"Feh feh pi goh!" The short woman growled to herself as she sprinted along the empty sidewalk. Of course it was empty. Class started almost five minutes ago. She threw herself through the outer doors of the largest academic building and forced herself to take a moment to make herself presentable.

She was barely breathing hard, but her hair, which she had only tied back in her rush to get ready had half escaped its confinement. She tugged her fingers through it and settled for a ragged pony tail since she was far too short of time to braid it properly. After straightening her shirt and skirt, she adjusted her backpack on her shoulder and made her way at a brisk walk to her first class.

She hated being late. Generally, she would rather skip class than be even one minute late, but today was her first day of college, and she was not going to miss it. She opened the door as quietly as she could, happy to find that the classroom was situated to face away from the door. The professor gave her a brief glance, but did not comment as she took her seat.

"Good morning class! My name is Professor Kanae Ishida. I teach freshman and sophomore biology, and my husband teaches junior and senior biology. Today, I would like to start with introductions, then I will have you complete a brief evaluation and you should all be able to leave early." The teacher smiled and then gestured to the front row.

"I'm Orihime Inoue! It's very nice to meet you all!" She looks around. "Uh… Should I add anything else? Oh! I love to cook!" She smiles brightly and either does not notice or completely ignores the green tinge which appears on the faces of two of her classmates.

"I'm Uryu Ishida, and yes, the same Ishida. My parents are both professors here." Uryu pointedly does not make eye contact with his mother or his smirking friend. "I am very accomplished in competitive archery."

"I am Nemu Kurotsuchi. My older brother is a senior here as well." The girl seems to be finished for a moment, before adding on. "I speak fluent English, Japanese, German, and Spanish."

"H-Hi… I'm Hanataro Yamada… My older brother graduated last year, but we do not have much in common." He shifts nervously, looking around at the mix of familiar and unfamiliar faces. "I've been working at the Kurosaki Clinic for the past four years as a sort of all around helper, and I hope to be able to take a more active roll after this year, as I hope to become a doctor in the future."

"Hey. Ichigo Kurosaki. My parents are both teachers here as well. I went to high school with Uryu and Orihime." The orange haired young man scratches his head. "Oh, yeah. My hair is naturally this color, not dyed."

"I'm Chizuru Honsho, and I went to high school with Orihime as well." The red headed girl grinned and wiggled her eyebrows suggestively. "She is still resisting my feminine charms, but I think i'm making progress."

"I'm Kiyone Kotetsu. I have an older sister here as well." The short girl thinks for a moment. "I can sleep anywhere. I've even slept on top of kitchen cabinets before."

It was her turn. She swallowed and stood. "My name is Sui Feng. I learned to speak Spanish before I learned to speak Chinese." She quickly sat and sighed in relief as the room turned back to face the front.

"Alright, this is not for a grade. It is just so I know where you all stand, and what I need to review the most. Do your best, and if you don't know an answer, don't worry. I hope to make sure that you do by the time this course is over." Professor Ishida handed out the papers and then went back to her desk.

The class slowly began trickling from the room as they completed the evaluations. Sui Feng began to worry she would be the last one in the room when it came down to just her and the short haired girl to her left. Kiyone proved to be a moment slower, as the chinese girl delivered her paper to the front desk and slipped out the door.

Now was what she had been waiting for since she had been accepted to the academy. She made her way to the locker room, still deserted as the previous class had not yet let out. She changed and left her belongings in a locker, then peaked her head out on to the field.

A smile spread over her face as she caught sight of the golden eyed goddess. She dashed out toward her, determined to make it within arms reach without giving away her position. However, true to form, Yoruichi Shihoin was not so easily surprised and spun at the last moment to catch the smaller girl in a tight embrace.

"Little Bee! I missed you!" Yoruichi squeezed her close for a moment before letting her step away and breath. "What are you doing out here? Don't you have class?"

"We got out early for the first day." Sui Feng grinned. "And guess what? I passed out of freshman level Track and Martial Arts. I get a free period and I get to jump straight into the sophomore Track slot!"

"That's incredible! I'm so proud of you!" The two were all smiles. The older girl had barely seen her young companion in the last two years. With Sui Feng in high school, and then both working separate jobs during the summer, spending time together had been a rare luxury. Now, though, they were both attending the academy together. "Let me introduce you to a couple of my classmates!"

Sui Feng followed obediently, fingers intertwined with her Goddess's. She was led to a pair of girls, one was an inch taller than her while the other was significantly shorter. Did Yoruichi have a thing for short girls? She'd have to ask sometime…

"Sui, this is Hiyori Sarugaki and Mashiro Kuna. We've shared a lot of classes together in the last couple of years. Girls, this is Sui Feng!"

"Oh my gosh! Yoruichi's told us so much about you! We sorta thought she made you up as an excuse not to date anyone, but here you are! Is it true you're almost as fast as she is?! How do you do it? You have to be amazing to keep up with her without having legs that are, like, a bazillion feet long!" The taller girl's mouth continued moving, but the blonde had clamped a hand over the cavern and muffled most of the words.

"She's a little… Excitable. S'nice to meet ya." Hiyori said, eyebrow twitching as she glared up at her friend.

"It's nice to meet you both as well. How long does she usually keep going?" Sui Feng asked, turning to look at Yoruichi, then freezing as she catches sight of a half forgotten tuft of sky blue hair. "No way..."

"What's up, Little Bee?" Yoruichi asked, turning to follow her partner's gaze. "Oh, that guy? Don't worry about him. He's an ass, but he doesn't really bother us most of the time. Sui, are you okay?"

Sui Feng takes off at a sprint that leaves the three women staring in confusion. She slides to a stop and takes a deep breath. "Ni hao ma, Ghuh-ghuh?"

The figure turns in a heartbeat, eyes wide. Then a huge grin splits his face as she snatches her up and spins in a circle, hugging her as tightly as her Goddess had moments before. "Shaolin! Holy shit, when did you get here?!"

"Today! Now put me down, I'm not a stuffed animal!" She tries to sound reprimanding even as her own smile increases. "I could ask you the same thing! I never thought I would see you again, much less here!"

"Hijo de la chingada madre, Shaolin, you're one to talk! You went and got adopted and I never heard a word from you again! I thought you must have moved to China or something!" He sets her down and steps back, but keeps his hands on her shoulders. "You got taller. I don't think I could use you for a foot stool anymore."

"Hwen dan. How was I supposed to contact you? I was a 14 year old orphan and I hadn't even met the people who were adopting me. It's not like we had cell phones or anything." She bites her lip and looks up at him. "I am sorry… I should have found a way to keep in touch. I've really missed you, Grimmjow..."

"Hey, Fang xin. Don't go getting all emotional on me!" The blue haired man shook her gently.

"Where did the others end up? Are they all here too?" She looked around, trying to catch sight of any of her old friends, but Grimmjow shook his head.

"Shawlong, Edrad, and Nakeem were adopted a year after you, and I haven't seen them since. Yylfordt is here, along with his little brother. And Di Roy… He died, Shaolin. It was down to just the three of us left, and he snapped. Went out and picked a fight with a gang of punks and from what I could tell, he just lay back and let them beat him to death..." He looks away. "He thought Yylfordt and I were gonna leave him, cause he didn't get accepted into the academy. He never told us he was afraid, but we should have known."

"Dead… Ta ma duh… Sha gwa..." She steps forward and leans her forehead against his chest. "It's not your fault, Grimm. I'm the one who left…"

"Hey! Don't even think about blaming yourself! We were the ones who were there and should have protected the pinche idiota from his fear and his own dumbass self. We're the ones who fucked up, not you."

"Hey, Sui, you know this guy?" Yoruichi's voice made Sui Feng jerk slightly, having almost forgotten the entire reason she had been out on the field so early. She looked around and frowned at the daggers the taller woman was glaring at the man who still held her shoulders.

"Yeah, we were in the orphanage together for… About eight years. He was my best friend for all of them. My only friend for a lot of them..." She looked back at him to find he was returning the same glare to her partner. "You two… Don't care for each other… This is going to make my life just a basket of fun, isn't it?"

She went mostly ignored as the two glared at each other. A booming voice caught the attention of all three before the glaring could turn to more physical expressions of dislike.

"Underclassmen, get over here and stay out of the upper upperclassmen's way! First period is not over yet!" The instructor was a beast of a man with a mane of golden hair and almost pointed ears. He looked like he might have a little bit of werewolf in his family tree. Sui Feng looked between her two friends.

"I… Guess I'll see you later. Both of you. Please don't kill each other..." She frowned, then ran off to the group that was beginning to congregate around the towering man.

"Oh, Sajin, it's the first day! If they want to catch up with old acquaintences, I see no harm in it!" A small, athletic, and brightly smiling woman nudged the larger man. Sui Feng immediately liked her. "Class dismissed! You can stay and talk till the period is over, then you all need to beat it so Komamura can begin his class!"

"Yes Coach Kurosaki!" The third year students shouted, most bolting for their next class, while Yoruichi and Grimmjow approached her. She swallowed.

"Yo, Shaolin, I've got Bio III with Ishida next, and the pendejo assigned summer homework. I gotta run. You going to be okay? I'm in the dorm just across the road. Apartment seven. It's the bigger one on the end. Knock on the door then hide in the bushes to see if I answer. If its one of my roommates, you should come back later. They… Are definitely an acquired taste." Grimmjow gave Sui Feng one last hug, Yoruichi one last glare, then sprinted off for the academic buildings that Sui Feng had just come from.

"Shaolin?" Yoruichi raised an eyebrow, clearly not pleased by the display of affection.

"Yeah… I guess I probably never told you… My birth name was Shaolin Feng. I signed all of my official documents with my grandmother's name so that no one would give me a hard time for being underage, and it ended up becoming too official to back out of…" She looked at the ground and sighed. "It never seemed important. The only people who knew me by my birth name were the other orphans. I left it behind when your family took me in."

"It's… Alright, Little Bee. It was just… Weird. I alwys thought I was the only one you opened up to. It was a shock seeing you let someone else lay a finger on you without breaking the whole arm."

"He's my brother in everything but blood, Yoruichi. The seven of us were a family..." She remembered the news of Di Roy's death and clenched her eyes. "One of our friends died… He was afraid of being left alone when everyone else was adopted or accepted here and he went and got himself killed."

Yoruichi pulled her into a tight hug. "It'll be okay, Sui. You're not alone. Anything you need, I'm here for you. And… I guess so is he."

"Yoruichi… Are you jealous? Of a guy?!" Sui Feng could not help but snicker behind her hand. "You are!"

"I am not!" The golden eyed goddess stomped her foot with a huff. "Hey… Is he who you learned Spanish from?"

"Mhm. His parents were from Peru, and when he came to the orphanage, that was all he spoke. He taught me and I taught him. Then we both went and learned some Chinese together." The shorter girl grinned. "We both know some pretty colorful language now..."

"Like what? Why have I never heard you swearing in Chinese or Spanish before? You could be making up sounds and I'd have no idea.

"You should call Grimmjow a qing wa cao de liu mang. He'd fall over laughing." Sui Feng giggled and kissed her partner's cheek. "Class is about to start, you probably need to get changed."

"Wait, what did you say?! You can't just not tell me!" Yoruichi glanced at her watch. "Hurry! Professor Aizen is nuts about punctuality!"

"Nope!" The short woman waved happily as her girlfriend took off. She turned to take in her class mates, all of whom were a year older than her. They were divided into two groups. One was composed of three tough looking guys and a very tall and awkward girl. The other consisted of one tattooed man and two girls who he appeared to be flirting with. She walked over to the group of four, uninterested in being flirted with, and even more uninterested in being ignored and having her ego stomped. "Hey."

"Hey, you're that freshman that qualified to jump ahead to our class, right?" The one she presumed was the leader asked, running a hand over his shining bald head. She had to crane her head back to look up at him. He was nearly as tall as Grimmjow. In addition to being bald as a billiard ball, he also had dark red markings at the outer corners of his eyes. She could not tell if they were make up or tattoos.

"Y-yeah. I'm Sui Feng. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Ikkaku Madarame. The guy with the tattooed eyebrows and red pineapple on his head is Renji Abarai, and the mohawk is Bazzard Black, but we all call him Bazz-B. The beautiful lady gracing us with her presence is my girlfriend, Isane Kotetsu." Ikkaku gave the woman in question a gentle smile which seemed at odds with everything else about him.

"Kotetsu… Do you have a younger sister in the freshman class?" A nod. "I met her last period. She is in my Bio I class!"

"People say we are not very much alike..." Isane smiled shyly. "You know some of the upperclassmen?"

"I grew up with one of them, and I am sort of dating another one of them… I had no idea Grimmjow was going to be here until today. I hadn't seen him for years."

"Woah, you grew up with Jaegerjaques?! That man is incredible with a sword! There are only a handful of people in our dojo who can keep pace with him. I feel sorry for whoever is in his Kendo class." Ikkaku shook his head. "Do you know where he learned to fight like that?"

"No, he's always been that way. He said it was thanks to his Incan warrior blood. I think he just used to get into a lot of fights before I met him." Sui Feng smiled fondly. "He always looked out for the rest of us though, even if he complained about it the whole time. Do you know those three well?" She gestured at the man and the two women he was flirting with.

"The guy's name is Shuhei Hisagi. He's the second in command of the school new bulletin. He looks like a punk, but he's a good guy. The girl with the offensively pink hair is Meninas McAllon. She's a bit ditzy, but mostly harmless. The one with the green hair is a bit of a psycho, which is why none of us are playing wingman for him." Ikkaku explained. "She tazed her last boyfriend just minutes after sleeping with him as her way of breaking up. You can guess where she tazed him."

"Oh… Jeez, that seems a bit uncalled for… Did he cheat on her or something?" Sui Feng had a hard time imagining many situations where she would be that cruel to an ex lover.

"Nope. She said she liked a necklace while they were out shopping, and he didn't buy it for her. Turns out, he actually had bought it for her, he was saving it for her birthday." Renji chuckled. "Poor idiot."

"Alright, everyone, line up and sound off!" The large man called out. Immediately, the class jumped into formation along a painted line, Sui Feng quickly find a spot between Isane and Renji. "Renji!"

"Here!" The redhead called back.

"Bazzard!"

"Nope. Just Bazz-B." The man with the mohawk complained.

"Candice!"

"Here." The woman barely gave him a glance before she turned her gaze back to Shuhei at her side.

"Sui!"

"Here!" She called out.

"Shuhei!"

"Here!" He was looking nervously at the girl next to him, no fully leering at him.

"Isane!"

"Here!" The tall girl seemed more comfortable being addressed by someone taller than her.

"Ikkaku!"

"Yeah, I'm here."

"Meninas!"

"Present!"

"Alright, lets get to it!"

For the next hour and a half, they were run ragged, stretching their bodies to the limit. Sui Feng was happy to find she was the second fastest, and only because she had no hope of matching the length of Isane's strides.

Feh feh pi goh = Baboon's ass crack

Ni hao ma = How are you?

Ghuh-ghuh = Big bro

Hijo de la chingada madre = Son of a fuckin' bitch

Hwen dan = bastard/jerk

Fang xin = Don't worry

Ta ma duh = dammit

sha gwa = fool

pinche idiota = fuckin' idiot

pendejo = jackass

qing wa cao de liu mang = Frog humping son of a bitch