Okay, so if this chapter sucks, which I hope it doesn't, please tell me because I haven't been able to get the flow of the chapter quite right, which is frustrating, but I won't give up! So yeah, here ya' go, chapter five :3
"It was hard, but we had it better than a lot," Ryoko started. "I guess you could say I was picked on when I was a kid, because of my unfortunately vibrant hair, and whatnot, but it didn't scar me. Let's see, what else, oh, I wasn't born in Rukongai actually. I arrived there when I was really young though, not like a baby but early in my youth-hood."
"Were you taken in by anyone? It's dangerous for a little kid to be roaming Rukongai by themselves."
"Yeah, I was taken in by who is now my mom and dad, but like, not immediately. I was lost for a couple weeks, and I was starving. It was odd for a soul to be hungry, especially when they first arrive, so it was strange to people around me to here me complaining about my hunger. I actually was walking around the neighborhood where my soon to be guardians were and fainted on their doorstep," Ryoko laughed slightly, "I woke up in a bed with a young couple standing over me."
"That's nice of them. It's unfortunate how many Rukongai children don't get taken in."
"I know, and they weren't extremely poor either so I lived a little better than most. They told me I had a large spiritual pressure, which meant nothing to me at the time but they seem to be excited about it. As I got older, I noticed spiritual pressures around me. I asked my parents what that meant and they told me my abilities were waking up. They said that it would be good if my uncle came and taught me stuff so I could enter the academy, and the following day he came to our house."
"Was your uncle a Soul Reaper or something, why would he come train you?"
"I asked the same question, and my father said he went to the academy when he was younger. I wanted to know why he didn't become a full Shinigami, all they said was he was a free spirit, and didn't want to be labeled, my uncle was crazy."
"Did he teach you anything?"
"Basic Kido and I had Shunpo almost down, which my uncle said was a great achievement for someone as young as me, with minimal training. He said the month following that one he would get me in the academy."
"You were young when you entered the academy, weren't you?"
"Yeah, but not extremely young, I was in early adolescence. My parents were so excited for me but I was very anxious. I didn't want to go alone. I didn't have any friends either and no one in the community had spiritual pressure that remarkable, except for my family, and one person. I knew there was one person with serious spiritual pressure but they never came out of their house that I felt it radiating from. I always hung around the area their house was, and I would only see two people come out of the house, but it was neither of them who had the right amount of spiritual pressure."
"Did you ever find out?"
"Actually the week before I was going to go to the academy I found out," Ryoko answered, "There was a small festival for spring, and many of the children were outside playing, including me, when I saw the two people from the house, almost dragging a girl about my age out of the house. When they got out of the house she just stood there, looking around, when she met eyes with me. She stared at me with a look of understanding. She started walking over to me, the surprise of her parents evident on their faces and stopped right in front of me then touched my forehead," Ryoko said with a smile.
"What was she doing? That's weird I wouldn't let someone just touch me like that," Rangiku said skeptically.
"She was getting a better feel of my spiritual pressure she said afterward. While she was standing there with her two fingers on my forehead, her blue eyes sparked with gold, she said, 'You're the one'."
"What did she mean by that? She doesn't sound like she was all there."
"Matsumoto! Can you stop interrupting me! I'm trying to build suspense!"
"Sorry, sorry," Rangiku said with her hands up, "Please, go on."
"What she meant was, I was the one she felt, the spiritual pressure that she sensed."
"Oh that makes sense."
"Yeah, whatever. After that we were thick as thieves, she begged her parents to go to the academy with me, and they said yes, gladly."
"What's her name?"
"Umeko Shimizu. She is my absolute best friend."
"Wow, Ryoko has a friend, never thought of it in my life."
"Shaddap," Ryoko said irritably.
"I don't have many questions anymore, but that doesn't mean there won't be more!"
"Okay, I guess. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."
"Oh it couldn't have been that bad," As Rangiku said that a Hell Butterfly landed on her hand, "Huh?" she said.
Emergency! All seated officers, report toFirst Division. Ryoka have entered Seireitei! Report now, the Hell Butterfly said urgently.
"We haven't had a Ryoka attack since Aizen," Ryoko pointed out
With that they Shunpo-ed to First Division, worried of what was to come.
So there is chapter five, hope you liked it! Next time hopefully I won't get writer's block. I wrote this chapter to give you some background info about Ryoko,and the whole friend thing will be a big part of the story so don't get all meh with me. I'll be incorporating more information in future chapters; I just can't get the right sequence! Gimme some advice for what should or shouldn't be different. Thanks for reading! Bye!