Like a Tiger Treading on the Flowers

Okay, this skips ahead to the bounto ark where Ichinose Jin is attacking their group.

Once again, the dialogue in between the * marks I got from an actual episode.

You Won’t Get Away: Part 2/3

*Kenpachi easily caught Ichinose’s sword with his own. Behind Ichinose stood Ichigo.

“We found Ichi!” Yachiru exclaimed cheerfully.

“Yachiru-Chan!” Orhime said happily.

“Big-booby, it’s been awhile! How have you been!?”

Kenpachi talked over them as his eye fixed onto his Strawberry. “Ichigo. If you’re coming here, stop by my squadron first to say hello. I’ll give you a proper welcome.”

“Well, um, maybe next time.” Ichigo got out, rubbing the back of his neck and blushing, clearly remembering the last encounter too well.

Kenpachi continued to stare at Ichigo for a few moments, before turning back to Ichinose. His fight with Ichinose gave the others a chance to go fight their own battles, and Kenpachi couldn’t help but feel a hint of disappointment when Ichigo left. It felt nice to have him around. He had thought a lot about Ichigo while in Seireitei, fighting meaningless fights with weaklings that could never compare to Ichigo.

Thoughts that always turned to how Ichigo felt underneath his body. How nice it was. At first Kenpachi thought it was just physical. He wasn’t ashamed for being attracted to such a beautiful boy with eyes that flashed with death. But it wasn’t just lustful fantasies-although he had jerked himself off to images of that Strawberry spread underneath him so deliciously many times. Kenpachi missed Ichigo. It hurt to know that Ichigo was somewhere in the real world without Kenpachi. It hurt even more to think that Ichigo didn’t like Kenpachi the same way Kenpachi liked Ichigo.

It didn’t take long for Kenpachi to finish the fight with Ichinose, who wasn’t even in the same playing field as Ichigo. He left his bloody, dying body on the ground indifferently.

“I’m heading back.” He said to Yachiru who hummed in agreement and gave a swift bow to Ichinose before jumping onto Kenpachi’s back.

“Ken-Chan, aren’t you going to look for those bounto?” Yachiru asked.

“Well, well. It doesn’t mean you’re going to find them if you just run around chasing after them. And anyways, the one I’m interested in is Ichigo.”

Ichigo jumped somewhere in Seireitei. “What is this I’m feeling?” He asked himself with confusion, but shrugged it off.

Later after the battle…

“I’m back!” Yachiru shouted as Kenpachi slid open the door where Yumichika and Ikkaku were hanging out.

“Yeah. I just got back.” Kenpachi said.

“You’re back late captain.” Said Ikkaku.

“I got lost in Kusajishi.”

“It was really fun!” Yachiru commented.

“And where are the Bounto?” Kenpachi asked.

“Ichigo defeated them.” Ikkaku responded.

“I see. Alright then! I guess I’ll go have at it with Ichigo!” (1) Kenpachi said enthusiastically.

“Captain, he went back to the real world.” Ikkaku said hesitatingly.

“What!?” Kenpachi said, very pissed off now with his eyes flashing. “Next time I’ll attack him without so much as a hello!”

‘Ichigo, you did the right thing by not meeting him before heading back!’ Ikkaku thought as he sweat dropped.

Kenpachi was pretty grumpy now. He didn’t get to fight or do other things to his Strawberry. Ichigo looked good, though…good enough to eat. Or fight. Or do other things to. Kenpachi really liked the feeling whenever he was around Ichigo and their reiatsu inevitably crashed against each other. It wasn’t a conscious thing, both of their spirit power was so large that they couldn’t help but mingle if they were within the same vicinity.

The next time Kenpachi got a chance to see Ichigo was a little over a month later. Kenpachi had vowed to himself that the next time he saw Ichigo he would kidnap him if he had to so they would get to spend some time together. So when he ran into Rukia in Seireitei one day, he hoped he would get the chance to.

Rukia was with Ichigo in Soul Society looking for the princess that they promise they would help protect. They had split up so that the search would go faster.

“Yo.” Said a voice behind Rukia. “Where’s the fire?” She turned and saw Captain Zaraki standing tall with the pink hair Yachiru waving to her on his shoulder.

“We haven’t seen you in forever!” Yachiru exclaimed.

“Captain Zaraki and Vice-Captain Kusajishi!” Rukia said, startled.

“What’re you doing here?” Kenpachi asked curiously.

“Huh? That’s right!” Yachiru chirped with her eyes gazing to the side in thought. “Aren’t you supposed to be in the real world?”

“Well…” Rukia stuttered out.

“Is Ichigo here, too?” Kenpachi asked with evident interest and a furrowed brow.

“Uh, eh…” Lights flashed in Rukia’s head in warning.

Kenpachi sucked in a breath and let his head drop a little while Yachiru wets her pointer finger and holds it in the air to figure out the direction of the wind. Elsewhere in Soul Society, Ichigo is walking through the streets looking for the missing princess. Kenpachi’s bells jingle as Kenpachi used his ‘Ichigo senses’ to recognize that Ichigo is in fact, in Soul Society.

Opening his eye not covered with an eye patch he simply says, “He is.”

“Ooh! He is here!” Yachiru declares jovially.

“And he’s at 100%, too.” Kenpachi said to Yachiru.

“Yeah! He’s doing great!” Yachiru agrees.

“Er, well, you see…” Rukia tries.

“He comes all the way out here without even saying hi to me?” Kenpachi said with slight remorse in his voice. “Whatever. I’ll just go find him, then.”

“Uh…” Rukia said behind him as he turned to go with Yachiru. “C-captain Zaraki!” Not good, she thought. Things will get sticky if Captain Zaraki meets up with Ichigo, since we’re supposed to keep Lurichiyo-dono’s situation a secret.


Across town Ichigo was pinned under a number of Princess Lurichiyo’s body guards, he had been trying to protect the princess but they had thought he was trying to attack her. A little boy had lured her out, attacking her and Ichigo had saved her but now the same little boy was slicing through the body guards. Just as the little boy was about to try to kill the princess again Kenpachi burst through the wall and snatched him up by the arm.

“Kenpachi!” The men declared in surprise.

“Ichigo? I knew you were here somewhere.” He said in response, his eyes only for Ichigo.

“Hiyya, Icchi!” Yachiru popped over Kenpachi’s shoulder for an exuberant hello.

“It’s Captain Zaraki from the 11th squad!” Came an excited murmur.

The little boy tried to get out of Kenpachi’s hold and Kenpachi gave a curious ‘hmm?’ in response. With a disturbing squelching sound a black ninja shot out of the husk parading as a little boy. A much older and larger assassin clothes in black crouched at the ready in the little boy’s stead. The assassin darted forward to Kenpachi but was stuck down by a single blow.

Kenpachi sheathed his sword just as Rukia came through the hole that Kenpachi created. “Captain Zaraki!” She cried in alarm, then she noticed Ichigo piled underneath all of the men. “Ichigo, what are you doing?” She asked curiously.*

“Eh…”Ichigo said, not knowing how to respond, the men finally got off of him and the first thing Kenpachi did was literally pick Ichigo up and throw the protesting teen over his shoulder.

“I’m borrowing him for a little while.” Kenpachi said to Rukia.

“Uh…Captain Zaraki…” Rukia tried to protest, but he was gone in a flash, leaving the excitable Yachiru in his wake, tugging at her clothes and asking for candy.

“PUT ME DOWN KENPACHI!!!” Ichigo shouted he slammed his fists into Kenpachi’s back but it didn’t faze him what so ever.

Ichigo awkwardly arched his back and tried to reach his sword so he could just stab the bastard, but then he was put down. Well, thrown down really, onto something nice and soft. He glanced down and saw he was on a bed with Kenpachi hovering over him.

“K-Kenpachi!” Ichigo stuttered out with wide eyes, his hand searching behind him for Zangetsu.

“You won’t get away this time.” Kenpachi said huskily.

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(1) LOL OMG, he really said this!!! LOL I can’t stop laughing. Gods, I’m such a bloody pervert.