Chapter two: A New School, A New World

Hanataro followed close behind Uryuu, but far enough not to be up his ass. The space between them was too great. But now, will it be able to close up? Apparently, Uryuu wanted to be friends. At least, that s what it looked like.

While Hana was in thought, they reached the door to their class. Hana snapped back into reality, not making any note of how to get to the room, as Uryuu pushed his glasses up.

"This is it." He stated, opening to door and walking into the room. Hana, distracted by watching the others graceful steps, walked into the door as it closed in his face. Uryuu chuckled softly, as if not to be heard, and opened the door.

"Must I keep the door open for you?" He asked, teasingly.

"Ah….N-no Im fine." Hana mumbled, rubbing his head. He looked over Uryuus shoulder and gasped, smiling. Ichigo!" He yelled, walking around Uryuu to see he old friend, with his so-called new one close behind.

"H-hana?" Ichigo was shocked. He didnt expect that his old rescue partner would be in his school. "What are you doing here?"

"W-well, I figured….." He started raising a finger to go with his explanation. "If Im going to live in the Human world, I should know everything I can about it! Like that juice-thing Rukia was talking about! And plus, I m so interested! Your world is amazing, Ichigo!"

"Oh….I see." was all Ichigo can mange to reply with. "And I see you ve met…..Uryuu…." He was confused beyond belief. A shinigami in his classroom. With Uryuu, the quiet genius who never liked to talk to almost anyone. And hated Shinigami. What the hell was going on?

"Y-yes I have." A small blush found it s way to Hana s cheeks, making Orihime smirk by the window. So many odd thoughts crept their way into her little orange-though-blonde-at-heart head.

"Wow…..Uryuu has a friend…..about time…" Chad mumbled to himself, though everyone heard him.

"haha…yea your right." Ichigo chuckled. Uryuu just turned and walked back to his desk.

"Aw, I dont think they meant to offend you, Uryuu!" Orihime giggled.

"….It doesn t matter what they think."

"B-but why are you getting so mad?"

"Because…..I refuse to hang around yet another soul reaper. And he is truly pathetic." Uryuu growled, making her walk over to Ichigo. He grabbed his manga from his bag, turning to the page he left off at. Hana looked over, then back to the group.

"H-h-he s scary….." Hana thought out loud. "and yet…." He mentally hit himself. Was he really about to tell his feelings to his friends? Even when he wasn t so sure himself?

"And….?" Ichigo asked, seeming more curious than annoyed.

"Uhm….interesting." Nice cover. The bell rang and the teacher entered the class. After an embarrassing introduction, Hana sat at a desk next to Orihimes, second seat, 3rd row. Unlike any normal student, he listened closely, paying attention to every detail. History seemed to interest him the most so far. Math he understood. And science, only the basics. He would learn more about that after lunch.

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"I don t understand, Rukia…." Hana said, staring down at the table in frustration.

"It s hard at first, but you ll understand soon enough…."

"Ha! I-I think I got it!" Hana exclaimed, holding his little juice box in victory.

"Wow…." Rukia stared in disbelief. "You mastered it even before I did…..impressive."

Hana laughed shyly. "Now if only we can figure out how to open the little milk cartons…."

"That would take a miracle…."

Hanataro put his juice down and took a small bite of what people call a "sandwich" which he didnt understand since it was made of bread and not sand. This new world is full of mystery!

"Aw! Rukia, your friend is so cuuute…..I just wanna hug him!" One of the other girls at table said, making Hanataro blush.

"T-thank you…?" he mumbled shyly, not really sure how to react.

"OoOo, hes shy too! Can I keep him?!" another girl teased.

"W-what?!" Hana yelled. He was getting nervous and freaked out. "R-rukia-chan, p-please dont let them kidnap me….."

"S-sorry but….he doesnt interact well….."

"Relax, we were only kidding!" The girls giggled. Hana sighed in relief.

"T-that's good….." Hana thought, eating the rest of his strange human food. "For a moment, I thought they were really going to take me away….hm….maybe they make the bread out of sand? I may never understand….. "

The bell rang and Hana walked back to class with Rukia, attempting to sneak his juice box with him, and failed, having to throw it away.

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The day ending quickly and he walked home with the group, noticing that Uryuu was being quiet and still reading his book.

"Uryuu….." Hana called, stopping to wait for him to catch up.

"What?"

"W-what are you reading?"

"It s an action manga….with some shojo thrown in, but its still pretty good."

"S-Shojo?"

"It means….stuff to do with love."

"Ohh….. And whats a 'manga'? "

"Its a book with pictures and dialogue in it….."

"I see….." Hana noticed, by the tone of his voice and the fact that he couldnt even meet his eyes, that Uryuu had no interest in talking to him at the moment, so he went back to the others to try and figure out what they were talking about.

When he reached his house, he waved and ran straight to his room, threw his bag on the floor, and laid on his bed, staring at the ceiling. His first day in high school was great, though his everyday thoughts did not escape him for long.

"That guy is too confusing….." Hana told himself. He had nothing to do now. He remembered the title on the book, and decided that tomorrow, he would figure out how the library system worked.

Author s note: Ta-da! Chapter two is done! I think that this is what would really happen if Hanataro ever went to Ichigo s school! Except the whole…..fan girl thing. Except if I was there x3 thats how I would act! But yea. Hana goes to school….wow. Can you tell I had fun with this? Well yea I ve been writing this til about 1:30 in the morning. Still not tired. small yawn Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story!