Thanks for the reviews ^^
Well, there were several reviewers who asked me to make a longer chapter.
So, here it is (not that long though. xD)
Disclaimer: I do want to own Bleach, but unfortunately, I don't. Tite Kubo does.
Enjoy~
The "Confession" and The Anticipation
"...use the moment formula here and the problem is solved," explain the male teacher. It was the second period of the day, physic. Our protagonist, though, didn't pay attention to the teacher; his amber eyes did, but his mind didn't. It was filled with the light-brown haired girl sat next to him.
'What the hell is she thinking? I know that she is a...watcher-or-so-called thing and it's her job to observe me, but she needn't go this far right? I mean, I won't do anything suspicious at school. Just what is her brain made of?' the orange haired teenager grumbled, not for the first time of course: he'd been doing this since the girl sat next to him. Sighed, he then turned his head towards the now-amber-eyed girl. Again, their eyes male one, however, froze in terror.
'Damn! I totally forgot about her mind-reading ability. God, I'm freaking doomed...' thought the poor teenager.
Nevertheless, the female one didn't show any sign of anger. Instead, she blushed and asked, timidly, "uhmm...is there something on my face?"
Snapped back at reality, the strawberry frantically replied, "U-uh. N-no, nothing. Sorry..." and quickly turned his head away.
'Why was he apologizing?' the 145 cm girl thought, raised her left eyebrow.
"Looks like that it's not my destiny to die today...haha..." mumbled the relieved teenager, half laughing. Ichigo, however, couldn't get the presence next to him out of his mind and decided to ask her directly. He then ripped a small piece of paper from his notebook and began writing something. Finished, he "folded" the paper and threw it towards the girl, quickly turned his head away, again. The thrown paper successfully hit the new student's head. In response, she looked at Ichigo in confusion, furtively took the piece of paper, and began reading it.
"Meet me at the rooftop during the break"
"N-no way..." the Hikari-called teenager, unexpectedly, blushed.
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Another bell rung, indicating the end of the fourth period. Every student busied with their own business: most of them went to the cafeteria, when the rest had their lunch in the classroom. A black haired female teenager, however, headed towards the new student.
"Hi, my name is Arisawa Tatsuki. Nice to meet you," she said cheerfully.
"N-nice to meet you too," replied the light-brown haired one.
"Say, do you want to have a lunch with us?" inquired the black one as she pointed her best friend: the burnt-orange haired one.
"I would like to, but Kurosaki-kun had already waited for me at the rooftop..." replied Hikari as she, once more, unreasonably blushed.
"I-I see...good luck then."
"Gomen," the light-brown haired one said as she ran towards the rooftop.
"Geez, that Ichigo. What is he thinking? I mean, yes, Hikari-chan is a cute girl and she doesn't look like a bad person, but still, they haven't even known each other for 12 hours and yet – geez," gumbled the black haired one.
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The blue painted door opened, revealing the 145 cm girl panted lightly. "Sorry to keep you waiting" was the first one came out from her mouth.
"It's okay..." replied the strawberry.
"Uhm...so...what do you want to talk with me?" inquired the girl, shyly.
"Well...that's..." there was a short pause before Ichigo continued his words," I...want you to know that I can't get you out of my mind ever since this morning..."
The orange haired teenager successfully made the new student blushed.
"...I...want to ask you something," he continued with a serious tone.
'W-what should I do?' thought the girl as her heart pounded faster.
There was another short pause, longer though, before the male teenager said another word, "...what the hell is your intention, going to the same school as mine?"
"...huh?" mumbled the girl, blushed heavily from embarrassment.
"I won't do suspicious things at school, you know? You don't have to keep an eye on me for 24 hours; I'm no child anymore," resumed the orange haired one.
"S-shut up! Stop laughing already..." the girl mumbled, still blushed.
"Huh? What're you talking 'bout?" inquired the taller one, confused.
"Ah...s-sorry!" replied the light-brown haired one with both of her amber eyes closed. However, once she opened her eyes, they turned into the crimson ones. The amber eyes widened.
"W-what the hell?"
"Are you surprised? Well, it is not an unusual reaction though..." the girl responded.
'What happened? Not only her eyes' color, but the air around her seems to change too; it's much more serious than before. She's like a whole different person,' the shocked teenager thought.
"Well, actually, we are still the same person: only our personality changed."
Once again, the other teenager gaped in disbelief, 'She can read my mind?'
"Yes, I have told you before right, Kurosaki Ichigo?" she replied casually.
"You're kidding right? There's no way that a human can read the other's mind. Besides, what do you mean by changing personality? I don't get it at all...who are you?" said the orange haired teenager, half shouting.
"Calm down will you?" she replied, "First, it's true that no normal humans can read the other's mind. Unfortunately, I am not those normal human you were talking about."
"N-no way..."
"...actually, there are two personalities in this body: the new student Hikari and me. Normally, I only showed up only in battles, but because of an unbearable...embarrassment, she forced me out," explained the girl.
"Uh...embarrassment?" inquired the confused teenager
"Well, you can ask her later. Now, about our enrollment in this school. It is true that we have another intention aside from studying: to protect you."
"P-protect me?" protested the teenager angrily
"Yes, to protect you. We cannot let you die. At least, you must obtain your powers back: your bankai and hollow mask."
"My powers back? What do you mean?" asked the orange haired one.
The crimson eyed girl sighed, "...the time had been reversed. The user, however, will lose everything: his memory, powers, everything."
"What? Who do you think can do such thing? It's not even possible," said Ichigo in a sarcasm tone.
"Well, in fact, you had reversed the time."
"M-me? Im – "
Just before the strawberry finished his words, the bell rung. The crimson eyed girl decided to go back to the class, leaving the orange haired teenager lost in his thought.
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Honto wa ne
Kamatte hoshikute isiketa furi wo shiteiru
Dake nandayo
Kodomo mitai de –
-Click-
The orange haired teenager turned off his CD player, took off the earphones, put them on the desk near his bed, and threw his worn out body to the bed. It was night already. Ichigo, however, skipped his dinner and went to his room directly.
"Reversed the time she said? Huh, what a bad joke..." grumbled the teenager, sighing.
"..."
"I...reversed the time?" he mumbled. The air became silent as the orange haired teenager lost in his thought about the earlier conversation. A sudden voice, however, brake the silent.
"Onii-saan, you have a guest," exclaimed his mother-like little sister, Yuzu.
Nevertheless, the teenager stood still for several seconds before he finally made a move: lifted his body and got off from his blue sheeted bed.
"...who's it?" he replied.
"Uh...I haven't seen her before..." said the voice in front of his door.
'A her? Is it Tatsuki? But Yuzu said that she had never seen her before...' thought the teenager. He sighed and headed towards the front door, though, as soon as he saw the guest, he stopped moving, shocked in disbelief.
"Y-you..." mumbled the strawberry.
"Ano...s-sorry to bother you...I want to talk about something," the amber eyed girl said.
"...come in," said the teenager as he led the girl towards his room. There was a brief pause as they entered the room with the girl observing her surroundings: Ichigo's room before the strawberry brake the silent.
"W-what's wrong?" asked the orange haired one.
"N-nothing...it's just..."
"Just?"
"I-it's my first time entering a boy's room..." replied the light-brown haired one.
"It's no big deal, yanno? So, what do you want to talk with me?" inquired the substitute shinigami. The girl inhaled before then closed her eyes and opened them again as she exhaled. Once again, her eyes' colour changed.
"Have you read the message on your desk?" inquired the now-crimson-eyed girl.
"Huh? What message?" inquired the confused teenager.
"The message Rukia left for you..." she replied, briefly. Ichigo then took a look at his desk. Noticing a strange piece of paper, he quickly took it. His amber eyes widened as he know that it really was from Rukia.
"H-how do you – "
"Just read it," interrupted the girl. Ichigo, however, did what she said immediately. He froze in disbelief. A drop of perspiration slide down slowly from his left temple.
"Today is the day when Rukia was forced to go back to the Soul Society," said the girl.
"F-forced?"
"...yes."
"But why?" inquired the orange haired one.
"Because of the Hougyoku," she briefly answered
"H-hougyoku?"
"Yes. It is the most important thing in Aizen's plan. Without the presence of the hougyoku, his plans can't be realized," explained the midget.
"So...where's this hougyoku thing?" Ichigo asked.
"...it is in Rukia's soul."
"I see – what? Inside her soul?" he responded, shocked.
"Yes. The Hougyoku fused with her soul and the main purpose of capturing Rukia is actually to separate the Hougyoku from her spiritual body. This is where it all start," she continued her explanation, "So, perhaps, by stopping the confine of the ex-shinigami, we can ruin Aizen's plan..."
The substitute shinigami stood abruptly, "I don't really understand what you've been saying, but you said that by saving Rukia, we can save the world right? Then what're you waitin' for?"
The crimson eyed female stood up and lifted her right hand so that she could reach Ichigo's face. As the orange haired teenager spaced out, Hikari touched his forehead with her index finger, knocked his spiritual body out of his physical one.
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"Are you sure that this is the place?" inquired the shinigami.
"Indeed," replied the girl on his back.
Not so long, vague images of three human beings could be seen. They were about to enter an out-of-nowhere slide door. Ichigo then landed behind them. The three beings were actually Rukia and two men, dressed in shinigami uniforms. One, however, was wearing a white haori with number six imprinted on it and a scarf. He was a man with slate gray eyes and a long black hair kept up in intricate white headpieces. The other man was a crimson haired guy wearing glasses, taller than the first one. There was an insignia with number 6 carved on it tied on his right arm.
"Release Rukia," said the substitute shinigami, much more like a command though.
"If I don't?" inquired the black haired one, calmly.
Ichigo suddenly dashed towards the black haired shinigami, unsheathed his giant zanpakuto, and swung it vertically. However, before his zanpakuto reached its destination, another zanpakuto had blocked the attack. It was the other shinigami. Feeling threatened, the orange haired one jumped back, successfully dodged the attack.
"Heh! Who d'ya think you are, dumbass? Your powers aren't even one tenth of mine, and yet, you dared to attack the captain? I'll show you how weak you are," the crimson haired one exclaimed. He touched the sword, near its hilt and moved slowly to its end.
"Howl, Zabimaru!"
He then extended his 6 segmented sword towards the substitute shinigami, which could successfully dodge the attack. The extended sword, however, bent towards Ichigo, which successfully scratched his left arm.
"Hah! How d'ya like that?" said the shinigami as he retrieved his sword's segments. The substitute shinigami, however, just stood still before finally let out a faint smile. He then lifted his right arm to the air, hold the zanpakuto horizontally and turned his wrist 90 degrees, counterclockwise.
"...slash, Zangetsu!"
Without being realized, Ichigo had shunpoed, landed right in front of the crimson haired shinigami, and swung his now-giant-kitchen-knife-like zanpakuto upward, severely hurt the other shinigami.
"Y-you! I-impossible...ugh..." mumbled the taller shinigami as he fell onto the ground. The other shinigami, the black haired one, however, froze in disbelief.
"I am the one who'll show you how weak you are now, Renji."
Translation
Gomen - Sorry
Bankai - The second release, the final form of a zanpakuto
Onii-san - Big brother
Ano - Uhmm
Zanpakuto - Soul slayer
Shunpo - Flash step
Thank you for reading~ xD
Btw, the song above was one of the Aqua Timez's song, Honto wa ne...
It's just the reff though...
hehe
[Warning: spoiler]
Someone is going to appear on the next chapter~
The AS initialed captain. xD
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Well, cya.