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~Marlode~

Searching for Wishes

Chapter Two

A Month After the War has Ended with Aizen

Ichigo's Point of View

I could hear Rukia's snoring through the closet. 'Shut up woman, shut up!' I though repeatedly over in my head.

"SNORREE."

Oh. My. God. How can such a tiny girl sound like such a man?

"SNNNOOOOORRRREEEEE."

Finally, I snapped. "Rukia, SHUT UP!" I threw the alarm clock at the closet door, and it bounced right off the panel and hit Kon, who was lying in wait in front of the closet. I told him she was wearing pant pajamas, but he insists that she's wearing a skirt. Freak.

The closet door slams open, and Rukia's frazzled head pops out, yelling "What the hell is your problem Ichigo?"

"You're the one snoring like a congested man in my closet!" I shout back.

Then Kon leaps towards Rukia's bosom, yelping "Don't insult my nee- san!" To which Rukia fisted him in the face before he could reach her. That creeper never learns.

"Shut up Ichigo!" Rukia squealed. "You-"

DING DONG.

'Who would be ringing the doorbell this early in the morning?' I wondered.

"Well as I was saying, we are late for school! Why didn't you get up sooner?" snapped Rukia.

'Oh crap.' I leapt across the room and crouched down to brandish the screen of my alarm clock, and realized that the midget was right; we were going to be late.

DING DONG.

"Then get dressed you freaking midget!" I yelled.

"Why don't you get ready you stupid carrot?"

"I'm going to throw you out of my house!"

"I'm going to punch your face!"

DING DONG.

"WHAT THE HELL?" Rukia and I both screamed.

I charged out of my room with Rukia close behind me as we marched towards the door.

"Don't stand so close Mrs. Chappy, you're freaking me out!"

"Imagine how I feel next to you, stinky male!"

I smelled my arm. "I do not stink!"

DING DONG.

I finally reached the door as Rukia continued to throw some lame comeback at me. I wanted to rip the head off of whoever was ringing the doorbell this early in the day. I cracked my knuckles on the doorknob as I turned it; someone was going to pay for my bad morning!

My smile had turned into something menacing by the time a slammed open the door, gritting my teeth as I yelled "What?" in some poor person's face.

But then I froze, because the person in front of me could not be here; it was impossible.

"Baka, why are you just standing there?" Rukia said roughly as she pushed to stand beside me to see who the doorbell ringer was. Then she froze as well, with her jaw hanging open.

The person cleared their throat, and looked at me and Rukia, sheepishly asking, "Do you, by uh, any chance, know how to get to Karakura High? Do you guys go to school there?" He smiled and rubbed the back of his head, which was home to long red hair, and he blinked reddish, brown eyes and smiled that crooked smile that I had labeled to belong to one person only: Abarai Renji.

Fifteen Minutes Later, After a Mad Dash to Get Ready

I stared at the red haired guy out of the corner of my eye; he looked exactly like Renji. My chest began to hurt, and I put my hand to my heart as I spaced out. Then a hand touched my shoulder.

"Hey man, you okay?" Asked the red haired teenager. I nodded quickly.

"Oh, okay, good. Well, I'm really thankful that you guys are helping me out and all. I just wanted to introduce myself; my name is Abarai Renji. Well, that's what that Urahara guy told me. He set me up in the house next to both of yours!"

I gagged for a second; so it was Renji! But then, how did Hat and Clogs know about it? That sly asshole! I glanced at Rukia and noticed that she had the same shocked look on her face.

"He said I'm a relative of his and that I got amnesia or something'? So that's why I can't remember anything that's happened to me before now." Renji's tattoo- less face lit up,

"An' he said that you guys and I were really good friends, before, but that I went away for a while so that's why you guys might be acting weird."

"Yes!" Rukia piped up. "We remember you Renji!"

I could tell she was just itching to tackle him, or hug him or something like that. But she didn't want to freak him out so she didn't jump him for a hug.

Then I noticed, Renji still had his other tattoos, I could see them through his white school shirt. Maybe Urahara took off the ones on his head? That sure was weird, how did he do that? And, Renji's hair was down, which I bet Rukia would be swooning at this instant.

Whoa, Whoa! What am I thinking? Rukia wouldn't swoon for him! I quickly looked away from the tall, tan, striking man beside me. And the way his hair moved with the wind, and how his eyes shone in the sunlight—CRAP, yes she would swoon! But why should I worry about that anyway?

"Renji!" Rukia chirped as she took his arm. "This way, I'll show you to our class!"

"I'm here too, Baka," I growled. But I couldn't stay upset, I was overjoyed, ecstatic, and more at peace with myself knowing that Renji had returned.

So as we made our way up to the class I thought about Renji, and how when he lay dead at my feet, I wanted to tell him how great of a friend he was; and what an honor it was to fight alongside him, as cheesy as that sounds. When we finally made it to the classroom, our crazy teacher threw a piece of chalk at my head as Orihime, Chad, and Ishida gasped when they saw Renji standing with me and Rukia.

When lunch came around, Renji said he wanted to walk to somewhere off campus, and Rukia and I haltingly let him. I mean, we just got him back, what if the idiot got run over by an ice cream cart or something?

Rukia and I explained to everyone else that we didn't know how Renji was here with us, and Rukia told everyone that when she had called Urahara's to ask him about the Renji situation, the dialing went straight to voicemail, which was phrased: "Why hello, I am on vacation, so please leave a message! And I will try to get you as soon as possible! Bye!"

"What a time to leave," I grumbled. And since when did exiles take vacation?

Lunch was pretty quiet; everyone seemed to be contemplating the situation deeply. The others hadn't even had a chance to talk to Renji, even though they were never as close to him as Rukia and I are. Then again, Ishida had fought Szyael with Renji; I wasn't too sure about how close they got in that battle, probably not as close as Renji and I are, ahem not that I care... I had also heard that the battle was pretty bad, and that they didn't exactly win—but they covered for one another and kept each other alive.

I began walking to class a little early, leaving Rukia with Orihime, Ishida, and Chad. My mind was still a ball of confusion; how was Renji here? How was he alive and well, but without any of his past memories? Suddenly I was jolted out of my thoughts by a hand slapping my back, and upon hearing none other than Renji's voice.

"Ichigo! What's up with the spacing out man? How was lunch? Are people nice here? Our teacher seems mean, is she always like that? Hello?"

"Shut up!" I yelled, "Calm yourself!"

He sneered slightly, "You're the one who's freaking out man."

I kneaded my knuckles over my forehead, calming myself down. Whoo, calm, calm.

"Yeah lunch was fine, people are nice, and the teacher is wack." I glanced up at him, and asked "Where were you?"

"Eh, haha, I was doing, stuff. Ya' know, just business. Eating. Yeah. Making new friends."

I scowled at him, "You don't have 'business', and did you have money for food? And what friends did you make? Were they random people on the street?"

Renji rolled his eyes at me, "Okay, thanks for being concerned MOM."

My eye started twitching; 'Oh no he didn't.' "Well you know what Renji? Fu—!" But before I could finish my obscene sentence, he reached into his pant pocket and pulled out a keychain, with a small lion attached to it. I gaped like a fish, he had never seen Kon before, so is it possible that he remembered some of what had happened to him as a Shinigami?

"Here!" he said. "I got it because for some weird reason, it reminded me of you. And I got a different one for Rukia too, I get the feeling she likes bunnies."

I took the keychain from his outstretched hand. "Thanks, that's, uh pretty cool. I like it."

Renji flashed his huge smile at me, which brightened up the sunlit hallway by fifty more watts. The sun was shining in his hair, making it seem to glow, and his eyes looked auburn red and bronze. In short, I bet he would make any girl weak in the knees. "So!" I exclaimed, "Let's get to class!" and we headed off towards our destination side by side.

Normal Point of View

An ebony haired man stood outside, looking up from the courtyard and into the windows that Ichigo and Renji were passing by. His grey eyes kept a firm lock on the red headed figure walking beside Ichigo, staring intently at the tall male's features with his keen eyes. He took an involuntary step back, and closed his eyes as the wind tossed his shoulder length hair that carried the scent of Sakura blossoms. When he opened them, the man's eyes were full of uncharacteristic confusion and relief as he sighed out the name,

"Renji."

So, there will be pairings. Any suggestions? Renjix? And can you guess who that person was at the end? ;)

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~Marlode~