Track 3: Enemies

Karakura High..

2:30 PM

A large number of students from different classes surrounded the bulletin board to see the results of the Freshmen First Semester Final Exam Scores.

"Sheeze, already? that was quick..." The orange head sighs before approaching it to look into something. His location in the scoring was the twenty-third spot "Well, that's one thing I don't have worry about." Ichigo thought, ignoring Keigo and Mizuro pitiful jabs. (Well, mostly, if not, only Keigo...")

"You dummy we're not inviting you to hang with us anymore, isn't that right, Chad?!" The red head approached the fourth member of this oddball crew, a towering teen with dark skin and shaggy black hair which covers his eyes.

"..." The tall teen remained quiet before pointing at his placement on the list and to the cruel horror of lower ranking comedic duo, was at eleventh place.

"AUGHHHHH! NO! NO! NO! YOU GUYS ARE DEMONS, I NEVER GOING HANG OUT WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN!" Keigo cried out while Lelouch and C.C. passed by the running morons.

"That strange boy is crying like a toddler?" The bright emerald haired girl thought to herself with the tiniest amount of concern for the oddball before overhearing another conversation.

"Are those two new here?" A meek girl's voice asked before another more confident girl's voice in glasses replied, though it's either in admiration or more likely, lust.

"The girl looks so lovely..."

Another student, a tomboy with spiky black hair, had to pull the glasses wearing girl away as she attempted to sneak up on the witch. "Is there no girl you won't attack, Chizuru!?"

"DAMMIT TATSUKI, I MUST GRAB HER!"

C.C. mostly ignored this before asking her partner. "Why would you care about some test scores?"

The dark haired boy admits. "Old habits often die the hardest.."

It didn't take long for the teen to find his name as he was placed right under Ichigo's spot. "Well, I'm pretty pleased with these results.."

Though he didn't notice the girl above his rank was right behind him. "Wow, you made it to twenty-fourth, Lelouch-Kun, that's quite amazing, but I thought you just moved here?"

Turning around, he noticed a girl around his age, maybe a year younger than him, with long bright brown hair held by two blue pins. "Oh, I just had to convince Ochi-sensei to let me take the exam after school."

This was actually done without Geass as when Lelouch approached the teacher during the previous day, hoping to make eye contact for his power to work, so he could take the exam, mostly to compare the differences between his earth's historical events and this one's. "Excuse me, Ochi-Sensei..." but to his surprise, the teacher gave him the paper without looking up and just told him. "Just go ahead and take the Exam..."

Within a couple of minutes he excelled in the math and biology sections but did struggle in history and oddly, poetry.

"To think of all things, poetry was a subject I've struggled with in this world..."

"That does sound like our teacher unfortunately, though it's odd that you two should at most be a year ahead of us." The tomboy interrupting Lelouch's thoughts had return from locking Chizuru in a bathroom until the female beast in heat cools off. "...Still it's not a bad start...So congrats!"

"Yeah thanks..." He smiled before thinking how the long haired student reminded him of a certain girl. "I feel like I've just met another version of Shirley..."

However, Orihime was more focused on the nearby Ichigo, who was lost in thought. "...What was with that guy...where does he get off saying those things to three complete strangers..."

"...I mean, he interrupted my job and acted like a total ass.." His thoughts of the previous night just kept making the orange head more angry.

"I swear, if I see him, I'll kick his ass...um, wait..."

"What was his name again? Ishida...Ugh...Willy? No, that's some failed comedian...Wally...No, that's not right.."

Upon hearing this, Inoue approached the teen with Lelouch overhearing.

"What about Ishida-Kun?" She questioned the spiky hair teen.

"Inoue, wait, how do you know that guy?"

Lelouch interrupted with. "He's on the top of the list..."

"Eh?"

"Oh, I'm the new student that's placed below you on the list...but yeah, you're looking for Uryuu Ishida right?" The offworlder pointed at the top spot and it was as he said much to the shock of the young Kurosaki teen.

"FIRST PLACE!?" Ichigo was shocked while Orihime attempted to explain to him.

"See, our class is group three, remember?"

Tatsuki sighs. "It's no use, Orihime, this guy can't recall other's faces and names at all, he probably doesn't even know half of our classmates..."

"Shut up.." The orange head dryly snapped back before noticing the name underneath his own.

"Lelouch...? OH SHIT!" Ichigo yelled much to everyone's surprise.

"So you do recall names..." Tatsuki began to mock but was interrupted.

"It's not that...His little sister's at the clinic!"

"W-what...did you say..." Lelouch's expression turned grim before snapping back. "Where's this clinic located?!"

C.C. overheard this but just remained silent as she watched the duo running off, leaving the two girls dumbstruck.

"So, he has a younger sister?" The tomboy thought before thinking aloud. "...Now I feel like a jerk for making fun of Ichigo." However, the witch began to ask Tatsuki.

"This clinic, where is it?"

"Huh? Oh right, it's a couple miles away from the school. Just look for the sign with Ichigo's family name." C.C had to confirmed this by asking.
"That would be Kurosaki, am I correct?"

Orihime shook her head to confirm before asking.

"Are you and Lelouch-Kun close friends?"

This innocent question caused the green head to smile. "In a way, yes."

Outside of the Kurosaki Clinic...

A couple minutes had passed as the two arrived in front of Ichigo's family business, and oddly the home residence of the spiky haired teen, "This is it!" The darker haired teen thought while trying to catch his breath.

"You know, you shouldn't run like a mad man, I mean you don't seem the kind of guy that would exercise that often..." Kurosaki sighs before the Britannian exile cursed aloud.

"Damn it! How was she involved with all of this?!"

"What?" Ichigo asked as he noticed something about the other male, a sense of dismay..

"She can't walk and see, but why..." Lelouch was in a rage as his thoughts were of the past ... .Of the incident causing his sister's predicament, his father not showing any emotions about the attack before becoming exiles and of the invasion that overtook the country of Japan.

"..." Ichigo wasn't a mind reader but felt anger sweltering from the other teen, however, a certain annoying voice interrupted his thoughts with a scream.

"IIIIICHIIIGOOOO!" Within a second, the orange head was kicked in the face by an adult male with black semi spiked hair and goatee, wearing a doctor's coat over his casual clothing. This caused Lelouch to snap back to reality before the oldest of the three males began to demand answers from Ichigo.

"THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT SCHOOL!"

Ichigo got back up and was butting heads with the man. "THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!? ATTACKING YOUR OWN SON IN PLAIN DAYLIGHT WHILE TRYING TO HELP ANOTHER STUDENT OUT!?"

"That's his father...?"

"NO EXCUSES, YOU SHOULD HAVEN'T SKIP CLASS!" After this, the duo got into a fight, both holding their punches but clearly annoyed with the other.

"CLASS WAS ALMOST OVER ANYWAY!"

This scene made Lelouch watch in awe... "....And they're fighting like two little kids?! WHAT IN THE ACTUAL HELL?!"

"Umm, can I see my sister while you two do whatever this is?"

Ichigo heard this and answered. "Don't worry this won't take long..."

"WHO GIVES YOU THE..."

Before he could finish, Ichigo sent him flying with a punch in his dad's chin. "L-lucky shot..." The man moaned while landing on the ground.

"Even after seeing this, This man's an infinite time better than my own father..." Lelouch pondered before the duo stopped at the front door. Freezing up for a second, the exiled teen had a number of thoughts racing through his mind. "...How long was she here for, was it longer than C.C. and I, did anyone attempt to harm her...I doubt Ichigo and his father would but what about before they found her?"

"You can just go in and talk to her, she was really worried about you..." Ichigo said to his new classmate while scratching his head. "...plus I don't really see you being the kind of guy that would leave his sister in the cold even after a bad argument.."

This did relieve the dark haired teen's grim thoughts by a small fraction. "You're right..." He sighs before pulling the lever. However, to the duo's shock, they were greeted by C.C.

"Hello there, Lelouch and Kurosaki-Kun."

"C.C.?!" Lelouch was about to ask before Ichigo interrupted in a panic.

"...WHO THE HELL ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU GET IN MY HOUSE?!"

"...Oh, I went up ahead to see how Nunnally was doing, and I was allowed in by your father, as I am a family friend of the siblings..."

"C.C? Is that Lelouch and Ichigo?" Nunnally asked from behind the witch and to Lelouch's absolute shock, she had her eyes opened and was able to walk once more.

"She...She.." These new revelations made the elder Lamperouge fall from the stress, but at least with a smile.

"H-Hey! Why are you fainting?!" Ichigo cried out as did Nunnally.

"L-Lelouch!?"

C.C. smirks a bit before making a sly reply. "I believe we should have, as you would say, have a chat about this..."

As the four entered the building, the elder Kurosaki regained consciousness but was confused as he noticed he was alone. "...Where is everyone?"

A few moments later.

Lelouch was opening his eyes and to the sight of the clinic's ceiling . "Uh...Oh that's right...Nunnally!" He quickly rose from the couch until Ichigo threw a magazine at his face.

"Sorry, I know you're worried about your little sister but you're going to cause yourself to faint again." The orange head sighs. As the magazine fell from his face, the offworlder saw Ichigo, C.C. and Nunnally were sitting in different chairs around the couch.

"That wasn't really called for..." The youngest of the four told the Japanese boy.

"I know, but he nearly gave me a heart attack."

"Well, you can clearly tell he's not much of the athletic type..." C.C. slyly commented while being the closest of the dark head, much to his annoyance.

"...focus on what's important first then get annoyed with her later..."
Lelouch thought before asking his trusted sibling.

"...are you alright Nunnally?"

"Of course, Mr. Urahara made sure I was safe before I woke up and after I fainted, Ichigo brought me here so his dad would make sure to second check"

"Yeah, but I did catch flack from dad and Karin.."

This did help Lelouch with his worries but did spark a few questions in his mind, which Ichigo answered. "Urahara is the owner of a shop near here that Rukia uses for supplies. Last night, Nunnally was asked by him to deliver a package to us before Ishida appeared.."

Ichigo stopped for a second before remembering..

"Oh yeah, I still need to have a talk with that bastard..."

"Oh, do you need any help with your studies?" C.C. questioned much to the aggravation of the orange head.

"What no...he just pissed me off yesterday."

Nunnally upon hearing this asked. "Are you going to fight him?"

Ichigo thought for a second before answering. "If he pulls that crap again...Then yeah." The orange head's answer made the girl look down in disapproval and frustration while Ichigo left to confront Uryuu.

Lelouch saw this and questioned. "Did something happen between those two?" As the younger exile explained everything after she woke up, of Urahara and Tessai, finding Rukia and Ichigo, (Along with the fact she saw two of him) and of Ishida's shooting the monster and his decree of hatred of the Shinigami and in turn, Ichigo.

"My, it seems you had quite an afternoon...But I am trying to piece a few details together." C.C. thought aloud in which Lelouch agrees.

"No kidding but there being two Kurosakis and a flying monster does concern..."

Before finishing, Rukia entered the living room. "So I guess he went ahead..." Sighing in a serious and frustrated tone.

"Oh, you're Rukia Kuchiki right? Thank you for finding my sis..." However, in less than a minute, Lelouch's face was slammed by the gloved hand of his smaller classmate .

"Lelouch!' Nunnally cried before she faced the same treatment by the dark haired girl.

"What was that...for?!" When Lelouch opened his eyes he noticed that he saw his and Nunnally bodies were limp and even more disturbing, the two siblings wore black samurai uniforms, the same that he saw Ichigo in the previous day.

"W-What?!" The brown haired girl cried out before Rukia demanded answers in an extremely serious tone.

"Which squad are you two from?"

"Squad, what are you..." The male began to ask before Rukia commanded as she grabbed on the collar of the sole male's uniform
"Do not play me for a fool, you both were sent by the Soul Society to find me, but to hide yourselves as students...I should be the one asking the questions here!"

"... Soul Society? Miss Kuchiki, You have us wrong as we are not from this world you speak of..." This was annoying as Lelouch wanted to use his power to command her to back off but with Nunnally here, he couldn't bring her into an even worse situation. However, the four sense a high amount of Spiritual pressure.

"This is just like from last night...!" Nunnally gasped as well as Lelouch, who was taken back by this new found dread.

"What is this...!?"

C.C sighs before pushing the two outside, much to Rukia's disapproval, promising. "I will have a talk with Miss Kuchiki, you two should see if Kurosaki needs any help."

Rukia, with her glove still on her hand, attempts the same on the strange girl after closing the door on the siblings. But to her horror, her spirit never left her body. "W-what?" The shorter girl cried out before questioning.

"Why hasn't your soul left that Gigai?"

C.C. sighed before coldly explaining.

"...Because I am a Witch that can not die and we are not from this reality, now I would advise we talk..."

While this was occurring, Ichigo cursed at both the attacking hollow and Uryuu, who ran off. "Damned idiot, people could be killed and for him to treat this like it's some kind of game?!" The substitute Shinigami yelled as he slashed through the reckless spirit with Uryuu's words for this sick joke of a competition echoing through the teen's mind.

"I will prove to you that the Shinigami are unnecessary." The Quincy explained he pulled out a tiny disc like object.

"What is that?"

"This is Hollow Bait, if I crush it, then it will scatter with the wind and the Hollows will gather in this town..." This shocked the Orange haired teen to his core.

"Quit Screwin' around! People will get killed just because of our fight!"

"Keep your mortality to yourself!" Ishida demanded as he crushed the disc before continuing.

"If you're actually worried about the people here then accept my challenge and prove to me how wrong I am! For me, worrying about others is unnecessary as I will kill every hollow without leaving a single survivor, you have twenty four hours to obtain a higher kill count!"

Upon saying this, the sky began to crack as a hollow emerged from the hole, which Uryuu quickly killed. "That is one..." Before being grabbed by the collar by Kurosaki, his face was filled with rage as he knocked the Quincy to the ground. "What is with that look, Ichigo Kurosaki?"

Ichigo, attempting to keep himself from killing his foe, demanded. "Stop this, return things back to normal!"

Ishida just coldly snapped back. "Don't be a fool, as they say 'the Die has been cast'. Soon the hollows will flood this town. So, instead of grabbing me and attempting to end my life, I would advise you to run if you wish to protect others from the Hollows."

"You bastard!" Ichigo cursed before being reminded. "Wait, The hollows chase after those with Spiritual Pressure..." Within seconds, the orange head ran off to find Nunnally as well as his younger sisters.

Back to the present, Ichigo was attacked by two more hollows. "Get outta my way!" He screamed before a third, who had the body of a praying mantis missing its back legs, its claws were almost saw like and the white skull mask had a single line for its eye holes with a single yellow eye shining from the hole, blocking the Shinigami's blade and actually began to mocked him.
"So, this is a Shinigami's blade? How painfully boring!"

"Up yours!" Ichigo barked as he attacked again, sending the beast slightly back.

"Oh, you do have some bite to your bark...This might actually be fun!" The mantis laughed before sensing two others.

"Ichigo!" Lelouch cried out as he and Nunnally arrived with the girl kicking the mantis in the chest to get it off of the Substitute Shinigami.

"Huh!? You guys are..."
"To be honest, I am not sure how we got the same powers but at least we can help before others get hurt!' Nunnally explained after landing near the two but upon saying this, the mantis cut its own kin apart, causing the beast to vanish before laughing.

"This is quite a turnout ... .To see the man who took C.C. away from me and his once crippled sister as Shinigami in this world, it brings me joy to make you both suffer again, wouldn't you agree, Exiled Prince, Lelouch Vi Britannia..." This caused Lelouch to freeze in place as he slowly realized the hollow's voice, and who they once were in life and in their reality.

"So... you, of all people, are here too, Am I right, Mao..." Lelouch's tone turned even more grim as the hollow roared in laughter.

To be continued!