CHAPTER 5

(Academy – Central Institute of Spiritual Art – to train souls with reiatsu to become shinigami )

"Oi, Mizu-chan, let's go to the bar tonight?" A chocolate skin with mid-back purple length hair girl jumped down from the sky and landed in front of Mizuno who was on her way to the library.

"……" After staring blankly at the girl in front of her, Mizuno decided to walk around her.

"Wah Mizu-chan……Kisuke is paying for our sake and food tonight! Let's go, let's go!" the girl pulled on Mizuno's arm and whined. Anyone would be moved by this gesture if you ignore that light in her eyes.

"Shihouin Yoruichi." Mizuno called after a moment.

"Yes madam, Shihouin Yoruichi report for duty!" the girl immediately released her grip from Mizuno and made a military salute. But as quickly as she released it, she grabbed back Mizuno's arm before Mizuno could run away. "And under Commander Kisuke, I am under a mission to bring Mizu-chan you to the bar!"

Mizuno frowned slightly and she looked at Yoruichi at the corner of her eyes. "It's Mizuno-senpai."

"Yada yo, Mizu-chan!" Yoruichi laughed copying someone whom the both of them known so well's accent.

Shihouin Yoruichi, head of the noble house of Shihouin which is one of the four main remaining nobles of soul society. She is also the soon-to-be the head of the Keigun, but currently a third year student of the academy, sent by her 'old crooks' as she called them in order to learn how to 'restrain' herself and be a 'proper' noble.

Those were her exact words.

(Keigun - An organization devoted to the internal policing of Seireitei as well as field reconnoisance involving Hollows.)

Mizuno met both Yoruichi and Urahara Kisuke, another 'buddy' of Yoruichi. Both made the loudest name during this round of all students – the name of trouble. Mizuno believed that if these two graduate from the academy this second, the next second all the sensei and even the taichou of Gotei 13 themselves will be overjoyed and have a BIG celebration in the name of having the both of them gone. Those people were just on the top list, Mizuno didn't even bother to add the vice and other little people she just happened to forget.

(Taichou – captain. Gotei 13 – Division 13/The 13 Court Guadians).

"Besides Mizu-chan, if you didn't skip your year so often, you will be our kouhai now. Therefore, in another words, I don't think you are our senpai!" Yoruichi cunningly smiled.

Currently, Mizuno is in her fifth year in the academy. She skipped twice up. While still in first year, within the first half semester she skipped ahead to third year. That was when Yoruichi and Kisuke just entered the academy.

Having a 'tensai' in the academy while when Yoruichi and Kisuke thought they were 'tensai' was quite...angering in their opinion. So they skipped too, however to second year because their reiatsu were not enough to pass the test.

(Tensai – genius)

After another round of 6 months, Mizuno skipped again to fifth year while Yoruichi and Kisuke just passed the test and head on for third year.

(I put one semester equals to 6 months)

Having over heard that news, the two decided to pay a 'visit' to Mizuno. However, no one knew what had happened during that visit. It's just that both Yoruichi and Kisuke's face were 'painted' in black and blue which made them stayed home for a month for 'resting'.

Later on, the two didn't give up; instead, they continue to pay 'visits' to Mizuno. Then it all started from paying visits to her to dragging her to sake bars and the red light districts as we can see today. Would you consider Mizuno as their 'buddy'?

In their opinion, yes; in Mizuno's opinion – "why these two couldn't just leave her alone?"

"Hadou 33 – Soukatsui!" Suddenly a blue fire ball raced its way towards its target – Mizuno's head.

With a smirk on Yoruichi's face, she shunpo away from Mizuno's side followed by a direct hit from her left hand "Bakudou 1 – Sai!" and another from her right hand "Hadou 54 – Haien!"

(Bakudou 1 Sai – to paralyze and hold/bound target in one place. Hadou 54 Haien – to burn target into ashes)

"Kisuke hurry up!" she turned around and yelled at a blonde hair boy who just reached the ground.

"Hai hai…" though his tone showed uncared, his grey-blue eyes were dead serious. "Bakudou 61 – Rikujoukourou! Yoruichi-san…it's your turn!)

(Bakudou 61 - Rikujoukourou – the movement of the opponent is bound by six bands of light, hold them in place.)

"Hadou #63 – Raikouhou!"

(Hadou #63 - Raikouhou – A wave of thunder that seeks its target.)

Everything was quiet after the continuous attacks from the two. When everything got cleared up, Yoruichi and Kisuke narrowed their eyes in search for any signs of Mizuno.

"Oi, Kisuke, do you think we got her this time?" Yoruichi whispered.

"Yoruichi-san, how many times did you practice that with me?" without answering her question, Kisuke throw another to her. "Do you think the double ties will hold her still though?"

Yoruichi rolled her eyes at the idiotic question. They both knew that Bakudou 1 and 61 were just for delaying time so that they can attack with ease. She continued to search up and down for any shadow signs of Mizuno and tried to feel her reiatsu.

The dust calmed and settled back on the ground, there was no sign of Mizuno. The two trouble makers had looked everywhere trying to find Mizuno.

"Oi, Yoruichi, do you think Mizu-chan went home?" Kisuke scratched his head; he only called Yoruichi with the 'san' when he's serious.

"Impossible, I told her that you will be treating us to dinner and sake tonight." Yoruichi ignored that baffled look on Kisuke who grabbed his wallet immediately. "I didn't say anything like……eh?"

"What's wrong?"

"My wallet…is…gone…" Kisuke looked up with a tear at the corner of his eyes. "That's my one month's allowance Yoruichi-saaaaaaan…!"

"EH? My sake! You better pay me back Kisuke!" without the notion that she didn't even give any money to Kisuke, Yoruichi cried out for her sake. She could see the sake bottle is flapping its wings up the sky.

"If you two finished arguing I'm going home." A very familiar voice appeared from their left. They turned around to see 8 empty sake bottles, 6 empty plates, 3 empty bowls and 5 desert plates left on the table while Mizuno was finishing sipping her green tea. "Thanks for lunch Urahara."

"Ah……my money!!"

"Ah……my sake!!" they both cried out at once.

"But so far you two have improved well, to be able to use both Hadou and Bakudou without the chants and also up to the 60's. Yoruichi, work on your Shunpo and timing on attacks. Urahara, work on your reiatsu, it's too obvious to sense you prescence and also, please stop put weird invention on me because they don't work. Not to mention they look ugly. Try better next time and Urahara…"

"Hai…Mizu-chan?" Kisuke asked uncertainly.

"Bring more money next time, I'm only half full." Ignored his 'chan' comment, she got up and started to walk away.

"I will beat you one day Mizuno Ai, wait and see!" Yoruichi cried behind her back.

With a wave of her hand to say she got the message without turning back her head, Mizuno continued her way home.

Until there was no more Mizuno's back, Yoruichi decided to listen to what Mizuno just told her. It's been like this since they were together. She trained them indirectly just like today ever since after the first 'visit'. The two of them had asked her to be their sensei, but she had refused immediately. Though she had refused, their constant 'visits' turned out to be training from their sudden attacks to her comments at the end of the battle.

They knew she was strong, perhaps even stronger than the sensei in the academy though she didn't show that. Everyone thought she was just a 'tensai' but they knew how much works she had done in order to achieve that and they greatly respect her for that.

"Oi, Kisuke, what's wrong?" Yoruichi came out from her thought and saw Kisuke was planting mushrooms on the ground with tears in his eyes.

"She…hidoi na Mizu-chan…she…she called me…proud invention……worthless…a piece of junk…and…half full with my one-month allowance……hidoi…Mizu-chan hidoi…I just wanted to try out my new and proud invention on her…she…Yoruichi-san…I am hurt…"

Yoruichi sweat dropped while trying to hold back her laughter but did not succeed. "HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!"

(Hidoi – to me it means 'mean', hidoi na – how mean, so mean. Correct me if I'm wrong)