A/N: hm, another AU chapter that I've created. (The other one was Stick on You) I pretty much happy with how it turned out. This chapter is sort of an introductory chapter and I hope you take time to read it and review it. It means a lot to me and reviews keeps me going.

If anyone can tell me about the school term in a regular school in Japan please tell me. I would really appreciate it

No flames please

Disclaimer: It's Kubo's work

Chapter 1 - New life

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"Kuchiki san, are you awake? You got to get ready for school." Hinamori Momo, the maid said, knocking on her door.

"Yeah Momo, I'm already awake." Rukia replied as washed up and changed into her school uniform and looked at her reflection in her mirror to see that everything is at their place. She then grabbed her school bag and headed downstairs for breakfast with the mindset of hoping to be able to make new friends as it's her first day of school even though it's already the second term at school.

There's a reason behind it, when she was 7, Rukia's parents were both killed in an accident. A social worker then took her to an orphanage and from there she was counseled countless of times as she was so traumatized by the incident. She had spent 6 years in the orphanage until when she was told by one of the workers working in the orphanage that she is going to get adopted soon by a man who now she called Byakuya nii sama.

She did not know the full reason why Byakuya adopted her but Hinamori told her that Byakuya is very reserved but a very good person at heart even though he doesn't show much emotion. Hinamori also told Rukia secretly that Byakuya had a wife but she died 3 years before Rukia came and added that Rukia looked a lot like her and that's probably one of the reasons Byakuya took her in. Rukia thought it was weird as Rukia had not seen the photo of Hisana and she did not find any photos of her lying around the house or hung up on the wall and the housekeepers do not mentioned anything about it.

When Rukia went downstairs, she saw Byakuya sitting on the table eating as well which was rare as he always goes out early and come back late at night and she rarely sees him.

"Good morning nii-sama." Rukia greeted her brother.

Byakuya nodded in acknowledgement and said "Your first day at school?"

"Yes nii-sama, I've passed my entrance exam to that school."

"Right. Report to me when you come back in my room but if I'm not in, just leave a note." Byakuya said, flipping the pages of the newspapers in his hands.

"Yes nii-sama."

"I asked Jose to fetch you to school and back from now onwards."

"Yes nii-sama."

After Rukia finished her breakfast, she went out of the mansion gate to see Jose already waiting for her.

"Good morning Kuchiki san, have you left anything behind?" Jose asked.

"I've already packed everything and please call me Rukia Jose." Rukia said as she got into the car.

"Yes Rukia chan." Jose said, smiling and glad that Rukia was in such a good mood.

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"I'll pick you up after your school day is done. I'm sure you'll enjoy your school day Rukia chan." Rukia's chauffer, Jose, said.

"I hope so; finally I could go to a regular school. I hope it's going to be great. See you later Jose." Rukia replied and walked into the school.

She walked down the empty hallway thinking that lessons had started. From what the woman at the office told her, the class which she was going into was the last class down the hallway and the class was 1-3. She wondered what were the classmates like and was very nervous as this is the first time she has ever enrolled in a school after a lot of years had passed and as she always had lessons taught by the workers in the orphanage and was privately tutored at home when she was under Byakuya's care so that she could catch up with the rest of the teenagers her age. She looked through the windows of the classes she walked past by and wondering if she is walking down the wrong hallway and she was not not concentrating on where she was going, she did not realised that someone was running across the hallway quickly until he was quite near her and she heard the loud footsteps.

"Shit shit shit." The boy kept saying as he dashed down the hallway too preoccupied that he was late.

Rukia turned around to see a boy with orange hair running down the hallway.

"Uh, excuse me, am I-" Rukia began but was cut off by the boy with orange hair.

"Sorry, no time to talk, I'm late for class!" The boy replied turning around quickly and with that, he ran off and Rukia could not catch up as he really ran really fast.

Rukia sighed as she watch him pass by and thought she might as well continue down the hallway to see whether her class was here.

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She finally was in front of the classroom door, (she took a long time as she was observing the other classes having lessons as she walked down the hallway) she took a deep breath and went into the class.

The whole class were particularly silence and everyone eyes were on her as she had interrupted the class. She nervously smiled at them and self consciously walked to where the teacher was standing.

"Ah, you must be the new student. Class, we are having a new student, her name is Kuchiki Rukia." Yamamoto sensei said.

Rukia bowed and said that she hopes to have a great time here in Karakura high school.

"Now where will you sit, ah! The one next to the window." Yamamoto said, gesturing towards the seat. "Kurosaki Ichigo raise your hand. It's the one next to that boy."

At the moment Yamamoto asked him to raise him hand did he realised that they were having a new student in the class. He looked up to see her eyes on him and remembered that he saw her briefly when he dashed down the hallway. Their eyes locked for a moment.

Rukia then cut the eye contact and walked down the row where her seat was, hearing girls whispering something like they wished she was in her place as she could sit next to the coolest guy in the class.

When she took the seat next to this person called Kurosaki Ichigo with bright orange hair, she couldn't help but find him familiar and that they had met once before a few years ago as she remembered that she met another person with that unique hair colour.

Little did she know Ichigo was thinking the same thing about her.

The lessons resumes..