Hi! I really wanted to get involved with Ichiruki month! I don't know how many prompts I can do, but I definitely want to try to write more! Hope you enjoy this chapter! Honestly, this was like the only way for me to think about of the ending. Other than that, I can't think of it even being possible of ending that way! Hope you enjoy!

Theme: Missing Scene

"We really can't." Rukia said.

"Why not?" Ichigo said in anger.

"The laws of the land."

"Screw the laws." Ichigo shouted loudly.

"I can't. I am a shiragami."

"What about us?"

"I will always love you and you will always be my best friend." Rukia smiles at him.

"That's not enough." Ichigo, heartbroken, said.

"I'm sorry. You deserve to be part of the living. You deserve to have a life where you don't have to fight everyday. Also, you deserve to be happy."

"I am happy when I am with you!"

"You can't live in this world. I will stay the same as you age. You shouldn't have to be subjected to these unfairness. Who knows if you will have your power for the rest of your life?"

"But…" Ichigo protested, before breaking into tears.

"I am so sorry." Rukia smiles a bitter smile and hugs him.

"Congratulations! Inoue san is a great girl!" Rukia said as she greets him!

"She's not you though." Ichigo murmurs.

Rukia sighs. "Treat her well, she really loves you."

"I know. I know she does. She treats me well and we do not have any issues. I care for her a lot, but...not how I feel about you. Nothing can change that." Ichigo said.

Rukia just smiles, pats his arm and left. Ichigo stares at the door after she left. In frustration, he yanks his tie and threw it across the room. "Why did this have to be like this?" He groans and just put his head in his hands.

"Hey, you."

Rukia turns to see Ichigo in the room. "Hey Ichigo."

"You look beautiful." He comments on her white kimono. He reaches over to brush a hair out of her eyes with his hand lingering.

"Thank you!" She smiles at him and place her own hand on top of his. "I heard that Inoue san is pregnant. Congratulations!"

"Yea...thanks." He said. "Be happy." He told her as he gently kiss the top of her head. "If he does anything, I kick his butt."

"Not if I do it first." She laughs. "Thank you for everything." She smiles with an unreadable emotion in her eyes.

"Wow! Congratulations! It is a boy!" Rukia smiles at the pair.

"Thank you." Orihime smiles at her while Ichigo nods.

"I hope he looks more like his mother than his father." Rukia snickers to herself.

"Huh, what is that suppose to mean?" Ichigo said.

"Well, I rather him look like his beautiful woman like his father." Rukia said.

"Well, I hope your kid looks more like Renji than you." Ichigo spats right at her.

"Oh! You're expecting?" Orihime asks.

"Yes, I am a few months!" Rukia smiles. Her stomach then starts to growl. "Oops, guess we are hungry. I am going to get something from the venting machine."

"I get you something too, Orihime." Ichigo said as he left the room to follow Rukia.

Orihime looks on with a small smile on her face that starts to shake a little bit.

"Are you okay?" Ishida asks her.

"Yes. Why wouldn't I be?" Orihime looks at him.

"Well...you know." Ishida awkwardly asks. He did not know how to bring up the topic.

"I mean, Rukia is more than just a friend to him. If I want him in my life, I will have to accept it. She is the one who clear up his rain." She said in reply.

An awkward silence came about. "I know Ichigo cares for me a lot! He takes good care of me and always there! He is a great husband and will be a great father. So. eh." Orihime kept rambling on.

"But?"

"Sometimes, I wonder...what if things were different."

"Like...the laws?"

"Yea, I am happy to be married to him and to have a child with him! It is what I ever wanted. But, it is a little too perfect. He doesn't get mad at me. He doesn't get annoyed with me. Some say that is a good relationship. But...I can't help but want what he has with Rukia. I want him to tease me and fight with me too…" Orihime sighs in reply.

"Inoue…." Ishida said.

"Ah! I'm sorry!" Orihime comments.

"He does care about you a lot and he does love you." Ishida told her.

"You're right." Orihime nods to herself. But does he love me the way I love him?

"Wow, we are parents now!" Rukia exclaims.

"Yea, I am a father and you are able to be mother to be," Ichigo said.

"I wonder how the kids will be. You think they will get along?" Rukia said.

"Yea…" Ichigo said.

"What's up? Why you're so gloomy?" Rukia questions.

"I can't help, but think what if it was us?" Ichigo asks.

"We can't do that." Rukia said.

"I know, but still!" Ichigo exclaims loudly. "If things were different, if maybe we-"

"That's not fair to Orihime or to Renji." Rukia said sadly.

"Still...maybe in our next life, we can finally get that ultimate happiness."

"I would like that." Rukia agrees.

"I don't want your kid anywhere near my kid! She is so rough and will hurt my kid." Ichigo shouts.

"Ah, come on. He needs a little rough housing. He needs to get tougher. He can't stay all quiet forever." Rukia laughs.

"Mama." A little boy tugs on his mother's dress.

"Yes, honey?" Orihime asks.

"Who's that lady? I never seen papa so loud and stuff."

"She...is a very important person to your father. She is the one who change his world." Orihime smiles with a hint of sadness.

She is the most important person to Ichigo...even after these many years.

A/N: How was that? I got a little teary writing this ff! Hope you enjoy! Till next time!