*A/N* Okay so this is my very first try at a Yoru/Ichi fic and I really want to know what everyone thinks! I'm not sure how long this story will last but it will be at least a few chapters. I am not under any circumstances a Rukia hater but there is some serious Rukia bashing in this and if you like Rukia as a sweet kind girl then this is not the story for you. I was toying with the idea of a Yoruichi and Ichigo pair when I wrote this and I wanted a reason that Rukia wasn't in the picture so I had to make her personality a little different. Enjoy! –Chey

Chances Missed

Prologue

I say at the outdoor café with Orihime and Tatsuki in Karakura. It has been so long since I've been here. I haven't returned since the winter war and that was nearly six years since I last saw any of them. I spoke to Ichigo a few times but them we got into a huge argument and both said things we shouldn't. We had been dating and I told him I didn't love him anymore.

"So how has everyone been Kuchiki-kun?" Orihime says sweetly lifting a drink to her lips with her left hand where an engagement ring and wedding band rest on her fourth finger. Orihime and Uryuu were married two years ago. Tatsuki smiles softly and glances at the ring on her fourth finger. Tatsuki and Chad got together after Chad saved her from being raped one night after her training. They've been engaged for a few months now.

"Everyone has been good…it's gotten a bit crazy lately with the academy graduating students but there haven't been any Ichigo Kurosakis yet so we're safe." I joke halfheartedly and they look at me for a moment.

"Oh I guess that must be hectic." Orihime says softly before taking a bite of her salad. I nod slowly and we fall into a lull of silence before I look up finally getting the nerve to ask them.

"Do you….do you guys know how Ichigo has been doing?" I ask a lump in my throat forming. Tatsuki snaps her head up and her surprised looks turns to a softened one.

"You still love him don't you Rukia?" I look at her for a moment and she nods taking my silence as a 'yes'. Orihime sighs and looks down at her hands.

"Kuchiki-kun…Kurosaki-kun is engaged and they are getting married in a few months in the Seireitei." Orihime says softly and Tatsuki nods as I lean back in my chair shell shocked.

"What do you mean…he can't marry someone in the Seireitei because he's human?" I stutter my heart cracking all over. The pain is unbearable.

"Rukia, Ichigo has been dead since he went to the soul society to save you. He knew about it to. Urahara-san gave him the choice of living as a human and never regaining his Shinigami powers or dying and being trained as a true shinigami." Tatsuki states and I look at them dumbfound. Why hadn't he ever told me about this?

"Kuchiki-kun he didn't tell you because he knew you'd be angry at him." I frown deeply and feel a sort of anger bubble up in me.

"So who is he engaged to?" I ask calming my features into the legendary Kuchiki mask.

"Kuchiki-san I do not believe that you have any right to that information as it stands and I find it rude that you told Ichigo you didn't love him then walked out and expected him to wait around for you." I hear Yoruichi says from behind me and I turn and watch as she folds her arms over her chest and allow her golden eyes to burn into mine. There is something in them a deep anger that I couldn't put a reason behind.

"What are you talking about Ichigo loves me and always will. I gave him the power to protect everyone." I say feeling my Kuchiki pride coming out at the rude blast from his mentor. Her golden eyes light with fire and narrow fiercely at my words. She sighs and schools her features easily.

"Rukia Kuchiki you broke him almost to no repair. He was depressed before that but it got worse when you actually told him you didn't love him. Then one day a few weeks later he got so angry when he was training her demolished the training grounds under Kisuke's shop. I have never seen him so emotional in all the time I've spent with him." Yoruichi says and I stand pushing my chair out roughly. As I turn to walk away I hear her speak again. "Remember this Rukia Kuchiki, I will not allow you to ever hurt Ichigo Kurosaki again."

I keep walking away and drop off my gigai at Urahara's shop before leaving to the Seireitei. I frown and feel anger bubbling up through my veins wildly pumping me up. How dare she talk to me like that! I'm a Kuchiki, I'm the Rukia Kuchiki. I have the most beautiful zanpakuto in the Seireitei and I also have the most powerful shinigami known to us in love with me. Nothing will change these things they are absolute.

I will prove that he still loves me and we will be together and whoever he's engaged to can go off and cry in a cave for all I care. Ichigo Kurosaki is mine and will always be mine.