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Warning: OOC-Ness, Angst, Mystery, Slight Romance
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Other than her assigned class, surprisingly, all of the other classes went surprisingly well. With a new year, new teachers are currently 'Recruited' into KaraKura High. So, it wasn't a surprise that most of the classes had a change of pace of new teachers. Though, she bet her assigned was this special only because Ichigo Kurosaki and Inoue Orihime was present. Saying about that, she had to keep a lookout for Sora and to trouble herself with the FootBall Club as well. Talking about FootBall Club, she had guessed Tatsuki was talking about Women's FootBall and in this world, Women's FootBall weren't very well perceived since FootBallers are men, mostly. Though, Rukia had a way to twist it around. And, Kaien's playmate might just help her a little. But, that's not important for now. Sora, in Rukia's eyes, held priority. She couldn't be certain that's Sora, but still... It's a possibility. Picking up her books, stuffing her 'Seating Arrangements' in one of her books, she was ready to leave KaraKura High after a much tiring day. On the other hand, Urahara was in and out of his office, doing who-knows-what. But, Rukia isn't entirely concerned of what Urahara does in his 'Spare Time' of being a Principal. She's thinking he's missing tending to Urahara Store, not that he was always there anyway. "Going back already?"
Rukia gazed at Urahara who was still doing his 'Paperwork'. "Yeah, what about you, Urahara? Not going back yet?"
Urahara instantly pouted and placed both of his hands on the side of his face, mimicking a bored and pained expression, causing Rukia to roll her eyes once more. "Ever since Yoruichi has gone to look after Kaaaaaien-chaaaaan, I rarely see her anymoooore~" Urahara whined. "It pains me, Rukiaaaa-chaaaan. It pains meeeeee~"
Picking up her books and confirming that she brought everything she had to bring, more of her belongings, inclusive of the 'Seating Arrangemens' "It's not my fault you assigned Yoruichi to me and it's also not my fault she takes a liking to Kaien." Though, an idea formed inside her mind and she turned to Urahara once more. "Maybe it might do some good if both of you were to have a child of your own."
Rukia was almost sure of the feelings both of them had for each other, just that neither was willing to admit it, that's all. Urahara, in response, pouted. It was only one second later that Urahara perked up. "But, it's alright, Rukiaaaa-chaaaan~" Rukia stared at him as Urahara jumped on the table once more. It's a wonder that the table hasn't cracked though Rukia had to wonder what would happen if a student had entered the Principal's Office just then and saw that scene. But, the previous bell signalled that it was the end of school so that idea's kinda impossible. Bummer. "Once Kaaaaien-chaaaaan reaches here, Yoruichi will be hereeeeee as well~"
"I would hate to be a wet blanket, Urahara..." Oh, who was she lying to? She absolutely loved seeing Urahara's pouting face as she giggled mentally. "At least I have a reason for making Kaien come to KaraKura High, taking into the fact that my son misses me." Urahara nodded, not understanding Rukia's point. "What would be your excuse for letting Yoruichi come over? I doubt a grown-up can miss another grown-up, you know." Urahara pouted, grumbling something about Rukia being a wet blanket as Rukia shrugged, she was just stating the facts anyway. Letting Kaien come here was already a bend to KaraKura High's rules, how would Yoruichi fit to that equation? Suddenly, Urahara grinned and in all honesty, Rukia was slightly afraid of that grin, knowing that Urahara was up to no good. "I really don't want to know what you were grinning about, Urahara."
Unexpectedly, Urahara waved Rukia off, wanting for her to go back already. "You don't wanna know what I was thinking anyway. Now, go ahead back home and send my regards to Kaaaaaien-chaaaan~"
"Sure?"
"Kurosaki Ichigo."
Ichigo groaned. Oh man... This voice. Why couldn't he get through the first day of KaraKura High without hearing his voice? He really thought he was doing a good job! But, to be honest, he was also surprised. So, he got into KaraKura High out of all places? Man, and he was looking forward to making his journey home without any interruptions. But, why, oh why, was it not meant to be? Sighing, Ichigo turned back to the offender, arms folded. "Oshima Reiichi."
Being the Student Council President and President of the Sewing Club, Ishida had a lot of priorities in the school. And, one such priority would be to make sure that everything in KaraKura High goes smoothly, no bullies or whatever. But, being Ichigo Kurosaki's classmate or even schoolmate has made Ishida's task all the more complicated. And, furthermore, Inoue's words had him being suspicious of their homeroom teacher as well. Ishida knew Inoue well and knew that Inoue Orihime wasn't one of the lying type, simply to get somebody in trouble. And, the expression Inoue had when she was telling Ishida that Rukia was spying on them... Was out of fear more than anything. That had gotten Ishida to believe Inoue's words instantly. Towards what Inoue has been saying all this while, Ishida has never doubted Inoue's words. Why would he when he likes her? Flawed logic, one would say. But, Ishida didn't look at it like that. But, for one second, he was fearful that Inoue created this out of nowhere. Although, looking at Inoue's expression when she had confessed that made him think otherwise. But, if what Inoue said was true, what was their homeroom teacher doing there? Knowing Ichigo's behavior, he would just confront Rukia recklessly and that was the last result they wanted. So, Ishida had convinced Inoue not to tell Ichigo about this. Nevertheless, Ishida was glad that Inoue was the Vice-President of the Sewing Club. It might not be a hobby for Inoue to be in the sewing club but she had learned a lot from Ishida, enough to be his assistant, apparently, when he was busy with his Student Council duties. "President, you are finally here!"
Taking his seat where he could gaze at the whole school by the corner of his eyesight, he faced the rest of the Student Council members. "So, what's first on the agenda?"
Rukia walked out of Urahara's office and was happy that the first day was over. That way, she could get to Kaien even faster. In all the mess of her life, Kaien was the only one who could lift her spirits, even if she felt extremely depressed. One greeting of Kaien's, one look of Kaien and she was reminded of what she has in KaraKura Town. And, what's more, by the time tomorrow comes, Kaien could come along with her to KaraKura High. It wasn't only her but Kaien had loved KaraKura High just as much as she did. But, he was restricted to go anywhere because of circumstance that brought him to KaraKura Town. She could just imagine Kaien's expression when she tells him the good news. As she replayed the events in Urahara's office, she wondered what Urahara would do to get Yoruichi in KaraKura High. Although she was annoyed about Urahara's antics all the time, she was still grateful for Urahara and Yoruichi in her life. If she hadn't found the 12th Division Captain at that point of time, she wondered what she would have became today, without knowing the real cause for Kaien's death. Her eyes hardened at the memory that just crossed her mind. It had happened ages ago but it was still fresh in her mind. The way that she had saw Kaien fighting a Hollow, the way that she had ran away and the way that Kaien had purposefully allowed himself to get in the way of Rukia's sword. Taking a moment to calm herself down, she leaned on the wall for a moment before making her way out of KaraKura High once more, only to witness a fight about to go on. Really? Right here, right now? What was Kurosaki Ichigo, a glutton for punishment?
"Oshima, what the hell do you want from me?" An annoyed voice.
Oshima laughed, a deep and mocking laugh that only served to annoy Ichigo more. "You should be bowing to me, Kurosaki Ichigo." Oh? "I made the decision to go to KaraKura High because of you." Ichigo raised an eyebrow. What? He should bow down and kiss this asshole's shoe because of that? Pfft, he must be daydreaming. "If my memory serves me right, our fight in middle school wasn't done, Kurosaki Ichigo." A frown made itself known on Ichigo's lips. "And, I see you hadn't dyed your hair back to your original color, Kurosaki Ichigo." Ichigo stared at him as if he was crazy. Was he still going to harp on that? "Is my hair that trendy?"
Ichigo glared. "Just so you know, our fight in middle school was 500 years ago. I'm surprised you are still onto that." It was Oshima's turn to frown as Ichigo continued glaring. "Secondly, I have told you thousands of time this is my neutral hair color and I'm not copying you. And, you must be delusional to think that bleached hair is trendy. Instead, shouldn't you do something about your own hair, instesad of lecturing me about it?" Oshima was fuming right about now and fumed more when Ichigo commented a few seconds later. "Chicken-head."
A tick appeared on Oshima's forehead. The nerve of Kurosaki Ichigo! "What did you call me?!"
"Laid any eggs lately, Chicken-Head?" Well, that nickname was certainly fun.
The bell rung, signalling that it was 30 minutes after school. Ishida looked around his surroundings, making sure that everybody was doing their duties well. KaraKura was a growing school, there were visitors here and festivals here and there. And, being the Student Council President, it was up to Ishida to have the school be ready for any changes, taking into consideration that the previous Student Council President was in only for the free stuffs and did nothing about KaraKura High at all. So, it was all up to Ishida, who took over the position of Student Council Prsident though it wasn't an easy job, that is. "President?" Ishida gazed over at Yukimura, the Vice-President of the Student Council. Yukimura was clumsy in nature but when Ishida depended on Yukimura to get a job done, he was certain that Yukimura would get the job done. "There seems to be a ruckus near the entrance of KaraKura High." Curious about the ruckus, Ishida walked over to Yukimura and peered at the window and brought his gaze. There were 2 figures. One, he was certain who it was and a tick appeared on his forehead. Really, why does it has to be his classmate once again? "Oshima Reiichi." Ishida gazed back at Yukimura. What? Oh right, Yukimura was in charge of all the names in the school as well. "I heard that he's a new transfer in KaraKura High." Somebody would automatically transfer to KaraKura High? That's new although Ishida hoped it wasn't a repeat of this morning's incident but he also knew this incident had to be stopped as well. Walking away from the window not before noticing a figure in the shadows, he sighed and massaged his forehead.
"Oshima Reiichi, you said?" Yukimura nodded his head as Ishida faced him. "What's the transfer student's History, Yukimura-san?"
Yukimura picked up a folder and read. "Constantly picking up fights with Kurosaki Ichigo back in middle school..." And, there was a flash, causing Yukimura to gaze up from his position, noticing Ishida was out of the Student Council's room in a flash. "President!"
"That big idiot!"
"Oshima, you do realize that I have won in every fight that you managed to provoke me, right?" Oshima, in response, glared at Ichigo. "Why are you still doing this, even though I have a victory over you in almost every battle that we fought?" Ichigo probably shouldn't brag, but towards Ichigo VS Oshima, the results were: Ichigo - 50, Oshima - 0. "Why are you so persistent anyway, Oshima?"
Oshima simply smiled, a creepy smile that made Ichigo want to gag at the sight of Oshima even smiling. "You thought I never learned anything from those experiences, do you, Kurosaki Ichigo?" Well, it would seem that way to Ichigo and he gazed at Oshima with a blank stare. "But, you are wrong, Kurosaki Ichigo! To prepare for our reunion, I prepared..." Cue dramatic drum roll and Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Bras knuckles!" Well, that was new. Were such weapons even allowed in KaraKura High? "You are not going to win today, Kurosaki Ichigo because I have the advantage!"
Honestly, Rukia was hesitant to step forward and stop the fight, using the same trick, dialling Urahara's number although she did have the Principal of KaraKura High's number. But, she didn't feel like she was in the mood now to stop Ichigo Kurosaki's antics. Man, this was a nuisance. Gazing at Ichigo and the attacker with a bored expression, she took out her phone and twisted it in her hands to find something to do when Oshima took out his bras knuckles. Well, that's new. If one was hit by that, one would bleed. Although, severity could be causing one to die. But still, Rukia wasn't in the mood to step in. Stepping in this morning's incident had already caused Ichigo's hostility, if she stepped in this one and she had a valid reason to seeing that Oshima was bringing in weapons for goodness' sake, who knows what Ichigo would do to her. It was after school hours so she doubted Urahara would know of today's incidents. But still... "Rukia-Sensei!"
Gazing at Ishida who had called after her, she slid her phone in her pockets. "You are finally here, Student Council President. I was left wondering when you would show up."
"What exactly happened, Rukia-Sensei?"
Rukia shrugged her shoulders, implying that she doesn't know. "I don't really know. I was making my way home when I saw a scene like that." Her fingers pointing to where Ichigo stood and Ishida gazed in that direction, eyes narrowing. "I thought Ichigo Kurosaki was handling it well so I didn't really want to step in and interfere with that going on." Emphasizing 'That' as if the incident that was happening in front of her was something she detested, she turned her gaze back to Ishida. "But, now that you arrived, I think this should be a piece of cake to you."
"A piece of cake?" Ishida narrowed his eyes. "Rukia-Sensei, you should know clearly that as a President-"
"You are stopping to save your classmate, who's being bullied, for that reason?" Ishida was stunned to silence and Rukia smiled in response. "Besides, I said that it was supposed to be a piece of cake and you would realize it if you were observant enough, Ishida." Ishida looked confused for a moment. Rukai continued gazing at Ishida and shook his ehad, a mysterious smile on her lips. "A Student Council President should be more observant on his surroundings, Ishida." Ishida glared at Rukia and Rukia kept that mysterious smile in response. "Correct me if I'm wrong, Ishida, but bringing weapons from outside to KaraKura High is violating the school rules, is it not?" Ishida nodded dumbly. But, what had his homeroom teacher meant by that? Seeing his response, Rukia shook her head and smiled. "I wonder how you became Student Council President in the first place, Ishida." Now, Ishida was offended by that and he returned his glare in full-force. Rukia, pointedly ignoring Ishida's glare, dropped a bottle of ointment and some bandages onto Ishida's palm. "If, by some miracle, Ishida, you failed to notice what I have noticed and Kurosaki Ichigo gets hurt, you can apply those on him." Ishida gazed at his palm and observed the ointment. These are... "But, I pray that you notice the things that I have noticed, Ishida and avoid blood spilling on the ground, especially Ichigo Kurosaki's blood. It would be a pity to stain blood on KaraKura High's ground, wouldn't it be?"
"These are from KaraKura High's first-aid kit, Rukia-Sensei. How did you...?" Ishida questioned.
Rukia shrugged her shoulders. "Don't you think you are minding too much on the small details and missing the big picture?" Ishida frowned and Rukia turned to gaze at Ichigo and his attacker one last time before walking out of KaraKura High, by the side entrance. "And, if Kurosaki Ichigo ever gets injured, please don't tell him that I gave you the ointment. I'm fairly certain that you can keep this little secret to yourself, ishida." With that, Rukia was out of Ishida's sight.
To say that Ishida wasn't amazed by Rukia would be an outright lie. A teacher's responsibility was to protect the students from any harm intended but Rukia had thought differently, even to the point of not stepping in and interfere with the fight between Ichigo and Oshima. But, when he arrived, Rukia was certain he could solve the matter. The rule that Rukia had stated, Ishida knew it existed since it was the Code of Conduct written in the Rulebook of KaraKura High's Rules. But, what was the purpose of Rukia mentioning it? Had Oshima broken a rule? Gazing back to the fight, he was stunned to silence when Oshima raised a fist to fight Ichigo but he could clearly see it now, the bras knuckles that Oshima had. Ishida gazed at the space Rukia was occupying before. Had Rukia known all along? Why hadn't she told him then? She hadn't really dismissed all of Inoue's accusations but from that moment, she had deduced that Rukia wasn't a bad person after all. Making his way to Ichigo, he spoke. "Oshima Reichi, was it?"
Rukia was in an even better mood when she exited KaraKura High. Though, she had to admit, Ishida wasn't that observant when it had came to checking his surroundings. Had she overestimated his abilities as a Quincy? The first day went rather well, aside of Inoue's suspicion but that can be dealt with later. As to whether Ishida was the one cancelling out all of the Hollows residing in KaraKura Town, she would just have to find out for herself. Her smile disappeared at that thought. If it was indeed Ishida cancelling out the Hollows that resided in KaraKura Town, she seriously doubted that Imoyama could handle Ishida.
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