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The Encounter (Part 2)
"Kurosaki Ichigo, you are not strong enough..."
'T-that voice! It's the one I heard earlier; just before that freakin' hollow attacked my family. It's her! The voice, the way she speaks, I'll never forget it. Except, it feels very clear and real this time...could she be-?' the gaping shinigami darted his amber eyes from left to right, hoping that he might caught the watcher-or-so-called girl. Though, after several seconds of investigating, it was proven to be fruitless. The orange haired then sighed and tried to get up.
"Are you looking for someone?"
"Well, yes," the shinigami replied shortly
"I see..."
There was a short pause before the teenager finally realized something.
'...wait. I think I've heard this voice before...besides, how could she talk to me anyway? I'm in my shinigami form right?'
Confused, the 15 years old teenager turned his body, only to find nothing. He sighed, "So it was just my imagination..."
"What imagination?" inquired a girlish voice, innocently
"Whoaa!" the startled teenager exclaimed as he heard the voice.
Ichigo turned his body once more, abruptly this time, letting the widened amber eyes met the crimson ones. The owner of the crimson eyes was a rather tall girl, likely to be the same age with Ichigo. She had a long light-brown hair with a checkered brown ribbon hair-band put on. She wore a black robe with a yellowish gold cord around the chest area.
"She's...taller than Ruki – wait. Is she floating?" the strawberry (A/N: Ichigo means strawberry in Japanese), once again, gaped in disbelief, couldn't trust what he saw through his amber eyes.
There was a slight change in the girl's expression before she finally spoke, "Yes, you are right. I really am floating..."
After the said, the floating girl landed on the ground, sighed, and began to speak emotionlessly, "...even without floating in the air, I am taller than that Ruki-thing. I am 145 cm tall, you know?"
'D-did she just...read...my mind? What the hell? ...wait. Rukia is about 144, right? That means that she is only 1 cm taller than Rukia...'
A burst of laugh can be heard. The "culprit" was, of course, the rolling-on-the-ground shinigami, while the "victim" was the blushing crimson eyed girl.
"S-shut up! I'm still taller you know!" she exclaimed, trying not to blush any further
The laugh, however, suddenly stopped. The atmosphere became tense as the shinigami asked, "Who...are you? You can read my mind, don't you?"
There was, again, a short pause, longer than the first one, before the long brown haired girl sighed and opened her mouth, "...fine. I will tell you. My name is Ishikawa Hikari, The Watcher. As I told you before, we, The Watcher, are the ones assigned to keep an eye on our "clients". Our job is to prevent the change in history, which means, the "client" may not alter what should have been done, regardless from how unimportant the event is. But-"
"Wait. If I'm not allowed to do something about that man, then this world will..." interrupted the orange haired one. He couldn't finish his words though; a sudden head-ache prevented him to do so.
"...please listen to my explanation first," she sighed, "But for your case, however, I, as your Watcher, was given another task: to assist you, and stop the Aizen-called man from destroying the three worlds," continued the watcher, ignoring the groan let out by the shinigami.
Hikari then scrutinized the shinigami's condition and began another speech, a very short one, "...It looks like you have had some of your memories back."
"Ugh...m-memories? What are you talking about?" Ichigo groaned confusedly, right after the pain perished.
"...I...may not speak beyond this. Besides, it is better for you to take that girl back and treat her wounds.
'Damn! I totally forgot about Rukia...' the male teenager thought, followed by a "till we meet again" and the vanishing of the watcher.
'What the hell is happening here? Damn...'
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"Ichigooo~!" yelled an energetic teenager, which followed by a dodge from the orange haired one, successfully made the energetic one kissed the floor. Another "normal" morning in Karakura High School.
The bell rang, indicated the start of the day's lesson. Every student, including our strawberry, returned to their corresponding seats as their homeroom teacher entered the class.
"Ok class, before we begin our first lesson today, I would like to introduce a new student in this class," the female teacher said, "Please come in, Hikari-chan."
"H-hikari?" the orange haired teenager mumbled, ignoring his classmates' chatters. Once again, his amber eyes widened.
The slide door was opened, revealing a girl, as tall as Rukia, with a long light-brown hair. She walked in anxiously. The female teacher told her to introduce herself. The light-brown haired girl then inhaled, held her breath for barely a second, and introduced herself in a cheerful voice, "My name is Ishikawa Hikari! Hajimemashite~!"
'T-that's her! God dammit, that's her!' realized the teenager. The violet eyed midget, however, didn't; she passed out immediately after the fire pillar thing.
'...wait. Her eyes are crimson right? Then why are they amber coloured now?' the strawberry confused, though, he forgot it a second later, assuming that she wore soflens.
"Now, Hikari-chan, your seat is over there, beside the orange haired one. Don't worry, despite his hair colour, he is a good person," said the teacher
The female teenager walked towards her seat, beside the strawberry, and greeted her new neighbor.
"Ohayo, Ichigo-kun..." greeted the light brown haired girl
"O-ohayo..." replied the orange haired one.
Translation
Hajimemashite: Nice/pleased to meet you
Ohayo: Good morning
Another boring chapter I must say...xD
But I promise that the next chapter will be much, much interesting
And sorry for both the OOC-ness and the mistakes I made in this chapter
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