BLEACH: The Dusk In Red

Chapter 21: Even In The After Life, School Still Sucks



Ichigo awoke in a double bed with Orihime and a toddler Kazui next to him. He climbed out while stretching as he scratched his back. He took a quick look outside the window, and saw that the sun was still rising. He then, put his hands on the door knob as he prepared to leave the room, however not even after taking two steps outside he was double kicked in his right side by a muscular man with spiky black hair and brown eyes.

"GOOOOOOD MORNING ICHIGO!", He screamed

"YOU IDIOT, ITS 6 IN THE MORINING."

"WHATS WRONG?? YOU THINK YOU'RE MAN ENOUGH TO NOT SAY GOOD MORNING BACK AT YOUR DAD ANYMORE!?"

Ichigo tried to kick Isshin with his left leg but it was easily caught. Isshin then threw Ichigo across the hallway, which made him fall behind the stair railings.

"WHATS WRONG ICHIGO??? GETTING RUSTY ARE WE????"

"THAT DOES IT!"

Ichigo appeared from behind the railing and then unsheathed his weapon. A level 99999 slipper. He threw it at Isshin with tremendous power as it instantly travels from his hand into Isshins face. The power of the blow, sent shockwaves through the house as Isshin fell onto his back.

As he laid on the floor, he looked up only to see Karin still wearing her Pyjama's.

"Karin! You look as stunning as ever!"

"YOU IDIOT FATHER! WHY ARE YOU MAKING SO MUCH NOISE IN THE MORNING."

She then jumped on Isshins stomach repeatedly as she crushed him under her feet.

"wa-wait- Karinnnn!"

He then spotted Yuzu who was watching the events unfold from the middle of her open door. Isshin seeing this, saw a spark of hope as he begged her for help.

"Yuzu! Didn't I tell you how much you resemble your mother?? Come and help your father out!"

She yawned before quickly shutting the door and going back to sleep.

1 month after the entrance exams

The entirety of class 1-3 was made up of around 120ish students. After learning their first Kido spell, all of them were able to attain Asauchi however only 5 had turned them into Zanpakutō. Class 1 contained future lieutenants and captains of the Gotei 13, class 2 contained future seated members, and class 3 contained the bottom of the ladder students.

"I know Shido had been training to join the Gotei since since he was young but, still!! How the hell did he get into Class 1!"

Kai swung his unsheathed Asauchi up and down while performing several basic strikes.

"AND TAKE A STANCE!"

Shido stood back nice and firm while maintaining his Sword stance position for as long as possible. The Zanjutsu instructor who was in charge of the first years, approached Kai to inspect him.

Despite him being blind in his left eye, he didn't wear an eyepatch to cover it, but instead openly showed the terrible scar which caused him to lose it. This intimidated all the students who looked his way. As he walked over to Kai, he tried his best to maintain his stance as the Zanjutsu teacher paid great attention to him.

The second Kai flinched from the pressure, he immediately received a blow to his head, which was caused by a wooden katana handled by the instructor.

"OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR??"

The Zanjutsu teacher struck him again, without hesitation.

"As long as you attend this school, you will call me by my title, Zanjutsu instructor Mugen. Understood?"

"IM SORRY INSTRUCTOR MUGEN, SIR!"

Kai rose back up and immediately took his fighting stance, the same as everyone else.

Instructor Mugen walked past him before entering a sudden fit of rage.

"WHY ARE THIS YEARS CLASS 3 SO USELESS. YOU ALL CAN'T EVEN KEEP PROPER POSTURE FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE!"

He then picked grabbed a random girl by he shoulder, before approaching Kai and grabbing him too. He walked up to the front of the schools Dojo, and took away their Asauchi. He then handed them wooden Katanas.

"Maybe if you fight each other more often then this class might actually learn something..."

Kai took a fighting stance while readying his blade at the girl. She had short green hair, and narrow purple eyes with glasses. 

"Before I embarrass you in front of everyone, why don't you go ahead and tell me your name?", Kai asked.

"Shiranui Hoshino."

Her expression was blank and rather stale. It was as if she had no interest in the fight ahead of her. Either way Kai continued to remain overconfident.

"Begin!", Mugen shouted.

"Listen here lady, since I'm a gentleman I will try not to hit you too har-"

Shiranui carried out a horizontal slash which interupted Kai as he spoke. It hit him in the top of his head knocking him out instantly. Mugen buried his head in his hands as if he was weeping.

"This class is unbearable."

Kido class

Kai and several other students were sitting at tables reading and taking notes on the different kinds of Kido spells. Being unnecessarily reminded of his time on earth, studying he grew frustrated as he stood up and threw the book at the ground.

"I THOUGHT WE WERE TRAINING TO BECOME SOUL REAPERS!" He shouted. "I CAN'T LAZE AROUND LIKE THIS ANYLONGER."

He rose from his place and walked over to the target practice section, where the Kido Class teacher quickly stopped him. She looked like a young woman with blonde hair that split into two braids which reached the floor. She wore the Standard Shinigami Shihakushō albeit with several white accents.

"What are you doing? You can't even cast level 5 Hadō without it blowing up? You're not ready yet."

"Instructor Kayo... you greatly underestimate me."

He pointed his hands at the target as he said,

"Hadō #31: Shakkahō!"

A red orb of high temperature energy spawned in his hand which caused the teacher and other students to retract. Just as he prepared to fire it, the orb exploded in his hand, hitting him at point blank while creating a storm of black smoke.

Once the dust cleared, Kai's hair was in a mess, and his body was covered in ash.

Instructor Kayo quickly approached Kai, and then pinched him by the ear.

"You can't even perform a level 5 Hadō, and yet you tried a level 31 without the incantation?? Are you stupid??"

Kai was unable to respond due to still being stunned by the explosion.

At the end of the day Kai walked out of the schools main building, heavily exhausted. It was visible enough that his face had shriveled up.

Once he fell onto the floor, he felt a shadow loom above him. He looked up and saw it was Shido looking at him.

"You okay there?"

Kai was too exhausted to speak. Being the great friend that he was, Shido volunteered to carry Kai and help him get something to eat. 

"God your heavy!!"


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