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Rukia POV

Rukia was furious. Who did Kurosaki Ichigo think he was? Snubbing her, the Kuchiki Rukia. She slammed her books on the table, and without a second thought kicked him under the table and gave him a sweet smile when he shot her a glare

"Stupid, stupid, STUPID" She chanted it, like a mantra in her head. "He is definitely as they said, an insignificant idiot. " Her thoughts were fully occupied on how she would love to tear him to pieces, and throw what was left of him to the sea, leaving it to the fishes to eat. "Oh scratch that, even the fishes wouldn't want to come near him". As these thoughts ran through her head, an evil aura began to radiate from her, causing those who were near to shift uncomfortably in their seats. Needless to say, she was definitely not paying any attention to the words of Kurotsuchi-sensei.

"Oi. If your head is finally among us mere humans, perhaps we could actually begin?" Ichigo remarked sarcastically as he nudged her.

Yet another of his characteristics to add to her ever growing list of "reasons to hate Kurosaki Ichigo". Her face began to blush a deep red, How could he get under her skin so quickly, for goodness sake, they had only met each other for the short duration of 30 mins, yet he already shot up to number 2 in her "People I Wish would Stay Away from me Forever List". There was something about him, perhaps it was his annoyingly orange hair, his idiotic scowl, or simply the sound of his voice which was seriously getting on her nerves, that made her wish with all her heart to shout the simple yet strangely effective, "Shut Up.

But, queens did not behave that way, Kuchiki's did not do behave in an undignified manner, they faced the world with a dazzling smile or as her brother did, a simple cool glance which was enough to satisfy the masses, always preserving the image of perfection. Yes that was what she would do. She was foolish for doing otherwise. She took a deep breath, and pasted her best smile and turned to him.

"God, you really are self absorbed." Yet another barb was shot her way.

"Ah yes, pardon me for that earlier outburst. I certainly was lost in my own thoughts, wasn't I?" She replied with a sweet smile, with her head tilted slightly to the side. Her delicate hands brushed his gently as she passed the apparatus over.

To her surprise, he flinched at the physical contact, and drew away.

"Why, I never knew our resident bad boy was so afraid of a little, how would I say, touch of a female? Or am I perhaps too intimidating for you?"

"Tch. Who would want to touch a slut like you"

Luckily for both of them, the bell rang at the precise moment, signifying the end of the lesson.

Ichigo picked up his books, and left the room in an almost relaxed way, sending the barely hidden message to Rukia, "Hah, I won"

She fumed silently.

"That was…almost interesting" remarked Momo, as she picked up Rukia's books." The tension between the both of you was palpable, I could sense it all the way from the back. Well if you want, I could always get some of the guys to beat him up" she said carelessly.

Hinamori Momo, childhood friend of Kuchiki Rukia was originally a kind and friendly person. But obviously, with the presence of time, a few of Rukia's more undesirable qualities had rubbed of her, leaving her with a slightly darker side. However, it would be wrong to judge her with only that sentence, after all, everything she did was supposedly in Rukia's best interests.

"It's okay. I will handle it myself. Besides there are rumors that he is strong, it's doubtful those guys would make much of an impression. Anyway, with him here, things here might actually get more interesting"

"Well if you say so. Don't you think he is similar to Grimmjow? You know, Renji's friend?" Momo asked curiously, wanting to test Rukia's reaction. Unfortunately for her, she did not get an answer.

"Ahem, girls, I have private matters to attend to, leave the class room. Now."

They had completely forgotten the presence of Kurotsuchi Mayuri, leaving them to continue their conversation at a later date.

'Girls would be Girls, doing nothing at all, just gossiping, instead of devoting their time to the wondrous world of science. But, all would be cured, when dear Nemu is completed. ", Mayuri announced gleefully with a sinister look in his eyes, to the empty classroom.

"Mayu-chan!!!" Urahara popped up with his familiar fan covering his nose, "How could you plan anything without me, is that how you treat your beloved sensei?"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Kind of strange chapter, wouldn't you say?

Treat the last 3 lines as an omake :)

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