Kazui Kurosaki, a 17 year old in Karakura High, is not as normal as a regular high school student. Like his father Ichigo, he is a Substitute Soul Reaper who possesses incredible power. During his days casually purifying Hollows with the new Soul Re...
Walking down the halls of Karakura High School, I could see that Ichika was a bit fidgety as she walked beside me. Taking a step beside Ichika, I leaned over and went up close to her ear.
"You look a bit nervous, you alright?", I whispered.
She jumped slightly, but then took deep breaths and answered back quietly, "Of course I am! What do you take me for? A jumpy high school girl?"
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"Yes, yes I do"
She punched my arm so hard that it felt as if my sensei was the one who hit me. I haven't felt that pain since my last Soul Reaper training session. Guess Shinigami do have a bit of strength even in a gigai.
We both arrived at class 3-1. Ochi-sensei slid open the door and took her place up front the class. While I went down to my designated seat (at the back next to the window like your average anime protagonist in high school), she invited Ichika to the front.
She walked in through the open door at last. With a shaky breath, she looked to the students of 3-1 nervously.
All the students were quietly whispering to each other about Ichika, probably considering she's never been seen before. It was only natural, but I could tell that it made her uncomfortable.
I held out two thumbs up at her and smiled brightly in encouragement.
Ichika looked towards me, her eyes glimmering slightly before sighing, taking one deep breath. And with that, it gave her the final push to get it over and done with it.
"My name is Ichika Abarai! I will now be a part of this class", she bowed, "Please treat me well"
The whole class clapped along with me. Some boys were eyeing her and girls were calling on her to be their friend. I smiled, knowing that she was easily going to be accepted with the rest of the students.
And while she received all the attention, she directed her eyes to me and stuck her tongue out before smiling. There was a small flutter in my stomach, but I guess that was just me not eating enough breakfast.
Class began and everyone paid attention to the lesson. Personally, I knew the mostly everything so that was enough for me. I got passing grades so there was nothing to worry about at all. Meanwhile, Ichika looked like she was struggling a little with the subject; scratching her head as she wrote down notes from the lesson.
When I smirked at her lesser ability to learn, she gave me a death stare which said 'Do that again, and I will strike you down'. If that wasn't enough, her sharpened pencil was directed to me. From what I knew about her, she had surprisingly good aim even though she mainly trained with swords.
And with that, I kindly stopped making fun with her and read my line of Shakespeare.
After class ended, my friend Hajime Asano walked up to me and sat across my table. Hajime's dad, Keigo, was also great friends with my dad so it was only natural that we became friends as well. They also knew the secret about us being Soul Reapers as well.
"So, what businesses do Soul Reapers have to do in Karakura High?", asked Hajime slyly, "If you don't mind, I'll take Ichika for myself-"
Another friend of mine appeared as well and slapped the back of his head, then went back on his phone, "Mr. Asano, you really don't need to say such things during school times, it is very inappropriate"
"Hey! Why'd you switch up on the honorifics! Just call me by my first name, no need to be formal", complained Hajime.
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I laughed at the two of them. Another one of my good friends, Kazuya Kojima is also related to our ties to Soul Reapers due to his dad knowing my dad. Yeah, I have a lot of friends, I know.
Glancing at his phone again, Kazuya looked to the both of us, "Second period is about to start, so pack up your stuff and hurry up"
Another two periods of class passed by before our break finally started. Hajime, Kazuya, and I all walked to the cafeteria to get our food. Well, not before I went to the first vending machine I saw and paid for one MAX COFFEE.
I was tired, okay? And for some reason coffee both tasted good and gave me energy.
As we sat down on one of the cafeteria benches, I took my homemade lunchbox out and started munching on some good chocolate covered yakitori chicken. Meanwhile, my friends were fighting against each other on whether Two Slice or Leviathan Sphere was a better anime. (One Piece and Dragon Ball lmao)
Suddenly, I heard a loud buzzing noise from my pocket. I pulled out my Combat Pass and saw its eyes flashing. Crap, really? A Hollow at this time?
I looked sideway to Ichika who was talking to a group of girls surrounding her. She made eye contact with me, nodded, and excused herself from the group and ran away. Me having no choice to follow her, I also excused myself from Kazuya and Hajime and sprinted after her.
We met up at the back of the school.
"You think its got something to do with your mission?"
Ichika turned back at me, "Maybe, we'll just have to check it out then. If it does have something to do with what mom was trying to find, then we have to go quickly"
We turned a corner into an alleyway and stopped so that Ichika could get out of her gigai. She popped a Gikongan, a Substitute Soul pill, and her spiritual form jumped out of her body. She wore a black Shihakusho and carried a Zanpakuto with a guard shaped like a small lightning bolt.
"Ha, I'll do you one better"
My Shihakusho formed over my normal clothes, the black cloth swirling around my body and covering my school uniform but left my hoodie on. A Zanpakuto with a Manji symbol as my cross guard appeared behind my back.
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