You Can Bet On It pt.10

You Can Bet On It
Part Ten: Day Zero: The Party/The Finale'
"Well? How do I look?" Rukia asked with a small smile as she exited her room, hair done up in a beautifull high ponytail, her kimono was a deep, dark blue with pink flowers embrodered on it, she looked so lovely... "Wow," he chuckled, "Well?" "Well you look gorgeous," he admitted quietly, her face turning a light pink, "Th-Thank you..." she muttered back, he extended his hand to her and she smiled, greatfully accepting it

"Hey Ichigo, so you still Rukia's server-monkey?" Renji snickered as he walked up to Ichigo and put his hand on his shoulder, "No, that bet ended a few days ago, now she's my GIRLFREIND," he replied with a smirk, "Right so you're STILL her sever-monkey then," he replied back, "No, actually she just lost a bet to ME yesterday," "Really now? So she's gonna be YOUR servant for a week huh? Well that'll be interesting," "Nope, I decided to raise the stakes," "Two weeks?" he asked with raised eyebrows, "No no, not servitude, something much more usefull," "Like?" "...She has to tell Byakuya about our relationship," he replied with a smirk, "Ooooooh good one, if I was in your shoes I'd do the same," Renji said with a smirk, "Yeah, made her cook dinner last night too," "Yeah?" "Chocolate cake and everything..." Renji swallowed some spit, "Yum..." "Yeah..." "Think you could get her to make some dinner for me?" "Nah," Ichigo replied, patting Renji on the back and walking off to find Rukia

"I'll give one thing to the Soul Society, atleast they can cook," Ichigo muttered as he popped some sort of small pastry into his mouth, Rukia rolled her eyes but smirked at him, "Actually Ichigo... speaking of Soul Society..... I was just speaking to Captain Ukitake-" "Don't tell me he's making you leave Karakura," he said quetly, "No no, there's nothing like that," she replied with a smile, "Then what?" "Well as you know the three captain positions that are vacent still haven't been filled, the remaining captains have been going threw tons of applications but no one has the qualifications needed to not only run the squads, but also to pull them up from the ground, the betrayl of their former captains has done alot of damege to the squad members in the way they act, fight, and listen to their superiors, in most cases of a new captain taking over a squad, weather because the former died or retired or was promoted, it's just like the new captain is stepping in where the old one left off, however, with these three squads is anarchy, the ones who take over will basically be starting from scratch," "Uh-huh, and how does this affect us?" he replied, growing bored with her political talking, "Well .... it's an extremly difficult thing to do and it doesn't just involve physical strength and having a Bankai, it requires a good sense of justice, a kind heart, and paitence," "And...?" "I've been offered one of the positions," he felt his heart skip a beat, "What?" "Now before you go crazy Ichigo I should probbably tell you that you've been offered one too," he suddenly started to... smile... admittedly not the reaction she was expecting.... "That's fantastic!" he said with a smile, "You think?" "Yeah! This way it'll be ALOT harder for them to order you around and make my life difficult!" she deadpanned, 'THAT'S what he's concerned about...?' she wondered, "So do you want to accept? Because if you want to stay in Karakura I-" "I want to accept; Rukia I already spend more time here in Soul Society than I do in my world, now I can do that without being insulted and chased by bafoons, besides, if I'm actually one of 'them' it'll be harder for them to screw up and make me clean up after them," he chuckled, she smiled, "That's good, I'll tell Ukitake and get the ball in motion for some official applications and registrations and-" "And before you do that," he said, putting a hand on her shoulder, "You have a promise to fullfill," he said with a grin, pointing across the room to Byakuya as he munched on a Wakame Taishi cookie, she gulped, "Do I HAVE-" "Yes, Rukia, you HAVE to,"

"Go on, you've faced scarier than this, you can do it," Ichigo urged, pushing Rukia along so that they were standing just a few feet away from Byakuya, "A-Aren't you coming?" "...Nah, I'm going to watch from a safe distance thanks," he replied as she slowly started to walk towards her brother, "H-Hello Brother," she said, he nodded once to her, "Ukitake told me about the positions he is offering to you and that .... boy...." "Yes and we're gladly accepting them, but uh, there's sort of something I need to tell you first..." "Well?" "..... I ..... I.... Ichigo and I are a couple now and are happily in love," she blurted out, not receiving the reaction she expected, "I see, well that was only a matter of time I suppose," he replied, "B-Brother?" "Rukia, the way you and that... boy.... interact is the way I and Hisanna used to interact, though, I did it with many more manners," he replied, "I thought from the moment he came to rescue you all that time ago that his resolve was far too strong for someone who was only a freind to him," "So you give us your blessings?" she asked with a hopefull smile, "...Ofcourse, it would be hypocritical of me not to considering how much my relationship with Hisanna was objected to," he replied, she breathed a sigh of releif, "Oh Brother thank you!" "Ofcourse," he said again, "Now please fetch me my sword Rukia," "Um, why Brother?" "So I can ensure that that boy never violates you," he replied, turning to Ichigo with a death glare, Rukia, red-faced, started to stutter, "B-B-B-Brother no!!! How could you even think such a thing?!" "It has to be done," "We will do no such thing! ....Atleast.... not until we're married..." she muttered the last part under her breath, "I do not want him anywhere near you," "But don't you want neices and nephews?!" "Not that badly," he replied, "Brother-!" "If you feel uncomfortable with this then turn and I shall use my Kido," he replied, pointing at Ichigo and started to mutter a Kido spell, "RUN ICHIGO!!!"

Ichigo sighed lightly, glad that the Byakuya thing went well, "RUN ICHIGO!!!" "Why do I feel like I'm about to loose an apendege...?" he muttered to himself as he started to run