So, this is my second Bleach story. Yeah. Second one to focus on Shuhei too xD
SO, not much to say. Like the summary tells, it's a pre-story of Shuhei durring his days in the Academy, along with Kanisawa and Aoga.

Oh! If you like these trio AND their life at the school, be sure to check out "dukefan01" story School Days! =D

As usual, I don't own anything (besides the grammar mistakes) and the other students, which happen to be OCs.
Read and enjoy ^^


Chapter 1 You have to start somewhere

"Damn it! Damn it!" Shuhei called in his head, rushing past the streets of Rukongai, jumping over any stands and turning to avoid the people who stood in the way.

"How could I be so stupid?!" Hisagi skidded around a corner, bringing up some dust and jumping over a kid who was picking up a rock.

He could see it – the gates to Shin'ō Academy, and they were closing. Today was the day kids could come and participate in going to this school. First older students would show you around and then, if you wanted to, you take an exam to see if you could enter. Problem was, you can only enter until a certain hour, since they only do this once a year. And it seemed it was almost over as the brunette rushed over to the closing gates as quickly as he could.

"Hey! Wait! C'mon! Wait a second!" he called; hand in the air and waving at the four Soul Reapers which stood by the gates.

"Huh?" one of them blinked, seeing the boy running towards them.

"We can't stop the closing," another one sighed; feeling pity for the kid.

"Damn!" Shuhei panicked, jumping in the air, using one of the guards as a skipping stone to get over the gate. Naturally, they were mad, but at the same time impressed. Just at that, the gates closed fully and the time was up.


Hisagi, still in the air, let out a breath of relief, seeing the students who were gathering before remembering he was still in the air.

"Aw crap!" he opened his mouth, waving his hands and arms in the air, trying to stay in the sky, before he started falling.

"Watch out!" he shouted to someone who was just under him, walking over to a girl sitting near a wall, not aware of the boy flying above him.

"Huh?" the other boy turned around before opening his eyes wide as the latte comer came straight at him, knocking both of them down and making them roll forward, both yelping before hitting a wall and crashing. As the two stepped and toppled over each other, they saw they landed before the girl, sitting down and looking confused before bursting out laughing.

"Ouch…" Shuhei groaned, sitting up and holding his head with one hand.

"Hey kid! You crazy? What were you doing?" the boy, long face, small eyes and brown hair, growled, eye twitching as he smacked the boy over the head.

"I'm sorry! I had no idea anyone was here! I just wanted to get inside…" Hisagi bowed and scratched the back of his head before the two turned to the girl.

"New friend huh?" the girl, light brown hair, cute face and hair in a small pony tail, had a hand on her mouth, trying to stop the laughter.

"Not sure yet," the other kid sighed before turning back to the late comer, who looked light headed.

"Who the heck are you anyway?"


"Oh, um… Shuhei Hisagi," the boy answered, managing a small smile.

"I'm Aoga. You're from the Rukon District right?"

"Yeah… How'd you figure that?" the two men stood up and dusted themselves off.

"Your manners. Oh, and since we're there," Aoga jammed a finger at the girl's direction.

"That's Kanisawa – old friend of mine."

"Nice to meet you Shu~" she giggled as the said boy blushed.

"So, you're both from the lower numbers districts right?" Hisagi sighed, feeling defeated.

"Pretty much. Not really high, but high enough. 'Sides, it doesn't matter where you're from at this school," the taller boy shrugged and helped the girl stand up.

"Yeah, but there's always… something. I doubt everyone accepts everyone…" Shuhei sighed again, moving with the duo to where the others were gathering.

"You don't seem like a kid from Rukon. Actually, you seem more from the way high up," Kanisawa blinked a few times but smiled soon after.

"…Thanks I guess…" Shuhei stooped in his tracks for a second before continuing.

"Don't take her for granted. She loves guys with gray eyes," Aoga waved his hand in the air dismayingly before the girl lightly punched him in the shoulder.

"Shut up Aoga! That's not true!" she pouted before the trio arrived at the group of students.


"Is everyone here? Good. Then let's begin," a man, standing by a woman, both blonde and dressed in the school uniform, spoke and turned to the to-be students.

"I'm Rin and this is my brother Ran," the girl spoke, gesturing to herself and the man.

"We'll be your guides today. If you have any questions, ask. We don't bite," she added and smiled.

"Today we're going to show you the Soul Reaper Academy. It's where you train to become a member of the 13 Court Guard Squads, Stealth Force or anything else. Pretty much everyone that's in the Guard finished training here. So, after you graduate, you become a full-fledged Soul Reaper," Ran took a step closer and looked at the rookies.

"Now, since that's over, let's go check the school," the two blondes turned and led the kids around the place, explained basic rules, training and subjects as well as showing the dorms where the students stay. They also gave some insight as to what be careful in and what's easy.

"Alright everyone! We'll be doing a small exercise. Go into pairs of three and wait 'till we give you further instructions," Rin called, a mischievous look on her face.

"C'mon Shuhei, you'll be our third," Aoga grinned and held the other boy by the collar of his shirt to keep him from leaving.

"Really, I can find some other pair! You two probably know some other people you'd want to pair up with!" Hisagi turned his head, a nervous smile on his face.

"Don't worry Shu! We'll make sure you get some new friends," Kanisawa stuck out her tongue.

"'Sides, you owe me for knocking me down before," the tallest one smirked.

"Why do I feel more scared than I should be…?"

"Stop whining will you? You found us so you're stuck with us."

"Not to mention you'd probably get lost without some help!"


"Now that everyone's set, let's get started. You'll be doing something we seniors like to call 'Find the Sweet spot.' The game is actually really easy you see," Rin was smirking now.

"Here's how it works. We, the upperclassmen, have hidden a bag of sweets somewhere in the school. Not in any room you aren't allowed, but it won't be easy. Anyway, two of your team members will go and try to find the bag. The other one has to stay and try to get the information out of us. No weapons allowed, no cheating and no breaking anything," Ran explained.

"And, as a bonus, the team that finds the bag gets to keep it and all the stuff inside. We can assure you, the sweets are really good. Taken from Captain Ukitake actually…"

"Shuhei, go with Aoga. First try the basement then in the back training ground. If I get the information, I'll go find it myself," Kanisawa spoke, giving no room to argue.

"Will do! Just make sure you don't eat all of it," Aoga smirked, pulling the other kid closer.

"I can walk on my own! And good luck," Hisagi sighed before using his index and middle finger to give a sort of salute and a smile.

"Sure, just don't destroy anything," she smiled and awkwardly returned the same salute before 'go!' was heard and everyone set off.


"I can't believe it…" Ran and Rin muttered, panting as they lay on the ground with Kanisawa giving a smile, a bow and a wink before leaving quickly.

"I hope no one else found it yet! The kitchen! It's so obvious I didn't even think about it," she bit her lip and rushed to the cafeteria.

"Finally showed up eh?" Aoga called, sitting cross-legged, with the bag of sweets at his feet as Shuhei waved, leaning on the wall. Around them were others, groaning in pain, lying on the ground.

"Sorry we didn't tell you, we were kinda busy," Hisagi apologized, getting out of the way of a punch coming from a kneeling boy, who collapsed a second later.

"How'd you know where to look? I was pretty sure you couldn't have checked both places I told you to so fast," Kanisawa looked impressed as her friends came over.

"Shuhei over here thought it could be here. So we skipped the training ground and half the basement. Pretty smart of a Rukon kid right?" the taller boy threw an arm around the other ones shoulder and laughed, giving a grin to let him know he was joking about the 'Rukon kid' thing.

"By the way. What did you do to the seniors?" the men asked, walking out of the kitchen.

"Oh nothing! I just found a nice, ticklish spot and abused it. Ran was crying and Rin was begging for mercy," her eyes shone with sadism.

"…Scary…" the duo sweatdropped and looked in fear.

"Is she always like that…?"

"Yeah almost… just don't piss her off…"


"Alright… the exercise's over and we got a winner…" Ran spoke, eyes closed and taking a few deep breathes while everyone gathered.

"Although the trio did attack the other students… but no one was killed or severely hurt," Rin was holding her side and glaring at the mentioned trio.

"At any rate… That's it for today. The exams for the entrance are in one month. You have three chances in case you fail the first time. Should you fail all 3 times, you have to wait until next year. We hope to see many of you with us soon and that you become great Soul Reapers. Until then, live well and try hard."

"Thank you!" the rookies bowed to the two before everyone started to leave.

"Guess we'll see ya in a month," Aoga slapped his hand on Shuhei's shoulder, a wide grin on his face.

"Yeah. Maybe we'll even be classmates," Kanisawa cheered and hugged the smaller brunette.

"Right. I'll go easy, so you two won't look too stupid," Hisagi hugged the girl back and bumped his fists with the boy.

"Sure, keep telling yourself that!" the two laughed before each went their own way.

Returning to the place Shuhei called 'home', Hisagi sighed with a smile on his face. Home, at that time, was near a river with a broken wooden bridge above him.

"Well… I'm gonna be a Soul Reaper…" he said quietly, leaning with his back against the support pillar before his thoughts drifted back to the day he was saved as a kid from a Hollow. To those who kept him safe and the white-haired one who, he saw as a hero.

"When I get accepted, I need to make a tattoo."


That's it for the first one. I do hope you people enjoyed and if you did feel free to review :D I really would love to hear how I did ^^