The One behind the Mask
What would you do if one day you were ordered to kill the one person you swore to protect? I suck at summaries but this totally sums it... I think... Ichiruki :D
Disclaimer: I still don't own bleach :P (but I'm working on it hahaha just kidding :D)
Chapter 7: Master
Bunnies...
Bunnies...
"Oh hey, it's been a while so how's the body guard thing coming along?" Nanao asked surprised to see Ichigo.
"Great..." He replied but he didn't sound convincing.
"That great?" Nanao figured it was bad by his tone of voice.
"Yeah, let's just say I'd rather go back to my old old job than..." He cut his own statement off before continuing firmly, "No. I'm never doing that again. Ever," He said more to himself than to her as he was reminded of the memories of his past.
"So what got you back here?" Ishida asked cutting off Ichigo's reverie. "Isn't little miss rich girl looking for you?" He added trying to lighten the mood.
"No, besides little miss rich bitch hates me and she probably doesn't want to see me ever again."
"What'd you do?" Nanao posed in curiosity.
Ichigo sighed at the memory of what he saw, "Trust me, you don't want to know. I swear I'm getting the feeling that I'm about to lose this job permanently."
"That bad huh?"
"From the very beginning she never really liked me. Do you know how many times she told me I'm fired?"
"How many?"
"I don't know. I stopped counting since I always hear it come out of her tiny little bratty mouth."
Nanao put a hand on Ichigo's shoulder, "Well relax for a moment, you're not there anymore, you're here which means you have other problems to worry about than Rukia Kuchiki."
"Right, right," Ichigo said as he was reminded of why he was there lurking in warehouse no. 3AC1. "So any leads on our masked person?"
"None so far, there haven't been any attacks on the warehouses for days but we're getting the feeling it'll be soon," Ishida answered this time.
"So you still think this is the next target?" Ichigo asked observing the warehouse. You can smell the sea for it was close to the harbour.
"Well it better be. Our man has been attacking minor warehouses and this is the last of them. We're screwed if this gets destroyed," Ishida replied adjusting his glasses.
"I see."
"I'll just go talk to the officer in charge of the rounds tonight," Ishida said walking off after spotting the said officer. Nanao was about to follow when Ichigo stopped her. "Um... wait Nanao."
"Yes?"
"There's something I want to ask. It's a little personal so could you not tell four eyes about it?"
She chuckled a bit, "Interesting, what could it be?"
He didn't really know how to ask her so he ended up with the question, "Do you know where I could buy... er... girl stuff?"
"Girl stuff?" Nanao repeated with a raised eyebrow, "What kind of girl stuff?"
"Just girl stuff with printed rabbits on it."
"Printed rabbits? Um... Depends on what you are buying and what kind of rabbit you are looking for."
"Oh..." He ended up saying when he realized he couldn't possibly get anything from her without spilling little details.
"Nanao! Can we have the charts?" Ishida came running back to them.
"Why do you ask?" Nanao asked Ichigo as she handed Ishida the folder she was holding.
"N-nothing." Ichigo quickly ended carefully in case Ishida hears anything.
Damn you Ishida...
Who the hell am I going to ask for information now?
"Stupid bunnies..." He murmured as he went inside the kitchen and saw the familiar girl who is always there exuding her cheerful glow.
"Oh hey, you're early again!" Momo greeted with a smile. "Well you went home early too, is something wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm just not feeling well," He replied taking a seat on the counter.
"Oh that's a shame. Do you need some medicine?"
"No, I'm fine."
He watched as Momo prepares Rukia's vitamins when one of the bottles caught his eye.
"Hey wait, that..." He said pointing at it, "can I see it?"
Momo gladly handed the bottle to him, "It's chewable vitamins. I think it really tastes sweet and—"
"This rabbit!" He exclaimed pointing at the cover with a picture of a cartoon rabbit.
"Hm? You mean chappy?"
"Chappy?"
"Yes, that's chappy the rabbit."
"Chappy the rabbit," He repeated staring happily at the bunny with pride.
Chappy the rabbit! So that's who you are you fucking rabbit!
Now all I have to do is get a list of all the small girls that wear chappy undergarments...
...
...
Did you just hear what you just said?
How the hell am I going to do that?
His smile slowly disappeared.
Well at least I'm getting somewhere. That should lower the cluster.
"So what about Chappy? Do you like it?" Momo asked when she noticed his reaction towards the picture.
"No I— hey, do you know where people buy stuff with this Chappy the rabbit thing on it?"
"I... um... no. But I know someone who does."
"Really? Who?" His face lightened up with hope.
"Miss Rukia."
Dream crushed.
"Really? No one else?" He asked still hopeful.
"Well, Miss Rukia loves Chappy the rabbit, she goes to stores with Kaien to buy stuff that has Chappy all over it. If you want stores with Chappy then ask her."
"I... guess so..." He murmured grimly. "It's just that—"
"You..." Her voice got the attention of the two people in the kitchen.
Speak of the devil...
Literally, the devil...
"What are you still doing here?" She began with a loathing tone.
"Good morning Miss Rukia! You're up early!" Momo greeted with bliss not minding that the other person seems to not be in a good mood.
"Wait, Rukia I can explain—"
"Oh don't you dare say my name you perverted scum. After last night, you shouldn't even be alive right now!"
He gulped at hearing that venom in her voice.
Not good.
"Listen I—" He tried to reason.
"Listen? What makes you think I'll listen to you?" She yelled angrily grabbing a knife from the counter. Momo gasped while Ichigo immediately tried to get away but Rukia was blocking his exit so he stayed as far away as he can from her... She was holding a KNIFE for god's sake!
"M-miss Rukia, please put the knife down. What exactly happened?" Momo tried to calm Rukia down wrapping her arms around her from behind.
"He was peeking on me while I was changing! And now he's gonna pay!" She yelled pointing the tip of the knife at him. Ichigo felt all his blood drain at how frightening Rukia was. She was really angry.
"N-no I wasn't! Why would I even waste my time doing something like that?" He tried to retort.
"Because you're a sick perverted bastard!"
"Okay, okay, Ichigo, what exactly did you see?" Momo tried to keep track of what exactly happened.
"I saw nothing!"
"Liar!" Rukia yelled demanding the truth.
"Fine, I saw your top off."
"ASSHOLE! I demand his eyes to be ripped out!" She screamed in anger.
Both Momo and Ichigo let out a big "What?"
"You heard me. When my uncle hears about this say good bye to your job, your eyes and your life!"
"So he saw your top off, just imagine that you were wearing your bikini," Momo said in a carefree tone.
"BIKINI? Momo! Whose side are you on?" Rukia looked at Momo unbelievably.
"Just trying to lighten things up."
"It's not helping!"
"Look Miss Rukia just calm down. Listen, stressing isn't good for you, okay?" Momo said in a calmer tone taking the knife from Rukia and placing it on the counter. "Look, he saw what he saw and I don't think taking his eyes out would erase the memory of it. We can't do anything about that."
Rukia scowled some more knowing what Momo said was true but she can't let it go, especially when it happened twice and this time she didn't have a mask on.
"Yes we can! We can do something! We could just fire him! I don't even know what made uncle decide to hire him. I don't need a perverted body guard!" She shouted giving him a death glare.
And with that Ichigo couldn't take it anymore. He marched towards Rukia, grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the kitchen.
"Let go off me you fool!" Before she knew it they were in the piano room when he let her go. "Why did you—" She didn't finish when what he did next surprised her. He got down on his knees with his head down.
"What are you doing?" She asked still confused and scowling. She tried hard to hide the surprise in her tone.
"Please," He began in a low yet pleading tone, "Don't fire me." Rukia's eyes widened but she tried to keep her authoritative tone when she answered, "And why shouldn't I?"
"I need this job... for my sisters... so please..." This time he clenched his fists and closed his eyes shut. "Please..."
There was a pause before he heard her sigh, "Oh god, would you stop saying 'please' already?"
This time he looked up at her, "So does that mean you forgive—"
"I'm not yet done."
"S-sorry..." He said bowing again.
Rukia crossed her arms over her chest, "First admit that you've done wrong, that you're an idiot and you are never going to do wrong or disrespect me ever again."
He took a deep breath...
Here goes...
"I'm sorry for what I did, I was an idiot—"
"Am," she corrected. He felt the urge to retort but decided not to and just went with it.
"Am... an idiot."
"Continue," she told him.
"And I am never ever going to do wrong or disrespect you ever again."
Rukia smirked, "Good. Now get up." He obliged and they looked at each other.
"Well then Ichigo Kurosaki, from this day on, I am officially hiring you as my temporary body guard providing you follow your aforementioned statement," her face was serious again as if warning him.
"Yes Miss Rukia," He tried to sound like a good slave but Rukia frowned at hearing his answer.
"Wait. No. You don't call me 'Miss Rukia', you call me Master."
He raised an eyebrow, "What? But that's—"
"Are you questioning me?" Ichigo tried to keep his composure.
"No, master," He humbly replied.
It's official.
Congratulations Ichigo Kurosaki, from this day on, you are officially Rukia Kuchiki's slave.
"See if you're going to be like that, then maybe we'll get along just fine," Rukia said before walking out of the piano room.
Ichigo lets out a really big sigh. He just hopes he can keep this charade up or his temper calm long enough to get her to help him.
A/N: Oh yes I'm done with chapter seven. Hahaha I hope you guys liked it. Please read and review. I'm trying my best to keep the updates short hehe oh well. Sorry for the errors. Thank you soo much for those who read and review. ILY guys and God bless :P
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