I thought that I had prepared myself for the terrible truth, that I was ready for anything. I was wrong. Classes we're far more boring than I had imagined.
Not sure whether it was because I was now a battle maniac or because the things that were about science and maths were simply too far behind of the knowledge I possessed before becoming Cain and to be honest I didn't care. It didn't change the fact that classes were too damn boring. Why the hell did all those shonen protagonists always wanted to return to the normal life if this was what awaited them?
In the end, most of the class was spent training my willpower which was a flowery way to say I tried to keep myself awake during the lecture.
Which I had half succeeded as I had stayed awake but some of my brain functions went online to do so.
Which is why I didn't realize that there was someone right beside me until they spoke.
"Hey man! Welcome to Karakura! I'm Asano Keigo! What kind of boobs do you like-guh" the school idiot and comedic relief started to question me and his questions were cut short with a karate chop on his head.
"Stop acting like a leech for a day will you?! Anyway, as he said he's Asano Keigo. I am Arisawa Tatsuki and this is Inoue Orihime, welcome to our school, Walter-san." The childhood friend of the main character introduced herself with the main girl of the series standing beside her with her impressive… assets.
Must… not… stare…
"Thank you. But please call me Cain, Walter-san just doesn't feel right." I smiled as I focused on Tatsuki's eyes with all my willpower so that my eyes wouldn't go towards the melons on the other side.
"My my, I see that you are already bothering the new student with your brutish charms, Tatsuki-san." A sultry voice came from behind Tatsuki which was owned by a bespectacled redhead. The short haired girl seemed rather irritated from the vein mark on her head, I hadn't thought that those would be real.
"Nobody wants your comments, Honshō." Tatsuki growled at the redhead who only seemed amused before offering her hand to me.
Being a true gentleman I obviously took it but the strength in the girl surprised me as she pulled me close and stared at me with manic eyes.
"I welcome you to our school and inform you that you are not allowed anywhere near my Hime, as a matter of fact do not even breathe the same air as her- ugh!" The redhead's tirade was cut short as Tatsuki had planted a rather impressive drop kick to her head that sent her to the wall.
"Stop being so creepy!" Was her war cry.
Classes might have been boring but it seems like the students were far from boring. But there was one student that had been staring holes into the back of my head ever since the class started and hadn't stopped even now.
Now I could just ignore something like that, but where would be the fun in that? So instead I abruptly turned my head to my back and greeted the little rule breaker Shinigami.
"And who might you be?" I smirked smugly at the shocked shortie as she tried keep herself composed.
"Oh, that's Kuchiki Rukia-san. She's a transfer student like you." Tatsuki smiled as she explained. "It must be nice being no longer the newbie."
"It is as you say, Arisawa-san." Rukia smiled politely with closed eyes, more than likely trying to get her bearings back after I had shocked her like that. Might as well give her some mercy.
"What about the big guy over there?" I said as I pointed at the sole student in the class taller than me, standing at a staggering one hundred and ninety five or maybe even taller, Sado Yasutora the gentle giant.
"Oh, that's Chad." Ichigo said as he made his presence known. And gave me an opportunity that I likely would never get again.
"Yes, I can see that he's a Chad but what is his name?" I said and once more demonstrated my great will power by not laughing like I wanted to.
"Huh, what do you?" And it seems like I have caused Ichigo exe and Rukia exe to stop working.
The talks after that were simple and pleasant. Classes were still boring though. The most interesting thing that had happened was the reaction of the students when I had eaten a dozen rice balls in the lunch break.
I had mostly tried to keep close to Tatsuki and Ichigo. Mostly because the tomboy and the hybrid were pleasant company but also because I was hoping that Rukia would needed to take Ichigo to deal with hollows. I had memories of my own battles as Cain against many hollows but I hadn't actually experienced them myself so I had been hoping to get some sort of idea about how good my current body was. Sure it should be strong enough to defeat an Adjuchas hollow since I had Rika inside my shadow but having some amount of paranoia was a good way to keep myself alive.
Unfortunately there hadn't been any such moments so the only thing I could do to keep myself entertained was making sudden eye contacts with Rukia and scaring her. Which was a fair action as far as I was concerned since she never stopped tracking me with her gaze during the whole school, always on edge.
Only after leaving school I had finally felt it, the spiritual pressure of a hollow.
The boredom of the day must have been getting to me as I had went towards the source of the spiritual pressure with no care for keeping myself hidden except from the humans. Pretty sure that Urahara would soon learn of me but I just couldn't bring myself to care.
As I finally reached the source, I could see the flesh of the monster... turning into light particles. A small look around confirmed that I had been a bit too late for the party as I could see the resident Quincy of the town retreating.
A bit annoying but also good, seems like things are about to get interesting.