"Huh?" Yuko tilted her head. "No way, Ichigo. You can't be that clueless, can you?"
"You don't still think I see you as a good little boy, do you?"
Ichigo found it hard to breathe. He was suffocating.
Seeing him look as though he'd been bullied and couldn't talk back, Yuko pointed at Rukia and the others without a trace of expression. "Ask them, then. See if they think you're a jerk."
Ichigo clearly couldn't accept Yuko's criticism. He turned to Rukia.
After a moment's hesitation, Rukia nodded. "Sometimes, you are a little mean."
Ichigo stared at her in disbelief. "Give me an example!"
Rukia thought for a moment. "Well, when we first met, you suddenly kicked me."
Ichigo was even more baffled. He searched his memory, then erupted. "That was because you barged into someone else's room!"
Rukia spread her hands. "What else was I supposed to do? How would I know you could see Soul Reapers?"
"Would a normal person suddenly kick a girl he'd never met? And right... right there..." Rukia blushed.
Ichigo wanted to ask how he was supposed to know she wasn't a thief, but everyone seemed to have joined forces against him. Arguing would probably be pointless.
Senna suddenly folded her arms and nodded. "Exactly. Ichigo's a nasty little punk."
Ichigo held back his anger. "For example?"
Rukia was one thing, but Senna was joining in too?
As far as Ichigo knew, he'd never done anything nasty to Senna.
"For example... you beat up those gangsters?"
Ichigo lost it. "You just said they were gangsters! What was wrong with beating them up? Besides, Aunt only told you about that just now!"
"No, you were definitely wrong. You should've lain on the ground and picked out a car while they beat you up. If you'd