Warning(s): Errors in Grammar, Spelling, Etc. Out-of-Character Moments. This Former Fanfiction Series Contains Original Characters. This Former Fanfiction Series Follows The English Dub Anime (Like All of My Fanfics Do). This Former Fanfiction Series Contains Original Ideas, Some Meant to be Explained in the Far Future (By This Point, Those Ideas May Never Be Explained). Don't Like Any of That, Don't Complain About It And Simply Don't Read This Damn Ridiculous Fanfic. It's That Simple. Some Scenes Have Been Left Out, Some Scenes Have Been Reworded, Some Scenes Have Added Dialogue, Etc. However, Only One Scene Is Shown Because I'm A Bit Lazy and If I Didn't Just Post This One Scene, It Would Be Weeks More Before I'd Update. There Are Differences between this chapter and the moment from the Episode. You've Been Warned, Like Always.
I probably stated this before but I shall state it one more time. This fanfiction, by this point, shouldn't be taken seriously. It is based on a roleplay that my friend and I created a few years or so ago. This is probably the third time I've actually made it into a fanfiction (the others were deleted by yours truly). I only posted it just because I felt like it or at least, that is how I feel now about it. Perhaps originally, I posted this so you could see my skills of writing but now, this is just a fanfiction I am making for fun and it will definitely have moments that make no sense or have moments that have ridiculous dialogue. It's not actually meant to be loved by anyone but myself and my friend so if you like it, thanks for being interested by this. If you hate this, I don't really blame you for that, my friend, and you can complain about it all you wish. In fact, do exactly that. I'd love to hear complains or praise. Whichever is fine. Silent readers, yeah I'm finally calling you out since I don't think I've done such before. No one is a big fan of you guys, if I'm honest. We love that you are reading and are staying for whatever reason BUT we're bigger fans of those who actually review. No offense. Still love you.
Enjoy your reading, if you are actually reading and enjoying this random ass fanfiction. I tried to make this professional, really I did, but now, it's just a fanfiction that has whatever happening within it and it'll remain as descriptive I can make it. The series is still discontinued until further notice. Thank you for your time.
Back at Karakura High, many students were gathered around in a hallway. All of them were looking forward, and dreading, to see the scores of an academic assessment that had taken place some time ago. Many would likely groan in displeasure, others may not care too much for their scores, and few might cheer for their own success. Grouped up in front of the sheet that was tapped to the wall, Orihime and her three friends were staring at the name that had been placed at third on the ranking list, that name being Orihime's. Standing directly behind the four of them was Sayuri, Yuki, and Hana. Sayuri was uncaring about the scores, Yuki was almost as dimwitted as usual, and Hana was bored, despite her rank of being fifth. She was occasionally lazy with schoolwork but she sure as hell knew how to score high on assessments. Lucky her. Too bad Yuki ranked first, making her smarter by default.
"I ranked fifth, huh?" Hana mumbled to herself, not expecting anyone to hear her speaking to herself. She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Big deal. I could've ranked higher if I had actually been trying." She honestly hadn't even tried to pass but considering she knew a lot of shit from when she use to study all the time like a nerd, she ended up getting a high score on the assessment anyways. It really wasn't that big of a deal. There was nothing that she'd use that score for. She didn't care for getting a job because being half Soul Reaper was her job. Daily, if she felt like it, she'd help Ichigo and Rukia with hunting down, and getting rid, of Hollows. When she didn't feel like it, either Yuki or Sayuri, sometimes both and sometimes neither, would go to help the two out with the problem.
Sayuri looked over at her and her eyes were wide for a moment. "You ranked fifth without even trying?" she questioned. Hana looked towards her and she nodded shortly, an eyebrow raised as she waited for Sayuri to continue speaking since she knew she wasn't finished. Sayuri began to smile as an impressed expression appeared on her face. "Damn, I'm actually really impressed by that. Good work." She was surprised that Hana could get high scores without lifting an actual finger to get them. That's pretty awesome in her book.
Keigo and Mizuiro suddenly appeared within the crowd in the hallway, the two of them pushing through until they were standing right in front of the assessment scores instead of the girls. Ichigo and Chad approached the crowd seconds later, Ichigo placing himself beside Hana while Chad stood beside and in front of Ichigo. Hana nodded at him in acknowledgement and he did the same in return. Sayuri and Yuki watched this short encounter, both of them looking at one another afterwards and they both smiled knowingly at each other; those two definitely were in love with each other, so badly that they could hardly stay away from one another for long. The siblings looked away from one another when Keigo began to speak, both of them looking towards the back of his head in slight interest. "Whoa," Keigo had remarked about the scores. Seconds later, he continued after skimming through them. "Aww, let the girls get their high scores. At least none of our gang embarrassed us by making it to the top fifty."
Hana didn't seem to be pleased with hearing this comment. "Excuse you, straw for brains," she practically growled. Keigo looked towards her. "Are you saying that Yuki and I aren't a part of this little 'gang' you speak of? Not at all? Even with us having known your for a long while?" Each time she asked a question, Keigo would nod without fear. Hana glared at him and it took ever fiber of her being to not kill him. He was constantly leaving her and Yuki out of things, constantly acting as if the two females weren't friends with him and the others. "And yet, you allow Rukia and Sayuri into 'your' little group of manliness. Typical."
Mizuiro pointed towards the assessment scores, pointing at one side of the list. "Take another look at this, Keigo." He had spotted something that Keigo had clearly missed and it was something that would make Keigo's words invalid, in a sense.
"Hmm?" Keigo looked away from Hana and he looked towards where Mizuiro was pointing. "W-W-W-What?! Ichigo is ranked number twenty-three?!" He was having a major freak-out moment. Never, never did he think that Ichigo would rank higher than fifty. This was unspeakable. This was forbidden in their guy gang. This was not great.
Hana looked over at Ichigo, ignoring Keigo's little meltdown that was beginning. His freak-out moments didn't mean shit because he'd forgive and forget the shit that he shouldn't need to forgive in the first place. She smiled at Ichigo as he looked towards her questionably. "Great job, Ichigo. You did really well." She lightly punched his shoulder, light blush unknowingly forming in her cheeks. She was proud of him, very proud of him. Maybe too proud. She had been at his home most days and from time to time, he'd be studying and occasionally, she'd help him with studying. So, him getting a great score was kind of a group effort, in a way. Probably. She'll pretend it was, if it actually wasn't.
Ichigo smiled back and a tiny hint of blush appeared in his own cheeks. "Thank you, but you did a better job than me, Hana. Ranked fifth. That's very impressive." Hana smiled at him more before she looked away from him, her large smile remaining on her face. Ichigo stared at her for a moment, going into some sort of daze unknowingly before he snapped himself back into reality and he looked over at Sayuri and Yuki, finding that Sayuri was smirking at him and Yuki was grinning to herself as she clapped her hands together happily. He glared at Sayuri for her assumption (that she wasn't making known aloud) before he looked at Yuki. "You too, Yuki. Ranked first. Now, that is really impressive," he complimented, not wanting to leave her out of this.
Yuki continued to grin as she looked at Ichigo. "Thank you, Ichi!" she cheered. She was proud of herself and she knew, for sure, that her sister was very proud of her as well. She aimed to please her sibling. For a split second, her smile nearly faltered as she thought about when Sayuri would be leaving to go back to the Soul Society to be with their father but she immediately pushed that thought away. She'd spend as much time as possible with her sibling while she could. Their separate was inevitable but she was going to be around Sayuri while she could and she was gonna help her out while she was around, help her with Hollows and stuff.
Sayuri wrapped her arms around Yuki and she started smiling herself. "I'm the proudest of Yuki right now. My little sister is better than all of us. She grew up to be so frickin' smart! I think I might cry!" Yuki began to giggle as Sayuri squeezed her tightly in her grasp. "Oh, little Yuki! Precious little Yuki! Teach me the ways of the knowledge that's within your brain! Teach me!" Yuki giggled out an 'okay' and Sayuri laughed a bit herself as she removed her arms from Yuki. "I owe you cookies." Immediately, Yuki cheered and Sayuri laughed more, shaking her head slightly.
Within mere seconds, Keigo was suddenly in Ichigo's face with his complaining about Ichigo being ranked above fifty. Fake, or perhaps real, tears were streaming out of Keigo's eyes. "You cheater! There's no way you could've possibly scored that high!" With how his personality was, it was hard to tell sometimes when Keigo actually was offended by things.
Ichigo stared back at Keigo blankly. His good mood had vanished momentarily, him already fed up with Keigo's 'complaining'. "Cut it out, Keigo. I get high scores on tests because I study for them." And during some of those study sessions, Hana would help out a bit. "You should try it sometime." Or maybe Keigo should get a study partner like Yuki or someone else who scored rather high. Hana was a definite no because sometimes, Hana couldn't stand Keigo and also, Hana was Ichigo's study partner.
Keigo pointed accusingly at Ichigo, more tears (of some sort) streaming down his face. "A-ha! So, that's what you've been doing all those nights I was asking you to come hang out! You always said you were too busy, but the truth is you were studying like a total nerd!" Dramatically slow-mo running away from Ichigo, the tears were letting up but not stopping fully as he continued complaining. By this point, it was really hard to tell if he was serious about being offended by Ichigo's scores or he was just joking around; both mannerisms were too close to being the same that it was hard to make out the difference. "Oh, no! I'm friends with a nerd!" Actually, he was friends with multiple nerds but he only seemed to be acknowledging Ichigo right now. Additionally, it could be that Keigo just really liked messing with Hana about her and Yuki not being considered his friends, just so he could get a rise out of her for amusement. Keigo quickly re-approached Ichigo, after moving away from him slightly and he started joking around more obviously. He had glasses on, all of a sudden. He had put them on so quickly that Hana was curious if he had pulled them out of his ass and Yuki was confused about everything that was going on with Keigo since he often confused her. Sayuri seemed amused by what she was witnessing, though. "Maybe you need some thick nerd glasses like these, pal," Keigo told Ichigo as he got in Ichigo's face again.
Ichigo hit Keigo in the face, giving him a bloody nose and causing one of the lens of the glasses to break. "No thanks," he replied immediately in a dull tone. He didn't have time for Keigo's nonsense right now. For once, he'd like to have a break from Keigo's antics about absolutely anything and everything. Was that too much to ask?
"It's a bit of a surprise to learn you really study," Mizuiro butted in, becoming a part of the rather dumb conversation.
"My hair gets me enough abuse," Ichigo explained, his attention away from Keigo. While he was responding to Mizuiro, his attention was now towards the scores again. Hana remained standing beside him but everyone else seemed to have maneuvered around. Orihime, Tatsuki, Chizuru, and an additional friend of Orihime's were no longer in the crowd, Keigo and Mizuiro both were standing near Ichigo now, and the twins were now standing somewhere behind Ichigo and Hana. "I'm not gonna be an academic loser on top of it," Ichigo continued.
His words had caught Hana's attention. Although, most of his words tended to grab her attention. "I really don't see why people still dislike your hair color. No one seems to give a shit about my hair color or Yuki's hair color anymore, so why people continue on causing you trouble because of your own odd colored hair is something that continues to both annoy me and confuse me." Hana had gotten some shit from her having red hair but it faded after a while. With Yuki, she had some shit happen to her because of her white hair but that ended after Ichigo and Hana protected her from further damage after those certain bullies had gotten ahold of her, those bullies being why Yuki had a scar across her eye. "I think your hair is awesome regardless of its color."
"I know, Hana." Ichigo glances over at Hana again, a smile on his face again except it wasn't a full smile and was more of a half smile this time. "You tell me this all the time." And that wasn't a lie at all. Hana was constantly bringing up how much she liked his hair, every time his hair was brought up in a conversation. It seemed like she always had the need to assure him that someone thought his hair was fantastic and not freaky.
Hana blushed very slightly once again as she looked over at him finally, her attention having had been on the scores. "Shut up. It's not my fault that I'll always and forever say what's true. Your hair is awesome. And cool, also." She stuck her tongue out at him when he turned his head towards her fully and she was surprised when he suddenly grabbed onto her tongue with his left hand. "Ewh?! Lwt gwo!" It was rather hard to speak when your tongue was being held onto. Ichigo shook his head, smirking at her and Hana began slapping at Ichigo's hand, whining as she hit him with medium force (not too hard and not too light hits). Ichigo held back a laugh as he finally released Hana's tongue and she pouted at him with a hint of a forming grin on her lips.
Keigo suddenly continued onward with the complaining and teasing he had been doing. He moved so that he stood in front of Chad as the crowd became nothing but their small group. He elbowed Chad in the abdomen as he continued onward with whatever he (Keigo) was doing. "Well, at least you wouldn't go and do something embarrassing like score in the top fifty, right, Chad, old pal?" In response, Chad pointed towards the list and right there in front of the small group of friends, Chad pointed out that he was ranked number eleven without saying an actual word. Keigo and Mizuiro both made faces of horror as they both freaked out this time. "I am horrified! I had no idea I was hanging out with complete geeks! I'm through with all of you!" Together, Keigo and Mizuiro sprinted down the hallway together.
Hana rolled her eyes as she watched the two run away. "Damn morons. They'll be back eventually and I dread for the moment when that occurs." She was gonna to enjoy their absence while it lasted. Even she needed some time away from those idiots sometimes. She'd go insane otherwise.
Ichigo scratched, slash rubbed, the back of his head as he, too, watched the idiots run away. "I guess it's lucky for him that it was Yuki who ended up in the number one spot." He looked towards the scores, looking towards where the first ranking was but he found himself to be surprised when he noticed that it wasn't just Yuki's name that was listed there. "Who's Ametasu Ishida? I've never even heard of him." Hell, he never even heard of the possibility of two students being listed in the first ranking with test scores. This was a first for him witnessing that kind of thing.
"That's Uryū, Uryū Ishida," Yuki informed Ichigo with a slight frown. How come Ichigo didn't know who that was? The male was in their class after all. Did he really not know who that was? Maybe he was just distracted that he wasn't thinking clearly.
Sayuri blinked before she looked at the scores herself. She hadn't even noticed that before. She had only seen Yuki's name because Yuki's score was all she had cared about. "Yuki, isn't that your boyfriend you were talking to the other day? The one with the glasses? You know, the guy that you want to be 'friends' with? Father of your future children?" She was half teasing and half being completely serious. Seeing that Uryū was as smart as Yuki, perhaps the two of them really were meant for each other. Well, actually, Sayuri just really wanted to see Yuki get a boyfriend and this Uryū fellow seemed like the best candidate so far.
Yuki blushed quite a bit as she pouted. "He isn't my boyfriend, Sayu! I thought I told you that already. I just wish to be his friend. He doesn't seem to have many, therefore I wish to become a friend of his and I wanna be nice to him since no one else seems to what to talk to him. Is that such a wrong thing to do?" She started frowning again. To her, it seemed like most people avoided Uryū and she had seen very few of his interactions with other students, but those interactions weren't long and they seemed forced. She was hoping to change that. Maybe if someone were to talk to him very often, whether he liked it or not, maybe he'd grow to be more... Maybe he wouldn't be so rude during conversations if he had an actual friend.
"Of course not," Sayuri sighed, crossing her arms. "But, it does seem like the two of you may be perfect for each other, despite your opposite personalities. I could be wrong, though. Actually, I'm just being hopeful because I want my twin to have a boyfriend, slash future husband." Yuki blushed a bit more and Sayuri grinned, pleased with herself. She had done her job with slightly embarrassing her sibling.
"You two know him?" Ichigo questioned out of curiosity, looking at the twins. Neither twin acknowledged him because the two were in their own little world.
Hana stared at Ichigo questionably, her having acknowledged him once again. "Dude, we all know him. He's in our class." Immediately, Ichigo let out an odd noise as a horrified look appeared on his face and Hana started laughing at him. "Dude, really? You actually forgot who he was? Wow." She should probably be surprised that he forgot someone's name and face but actually, she wasn't surprised at all. He was always hanging out within his own inner circle so it was no shocker that he couldn't recall Uryū.
"Is he seriously in our class?" Ichigo asked Hana as he looked at her again. "Or are you playing a trick on me?" There was no way he could've forgotten someone.
Hana nodded. "Yes, he is. You just migrate to where Keigo, Chad, and Mizuiro are in class that you don't really pay attention to anyone else." She wasn't incorrect about that; Ichigo did tend to just hang out with certain people all the time.
Ichigo gestured at Hana as the horrified expression vanished from his face. "I pay attention to you, don't I? And Yuki." And Rukia. And Sayuri also. Hana mumbled 'true' before she explained that each of them were technically a part of Ichigo's inner circle too, which caused Ichigo to make another face about forgetting someone. Seconds later, Rukia was running down the hallway and she grabbed onto Ichigo's hand, pulling him along with her as she continued running. Even though they didn't need to follow them to help out, since the two didn't need help with Hollows all the time, the twins and Hana followed after the two, sprinting down the hallway with them. Hana quickly caught up with Ichigo and Rukia within seconds, and as they ran down the hallway with Sayuri and Yuki some ways behind them, the three of them ran by Uryū. Ichigo accidentally bumped into Uryū and he mumbled a quick half-assed apology as he continue running with Hana and Rukia.
As Uryū continued walking down the hallway without a word while he fixed his sleeve, Sayuri and Yuki were running towards him. However, while Sayuri ran by Uryū and continued running, Yuki paused her movement when she was a little ways past him and she turned to face him as he continued walking onward towards wherever he was going. She had noticed Ichigo bumping into Uryū, despite how far behind she and Sayuri had been, and she wanted to apology correctly for Ichigo. "I'm really sorry about Ichigo bumping into you without warning. He can be rude sometimes, especially when he is in a hurry." She frowned slightly when she noticed that Uryū made no signs that he was listening and that he was going to continue walking without acknowledging her words if he had even heard her. She tilted her head slightly and she spoke once more (and quickly), hoping that he wasn't too far away to hear her. "It's rather impressive that you ranked first. I did so, too, surprisingly. I am usually a few points behind you." Uryū paused his walking after just hearing her first sentence but he didn't turn to face her, nor did he speak up. Nonetheless, the fact that he finally acknowledged her made Yuki smile. "Maybe we can hang out sometime or be study buddies. I think it would be fun but if you don't want to, that's fine too. It won't make me stop from communicating with you. I shall see you around, Uryū!" Turning on her heel, she sprinted after the others. Unbeknownst to her, Uryū had turned his head to watch her run off before he continued walking down the hallway...
The following chapter will be the remainder of episode 11. See ya then.
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