Chapter Four

There he sat

There he sat. Or better yet, there he stood. With four other people in front of him. Abarai-fuutaichou was there arguing with an orange-haired hothead. Ikkaku just stood there having a dispute with Rangiku-san, and Hitsugaya-taichou was glaring at the incompetence and normality of the humans. So he stood there, just watching everything unfold before his eyes. From the hallway, he could hear laughter, but he tried to ignore. It sounded so serene and so happy, yet so familiar at the same time. Again, he tried to ignore it the best he could. But then the laughter became louder, and the footsteps were coming closer. For a moment, he turned his head as if he didn't care. And two people stepped in.

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"And then he was like 'whoa'. And I was like 'WHOA'! And then the police came."

"Please…" Kusori asked, the doubt slipping through her voice "Please tell me you guys booked it. You did book it, right?"

"Of course we did!" Keigo shouted, "It would…"

Whatever he said after that, Kusori didn't hear. She looked ahead, and saw five people standing outside their classroom. A shortie, a baldie, a girl with huge boobs, Abarai-fuutachou and…feather dude?

At that moment, she froze. She had rarely seen him since that one incident concerning her 'punishment'. But she wondered what they were all doing here…

"Kusori-chan? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost."

She gasped, and combed her fingers through her hair.

"Do I?! Oh no, this isn't good…"

"Isn't good? What's not good?"

"Nothing!" She peeped. He stared at her incredulously, wanting a better explanation, but she just shook her head and refused to tell him anymore.

"Nothing, but does my hair look okay?"

"Does my hair…" He mimicked, "Who are you, and what have you done with Kurosaki Kusori!"

"I did NOTHING with myself, okay!?" She yelled, but after she cooled off, she began to ask again, "Now are you sure I look decent?"

"OH NO!" Keigo screamed in terror, "She's become a prep! SAVE US FROM THE WORLD!"

Kusori stared at him, as he frantically ran through the hallways to get away from her. She had to admit, the silence was relaxing. Damn, I don't have a mirror, she thought.

"Oh well, I have to at least be decent enough." And she walked behind her friend. As soon as she was a few feet away from the classroom, she heard Keigo shout 'Who's creating all this tension without me!?'. At that, she laughed. Well today's gonna be a fun day, I think.

"Who the Hell are you?!" That shout came from inside the classroom. She could have sworn it sounded like Ikkaku. Something must have provoked his anger. She walked to the door, and stood there for a few minutes, looking around at the students scared shitless, and Ichigo lying limp in Abarai-fuutachou's arms. As she gazed at Ikkaku, she saw Big Boobs petting his head.

"I told you to stop doing that, badly."

Ikkaku glared at her, and ranted on about something, but Kusori wasn't paying attention to them. She was looking by the window. That's where she saw her senpai. He was leaning against the window, looking rather bored, and if she was mistaken, it looked as if he were concentrating on something. She wanted to go find out, and to greet him, so she took steps past Ikkaku and Matsumoto, and walked to the other side of the room. He wasn't paying attention, so she decided to sneak up on him. Taking every stealthy step necessary, until it happened. While making her way sneakily to her target, her shoelace slid underneath a desk, and got caught. She tripped, and fell to her face with a CRASH-BOOM-BANG. Being taken out of his trance, he opened his eyes, and stared in front of him. A few desks away, he saw a girl, with auburn hair, lying dazed on the ground. In that uniform, he recognized her immediately. He ran from the window, and down to her side.

"Kusori-chan! Are you okay?" He sat her up, and she was still in a state of bafflement. Not knowing what to do, he shook her. But shaking her made him remember 'pleasant' memories, so he let go. She threw her head from side to side, and opened her eyes.

"Yumichika-san! I missed you!" She jumped and hugged him.

A small blush crept its way to the shinigami's cheekbones. Stuttering, he lightly pushed her off of him, hands still lingering on her thin shoulders. But her need to glomp her superior was far greater than his own. Thus, it flustered him even more.

"K-K-K-Kusori-chan?!"

He heard her mumbling something, and since he had given up on keeping her away she was allowed to embrace him. Smiling into his chest. This ensued that his smile softened and blush intensified. Immediately, he realized what led to these events and silently waited for her attention. Soon enough, she gave it and looked at to him with a content smile.

"You…didn't answer my question, you know."

She cocked her head to the side in bafflement. He chuckled, and repeated himself,

"I asked if you were okay before, so ar-."

"Hunh? Oh yes, yes I'm fine!" She stammered out quickly, with faint rosy cheeks.

They just sat there in silence. Every other person from the Seretei in that room was preoccupied at the moment. Matsumoto and Ikkaku were still fighting, Renji was laughed a soft maniacal laugh to Ikkaku. Rukia, who suddenly appeared while he was helping his pupil, took Ichigo. And Hitsugaya was being…Hitsugaya. Nothing was different from a few moments before.

"….Ne… Senpai?" She asked coyly. He turned to her. She wore a blank face, though the cute colour remained in it.

"Were you worried about me?"

He took a while to respond, but he ended up nodding his head silently.

"Well then," Her face flushed a little bit more. Yumichika gazed at her from where he sat on the floor. It seemed as though sparkles and confetti and stars and flowers gathered behind her as she made her epically shoujo-manga girl admiration scene. But still being a man (who would have thought, eh?) he fell prey to her innocence.

"Thank you! "

Without a further thought, he could not contain himself. The narcissistic man, who found joy in finding beauty in the objects around him, found a glimpse of beauty in this unkempt diamond. He pulled her back into his arms and stroked his head on hers affectionately, and squealed very loudly

"SO CUTE!! "

Without delay, or thought, she became flustered and began to stutter due to him. But he only responded with the same answer each time.

"Y-Y-Yumichika-san!?"

"SO CUTE!! "

"Yumichika-san!"

"SO CUTE!! "

"…Senpai…?"

"SO CUTE!! "

That was it, she thought, he's stuck in a loop mode. How to get him out? Shock him…but how… An idea popped into her head, it was cruel, but it would pay off in the long run.

"My name is Ayasegawa Yumichika, and I believe that Madarame Ikkaku is…" She waited for his response,

"SO CUTE!! "

She smirked at his unawareness, and her eyes became pools of watered down sadism. Realizing his blunder, he looked to Kusori with fear in his eyes. He tried to explain to her, and she cocked her eyebrow at him, still purchasing that arrogant smirk.

"It's not what you think it is, Kusori-chan!"

"SUUUURE it is! You just keep telling yourself that, Yumi-kun." She flicked his nose, and snickered at him sweetly. He tried to keep his feelings from being revealed, but it was to no avail.

"…Shut up."

He had to admit though; he did enjoy a lot of the things she did to him. The glomping, the sweet voice and smile she reserved just for him. Her soft and oddly warm touch. And also, the new nickname that he had received from her. Today, he was happy.

Wow! Haven't updated this one in a while...Sorry, I kinda went on a Bleach hiatus and I don't EVEN KNOW WHY! Like oh my God, I am on episode 160 right now, and manga chapter 317 XD I am soo happy... Near the end of March, I celebrated Don Kanoji's birthday with three, perhaps four of my friends. Since none of us had money, we adopted his signature "BWAHAHAHA" as our personal greeting for the day. And then on April 1st, we celebrated Hanatarou's birthday. We had fun. OOooooh! But ya, who's birthday is up next? I don't know, oh well. And then all of my friends are sporting fine gotei captain nicknames. Laura is Captain Grumpypants (Hitsugaya) Natalie is Captain BETTERTHANU (Byakuya) Rachel is Captain NINJABITCH (Soi Fong) and I am the amazing Captain Turberculosis (Ukitake) We still have to find one for Alyssa, but we are assuming that she will be Captain Mom (Unohana). But ya that's about it for me, I apologise for my not watching Bleach, and I will continue to watch it! Well please PLEASE review, and have fun! Remember the trick to life is not to get too attached to it! JA MATA!!