Rukia/Ichigo
Orihime/Ulqiuorra
Kisuke/Yoruichi
Ookami/Gin
Kitsune/Grimmjow
Inu/Toshiro
Hebi/Aizen
And some other hinted pairings…
Chapter 1
"Number bases consist of 2, 5, 8 and 10…." the voice of a Mathematics teacher echoed through the halls, bouncing on the walls of the dreary classroom.
"Urgh, this is pathetic." Hebi thought while drifting off. She looked to her left, she saw her Captain analyzing the question given by their teacher. Looking behind, she spotted Nezumi busy taking down notes. Thy actually took their studies seriously if only out of boredom.
"Hebi! Give me an example of base 2. " asked their teacher. "Errr… " Hebi stalled, wondering what the hell was a base 2.
"That's enough! You'll never get it right if you don't pay attention!" Hebi sat back down, looking pissed. She wasn't that dumb! Math was just a dumb subject. The sound of the school bell going off signaled the end of one period. As the teacher left, she walked towards Nezumi's seat where the smaller girl was biting her lip at the question.
"Hey mousy, care to lend me your notes?" Hebi asked carelessly, her tone conceited.
SLAP! Ookami narrowed her eyes at the sixth seat. "HEBI! Respect your senpai! " She demanded.
"Ahh, gomen Ookami!" Hebi smiled and sweatdropped.
"Ookami! Will you stop slapping people's forehead?!" Nezumi frowned disapprovingly.
"You know she deserves it..." a calm but sarcastic voice joined their little conversation.
"Yeah, Kitsune fuku-taichou is right. I deserve that slap. Plus it doesn't really hurt." The snake shinigami spoke, grinning. Besides, Ookami-taichou rarely actually hurt them.
"See! Even the brainless one agrees with me!" answered Ookami mockingly.
"Yeah, but still! You can't go arou– "
"FOOD!" An excited voice resounded before Nezumi could finish her sentence. Neko, the owner of said voice, pounced on her. "Ne~ Hebi-chan what did you bring for lunch today?" Neko asked Hebi while putting her shoulders on Nezumi's, letting the mouse shinigami carry her weight.
"Damn Neko, for the 4th time today, I brought nothing! NO, NADA, IYADA!" screamed Hebi, she had the 'ask-me-one-more-time-and-I'll-kick-your-ass ' look in her eyes. She was highly possessive of her food.
"I know, I just wanna piss you off, ROKUSEKI-CHAN~ " Hebi had a twitch in her eye, her minds was filled with ideas of kicking Neko out the window, but she knew that if she did it, Neko will probably have 9 more lives left.
"Urusai! " the 3rd seat barked from her seat across the classroom. The strictness in her voice sends chills up the other student's spines. No one really dared to defy her. Even Ookami said nothing, merely sighing at the havoc. They all know what kind of death awaits them if Inu got pissed.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! All six of them were stunned by that familiar sound. It was Ookami's soul pager. They ran out the class to the end of the hall immediately, ignoring the strange looks of the other students. It was an emergency message, from the Head Captain himself. Yamamoto's voice came through the cell phone, there was a certain strictness in his voice. It was certainly an emergency if the head captain called them personally.
"Juuyon bantai… " He began before Nezumi slapped the phone shut.
"BAKA, WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Ookami yelled at Nezumi briefly. She sensed another presence amongst them and hid the soul pager behind her back in a split second. It was the head prefect herself, Akane.
"I knew my instincts was right, the six of you.. Ever since you transferred here, you've successfully destroyed our school's image. We, the students of J.I.G.S have a well-known reputation of being the school with the least disciplinary problems. Or at least had. As the head prefect, I shall not allow juveniles like you destroying the peace here!" She ranted.
Ookami, Kitsune and Inu gave Akane a death glare, Neko and Nezumi just stared at the ground. Hebi? She couldn't care less. "You, the girl with the black frames, look at me when I'm talking to you." ordered Akane.
Ookami grabbed her collar roughly, eyes flashing. "You have no right to order us around."
Akane slapped Ookami's hand off carelessly, raging inside. "Hmph, you think I'm afraid of trouble makers like you? Here, you can't do any- " Akane was cut off with a sudden dizziness, her head felt heavy.
"Then I'll give you something to fear, infidel…" Hebi's spiritual pressure started to rise. Akane felt her surroundings growing dark, her body started to go numb, she felt hopeless. Honestly, fear was all over her face. Soon, she passed out seconds later.
SLAP! "Ouch! That hurts Kitsune! " exclaimed Hebi, rubbing her head.
"You of all people know to never release your spiritual pressure in the real world." The fox fuku-taichou reprimanded, looking at the unconscious prefect.
"Kitsune is right, but what Hebi did was excusable. We have no time to listen to the preaching Akane." said Inu, ignoring the fact that Nezumi and Neko were drawing on the prefect's face.
RING! The school bell rang again. Recess was over now. Ookami switched off her soul pager and stuffed it back in her pocket. "She's right, we have to get back to class." The authority in Ookami's voice made it impossible for her teammates to object her.
All six of them walked back to class, on the way to their seats Nezumi wondered. "Why do I feel like we forgotten something very important?"
"Whatever it is, it can wait till school's over." answered Hebi, pretending as if she didn't realize, they had left a suspiciously out cold prefect in the hall.
When the final bell was sounded off, Ookami, Kitsune, Inu, Neko, Nezumi and Hebi walked towards the main gate. Neko pulled out her car keys and unlocked the door while they dumped their bags in the trunk. Hebi slammed it shut. HARD. " MY BABY!" exclaimed Neko, almost tearing for her precious vehicle.
"It's just a car, Neko. Get over it." Nezumi said, exasperated. Obviously, Neko was annoyed by Nezumi's statement, hissing at her.
Kitsune slapped the back of Neko's neck. "Get us home, cat! I'm in desperate need of a bath. Unlike you, we fox hate being filthy and sweaty at the same time. " She spoke, excusing her hurry. Inside she could sense, Ookami and Inu were anxious to know Yamamoto's reason for calling.
All of them got into the car and drove home. It was the usual conversation in the car, comparing their lives in the Soul Society to that of the real world. Thay were far more respected in Soul Society for one and were free to train as they pleased. Being in the real world and going to school had made them gravitate their selves to act like their teenage appearance. Hebi drifted into a flashback aimlessly as she smiled at her life in Soul Society.
(FLASHBACK STARTS)
Soul Society was the place where their strange bond started. They had all gone to Shin'ō Academy, displaying remarkable talent and teamwork. It was to no one's surprise that they were placed in the same division. All six of them graduated and became the smallest division to ever exist, containing only six members. Ookami was quickly placed as the Captain of the 14th Division or Juuyon-Bantai. And the others fell into their roles just as naturally, gaining much attention and interest from the other divisions.
Particularly the 3rd and 5th Captains at that time, Gin Ichimaru and Sosuke Aizen had been very interested in Ookami and Hebi respectively. It was hard to leave them behind when Yamamoto banished them. Honestly it was their own fault, they were even more unruly than Zaraki's division! Ookami, Kitsune and Inu were constantly modifying the shinigami attire into inappropriate outfits, Nezumi and Neko destroyed Sereitei on a daily basis just by their everyday chases and squabbles. Hebi… was most renowned for her foolishness.
When she led 20 Menos Grande into Soul Society, that was the last straw for Yamamoto. Juuyon-Bantai was sent to the real world until they were to be needed again. Now Hebi remembered how she used to tease Aizen by pulling his glasses down and calling him four-eyes, bullying him playfully for looking like such a good boy. The rokuseki smiled to herself, it's funny how she used to comment how weak he looked with his glasses on, because now she wears them too. He never minded, finding her adorable instead.
Ookami was much the same but she didn't like to think much on her times with Gin now that she could not spend time with him. It frustrated her to no end. The aggressive wolf taichou was always seen as imposing but Gin, because he too was seen as creepy with his closed eye look, saw her as… strong. Ookami liked that word. She liked the way he described her, he appreciated her.
Even the others in Juuyon-Bantai felt the loss of Soul Society and all the friends they were forced to leave behind by being foolish and getting banished. Maybe this time, they'd have a chance to fix things.
(FLASHBACK ENDS)
"Ookami~ Hebi is smiling to herself again! It's scary." Nezumi complained, whining as she side glanced at Hebi nervously.
"Deal with it, Nezumi." Ookami sighed, she knew what was going on in Hebi's head. Her rokuseki was thinking about Aizen again.
Aizen Sosuke.. there was never a specific reason to why Ookami hated him or so she said, but the rest of the squad knew exactly why. Ookami hated those who looked too much like goody two shoes, she always suspected them to have ulterior motives. Also that bit of floppy hair on his forehead was annoying.
An irritating Korean song played loudly very suddenly. Neko and Nezumi sang or actually screamed along with it. Inu's eye twitched in annoyance and she slammed Neko's head on the steering wheel without any thought. The tyres screeched as the car spun out of control and jerked to a stop in a perfect parking position. 'I'm surrounded by idiots… ' Kitsune and Ookami both thought at the same time, tick marks appearing on their heads.
Hebi unlocked the main gate and they stepped inside the house together. She ran up to her room instantly. "I need a pee!"
"Dibs on the downstairs toilet!" screamed Nezumi who peed so much, she was called pee-master-sensei.
"HEY! Let your senpai pee first!" Neko yelled, following her example and dashing for the bathroom.
"Hey, baka neko! I'm higher ranked than you, I pee first." The mouse asserted herself with ranking.
"You can always use the tree behind the house.. " Hebi shouted from the upstairs bathroom smugly. Neko tried to control her laughter, if her bladder were to burst out they had to mop the floors again, and none of them wanted to repeat that incident.
Ookami walked into their living room, there was a voice message left on their house phone. Ookami pressed the button and a familiar voice came on. "Hey girls, long time no see.' Urahara's voice came through. She paused it.
'Kitsune! Inu! Kisuke left a message.' She called for her lieutenant and 3rd seat. The two entered the room quickly and Ookami pressed to continue the message again.
"I'm guessing you know my reason for calling. You and I both know it's time to visit Japan again. And no, this call is not related to your 'Gigais'. It's an order from your superiors. See you in 3 days time. Ciao~ " He said cheerfully. He was obviously counting on the fact that Yamamoto actually spoke to them.
"You heard Urahara, it's an order from the Head Captain. And I hate to be late, so let's start packing." Hebi's cheerful tone broke the silence.
"Fool, you want to leave as soon as possible because you can skip Moral folio." Ookami gave Hebi a playful remark.
"Uh! Ookami taichou, that hurt!" They laughed it off and started packing. Even when Urahara gave them 3 days to reach Japan, they didn't want to take any risk.
Though they were happy to be on their way to Soul Society again, every one of them were wondering what could have been so serious that they had to be summoned out of their banishment.
