Life at Las Noches High
Chapter 3: Visitors from Karakura High
Grimmjow sat in his jeep. He just couldn't believe that he was, once again, the first one there.
"Shit, this is getting ridiculous," he said.
He watched as the parking lot filled with cars and the busses pulled up. His fellow schoolmates filed into the school. He got out of his jeep when he saw Starrk's dusty grey Cadillac pulling into an empty spot. Lilynette rushed out and ran to meet her friends who were waiting at the front entrance for her.
"Lily, be careful. There are cars coming," Starrk called out after her.
"Hey man," Grimmjow said.
"Oh, hey, Grimm. How're things?"
"Good, so are you ready for our guests?"
"I guess," Starrk said, running his hand through his hair. "How about you?"
"Oh…I'm looking forward to this."
"Really? Why?"
"Oh…just you wait and see," Grimmjow said, grinning.
"Ohhhhhhhkay," Starrk said, rather confused.
The two made their way to the school, allowing themselves to be swept along with the tide of students. The noticed the students who lined the entryway, directing the students into the auditorium. Starrk and Grimmjow looked at each other.
"Who are these bozos?" Grimmjow asked.
Starrk looked at these students and noticed that they were all wearing the same thing: black pants, white shirt, and grey jacket buttoned up. They also wore a white-and-black sash across their chests. He then saw Rudobon, who was wearing the same uniform, except he also had a silver whistle around his neck. He also couldn't help but notice that they were all pale, scrawny, and the same height, except for one who was shorter and fat, but sported the same stern look on his flabby face.
"I think these must be the 'Exequias' that Baraggan and Rudobon have been going on about," Starrk said.
"Shit, they're kinda creepy," Grimmjow said. "I'm surprised that the Dark Lord hasn't joined them. He would fit right in."
"Yeah, they are creepy," Starrk said. "They all look…alike."
"Yeah, except for fatty over there," Grimmjow said pointing at the fat student.
"Still…" Starrk muttered.
"You two get a move on," Rudobon roared at Starrk and Grimmjow. "All students are to be in the auditorium and on time. Any student who is late will be given detention. Don't even think about talking back to me, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, or else I will give you detention."
Grimmjow shut his mouth and glared at Rudobon. Seeing that their leader was facing down a student, the other "Exequias" started to move forward. Rudobon raised a hand and they stopped. Starrk put his own hand on Grimmjow and shook his head.
"Tch, I guess I better get into the auditorium then. I wouldn't want to suffer 'Luisenbarn's Respira'," Grimmjow muttered.
"A wise idea, Grimmjow. And that's 'PRINCIPAL Luisenbarn's Respira'," Rudobon said.
"What's this about 'Principal Luisenbarn's Respira'?" someone asked from behind them.
The two turned and saw Nelliel Tu Odelschwank standing behind them. She had her turquoise-dyed hair tied back and the white beret was perched on her head. Starrk then saw Harribel and her three friends walking in. He raised his hand and waved and Harribel waved back.
"Oh…uh…hey, Nel," Grimmjow said. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, but back to my earlier question. What is this 'Principal Luisenbarn's Respira'? One of those creepy dudes mentioned something about it."
"It is Principal Luisenbarn's official name for the more harsh disciplinary measures. He only sentences students to them when he is most upset," a monotonous voice said.
"Well, well, well," Grimmjow said, a grin spread across his face. "If it isn't the Prince of Darkness himself?"
"OOOOOOOOH!" Nel shrieked. "You mean Ozzy Osbourne's here? Just kidding. Hello Ulquiorra, it's been a while."
"Hello Miss Odelschwank. I see that you are still your usual chipper self," Ulquiorra said.
"And you're your usual gloomy self," Nel said.
To Grimmjow's surprise, Ulquiorra did not retort as he would have done if he said that. Instead Ulquiorra nodded and gave a slight bow.
"Wait a minute," Grimmjow. "You two know each other?"
"Yeah, Ulqui and I knew each other in kindergarten."
"It's true," Starrk said. Grimmjow turned and looked at Starrk in surprise.
"You were actually FRIENDS with the Dark Lord, here?" he asked, shocked.
"We were not friends," Ulquiorra said. "We were merely acquaintances. I must say that at least these two have maintained a greater level of maturity than you, Mr. Boots."
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU CALL ME?" Grimmjow shouted.
"I called you 'Mr. Boots' as in Puss 'n Boots. Or perhaps you would prefer me to call you Sir Blueberry Muffin."
"HOW ABOUT I KICK YOUR ASS!"
"Oh, please, as if you could," Ulquiorra said.
"YOU WANNA FIGHT? FINE, I'LL FIGHT, LORD EMO."
"Oh, please, you are not even worth the effort."
"ARE YOU SCARED, QUEEN GOTH?"
"Like I said, you are not even worth the effort. Now if you will excuse me, I must get myself a seat. I suggest you do the same. Our guests should be arriving pretty soon."
With that, Ulquiorra turned and walked inside. Grimmjow glared at him. Starrk was worried that Grimmjow might go after Ulquiorra, but Grimmjow only stood where he was. Starrk noticed that the "Exequias" were looking in their direction. However, on seeing that they didn't need to get involved, they turned to look at the other students coming in.
"Fucking asshole," Grimmjow growled.
"C'mon Grimmy, let's get our seats," Nel said.
"Fine, fine, so long as we don't have to sit anywhere near the Dark Lord," Grimmjow growled.
"I don't think we'll have to worry about the Dark Lord," Nel said. "He's in Mordor."
Grimmjow burst out laughing. He loved how Nel could just state something so obviously ludicrous in such a deadpan manner. As they walked into the auditorium, they noticed that there were a lot more seats than usual and the seats on the left side of the auditorium were chained off.
"Damn, there must be a lot of visitors," Grimmjow said.
"Whatever," Starrk said, yawning.
"Come on man, you might wanna keep awake for this. I heard that some of the Karakura girls are cute," Grimmjow said with a smirk.
"Hmmm…you know I already like someone," Starrk said.
"I know that, but…" Grimmjow said, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Hey, doesn't your rival go to Karakura?" Starrk asked, suddenly remembering something.
"Oh, yeah, 'Strawberry', I hope he comes. I'm gonna make sure that I kick his ass."
"What if he's not here, Grimm?"
"Then I'll still kick his ass," Grimmjow replied and burst out laughing.
They found three empty seats and sat down. Starrk leaned back in his seat, preparing himself for his first nap of the day when someone poked him in the side. He straightened and turned and saw Apacci sitting next to him.
"Hello, fucktard," she said.
"Uh…hey?" Starrk asked, uncertain of what to say.
"Apacci, what the fuck are you doing here?" Grimmjow asked.
"Shut it, Grimmjow, I'm talking to this pervert."
"And I told you that Starrk isn't a pervert."
"Right, like I'm gonna listen to you."
"Would you listen to me?" Nel asked. "After all, I'm one of Harribel's friends too."
"Well…in that case…"
"Apacci, what are you waiting for? Give him what he deserves," Mila Rose said, approaching them.
"Shut up, Mila Rose, I'm taking care of it."
"Well then DO it already. Make him pay for even TRYING to take advantage of Harribel."
"Uh…what are you talking about?" Starrk asked.
"Oh, don't play innocent," Mila Rose said. "I saw you with Mistress Harribel, yesterday. You may think that you've got her wrapped around your little finger…or perhaps your prick. But let me tell you something. You may think that you got our friend fooled, but we're onto you."
"Yeah, we'll be keeping our eyes on you."
"Apacci, Mila Rose, what are you two up to?" Tia Harribel asked, approaching them, followed by Sung-Sun.
Mila Rose and Apacci looked at their friend and put on the most innocent-looking smiles they possibly could. However, this only caused Harribel to raise an eyebrow at them. She looked at Starrk, and smiled slightly, understanding what they were doing.
"Apacci, Mila Rose, I'm surprised at you. I thought we went over this before. You should know better than bothering one of Nel's friends. Starrk, were these two bothering you?"
"Uh…no, no they weren't," Starrk said, blushing.
"Come on Starrk, grow a back bone," Grimmjow said. "Those two were about ready to bite your fuckin' head off."
"Aw, don't exaggerate, Grimm," Nel said.
"Now girls, I want you to apologize to Starrk," Tia said.
"BUT…" they both began.
"No 'buts', I want you to apologize to him."
"Alright," Mila Rose said and turned to Starrk. "I'm sorry…but keep in mind, if you hurt Lady Harribel in any way, I'll rip your balls off."
"Uh…okay," Starrk said.
"I'm sorry too," Apacci said and then whispered, "Ditto with Mila Rose on that last part. And I'll do one even better. Not only will I rip your fucking balls off, I'll shove 'em down your throat."
"Uh…sure," Starrk said.
"I'm glad that's settled," Harribel said and took the seat next to Starrk.
"Uh, Lady Harribel," Mila Rose said. "Is that such a good idea?"
"I think I can take care of myself, but thanks for your concern, Mila Rose," Harribel said, smiling.
As soon as everyone was seated, Rudobon and his "Exequias" walked in and lined around the auditorium. The students noticed that some of the "Exequias" were removing the chain stands from the entrances to the rows of seats. As they began to murmur with each other about this, Principal Luisenbarn strode to the podium.
"QUIET DOWN!" Luisenbarn shouted into the microphone. Everyone did as they were told. Nobody wanted to suffer his wrath today. "Good, now then, today marks a very special occasion. Today, Las Noches High has the honor of hosting Karakura High for the new Inter-School Relations Program.
"You are REPRESENTING Las Noches High. If ANY of you give Las Noches High a bad name, I WILL MAKE YOU PAY! I have given instructions to your professors on acceptable course work. I do NOT want anyone setting fire to the school in Science class," Luisenbarn said looking at Nakeem and Di Roy and then to Findor and Avirama.
Even though the incident occurred the day before, word had spread like wildfire until everyone in school knew. Everyone was surprised that Mr. Urahara didn't get in trouble for it. However, Baraggan Luisenbarn knew about Mr. Urahara's "oddities" and knew that reprimanding him in any way would be useless. For some reason, firing Mr. Urahara never even entered his mind.
"Rudobon and the 'Exequias', as well as the school staff, will be keeping an eye on things. If any of you causes trouble in MY school, they WILL give you detention and send you to ME for EXTRA PUNISHMENT!
"Now, I have the pleasure of introducing the Principal of Karakura High, Mr. Isshin Kurosaki."
Baraggan stepped away from the podium as a middle-aged man jogged onto the stage. He had spiky black hair and a thin beard. He had a pair of black pants and a white t-shirt. He waved at the students, some of whom politely clapped. Most of the others, including Grimmjow, couldn't imagine this guy as a principal. However, Grimmjow immediately recognized Principal Isshin's last name.
"Well, I'll be…" Grimmjow muttered.
"What is it?" Nel asked.
Grimmjow didn't answer.
"Thanks for that introduction, Mr. Luisenbarn," Isshin said. "I hope that we'll have a great time today. Now then, please give a round of applause for the students of KARAKURA HIGH!"
The doors to the auditorium flew open and a large group of students filed in. The boys were dressed in black pants with white shirts and a tan-colored sweater vest. The girls were dressed in light-tan skirts with white shirts and tan jackets. The students filed to the left-side of the auditorium and took seats with younger students in the front and the older students in the front.
Starrk watched as they filed in and looked at Grimmjow who was staring at an orange-haired boy. He saw Grimmjow grinning maniacally and had a good idea that this orange-haired boy was his rival. Harribel and her group were also watching the students as they filed past.
"Man, what a bunch of dweebs," Mila Rose muttered.
"No shit, look at 'em, all a bunch of stiff-assed pussies, like certain students here," Apacci replied, glaring at where Ulquiorra was sitting.
"They probably have to be that way. After all, they're representing their school," Sung-Sun said.
"Shut up, Sung-Sun. I don't give a damn. They're still a bunch of stiff-assed pussies," Apacci growled.
"Alright, now," Isshin continued from the stage, "students of Karakura High, I want you to be on your best behavior. That includes you Ichigo, and don't forget to keep an eye on your sisters," he said pointing at the orange-haired student.
"I know…I know," Ichigo said.
"Hey, come on up here, Ichigo. Karin and Yuzu, get up here too."
Ichigo got up from his seat and made his way to the stage. Two girls from the front row also got up and rushed to the stage. One of the girls had light-brown hair while the other had black hair. When they got to the stage, Isshin gave the two girls a hug and slapped Ichigo's back so hard that he took a couple of steps forward.
"These two lovely girls, Yuzu and Karin," he said, his hands on their shoulders. "And this poor-excuse of a man is my son, Ichigo."
"DAD!" Ichigo cried out. "Are you always trying to embarrass me?"
"Ichigo, Ichigo, I'm your father. It's my JOB to embarrass you."
Grimmjow snickered a little at this show. Starrk, however, was busy sleeping. Harribel kept glancing at him from the corner of her eyes and thought that he looked kind of cute when he was asleep. Nel noticed Harribel's sideways glances and smiled. Mila Rose and Apacci, however, were busy looking at the students from Karakura High, trying to see who would try to give Harribel a hard time. They hoped that they could beat them up without Rudobon or any of his "Exequias" seeing.
"Alright, I think that's about it from my end," Isshin said. "Mr. Luisenbarn, would you like to give any final instructions?"
"Of course," Luisenbarn said as he walked up to the podium again. "I would like to thank you, Mr. Isshin, as well as your students for coming to visit us for today. Each of the students from Karakura High will be given a packet on their way out. Inside, you will find a schedule of the classes you will be sitting-in on as well as a map of the campus.
"All that you have to do is go to one of the tables near the back, and locate the packet with your name on it. You better remember, because, even though you are guests, you are on MY property. As such, I will recommend for Mr. Isshin to respect any punishments that I may deal to you. I will NOT tolerate any form of disrespect made against MY school and MY staff. However, if you, especially you young ladies, feel that must protect yourselves from…particular students," he said, glaring at Nnoitora who was sitting in the back with Tesla, "then feel free to beat them up.
"I should mention, inside the packet, you will find a list of Trouble-Students complete with their photo as well as notes for your convenience. If any of them gives you any problems, feel free to talk to me or you can beat them up."
"Can he even do that?" Nel asked.
"Sure he can," Grimmjow said. "He's in charge. Hell, Bush and Cheney got away with it, and he's pretty much on the same level."
"Do you think you're on it?"
"Damn right, I am. Hell, I'm probably near the top. Unfortunately, the top spot's been taken by the Walking Spoon. Hmm, I wonder if they put a photo of him as the 'Spoon Cheerleader' next to his name."
Nel snickered slightly at that. She didn't tell him that the "Spoon Cheerleader" had made another appearance only the day before. However, photos of Nnoitora hanging by his ankle from the basketball board were already making the rounds; compliments of Kiyone Kotetsu, who bore witness to the event before she was picked-up by her parents. She figured that Grimmjow had a good idea of what she did and so, she felt she didn't need to say anything about it.
"Alright, that's it for now," Luisenbarn said. "You have a few extra minutes before we begin our first class. So, feel free to mingle. Just make sure THAT YOU GET TO CLASS ON TIME. DISMISSED," Baraggan roared.
As the students began to leave, Grimmjow looked over to where the students from Karakura High were gathering around the tables with their packets on. Seeing that Starrk was still asleep, Grimmjow jabbed him in his side. Starrk woke up with a start and looked about.
"C'mon, man, let's get outta here," Grimmjow said.
"It's over already?"
"Yeah, man, God you really need to do something about your stamina," Grimmjow said.
"I thought I saw you," someone said behind them.
The group turned and saw the orange-haired student, Ichigo, standing behind Grimmjow. Grimmjow stood up and faced Ichigo. Starrk and Nel looked at the two, somewhat concerned that Grimmjow might actually start to fight. Harribel looked at the two with slight interest and Sung-Sun looked bored at the development. Apacci and Mila Rose, however, wanted to see the two rivals spill blood.
"Ichigo…KUROSAKI!" Grimmjow yelled and hugged Ichigo, which Ichigo returned. "I swear, one of these days I'm gonna kick your ass."
"Not before I do," Ichigo said, laughing.
"Huh…I thought you two were rivals," Starrk said.
"Damn right we are," Grimmjow said.
"Even then, we still get along," Ichigo replied. "Hey Grimm, do you know this guy?"
"This is Starrk, one of my closest buddies."
"Pleased to meet ya," Ichigo said as he held out his hand.
"Uh…sure…nice to meet you too," Starrk said, shaking Ichigo's hand.
"Is he alright? He looks like he could fall asleep at any moment."
"Don't worry about him. He's always like that."
"Ah, so, who are these lovely ladies, Grimm?" Ichigo asked.
"Oh, well this girl here is Nelliel Tu Odelschwank," Grimmjow said, gesturing to Nel.
"But please, call me 'Nel'," she said, as she and Ichigo shook hands.
"Alright…Nel," Ichigo said.
"Hey, Starrk, introduce these other lovely ladies. You know them better than I do," Grimmjow said, smirking.
"Grimm..."
"C'mon, introduce them."
"NO WAY, I'M NOT LETTING SOME PERV INTRODUCE ME!" Apacci cried out.
"Apacci, for the last time, STARRK'S NOT A FUCKING PERV!" Grimmjow cried out.
"SHUT UP, GRIMM-KITTY!" Apacci cried out.
"Uh…yeah…she's Apacci. She's kinda…outgoing," Starrk said.
"Is she…she's having her period, right?" Ichigo whispered.
"I don't know," Starrk whispered.
"Hey Apacci, I think you need to see a doctor. I think you've been having your period a little too long," Grimmjow said.
"I'M NOT HAVING MY PERIOD, YOU SICK BASTARD!"
"So…anyways, who are the others?"
"I'm Sung-Sun," Sung-Sun, holding her hand out to Ichigo.
"You seem to be more…uh…calm than your friend," Ichigo said, shaking her hand.
"You're lucky that Mila Rose isn't getting involved," Sung-Sun said.
"What was that Sung-Sun?" Mila Rose growled.
"Would you like to meet our guest, Mila Rose?" Sung-Sun asked.
"Huh…oh yeah, I'm Mila Rose," she said holding out her hand, not really interested.
"Ichigo Kurosaki," Ichigo replied.
"Yeah…yeah…whatever…nice to meet ya…blah blah blah, and all that happy crappy," Mila Rose said.
"Uh…sure…nice to…meet you too," Ichigo said, arching his eyebrows as he looked at Sung-Sun, who only shrugged.
"Uh…this…this lovely lady is…is…Tia Harribel," Starrk said, flushing.
"Ichigo Kurosaki," Ichigo said, shaking Tia's hand.
"It's nice to meet you," Harribel said.
"Nice to meet y—HEY," Ichigo cried out as Apacci grabbed him by the shirt.
"Now you listen here," Apacci said. "If you even so much as look at Lady Harribel in the wrong way…I WILL TEAR YOUR FUCKIN' THROAT OUT!"
"OKAY! OKAY! I GET IT!" Ichigo screamed and Apacci released him, obviously satisfied.
"Is…she…always like that?" Ichigo asked.
"You have no idea," Sung-Sun said.
Lilynette
Outside of the auditorium, Lilynette was talking with her usual group of friends: Momo and Tobiume Hinamori, Kiyone Kotetsu, and Sentaro Kotsubaki. They were discussing the visitors from Karakura High, and the visiting principal.
"I still can't believe he's a principal," Sentaro said.
"I know, he's…actually kinda cool," Lilynette replied.
"Talk about polar opposites from Principal Luisenbarn," Kiyone said.
"I wonder what his daughters are like," Tobiume said. "They looked nice."
"His son looked like a push-over," Lilynette said, chuckling.
"That's for sure," someone said behind them.
They turned and saw the two Kurosaki sisters standing behind them. The black-haired sister leaned against the wall, and crossed her arms across her chest. The brown-haired sister stood there, smiling at the group.
"Now Karin," she said, "you shouldn't talk about Ichigo like that. Sure Dad's a little…rough on him…"
"That's an understatement," Karin said, rolling her eyes. "Yuzu, Dad's always trying to tackle him first thing in the morning."
"Whoa, what's that?" Lilynette said.
"Oh…sorry, forgot you were there for a moment," Karin said.
"That's not a nice thing to say," Momo said.
"Yeah Karin, you're being rude. We should introduce ourselves."
"Fine…whatever, I'm Karin Kurosaki and this is my sister, Yuzu."
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Yuzu said, giving a slight bow.
"It's nice to meet you, I'm Momo Hinamori and this is my sister, Tobiume."
"Hello," Tobiume said.
"I'm Kiyone Kotetsu and this ugly goat-face here is Sentaro Kotsubaki."
"HEY! GOATS AREN'T UGLY!" Sentaro shouted.
"I'm Lilynette Starrk…so anyways, Karin. What's this about your dad and brother?" she asked, a mischievous gleam entered her eyes.
"Dad thinks that the best way to greet Ichigo in the morning is to try to tackle him or kick him in the face or something like that. Sometimes, it's hard to tell which of the two idiots is supposed to be the adult."
"Why does he do that?" Kiyone asked.
"He thinks that it's the best way to get him to wake up," Karin said.
"I should try that on my brother sometime," Lilynette said, grinning.
"Oh, why do you say that?" Yuzu asked.
"You'll see…oh, I see him now," Lilynette said.
She pointed to a small cluster of students who just walked out. Grimmjow and Nel were busy talking with Ichigo. Apacci and Mila Rose were busy arguing with each other while Sung-Sun only rolled her eyes. Yuzu and Karin looked to the student who Lilynette was pointing to. Starrk was talking with Harribel, but he still looked as though he could fall asleep at the drop of a hat.
"Hmm, maybe I should get Dad to do his little exercise on that guy," Karin said.
"I see what you mean. He looks tired," Yuzu said.
"Well, anyways, we better get to class," Momo said. "What class are you going to be visiting first?"
"Oh…let's see," Yuzu said, consulting the course schedule that she received. "It looks like we have Algebra 1 with Miss Ise first."
"Hey, that's where we're heading," Lilynette cried out. "You can come with us. We'll be more than happy to show you where you need to go."
"Are you sure?" Yuzu asked.
"Sure, it's alright. Hey, we can have lunch together and you can tell us all about your school," Momo said.
"That sounds great," Karin said, smiling.
The seven students made their way to Miss Ise's class. Lilynette couldn't help but feel that she made two new friends. She hoped that after today, they would all keep in touch and find ways of hanging out together.
Ichigo
"KUROSAKI-KUN!" someone screamed from behind them.
Grimmjow, Starrk, and Ichigo turned and watched as a rather well-endowed girl came running towards them. Her burnt-orange hair flew out behind her and she was smiling. To Grimmjow and Starrk's surprise, they saw that she was dragging Ulquiorra behind her.
Apacci and Mila-Rose stopped their arguments, and stared at the girl running towards them. Sung-Sun looked confused at seeing her lab partner being dragged like a doll. Nel chuckled slightly at the sight and Harribel only stared at her.
"Orihime, how many times did I tell not to call me 'Kurosaki-kun'? It's annoying. Please call me, 'Ichigo'."
"Oh…sorry, Ichigo…I forgot, hee-hee-hee."
"Dude, she kinda reminds me of Nel," Grimmjow whispered to Starrk.
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Stark said.
"I just got excited. Look who I found," she said, gesturing to Ulquiorra.
"Why did you have to drag me along, Little Girl?" Ulquiorra asked.
"No way, Ulqui, is that you?" Ichigo asked, surprised.
"Do not call me Ulqui," Ulquiorra said.
"Well, I see that you're as gloomy as ever," Ichigo said, smirking.
"Hey Strawberry, you know Batman here?"
"Are you kidding me, Orihime and I went to the same elementary school as Ulquiorra. We weren't 'close-friends' exactly, but we did hang out," Ichigo said.
"I…find that hard to believe," Grimmjow said.
"It's true," Orihime said, gleefully. "We got along great. Didn't we, Ulqui?"
"I told you not to call me 'Ulqui', Little Girl."
"Hey, her name's Orihime, not 'Little Girl'," Ichigo said.
"Come on, Ulqui enjoys his little jokes," Orihime said.
"HIME, I'VE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR YOU!" someone cried from behind them.
They barely saw the red-haired girl before she was hugging Orihime, pushing Ulquiorra aside. She wore a pair of red-framed glasses and a pink sweater instead of the white shirt. She immediately began rubbing her hands over Orihime's bosom. Another student ran up and kicked the red-haired away. This new student had short dark hair and was very lean.
"CHIZURU, I TOLD YOU TO STOP DOING THAT!" the student yelled.
"That hurt, Tatsuki," Chizuru said as she held her hand to her nose.
"Well, those two are as lively as ever," another girl with black hair and purple eyes said. "Sorry, I'm late, Ichigo, but I kinda got lost."
"It's alright, Rukia," Ichigo said and smiled.
"Hey Rukia," Orihime said.
"Hey Orihime…uh…why do you have him in a headlock?" Rukia asked.
Orihime looked confused and then looked at Ulquiorra who she was holding in a headlock. She gasped in surprise and released her hold on him.
"I'm…so sorry," Orihime said. "I must not have been paying any attention."
"Why am I not surprised?" Ichigo whispered to himself.
"Yeah…she's definitely a bit like Nel," Grimmjow said.
"So, where are we supposed to go first?" Rukia asked.
"Well, I'm supposed to go Art first," Ichigo said.
"YAY!" Orihime cried out. "ART! I get to draw Robohime."
"Uh…what are you talking about?" Harribel asked, somewhat confused.
"One time, our art teacher instructed us to draw how we saw ourselves in the future," Tatsuki said.
"Here it is!" Orihime shouted and held out a sheet of paper. "I present to you…ROBOHIME!"
They all looked at the illustration that showed Orihime with treads and lasers coming out of her eyes and shooting out one "breast" as though it was a missile. Behind the illustrated robot was a city on fire. Starrk thought that it looked like part of the poster for one of those B-movies from the 1950s.
"Let's just say…she didn't understand assignment," Tatsuki said.
Nnoitora
"Oh yeah…very nice," Nnoitora said and licked his lips. "Tesla, I think that we've got some real winners here."
"Yes Master Nnoitora," Tesla said as he held onto Nnoitora's belongings.
Nnoitora Gilga leaned against the lockers and watched as the girls walked past. Every once in a while…okay, make that every time a girl walked by, he would stick out his foot a bit and look into the mirror that he attached to his shoe. He would try to be discreet about it, but…
"Pervert," a girl said as she sidestepped his foot.
…it's pretty hard to be discreet about a mirror attached to your shoe.
"DIRTY BOOTS!" someone cried out and the next thing Nnoitora knew a dark-skinned girl rushed at him and then jumped in the air. "KILL THE SCUMBAG!"
"Oh shit," Nnoitora whispered.
He tried to pull away, but it was too late. She landed right on his foot and Nnoitora shrieked in pain. The girl then did a round-house kick and sent him flying. One of the Exequias saw this and rushed over.
"What is the meaning of this?" the Exequias asked. "What's your name, rank, and serial number?"
"I am Jackie Tristan," the girl said. "As for rank and serial number, I don't need 'em when I've got these," she said and showed off the pair of extremely filthy boots she was wearing. The Exequias backed away and grimaced. "As for why I did that," she said and pointed at Nnoitora as she held up the list of "Problem Students" that Baraggan conveniently included in the Visitors' Packets. "He's a scumbag. He taped a mirror to his foot so that way he could peek up girls' skirts."
"I see," the Exequias said and glared at Nnoitora. "NNOITORA GILGA, YOU ARE HEREBY SENTENCED TO SATURDAY DETENTION!" he cried out and walked towards Nnoitora. "IF YOU REFUSE TO ACCEPT YOUR PUNISHMENT, I SHALL DRAG YOU TO SEE PRINCIPAL LUISENBARN WHERE YOU WILL BE DEALT WITH 'RESPIRA'!"
The students in the hallway stared at Nnoitora.
"Finally," one of the girls sighed. "Maybe you should drag him down to the office. He did cause a disturbance in the halls."
"That's a good point," the Exequias said and he grabbed Nnoitora by his spoon-like hood. "You're coming with me."
"No, no, no, NOOOOOOOOOO!" Nnoitora screamed. "NOT THE RESPIRA! ANYTHING BUT THE RESPIRA!"
"MASTER NNOITORA!" Tesla shouted and ran in pursuit.
"Whoa, what just happened here?" Sentaro asked.
"It sounds like Principal Luisenbarn just got his first victim," Lilynette said and grinned. "Come on, the Math class is this way."
Grimmjow
Grimmjow listened in the Art classroom as Nnoitora was dragged down the hall. He smirked.
"Looks like ol' Spooney hit the jackpot," he said.
"What are you talking about?" Ichigo asked.
"You wouldn't understand unless you've met Nnoitora. He's the extremely tall and lanky guy with a hood that makes him look like a giant walking spoon."
"Oh…I saw him taping a mirror to his shoe earlier," Ichigo said. "What's that about?"
"He's a total horn dog," Grimmjow said. "You should have a picture of him in you Visitor's Packet."
"Let me check," Ichigo said and he dug out the pamphlet titled, "BEWARE OF THESE WHIPPER-SNAPPERS".
He opened it and then began to laugh. Grimmjow looked confused until he saw the photo that took up an entire page of the pamphlet under the headline: "BEWARE THIS SPOON". It was a picture of Nnoitora as the lovely "Spoon Cheerleader" tied to the flagpole.
Ichigo
"Alright," Coach Zaraki said. "Now, I know that Principal Luisenbarn wants me to go easy on you today because of our 'guests'. But I ain't one who likes to go easy. So, today, I want the girls to work on gymnastics with Yachiru and I'll be working on boxing with the boys. Now get to work."
Ichigo swallowed and he ducked behind Grimmjow in an effort not to let Kenpachi see him.
"What is it?" Grimmjow asked.
"I don't want that freak to see me," Ichigo said.
"Why not?" Starrk asked.
"It's because he's going to want to fight me again," Ichigo said.
"Alright, now you've got to tell us."
"Well, you see, over the summer I was in his boxing class and I…I kinda beat him."
"No frickin' way," Grimmjow said in awe. "You actually beat Coach Zaraki at boxing?"
"Yeah, and to top it off, I'm on my school's football team."
"Yeah, I see what you mean by not wanting to him to see ya," Grimmjow said and grinned. "HEY COACH ZARAKI! LOOK WHO'S HERE!"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Ichigo shouted.
"What does it look like?" Grimmjow asked and grinned. "I'm thinning out the competition for the game."
"KENNY LOOK, IT'S STRAWBERRY!" Yachiru shouted.
"Well, well, so it is," Kenpachi said and grinned. "It's been a while Kurosaki. I was hoping you would be coming as well. Don't worry, I won't fight ya. I want ya nice and healthy and alive for the game next week. That way my boys can put ya down…or at least in the hospital. Anyways, say 'Hi' to your dad for me. Tell him I'll be coming for his weekly poker game on Friday."
"Uh…I will," Ichigo said and sighed.
"Good," Kenpachi said and grinned. "After the game, I'll be waiting for that rematch on our little fight. Got it?"
"Uh…yeah," Ichigo said and glared at Grimmjow who was laughing.
Lunch Time
The cafeteria was crowded more than usual and so Starrk and Grimmjow decided to have lunch outside. As they made their way to a small cluster of trees, they saw Harribel approaching. She was talking to a dark-skinned girl who was wearing a pair of extremely filthy boots and another girl with cranberry-colored hair tied in pig tails.
"Oh boy," Ichigo said. "It looks like Xcution have made contact with your friend."
"Xcution?" Grimmjow asked.
"Yeah, it's the theater club at our school," Orihime said. "There's kind of a rivalry between the two faculty advisors, Kugo Ginjo and Shukuro Tsukishima."
"Their rivalry comes out whenever we have Art with Mr. Ginjo or Literature with Mr. Tsukishima," Rukia said. "Some of the others in the theater club dropped out because they keep on arguing with each other. The only exceptions are Mr. Giriko, who runs the local performance arts center, Jackie Tristan, Riruka and her boyfriend Yukio. Although, I have heard that they're recruiting from other schools."
As the group got closer, they could hear what they were discussing.
"That's the problem though," the girl with the cranberry hair said. "They're arguing over what to do. Tsukishima wants to do an adaptation of the Red Wedding from A Storm of Swords while Ginjo wants to do the Eye of the World scene in The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World. Now they're arguing over whether A Song of Ice and Fire or The Wheel of Time is the better series."
"I always thought that Lord of the Rings would be considered the best," Apacci said.
"I know, but neither of them will touch it since that's one that they both agree on," the other girl said. "Of course, next thing you know they'll be agreeing with each other on those two series."
"Why don't they just do a straight-up play?" Harribel asked.
"They don't think it creative enough," a blonde-haired boy who was playing a game on his hand-held game console said.
"I'm glad we don't have that problem here," Harribel said. "Although, Yumichika is usually in charge and he always likes to do one of those comedies from the Age of Restoration."
"I didn't know you were in the school's theater program," Starrk called out.
Harribel looked at Starrk and smiled.
"You should try it some time," Harribel said.
"HOLY SHIT…IS HE YOUR BOYFRIEND?" Riruka called out. "HE'S SUCH A HOTTIE!"
Starrk and Harribel both blushed. Grimmjow snickered behind his hand before Nel smacked him on the back of the head.
"Why'd you do that for?" Grimmjow asked.
"Just 'cause," Nel said and winked at him.
"Well now, look at this Chad," a boy with dark hair said as he adjusted his glasses. "It looks as though Strawberry has already begun the fun without us."
"Hey Uryu," Ichigo said. "Hey Chad, how's it going?"
"Fine," the broad, muscular boy said and fell silent.
"Chad doesn't say much," Ichigo whispered.
"So, aren't you going to introduce us?" Uryu asked.
"Maybe if you stopped being such a pompous fool," Ichigo muttered.
"Hello Uryu," Orihime said. "Come sit with us."
"If you insist," Uryu said, but didn't sit down. Chad, on the other hand, didn't mind sitting on the ground and sat next to Grimmjow.
"Anyways, this is Yasutora Sado, but we just call him 'Chad,'" Ichigo said. "And Mr. Stuck-Up over there is Uryu Ishida."
"I'm Grimmjow," Grimmjow said and he held out his hand to Chad who shook it. "Mr. Sleeping-Beauty over there is my best friend, Coyote Starrk."
"Nice to meet you," Starrk said with a yawn.
"I'm Nelliel Tu Odelschwank, but you can just call me Nel. These three nice girls are Apacci, Mila Rose, and Sung-Sun."
"Well, I don't know about calling Apacci and Mila Rose, 'nice,'" Sung-Sun said. "If you're not careful they'll rip your throats out."
"SHUT UP SUNG-SUN!" Apacci and Mila Rose cried out.
"I swear to God," Apacci snarled. "One of these days I'm gonna rip your fucking throat out, Sung-Sun."
"Yeah, but first I'll rip out your tongue and shove it down your throat before ripping your throat out," Mila Rose said.
"See what I mean?" Sung-Sun asked.
"Are they always that violent?" Chad asked.
"You have no idea," Harribel said. "I'm Tia Harribel by the way."
"It's nice to meet you," Chad said and gulped when he saw the Three Amazons of the Apocalypse glaring at him.
"Easy girls," Harribel said. "No need to bite his head off."
"Yes ma'am," Apacci said, but then put then pointed to her blue and amber eyes and then pointed to Chad.
"Scary," Chad muttered and bit into his chicken-salad sandwich.
"Anyways, I'm Jackie Tristan," Jackie said. "The girl drooling over there is Riruka," she said and gestured to the cranberry-haired girl who was staring at Grimmjow now.
"Don't mind her. She's just obsessed with anything she thinks is cute," the blonde-haired boy said without looking up from his PSP handheld. "I'm Yukio by the way."
"Pleased to meet you," Starrk said.
"Yeah, whatever," Yukio said. "Damn it. Stupid Book of the End gets me every time."
Lilynette
"Okay, so let me get this straight," Lilynette said. "Your dad actually set up a trampoline under your brother's window and he actually timed it to where he would jump into your brother's room as he was waking up."
"Yeah," Karin said. "Let's just say it didn't work out."
"Gee, I wonder why," Kiyone said.
"No kidding. There are several things that could go wrong with that plan," Sentaro said.
"Yeah, but Dad hardly ever thinks about that," Yuzu said.
"No kidding," Karin said. "Instead of leaping into Ichigo's room, he crashed right into the window. To make things worse, the neighbors called the police. It took 3 hours to get everything straightened out."
"And he's actually the principal at your school?" Lilynette asked.
"I know. But it's a crazy world," Karin said.
Szayel Aporro
"What are you working on now, sir?"
"I'm trying to fix my Intelligence-Enhancement Formula, Lumina," Szayel Aporro said. "I figured out what went wrong the last time."
"That's good to hear, sir."
"Thank you Verona. Now, who should I test it on because I'm NOT going to embarrass myself a third time."
"I would think not," Lumina muttered.
"What was that?" Szayel Aporro asked.
"I said, perhaps you should try it on Di Roy or Nakeem," Lumina said.
"Hmm, considering that those two are the least intelligent people in the school…. Then again, there's Yammy. Maybe I should try it on him. That way I can actually observe the results."
"When do you want to do it?" Verona asked.
"Hmm, unfortunately Lunch is about to end. Perhaps I should hold off on it and make sure that I actually fixed it. The last thing we need is for it to make Yammy hungrier than he normally is. Otherwise, he might eat everyone in school."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"Of course it would. He might mistake my hair for cotton candy and bite my head off. Can you imagine how much my IQ would go down if I didn't have my head?"
"I would say by quite a bit," Lumina said.
"Exactly…no…wait a minute. I just got an idea."
Nnoitora
He knew he got off lucky. However, he was still shaking from the experience of being dragged into Principal Luisenbarn's office.
"Damn that bitch," Nnoitora muttered. "It's a good thing I got her name."
"Jackie Tristan," Tesla said.
"Yes," Nnoitora said. "I'm just glad I got a relatively light Respira. I'm gonna make sure she pays."
"Are you sure it's wise to be talking about that now?" Tesla asked.
"Good point," he said and looked at the two Exequias who were handcuffed to him as they led him to his next class.
Great, he thought. I have to deal with having two Exequias handcuffed to me for the rest of today.
Urahara
"Alright class," Urahara said. "First, I want to welcome our visitors today. Hello, Visitors," he said and waved his fan at them. There were murmurs from the visitors except for a loud "Hi" from Orihime and Rukia. "Alright, now Principal Luisenbarn forbade me from doing any experiments that may result in an explosion."
"Which pretty much means all of them," Ulquiorra said and looked over at Di Roy and Nakeem who looked as though they found out Christmas was going to be cancelled for a full decade.
"Thank God," Starrk sighed.
"However, that's no fun," Urahara said and grinned.
"Crap," Starrk moaned.
"So, I'll tell you what. To make sure that I'm in the limits of Principal Luisenbarn's instructions AND still have some fun, let's dissect frogs."
"That sounds acceptable," Ulquiorra said, but one look at Di Roy and Nakeem and Edorad and Findor told him that he spoke a little too soon.
"I'm glad you agree," Urahara said. "Alright, I have your frogs here. I want you and your partners to buddy up with some of our visitors and let's have some fun."
Grimmjow
"Alright, since we have visitors today, I thought that it would be best if we all did a group assignment," Ukitake said. "I would like to get into groups and go over Chapters 1-3 in your texts. I have extra text books for our visitors to borrow. When you have gone over the chapters, I would like for each group to make a presentation out of at least one section in their chapter. Now, I'll call out each pair of Study Buddies and give you a number. I would like for our visitors to divide into three equal numbers and choose a group."
Grimmjow and Nel were sitting next to each other. As Ukitake went on, Nel nudged Grimmjow and pointed at Szayel Aporro. Grimmjow saw that Szayel Aporro was carrying a bottle of Dr. Pepper and smiling about something.
"What do you think he's up to?" Nel asked.
"I don't want to know," Grimmjow said. "But it looks as though we better not accept anything from him."
They watched as Szayel Aporro approached Yammy.
"Are you thirsty, Yammy?"
"Not really," Yammy grunted. "I'm hungry though."
"Well, drink this. It might help satisfy your hunger."
"I hate Dr. Pepper," Yammy said. "I want…BACON!"
"Just take the damn soda," Szayel Aporro growled.
"I'll take it," Apacci said and yanked the bottle of Dr. Pepper out of his hand before he could say anything.
"Uh…wait…I wouldn't…" Szayel Aporro muttered, but he was too late. Apacci was already draining the Dr. Pepper. "God, I hope nothing goes wrong," he moaned.
"Thanks," she said and tossed the empty bottle across the room where it landed in the basket with ease.
"I think something bad is going to happen," Grimmjow said.
"I would have to agree," Nel said.
Starrk
"I'M GONNA CUT THIS THING UP FASTER THAN YOU!" Avirama yelled at Di Roy and Nakeem.
"EXACTA!" Findor cried out and began hacking away at the dead frog with the scalpel.
"Hey, Di Roy, you look like Dr. House," Nakeem said and broke out in guttural laughter.
"HEE-HEE-HEE, dat's right, I AM DR. HOUSE!" Di Roy said and began slicing the frog.
"Maybe we should get protective face plates," Starrk said and slid the scalpel into the frog's upturned belly.
"I'd have to agree with you," Harribel said and ducked just as something went flying by where her head was. Starrk was not surprised to see that it was the frog's liver.
"HEE-HEE-HEE, FOOD FIGHT!" Di Roy shouted.
"WOULD YOU IDIOTS STOP?" Ggio shouted.
"NO!" Avirama shouted back. "THEY'VE DECLARED WAR AND WE HAVE TO BEAT THEM! I'M GONNA BEAT YA! I'M GONNA BEAT YA!"
"NOT IF WE BEAT YA FIRST," Nakeem shouted back and reached into the frog for more ammunition.
"This…is…so…GROSS!" Mila Rose shouted.
"Are you not going to stop these idiots?" Ulquiorra asked Urahara.
"They'll run out of ammunition soon enough," Urahara said and grinned.
Starrk moaned in disgust as he saw Avirama and Di Roy throw the frogs at one another. There was a splatting sound as the two cadavers made contact.
"So…I take it those four are the class idiots," Ichigo said.
"More like the school idiots," Mila Rose said as she walked past. "I need another pair of goggles. Those idiots hit my other pair with a stomach."
"Why doesn't he stop them?" Rukia asked and gestured at Urahara who was leaning back in his chair and fanning himself.
"I think it amuses him to see what kind of trouble they can get into," Starrk said. "To be honest, I'm surprised that Principal Luisenbarn hasn't fired him yet."
"That's because Urahara's connected," Harribel said. "He's friends with Yoruichi Shihoin."
"Yoruichi Shihoin? Isn't she the Chief of Police?" Ichigo asked.
"Not to mention her family's one of the wealthiest in the area," Harribel said.
"How do you know Yoruichi?" Starrk asked.
"She's my aunt on my mother's side," Harribel said. "What, you know her?"
"She helped look after my sister for a while," Starrk said. "This was before Uncle Dordoni returned from a business trip to Spain. I had no idea she was your aunt."
"Yeah…" Harribel said and trailed off. Now that she knew that Aunt Yoruichi knew Starrk, she would have to ask her some questions about him.
"WATCH OUT!" someone shouted.
They turned and saw a frog flying towards them. Starrk took hold of Harribel's shoulders and pushed her down just as the frog went flying past. Urahara didn't even look up. Instead, he just moved his torso slightly and the frog missed him by mere inches before coming to a stop with a wet slap on the whiteboard behind him.
"That was close," Starrk said.
"Th-thank you," Harribel whispered.
Grimmjow
Something bad did happen.
At first, Apacci was normal. However, as the class went on, Grimmjow noticed that she was becoming more red-faced and her eyes began to burn brighter than normal. Nel also noticed it and she began to become frightened for poor Tesla who was becoming the object of her fierce gaze. Grimmjow felt a little uneasy about that.
"Nel, maybe we should warn Tesla," Grimmjow said.
"I suppose we should, but…"
"Alright, class," Ukitake said. "I want you all to come up here and present what you've learned. Let's start with those who got Chapter 1, shall we?"
"Master Nnoitora, here's your part of the assignment. You're doing warfare before the Bronze Age."
"Excellent," Nnoitora said and grinned. "Does it also mention 'Spoils of War'?"
"I believe so, sir," Tesla said.
"Alright, I'll be presenting," Nnoitora said and grinned. "Hmm, let's see here, who would I like to make my 'Prisoner of War'?"
"I'll show you, 'Prisoner of War,'" Tatsuki said.
"Now Tatsuki, let's not…," a boy with brown hair said.
"Oh shut up, Keigo. I swear if he tries anything, I'll shove my foot so far up his ass that he'll be chewing on leather."
"I'd like to see ya try," Nnoitora sneered.
"Don't test me," Tatsuki said.
"Now, now, let's all try to get along," Ukitake said and laughed. "Alright, since your group seems to be ready. You'll go first. What's your topic?"
"Warfare before the Bronze Age," Nnoitora said and grinned. "When people beat the shit out of each other with rocks and clubs and took a lot of 'Spoils of War'."
"MINE!" Apacci cried out and struck Tesla in the head with the rolled up piece of paper she held.
"What the…?" Tesla cried out in surprise.
"YOU'RE MINE!" Apacci cried out and continued striking Tesla.
Then, without warning, Apacci launched herself at Tesla and wrestled him to the ground. Nnoitora looked in surprise and a little bit jealous.
"MASTER NNOITORA, HELP ME!"
"Are you kidding me? You lucky bastard," Nnoitora growled.
"You're coming with me," Apacci growled and then bared her teeth at everyone else. "He's mine."
"Yeah…pretty much, warfare before the Bronze Age was like that," Luppi said.
"Well…that was an unconventional demonstration, but it counts. Your group gets an A," Ukitake said and smiled.
"Hmm, I guess it's a good thing I didn't get to try that out on Yammy," Szayel Aporro muttered.
"What was in that, by the way?" Grimmjow asked.
"It was another attempt at my Intelligence-Enhancement Formula, but I guess it enhanced aggression."
"Or a person's sex drive," Nel suggested.
From out of the class, they could hear shrieks and then Tesla ran into the room. He was quickly followed by Apacci who was dragging two members of the Exequias behind her. Then, she stopped and blinked. She looked at the two Exequias who were grabbing onto her and screamed.
"GET THE FUCK OFF ME!" she roared and kicked the two Exequias off her. "What…what happened?"
"M-M-Master Nnoitora, she…she tried to…oh God it was horrible," Tesla moaned and broke down crying.
"Jesus, grow a pair," Nnoitora snarled.
"Seriously, what happened?" Apacci asked. "One moment I'm feeling fine and then the next thing I know, I'm dragging Tesla by the hair."
"Are you feeling alright, Miss Apacci?" Ukitake asked as he approached them. "You look kind of pale."
"I think I need to lie down for a bit," Apacci said.
"Alright, would you two please escort Miss Apacci to the Nurse's office?" he asked the two Exequias. "And I would appreciate it if you didn't tell Principal Luisenbarn. She's probably going through her time of month."
"WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK THAT?" Apacci shouted.
"We understand, Mr. Ukitake," one of the Exequias said.
When Apacci was out of the room, Szayel Aporro sighed in relief.
"Thank God she didn't put two-and-two together," he said.
"She probably will," Grimmjow said. "When she does…it's your funeral."
"Don't remind me."
Lilynette
Another day ended. Lilynette was glad that she got to meet Yuzu and Karin.
"So, are you doing anything over the weekend?" Karin asked.
"Nothing specific," Lilynette said.
"Well, I'm getting together with some of my friends and we're going to play some soccer. Do you want to come?"
"Sure," Lilynette said and grinned.
"Ooh, I love soccer," Kiyone said.
"You're all welcome to join us," Karin said.
"Hey, Lilynette," Starrk called out. "Are you about ready?"
"Yeah," Lilynette called back. "Anyways, I'll call ya," she said to Karin.
"Bye," Yuzu said as she and Karin walked to the bus that would take them back to their school.
Lilynette reached Starrk who was talking with Ichigo and his buddies.
"This weekend?" Starrk asked.
"Sure," Rukia said. "You're all more than welcome to come out with us."
"What's going on?" Lilynette asked.
"Oh…this is my little sis, Lilynette," Starrk said. "Rukia told us that they're going to do some karaoke this weekend."
"That's right," Rukia said.
"Count me in," Grimmjow said. "That way I can kick your ass at that too, Kurosaki."
"Oh…is that a challenge?"
"Yeah, it's a challenge," Grimmjow said and grinned. "What do you say?"
"You're on," Ichigo said.
"Karaoke sounds like fun," Nel said. "Would you like to come too, Harribel?"
"I don't see why not," Harribel said and smiled at Starrk. "Would you like to come too?"
"Well…I suppose," Starrk said as he rubbed his head.
"Great," Orihime said and looked at Ulquiorra. "Ulqui, would you like to come too?"
"I would appreciate it if you did not call me 'Ulqui" and to answer your question. I would not like to come."
"Aw, but you've got to," Orihime said. "It'll be fun."
"As I have said before, 'I would not like to come.' That is my final answer on the subject," he said and walked to his Murciélago.
"Too bad," Grimmjow said. "I bet he would do an excellent impression of Marilyn Manson."
"You might be right," Harribel said.
"Lady Harribel, are you ready to go?" Sung-Sun asked.
"In a moment…uh…where's Apacci?"
"I don't know," Mila Rose said.
"It might have to do with what happened in History class," Nel said.
"What are you talking about?" Starrk asked.
"She…kinda went crazy," Grimmjow said.
"That's nothing new," Mila Rose said. "She's crazy all of the time."
"Yeah…well, it's because she drank something that Szayel Aporro offered to Yammy," Grimmjow said.
"That idiot," Sung-Sun said. "I told her many times before not to touch anything that's in Szayel Aporro's hand."
"You would think that everyone would know that by now," Starrk said and sighed.
"Well now, loiterers in front of the school," Rudobon said as he left the building.
"Hey, we're not loitering," Grimmjow said. "We're not in anyone's way."
"I know, but you better not let Principal Luisenbarn catch you," he said and glared at them. "He is not too pleased with how things turned out. We have had to send fifteen students to his office today."
"Well, that's not too bad," Grimmjow said.
"Every student sent to his office in front of visitors is an insult to this institution. However, I suppose it could have been worse. Anyways, the Nurse told me to find the friends of Emilou Apacci and inform them that, aside from that terrible temper of hers, she is doing well. Now, if you will excuse me I must find Nnoitora Gilga. He believes that his Respira sentence is at an end, but it is not. Principal Luisenbarn has thought of a fitting punishment for his behavior."
With that, Rudobon walked off.
"Man, is he always that uptight?" Ichigo asked.
"He is," Grimmjow said and sneered.
"Well, at any rate," Ichigo said. "We better get going before the bus leaves. I hope to see you over the weekend."
"You can count on that karaoke," Grimmjow said and waved. "I still have to beat your ass you know."
"I know," Ichigo said and laughed.
At that moment, Apacci came out.
"Well look who's here," Mila Rose said and grinned. "I heard ya tried to rape Tesla today."
"Shut up, bitch," Apacci said. "I've got a terrible head ache and I've never been so embarrassed in my life."
"What did happen to you?" Nel asked. "I've never seen you act that way before."
Before Apacci could answer they heard shouting. They turned and saw Nnoitora being dragged by Rudobon by his spoon hood.
"Did you really think Principal Luisenbarn would let you off that easily?" Rudobon asked.
"LET ME GO!" Nnoitora shrieked. "I SERVED MY PUNISHMENT! I WAS HANDCUFFED TO TWO EXEQUIAS FOR MOST OF THE DAY!"
"Did you think that Principal Luisenbarn would let you off so easily? No, that was the beginning of his Respira on you. Principal Luisenbarn's Respira has only just begun," Rudobon said. "And you better not make any trouble for the visitors from Seireitei High on Friday. Otherwise…"
"NOOOOOOOO!" Nnoitora shrieked.
"That doesn't sound good," Sung-Sun said.
"He'll live," Harribel said. "Slime balls like him always survive. Anyways, what happened to you Apacci?"
"Well I don't really know. One moment I'm fine and then the next thing I know I'm dragging Tesla by the hair out of Mr. Ukitake's classroom."
"Do you think you had a reaction to something?" Harribel asked. "Do you think you might have been drugged?"
"I don't see how that's…" then she remembered. "That…freak," she said.
"What is it?" Mila Rose asked.
"I saw Szayel Aporro offering a bottle of soda to Yammy, but Yammy said he wasn't thirsty. So I…"
"You idiot," Mila Rose said, trying not to laugh. "I always knew that you didn't have much sense, but to hear you confess that YAMMY had more sense than you…oh man I'm so going to write that down in my diary tonight. I'm also gonna make sure you NEVER forget it either."
"Damn it, Mila Rose. If you continually bring it up…I'm gonna make sure that you die a slow and painful death."
"I still don't get it," Harribel said.
"Well, let's just say that Apacci drank something that Szayel Aporro had contact with," Grimmjow said.
"Oh," Harribel said and looked at Apacci.
"That freak," Apacci growled. "The next time I see Psycho Pink…I'M GONNA KILL HIM!"
End of Chapter 3
A.N.: Well at least Szayel Aporro learned not to experiment on himself. Although, his attempt at perfecting his Intelligence-Enhancment Formula still failed and now he's got Apacci to worry about. Anyways, next chapter will be Seireitei High's visit. Happy Independence Day everyone!
Thank you for reading and please review.