Karakura Hospital
Hoshi stretched as she walked out of the hospital. "It feels so good to be outside again!"
Hoshi heard a small chuckle come from a few feet away. She turned her head and saw one of her friends standing there. "Uryu! What are you doing here?"
Uryu pushed up his glasses as he replied, "Well my father does run this hospital."
"Heh. Oh yeah, I guess it slipped my mind," Hoshi admitted as she stepped closer to Uryu. "So whatcha doin?"
"Well I was planning on visiting you today, since I heard you were staying here..."
A smile spread across Hoshi's face when she heard that. "Really? That's very sweet of you Uryu. Well since I've been released...how about we go to the park? We haven't really hung out together for a while."
"That would be nice," Uryu nodded and the two teenagers began to walk towards the local park. Along the way they talked about various things from school to their personal life. The two continued on talking through out most of the day until it started getting dark. Uryu glanced towards his watch and then back to Hoshi. "It's getting pretty late... I'll walk you home."
"Oh, you don't have to Uryu!"
Uryu shook his head and gave Hoshi a small smile. "I insist."
Hoshi sighed but smiled gratefully at Uryu. "Thank you, Uryu."
"No need to thank me."
Hoshi shrugged and then started to walk in the direction of her house. "Well let's get going, shall we?" Within half an hour, the two teenagers stopped in front of Hoshi's front door. The blue eyed girl turned to look at Uryu before she walked inside her home. "Thank you once again, Uryu, for walking me home tonight."
"You're welcome. Bye," Uryu waved as he walked away from Hoshi. Hoshi turned back towards her door and unlocked it before stepping inside and shutting the door behind her. She flipped the nearest light switch and saw that everything was as it should be.
"Kiba? I'm home, boy!" Hoshi called out for her faithful dog. Not hearing the padding of feet across the floor, Hoshi decided to look around the house for the dog. When she entered the kitchen, she noticed that Kiba's food and water bowls were missing along with his bag of dog food. Hoshi went o her room next and saw that a few more things that belonged to Kiba were no longer there. Someone must have come got him while I was in the hospital. I'll ask Ichigo and the others tommorow at school to see if they know who.
Next Day, Karakura High School
"I'm glad so glad you're back, Hoshi!" Orihime exclaimed as she hugged the white haired girl. Hoshi smiled at her bubbly friend and returned the hug.
"Yeah, me too."
Orihime pulled away from the hug and took hold of Hoshi's hand, leading her inside the school building. "Everyone will be so happy to see you!"
"You think so?" Hoshi asked her friend.
Orihime nodded, "I know so!"
"Well, then...let's not keep everyone waiting," Hoshi smiled as she allowed Orihime to pull her towards their class room. On the way, they spotted Ichigo, Keigo, and Mizuiro standing in the hall. Hoshi could hear Keigo whinning about something to do with Ichigo studying.
"Even so, you're pretty good at studying," Hoshi heard Mizuiro state.
"Well, this orange hair is a lot of trouble literally," Ichigo commented as he tugged on a small strand of his hair. "No matter how many times I say it's my natural hair color, the upper-classman pick fights with me. And the instuctors have an eye peeled on me." Ichigo stretched his arms out in front of him. "I'm in a no-good situation. I'm short-tempered, so if someone picks a fight with me, I can't help but fight back. When the instructors fasley accuse me, I rebel. And that gives them another reason to accuse me of having a bad attitude." Ichigo sighed a little. "I'm weary of that stuff, so I raised my grades. Of course I have a little help from Hoshi sometimes..."
"Not that I mind," Hoshi spoke up as she and Orihime stopped behind the boys. Ichigo, Mizuiro, and Keigo whirled around in surprise.
"Hoshi!" the boys shouted at the sight of the teenage girl.
"Hello, boys," Hoshi greeted her friends.
"I'm so glad you're back, my beautiful princess! Ichigo has been so mean to me!" Keigo was about to jump on Hoshi when Ichigo suddenly slammed his fist into Keigo's face, knocking the brown haired boy away. Keigo held his face as blood rushed out of his nose. "See what I mean!"
Hoshi giggled slightly. "Sorry, Keigo, but I think Ichigo would still treat you the same whether I was here or not."
"She's right," Ichigo agreed with his best friend. Keigo broke into tears and started to blubber about how cruel Ichigo was to him.
Mizuiro shrugged his shoulder and glanced over at Ichigo. "By the way, have you seen Kuchiki today, Ichigo?"
Ichigo looked down at Mizuiro. "...Why are you asking me?"
"Well you two are always together," Mizuiro replied as if was implying something. Hoshi felt a slight pang of jealousy but quickly tried to shake it off.
"How should I know? Since the recent tv incident, people are me are giving me creepy glances. In school, I'm trying to keep away from her. Before I knew it, rumors esculated about whether we did it or not." Ichigo shot a glance at Hoshi when he said the last bit. He wasn't sure how she would react to such a rumor, even if they weren't going out with each other. Or at least just yet. But all he saw on her face was a smile. Ichigo let out a sigh, "This is really ridiculous!"
Hoshi giggled causing the boys to look at her in confusion; Orihime was no longer standing with them. "I wonder who could have spread such a distasteful rumor?" Hoshi smiled as she sent a bone chilling stare towards Keigo and Mizuiro. She knew very well that those two knew who started the rumor. The two boys smiled nervously under the cool gaze Hoshi gave them. Even though Hoshi was a good natured person by heart, the boys knew that she was capable of making even a grown man beg on his knees for mercy.
"Hehe~ Who knows?" Mizuiro answered as he backed away slightly in fear.
Suddenly out of no where, Rukia comes barreling down the hallway and grabs Ichigo, dragging him with her. "Come with me for a sec!" And then the two were gone before anyone could utter a word.
Hoshi sighed before turning her attention back to Keigo and Mizuiro. "By the way...Do either of you know who came to my house and took Kiba? I noticed he and some of his things were missing when I got home last night..."
"Oh, I think it was probably either Ichigo or Chad," Mizuiro answered. He was relieved that Hoshi had dropped the discussion about the rumors he had spread.
"Hm...I suppose you're right. I guess I'll ask Ichigo later but for now I'll go find Chad." Hoshi turned and started to walk away from the two boys. She stopped once she was a couple of feet from them and turned half way around. Hoshi smiled at them. "And don't think you're off the hook about the rumors concerning Ichigo and Rukia." Hoshi turned back around and walked off before either one said anything.
"You know...Hoshi can be very protective when it comes to Ichigo," Keigo commented as he watched said girl walk down the hall.
Mizuiro shrugged as he took out his phone. "It's obvious that they like each other."
Keigo gaped at Mizuiro. "What?! No way!"
Later that Day with Ichigo and Rukia
"There's no hollow again! Not at lunch time! Not now either!" Ichigo complained to Rukia as she dragged his body out of it's hiding place.
"Shut up! Hurry up and return to your body!" Rukia snapped back at the orange haired boy.
As he slipped back into his body, Ichigo stated, "You better do something about this!"
"Are you saying its my fault!?" Rukia growled. "I pass on orders just as I recieve them from the Denreishinki*!"
"So hurry up and fix that!"
"Fighting amoung friends?" a voice suddenly asked the two soul reapers. "What a disgrace." Ichigo and Rukia looked to where the voice came from to find a boy that looked around their age standing in a strange white outfit. "Good evening, Kurosaki, Kuchiki."
Ichigo stared at the boy in confusion. "Who are you? That's some weird clothes. You a priest? Why do you know our names?"
The boy ignored Ichigo's questions. "Kurosake, you can see ghosts correct?"
Ichigo stared at the boy in slight shock. "Wha...What are you talking about!? It's not like such a thing can be seen..."
The boy looked away from Ichigo. "Ah. A new hollow is here." Just as he said that, Rukia's phone began to beep, signaling that a hollow had appeared.
"It's really here!" Rukia shouted in surprise.
"Which way?" Ichigo asked.
"That way," the boy pointed in the direction he sensed the hollow. "You're not at that level of understanding and yet...you call yourself a shinigami?" Within seconds, the boy created a giant bow from the bracelet he wore around his wrist. He pulled back and he created an arrow before releasing it. The arrow shot across the sky towards the hollow like lightning. As the arrow pierced the the hollow, it dissappeared.
Rukia looked back at her phone. "The signal...disappeared...!"
"Wha...What the hell are you?!" Ichigo asked the boy in shock.
"Uryu Ishida. Quincy**," the boy answered. Uryu looked back at Ichigo and Rukia with a certain look in his eyes. "I hate shinigami!"
* Denreishinki - I believe it is the phone that Rukia uses to see where hollows are located. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm using an oline manga to write this story and not the anime.
** Quincy - according to the online manga I'm using to write this story, Quincy means "Destroyer". I did not know that until now lol
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! If you have any questions or concerns please comment! I don't bite! ...Okay that is not the truth. I do bite, and according to several of my friends who have been on the recieving end, it hurts. But I promise I don't do it too often! Oh and before I forget! I do not own Bleach - as much as I would like to say I do...but I do not. I do however own Hoshi Namikaze and her dog Kiba. Anyways... thanks so much for reading!