I haven't updated in more than a week! Sorry for the wait! I've been finishing my projects! Hopefully all of you will enjoy this chapter!
"Huh? What do you mean Aizen-sensei?" Came the question from the lips of the black haired girl. Her eyes emitted utter confusion, something that most people expected from her.
"It is almost like what you would call a big brother/ big sister program, only slightly different. You see, Yuurito-san, this big brother program will be between the freshman and sophomores, they will work together on small exorcism cases. Of course, you will not be left alone; a teacher will accompany you." Once her teacher finished the explanation Moeko sighed. She better be assigned to one of the best sophomores; she knew that she wouldn't be able to help anyway.
Noting her friend's exasperate sigh Hinamori turned. She knew that it was definitely hard for her, she was a human stuck in a school for exorcists, and as a student in such school it was necessary for her to participate. Nudging her roommate slightly Hinamori smiled consolingly towards her companion. As she settled back in her seat properly the brunette listened carefully to the names called.
Boredly, Moeko listened to every name being called out followed by their assigned sophomore. She knew; she just knew that she would mess up during the small cases. Scribbling on her sheet's corner Moeko kept herself occupied while listening to the teacher. At the call of her name her ears perked up, glancing at the teacher Moeko awaited the sophomore's name to slip from the brunette's lips.
"Yuurito Moeko, you will be assigned Inoue Orihime." As the teacher continued the black haired girl memorized the name, writing it down on her notebook as to be sure she wouldn't forget. Patiently, Moeko waited for the long list to be finished. Crossing her fingers she hoped she got one of the best, she didn't want Inoue to injure herself.
As Aizen pointed towards an orange haired girl Moeko quickly said her farewell to her roommate and slowly walked towards the sophomore. The girl was a small (Slightly taller than Moeko) pale orange haired girl. The sophomore's eyes were a medium shade of gray, which emitted gentleness. As the younger girl arrived in front of her senior she bowed slightly. Smiling gently the orange haired sophomore held out her hand.
"I'm Inoue Orihime, you must be Yuurito Moeko." Accepting the offered hand Moeko shook it gently; this sophomore seemed so gentle, so…Breakable.
"Yuurito-chan, I am well aware of your situation. I'm looking forwards to working with you, I'm sure this will all be a ton of fun!" Her tone had changed from formal to enthusiastic in such a short time Moeko was surprised! Smiling slightly, the younger female nodded; she was glad she had been assigned such a kind partner! Seemed like luck was on her side today.
"Well today we are just to learn about each other. According to my homeroom teacher, Ukitake-sensei, we should be assigned our case tomorrow." For the rest of the day Orihime and Moeko kept chatting happily, making jokes now and then, and learning more about each other. Moeko had learned that the sophomore's spiritus was in the form of the blue snowflake pins she wore on her silky orange hair.
"So, Yuurito-chan, I heard you were assigned to Orihime-senpai. She's an excellent student and very powerful exorcist! " Hinamori chirped happily, glad that her roommate was assigned such a great sophomore.
"Yeah, she seems nice. Who did you get Hinamori-san?" Moeko asked curiously, even if she wouldn't know whom her fellow classmate had been assigned to she would at least know the name.
"I got Abarai-senpai." The brunette replied smiling. At the memory of who Abarai was Moeko's mouth opened slightly, disbelief tainting her blue orbs. "A-abarai?" The black haired girl repeated, apparently unable to believe it.
"Yes, he's not that bad though, calm down. He's only a little bit competitive, that's it, especially when it comes to Kurosaki-senpai." Hinamori giggled slightly at the memory of everything the two had done to outdo one another.
"KUROSAKI!" Came a loud shout from outside the door to Moeko's and Hinamori's room. Soon after the shout came loud thumps and the screeching of glass breaking. Alarmed by the ruckus, both girls ran outside. Hinamori made sure to hold her charm bracelet close, a small frown gluing itself on her face.
As they walked out of the door the temperature dropped, immediately both girls' hands enveloped themselves around their owners. Taking their attention away from the lowered temperature the girls gazed at their surroundings, noting that a few windows were broken. Running towards the front door of the dorm the peered over a few windows as they walked.
There was a small puddle of blood on the ground, along with a few shards of ice. A short boy stood up, a gigantic ice dragon stood behind him. The boy had spiky white hair and mesmerizing cyan eyes, he was wearing the school's boys uniform, which was a pair of dark gray pants along with a plain white button up shirt. The boy's school jacket was on the floor, buried in dirt.
The boy was glaring at a teen in front of him, his cyan eyes disguising themselves as ice. The teen the shorter boy was glaring at had orange spiky hair, the only difference in both males' hairstyle was the younger boy had a stand of his hair over his eye, and his hair seemed of longer length than the teen's. The orange haired teen also had the academy's uniform, his jacket still hanging on his shoulders.
The brunette beside Moeko gasped, preparing herself she sprang forwards running in-between the two boys. Fearing for her roommate and friend's life Moeko followed, screaming for her to come back. Scared beyond belief Moeko's legs suddenly stood paralyzed, realizing what their master was doing.
The individuals who were fighting took no notice of both females, they were too concentrated on glaring at each other. The white haired boy's glare hardened, once he did so the glacial dragon sprang, preparing to attack the other male. As she watched the moving dragon-shaped glacier move towards her, the black haired girl's eyes widened. Moeko's frightened eyes trailed down at her feet, silently pleading them to stop this sickening joke. Frantic eyes stared at the dragon as it stepped closer, the blue orbs had been completely engulfed by fear and shear horror. Was this it?
Awaiting her death the girl closed her eyes, praying that she had fallen asleep and this was all a horrifying nightmare. She wasn't really going to die, right? She was only fifteen for crying out loud!
What seemed like days passed, nothing. Wait, what? Were her prayers actually answered? It was all truly a dream! Opening her eyes eagerly Moeko couldn't wait to just view her dorms plain white ceiling. Instead what she saw was not what she had expected, or at least hoped. What Moeko had opened her eyes to were concerned filled brown eyes. Surprised by the closeness of the orbs the girl jerked back, slipping from her rescuer's grip.
As Moeko landed on the ground, she was suddenly aware of the cuts that adorned her body. Her eyes shot towards her tall rescuer, it had been that orange teen that was fighting.
"That was very irresponsible of you, Kurosaki," Said a cold icy voice from behind the two teens. Suddenly it something clicked inside Moeko's head, Kurosaki that was the Kuosaki Ichigo that she saw during PE! Admiration and much appreciation soon hazed blue orbs. He had saved her life after all.
"I understand President Kuchiki, I didn't expect her to get in the way though, Toushirou and I were only training." Ichigo said to the dark haired teen, the man's form seemed to gleam with superiority. "I'll take her to Rangiku right away, nothing to worry about." Feeling her weight suddenly disappear Moeko stared at the teen carrying her.
"I'm Kurosaki Ichigo, and you are?"
"Yuurito Moeko, Kurosaki-senpai." Moeko answered politely, although softly. The girl saw a faint glimmer of recognition flicker in the chocolate brown eyes, so he had heard of her too. Realizing suddenly what had happened Moeko jerked upwards, startling the orange haired sophomore, his grip didn't falter though.
"What happened to Hinamori-san?" Moeko said quickly worry glazing her eyes.
"She's fine, Yuurito. She's in the advanced class for magic, she was able to shield herself." Ichigo said calmly, his sentence cut by some pants for air. The freshman visibly relaxed, relieved to discover her friend was save and unharmed.
"Oi! Rangiku-san, you have a patient!" Ichigo shouted as he skillfully opened the door with his feet. As soon as he set the younger girl on the bed the orange haired nurse came running, obviously recognizing the girl whom had fainted on her first day of school.
"Moeko-chan!" The nurse shouted as she enveloped the girl in a hug. "What happened?" The mood suddenly changed as the nurse stared at the sophomore, awaiting an explanation.
"Well you see, Rangiku-san, Toushirou and I were training and well…You know the rest." Ichigo quickly finished as the orange haired woman shook her head in disappointment. She wasn't surprised that they had had one of those huge sparing practices that most people arrived to watch, but to fight coincidentally on the same exact place, as where the Moeko was, was just a disappointment.
"We didn't go over there on purpose, we were too concentrated on the training." Ichigo murmured into the nurse's ears, clarifying both his and Toushirou's innocence. Rangiku just nodded, she understood how much the two concentrated on a fight; she had seen it with her own eyes.
"Now Ichigo-kun! Please leave the room, thank you for bringing Moeko-chan!" The nurse said, pushing the sophomore out the door quickly. Turning towards the smaller female Rangiku started cleaning the wounds, much to Moeko's displeasure.
"Moeko-chan, why did you get in the middle of the fight? You know it's dangerous." The nurse began as she continued to clean the smaller female's wounds, her tone of voice sounded as if she were a scolding mother.
"Hinamori-san was going to wound herself when she ran in-between the two, I was only trying to help." Moeko muttered softly, understanding that whether she attempted to help or not the outcome would have been the same; Hinamori would be unharmed.
The rest of the time Rangiku was tending to the young girl's wounds everything was quiet. Both were too busy with their own thoughts. Moeko was wondering why Hinamori would run right into a fight, one that from what Ichigo and Rangiku had said, was a spar, one that happened very often. The nurse's thoughts were bouncing from subject to subject, still concentrating on the wounds she was treating.
"All done now, you can return to your dorm." Rangiku said, her mind still not completely concentrating on what she was saying. Nodding Moeko exited the office, her mind also hazed by thoughts.
Was she really that useless? Did she really just cause problems for everybody? Was she really such a hindrance? Those questions flooded Moeko's mind. Everybody so far has been kind, she appreciated that, but in the end she usually ended up getting in the way. Hinamori had taken plenty of her spare time to help her study, even if they talked about the same thing for hours she still kept her patience! While trying to save Hinamori, who now she realized didn't need it, she ended up injuring herself. Not only had that injury caused trouble for the two teens whom were sparring, she had caused the training to stop.
Hugging herself Moeko pondered on what she could do to improve herself. Maybe she could work on karate to improve her physical fitness, then she wouldn't be as much of a hindrance.
Opening the door to her dorm room the tanned girl found Hinamori sitting on the table; studying. This only made her feel guiltier of taking away Hinamori's time. She had helped her patiently even though she has her own things to study. As Moeko entered the room she plastered a smile on her face, she didn't want to bring the brunette's mood down.
As soon as the brunette had noticed the return of her friend she stood up, checking for any injuries. Hugging the shorter girl tightly the bunned girl apologized over and over.
"I'm so sorry, Yuurito-san! I didn't think you'd come after me, I was just going to stop both of the boys so they wouldn't cause anymore damage!" Hinamori said quickly, bowing lowly while her chocolate brown eyes were overflowing with worry and guilt.
Grasping onto the taller girl's shoulder Moeko smiled softly, forgiving the brunette. "Hinamori-chan, don't worry about it, it was my fault anyway. Can I ask you one question though?" As the shorter girl noticed the brunette nod she continued "Do you know anybody that could teach me any martial arts?"
Slowly Hinamori nodded "There are quite a few, the best at martial arts are Soifon-senpai and Shihouin-sensei though. Why do you ask?"
"I was planning on learning a little bit of martial arts after we came back from the practice exorcist cases, I thought it would be more helpful." Hinamori clapped her hands happily, she was happy that Moeko had finally accepted that she was going to stay here for a while and that she was actually working on improving herself. Grasping onto the other's hand the brunette dragged Moeko to the dorm room's study, it would be best if they studied before sleeping, after all the practice cases were tomorrow!