Story : What am I to you?
Ai: This whole story point of view is my OC, Reiku. By the way… Reiku name is a girl in this story.
This chapter had been edited by KendoGirl95.
"Hey Reiku, would you like to meet your little brother?" my mother, Kuchiki Rukia asked me as I jumped up and down impatiently to look at my little brother. I am 12 years old and wearing the standard female Shino academy attire. I am in my sixth year in the academy, getting ready to take my final examination so that I can become a shinigami in the Gotei 13. My hair is black in colour and is so long, that the ends dangle just above my waist. I had my mothers features but I also had my fathers determination.
"Here," my dad, Abarai Renji handed me a blue colour bundle and when I had contact with it, I saw a sleeping object in it. That object… was my little brother.
My little brother decided he wanted to wake up and started to move a little. His tiny fingers curled around one of my fingers. Like I was his precious thing.
Just then, we heard running footsteps from outside. we all eagerly turned around when the door was slammed open. There stood a grinning Kurosaki Ichigo.
"Ichigo! It's good to see you are here." Rukia smiled pleasantly, as Ichigo joined our small familar group. I asked if he wanted to hold my little brother and gently handed him the wrigling bundle.
"Reiku, Kaze is waiting for you at the Sakura forest." Ichigo said as I obediently nodded to him. I waved to the adults in the room, before I flash step into the Sakura forest which was located behind the Kuchiki Estate.
I arrival in the Sakura forest a few minutes later.
I was trained by my uncle, Kuchiki Byakuya and Shihoin Yoruichi to use Flash Step. I walked through the forest for a while, until I heard a rustling sound up in the tree, directly above me. I looked around and tried to dodge the incoming shadow approaching me but the person pulled me towards it. We both slamed hard onto the dusty ground. I cursed a few angry swears, in disgust.
"KUROSAKI KAZE!" I screamed out, at the top of my lungs. There stood Kaze. Kaze moved aside and helped me to stand up. A blush adoned both of our faces.
"Sorry Rei, I wasn't expecting a dodge from you" Kaze said, as he ran his fingers through his spikey orange hair. He had his father feature but got the rowdy attitude from his mother. Kaze was also wearing the standard boys Shino academy attire. He is also the same age as me.
Kaze is the son of Kurosaki Ichigo and Tatsuki Arisawa. Ichigo and Tatsuki died in the living world and they went to Seireitei to become a Shinigami. Since Ichigo was a Shinigami years ago, he had experience of a Shinigami, so he skiped the Shino Academy. Tatsuki enters the Shino academy and once she graduated, she was placed in the 2nd division as 3rd seat, under Soi Fon. Ichigo was assigned the role as the 9th division captain. Also, the Shiba family is known as the few strongest noble family and Isshin Kurosaki is also the previous head of the Shiba family which causes Ichigo to be the head of the Shiba family now.
Many things changes after the fall off Aizen Sosuke. Yoruichi Shihoin and Urahara Kisuke were allowed back into Soul Society and they took back their old position. Yoruichi was the captain of the 2nd division, after Soi Fon said she would just be the vice-captain under her Yoruichi-sama. Urahara is now the 12th division captain, as Mayuri Kurotsuchi was taken to prison for creating artificial shinigami using hollow reiatsu illegally. Some artificial shinigami who could control their powers were placed in Seireitei. More importantly, the Shihoin family is back as one of the few noble family.
"Did you manage to see your brother?" Kaze asked. I simply nodded. Suddenly, I felt two pairs of hands pulling on the bottom of my hakama. I looked down and saw two, one and a half year's old artificial shinigami sisters. They are the few artificial shinigami which the Seireitei allows to stay. It had been because of their intense reiatsu. They are still unable to walk so crawling is the easiest for them.
"Natsuko, Shizuko what are you two doing here? Aren't Ukitake Taichou taking care of you two?,"I asked pleasantly. I bent down to their eye level but they just launched at me, causing me to fall back onto the muddy terraine.
"Ree wun eway foam duddy," (We run away from daddy) Natsuko, the older twin sister said in her baby voice. No one except me could really understand them. She had sky blue shoulder length hair and her eyes, if you look close are slightly different in colour. Her right is red, whilst her left is blue. She is wearing a tiny yellow kimono with adorable teddy bears on it.
"hoo yo litti brotho lok lake," (How your little brother look like?") Shizuko, the younger twin sister asked. She has lime green shoulder length hair and her eyes are also different colour. Her right is blue and her left is red. The opposite of her older twin sister. She wears a baby blue kimono, with baby polar bear on it.
"He is a healthy baby boy, so there isn't anything to worry about," I said. The troublesome twins moved to let me sit up. Kaze pulled me up and I thanked him. He blush a little but all I did was giggle, like a school girl.
"We have to take you two back to Ukitake Taichou. He will have one of his coughing fits if he can't find you." Kaze said, as he picked Natsuko up. I did the same to Shizuko and the next thing we knew, they had already fallen asleep. They had crawled a hell of a long way, from the 13th division captain room to here.
Kaze and I flash stepped over to the 13th division and there we saw the 13th division captain frantically searching for something. We could guess what he was searching for. They didn't seem to notice at all that we were here.
We walked to the 13th division captains office but the door was wide open. We peaked inside and saw him under piles of books obviously searching for the twins.
"Where are they, I shouldn't have left them alone! Natsuko! Shizuko!" Ukitake cursed under his breath, as he continued to frantically search for the twins. .
"Ukitake Taichou," I enquired, as I knocked on the door but he did not respond.
"Ukitake Taichou," I repeated, a little louder but he still did not respond.
"DUDDY,"Natsuko babbled. (Daddy)
Ukitaki stopped searching and turned around warily. Ukitake moved out from the pile of books he was at and quickly turned further to the voice. There, he saw his two beautiful daughters. Natsuko was awake whilst Shizuko was still soundly asleep.
"Girls," Ukitake sighed, as relief and joy flooded over his pale face. He dashed towards us and before we passed his children back to their father. I quietly made my way to the twins room, in the thirteenth squad and carefully placed Shizuko in to her cot, as she was still asleep. Natsuko was soon falling asleep again in her fathers arms, as Ukitaki followed. Ukitake places Natsuko beside her already sleeping sister. Soon, the 13th division members came and they all sighed a sigh of relief, seeing their two cutest twins back safely. Natsuko and Shizuko were adopted by Ukitake Jushiro and since they were still young, they spend most of their time being taken care of by mostly all of the 13th division members.
"Thank you so much for finding them, please come in to have some tea," Ukitake smiled softly. We gladly accept his offer and followed.
We sat on the soft cushions, as the third seat of the 13th division came and served us tea. We thanked him, before he returned back to work.
"So Reiku,"Ukitaki asked, as I turned to look at him, with my owl like eyes,"How is your brother doing?"
"He is a healthy child… and is doing absolutely fine," I said, as he simply nodded a small nod.
"How is your mother doing?" The older white haired shinigami reiterated.
"Pretty good. Unohana Taichou said she can return back home in a couple of days,"I grinned. I loved my mother so much. She was my world, my idol, my everything.
"I'm glad to hear that. Your mother was really worried about having another child, as she feared she would have another miscarriage. Your mother was really young when she had you and she almost lost you,"Ukitaki informed, as he took another sip of his tea.
"But souls don't really have an age. So even though we may look young, we aren't are we,"I said. Sometimes I felt as if I was wise for my years but I was still a naive child, in such a grown up land of souls. There wasnt many children here, so it was no wonder I had been forced to grow up earlier than any twelve year old should.
"She was really young, when she had you. Around 100 plus in human year but here, her body was like the body of a years old female human."Ukitaki sighed.
"How old was my mother when she had me?,"I asked curiously. I knew that it had'nt of been long after the miscarriage, that I had been born but I did'nt know exactly. It's not the sort of thing people ever thought to tell me.
"Eighteen in body. Rukia was heavily pregnant with you, when she actually married your father. The two of them had been playing around in the room before they had been officially married. At least they did the right thing in the end,"Ukitaki sighed, before he smiled at the younger shinigami.
"Playing around… that sounds wrong," I thought.
"Oh! Before I forget, your graduation this year, right?,"Ukitaki asked.
I simply nodded. So did Kaze, who had been silent for most of the conversation. He had just sat next to me in his own world. What a baka.
"Thinking of which division to join?"Ukitaki grinned, before he raised an eyebrow at us both.
"Most likely the 6th division,"I hesitated, thinking of my father," Kuchiki Taichou recommended me for the 3rd seat," I smiled softly, as I took another sip of green tea.
"I see, how about you Kaze?"
"My dad said I would join the 9th division but he said I could join another squad if I wished."Kaze answered simply, before he seemed to drift back in to the confides of his mind.
"Well… parents tends to be protective towards their children. So… it's kind of normal."Ukitaki chuckled.
We all talked for a long while, until most of the green tea was gone. Eventually Kyoraku Taichou turned up and joined in on our conversation. When we looked outside, the sun was setting and that indicated that we should return back to our dorms, in the Shino academy. We said goodbye to both Kyoraku and Ukitaki, before we left.
We both flash stepped back to the academy dorm, just in time for dinner. We walked to the dining room and ate our dinner, chatting and laughing about our interesting day. Finally, we found our classmates and we eventually caught up with our four roommates. We bathed in each others company for the rest of the night. Friendship was a gift i thanked Kami for every single day.
"Your late," a girl with long red hair, tied in a high pony tail said towards us both, as we took our seats beside her. She has the most beautiful aqua eyes, I had ever seen.
"Gomen Miki, we were talking to Ukitake Taichou and Kyoraku Taichou after bringing the two 'run away' twin back to him,"I informed, the quite snooty girl.
Her name is Izuru Miki and she is known as the kido master in the Shino academy. Just like her mother, had been. She is the adoptive daughter of Hinamori Momo and Izuru Kira, after the couple found her abandoned in a quaint but empty village, way back when she had just been a toddler.
"Screw that old man of mine, He always escapes work," another female voice said. Her name is Kyoraku Suki and she is the daughter of Kyoraku Shunsui and Ise Nanao. She had brownish black hair tied into 2 pony tail. She has light blue eyes and her height is only 140cm, even though she is the senior. Therefore, making her the cutest girl in the senior level.
"Kyoraku Suki-san, please calm down," a boy opposite Suki said. Suki glared at him, a glare full of pure hatred. The boy has dark blue short hair and has catlike green eyes. His name is Ryu Sakimoto. He looks creepy but he isnt really. He is a really kind and sweet boy.
"Nice going Ryu," another boy said on the right of Ryu. Ryu lightly smacked him on the back, before they both went in to a random fit of laughter. His name is Akira Fujimoto. He had dark purple hair and has part of his right side fringe red.
"Calm down everyone," Kaze yawned, from next to me. He pulled me close and hugged me. I relax in to the embrace and blush because of the sudden yet loving action. Warm flutters of hope and love bubble to the surface, as guesses of what could happen overtake my mind. My friends just continue their talk. They know that me and Kaze have feelings for each other.
The food was served and my guess was right.
"Say 'ahhhhh' Neko-chan," Kaze laughed, as he picked up a spoon full of fried rice and gently places his index finger and thumb on my lips telling me to open up. I blush again but obidiently open my mouth. I chewed the food happily, as he continued to feed me. I wanted to feed him but he declined my offer. It is an innocent love, for we are still only children but it is still love.
After dinner, we all returned back to our dorm and took seperate shower. We share the public bath located on the first floor of the academy dorm, so it ussually involves a lot of arguing about who is first. The layout of the dorm is actually really cool. There are five floors in total. On the ground floor, there are two really big public baths. One for males and one for females. Students and teachers are allowed to use both. On the second floor is our dining room. The third floor is the 1st year and 2nd year Shino Academy Junior dorm. The forth floor is the 3rd year, 4th year and 5th year Shino Academy Junior and senior dorm. The fifth floor however is the best. It is only for graduation year students. Every student gets to choose which room they would want to stay in and the best thing is there is a door connected to every wall. Meaning, the students could easily walk through each room when the connected door is open without going outside.
This is the fun days of the Shino academy but everything is going to change very very soon…