A/N: First of all, thank you so so so so much for those who reviewed the last chapter. It really is very encouraging. Replies to reviewers are at the end of this chapter.
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Disclaimer: Bleach is Kubo's work.
Chapter 2 – Making friends
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Lesson soon finished and it was lunch time. Words soon spread around the school during break time that a very pretty girl had just recently transferred to the school and that she's in class 1-3. She also gets to sit beside the coolest guy in the school. Almost every guy in the school wanted to check her out in the class to get a glimpse of this new girl. The girls were jealous that Rukia is getting all the attention from the guys and occasionally shot Rukia death glares.
Rukia however, did not like all this attention. She ignored them, idiotic guys, don't they have anything better to do? What is with the girls in the school? She hated the attention, she never knew this would happen and they were gawking as if she was like an animal in the zoo that people look at. Nevertheless, she kept her cool about it and took out her bento that Hinamori made for her.
"Hello Kuchiki san! I'm Inoue Orihime and this is Arisawa Tatsuki. Nice to meet you!" A girl with a chirpy voice said.
Rukia was in the middle of opening her lunch box when she heard someone introducing herself. She looked up to see a pretty girl with big assets and a girl with jet black hair beside her.
"Oh hello, nice to meet you all." Rukia replied with a smile.
"Say, would you like to come and join us? It would be very lovely if you do."
"Ah..sure."
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"Neh, Ichigo Why don't you go make friends with Kuchiki san and bring her up here to eat with us? Yamamoto sensei also said you were to show her around the school and you're popular with the girls." Keigo whined.
"Shut up Keigo, it's annoying and besides, you could be friends with her yourself." Ichigo retorted.
"She already politely declined me when I asked her to eat with us just now. Oh Ichigo you got the highest possibility. You're the coolest in the school! Oh please please Ichigo" Keigo said with puppy eyes and trying to hug Ichigo to bug him.
"Ugh! Get off me." Ichigo said, pushing Keigo away.
"Please Ichigoooo"
"It wouldn't be a bad idea to ask Rukia to eat with us." Sado said.
"Yeah Kurosaki, it would be interesting." Ishida added, pushing up his glasses.
"Chad! Ishida! Not you guys too! Argh, alright alright, I'll try and ask her but no promises! Now get off me." Ichigo said, finally pushing Keigo off.
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Rukia followed the two girls downstairs to the tree outside the school building where the class girls usually hang out. (well, only a close few)
"Hey everyone! I asked Kuchiki san to eat with us since she didn't have anyone to eat with." Orihime smiled happily.
"Nice to meet you all." Rukia said.
Everyone stopped talking and welcomed Rukia.
"Ah, welcome Kuchiki san! I'm Isane."
"Hello Kuchiki, my name is Michiro." Said a girl with chestnut brown hair.
"My my my." Chizuru said laughing sinisterly. "I'll make Kuchiki mine tonight."
"In your dreams." Tatsuki said, punching Chizuru in the stomach.
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Lunch break soon finished and it was back to classes. Ichigo made his way to the class after lunch and sat at his usual seat. He looked over to Rukia's desk to find her not there. He thought about how to approach her. It wouldn't be good to approach her in during school time; rumours will spread, it's better to talk to her after school. Ichigo thought.
Rukia just came in with Chizuru, Nanao, Isane, Inoue and Tatsuki. He wondered what Rukia was doing with them but decided not to think further into it wasn't his business. Not like he cared anyway.
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School was over quickly and everyone quickly packed and went home. Rukia gathered her books slowly and neatly, she took her time as she didn't have to catch any bus. She thought it was a good day though there were idiots in the school but every school has some idiots so she wasn't really going to care about it. By the time she was done, the school was almost deserted except for a few students.
"Hey, you dropped this book."
"Ah thank you." Rukia said and looked up to the person. "Kurosaki." She added.
"Call me Ichigo."
"Then you can call me Rukia. Well, I'll see you tomorrow." Rukia said as she carried her bag and started walking out of the classroom.
"Hey, wait!" Ichigo called after her.
He saw Rukia was walking away and he knew that it's the only chance to talk to her and he didn't want Keigo to keep bothering him. Ichigo did not know what to do or say, he wasn't interested in these kind of things or ever done it before. The girls come to him but he wasn't interested in them anyway.
"What?" Rukia said turning around.
"Have you seen the school yet? I mean, do you know where the classes and all that? Yamamoto sensei asked me to show you around the school." He said scratching the back of his head. He really didn't know what to say.
"Well, I could really do with some showing around the school, Inoue showed me around a little just now."
"That's settled then, I'll meet you after school."
"Sure."
They walked together to the school gate, talking about English and Rukia asked questions about it as she didn't really understand. They soon reached the gate and with a last wave to each other, they went their separate ways. Ichigo went right and Rukia got into the car and drove off to the left.
"How was school Rukia chan?" Jose asked.
"Not so bad, though there were idiotic guys and girls." Rukia said, sighing and tired after the whole day of school.
"It's expected. Might I ask Rukia chan, who was that guy?"
"You mean Ichigo? He's just a classmate, he was instructed to show me around the school."
"He doesn't look bad, though he got the delinquent looks and look like a badass." Jose added.
"You think so Jose?" She asked.
"Definately."
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She soon reached Byakuya mansion and went into her own room to put down her bag and take out her homework to be done by tomorrow. She then bathe and went down to the kitchen.
"Hinamori, is nii sama back?" She asked.
"No, he's going to be back very late. Anyway how's school? Made new friends?" Hinamori asked.
"She must have attracted guys with her very attractive features." Matsumoto Rangiku, the other maid and another woman with big assents added.
"It was fine, there were some annoying guys and girls. I made a few friends." Rukia replied.
"Don't worry Rukia, it's part of highschool." Matsumoto said, smiling.
"I guess so, I got to go write a note for nii sama and do my homework, call me when dinner is ready." Rukia said and walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs to Byakuya's room.
"It seem interesting, Jose told me that Rukia was walking with a guy to the school gate just now." Matsumoto said.
"Really? That's great for Kuchiki san then." Hinamori said, smiling and happy that Rukia is adapting well to highschool life.
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She walked back to the room after writing a note about school and placed it on Byakuya's desk. She thought about the school and the people in it. Though she thinks the some guys and girls were annoying, it wasn't all too bad. She thought the girls she had lunch with were nice and Ichigo wasn't bad. He isn't like other guys in the school.
It was the first time in 2 years that she made some new friends which she never made after she cut off her contact with the friends she had in the orphanage as the orphanage moved to another town and she never found the number or where it was. She also heard that her childhood friend Abarai Renji had already moved out of the orphanage, she wonders if he was adopted. Thinking about Renji reminded her of a note she gave her before she went away. She opened her drawer to find the crumpled not and read it:
I will find you, do not forget me
Renji
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