fandomhigh | Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II

"New person!" Ino greeted cheerfully. "Hi!"

New person? He hadn't been called that before either.

"Hi," he said, quickly swallowing so he wouldn't be talking with his mouth full. "It's Ichigo, by the way. Because if you're going to call everyone here 'new person', no one is going to have an idea who you're talking to."

"Everyone I don't recognize is likely to be a new person today, so it works out alright," she informed him brightly. "But Ichigo it is. I'm Ino."

"Hi, Ino. It's nice to meet you," Ichigo replied, taking in the whole perky part. "So I take it you're not a new person then?" He had great deduction skills.

"Likewise. It'll be a year in September," she said. "So, totally not new."

The perky was... well, she was in a fantastic mood today. Other people could totally attest to her temper.

"No, I guess not." He agreed, glancing at the castle once more. "You like it here then?"

She grinned. "That depends entirely on your ability to cope with the unexpected. But yeah, I totally do. The people who can't handle it don't tend to last long really."

Somehow Ichigo had a feeling that he handled the unexpected quite well. Most things anyway, but he didn't quite think Ino meant anything like what he had in mind.

"I'll find out if I can then," he said easily. "What kind of thing do you mean?"

"Well, currently? We're in Antarctica," Ino told him. "We're normally off the coast of Virginia. The island developed a taste for travel this summer."

"That does explain the change of scenery," Ichigo said very slowly until he realised that he was almost accepting the explanation and what the hell?

"Wait, that's not possible. I flew to Virginia and then took a bus here. Is this some kind of joke?" He wasn't talking as slow or as quietly anymore.

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"The icebergs aren't a joke," she said, grinning. "Or the penguins, or the temperature off the island. It's just... Fandom being Fandom. And you probably went through the mainland portal to get here."

"Portal?" he repeated. "I didn't go through anything! I think I would have noticed," he argued stubbornly.

There was definitely something off, though, even if he had no idea what it was. Was Mr. Hat-and-Clogs behind this? He superstitiously glanced around the area as if he expected Urahara to pop up from behind a bush to beat him over the head.

She waved that off. "The portal from the mainland to the island's a pretty gentle one. In a bus you might not've."

"I had to walk the last bit." His attention settled on Ino and she didn't look like she was joking. What was up with that.

He leaned forward, lowering his tone once more so only she would be able to hear him. "Do you know Kisuke Urahara?" he asked. "A funny guy with a green striped cloak and hat. He's always has a cane with him and he wears wooden sandals."

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"Never heard of him," she said, with a sideways glance. "Why? He the one that sent you here?"

"No," he quickly straightened up and gave Ino a quick smile. "No reason. It doesn't matter. It was my father's idea to come here and it seemed like a good one at the time."

A pause.

"The icebergs really aren't a joke?"

"They're really not," she said, glancing curiously up at him. "But they're really neat, don't you think? I've never seen so much ice before."

Maybe he needed to go poke at one of those things, just to make sure. It was hard not to believe what he had seen with his own two eyes and it wasn't like he never heard of a portal before.

Which made him reach for the badge dangling from his keychain. The one Ino wouldn't be able to see. Normally. Unless this was a reality like Soul Society, but then he would have Zangetsu, his blade with him so that couldn't be it.

He'd been quiet far too long, mulling this over and Ino was going to think he was crazy if he didn't reply soon. "Yes, they're impressive. Not quite what I was expecting to see today."

She eyed him dubiously.

"What did you expect?"

"Virginia?" He did think that was rather obvious.

She shrugged. "It's Fandom," she said patiently. "Don't expect anything, or you'll rip your hair out the first time you wake up after a weekend of being someone else, or having theoretical children show up. Oooooh, or wee invading animals. That's always fun."

He was just going to stare now and consider how insane either Ino was or this island was. It could go either way.

He might need a moment here.

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She laughed, moving to try and pat him on the arm. "You'll get used to it."

And patted on the arm, he was. He really needed to man up or he was never going to be considered cool.

"I will," he almost bristled, deciding he would figure out how much she was telling the truth soon enough. "So what else do I need to watch out for?"

Wait. "Theoretical children?"

"Theoretical children," she giggled. "They show up sometimes? From different universes where you wind up with different people. The kids tend to stay for a weekend, or so. It's generally pretty chaotic."

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