BLEACH –Again–
Chapter Three: Memories
Class has just ended and Class 3-A were discussing on how to cheer up their Negi-sensei.
…
… Or about their Math new teacher: Kurosaki Ichigo.
"What do you think about him?"
A girl with pale skin and black hair tied into a pony tail on the side of her head turned to see a tanned girl with long black hair and another girl with deep green hair tied into a long, thin pony tail.
These three are Sakurazaki Setsuna, a renowned samurai able to use the Shinmei Ryuu sword style; Tatsumiya Mana, a sharp shooter with excellent accuracy and some secret hidden past (?); and Nagase Kaede, a ninja.
Setsuna hummed. "I'm not sure," She said, "He holds some strange Magical power, but I can't seem to deduce what attribute he is, or whether or not he's an actual Mage."
Mana nodded back. "I was also wondering about that as well. Why would the Dean let in someone with a strange Magical ability come to this school? He might be a threat to us."
"But of course, he might have been hired to help protect the school, de gozaru," Kaede commented. The other two looked at her before holding a hand against their chin. "That's a good point…" Setsuna muttered.
"Speaking of 'protecting the school', you noticed what Evangeline is up to?" Mana asked as the others nodded. "I wonder what Negi-sensei is going to do."
"The new teacher seems hot." A girl with orange-shaded blonde hair said. A short hair girl and a long purple hair girl smiled. These three are the Cheerleading Trio; Sakurako Shiina, Kugimiya Madoka and Kakizaki Misa.
"I gotta agree, he's hot," The short haired girl said as the purple head sighed to herself. "I wonder if he's interested in dating…?" She wondered, forgetting that the new teacher isn't interested in dating at the moment.
"He's kind of scary, compared to before school…" Ako murmured as the girl next to her, Okochi Akira, nodded in agreement. "He's strict too."
"Aww, I'm beat… But you know, I wanna know what the deal is with his scowl. I mean, he's always wearing it!" Akashi Yuuna commented as Kasuga Misora laughed. "Maybe it's because he's a delinquent?"
"We have a delinquent as a teacher!" Ako cried out in surprise as Akira countered, "There's no way a delinquent can become a teacher at that age."
"Hmm, good point."
"Hot~ damn~! The new teacher is so hot!" Saotome Haruna cried out, looking after the orange head leaving. "Hell, he's good enough to be in my manga!"
"Paru, stop modeling people at your own discretion," Ayase Yue scolded her friend. Nodoka was blushing at the images Haruna managed to put in her head of two guys hugging each other before they started to become intimate and nibble each other's-…
I'm gonna stop right there right now.
"But y'know, I couldn't help but notice that you were looking at our new Sensei with such intensity, Nodoka," Haruna smirked as Miyazaki Nodoka flushed. "E-e-e-ehh!"
"You can't fool me, Honya! I can see it even from right across the room! You were even blushing while staring at him! Looks like someone has a crush, eh~?" Haruna was having a blast teasing the shy girl as she began sputtering and stuttering here and there. "Paru…!" Yue attempted to warn the green head.
"What? I'm serious! A majority of us were trying to undress the new teacher under our eyes, and a few of us were thinking up of fantasies! Nodoka isn't an exception!"
Yue tried to come up with a comeback but finding that she couldn't, puffed her cheeks and continued on with her drink. Haruna grinned back at Nodoka. "Well?" She drew out as Nodoka was trembling in embarrassment. Looking around for her fellow students, the girl leaned forward.
"A-a-actually, I-I met K-kurosaki-s-sensei before…" She whispered. Her two friends stared at her with disbelief in their eyes. "Seriously!" Haruna whispered back as Yue raised a brow.
Nodoka nodded as she began her tale.
(FLASHBACK)
She was just reading a book (about the size of her head and thick) on the bench at a park somewhere in town called Karakura. She and her mother came to visit a relative, named Ishida, she thinks, before she was given permission to go play outside. But of course, being the quiet and shy girl she is, Nodoka visited the nearest library and borrowed an interesting, yet large, book to read at the park.
While she was reading, however, a group of boys a few years older huddled around her. Before she realized it, one of the boys grabbed her book and looked through it. "What the heck! Why's a girl like you reading a book this big! Look at this, it's humongous!"
"P-p-please give it b-b-back…" Nodoka silently yelled. The boy grinned. "Huh? Can't hear you!"
"G-g-g-give it b-b-back…" Nodoka repeated, growing a bit scared. Tears were flowing from her eyes as the boys continued to look into the book, trying to figure out what it was about. "P-p-p-please…"
"Hey, what's going on here?" A deep and older voice rang. Everyone turned to see a teenage boy, around the age of 15, with orange hair and brown eyes. His scowl was scary, very scary to Nodoka as she looked ready to faint from fear and shock. The boys, however, were scared as well, but for a different reason.
"Ack, its Karin's older brother!" One of them yelled.
"Run!" Another yelled as the boys began to run.
The teenager scowled deeper as the boys ran in separate direction, two of them crashing into each other. "What kind of friends does Karin have?" He wondered as he looked back at the girl who looked about ready to faint. Her blush was also covering her whole face, hiding behind her bangs as she swayed back and forth. Sighing, he bent down and grabbed her book. This brought Nodoka back to the conscious world as she silently, very silently, asked, "C-c-c-can I have m-my book back…?"
The boy smiled, although his eyes were still in its very own scowl, giving the book back. "Here you go," He said kindly as Nodoka quietly took the book back, hugging it tightly. "You ok?" He asked as Nodoka 'eeped'. "H-h-hai… I-I'm ok…" She said quietly, burying herself into the book.
The teenager smiled. "You like books, huh?" He asked, gesturing at the book she was holding. This brought the quiet girl out of her shyness as she quickly nodded. "H-h-hai! I love books! It's the only thing I have to help me out when I'm scared and lonely," She said with confidence and happiness, "My favorite kinds of books are Fantasies and books about Princesses and Princes!" She continued.
The boy blinked, before laughing a bit. "Wow, you really like books, huh?" Nodoka suddenly flushed, this being her first time to talk to a male with full confidence and barely any stutter. "Don't worry. I like books too. Although, I'm more into Historical Fictional kind of stories," The boy said.
Nodoka blinked, looking at the male who was sitting next to her. His bright colored hair reminded her of oranges while his brown eyes looked a bit like chestnuts. His face was scowling, but slowly, the quiet girl was getting used to it, and looking deep into his eyes, she could see a sense of dedication to protecting those he cared about.
All in all, Nodoka felt safe around the male.
"R-r-really?"
"Yep! I'm not really popular in school, so I usually study hard and read random books to get around. It's actually quite useful after a while." The orange head answered, smiling.
Nodoka smiled. This was the first time she has ever met someone who liked books like she did, although not to that extent. It made it even better that it was a male, as she was usually uncomfortable around them. The two suddenly were so indulged in their conversation that they never noticed the sun setting to around early evening until a woman's voice called out,
"Nodoka? Nodoka!"
The quiet girl snapped her head up. "Ah, Okaa-san!"
"Go ahead," The man said, allowing the girl to run to her mother who was across from the park. She stopped before turning around and bowing towards the orange head. "A-arigatou gozaimashita, Onii-san (1)!" Nodoka thanked before running towards her mom. While she was running, though, she took a long look at the boy's face and noticed that he was holding a face filled with longing and sadness. She wondered what was wrong when the boy waved "bye" and stood up to leave.
That was the last time Nodoka ever saw the orange head as she left back to her hometown.
(END FLASHBACK)
"Awww~, now that's a knight saving a damsel from a fire-breathing dragon right there!" Haruna exclaimed. Nodoka flushed at the thought, her favorite Genre being used as an example by Haruna. "H-h-haruna!"
"Shut up Haruna, this is serious," Yue glared at her friend, "A boy actually managed to have Nodoka talk normally, and it was way before Negi-sensei came into the picture."
"Yeah~… Me thinks that he could be the one…" Haruna muttered to herself as Yue nodded along. Nodoka was confused at what her friends were thinking about and it scared her a little bit. "Wh-wh-wh-whare are you two p-p-p-planning to d-d-do?" She regretfully asked. Yue was quiet for a bit before looking at her shy friend. "Nodoka, do you think he remembers you?"
Nodoka sat quietly for a bit, trying to think back. After a while, she shook her head. "No, I don't think so. W-w-we didn't even properly introduce each other back then…" She added as Yue sighed. "I thought as much."
"Now that just won't do, Nodo-chan!" Haruna called her friend by her third nickname. "If he doesn't remember you, then what was the point of meeting up with a hot guy for!"
"That's based on your experience, Paru," Yue interjected as Haruna glared at Nodoka with determination. "That settles it! We're gonna introduce the two of you and get you two properly acquainted! That way… I can get a chance with the guy!" Haruna said with stars in her eyes.
"I figured you'd say that…" Yue deadpanned as Nodoka looked nervous and shy about the whole "plan".
(Meanwhile…)
Ichigo sneezed as Takamichi looked up in surprise. "You ok, Ichigo-kun?"
Ichigo nodded, wiping his nose. "Yeah, I'm ok, Takahata-san. I guess someone's talking about me…" Then his face darkened. "I swear, if it's that idiot, he's gonna find himself in a dumpster…" He muttered, referring to his idiot father, as Takamichi laughed. "Well, if you say you're ok, you're ok!" He said, getting up and leaving the room. Ichigo sighed before looking up at the clock.
"3:34… It should be time for the next episode, I suppose…"
Surprisingly, over the years, Ichigo began to watch One Piece and NARUTO lately. Given that his sisters began to watch it first, he was slowly beginning to open up to it. It didn't really help when Keigo was continuously begging him to watch those two anime. Yeah, that was it; it was Keigo's fault, not his.
After leaving the office, Ichigo was more or less walking around aimlessly around the campus before he heard two parties talking to each other.
"Where did you take Negi!"
"That voice… isn't that Asuna?" He wondered, peaking over to the side while making sure that his Reiatsu was close to none.
"Hm? I have no idea what you are talking about," The Scottish blonde Lolita said. Ichigo deducted that the girl was the same "vampire" he encountered a few nights ago. The girl sighed. "Be at ease, Kagurazaka Asuna. I have no intentions of attacking the little Bouya for now, not until the next full moon that is."
"Wh-what do you mean?" Asuna asked unsurely.
"If the moon is no longer full, my power is diminished to that of a little girl of my appearance age," Evangeline said, Ichigo remembered her name as. To further prove her powerlessness, the girl pulled back her mouth to show fangless teeth. "Shee (See)? No fangs, no blood-sucking vampire," Evangeline let go of her mouth. "Until the next full moon, I am but a little human. Even if I were to attack the Bouya right now, this instant, I wouldn't be able to suck out his blood." The girl smirked. "If the Bouya can find a Partner by the next full moon, then perhaps the outcome of the match might be uncertain. But until then, the Bouya won't be able to win without any guidance for Magic Combat."
"What?"
"By the way, you seem to be quite worried for the Bouya," Evangeline slyly grinned as Asuna flinched and blushed a bit. "What happened to the 'I hate kids!' fiasco? Did that change after sleeping in bed together?" Ichigo nearly spit out in shock at this.
"Wh-tha-that's none of your business, you- you…!" Asuna sputtered out. "Anyway, if you either of you two lay your hands on Negi, I won't forgive you!" She warned as Evangeline waved a hand broadly. "Heh, whatever… I have business elsewhere, so I take my leave," Evangeline reported, taking off as Chachamaru bowed to Asuna. Asuna stared on with a confused look before remembering why she was running around. "Ah!"
After she left, Ichigo sighed, kneeling down and leaning against the wall. After a while, he lowered his head onto his hand, sighing very deeply as a great cloud of gloominess loomed over his head. "Great, what the hell kind of mess did I get myself into this time…?" Ichigo grumbled in his mind.
Nihongo Lessons:
1 – It's customary for little boys and girls to call boys who are a few years or so older than them by that name. It's kind of a default name for the older boys whose names they don't know. It's the same for girls, younger children calling them by "Onee-san" instead.
Ok, so we finished up chapter three of BLEACH -Again-, and got to see a little bit of Nodoka's past with Ichigo, which isn't really that long, but what'd ya expect? I don't wanna show too much before I get to the actual part where Ichigo saves the day, which, oddly enough, included Asuna in that particular memory. Woops, said too much, lol, ^^;
We also have the main antagonist of the Arc introduced, obviously being Eva-chan! Who will Ichigo support? The evil, bad, yet cute, vampire? Or the naive, ero-magnet, 10 yr-old genius? If you guys can't figure it out, you suck. Badly. That reminds me, I separated each Arc in Mahou Sensei Negima! and BLEACH in this story by Saga, Arc, and Sub-Arc. Right now should be... Employment Saga, New Teacher Arc, Introduction Sub-Arc... If I remember the listing correctly. Oh, and before you guys ask. Yes. Ichigo WILL get his Shinigami powers back. Just a small preview so you guys'll stay interested, hehehe...
Anyway, onto the question I asked myself in the last chapter. The difference in power between the Mages and the Shinigami and Fullbringers and Hollows, etc etc. Well, here's a mock list of it. Those of you who are on the Magical World Arc chapters of Mahou Sensei Negima! should be familiar with this list:
0 – cat
1 – Human (i.e. Hasegawa Chisame)
2 – Average citizens of Mundus Magicus / Plus souls
3 – Chi Practitioners
50 – Chi Masters in Old World
100 – Magic Academy graduates (i.e. Negi Springfield the beginning)
200 – Tanks
300 – Average Mage
500 – Average Mage (i.e. Negi before heading to Mundus Magicus)
650 – Non-Magical Dragon / Shinigami (Academy students)
700 – Average Mage (i.e. Kagetarō) / Fullbringer (i.e. Chad's first arm) / Shinigami (Academy graduates)
1100 – Magia Erebea
1500 – Aegis warships / Shinigami (20th - 11th) / Hollow (Gillian)
2000 – High-class Mage (i.e. Takamichi) / Fullbringer (i.e. Chad's second arm) / Shinigami (10th - 6th)
2200 – Magia Erebea (Armament)
2500 – Shinigami (5th - Lieutenant)
2800 – Demon soldiers / Fullbringer / Arrancar (Numeros, Fraccion) / Hollow (Adjuchas)
3000 – Averruncus units / Shinigami (Captain)
5000 – Hollow (Vasto Lorde)
6000 – Arrancar (Privaron Espada) / Fullbringer (i.e. Chad's third arm)
7000 – Arrancar (Espada 9 - 5) / Vizard
8000 – High-level demon god (i.e. Ryōmen Sukuna no Kami) / Arrancar (Espada 4 - 3) / Vizard
10000 – Arrancar (Espada 2 - 0)
12000 – Jack Rakan / Shinigami (Bankai) / Arrancar (Espada Resurreccion) / High-class Mage (i.e. Evangeline) / Sacred Guardian Beast (Vrixas Nagasha)
13000 – Mage of Beginning / Vizard (Bankai) / Arrancar (Espada Resurreccion)
15000 – Arrancar (Segunda Etapa)
Now, obviously I left out Aizen in his Final Form and Ichigo using the Final Getsuga Tensho, cause honestly? It's too badass to record and rank. Now, I haven't included Nagi either, or the Magister Magi rank, cause I have no idea how powerful either of those choices are. Eva-chan herself said in the most recent chapter that the term Magister Magi has been lowered significantly that there's a huge difference between a true Magister Magi and a modern Magister Magi. I would have also added in Quincy, but they're all pretty much the same besides their arrows changing. Like how Kurotsuchi said, they're all not in terms of power as the first Quincy (if I remembered correctly) and there's not much information on Quincy's in general to say anything yet. You guys may also have noticed that I duplicated a few ranks such as Vizards and Fullbringers. The truth is, the power ranks between a beginner and a veteran is huge, but they're pretty much still the same power and abilities (just different experiences), so I left the titles the same, since there's no significant rank name for them.
As I said at the top of the Note, this is only a mock ranking system and not to accurate ranking, so don't feel too offended if I ranked it wrong or the ranking is too low, I just tried to do the best I could without making the race and power-ups too god-like... another reason why I haven't added the Final Getsuga Tensho and Aizen's Final Form.