Vol. 1 Chap.00- The Beginning of the Beginning

1/12/15

:I somehow passed a test, a very important test and got the highest score on it, and am now being sent to Japan for "higher education" as the school put it; however I refused to go unless I could bring two people with me; my boyfriend and bestfriend, and the school, not wanting to lose money, allowed it. The family I will be staying with the, hmm Kurosaki family, I believe. Anyway apparently this Kurosaki family recently lost their oldest child, I think his name was like Ichigo or something, however the only adult, (did I mention he lost his wife like nine years ago or somethin') of the family thought it be a good idea to take in an exchange student to get their minds off the deceased child, poor kids gonna get forgotten. But yeah, a new way to live for about a year or was it two? Eh I don't remember, all I know is life's gonna be a living hell for next year… or two, it's got an advantage though I got my two favorite people with me.

Sincerely,

Dianna

Anyway all three of us are on our flight to Japan, and my gods is it boring me "Hey Shad, wanna roleplay some?" my best friend asked pulling out her phone, I'd probably say no if I wasn't bored, but anything is better than staring at the glowing sea of white and blue "sure, wanna join us Jesse?" I replied dully, my boyfriend turned to me "huh? Oh, a, nah I'm good" he said before staring back down at his phone and putting his earbuds in his ears. "What's the story this time Cat?" I asked Caitlin who, clearly, was thinking hard on this one, she looked back up at me "how about a shapeshifter story?" she stated, I just nodded and proceeded to pull out my own phone, and so we role-played until we got tired and got a little sleep before landing.

About 14 hours later…

Yay, finally landed in Karakura, it took Forever and it was boring; of course Caitlin and Jesse's japanese families were already there; mine however was not. This of course was absolutely annoying, I spend 13 hours on a plane and have to wait an hour, now going on two, until I get picked up, really?! "Jeez and I thought that school busses were slow, where are they?!" I stated aloud, annoyed as hell. One of the lobby assistants came over and kindly gave me something to eat and drink "are you the third exchange student, who's going to be living with the Kurosaki's for the next two years?" she asked curiously, "yeah" I reply, she gives me a warm smile "that's good to know, aside from Dr. Ishida at the hospital, Isshin is one of the best doctors you'll find around here, he recently lost his eldest child and only son, I think that taking in an exchange student will help the remaining family recover." she replied, as a knock came on the glass doors of the airport, she smiled again "it looks like they finally made it, about time, we were just about shut out the lights" she said, as she guided me to the doors of the airport "you take care now young lady, and please help the Kurosaki's recover, the loss of Isshin's son really took a toll on him and, his two daughters" she added before guiding me out the rest of the way, she held her smile and waved. Kinda creepy but okay, time to go to hell for the next two years, or maybe not, "they didn't tell us you were a girl, now we have a big sister for the next two years!" the black haired girl said trying to lighten the mood, the brown haired girl, I'm assuming was her sister came up to me and hugged me, which I did not expect, their father got out of the car and clapped a hand on my shoulder "welcome to the family, what's your name?" he asked, I'm assuming this is Isshin, I laugh "well I don't have a Katakana name, but my name's Dianna, although you can call me Kai if you'd like" I replied, Isshin smiled "Sea, such a pretty name you chose, I'm actually surprised you even know what Katakana is" he added, I smacked him, hard, in the head "of course I know what Katakana is, I got the highest score on that dumb test the school made me take, that and I've always loved Japanese culture, not to mention my love of the paranormal and unnatural" I continued, Isshin started to grin "you remind me of my son, your family is lucky to have someone with an attitude like yours" he said, I went silent at this and simply replied "I have no family, I'm an orphan" I quickly get in the car and shut the door, "she has an attitude" the black haired sibling stated "that's kinda mean Karin" the brown haired sibling replied, Isshin's grin faded into a straight face "an orphan, hmm" Isshin questioned, the brown haired sibling looked at her father "you're not thinking about what I think you're thinking are you?" she asked, Karin replied "oh I think he is, Yuzu, you're gonna adopt her aren't you dad?" she said in a hushed tone, her father nodded and they all got into the car.

"So what's for dinner tonight Yuzu?" Isshin asked, "we could do some curry" Karin added, pointing to me, "what's curry? It sounds kinda spicy" I questioned before leaning down and quickly pulling out a sketchbook and a pencil from my rolling backpack. "What's that, a sketchbook, so you're an artist?" Yuzu asked me, I give her a simple nod, before she turned back to her sister Karin and replied "yeah curry sounds like a good idea, I'll start it when we get back!" she was smiling of course, I just started drawing, something, as we rode back to their place.

By the time we got back it was dark out "nice place ya' got here" I stated, Karin just smiled "glad you like it, it was much nicer and much more active when my brother was around" she said, sadly of course but she said it, Yuzu was cooking what I'm assuming was dinner, the smell was actually pretty good, Isshin was nowhere to be found, although he might be upstairs, since I was told to stay down here, so that's what I was doing.

After about an hour Isshin came back downstairs and dinner was done, steamed rice and curry, oh and tea, I had to bug Yuzu about that, what? I wanted green tea, I don't drink black tea it tastes disgusting and white tea is just bland to me. As we were eating Isshin and his two daughters asked me a bunch of questions "so Dianna, you're an artist, and a writer so what exactly do you do with those skills?" Karin asked, I just give her a look of confusion before replying "you don't know? Well I usually write stories and very, occasionally draw them out, I'm trying to learn japanese calligraphy, and also familiarize myself with the old japanese art style" Karin simply nods and Isshin speaks up "you don't have to answer this if you don't want but what was your family like?" he stated, I simply look down, and quietly reply "they were great, although after my grandmother died my father fell apart and mother disappeared, later on I found out my mother killed herself and father and his brother got into a really bad car wreck and unfortunately didn't make it." I gave him a basic summary of happened, and then went upstairs, but not before thanking Yuzu for the food and tea, "That's horrible, it's like when Ichi-nii got run over by a car" Yuzu said.

I was in what was, for now, my new room; Isshin told me it was his son's old room, makes sense since it's the only open room in the house. "Everyone asks, every time, 'your family is so lucky to have someone like you'; I DON'T HAVE A FAMILY!" I scream, only to find myself pinned to a wall by a clawed, white hand. I open my eyes to find a white figure with long, flowing orange hair, and glowing golden eyes "WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU HERE, THIS IS MY HOUSE, AND MY BEDROOM"... the monster was yelling angrily, that is before I bit his hand so hard that his blood flowed into my mouth, and it was cold, oddly enough it was kinda soothing. The white monster was roaring in agony all the while trying to fling me off his hand, which he succeeded only to howl in more pain as my teeth tore his skin off, "hehe that's what'cha get when you pin a girl like me to a wall, ya' filthy monster!" I laugh, and not normal laughter, psychopathic laughter. The white monster stopped howling and just stared at me, his head tilted in confusion, "What the hell"... he said, I proceed to kick him in the face, which sends him crashing into a wall, "ouch, stop it will ya!? I'm sorry for attacking you, I just figured out why you're here, you're an exchange student!" so he says he's sorry, but I still punch him in the face, and hard. "OW, STOP IT!" he roars at me, I simply just ignore him, he sighs "alright let's start from the beginning, who are you, and what's your name?" he asks me, nicely, this time "why should I tell you, you just tried to kill me?" I retort, laughing again, of course mister "weird mask" over here tried to smack me at the wall, but completely missed; I had jumped on the bed backwards and proceeded to jump on his back "how the hell?!" he asked, annoyed "Dianna, although to you it's Kai, I'm an artist, a writer, and Insane, what's your name?" I reply, "weird mask" goes to say something but I interrupt him "wait is your name, by chance, Ichigo Kurosaki?" I add, he simply just gives me a look "How do you know that?!" he asks me, he seemed surprised but I couldn't tell because his mask was glued into a permanent grin "airport lady, Isshin, Karin, Yuzu" I replied dully, I was bored, and tired; are you done asking questions now? I wanna get some sleep!" I stated, flicking Ichigo's mask before laying down. Ichigo simply sat down and stared at me "are you just gonna sit there all night and watch me ya' fuckin stalker?!" I asked quite loudly, Ichigo simply replied "I don't trust you yet" I just turn back around and try my best to ignore him; this is going to be a long two years indeed.