School is starting (no fighting)

Ichigo walked towards the school grounds, he was close but he was not in a hurry it was supposed to start in half an hour or so, so there where rareley anyone here yet this early, he tried not to think about the things that had been happening during the last few weeks or so, but continued to walk in a calm manner towards the school grounds, once he stood outside the gates to the school he stopped in his tracks as he gazed at the school and tried not to think about Soul society either, easier said than done. All those people he would never see again... he sighed what a pain... he shrugged and continued to wander towards the school meeting up with a few student`s and Teachers that had arrived here before him. He glanced at his palm and closed it into a fist, i hope they will be all right he thought for himself, he then looked back up and continued towards the hall, he was wearing his usual school uniform.

Another school morning had arrived and Orihime didn't have her usual bubbly attitude about her, normally just the fact she could spend so much time with Ichigo and the others would make her excited but today...well things had been different since Ichigo lost his powers. He was gloomy and depressed, she could understand why he felt that way....they had all made some great friends in those at the Soul Society. If Ichigo was depressed then so was Orihime, she had an uncanny ability to sense Ichigo's true emotions no matter how hard he tried to hide them and boy did he try to hide them.

Orihime had arrived at the school early, she hadn't been able to sleep that night and consequently had gotten ready for school a bit to far ahead of schedule. Not many people were at the school yet, it was pretty early and most people had better things to be doing...like sleeping in. She found herself pacing the hallways of the school to pass the time, however she found herself reminising on the times she had spent with Rukia and the others. She stopped at the window outside of their classroom door and sighed, her shoudlers dropping slightly as she lowered her head to look at her hands that rested upon the windowsill. She had to be happy, she had to be strong for everyone otherwise who else would be. Being the strong and upbeat member of the group had it's challenges, especially when you were sometimes feeling anything but at that moment.

As a few kids began to turn up at the school gates Orihime found herself staring out the window watching them smile and wave to each other, she was completely oblivious to her surroundings as she focused on the events outside.

Unable to feel any spiritual entities Ichigo was a bit depressed even if he avoided to look that way, but no this was no time to be depressed he had beated Aizen, everyone should have been overjoyed, but he payed a hefty prize in this battle, Ichigo did not feel the embracing yet sweet reitsu of (due to him losing his spiritual pressure) Orihime when he was in his deep thoughts he did not even see her, but almost bumped into her, if not for his quick reflexes he stopped right behind her, she would probably not notice him either due to his declining reishi. Ichigo simply blinked twice as he stared at Inoue for a couple of seconds, just the fact that he saw her brightened his day a lot. Everything he had fought for was not in vain after all, Inoue was safe and sound and that was very important for him, but it was not just Inoue, but also chad and Ishida... they where still not here though it seemed so at least. While rukia and renji where safe and sound in SS as well.


His facial expression folded into a smile for a moment before he got serious hello Inoue you haven`t seen chad or ishida? he asked while trying to sound as polite and normal as possible, not the depressed self, unaware that Inoue had already knew how he felt. He was actually unaware how close he stood to her it must have been because he had been in deep thoughts to begin with.

Orihime had heard someone walking her way, their footsteps on the hard ground on the school corridors echoed throughout the silence. But she didn't take her eyes off of the front gate, she was hoping to see when the others turned up. Then came the sudden realisation that whom ever it was was about to run straight into her. She turned with her eyes clenched together and raised her hands in front of her chest as a sort of defense mechanism prepared for the impending impact. It did not come, she slowly opened her eyes to see just whom this person was. Ichigo, how on earth did she not see him enter the front gate? unless he was already there at the school, but that wasn't like ichigo at all. This worried Orihime slightly more, but what had her flustered even more than the surprise of nearly being run into was his proximity. Ichigo was standing rather close to herself, not so close that it would have been creepy after all they were very close friends...but for Orihime it was definately close enough to trigger one of those flustered moments.

"OH! Ichigo I didn't see you enter the front gate, you scared me. Ummmm i don't think they are here yet...it is pretty early you know?"

Orihime could see that Ichigo was putting on his best brave face and that in itself was some what comforting...at least he knew he had been seeming depressed. Her question was there for Ichigo to answer if he felt like it, but she had a feeling she already knew the true reason he was here so early...no matter what he told her.

Ichigo being oblivious and all did not seem to have any problem standing so close to her not because he was a pervert or a stalker (like kon) but because he saw Inoue as a friend like everyone else, a good old friend at that, he took a step back and leaned against the window/wall next to Orihime as his eyes went away from Inoue towards the floor i guess you are right, it is kinda early i suppose he held his bag against his back which he held tightly with his arm. He had blinked a couple of times due to Inoue`s weird reaction when he appeared next to her like that, it was not like he meant to scare her, off course Ichigo had forgotten that his spiritual pressure had nearly vanished.

Gomen did not mean to scare you he said while he tilted his head slightly and gave a small warm smile, he tried to forget his worries and live the moment. He also happened to wonder why she was so flustered? but decided not to go futher into that topic, hell it could have been something she ate, or maybe she had seen a ghost? not funny.... he thought for himself sarcastically. He had not been sleeping too well recently why? he was unsure, but he figured it had something to do with the reitsu loss, he supposed he would just have to get used to it.

Inoue.... he spoke her name in a calm manner do you think i did the right thing?... he meant off course when he released his final getsuga tensho, and beated Aizen. He looked away from Orihime unable to find peace, the question had been bugging him ever since. He narrowed his eyes slightly letting his hair cover his eyes slightly, he did look kinda serious but he could not help it, as he was once again in deep thought.

Orihime watched as Ichigo slumped against the wall and tightened his grip upon the handle of his backpack as his eyes could have burnt a hole in the floor with the stare it was getting. She really just wanted to grab him and shake him until he cheered up...hmmm perhaps tickling him would work. Her weird and wacky thoughts of methods to cheer him up were interrupted by his apology. Her eyes opened wide as she realised that by acting the way she did she had made him feel worse, he must have been feeling as though part of himself was missing...and she drew attention to that very part. Then there was that smile, that damn knee buckling smile of his...the one he didn't even realise he had.

She was about to say something when he spoke again but this time his tone was reminiscent of that of a small frightened child needing comfort...or at least that was how Orihime heard it. How could he ask such a thing?! did he seriously doubt he did the right thing? that was ridiculous. Reacting in a typical Orihime manner....well perhaps not so much towards Ichigo anyway, she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "Baka" She didn't know how to cheer him up right now, but she did know how to comfort him.

(OOC: o.O wow keeping in character with inoue is hard xD she is so sensitive and caring i have trouble witing with her compared to Lightning whom is the complete opposite xD so excuse me if she wouldn't normally have hugged him xD))

OOC: xD umm im not sure if a hug is the best thing you could do, especially concidering Orihime`s nature and the fact that we are in school xD but then again you never know its orihime we are talking about here xD)

IC: His eyes widened a bit when she hugged him, something he had never experienced that Orihime would have done, it was usually the other way around with people giving her flirty hugs, Ichigo was confused mind you her insulted words which slipped past his ears but the fact that Orihime decided to so openly hug him in a public place, Ichigo was sure they where getting some serious eye stared at their way, but Inoue probably did not realize this or simply ignored them, It was not so bad in the end, he just did not want to shatter his image as the cool type of character, and therefore he found Orihime appealing, he also did not want to hurt her by pushing her away, but withouth him really realizing it his face was slightly flustered as well. I-inoue everyone is staring at us... the main reason for his worried tone of speech was the fact that two girls in particular stared at him with an almost murdering Intent, these two girls where Chizuru Honshō and Tatsuki Arisawa, a flying bag of death came flying towards Ichigo`s face, he could not have dodged it due to Orihime hugging him still, and due to him being so much taller than Orihime the bag was never even close to hit her, but it was enough for her to slowly lose her grip around him as he fell towards the floor, with a small nose bleed. Dammit these girls are worse than a bunch of hollows, he thought.

Before he fell on the floor Ichigo leaped backwards and darted off trough the hallways head first i will see you later Inoue he said while running as fast as he could from the place, he soon found himself outside the classroom on the 3rd floor, he sighed once again safe and sound... Ichigooooooooooooooo a very familiar voice could be heard as Asano Keigo came running head first calling to his name Gooooood mooooorning!!! he came along with mizuro that Ichigo greeted normally before raising his arm to Keigo`s neck height and sended the man on the floor due to his speed... like wise keigo.... he said while opening the door to the classroom only to find it empty still despite only being 15 minutes until class would start, Ichigo took his seat like usually and placed his bag on the table before him, he started staring out trough the window, Mizuro looked at his way a bit worried while Keigo started to complain...

((OOC: yeah >.< epic fail on my end xD))

When Orihime heard Ichigo say that people were staring she instantly realised what she had done, her eyes became as wide as saucers and her cheeks as red as strawberries themselves. Her face felt like it was on fire as the blush took over her features and she started to panic. OMG had she really just hugged someone....and not just anyone but ICHIGO. As she began to become flustered and was about to break the hug flailing her arms in the air to dismiss the situation Ichigo fell away from her towards the floor. As Ichigo ran away like grease lightning Orihime was left standing still in the corridor like a statue watching him disappear down the hallway. She felt so embarrassed, she just wanted to curl into a ball and hide...that was only made worse by the hug from behind she recieved from Chizuru. "Awww where is my hug"

This hug was just bringing more attention to Orihime and her cheeks began to flush even more. "Chizuru we have to go to class" Orihime struggled to get her words out through the rather tight embrace that she found herself in. "Yeah, let her breath" Tatsuki pried Orihime free and gave Orihime a pat on the back "she'll tell us when she is ready" Orihime was startled by Tatsuki's maturity over the situation and walked with the pair towards the classroom in silence for a moment before Tatsuki spoke once more. "Awww come on Inoue spit it out already" Chizuru laughed as Orihime waved her hands in front of her "what, no no no it's nothing honestly" She knew they wouldn't believe her but at least they would stop pressuring her to talk since she didn't want to, after all they were her good friends.

It didn't take long for the three girls to reach the classroom doors where Orihime spotted two familiar faces entering the room.

Ichigo kept staring out trough the window, most of the students had already taken their seats, he started to think about rukia, what would she do in this situation or to him. She would probably try to knock some sense into him, yeah that is why he liked her in a way, same with orihime, but for a diffrent reason, she was so kind and caring, she was herself, just thinking about all his friends made him look back at the door, he could see two familiar face enter the classroom, his eyes widened a bit but he did not change his posture... Both Chad and Ishida entered the classroom, Ichigo looked at them they seemed to not want to attract too much attention, but it was obvious that they where observing him in occasions they would have to talk later.

Then Orihime entered as well and everyone was here except the teacher, Ichigo looked at the clock there where still 5 minutes until the class would start, he opened his book, math, he hated math but he did not complain he was fairly good at it he after all worked as hard as he could, he had more time with school than what he had, had for quite a while he stared out trough the window again waiting for the class to start.

Orihime took her seat next to Tatsuya and prepared her books for the class as she listened to the two girls next to her chat about various insignificant topics. She glanced over to see Ichigo gazing out of the window, she knew what he was thinking about.....Rukia Kuchiki. As much as she hated to admit it she knew that Ichigo cared for Rukia deeply and had grown close to her over the time they had spent with her. There it was that emotion that Orihime hated to feel so much, Jealousy. Once again the ugly face of Jealousy had popped up out of her thoughts of Rukia. Part of her wished Rukia was still here with them.....perhaps Ichigo would be happier.

She was snapped out of her thoughts by the class bell ringing loudly and the teacher entering the room at the same time almost as if they had prepared it perfectly.

((OOC: sorry it is short, i have had so much going on right now -_- work work work work work work and study and work and study and sleep xD))

The female teacher put down her books on the table, she wore the custom teacher outfit, and she wore some glasses she smiled Welcome back i hope you had a nice holidays she pushed up her glasses turning a bit more serious there is something i wish to get over with before we start... we have a new student today, come in... A black haired man opened the door and stepped in, he wore the highschool outfit, his slit green eyes almost glowed with determination, as he opened his eyes he scanned the room, some people where whispering others could not help but stare at his looks, his pale white skin and the cyan lines that came down from his eyes, Ulquiorra stared at Orihime for a brief moment before closing his eyes once again before he bowed. Its my honor to join this class... certain people perked up... the teacher pulled up her glasses yes well please tell your name and lets find you a seat... umm take the seat next to Ichigo

Ulquiorra schiffer...
Ulquiorra wandered trough the class room, and took a seat. He opened his book as the class started...

Ichigo kept staring out trough the window as the teacher walked in and started speaking, even as she called out for the student Ichigo did not raise an eye brown, only when the student started to speak did Ichigo react he knew that voice all too well, he turned and his eyes widened, his jaw dropped a bit leaving his mouth slightly open as Ulquiorra moved to take a seat next to him Ichigo stood up from his seat and pointed his finger at him Y-you everyone looked at Ichigo what are you doing here! are you not supposed to be dead!?! the teacher gave Ichigo weird looks, questioning his mental instability, if he really was sane, some of the students blinked at him... Ichigo realized what he said and took a seat again.

Orihime watched as the teacher entered the classroom and placed her various books upon her desk. She spoke or a new student whom was joining the class, Orihime's attention was rather peaked for a moment. What would this new student look like? would they be male or female? What would their personality be like? She found herself getting excited at the prospect of meeting someone new..that was until she saw the face that walked through the classroom door. How......why......was he still alive? She saw him die before her very eyes, yet here he stood next to her teacher.

Orihime sat dumbfounded as she stared at Ulqiorra introduce himself to the class and wander his way towards Ichigo and his new seat. Her mind was frozen, she sat so confused as her mind tried to understand the situation before her. She looked around to everyone in the classroom, they could see him too......this was far too weird. Ichigo had been in his own little world, no doubt thinking about Rukia before he finally realised who was sitting next to him. He stood and pointed at his new classmate like he was seeing a ghost....ironic choice of words. Everyone kept looking at Ichigo like he was a crazy person before he sat back down and resumed his staring at his book. Orihime understood how Ichigo felt, she could have easily stood and pointed at him too.

She remained silent and sat almost as if she was terrified of the new classmate, she still couldn't believe that Ulquiorra was really sitting in her classroom....next to Ichigo.

Ulquiorra appeared calm despite Ichigo`s earlier ranting this was not the time nor place to discuss these matters, Ulquiorra kept his attention at the teacher and the books, he was either reading or writing something down, he kept getting stares from both Ichigo and the rest of the class, but the one he wanted to gain the most attention was in fact almost trying to ignore him, or was she scared? he could not tell, with Inoue he was kinda lacking that perception... as if she could hide her feelings from him, making him do wrong assumptions was he wrong in thinking that they saw him still as an enemy despite his efforts to maintain peace? well he could really not blame them for suspecting the slightest, he left his books on the desk.

He had done terrible things in the past, not just to orihime, but to Ichigo and a couple of his friends whom where precent in the class as well. As soon as the class was over Ulquiorra left the classroom and headed to the rooftop where most people would normally enjoy their lunch, It was that time again, lunch, to his suprise he felt hungry but had not taken any food with him, he sighed while he walked trough the corridor after shutting the class room door behind him...

Ulquiorra found himself on the top floor for no obvious reason, well there was a reason, he belived someone had the urge to speak to him, and he was right... He appeared almost as a human, withouth his hollow hole and his helm fragment on top of his head, just as normally as his behavior he kept his arms in his pockets....

OOC: xD its all right, im quite a bit busy myself

IC: Ichigo gave that look as if he wanted Inoue to stay put, after he shut the door behind himself he gripped his arm into a punch and punched the wall Damn it what is your purpose here Ulquiorra? he asked himself while he started running unable to tell where Ulquiorra had gone off to, he decided to take a look on the roof first and he was right, there he was staring at the sky, he turned to look at him with those emerald green eyes once again, Ichigo bit his lip.... what the hell are you thinking, why are you here... don`t tell me you are here catch orihime again like last time there was suspcion and rage in his eyes, something he could not hide before Ulquiorra, but he did not look suprised. If you are searching for a fight then i can`t help you.... he looked at his palm and gripped it into a fist again...

((OOC: sorry this is so short and bad but as you can see i have done alot of work on the site today))

Orihime saw the look Ichigo shot towards her as he left the classroom, he wanted her to stay put and frankly didn't know what to do. On one hand she did need time to process what the heck was happening but on the other hand she couldn't leave Ichigo alone with him....not at the moment. She waited for a moment before lying to her friends and sneaking away from the group under the pretence of going to the toilets. She could feel Ulqiuorra's presence on the roof and headed there, she couldn't leave Ichigo alone with him...not now.

OOC: ^^ no need to be sorry i understand...

IC: Ulquiorra stared at Ichigo with the same posture, he remained calm he had noticed Ichigo`s spiritual pressure, or rather he had noticed that it was missing almost entireley, he did not raise an eye brown at it but it was as he feared, I am quite aware of that... no im not here to fight you or anyone... he said with a calm undertone, he turned his gaze at the door as Orihime seemed to be coming their way, but at first he said nothing, as if he did not notice Orihime at all Im here.... to understand you guys.... he wanted to feel what it was like to live in the world of the living so far it had been nothing that he had expected...

It felt somewhat relieving, but Ulquiorra knew better than anyone that this would never last forever...

Woman.... come out of hiding He said while looking at the only door up there where Ichigo had come from to begin with...

Momentarily Ichigo blinked with confusion after hearing Ulquiorra out, he was here understand us? what the hell did that even mean? Ichigo was not even so sure if what Ulquiorra said would be true, for all he knew he could lie straight in his face withouth blinking, Ichigo was just about to protest when Ulquiorra spoke again this time something about a woman peeking at them or something? oh that was right he could not sense Inoue.... wait he thought he had made it clear to Inoue not to... damn he mentally cursed for himself while a sweat drop ran down his cheek, he was unsure what to say anymore, to Ulquiorra or maybe it was because he knew that Inoue was close?

What had actually happened between these two? during the days in Las noches, there had been something going on but Ichigo could not put his mind at ease knowing that he was missing something.

(OOC: by the way this topic is meant to take place a few weeks before the plot on this site :p )

James silently walked into the scene behind Inoue. Trying not to frighten anyone, he had condensed his spirit energy to near nothingness. He had no point in violence at the moment, so he was here for amusement. He would wait till someone noticed him, until then he was silent. He had actually stumbled upon Inoue and sensing another arrancar in teh direction she was going, decided to follow and see what was going on.

( sorry short post, no time, in school)

((OOC: Why the heck is james here lol rthis is a random topic roflmao?? o.O))

Orihime had snuck up on the two men on the roof as best she could, in fact she was proud of herself as managed to do so without Ichigo knowing. She listened to them speak and felt her heart beat faster as Ichigo mentioned fighting. She couldn't let that happen, Ichigo souldn't fight him..not alone...not now. She was about to burst through the door when Ulquiorra spoke letting Ichigo know she was there.

Suddenly just as she was about to open the door fully and reveal herself she felt another spiritual pressure approaching them all. Sure it was feint and didn't seem it would pose a threat..but then again those hiding their pressure often were the biggest threats of all, or so she had learnt. For reasons unknown Orihime began to panic, could they be here to take Ichigo? or to kill him? Bursting through the door and running towards Ichigo Orihime glanced towards Ulquiorra as she stopped next to them both.

"Ichigo! we should be going....somewhere...oh yeah ummm Sado and Uryu wanted to talk in the lunch room that's right...so lets get going o.k" Orihime spoke rapidly without talking a breath, she never was a good liar and this was no exception. She disliked lying but right now she had to try and get Ichigo away from Ulquiorra...had he really lured Ichigo up here so he and his approaching friend could do something to him? No...she wouldn't let anything happen to Ichigo. He had protected her so many times and now it was her turn.

OOC: no clue..

IC: Ulquiorra looked at Ichigo, he was not being himself, partially because of his spiritual energy was missing he could not tell, He also noticed not only inoue but faintly another arrancar around, this was bad, there where no other ways out of here than the door (for normal people) and that`s where the arrancar was coming from, as soon as Inoue spurted in as sloppy as always, He wanted to touch her make contact to her but at the moment this was neither the time or place for that, he anticipated that she was concerned about ichigo no suprise there, she neither made any contact with him but she appeared to panic even lie before them even Ulquiorra could tell that, but he did not want to be seen by the stranger so he left in a blink of an eye, next thing they would know they where there alone.... he left his gigai and took it with him...

Moved to General Off RPG.

Reason: Arrancars does not have Gigai. If they want one, they will have to ask Urahara to make one for them. The chance of that happening? Low.

Ichigo glanced at the door as Orihime rushed out and almost bumped into him he was wondering what was wrong? what is it inoue? is something wrong? he blinked looking at her, he turned to look at Ulquiorra but he was gone?, Ichigo wondered what on earth was going on here? he decided to let the fact go that he had "told" inoue to stay in the class room, there was no danger and Ulquiorra was gone he could not sense.... wait was inoue sensing something? or rather someone? was there a real threat? was that why Ulquiorra left? Ichigo started wondering and glanced at Inoue unable to really know how to react, was he... targeted?

why? he was not a threat to anyone anymore, he rubbed his head a bit Ichigo asked Inoue... are you sensing any hollows? he asked with a much more serious voice now than before today, he could be stubborn at times, he decided to let the though go it was probably nothing... she was acting a bit weird though...

OOC: my bad, because of me... everyone has to suffer

James had stopped after Inoue had ran out. He hid himself until he felt Ulquirra leave. Then after Ichigo spoke he stepped into view. He wore normal clothing, a light blue dress shirt and dress pants. Though he was, compared to his appearell he was quite intimidating. He was extremely large in muscle mass and just over seven feet tall. Since he dress shirt was opened up at teh top you could see that his chest was covered in battle scars,

Still he smiled and waved at the two, then bowed, " Hello. I am James! " He said nicely, with a crisp british accent.

Suddenly Ulqiuorra disappeared almost as if he vanished right before her very eyes. Orihime couldn't get her words together as she fumbled over them so instead she simply shook her head at Ichigo's question as she gathered her composure to speak once more. "No...not hollows" Orihime's sentence was cut short as the owner of the approaching aura came into view. He was a giant compared to Ichigo and especialy herself. There was something intimidating about him, almost as if he gave of an aura about himself. No, she couldn't be scared...not this time. This time was her turn to protect Ichigo from harm as he had done so many times for her before. She furrowed her eyebrows slightly as she glared into the man's eyes in an attempt to look intimidating herself....pffft yeah like that was going to happen.