Three weeks after she'd joined the Kotowari Centre she was set to start School. All of the people in the Kotowari Centre were pretty good natured and had told her flat out School was going to be appalling. It probably would be but she was British! She could keep a stiff upper lip in the face of adversity... except that time she broke a guy's nose for mocking her hair…and that time she beat up a group of girls for saying she was a 'ho'. Thinking about it she really lost her temper often. The apple really doesn't fall too far from the tree Soifon thought jadedly. She waited with Toshiro, Hinamori, Hanataro and a slightly insane girl called Hiyori.
"How long does this bus take?" Soifon said looking at her watch.
"About…three minutes" Hinamori said.
"I hope you know how to keep your temper at bay" Toshiro said "us kids don't catch a break from anyone, not teachers, other pupils, even the janitors don't like us"
"At my last school" Soifon said "When people tried to mock me I just chinned them"
"Oh no" Hanataro said "you can't hit people they'll expel you in a second and you'll be off the WISH programme"
"I guess it's a dark alleyway and a pillowcase full of soap then" Soifon muttered.
"Wait 'tll you meet Bambietta, her favourite pastime is trying to get a reaction out of us" Toshiro said "and she's no pushover, she knows how to fight"
"I spent most of my childhood taking hits, I think I can handle some gaki" Soifon said
"Treasure that frame of mind" Toshiro said dryly "I remember when I thought I could handle the bullying"
"And you can't?"
"I'm thinking about buying a gun and shooting up the joint" He replied
"Really?" Hiyori said leaning intrusively close to his face "'cause If you are, give me some warning first and I'll take the day off"
"No I was just making a slight hyperbole"
A yellow school bus came around the corner and stopped in front of them. Feeling slightly apprehensive Soifon stepped into the bus. The kids in the bus didn't even seem to notice her. Which was good, she'd rather be ignored than picked on. She found an empty seat and sat down. When Toshiro and the others stepped into the bus the kids' attitude changed, they all started hurling insults and throwing stuff at them. Soifon guessed they didn't know she was one of the 'Delinquents'.
Three hours later she sat in her first ever Chemistry lesson. Miss Unohana seemed like a weak woman but every pupil in the class sat completely silent and were completely obedient to her every whim. "This is the Ester Link here" She said pointing at a well-drawn diagram of Ethyl-Acetate "This is where Ethanol and Acetic acid join to make the Ester" She explained. Soifon liked Chemistry, she liked the idea of making and creating your own potion that could do whatever you wanted sounded fun.
She'd had English before that…it had been a disaster, the teacher; a Pompous arrogant man called Mr Kuchiki seemed to think that since Soifon was English she was naturally good at English which was not the case. Everyone seemed to find her accent funny too, that was the worst thing.
Something struck the back of her head. Soifon looked at the floor to see an eraser. Looking back she saw a slender raven haired girl staring at her with a smirk on her face…she had to be Bambietta. She was quite far away Soifon found herself modestly thinking, it was a good shot to hit her…
"Eyes to the front, Shaolin" Unohana said smiling at her
"She just threw a rubber at me"
"Eyes…to…the…front" She smiled staring at her. God she was intimidating. Soifon glanced back at Bambietta who merely whistled innocently. This was the start of a rocky relationship…bones were gonna be broken.
The rest of school was pretty boring but relaxing, besides Physical Education, Chemistry and English she didn't have any other classes with Bambietta or her little clique of skanks. The other kids had been slightly apprehensive of her but they didn't seem to mind her, it wasn't like in the High-school dramas where if she sat at their table at lunch they'd all get up and move. Soifon walked toward her bus, after school she was to finally meet this Shihouin woman. Apparently after school she was to work for two hours. Being a Private Detective sounded…she didn't know how it sounded, sometimes it seemed she'd just be spying on some old cougar having a lewd affair with the pool boy and then sometimes she felt it'd be car chases, diving through cornfields with planes shooting at them and unveiling massive plots to kill the president of the USA.
She jumped on the bus and found her seat which was empty again. Just as the driver was about to close the doors another person jumped in. Bambietta. "Oh are you taking the bus Bambietta?" A boy asked
"No" Bambietta said "I'm just jumping on this bus because I like the smell of piss and popcorn"
"Little bitch" Hiyori snapped. Bambietta scowled. It was common knowledge in this school that Hiyori was insane and even Bambietta stayed away from her. Bambietta grinned and sat next to Soifon, Bambietta's little groupies sat in the surrounding seats. This was going to be awkward, Soifon knew it. "So" Bambietta said with a smile…here it comes
"You're from china or something does that mean you eat dogs?" asked one of her friends
"That's Korea you idiot" Soifon snapped
"Such snippiness" Bambietta said.
The torrent of racism and general insults was humiliating. Soifon just stared out of the window and blocked it out. Eventually Bambietta said it was like talking to a brick wall. Eventually the bus came to its long awaited stop and Soifon quickly got up and left. Which was strange, she was expecting a trip from Bambietta at least. Soifon took a deep breath, the fresh air soothing her pent up rage. "We're not finished yet" Bambietta said behind her
"Oh go away" Soifon said
"Not until I've made you kiss my boots"
"I'm into that kind of shit" Soifon said.
Bambietta moved in for the attack. She was fast but Soifon was faster, she dodged her punch and grabbed her arm twisting it. Bambietta cried out as Soifon twisted even further than it should go…any further and tendons will start to rip. Just then Bambietta's posse moved in. With a panicked thought Soifon realised all of them were skilled in fighting, she would never be able to take them all out.
She struggled and fought against them but it was futile. She was eventually pinned to the ground. Bambietta straddled her and slammed a fist into her face. The world spun, everything went blurry. Another strike came, and then another. Soifon felt herself starting to cry, no matter how many times her brothers beat her she never really got used to the pain. "Oh looks like you're gonna cry" Bambietta laughed. Soifon saw her fist start its descent for another punch. Soifon closed her eyes and waited…but nothing happened. Soifon opened her eyes to see Bambietta's arm stopped by a dark skinned hand wrapped around her bicep. "Hey, you bitch get off me" Bambietta said. Suddenly Bambietta was hauled from Soifon. Soifon stared up at her saviour…it was that woman from three weeks ago, She was 'Shihouin'.
"What's the big idea?" Bambietta snapped jumping up. "Do you know who my father is, Hans Basterbine"
"I'll raise your Basterbine with my father" She grinned "Ryuu Shihouin"
"Tsch" Bambietta tutted "c'mon, I think I saw Moomoo nearby"
"Ha!" One of her friends said "Moomoo, you're so clever with the insults"
"Shut up" She snapped. They all sauntered away. The woman looked down at Soifon and flashed a smile identical to the one from three weeks ago.
"So you must be Soifon" She held out her hand for Soifon to take. Not wanting to seem weak she used her own strength to stand up ignoring her hand. "My name is Yoruichi Shihouin; I guess you'll my new employee" She said
"So I've heard" Soifon said brushing dust off her clothes.
"Watch my finger" Yoruichi said moving her finger around
"What are you doing?"
"I got a feel at that girl's bicep, she wasn't weak" Yoruichi said "You took a few punches from her and you're barely delirious…impressive"
"I've taken worse" Soifon said wiping blood from her nose.
"Alright" Yoruichi said looking her up and down "I suppose you'll do"
"Are you gonna pay me?"
"That's all the youth of today think about" Yoruichi sighed "what happened to sex, drinking and boys"
"The twenty-first century happened"
"Hey!" Yoruichi snapped "I was a teenager in the twenty-first century, cheeky"
"Well?"
"Yeah" Yoruichi said "I'll give you a wage"
"That's one thing I suppose" She looked at the Kotowari centre. Home sweet home. "So what are you doing here?"
"I came to get you after school; good thing I arrived when I did" Yoruichi smiled "The Basterbine family can be dicks but they're all bark and no bite"
"She bit plenty hard" Soifon said
"I noticed" Yoruichi said "A girl that sadistic will leave the world a different place than when she entered"
"She's not that tough" Soifon said "she uses bullshit book moves"
"Good for her" Yoruichi said "Now! Let's tell Ukitake-san that we're heading to work"
"Are you guys…together?"
"Lovers?" Yoruichi looked down at her
"Yeah?"
"No" Yoruichi chuckled "he's not my type"
Yoruichi accompanied Soifon to the Kotowari centre and spoke to Ukitake whilst Soifon went to the bathroom to wash the blood from her face. Once she was done. She saw all of the Buddies sitting playing a card game. "Soifon, what happened to you?" Shuhei asked as she walked past
"I got decked" She said
"By who?" Matsumoto asked
"Some bitch called Bambietta"
"Oh" They all said in unison and went back to their game.
"You should try to stay out of her way" Renji said "her dad owns half the city"
"Who's Ryuu Shihouin?" Soifon found herself asking
"Uhh" Nanao said "He's kind of like…" She looked at the final Buddy: Kira
"He's like…" Kira shrugged "He's a guy that everyone is shit scared of and has lots of money"
"It's best not to get on his bad side" Renji said "if you're given a choice of either screwing over a Basterbine or screwing over Ryuu Shihouin…there's no question, you stay out of Ryuu's way and hope he doesn't ever hear your name in vain"
"He sounds like a monster" Soifon said picturing a muscular giant of a man who could crush heads with his bare hands. "I'm working for his daughter"
"We heard" Shuhei said "good luck, I hear she's quite the handful"
"I bet she is a handful" Renji said groping imaginary breasts. Soifon shook her head and walked off. Ukitake and Yoruichi we're chuckling about something. Soifon walked up to them.
"Ah, Soifon" Ukitake said "Yoruichi mentioned your little altercation, try to stay out of trouble, okay" He smiled. Soifon nodded, it always seemed possible when Ukitake said it but it never was.
"C'mon, I only get you for two hours" Yoruichi said. Her golden eyes scanned Soifon again "you don't mind if ask your sexual orientation?"
"Straight" Soifon said as she looked at a piece of paper that someone had drawn a picture of a six armed bipedal lion. Ukitake chuckled as he walked away, Soifon watched him feeling slightly confused…was that some kind of in-joke? "Why?"
"People are seduced, I wanted to know if you're into girls or dudes"
"Oh" Soifon said putting down the paper. "What are we gonna do first?"
"Nothing" Yoruichi said
"Uh…what?"
"We're gonna go to my office and pick up some stuff first"
"Like?"
"Stuff" Yoruichi said with a teasing smile on her lips
"I just know this night is gonna end in a fist fight"
"Are you a virgin, Soifon?"
"What kind of question is that?" Soifon said feeling redness enter her cheeks
"I'll take that as a yes"
"No I'm not a goddamn virgin, I had a boyfriend, we had sex, I gave him head, he gave me head, we kissed, we did things boyfriends and girlfriends did and that's that, now would you like to know all the Pokemon I caught in my many different save files of Silver I had on my Gameboy"
"Not necessary" Yoruichi said "Silver had the clone exploit, I usually aced the Elite four with four Lugias and two Suicune's"
Soifon shook her head as Yoruichi laughed. Now she'd been reminded of her ex-boyfriend…what a guy! But not really, he tried to throw her out of their flat…the quick way. Damn Ggio, if she saw him again…well let's just say she's got a special hole out in the forest she dug just for him. "I hope I haven't brought up some bad memories" Yoruichi said noting Soifon's distress at the reminder of her ex-boyfriend.
"Will you pair stop arguing" Toshiro snapped from the sofas in the corner.
"Sorry little whitey" Yoruichi said "by the way I heard you got a job at Urahara's sweet shop"
"I did and don't call me Whitey"
"Well did you get a job at his sweet shop or…" Yoruichi raised an eyebrow "get a job at his sweet shop?"
"The latter" Toshiro said "I like it there"
"Yes, yes, yes, very exciting" Yoruichi said clicking her fingers at Soifon "come now Soifon, let's bounce"
Soifon followed Yoruichi outside and into her car, a purple Aston Martin that suited her well. "How did you afford such a car?" Soifon asked
"My daddy is rich" Yoruichi said
"Uh…"
"I too am rich; I bought it with my own hard earned money"
"How much do you earn from being a PI"
"Meh" Yoruichi said "It can vary; all my money comes from my old job"
"Which was?" Soifon asked. Yoruichi stared at her, her golden eyes pierced into her soul
"I was a con artist"
"A what?"
"Just like my father I used to target filthy rich people and exploit money from them" Yoruichi said "my father is like the Emperor Palpatine of con artists, there is no one in the multi-million dollar denominator who doesn't know who he is and to stay very much out of his way. He usually has his minions to do his Conning these days since everyone knows his face and refuses to do business with him"
"Oh right"
"I was quite the femme fatale back in the day…four years ago" Yoruichi shrugged "I've gone legit now of course"
"Being a Private Detective isn't a particularly legitimate business" Soifon said. Yoruichi started her car. Soifon buckled her seatbelt and felt the tug of acceleration as Yoruichi drove off.
Soifon didn't know where Yoruichi's office was but it was quite the distance. Yoruichi did nothing but shout and complain about the speed people in front of her drove at. Typical, someone who seemed perfect would have some kind of serious problem like road rage. It didn't help the fact that that song by Catatonia was on the radio.
Eventually she pulled up at a row of older buildings that housed offices for people like Lawyers and high quality MD's. "Here's me in-between Goodman and Goodman" Yoruichi said. "The Goodman on my left is an advisor for banking and the Goodman on my right is a lawyer…neither of them are good men"
"Good for them" Soifon said
"Bad for me" Yoruichi said "they're both fucking pricks" Soifon looked at Yoruichi. She didn't seem like the cussing type and then she came out with that? She grinned at Soifon "C'mon I'll get you your work phone"
"Work phone?"
"Yeah" Yoruichi said "you don't have a cell phone, Ukitake said"
"No"
"Well I bought one for you, I'll need to phone and text you" Yoruichi said "It's an IPhone so be careful with it"
"Aren't they a bit expensive?"
"No not really" Yoruichi smiled "it was only a thousand bucks"
"What?" Soifon said trying not to let her jaw drop open. Yoruichi laughed again.
"C'mon I'll show you your desk" Yoruichi said "I bought everything especially for you"
"Why?"
"I…" Yoruichi shifted in the seat and looked slightly awkward "I'm a bit of a shopaholic, I just need an excuse to spend copious amounts of money and I'll do it"
"You couldn't buy me a car" Soifon muttered.
"Sure thing" Yoruichi said pulling out a notepad "What'd you like Ford, Mazda?"
"That was a joke!"
"Aww" Yoruichi said visibly let down. "I'll just buy a car anyway"
She stepped out and locked the car once Soifon had followed. "I usually work alone" Yoruichi said "there are a few people I liaise with for information"
"So you've got a secret network of highly trained killers and thieves?"
"No" Yoruichi stared at her "my friends from childhood. Now that I mention childhood friends I heard Ukitake say your second name is Feng, right?"
"Yeah"
"No relation to Shaozu Feng by any chance"
"Uh…" Soifon stared "He's my big brother"
"He and my brother were good friends" Yoruichi said "he was nice guy, he stayed with us when he was going through university"
"He went to university?" Soifon said feeling slight jealousy bubbling up.
"Yes" She said "he was studying anthropology"
"He left when I was ten" Soifon said "my brothers were not nice people"
"He seemed nice to me"
"That's why I feel so betrayed by his exit" Soifon said "He was the only barrier between my brothers and me and he just left"
"What about your father?"
"He was an alcoholic, he was a weak man, he was broken he couldn't take his memories from the Falklands War" Soifon said "PTSD they call it"
"Sounds tough"
"Can you believe he was in the SAS too?" Soifon chuckled "he never used to be depressed and shit, it really started when we moved to America, and he started getting nightmares and my brother's fell in with the wrong kind of crowd. I mean, my father taught my brothers how to fight, they were monsters"
"Where are they now?"
"Dead" She said "they tried to rob a bank and got into a shoot up with the Filth and all were killed"
"Okay then" Yoruichi said. She opened the door with a frosted glass panel on it saying:
Yoruichi Shihouin
Private Detective
Open hours 10am-5pm
Inside it was a modern styled staircase with white painted walls and abstract paintings. The carpet was blue and at the top of the stares was a small desk with a vase on it. "I try to keep it minimalist"
"Good for you" Soifon said
"You really are quite the little bitch" Yoruichi chuckled "someone needs to loosen you up a little"
"I hate that"
"What?"
"The instant someone comes across someone who is INTP you think they're weird or a bitch and automatically need someone to loosen them up"
"Say what you want" Yoruichi said "but there is no way you're INTP you're too confrontational"
"INTP is just a template my confrontational side is the only thing out of character" Soifon snapped "what about you, huh? What's your personality type?"
"I don't like to brand myself with a category" Yoruichi said "I don't have a personality type, I'm the deformed reaction that came when a very Introverted little girl was forced to become very extroverted in a short amount of time"
"My heart bleeds" Soifon said "It must be so hard being born with a silver spoon"
"Now who's being assuming" Yoruichi snapped back "do you really think money is the only thing in this world that if you suddenly gained a hundred million bucks every problem would just disappear?" Yoruichi laughed scornfully "don't make me laugh, I was the most popular girl at School, everyone knew who I was and they all wanted to be my friend, I was the princess of the Shihouin Empire. My time at school was the loneliest I've ever been"
"How can you be lonely if everyone liked you?"
"Because everyone liked me I was lonely" Yoruichi said "take Pokémon back into this, imagine at the beginning of the game you were just giver six level one hundred Legendries and told to go win the league. Well no one would even touch you, it'd be boring and rubbish. People are defined by friends and enemies I had no enemies, no one crossed me I had no rival, no one to beat or surpass"
"Why is that so bad?" Soifon snapped "I was beat daily for sport and humiliated by everyone and anyone who saw me, my father hated me more than anyone and three me out for no reason, I've never had anything in this world except enemies"
This was never going to work, Soifon thought. She and Yoruichi were completely different people; they were at opposite ends of the scale. It was really too bad. She was kinda warming up to the idea of being a PI…
End of Chapter Two
Authors Note: Okay so I know not much is happening right now but bear with me here I'm trying to set the scene a little. I thought Yoruichi and Soifon being complete opposites at first would be quite poetic. I'm still not sure what the first case is gonna be so I'm gonna take a wee bit to think about it. Next chapter will be soon (I write mostly on weekends and weeks I'm on dayshift since I have no friends…that's true actually)