Study Buddies! - Chapter 7
Title: Study Buddies!
Rating: T
Summary: The shinigami have to attend school while on their mission. Stupidity follows.
Disclaimer: I don't own a lot of things.
“French…isn’t my forte,” said Ichigo bluntly.
“Wha! Then what are we supposed to do!” exclaimed Rukia.
“I’ll be happy to teach you French!” said Yumichika happily.
“R-really?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you, Yumichika.”
“Your welcome. I’m happy to spread beautiful languages.”
“Sometimes when you’re like this, I wonder how you came to be in 11th squad,” said Ikkaku.
“Huh?” said Yumichika with a clueless look.
“Never mind.”
-- Ichigo’s House --
“Um…why do we always have to do this at my place?” asked Ichigo, sounding a bit pissed off.
“Do you really wan to do this at Urahara’s place?” asked Renji.
“No. But… we could always go to a library.”
“Um…we just feel like doing it at your place, and if you don’t like it, just get over it,” said Matsumoto.
“Fine.”
“So, Yumichika. Can you please start teaching us how to count in French now?” asked Rukia.
“Of course. Zero is zro, 1 is un, 2 is deux, 3 is trois, 4 is quatre…”
“That looks a lot little like the Spanish word for four,” commented Ichigo.
“You speak Spanish?” asked Matsumoto.
“Uh…no. Chad tried to teach me Spanish, but I only remember up to…10, I think.”
“Oh. What’s the Spanish word for four?”
“Cuatro.”
“You said it out loud!!! How am I suppose to know what it looks like!?”
“I…….”
“Enough already! I’m continuing now.”
“Yes, sir,” the two exclaimed in surprise.
“5 is cinq, 6 is six…”
“Six, but isn’t that what it is in English?” questioned Renji.
“English has a bunch of words that have French origins.”
“Oh.”
“7 is sept…”
“As in September! So, that would make it the seventh month, wait…” said Matsumoto as she paused to figure this out. “September is the ninth month, not the seventh!”
“It used to be the seventh month,” said Hitsugaya.
“Are you serious!”
“Yes.”
“Then why didn’t they change it?” asked Ikkaku.
“I don’t know!” Yumichika exclaimed.
“Geez, no need to get pissed off.”
“Grrr…. 8 is huit, 9 is neuf, 10 is dix, 11 is onze, 12 is douze, 13 is treize, 14 is quatorze…”
“Vertigo,” Ichigo snickered.
Wha- Vertigo?”
“It’s a song by U2. Quatorze looks a little like catorce. The intro of the song goes uno, dos, tres, catorce.”
“What’s so funny about that?” asked Ikkaku cluelessly.
“Translated from Spanish: 1, 2, 3, 14.”
“Oh. I still don’t get what’s so funny about that.”
“Never mind.”
“Continuing,” said Yumichika, starting to sound a little aggravated. “15 is quinze, 16 is seize, 17 is dix-sept, 18 is dix-huit, 19 is dix-neuf…”
“Hey, the last numbers you said are a combination of 10 and a number, right?” asked Renji.
“Yes.”
“That’s like the German numbers after 12, except in French 10 comes first and in German 10 comes last.”
“How very observant of you,” said Yumichika, trying to control his anger. “20 is vingt, 21 is vingt-et-un, 22 is vingt-deux….”
“Why is twenty-one vingt-et-un whereas twenty-two is vingt-deux?” asked Rukia and Matsumoto in unison.
“I DON’T KNOW! I didn’t invent French. The French did, go to France and ask someone there!”
“Geez Yumichika, no need to get angry,” said Matsumoto.
No need to get angry, thought Yumichika. They keep interrupting me. I’m going to make this as short as possible.
“Okay, for 23 to 29, it’s the word for twenty and the word for the number, with twenty first and then the number.
“Like vingt-trois?” asked Ichigo.
“Exactly! Moving on. 30 is trente, 31 is trente-et-un, 32 is trente-deux and for 33 to 39, you do like 23 to 29, but with thirty instead of twenty.”
“Trente-trois?”
“Yes, you’ve gotten the concept. So, no more interruptions 40 is quarante, 41 quarante-et-un, 42 quarante-deux and 43 to 49 is just like the previous numbers. 50 is cinquante, 51 is cinquante-et-un, 52 cinquante-deux, 53 to 59 repeat like before, 60 is soixante, 61 soixante-et-un, 62 soixante-deux, and 63 to 69 is also like before. 70 soixante-dix…”
“Wait, isn’t soixante 60? So why is it with seventy?” asked Renji.
“It’s 60-10,” said Hitsugaya. “Sixty plus ten is seventy, idiot.”
“Oh.”
“71 is soixante-et-onze, 72 soixante-douze, 73 soixante-treize…” said Yumichika before he was interrupted yet again.
“Why isn’t it like before?” asked Rukia.
“Because you are saying 60-11 or 60-12 and so on and so forth,” Yumichika said through gritted teeth.
“Oh.”
“74 soixante-quatorze, 75 soixante-quinze, 76 soixante-seize, 77 soixante-dix-sept…”
“Whoa, whoa. You changed all of a sudden!” exclaimed Ikkaku.
“No I didn’t! Dix-sept is seventeen in French! If you had been listening earlier and remembered what seventeen was, then you would have known what was coming!” Yumichika nearly screamed.
“Why are you so angry?”
“Why am I so angry? Because you morons keep interrupting me!” Yumichika shrieked as his fist connected with Ikkaku’s extremely shiny head. Ikkaku slumped to the ground. “Ikkaku? Oh well. 78 is soixante-dix-huit, 79 soixante-dix-neuf, 80 is quatre-vingt, 81 is quatre-vingt un…”
“Ah, what happened to the whole ‘et-un’ thing?” asked Matsumoto.
“I don’t know.”
“Some teacher you are.”
“Shut up! I learned how to speak French, not why it is the way it is!”
“Okay then.”
“Huff! For 82 to 89, just replace the un with the corresponding number.”
“What’s that mean?” asked Rukia.
“It means like quatre-vingt deux,” stated Hitsugaya.
“Oh, silly me.”
“Thanks for the clarification, taichou,” said Matsumoto.
“Well, if you people listened instead of asking questions all the time, you might get it.”
“Oh, and you get it?”
“I already know French.”
“Just how many languages do you know, taichou?”
“A lot.”
“Just how many is a….”
“SHUT UP! Do you or do you not want to learn French!” yelled Yumichika.
“We want to learn French,” said everyone, sans Hitsugaya and Ikkaku, who was still unconscious.
“Good. Now, be quiet. We’re almost done! 90 is quatre-vingt dix, 91 is quatre-vingt onze…”
“So 90 is kinda like 70 since you’re taking the number before and adding ten to it,” said Renji.
“Yes. Moving on. 92 quatre-vingt douze, 93 quatre-vingt treize, 94 quatre-vingt quatorze, 95 quatre-vingt quinze, 96 quatre-vingt seize, 97 quatre-vingt dix-sept, 98 quatre-vingt dix-huit, 99 is quatre-vingt dix-neuf and 100 is cent. That’s all.”
“That’s all? 100 is cent? I thought it would be something long and complicated like all the others. But cent…that’s something I’ll remember,” said Matsumoto.
“Thank you, Yumichika,” said Rukia as she left to go to her room.
“Yeah, thanks,” said Renji as he leapt out the window.
“Thanks!” exclaimed Matsumoto happily as she went out the door and down the stairs.
“That was really hard. Harder than I thought it was going to be,” commented Yumichika.
“Now you know how I feel all the time,” said Ichigo.
“Hey, if you knew how bad it is, why did you interrupt me in the beginning!”
“I wanted to share my pain.”
“Oh, is that it! Then I s….”
“What are we going to do with Ikkaku?” asked Hitsugaya.
“Huh?” the pair said.
“He’s still unconscious.”
-- 5 minutes later--
“You sure this is going to work?” asked Hitsugaya.
“Of course! It works in the movies,” responded Ichigo.
“In the movies?” He’s dumber than he looks.
“Relax, it’ll work. Trust me.”
Oh, I think it will work, but how will Ikkaku react?
Ichigo dumped a bucket of ice cold water onto Ikkaku’s head.
“Wha…frog legs!” exclaimed Ikkaku as the icy coldness woke him up.
“Frog legs?” questioned Ichigo.
“Yeah, I was dreaming that a bunch of creepy French chefs were trying to force me to eat frog legs! Wait, why was I dreaming about that?”
“Because before you were knocked unconscious, Yumichika was teaching French,” said Hitsugaya.
“Oh, yeah. Wait. You knocked me out, Yum… hey! Where’d Yumichika go!”
“I believe that he left before you could remember that he was the one to knock you out.”
“That bastard,” said Ikkaku as he left.
“Well then, see you t…” Ichigo slipped on a patch of….ice, landing on his face.
“Heh, did you think I forgot about the time you left and I had to teach them German? This is part of your payback. See you tomorrow,” said Hitsugaya as he closed the door.
“Stupid, short, arrogant captains,” Ichigo muttered as he picked himself off the floor. “Freezing water so I would slip.”
Rating: T
Summary: The shinigami have to attend school while on their mission. Stupidity follows.
Disclaimer: I don't own a lot of things.
“French…isn’t my forte,” said Ichigo bluntly.
“Wha! Then what are we supposed to do!” exclaimed Rukia.
“I’ll be happy to teach you French!” said Yumichika happily.
“R-really?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you, Yumichika.”
“Your welcome. I’m happy to spread beautiful languages.”
“Sometimes when you’re like this, I wonder how you came to be in 11th squad,” said Ikkaku.
“Huh?” said Yumichika with a clueless look.
“Never mind.”
-- Ichigo’s House --
“Um…why do we always have to do this at my place?” asked Ichigo, sounding a bit pissed off.
“Do you really wan to do this at Urahara’s place?” asked Renji.
“No. But… we could always go to a library.”
“Um…we just feel like doing it at your place, and if you don’t like it, just get over it,” said Matsumoto.
“Fine.”
“So, Yumichika. Can you please start teaching us how to count in French now?” asked Rukia.
“Of course. Zero is zro, 1 is un, 2 is deux, 3 is trois, 4 is quatre…”
“That looks a lot little like the Spanish word for four,” commented Ichigo.
“You speak Spanish?” asked Matsumoto.
“Uh…no. Chad tried to teach me Spanish, but I only remember up to…10, I think.”
“Oh. What’s the Spanish word for four?”
“Cuatro.”
“You said it out loud!!! How am I suppose to know what it looks like!?”
“I…….”
“Enough already! I’m continuing now.”
“Yes, sir,” the two exclaimed in surprise.
“5 is cinq, 6 is six…”
“Six, but isn’t that what it is in English?” questioned Renji.
“English has a bunch of words that have French origins.”
“Oh.”
“7 is sept…”
“As in September! So, that would make it the seventh month, wait…” said Matsumoto as she paused to figure this out. “September is the ninth month, not the seventh!”
“It used to be the seventh month,” said Hitsugaya.
“Are you serious!”
“Yes.”
“Then why didn’t they change it?” asked Ikkaku.
“I don’t know!” Yumichika exclaimed.
“Geez, no need to get pissed off.”
“Grrr…. 8 is huit, 9 is neuf, 10 is dix, 11 is onze, 12 is douze, 13 is treize, 14 is quatorze…”
“Vertigo,” Ichigo snickered.
Wha- Vertigo?”
“It’s a song by U2. Quatorze looks a little like catorce. The intro of the song goes uno, dos, tres, catorce.”
“What’s so funny about that?” asked Ikkaku cluelessly.
“Translated from Spanish: 1, 2, 3, 14.”
“Oh. I still don’t get what’s so funny about that.”
“Never mind.”
“Continuing,” said Yumichika, starting to sound a little aggravated. “15 is quinze, 16 is seize, 17 is dix-sept, 18 is dix-huit, 19 is dix-neuf…”
“Hey, the last numbers you said are a combination of 10 and a number, right?” asked Renji.
“Yes.”
“That’s like the German numbers after 12, except in French 10 comes first and in German 10 comes last.”
“How very observant of you,” said Yumichika, trying to control his anger. “20 is vingt, 21 is vingt-et-un, 22 is vingt-deux….”
“Why is twenty-one vingt-et-un whereas twenty-two is vingt-deux?” asked Rukia and Matsumoto in unison.
“I DON’T KNOW! I didn’t invent French. The French did, go to France and ask someone there!”
“Geez Yumichika, no need to get angry,” said Matsumoto.
No need to get angry, thought Yumichika. They keep interrupting me. I’m going to make this as short as possible.
“Okay, for 23 to 29, it’s the word for twenty and the word for the number, with twenty first and then the number.
“Like vingt-trois?” asked Ichigo.
“Exactly! Moving on. 30 is trente, 31 is trente-et-un, 32 is trente-deux and for 33 to 39, you do like 23 to 29, but with thirty instead of twenty.”
“Trente-trois?”
“Yes, you’ve gotten the concept. So, no more interruptions 40 is quarante, 41 quarante-et-un, 42 quarante-deux and 43 to 49 is just like the previous numbers. 50 is cinquante, 51 is cinquante-et-un, 52 cinquante-deux, 53 to 59 repeat like before, 60 is soixante, 61 soixante-et-un, 62 soixante-deux, and 63 to 69 is also like before. 70 soixante-dix…”
“Wait, isn’t soixante 60? So why is it with seventy?” asked Renji.
“It’s 60-10,” said Hitsugaya. “Sixty plus ten is seventy, idiot.”
“Oh.”
“71 is soixante-et-onze, 72 soixante-douze, 73 soixante-treize…” said Yumichika before he was interrupted yet again.
“Why isn’t it like before?” asked Rukia.
“Because you are saying 60-11 or 60-12 and so on and so forth,” Yumichika said through gritted teeth.
“Oh.”
“74 soixante-quatorze, 75 soixante-quinze, 76 soixante-seize, 77 soixante-dix-sept…”
“Whoa, whoa. You changed all of a sudden!” exclaimed Ikkaku.
“No I didn’t! Dix-sept is seventeen in French! If you had been listening earlier and remembered what seventeen was, then you would have known what was coming!” Yumichika nearly screamed.
“Why are you so angry?”
“Why am I so angry? Because you morons keep interrupting me!” Yumichika shrieked as his fist connected with Ikkaku’s extremely shiny head. Ikkaku slumped to the ground. “Ikkaku? Oh well. 78 is soixante-dix-huit, 79 soixante-dix-neuf, 80 is quatre-vingt, 81 is quatre-vingt un…”
“Ah, what happened to the whole ‘et-un’ thing?” asked Matsumoto.
“I don’t know.”
“Some teacher you are.”
“Shut up! I learned how to speak French, not why it is the way it is!”
“Okay then.”
“Huff! For 82 to 89, just replace the un with the corresponding number.”
“What’s that mean?” asked Rukia.
“It means like quatre-vingt deux,” stated Hitsugaya.
“Oh, silly me.”
“Thanks for the clarification, taichou,” said Matsumoto.
“Well, if you people listened instead of asking questions all the time, you might get it.”
“Oh, and you get it?”
“I already know French.”
“Just how many languages do you know, taichou?”
“A lot.”
“Just how many is a….”
“SHUT UP! Do you or do you not want to learn French!” yelled Yumichika.
“We want to learn French,” said everyone, sans Hitsugaya and Ikkaku, who was still unconscious.
“Good. Now, be quiet. We’re almost done! 90 is quatre-vingt dix, 91 is quatre-vingt onze…”
“So 90 is kinda like 70 since you’re taking the number before and adding ten to it,” said Renji.
“Yes. Moving on. 92 quatre-vingt douze, 93 quatre-vingt treize, 94 quatre-vingt quatorze, 95 quatre-vingt quinze, 96 quatre-vingt seize, 97 quatre-vingt dix-sept, 98 quatre-vingt dix-huit, 99 is quatre-vingt dix-neuf and 100 is cent. That’s all.”
“That’s all? 100 is cent? I thought it would be something long and complicated like all the others. But cent…that’s something I’ll remember,” said Matsumoto.
“Thank you, Yumichika,” said Rukia as she left to go to her room.
“Yeah, thanks,” said Renji as he leapt out the window.
“Thanks!” exclaimed Matsumoto happily as she went out the door and down the stairs.
“That was really hard. Harder than I thought it was going to be,” commented Yumichika.
“Now you know how I feel all the time,” said Ichigo.
“Hey, if you knew how bad it is, why did you interrupt me in the beginning!”
“I wanted to share my pain.”
“Oh, is that it! Then I s….”
“What are we going to do with Ikkaku?” asked Hitsugaya.
“Huh?” the pair said.
“He’s still unconscious.”
-- 5 minutes later--
“You sure this is going to work?” asked Hitsugaya.
“Of course! It works in the movies,” responded Ichigo.
“In the movies?” He’s dumber than he looks.
“Relax, it’ll work. Trust me.”
Oh, I think it will work, but how will Ikkaku react?
Ichigo dumped a bucket of ice cold water onto Ikkaku’s head.
“Wha…frog legs!” exclaimed Ikkaku as the icy coldness woke him up.
“Frog legs?” questioned Ichigo.
“Yeah, I was dreaming that a bunch of creepy French chefs were trying to force me to eat frog legs! Wait, why was I dreaming about that?”
“Because before you were knocked unconscious, Yumichika was teaching French,” said Hitsugaya.
“Oh, yeah. Wait. You knocked me out, Yum… hey! Where’d Yumichika go!”
“I believe that he left before you could remember that he was the one to knock you out.”
“That bastard,” said Ikkaku as he left.
“Well then, see you t…” Ichigo slipped on a patch of….ice, landing on his face.
“Heh, did you think I forgot about the time you left and I had to teach them German? This is part of your payback. See you tomorrow,” said Hitsugaya as he closed the door.
“Stupid, short, arrogant captains,” Ichigo muttered as he picked himself off the floor. “Freezing water so I would slip.”