A big thank you to the few who are reading this!

A single comment actually convinced me to add on, plus, I really do think this is a fun storyline to pursue! I also switched a few punctuation marks around by request :)

and YES, I know what is really happening in the manga, I do wiki-checks on it once in a while :P Yea, this isn't accurate to the manga, but hey it's a fanfic! :D Hope you like this chapter! :)

Lunch break had already passed and none of them had gotten a chance to talk to the new student with the other students swarming him with questions, accompanied by the occasional squeals from a few girls. So their confrontation would have to wait until after school.

When it was finally time to pack up and leave Ichigo motioned for the others to meet in private for a quick second.

"Guys, I don't think we should approach him all at once." he said in a low voice.

"But Ichigo, if you approach him alone he could kill you." Rukia answered back, her voice stern.

The others nodded with concern painted across their faces as Ichigo sighed.

"Fine" he began as he held up his hands in submission "why don't I and Orihime talk to him first?"

Orihime looked at him in surprise and smiled. The others just shrugged. "Well make it quick, by now he's probably almost at the school gate." Rukia said as she glanced down and out the window of the classroom; and sure enough they could see his lean figure walking through the courtyard.

Ichigo and Orihime raced down the stair and quickly changed out of their school shoes before they headed after him. Hiro had already made it to the corner of a neighboring street when they finally caught up to him.

"What do we say first?" Orihime quietly whispered to Ichigo. He halfheartedly chuckled out loud to himself, he hadn't really thought that far ahead yet. But before he knew what he was really doing he waved a hand in the air as he called out to him.

"Hey, Hiro."

Hiro abruptly stopped walking and only glanced back towards them, but as Ichigo approached he didn't make an effort to back away.

"Is it customary that you address someone you've just met by their first name, Kurosaki-kun?" he said almost mockingly. Ichigo sighed and forced a grin.

"Sorry about that, Yuzuki, wasn't it?" Hiro nodded in reply.

"So, can I help you with something, Kurosaki-kun?" his eyes were cold, but he made no threatening movements, this encouraged Ichigo.

"Well… I must admit, it was surprising to see you in our class today. Have you always lived around here?" he felt it best to start with small talk and to play along if Hiro was going to bead around the bush.

"No, we just moved here recently." Hiro replied as his grip tightened around the strap of his messenger bag on his shoulder. Ichigo looked back at him curiously.

"Do you live far?" he pressed further.

Clearly fed up with the formalities Hiro suddenly grabbed the collar of Ichigo's shirt and pulled him close to his face; Ichigo could see his own reflection in Hiro's narrowed eyes.

"What do you want, Soul Reaper?" he hissed in a low voice.

Before Ichigo could answer Orihime pushed herself in-between them, causing Hiro to break his grip on Ichigo's shirt.

"No fighting! Ichigo was just trying to be nice!" she shouted as she pointed at Hiro. He only looked away as he adjusted the strap of his messenger bag again.

"How troublesome…" they heard Hiro say under his breath. Orihime puffed up her cheeks in irritation, but Ichigo held out one of his arms to stop her from saying anything else.

"Look, Yuzuki, we just wanted to come to understand you."

Hiro looked back at him slowly. Ichigo was surprised to see an almost confused expression on Hiro's face, as opposed to an expression filled with anger.

But he soon turned away. "School is one thing, but we're enemies outside of those walls."

"You decided that by yourself, Hir- I mean Yuzuki." Ichigo said almost softly.

Hiro seemed to almost grow more tense at Ichigo's words.

"The next time you approach me outside of school, I won't hesitate to kill you… now leave me be!" with that said he disappeared around the corner. Ichigo sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"You guys can come out now." he shouted. Instantly Rukia, Chad and Renji appeared from behind a neighboring wall.

"What are YOU doing here?!" pointing at Renji as he yelled openly.

"Sheesh. Whad'ya gotta get all loud for? Rukia called me here and filled me in." he replied as he rubbed one of his ears.

Ichigo was in the middle of sulking when Rukia hit him over the head; snapping him back to his senses. "So what's the deal with him?"

"He still seems harmless." Ichigo answered truthfully.

"Yea… until we meet him on the battlefield." Rukia said, crossing her arms over her chest, while the others nodded in agreement.

Ichigo sighed, "I guess we'll know the next time we see him then. Well, later!"

"Ichigo where are you going?" Orihime yelled over towards him as he began to meander away.

"To Uryu's place of course..." he finished as he began to take off in a run.

… … … … … …

*knock* *knock* *knock*

Slowly the door opened revealing piercing blue eyes staring back at him.

"Hey" Ichigo waved.

Uryu looked back at him skeptically. "Hey Ichigo, what's up?"

"That should be my line; where were you today?"

Uryu shrugged, "My dad is off on a business trip and I wasn't feeling all that well, so our housekeeper told me to take the day off."

Ichigo sighed to himself, grateful it wasn't anything serious.

"Well you sure missed a lot at school."

"I'm sure I can get the notes from Orihime or something." Uryu replied with disinterest.

"That's not it, we had a new student join our class today."

Uryu smirked mockingly back at Ichigo. "What? Was it a cute girl?"

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "Aren't you gonna let me in?"

Uryu sighed and allowed Ichigo to slip past him and led him up to his room.

"So what was so special about this new student that it couldn't wait until tomorrow?" he said as he crossed him arms and sat down on the bed.

"It was that other Quincy kid from the other night."

Uryu instantly became alert and his eyes widened with disbelief. "You're serious, Kurosaki?" he asked warily.

"Of course I am; said his name was Hiro Yuzuki. Orihime and I actually approached him after school, but nothing really happened, he was just really stand-offish."

Uryu pushed his glasses back on the bridge of his nose in thought. "Maybe I should try talking to him tomorrow…" he said quietly.

Ichigo sat down on Uryu's desk. "You can try if you want, just don't strangle him alright?" Ichigo said with a smirk on his face. Uryu chuckled back. Ichigo was always good at lightening the mood.

Thanks for reading! Sorry, I'll try to add more action in the next chapter! Still developing the storyline a little bit; thanks for being patient, to the few that are reading this! Review are always appreciated! :)