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Two people raced down the steps ,from the roof; the sound of their footsteps echoing throughout the hall as they neared the cafeteria. One of two wore gray pants with black shoes ,the other wore brown shoes with white socks that went up to her knees.
Yelling, and shuffling feet could be heard as they neared the room.
"What can I do for you two lovely gentlemen today; Not gonna help your precious Kohaku-chan?" A muffled voice asked from within the cafeteria.
"Real wise guy we got here." Another muffled,deeper, voice stated.
"Well, I do tend to ace most of my tests, unlike you two goons."
"What?!"
The one who was wearing the black shoes, ran to the door and pressed his hand against it.
Suddenly the door ,through which Rex previously entered, flung opened. "Well, well, look at what we have here!" Ryohei shouted as he walked into the cafeteria;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?"
Bleach: The Bearers of The Key By: Derrick Flax (wabi777) Chapter Three- Knock you down
"R-R-Ryohei Takeshi?!" The two thugs frightenedly announced as Ryohei walked past Matsuda and towards them.
"You're the two thugs from last week." Ryohei recalled as he scratched his dark purple hair with one hand and with the other pointed to thug with the brown spiked up hair. "You looking for another fight?"
The thug gritted his teeth and ran towards Ryohei. "Damn right I am!" He said as he swung at Ryohei. But abruptly stopped when his lower jaw was punched upwards, into his upper teeth. The stunned and injured student tried to figure out what just happened, before clutching his mouth, as blood and chipped teeth fell to the tiled floor. He took a step back and struggled to look ahead, to see who caused this
Ryohei massaged his right hand, as he looked at the injured thug nonchalantly. "You have a hard chin. " Ryohei admitted as he cracked his knuckles, before he turned to the other thug who had witnessed what Ryohei did to the first goon.
Suddenly there was a scream from the observing crowd as one girl watched the first thug fall to the floor ,unconscious. The goon looked over at his fallen partner, before taking a step back and running out the room.
Ryohei sighed before turning to Matsuda. "You ok?"
"Yeah." He replied before he looked over at Rex and Kohaku , who continued to throw punches at each other.
"You can't keep this up for long!" Kohaku yelled between punches.
Rex gritted his teeth as he narrowly dodged an uppercut, and threw a hook to the ribs, which made his opponent double over, clutching at the injured area. Rex took a step back as he caught his breath.
"Mole are you alright?" Ryohei asked as he made his way over to Rex.
"Who're you calling 'Mole'?!" The teen angrily asked, as he looked away from Kohaku and towards Ryohei.
"You!" The dark haired teen replied loudly.
"Fine then Scar face!" Rex answered matching Ryohei's volume.
Meanwhile Kohaku caught his breath and looked at the two aruging. "Don't ignore me!" He yelled as he threw a punch at them.
"Don't interupt!" Ryohei and Rex said simutaniously as they backhanded him; knocking him out.
Rex turned back to Ryohei and was about to speak, when the cafeteria door slammed open.
In the doorway stood a young woman with raven black hair tied in a high ponytail and bangs that framed her face. Her blue eye ,which were hidden behind her glasses, carried a stern look as she made her way into the now silent cafeteria.
"What's going on here?" She asked in a sharp tone, before she looked over at Matsuda.
"Oh um Sister!" Matsuda said nervously. "Well you see-"
His sister held up a hand as she spotted Rex and Ryohei, before looking at the two bodies that lay on the ground around them. "What is the meaning of this?" She asked as she made her way over to the two.
"N-Nothing!" Ryohei nervously lied.
Rex raised an eyebrow. /What's up with him? Is she doing this?/ He thought before turning to the young woman.
"I find that hard to believe." She replied coldly.
"Who're you?" Rex asked.
"Don't you know who she is?!" Ryohei asked before catching himself. "She's-"
"Asami Higa, Self Professed Leader of Karakura High Disciplinary Committee." The young woman interrupted . "And you two are coming with me." She stated as she started to make her way to the door.
" I'm not." Rex said as he started walking away.
A collective gasp came from the crowd , and Asami's steps came to a halt when she heard this. She looked over her shoulder, her eyes cold as steel.
"Rex, I wouldn't say that if I were you." Ryohei warned.
"O-Okay." The teen said as he looked back to the young woman, who stopped glaring at them and proceeded to walk towards the door.
Ryohei and Rex looked at each other nervously before following her, leaving the silent cafeteria.
Sachi, who stood near a lunch table, watched as the silence was replaced by the casual chatter of the crowd of students who continued to get their lunch. Sachi then spotted Rex's school bag.
She made her way towards the bag, walking over Kohaku nonchalantly. As she reached for the bag, another hand grabbed it. "Um." She said hesitantly.
"Here you go." Matsuda said as he handed the bag over to her. "You were with Ryohei when he stepped in to beat up those guys right?"
"Mhm Y-Yes." She answered as she took the bag. "Thank you!" She said before she smiled briefly and walked out the door.
Matsuda sighed before walking over to the unconscious Kohaku and stood on back. "I wonder." He said as he tapped his foot on the unconscious teen's head, before a thought struck him. He reached into Kohaku's pocket and pulled out his wallet, and pulled out the money. "This ought to be enough to pay for lunch." He stuffed the money into his pocket and threw the rest of it into the crowd. "Ssh you guys didn't see anything!" He said as he walked out of the room.
Meanwhile Rex and Ryohei sat in the principal's office, while Asami guarded the door.
Principal Oyama looked confused before furrowing his eyebrows. "Asami you can't just abduct and drag students here."
"Yeah!" Rex and Ryohei yelled in unison, to which Asami glared at them once more.
"Principal Oyama," She began as she walked up to the desk. "I've found the defendants in the cafeteria-"
"Defendants? We're not in court!" Rex yelled angrily.
"SHUT UP!" Asami commanded as she pointed at him. "Like I was saying," She continued. "I've found the Defendants in the cafeteria, and several unconscious students surrounding them!"
The principal sighed before looking over to Rex and Ryohei. "Is this true?"
"Yes," Ryohei began. "But we have a good reason!"
Principal Oyama raised an eyebrow. "Go on."
Ryohei looked over to Rex. "Well go on!"
"Huh? Oh ,well um." He said as he tried to remember what the fight was about.
Once Matsuda was out of the cafeteria , he spotted Sachi making her way to the principals office. "Hey wait up!" He said as he caught up to her.
"Hm?" Sachi turned around, snapping out of her thoughts. "Yes?"
"You're going to the principal's office right?"
"Yes, why?"
"I'll go with you! My sister will try to get them expelled and I can't let that happen."
"Okay, Sachi said before approaching the Principal's office. "We're -"
Meanwhile while Rex continued to stammer , trying to remember the reason. Asami sighed impatiently and walked over to the door. "Principal Oyam-" She was cut off as the door, behind her ,slammed open.
"Principal Oyama!" Matsuda said as he ran into the room, Sachi followed behind him.
"Mafuda" His sister said from behind the door, holding her nose.
"Sachi?" Ryohei asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh I um,Rex-kun left his bag, and I thought I'd bring it to him." She replied.
Principal Oyama rubbed the corners of his eyes. "Matsuda, what was it that you wanted to tell me?".
"Oh," Matsuda began as he looked over at Rex and Ryohei. "These two were fighting because Kohaku Yoshida, threatened me, and when Rex intervened, He got mad and fought him, and sent his thugs to beat me up, but then that guy jumped in and beat them up." He said as he pointed to Ryohei.
"Really?" Principal Oyama asked skeptically to which Rex and Ryohei nodded profusely.
"Very well. Seeing as how Kohaku did start this, I don't see anything wrong with you defending yourselves. You are dismissed."
"What?!" Asami asked. "B-B-But Principal Oyama! These two delinquents , they fought in school! They could've caused harm to the student body! We can not let these delinquents just run around acting like this is their playground! As self professed Karakura High Disciplinary Committee I-"
"There's a committee?" Principal Oyama asked before shaking his head. "It doesn't matter, It's done and over with. Now all of you please get out of my office."
"Gotcha!" Ryohei said as he stood up and walked out the room; Rex, Sachi, and Matsuda did the same.
"B-But!" Asami said before the principal held up a hand.
"I don't want to hear it Asami." The principal spoke as he gestured towards the door. "Now please leave."
Asami nodded and walked out the room, closing the door on the way.
"That was awesome!" Ryohei exclaimed as the group was walking down the hallway.
It was! Thanks!" Rex chimed in.
"It was nothing. Matsuda smiled.
Meanwhile Asami who was at least ten feet behind the group furrowed her eyebrows. "Such delinquents don't belong in this prestigious academy!" She mumbled, before catching sight of the two delinquents with their friends. "I'll show them!" She said as she quickly made her way up to the lot.
"Well thanks anyway." Rex said before a thought struck him. "Oh where's my schedule? I don't know what class I have next."
"Oh here you go. I saw it unattended and thought I should get it back to you." Sachi said as she handed him the bag.
"Thanks-" Rex was cut off as Asami walked up to them. "Oh to what do we oh this honor?" Rex questioned sarcastically.
"Funny." The self-professed disciplinarian said flatly. "Now you listen to me."
Ryohei, Rex , Sachi, and Matsuda looked at Asami curiously.
"You two delinquents might have fooled the principal into thinking you were just quote 'defending' yourselves, but I'll have you know that I don't buy it! And I will be keeping a close eye on you two." She said as she pointed to Rex and Ryohei, before sharply looking to Matsuda and Sachi.
"And you two! Don't think that you can hang around with these delinquents and not get in trouble! I'll be watching you closely as well. Do we understand each other?"
"Question." Matsuda asked.
His sister narrowed her eyes. "What?" She asked sharply.
"Well if you're keeping an eye on us, what will you be looking at with your other eye?"
Ryohei and Rex chuckled, while Sachi stifled a laugh.
A vein appeared on Asami's forehead. "Whatever! I'll see you at home!" She said as she sharply turned around and walked away from them.
The laughter from from the group grew louder as they continued to walk away.
" I can't believe you live with her." Ryohei said.
"Yeah." Rex said as he started going through his bag looking for the schedule.
"Oh here you go." Sachi chimed as she handed him his schedule. "Turns out we have all the same classes together."
"Oh uh cool." Rex said as he put the schedule into his bag,since he didn't need it anymore.
"She's not that bad." Matsuda admitted. "She's just ...intense."
"I can see that." Ryohei said with a laugh before the bell rang.
"We're late!" They yelled in unison as they ran to their classes.
Sachi, Rex, and Ryohei ran to class 3-3 while Matsuda ran to class 3-1.
"I'll see you at practice!" Matsuda said as he ran into his class.
"Practice?" Rex asked, before Ryohei pushed him into the room.
"Yeah, but come on, we're late!" Ryohei said as he walked in.
"Oh if it isn't , and . Nice to see you. greeted sarcastically, before spotting Sachi, who clutched her bag looked around. "How dare you drag such an innocent student such as into this mess! Now Apologize and take your seats!"
Rex and Ryohei hung their heads, as they looked to Sachi. "Sorry."
Sachi gave a small smile. "It's ok." She said as she ,along with Rex and Ryohei, made their way to their seats.
It was eerily silent in the nest of hollows known as Hueco Mundo. The only thing that was heard was the wind that blew the sand across the dark barren desert.
Suddenly there was a streak of green light. Out from it walked two figures, shrouded in a dark tattered cloth, and white masks whose marks differed slightly from each other.
"Any news?" Spoke the taller of the two, who had two thin blue lines that ran down from beneath his left eye.
The shorter one continued to walk forward, before looking over their shoulder. "Yes Shiba," The figure spoke, revealing that it was a female." But I'll wait till we meet up with the rest of the group, before I tell the news." With that said , she continued walking towards their destination, a mansion about 50 feet ahead.
The one called Shiba, gritted his teeth.. "And Why can't you tell me now!?" He asked angrily as he watched his partner continue to walk and ignore him. "Araña!"
The female, named Araña, looked over her shoulder. "Be quiet, you attract hollows."
Shiba sighed heavily and looked over his shoulder. "I wish that I did! I need a challenge!"
As they approached the entrance, three other figures appeared.
One was leaning against the wall, the other was sitting outside the door, another held what looked like a clipboard.
"You're finally here. What took you so long?" Said the one who leaned against the wall. Like Shiba and Araña , he too wore a dark tattered clothes, but unlike them, he didn't wear a mask. In fact, his face was shrouded in darkness, the only indicator that it was a male, was his height,which was around 6"3 , his muscular structure ,and deep but calm voice.
"Hello Raven." Araña spoke as she walked to door and opened it. "I'm late because of this imbecile, he kept trying to challenge humans, who held the slightest bit of strong spiritual pressure. He was acting like a child, which isn't uncommon actually."
"It really isn't!" Laughed the one sitting as he scratched his blond hair. He too wore a black cloth , but had his hood down, which revealed his dark orange eyes.
"SHUT UP Zee!" Shiba yelled as he snatched the blond boy up by the collar.
Zee gave a sly smile "Oh Shiba~, you do know that your finger is touching my hollow hole."
Shiba looked confused, as he looked down at his hand to realize that his index finger had sunken into Zee's neck. He threw Zee back, and shook his hands. "GUH!" HE said out of disgust.
Meanwhile Zee smiled as he moved the cloth aside to reveal the hole that was right below his Adam's apple. "I don't mind~!"
Shiba sneered at Zee. "Why do you make it sound so disgusting!"
"It doesn't sound disgusting! You just have a dirty mind!" Zee said as he pulled the cloth over his neck.
Shiba sneered at him, before the one holding the clipboard stepped in. "Must you two do this every time we meet? Now come on , you don't want to make the boss wait."
"Sokin's right." Raven said as he made his way inside the building. Zee come on."
"'Kay!" Zee said as he followed Raven inside.
Shiba sighed before walking inside, Sokin followed him and closed the door behind him, and placed his finger in the center of the door. "Hanpatsutetsu." Suddenly a sheet of iron covered the mansion.
Sokin sighed as he took off his ,mask, revealing his somewhat pale skin and black short hair that hung above his brown eyes. He put his glasses on as he walked the corridor and into a large room; Shiba following him.
In the center of the room was a large table, where Araña , Zee, and Raven sat.
"Is it done?" Araña asked as she rested her head on her hand.
"Yes." Sokin replied as he took a seat on the opposite side of her.
"Finally!" Shiba said as he took off his mask , revealing he had short red hair, black eyebrows and fiery red eyes, and three scar lines on his chin. He plopped down next to Sokin and leaned back in the chair.
"Weren't you with him when he cast the spell?" Araña asked.
"Yeah, what about it?!" Shiba asked.
Sokin ignored him and turned to the figure that sat silently in the chair. "Boss, we're ready."
"Good." A deep voice bellowed throughout the room. "Araña, you've got news for me." He said as from within the shadow he took off his mask and leaned back in the chair.
Araña turned to her boss. "Yes, we have pinpointed a large amount of spiritual pressure from Western Tokyo. The keys are bound to be there."
From within the shadows , the boss grinned. "Excellent. Continue to scan the area and pinpoint the town where it's located. We're finally gonna get what belongs to us."
Rex stood up and stretched as the school bell rang, signaling the end of school. "Hey Ryohei." He said as he walked up to him.
"What is it?" Ryohei asked as he packed up his bag.
"What time is this fight class?" Rex asked, which caught Ryohei's attention.
"Why? You scared because you got beat up?" Ryohei asked with a grin.
"Forget it." Rex said as he headed for the door.
"Wait!" Ryohei said. "Just meet me at the track at three."
Rex raised an eyebrow. "Okay, see you there." He said before bumping into Sachi. "Oh ,you ok?" He asked as he helped her up.
"Yup." Sachi replied as she brushed the dirt off and headed for the door as well.
"S-so what did you think?" Sachi asked once they were in the hallway.
"How was what?" Rex replied as he continued walking to the exit.
"Your first day. What did you think of it?" She clarified, as she brushed a strand of hair out of the way.
"Oh it was good. Kinda boring though." Replied the teen.
Sachi smiled before jogging to the door. "I gotta go or I'll be late. It was nice meeting you!"
"Nice meeting you too." She heard Rex say before jogging across the school yard, and across the street. She continued to jog down the sidewalk before spotting her destination; the alley where a few stray cats stayed.
"Hello?" She asked as she slowed down and looked around. It was silent a for a few seconds before a tiny little orange and white cat walked from behind a trashcan.
"Creamy-chan!" She said as she approached the cat, who looked up at her with big teal eyes.
"Have you been a good boy?" She asked to which the cat meowed happily. "Good! I have something for you." She smiled as she pulled out a napkin and laid before Creamy. "Here I got some veggies, a little bit of cheese, and some left overs from my lunch. Enjoy!"
Creamy licked his lips before digging in.
"Oh," Sachi said as she bent down and pet the cat. "Today at school I met a really nice guy. His name's Rex-kun and he's a transfer student. He ,and Ryohei-kun seem to get along well. But I forgot to tell you. He's also like ME." Creamy looked up from the last of his food when She said this, as if to say "Really?".
Sachi smiled as she stood back up. "I couldn't believe it either. But I have to go now or Mom'll kill me!" She said to which Creamy meowed before finishing his food and walking behind the trashcan.
"Well well look at who we have here!" A familiar voice said from behind her.
Sachi quickly turned around to see it was none other than Kohaku and his two goons. "Y-yes?" She asked as she took a step back.
"You were with that new kid today, weren't ya? No need ta lie, I saw you there. How could I forget you?" Kohaku said as he walked forward, while his goons watched the entrance.
"What do you want?" She asked as she held her bag close to her.
"What I want is some respect." Kohaku answered. "And I can't have that if you and your little gang are disrespecting my gang. So I'm here to make sure that won't happen again." He said as took another step forward, only to be caught off guard by the threatening cat that stood between Sachi and him.
"Creamy-chan." Sachi said as she watched Creamy try to protect her.
Kohaku gritted his teeth before lifting his foot to kick at the cat, only to find himself falling to the ground.
"Boss!" His two henchmen said as they looked over their shoulders.
"What the.." Kohaku spoke as he looked up to see that it was now Sachi who stood between Creamy and him. She was also the one who performed a leg sweep, causing Kohaku to fall.
"Run along now Creamy-chan!" She whispered to the cat who looked at her and shook his head.
"Damn it!" Kohaku said as he quickly got to his feet , and made a fist. Don't make a fool out of me!" He said as he threw a punch at her.
Sachi fought the urge to close her eyes, but to look straight at the incoming fist. /I won't back down!/ She thought.
"Whoa! Hold up!" A voice said.
Kohaku stopped in his tracks and looked around to find where the voice was coming from.
"I'm up here!" Said a guy that stood on the roof of the building to the left of them. There was a blur of green as he dropped down next to Sachi. "I don't think that's a proper way to talk or treat this lady." The male said as he scratched his blond hair.
"And who the heck are you?" Kohaku asked angrily as he pointed to the blond haired man who stood before him wearing a green shirt and chewing a piece of candy.
"I'm Mordred." The man spoke as he turned to Sachi. "Would you so kindly take a step back. while I handle this?"
Sachi nodded and took a step back. /Who is this man?/ She thought as she looked Mordred over.
"Don't get in my way!" Kohaku said as he threw a punch at Mordred, who countered with a punch to the solar-plexus , knocking Kohaku out.
"BOSS!" The two goons said simultaneously as they charged at Mordred, but soon found themselves flying through the air and landing with a thud; knocking the wind out of them.
"There we go." Mordred said as he turned towards Sachi. "Are you okay..?"
He let his words trail off as he saw her run out the alley. "Good going Mordred, you freaked her out." He said before shrugging his shoulders and walking the opposite way.
Meanwhile Sachi sprinted to the nearest store and caught her breath. "Who was the man?" She thought out loud.
-END OF Chapter three: Knock you Down-
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