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Author's Notes
Alright, this will be my second story so far and if you are still wondering, yes this is another IchigoxSenna Story. I'm hoping for this one to be numerous times better then my last one and I'm also hoping to take things slowly with this one unlike the other which was too fast paced. I appreciate all the reviews left from everyone who took their time to review my last story and I hope that you, the reader will be satisfied with this one. The story will be original, and in no way will it involve Shinigami's, Soul Society or Hollows so don't expect to see Ichigo go Bankai in this story.
Chapter 1: Summer Plan
It was a Monday morning in Karakura town.
People were starting their regular daily lives like work or school for those who are still studying for their future. Not many had dedicated lives as many others spend their time causing crime or not doing much for the society.
That day a young fifteen year old boy named Ichigo Kurosaki walked by the side walk heading for school while carrying his school bag with his left arm and his right hand resting on his pant pocket.
"Kurosaki-Kun!!" A female student shouted while running towards Ichigo who stopped on his tracks the moment he heard her voice.
"Oh, hey Inoue" Ichigo responded with his usual manner.
"Kurosaki-Kun did you get enough sleep yesterday?, how are you feeling today?" Inoue asked while they started walking to School.
"I guess I'm doing alright" Ichigo flatly responded.
"Oh.. I see" Inoue replied with a bit of disappointment. She always wanted to have a decent conversation with Ichigo but he always seems to try to avoid them with short replies that sounded like they wanted to end or stop any conversations.
"Oi!, Inoue!!" another female shouted from a distance.
"Tatsuki!" Inoue shouted back with enthusiasm. Both Tatsuki and Inoue have been best friends since the first grade and have never been apart.
Both of them began to talk about their morning and what they had to eat, of course Inoue was such a terrible cook so she had trouble making anything good, luckily for her, her older brother always had breakfast ready for her before he left for work.
Ichigo felt sick of listening to their blabbering which he was obviously not interested on. He began to pick up the pace to lose them while they continued to talk.
"So what do you think, Kurosaki-kun!?" Inoue turned her attention to Ichigo after a conversation with Tatsuki but Ichigo was long gone.
"He's already way ahead of us, were we really walking that slow?" Tatsuki wondered while pointing her finger at the direction to where Ichigo was at for Inoue to see.
"Ah!, we better catch up to him and tell him our plan!" Inoue said running ahead of Tatsuki.
"Oi!, Inoue wait up!" Tatsuki said loudly as she ran after her.
Ichigo finally made it to the school gate as he continued to walk now at a normal pace. Sado walked towards him and raised his right hand "Hello... Ichigo"
"Hey, Chad" Ichigo greeted while the two began to walk to the school entrance.
"... Its Sado" Sado tried to correct him as usual but Ichigo flatly ignored him as he greeted someone down the hallways "Hey, Ishida!" Ichigo greeted while delivering a short wave.
"Good morning, Kurosaki. I see your hair looks as stupid as ever" Ishida said while slightly lifting his glasses with his two right fingers.
Ichigo was irritated at that comment and showed it when he grind his teeth and making a fist, threatening to pound the crap out of him but was quickly stopped by Sado before that happened.
"Quit being barbaric and lets go, class is about to start" Ishida said as he walked back towards class.
Sado let Ichigo go as the two of them followed. The first bell rang and all the students began to walk towards their classrooms to start their first class.
Ichigo sat on his chair as he rested his school bag on his desk in front of him. Sado sat behind him while Ishida sat in front of him. Both Inoue and Tatsuki arrived at class a minute later as they sat across from where Ichigo and the rest sat at.
The rest of the students sat down while the final bell rang. The teacher walked in the classroom and walked towards his desk. He sat a few documents down his desk and then reached for a few papers from his left drawer.
"Lets start Roll call.." The teacher began as he called out each students name while they replied back to confirm their presence in class. He finally called out a particular name last but that name didn't responded, he called out a second time but to no avail.
"I guess he's not here" The teacher was about to mark him absence but a loud "Oi!!" from within the other side of the classroom door stopped him from proceeding.
The door slid open to reveal a young man with long crimson hair that was tied back. "I'm... Here" The young man said with a panting voice.
"Renji.. This is the eight time this second semester that you've come late to class, how many disciplinary actions must we make before you learn?. I will not tolerate another tardy, next time you come late you're out of my class room do you understand?" The teacher retorted harshly.
"Yeah.. It won't happen again Sosuke-Sensei" Renji replied with a bow.
"I hope so, please take your seat; you've taken precious time form your fellow classmates with your late presence here" Sosuke-Sensei pointed out to Renji's seat as Renji walked towards his desk.
"Psst, why were you late again, Renji-kun?" Hinamori whispered to Renji who sat one seat behind Renji.
"I forgot to set my alarm last night.." Renji whispered back without turning his head.
"Again?, you're hopeless sometimes you know that" Hinamori giggled a little.
"Hinamori-san, please stand up and tell us about the topic I spoke of a minute ago when you were talking to Renji" Sosuke-sensei said ordering Hinamori to stand up.
Hinamori stood up and began to mumble "Ah...I uh.." She was feeling pressured and embarrassed when she felt the rest of the classroom daggering their eyes at her.
Renji didn't like how Sosuke tried to embarrass his students, especially Hinamori who was an innocent and kind girl Renji respected. Renji stood up while he raised his right hand.
"It was my fault, I made her start the conversation with me"
"You.. Made her?" Sosuke-Sensei said while raising an eyebrow knowing that he was lying to protect Hinamori.
"That's right"
"..Very well. As your punishment for not speaking sooner and disrupting my class, again. You will receive detention after school" Sosuke-Sensei said as some students began to whisper to each other after hearing his punishment.
"Alright, I'll accept the punishment.. But one more thing" Renji slightly turned his eyes to his left to look at Ichigo who was staring out the glass window from his chair.
"That man right there was also part of our conversation!"
Ichigo jolted and quickly looked at Renji "What!?"
"Very well, you'll both get detention after school" Sosuke-Sensei said with a small smirk.
"Renji, you bastard!, why did ya drag me into this!?" Ichigo said getting off his chair.
"Hey, might as well go down like men don't you agree?" Renji replied with a joke.
"What does that have to do with anything?, you don't make any sense!" Ichigo said trying to jump at him but Sado yet again stopped him from doing anything rash.
"Sit down stupid, you're making an unnecessary scene here" Ishida said coldly.
"You two are dead!" Ichigo threatened before he finally sat down and cooled off while class continued.
After school both Ichigo and Renji were left in the classroom along with Sosuke-Sensei who was working on tomorrows essay.
"I'll be taking my break, you two behave while I'm gone" Sosuke-Sensei said while he got off his chair and walked out the classroom.
The sonorous sound of the school clock's hands moving with each passing second gave a feeling of silence in the classroom.
Ichigo finally spoke and said "You bastard, getting me involve in your mess.. Again, what is it that you want this time?" Ichigo asked while facing ahead.
"Don't fret, Ichigo. We should hang out after this, its been a while since spend time together" Renji responded seriously.
"What do I look like?, your mom or something?, why would I want to spend time with you?" Ichigo replied showing a bit of irritation with his reply.
"Of course not stupid!, ever since you started Junior High you've been distant with everyone you knew, including Rukia!" Renji said with a little anger with his words.
Ichigo lifted his right eyebrow and said "Butt off my business and shut up"
Renji sighed and sinked himself on his chair to rest his back on the corner of the chair "Alright, suit yourself" He said as he then heard foot steps getting close with each passing second.
The doors slide open to reveal Inoue and Tatsuki as well as Hinamori.
"Ah, what are you three doing here?, if Sosuke-Sensei sees you you'll get detention" Renji said while getting off his chair to walk towards them.
"I know, but I wanted to apologize from before, It was my fault that you're here, Renji" Hinamori said feeling guilty.
"Ah, Its alright, I'm used to receiving punishment anyways" Renji said cheerfully, trying to cheer her up.
Both Tatsuki and Inoue walked to where Ichigo was sitting at to tell him that plan they wanted to tell him this morning.
"Kurosaki-Kun do you have a minute?" Inoue said cheerfully.
"Nngh?, what is it?" He said as he waited for the question.
"Umm.. Its almost Summer Break and I was thinking if you.. would like to come to the beach with us?" Inoue stuttered with each word due to the fact that she felt a bit nervous to ask Ichigo of such a favor.
"..Actually" Ichigo was about to turn her offer down but Renji ruined his response again "You guys are going to the beach?, sounds like fun!, Hinamori you should come too!" Renji said enthusiastically.
"(Umm, actually I wanted just the three of us to..)" Inoue thought feeling a little down.
"Hey, we can bring Chad and Ishida as well, this idea doesn't sound so bad!" Ichigo said while resting his chin on his hand symbolizing thought.
"Uh, Ichigo, We just wanted.." Tatsuki was about to say that she wanted just the three of them to go but Renji yet again interrupted them when he said "Yeah, we could also bring Rukia, Matsumoto, Kira, Yachiru, Ikkaku, Toshiro, and maybe even Kuchiki-san if he wants to come. Oh boy this will be fun!"
"Invite the whole damn school why don't ya" Ichigo remarked with his usual lazy like response.
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea.." Renji began to deeply think of how he was going to drag the whole school to the beach.
"I was being sarcastic!, idiot!"
"Whats going on in here?" Sosuke-Sensei said as he slide opened the door seconds later to find both Renji and Ichigo sitting at their desks alone.
"There's nothing going on in here, Sensei" Renji responded normally.
"... Very well. You two can leave I'll be leaving early today, Lock the door on your way out" Sosuke-Sensei said leaving the classroom.
The door to the classroom closet opened as all three girls dropped to the ground on top of each other.
"Are you girls alright?, lets go home before it gets dark outside" Renji said picking up his school bag as Ichigo did the same.
"A..Alright" All three girls responded feeling a bit dizzy after getting out of the cramped closet that had little to no oxygen.
All five of them walked together that evening, Renji and Hinamori were trilled to go to the beach, Ichigo didn't care as much and both Tatsuki and Inoue felt a little disappointed.
"With so many people around, I don't think that we'll be able to cheer Kurosaki-kun" Inoue whispered quietly to Tatsuki.
"I know what you mean.. But I have an idea" Tatsuki responded with a smile of confidence.
"What is it?" Inoue inquired with interest.
"We'll make sure that everyone but the three of us are distracted on having fun while we sneak out and enjoy ourselves just the three of us like the good old days" Tatsuki said.
"You're right, we could do that!" Inoue said happily. Ichigo slightly turned his head back while he continued to press forward "What are you girls talking about?, are you talking behind my back again?"
"N-no, we're just discussing about the Beach plan and stuff.." Tatsuki quickly replied.
"Y-yeah, what she said, hahaha" Inoue said nervously.
"Nngh, alright then... I'll part from here, see you guys tomorrow" Ichigo said as he parted from the group.
"Oi, Ichigo!, try not to give us a half ass of an excuse and ditch the Beach plan when school is over, you hear!?" Renji shouted. Ichigo waved with his right hand without even turning while he continued on his way.
"Sometimes I wonder what Ichigo is really thinking, I'm starting to assume that he's upset of what I did to him this morning" Renji concluded while wearing an expression of deep thought.
"Its kind of obvious that he would get upset over that Renji-San" Hinamori said with a forced smile.
"You think?. Ah well, he'll get over it tomorrow, lets go I'll walk you home Hinamori" Renji said with a slight blush.
"Ah, I'd like that, thank you Renji-san" Both Hinamori and Renji parted ways from Tatsuki and Inoue who exchanged waves of goodbyes with each other. After that Inoue and Tatsuki went home.
Meanwhile, Ichigo arrived home. There he would expect a sneak attack from his father as he opened the door with caution but nothing happened. He went into the living room and still nothing.
"I guess that crazy old man must of given up" Ichigo said as he walked up the stairs and into his room. He closed the door behind him and saw no signs of a threat. Ichigo sighed and walked towards his bed and relinquished himself on to the soft white sheets.
"I guess he's still working, I haven't seen Karin or Yuzu when I came home from school.." Ichigo said quietly. He then got off his bed and began to work on his homework.
Thirty minutes passed, he was halfway done with his work. He then stopped to think about what they talked about today, about this beach plan they had for summer break.
He pondered quietly if he should go or not, this isn't something he would willingly do and he wasn't the type to take such vacations with others. Although Tatsuki and Inoue will be there as well, he might as well go for their sake even though he had the thought of ditching at first.
"You need a girl, you should go out with Rukia again" Renji said from his opened bedroom window.
"W-What the hell!?, Renji!?" Ichigo said a bit startled by his sudden and unexpected appearance.
"Chill out Ichigo. Anyways you need a girl in your life or something, a flower to bloom your life.. or something" Renji said trying to come up with the right words.
"I don't need you to tell me that!, now get the hell out of my room!" Ichigo shouted trying to force Renji who was trying to get into his room out of his room.
After five minutes of struggle and constant profanity, Ichigo gave up and Renji was uninvited to his room. "Geez this room looks dull and boring, no wonder nobody is interested in you, you have no taste" Renji began to criticize harshly.
"Thats just great, you should just get the hell out of here then" Ichigo voice was more darker and threatening. Renji didn't bother to take heed to the danger he was in and continued to inspect the room.
"Well I didn't come here to start anything. I came here to talk to you about the beach idea we had this morning" Renji said while he continued to look around.
"(What is he psychic or something?)" Ichigo thought quietly. "I honestly don't know, I was thinking of ditching but maybe I should give it a try" Ichigo responded.
"Thats the spirit!. There are only a few weeks left for school. Try not to change your mind till then, I'll see you tomorrow" Renji quickly replied while walking back towards the window.
"Oi!, was that the reason you came all the way here for!?, no, wait!, get out through the front door, the neighbors will start getting the wrong idea if you get out from there!".
A few weeks passed, their second year was over. Ichigo was the top student of his class and fourth best in school. He might look like a trouble maker to many but he's a dedicated and studious person who won't let others put him down because of his looks.
Everyone gathered around with the exemption of Rukia who was also invited to the Beach plan. "Alright so, Matsumoto, Hinamori, myself, Ichigo, Inoue, Tatsuki, Sado, Ishida, Ikakku, Yachiru, Kira, and Toshiro are all present and counted for!" Renji said loudly.
"Umm. where's rukia-san?" Hinamori questioned as she looked around.
"She said that she was going to be there before us since her brother has a meeting to where we're going"
"Uhh, which beach are we going to anyways?" Ichigo asked.
".. Didn't we tell you already?, we're going to Goza Shirahama beach, or were you too thick headed to remember?" Renji said trying to reflect his dumb like expression on Ichigo.
"Shut up, I just forgot thats all" Ichigo said lifting both his eyebrows indicating annoyance.
"Alright, then tomorrow we'll meet by my house at 6:00 A.M. and from there we will walk to the nearest train station, from there we will take another train for Goza Shirahama beach. Try to bring plenty of Yen in case we don't have enough for all the train fees" Renji explained as everyone but Ichigo nodded.
"Yay, I can't wait!, three days and two nights at Goza Shirahama beach, this will be fun!" Hinamori said with excitement.
"Try to get plenty of rest for tomorrow Hinamori-san or we'll leave without ya" Matsumoto teased.
"Wa?, you guys wouldn't leave without me would you?" Hinamori responded a bit sad.
"Of course not. Quit joking around Matsumoto" Toshiro said seriously.
"Hmph, you're such a killjoy Toshiro-kun" Matsumoto said.
Ichigo ignored their stupid conversations and walked home without them "I'll see you guys tomorrow" He said giving a short wave of goodbye.
"Oi!, try not to ass out of the beach plan ya hear!?" Renji shouted.
"For the hundredth time I won't dammit!" Ichigo exclaimed.
To be Continued...
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I apologize for any spelling errors or bad grammar in there, I do try to write my stories as best I can!. I also don't have much time in my hands due to work and many other things so I apologize in advance for not making many updates to the story.