Disclaimer: I've been gone for a while but I still do not own Bleach
Mist: Hi everyone! I'm back!
Whistle: Sorry about the delay, Mist's writing class gave her a 30,000 word essay.
Mist: She's not exaggerating either!
Whistle: Now we're going to stop wasting time and start the story
Mist: Also please excuse any and all continuity errors; I haven't seen the show in forever! Just think of this as slight AU
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Ch 3: School days
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Toshiro was waiting patiently outside his apartment building waiting for Ichigo to pick him up for his first day of school. Half of him was, to his surprise, nervous about starting a new school and none of Hyourinmaru's attempts to calm him seemed to be working…
"It's not that scary!" Hyourinmaru assured him, "Just think of it as starting a new mission!"
"But it's not a new mission!" He reminded his dragon partner, "It's school. The bane of teenage existence!"
"Now you're just sounding like a child," The dragon laughed at him. "And here I thought you had a heart of ice with the personality of an adult!"
Toshiro's face palled. "Could this be another effect from what those creepy Arrancar are doing to me?" He asked him worriedly.
Hyourinmaru hmmmed. "It's a possibility," The dragon agreed, "For now I think you should just try to keep a level head. Isn't that Ichigo over there?"
Toshiro's head jerked up and sure enough he saw the orange-haired idiot waving at him. "Hey, Toshiro!" The moron greeted, "How are you adjusting to the human world?"
The albino rolled his eyes. "I've been here for like a day," He reminded the substitute Shinigami. "I don't know yet."
Ichigo laughed at him, apparently thinking he was making a joke. "Good to see that you're in a good mood," He remarked. "Now let's get to school!"
"Speaking of good moods… your rather… cheery, this morning," Toshiro observed.
Ichigo smiled even more. "Hell ya I'm in a good mood!" He agreed.
"Care to enlighten me?" Toshiro inquired.
"Sorry, top secret!" Ichigo told him. "Besides, you're not allowed to know things right now."
Toshiro pouted involuntarily. "You're no fun!" He whined upon reflex.
"I see that Ukitake wasn't kidding when he said that your personality was out of whack," Ichigo remarked, "Are you sure your sane enough to go to school?"
"I'll be fine!" The albino assured him. "I just need to keep a level head."
"Good luck with that," Ichigo muttered under his breath. "Hey look! We're here!"
"Must you be so loud?" Toshiro complained. "We don't need to let the whole neighborhood know what we're doing."
Ichigo only rolled his eyes at the icy captain before leading him into the school. "Well we're here," Ichigo stated the obvious causing Toshiro to roll his eyes. "I'm gonna go meet up with Rukia, do you want to come with me or just go up to class early?"
It was an easy question for Toshiro to answer. "I'll head up to class," He told the idiot, "The last thing I need to day is to put up with you and your annoying friends."
"Glad to see that you're acting like your old self again!" Ichigo exclaimed. "Do you need any help finding the classroom?"
"Seriously Ichigo?" Toshiro rolled his eyes again. "I've been here before, remember? I'm not an idiot, I remember the way."
Ichigo scratched the back of his head. "Ya… but it has been a few months since then…" Ichigo shook his head. "Guess it doesn't matter. Ok, good luck!"
He ran off into the school, leaving behind a very confused captain.
"Has it really been that long?" He asked to no one before shaking it off. "I should… get to class…"
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To his relief he found that the classroom was relatively the same as it had been the first time he went to the school –a welcome change to his drastically changing world.
With a sigh of relief he sat down in a desk relatively close to the front of the room and had no gum stuck to the bottom. After he was comfortable he pulled out one of the school book he had been given and glanced over the notes that he had been given earlier. He continued on like this in quiet for a while until the door opened and three loud teens walked in chatting away, only to stop when they saw him.
Toshiro continued staring at the book for a moment, but the uneasy quiet was making it hard to concentrate. With a mental sigh he lifter his head –and immediately wished he hadn't.
The three looked different from the last time he saw them, probably due to the fact that the three were now wearing the school uniform. Outside their Arrancar attire they looked like rather harmless, ordinary teens. Course they were anything but.
"What the hell?" Toshiro growled at them. "What are you, stalking me now?"
Ray shook the shock from his head. "Actually we've been attending this school for a while now," He told him before walking over and ruffling his hair. "The real question is; what are you doing here?"
"I'm on time-out from Shinigami duty," He said before he had a chance to stop himself.
Ray laughed at him and was soon joined by the others whom had finally gotten over their initial shock.
"We really were surprised to see you here," Abila told him, "We thought that the jerks would have hidden you in the Sereitei –not throw you out in the open."
"I'm supposed to be relaxing," He glared at them, barely taking note of Hyourinmaru ordering him to run and get help.
"Is that so?" Ray asked him. "How about you hang out with us after school then –we're going out for Ice crème. That's about as relaxing as you can get in this town."
Toshiro rolled his eyes. "Sure, I'd just love to get ice crème with a bunch of Aizen's evil henchmen, that sounds like so much fun," Toshiro said sarcastically.
"No need to be so sarcastic," Kai complained.
"When you ask a stupid question, you get a stupid answer," Toshiro reminded him. "Now will you people leave me alone now?"
"No can do squirt!" Abila said mockingly.
Twitch.
"Must you two always do that?" Ray sighed as he rolled his eyes.
"It's fun!" Abila laughed. "You need to chill out Ray, just 'cause we're on a mission doesn't mean we can't act like idiots! Sides, Toshiro's not going to come with us if he thinks he hates us! We need to make him remember that we're his friends!"
"Like I'd be friends with any of Aizen's minions," Toshiro scuffed, once more ignoring Hyourinmaru's pleas for him to run away.
Ray looked at him in the eyes, a serious expression on his face. "We weren't always Aizen's minions," Ray told him, "Think back, Toshiro, remember the mission that brought you to Gotta. Remember the SIS…"
"G-Gotta?" He asked himself slowly, wondering why the name felt so familiar. "The SIS…"
Another memory flooded his vision, this time he was opening a door in a creepy looking hall and seeing four teens in the room. It was Ray, Kai, Abila and Mire.
"Ops, sorry, wrong room," Toshiro heard himself say in an embarrassed tone.
In the memory he was just about to leave the room when one of them said, "No, this room has five people in it just not enough beds," It was Ray and his tone was calm and calculating, as if he was examining him.
To his annoyance his memory form turning back around and walking into the room taking a seat with the kids who had moved to make a spot for him.
"Thanks…" His memory form thanked them quietly, sounding nervous.
"Welcome to Gotto," Mire whispered to him.
He wondered briefly why Mire and the other three appeared to be close friends in this flashback.
Did he just think of this as a flashback?
"Thanks," His memory self said, blushing slightly.
Before anything else could happen he found himself being shacked awake. He looked up to see the worried faces of Ray, Kai and Abila.
"Are you ok?" Ray asked him worriedly. "What happened to you? We were trying to spark your memories when all of a sudden you just passed out."
"Are you injured?" Abila asked him worriedly, "Did the bad guys hurt you earlier?"
Toshiro shook his head in his hands and looked around confused.
"What's wrong?" Ray asked him, growing more and more concerned with each passing second.
"Besides a head ach not much," Toshiro told him casually but the others didn't look convinced. "Really guys, I'm fine. Can someone help me up?"
Ray raised a confused eyebrow but none the less offered Toshiro his hand and pulled him to his feet.
"Thanks."
"Are you feeling all right?" Kai asked him.
Toshiro nodded his head. "I'm feeling fine, just a little confused," Toshiro told them.
"Confused about what?" Ray asked him.
"Just wondering what the hell we're all doing in Japan," Toshiro told his confused friends, "Did I black out during a fieldtrip or something?"
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Mist: Sorry about the cliff hanger but I haven't updated in forever and I felt like a bitch about it.
Whistle: but how's her plot twist? Tell me you didn't see that one coming.
Mist: Oh, fun fact, Whistle's a BOY!
Whistle: that's your idea of a fun fact?
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Whistle: *Sighs* everyone please review. I'm gonna go get a coffee….