Chapter 3: One girl revolution

The target burst into flames and I let out a yell of joy. It was kido class and I was doing really well. I mean, I did well in all my classes, but kido was my favorite. There was something about being able to start fires from a distance that I loved. Should I be worried about that? Nah. Things were going really well lately. Gin was thriving in class. I was seeing Shinji more and the days were looking beautiful.

"Good job, Takahashi-san! There might be a future for you in the kido corps," Sensei said. I was beaming and nothing could get me down.

"Bitch. She's only doing so well because she's fucking the Taichou from the Fifth."

My left eye twitched and my head snapped to the right. Kyoko and her tacky red hair.

"Shut the fuck up, Kyoko! You're just pissed because you can't hit the broad side of a barn," I said. I squinted my eyes like I was getting a psychic vision. "I see… an unseated position your whole Shinigami career."

She sneered. "I might apply to the Fifth. It seems easy enough to get in."

"Oh, it's easy. Easy to get your ass kicked by the Taichou! Don't let the laid back attitude fool you. Hirako-Taichou drives his suboordinates hard."

"You would know."

"That's how I like it."

She turned red and finally shut up.

I knew I shouldn't rise to her bait, but I hate it when people make assumptions. Shinji and I hadn't even kissed and she was saying that I was sleeping with him. I wanted to bitch slap her. Class let out and Gin and I headed to get something to eat. Gin asked if Yuina could join us. I said okay and we went to get her. Yuina was cute as a button. Her bento box had pandas on it. She dove in and shared her rice balls with Gin. I felt a cold chill run up my back and turned to see Kyoko glaring at me. Whatever, bitch. I felt someone tap my shoulder and turned back around. Gin was giving me a worried look.

"Are you okay, Ma?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just pest control from this morning."

He looked behind me. "Oh, yeah, I forgot about her. She's nasty, ain't she?"

Yuina nodded. "She was playing a game with Onda-Sensei yesterday. I don't know what it was called but she had her head in his lap and was moving it up and down. She yelled at me when I asked her what she was doing." I was so red and Gin was curiously confused.

"Hey, maybe we can do that sometime," he said to her.

"No! Dear lord, no! That isn't a kid's game. In fact, I forbid the both of you from doing that until you're at least 100," I said.

"Why? Is it a bad game?" Yuina asked.

"Yeah, Rei, is it a bad game?" I heard a familiar voice behind me. Why did he always have to show up during moments like this?

"Shut up, Taichou. No, kids, it isn't a bad game. It's just something more for grown ups. Not that I've ever done it,"Shinji snorted, "in this life."

"Why?" asked Gin.

"I haven't met anyone I like that much."

"What about me?" Shinji asked.

I looked at the kids. "Like I said."

"Well, if we can't play that, can we play hide and seek later?" Gin asked.

"Yes, later. Right now, we have a history class to go to and if you fall asleep again, I'm smacking the back of your head." Gin pouted. I got up and turned to Shinji. "Behave yourself."

"Except when I'm with you." He gave me a knowing smile.

"Don't act like you know what's under my uniform."

"Oh, but I do. And it's just a matter of time before I see it again, beautiful. I'll see you tonight." I nodded and leaned up giving him a kiss on the cheek. I heard Kyoko cough out 'tramp'. There was a dark look on Shinji's face.

"Ignore her. She's just upset that I'm a better student than she is. I'll see you later." I left.

I sat through an hour and a half of history. Unfortunately, Gin wasn't the one who fell asleep. He kicked me because I was starting to snore. I thought I was too old for detention, but I was wrong. I had to clean the whole room after class. It was so big, it took me three hours. At that point, it was six. I walked into the hall and saw Shinji talking to the red-haired she-beast. A fire ball formed in my hand.

"I'll fry you, skank!" I said and let loose.

Shinji shoved her to the side before it could hit her head; mores the pity. Shinji shunpo'd behind me and threw me over his shoulder before I could take aim again.

"Sorry to disappoint you, red, but the only person I want doing that to me is trying to kill you," he said and took off.

We got to his office and he set me down. I tried to regain my balance and not puke. He gently guided me inside and I sat down.

"What was that all about?" he asked. He didn't look happy.

"I don't know what you mean."

"Seriously? You don't know why you threw a fire ball at someone's head."

"I don't like her."

"You don't like her? That's it?"

"I don't like her and she's a dirty whore."

He sat there for a minute. Then, a shit-eating grin broke out on his face. "You're jealous."

I felt my eye twitch. "I most certainly am not."

"Yes, you are. You're afraid she's gonna sink her man-eating hooks into me and drag me away."

"I am not jealous. Though, now that I think about it, you weren't exactly trying to fight her off with a stick."

"Come over here."

I stood up and went to the other side of the desk. I seemed to be a pushover where he was concerned. I wonder if I was like this when I was alive. He pulled me into his lap and leaned back in his chair, tucking me against his side.

"I am not, nor will I ever be, interested in any female other than you."

"How do you know?"

He sighed. "Woman, I waited centuries for you. When I finally found you, I only had you a few months before you died. Then, I don't find you again for almost a year and a half. It was like…" he seemed to be searching.

"Part of you was missing?"

He smiled. "Yeah. You came along and everything clicked into place. I existed before you, but that's all I did. Exist. You made me alive."

It was the sweetest thing I could remember hearing. And I knew what he meant. Since I'd been in Soul Society, I'd felt like I was walking in a fog and barely breathing. I'd had Gin, but it wasn't the same. I reached up and placed my had along his neck, trailing down to the tie. I started to gently pull him to me.

"This seems familiar," I said quietly.

"It is," he said.

The first kiss was so light I barely felt it, almost like a breeze. I pulled back for second, then surged forward like the tide. I pressed my lips to his and shifted forward so I was straddling his hips. I nipped at his bottom lip, then ran my tongue over it. He moaned and wrapped his left arm around my waist, pulling me to him. He fisted his right hand in my hair and slipped the tip of his tongue into my mouth, running it along the roof. I broke from his lips and kissed my way down his jaw. I pulled at his collar and found that spot between his neck and shoulder and bit down, sucking on the spot. He growled, tightening his arm around my waist and grinding me down. I felt a wonderful tingling and threw my head back, moaning. He stood, taking me with him and set me on the edge of his desk. He started kissing and biting his way down my neck, while slowly undoing my top.

I knew I should be stopping him, it was a little soon, but the way he was touching me made my brain turn to mush. I didn't have to stop him, though. There was a knock at the door.

"Taichou?" It was Hinamori-Fukutaichou.

"Go away, Momo!" He said.

"I can't! You have a meeting in ten minutes!"

"Well, come back in five!"

"No! The last time that happened, we were twenty minutes late!"

"Ugh! Fine, I'll be out in a minute!" He sighed and muttered, "Fucking cockblock."

I hopped off the desk and started to redo my top.

"Where are you going?" He asked, sounding surprised.

"Back to my dorm to study."

"Why?"

"I know it's been eons since you had to be there, but there's this place called Shinigami school. The people who go there hope to one day be productive members of the Gotei 13 instead of just passing their paper work off onto other people."

He made a face. "You make it sound like I do it on a regular basis. And eons? If I'm eons, then you're a fetus."

"Compared to you, I am."

"You make it sound so dirty."

"You'll get over it."

He pouted as we walked to the door. I opened the door to Momo's smiling face.

"Good Evening, Takahashi-san! Did I interrupt something?"

"Of course," Shinji said.

"But that's okay. I've got other stuff to do anyway." I said.

"Hey! You don't to sound so damn happy about it!"

"Oh, calm down! It's not like you won't see me later."

"Are we still going out tonight?"

"Yes. And I expect you to treat me like a lady."

He grinned. "A lady in street, but a -"

"You finish that sentence and you're never touching me again." I stood on my toes and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "Enjoy your bureaucratic rangling."

"Yeah. Like I would enjoy getting my teeth pulled with pliers."

"I'll see you later."

"Bye."

We went to our destinations. I got to my room and saw Gin and Yuina playing Go. Gin was letting her win. I had a feeling this wasn't the first time. They were adorable now and it was just going to get cuter as they got older. He'd probably let her get away with murder. To bad Shinji wouldn't let me do the same. He really should; there'd be a lot less fighting. Love as a child seemed a lot less complicated than it was as an adult.