"I can't believe I'm here," I grumble to myself, arm linked with Gin's as we enter the dance. A few people turn to stare, mumbling about who the handsome guy with me was.

And then whispering about how it must be that exchange guy I was living with.

"Just smile." Gin was mocking me, as all ways.

"Gin, I swear to God if I didn't live with you..." I trail off dangerously, elbowing him in his ribs.

"I thought you weren't coming." Uryuu appears, glaring slightly at Gin.

"I wasn't. I was forced." I let my eye twitch.

"You wanted to." Gin didn't even falter once in his snappy comebacks. He had his teeth showing as he smiled.

"You're here!" Orihime hugs me. "I knew you'd come in the end! Even Tatsuki's here!"

"No way! She in a dress?" I was grinning from ear-to-ear.

"A white one!"

"I've got to see this! Is Ichi here?"

"In a tux!"

"Oh my God!" I wanted to cry as I found them. Ichigo had all ready yanked his tie loose and Tatsuki was grumbling while trying to find a way to make her short sundress longer. "This is priceless!"

"Shut up!" Ichigo stares at me. "Wow, I've never seen you in a dress around this age. Ha! You look funny!"

"Shut it Ichi!" I scoff, kicking him in the shin with my heel. Gin was paid no mind.

Even Rukia was here!

"All right, I want everyone on the dance floor!" The DJ hollers.

I get a large grin, looking around. "Who wants to dance with me?" Gin was the closest victim, so I drag him with me.

"I hate dances. I hate dances." I loved dancing, but I hated the people and gossips circles.

Hours later, in the middle of a fun little circle dance, my body tingles and the gym shakes. Decorations fall as people begin screaming. I take off outside the gym and see a ripple in the air as it split about a mile away, being that huge.

"Oh great." I knew what that meant. None of the others had forced their way out yet, so I run behind a tree and call out my Soul Reaper form. Thankfully, my robes were repaired.

I use my speed to run to the scene, pulling out my sword.

"Kurogami, Fly Free!" I holler, yanking it out of it's sheathe.

Four, count them, four Menos Grande appear from different vortexes. I don't hesitate in calling out my zanpakuto's Bankai.

"BANKAI! KUROGAMI, FALL!" I screech, calling it forth.

My sword turns into a huge scythe, the blade larger then any other such scythe. My beautiful Kurogami takes form beside me, slightly see through, but not by much. Her silvery, flowing hair and eyes stare malevolently at the Menos Grande's. [When I say 'flowing hair and eyes', think a silver form of Zangetsu's outfit.]

"ROAR OF THE GOD'S!" My tattoo was glowing, using that suppressed power to supply more strength into my attacks.

Kurogami brandishes her sharp staff, flying up and twirling it high. Lightning strikes hard against two of the Menos Grande's, rendering them dead.

Another one tries to kill me with a giant crushing claw, ripping the back of my shirt. It nearly got my back, but missed only by an inch. I was prepared this time though, for a halter that was thin and made of bandages covered just my front.

I kill that Menos Grande with my scythe, chopping his ankles off since I was barely that tall, and Kurogami finishes him off. The final one was much stronger.

Another vortex had opened without me knowing it though. A Menos Grande grabs me from behind, hauling me high into the air. My form is knocked unconscious just as I hear someone call out to me.

With Ichigo [Third Person's POV]
Ten Minutes Earlier

"It's Menos Grande, and more then three!" Rukia hollers while looking at a device. "Let's go!"

"Wait, where's Misao?" Riko was trying to keep her voice above the screaming people. "We have to have her help too!"

"We'll find her in the crowd!" Ichigo and Gin were all ready forcing their way through the tough crowd.

It takes a good while to finally get through the crowd. The group sees Menos Grande in the distance, two of which are slaughtered with lightning.

"She's all ready there." Orihime was beside the people as they began running.

"By herself?" Ichigo was scared for his sister. "Damn her persistence! She can't handle four of them alone!"

"She all ready killed two." Uryuu was using common sense.

Gin was moving faster then most of them, all ready in his Soul Reaper robes. His zanpakuto was in his hands.

Another goes down, but a vortex opens not far from where it fell.

"Oh no! There she is!" Ichigo shouts as everyone sees her body in the claws of a Menos Grande, meaning to crush her. "Misao!"

"AHHH!" She was unconscious, but she could still scream. Bankai Kurogami was still out but couldn't do anything without her orders. She was fading away anyways.

Ichigo moves to kill the Menos Grande, but Gin was far ahead of him. A frown was on his face as he makes quick and painful work of the monster, catching the falling body of Misao. He lands carefully.

"What the hell? You saved her?" Ichigo screams. "That's not even possible!"

"Kill the last one." Gin's back was to them as he spoke. He disappears into the darkness as Kurogami completely turns back into her unawake form, back in her sheathe.

"Hmm?" I open my eyes, feeling a pain of crushing about me. I had at least two broken ribs and deep cuts lashed across my body from where massive claws dug into my skin. "Damn Menos..." I was in an unfamiliar bed.

"You should all ways watch your back in a fight." Someone was bandaging me up.

I gaze over at Ichimaru Gin, seeing his face impassive besides his curving eyes. I was in his bed.

"How did I even live through that?" He was silent. "Did Ichigo show up? No because he'd be here beside me if he saved me." Realization hits me. "Wait, you saved me?"

"I would think of it as killing off the Menos you couldn't." He ties off another set of bandages. I was topless with only a bra on my upper form, which would normally embarrass me. I didn't care right now.

"You actually saved me..." I stop. "Why?"

"Now whose asking 'why'?" He finishes off a smaller gash.

"Answer me Ichimaru Gin!"

"Do I need a reason?"

"Yes, because you're an enemy!" I was thoroughly confused.

He stops. "After we've lived in a house for four months together, you ask."

All those times I had spent with him, all those little smiles he forced out of me made me realize something I really was afraid to admit.

"Gin, I'm sorry I've been vile to you in the past." I give a small smile. "I guess you really are a piece of work huh?" I hadn't been mean to him lately, seeing as we'd begun getting along better for the past two months.

"Don't get sentimental. You're no where near dead, just badly sliced up." He was still straight-mouthed, no smile evident.

"I'm just trying to make you smile I guess." I laugh to myself. Now was my only chance.

I sit up. "You shouldn't be moving."

I disregard his words and grunt, cringing in pain before turning to face him. He was still staring at me with those upwards eyes. I was tired of them, but I guess I was used to them as well. It would be weird any other way.

My lips touch his. I finally had done it and it didn't take idle banter to do it. He grabs my collar tightly, not letting me move as he deepens it.

We break away and I gasp.

I saw two amazing red eyes in front of me.

"Whoa..."

"Lay down." I obey without another word, never looking away from his eyes. He continues wrapping his bandages, and the first time I blink, he had his eyes closed again.

"Am I going to be alright soon, doc?"

"You'll be up to annoy me within a week."

I give him a very heart-warming smile. "Good, because I want to get back to kicking your ass at video games..."