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As the sun beamed down onto Naruto's face, he shielded his eyes with his right hand as he squinted at this new enemy that called himself a Quincy."A Quincy huh?" Naruto murmured as he tried to recollect where he had heard this name before. He suddenly snapped his fingers as another recollection of Shinigami Academy spurred into his mind...
As Naruto gathered his school items inside of his small knapsack he carried around, he sighed softly as he walked out of the classroom. Naruto yawned loudly as he trudged down the hallway, heading outside for what was called the "rest period" (Like a lunchtime for Shinigami students) As Naruto sat underneath a large oak tree, he inhaled the sweet smell of pine as he put his head back against the large oak and closed his eyes. Suddenly, something was thrown against Naruto's head, the item ricocheting off of his forehead as Naruto's eyes snapped open.
"Well, if it wasn't number 2," Sasuke muttered with a superior smile as he stood by a small bench next to the school. Naruto got up angrily, prepared to go over to Sasuke and teach him a lesson. As Naruto stood up, Sasuke disappeared from where he was standing, Naruto looking around the area in surprise. Naruto felt a tap on his shoulder as he turned around and found himself face to face with Sasuke.
"Can I help you?" Sasuke asked menacingly as a bead of sweat dripped down Naruto's forehead. "What's wrong loser? Your as worthless as a Quincy. I didn't think you would be this slow..."
"Hey, I'm just as fast as you are jerk!" Naruto shouted as he pulled his knapsack off of his back and threw it up against the oak tree. "How about we have a race if you don't believe me."
"A race huh?" Sasuke said as he scanned the area. "This place isn't really big enough to race in... How about this? We race around the Soul Society. We go around the entire place and this will be the finishing point. Winner gets to choose another challenge for the loser. Deal?"
"Fine, let's do this," Naruto muttered as he and Sasuke went to the starting point, standing side by side. "I won't lose to the likes of you!"
"Hmm, we will see about that..." Sasuke replied with a grin as he went into a running pose. "Get ready... GO!" Sasuke and Naruto took off, Sasuke taking the early lead. They pulled all around the Soul Society, going through all of the areas as well as the squad meeting areas. As Naruto tried to catch up with him, he watched as Sasuke ran even faster, completely leaving Naruto in the dust. Naruto stopped as he put his hands against his knees, panting loudly as he tried to regain his breath. He looked up as he seen Sasuke miles ahead of him.
"Dammit..." Naruto thought as he fell to his knees. "How could I be so slow compared to this guy? I need to..." Naruto's mind went blank as he fell to the ground, passed out from exhaustion.
As Naruto's eyes slowly opened, he found himself inside a small area, laying inside a comfortable bed with bandages wrapped around his head. He rubbed the back of his head softly, sharp pain tingling as he did.
"Ow..." Naruto murmured softly as he sat up inside the bed. He looked around, wondering where he could be at. As he looked around, a young girl that looked a bit older than him walked into the room, Naruto turning and looking at her in surprise.
"Hey, who are you?" Naruto asked as the girl set down a set of clothes on the bed he was laying on.
"I was told to wash and dry your clothes, which were caked with blood due to your injury," the girl answered, not looking at Naruto as she stood by the door. "It seems that you fell against the sidewalk and injured the back of your head. Quite foolish for a Shinigami student if you ask me..."
"And who the hell are you supposed to be?" Naruto asked with an annoyed glance. "Do you think that you are better than me?"
"I know that I am your superior in battle," the girl answered surely as she smiled. Naruto growled, not really angrily, but enough to show this girl he was no pushover. He kind of admired this strange girl, the look of her face showing that she wasn't any ordinary fighter. She was kind of tomboyish, but Naruto found this kind of cute. She had short black hair, wearing a Shinigami kimono and her eyes showed courage and strength. She seemed as if she couldn't stand Naruto, but Naruto thought quite differently about her. Even though he didn't say anything about it of course, his mind to busy occupied on that this girl just stated she was his superior. Naruto looked up at his forehead as a strand of his bandages brushed up against his eye, Naruto pulling the strand as he unwrapped the bandages.
"You shouldn't move so quickly," the girl said as she watched him remove the bandages with an amused smile. "Weaklings can get hurt if they don't fully recover from their injuries..."
"Watch it Soi Fon," a voice stated behind the girl as the girl turned with a surprised glance. She bowed slightly as she moved aside to let the person who spoke past. It was a woman, having long, purple colored hair. Her eyes were a light hazel and she had a friendly smile on her face as Naruto stopped unwrapping his bandages to face her.
"So you are the famous Uzumaki Naruto," the woman said as she sat on the corner of the bed. "I've heard much about you from those who pay attention to the Shinigami Academy. You have a steady reputation of being a masterful swordsman, but I could not say the same about your hand to hand combat if my sources are correct. I also can see due to your accident based on what I was told by Uchiha Sasuke that you aren't much of a runner as well..."
"Master Yoruichi, my apologies in advance, but why waste your time pointing out the obvious with this kid?" Soi Fon asked as Yoruichi looked at her with a disapproving glance.
"Soi Fon, you really should call me by "Master Yoruichi" it sounds so tacky," Yoruichi commented as she leaned back a bit on the bed. "And besides, I want to know about our friend Naruto..."
"So you are Shihōin Yoruichi huh...?" Naruto interrupted as he leaned in and looked at Yoruichi closely. Soi Fon growled as she prepared to pry Naruto's face away from Yoruichi, but Yoruichi closed her eyes and smiled as Naruto investigated her.
"I can't sense your spiritual pressure..." Naruto finally said after doing this act for more than two minutes. "I heard that some captains Soul Pressure can even be felt when they are hiding it... So what's the deal with yours?"
"Are you doubting Master Yoruichi's power?" Soi Fon spat as she unsheathed her sword from her side.
"Calm down Soi Fon," Yoruichi sighed as she opened her eyes and looked at Naruto. "Naruto, you must understand that if my Soul Pressure was felt, you and Soi Fon would both be on the ground at this point. Especially you Naruto, not to point fingers. Sometimes strength can't be determined on just meeting someone and drawing your own conclusions. I don't like to do that personally. So this is what I want you to do. I want you to sleep as long as you want in here for tonight, and tomorrow I would like you to meet me at the Squad 2 training area. I will send Soi Fon to wake you up if that is necessary. Please stay in here for the rest of the night, do not leave this room. I will inform the school that you will be with me for the next two days. Do you accept this?"
"Um, what will I be doing exactly?" Naruto asked as Yoruichi motioned for Soi Fon to leave the room, getting up herself.
"I guess you will have to report to the field tomorrow to find out won't you?" Yoruichi answered mysteriously as she and Soi Fon left the room, leaving Naruto with his thoughts...
"Naruto!" Ichigo screamed as Naruto's daydream was interrupted by Ichigo's shout. Naruto looked up with confusion as he then remembered the situation that he was dealing with currently.
"What the hell is a Quincy?" Ichigo asked Naruto for the third time as Naruto tried to think back once again to what this meant.
"Since idiot boy obviously isn't paying attention, let me tutor you," the boy said as he straightened the glasses on his face. "A Quincy is a being that is similar to a Soul Reaper, but we have different weapons and ways of killing the Hollows that we faced against. Allow me to also tell you why you probably never heard of a Quincy before. The egotistical Shinigami didn't like our philosophy of killing Hollows, so they slaughtered our entire race..." Ichigo gasped as he turned to Naruto, who was just as surprised as he was.
"Us Shinigami would never commit a crime so heinous!" Naruto shouted as the boy chuckled, a dark smirk crossing his face.
"You are blind as a bat aren't you?" the boy asked as his chuckles turned into laughter. "I guess I'm dealing with the monkeys out of the barrel of idiots..."
"So you got jokes huh?" Naruto growled as he reached on his back for his sword, but remembered that he wasn't currently able to become a Shinigami without Rukia's glove. "Great, this is just perfect. Well, I guess it's time for Plan B then! I'm going to beat your face in four eyes!" Naruto took a running start before he jumped at the boy with his fist prepared to strike. The boy simply dodged the punch and kneed Naruto in the chest on his way down to the ground. He then used his other foot to give Naruto a mean twist kick to the chin, sending Naruto sliding across the hard pavement. Naruto rubbed his mouth as he pulled himself from the ground, the Quincy boy pointing his arrow at Naruto's forehead.
"Just who the hell are you kid and what do you want with us?" Naruto asked angrily as the boy chuckled.
"You want introductions? Fine, I'm Ishida Uryū and I'm the last Quincy. I'm here to kill the both of you Shinigami and avenge my people," the boy answered as he sent a large arrow at Naruto's way, Naruto rolling out the way as he thought of a plan of attack against this Uryū person.
"Hey, I'm jumping in!" Ichigo shouted as he unsheathed his sword and brought it down upon Uryū's body, Uryū sliding away as he sent a barrage of arrows Ichigo's way, Ichigo deflecting them with his sword as they made contact. Uryū snickered as he gathered his energy, the arrow becoming longer and wider. He shot this powered up arrow, Ichigo stopping it with his sword, but the attack not going away as easily as the other arrows. Ichigo groaned as the arrow put extreme pressure against his blade, Ichigo's feet slowly digging into the ground as he tried to hold the arrow at bay. Uryū sneered as he sent five more arrows up in the air, these arrows going above Ichigo and raining down upon him. Ichigo looked with widened eyes as his guard was broke by the smaller arrows, the large arrow overpowering his sword and piercing his chest.
"Hmm, I guess not all Shinigami are able to defeat Quincies now are they?" Uryū muttered as he straightened his glasses and smiled. "To think such a simple distraction would cause such a tremendous upset..."
"You got a big ego kid..." Ichigo muttered as he leaned against his sword, his sword stuck into the pavement as he bled out from Uryū's attack. He smiled broadly, blood rolling down his mouth as his entire body felt the effects of the attack.
"This isn't even close to over yet..." Ichigo said as his body gave off a thin blue light.
