Yo~ It's GeNoWaFeR here. I must warn you beforehand, my writing style is quite different to that of machao's and . But its all good ~ because we follow the same plot together heehee.
I would do personal replies, but there aint enough yet…So R&R please!
Recap:
Bags packed, they left their home in Rukongai (the owner leased it to someone else soon after) and stepped into
Seireitei
End Recap
Chapter Two
As soon as they took their first steps within the walls of Sereitei, they knew their lives had changed forever. The atmosphere here was different to that of Rukongai. In Rukongai there were kids running around the streets, markets had that festive cheer to it and even the darkest alleys seemed appropriate to play games in. Here, everything was relatively quiet, and Saiko's screaming personality was quite certainly out of place.
In the middle of the city, a tall, gleaming tower rose up high into the sky. The six of them looked up at it in perfect awe.
But then..
WHTCKSMACKBANGPADOOMF'TAANGBONG
"Ow!" screamed Tifa.
A baldy and a guy (or was it a girl?) with way too much make up on crashed into them stumbling, then continuing running as if nothing happened. The long pole the baldy was holding had whacked Tifa on the shoulder.
"Watch where you're going with that…stick... thing!" Tifa shouted after them
Baldy turned around,
"It's not a stick, and I'm sorry, but it was your fault you were standing there like star struck goose gazing up at the sky and who-knows-what" he scorned, before turning.
"Honey, don't mind him, he hasn't had his make up for the day yet. Oh god, look at your pores darling, they're HUGE! Well if you have the time, come visit me and I'll give you some wonderful facial cream, it's really effective and you-"
"Yumichika, I'm sorry to interrupt your make-up lesson, but Kenpachi-taichou will get really pissed if we don't go NOW!!" Baldy said urgently.
"Ah yes, I'm coming along, and don't shout dear, it's bad for your complexion." The so-called Yumichika said.
As they left, Tifa seemed to get angrier by the second. Until…
"Nani?!"
"Calm down Tifa, its almost 8 and we're not there yet." Shioru said.
"I do hope they're not at the academy, they have that I'm-too-good-for-you look about them" Hoshika scowled.
They shook their heads and muttered about the insolence of young people these days, then proceeded further into the strange city.
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"Arghblahblahblahshitheads! Why?! Why are there no shops here? Where will I get my shin ramen?! Fail city sucks balls." Saiko declared, a face that distinctly resembled an angry emoticon on her face.
"Ok guys, seriously, where are we?" Hiyori looked close to hysterics.
"I thought if we took this corner here we'd be there demo wakaranai…" Mochi's voice wavered with uncertainty.
Whooosh
Suddenly a middle-aged man riding a dodgy Asian bike zoomed past.
"CHOTTO MATE!" screamed Mochi
The man stopped and looked back.
"Yes young'uns?
"Can you by any chance take us to Shinigami Academy?"
"Ah, a fresh group of new students, eh? Well you're in luck. I'm a teacher there. You can call me Sanada sensei. Come on!"
The 6 followed him cautiously, often having to jog to catch up with the bike. Before long, they arrived outside a large building.
"Welcome to Shinigami Academy! I think you've missed breakfast, but if you quickly pop up to the kitchen, you might be lucky enough to find some natto left. I don't know why the kids don't like it. It's so good!" Sanada sensei said with a tone that bordered on rambling.
"Arigatou sensei," They chorused, and ran off to the kitchens with Saiko in the lead, screaming something about ramen and death.
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"Ok, you students have been chosen out of the vast population of Rukongai to enter this academy. This is of course a great honour and we hope you strive to do your best during your time here. When we feel you have accomplished what is needed, we will split you off into one of the 13 squads where you will serve that squad and protect the society." Sanada sensei had now donned a more formal way of speaking.
Besides the six girls, there were seven unfamiliar faces. They all looked as determined as them and at Sanada's command, their rigorous training began.
"Starting off, we're just going to test your abilities for now and we'll assign you to your temporary care captains at the beginning of the day tomorrow. Under the captains, we hope you can learn as much as possible and possibly be given your zanpakutous."
There was a murmur of excitement amongst the other students.
"What did he just say?" Mochi asked in confusion. Her expression was mirrored in the faces of her companions.
"Dunno, maybe it's some sort of special ramen?" Saiko shrugged
"Baka, why would we be given ramen? I think its some sort of music…" Hoshika said.
"OMO~~~~~" exclaimed Hiyori
"What?"
"Do you think…it's like those weird uniforms they wear when they kill things?" Hiyori stated excitedly.
"WHOA, it'd be so cool to get one," Shioru said.
"mmhmm" Tifa nodded in agreement.
"Shizuka ni kudasai!" Sanada-sensei said in a stern tone.
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"Ek, my arms hurts!" complained Shioru, "All that kidou work is hard!"
"Well at least you can make sparks appear, I can't even get anything to happen!" Tifa exclaimed.
"I can't even remember the words" frowned Hiyori
"HA! Well this is just the start. After all this hefty work, I'll be better than all of you!" Saiko said, puffing up her chest and adopting a smug look.
"Che. Whatever you can do, I can do better," Hoshika piped.
"BREAK'S OVER, BACK TO WORK GUYS" Sanada's voice pierced their conversation.
"Sighh, I need to get some new shoes. These sandals are so hard to walk in, let alone practise,"
Halfway through their unsuccessful practice, a shortie with spiky white hair came into their midst. Short as he was, he had a powerful aura that radiated from him.
"Does anyone feel like we're in a mini earthquake?" Shioru quivered.
"Whoa…that guy has some crazy reiatsu," whispered a trainee shinigami next to them.
"Eh? What's reiatsu?" Tifa asked cluelessly.
"Reiatsu is the spirit power you have. The more powerful you are, the more reiatsu you emit," Sanada-sensei explained, "This is Hitsugaya Toushirou, he's the 10th squad's captain and a good one at that. Haha 'mboy, what brings you here?"
"I just thought I'd come over here for a bit. Nothing important is going on back in the squad and Matsumoto's trying to force me to go to the hot springs out in Rukongai. Just escaped." He cocked his eyebrow as he said the last sentence. For a little guy, his voice was deep and mature.
"Ah, I have an idea, these young'uns haven't seen a zanpakutou yet, so why don't you show them?" Sanada sensei proposed.
"Eh? But I thought he's wearing it already..." Hiyori mused.
"Maybe it's like, a special one you wear underneath?" Mochi reasoned.
"NA NI? But then you'd get hot from all the fighting!" Tifa exclaimed.
"What's this? What do mean 'wearing it already'? A zanpakutou is a sword you idiots!" Sanada sensei said with amusement, "Watch carefully, Toushirou's released shikai is something you don't want to miss."
"Souten ni Zase, Hyourinmaru!"
A light blue dragon emerged, glass-like and glittering. The 13 students looked up in amazement.
"SUGOII!"
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"Did you see the way it moved!"
"Did you see how it knocked Sanada sensei out?"
"Did you see how the water froze?"
"Did you see how his hair glistened in the sun?"
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"Umm…Mochi?" Hoshika asked uncertainly.
"It's all white and pretty!" Mochi stated, quite childishly. "Ok I've decided, from now on, im going to call him Shiro!"
*groan*
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"You know, Shiro kinda sounds like my name…" commented Shioru.
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"Wow…today was hard work.. If I have to do that again, I'm going to eat someone." Saiko collapsed onto her bed in the house at the end of the day.
"Yeah, but it was still heaps of fun, eh?" Hoshika smiled, thinking back to when she blasted the wooden board they were practising on.
"OMO~ I can't wait to get a zanpakutou!" Hiyori grinned and started to bounce around.
"I wonder which temporary captain I'll be under." Tifa wondered.
"OOOOOOOOOH I WANT TO BE UNDER SHIRO!" Mochi shrieked.
"Yah, urusai, Mochi" Hiyori said
"Hmm, well, lets get a good night's sleep and wake up refreshed for tomorrow yeah?" Shioru said, cheering them on, "Ganbatte, Ikkimashoii!"
As the sounds of rustling in bed slowly faded off, and everyone fell asleep, Shirou gazed up at the night sky outside the window.
"I hope we can become good shinigami.."
She let out a soft smile before falling asleep, a minute too soon to hear Saiko mumble,
"Oh god, I need ramen"
GeNoWaFeR's A/N's
Rukongai: The bit about kids running around and playing games in dark alleys, I was referring to the time when Renji had flashbacks of when Rukia and him used to play on the streets of Rukongai. It looks like a happy place…so I decided to portray it like that.
Chotto mate: Japanese for "wait a minute//second!"
Asian bike: You know, the ones Jap students ride to school in those awesome dramasxDD
Arigatou: As many of you know, this means "Thank you"
Shizuka ni kudasai: "Please be quiet"
Kidou: I've forgotten the proper definition, but it's those moves you make with you hands and you chant random stuff like "The 38th destruction: blah blah blah". ( says: baka, WaFeR, it's demon magic!)
Hot Springs: I got this from a Shinigami Golden ep. Matsumoto went to the hot springs with Toushirou and the lady at the counter said "Sorry, kids must be accompanied by an adult" and Matsumoto was like "Ah! It's alright, Hitsugaya can bathe with me!" OMO~ so funny
Ganbatte Ikkimashoii: Got this from a drama I watched. Someone says "Ganbatte ikkimashoi!" and everyone else goes "Shoi!". It's a bit like "Aussie aussie aussie" "Oi Oi Oi" if you get my drift. Just something to cheer you on
Akechi Shirou: I've made her a bit like the leader amongst the 6. It's not that obvious but I decided she was the most calm, smart and not too cocky out of the 6