IM ALIVE! Wow It's been a long time since i updated ANYTHING! I feel so ashamed...what excuses can i come up with... well I started playing video games again... and I bought Soul Silver today YAY! I had a small case of writers block, and a small case of I have no idea what it was lol. I've been texting a certain someone ALOT (you know who you are lol) Oh and youtube is evil! I made an amazing AMV to the song Three on Three from the first pokemon movie and THEY TOOK IT DOWN! and you know what? Everythign i used in that video i got off of youtube, so i guess they just hate me.

So again... IM SO SORRY! I was gonna update Do It Again next, but Its been so long im gonna write the other stories then update that. Sorry if you like DIA but... DX

Sorry if the ending seems rushed but I just really wanted to update. And for those of you who havent seen the spoilers for the new chapter which hasnt updated yet! hehee I win ^ ^

I dont own anythign... AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY ICHIGO! ^ ^ I should bake a cake...

Chapter 2: The Nurses Office

Rangiku slowly hobbled towards the bathroom the next morning, a piece of glass still embedded in her leg from the latest scuffle with Gin. She winced every time she placed weight on her leg, the glass embedded deep within the back of her thigh. She could feel it working its way in deeper, but she wouldn't be able to see a doctor about it, they would know that along with the injuries on her head that something wasn't right at home. She would have to remove the glass later during her planning period. It wouldn't be the first time she had to fix herself up after a fight with Gin. She stood in front of the mirror, sighing at her disheveled appearance. When she was younger men flocked around her. She was beautiful, her long flowing strawberry blonde hair, her crystal blue eyes, her body and contagious laughter. All the men in the school, well aside from Ichigo wanted a piece of her. However she fell in love with Gin. Gin was always such a wonderful man towards her. He was the perfect gentleman, however that all changed after their honeymoon. As soon as they got home he completely changed, and Rangiku was convinced that the man she fell in love with was still there, trying to break free. However in the years since they had been married, she hadn't seen that man since.

But now as she looked at herself in the mirror, the young 25 year old looked much older than her birth certificate stated. She had washed the blood from her hair and her head wound and stopped bleeding, however the gash could be seen through her light hair, and trailed down the top of her forehead. Her shower last night had helped her feel better and washed away the blood, but there was still the problem of hiding the evidence. The gash in her thigh where the glass was stuck would have to be wrapped by a bandage; the short skirts Gin provided her to wear to work would easily reveal the wound. She could attempt to cover her head wound with makeup, but it would still look awkward. She would have to create a lie about the injuries….again.

She prettied herself up as best she could and put on her work outfit for the day, a low cut pink top and a short black skirt that Gin had bought for her. She then threw on her heels, the only work shoes Gin let her own. The raised heels of her heels drove the glass in her thigh in deeper. She cringed, but knew she would have to deal with it until 4th period, her planning period right before lunch. Then she could go to the nurse's station and pull it out. The nurse was never there so she knew she'd be alone so no one would ask questions. She wrapped up her leg and grabbed her coffee, locking the door and leaving for school, a slight limp evident in her stride.

"Shiro-chan it's time to get up!" Momo shouted into Toshiro's room. She shut the door and Toshiro lazily rolled over to face the door.

"Dmn'n cal meh Shina-chn" he mumbled, rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand to a Momo that had already left. He groaned and pulled the blanket back over his face with a sigh. "Fine!" He rolled out of bed and hopped into the shower before getting dressed and cleaning himself up. He stepped into the kitchen to find a small breakfast awaiting him and as usual, a smiling Momo behind the stove.

"Good morning Shiro-chan" she grinned.

"Don't call me that bed wetter Momo" Toshiro tried not to growl.

"I haven't wet the bed in years Shiro!" she blushed.

"And I haven't been Shiro-chan for years" he frowned. She stuck her tongue out at him before joining him at the table. They're policy was to start everyday new; fights never happened and were always forgotten the next day. If it was that important they would bring it up again, but staying mad they never thought was a good policy.

"How was your first day Toshiro?" she asked as she took a bite of her rice. Toshiro carefully finished chewing before responding.

"Not bad. The Anatomy teachers a nerd, the Psychology teacher acts like she's four. Ichigo is Ichigo. The Lit teacher is a stripper, the Home Ec. teacher almost burned down the classroom, the Gym teacher hasn't been to a gym in his whole life and my calculus teacher…." He stopped at his thought of Rangiku Ichimaru.

"The calculus teacher?" Momo asked, halfway through a bite of rice. He sighed and nodded.

"She almost seems…..frightened of me" he shook his head. "I don't know why she would be though I haven't done anything to her. I've never seen her before in my life! But for some reason….she is like…. Ah forget it I'm probably just over thinking it is all" Toshiro waved, resuming his breakfast.

"Maybe she was just having a rough day?" Momo tried to reassure.

"Eh, I think so. Today's a new day!" Toshiro smiled.

"Oh I packed a lunch for you today" Momo added.

"Why it's Tuesday I usually but lunch on Tuesday" Toshiro asked.

"It's burrito day…." Momo sighed. Toshiro shivered and thanked her before returning to his breakfast, memories of burrito day filling his thoughts.

When the young couple had finished their meal they quickly did up their dishes and locked up the apartment before leaving for school. The walk there was silent as usual, but even when Momo did try to make small talk, Toshiro didn't hear her attempts. His thoughts lost, how would his calculus teacher be today?

"Toshiro!" He heard as he entered the school yard. He looked up and saw Orihime and Shuhei smiling and waving at the doors. He nodded to acknowledge their presence and turned to Momo.

"See you later" he smiled, kissing her goodbye quickly.

"See you later Shiro-chan!" she smiled, before running over to Yumichika and Izuru.

"Things better Toshiro?" Shuhei asked with a grin. Toshiro scowled at him, making Orihime giggle.

"You know our policy with each other Shuhei" he sighed. Even though they started over, didn't mean that he wasn't going to complain to his friends about it. "She wanted to … shower ….with me last night" Toshiro shivered at the memory as they entered the school.

"Ouch" Shuhei sympathized. "That's pretty….. Involved" he raised an eyebrow.

"I think your right. She's taking this way too far way to fast" Orihime nodded. "Your only 17. I mean….I guess people our age do it all the time, but no one blames you for being mature about it and not letting your hormones take over" she smiled. "Shuhei" she glared at the black haired man.

"What!" he groaned. "We never showered together!" he looked at her with a look of bewilderment on his face.

"No, but last time you came over you jumped me!" she stuck her tongue out.

"But nothing happened!"

"Your hormones still took over!"

"Then next time don't model your new bikinis for me!"

"You were gonna see it at the beach anyway!"

"Which is not your bedroom!"

"I'm walking away now" Toshiro sighed, shutting his locker and walking away, leaving Orihime and Shuhei to their playful little argument. He entered the bandroom and walked into Ichigo's office, to find something similar to the scene he just left.

"Why did you wash my white shirt with your red dress!" Ichigo groaned.

"Pink's a good color on you sweetie!" Rukia laughed.

"I bought this shirt…WHITE! You know what color I want this shirt….WHITE!" he shouted.

"I bought that shirt for you!" Rukia growled.

"AND IT WAS WHITE!"

"AHEM!" Toshiro coughed, causing the two "adults" to turn to him.

"Oh ello Toshiro" they smiled. "We'll finish this later" they glared at each other before turning to face him, Rukia taking her place on his lap. Shuhei and Orihime then joined them.

"How was the first day of classes?" Ichigo asked, slapping Rukia's hand away from his jar of peanuts.

"Not bad. You should have seen Soi Fon with the lit teacher" Shuhei grinned.

"In my defense…she's a beautiful woman who deserves nothing but respect!" Soi Fon threw her backpack at Shuhei's head as she entered the room.

"Hey I'm using that!" Orihime giggled.

"Didn't Yoruichi train you in martial arts?" Ichigo asked as he handed Soi Fon back her backpack. She nodded.

"Lady Yoruichi is the greatest teacher on the face of this earth. I would do anything for her. Just being in her presence…"

"Is enough to make you cum" Shuhei coughed.

"I'll kill you!" Soi Fon growled, being restrained by Toshiro and Orihime. Soi Fon and Shuhei were cousins, and had loved to pick on each other since they were children. Soi Fon and Shuhei had both been trained in martial arts as children, Soi Fon by Yoruichi Shihoin, they're current literature teacher.

"Soi Fon I feel like I can't leave you alone for two seconds without you trying to kill someone" Renji sighed as he entered the room, snacking her upside the head as he walked by.

"Your next on my list Renji" she hissed.

"Don't kill him yet we have the kendo tournament this weekend" Tia laughed as she entered behind Renji. "We need him if we're going to win." Shuhei, Toshiro, Tia, Renji and Soi Fon were all members of the school kendo team. Truth be told they were the best in the school, and that's where they all met and became friends. Orihime loved to watch kendo and that's where she met them, but she was never really good at it. She ended up getting extremely close to Shuhei and in turn everyone else.

"Nah, I'm pretty sure you guys can win without Renji" Ichigo grinned. He was the coach of the kendo team along with Rukia. Most of the teachers were actually quite good at kendo and would help teach, but they were the official coaches. Renji shot a glare at his older cousin.

"You think Kira can win my match this weekend?" Renji smirked. Ichigo grinned.

"5 minutes with me, sure he can" Ichigo grinned. Renji was about to retort when the bell rang, signaling the kids to go to their anatomy class. "Tood-a-loo little cousin" Ichigo kissy faced at a growling Renji as he exited the office.

"Ok class page 22 numbers 31-67 odd are due tomorrow. You may have the rest of the period to work on them if you wish" Rangiku smiled to her 1st hour calculus class. They all broke off into their own little study groups, half studying half talking as she turned to make her way towards her sleep. She allowed her face to fall slightly for the first time since she had came to school that day as she felt the sharp stinging of the glass work itself in her leg. She made her way to her desk and sat down in her chair, being sure to sit enough on the edge to wear she wasn't putting pressure on the wound. She sighed and began grading her papers, the in class assignments she had had her algebra students do yesterday.

I only have to wait until 4th period. I can do this. The pains not that bad… I just need to focus on other things is all. It's not that bad when I'm not moving. I just need to make sure to be more careful with the glasses. I don't need another reason for Gin to lose his temper. He must have had a horrible day at work to be in that foul a mood…. Maybe tonight I….

"Mrs. Ichimaru?" She was startled out of her thoughts. She looked up and turned her head, to find a shy brunette standing at her desk, her notebook held up, shielding the lower half of her face from view as she looked at Rangiku with need.

"Yes Michiru?" Rangiku smiled.

"Can you show me how to do number 45?" she asked sweetly. "I'm confused by the extra variable in the equation."

"Of course, that's what I'm here for" Rangiku nodded.

Just the distraction I need….

"So can anyone tell me some of the reasons people have low self esteem?" A big breasted woman smiled as she walked up and down the classroom. She was tall, long, wavy green hair flowing behind her, her gray eyes smiling towards her second hour class. She was Neliel Tu Oderschwank, the psychology teacher.

"They might think that nobody likes them" Orihime shyly spoke.

"They might think they're boobs are too big" Loly snickered from the back of the classroom. Some of the kids giggled, as Orihime frowned, looking down at her chest.

"I'll kill that bitch" Shuhei crunched his pencil in half.

"Relax!" Soi Fon smacked him in the back of the head. "Sensei's got it" she grinned. Sure enough Shuhei's eyes looked up to see Nel patting Orihime on the head before making her way towards the back of the classroom where Loly was sitting.

"Loly, large breasts are not normally a reason to find one hating oneself or thinking of themselves in a lesser manner" she grinned, folding her arms to accentuate her own assets. "However, picking on people is often a sign of inadequate feelings towards one's self. Often when a person mocks another, it is often because they feel the person has something they do not. Do you feel ashamed or embarrassed by your size Loly?" Nel asked, sitting on the edge of the black haired girl's desk. Loly by this point was completely red in the face, seething at her teacher.

"I am perfectly fine with my build sensei" she growled.

"Then maybe you would like to explain your comments to the principal" Nel smiled. "I'll be calling him later to make sure you got there alright?" Nel tapped her head a few times with the papers she was holding before hopping off the desk and walking back up towards the front of the room, Loly growling as she left.

"Anyhoo" Nel smiled as though nothing had happened, "People often dislike themselves because they feel something is wrong with them. Often times something may have happened in the past that led them to these feelings. Take for example. A 16 year old girl has been called nothing but beautiful by her family her entire life. While she is a good looking young girl, beauty is all opinionated, and so others may not necessarily agree, understand?" she raised an eyebrow. "So this girl asks the boy she's been crushing on to prom, thinking that as beautiful as she is there's no way she will be rejected. However, this boy has different tastes in women, and is a slight douche bag" Nel nodded "and told her she was ugly. Now this woman feels that she is ugly, and begins to hate everything about her appearance. Now while this doesn't happen in every case, it does happen. The girl tries any and everything to make her appearance more beautiful so that she will never hear those words again. And that class is how we ended up with Heidi Montag" she laughed at her own joke. "Your assignment tonight is to find one thing you dislike or downright hate about yourself and try to discover the reason behind it. Then I want you to come up with a list of ways you would attempt to solve that problem. If you cannot think of anything at all, then why the hell are you in psychology class?" Nel grinned. "You can have the last 10 minutes to do whatever I want a nap." With that Nel shut off the projector and went, taking a seat at her desk and promptly zoning out.

"What do I hate about myself?" Tia asked, sighing and leaning back in her chair, folding her arms across her chest and resting her chin on her chest, shutting her eyes in thought.

"That you're anti-social?" Renji smiled, sliding into a recently vacated seat by her and Toshiro.

"Can it pineapple" she glared quickly and effectively before resting her eyes once more.

"I think I'm too trusting" Shuhei sighed.

"I think you're just too easily hurt by others actions" Soi Fon groaned.

"I don't think I'm forceful enough" Orihime added as she took a seat next to Shuhei. "I would love to speak out more at the craft club and student council meetings, but I can never find the courage."

"You also have a hard time turning down all the bastards hitting on you" Shuhei shot a side glance at her.

"That's your problem Orihime-chan" Tia looked at the girl. "You're too nice."

"But I don't hate that!" she cringed.

"What about you Toshiro?" Soi Fon asked at the silent boy. He looked up at the ceiling before sighing.

"I don't know. I don't really hate anything about myself I don't think. Not that I can think of off the top of my head anyway" he shrugged, before growling when a dark hand sat on his head.

"You're irritable" Tia grinned, ruffling his hair.

"I don't hate that" he twitched.

"Well regardless you best be finding something unless you want to be failing this early in the year" Renji groaned. "It's the second day and I'm already pissed at all this homework" he thumped his head on his desk. Soi Fon began rubbing his back, before slamming it with the same hand, making him jump with a loud ouch.

"Get over it Abarai" she growled. "It's not gonna get any better and we have the same amount you do. If you can't handle this pussy amount then you best drop any hope of a diploma" Soi Fon barked.

"Yes Ma'am" Renji moaned, rubbing his back. Soi Fon smiled and rubbed a little again.

"Good boy" she grinned. The bell rang and the students all rose and left the classroom.

"Oh Hitsugaya-kunnnnnnnnnnn" Nel sang from inside the classroom. Well all but one student left anyway.

"Yes sensei?" he asked as he turned back around, his teacher approaching him.

"During 4th period today can you run an errand for me?" she asked. "What's your 4th hour?" she cocked her head.

"Literature with Shihoin-sensei" he groaned. She laughed in response.

"She used to work with me at the…..never mind" she waved her arms and shook her head. "She won't have a problem with this. I would do it myself but I'm teaching my abnormal psych class that hour. I need you to go to the nurse's office and grab my medical chart for me" she smiled.

"Why?" Toshiro cocked his head.

"There's just a pressing matter I need to attend to" she smiled.

"Which is…."

"You're gonna make me tell you aren't you" she pouted.

"Um…yeah" he nodded.

"Fine" she crossed her arms. "They listed me as weighing 140 pounds….. I'm only 133!" she growled. "Those bastards…." Her eyes caught fire as she scrunched her papers.

"I'll…..make sure I grab it for you" Toshiro nodded.

"Thank you so much sweetie" she cooed, before skipping back to her desk. Toshiro left the classroom to find Tia waiting for him.

"What was that about?" she asked curiously.

"Sensei is insane is all" he sighed.

"What the hell is wrong with ya'll!" Ichigo sighed as he stopped the band. "I asked you to play soft…..THAT WAS NOT SOFT DAMNIT!" he shouted.

"Take a chill pill Sensei" Tatsuki Arisawa, first chair clarinet groaned from the front row. Orihime was sitting next to her, the first chair flute and nodded. "It's only the second day we're all still a little rusty." Ichigo took a deep breath and exhaled.

"Ok do it again…softer this time" he demanded. He started them off on basic scales, Toshiro huffing in the back with the percussion. They never warmed up with the band, so he was thoroughly bored.

"Come play Uno Toshiro" Tia smiled from her spot on the floor.

"AHEM!" Ichigo glared at the percussion section. "I would appreciate you all not playing UNO while I'm trying to conduct class" he tickmarked.

"But we're bored!" One of the percussion members whined.

"Then go clean something in the backroom" Ichigo grinned evilly. They all shivered at the thought.

"We'll warm up" they complied.

The rest of the hour went fairly smoothly, Ichigo only breaking 3 batons and Rukia only running into class once when she needed Ichigo to lift something onto the stage. With about 5 minutes left in class Ichigo dismissed them and the gang as usual crowded into his office.

"And I'm telling you that spaghetti owns lasagna!" Renji shouted at Soi Fon.

"They're exactly the same baka!" Soi Fon shouted back. "The only difference is the noodles!"

"Not even! Lasagna has much more cheese!" Renji shouted. "Spaghetti is a meat and tomato sauce with noodles! Cheese is absent from the equation!"

"Ichigo what do you think!" Soi Fon barked at him.

"Rukia can't cook either so I got nothing" he shrugged, suddenly feeling a pinch in his neck where he knows her conscious was exacting revenge for the statement.

"I think Renji is correct Soi Fon" a soft voice added. They all stopped and turned towards the door to find Momo standing there.

"Well hey Momo you usually don't pay us a visit" Ichigo smiled. "What's up?"

"I just wanted to talk to Shiro-chan is all" she blushed.

"AWWWWWWWW" chorused around the room.

"SHUT UP!" Toshiro shouted before following her out.

"Will you eat lunch with me today Shiro-chan?" she asked sweetly. Toshiro sighed inwardly. Lunches with Momo were always akward because her friends would ask him the weirdest things. The only one he found mildly tolerable in the bunch was Kira, and he was still odd.

"I suppose, but your friends always drive me crazy Momo" he sighed. Momo laughed.

"It's only because they care about me Shiro-chan and they want to get to know you better." He shook his head and sighed, finally nodding.

"I'll meet you at your table Momo" he kissed her forehead before entering the office again. He shut the door with a sigh and entered to a chorus of giggles.

"We ain't gonna see you at lunch are we" Ichigo grinned.

"Shut it" Toshiro growled.

"Well have fun" Orihime smiled. "I baked chocolate avocado brownies with jellybeans and a strawberry center with a soy sauce topping for everyone, but I guess Shuhei will just have to eat yours."

Maybe it was a good thing….

"I hate you…" Shuhei growled at the snickering white haired teen. The bell rang and the students left the office to go to literature class.

"I wonder when I should run that errand" Toshiro pondered at his locker.

"I'd wait and see if anything importants happening first then do it. Oderschwank-sensei can wait. It'll take you two minutes to get it and take to to her" Tia replied.

"Sounds like a plan" Toshiro nodded, shutting his locker.

(I know they don't have lockers in Japan….LIVE WITH IT!)

"Rangiku I don't understand why you don't leave him!" A concerned feminine voice asked over the telephone.

"I….I just can't Nemu…." Rangiku sighed into the phone, running her fingers through her hair, resting her elbow on her desk and her face on her hand. "I still love him….. I guess I just keep waiting for the man I fell in love with to come back to me is all" she smiled sadly.

"I've almost turned him in so many times…"

"And I'm glad you haven't" Rangiku nodded.

"I'm not!" Nemu shouted. "This man is going to kill you one day Rangiku, and the last thing I wanna do is bury my best friend because she was too much of a dipshit to leave her abusive bastard of a husband!" Rangiku knew Nemu was pacing in her small doctors office on the other side of town. Her best friend since childhood was the only one who knew of Rangiku's problems at home. She had urged her so many times to leave the man, but all to no avail. Nemu was a pediatrician now. Rangiku knew she couldn't go to her to get the glass removed, being that she was an adult and Nemu would have to report it to the authorties if she actually treated it. But she could get something else from her. She heard a deep sigh through the phone.

"You're sure it's infected?" Nemu asked. Rangiku knew she couldn't see it, but instinctively nodded anyway.

"Yeah, it feels throbby like it did last time I had one. Considering that it was in the kitchen it doesn't surprise me anyway." Another sigh. "So can I get the drugs from you Nemu? I know how much you hate doing this but I ha…."

"I can get them Rangiku" she was cut off. "Keeping you alive will always be my main priority. I will not let you die of something I can prevent" she lectured.

"Thank you Nemu" Rangiku teared up. "What did I do to deserve a friend like you?"

"Married the biggest piece of shit this earth has ever known." The phone clicked and Rangiku hung up her end, organizing the things she needed to do once she returned from the nurses office.

It's a 50 minute class….I've spent 10 minutes talking to Nemu. Hopefully it won't take more than a half hour and I'll be able to get a few things done before lunch.

"OOOOOOOOO Ran-chan!" a bubbly voice shouted from the doorway. She looked up and saw Nel standing with a huge smile in the doorway. She sighed inwardly knowing how much the girl loved to talk, but she was a nice girl at least.

"Hello Nel-san" Rangiku smiled, making sure not to stand as not to aggravate the injury if it wasn't necessary. "I thought you had you abnormal psych class this hour?" she asked. Nel grinned and shook her head.

"I only had 15 kids sign up to take it, so they canceled it. I'm on planning period now" she smiled. "I meant to ask you Ran-chan" Rangiku flinched "About what you did to your leg last night?" Nel asked cutely as she sat on the edge of Rangiku's desk, kicking her legs back and forth like a grade-schooler.

"Nel-san….can you please not call me Ran? It….brings back some bad memories" Rangiku asked nervously. Nel cocked her head.

"I've been calling you Ran-chan since middle school" She wondered aloud. "But whatever" she smiled. "You cleverly managed to avoid my question though, you sneaky thing" she tisked, wagging her finger. "What happened to your leg?"

"I scrapped it up against the table last night is all" Rangiku lied.

"Owie!" Nel cringed. "That hurts like a bitch! Well if that's all you did. The way it's wrapped I thought it was more serious! But if that's all I'll be taking my leave Rangiku. Toodles!" Nel gave a wave and hopped off the desk, skipping towards the door. "Have a nice day Rangiku!" she smiled before exiting completely. Rangiku sighed in relief.

She ate up about 7 minutes, but I still should have time…. She rose, cringing again as she felt the glass in her thigh. She grabbed a water bottle to take the pain killers she would steal from the nurse's office and limped out the door.

"Bad!" Yoruichi shouted angrily, smacking Shuhei on the head with her book. She left and walked to the next desk, Renji's and repeated the action. "BAD!" She then went to Soi Fon's desk next her him. "What the hell is wrong with you people!" she growled, smacking Soi Fon on the head. "All you guys had to do was read ONE chapter from the book and you couldn't do it! ONE FUCKING CHAPTER!" Yoruichi threw a ruler into the chalk board, effectively splitting it, the ruler now sticking out of the chalk board. She stopped and looked at the chalk board. "I guess I'll have to mighty putty that later…. ANYWAY!" By now the students were dead silent….Any teacher that can bust a chalkboard like a ninja with a ruler did NOT deserve to be messed with. "Did anyone ACTUALLY read it?" Three timid hands arose from the mass of students, Orihime Toshiro and Tia.

"Figures…" Renji growled under his breath.

"Well, you three then. I want you to go stand in the front of the classroom" Yoruichi pointed behind her. "Everyone else will stand in the back of the classroom." Everyone rose and went to the end of the classroom they were supposed to go to. "Alright class, I don't know if any of you aside from Soi Fon know this, but I' m a licensed ninja" she grinned a cat like grin. "So as punishment….ya'll stand there" she grinned, running behind her desk and grabbing a box. She went to the middle of the classroom and placed the box on a desk. "Since I'm certified this is not illegal" she laughed, pulling out a handful of Shruiken and holding them skillfully in her hand. "There's a reason the wall is made of cork" as she threw them, the kids screaming and ducking as the weapons stuck to the board. "I suggest not moving or I might accidently hit ya!"

"Shihoin-sensei is insane…" Tia sweatdropped.

"I was thinking more along the lines of bloodthirsty" Toshrio added.

"Toshiro!" Yoruichi shouted.

"Ye….yes Sensei?" he asked.

"Didn't you have something to do in the nurse's office for Nel-sensei?"

"Yea?"

"Go do it while I'm busy" Yoruichi ordered.

"Yes Ma'am!" Toshiro nodded, quickly fleeing the room.

Rangiku entered the nurse's office and quickly shut the door behind her, making sure that no one else would walk by and see what she was doing. She snuck back into the teacher's area, for when teachers were feeling ill. There was a full length mirror near the desk and she positioned herself in front of it and turned around, slowly unwrapping the bandage she had around the wound. She cringed as it pulled away from her skin, the sudden rush of air into the hole in her leg. When the bandage finally fell to the floor, she gasped at how horrible it looked. The hole was purple, red, and swollen immensely. It was still bleeding a little, the blood mixed with the puss that signaled infection.

"I'm going to have to cut it" Rangiku worried. She grabbed her water bottle and swallowed a few aspirin, knowing she would need them. She searched around and found a scalpel she could use to slice her leg open, and a towel she could use to wipe up the blood. She grabbed a pair of tweezers from the desk to pull the fragment out, and a flashlight to find it.

She took a deep breath and took the scalpel and started slicing around the 4 sides of the wound, allowing her to pull the skin open afterwards. This was a difficult task, being that the wound was on the back of her thigh and her vision of it was limited even with the assistance of the mirror. She bit her lower lip as the blood trickled down her leg, trying her best to wipe it up with the towel she held in her other hand. It wasn't the first time she had done something like this and she figured it probably wouldn't be the last, but she knew that she needed to get the glass out now before it got worse.

Think happy thoughts… Oh I know! That new chappy the rabbit movie comes out today! Maybe I can ask gin to go see it. He might not mind. That would be wonderful! I could go with Rukia, I'm sure Ichigo doesn't want to go.

Anything to keep her mind off the pain she was feeling as the scalpel sliced through her flesh. Once she felt she had enough cut away she padded the blood from her leg. But now she was facing a dilemma. She still needed to find the glass before she could worm it out, and in her position she would have a small problem with that. She grabbed the flashlight and tweezers and went to work however, slowly inserting the tweezers, inching closer to the mirror in a desperate attempt to see before she felt. The pain was excruciating, like being stabbed by a screwdriver repeatedly in the same spot while a hot iron was pressed against it. She bit back her lower lip to contain the whimpers that wanted to surface, when she noticed the door to the staff area slide open.

"Ichimaru-sensei….WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!" Toshiro shouted as he ran over to his calculus teacher. "This…..your leg….what the hell!" He looked up at her. What was he to think? He just walked in to find his calculus teacher with a tweezer buried in her bleeding and puss filled leg.

"Hitsugaya-taicho I…." she stammered, horrified by the fact that he of all the people in the school walked in on her.

"What are you…." He was horrified.

"There is a piece of glass in my leg….I was trying to get it out is all" she tried to smile, the blood still oozing out of her leg.

"You idiot!" he laughed nervously. "You need to see a doctor now!"

"No!" she gasped. "I…I can't go to a doctor."

"Why the hell not!"

"Just…..because!" she sighed. Her cool composure was completely lost as the boy she had dreaded since she first laid eyes on him now stood before her in what could only be described as a moment of weakness and exposure. She jumped when he suddenly grabbed her wrists.

"Please stop for a minute and…..just explain….please" Toshiro pleaded with his teacher. She looked into his pleading eyes, the same eyes that caused so much fear were now pleading with kindness and concern. She slowly removed the tweezers and placed them on the table. He took her hand and helped her sit on the table she was standing near.

"I was cooking last night when I dropped a glass on the floor. It shattered everywhere and I promptly stepped on a piece of it and fell, getting a piece jammed up my leg. The piece of glass in my foot didn't get stuck, but the one in my thigh was large and pointed, and is now moving in my thigh every time I do. I can't go to the doctor….I can't….so I decided to remove it myself. It's just hard to see behind me is all" she half lied. He looked at her sad eyes, before moving down to her creamy white legs. Even though she was facing him, he could see the blood trickling down the back of her leg.

"Ichimaru-sensei….. let me help" he quietly asked. She looked at him in shock before he continued. "My grandmother was a nurse, so I sort of have an idea what to do. If you won't go to a doctor at least let me help. There's no way you can get it out by yourself in that location. She looked at him, his young face full of genuine concern. However she knew it was a farce. Gin had shown her the same kindness at one point in time, but it was all gone now. But at the same time she knew his words were true, she could not do this on her own. She took a deep breath and nodded.

"Your right, I need some help. You'll have to pull it out though" she tried not to shiver. "But please be gentle" she pleaded as strongly as she could. He took a deep breath and sighed with a nod.

"As gentle as I can possibly be" he nodded. He took the tweezers and the flashlight and bent down, sitting on his knees facing the festering wound. He couldn't help but blush when he realized that a quick upward glace would take him directly to his teacher's panties. Even though he felt the heat rushing to his face he continued to gently pry apart her skin as to see the inside with the flashlight he had given to her to hold. He needed his other hand to hold the wound open while his right hand pried the piece of glass out.

"I want you to tell me if it hurts too much Ichimaru-sensei" Toshiro told her. She grunted and nodded as he pried the muscle apart. "Move the flashlight up more" he tried not to gag as the smell of the infection suddenly hit him. She complied and he suddenly saw something reflect the light. "I think I found it Sensei are you ready?" he asked her. She bit her lip and nodded as he moved the tweezers in and grabbed the piece of glass. He took a deep breath and slowly inched it out, being careful as to not cause her any more pain than necessary. The glass finally began to emerge from her leg, and he could only gasp in horror as it kept coming…..and coming. When the entirety of the glass was out, it was an astonishing 2 inches long. He quickly placed it on the table and put pressure on the wound.

"Sensei I need you to hold this here while I find a bandage to wrap it in" he ordered as he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. She slowly took the towel and pressed it to her leg, which did feel remarkably better now that the glass had been removed. Her eyes watched the boy as he opened drawers and cabinets in a desperate search for bandages.

Gin did the exact same thing before we were married. He was always concerned about me, trying to make me feel better about myself. The once I allowed myself to fall into that kindness he trapped me and now I can't get out. I won't fall for it a second time. I won't let myself be swept up in the kindness of this random teenager. His eyes are the exact same as Gin's….

She apparently was horrible at paying attention while in thought though because all the sudden she felt him rubbing an antibiotic cream on it.

"This will hopefully help the infection" he lectured before wrapping it up in a white bandage. The leg was still bleeding a little, so he wrapped another, this time pink bandage around that. "Try not to put weight on it if you can alright?" he asked as he cut the bandage. She nodded, still keeping a careful eye on the boy. She was caught off guard though when he leaned forward and quickly kissed it, before blushing and standing.

"It may seem kinky and inappropriate, but it always worked when my grandma did it" he blushed. "Be more careful next time Sensei." With that he turned and found the document he was searching for and quickly left. Rangiku stood there for a moment, still slightly stunned by the events that had just transpired. She looked down at her leg and ran her fingers across the smooth bandage that was now wrapped around it. It was wrapped very gently, she hardly felt it really. However, the shivers would not subside.

Gin was the same way when we were teenagers. He was so gentle….men….men like them cannot be trusted.

"Hitsugaya-kun do you really love Momo?" Yumichika interrogated as they sat at the lunch table. Toshiro groaned as he took a bite of the lunch Momo had made him. This is why he hated eating lunch with them; they always asked him stupid and ridiculous questions.

"Yes Aysegawa, I love Momo" Toshiro nodded for the 15th time it seemed that day.

"I don't know. Momo seems upset a lot" Nanao chided.

"I will make your head explode if you keep treating her like this" Szayel growled.

"Guys I just cry a lot its fine really" Momo waved her arms back and forth. Toshiro just simply nodded, tired of the conversation, and being here. It always seemed like such a chore to hang out with Momo and her friends. He knew relationships were about compromise, but he didn't think sacrificing one's happiness should be a part of the equation as well.

Love sucks…..

"Ohhhhhh Rangikuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" Nel grinned as she jumped into the calculus classroom again. "How's it going?" She plopped down on a desk.

"The same as it was last hour Nel-san" Rangiku smiled, taking a bite of the tiny lunch she had packed herself.

"Really? You look much better than you did just an hour ago" Nel winked. "Are you sure a knight in shining armor didn't come for a visit?" she raised an eyebrow.

"No knight has come to visit me in a long time Nel-san" Rangiku sighed. Nel gasped.

"Not even Gin-kun?" she asked. Rangiku shook her head before realizing what she was doing, and nodding vigerously.

"Yes, I mean if you count Gin-sama as a knight, then yes I have been saved by one thousands of times" she feigned. Nel smirked.

"I thought so" she sighed. "How about me, you, Gin-kun and Grimmy-kun all go out for dinner one night. I think Gin-kun and Grimmy have a night off next week" Nel smiled brightly. Nel's boyfriend Grimmjow was Gin's partner in the police force.

"I'll ask Gin about it later" Rangiku smiled. The times she was in public with Gin were the only times he ever showed kindness, and it's only because he knew better than he beat or yell at her in public. That was the reason he solemnly went out in public with her. Nel clapped her hands in joy.

"Oh goody! I'll bring UNO!" she giggled. "Me and Grimmy are LOADS of fun when were playing Uno" she laughed. "Well Rangiku ttfn, Tata for now!" she waved as she suddenly ran out of the classroom. Rangiku followed her with her head and sighed.

"She is an odd one….."

"Ichimaru-sensei" Rangiku heard as she looked up from her computer to find a blushing Toshiro standing at her desk. It was her last period calculus class and she had already taught the days lesson.

"Yes Hitsugaya-taicho?" she nervously gulped.

"That name is starting to grow on me" Toshiro laughed. "I just wanted to know how your leg was is all" he asked, finally lifting his head. Rangiku took a deep breath as his eyes met hers, her heart stopping as the eyes she feared connected.

"Its….much better thank you Hitsugaya-taicho" she nodded with a shiver. He sighed in relief.

"Well that's good to know. Make sure your more careful cooking next time okay Sensei?" he smiled before he returned to his desk. She followed him with her eyes before bowing her head and sighing again.

"He's an odd one too…."

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