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"Ooh, who's this lovely lady in our presence, Ichigo?" a short guy, seemingly innocent looking, walked up to me after spotting me and Ichigo enter the roof together.
"Akira Michi, new student." Ichigo turned to me then "Steer clear of him. He likes picking up chicks."
I snorted with laughter while the guy, whose name was Mizuiro, protested against that statement. Ichigo merely stared at him with a bored expression.
"Kurosaki-kun!" came the shrill cry and I winced minutely. Orihime bounded to Ichigo's side and started talking excitedly with him.
Tatsuki and Ichigo exchanged greetings and during that time a tall, burly Hispanic guy entered the roof top. He grunted silently to Ichigo, while I was busy being stupefied over his height. I had to crane my neck to see him and felt inferior at the height difference.
I hung my head low and gave a groan. "Hm? What's wrong?" asked the orange head.
I pointed to the tall guy "He's way too taller than me…it makes me feel inferior."
I heard him sigh before saying "Get over it. He's Chad Yasutora. Chad, she's the new girl, Akira Michi."
"Hey man, how's it going?" I waved, having gotten over my inferiority. Seeing a guy who was taller than me by more than a foot annoys me.
Chad grunted back and nodded to Ichigo. "I-CHI-GOOO!" someone yelled and a brown haired guy shot forwards, only to be slugged by Ichigo and went down with a groan.
"Oh hey Keigo." Ichigo greeted as if he hadn't hit him just now.
"You're too good as always…" The guy named Keigo gave a quivering thumbs up. When his eyes fell on me, I swear they started glittering. I'm not bad looking, but this is going overboard.
"Oh lovely lady! May I know your name?" He asked in a Shakespearean style, holding my hand.
I gave a nervous laugh and took my hand away as Ichigo threw his shoe at Keigo's head without looking. "I'm Akira Michi, pleased to meet you."
"Is she already taken by you, Ichigo?" Keigo asked curiously. He was on the ground again, this time my fist was outstretched while Ichigo deadpanned at him, saying "No."
After all the introductions were done, I stood a bit towards the side and observed everyone. Ichigo seems to know everyone here, perhaps they all are friends. It was painfully obvious that Orihime was infatuated with him. Tatsuki seemed to know him on a more personal level as she knew him since they were kids.
Chad seemed a bit like a wallflower and looked as if he…owed Ichigo or something. Keigo and Mizuiro were just friends. Ichigo. He was the one who brought them all together and bound them. Munching on my food, I was sitting contently at the railing before Orihime interrupted.
"Hey Akira-san! Let's go and eat with the girls!" she caught my arm in a surprisingly strong grip and dragged me off before I could complain.
I was kind of surprised and apprehensive to see the red head, probably called Chizuru, eating with them. After I saw the looks she gave Orihime, I shut my lunch box, having lost my appetite. But the final straw was in class.
While I was putting my books away after the final class was done, I heard evil laughter behind me and two hands shot towards my chest. Instinctively, I dropped to the floor and swept my leg in an arc, sending Chizuru to the floor.
She laughed nervously and wiggled her fingers at me. Mercilessly, my foot met with her face and I pressed it down on the floor as I said "You even touch me and I will tear you to pieces."
The boys were watching with amused looks and I thought I saw a hint of a smile on Ichigo's face, but it was gone before I noticed.
Anyways, I was a tad bit suspicious after he came up to me and said "Hey, you know your way back right? Can you go home by yourself? I have some work."
"Yeah sure…but I don't remember asking you to walk with me. What's going through your head, hot head?" I grinned and poked his cheek as he turned away with a scowl and a red face. "C'mon, tell me. Are you going to make a move on me like in those shoujo mangas?"
"Shut up moron!" he snapped and shoved my face back with his hand. Ugh, his hand was big enough to cover my entire face, so I bit it, making him recoil with a yelp. He stared at me as I laughed and walked out yelling "Bye hot head!"
Since it was the first day, school finished early which meant that I still had some time, so I decided to explore a bit. Looking around at the shops, I spotted a sweet shop at a slightly isolated location.
Pondering about the last time I had any kind of candy, I skipped over to the shop. While I waited for someone to appear, I busied myself by looking at the sweets on display. My ears perked up on hearing some voices inside "I hope you're happy with our product, Kuchiki-san! Please come again!"
'Kuchiki? Hmm…sounds a bit familiar…nah, I must be imagining it.' I shrugged and stood up as a man in green clothes came out.
"Welcome! I'm Kisuke Urahara! How may I help you?" he spoke comically, making me grin by the way he fanned himself.
"Do you have dango?"
"Of course! How many?"
"Um…four packets please."
"Here you go! Please visit again!"
"Thanks, I'll be back soon." I waved over my shoulder and ran back the way I came.
THIRD PERSON
"Hmm…" Kisuke hummed thoughtfully, looking at the high school girl disappear around the corner. He could still feel her reiatsu though. It was going towards an equally strong reiatsu.
"I could be mistaken, but her reiatsu seemed familiar." Kisuke mumbled.
"What was that, Urahara-dono?" Tessai asked.
"Oh nothing! Nothing at all."
AKIRA POV
Munching on a stick of sweet dango, I walked past the familiar streets, taking an alternative route home. I heard some loud voices at the next turn and curiously walked towards it, for one, I heard a familiar voice. Secondly, it must be pretty funny since the familiar voice seemed to be yelling at someone.
"Question 1: What is that?" Ichigo pointed to the telephone post where a vase had tipped over, spilling flowers out.
One of the hooligans answered nervously "Um, it's a shrine to honor the soul of a kid who died here-"
"CORRECT!" Ichigo bellowed and planted his foot in the guy's face, sending him flying.
I grinned and walked out, continuing from where he left off "Question 2: Why did it fall over?"
The two guys plus Ichigo turned to look at me in shock. One of the guys spat "We don't answer to a girl like ya!"
I cheerfully brought my leg in an arc against one of the guy's temple and knocked him out instantly. "I asked you a question."
The only one remaining gave a frightened squeak before saying "We-we might have knocked it over while playing football..."
"You guys catch on fast! Ichigo, would you finish it off?" I said sweetly.
He smirked and kicked the last guy to join the others in an ungainly heap. "Didn't expect to see you here, Michi."
"Same here, Kurosaki. Didn't know you were a softie." I smirked, but raised my eyebrows when he abruptly frowned.
"You…know why I'm doing this?" he asked unsurely.
"For the girl right? Yes, I can see her." I said, confirming his suspicions. His eyes went wide and his mouth hung open uselessly before I pushed his jaw up with my hand.
"A fly might go in." I laughed and his face returned to his normal, perpetually scowling face.
"Thank you onii-chan! Onee-chan!" the girl's ghost appeared and smiled widely at us.
"Hey no problem kiddo, we'll be back tomorrow." I ruffled her hair.
"I'll get you new flowers tomorrow." Ichigo smiled at her as well and promised.
"Shall we?" I asked him. He nodded and waved goodbye to the girl.
"Surprised?" I asked after a minute of silence.
He turned to me "Yeah…but what else do you know?"
"I got a kind of…vibe from you that I get from myself and my sister." I shrugged "It's hard to explain."
"Uh huh, so your sister can see them too?" he asked curiously.
"Yep, can your sister?"
"Not really, she can just feel them. But my other sister, Karin, can see them." He said. Suddenly, I cracked up laughing.
"…You okay?" he asked hesitantly as I clutched his shoulder for support. I laughed hard as I remembered the look on those guys' faces as I kicked him as good as Ichigo.
"Nothing…it's just that his face was worth seeing. Those jerks thought that I'm some sissy girl, but I gave him good!" I chortled.
He shook his head and poked my temple "Crazy chick you're one."
"Why thank you, it takes one to know one!" I shot back. "See ya tomorrow, hot head!" I waved and ran inside my home's gate, laughing at his ticked off expression at the nickname.
THIRD PERSON
Ichigo shook his head, grinning slightly at the eccentric girl. "I'm home-" before he could complete the sentence, a pair of feet collided with his face.
"YOU'RE LATE ICHIGO!"
"WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY?! WHAT KIND OF FATHER ASSAULTS HIS SON AS SOON AS HE ENTERS THROUGH THE DOOR?!" Ichigo bellowed in his father's face.
AKIRA POV
"Shucks, they're at it again." I sighed and laughed at my sister's stunned expression. "Don't worry sis, it's going to be an everyday thing."
"…Is it wise to be friends with the orange haired kid?" she asked me after some time. She headed to the kitchen, rolling her eyes when I fell out of the sofa laughing.
"Ooh I get it now!" Aonami exclaimed as she came out. Pointing dramatically at me, she concluded "You've got the hots for him!"
I sputtered indignantly "WHAT THE HELL?!" and sprung up from the floor.
"Of course! I'll go and tell him to date you!" she proclaimed and ran out of the door, to my horror.
"WAIT! GET BACK HERE STUPID!" I bellowed and ran after her.
THIRD PERSON
Ichigo and Isshin paused in their fight on hearing two voices outside in the streets. "YOU GET BACK HERE THIS MOMENT, DUMBASS!"
"NOOO! I WANT MY SISTER TO HAVE AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE!"
"I'M FINE THE WAY I AM, BAKA!"
"I DON'T ACCEPT! YOU NEED MALE CONTACT AND WHAT BETTER THAN TO ASK THE ORANGE HAIRED KID?!"
"SHUT UP!"
Ichigo went red at the yells and looked out of the window to see an absolutely livid Akira holding her sister in a head lock. Aonami was trying to come to their door.
"HELLOOOO THERE!" Isshin suddenly yelled and both the sisters looked up. Akira went red at having been seen and Aonami waved cheerfully.
"Kurosaki-san! Let your son go on a date with my sister!" she said loudly.
"AONAMI!" Akira brought her fist down mercilessly before Isshin could reply and dragged her sister back to their house.
"She's pretty! I approve!" Isshin gave a sparkling smile and gave a thumbs up to his son. Ichigo merely kicked him out of the window and trudged back to his room, rubbing his red face viciously.
AKIRA POV
"You. Did not have to do that!" I yelled at Aonami, burning with embarrassment on the inside. Ugh, the image I had built up has now been destroyed. Hot head will never let me forget this.
Suddenly, I felt a wave of…what I usually classified as ghost-seeing energy. It was so abrupt that my neck snapped towards the window while Aonami froze.
We simultaneously turned to look at each other and nodded. Aonami walked calmly to the window with me beside her and we looked out cautiously. "There!" I exclaimed when I saw a figure in black fly past our house. Aonami's reaction, however, was not expected. Her face went a deathly white and her fist clenched over the window pane.
"…Nami?" I quietly called her by her nickname. She seemed to come back to her senses and turned to me.
"Get back inside, now!" She ordered with frightening intensity, almost pushing me towards the living room.
"OK ok! I'm going!" I huffed impatiently and walked back. Whatever caused her to react like that?
Dinner was had in unusual and utter silence. I couldn't fathom the look of severe worry that dominated Aonami's expression as she barely looked at her plate. I knew better than to comment on it.
"If you're done, go to sleep. You have school tomorrow." She suddenly spoke, jolting me out of my thoughts.
I nodded and carried my empty plate to the kitchen. After washing up, I retreated to my room and packed my bag, as I always did the night before. A horrific howling echoed abruptly throughout the whole street making me go pale.
My legs trembled as the howling issued again, this time much closer. Swallowing nervously, I walked slowly to the window, only to almost scream out at the sight.
A grotesque beast stood outside the Kurosaki clinic, jerking its head from side to side. A skeletal mask covered its face as it demolished the road by just walking on it. It radiated such a foul aura that just looking at it made me feel nauseous and suffocated.
My heart beat faster and I hastily ducked down as the head swiveled in my direction. Cautiously, I peeked out again and what I saw, made my eyes widen.
A tiny girl in black robes was attempting to hold back the monster with a sword brandished and in the midst of it, Ichigo Kurosaki rushed out and started yelling at the monster. 'What…? What is he doing?!' I thought frantically, itching to go out there and pull him away from the scene. A feeling of dread spread throughout me as I saw the tiny figure of Yuzu unconscious within the monster's giant claw.
The monster charged against Ichigo, who stood stubbornly in its path when the raven haired girl intercepted it and got caught between the beast's jaws. The splatter of blood on the street made me feel weak as I looked on, unable to do anything. Yuzu was released from his grip and safely set to the side.
Ichigo's eyes widened and he yelled at the girl this time. The girl replied weakly and sank against a telephone pole while the beast was momentarily distracted by the wound inflicted by the girl. Ichigo had a frantic expression as the girl told him something. He clenched his fist and spoke again, this time his expression determined.
I screamed out this time in horror as the girl plunged her sword through Ichigo's chest "ICHIGO! NO!" I must be mistaken, but I felt his eyes turn to me for a moment before bright light engulfed the two.
Needless to say, I was more than just shocked when I saw Ichigo emerge from the light, dressed in the same black robes as the girl's. The girl, however, now sat in plain white robes looking quite powerless.
Swinging an absolutely huge sword, Ichigo charged at the monster while bellowing at it and cut it down in a powerful swing. As the fiend disappeared, Ichigo and the raven haired girl exchanged a few words before she went away and Ichigo walked back inside.
Silently, I backed away from the window till I hit the bed's edge and collapsed on it. I won't forget that for a long time.
THIRD PERSON
Aonami panted as she released the barrier around the house. The barrier had cut off their reiatsu, preventing the hollow or the Shinigami from detecting them. She could only hope that the Kurosakis were ok, having felt the fluctuating reiatsus of the teenage boy and the female shinigami.
She glanced towards the stairs, desperately hoping that Akira heard and saw nothing of what transpired. She didn't want her younger sister to know about that cruel world. Aonami had faced enough if it and would make sure that Akira would experience none of it.
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