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Power beyond containing...

Mar 27, 2011 20:35

Who: Kuchiki Rukia, Kurosaki Ichigo, (and maybe The Hollow later on)
When: Afternoon of March 27th
Where: Rukia's Place of Solace, Mt. Koifushi
What: A lot's happened, but strangely enough, there's not been a lot of talking.
Warnings: Ichigo's (and maybe Shiro's) Mobile Swearword Zone

( Are you going to remain a slave for the rest of your life? )

*kuchiki rukia: bleach, kurosaki ichigo: bleach

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savior_n_black March 28 2011, 01:20:42 UTC

[ Ichigo had...well, he'd buried himself in organizing the informal 'fight club', and the official self-defense classes. After the week of hell, Ichigo was of the firm opinion that he needed to be much more proactive in getting the fighters in prom organized.
Now, after the revelation that Jarlaxle was even more of a sneaky, lying rat than Ichigo had credited him for, on top of the massive amounts of awkward glances between Ichigo, Rukia, and Shiro, and...well, Ichigo was anything but comfortable with the living arrangements ( ... )

snowwhitesoul March 28 2011, 02:30:55 UTC

She felt him coming long before he arrived, which was nothing new. She knew his reiatsu as well as the back of her own hand now, as long as they'd shared the same room. She was surprised, though. She expected him to press the issue before now with her constant absence and the news about Jarlaxle-san, but he'd been handling the nettlesome situation at the Clinic in his own way, needing to adjust to the hollow's presence more than anyone else. So she gave him the space and time he may have needed to deal with it. Not like the last time she'd tried to get him to talk had done anything, so she waited for him to broach the subject.

Looks like today was that day.

Marking her page, she tucked the book under her arm and vaulted from the tree branch to land on the ice. Carefully putting both the water and the novel down on the bag that carried her lunch, her PORTAL, and a towel, she finally gave Ichigo her full attention.

"Alright." Folding her hands into the sleeves of her shihakusho, she nodded her acknowledgement to him. "Let's talk."

savior_n_black March 28 2011, 04:28:48 UTC

[ Taking a lot of air in, and releasing it in a sigh. ]

I know you're pretty mad about Jarlaxle. But, he had everyone fooled, and nothing good comes from beating yourself up about it.

[ No this is not the only reason he's out here, but it seems like a slightly safer place to start than some of the other places he could. ]

You don't have to stay away, either. I mean...yeah, it was weird to wake up with my head aching, and being squashed by Shiro's fat, dragon-ass, but...you don't have to feel guilty about sleeping on a beanbag, right?

[ Blushing a bit, and trying very hard to keep his eyes on Rukia's. Damnitt, it was awkward, but he wasn't a kid. He could do this! ]

snowwhitesoul March 28 2011, 05:29:13 UTC

"I trusted him too easily. I brought you to him."

In such a short amount of time, she'd accepted him so very quickly. Even if the man had never had any intent on killing her or Ichigo, it still didn't change the fact that a murderer had made friends with her. It was galling and made her a little sick - how many other things had been a lie? How much had he planned on using them both?

But she shakes those dark thoughts away and busies herself with brushing off her hakama to hide the faint touch of color on her cheeks as well.

"It's not just that, Ichigo. Its other things."

Like having the hollow leer at her every time they passed each other. Like it treating her like an intruder, if not something in his territory to stake his dominance over. And that chafed, because she couldn't begin to compare to his power, because his power was Ichigo's, and they both knew it. It made her angry that the hollow could - and likely would, if their single discussion on the network was any indication - simply bat her around. She had no respect from ( ... )

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