Crash
Oh good-bye days, right now I've got the feeling that things are going to change;
So long to everything up until yesterday
An uncool kindness is at my side
~With you
I pass one ear phone over to you
And this moment slowly streams over to you
Can you really love me? Even though I sometimes lose my way
Oh Good-bye days ima kawaru ki ga suru kinou made ni so long
Kakkoyokunai yasashi sa ga soba ni aru kara
La la la la la it's you
Katahou no iyafon wo kimi ni watasu
Yukkuri to nagarekomu kono shunkan
Umaku ai sete imasu ka? tama ni mayou kedo
-Good-bye Days by Yui
Momo looked shocked.
"Kuchiki Kaitou-san?" She asked in disbelief.
Tatsuki was silent, then spoke up. "It...makes sense, doesn't it? All those days she was absent... those injuries...No one else would be around long enough, she always went straight home after school. Her brother, no matter how unemotional and cold hearted he was, would neverdo that to Rukia. Kaitou's the only explanation."
After a while, Ichigo asked, "You guys wanna come visit her?"
Momo and Tatsuki nodded.
When Ichigo got home, he spotted Rukia and Yuzu, the former covered head-to-toe in flour, and both were laughing.
"Oh, welcome home Ichigo! Earlier today I asked Rukia if she could help me with dinner, and she said yes! Anyway, where were you? Why are you so late?" Yuzu questioned, looking at her brother
"Well, you see..." Ichigo trailed off as Momo and Tatsuki walked in.
"Momo-chan! Tatsuki-chan!" Rukia said, surprised.
"Hi, Rukia." The two girls said in unison.
"What are you doing here?" Rukia asked, wiping flour from her face.
Tatsuki sighed. "We wanted to ask you a couple of questions."
"WHAT? OF COURSE NOT!" Rukia screamed.
"Otousama would never do that!" Rukia said, her voice cracking at the mention of Kaitou.
"Are you sure? Rukia, we're your friends, and we want to know if..." Momo was cut off as the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Karin mumbled as she walked towords the door.
The black-haired middle-schooler put on a a fake smile, waving lightly to a smiling Inoue Orihime.
Karin didn't hate Orihime, she just didn't like her and Ichigo dating. To be completely honest, even though she had only known her for a couple days, Karin liked Rukia much more than Orihime.
"Hi, Orihime..." Karin said, her smile getting smaller and smaller by the second.
"Hello Karin-chan," Karin glared at the nickname. "Where's Ichi-kun? I wanted to see if we could go on a picnic!" Orihime said, motioning to the picnic basket in her hands.
Karin crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm afraid he isn't here at the moment, why don't you..."
"Oh, Ichi-kun! Hi! How are you? I just wanted to see if..." Orihime ran inside, completely ignoring Karin.
"...Go home." Karin finished sourly.
"I'll be in my room..." Karin huffed bitterly, stomping down the hallway and into her room.
"So? How about it?" Orihime asked sweetly, holding up the picnic basket. "I packed red bean paste ramen!" She said, trying to make it sound tempting.
Everyone sweat dropped. Red bean paste ramen? How the hell do you make bean paste ramen?Momo thought. And she thought Rangiku had bad taste in food.
Ichigo smiled at his "girlfriend". "No thanks Orihime. We're... kind of in the middle of something..." He looked at Rukia. "Can I tell her?"
Rukia rolled her eyes and sighed. "Sure..."
"Alright...we think, uh... how should I put this..." Ichigo tried to find a way of telling Orihime about the situation without attracting Yuzu's attention, who was currently in the kitchen.
Rukia got tired of waiting. If someone was gonna know her secret, they would know now, dammit!
"Spit it out Ichigo!" Rukia shouted, finally having enough.
Ichigo scowled, then leaned forward, and whispered in Orihime's ear.
Her eyes widened.
"Really? Kuchiki-san, is it true?" She asked, looking at Rukia.
She hesitated, then opened her mouth to give them an answer...
Crash!
The front door slammed open.
Rukia hid upon seeing who it was. Yuzu, scared out of her mind, went to go find Isshin.
Ichigo tried to help Rukia, shielding her with his arm.
Kaitou scowled from his position at the doorway. He was obviously drunk, from the way he stumbled as he walked.
He then smiled almost warmly, holding his hand out. This scared Rukia even more. "Come on Rukia. Come home. I was worried. Come on."
Rukia inched closer to Ichigo. She decided to take a leap of faith. "N-no..."
She expected Kaitou to blow and grab her and take her back, but instead he just smiled larger and laughed a little. "I know you don't mean that. Come home. Hisana isn't," Rukia flinched. "Byakuya certainly isn't," Momo and Tatsuki glared. "Mitsuki-chan is gone," Orihime stood up. Sora, her brother, had known a Mitsuki Kuchiki. "And Hikaru certainly isn't..." Ichigo's eyes widened. Her mom...
Rukia was about to get up, too overwhelmed by her emotions, when Ichigo's grip on her shoulder tightened.
"Didn't you hear? She said no." Ichigo said, glaring daggers at the man in front of him.
Kaitou turned back to Rukia, glaring this time. "Don't make me repeat myself; come on."
"Why should she?" Orihime spoke up. "She's a person. You can't just order her around like that."
"Shut up and Mind you're own business, kid." Kaitou growled, grabbing her by the hair and pushing her back on the floor.
"Inoue!" Ichigo and Rukia yelled in unison. Tatsuki and Momo just stared in shock.
Kaitou then stepped forward and punched Ichigo in the stomach. He was heading for Tatsuki when Rukia finally snapped.
"Stop!" She shouted, tears forming in her eyes. "I'll go..." The young girl sniffed, and yelped as Kaitou grabbed her by the hair, and dragged her towords the door.
Before he could even step on the threshold, however, Ichigo kicked him in the gut and sent him flying back.
"You little..."
"That is enough!" Isshin shouted from the kitchen door. Behind him was a crying Yuzu and a glaring Karin.
"Let her goKaitou." Isshin said sternly. Even though he only knew her for about a week, Isshin had taken a liking to Rukia, even referring to her as his "third daughter". He didn't like seeing them beaten like that. Who would? And it hurt Isshin even more knowing Rukia was most likely abused her entire life.
"Let her go." Isshin repeated.
"Why should I? You can't control me, Kurosaki." Kaitou replied.
"Bet I can beat him to a bloody pulp!" Karin challenged.
"Shush, Karin-chan..." Yuzu pleaded with her sister.
"Karin, stop it." Isshin said. Karin took a step back, surprised by her goofy father's sudden change in character. "You're quite right Kuchiki-san, I cannot stop you, but the police can, and I won't hesitate to call them. Now let go."
Kaitou, after a two-minute long glaring competition with Isshin finally let Rukia go, and left. "This isn't over. Not by a long-shot." He mumbled as he walked out.
Ichigo caught the small girl as she stumbled backwards. "I-Ichigo..." She whimpered. Ichigo turned to look at Orihime.
"You okay, Inoue?" The auburn-haired girl nodded weakly. "Yeah... I'm fine. How's Kuchiki-san?" Ichigo looked back at the shaking girl in his arms. "She's fine, shaken up, but fine." Orihime nodded. "That's good," She looked at Momo and Tatsuki. "How bout you two?"
"Okay..." The two girls sighed out in unison.
"Dad... how'd you know him?" Ichigo asked Isshin, referring to Kaitou.
Isshin sighed. "We were partners back when I worked for Karakura Police Department... you know, when I was a P.D. He and I didn't see each other again after he went solo and I met Masaki... I heared he got fired... but never thought he'd acctually get married..."
"He's not my father..." Rukia mumbled. Everyone looked at her.
"What do you mean?" Orihime asked.
"He's Byakuya-onii and Mitsuki-onii's father. Their mom died when they were about two, and then otousan married my mother, Hikaru. But... Hikaru and my father loved each other, that much I saw, well, you know, before she died. That's probably why he hated us so much; Hisana and me. We look so much like her. Byakuya and Mitsuki though... I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure it's because he didn't love his first wife, and wants to get rid of anything that's her."
"That's horrible." Momo sighed.
Rukia kept her head down.
"I know."
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