Okay, so chapter four and I have one review. But she's a sweetiepie, and I luff her for review after only three chapters. So this one is dedicated to her! Mostly this one is about the very beginning, but I should have some filler/fluff in the story early on to make up for the much darker themes that will be coming up later.

Also, I'm going to take this opportunity to say that I am going to take my own direction with the story, so the length isn't quite so long. After all, this story is about mostly Mina and Uryu and their relationship as well as Mina's past. Yes, there will be sex in the story, but that won't be until much, much later in the story, and I will make it so that you don't have to read it if you don't want to. I know some people get turned off of a story because of the sex in it, so I won't have it be mandatory to read it. I'm just nice like that, and in some ways I don't want to ruin the story for people.

Anyway, enjoy this filler/fluff chapter while I incorporate the next part of the story. Have fun, kiddies! :3

"Mitsukuni...she belongs to me..."

"No! I won't let you take my daughter!"

Blood...lots of blood...blood everywhere...

I'm scared...save me...someone, save me...

I jolt awake, scared out of my mind. What the hell was that dream all about?

I feel myself shaking. Why am I suddenly so scared? I feel as if...it's like all of the good has been sucked out of me. I'm speechless...who's Mitsukuni? I don't know anyone by that name. There was so much blood...where did it all come from? And who was the man speaking to this 'Mitsukuni' person?

I fall onto my back on my bed, my head hitting the pillow. Mitsukuni...it's such a warm and comforting name. But who could it be? I've never heard of or met anyone with that name before. It sounds like that...dream, memory, I don't even know at this point...happened a long time ago. What does the blood symbolize, then? And why do I feel so scared? Why does my heart pound with adrenaline, even now?

I roll over onto my stomach and bury my face in my pillow. I'm very scared and unhappy now. I have to think of something happy to put me back to sleep...

...Uryu! Think of him...of all the time we spent together...all of our memories of Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Saint White's Day...Spring Festival, Summer Festival, Fall Festival...all the times we watched fireworks together. All the times we fought Hollows together.

Oh, and of course, our kisses on Friday. Can't dare to forget that.

My face flushes red and I relax as I remember being in Uryu's arms, being so close to him...smelling his cologne, my favorite smell ever...

...that's better. I'm much, much happier now. I bury myself deep into my pillow and blankets, falling back into a deep slumber, that nasty dream all but forgotten.

Morning comes, and I rise like normal. I'm a little tired, but that's also normal. I dress for the day, get ready for school, and then travel next door. I find that Uryu has yet to make it down from his room, so I shrug it off and go about preparing our lunch for the day. Also a normal thing.

This day really isn't any different from any other day. That makes me happy. Today will be a good day.

I hear footsteps on the stairs, and smile. I can't wait to see him...though I saw him yesterday, it gets tougher being apart from him the closer we get. I hum a little to myself as I finish preparing our lunches.

"Uryu, do you make a habit of leaving the door open for women? It's not like you." I hear a deep voice say, and I freeze. Could it really be...?
"It's none of your concern, Ryuuken." The older man, who must be Uryu's father, scoffs.
"It becomes my concern when my son does something so disgraceful as letting a woman come and go as she pleases in his apartment." I bristle a little at this. I feel on edge as I sense the mounting tension.

This is not good. Not good at all. They're arguing over my being here.

"Say what you like. You wouldn't understand anyway. Like I said, it's none of your concern. Now leave." Uryu's voice is low and threatening. The disdain for his dad is very evident. He doesn't even call him 'dad'. He uses his first name...they must not get along at all.
"Hmph. Say what you like, son, but your behavior is ridiculous and very lewd. I suggest refraining from doing anything that would reflect back on me in a negative manner." And with that, I hear the older man leave. The door closes, and I feel just as relieved as I'm sure Uryu feels. I finish the lunches and start to clean the few utensils I've managed to dirty, just to keep me busy so I'm not idle. I'll get fidgety otherwise.

"...Mina." I look over my shoulder at him.
"Yeah?" I ask, as if there's nothing wrong. Which, in actuality, there isn't. I just heard something I probably shouldn't have. That's okay, because I'm good at forgetting stuff if I'm supposed to.
"I'm...sorry you had to hear that. It's unfortunate he decided to stop by here so early...I feared this would happen." I shake my head as I start to dry the utensils.
"It's okay. I probably won't even remember it come the end of school anyway." I say. He sighs, and I feel him closer to me than before. As I finish drying and putting away the dishes, I turn to face him. His face is rather stoic, but I can tell my hearing the conversation with his father does not sit well with him. I walk over to him and hug him.
"It's okay, Uryu. It happens. I've never had parents, so...I don't really understand anyway. I'll just forget about it, okay?" His arms hesitate at first, but then he hugs me back. I smile a little bit.
"...If you're sure it's alright, then. Thank you for making lunch, as always." I nod, pulling back to pack the lunch away. When I'm certain he's ready, we head off to school.

It really is going to be a great day. Of that I'm sure.

When I get to the classroom, immediately I'm taken up in Orihime and Tatsuki's little group. I'm not surprised. I've been glued to these girls since middle school, so we've always been close. I manage to glance at Ichigo, who looks over at me. I smile and wave a little, and he returns the wave casually. I notice that another person has joined our little group, and I introduce myself.

"Oh, you must be Rukia! Hi, I'm Mina. Nice to meet you!" I say, giving her a small wave. She returns it kindly with a smile and her own little wave.

"It's nice to meet you too, Mina!" I can sense her reiatsu, and it's so similar to Ichigo's that I'm certain she's also a Soul Reaper. She's probably the reason for his sudden appearance as a Soul Reaper, as well. Though I'm a great deal more accepting of Soul Reapers than Uryu is, I'm sure that he will have a fit when he finds out that yet another Soul Reaper has made their way onto our territory. That, or he already knows and, being the space cadet I am, I'm just slow to the game...or however the saying goes.

You get the point.

Class starts, and as the day wears on, I find myself rather bored. I don't know how I can remain in the top portion of the class...without Uryu's help I would completely bomb every test I took. I can't help that high school is so boring...nothing Sensei ever says is worthwhile anyway. Maybe that's why I fail...I don't find this stuff relevant.

Blah, whatever. My mind slips past these logarithms and whatnot and straight back to the confrontation I heard this morning as well as my dream—nightmare—from last night.

The nightmare alone was creepy...I still can't figure out why it suddenly decided to rear it's ugly head. I've never had a dream like that before in my life. It was so realistic that it scared me out of my wits. For the first time since I was really little it scared me to the point of wanting to go crawl in bed with someone just so I wouldn't feel alone. I didn't like that...being alone and experiencing something so horrifying.

And then this morning...seeing Uryu and his dad so estranged that Uryu won't even call him 'dad'. He uses his name—Ryuuken—to address him. I've never had a father or a mother...at times it can be hard, but it's even harder when you don't understand why a person you care about so much hates their parents. It's hard to understand something you could never hope to experience in your life. It makes me curious as to what went on to make Uryu hate his father so much. I wish they weren't like that...what I wouldn't give to even have a parent. I couldn't imagine hating them at all. There's a good reason, I'm sure...it just makes me so sad.

When the lunch bell rings I'm so relieved. I don't want to be stuck in class any longer...the break will do me good for the rest of the rather long day. As we break for lunch, however, I sense the reiatsu of a Hollow nearby. Immediately I start heading in that direction, and when I get there I notice that Ichigo and Rukia are already there and Uryu's not to far behind me. I pull out my bow and run forward, but Ichigo manages to destroy it before I can get there. Yet again, Ichigo has taken care of a Hollow. What gets me is why so many more are appearing lately...to see one a week is more than normal, but to see two in four days...and with more popping up all the time...I'm starting to get the feeling something's wrong here.

Rukia's suddenly appeared here, and Ichigo's suddenly become a Soul Reaper. This is odd by itself. What could possibly be happening around here? And why am I always the dunce that never knows anything?

"Mina! I didn't know...you're a Quincy?" Rukia asks me, and I give the peace sign with a smile.
"Sure am! Nice to know you're a Soul Reaper, too. Though I already guessed that, haha!" I say, and she beams back at me.
"Well, it's good to know that you're much more endearing than your counterpart. He seems to have it out for me and Ichigo." I roll my eyes.
"I know, I know. It's a long story." I say as Ichigo and Uryu start arguing. I cross my arms and roll my eyes as Rukia pulls Ichigo away from Uryu and takes him back toward the school. I then follow them with Uryu trailing behind me.

It's funny. Four of us respond to defeat a Hollow. I've never seen it so crowded here before.

When school is over, Uryu has his Handicrafts club meeting. As such, I have to wait for him...or rather, I choose to wait for him. I'm sitting out in the front of the school, humming to myself as I stare at the sky, then the ground, then a tree...letting my spaceyness run rampant. I soon get bored and start to wander from the outside of the school to the inside, meandering my way to the club room to meet Uryu there, since it's almost time for his meeting to be over by the time I manage to get through all of this useless activity. I walk into the room and find him sitting there by himself, and I quirk an eyebrow as he looks up.

"All alone, Uryu? Did they just abandon you or what?" I ask, sitting down in front of him as he's putting his massively extensive sewing kit away. He pushes up his glasses and shakes his head.

"We ended early. I had to finish something you gave me to repair, so I did." He hands me a shirt that I'd given him some time ago to be repaired, and I see that it's my favorite purple blouse. It had gotten a rip in it's seam and lost a couple of buttons, and since I was incompetent at sewing I was going to throw it away. But he wouldn't let me, and instead fixed it. I look at it, smile because he's replaced all the buttons with much nicer ones, and the hole in the seam on the right side is now gone. I fold it nicely and put it in my bag.

"Thank you! It look so much better now. I'm glad you fixed it for me...I would've hated to throw it away." He nodded.
"It looks good on you. It would be a waste to see it go." I smile and blush a little.
"Aww, that's so sweet. Thank you. It makes me feel better knowing you like it on me, too." His face flushes a little, and I can't help loving the fact that I embarrass him.

Yep, just another typical day at school. Today was just like the others...give or take a couple mishaps. But overall, just another typical day.

Okay! That's the end of the fourth chapter...honestly, it was pretty good in my opinion. If you disagree, that's okay, but keep in mind I was trying to showcase a more-or-less normal day for Mina and Uryu. No big events in total, just some minor events here and there. The dream/nightmare is most important, and the incident with Uryu and his dad is semi-important, so that's what I focused on. After that it was me rambling on. Pretty good for ADD, don't you think? Teehee :P

Anyways, keep reviews coming! I know the Uryu community isn't that big, but if you know others who are into this type of thing send them my way! I swear once the story picks up it will get much better. I still have some wheels yet to grease, but other than that things will pick up and get better.

Later, kiddies! Read lots of Bleach smut and fluff and be merry! :3