Hello Everyone, This is my second Fanfic, i thank everyone who read my first one Love Conquers All. This fanfic is from Ichigo Point of view. i dont know if i should continue, im still kinda iffy about it, idk. let me know if its good!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, sadly.
Summary: "Kurosaki-kun?" Her voice rang. "I think your pwetty…(hiccup)"
Chapter One: My Dream For You
The time couldn't pass by any slower. Like watching paint dry on a wall, or watching the grass grow. I stared at the cracks running through the plaster in the far corner of the classroom, imagining patterns into them that were not there. I was drowning in boredom, to the point where I couldn't hear Ochi-Sensei anymore. I stared at Orihime, doodling little circles in her notebook, then to Chad pretending to be awake. Tatsuki had ear phones in her ears listening to music.
Damn I should have brought my headphones to class. I thought to myself. The class droned on.
An hour. Just an hour.
"And whats that equal to Mr. Kurosaki?"
I heard my name but I didn't react. I thought it was that bastard inner hollow taunting me, saying my name to catch my attention. I paid no mind.
"…Mr. Kurosaki"
I heard it again. How annoying.
The student behind me tapped my shoulder and pointed a shaking finger towards the front. I whipped my head around to face the professor nearly giving myself a whiplash in the process.
"Seems to me that you were dazing off," Said the teacher, Misato Ochi.
"I'm Sorry, Ochi-Sensei. I... I got side-tracked." I lied smoothly, I was bored to death.
"Well pay attention!" She threw a book; it went flying through the middle of the classroom. She attempted to hit my head I swiftly dodged and it hit the student behind me.
"Ungh!" The kid yelled, he was knocked off his seat.
Honestly. What an unbelievable strength she had. She resumed her lesson.
"Nice" Tatsuki muttered. She then turned around to resume listening to her music.
"Are you okay?" I asked the kid behind me. He was out cold. I turned around slowly and went back to my inert state of boredom. In the midst of that, I caught Orihime Inoue look at me from the corner of her eye, only to look quickly away when she saw that I caught her staring. A slight pink stained her cheeks. Orihime did do that often, I didn't really think anything of it. Maybe she was thinking of how ruthless I was for 'letting' that student take the hit for me.
The bell rang for lunch. Everyone got up like maniacs downstairs to the Cafeteria. Chad, Orihime, Ishida and I remained.
"You looked tired" Chad said. I sized him up and down. One side of his shirt wasn't tucked in; his dark ruffled hair looked like it hadn't met a brush in 100 years.
"I could say the same about you Chad, Do you own a brush?" I joked. Chad smiled.
I guess after the Incident with Aizen, everything died down. I guess my life was normal again. By normal of course I mean still seeing spirits and killing hollows. I still have my substitute soul reaper powers; I was given a badge for it. Every now and then I'd find a hollow lurking around.
Was that normal? What is normal anyway? Nothing in Kurakara town is ever normal.
"Hey you guys!" Rukia said from the classroom door. She was dressed in uniform with Renji, standing behind her, waving like an idiot.
"Rukia-Chan!" Orihime skipped to Rukia and gave her tight hug. Rukia blushed.
"I've missed you!"
"I've been missed?" She said in a bragging tone.
Renji smacked my shoulder. "We've been stationed to patrol Kurakara town for a few weeks."
"Same old, same old." I said, as if that would brighten my mood. What mind-numbing information. Although deep down, I was happy they were here. Everything was normal again. Orihime is back, and alive. Mindlessly I looked at her and smiled. Uryuu caught my brainless moment as he fixated his spectacles. I quickly sat in my desk so he wouldn't start getting the wrong idea. He soon exited the classroom.
What was wrong with him? All I did was smile at the girl, happy that she was back.
School was over. I let the continuous chatter flow to one ear and out the other. I went to my locker to get my bag. In my locker I found a 'dirty' magazine Renji had put in. I scrunched my face and made a low sound of disgust as I quickly hid it in my bag. I closed my locker with a susipious look on my face to make sure no one was looking. To my left, Keigo stood next to me. Like a kid waiting for a piece of candy.
"Hey Ichigo!" He yelled loud and obnoxious. I nearly jumped out my skin.
He obviously didn't understand why I elbowed him to the face almost every day.
"Hey Keigo" I turned to walk away.
"Hey wait… I was going to ask if you wanted to go fishing tonight. It's Friday. And Mizuiro told me—"
He practically jumped in front of me to catch my attention.
"That there would be hot girls there." He winked.
It worked, he had got my attention.
Tch, Girls That was the last thing on my mind.
"Huh? Huh? So you're gonna go? Huh? Come On..." He pestered me.
I could have sworn I heard a vein pop in my head. "Okay, Okay. I'll go"
I was defeated. I scratched the back of my ruffled hair. "What time?"
"Uhh, ill past by your house around 8."
"All right, see you then."
Finally I got home, another boring day of school passed by. I kicked off the shoes that were on my feet. I stood at the doorway and took a stance, ready to pounce if necessary. Karin stared at me like I was deluded.
"Dad's not here, he's gonna work late again."
"Wow again?" I said, walking towards my room "That's the third time this week."
Karin shrugged. She didn't bother say anything more, she didn't seem interested to ask, her eyes were glued to the television anyways.
I dumped my bag out on my desk, throwing out the things I didn't need and placing my home work aside. I sat in my chair and rested my back against it. I tilted my head back. As focused on the silence in my room.
I heard a squeaking noise.
"What the—" I got up to look under my bed. Nothing.
It was irritating. I heard it again. "Ugh, what the hell!"
"Oh shut up I'm trying to focus!" I heard a muffled voice from the closet. I rubbed my face in annoyance and slid my closet door open.
"Close the door you idiot I'm trying to draw!" Rukia yelled.
"What are you doing here?" I hissed through my teeth.
She slammed the notebook in my face and jumped out the closet.
"Clearly I have a pen-cell in my hand and I'm trying to draw." She glared at me, her eyes wide.
Pen-cell? I laughed in my mind. "It's Pencil" I corrected Rukia.
"Whatever. Arent you supposed to be fishing?" She asked
"I am," I threw the notebook down, "At 8, and how do you know about that?"
I wasn't really an outgoing person. Especially to 'outings', I just didn't feel like staying home and doing nothing. I admit, during the winter war, I was always occupied. Now that it was over, I did nothing. Now Renji and Rukia are patrolled in Kurakara town to kill hollows. What am I going to do? I guess that's why I took Keigo's offer to go fishing with him and Mizuiro and the Girls I guess.
"Because I was invited too, but I turned him down. It's my night to patrol the area." She cleared her throat as she climbed up back in the closet.
I sat at my desk again.
"And don't think I didn't see that little magazine of yours either."
"Tch, it's not even mine, its Renji's. I found it in my locker."
She gasped.
"Re-Renji's?" She cleared her throat, "Well I guess I gotta bring it back to him"
I rose an eyebrow. Why? I wanted to ask, but really, I didn't care. I handed to her and she went on her way.
Silence flooded into the room again.
5:30 pm. I sighed, as i flipped through a manga book Orihime had lent me.
"Ichi-nii I cooked your favorite for you!" Yuzu yelled. I didn't, particularly feel hungry.
"Save it for me I'm going out soon."
Silence again. I saw Orihime swinging at a swing set at the park, her thick auburn hair brushing against my face as I pushed her. Her giggles where like a high octave of bells, ringing in my ear. Hmm. I liked that. Then I heard a cell phone jingle ringing.
I lifted my head. "I must have been dreaming" I whispered.
I saw the screen on the phone, the contact name was: Annoying Bastard.
Keigo I thought to myself. I sighed.
"Hello"
"Ichigooooo! Whats up man? I'm outside!"
"All right, I'll be down in a bit."
"Don't take forever man, Mizuiro's girlfriend is waiting for us to pick her up too."
I flipped the phone closed. I heard the door creak open.
"Ichi-nii, what time will you be back?" Yuzu murmured. She fidgeted with her fingers, managing to say something.
"Will you…be back this time?" Her big teary brown eyes glared at me. I felt a bit hurt. I guess I did leave the house a lot, especially when i turned into a soul reaper. I was never in the house. I felt Yuzu's pain. Yuzu was just like my mother, caring, sensitive.
I walked up to her and cupped her cheeks.
"It's all right I'm going fishing I'll be back." I said. She smiled.
"Okay" She left the room.
Outside was cool, good thing I put on a sweater. The cool air hit my face like a wrecking ball. It was mid January, it didn't snow, but it was freezing. As I walked down to the car I saw Mizuiro in the driver's seat.
An M3. Damn Mizuiro is driving a Mercedes? I got in.
"Hey Ichigo Kurosaki, glad you can join us."
I nodded.
"Hope you don't mind my girlfriend riding with us, she doesn't have a car either."
"Its fine, I don't mind." I said. I can feel Keigo's gaze from beside me, like he was waiting for a greeting from me. I ignored him.
"So this is your car?"
"Oh, no it's my dad's car." He smiled "Although I wish I had one"
"It's nice" I added.
"I Know!" Keigo yelled next to my ear. I rolled my eyes.
"So Ichigo, are you ready to pull some girls?"
I looked at him with a dead-panned look on my face. Does it look like I wanna pull girls?
I wanted to say, but I figured that was too mean and a waste of breath.
"No."
Seriously, what did I look like, 'pulling girls'? I wasn't even in the least bit interested in that subject.
Girlfriend. I pictured Rukia and Renji. They way they always bickered all the time, they finally confessed their love to each other after the Aizen incident but they still act the same way.
Every time someone said girlfriend/boyfriend, I pictured them. I definitely didn't want that. I was lucky none of the girls at Kurakara high ever appealed to me. I honestly don't know how to talk to girl or treat a girl while dating.
I guess I was lucky.
"Come on man, your gonna be a loner when you grow up, might as well start now." He moaned. His voice was beginning to get irritating. I tuned him out and did a series of Um Hum, to make it seem like I was paying attention.
Hmm. Why did I have a dream about Orihime? How awkward. I pondered over the dream for awhile. I never had a dream about her before, a couple for Rukia but not Orihime. I shrugged the thought.
"All right we're here!"
I didn't even notice Mizuiro picked up another person along with his girlfriend. We arrived at the dock. There were a couple people trickled here and there. A group around a campfire and some running around playing tag is what it seemed like to me. The sky above me was clear, magnificent with stars glowing blue in places, and yellow in others. It never appeared this beautiful to me before. I never really stopped to take the time and look up.
"Kurosaki-kun?" I heard my name. I was glad my given name had fallen out of style lately—only few select people knew my name. I remember getting into little fights because my name was Ichigo Kurosaki.
I snapped my head around and saw Orihime and Uryuu walking up.
"Oi, Inoue, Ishida."
Uryuu grunted as a greeting and walked past me and headed straight to the bonfire.
"Whats up with him?" I asked outta curiosity, not like I really cared anyways.
Orihime shrugged as she put a lock of hair behind her ear. She couldn't make eye contact with me. Was my breath kickin?
"Um, you…you know how to fish?" She said eyes wide.
"No, not really. Keigo invited me and I wasn't really doing anything—" I heard footsteps frantically running behind me.
"HEY! Orihime glad you came" He put an arm around her shoulder. She giggled uncomfortably. She nearly flinched away from Keigo when he put his arm around her.
"Heh, well I was at the All-Star Knitting club and Uryuu and Chizuru told me about it. I just came from it actually."
"Oh, that explains why you still have your uniform on." He licked his dry lips. I jerked my head back in disgust. It appeared to me that Keigo had taken a liking to Orihime. Was this what he meant by hot girls?
"Ye-Yea…" She said dryly. Orihime walked off to the dock.
"I'm SO in there!" he fiercely whispered. That pervert.
"I guess so." I laughed.
"So are you gonna try to pick a girl for tonight?" He asked, waiting for an immediate answer.
I guess my boyish instincts shook my head for me, even though I didn't really want to. It was a Friday, what the hay?
"I don't know who to talk to Keigo."
Keigo went ballistic. "Wha—What! C-Come on, look at all the beautiful babes going to take a dip in the lake, can't you just find one?" He moaned.
Honestly, none of the girls look appealing to me. I suppressed a sigh.
"No,"
He groaned "Look at my beauty" He extended his arm, he pointed at Orihime.
"Look at her, she's the prettiest girl who attends Kurakara High School and she doesn't even know it."
Of course Orihime was something to look at. Her big grey eyes, and thick burnt orange hair that reached her waist. Orihime was slender yet curvaceous. I found myself thinking of Orihime often, I shook my head. I started to think of other things as well. But of course she was oblivious to the fact that she was the prettiest. As always it didn't matter to me. Keigo practically panted like a dog while describing her, as if I didn't already know. I went to Las Noches to save her. Come to think of it, we were actually pretty close back then. Now that's its over, I guess it wasn't the same.
"…and her breasts are huge!" Emphasis on the huge.
I flinched "Keigo, please."
Later we all fished and joked around. When Orihime was fishing she caught one but fell into the water while celebrating. I didn't even try to fish, I wasn't skilled for that. I stood there casually until everyone was done fishing. Then we all sat around the bonfire. One of Keigo's friends brought a cooler.
"Want a beer?" His friend offered me.
"Uhh, no…" I stared at him in surprise; I'm only freaking 17 why would you offer me a drink?
"Kurosaki-kun?" Her voice rang. "I think your pwetty…(hiccup)"
My eyes widened, "Ino-Inoue…Are you—"
She turned red, beet red "I see, bwight lights" She waved her hands in the air.
Who the hell gave Orihime a drink? I looked at the guy next to her. He didn't look familiar. He actually looked older than us. As a matter of fact, he didn't even look like a student that goes to Kurakara high school. I squint my eyes at him, I didn't like the way he looked at Orihime, like she was something to eat.
What the hell?
Mizuiro tapped my shoulder, "Come on its almost midnight, I have to get home"
"Uhh, yeah sure, let me just—"
I turned around to see Orihime but she disappeared. I lost sight of her. I closed my eyes to search for her reiastu. Her spiritual pressure was faint, but was walking home. I guess Uryuu walked her home again, I figured. Hmm.
I got home took a shower and laid in bed. It seemed like that was a daily routine for me. Day after day, night after night. To me I felt like something was missing, I didn't know what it was. I tossed and turned in my covers. I stared out into the darkness making shapes with the shadows in my room, in my mind. I couldn't fall asleep.
1:46am
Fuck I cursed. Rukia wasn't back so I couldn't bother her, she was probably with Renji. I swear they were acting like they were married. I smirked. I was happy for Rukia, if I didn't talk to Renji and make him confess, they would still be beating around the bush. Lovebirds.
My eye lids began to get heavy.
Kurosaki-kun
My eyes twitched. I didn't know if someone was really calling me, or if it was a dream.
Kurosaki-kun
"…Hmm?" I answered aloud. I saw Orihime again on her knees, praying for her deceased brother.
I saw myself walking towards her, my hands out trying to get her. My hands were pale.
I'm scared She whispered.
I know you are Princess-Princess?-I saw a psychotic grin behind her.
"Move Inoue..." I said aloud again, hovering between the sweet taste of dreams and reality.
"Move, Inoue...m-move" i pleaded. She couldn't hear me.
End of chapter 1. Read and Review. How was it? *Anxious* lol
