A/N: Even though I've done oneshots and am going to put up a Bleach drabble collection, I still feel like this is my first real Bleach story... and I guess in the way of having chapters, it is. Anyway, I hope you like it, and constructive criticism is greatly appreciated, I love being able to improve because of comments from my readers.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, and I make no profit from this.
"I can take care of things here." Lisa didn't look up from her manga at Rojuro "Rose" Otoribashi. "You three just make sure you say your goodbyes. I wouldn't want the 'children' getting upset with you after you're gone." She turned the page, despite the turmoil she felt inside her chest, the turmoil that was fighting to get out of her mouth and eyes.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want that, I guess." Rose regarded her with a bored look.
Lisa didn't want to think about what would happen once Rose, Shinji, and Kensei were gone. Mostly she just wanted them to leave, to get it over with. Any person with a drop of sense tore a band-aid off fast, not lingered and pulled it. Unless you were a masochist, and that was one thing Lisa Yadomaru was not.
"Get out of my sight! You dumbass!" Screamed a young girl's voice, and a second later Shinji was seen to have been propelled out the door by Hiyori's small, pale foot. The door slammed after he was already on the floor, nose bleeding.
"That went well." Rose commented as Lisa pulled a handful of tissues from a nearby box and handed them to Shinji.
"Kensei is going to have a worse time than either of us." Shinji sighed, sitting up and pressing the acupressure point between his nose and his lip to try and stop the bleeding.
As if on cue, a long, childish wail emitted from Mashiro's room. A long string of swearwords followed it closely, ending in "Damn it Mashiro, stop crying!" Which was tailed by an even louder wail.
"This could take a while." Lisa mused, tipping her head back down to her manga.
Rose opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, and then shut it. Evidently, he had decided what he had to say just wasn't that important.
Lisa could feel Rose's eyes on her, searching for the least bit of resistance in the plan. When he found none, he turned and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Shinji glared at him, still trying to squelch the bleeding from his nostrils. "We were going together."
"I'm going early. You can go with Kensei." Rose walked out without another word, and he seemed fine with everything.
So why did Lisa, still hiding behind her manga, feel like something was missing?
A/N: A pretty uneventful first chapter, though it'll get more stressful for them as we get into this. I also just realized that Hachi and Love weren't in this chapter... I just really didn't know how to fit them in I guess. Constructive criticism is appreciated greatly.