Chapter 1

"Morning Ichigo" Rukia said greeting her best friend. She caught him staring out the classroom window; he had been spacing out a lot lately

"Uh…oh hey Rukia" He said turning to see her, she looked as happy as ever, Rukia was clearly a morning person. Rukia and Ichigo had been friends since freshman year when she moved to Karakura. It was now senior year and they were getting ready for college. Rukia sat in her seat, which was right next to Ichigo, and started humming to herself; she was obviously in a good mood

"Why are you in such a good mood" Ichigo asked

"Oh it's nothing" Rukia said innocently, obviously wanting him to ask again, but before he could ask again he was interrupted.

"She's got herself a boy" a female voice said entering the conversation. It was Rukia's friend Rangiku. Rangiku was a senior; actually she has been a senior for three years. She purposely does poorly every year so she doesn't have to graduate much to her parents' disapproval. "I know that hum anywhere you got yourself a boy toy"

"No she doesn't, Rukia would have told me" Ichigo stated "Right Rukia?" He waited for Rukia to speak but she just lowered her head. Ichigo couldn't believe it, Rukia told him everything and he told her all his secrets at least he hoped she told him everything. "Is Rangiku right, do you have a boyfriend?"

"Well Ichigo, I don't have a boyfriend but I do have a date" Rukia said trying to make the conversation better.

"WITH WHO???"

"With me" a familiar male voice said. It was Yumichika Ayasegawa. He was voted most attractive male every year since freshman year. He dated the most beautiful girls Japan had to offer and he usually dated girls from school who were voted most attractive.

"You're going out with the pretty boy?" He asked. "This has to be a joke"

"Its no joke, I only go for the most beautiful girls in school, plus both me and Rukia have something in common" Yumichika said handing Rukia a rose, she blushed a bit.

"What's that exactly?" Rangiku asked. "We both lived in Tokyo, I never met Rukia but at least we share a home town"

"You have got to kidding, she wasn't even voted the most beautiful" Ichigo argued.

"SO WHAT!!!!" Rukia said getting up. Ichigo realized how he said his last statement came off insulting.

"Stop acting like an idiot and just be happy I'm finally going on my first date, it was you who helped me open up to the people in this town"

Ichigo soon realized she was right. When Rukia first came to Karakura, she was so shy and closed everyone off. People always tried to talk to her but she always brushed them. That is until finally spoke to the boy next to her

Flashback

"Yes I got a 97, HA! I kick butt at math" Ichigo said hold his paper up high. He heard some grumbling next to him. He turns to see the transfer student with her eyes glued to her paper. He had never spoken to her but he knew her name was Rukia Kuchiki from the House of Kuchiki; the Kuchikis were one of the richest families in Japan.

"Uh, how did you do" Ichigo asked the girl

"I got a 35…..happy now" she said coldly

"That's no good" He said laughing "You should study more"

"What's the point I study all the time and I never d o good on these tests"

"You just need a tutor, your family is rich right, why don't you get a real fancy tutor"

"No…I couldn't just ask for such a thing from them?" Rukia said sadly

"Why not? They are your family right?"

"Legally yeah but" Rukia looked up at Ichigo and realized she was having a conversation with someone

"But what" Ichigo looked at the girl sitting next to him he could see she was a lonely person. He wanted to know how a rich girl like this could look so lonely

"Look Rukia, you don't have to tell me but I don't mind tutoring you for free" he said smiling

Rukia smiled, even though a part of her didn't want to be happy she was talking to someone. She shut people out because she had lost important people already and she didn't want to get close to someone and have that person taken away again, but she felt comfortable with him

"Sure you can tutor me………uh what's your name" She realized he knew her name but never bothered to learn his

"Ichigo Kurosaki, nice to meet you"

End Flashback

Ichigo learned that Rukia and her sister, Hisana lived in Tokyo, and they didn't have any money and Hisana worked two jobs so Rukia wouldn't have to work. Hisana married a man named Byakuya Kuchiki and he took both Hisana and Rukia into the Kuchiki house and he even legally had Rukia adopted as his legal sister. Hisana died of cancer right before Rukia had transfer to Karakura High. With her sister gone she felt she had no real ties to the Kuchiki family anymore, but Byakuya had promised Hisana he would take care of Rukia, plus Rukia had no other family to turn to both her parents died when she was a baby. It took a while before Rukia was finally able to open up to Ichigo. She tried to avoid getting close but it didn't work, he didn't like the lonely look in her eyes, so he made it his goal to get her to open up and by sophomore year she had. At first she usually just sat with Ichigo and his friends but he introduced her to Orihime Inoue, who was one of the most popular girls in school and she help Rukia meet other people. Little by little she was beginning to socialize and she stopped shutting people off and was even doing better in Math.

"So Rukia we should go to the mall tonight to pick out an outfit for your big night" Rangiku said sitting on top of Rukia's desk.

"Sounds good, make sure you look good for me babe" Yumichikia said leaving the classroom

Ichigo sat down grumbling to himself. He could believe Rukia was going on a date with a guy especially Yumichikia. Yumichika had dated Orihime, Rangiku and many other girls, Rangiku never took dating him seriously tho, and Orihime didn't even agree to date him, He just told people he did. But the other girls he dated were terribly heartbroken. Ichigo was worried because Rukia seemed to look forward to the date, and Yumichika would probably end up hurting her

When Lunch came around Ichigo joined his friends, Keigo,Mizuiro, Sado and Uryu. Keigo was telling one of his crazy stories so Ichigo just sat down and ate his food his sister, Yuzu made him. Yuzu and Karin started their first year of high school but it wasn't weird going to the same school as his sisters. He never saw them probably because they think they will embarrass him.

"I can't believe that hottie, Rukia has a date with that pretty boy" Keigo stated. Ichigo woke up from his thoughts the moment he heard Rukia's name. "She should go out with me, I'll show her a good time" Keigo said as he winked. Ichigo was getting irritated

"Plus that dude hangs out with the bald dude that always gets into fights, the kid with the wired number tattoo and the blonde emo kid" Keigo said

"You mean Ikkaku Madarame, Shūhei Hisagi and Kira Izuru?" Mizuiro asked. "Yeah, he seems to like to fight"

"Whatever I would beat them and the pretty boy, just to see what Rukia has got hiding under that uniform. Ichigo clenched his fits and Uryu noticed how angry Ichigo was getting from the conversation.

"Can we change the subject please?" Uyru said sounding annoyed

"Why Mr. Ishdia, do you like Rukia or something" Keigo called out

"No but Ichigo does, so lay off the comments" Uyru said calmly. Ichigo blushed then shook his head "What the hell, Rukia is just my friend, its true I don't like the guy she is dating but It's not because he is with her its more that he drops girl like old fads, he is gonna end up breaking her heart"

Everyone stared and Ichigo, knowing that Ichigo really did care a lot about Rukia but they all knew he was lying when he said they were just friends.

During Lunch Rukia was eating with her friends, Orihime, Tatsuki, Rangiku, Momo and Kiyone.

"So Rukia, are you excited for tonight" Momo asked.

"OMG, she should be the most beautiful boy to ever grace this planet asked our Rukia on a date" Kiyone yelled

"What are you gonna wear?" Orhime asked excitedly

"You know we have to head straight to the mall after school, we need to pick out something revealing!" Rangiku stated.

Rukia felt overwhelmed with four of her friends hovering her.

"What did Ichigo have to say about it?" Tatsuki asked bring the girls to a state of shock, all the girls believe that Rukia and Ichigo had a thing for each other but no one said anything because another one of their friends had a thing for Ichigo, of course Rukia had no idea.

"What do you mean Tatsuki?" Rukia asked

"Yeah, why would Ichigo say anything about it" Orhime asked nervously. She had been in love with Ichigo since the day she met him.

Flashback

Orihime was sitting there crying, she had been in the living room off the Kurosaki home, she had just watched her brother die and all she could do was cry.

"Hey, don't cry, your brother is in heaven now" a boy said to her. She looked up to see a boy with orange hair.

"I didn't get to say goodbye"

Don't worry you will see him again….but for now he is watching over you. He smiled at the little girl and she hugged him crying.

"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, what's yours?" She look up at him, she could believe how warm his eyes were. "I'm Orihime Inoue"

"Well Orihime, your brother wouldn't want you to keep crying like this. Let's get you some ice cream" He said taking her hand and directing her to his Kitchen. She felt warm all over.

"I know you want to cry and my mom used to say it was okay to cry, but don't let your brother see you crying for long."

"Your mom must be smart"

"Yeah, she died last year". Orihime just looked the boy, He was so strong and kind, and he lost someone important too.

End Flashback

"What did Ichigo say about your date?"

"Nothing really, he thinks it's a joke" Rukia explained. Orihime just looked at Rukia.

It felt awkward for a minute, everyone was quiet, and then Momo jumped up and broke the silence and said "So me and Toshiro broke up". All the girls' attention shifted toward Momo. Momo and Toshiro had been dating for only two months but she was in love.

"So you left the sophomore boy alone" Tatsuki joked. Momo had like Toshiro a lot but he didn't seem very interested in her, it was a shock to find out he agreed to date her.

"So what if he is younger, you all admitted he was hot, but with all this college stuff I need to get focused"

"Well I heard he dumped you" Rangiku exclaimed. Rangiku was blunt and honest and sometimes it wasn't a good thing

"WHAT?" Momo yelled "Where did you hear that"

"You know the girl's locker room is like gossip central, I heard when Toshiro went to soccer camp he met a girl who is a freshman here who is one the soccer team, he liked her a lot and she refuse to be with him if he had a girl so he dumped you.

"UHHHH, so that's why he dumped me!!" Momo screamed. Everyone realized that the story about her dumping him to focus on college was false. Rukia tried to calm down Momo, and then she saw Karin and Yuzu. "Hey Karin, Hey Yuzu" Rukia yelled waving.

"There she goes" Rangiku said, "Who?" Momo asked

"Karin, Toshiro's new girlfriend"

"Ichigo's sister?" Rukia yelled

"Yeah, if you ask me she is pretty blah but whatever" Rangiku said trying to make Momo feel better.

But that was a lie Karin had grown into a beautiful young lady and seeing how cute Karin was Momo couldn't help but feel insecure.

"Hey Rukia" Yuzu and Karin said walking over to the group of girls

"Hey guys" Rukia said turning to the freshman girls. They greeted everyone else and Karin automatically recognized Momo, as Toshiro's ex-girlfriend.

"Hello, you must be Momo Hinamori" Karin said holding out her hand. Momo looked up in shock that Karin knew who she was

"Yeahh, how did you know…"

"My boyfriend said you're a good friend of his". Momo became angry hearing this.

"So he still talks about me…how typical" Momo said trying to get to Karin, Karin quickly saw thru it and retaliated "Not really he mention that you were a bit of a baby"

Everyone got quiet as Karin and Momo glared at each other."Let's go Karin" Yuzu said tugging Karin away from the staring contest.

Rukia just laughed to herself. Yuzu and Karin were like little sisters to her. Ichigo's father had to be the funniest, He told Rukia that he would happily take Rukia as his third daughter or a daughter in law in which would give him a grandchild. Ichigo hated when he said that, even tho he blushed when he said it.

Later that night, Ichigo had found himself reading Shakespeare. He wanted to keep himself busy, so he wouldn't think about Rukia and Yumichika. Ichigo didn't need to admit it to himself he knew he was jealous. Ichigo was in love with Rukia. Madly in love. He had realized that last Christmas when they ended up under mistletoe. Rukia and him had been running in the snow from school. They were in front of his house and right above the door there was the mistletoe, Rukia and Ichigo both stared at it. He looked down to look at Rukia, when she her lips and his touched. She kissed him sweetly on the lips on the tips of her toes. Ichigo was shocked at the feelings that started rushing thru him. It took him a while to understand why he felt that way but he soon realized why he thought about her every five minutes, why he prayed for her when he didn't really believe a god existed and why he felt lonely when she wasn't around. Ichigo Kurosaki was in love with Rukia Kuchiki

Ichigo decided to get some sleep, he didn't want to think about anything, and he laid himself on his pillow and started to drift off.

Ichigo woke up to hearing something at his window. He looked at the clock, looked out the window to see the girl he loved outside. He opened the window to yell at the girl "What the hell Rukia, It's late"

"Sorry, but I wanted to tell you about my date" she said sweetly. Ichigo didn't want to know but a part of him did so he threw on a shirt and went to see her. Walking outside there was Rukia. She was wearing black tube top, short denim skirt and high heeled patent leather black boots

"What the fuck are you wearing" Ichigo yelled "You look like a like a"

"A whore, I know but Rangiku made me were this. Something about making him pudding in my hands"

Ichigo went inside his house to grab a jacket. He handed it to Rukia "Thanks" She said

Ichigo and Rukia walked down the street where they sat and she talked about her date. Ichigo didn't hear a word she said all he did was stare at her lips, her eyes, her nose, and her neck .His eyes just roamed all over. She hadn't notice because she was way into tell her story. Soon she realized Ichigo was not paying attention

"Uh hello" She said waving at him

"Huh?" He said finally come back to reality. "Pretty much I had fun and Yumichika invited us to his beach party, so are you gonna come."

"Sure, so does this mean he has a second date" Ichigo asked. Rukia wasn't sure he just told her to come to the party

"I don't know, but I really want you to come" Rukia said smiling

"Okay, wait a minute, wont Byakuya flip out if you come home this late"

"He is out of town again" Rukia looked at her watch "I should go home before my butler goes berserk looking for me. I'll walk you; it's not safe for you to walk by yourself this late"

Rukia just smiled while trying to hide her blush, the man she loved was walking her home.