10 Clicks on a Shiro-Ichigo I-Pod

60 Clicks

1. Tell Me Baby- Red Hot Chili Peppers

One thing is for certain, California is definitely not what I expected. Briefly, I wonder if the rest of the US is this crowded and dirty. Why Renji thought Los Angeles sounded so fantastic, I have no idea. Finally making it to the beach, I scan the crowd, pausing briefly over some rather strange clothing choices. A man on a skateboard whistles at me, but doesn't pause his trip for any further investigation.

Turning back to look at the ocean, a flash catches my eye and I notice a group of people crowding around a very attractive albino man posing on the beach. Must be a modeling shoot. The man must be rather popular, as security is having a difficult time with crowd control. I walk a little closer to get a better look and stop when I get a clear shot of his face. Wow, this guy looks almost exactly like me! Well minus some coloring differences. I know how some people say everyone has a double somewhere in the world but this is ridiculous.

While I am pondering what the guys personality is like, he turns his head back for a side shot and coincidentally, his eyes lock on me. His pose falters briefly when he shoots me a breathtaking smile before recovering to finish his job. As the shoot reaches the last few takes, a security guard approaches me saying that I have been invited to the company tent while they wrap everything up. Confused and excited, I follow him and take a seat in the much welcomed shade of the tent.

I almost doze off, but am brought back by a hand on my shoulder and whisper in my ear. "You know, I never thought of myself as much of a narcissist until I saw you. Name's Shirosaki, and if ya don't mind, I'd like to get to know you." The proximity is a little close for comfort but when I turn to tell him that, I find myself lost in those golden orbs. So instead, my mouth disobeys my original thought and I reply with a meek "Sure. What do you want to know?" He chuckles and claims the seat next to me. "The basics are fine for now, yer name, where yer from, where ya goin'...Tell me baby, what's yer story?" Blushing, I find myself complying with little resistance. Damn that smile is something dangerous.

****Ahem, Sorry but I cheated in the form of the pause button on this one.***


2. Had Enough- Breaking Benjamin (Shiro's assault on Ichigo)

Do they know Ichigo? You are the apple of their eye, the powerful teenage prodigy, do they know you have a rotten core inside? Yes, milk it for all it's worth because soon I will burn this whole world down. I will not stand being locked inside here anymore. Being a prisoner here, things couldn't get much worse. You are a greedy litte bastard Ichigo, keeping all these fights to yourself. You have to have it all, when will you have had enough? That is why we are fighting now! I have had it up to here, you know your end is near.

Ha! You think you have won this fight King? You have only lost your mind. When all is said and done, I will be the one, to leave you in your misery and hate what you've become. You won't hold me down anymore King, Heaven help you.


3. Until the End- Breaking Benjamin (Ichigo's response to Shiro)

I resent the praise given to me for helping to end their struggle. They have no idea this repulsive power I use is partly yours. The war is over, but I was not fooled by your silence up till now. During my battles, I felt your presence surround me. My body grew colder, and I felt you creeping up again.

I feel you growing stronger, but it's not enough and never will be. I won't give up, I won't give in, I'll live to die another day, and not till you fade away. You think I want you here? Living is hard enough without you fucking it up. This desolate mindscape serves to help me hold you down. Your escape would put all that I have sworn to protect and live for at risk, so I will go on until the end. The final fight, I'll win.


4. Mudshovel- Staind

Every time you slip out of Hueco Mundo, we fight, make 'love', and it feels like you take a little more of me away each time. You promise that soon the war will be over and we can be together, but I have learned that all your promises are in vain. You use them to string me along, and I lose myself in your blue eyes and tainted smile again and again. Not today. Today I will make you fully aware because...

You can't feel my Anger!

You can't feel my Pain!

You can't feel my Torment!

Driving me Insane!...

Shh King...Do you see now? These feelings you harbor for the rotten blue kitten will only bring you pain. I am the only one who can feel your anger, pain, and torment. He is stuck in his ways and will only betray you over and over. Come here to me Aibou, and I will make you whole again. Be mine Ichigo, and that bastard will hurt you no more.


5. Complicated Questions- Finger Eleven

I'm sorry Ichigo, but I can't tell you what you want to hear. You say that you don't want to hear the lies, but you refuse to listen to the truth. What our 'relationship' has evolved into has made us both weak. Instead of challenging each other and forcing the other to new heights to gain or maintain control, we hold each other and make impossible promises of forever.

You refuse to acknowledge the complicated questions because complicated answers don't even do the situation justice. But in reality Aibou, the answer is simple. We cannot afford to be this way anymore. I will tear out this love, tear up the root, and tear me from you. The King and Horse must battle once more, so we may never be conquered.


6. Love, Sex and Magic- Ciara

Getting tired of the tedious math assignment in front of him, Shiro looked over to his 'tutor' and spoke in a bored voice, "Hey Ichigo..."

"Yeah Shiro? You get stuck on a problem?" Ichigo still has no idea that Shiro is quite proficient in math. If he did, he would most likely be somewhere else trying to accumulate volunteer hours with some idiot who actually needed the help, which just wasn't an option to Shiro. So, in a quite successful attempt to monopolize the attractive orange head, he simply plays dumb.

"Na, just gettin' bored. Mind if we take five an' hang for a bit?" Shiro asked before he got up and began approaching an oblivious Ichigo.

"I don't mind. Something you wanted to talk about?" Ichigo responded from his position on the bed, not bothering to look up from the magazine he was so absorbed in. However, the slight dip in the bed and the breath in his ear was enough to gain his attention.

"What'cha readin' Ichi? Hmm, Love, Sex and Magic? That sounds pretty interestin' Ichi." While the close proximity threw him off a little, the albino didn't do anything else, so Ichigo just shrugged off the action as genuine curiosity.

"Yeah, though I guess if you believe in things like magic, and love during sex it is probably more interesting."

For Shiro, that was too good an opportunity to pass up. Smirking he turned to whisper in the strawberry's ear, "You know Ichi, those things are real. In fact, if ya'd like, I can show ya."

Trying to hide his blush by turning his head and laughing Ichigo responded, "Right, well why don't you start by showing me some magic. Correctly finish the rest of your assignment in the next fifteen minutes without my help." Ichigo smirked, Shiro always needed his help on derivatives and the one's on this assignment were no piece of cake.

Shiro practically jumped off the bed in his rush to the desk. Before sitting back down, he threw a quick grin over to the still blushing redhead and replied, "Sure thing, Ichi." Ichigo simply shook his head and went back to reading.

Just past the five minute mark, Shiro threw down his pencil and turned to the now grinning Ichigo. "You got stuck?" He half laughed.

"Why don't ya come take a look Ichi..." Shiro said while waving his paper in the air.

Walking over and grabbing the paper Ichigo couldn't believe his eyes. ALL of the answers were perfect. These problems would have taken him 15 minutes! He knew the albino hadn't cheated because Ichigo made the last problem himself to give Shiro extra practice.

"How?" He half shouted.

Shiro responded in a low, mischievous voice, "It's magic Ichi." He stood slowly, taking the paper from his berry, and pushed him backwards to land on the bed. Keeping his golden eyes trained on Ichigo, he moved on top of the still shocked 'tutor' and whispered, "now let's move on to the other two."

***pause cheat***


7. Overcome- Creed

Damn it Ichigo! Why are you so fucking impossible? I let you have access to my mask, my power, and you are still get your ass handed to you by this emo freak! Don't cry victim to me boy. Too bad Aibou, now it's my turn to speak for this body. Say goodbye to your friends, I have no sympathy. I'm entitled to overcome, your completely stunned and numb. I'll knock you down, throw you to the floor, can you even feel the pain anymore? Do you finally see whats beneath? Everything I am and will become cannot be lost, I may be crazy but it's all buried in my memory. So with your loss Aibou, I overcome and take this body to it's full potential.


8. Beyond the Sun- Shinedown (Kind of depressing)

"They say it's cold beyond the sun. Have ya ever wondered what it was like King?" The white hollow whispers to his unconscious Shinigami. In the distance, buildings crumble and fall against a now black sky, their destruction coming closer. Wondering if he'll ever get to speak to Ichigo again, the white copy looks at his other half resting silently in his arms. Glass shatters somewhere not to far off, and Ichigo slowly opens his eyes. Memories of his recent fight play back and he looks apologetically to his counterpart.

"Speak to me Shiro. What's happening?"

Shiro looks down sadly at his King, "We're dyin' Aibou. Sorry I couldn' protect ya Ichi."

"None of this is your fault. Just stay with me. Bring what's yours, I'll take what's mine, and meet you on the otherside, someplace beyond the sun. Stay with me Shiro. Forever."

As the last building crumbles to dust, Shiro holds tight to his King, "Forever Ichi."


9. Over My Head- The Fray

Getting separated from King wasn't really what I had expected. I imagined that to gain my freedom, I would have to wrestle control from him. I never occurred to me that another way was possible, but apparently, hat n' clogs found one. I also had the misconception that I would, as a hollow, be true to my nature and try to devour everyone. Luckily, what little sanity I had was maintained.

Stranger than all of this though, is the awkward friendship I have developed with my former King. That and the fact that I somehow allowed myself to be dragged to a nightclub, and am sitting at the bar contemplating the odd relationship I have with the man who's head I lived in for five years.

Before I knew it, I had lost sight of the old 'me' and found myself thinking of Ichigo in ways I probably shouldn't be. I scan the dancing crowd, looking for the orange head of the man in question. My eyes lock on his dancing form, light sweat playing wonderfully off the tanned skin under the flashing lights. I know that I am in over my head, but before I knew it Ichigo was the only thing on my mind.


10. P.I.M.P- 50 Cent (In my defense, my sister and I share playlists...somehow this happened lol)

Getting thrown around like a rag doll was never pleasant. Getting thrown around like a rag doll by an Arrancar is even worse. After a particularly hard kick, I am pelted into the ground, the massive crater telling the story of my impact. Frustrated at my own weakness, I watch Grimmjow dive at me, sword in hand, to finish the job. I close my eyes in a pathetic attempt to block out what is about to happen. However, instead of the expected blow, the clash of metal rings in my ears and I open my eyes to see my recently freed hollow standing over me.

"Who the fuck 'er you?" Grimmjow doesn't sound very happy.

Shiro replies with a slightly amused tone, "Doesn't matter. But what does matter is tha' this is my bitch yer makin' potholes with."

"Asshole, I am not anyone's bitch!" Ichigo attempts to crawl out of his crater while glaring at both hollow.

"Pretty lippy bitch ya got there, whitey. I'll come back after ya have had a chance to put 'im in his place." Grimmjow laughed while fleeing back to Hueco Mundo to get his wounds taken care of.

Ichigo was slightly shocked by Grimmjow's rather hasty exit, "Did he just run away?"

"Sure did Ichi, apparently he knows better than to mess with a fuckin' P-I-M-P!"

"Try fuckin' I-D-I-O-T."


****So, the Breaking Benjamin songs honestly worked out that well back to back, but I did cheat on #1 and #6 with the pause button. Apologies. Hope you enjoyed!