Hoshito: "You are Kurosaki Ichigo… the one I heard about?" I say utterly.
Ichigo: "What, you heard about me?"
Hoshito: "Not really. I just heard that you beat five guys and sent them to the hospital."
Ichigo: "Oh, that? Yeah, I beat five guys, but they were beating my friend, so I fought to save him," — he says while scratching the back of his head out of habit— "More importantly, are you the one who did this?" he adds, pointing at the punks whom I beat.
Hoshito: "Ah, these two idiots? Yeah, I did this. They came to me to get revenge on their little brother, and frankly, I don't know who he is, and they seemed can't reason with, so I beat them up."
Ichigo's eyes wide about my statement, and he looked around. The other students nodded their heads and agreed with me.
Ichigo: "I see… okay, just don't cause trouble here."
Hoshito: "Sorry, I can't guarantee people would stop coming at me." I said with a neutral expression.
Ichigo looked at me awkwardly. He can't deny the fact that others might come after me. He sighed and then turned his attention to white hair boy.
Ichigo: "And who are you? And what's your relationship with Ishia?"
Naoya: "My name is Ichimaro Naoya, first year… and my relationship with Ishida-Senpai is that I ranked second and he is the first, and I want to beat him."
Ichigo: "Ichimaro?!" Ichigo's eyes widen.
My eyes widened when I heard him say Gin's surname. Both Ichigo and I took a moment of surprise until replaced with awkwardness. I could swear I saw a comical sweet dropped from Ichigo's back, but I can't blame him since the feeling is mutual.
Naoya noticed Ichigo's surprise.
Naoya: "What, do you know someone with a similar name?"
Ichigo: "Well… yeah, there was one, but he is dead now."
Hoshito: 'That's right, Gin died at the hands of Aizen… I didn't watch the Fake Karakura town arc, but I saw the clips of Gin betraying Aizen and trying to take Hogyoku from him, but he failed and died.'
Naoya glanced at me for a moment before he returned his gaze to Ichigo.
Naoya: "I see… oh well, this doesn't concern me, and I should take these idiots to the nurse."
Naoya then lifted two punks and left the room with a last glance at us. Ichigo scratched his head, then turned to me, wanting to say something, but he didn't. He left the classroom, and after a few moments, the teacher came to class.
Teacher: "Hmm? Did something happen?"
Classmates/Hoshito: 'A lot of things happen, and you missed it, Sensei…'
***
The bell rang, announcing the last class end. The classes were neither bad nor good for me. I packed my things and went straight to the gates, with the desire to go home. While walking through the gate, some students were glancing at a figure standing at the gate. The figure was a little more likely to be the same height as a Japanese person or a little smaller.
I am close to the gate and see the figure clearly. I recognized the figure as one of the Fullbringers who was with Ginjo. The Fullbringer noticed me, and his eyes narrowed and uninterested, but he approached me.
Yukio: "So, it's you. The guy Tsukishima told us about… he wasn't lying about your energy, it's different from other people, and it's something I've never felt before."
My eyes widened, and I looked around us. The students murmured and glanced at us. Without taking a moment to think, I grabbed the kid's arm and left the school.
After a few minutes, we stopped to make sure we did not see the school. I released the kid's arm and glared at him.
Hoshito: "Why did you come to the school?"
Yukio: "Great, you don't have manners and are rude at the same time, just like Riruka."
Hoshito: "I don't know who Riruka is, but I guess you are talking about the purple-haired girl, right?"
Yukio: "Wow, you are not an idiot despite your look." — He says with an arrogant sound — "Anyway, Tsukishima told me to bring you to him."
Hoshito: "I see, did he tell you to use force if I said no?"
Yukio: "No, he told me you aren't the kind of person to decline his invitation, and you want to find out why your energy is different from that of normal people."
My eyes narrowed after hearing that, knowing Tsukishima's ability, he might understand my personality from my memories. I scratched my head and sighed. I told the kid to take me to Tsukishima.
Hoshito: 'First, I will take care of that past manipulator bastard, then find out what I am.'
***
Yukio and I arrived at the abandoned warehouse, and before we entered, I turned to the kid.
Hoshito: "Say, did Tsukishima tell you everything about me?"
Yukio: "Not much, he only told us about your energy." He says while looking at me strangely.
We entered the warehouse after that, and Tsukishima was sitting there on a bunch of boxes.
Tsukishima: "Hello, Hoshito, we meet again."
Hoshito: "Hmph, I don't want to meet you, but I have no other choice. So, what do you want from me?"
Tsukishima: "Just testing something."
After he says that, a scream came from above. I recognized the scream as well as both Fullbringers. A Hollow just appeared above us and attacked me.
Hoshito: 'That bastard…! He knew about the Hollow!'
I managed to dodge the Hollow somehow. The Hollow looked around and then turned to me.
Hollow: "You, the guy who smells strange, why do I smell Hollow from you?"
Hoshito: 'What did he just say…?!'