Secret Student
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5600+
words is huge for me, seeing that in my previous fic almost every
chapter was about 1500 words...
I LOVE pocky !! gimme xD I'll write faster :p
About Uki's explanation.. I just made that up as I was writing .. I never really gave it much thought .. But that's me being weird again ..
I
get my info from the manga, seeing that the anime just screws thing
up with their fillers
(which I can't stand.. Just go on with the
story .. Srry xD)
About Uki taking away Zangetsu and not allowing him participate in the -P classes is simple; if he would be allowed to keep Zangetsu he would be feared even more, since he would have a weapon. And it's for the students, that they feel safer when he's not participating. Main reason, it would only raise suspicion even more.
For those who were wondering after the last chapter, I'm from the Netherlands so my native language is Dutch xD
Thanx for the overall Spelling an grammar check!!
And
about the 'making' and 'doing' homework, I grew up with American
shows on TV, and English at school , Thus I tend to mix them...
Srry!
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Chapter 12 ----------
Midnight
Encounters
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About
30 minutes later, there was a knock on the door and Kentarou opened
the door since his bed was closest to it. When he opened the door he
saw Tomoko, still in her school uniform.
"What are you doing
here? This is the boy's dorm tower." He said, while Ichigo and
Morita could guess who it was judging by Kentarou's words.
"Is Shinji here?" she asked.
Ichigo placed his homework and report back in his bag, and placed it on his bed before walking over to Tomoko. "What is it?"
"I wanted to talk to you in private.. Do you have time?"
Ichigo nodded "Yeah." and left the room, closed the door and went outside. Tomoko following silently. He walked to the tree where they always sat during break and sat down on 'his' spot against the tree trunk and Tomoko sat down opposite of him. "What is it that you wanted to talk about?"
She became nervous and thought that he was angry at her "I... I just wanted to ask what happened..." and her voice started trembling.
"Are you still afraid of me?"
"Huh? NO no!! I was just afraid that you're angry that I asked this, seeing how everyone acted afterwards..."
"It really is annoying that you, Morita and Kentarou keep asking that, but-"
"I'm sorry!!" she yelled and bowed
"But, I'm really glad that you don't run away like the others, so it's okay."
"Eh?"
"You three are the only ones that talk to me. The teachers probably heard from Ukitake-san what happened and the reason why. Aside from that everyone avoids or ignores me."
"Isn't it ... hard to be in your position?"
"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked curious.
"You have to hide everything! who you really are, your past and power." she told him, she wanted to know this for a long time, and now she finally found the courage to ask.
"I'm used to it." he simply stated.
"H- how?"
"When I first gained my shinigami powers, I had to hide it from everyone, my family, friends. When there was a hollow, I had to sneak out of the house and could only hope that no one would find my body without my soul in it. It was months later that I found out that others could see me."
"Isn't that kind if your fault? For not sensing that they could." she said bluntly.
" . . . ." he just stared at her.
"Sorry." and she had to push back a smile.
"You're right though. I'm not the best at sensing reiatsu and back then I still had to figure everything out." he told her while scratching the back of his head and neck. "But since I came here I think I've become better at it."
"What is it that what you have to write? I mean I saw you writing and it's not your homework." she felt safe again when she was around him, the incident broke the image she had of him as a protector. But she now saw that it must have been something Ichiro said. The Ichigo sitting in from of her would not snap on a whim again.
"Oh that, Ukitake-san said to write a report from the day that I first got my shinigami powers to the day that I hand in the report, with details." he sighted. "It's gonna be a thick report when I finish it.."
"Can I see it?" she was curious and wanted to know what he did before entering Soul Society and during the war.
"No." he stated flatly "It's not something a normal student should read"
"Hmpf, And you still didn't answer my first question." She looked at him slightly pouting. "What made you snap in the first place?"
Ichigo didn't feel like telling the story again and reliving the memories a third time, but by the looks of it, it was the only way out of here. He tried to avoid the question, but it didn't work. "When I was 9 years old I saw how my mother got killed by a hollow." he looked at Tomoko's shocked reaction before he continued "During class Ichiro made a comment that I couldn't protect my mother if she would be attacked by a hollow. Then I lost control of my anger, and the rest is known."
She was speechless he saw his own mother get killed by a hollow.. "I'm so sorry." she said in a sad voice. "When I asked you probably relived everything."
"It's okay, This is the third time today and I need to let go of that memory. But don't tell Morita or Kentarou about the hollow part. I told them it was a murder, not what killed her." he said with a hint of sadness in his voice. Tomoko didn't notice. "Let's go back to dorm, we still have class tomorrow"
She nodded and stood up and Ichigo did the same. Both walked back the dorm towers until they heard a voice behind them.
"Oi, Shiro-Chan. I see you got yourself a girlfriend" the man snickered.
"What the hell do you want this time Renji?" Ichigo asked annoyed, he recognized the voice at once.
"Yamamoto-sou-taichou came here, so I figured it was about you. What did you do this time?" he asked in a mocking voice.
"What makes you think I did something? What if he just wanted to have some tea with Ukitake-san." And Ichigo glared at the red head.
"Che, Guess I came out here for nothing. See you around Shiro-chan" and used shunpo to get back but before he could there was foot on his back pushing him down to the ground, making him eat the grass he was lying on. "What the hell was that for!!" he yelled, Ichigo had kicked his back with a shunpo of his own.
"For calling me Shiro-Chan." he said and saw that the red was confused, and looked at Tomoko. Ichigo followed his stare and understood. "She knows who I am, so it's okay.. Pineapple."
"What did you call me? 'Strawberry'" and Renji looked at Ichigo with a devilish grin. If you give Renji a nickname, he'll give you one too.
"You heard me, you deaf Pineapple!"
"Try me, Strawberry-chan!"
"Pineapple"
"Strawberry"
"Pineapple"
"Strawberry"
The two continued to throw 'insults' at each and Tomoko couldn't help but laugh. "Is everyone in Seireitei like that?" she asked between laughs.
"Eh?" they both said at the same time, stopping their argument.
"No, he's an exception" Ichigo simply said.
"What!?" Renji yelled, and walked over to Tomoko. "Did you know that he sucks at kidou?" indicating Ichigo.
"Yes, he told me Abarai-Fukutaichou" she said politely.
Renji looked taken aback by the sudden politeness from this girl, he half expected her to be rude like Ichigo or Rukia "See! The girl has manners! And respects for me!"
"So? Rukia is polite when she's pissed. And Tomoko can't bet the shit out of you. I can." Ichigo mocked him.
"Someone who can't use kidou or control his reiatsu?" Renji mocked back, and another verbal battle began.
"In case your head was to think during the damn war, I now can control my reiatsu. As for Kidou, I'm still learning. Unlike a certain graduate who tries to cast a spell but blows up in his own face instead of that of the enemy."
"Why you ... I always was good a sensing other peoples reiatsu, I could tell who and where they were from miles away." Renji changed the subject on purpose, he knew he couldn't beat Ichigo with that, and he hated that fact.
"If you always were so good at sensing others, then explain why you couldn't find me when we first met in the real world, why didn't you sense that large group of arrancar during that scout mission, or recognize me last night when you came 'collect' the nameless zanpaktou." he finished in a confident voice.
Renji knew he lost the vocal battle and decided to duke it out; he leaped at Ichigo, who dodged before he was hit, Ichigo dodged again as more fist and feet came flying at him until Tomoko yelled "Please stop this!!" they both looked at her "Abarai-Fukutaichou, if you are planning on fighting Ichigo here, he might be discovered."
Renji remembered the talk that Ukitake had with him when he went back to Seireitei last night. "Yeah, we don't want the strawberry to be sent back to the living world" he smirked
Ichigo glared at him "I can beat you any time, any oplace, any rules"
"Great!" Tomoko said happily, and both of them looked at her confused "Then why don't you two fight in the dojo that Ichigo uses every Sunday? Then you could fight each other using only; hakuda, kidou, and hohou."
"Why not zanjutsu?" Renji asked while scratching the back of his head.
"Because, that way you can fight it out equally, and determine who's the better fighter." she explained "And also because Ichigo doesn't have his zanpaktou..."
"Did he ran away?" Renji teased him, Ichigo told him the same thing, and now he got it back.
"Look, I acted stupid and now Zangetsu is confiscated, at least until I finish my report." he shot back.
"Is there a time that you ain't acting like an idiot?" Renji asked simply.
The next thing he knew, he was lying on his back on the ground. Ichigo was smirking at him. "Who's the fool now?" and walked back to the dorm tower. "It's getting late, let's go back." Tomoko nodded and followed.
"So you're running away?" Renji said as he got back on his feet and brushed the dust of his black uniform "Just leaving like this."
"This sunday, early morning in the dojo on the academy ground." and continued his way back to his room Tomoko looking exited, she got a chance to talk to Renji and witness two war heroes discussing... well nothing actually.
Renji just smirked before he went back to the 6th Division office back in Seireitei.
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Back in his room Ichigo saw that Morita and Kentarou found his homework and were copying it. He looked at their shocked faces, they were sure he would be away longer, if Tomoko would indeed be his girlfriend. Ichigo grinned and went to bed. Morita and Kentaou looked at each other, Shinji saw that they were copying his homework, and he didn't do or say anything. Why? And what was with that creepy grin?
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The next day during kidou-T Ichigo started grinning and they wondered why. Neither of them knew that Ichigo had made another notebook with the same homework, but wrong answers (1). They found the fake note and didn't pay attention to what they were copying. When they showed Katsumi-sensei their homework she said that both Morita and Kentarou had the same wrong answers. During class he took notes like always, and ignored Morita the best he could, in order to hear everything. He was NOT going to lose to Renji this Sunday. And it was a good chance to see if Renji improved and go get rid of some excess energy that was starting to built up again.
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On Friday in the break after hakuda, Ichiro and his brothers gathered the courage to come close to Ichigo, They hoped he would be alone, but after he came back to class he noticed that Shinji's annoying friends were still with him, which bothered him a bit. Ichiro hated to be laughed at or proven wrong, unlike Morita who was used to it.
"Oi, whitey-chan" Ichiro began in shaky voice that clearly shook in fear "I D-Demand t-that y-y-you apologize to me r-right now..."
Ichigo looked up from his conversation about konso the next day. "Why should I be the one to apologize?" he asked in a slightly annoyed voice, which made Ichiro shiver, afraid that Shinji might attack him again.
Jiro and Saburo stepped forward, past their brother "You attacked him!!" Jiro said pointing a shaking finger at Shinji.
"Watch where you point that finger, I might bite..." Ichigo said and bit the air, his teeth making enough noise to scare the Saito's away, very fast. Ichigo couldn't help but grin at their reaction, while the other 3 laughed to the fullest.
After the laughing died Morita, Kentarou and Tomoko looked at their friend and realize that no matter what happened they would stay friends. Besides it wasn't entirely Shinji's fault, Ichiro was to blame as well for digging up those memories that Ichigo had kept locked away.
Kentarou knew that Shinji wasn't who he said he was, but he must have his reasons. And those reasons could involve Ukitake-sensei, seeing that Shinji should be expelled, or at least investigated, but he was neither. 'I'll wait for him to tell us what's going on, and who he really is.' he thought
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After classes Ichigo went once again to Ukitake's office to report what happened during the day. Morita and the others went back to the dorm room. When Ichigo entered the office he started telling Ukitake that the classes were normal with the exception of the students who still avoided him as much as possible. "Ichiro came to me during break after we had hakuda. He demanded an apology."
"What did you do then?" Ukitake questioned.
"I asked why I should apologize. He's the one with the smart-ass comment that started the entire incident. I told them 'I might bite' if they came any closer." Ichigo started grinning at the memory of them running away. "After that they ran away, where I prefer them, far away from m-"
At that moment the door opened and Kuchiki Byakuya came walking in. "I'm sorry I didn't know you were having a conversation with a student-" then he recognized Ichigo by his reiatsu "What are you doing here? Kurosaki Ichigo."
Ichigo looked at him unsure, shouldn't he be aware that I'm here? "I don't have anything more to say, excuse me, Ukitake-san, Byakuya" he bowed and left the room. He wasn't planning to stay in the same room as Byakuya and he sure as hell wasn't planning on calling the noble by his title.
"What is that boy doing here at the academy?" Byakuya asked Ukitake in a serious tone.
"He's a student here in order to get more control over his reaitsu, to prevent that it affects more humans in the real world" Ukitake said
"I was asked by Yamamoto-sou-taichou to interrogate everyone who might have seen or sensed the hollow that appeared on radar. But now I know it was that boy." he stated calmly.
Ukitake was shocked, Byakuya knew about Ichigo being a Vaizard!? "What makes you think that Kuchiki-taichou?" he asked as calm as his voice would allow.
"When I fought the boy after he first invaded Seireitei, I was confronted with a different personality that sensed like a hollow, and a mask was forming on his face. That is why he should not be here."
"He helped us during the war! You know that!" Ukitakte protested
"Did you forget that the boy is still alive in the real world? He does not belong here." he interrupted Ukitake "And we discussed this issue during the captain's meeting a few months ago, or did you forget?"
In truth Ukitake didn't forget, he ignored what was discussed, he didn't agree with the others. "I did not forget Kuchiki-taichou." he said and walked over to his desk and got something out of it, and started couching. Byakuya came closer to see if his old sensei was feeling okay. As soon as Byakuya was within range he used the 'thing' he removed from his drawer, a memory eraser (2). "There were no people near my office when the hollow appeared, if there was someone nearby I will contact you as soon as possible." Ukitake told Byakuya to fill the blank that had appeared in his short term memory.
"Understood" and he prepared to walk out of the room. Before he was called by the other captain.
"Why don't you come and visit sometime for green tea and a game of shogi (3)."
The noble nodded and left.
"That was a close one" Ukitake sighted as he let himself sink into his chair. He didn't want to do what he did, but he didn't have a choice. "They'll find out eventually..."
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When Ichigo arrived in his room he saw that his roommates were busy practicing zanjustu moves and hakuda. "What are you two doing?"
"Oh you're back!" Morita said as he nearly hit Ichigo with his zanpaktou, he was swinging it around like a baseball bat, trying to get the hang of it. "Sorry!!" he yelled as he realized what he just did. "Are you ... angry?" he asked uncertain.
"No, just watch where you swing that thing." he said slightly annoyed, he was still pissed at Byakuya for showing up like that. Still talking like he owned the damn place.
"Aren't you gonna practice for konso class Shinji?" Kentarou asked.
"I was perfecting my hollow destruction technique, 'Ultimate Morita Attack'! In case a hollow shows up." He wanted that a hollow would show up, then maybe someone famous would show up and kill it to save them. Morita entered a daydream an was now staring into nothingness.
Ichigo sweat dropped at the name of Morita's attack. "I don't feel like it, and prefer to finish homework and that damn report. That way I can relax an do nothing all Sunday." He just wanted to finish his homework so that he could fight Renji whole day long, without worrying about his homework or stuff like that. And training for konso? Why? He did konso before, and he was never told how, he just copied what he saw Rukia do. And if a hollow shows up, he's kill it fast. He would be getting Zangetsu back after all, and he could beat Arrancar and Espada. There was no need. "Just be quiet while I make finish this and go to bed. I don't want be tired during class." and continued with his report.
After a couple of hours Ichigo went to sleep, hoping that tomorrow would be a normal day without much trouble. Or unexpected visitors.
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(1)
Fake homework, Ichi's idea at the end of chapter 7
(2) it works
different than the 'memory replacement thingy' that Rukia used in the
beginning of BLEACH, this one erases a part of the memory and allows
the user to fill it in as he/she wants.
(3) Shogi, Japanese chess,
correct me me if I'm wrong
Evill Uki (6) Yaay !!
Next
chapter, konso class!!
Srry it took so long (u.u)
But
I wanted to explain a few things before they went and go konso those
souls that don't belong there xD
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