Ichigo Kurosaki is probably the only person, other than Rukia, who's not excited about the new transfer student. Even Uryu seems interested, though Ichigo's not sure why the hell he gives a damn. Then she comes into his Japanese class, covered in di...
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—Ichigo—
"Iiiiiiiiichiiiiiiigooooooo—" I could hear Keigo dragging out my name from the other side of the building.
All it took was a simple close-pin to shut him. "What's up, Keigo?" I asked as he slid to the ground.
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"He never learns," Rukia muttered quietly behind me.
"So cruel~" Keigo whined. "I just wanted to know if you'd seen the new girl around."
I raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, for a minute," I said, stepping over him to get into the classroom.
"No fair~"
I rolled my eyes and ignored him, sitting in my seat with a sigh.
"You saw her?" Rukia checked.
I nodded. "A minute or two ago. She almost ran into me."
"And?" she probed.
"And nothing," I said. "Her hodosha thing hissed at me, and she got irritated when I told her not to let it destroy anything."
"It's a hogosha, Ichigo," Rukia corrected, exasperated.
"Whatever. Why does it matter if I've seen her today or not anyway? We'll all see her in our last class."
"Well, I felt Captain Sui-Feng's spiritual pressure this morning, and I wondered if she had a run-in with Tora."
"You don't think they're after her, do you?" I asked seriously.
"I think it's a possibility," she confirmed.
"And no one from the Soul Society has said anything?"
"Not a word."
I cussed. "What the hell is with them? Why do they want a human so bad? And why didn't they ask us? Isn't that the whole point of me doing this substitute Soul Reaper shit?"
