'"Ichigo! Ichigo! Help! Help me! Please! Ichigo!!! Please, help me, Ichigo," Rukia's voice rang loudly, before quiteing down, she stopped struggling against the black ribbions that pulled her away, "Rukia! Rukia! RUKIA!" Ichigo yelled after the fading girl, for he was bound by chains, and unable to reach her, the blackness quickly pulled Rukia away, but not before Ichigo saw a singal tear run down her gentle cheek, and as she became a memory, that singal tear dropped to the ground, *splash,* it went, it was a soundless thing, and yet to him, it sounded like a building crashing down around him, 'I couldn't save her, I couldn't stop that tear, I couldn't, I couldn't, and she gave up, she just, let it happen, and there was nothing I could do!' Ichigo thought, tears begining to stream from his amber eyes, as the chains tightened around him, then let go completely, he fell to his nees, "Why, Rukia? Why did you give up? Why did you let them have you?" he choked, now beging to go into hystariea, "Why?! Why, RUKIA!?!!!"' Ichigo woke up, he could feel that his skin was cold, just feel it, "Was'the'matta?" Rukia yawned slowly pulling aside the closet door, "Nothing, go back to sleep," she shrugged and closed the door, "And please, don't cry anymore," Ichigo wispered, she didn't hear him, and he new that she wouldn't, but he said it anyway, wat a frightening dream it had been, he looked over to his window, it was pretty foggy, it was, after all, only 20 degrees outside, and in the closet... Rukia wasn't asleep, she was too deep in thought to sleep, thinking about the day, Ichigo had taken her skateing, she had never been skating before, or rather, she had never been Roller Skating before, needless to say she wasn't a natural at it, but wen she saw the frozen pound, 'Ichigo? Let's skate on the pound,' 'You wanna go ice skating? Ok, but it's alot harder than this,' but not for Rukia it wasn't, she actually was pretty good at ice skating, it had been a pretty good day, no hollows even, so then, why would Ichigo have a nightmare? But this, not even Ichigo himself could answer,
The next day, Ichigo woke up to music playing, he opened his eyes and looked over at Rukia, who was fully clothed and currently hanging a small radio upside down, and shaking it, "Wat're ya' doin'?" he asked, just waiting for the amusing explination that was sure to come, "This thing plays music," she stated, "Yes, I no," "How?" "Don't ask, it's called a 'radio' why did you turn it on if you didn't no wat it did?" "Because, I wanted to see wat it did," "How did you no it wouldn't electricute you, or a little door wouldn't open and a little viciouse creature pops out?" "I didn't, I assumed it," "Never assume anything, you can guess, but never assume," "Why?" "Bad luck," she nodded, "Wat's the song playing now?" "Hana Kagari," "Flower Bonfire," "You speak Jappenesse?" "Kind of," "Wat's Soul Reaper in Jappenesse?" "Shinigami," "Wat about, Idiot," "Baka," "And enemy?" "Teki," "Wat about-" "I'm not a dictionary! Wen you actually need to no wat something means, then you ask me, Baka!" "Nice goin'," "I'm aware," Ichigo rolled his eyes, Rukia walked over to the window, Ichigo took this oppertunity to change, she looked out and saw Orahime walking down the street, Rukia opened the window, "Hey!" she said, Orihime looked up, "Hey Rukia!" Orihime also spoke Jappenese, "Doshda ue?" "Doshde orera houjin?" "Watashiwa tikimase ketsubou Baka tame hia," " Sokene, doshdano?" "Eo, watashiwa ketsubou Baka tame hai senpou baka," "Oh, adyu," "Adyu," Rukia closed the window after waving goodbye to Orihime, (by the way, the conversation was: "Wat's up?" "Why are we speaking Japanesse?" "I don't want the idiot to hear us," "Is that so, Wat's wrong?" "Oh, it's ok! I want the idiot to think he's crazy," "Oh, well then, goodbye," "Goodbye,") "Why did you do that?" Ichigo asked her, "I want you to learn Jappanesse," "Watever," Rukia walked over to him, "You no something?" "Wat?" "If it came down to it, you'd be stuburn to the end, wouldn't you?" "Well yeah, but were did that come from?" Rukia grabbed Ichigo and embraced him tightly, "Nowere, just asking," "Ok," he put his arms around her, "Wat's the matter?" he asked, "Nothing, I just felt like this," "Ok," he stroked her hair, lightly pushing her head a little more into him, Rukia closed her eyes, "You're acting kinda weird today, you sure everythings alright?" "Yeah, I'm sure,"
'The next day, Rukia transformed into a Soul Reaper and jumped out of Ichigo's window, destroying the hollow with the flick of her rist, "Rukia, it's all ready over?" Ichigo asked, "Yeah, pretty easy," "I see, so then there was no need for me to transform and follow you, is that right?" "That's right," Rukia's eyes got wide, "Ichigo! Watch out," Rukia jumped in front of him, taking a direct hit from the hollow, but still maneging to get rid of the beast, she fell slowly, into Ichigo's arms, it seemed that the fall lasted a centurary, for Ichigo, "Rukia? Rukia? Are you ok? Rukia?" he was begining to sob now, Rukia's violet eyes fluttered open slowly, she smiled, "You're alive, I'm so happy," she stroked his chest softly, "Ichigo, thank you for everything," "No, don't do this! Don't give into this!" "Ichigo, goodbye," she closed her eyes as they began to deaden, and her soft hand slipped from his chest, "Rukia? Why can't I ever protect you? Why? Why am I not aloud to protect you? Rukia? Why?" this time he didn't yell her name, but only wispered it to himself, "Rukia," the mere sound of her name reflected her beauty, and reflected her true self, but now, no one would say that name, the sylabals rang in his head for the last time, as he hung his head, and flooded the streets with tears,' Ichigo woke up sartled, 'How many times am I going to have such awful nightmares?' the sun was already up, and so was Rukia, "I'm the first up again I see," she said getting out of the closet, "Rukia," "Yeah?" "Nothing, I just wanted to say it," "And you said I was acting weird, is something wrong?" "No," Rukia crossed over to him, with a "Wat is with you?" kind of look on her face, suddenly her Soul Phone rang, she rolled her eyes and transformed into a Soul Reaper, she jumped out the window to tail the hollow and Ichigo went after her, wen they came across the creature Rukia said, "I've got this one," Ichigo jumped up slayed the creature in one swing, wen he landed Rukia jumped up and slapped him on the back of the head, "Ow," "You Bonehead! I said I had that one!" "I was trying to protect you!" "From wat?! I was in no danger!" "Everytime we come across one of these things there's always danger!" "I no that! It's our job, Idiot!" "I no that! I just wanted to protect you!" Rukia's eyes softened, she stepped a little closer to him, she stood up on her tip-toes so that she could reach him, she put her hand to his head and then to her owne, "Your head's hot, do you have a fever?" "No," Rukia touched his head again, Ichigo lightly grabbed her rist, and slowly pulled it down, he jerked on it lightly, pulling her into an embrace, "Ichigo, wat's the matter? Is something wrong?" "Everything is fine, I just wanted to prove to myself that I could protect you," "Ichigo, you've protected me loads of times, wat are you talking about?" Ichigo picked her up and jumped into his window, he set Rukia down on the bed, and sat next to her, "Ichigo," "I no I've been acting strange, but, I've felt like I couldn't protect you lately," "Why is that?" "I guess, because the last two nights, I've been having nightmares," "About me dieing?" "Yes, I don't really understand why I've been having these dreams, but, I have," Rukia's Soul Phone rang again, "I won't answer it, let someone else take care of it," "No, go ahead," Rukia lifted the phone out of her pocket and read the signal, "It's right outside," she stated, leaping out of the window, Ichigo looked down for a moment, before rushing after her, she leaped up to strike at the hollow, but it slammed her against the wall, "Rukia!" she got up, blood trickling down the side of her face, she ran at the beast and took off one of it's arms, it roared in pain as she jumped up and struck down the hollow, she resheathed her sword, "Are you ok?" Ichigo asked as she walked over to him, the pair jumped up in the window, and returned to their positions on the bed, "You were saying?" "I was saying, that I need to fix that wound," Rukia rolled her eyes as he worked at the cut on her forehead, "Honestly, wat were you saying," "I was saying that, I must be in love with you, because I've never felt this way about anyone else, I've never wanted to protect anyone else as much as I want to protect you, so, wat do you say? Do I sound like an idiot?" "This should answer your question," she leaned over and kissed him lightly on the lips, he pulled her closer, and the kiss deepened, and became more passionate, wen they broke apart for air, they still remained close enough for their heads to touch, "So do you love me?" "Yes, you little fool, I love you," those words rang sweetly as they graced her lips, "I'll make a wish on this cherry blossum bonfire, that you'll tell me you won't leave me alone, that this warmth in my hand, is not a dream," Rukia said softly, they were some of the lyrics to "Hana Kaggari" Ichigo gripped her hand, "I won't leave you alone," he said, "and this is defenitly not a dream," Rukia leaned her head on his shoulder and gazed towards the window, "Look at that," she said, "the first frost,"