**RECENTLY REVISED ON 10/13/10, HOPE YOU LIKE**
I was writing for another story and this just hit me! I hope you like it I am thinking about making it into a story. Let me know what you think!

Rated M for language and explicit sexual content in future chapters.

Summary: Rukia and Ichigo decided long ago that their relationship could never be: Soul Society would never allow it. So years after Azien's ordeal, they called it quits, no one even knew they were together. Years went by, Rukia began dating Renji, and Ichigo began dating Orihime. But, after all these years, was there still a spark between them? Could they ever belong together?

Disclaimer: Well, what can I say, its no ownership here, but that damn imagination….

Can We Ever Belong?

Chapter One: How did this happen?

A Glance 2 months into the future…

It was raining. One might think it would be the perfect scenery for two young lovers who just finished making love. But this was not the case for two shinigami's, who didn't belong to each other.

Ichigo stared at Renji and Rukia at Inoue. Renji looked mad enough to kill them both, as Inoue tried her hardest not to cry.

"Damnit, Ichigo, how could we let this happen?" she said, not moving her gaze away from Inoue and still clutching to Ichigo's naked body.

Present time

A short shinigami sighed as she stood atop a telephone poll. She knew this city all too well, though it had been a long time.

She looked around, and not to her surprise not much has changed. Night still looked like night; the moon still looked like the moon, and she was sure the sun still looked the same.

"I guess I wasn't needed here after all," She said with another long sigh.

She once told her self the reason she stayed, the reason she was needed in this town was to protect it, but of course that was a lie. It was a lie that kept Soul Society, her brother, and Renji at bay. It was a lie that made her ignore the truth. The scenery tonight was proof that there was no need for her here. The true reason she stayed was because of a short tempered orange headed substitute shinigami.

"He doesn't need me. He never needed me." She thought to herself.

Flashback

"Rukia, if this is what you want, I will do it. But only if you think this is what you want….what you truly want." A tall shinigami said with diminished look upon his face.

"Yes, it has to be this way," she began, "We don't need another battle with Soul Society on the count of something like this, something that should have never happened in the first place….something that could never work…"

Ichigo turned to face Rukia fully. He tried to read her face but he couldn't. He was hurt, no worst than hurt, she had broken his heart.

She expected this, and she was prepared to deal with it. She could break his heart, but she couldn't stand to have him risk his life for her, not again.

"That's fine."

"What?" A shocked Rukia replied.

"I said that's fine. That's what you think, so be it. I never needed you anyways." An upset Ichigo retorted.

With that he walked away and never looked back.

"ICHIGO, WAIT! ICHIGO!" Rukia yelled and tried to keep up with the young shinigami, but his flash steps were far better than hers by now.

"DAMNIT" she cried into the darkness. "How can I be so naïve? How could I think this would go smoothly?" she thought to herself.

She knew Ichigo would be hurt, but she was supposed to be stronger for the both of them. Here she was Kuchiki Rukia, crying alone in the dark.

Some part of her was waiting, waiting for Ichigo to come back. Maybe that's what took her so long to stand. Eventually, she did stand though. She turned and looked around for what she thought would be the last time, and returned to Soul Society.

End flashback.

"Two whole years, Ichigo should be 21 by now," she smiled for a moment, picturing an adult Ichigo, but quickly removed the thought and the smile.

Rukia had been sent here against her will to dispatch of a hollow that had powers greater than an un-ranked shinigami could handle. So to be on the safe side they sent the new vice captain, Kuchiki Rukia.

In the background the roar of said hollow could be heard. Rukia gripped her sword and began her search. Soon enough she was face to face with the strongest hollow she had seen since the Aizen incident.

"Such a large spirit pressure…." She began as she unsheathed Sode no Shirayuki.

She started to charge toward the hollow, but was stopped by a familiar voice.

"Nice of you to still refer to me as large...Rukia!" said a masculine orange haired shinigami.

He had come from behind her and quickly defeated the hollow with one slice of his blade. He slowly walked over to a stunned Rukia and slug the blood off his blade.

"That was a bloody one. About time they sent me someone to help out. I've been asking for months. These bastards are getting stronger-" He began, but was cut off by a rock hitting him in the head.

"What the fuck? After 2 years this is the hello I get?" he barked.

It was Ichigo. She could hardly believe her eyes. He was still strong, still handsome, taller, and his muscles had gotten bigger, not that Rukia noticed. And after 2 years, here he was standing in front of her, talking like nothing was wrong. And he had the nerve to insult her!

"No that's what you get for thinking I still refer to you as large you pervert! I was talking about the hollow!" she yelled back.

"Oh, so you use to think that, eh?" he smirked.

Rukia blushed and turned her face. She couldn't escape that one, so she decided to ignore the comment. She turned to face him and change the subject, but to her shock, Ichigo was right in front of her.

Blushing again Rukia yelled, "Ichigo! What the hell –"

She was cut off by a certain substitute shinigami's lips pressing against hers. She tried to protest, she tried to push him away, but he wouldn't let her. Ichigo used his strength to keep Rukia in his control. Though she could have tried harder, Rukia gave in and kissed Ichigo back, with more force than he had given her.

Ichigo was taken aback by her gesture and released the kiss.

"That didn't take long. I thought you would have put up more of a fight…" He began as he tried to return for another kiss.

"Not so fast! What were you thinking? What the hell was that!" she said as she inched away from him.

"I missed you…."

After two years, he acted like nothing had changed. And he had the nerve to kiss her, to say he missed her.

"I told myself if you ever came back, that's what I would do. So I did it." He explained.

Rukia stood on her tip toes and kissed him again, this time with passion. He immediately returned it.

"I missed you too." She said.

And this is where it began.

Sorry I know it's short, but I want some reviews before I get into this story! So let's see how many I can get before I update! I hope I get a lot! The next chapter is gonna be a lemon! Oh yeah, I know Ichigo and Rukia kinda rushed into that kiss after defeating the hollow, but it will all be explained in the next chapter. Also I don't think that an adult Ichigo would go through all that angsty stuff with regret and "why this" and "why that". I say FORGET THAT, this Ichigo and Rukia are living in the moment! And like I said, I'll explain it! And don't forget to REVIEW! IT'S GOOD FOR ME AND YOU!