The Revealing of Identities
My eyes flickered open after hearing some worried voices. After my eyes adjusted to the harsh light, I saw faint figures.
"She's awake! Thank the heavens!" someone said in joy and I frowned. He sounded to old to be my brothers. His voice was husky and soft.
My eyes adjusted more and I saw the faint outline of a bucket hat then smiled.
"Urahara... You daft old bugger..." I muttered and I heard his deep laugh.
"Yes. Welcome back." he laughed. I grinned then my eyes flew open and I sat up straight, throwing Urahara off of me and Irylath onto Marcus.
"ICHIGO! RUKIA! ALTAIR!" I nearly screamed the words. Urahara smiled and rubbed the back of his head. I frowned then doubled over in pain.
"CAREFUL! You'll kill yourself if you move around like that! They are fine, Altair is right here." Urahara said and handed the little katana to me. I took it and smiled. I looked around and saw that I was in Urahara's house.
"What's the time?" I asked. Urahara frowned, not understanding why I am worried about the time but Marcus looked at his watch and gasped. He was all ready for school and his hair was ruffled, the perfect look for him.
"School's in twenty minutes! Urahara, we have to go! Can you take care of Ka-?" I cut him off by standing up. I pulled my jacket on and smiled weakly.
"I'm coming!" I said and Urahara shook his head.
"Crazy bitch." Urahara muttered. I laughed softly and I took my bag, slinging it over my shoulder. Irylath was about to argue, but I was already walking past him.
I passed the two kids and smiled.
"Cya! Thank you, I'll be here in two days with a present for you okay Ruru-San?" I said with a smile to the little girl and gave her a hug as she jumped around in joy.
"WHAT ABOUT ME?" Jinta, the boy, snapped. I looked at him with a cheeky smile.
"I will give you something, IF, your sister here says you were an angel to her till I come back. Deal?" I asked but before he could reply, I spun on my toes and left. Time for school. A few minutes later, Irylath and Marcus were running to catch up. I smiled.
"Urahara gave us a cream and a concoction for you to take. Please be careful today!" Irylath said, his voice dripping with anxiety and fear, which was so rare that I stared at him as I walked.
"Is that worry I hear?" I asked with a grin. "Don't worry! I'll be fine! Just don't go throwing Hollows at me!" I smiled and trotted on towards school with a wide smile on my face.
We got to school just as the bell rang. I smiled and slowly made my way up the three stories to our level. I was exhausted and passed Ichigo's class without a glance inside. I flopped down at my desk and pulled out my art book. I had done alot during class yesterday, and I needed to give them to the people today.
It was a dark day, looked like it would rain. I loved the rain, but now I couldn't keep my eyes open and struggled not to collapse in exhaustion.
Surprisingly, I finished all my work faster than before and simply laid my head on the desk. As soon as my eyes closed, the bell rang and I sat up straight. Next door I heard a racket and poked my head out. I opened the door a tiniest fraction and peeked in.
I saw Chad, Asano, Mizuiro, Ichigo and one of the girls who I couldn't remember her name. I frowned, my two friends weren't there.
"Kashi-San!" someone called happily and before I knew it, I was being hugged.
"Orihime-San! Tatsuki-San!" I sang happily and hugged them both. "I was just frowning because you weren't in there. And I didn't want to just waltz into the room." I said with a goofy grin.
"We understand! We have a new student, Rukia-San." Orihime smiled and I blinked in shock.
"Rukia Kuchiki?" I asked and Orihime smiled with a short nod. "I met her this morning! Why don't you, Tatsuki-San and I go to the trees and eat while my brothers join this group?" I asked with a smile, turning to Tatsuki to get her into the conversation. Tatsuki smiled.
"Sounds cool to me, Orihime?" Tatsuki turned to Orihime and she smiled awkwardly.
"Yeah sure!" she said happily. "I gotta go get my stuff then!" she added and ran quickly into the class room. I went to my class and got my bag and book. My brothers came over.
"What's up?" Marcus asked. I smiled and laughed happily. They hadn't seen me like this for ages.
"I am going to the trees with Tatsuki and Orihime today. You can hang with Chad and Mizuiro and Asano and the others." I said with a smile. I turned away and left the room, my brothers following me. Ichigo was outside his classroom, but I went unnoticed from behind my big brothers.
"Hey Chad!" Irylath said with a fist held out. They bumped fists and Irylath stood up straight. He laughed. "Still taller than you, wow!" Irylath laughed. He was slightly taller than Chad, which was scary because Chad was massive!
I snuck around behind my brother Marcus, Ichigo still had not seen me. I tapped Tatsuki and Orihime on the back and they turned around happily.
"Bye Kurosaki-Kun!" Orihime sang and we trotted away happily, but before Ichigo could see me, Marcus had attacked him and gave him a knuckle rub on the head.