First Bleach fic :) please let me know what you think of it and review it'll really make my day. This story is going to be AU for the most part, the current and final story arc of the manga isnt going to be in this story, but everything up until after the 'FullBring' arc and everything after that is going to come from my imagination
I own nothing it all belongs to the great Tite Kubo
Orihime turned her head away from the lecture being told to the class, and turned her gaze outside of the window that was next to her desk. She knew she would have to get the notes from someone else that would let her borrow them, possibly Tatsuki-chan or Ishida-kun, there was also Kurosaki-kun. Smiling to herself she looked at the paper that was on her desk. The page was covered with random doodles of blue space men and red bean paste monsters attacking people. Also on the page was Kurosaki-kun's name and drawings of him in his shinigami form, fighting the evil monsters. Orihime picked up her pencil and as her pencil touched the paper she jumped at a sudden outburst from somewhere in the classroom. Looking up with wide eyes she found that the noise had come from Kurosaki-kun.
Apparently Ochi-sensei had caught Ichigo dozing off during her lecture and to get his attention she had thrown the nearest book at his head, which resulted in Ichigo flailing around his desk and yelling at the teacher. He scowled at her as she continued on with her lesson. He hurriedly tried to keep up and write down the notes, but every now and then he would space out and get distracted by whatever was on his mind.
"Inoue, are you paying attention to the lesson?"
Startled by the teachers' question, the auburn haired girl looked up to see the teacher and the rest of the class focused on her. "Y-yes sensei" A knowing looked crossed their instructor's face. "Is that so? Alright then, what major war happened during the early Meiji era?"
The class returned their attention to the girl by the window, awaiting her answer. Biting her bottom lip, Orihime tried to think back to the previous lesson, but nothing came up. She looked to the teacher "Was it the blue space men?" she scratched the back of her head and smiled as the room remained quiet.
The class erupted in laughter at her foolish answer. Orihime smiled brighter as her classmates continued with their laughter. She opened her eyes and locked gazes with Ichigo, who had a small smile on his face showing his amusement. The young girl felt her cheeks redden and quickly looked away.
"As I thought, try and pay attention from now on Inoue."
"Yes sensei..."
The Students chuckled to themselves as they looked at her and the rest of the class period went on without to much interruption.
When the final bell sounded, signaling the end of the day the students gathered their things to leave. Orihime was a bit slower than the rest which resulted in Tatsuki waiting outside the classroom for her. She turned to face Tatsuki, but found she was no longer waiting in the doorway, she didnt she her friend anywhere in the halls. Panicking slightly Orihime went to search for the girl outside of the school. She checked the school gym, her training dojo, and even the bakery shop they would sometimes go to after school. Out of breath the girl stopped, something wasn't right and it was obviously so. All while Orihime searched for her best friend, she noticed that the streets were completely empty. Not a single being could be found and the young healer began to worry at seeing no one around her.
Biting her lip, Orihime reached out to search for her friends auras and felt nothing in return. She felt very alone at this moment, something that wasn't settling well with her. Closing her eyes she tried harder to search out her friends spiritual powers and hopefully find some answers as to what was going on, but she was cut from her task when she felt a sharp pain in her head. Grabbing both sides with her hands and bunching up her brows, Orihime tensed as she looked behind to find the source of her discomfort. There before her stood nothing, but an empty space along the sidewalk which puzzled her even further than she already was.
"I-is there any one there?" Calling out to the empty space in front of her and getting no answer back, not knowing what else to do she started to walk in the direction of her apartment where she would feel somewhat safe and hopefully find some answers. She didnt get far before she felt the same pain in her head and almost lost her balance. Reaching a hand out to her side to grab something that would help steady herself, she came in contact with nothing and unfortunately that meant that she had nothing to catch herself on as she fell to her knees. Panting slightly she placed a hand to her head as she tried to collect herself. 'What is happening to me?'
There was a sudden spike of pressure around her.
A sudden spike of spiritual pressure.
One she didn't recognize.
Snapping her head up and looking around the empty area for the source of the mysterious spiritual pressure and not finding it, she began to stand, but found that she couldn't. There was a strong force pressing down on her body preventing her from doing so. This pressure was heavy, crushing almost as Orihime gasped for air, She could tell that it was a foul being that was producing this awful feeling inside of her. It made her want to hide and disappear. The feeling was crawling all over her body making the young healer feel sick to her stomach. There was a sharp spike in the pressure which made the girl snap her head in its direction.
Her eyes landed on a figure in the distance that was the cause of this feeling inside of her. It was in the air high off of the ground and moving at a slow pace towards her. It had its eyes closed and a look of concentration on it's face. As the being got closer to her, Orihime saw that it was the figure of a woman. She had a slim frame that was covered in a partial armor across her chest and lower body, leaving her abdomen bare. Her clothing was a pale blue and black, she had a sword tied to her hip and two daggers on the other hip. Her eyes traveled up to the woman's face which was very pale compared to her short auburn hair that was short on one side and extremely long on the other, almost down to her waist. It was then that she chose to open her eyes. They were a piercing sky blue and they landed on Orihime.
Getting to her feet quickly, Orihime faced the woman who looked at her with curious eyes. The woman's lips curved upwards into a wide smile that reminded Orihime of Gin Ichimaru's eerie grin.
"Orihime, are you ready to go?"
Confused Orihime cocked her head to the side. "Excuse me, but what do you mean?"
"It's time for you to leave this place."
"I don-"
She was interrupted as the ground underneath her began to shake and in the far distance she could see a darkness coming towards her and the woman in front of her didn't seem fazed. The buildinsg around them started to fade as did the road before them.
"What's going on?"
"Orihime?"
Whipping her head around she searched for the voice she would recognize anywhere as Tatsuki. She didn't see her friend anywhere by her.
"Orihime!"
"Tatsuki-chan! Where are you?" Taking a few steps forward, Orihime searched her surroundings again frantically looking for her friend.
"We cannot waste anymore time here Orihime."
Totally forgetting the woman in her presence and the approaching darkness, she looked at the woman as she reached a hand out towards her as the darkness began to close in around them.
"Orihime!"
"Please hurry Orihime!"
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
"What the hell?"
"Orihime what's going on?"
"Are you alright Inoue?"
Orihime panted slightly as she opened her eyes and realized she had shut them tightly in fear. She looked around her to see she was back in the classroom and it looked like it was lunch time. A good majority of the people currently occupying the room were staring at her strangely and whispering.
"Orihime did you hear me?"
Looking up she found Tatsuki with a worried expression on her face along with most of her other friends. Tears gathered in her eyes as she quickly got out of her seat and hugged her friend tightly.
"Oh Tatsuki-chan! I couldn't find you! I was so worried!"
"What are you talking about Orihime? I've been here the whole time...Orihime what's going on?"
Stepping away from her friend she looked at the faces of her friends as they watched her and waited for her answer.
"I-I-I...guess It was dream hahaha..." smiling to her friends, letting them know that she was alright. "Um I need to go to the bathroom!" Quickly she left the classroom and made her way to the restroom before anyone could stop her.
"Well that was weird"
"Shut up Renji! Something's obviously bothering her!"
"How was I supposed to know that stupid? W-wait Rukia don't come near me!" She had a menacing glare on her face as she closed in on him.
"Will you two settle down, Kuchiki-san has a point something must be bothering her"
"I'm gonna go check on her and make sure she's ok."
The group of friends watched as Tatsuki leave the room and follow after Orihime. The sound of a chair scratching the floor caught everyone's attention.
"What's she in such a hurry for?"
The group turned towards the newcomer that turned out to be Ichigo with a slight scowl on his face as he took his seat next to Chad who nodded to him in greeting.
"Alright class lets pick up where we left off!" The teacher clapped her hands together to get the classes attention and resume class. The students moved back to their seats, while Ichigo swore under his breath "Damn I just got here..."
"Oi Kurosaki! Quit complaining so we can start"
"How the hell did you hear that?"
Ochi-sensei smirked at him "Take a seat Kurosaki before-" She quickly reached behind her to the chalkboard and grabbed an eraser and threw it very hard at Ichigo's face. "I make you sit down!"
"What was that for you old hag!"
"That was for coming to my class late thinking I wouldn't notice. Ha I'm not stupid!" Turning her back to the class she began to right on the board.
"Could've fooled me.." Ichigo grumbled.
"What was that?"
"N-nothing"
She 'hmph'd and continued her writing on the board as the students copied down the notes for Thursdays test. When she had finished with that, she turned to face the classroom.
"Alright now- Where are Arisawa and Inoue?"
Tatsuki hurried down the hallway after her friend, worry clouding her mind as she wondered what could have upset her so much. She pushed open the door to the girls restroom where Orihime was standing in front of the mirror staring at her own reflection. Tatsuki slowly approached her friend and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Orihime what's going on?" She asked with concern in her voice.
The girl in front of her turned and smiled brightly "I'm fine Tatsuki-chan, really I am I just had a weird dream. It's probably because I ate a lot of wasabi last night with my rice and miso soup before I went to bed. I'm fine now." She told her as she tried to reassure her friend, but Tatsuki had known Orihime for years and she knew better. Her face was slightly swollen and her eyes were red, she'd probably been crying in the bathroom before she had come in.
"What was the dream about?"
Orihime looked surprised not expecting her to ask about her dream. For a split second Tatsuki saw fear cross her face before she answered her "Uhh I think the robots had teamed up with the wasabi monters to capture everyone and take one the planet of the space people..hehe... I don't really remember all that much, sorry Tatsuki-chan"
Tatsuki gave her a wary glance, she knew her friend was lying, but if she didnt want to talk about it now she wouldnt push her about something that had her so upset, she would bring it up later.
"Alright Orihime, if you say so. Lets get back to class"
"Ok Tatsuki-Chan!"
The girls made their way back to the classroom and entered to see Ichigo and Ochi-sensei in each others faces arguing.
"Sit down dobe!-" She took her ruller in her hand and whacked Ichigo on the top of his head "Arisawa, Inoue! Where have you been?"
"Sorry sensei we were in the bathroom" Tatsuki answered as the two took their seats.
"Alright, take your notes out and copy what's on the board."
"How is that fair!" Ichigo yelled as he rubbed his head and scowled at the teacher " They come in late and you don't do anything to them, but me you hit with and eraser and a book!"
Ochi-sensei continued her way to the front of the class, laughing slightly "Oh that's simply, I like them better" she replied as the classroom erupted in laughter.
Clapping her hands to gain their attention once again Ochi-sensei spoke "Ok who can tell me the two main forces who were at war during this time.
No one raised their hands.
"Jeez you kids are hopeless..."
Alright, first chapter out of the way. Click the review button please and let me know what it is you think of my story