Alright! I really hope Karin and Kukai are not OOC but they might be! Also since I didn't say it earlier, the pairings are: KarinxKukai, IkutoxAmuxTadase, and other pairings that come along later. This chapter also introduces my OC, Aunt Kiyone 'Kiyo' who would have been Misaki's cousin raised by Misaki's parents after her own died when she was a baby. Imagine Ichigo, as a grown woman, with slightly longer hair and acts like Isshin and you get Kiyo! Now, enjoy!
Disclaimer: icdeadppl does not own Bleach or Shugo Chara etc but she does own the story idea and the occasional OC thrown in.
Chapter 1: "Hell Week" Day 1 Part 1
Karin sighed as she stepped out of her room and into the hallway at her aunts. Something was going on in Karakura-as in the Soul Society side. From what she had overheard from Ichigo's room that it was something involving a man named Aizen and Arrancar's. In other words, she had no idea what was going on. So instead of being at her house finding out what was going on, she was stuck with her psychotic obasan in Tokyo at her father's orders. To say she was annoyed was an understatement. "Karin-chan!" yelled her sister Yuzu from downstairs. In making matters worse, Yuzu and Kiyone-Obasan had no idea what the real reason was that the twins were here, which meant Karin had no one to talk to about her issues. Even Jinta and Ururu were better than this.
"Coming Yuzu!" she shouted beginning to trudge down the stairs at the same time straightening her red tie from her new uniform. Karin could smell the usual toast being made by Yuzu and the shouts from Kiyone-Obasan about something involving fire and extinguisher in the same sentence. As the black haired tween hit the last step, she ducked to avoid a hug from said obason and walked to the table, sitting down with a loud 'thunk' and tucking of her red plaid skirt. That skirt wasn't a great thing either.
"Good morning Karin-chan! How do you like my uniform?" asked her twin, walking in from the kitchen, giving a slight twirl to make her skirt flutter. Behind the two, Kiyone-obasan was whimpering slightly from where she had crashed into the wall but she would most assuredly be bouncing up soon.
"It looks great Yuzu." The Seiyo Academy uniform looked really nice on her blond haired twin. It was a white button up shirt under a black blazer, a red plaid skirt with matching plain red tie, high white socks and soon to be worn black shoes.
"It looks nice on you too!" Yuzu calmly placed the plate of toast before bouncing back to the kitchen. Karin shrugged slightly, unfazed. The way she wore her uniform was way different from her softer twins. The sleeves of her jacket and shirt were rolled up, one of her socks was by her ankles and the other nearly above her knee. Her tie was loosely done and her hair barely holding into her high ponytail. Sometimes Karin wondered if she actually was Yuzu's twin.
"Jeez Karin-chan! Did you have to make me hit the wall?" shouted Kiyone-obasan, stepping up behind Karin's seat, her bright orange hair (That looked very much like Ichigo's) in disarray to match her brightly spotted pajamas. Yes this was their caretaker for at least two months. Perfect. Absolutely and totally perfect.
Kukai bounded down the stairs, his guardian cloak hanging loosely off his shoulders as he hit the floor, racing into the kitchen to grab the last decent piece of toast before Unkai, who though was lazy, was right behind Kukai. "Hey! Seniority Otouto!" shouted Unkai, trying to snag the piece Kukai was pretty much shoving down his throat. Rento laughed from his place at the table while Shuusui smiled and pushed up his glasses.
"Looks like Unkai-niisan is stuck with the last piece." Chimed Rento, taking a bite of his own toast. Kukai paused, swallowing the last of the toast, before asking his question.
"Where's Kaidou-niisan?" he asked, breaking free of his ginger haired brothers hold.
"Work then school. His class is later today so he signed up for an earlier shift." Commented Shuusui, eating another bit of the salad in front of him.
"Oh…anyway, I'm going to head to school early. Tadase-san called a guardian meeting and I need to help Nadeshiko-san set up." His three brothers shrugged, or at least two. Unkai was still grumbling about the soggy toast piece he had to eat. Kukai grabbed his bag from the shelf and slipped on his shoes before opening the door.
"Kukai!" shouted a green fairy-sized boy flying by and out the door. The ginger-brown haired tween smiled as he closed the door.
"Let's go Daichi!" he said before taking off at a run down the street. It was another ordinary day on the Seiyo side of Tokyo.
"No."
"But Karin-chaaaan!" The two girls were walking down the street towards their new school and currently arguing on why Karin was not speaking to either of their male relatives.
"No. Way. Yuzu. I'm not talking to Dad or Ichi-nii unless they tell me everything." Countered Karin, stuffing her hands into the pockets of the jacket. Yuzu sighed.
"Karin-chan your so stubborn." She grumbled, biting the inside of her cheek. Karin shrugged as she rounded a corner, her twin right behind her. Her eyes widened as she took in the huge building ahead of them.
"Kya! Is that our new school?" yelled Yuzu, practically jumping in excitement. Again her black haired twin shrugged.
"It's not that great." The two continued down the path, passing by several students wearing identical uniforms to theirs, as Karin fought her conscious telling her she was lying because the school did looked cool, until they came to the gates. Karin walked a bit ahead of Yuzu, who was gushing over every detail- from the great size of the gates to the beautiful flowers on the grounds. Karakura Middle had NOTHING on the size of the school but there was no way the thirteen year old was going to admit that to anyone.
"Oh my gosh!" chimed Yuzu for the fifth time, annoying Karin who was eyeing the door to the school.
"So help me Yuzu if it's another flower I'm going to-" she stopped her sentence when she turned and saw what her sister was talking about. Five students were walking into the gates, their capes (Except for one) made them stand out. All the students, especially the girls, were sighing enviously at them.
"It's the guardians!' said some blond near them to a black haired girl next to her.
"They look fabulous as usual!" the other practically squealed. Guardians? Karin rolled her eyes. Whoever they were, it was nothing to be making that big of a deal about it. She turned back around and began to make her way towards the door when a voice cut her off.
"Umm excuse me?" said the voice, prompting Karin to turn back around to see one of the said guardians, the ginger-brown haired one with handsome green eyes. Wait. Handsome? Where had that come from?
"What?" Karin countered, adding in a added bonus of venom to the words to stop her mind from thinking the boy in front of her was cute. Which he was not.
"Well uh, I'm Souma Kukai, the Jack Seat." What was a Jack seat?
"Kurosaki Karin, transfer student." Kukai grinned at her and strangely Karin felt nervous.
"It's nice to meet you Kurosaki-san! Welcome to Seiyo Academy!" he said, his grin unfazed by her emotionless semi-glare.
"Thanks." At that moment the bell rang and Kukai slightly bowed to her.
"I'll see you later Kurosaki-san!" he said before racing inside with the rest of the students.
"C'mon Karin-chan, let's get to the office!" said Yuzu, still eying the blond guardian who was walking inside with a bubble gum pink haired girl. Hopefully Yuzu couldn't see the blush across her face. Karin shook her head slightly. She had more important things to think about at the moment, like finding a way to hack into Urahara's store to get the dish on what was happening.
Kukai calmly walked down the hallway, Daichi floating by his shoulder. "Kukai…" started Daichi, a concerned look on the usually happy-go-lucky chara's face. "Her heart egg…"
"Yeah I know Dai." Kukai ran a hand through his hair. Daichi and him, as well as the other guardians, immediately sensed the dark feeling coming from the new girl—Kurosaki Karin. It felt like her egg was nearly an X egg, which was NOT a good thing for all parties involved.
"What can we do Kukai?" He shrugged.
"Not sure. Let's just get to class; we'll probably go over it at the meeting this afternoon." Kukai's green eyes narrowed as he stared out the window. Something in his gut told him that she was special. It also said she was in danger and not just from Easter turning her egg X but from herself too. He stopped, his hands curling into fists. Easter wouldn't get their hands on this one, not if he had any say in it.
Karin nearly hit her head on the wall. For some stupid reason, the two twins would be in different classes. Dumb school system. Parting with her twin after promising to meet up at breaks and lunch, Karin was lead down the hall by a teacher. He walked in through the sliding Star doors, beckoning for the black haired girl to follow him. Karin walked in and immediately felt the stares of thirty or so pairs of her fellow student's eyes. She stifled a sigh. This was exactly why she hadn't wanted to move in the middle of the year. "Alright class! This is our new transfer student, Kurosaki Karin who just moved her from Karakura. Please welcome her." He said, giving Karin a gentle smile. What was his name again? Ayo? Ari? A-something-sensei. The eyes of the students just kept staring and Karin glared back, half annoyed and half nervous. "Now, let's find you a seat. There should be an empty seat by…" The teacher's eyes quickly scanned the classroom. "Ah! Souma-san. Raise your hand please! You may sit in the seat next to him." Karin stared at the now grinning ginger that raised his hand even though he knew Karin knew who he was. All she was thinking was whether this arrangement was a good thing or not as she stiffly walked over to the desk, giving anyone who stared at her for more than a millisecond a cold glare. There was an upside to having gray eyes. The seat was on Souma's right and right next to the window that overlooked a fountain and garden. At least she could zone out with a view. She sat in the seat and took out a pen and notebook to jot down the notes Sensei Arayai was writing. The name still didn't fit.
"You can borrow my past notes of you want too." Said Kukai, motioning to his own notebook he was writing in. Karin blinked. Did nothing faze him? Glares and ignoring apparently didn't work at least. Still…
"Umm…" Heck might as well. "Alright." Kukai smile grew wider as he turned back to his notebook to continue the notes still being written on the board. Karin felt heat travel to her face. Did she just blush? From a guy saying she could borrow his notes. She shook her head, trying to clear that nagging voice again. If she had only looked over at the door, Karin would have seen a man with orange hair and glasses studying her through it, a terrifying grin plastered on his face.
After several excruciating hours of notes and lectures on said notes as well as several arguments within Karin's mind, it was finally lunch. She met Yuzu under a tree and her blond twin was practically bursting with information on her new teacher, girls in her class and the clubs she was thinking of joining. Karin just nodded and munched on her lunch to everything she said. After about ten minutes, she swallowed the last of her rice and stood up. "I have to go back to class Yuzu. I need to copy down some notes from the kid next to me." She said, wiping her mouth subconsciously.
"Aw, okay. Bye Karin-chan!" said Yuzu, after swallowing another bite. Karin waved and tossed the garbage into the garbage can by the door before walking back inside. She walked up the stairs to the second floor and began walking down the hall when a crash stopped her in her tracks. Turning, Karin saw a teacher splayed out on the ground, apparently after tripping, with papers flying around him. Calmly, Karin grabbed the still floating papers and scooped up the ones on the floor as the teachers sat then stood up, straightening his glasses.
"Oh! Thank you! I'm a horrible klutz you know!" he said as she handed him the papers. Karin turned to walk away when she was stopped (Again.) by him putting a hand on her shoulder. "You must be one of the new Kurosaki's, right?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. Karin nodded as she ran through the quickest ways to get away from him. He grinned, again fixing his glasses. "Well then, welcome to Seiyo Academy Kurosaki-san. I am Sensei Nikaido."
"Alright. Thank you Nikaido-sensei." Karin then shifted her shoulder, knocking his hand off and took off down the hall. There was something unsettling about him. Especially the smile. Whatever it was, Karin did not want to be near him. She quickly yanked open the door to the classroom and stumbled in, only to realize she wasn't the only one in the room.
"S-Souma-san?" she stuttered, her normal emotionless façade dropped.
"Oh! Kurosaki-san!" he said, looking just as flustered as her and he most assuredly had not been running from a creepy teacher. Recovering her composure, Karin put on an impassive face as she walked over to her desk.
"I thought you would be with you friends. It is lunch you know." Kukai actually didn't grin like she thought he would, just stared at her like he was trying to read her emotionless face.
"And I thought you would be with you sister." Karin rolled her eyes.
"I was just going to start on those notes you gave me." That finally made him smile at her as she pulled his notebook out of her desk and began copying the notes.
"So do you think you'll like it here?" he suddenly asked after watching her hastily write down the vocabulary section. Karin shrugged, trying to hide the growing blush she was feeling.
"I don't know yet. First day and all." He copied her shrug as well as tried to put on the same impassive look she was going with that made him look pretty hilarious. Karin stifled a giggle and-wait. Giggle? Suddenly the bell rang and several students came bursting in, laughing and pushing.
"Hey! Kukai!" said one of the guys, walking over to the boy next to her. Kukai turned away to look like he had just gotten in as well and she stared down at the paper, trying to organize her thoughts when a very random and unwanted one came in. She was starting to crush on apparently one of the most popular guys in school, who from what some girls were talking about is also the captain of the soccer team, and she didn't actually feel upset. Just happy. Karin mentally groaned. She had more important things to think of then how cute Kukai was, especially since she'd only met him this morning. Now if only she could think of those things.
There was chapter 1 and only the first part of Karin-chan's psyco first week in Tokyo. Not even the full day which will be concluded...later...review please!
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