Warning oocness. grammatical errors. not mine. I dont own the characters. a short chapter but i just started writing again. much more to come.

Chapter 2: A Bruised Strawberry

Walking into physics was an even bigger challenge for Kenpachi he originally thought it was going to be. A hangover, combined with a seemingly endless night of self inflicted blue balls, took a considerable toll on the young captain following the morning of the victory party. It was no help that his companion from the night before was nowhere to be seen, not in the captains bed and not in class.

"Zaraki!" the instructor yelled as his student's head hit the desk.

"YES SIR!?"

"Late night? I wonder if your mentor would be keen to know you've been drinking in the school week?"

"Professor Sasakibe…I...I-um...I'm sorry…" Kenpachi exclaimed rubbing his forehead a little dazed."

"Don't let it happen again, boy." He goes back to teaching. Kenpachi on the other hand begins to stare out the window wondering where his strawberry could be. Was he sick? Or worse, did Ken do something wrong?

Back In the dorms, Ichigo is sleeping through his alarm until his roommate Chad turns off the alarm buzzer.

"I was listening to that." He says plainly head under pillow facing the wall.

"No you weren't. What's wrong? Voices duking it out in your head for your powers again?" Chad asks jokingly. Ichigo slumps further under his covers evading the poking that had insued by his roommate. "You have to get out of bed. You've missed two out of five classes today. One more and they wont let you start tonight." Ichigo shrugs and swings his legs over the edge of his bed hair in his face and fresh in his mid morning zombie state. Chad smiles and pats him on the back. "I'll catch you at pregame dude!" Chad locks the door as he leaves.

Ichigo trudges over to his boudoir glaring in the mirror at a fresh shiner and a busted lip. He lazily cakes on primer and foundation covering the markings to a presentable extent. He tosses his bag over his shoulder and stoically makes his way to campus.

"Hey Kenpachi! How's it hangin?" Shunsuei calls to his friend.

":Low and slow man." Zaraki replies.

"Ouch. So last night was rough huh? I thought I heard tiny feet sneaking out the front door in the wee hours. What happened?" Kenpachi glanced at his friend sitting on the couch in the dorm common room and then back at his computer.

"I dont know man. He was a, uh…" his eyes shifting a bit.

"Hm you know I never pegged you for a virgi-phobe." His roomate says with a snicker.

" I'M NOT! I just knew he couldnt handle it but he kept pushing. I told him no. Then when I woke up in the morning he was just gone. Who does that shit!?" the captain fusses.

"You know I have heard...things...about the freshmen I mean." Shunseui reveales to his friend.

"What...things?"

"Different things. Like that Kira guy? He knocked up that sophomore, Momo, last semester she left for a semester to have the baby after she started showing. And the kid with white hair? Cheif Aizen's son. That busty broad that follows him around? Well… She's really into him...and Ikkaku...and byakuya...and chad. And they are all aprently into her and not always at different times.

"And what about carrot top?" he asks tiring of the gossip of the others.

"Oh." He looks slyly from the corner of his eye,"Thats an easy one…"

"..."

"Call boy."

End Chapter 2