Hello everyone! For starters I would like to say that I am happy to finally upload this story. This is... my first completed bleach ff. This story was created over a year ago and finished over a year ago but b/c I felt the story needed more work decided to postpone its debut. I dont own bleach just these two lovely young ladies that you are about to meet. I hope you enjoy this story :]
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Tick Tock Tick Tock
I looked at the clock it was 3:20pm. The new semester wasn't supposed to start until September 1st and yet here I was stuck in the principal's office and who am I to thank this for? I looked to my right where a petit girl with straight waist length purple hair sat. She was very care free, mellow, and adventurous and didn't give a shit about the world and what people thought about her. She had her sunglasses on so the secretary wouldn't notice her sleeping and a few other things. The principal's door opened slightly.
"Tak, Gaz."
I nudged said girl on her arm with my elbow awaking her. She yawned and followed me inside the principal's office without question. We both sat down in front of the principal.
"Gaz please take your feet off the table." the principal said annoyed
She was looking at our records when she looked up at me.
"Seriously Tak you're only making this worse for you. Must you hang out with this degenerate?"
"I'm surprised that a person such as you would regard one of her students as a degenerate."
I could hear Gaz mumbling foul words towards the principal.
"Gaz is a lost cause, or so we think. But I guess we can still save both of you."
"Prf save my…." Gaz trailed on.
"I have a friend, a teacher, who is willing to help people with cases such as yours."
I stared at her without question. Gaz sat quietly next to me clearly not paying attention.
"Tak you have good grades but these acts that you pull aren't helping you. Tardiness, absences, ditching class, picking fights… I don't know what to do."
I didn't say a word because I had heard it all before.
"And you!" she pointed at Gaz, "Tak at least does her work and is doing fairly well but you, it doesn't look like it matters whether you graduate or not!"
Gaz looked up at her and started to laugh. We started our senior year in the new semester. I had all my credits to claim the title as senior, Gaz on the other hand.
"Man I didn't ask for this. I don't want to be here with these people. They annoy me, you annoy me. I hate it here and I want out. The reason why she hangs out with me is because she feels the same way too!"
That was a lie but I didn't care. I liked being at school, saved me from a certain group of people I had to deal with each day after school. The principal looked at me with a hurt expression. I looked away and let Gaz do the rest of the talking.
"Well if that's how you feel then… My friend who is a teacher at Karakura High is a respectable-"
"Where the fuck is that at?" interrupted Gaz
The principal let out what sounded like a growl but continued on with what she was trying to tell us.
"Ms. Ochi is willing to have you in her class to see if our little experiment works."
I looked up at her. I guess she was looking for a certain reaction from us but found none.
"Fine whatever it takes to get away from this place." said Gaz getting up
"Where do you think you are going?"
"Away from this place obviously. Let me know when the whole transferring will happen."
She left. The principal looked at me.
"Well what do you say?"
I looked at her and nodded.
"Are you sure?" she asked
"Look you know as well as I do that I don't really care what the outcome is as long as I stay in a place where I can keep sane."
I got up. I heard the principal get up,
"Look you don't have to do this. We can just send Gaz-"
"No, the thing is that it may not look like it but she needs me."
I left but before closing the door, I looked back at the principal.
"Don't underestimate Gaz's potential in learning. She is more capable than you know."
I left the principal's office and made my way towards the exit of the school but of course Gaz was waiting for me.
"So what did you say?"
I kept walking with her hot on my heels like a child waiting for her mother's response whether or not she can get her candy.
"I'm stuck with you."
I could visualize her smile get bigger and let out a sigh of relief.
"Like peas and carrots." I heard her say
The next day was annoying. Gaz and I were running around the whole campus getting our teachers' signatures and documents ready for the transfer. I didn't even know where the damn school was at and yet here I was running around like a maniac.
"If I knew this was going happen I wouldn't have agreed to it."
I rolled my eyes. We had finished in half an hour and she was complaining? After the day was done they told us to go home and get ready for the transfer. So far I didn't know what was going on but after they gave us instructions to get our luggage ready I started to wonder. I went straight to the principal's office,
"Where exactly are you shipping us off to?"
She looked up at me and for the first time I saw fear in her eyes.
"Well Ms. Ochi is in Karakura Town…"
"Where exactly?" I said a bit more serious
"In Japan."
"WHAT?"
She jumped back in her seat.
"There's nothing we can do now Tak the plan is already in motion. There is no turning back."
Words couldn't express how I felt. I was fine in transferring but being shipped off almost across the world? Of course I was pissed. Gaz came rushing in.
"Tak?" she whispered
I calmed and looked at her.
"We are being shipped off to Japan for this little experiment."
"What? Why so far?"
"Japan is known for its strict teachers. We have done all we can think of to get kids straightened out. This was one of the new ideas we came up with. We are not paying for any expenses, neither are your parents. We want to see the children succeed. Please don't be angry."
She was talking to me. And she was right. There was no going back. The plan was already in motion.
*Friday
It was Friday. We were to depart that day so we could have the weekend to settle in and start the new semester at our new high school. I was waiting for Gaz at school where they would pick us up and take us to the airport when I felt a bad feeling on the pit of my stomach.
"TAK!"
Something heavy fell on top of me but I knew exactly who it was.
"Mimi. Get. Off. Me."
Said girl did so. I looked up at her and noticed that she had been crying.
"Is it true that you and Gaz are transferring?"
"Yes."
"Can I come?"
"No."
"Why not?"
I didn't know what to tell her. The principal had told us not to tell anyone why we were transferring. Mimi was roughly about Gaz's height. She has short layered orange hair. She was very spontaneous, maybe a little too spontaneous. We met in our sophomore year of high school. She was like rice that made the pea and carrots go well with. I didn't complain and neither did Gaz. Seeing her right now crying as her two very close friends were being shipped off to Japan for god knows how long made me pity her. I got up just as Gaz was arriving.
"Hey. Let's get this shit over with or what?" said Gaz
"It sucks that you guys are leaving."
"Don't worry we'll be back." I said failing at giving her an attempted smile.
Our minivan that was to take us to the airport arrived. We said goodbye, for now, to Mimi and headed towards the airport. Not an hour had passed and Gaz was already complaining at the airport. Our flight was departing in two hours and I wasn't in the mood to hear Gaz's complaints.
"Hey go with me to the restroom."
"Why?" I asked suspiciously
She smiled which told me she had something on her that even the security guards hadn't detected. I followed her. The restroom was oddly deserted. I turned to her as she took out something, I don't even want to say it. She showed me a lighter and what looked like a poorly wrapped up baby blunt. Angry? Not at all, I was actually relieved that she had been able to smuggle that in. We both got to it and not 20min later we had inhaled that baby blunt and were the two happiest peas and carrots in the world.
Time seemed to go a lot faster then. We boarded the plane and took off to Japan. I don't remember half of the flight because one: I was high and two: I had slept through most of the flight. We arrived at Japan, I know that the time changes but I wasn't paying attention and I was too tired from the 11hour flight to care. There was a young lady holding a sign with our names waiting for us at the airport. It was our new teacher Ms. Ochi.
"It's Tak." I said before she said anything
"Gaz."
"Right, I'm Misato Ochi. You may call me Ochi sensei."
"Yeah whatever." said Gaz
She looked at us as if she was ready to take on the biggest challenge of her life. She helped us with our luggage and we soon left the airport. I was in the front seat with her while Gaz relaxed in the back. Ochi sensei did most of the talking and I paid attention seeing there was nothing else I could do. She would ask me questions and I would simply answer with a nod or an hmm.
We arrived at an apartment that looked rather big for just two people. As we entered I concluded that I was right. The place was too big but I couldn't help but feel glad. Back at my home it was cramped, too cramped. The apartment was well furnished, it had everything, even things I didn't have back home. I sort of felt bad thinking about the time the experiment would be over and I would have to leave this behind.
"OH HELL NO!" screamed Gaz as Ochi sensei held out a school uniform at us.
The look on Gaz face was priceless but I was also upset. The school we were attending required uniform. The skirt and jacket were both gray. The button down shirt was white and we had to wear a red tie looking thingy. Thankfully we had the option of wearing tights or not. I was going for the tights, there was no way in hell I was showing my bare legs and I knew Gaz was going to wear them too.
"Can we alter the uniforms?" I asked looking at the skirt
"What do you mean?"
"Do they come in bigger size as in length?"
"Um no this is at its full length and no you can't alter the uniform."
Gaz grunted. We both hated wearing revealing clothing. I like to wear skinny jeans and enjoy wearing huge sweaters, made me feel warm and safe. I asked for a bigger size in jacket and sweater which was a horrible light yellow color. As well as the white button down shirt. Ochi sensei told us where to go and what to bring on our first day of school. After she left we checked the cabinets and the fridge in the kitchen and were pretty happy to find things we recognized.
"Man this is fucking bullshit. We have to wear uniforms?"
"You brought it on yourself really." I said without looking at her
"Shut the fuck up." she said as she flipped me off
We both settled in to our new apartment. It was two stories and we found our rooms on the second floor. We both had our own rooms something we both never had. The rest of the weekend involved us getting our uniforms which Ochi sensei protested because we got one size or two too big for us. I had requested I wear gray pants but it seems that first they have to see my performance in class, meaning my grades, in order for my request to be granted. Gaz didn't like it because she knew she was going to have trouble but I didn't mind. We also got some school supplies which again Ochi sensei protested because we got things we needed, which was a few things, instead of buying everything on the list she had made for us. I mean really? We are students and we know we only use half of the things required for us to use. After taking care of things, educational wise, Ochi sensei was nice enough to take us shopping for our needs. It was almost fun, almost.
It was Sunday evening and we were both sitting around the couch eating some ramen and watching tv. School would start the next morning and I seriously felt like I should just stay home and enjoy the new change. But one can only dream.