Divine Frost: Corrupting the Bleach Realm

Chapter 8: Hollow Attack on Karakura Town

Some more time passed, and it was currently time for this year's final exams. In the last few months, nothing much had happened except for Ichigo having to kill a few Hollows. Well, recently, whenever he appeared where the Hollow was supposed to appear, nothing happened, irritating him greatly. By now, he was pretty sure that Rukia's device to detect Hollows was broken.

"YES!!! IT'S FINALLY OVER!!! ... And I'm dead..."

This year's last exam had just ended, and as soon as it was over, Keigo stood up and yelled in relief that they were finally done. Hearing his yell, Mizuiro couldn't help but chuckle in amusement.

"Yeah, mine was pretty crap. Guess yours was the same."

"Quit worrying; final exams don't hold much meaning in life anyway."

Hearing Ichigo's seemingly encouraging words, Keigo had tears streaming down his eyes as he frantically nodded his head.

"That's right, who cares about the final exams!? Let's share the pain of being morons, Ichigo."

Before Ichigo could comment any further, Mizuiro pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to Keigo.

"I wouldn't make that kind of comment before reading the results of the mid-term exam."

Keigo wanted to comment that there was no way Ichigo was on there, as it only showed the top fifty, but before he could say anything else, his eyes zeroed in on the name listed at the twenty-first place.

"TWENTY-FIRST PLACE!? To think you would betray the idiot club! While we were out there, playing to our heart's content, you were sitting at home like a nerd! Ichigo, do you want me to gift you a pair of nerdy glasses!?"

"Not interested."

While smacking Keigo for getting too close, Ichigo's eyes landed on the list Mizuiro was still holding, causing him to sigh deeply.

"Rather than me, isn't there another group you should pay attention to?"

Keigo recovered instantly as his gaze returned to the results of the mid-term exams. His eyes widened like saucers when he realized what was Ichigo was talking about. He mechanically turned his head before his eyes landed on the Yuna, Hinata, and Naruto trio that was happily chatting away like they didn't just go through a stressful testing phase.

Without a second of hesitation, he pointed his finger at them, drawing the group's attention.

"How were all of you tied for first place with full points!? Well, I can still understand Hinata doing so since she appears to be a refined beauty, but how the hell did you twins manage that!? No, even more important: HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO GET A FULL SCORE, YUNA!? AREN'T YOU A PERVERT!?"

A dangerous glint passed through the twin's eyes as they smirked at Keigo, causing him to take a step back.

"Hoo~ So you are calling Naruto and me stupid, huh?"

"Hehe, hey, Keigo, how about we three step outside for a minute?"

"Yeah, Keigo, let's have a nice little walk, followed by a civil conversation."

"IHH!!! I'M GETTING BULLIED!!!"

Seeing Keigo's exaggerated reaction to her and Naruto's words, Yuna chuckled in amusement, instantly reducing some of the pressure Keigo initially felt.

"Well, I might be a pervert, but I'm a smart pervert~"

Keigo relaxed a little when the pressure on him was reduced, but his face deadpanned as soon he heard Yuna's answer.