The table squeaked as Kurosaki Ichigo scrubbed it."Damn Matsumoto,"he muttered bitterly. His scrubbing changed its pace from nice and thorough to fast and furious.

The big-breasted she-devil had challenged him to a bet. First one to piss off her white haired friend Hitsugaya Toushirou wins 100,000 yen.

Ichigo sighed. The riffling of crisp new cash never failed to lure him in. He'd thought it'd be easy besides. Hitsugaya,the captain of his kendo class,insisted on Captain Hitsugaya as his title,but Ichigo stoutly disagreed. Their greetings would be somewhat like this.

"TOUSHIROU!Welcome back!!"

"It's CAPTAIN Hitsugaya."

"Whatever,glad you're back Toushirou."

"It's CAPTAIN HITSUGAYA to you!"

"Yeah yeah yeah..Toushirou."

"KUROSAKI!!!"

Fuck."I knew that bitch would cheat.."growled the angry Ichigo,scrubbing at the crust of dried blood fervently."And tommorow's the first day of high school. Now I can't pay for the class OR the lunch. FUCK."

Matsumoto Rangiku was a special friend of his dad. And so,to no surprise, the punishment was cleaning up some part of his dad's office. Of course,she-devil that she was,Matsumoto chose the messiest and most disgusting part of the clinic;the operation room. The blood and guts and..who knows what else that was sprayed all over the tables were too gory for Yuzu to clean up,and Kurosaki Isshin, that bastard,would NEVER do it voluntarily. And so,the grimacing hero Berry-tan picked up bucket and brush and faced the torture that was called cleaning.

There. Finally,done. Cursing under his breath,the orange haired 15 year old stomped out of the room,a colorful vocabulary dripping like venom from his teeth.

"Ahh!Ichigo!Finished already?"Ichigo greeted his grinning father with a kick to the nuts."You bastard!" he bellowed."I'm scarred for life!What are you DOING with your freakin` patients!!Decapitated fingers?Teeth with the gum still attached?PUBLIC HAIRS WITH THE SKIN CLINGING ON?!"

Isshin smiled crookedly."Ahh,my son,you have discovered the graveyard of my toys!How would YOU like to pull out a couple of public hairs??Eh?How about it?The screaming is most pleasuring-"

"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"screeched Ichigo,face beet red,his dad flying out the window. The orange headed teen relaxed from his punching position and rubbed the back of his neck. Ichigo sighed and stuffed his hands into his pockets. He clambered upstairs,calling to Karin,"You get him if he comes back.I'll see you at dinner."

Elsewhere in Karakura Town,an ebony haired girl meekly finished her phone call with her brother."Y-yes,Byakuya ..of course..okay,I'll call you ..bye."Rukia let out a sigh of relief as she flipped close the cell phone. Her chats with Nii-sama were so uncomfortable. He acted as if she were vermin."Why'd he adopt me into the Kuchiki Clan if it'd be this way anyway..?" Rukia murmured drowsily."I feel so out of place in that house."Her head drooped,she was almost asleep..

CRASH!She snapped her head towards the sound. A man had been flung out a window,screaming,"Ah you truly are my son,Ich.."She didn't hear the rest of the name,but rolled her eyes. Men. Now unable to sleep,Rukia abruptly pulled out her class list. "Hmm..let's see who's coming THIS year..Mrs. Ochi,Mrs. Ochi..ah-hah!And our contestants are:"

She scrolled through a couple of names before reaching a certain few.

"Sado Yasutora..Strange name..then again Rukia is strange too.."

"Arisawa Tatsuki-hey this is the girl from the karate dojo. Wonder if we'll be friends.."

"Inoue Orihime,hmm,HIME..?Nice name,probably a nice girl.."

"Ishida ..Ametatsu?No,URYUU..Ishida Uryuu..any relation to Ishida Hospital I

wonder..?"

"Honshou Chizuru..interesting..what's that 'BEWARE GIRLS' sticker doing there?"

"Kojima Mizuiro..Kojima-kun sounds interesting..but what's the 'BEWARE SENIOR GIRLS' sticker doing there..?Another one like Chizuru?Naah,probably nice."

"Asano Keigo..nice guy I bet. I wonder if he's shy or smart or funny or..yeah."

"Hmm?"Rukia blinked at the last name on the list."What a strange name.." She rolled over onto her back. The roof suddenly felt very comfortable. Kira could scold her later."I can't wait to meet you already.."

"..Mr. Kurosaki Ichigo."

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