Chapter one: the New Girl
9 o'clock in the morning. It is in the middle of November. Even though the sun is shining brightly it isn't that hot since the wind blows a little bit coldly. The students at Karakura High School are all trying to study hard and listen to their teachers. In one room the students in the class 3-a are listening attentively and are trying to understand the lesson that is being taught to them. They couldn't hear the sound of footsteps approaching their room. It gets closer and closer until it stops outside the door.
A petite raven haired girl about 5" tall knocks at the door and waits for someone to give her permission to enter. She is very nervous but tries not to show any emotion through her face. She heard the teacher said "come in" so she did.
Inside the room there are 24 students looking at the girl who came. They are very curious to know who the girl is. One guy with spiky orange hair didn't even glance at the new girl because for him she wasn't that important. He was thinking what he will do for the rest of the day. He is planning to have coffee later with his girlfriend Inoue, and then maybe they can walk around the mall.
"Ok class, listen up!" the teacher said suddenly. "This young girl here is your new classmate. She's also new in town so you have to be nice to her. Ichigo! Will you please PAY ATTENTION to what I'm saying?"
"I'm sorry Sensei, please continue." Ichigo replied uninterestedly. 'Who is she by the way to give very special attention? I don't see any reason why I should. Oh well, I guess I have to since she's our classmate now and it'll be very rude to her if I'll ignore her.' He thought to himself.
Ichigo looked at the new girl and was amazed by what he saw! He was looking at a pair of the most beautiful violet eyes he has ever seen! Those eyes look hypnotic and mesmerizing. He just couldn't take his eyes off of them. He observed the girl properly and was a little bit embarrassed when he saw that the girl was also staring at him. But he doesn't know why he couldn't look away. It was like her eyes are holding his gaze and wouldn't let his eyes away from them.
He looks at her from head to toe. She is very small and looks very fragile but at the same time strong. She keeps a straight face and doesn't show any emotion. When he looked back at her again he saw that she was smiling to greet him. He nodded his head to greet her back.
"Introduce yourself please." Ochie Sensei said.
The girl takes a step forward and bows her head in front of the class. "Good morning! My name is Kuchiki Rukia. My family just moved in to town so please be nice to me and help me if I will need some help. It is nice to meet you." Rukia said confidently.
"You look soooo beautiful Rukia chan! You're like an angel that is sent to us to give meaning to our BORING LIVES! I'm sooo happy that my prayers are heard and I now have someone to accompany me!" Keigo, a boy with long brown hair, said all of a sudden that surprised Rukia.
"I don't really know if what you said is true but thank you for the kind words." Rukia told Keigo.
"Heh?" a girl with auburn hair gasped. "How come you didn't know that you're pretty? I mean, you look at yourself in the mirror right? I'm Inoue Orihime by the way."
"Alright that is enough! I have a class here to teach so PLEASE save your greetings later for lunch." Ochie sensei cut off the students who wanted to talk or rather praise Rukia. "You can sit beside Ichigo, the boy with the unruly orange hair. Don't ask me why he has that hair color we all have been dying to know."
Rukia moves swiftly beside Ichigo. She sat down and looked at the boy next to her who was also looking at him. She was wondering a moment ago why this boy is staring at her intensively that made her conscious.
"Hi! I'm Rukia. Kuchiki Rukia. Nice to meet you. " She held out her hand for the boy beside her to take which he did and they shake hands.
"Kurosaki Ichigo. Nice to meet you too." He said. He notices that he is smiling at her so he quickly scowls back. 'Strange' he thought. 'This is the first time I smiled at someone I met for the first time but I don't feel embarrassed about it. It's like it's ok if I do that with her. There is something about this girl that makes me wonder and curious about her.'
The rest of the morning past by without any interesting things. The bell rings then all the students gather up their bento to have lunch.
Ichigo approaches Orihime and talks to her. "Hey, let's go have some lunch. I'm starving. Where do you wanna eat?"
"Why don't we ask Rukia to eat with us? I'm sure she has no one to eat with her. It will be nice to invite her to join us. What do you think?" Orihime asks while blushing so much. Even though she and Ichigo have been dating for three months now, she still can't get over with it. She has liked him since their first year but has no courage to tell him. She was very surprised when Ichigo asked her for a date. She didn't know what to say but managed to tell him yes. And now they're a couple. But Ichigo refuses to call her by her name. He said he prefers calling her Inoue because it sounds more beautiful. She also tried asking him what he likes about her but he just ignored that question and the last time she tried asking again he told her "Is it important to know why you like someone? When you are in love you don't really know why, you just do."And because of that she never asked him again in fear that Ichigo will get mad at her for being stubborn.
"Ok let's go ask her." But when Ichigo turns around to look at the said girl, Rukia was in no sight at all. She has left the room already.
"It's either she was in a hurry or she doesn't wanna eat with anyone. Let's just go outside and eat alone." Ichigo told Orihime. She agreed so they went outside to eat lunch by the tree.
On the way to the roof Rukia is thinking what happened in the room. Her classmates are really nice and very friendly but she isn't the kind of person that talks too much or hangs with lots of people. She prefers to be left alone. She likes to listen to music all the time. The truth is she heard Inoue asking Ichigo to invite her to eat with them, but she's not yet ready to be friends with anyone. So she dashed out the room to find a perfect place to be left alone and that's when she thought of the rooftop. When she arrives at the place she quickly put on her headphones to listen to her iPod. It's very quiet and Rukia hopes that it will stay like that until the end of the day. Unfortunately it didn't because a few minutes later a boy with incredulously red hair burst through the door.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that someone's here. Is it ok if I eat here also? Don't worry I won't disturb you." The boy asked.
"Uhm… it's ok I guess. I mean it's not like I own the place to stop you from coming here. I'm Rukia by the way." Rukia introduces herself with a smile.
"The name's Renji. Abarai Renji." They shake hands and try to have a decent conversation. "So, you're the new student that they were talking about? I don't want to offend you but I don't see anything unusual for people to gossip about. It's not like you have three arms or six fingers. HAHAHA! That would be very embarrassing!" Renji keeps on talking like they are old friends and also while eating his bento.
Rukia is looking at Renji or more like observing him. She doesn't think that he is a bad guy but rather friendly. He may look like a thug because of his hair but she doesn't feel scared or in danger, in fact, she feels comfortable around him and she has a hunch that they will be friends. So she smiles at him and answers, "I don't know for sure but I hope that they don't say anything bad about me. I don't really care what they think but it's my first day and I don't want to have headaches. I just wanna fit in."
"Eating alone on the rooftop is not actually what you call fitting in. But I think for a girl, you're ok. I will be really glad if we will be friends. What do you say? Can we?" Renji asks her. He is really hoping to be friends with her. There is something about her that is very attractive and he wants to know her more because for just a few minutes he can see that this girl is nowhere near ordinary. She is very pretty even though she is small and she has lovely eyes that make people look at her and listen to her.
"Sure I am in no position to say no to that. And also for a guy, I think you're ok too." She replied. And because of that they chatted and laughed the whole lunch time which made them closer and more comfortable with each other.
The last bell rings and it that signals the end of the day. Everybody packs up their things and prepares to go home. Everyone looks tired because of all the homework that they need to finish tonight. Orihime goes to Rukia and tries to talk to her. "Hi! I was wondering where you ate lunch. Ichigo and I were going to ask you to join us but you left the room too fast and we didn't know where you went. Anyway I just want to ask if you would like to go to the mall with me and my friend."
Rukia looks at her and can see that Inoue is so beautiful. She is the kind of girl that guys will go for. Unlike her, Inoue is busty and bubbly. She can't admit that she did run away, so she made up a story. "I'm sorry. I didn't know that someone was going to ask me so I decided to just eat alone. I will make it up to you next time I promise. It's really nice talking to you but unfortunately I have to go. My brother is waiting for me so I need to go home as early as possible I'm very sorry." Rukia tries so hard not to show that she is in a hurry. Her brother will be very mad if she won't make it for dinner since they had an agreement to eat at a restaurant together. She told her brother that she will make it on time because she doesn't want to disappoint him.
'I feel like she is avoiding me or something but maybe she isn't and just very busy.' Inoue thought to herself. "I'm very sorry if I'm disturbing you. Well maybe we can talk tomorrow."
"Sure that will be great! I'll see you tomorrow! Bye!" And with that Rukia went outside the school and runs as fast as she could to get home.
Ichigo saw the whole thing and he didn't like that Rukia declined Inoue twice now. He walks towards Inoue to tell her about his plans for today.
"Hey! Do you want to go to the mall to have coffee? Then maybe we can walk around the park."
"Oh, Ichigo I really love to but I promised Tatsuki that we're gonna go shopping today. I didn't know that you wanted to go out so I told Tatsuki to meet me at the mall. I hope it's ok with you."
Ichigo just looks at Inoue and said, "That's fine with me. It's totally my fault that I didn't tell you earlier. So I guess I'll just see you tomorrow?"
"Yes! And I'm really sorry. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Goodbye now. Enjoy your time with Tatsuki."
Ichigo left the school alone. He is walking by the river bank when he sees a familiar girl sitting on the grass listening to music and just staring at nothing in particular. He goes near her to have a better look and to confirm if it is really her. What he sees makes him so mad that he can feel his blood heat up!
'What is she doing here? Did she lie just to get away from Inoue? Why does she need to do that? If she wants to turn down Inoue she should have just said so. It's not like we will persuade her to come with us!' These things are in Ichigo's mind while approaching Rukia. He steps on a twig and it snaps. He averted his gaze at his foot to look at it and when he looks back at the girl he is a little bit embarrass to see her standing up and looking at him. They didn't talk but just stare at each other's eyes.
Amber to violet ones.
A/N: this is the first time that I wrote a fanfic. This chapter is mostly fluff because this is just an introduction of the characters. I hope you liked it. If I won't at least get five reviews then I won't continue it anymore. So PLEASE encourage me to continue writing. I will accept even (slight) criticisms. I would love to finish this. ^_^ Thanks!