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~Marlode~

Searching for Wishes

Chapter Three

Ichigo's Point of View

Ichigo and Renji stepped into the classroom, and upon spotting the teacher of their class Ichigo backpedaled and rammed into Renji.

"Ack!" yelped Renji, "What's up with you?"

"Kurosaki Ichigo, please sit in the front of the class." Ordered an icy voice whose owner sent Ichigo a warning glance.

"B- Bya-" Ichigo stuttered.

Byakuya flicked his head towards the class, who had filed into the room and sat down at their desks.

"You will all refer to me as 'Kuchiki Sensei'," he commanded.

Ichigo's surprised look morphed into a scowl as he grudgingly took a seat at the front of the class to the far left, away from Byakuya's desk. Leave it to Byakuya to pop out of nowhere and make his life a living hell. But why was he here— "Renji Abarai, please sit in front of my teacher's desk, at the front of the row."

Oh Crap. He was here for Renji, but to do what with him? To take him back to Soul Society, or to kill him? That seemed to be the resort to everything the Soul Society does, he though grimly. If it doesn't make sense, they bash it till it dies.

Byakuya's Point of View

That impudent fool Kurosaki, was he going to attempt to hide Abarai from Seretei? No, that is giving him too much credit; the thought of keeping Renji from the Soul Society probably never crossed his mind. His brain would not be able to think out a plan to hide Abarai from us, he is too simple minded.

My thoughts on what an idiot that orange haired boy was faded as Renji took his seat in front of me. In reality, I wanted to pull him out of his seat, grasp him by his shoulders, and—what did I want to do? Shaking my head, I began walking past the front of the rows, handing out books for the lesson today. When I reached Renji's row, I halted for a moment and said, "Meet me after class." He raised an eyebrow at me, and nodded. And then my mouth slipped, "You do not have any tattoos on your eyebrows?" The class was looking at me in a peculiar manner, as was Abarai.

"Uhm, no sir. But that would be cool I guess?" he said in a slightly confused tone.

Then my words betrayed me again, stating "Do not get them, they would look foolish on you." I proceeded to stiffly walked towards the other desk with the books in hand.

"Okay then," I heard him mutter "just because you asked me…"

I continued to pass out books, wondering if he was being sarcastic or if my opinion actually mattered to him. Not that I cared, besides, he does not even remember me. But it was nice to see him again, and note that he still looks the same, minus the disappearance of the forehead tattoos.

Renji's Point of View

Wow, that guy sure is pretty, in a really good way. I bet he has girls throwing themselves at him all the time; I can see the ladies in here swooning right now. He doesn't seem to notice though, and why would he tell me I shouldn't get forehead tattoos? They're cool! But if someone as porcelain and refined looking as that thinks that getting them would be a bad idea, then maybe I should follow his advice.

Wait a sec, why am I thinking of him as 'porcelain and refined'? That's not manly. And I am manly! And masculine, just like Ichigo! Who is very nice looking, I wonder if they think I look good? But Kuchiki is my teacher! And Ichigo is my best friend! And they're both guys… huh. But that girl Rukia, she's beautiful. But of course I need to get to know her more, stupid amnesia.

Ichigo's Point of View

Renji is so ogling Byakuya. What the heck? And the sick part was that Byakuya was so ogling him! Byakuya needs to stay away from what isn't his. I mean, Renji's mine.

Hold up Hold up, that sounds so wrong, what I meant is that he's my friend, not Byakuya's, yeah that's totally it! I pushed my head into my hands, what's going on with me?

After School has Been Let Out

After all the students left the class, Renji asked "Kuchiki Sensei, what's going on?"

"Well Renji, I just wanted you to know that, if you need anything, I'm here for you." Byakuya paled right after he said that, his voice had betrayed him again! He did not want to sound that sentimental or fluffy!

"Ahh okay?" Renji replied, giving Byakuya the 'What-the-hell-are-you-saying?' look.

Byakuya simply stood in place, still mortified by the fluffiness that had come out of his mouth.

"Well," Renji awkwardly waved to Byakuya as he turned around, "I guess I'll be going then, Bye Kuchiki Sensei."

Byakuya finally snapped out of his stupor and reached out to stop Renji, he had to fix his image! He was proper and serious, not fluffy! Yet as he reached towards Abarai, Byakuya's quick reflexes took a plummet as he happened to slip on a pencil that had been dropped by accident by none other than Ichigo Kurosaki. So as Renji turned around to see why Byakuya had made a strangled sound, he was tackled by the falling Kuchiki and slammed up against the window on the door.

A Few Minutes Before Byakuya Falls

Little did the two men inside the classroom know that Chizuru and Ichigo were still waiting outside the door of the room. Ichigo waited because he told himself he wanted to make sure Byakuya would not hurt Renji, or do anything else to him—not that he knew what else that would be. And Chizuru was convinced that Byakuya and Renji were in love with each other, just like when Ichigo tackled Renji to the floor that one time.

"Oh, forbidden love!" she sighed aloud.

"What are you talking about?" questioned Ichigo. Renji and Byakuya didn't have anything going on!

"Oh Ichigo, you used to be in love with Renji, right? Do you feel left out that he has moved to Kuchiki Sensei? Ah what a scandal!" Exclaimed Chizuru.

"THERE IS NO SCANDAL!" Ichigo hissed vehemently.

And then they heard a loud 'thump' against the door.

"See?" squealed Chizuru.

Oh lord, thought Ichigo as his mind blanched when he saw Renji's head smash against the door.

Back in the Classroom

Byakuya and Renji were both breathing hard for different reasons; Byakuya because he was trying to regain his composure, and Renji because he'd just been slammed into a door. But to the ears outside, it sounded perfectly wrong. So wrong in fact, that Ichigo became very uncomfortable and chose to swing open the door, causing Renji to fall backwards with Byakuya on top of him, which still looked wrong.

Ichigo lunged down and flipped an indignant Byakuya off of Renji, who shouted in pain when the Kuchiki's foot accidentally racked him as the 'sensei' attempted to get off of the younger male.

"Ichigo, why did you do that?" scolded Chizuru with a frown on her face. "They were—"

"Nobody wants to hear your perverted thoughts!" screamed Ichigo as he hauled the cringing Renji to his feet. Ichigo then encircled his arm around Renji's chest and proceeded to haul him out of the school and to his house, where Rukia awaited the two males impatiently.

Back to Where Byakuya and Chizuru Are

Well at least Renji knows it was an accident, but Ichigo and this girl don't, thought Byakuya as he stared at Chizuru. "Go home child," he told her coldly.

She smiles brightly at Byakuya, and promptly says, "You need to embrace your loving side Kuchiki Sensei!"

Byakuya feels himself becoming faint, thinking 'That must have looked really bad."

"I assure you, that there is nothing to 'embrace', and that what you just witnessed was an accident." He retorted.

Chizuru then waggles her eyebrows, saying "I'll see you tomorrow Kuchiki Sensei, hopefully with Renji!" and then she sprinted off.

After the strange girl had left, Byakuya went into the classroom, closed the door, picked up the pencil that he had slipped on, and began to viciously snap the offending rod of wood into pieces.

Ichigo's Point of View

Five minutes had passed since I had been dragging Renji to my house, even though his place was right beside mine. And he was telling me to let him go. But I didn't want to, I liked carrying him around, even though he was heavy from all that freaking muscle that gu—irls! Totally adored. Yeah. Girls love that sort of thing. Guys just respect other guys for it. Guys just like me, who look up to guys like Renji, because of all of their muscle, even if I could definitely whoop his ass in a fight.

"Ichigo, PUT ME DOWN!"

Finally, I obliged, and threw him on the ground.

Renji groaned as he sat up from the sidewalk, and at that moment I felt something go wrong. The air wasn't right, the feeling of this area was off. I looked around, was it a Hollow? But this felt different than some ordinary Hollow, and then they appeared right behind me.

I'm pretty bad at sensing reiatsu, but even I could tell that these things were big daddies. With Renji here, I was more liable to get hurt protecting him, or not fast enough to be able to shield him from the Hollows. And I would also need to transform in front of Renji; but he was bound to find out anyway, and by the shocked look in his eyes, I could tell he could see the monsters behind me.

"I- Ichigo!" he pointed.

I popped a pill into my mouth, and a Sub Soul took over my body. Renji looked baffled as he saw two of me, and I said "Don't worry Renji, I'll protect you." And with a smirk I flew at the creature, yelling

"GETSUGA TENSHOU!"

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~Marlode~