I thought I would get this up so I don't have to deal with it later. Hope you enjoy. ^w^
Ch. 3
~ Sakura's P.O.V ~
As I woke up this morning i couldn't stop thinking about what happened yesterday. What exactly happened? I can't be going crazy, can I? No! There has to be an explanation behind it all. I got out of bed and got in the shower. After my shower I got dressed in my school uniform and grabbed my bag. I guess I'll either confront Ichigo or by chance he might confront me. I hope its the second choice.
As I was walking to school and I started thinking about what happened a week ago with those teenage boys and how I almost killed one. Without me even noticing I was at the school gates. I pushed that memory to the back of my mind and went straight to class. When I entered the classroom I saw Ichigo and his friends talking. It looked like Ichigo was deep in thought. Probably about what happened yesterday. I went to my seat and when I sat down Ichigo looked over at me. He was about to say something when the teacher came in.
"Alright class take your seats."
Everyone did as told and Ichigo turned around and mouthed the words, "We need to talk." I shook my head yes and he turned around. Before I knew it lunch came and Ichigo took me to a secluded area behind the school.
"You saw everything that happened yesterday, right?" he asked.
"I did," I said.
He let out a breath and ran his hand through his hair. It looked like he was deep in thought. After a minute or two he looked at me with a serious face.
"Have you ever seen anything like that before?" he asked.
"Not that I know of, why," I said.
"Since you were able to see what happened that means you have high spiritual pressure," he said.
"What spiritual pressure?" I asked.
"Spiritual Pressure is the physical force or pressure that a person's Spiritual Power creates when released," he explained.
"Ok," I said.
"Did you feel like you were being crushed by air at some point?" he asked.
"Ya, right before I saw you fighting that thing," I said.
"That was a hollow," He said, "Hollows are monsters that eat human souls."
That's horrible! Threw the next couple of minutes Ichigo told me everything there is to know about hollows and soul reapers and what he and his friends do. They're like secret super hero's protecting everyone. After his explanation we went back to the classroom and he introduced me to his friends. Even though I am uncomfortable being around all these people it was kind of nice. They started asking me questions about myself.
"Why are you being so nice to me?" I asked.
"Why wouldn't we be," Orihime said.
"Because of my hair color," I said.
"Who cares about hair color," Tatsuki said, "Have you seen Ichigo's hair color."
"Hey!" Ichigo shouted and everyone started laughing.
"Sakura," Orihime said and looked at me, "Your hair is beautiful."
My eyes widened and I blushed for the first time since my parents died. No one but my parents have said that about my hair. I started crying and everyone stopped laughing and looked at me.
"Are you ok Sakura?" Orihime asked.
"Yeah," I said while wiping my eyes, "Its just that no one has said that to me but my parents."
Then out of nowhere Orihime hugged me and she started crying too. Why would she be crying? She let me go and looked straight into my eyes.
"We're best friends now, you hear," she said.
"Really…" was all I could say.
"Of course," she said but then frowned, "Do you not want to be friends?"
"No, its not that its just… I've never had any friends before," I said.
"Why not," Rukia asked.
"I got picked on a lot because of my hair color and no one wanted to be my friend," I explained.
"Is that why you said you wanted to be alone yesterday," Ichigo asked.
"Yes," I said, "Over the years I've just preferred to be alone. You could say its more of a habit."
"I know, why don't we all hang out after school and show Sakura around!" Orihime said with excitement.
"That would be awesome but I have practice after school," Tatsuki said, "Why don't you do it without me."
"Same here," Mizuiro said.
"Me too," Keigo whined.
"Alright, its settled," Orihime said.
Later through the day school ending and Orihime dragged me out the front gates of the school. We went sight seeing and shopping, well not me but Orihime. It was now five p.m and we were walking through the park when I saw them. Some of the students from my other school that would always pick on me. I stopped and said, "I'm sorry but I need to leave."
"Why?" Orihime asked.
Before the others could say anything I started running back the way we came. Hopefully they didn't see me.
~ Ichigo's P.O.V ~
What was all that about? While we just stood there this group of guys walked passed us and I could hear them say, "Hey, did you see her?" "Ya, its that freak with the ugly hair." "We should teach her a lesson for what she did last week." Who could they be talking about?
"Hey Ichigo," Rukia yelled.
"What," I yelled back.
"You coming or what," she said.
"I'm comen," I said and looked back to where that group was but they disappeared.
~ Sakura's P.O.V ~
I had to stop running so I could catch my breath. What the hell are they doing here! As I was catching my breath I heard footsteps behind me. I immediately turned around and my eye's widened.
"Well look what the cat dragged in, it's the ugly devil herself."
"What do you want," I hissed.
"We want payback for what you did."
"Why don't you leave me the hell alone," I said.
"No can do, we want revenge and we're gonna get it one way or another."
They started advancing on me and I kept taking steps back. I need to get out of here. I decided to start running but before I knew they grabbed my hair and pulled me back.
"Where the hell do you think you're getting bitch!"
"Anywhere but here," I said, "I can't stand your stench."
One of them punched me in the face and I fell down. I looked up to see them pissed and they started beating me. I would fight back but I don't want what happened last time to happen again. If it does I'll have to leave again. I just made friends and I don't want to lose them. After what seem like an eternity they stopped beating me and left. I picked myself up and started walking home where I bandaged myself up and went straight to sleep.
