Angelchan2012: Okay, here's chapter 2! And in case ya'll are wondering, I made this in Aika's POV in the beginning for a reason! You'll find out her physical description by Ichigo in this chapter!
Ichi: Sweet *grins*
Grimm: Wow…Ichi's becoming perverted
Shiro: I know…I'm so proud!
Angelchan2012: *sigh* I'm surrounded by idiots…anyway, say the phrase!
GrimmIchiShiro: Please read and review! Angel doesn't own Bleach or its characters!
She walked into the school's office; hallway's bare of any students. I guess class must have started already…stupid Rangiku! Made me freakin' late for class! And on the first day too! She continued towards the office and knocked on the door, waiting for the principal to let her in. Suddenly a male voice chimed, "Come in!" She tilted her head to the side in confusion, eyebrows furrowed, shouldn't principals be douchebags? My last one was… Why does this guy sound…nice? Maybe he's gay? Oh well…guess I better find out… She sighed and walked in, only to find a man sitting behind a huge mahogany desk, wearing a big green robe along with a green and white striped hat atop his head. He smiled at her from behind a fan that was in front of his face and said, "Hello, you must be Aika Ichimaru, yes?" She nodded at him and just stood there, not really knowing what to do. He laughed warmly, saying, "Please! Sit, sit! Make yourself at home! You are more than welcome here, Aika." The girl sat in the chair that was situated in front of the blonde male's desk, still uncomfortable as to why this guy was so friendly, maybe he is gay…, she thought, flinching at the screech the desk made when he pulled out a file and handed her a small slip of paper.
"Oh! Where are my manners? I'm so sorry! My name's Kisuke Urahara! As you can tell, I'm the principal of this school and will help you as much as I can, should you require my assistance, okay?" he smiled warmly at her. Aika merely nodded her head and stammered, "O-okay, thanks, sir," she took the paper from his grasp and walked out the door, before realizing he had followed her. Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she nearly jumped out of her skin, and scowled as he laughed at her reaction. "Oh, I'm sorry dear! Didn't mean to frighten you! I was just coming out here to help lead you to your first class…that is, if you don't mind?" he said, raising a brow in offering. She sighed quietly, covering it with a smile and said, "Sure, thank you, sir." He smiled back at her held out his hand, indicating for her to give him back her schedule, and lead the brunette to her classroom. They stopped in front of a door marked 201, as the man smiled at her and said, "Wait out here, while I tell Yoruichi-sensei about the new student she's receiving, okay?" Aika nodded and stood outside in the hallway, thinking to herself, Man, this guy treats me like I'm five or somethin'! What a fuckin' retard! I shoulda kicked his ass fer sayin' something like that to me…the dumbass… She looked to the door when it decided to open again, and Urahara walked out, smiling and said, "I hope you enjoy your school year with her, Yoruichi-san! As to you, Aika-chan, I hope you can handle being in this class. Good luck!" he skipped merrily down the hall, humming to himself, Aika glancing at him warily, that guy's gotta be on something… as she looked towards who she assumed to be her new English teacher.
The woman appeared to be 5'11", and had dull, honey colored eyes, and her hair was a bright shade of purple. Aika smirked at that and said, "Nice hair, sensei," she was used to hanging around people with odd colored hair, be it natural or not, so it felt good to see something that she felt was…normal. Yoruichi smiled at the compliment and said, "Arigato, Aika-chan, now please, let me introduce you to the class, follow me." They walked into the classroom, which was loud and noisy, due to the kids talking and texting each other, causing an annoyed tick to form on the teacher's forehead. Some of the students saw this and instantly shut up, while others were not so lucky and were forced to hear the teacher's booming voice yell, "Silence in the classroom!"
Normal POV
Everyone was still and in their seats, eyes wide, some staring at the purple haired teacher, others at the new student next to her. Yoruichi-sensei had yet to take attendance, and was about to introduce Aika, when a very tardy Ichigo walked in. The feline-like teacher turned to him and smirked, "Well, it's nice of you to finally join us, Kurosaki-kun, please…take a seat, and then maybe you can tell me a good excuse as to why you're so late?" The lithe male scratched the back of his neck, a scowl on his face and said, "Ne, sensei, my father was trying one of his stupid 'surprise attacks' again this morning, causing me to be late and-" Yoruichi sighed and said, "Just take a seat Kurosaki, you and your brother are bad enough, being late in this class." Ichigo dropped his hand to his side and walked to his seat, unaware of the girl standing next to the teacher, that is, until his twin brother pointed her out. "Well, well! Who might you be?" a husky voice cackled, causing Aika to look towards the door. Standing there, was a man who appeared to be sixteen, skin as white as the snow, and his hair was bleached, nails polished black. He wore a black t-shirt with skin tight pants, and blood red converse, as well as black and red wrist bands. He screamed 'bad boy' material as he walked over to Aika, the grin on his face threatening to split it as he looked down upon the girl with his height of 5'11" to her 5'9". His gold on black eyes glittering with humor and something else as he said, "Name's Shirosaki Taieki and you are…?"
Ichigo couldn't believe what he was seeing, stupid Shiro…he's gonna get the poor girl in trouble…I better stop him…he stood from his seat and walked up to the front of the class, grabbing his brother from the wrist and said, "C'mon Shiro….leave the girl alone," "Aww, c'mon Ichi! I'm just trying ta be nice ta her!" Shiro whined, causing his brother to try all the more to drag him away from the girl. Aika tilted her head to the side in wonder at the two's antics, these two are…odd…interesting…she shrugged internally and ignored them, turning towards the teacher as Yoruichi said, "Ichigo…please try and control your brother! Anyway, class…this is Aika Ichimaru, she's a new student who moved here from Hueco Mundo, Texas and I want you all to be nice to her. Got it?" The class nodded and put on smiles, of course Aika new some were forced and some just didn't care, so in turn, she didn't care. When she moved to take a seat, she saw that the only available seat was in the corner, right behind Ichigo and next to Shirosaki.
Shiro chuckled to himself as the new girl sat behind his brother. Man, this cannot get any better! King doesn't know what he's got sittin' behind 'em! The albino thought to himself. Ichigo and Shiro were twin brothers and although people say twins look the same, you can definitely tell these two apart! Ichigo has bright orange hair, sun kissed skin and always wears a scowl on his face, while Shiro…well, the description from earlier tells you. Shiro's more easy going and a bit of a trouble maker, while Ichi's a study bug and fun loving at times, he's more serious. Either way, these two are both not to be taken lightly; they are very strong, even though they have lithe frames. The albino sent a text message to his brother, who was currently looking out the window, daydreaming.
Ne, King, have you seen the new student? ~Shiro
*sigh* Y do you bother me with these things Shiro? ~Ichi
WTF? How come ya never go out? Ya goin gay on me King? ~Shiro
No! I just don't want to get hurt again…you know that ~Ichi
*sigh* I know King…but look at her…dontcha think she might be different? ~Shiro
…Don't u think I'd have to TALK with her and get to know her to be able to see if she might be different? ~Ichi
So ya wanna try it? ~Shiro
Don't talk about women like they're products to try out! ~Ichi
*sigh* I'm tryin' ta help ya King ~Shiro
I know Shiro; I know…but let me find love on my own, okay? ~Ichi
Okay King, I'm just lookin' out fer ya…but if ya don't want her… ~Shiro
Shiro, you're not going after her just for sex, I know you ~Ichi
Please? ~Shiro
Not having this conversation! And NO! ~Ichi
Ichigo sighed as he put his phone away, taking one glance at the new girl. He didn't really see her when he had walked up to separate his brother earlier, so when he did look at her, he noticed that she was…pretty. She had shoulder length hair that was styled into a flare, so it stood out, wow; I've never seen a girl do that with her hair before, it looks…good on her…Ichigo also noticed that she wasn't wearing the school's uniform and thought, she probably didn't get the rule book, maybe she'll wear it tomorrow…, instead she wore a pink and black checkered blouse with the first few buttons opened, revealing a black tank top underneath. She also wore torn up blue jeans and black converse, over the entire outfit looks nice, not too revealing like some of the outfits skanks wear here at the school, Ichigo thought, she makes it look nice…decent.
Aika could feel someone looking at her and looked up, brown meeting with brown, causing Ichigo to look away. Do I have something on my face? She thought to herself, looking down and back at her book. Just then, the bell rang, and Aika pulled out her schedule, looking at the next class on the list, oh boy…gym…she sighed, great, I don't even know where that's at! She looked around the now nearly empty classroom and decided to risk it, walking up to Shirosaki, she tapped his shoulder and said, "Um…excuse me, but do you know where the gym is?" He turned to her and smirked, "Of course I do! Do ya want me ta help ya?" Aika nodded her head, oblivious of the glare that Ichigo was sending to his brother. Shiro then said, "Sure thing, Aika, I'll help ya. Gym's my next class anyway, so follow me, 'kay?" She nodded and followed the ivory male, making sure to internally map out the hallways they past that way she wouldn't have to ask again, should he be absent.
Gym was strange, to say the least. Kenpachi was the strangest teacher Aika had ever had. He tried to pick a fight with every student he had! Of course, she refused, the poor girl wouldn't stand a chance against the huge bear-I mean man. This guy was a beast! Apparently, he used to be in the military, then, when he retired, he decided to become a coach, and pass his physical training knowledge to the younger generation. This isn't helpful, this is murder! Insane! Aika thought, panting, as she tried to finish running the two miles Kenpachi-sensei had wanted the class to do. She didn't feel too bad that she couldn't do it, other kids couldn't either, and she went to go sit with them. One of the girls that was sitting down, trying to cool off had long flowing orange hair, much like Ichigo's, and a rather large set of…well, you get what I mean, they were bigger than Aika's!
The brunette sat down on the grass, willing her body to cool off, when the strawberry blonde said, "That was some run, ne?" Aika looked at her, and then around herself, wondering who she was talking to-not many of the other students were talking to her, so she was a little surprised to find that this girl might be. "I'm talking to you, silly!" the red head said, smiling brightly, "I noticed while we were running you stayed away from most of the other students…can I ask why?" Aika looked at her in surprised, "You noticed that? Kudos to you then…not many people wanted to talk to the 'new kid', so I decided to let them have their space from me," The strawberry blonde looked hurt from that and said while sticking her hand out with a smile, "Oh…I'm sorry, Aika, right? My name's Orihime Inoue! It's nice to meet you," The brunette looked at her funny while laughing and said, "You're kinda strange, you know that? But you're alright…it's nice to meet you too…Orihime."
Just as the girls were walking out of their changing rooms, Shirosaki ran up behind them and glomped Aika, saying, "Aika~! What do you have next?" "Oh! Hi Shirosaki, um…well, I don't know, I was just about to find out." Aika answered, pulling out her schedule from her pocket, before Shirosaki said, "Ne, Aika, you don't hafta call me by my whole name, just call me Shiro!" The brunette nodded, giving a small smile to the albino and saying, "Okay, Shiro. Oh, I have…Physics next, with Kurotsuchi-sensei?" Shiro and Orihime made a hissing noise at that, causing Aika to look at them in curiosity. "He's a freak, that Kurotsuchi, he paints his face and skin-he's just weird!" Shiro said, shuddering, "My brother has 'em next, yer lucky ta have someone in tha class tha ya know…otherwise…" another shudder racked his frame. Orihime only said, "Good luck with him, he scares me!" and ran off to her next class. "Well, where is this class at?" Aika asked, both scared and excited about seeing this teacher. Shiro simply pointed in the direction of the class and sent the girl off, wishing her luck and was on his way.
Aika walked up to the door of the classroom and wasn't surprised to find it closed, I'm early…what could I expect? The teacher would be waiting for me? No, that would be sick, and very wrong! She sighed and waited for the rest of the class to get here, looking around the hallway and found it pretty empty. Am I in the right hallway? She thought to herself, backing towards the door, only to back into someone, "Oh, I'm sorry!" she said quickly turning around, coming face to chest with a white lab coat. She looked up into blood red eyes and a pale colored face of a man that said, "So, you must be my new student…" Aika had to suppress a shudder of fear at the sound of the voice; damn…this guy's fucking scarier than hell! She nodded and said, "Y-yes, I am…I'm sorry, I didn't mean to run into you like that sir, I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings and-" "That's right you weren't!" he snapped, before giving her a cruel smirk and said, "But that's alright, I'll let you go this time, just pay more attention, ne? Now, let's get to class." At this point Ichigo walked up to them and saw the fearful look on Aika's face, thinking, shit…poor girl, Kurotsuchi-sensei must've scared the crap outta her, and they just met! At least we have this class together and maybe we can help each other out. He walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, making her face him, "Oh, hi Ichigo," she said softly, he nodded and said, "I see you met Kurotsuchi-sensei."
Her chocolate brown eyes widened as she said, "Yeah…he's scary," and then she whispered, "I don't like him." Ichigo laughed at that remark, his smooth voice echoing through the hallway, and making some of the few students' head turn, for his laugh was rare, and only his friends heard it. He looked at her and said, "Well, don't worry about him. C'mon, let's get to class and get it over with, okay?" She nodded at him and walked into the classroom, allowing the teacher to do his stupid introduction of her to the class and then let her take her seat, which just so happened to be next to Ichigo. They were allowed to be partners, since the berry couldn't really work with others, since they usually started bickering, which then became fights.
After class was lunch, and Aika had thought about skipping it, because she hadn't brought anything with her that day and was used to missing meals-not that she was anorexic! She did have some meat on her bones, she just skipped breakfast and lunch sometimes…that's all. Anyway, she decided to go up to the rooftop to wait until lunch was over and noticed that Orihime and Ichigo were there, along with several others.
Apparently they had noticed her too.
"Aika-chan! Over here!" Orihime called, waving and smiling, "Come and sit with us!"
Shit! Aika thought, cursing her luck, I never like meeting new people…I was lucky enough to meet Ichigo, Orihime and Shiro…I don't wanna fuck up! She turned around and scratched the back of her neck, saying nervously, "Ahahaha…um…are you sure? I mean, is it okay with the rest of your friends? I wouldn't want to impose-" Suddenly someone was pushing her from behind saying, "Yeah, yeah it's fine, just chill out and sit with us, ne?" Shirosaki's voice said, his hands on her shoulders and guiding her towards the group of people sitting down. He placed her between Orihime and Ichigo, choosing to sit behind her as well.
"Yay!" Orihime cheered, clapping happily, "I'm so happy you're sitting with us, Aika-chan! Let me introduce you to our friends," she waved her hand towards a boy with short, black hair and glasses, with a bracelet around his wrist, eating onigiri. "This is Ishida Uryū," Ishida nodded his head while adjusting his glasses, almost inspecting Aika to see if she was ok, while Orihime continued, "and next to him is Sado Yasutora, well, we call him Chad most of the time." The boy who she pointed out as Chad was huge! He had a lean frame, was dark skinned, and had short brown hair that covered one side of his face, revealing one brown eye. He simply nodded his head in acknowledgement, smiling softly.
Aika nodded to each of the men, only to look at Ichigo as the red head said, "You don't have to bother saying 'Hi' to Ishida, the bastard's mean to just about everybody-except Orihime." At this statement, the raven haired male glared at Ichi and said, "Asshole! I just don't like you because you treat me like shit! Everyone else is fine!" Ichigo then stood up and said, "Well the feeling's mutual, dickwad!" Ishida was standing as well, and one could tell the boys were ready to brawl-something that Aika was ready to see, because she was used to seeing that at her old school almost every day. Orihime at this point had a frown on her face, and the boys heard a soft murmur of, "Boys, please stop," from her, causing them to settle down. The brunette looked at them in wonder, and then to Shiro, as if silently asking him for the answer.
"She doesn't like it when they fight or cuss," the albino said nonchalantly, munching on his food and continuing with lunch.
Aika nodded her head in understanding and made a mental note not to do that in front of the blonde. She noticed the group laughing at something one of the boys said-Renji, I think, and remembered about the fun she used to have with her friends back at Hueco Mundo. She sighed quietly and got up, walking away from the group and going somewhere quiet to think. No one else noticed her leave, save for Shiro, Ichi, and Orihime. They all shared curious glances at each other and wondered what was wrong with the girl.
She sat in the empty hallway and thought about all the friends she had left behind in Texas. Nnoitra…Nel…Szayel…Grimmjow…I miss you guys so much…I wish I could see ya'll again…she thought, placing a hand over her heart, Grimmjow, I…I miss you…so much… Aika sighed again and wiped away the tear that fell down her face, not realizing that a certain Strawberry was watching her.
"Aika, are you crying?"
Brown eyes widened as she looked over and saw Ichigo staring at her, concern etched on his face. She shook her head and said softly, "No, I'm not. Thanks for your concern, but you shouldn't worry about someone you don't really know," Ichigo walked up towards her, placing a tan hand on her shoulder and said, "I know, but…for some reason…I feel like I can…I don't know…feel calm around you…you know? I guess what I mean is-" "I'm more of a 'dude' than a 'chick', is that what you mean?" Aika said, laughing, drawing a shocked look from the berry, causing the brunette to laugh harder. "It's okay," she said between gasps, "I used to get that a lot back at my…old school," she said, calming down, gaining a melancholy expression, "I always did have more guy friends than girl ones…I guess I was more of a tomboy than a girly girl, but…" she smiled sadly and sighed, "oh well…we grow out of it, right?"
Ichigo nodded and said, "Well…if you ever want to talk…I'll be here to listen for you." Aika stared at him in surprise for a moment before giving him a soft, reassuring smile in thanks. He blushed and scratched the back of his neck, saying, "Umm…wh-why did you leave earlier? I-if you don't mind my asking…" "Oh, I guess I was just…feeling a lil' homesick is all…" the girl answered, smiling at the blush she got in return and she said, "You know…you don't have to be so nervous…I won't bite…hard…" At the deeper blush she got she practically fell down laughing, causing the red head to relax and laugh with her.
She's not so bad after all, Ichigo thought, in fact, she's actually…pretty cool…maybe I can give her a chance.
-In Texas-
"C'mon, Grimm!" Nel called, trying to drag her brother out of the depressed state he had fallen in, "You need to cheer up!" She looked at him and sighed, her brows furrowed with worry. He's never looked like this before…never…and now that Aika's gone…She sighed as she took in the lifeless form of her brother. His hair had become dull, almost greasy and uncared for. His eyes had lost their spark of life and hope, and it was as though his heart had been torn from his chest-or at least…that's what he felt.
He was currently sitting on the floor of his room, listening to Nelly's "Just A Dream" on the radio, and thinking about a certain brunette.
Poor Grimm…Nel thought, if only he could…her eyes lit up as an idea formed in her mind, a smirk playing across her lips.
She dashed to her room and pulled a shoe box from under her bed, removing one of the two slips of papers and walking back to the blunette's room. By now, the grin she was wearing was threatening to split her face as she said in a sing-song voice, "Oh Grimmy-kun~! I have a surprise for you~!" Said blunette lazily locked his lifeless cyan eyes with dull grey and said in a hoarse voice, "What Nel?" Nel pouted and said in mock hurt, "Aww, Grimm, you should be nice to the person who's gonna give you something that'll allow ya to see a certain someone~!" At this statement, Grimmjow stood up in a heartbeat and his eyes were no longer lifeless, but instead full of hope as he said, "Are you serious Nel? You mean it?"
The green haired girl nodded her head, smirking and said, "Yup! Check it out!" holding the plane ticket to Karakura Town, Japan, that was scheduled to leave this Friday, the last day of school before Christmas holiday. Cyan eyes widened as he grabbed the ticket and held it as though he had been given a gift from God himself. "Oh my God," he breathed, looking over to Nel, who was wearing a shit eating grin on her face as she said, "Nah, too formal, Nel is fine." He smirked and said, "Nel…Nel, with this…with this I can see her again…you know that?" The girl giggled and hugged her brother, saying, "Of course I know that! Why do you think I would give that to you in the first place?" Grimmjow looked at Nel and said, "Thank you Nel…So much," The green haired girl nodded and said, "You're welcome, big brother. Just be ready to go, cuz you're not going by yourself!"
Angelchan2012: Okay, so that's the second chapter of All's Fair In Love and War! And I hope ya'll enjoy it so far!
Ichi: I like it *smirks*
Shiro: Ichi's turnin' into a major perv! I love it! *grins*
Grimm: I know! We taught him well!
Angelchan2012: But that doesn't mean he gets to be a perv to ME~!
GrimmShiro: Yes it does
Angelchan2012: *rolls eyes* thanks sooo much for your help guys, really
Ichi: Anyway, this is getting interesting. I can't wait to see what happens next
Angelchan2012: I know! So say the phrase boys!
GrimmIchiShiro: Please review! And look out for the next chapter!