A young girl with long blond hair and beautiful dark blue eyes walked down the street. She wore a white buttoned up shirt with a tiny red bow, and a short grey skirt. She also held a small brown bag with both hands in front of her which made it obvious that she was on her way to school. But for a girl who was going to school, she seemed really happy. She had a smile on her face and was humming along to a happy tune.

"Hey, Kana!" a familiar voice called out from behind her. She immediately stopped humming and turned around to see a tall boy with bright orange hair with brown eyes walking up to her.

"Hi, Ichigo!" she greeted in a happy tone. "How are you this morning?"

"I'm all right, I guess," he replied coolly. "What about you?"

"I'm fine. Just excited about summer vacation coming up," Kana answered with a small smile.

Ichigo was Kana's best friend. Sure, she had other best friends, but Kana felt more closer to Ichigo than any of her other friends. Especially when she first moved to Karakura one year before. On her first day of school, this boy named Keigo kept flirting with her and wouldn't leave her alone. That was until Ichigo punched him and told him to knock it off. It was a strange way to meet someone, but Kana and Ichigo clicked then and have been friends ever since.

"Well we better get to school before we're late," Ichigo had told her and started to walk once again. Kana just smiled and walked next to Ichigo.

About five minutes later, they arrived in the classroom. Everyone else was already in the room so Kana and Ichigo were the last to arrive. As soon as they entered the room though, a particular boy named Keigo rushed over to Kana's side.

"Hello, Kana," he greeted in his weird ways.

"No," was all Kana said before going to her desk behind Rukia's and sat down.

"But I didn't even ask anything yet!" Keigo whined as he started to make his way over. That was before Ichigo punched him in the head.

"How many times must she tell you before you get the hint?" Ichigo asked obviously irritated. "She doesn't like you."

It may have been kind of harsh for Ichigo to do that but Keigo has tried to ask out Kana every day since the first day she started middle school. She definitely was not as 'matured' physically as Orihime, but boys did say she had a pretty face.

"Sure she does! Kana is just hiding her emotions!" Keigo replied. Apparently, he was still not getting the point.

As those two were going at it, Kana decided to talk to Rukia who was already in her seat.

"Hello, Rukia," Kana greeted with the same smile as she had all morning. "Are you excited for summer vacation to come?"

"I sure am," Rukia replied happily. There was something in her voice that was made it seem like she was not happy at all, but Kana thought nothing of it and continued with the conversation.

"Do you have anything planned for the summer? I don't think I have anything to do except the fireworks festival."

"Orihime was talking to me about that this morning. She had invited me to go," Rukia told her friend.

"Really? You should come. It will be a lot of fun. The fireworks are so beautiful. I had the best time when Ichigo and his family took me to see them last year."

"Hm. I'll think about it."

Just then, the teacher came into the room and started the class.

.:-:.

Finally lunchtime, I'm starving, Kana thought as she sighed. She was glad she didn't have to listen to her teacher talk anymore for the next forty-five minutes. There was definitely a downside to lunch though...

"KANA! Do you want to have lunch with us today?!" Keigo asked as he danced his way over to Kana.

She gently placed her bento on her desk and looked at Keigo, giving him a sweet smile.

"I don't think so today, Keigo. Maybe some other time," she answered nicely with a sweet tone. No matter how annoying Keigo was being, Kana could never get mad at him.

"Aw! But why not? You always say that," he began to whine.

"She says that because she doesn't want to eat with you," a boy said from behind Kana. She turned around to see the same orange haired boy that she has been friends with. "She's just too nice to say it like that."

"That's not true, Ichigo!" Keigo yelled. "She doesn't mean that! Do you, Kana?"

Keigo and Ichigo looked at where Kana was and found that she was not there anymore.

"See? I told you she didn't want to eat lunch with you," Ichigo said with a smirk.

.:-:.

"Yay! You made it, Kana!" Orihime exclaimed happily as the small blonde girl approached her and the other girls. "I was getting worried you weren't going to show up."

"Sorry, Orihime," Kana told her with a small smile. "I kind of got held up in the classroom." She then sat down next to Rukia and started to eat her lunch. "So what have I missed?"

"Nothing. We were just talking about Ichigo," Mahana answered.

"Ichigo? Why were you talking about him?"

"Well we were curious if Rukia has a crush on him."

"Rukia have a crush on Ichigo? That's highly unlikely. They're just friends," Kana told her. She then looked at Rukia and asked, "Am I right?"

Rukia just smiled and nodded while the other girls sighed in disappointment.

Kana gave the girls a questioning look and asked, "Why are you so suddenly interested in who likes Ichigo?"

"I don't know," Mahana answered truthfully after taking a moment to think about it. "I guess it just would have been interesting for someone to like him. You know, with his scary looking face and all."

"I don't think his face is scary looking."

"Well of course you don't, Kana. You're his best friend. He's not all scary when he's with you," Michiro told her.

"Now that you mention it, he does seem more happy when he's with you, Kana," Tatsuki agreed, surprisingly.

"Hm... I haven't noticed it," Kana replied, looking up at sky, or at least trying to since the group of girls were sitting under a tree. "Maybe it's because he's more comfortable with me. I don't think so though since we've only been friends for a year."

Just then, the bell rang for class. The girls quickly picked up their things and rushed back into the school building so that they would not be late.

This is the start of my new Ichigo story. Review and tell me what you think of it! I've gotten good reviews on Quizilla and I want to know how people think of it on here. :D