Ichigo, that'll never happen, I think I've learned my lesson," "Wat do you mean?" "The last time I left was hard enough, I don't think I have the heart to do it again," "And you?" "I had a dream that Brother took me away to Soul Society, then five years later I was cornered by hollows and you weren't there to save me, stupid, I no," "Not stupid," "That must be a first in your book," "Rukia do you really think I mean all those things?" "You say them enough," "Then are you saying that all those insults towards me are real?" "No," "See? I just do that stuff ecause I lo- um, because I'm an idiot," "Well I'm aware of that but, wat were you going to say?" "Nothing, never mind," "If you tell me, I'll tell you a secret," "Fine, I uh, well, I, love you, ok?" Rukia blushed slightly, "Cheater," "Huh?" "No fair, I was going to tell you that I loved you first, Cheater, haven't you ever heard of 'Ladies first'?" "Wait, were you referring to yourself?" Rukia glared at him, then she smirked, Rukia climbed ontop of him and said, "Haha, very funny," then she bent down and kissed him softly,