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'I think I'm Fallin'

Chapter One: Karakura High

"So tell me again, exactly why are you dragging me to school?"

Karin turned, her eyes sparkling with excitement, her lips were curved into a big grin, "I'm just so happy you've come back" She said, "That, now that you're here I get to show you to all the people I love" The hold she had on my hand tightened refusing to let me go until she finally fulfilled her wish.

I sighed in defeat though I wasn't happy; I couldn't really blame her for being unusually happy today, almost childlike, since it has been over 3 years since I had last seen her. My parents had decided to move to another country—New Zealand to be exact—because of a new job offer, of course since they offered more pay my folks obliged. I refused to go, but in the end it wasn't my decision to make.

"After school, I'll drop by and help you out with the unpacking"

…unpacking, just great. It was hard enough to try and get everything to fit into the boxes let alone to try and take them back out. Karin turned her head to face me, "That's okay, right?"

I nodded "Of course it is" she looked unsure but I smiled in reassurance, letting her know she wasn't intruding on anything. Its not like I had anyone to tell me what to do now, I had agreed to move out of the house and come flying back here—the place I had refused to leave in the first place—To be with my friend and to finish off my studies. The whole New Zealand thing just wasn't working for me.

So now, I live in a flat just one floor above Karin, convenient enough, with my parents helping me to pay off half the bills… as they promised.

Before long, Karin had stopped walking—along with her dragging—and we were both standing inside the school grounds. The school was new, so I hadn't seen it after I had left and it was huge. Teenagers were everywhere, flocking to one place then to the other.

A sudden knot felt in my stomach and I squeezed Karin's hand. "Don't be nervous, everyone is really friendly, you'll love them."

I bit my lower lip, "Easy for you to say…" Karin flashed me another one of her grins and walked me over to a table that was populated with other teenagers… some very strange looking teenagers.

I looked at Karin, wondering why we were walking in this direction when I saw a smile on her face. It didn't take a genius to realize she was taking me over to her friends.

"Hi guys" Karin greeted them all cheerfully.

The group looked up, "Hey" was there lame reply before they looked at me. "Guys, this is my friend, Momo Hinamori" She shoved me in front of her, since I had been cowering behind her like a lost puppy.

"Erm, Hi?"

…

Silence. I had greeted them all and they didn't say anything back. How rude. I opened my mouth to speak only to be beaten by an orange haired girl. She jumped up excitedly, and bounced over to me, "It's very nice to meet you Momo, Karin talks about you a lot" She gave me a brief hug before introducing herself. "I'm Orihime Inoue"

Her smile was bright and happy. She looked like a sweet person with a bubbly personality. She turned around and looked at a male that was seated at the table. His face was a pale white, with black hair that was spiked at the bottom. From where I was standing I could see a faint green line from under the edge of his eye coming down his face where it ended on his jaw line.

Orihime coughed into her hand and nudged the boys shoulder.

He looked up and his eyes settled on me, his face was almost expressionless but from this view I could clearly see two of those green lines coming down his face. It almost looked like tears. "…Ulquiorra Schiffer" He stated lamely and looked away.

Orihime sweatdropped and rubbed the back of her head, "Ehehe, Sorry about that, he's actually a really nice person once you get to know him"

I nodded once, "Nah, no hard feelings"

The next person to approach me was another girl. Her eyes were big and pretty with a strand of stray hair in front of her face. She was short in height compared to the male teen she was dragging along beside her. "Hello" She greeted me happily and elbowed the teen beside her.

"I'm Rukia Kuchiki" she smiled and pointed beside her "And this is Ichigo Kurosaki"

The one named Ichigo grinned at me and held out his hand. I hesitated for a moment before I reached out and shook his hand.

Karin let out an impatient huff. I could sense that she wasn't too happy about how long the introduction process was taking. She crossed her arms over her chest for a moment and uncrossed them.

"Okay, enough of this" She said irritated and started one by one calling out their names.

"Here we have, Tatsuki, Renji and Hisagi" She pointed them out politely as she spoke. "And over there there's Uryuu, Chad and…" Karin furrowed her eyebrows then let out a sigh.

"What's wrong?" I asked a bit worried. She looked at me and forced a smile, "He's not here yet…"

I was confused for a moment before I finally caught on. There must be a missing member from the group, someone she must really like for her to pull that kind of saddened expression.

Orihime then suddenly popped up behind her, "Karin-chan" I heard her whisper, "Toushiro's…" I tried to interpret what she was saying but she said it so quietly it was like faint mumbles.

I wondered for a minute who Toushiro was and why she liked him. I've known Karin for so long I could read her like a book. I was going to ask her when snowy white hair caught my attention.

My eyes trailed from his hair to his face. He was gorgeous! He had white spiky hair with the most stunning aquamarine eyes. My gaze lingered on him and the way he leaned his back on the brick wall of the school building. Hands buried in his pockets.

A quiet gasp escaped through my lips as he looked at me. My heart beat accelerated and the butterflies in my tummy started up. He flashed me a quick smirk before he walked away.

"Ano… Hinamori-san?"

I shook my head quickly and looked at the person who called my name. It was Orihime.

"Are you okay? Your face is red"

"Huh?" I put a hand on my cheek and felt the warmth of it. I couldn't believe I was blushing. Orihime bit her bottom lip as she stared at me.

"Oh, yeah um I'm fine I guess I've been in the sun too long" I lied. Her brows furrowed as if she didn't believe me but then relaxed and smiled "Oh okay then"

I sighed; this was going to be a long first day.

Keke.

I hope that was an okay first chapter.

Its different from the first in many ways isn't it?

LOL and I've been itching to write a story with Ulquiorra in it. /Droolz

Reviews would be nice : )