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Bleach: The Bearers of The Key
By: Derrick Flax (wabi777)
Chapter Two- First Day
Rex laid stretched out in bed, before the alarm rang throughout the room. He blindly swatted at the clock three times before a grunt escaped his lips as he reached over and turned it off. Sighing, he scanned his room, before looking at the clock which read "6:00AM"
The teen stood up and stretched before heading to the bathroom. Minutes later he was out and in his new uniform which consisted of a gray suit jacket with red lining the collar and zipper, and made his way downstairs to the kitchen, but not before he slung his black bag over his shoulder.
Meanwhile Anthony placed some toast on a plate before pulling on his suit and grabbing his suitcase. "I have to go, I have a meeting to attend." He said as he walked out. " Make sure you get to school on time, it's your first day." He said as got in his car and drove off.
Rex held the piece of toast in his mouth as he locked up and made his way to school, as he preferred to eat on the run. After a few minutes Rex found himself standing at the entrance of Karakura High. He looked around the campus, before he made his way into the school.
" ." A man said as he looked out his door.
The teen raised an eyebrow and walked towards the man, who gestured to the office behind him.
"I'm Principal Oyama, I called you here to give you your schedule." The gray haired principal said as passed the schedule to Rex, before adding. "Oh, and becuase you're new here , I'll be assigning a guide so you can become adjusted, they'll be in your class ,which is class 3-2."
"Uh, Thank you." The teen said as he walked out the office, and down the hall. After passing countless classrooms , the teen finally admitted he was lost. Frustrated, he rolled his sleeves up to elbows, and continued to for his class. There were a few students, who looked surprised, as he roamed through the halls. "So this is Karakura high." He said as he rubbed the back of his head. He saw a man up ahead . "Hey!" Rex somewhat yelled as he approached him.
The man was in his late 40's, wore glasses and had a combover.
"Excuse me do you know where class 3-2 is?"
Upon hearing this the man turned around and looking confused as he pointed to his chest.
Rex scowled before he remembered how to say the question. "Do you know where class 3-2 is?"
The man raised his eyebrows in understanding , before he spoke.
"Wait you can see me?!" The man asked in shock
Rex raised an eyebrow at the man , who pointed to his chest were a small chain hung. "Um..I don't get it." Rex said with a confused look.
The man didn't need Rex to speak, to know what he was thinking. He pointed to his chain again, even grabbing it.
"Is that part of the teacher's uniform?" Rex asked as he scratched his head.
The man shook his head in frustration before floating past him.
"What?!" Rex asked as he turned around abruptly to see the man phase through a wall. Rex jumped back, only to earn some strange looks from some of the students in the hallway. The teen quickly scowled at them before turning away ,bumping into a brown haired girl a few inches smaller than him.
"Are you ok?" He asked, only to realize she probably didn't speak English. "You ok?"
The girl smiled and nodded.
"That's good." Rex said before a thought crossed his mind. "Oh! Do you know where class 3-2 is?" He asked.
The girl nodded and answered. "O-oh it's r-right behind me! T-to your right! You can follow me. I'm Sachi Hayashibara by the way."
"I'm Rex." He replied
"Thanks." He managed to remember from "Japanese for dummy's" book he read a couple of times the week before.
The girl turned around and smiled a bit , before stopping abruptly.
"Oh one other thing. If you see spirits like that in the hall, it's best just to pull out a cellphone or something, or people'll think you're crazy."
Rex furrowed his eyebrows when he heard this. "Spirits? What I saw was a ghost?"
Sachi smiled as she continued walking. "You..are the transfer student?" She asked in english, which surprised Rex.
"Yeah, is my Japanese that bad?"
"Not really, but that's not the case. Sachi continued in her native language. "People have been talking about the student who got in a fight with the local Yoshida gang."
/Seems like my reputation is spreading./ Rex thought as he approached class 3-2.
"Here we are!" Sachi announced before walking into the classroom, Rex following after.
There were about fifteen to twenty students that either talked to friends or just sat and observed. Rex spotted a seat near the window and sat in it just as the bell rang.
The chatter died down a little when the teacher walked in. "Okay class , settle down!" A vein on her forehead surfaced as the the chatter continued on despite her order. "SHUT UP!" She yelled as she slammed her hand on the desk.
An awkward silence the blanketed the class, being interrupted only by the teacher who cleared her throat. "Hello class, I'm Ms. Oichi! Now get to your seats."
The students did as they were told and hurried to their seats. Some of them sat with friends and others just plopped down in a random one to avoid the wrath of .
"Good." The teacher said as scanned the room.
Rex did the same as he tried to figure out who is tutor would be. He looked to his right to see that Sachi sitting two desks away from him, resting chin on her palm. /Is it her?/ he asked himself in thought.
"Okay , now that we're settled let's-" was interrupted by two knocks on the door. "Come in!" The door opened after she spoke.
Rex who was fiddling with his desk wasn't paying attention as a student walked in. "
You're late!" The teacher spoke to the late arrival.
"Sorry, Didn't mean it." Answered the student in a nonchalant manner.
Rex looked up when he heard the familiar voice. /That's!/ He thought as he looked up.
"Ryohei Tenshin! We just started school and you're late! Are you trying to beat your previous record?" "Maybe," The dark haired teen grinned tauntingly. "But I'm actually here because I'm his tutor." He pointed his thumb at Rex.
sighed. "If you're his tutor then God help him."
The student put a hand to his chest and gave a hurt look. "Aw miss, I'm not that bad~!"
"Just take your seat!" The teacher ordered Ryohei , who made his way to a desk next to Rex.
"Sup?" He asked.
The teen furrowed his eyebrow. "I don't have a tutor." He said as he looked out the window.
The late student grinned. "Come on! I know you know the basics of what we're saying, but with me being here. I'll help you understand the words you don't know and you help me in English class."
This interested the teen who looked over at Ryohei. "Sure you can help me ,but you seem to be doing well in the English depart-" There was a loud slam , that echoed throughout the room.
"Ryohei! Rex! Up here NOW!" yelled as she casted a glare at the two who walked up front. "Rule one class! No talking when I'm talking! HERE!" She said as she put two textbooks in the two disrupters hands.
Rex looked over at Ryohei . "What are we supposed to do with these?"
Ryohei sighed , knowing the routine too well and walked over to the wall. "Wall-sits."
An awkward silence hung over the class as the students looked at each other in disbelief. "Such a harsh punishment!" They murmured to each other.
Meanwhile ,Rex looked confused as he watched Ryohei leaned against the wall, and slide down until his knees were about 90-degree angles. Rex sighed before doing the same as the walked away , resuming talking to the class.
"This is fun!" Ryohei whispered to Rex.
"No it's not! Shut up!" The latter replied hastily.
Ryohei's eyes twitched , when he heard this. "What was that?!"
"You heard me!" Rex hissed back.
"SHUT UP!" The angered teacher yelled as she threw pencils at their heads.
The rest of the class scooted their desk back as an evil aura enveloped the teacher.
"NO - TALKING!" She ordered with a deep voice, before turning to the class and smiling sweetly. "Where were we?" "S-Scary!" The group of students said in unison.
-An hour later -
Ryohei set the books down on the desk as the lunch bell rang. "Follow me! I know a cool place to eat!"
The teen looked at Ryohei suspicioucly. "Sure but where's the cafeteria?"
Upon hearing this Ryohei shrugged, before grabbing a plastic bag, with some food in it. "We don't have one, it's a weird school."
"Really? That sucks." The teen stated as he narrowed his orange eyes.
"Nah!" Ryohei laughed as he made his way to the door. "I was just messing , but the food there isn't that great."
"It doesn't matter, I'm still out of food. So I guess-" Rex was interrupted as Ryohei spoke.
"You can have some of mine. Now come on, before lunch ends." He said as he walked out the room and through a door that lead to the roof.
Rex looked around cautiously before following his guide. "You sure we should do this?"
He asked as walked up the steps before reaching another door, which Ryohei opened to reveal the roof of the school.
"Here we are!" Ryohei announced as he stretched his arms out wide. "Our hangout!"
Rex looked confused. "Ours?" He asked before spotting spotting a young woman.
"Sachi! What's up?" Ryohei questioned as he made his way to the student, who waved back in return.
"Oh, Ryohei-San," Sachi smiled. " I was wondering if you were gonna come, the others are out on a trip. Oh and you're here with Rex-san."
/San?/ Rex thought when he heard his name. /what the heck's a 'san'?/ He tried to remember the definition of it. "Oh!" He said as he finally remembered. "You don't have to add that. 'Rex' is just fine." He said.
"You two know each other?" Ryohei asked as he looked from Rex to Sachi, who nodded.
"Yeah, I met him when I saw him asking for directions." She stated as she sat down and started on her lunch.
Ryohei turned to the newcomer and gave a smug look. "Aw, You could've just asked me." He said as he lightly punched Rex's thigh.
This action brought upon a spontaneous laughter from Rex, who quickly pushed Ryohei away. "Stop that!"
"What was that?!" Ryohei asked angrily. "You think just cuz you took out the leader of that gang, that you're tough! I'll flip you off this building!"
"I'd like to see you try!" Rex taunted with a smirk as he got in a defensive position.
Meanwhile Sachi sweat-dropped as she watched the two. "Um, you should start eating lunch ends in fifteen minutes."
"Oh," Rex spoke as he looked over at Sachi and waved before he made his way to the door. "Thanks for letting me know , I'm just going to eat in the cafeteria." He said as he opened the door and walked out.
Sachi looked at Ryohei ,who leaned against the fence as the door closed. "Well?" She asked as she finished eating.
"What is it?" He asked as he looked across the schoolyard.
"Aren't you going to go with him?" The auburn questioned as she brushed off her skirt, and placed the trash in the bag.
Upon hearing this Ryohei rubbed his black eyes ,before he sighed. "I guess I should, no telling what he's going to get himself into." He stretched and made his way to the door.
Meanwhile the new student walked into the cafeteria, which was somewhat crowded, and made his way to the line. Once he brought his lunch , he scanned the room for a table, to his surprise he found an empty table and sat in it. As he ate, Rex couldn't shake the feeling of eyes focused on him. Casually looking up, he realized that the feeling was real ,as most of the talking in the room stopped and the students stared at teen.
"What?" Rex asked as he broke the silence. "Never seen a guy eat at a table before?"
When the silence still remained, he sighed. "Well enjoy the show." He spoke as he took another bite of the apple.
"That's not why they're staring." Someone stated from behind the teen.
Rex turned to see that the voice belonged to a young looking black haired teenage guy with dark blue eyes, who wore the same uniform as Rex, who furrowed his eyebrows as he heard this.
"Name's Matsuda; Matsuda Higa." The teen spoke as he walked over to Rex. "The reason they're staring is because-" Matsuda was interrupted as the door on the opposite side of the cafeteria slammed opened and three figures walked into the silent room.
"Oh he's." Rex said casually as the figure walked past several tables.
"Leader of the Yoshida gang; Kohaku Yoshida." Matsuda announced, as the thug approached him.
"Eh?" Kohaku asked with a grimace, as he looked at Rex.. "It's the brat from the other week!" the scarred thug turned to Matsuda. "What the hell is he doing in my seat?!" He yelled.
Matsuda smiled ,unfazed by the Kohaku's yelling. "Nice to see you too, Kohaku-chan -" The smiling teen was caught off guard as the gang leader snatched him up .
"Shut the hell up! I'm not in the mood for your smartass comments! Just tell me why that brat is my seat!" Kohaku demanded, but not before Rex grabbed his wrist.
"Why don't you ask this brat yourself?" The teen questioned with a glare.
Kohaku released Matsuda, who took several steps back. "You got guts ,brat!" The thug spoke as he cracked his knuckles.
Rex let go of the wrist and scratched his head. "I try." He admitted nonchalantly. "But that's not the case. I don't think you should be talking to anyone like that."
"Don't mess with him new guy." Matsua warned. "He's the leader of one of toughest gangs in this town!"
"Really?" Rex asked with grin as he kept his eyes on the thug. "He didn't seem so tough last week, when I knocked him out."
Kohaku gritted his teeth as threw a punch at taunting teen. "WHY YOU!"
Rex quickly ducked and delivered an uppercut to the leaders stomach, before he struck at the opponents ribs.
Kohaku coughed a little as the first punch connected, before he swiped the approaching fist away with ease. "Don't make me laugh!" He laughed as he thrusted an elbow to teens face.
"Oh crap." Matsuda spoke as the two other teens ,behind the leader, approached him..
"What can I do for you two lovely gentlemen today; Not gonna help your precious Kohaku-chan?" He asked with a smile.
"Real wise guy we got here." The brown haired goon said to his partner.
"Hmm." Matsuda thought out loud as he placed a finger to his mouth. "Well, I do tend to ace most of my tests, unlike you two goons." He spoke with a smile
"WHAT?!" The two thugs said as they raced towards the smiling student.
Suddenly the door ,through which Rex entered, flung opened. "Well, well, look at what we have here!" Ryohei shouted as he walked into the room;Sachi behind him.
The thugs racing towards Matsuda stopped in their tracks, when they saw this.
Ryohei grinned as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Why don't we have some fun?"
- Chapter 2- First Day - END
A/N
You can read and see animations and clips from Bleach: Bearers of the Key at www . bearers-of-the-key . deviantart . com - close the gaps) SITE CONTAINS SPOILERS OF LATER CHAPTERS!