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And to be clear, here are the couples I write for: Ichigo and Rukia (Bleach), Momo and Toshiro (Bleach), Uryuu and Orahime (Bleach), Youraweichie and Kiuske (Bleach), Kagome and Inuyasha (Inuyasha), Sango and Miroku (Inuyasha), Ayame and Koga (Inuyasha), Kagura and Seshomaru (Inuyasha), Seya and Haji (Blood), Winry and Edward (Full Metal Alchemist), Roy and Riza (Full Metal Alchemist), Naruto and Hinata (Naruto), Sakura and Sauske (Naruto), Rachel and Jimmy (Case Closed), Harly and Katie (Case Closed), Ren and Kyoko (Skip Beat!), Kenta and Karin (Chibi Vampire/Karin) Maki and Winner (Karin),

Keep The Nightmares Away

It was her fault, it was all her fault, it was her fault that he was dead, and she new that, he had been protecting her, defending her, and he had died in the process, but watching it before her eyes again and again, it was unbearable, it was as bad as Kian's death, if not worse, he was gone, and she was to blame, all to blame, too many times and too many ways he had died, and it all hurt just as much as the worest pain in the world, first, he dies the night they met, it was her fault, he died wen he battled the Grand Fisher, it was her fault, he died in all the countless battles in Soul Society, defenitly her fault, he died in the battle with Grimmjow, her fault, he died in Hueco Mundo wen he was battling to get to her, her fault, he died in the war, all her fault, but then it accured to her, how could he die all those times? It must be a dream, a horrible horrible dream! A nightmare that she couldn't wake up from, she tried to wake up, but she couldn't, and then she realized wat she needed to do, she relaxed for a moment, and tried to find his voice, "Rukia," he wispered, "wake up Rukia," and suddenly it became so easy, and she opened her eyes
Rukia sat up in bed, it had been such a frightening nightmare, she was alone, all alone, and it bothered her, she hadn't noticed how empty and quiet the room was wen she had gone to sleep, but she could feel it now, and it bothered her grately, she felt the plush surface of his bed under her hand, and crashed back down onto the pillow, his scent was burried in it, she breathed in the soft smell of his Strawberry shampoo, it still wasn't the same as having him there, she couldn't take being in his room alone, atleast, not anymore, she reached her hand up and felt the bandege on her face, that was why she was here, alone in his bed, it was because of this stupid bruise! If it weren't there then Ichigo would be here instead of her and she would be in his closet, listening to his deep breathing and letting it soothe her back to sleep, but no, he had given her his bed for the night, opting to sleep on the sofa, he had been unusually nice to her since she had returned, she didn't understand it, she had been hit before, her face has seen as much pain as the rest of her, so why was this so diffrent? Well, she really didn't care,
"Ichigo," she called, the room seemed even quieter as her voice faded, "Ichigo!" she yelled louder, oh yeah, his family was out camping, that was good, that way she could yell and no one but Ichigo would hear her, a few minutes later, she was about to call for him again, but the door opened and she saw the siloute of a well-built (very well-built) man with spikey hair in the doorway, "Rukia? Is something wrong?" she looked at him, "Yes Ichigo," he walked over to her and sat down on the bed, "Wat is it?" "Um, do you think, perhaps, you could not sleep downstairs, and perhaps here?" "Sure, but do you mind if I asked wat brought this on?" he got up and crawled in the other side of the bed, she turned to face him, "Do you mind if I ask why you're being so nice?" Ichigo raised an eyebrow, "Is that supposed to be an insult?" "No! But you usually aren't this nice to me! It isn't normal and it's starting to freak me out!" Ichigo blinked a few times, then said, "Is that supposed to be an insult,... Midget? Because you're usually better at it than this," Rukia smiled, yes! She wasn't insane! And he wasn't treating her diffrently! Wait a minute, she traded Sweet Ichigo, for Normal Ichigo? Maybe there WAS something wrong with her, "Midget? Are you gonna answer my question or wat?" or maybe she just liked hearing his voice the normal way, he was really bad at being comforting wen he was trying to be, his voice is soothing enough, if he tries to pour honey on sugar then she'll just choke! There's such a thing as being TOO sweet, although she never imagened Ichigo as fitting that discription, "Wat question?" she asked, "Remember? I asked if you'd tell me why you suddenly want me to stay here," "No, I believe you asked if I minded telling you," "Yeah, wen I was still trying to sugar coat everything, wat I meant was: Tell me or I'm leaving," "You wouldn't!" "I would," there was a long pause and just as Ichigo was about to tell her again, she spoke,
"I had a nightmare," "That's it? Man, the way you were actin' I thought you had gone out to fight a hollow without telling me or something!" "So then, you AREN'T going to laugh at me?" "Why would I laugh at you?" "Well, a grown woman, espically a Soul Reaper, shouldn't have nightmares," "Why not? I still have nightmares sometimes," "You do?" "Yeah everyone does, so, do you wanna talk about it?" she hesitated for a moment, "I kept watching you die, over and over again, just in diffrent battles, and the hole time you were protecting me! It was always my fault!" "Do I dedtect a hint of self hate in your voice?" "It's more than a hint," "Rukia, if other people don't hate you, you shouldn't hate you either, besides, do you no WHY I always try to protect you?" "No," "Because I WANT to," "Ichigo? Can I ask you something?" "Sure," "Why were you trying to sugar coat everything earlier?" "Because he hit you," "So? I've been hit before," "Yeah, in battle," "So?" "So, there are rules, for guys anyway, and it's why I avoid fighting girls, 1. Never hit a woman, 2. Never hit a woman's face, 3. Never hit a woman that's smaller than you," "They sound basically the same," "That isn't the point Rukia, besides, you TRUSTED him, right?" "Well, I kinda had to, he still out-ranks me," "Not for long, the point is, I thought you'd be kinda sensitive," "Tch, serves you right then," "Now look it Midget!" "Ichigo, just go to sleep," "Hey Rukia?" "Yeah?" "You wanna no wat my nightmare was about?" "Your nightmare?" "I had one too ya' no, right before I came up here," "You mean before I called you," "No, I was on my way up wen you called me, I was worried and I was gonna make sure that you were ok," "Wat was it? The nightmare I mean," "It was, wat might've happened to you if I hadn't gotten to you in time," "Oh? And wat would that be?!" Her tone was irritated, "Well, wat I thought might've happened, like those squad 12 loons slicing you open and disecting you," Rukia cringed, he sure had a way of getting his point across, "And using you as some lab rat that they'll kill in experiments sooner or later," she cringed again, "And-" "I get it Ichigo, you were worried that they might harm me," "Worried that they WOULD, and 'harm' is putting it mildly! I mean if you had had that dream about someone you love you would've-" "I don't want to no! Wait, did you say, 'someone you love'?" "Ah man, I can't believe I let that slip! That's wat I get for being bad at talking!" "You love me?" "Well, yeah, I do," Ichigo was suddenly thankfull for the darkness so that she couldn't see his blush, "I can't believe it, you love me?" "Why is that so hard to believe?" "I've dreamed about this moment, but never though it would come," "Never say never," "I always thought I'D be the first one to say that I loved you," "Heh, well imagine that," Ichigo leaned down and kissed her gently, they curled up and began to sleep, both being assured that the other would be there to keep the nightmares away

Irrisitable Bliss

She new he hated her, that was undoubtable, she new that she wanted to die, and she wanted him to be the one to kill her, wanted him to be the one to have her blood stain his sword, so that dieing would be like a painless bliss, but wat she saw in his eyes that night certainly wasn't hate, it was an emotion that she couldn't put her finger on, but hate, not even anger, shined in his amber eyes that night, wen he saw her unpure skin
This wasn't right, it couldn't be right, the first day back was simaler, but no were near as bad as this, how could he help her? He didn't even have any clue why she was acting this way, he just new that it had to stop, he couldn't bare it anymore, espically not after wat she just did, it made him sick, and made him hurt, his fists clenched and unclenched, he didn't even no how to talk to her right now, he had tried being rough as usual, but it ended up hurting HIM not HER, not that he ever wanted to hurt her, he would never do that, he would never be so cruel and heartless, but this had gone too far, he glanced at the closed closet door, and refelcted on wat had happened only moments ago, he had tried to get answers out of her, he had said in a rough voice, "Talk to me Rukia!" and then she looked at him with broken, amythest eyes and wispered, "Ichigo, please, please leave me alone, please," it was more of a breath than a wisper, and she then climbed back in the closet and shut the door, that made his resolve flare in his eyes, in only a few steps he was at the closet door, wich he slammed open, before he could speak, he was shocked to find her like this, she wasn't weak, she was far from it, more than strong, so seeing her curled up like this made him ache, she looked up, her eyes were tired and held the same empty sorrow that they had held for the past few days, "Yes?" she asked, he cleared his thoughts and said, "Rukia, come here," she looked at him for a moment, "No," she said, almost soundlessly, he tugged her out of the closet and told her, "Come on Rukia," "No! I don't want to!" she cried, he held her arms by her side and sat her down on the bed next to him, "Rukia, please, talk to me," he said sweetly, she looked away, "Please Ichigo," she breathed, "don't make me do this, please, don't make me, please!" it hurt him so badly to hear her begging him like this, but he had to, he had to keep pressing, because he new that if he didn't something would go wrong, he new that wen Rukia acted weird- not even as bad as this, just being a little too quiet one day- it meant that something was incredably wrong, so he had to keep going, "Rukia, please tell me," Rukia's small fists gripped the sheets and then ungripped, and the process repeated a few times, as if she was having a mental war
The things going on inside her head were so painfull, the one side of her, the side that she never showed and tried to keep bottled up, was screaming at her, begging her to tell him everything and let him work his magic on her, let him heal these battle scars with his soothing powers, let him help, how she would love to give in to that side, to let herself sink into the feel of his soft, soothing reiatsu, to let his hands work every cell of her to relaxation, and to just be with him and become his ragdoll, she never got to do that, but she wanted to, to just sleep there, curled up with him, to let him protect her, to just let him, but her other side was telling her not to tell him anything, he dosen't need that burden, that was the main reason, and the thoughts of his reaction were going to decide wich side won, he hated her, she was sure, absolutly, it all depended on his reaction, if he was going to act sweet, then she wouldn't be able to NOT go with the first side, but if not, if he would be angry at her like she was sure he would be, then she would go with the second option, so for now she would test him, "Ichigo, if I ask you something, will you tell me the truth?" the question caught him off guard, "Ofcourse I will," he replied honestly, "Do you hate me?" she asked, just under a wisper, that caught him off guard even more, "Wat?! No! Ofcourse not! How could you think that?!" "Do you mean that?" "Ofcourse I do!" "Thank you," she got up, but felt his grip tighten around her rist, "Theres more Rukia, please, tell me everything," he pleaded, she sat down again, he brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes, and then he noticed it for the first time, "Rukia," he wispered, and she new he saw it, she bit her lip, "Im sorry," she wispered, she was afraid to look at him, but wen he didn't speak for a few minutes, she turned and saw how broken his eyes were, "Ichigo I'm sorry!" She pleaded, begging for him to understand, but the next thing she new, his arms were wrapped tightly around her, "Why are YOU sorry?" he asked,
"Because, because,-" "No, there isn't a reason, you just put the blame for everything on yourself, Rukia, are you ok?" she had to think about that for a moment, was she ok? True, she had a small scar by her eye, true that it got there wen that thug had punched her and his ring had dameged her skin, but she didn't care about that, the question was, was she going to break? Was it too much? Could she handle his delayed reaction? "I'm fine," she lied, "You're lieing Rukia," she didn't respond, "Does it hurt?" "No," that was the truth if nothing else was, "Are you ok, Rukia? Please tell me the truth, please," hearing him ask that, those words, she couldn't do it anymore, she couldn't keep up the act anymore, that hidden part of her was going to speak, it was going to be released, and she was too broken to care, "No, I'm not ok," Ichigo finally let go of her, but caught her rist and pulled her forward, laying her on his chest, "I want to change that," Ichigo told her, "Ichigo, sometimes I want to die," she admitted, there was no escape now, once she stopped fighting, and that flood gate opened in her heart, she couldn't stop untill all the water had drained, but how could she not tell him? He had trapped her, it had started wen he embraced her like that, his reasitu was surronding her then, but she was strong enough to hold up, untill now, wen he drapped her upper body over him and she felt the cloth of his shirt under her face, and the thunping of his heart under her hand, and his soft, soothing reasitu engolfed her, it was if she was drowning, but it was a nice kind of drowning, the kind that you don't want to escape from, it was a sweet, soothing kind of drowning,
"Rukia," he said, his vioce was so shoccked and broken, she didn't want to see his eyes, those beautifull amber crystals full of pain and brokenness, she just couldn't bare that, it would hurt her too much, "Rukia, why?" was all he could manege, she wanted to die? How could she feel like that? Was she really that miserable? He felt devistated, like the earth had stopped spinning, but he was somehow able to ignore that feeling as soon as she spoke, "Because I've caused too much pain, Ichigo," his arms instinctivly tightened around her, "No you haven't, Rukia, you don't understand, you haven't caused any pain," "Yes I have," "No you haven't," Rukia wiggled her way out of Ichigo's arms, she stood in the middle of the room, "Ichigo! Don't you see!? I've caused too much blood to be spilt! Too many tears to be shed! It's all my fault!" Ichigo leaped off the bed and embraced her, smothering her head in his shoulder, he stroked her hair with his free hand, "Stop it Rukia, you aren't to blame for any of it," "But-" her voice was muffled by his shirt, "No," Ichigo said simply, lifting her face from his shoulder, "Ichigo," she wispered, "That's enough now Rukia, no more," "But-" he stopped her, pressing his lips firmly against her's, he pulled away all too soon, Rukia was still waiting for the blissfull kiss to continue, but it didn't, he embraced her tightly, "Who hit you?" he wispered, hit? Oh yeah, she had been hit, she had forgotten, "Don't no," she mumbeled, that was ok, he recognized the ring mark, kinda, he took Rukia's hand and lead her to the bed, were they layed down together, he kissed her hair, "I'm tired Ichigo," she said, "Me too," Ichigo got up for just a moment and turned out the light, it had started raining outside, Rukia couldn't see in the dark but felt Ichigo's hand gently pressing her head back down on his chest, she felt him bury his lips in her hair, and heard him say, "Goodnight Rukia, I love you," and she suddenly felt that overwelming bliss take control of her, "Goodnight Ichigo, I love you too," she replied, and she new he heard her, because she felt his lips search her face, she finally turned and allowed his lips to find her's, and that night, and from then on, she was filled with irresistable bliss

You Can Protect Me

NOTE: Happy birthday to Sparklingwave!

He leaned closer, "Ichigo, just hurey up and kiss me," she said, Ichigo couldn't have heard anything sweeter, but right before their lips met, Rukia diapeared, and Ichigo awoke from the dream, he raised up, it was probbably around noon, with Rukia gone there really wasn't much to do, so after she got him up early that moning, after battling hollows all night mind you, she was ready to make him hurry up with the goodbyes so she could erase everyone's memory, though she forgot that it would have to wait another two days as planned, because today was Saturday, but just before he started to explain that to her, she was ordered back to Soul Society for a couple of hours, ordered, that was something that wouldn't happen to Rukia anymore, she would never be "ordered" to do anything ever agian, because she was becoming a captin, and as the captin commander, (well in three more days) Ichigo is going to make some changes, Ichigo wanted a quick nap, Rukia had been gone for two hours, yes that's right, 10:00 AM is early to Ichigo, he looked at his window, and just as he did, Rukia flew in, Ichigo jumped slightly, Rukia ran towards Ichigo, the next thing he new, her arms were wrapped around his neck, her small body was pinning his to the bed, her head rested in the crook of his neck, her skin was hot, Ichigo wasn't sure wat was going on, he wrapped his arms around her little body, after a few minutes, she let go, pulled away, and sat down, she put a hand ontop of his, and then it hit him, "Rukia," her hand was burned, rope burns or carpet burns, something like that, it was bleeding, Ichigo didn't see this, he felt it, felt the rough scrape on her raw skin, felt the quickly drying blood that was seeping out of her cut, he could tell that her hand had been cut on glass, he could tell this because of seeing blood and burns all his life, he looked at Rukia's face, her cheek was bruised and beging to bleed slightly, he started to touch her blueing skin, but retracted his hand wen he saw her flinch, she turned to face him, "I'm sorry!" she said in all to happy tone, "I just, I just wanted to hug you for a minute, that's all, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have surprised you," her words slipped out of his mind, barely hearing wat she said, "Wat happened? Are you ok? Who struck you?" "Ichigo? I'm fine but, can we please, talk about it later?" Ichigo picked up her rist, he could encirle it with his tumb and index finger, he turned her palm over, and gently pressed on the tips of her fingers to unfold her forming fist, wat unfolded made his eyes go as wide as they could, burned, scared, bloody, raw, that discrbed the skin on her soft hand, he let go and reached around her, picking up her other rist, it was the same story, she stared at the floor, refusing to meet his gaze, "Rukia," he said, but only barely,
It stung, it hurt, it was painful, Rukia gritted her teeth, wincing and trying not to flinch, "Sorry, I no this really hurts," Rukia looked up, "No it's-" "Rukia, don't bother," she looked down, "Are you sure? Are you sure you want to continue? You don't have to you no, I'll be ok," "I don't want to say this again, Rukia, just let me help you, for ounce, let me help you," Rukia said nothing, Ichigo put the bloody cloth back in the bowl of water, "This'll-" "I no," she didn't want him to finish the sentence, she new that the disinfectent spray would certainly sting, she'd been sprayed before, but she didn't want to say anything didn't want to hear anything, she almost wanted to be left alone, she just wanted to sit there and be with him, breathe him in, fall and rest her head on his chest if she wanted to fall asleep, she did want to fall asleep, she bit her lip wen she felt the sting on her hand, as Ichigo started wrapping the wound, she let her lip escape the cage of her teeth, she let go as she felt the bandeges wrap around her palm, she felt the small metal clasp close off the bandeges, without a word she offered her other hand to Ichigo as soon as she felt the clasp close around her rist, still not looking at him as she did so, the cycle repeated, she closed her eyes ounce Ichigo finished with her palm, as a sighn to start working on her face, it was easier, having a good explination for not looking at him, staring straight ahead, but keeping her eyes closed, lest the medicin that was being sprayed across her cheek enter her eyes, he had to be delicate wen he touched her face, he new that, the reason why she didn't want to look at him or talk to him, is because, if she talked to him, she would have to look at him, and if she looked at him, she was afraid that his stern eyes would glare back at her and lock her in place, imprisoning her and making her tell him everything, albeit reluctintly, "Ok," his voice broke her thoughts and she instinctivly opened her eyes, "Ichigo?" she looked at him reluctintly, her eyes widened wen she saw his, they were soft and sweet, thay weren't the same eyes that locked her in place, they were diffrent eyes, concerned eyes, "Yes?" "Um, do you think I could take a nap first, wen I wake up, I promise, I'll," Rukia closed her eyes for a moment, and took a deep breath, "I'll tell you everything you want to no," Ichigo took her arm and tugged a little, pulling her towards the bed, she layed down, he next to her, and they fell asleep
The mask twisted a little, and came off, "No," Ichigo wispered, "Yes!" she said, "No!" "Yes Ichigo! You want to no how I got those injuries? Hm? Well! Because my hollow self, that's me, now controls this body!" the hollow looked like Rukia, but it wasn't her, it couldn't be her, could it? No, it couldn't! "You can't be a-" "A wat? A hollow? A monster? You mean, like you?" "You, you aren't Rukia! Rukia would never-" "Never, say such a thing? Would never, tell the truth?" "You are NOT Rukia!!" "Prove it!" 'No!' the hollow mask formed, he couldn't control the hollow within him, "Haha! Now! Let's see who's stronger and battle to the death!" he heard, but everything went blank, and he woke up, he looked over, Rukia was still sleeping, his face softened, it was just a dream, she was here, she was ok, she was curled up in his arms, like a little kitten, he smiled, any minute he expected her to start purring, and then, as if on que, she wimpered a little in her sleep, Ichigo could laugh at the resemblence and uncanny timeing, but he didn't want to wake her up, wake up her small, sleeping body, she was so little, yet so strong, he never really noticed that she was about half his size untill now, he espically didn't notice it wen they were fighting, battling, he brushed a strand of silky dark hair out of her eyes, he thought for a moment, thinking about everything, about her, his heart nearly started aching, he wanted to kiss her so much,
Rukia woke up, she kept her eyes closed, she wasn't exactly looking forward to talking to Ichigo, "So, you're awake," she opened her eyes, how did he do that? She sat up and looked at Ichigo, "Wat do you want to no?" "Let's start with, who slugged you?" "We might as well start from the beging then, you'll only end up finding out everything anyway, well, Captin Kutosuchi and I were on our way to the research lab, and wen he got there, he said that he wanted to no why I was the one that possesed the Hogyoku, and then," "'And then'?" "And then, he, strapped me to a table, and I started getting scared, he started talking about test subjects, and, anyway, I started getting really scared, broke free and, he hit me, I slammed into a shelf, and that's how I got the cuts on my hand, some glass viles broke and I just wanted to escape, I got burns wen I ran my hands on the carpet to get up," "He's dead!" "No Ichigo! Stop!" "Why should I?!" "You can't protect everyone you no," "But, I can atleast protect you, right?" Ichigo stroked Rukia's face, they kissed, "You can protect me," she said wen the kiss broke, "There's just one more thing that I want to no Rukia, do you love me?" "Yes, do you love me?" "Yes,"