Chapter 4: Awakening

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After some time, Miss Ochi had taken a leave of absence and Rukia wasn't at school one morning. Ichigo and I had walked together to school and were talking about Rukia the entire way. He said that she wasn't feeling well this morning and was going to stay at home.
He's here..
I heard the voice in me resonating.
"Who?"
Once we had arrived in the classroom ironically that morning, we had a substitute teacher. A man with medium length jet black hair walked into the room wearing a black suit along with fancy black suede dress shoes. He carried a dull brown briefcase along with a reusable cup in it, that sent off an aroma of freshly brewed hot coffee .
"Good morning class, I am Mr. Kuchiki and I am your substitute teacher."
Some of the girls in the classroom were flaunting over him, thinking that he was the most dreamiest guy on the planet. He, however, paid them no mind.
"Please turn your books to page 6, and we shall work on the chapter that Miss Ochi had assigned to all of you."
We had been reading A Tale of Two Cities in class by Charles Dickens. He was a famous writer and author from the Victorian era of London, and had many different things to write about. He was well credited with A Christmas Carol. From time to time, as Mr. Kuchiki paced up and down the rows of desks, he would glance at me, or gently braise his hand against my shoulder. I wondered why it was only me he seemed focused on.
As the school day soon came to an end, Ichigo and Rukia were waiting for me outside.
Rukia seemed a little off. "Rukia, are you okay?"
I glanced over at her with calmed expression. "No." She replied. "That was my brother... I think the soul society knows now..."
"Soul society?" I raised an eyebrow. "I don't understand."

"How do you not understand where you came from, Hisana?"
That voice inside returned. What was going on here?
I drew in a sigh and walked home with Ichigo and Rukia. Along the way, I noticed that the substitute teacher had been following us from a distance. I decided to part ways with them and take a different direction back, passing by various shops and restaurants along the way. Soon, I was by the Karakura river. No one else was around, but when I turned around, the substitute teacher was there. He glanced up at me, and continued to approach me.
"W-Who are you..?"
"You don't remember me?" He paused and looked down at me. "Hisana..?"
Next thing I know he was backing me up to where I was against the underpass wall of the bridge near the river. No one came around this time of evening.
"Maybe.. I can jog your memory, because I know you're Hisana..."
He pinned me to the wall and kissed me suddenly, yet passionately. Right away I felt his tongue trying to come into my mouth. I felt hot and on fire, but our tongues began to intertwine and he had held onto me tightly. When I was about to let out a moan, I instead gasped and my eyes went wide. I then collapsed and passed out.
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"Ah, you're awake, Hisana." I opened my eyes to see that I was not in a normal world, but something.. different. Everything had seemed to be upside down.
A blue haired girl with a pink floral kimono stood there before me, her hair swaying in the wind. Behind her to her left was someone who looked like me, but had blue hair. Then to her right, a woman and man with red hair. They wore clothing of nobility.
"I was wondering when you'd finally show up in your world. It's the first time it's been sunny here in years. "
"Who are you..?"
I turned. "I've been with you for a long time. I'm your sword. Don't you remember my name..?"
"Akuma.. Tsubasa...?"
"Atta girl!"
I turned over to the woman and man. "Then you two are.. my.. parents..?!"
"Hisana, sweetheart!" I ran over to them and hugged them as they hugged me. "We're with you wherever you go."
Before I could say anything else, I woke up. I was in my room at home. 'Dad' was right beside me, and appeared to be happy when I woke up. "Hisana! I'm so glad you're okay!"
I didn't hug him when he hugged me. He wasn't my father. Just who was this man?
"You.. are not my father, are you..?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I remember passing out and coming to my internal world. I'm a soul reaper in a human body! I have a zanpoktou! I had parents... BUT someone killed them!" His eyes went wide in shock as a portal had opened behind him.
"Gin. Kaname. She's beginning to wake up. Let's take my, Queen.." He edged close to me and kissed me suddenly with tongue. "Mmm!!"
"Don't try to struggle dear, all of Hueco Mundo will know that you're mine...."
"Lord Aizen, I can sense Byakuya Kuchiki's reiatsu."
"Damn it.." Aizen dropped me. "I'll be back for you.. but before I forget... you will not know this of me, yet.. shatter, kyoga suigetsu..."
After releasing his zanpoktou on me, they disappeared and I didn't remember anything from the incident and him, just that my power had returned.
Ichigo came into my room with K.O.N. on his shoulder.
"Hisana, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I think so... wait.. you're a soul reaper?"
He was wearing that outfit. "How did you...?"
"I'm also a soul reaper.. I got my memories back.."
"I see.. well, I need your help!"
"What happened?"
"Rukia is missing!"
"What?!"
"She left behind this note..."
"Why is it talking about tanukis?"
"Read in between the ta-tas..."
"I am running away.. don't come looking for me... I will only cause your life more harm than good if I continue to stay around. Farewell, sincerely, Rukia."
"Can you help me, Hisana?"
"Yes, I will."

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