the previous chapter was just a prologue.. that's why it was pretty short..
this is a longer chapter.. the town is supposed to be karakura town, in case you are wondering.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own bleach in anyway.
"So how's it going? Settled in yet?" Ishida Uryuu may be the person Ichigo would go to when he has certain issues relating to work in the hospital. But he is definitely not the person Ichigo would like to have nagging at him.
"It's fine" replied the new bright haired doctor.
Kurosaki Ichigo only started working as a doctor 3 weeks ago after resigning from the local police force and disappearing for 3 months after. Everyone knows why he resigned, but no one knew he was intending to continue his father's line in medicine. After all, who would if you had a father for a doctor and yet you always get a body slam greeting every single time u turn around in the house?
"You know, I never thought that you would actually become a doctor. You may have the qualifications, but you sure as hell don't look like one." A scowl appeared instantly on Ichigo's face after the comment.
"Just look in the mirror! With a hair like that, and a scowl like that, you look like you've come in here for a check-up instead of the one doing it." Ishida continued.
"And,-"
"Ishida, we may be friends, but I will not take that in consideration if you continue with your nagging. You sound just like a mother who's worried about her son's first day in school."
"Hey, I promised your dad I would look out for you. And I Do Not nag. You say that one more time, you are not going to get any help from me."
"Psch. Whatever. Get back to work, break time's almost over."
-oOo-
Badge, check.
Weapon, check.
Transfer papers, check.
"Ok, I'm good to go." Rukia looks in the mirror for the last time and turned to the clock. "Oh shit, I'm going to be late." With that, she dashed out of her apartment making a mental note to get home early for the chappy movie airing later that night.
-oOo-
"Hey, I hear the newbie kicked some ass when closing the last case she had before transferring." Ikkaku said.
"Could be just blind luck." Renji said munching on fries. "Or maybe-"
"What do you figure she looks like? Probably a she-man. There's no way a cutie or hot gal would work in violent crimes." Yumichika interrupted.
"If that's true, what does that make me? Huh?" Matsumoto Rangiku was all female, but she was definitely not to be messed with.
Before Yumichika could defend himself, Captain Zaraki came striding in with Rukia just behind him. "Listen up people, you probably know this, but she's joining the team starting today. Get up, indroduce yourselves, and then get your ass back to work. Cops aren't supposed to sit and gossip. Kuchiki." He nodded to Rukia.
Stepping forward, Rukia introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Kuchiki Rukia. I was supposed to be here 3 months ago, but the last case I had kind of delayed my transfer here. It's irresponsible to just drop the case off like that, hence the delay. And I wouldn't have stayed a cop if all I had was just blind luck in closing cases. We could go a round of hand to hand if that's what it would take to convince you…" Rukia glanced at Renji's badge and added, "Detective Arabai." She had obviously overheard their previous conversation.
"Hahaha, I like you!" Rangiku slapped her hand on Rukia's back. "Matsumoto Rangiku's my name. That asshole that made that comment is Renji, the one over there with the weird sense of fashion is Yumichika and Ikkaku's the bald one."
"I'm NOT bald!"
"I have excellent fashion sense!" Both Ikkaku and Yumichika glared at Rangiku, but she just ignored them.
"I would love to see you kick their ass then the time calls for it. But for now, we'll just show you around. Get to know how we work around here."
Rukia had no choice but to go with Rangiku's flow. After a 10-minute walk and another 20-minute long conversation with her, Rukia's ears were ringing. It came to a point that Rukia suspected Rangiku was actually using her as an excuse to skip out on her work and duties. When it was finally time knock off, Rukia sighed in relief. Her plans of getting home early to watch the chappy movie went up in smoke when Rangiku announced that they were going to the pub down the next block for a 'Welcome Rukia' party. She wanted to refuse, but it was rude to do so. Besides, she didn't want to start on a bad note with Rangiku after seeing how she threatened Ikkaku into helping her with her work by reporting to some Yachiru person.
-oOo-
Ichigo was not happy being dragged to the pub. Needing to face Ishida was one thing. Having Inoue Orihime tagging along and ordering some weird stuff and mixing them together is another. At least tatsuki was there to keep him sane. As she was by far the most normal person in this group of you could discount the fact that she hates guys in general and loved to kick their asses. The worse part of the deal was the fact the pub they went to, had belonged to Urahara. He was if possible as childish as his own father and loved to meddle with his life just like his dad. Ichigo always wondered what had he done to deserve to have 2 childish grown men in his life.
Ichigo's brooding had stopped short when he saw Renji's unmistakably red pineapple hair. The said man was apparently walking towards him. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be keeping the city safe and all? Or did you fail seeing that you have a black eye and you're walking funny. You let some guy take you out?" Ichigo asked when Renji sat down beside him.
Before Renji could answer him, Ikkaku interrupted. "Not some guy, a chick is what that got him on his knees. The newbie who transferred in could really kick ass if you ask me. But, Renji was being stupid. Thought she was small and couldn't have the strength to being him down. All of us were seriously surprised to see her did just that." Ichigo was interested enough to want to know who this new girl was. Renji might not be the smartest, but he could at least fight.
"You are losing your touch pal."
"tch. You go a round with her, you wouldn't be smirking. She can guarantee that." Renji had to admire Rukia. Guess he shouldn't think that girls can't take care of themselves. Rangiku, Tatstuki and heck even someone as small as Rukia are prime living examples.
"Hey, Rukia! Over here!" Renji waved.
"My friend here thinks down just, he can take you down just fine. How about it? You mind having a friendly match?" Renji spoke to Rukia while Ichigo was sipping on his drink had caused Ichigo to choke on it.
"Wait a minute. I said nothing of that! Though it might be more difficult to defeat me as I am much better than this pineapple head. I'm Kurosai Ichigo." Ichigo held out his hand. Rukia took it and introduced herself yet again.
"He used to be one of us. Now, he's working at the local hospital-as a doctor. I'm Ishida Uryuu, also a doctor. Inoue Orihime- she a nurse and Arisawa Tatsuki- Karate instructor. All of us here were from the same high school, so we know each other pretty well. That's what you get when you are living in a town this small. Everyone knows you, and you know everyone." As Ishida finished the introductions, Orihime and Tatsuki waved to Rukia in greeting.
Ikkaku had said small, but Rukia wasn't small. She was just quite simply short. Ichigo sure had not expected someone her size to be able to defeat Renji. He had an image of someone more like tatsuki's built.
Rukia only raised her eyebrows when Ichigo had responded to Renji's remark. Were the people in this town all so.. unique? A red-haired gangster looking cop, hour-glassed figured cop, and now, an Orange-haired ex-cop tuned doctor. How weird was her day going to get? She was about to politely refuse the match until she heard Ichigo's comment.
"A match isn't necessary, I'm not interested. She may be short, but if she can take down Renji, she's definitely strong. There's no need to prove it to me."
A vein popped in Rukia's head as she turned and step toe to toe with Ichigo. She had to raise her head she thought in annoyance as she looked him in the eye. "Alright mister, you may be tall, but that doesn't give you the right to make fun of others. Just for saying that 'I'm not tall' comment, I will take you on."
so what would Ichigo's response be? and how would things turn out?
the next chapter would be longer(i hope)
i was already working on this when the first was published, so its completed pretty fast..
its going to take some time before the next chapter is out..
next chapter would be more about how ichigo and rukia keep bumping into each other despite their different jobs...
