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~Soutaichou office~
"Yamaji. I need to speak with you." Kyoraku walked into Yamamoto's office unannounced. Kairi and Kyoya followed after. Ukitake trailed behind, he had tried to leave to return to his paper work once he realized where his friend was heading, but the twins had said that he should listen to the conversation.
"Kyoraku-Taichou and Ukitake-Taichou. What brings you to my office unannounced?" He notice the twins standing behind his pupils. "Why are they here with you?"
"She said she wouldn't explain anything unless you were present. And since when did you let other people call you 'Yamaji'?" Kyoraku looked towards the old man sitting in the desk in front of him.
"I will excuse myself, Yamamoto-Soutaichou." Yamamoto's Fukutaichou bowed and left the room. He closed the doors behind him.
"I had hoped not to have to have this conversation for a while, Kai-chan." Yamamoto spoke to the young girl that was walking towards him while dragging her brother behind her.
"Sorry Yamaji. This one had to open his big mouth." She dropped her brother in front of his desk. Then walked around the desk and gave the Soutaichou a hug. "I honestly didn't expect to have this conversation either."
Kyoraku and Ukitake stared at the scene in front of them completely confused. "What is going on?" Kyoraku looked between the the Soutaichou and the girl hugging him.
"I'm just getting a hug from my granddaughter. I'm surprised you haven't realized who these two are yet. Their potential is very similar to what yours was when you were their age." Yamamoto looked towards his 8th squad Taichou. He felt somewhat bad for what he was doing. "These are your children, Shunsui. They came from the future." He saw Kyoraku about to question him. "I have already checked to see if it is true, and it is. You are their father, and Ise Nanao is their mother."
Kyoraku was dumbfounded by this knowledge. His little Nanao was the mother of his children. She was only a child!
"It's not for another hundred or more years at least." Yamamoto could see the shock on Kyoraku's face. "However, for their mission to be a success you can not know this." Kyoraku looked at him with a questioning look.
Kairi flash stepped beside her father. "Sorry, Daddy." Shunsui was stunned by her words enough for her to use a kido. "Wasureru." She touched a glowing finger to his forehead, he collapsed from her touch.
Ukitake was surprised that Shunsui fell so easily to the young girl. "What did you-" He began to speak, but Kairi was quicker. He felt his consciousness slip as arms laid him down on the floor.
"Do not allow that to happen again." Yamamoto spoke to his grandchildren As he looked towards his unconscious pupils.
"Tell that to him." Kairi pointed at Kyoya. "Have you received the request from the school about our enrolment?"
"Yes. You both have been admitted to sixth year class A." He held up two folders. "I'll see you both at graduation. Any idea of what position you will aim for, for your plan?"
"I'll aim for Fukutaichou of 13th squad. That seems best for now." Kairi walked away from her father and uncle as they began to snore.
"I'll go into 5th squad. Might as well get in there early." Kyoya leaned on his grandfather's desk.
Kyoraku rolled over and began to snore even louder than before. The other three in the room sweat dropped.
"You two head to the Academy. I'll deal with your father and uncle." Yamamoto hugged his grandchildren before they headed off to Shin'o Academy. They both gave him a kiss on his cheeks then left. Yamamoto smiled. 'To think I would have never met them if they hadn't accidentally traveled through time. Maybe I should abolish the shinigami marriage laws? I'll do that later.'
~Academy: following week~
"All right sixth years. This is suppose to be your final year. Some of you may not pass, but I expect most of you to. There is a chance to graduate early in four months time." The instructor standing at the front of the room held up four fingers to the room full of students. "You can graduate early if you have a high enough reiatsu level and have achieved Shikai. That is not required for those who do not wish to graduate early. As you leave this room you will be handed a blank zanpakutou. Keep it with you at all times. Dismissed!"
All the sixth year students lined up to leave the room and collect their blank zanpakutou.
"This is so cool. We finally get our own swords instead of having to use the schools." A girl standing beside Kairi animatedly expressed her enthusiasm.
Kairi reached the front of the line. She took the zanpakutou that was offered to her. Once the other shinigami let go her zanpakutou began to glow and change shape. "What the?" When the light settled the zanpakutou was still in the same shape, but the guard was in the shap of a crescent moon and the hilt was wrapped in silver thread.
"It seems we have a candidate for an early graduate." Kairi turned to find Yamamoto walking towards her. She and all the other students and shinigami bowed when they saw he was there. "I look forward to seeing your progress." With that he resumed his journey towards the head office.
Kairi moved away from the doors to wait for her brother to get out of the room. She saw him in a line two doors away from her.
Kyoya hadn't been surprised that his sister had summoned a zanpakutou spirit. Their father and mother had instructed the Academy to not let them touch a zanpakutou till they were graduating, but they weren't in that time line anymore. He reached for the zanpakutou that was offered him. The shinigami cringed a little. Everyone knew he and Kairi were twins, so they probably suspected that the same thing would happen with him. He held his hand below the zanpakutou telling the shinigami to drop it into his hand.
The shinigami nodded and dropped the blank zanpakutou into Kyoya's hand. Once it touched his hand it began to glow as well. His guard was in the shape of a sun and wrapped in gold thread. Not much else of the zanpakutou had changed. He nodded to the shinigami with a smile then went to meet up with his sister.
None of the other students had the same experience as the twins.
"You think we should graduate early?" Kyoya looks at his sister as they went to their fist class, Kido practice.
"Yes. Which means we need to get up to Shikai. That shouldn't be to hard as long as we meditate like dad taught us." Kairi and Kyoya were first to the practice field. They were the Taichou and Fukutaichou of their class, so they felt obligated to be at all of their lessons before the rest of their classmates.
~Kido practice~
"Today you are going to try higher level kido as well as lower level kido, but without the use of the incantation for the lower levels." The teacher looked around at his students. "Kyoraku Kairi." Kairi stepped forward from the front of the group of students. "Perform Hado 31, if you are comfortable, without incantation please."
Kiari stepped up to the firing line and held her hand up. "Hado 31: Shakkaho." A red sphere launched from her palm and fit a target in it's centre, destroying it. Kairi stepped back into the group of students.
"Good job. Kyoraku Kyoya. Try Hado 63, I'm sure you have studied the incantation." Kyoya nodded towards the teacher.
He stepped up to the firing line. He didn't want to use the incantation, but Kairi told him he had to use it for any kido over level 40. He normally never listened to what she told him, but he didn't want to get beat up again. "Bone of a straggling beast, spire, crimson crystal, disc of steel,when the wind shifts, and the emptiness ceases, let the clash of lances resonate through the relinquished castle! Hado 63: Raikouho!" A bolt of lightning struck the targets at the end of the field, leaving only a scorch mark behind.
Kairi put her face in her hand. He used to much Reiatsu in the kido. 'At least he used the incantation this time.'
"Thank you, both of you." The teacher was stunned by the power the twin had exhibited. "The rest of you practice your kido. Kyoraku twins, you may practice with your zanpakutou if you wish." With that the teacher walked to the firing line to tell students when they could fire their kido.
Kyoya and Kairi sat down near the edge of the practice field with their zanpakutou in their laps. Both slipped into their inner worlds easily.
~Kairi's world~
Kairi opened her eyes to find herself in a garden. The moon was full and shining brightly. Fountains were scattered everywhere. Kairi walked towards the largest fountain that she could see. It towered over the hedges that surrounded it.
When she reached the fountain she saw a woman sitting on its edge. As she approached her she saw that she had a fish tail instead of legs. The woman looked at her with eyes that were completely blue, she looked breath taking.
"You're my zanpakutou." Kairi approached the mermaid and to her surprise the mermaid swam towards her. Swam! As if she was underwater. Kairi noticed her hair floating past her own head. "Are we underwater?"
The mermaid smiled. "Of course we are. You are always so considerate of me. Giving me the ability to explore instead of being stuck in this single fountain." The mermaid hugged Kairi. "My name is Tsuki no Kage. I am always here to help. You just need to call me."
Kairi smiled at her zanpakutou. "Can I call you Tsuki for short while I'm speaking with you?"
"Of course, but never use it while summoning me or speaking about me to others." Tsuki no Kage glared at her master.
Kairi sweat dropped at her glare. "Wow. We are really alike. Wonder how Kyoya's doing with his zanpakutou?"
"Knowing my brother he's probably not giving him that hard of a time." Tsuki no Kage crossed her arms and sighed heavily.
"Kyoya's zanpakutou is your brother?" Kairi's zanpakutou nodded. "I wonder if that's normal. Kyoya is my twin."
Tsuki no Kage chuckled a little. "It is rare for siblings to end up with related zanpakutou, but twin are almost always bound to get them."
Kairi smiled at her zanpakutou. They continued to chat till Kairi felt someone tap her shoulder in the real world. She waved goodbye to her zanpakutou and pulled herself out of her inner world.
~Kyoya's inner world~
Kyoya opened his eyes only to get blasted in the face with sand. He fell over and rubbed the sand out of his eyes. "WHAT THE HELL!" He rarely ever lost his temper.
"So you aren't as stuck up and stubborn as you act." Kyoya looked hehind him to see a man standing on top of the sand dune. His skin looked like scales and his eyes where completely orange. "Thank you for the lovely sunshine and heat, master." The figured bowed to his master.
Kyoya blinked at the man. He now saw that he had no legs. It looked like a tail of some sorts. "Are you a snake?"
The zanpakutou smiled and nodded at his master. "I am Taiyo no Kage. Nice to meet you Kyoya-sama."
"Kyoya is just fine Taiyo no Kage." Kyoya was surprised at how laid back his zanpakutou was. He looked around his inner world. All he could see were sand dunes and a single standing structure that looked like a pyramid.
"Ok Kyoya. Then you can call me Taiyo." Taiyo no Kage hugged his master tightly.
"Never thought my inner world would be so bleak, and hot." Kyoya fanned himself a bit, but he really quite enjoyed the heat.
Taiyo nodded as he smiled and curled around his master.
After what felt like hours, Kyoya could feel someone shaking his shoulder in the real world. "I have to leave, but I'll be back soon." Kyoya added the last part when he saw his zanpakutou about to cry.
"Ok." Taiyo perked up immediately. "Call me whenever you want to."
Kyoya opened his eyes in the real world to see his sister stand in front of him. "Come on sleepy. We have history next." Kairi helped her brother up from his sitting position. They both headed off to their history class. "At least we only have to keep up this weak act till the early graduation. How did it go with your zanpakutou?"
"Pretty good. Mine is a fire type with some connection to the sun, and he is really quite clingy." He had his zanpakutou strapped to his back with the hilt on the left side, since he was left handed.
"Cool. Mine is a water type with connection to the moon. Mine is the sister of your zanpakutou." Kairi had Tsuki tied to her back as well, but her hilt was on her right side.
Kyoya was surprised at his sister's words. Taiyo hadn't said anything about that. 'Sorry master. I forgot to mention that.' Taiyo replied to his master's thoughts. Kyoya smiled at his zanpakutou to let him know that it was okay.
"Well let's hurry up. We're not going to finish this year if we talk all day." Kairi picked up her pace and dragged her brother behind her.
~Four months later~
"So how many are we testing for early graduation?" A blonde man with a white haori over his shinigami uniform walked behind Ukitake and Kyoraku.
"About a dozen or so. There are two students that we tested into sixth year four months ago included. Their records had been lost, but we were able to get them sorted out." Kyoraku remembered the pair of siblings vaguely.
"I wonder how many students will pass this year." Ukitake opened the door to the early testing room.
Once inside they all took a seat at the table in the room. Across from them was a row of students to take the early graduation exam. They all waited for the last examiner to show up.
Five minutes later the doors opened again. "Alright. Let's get this over with." A woman with long purple hair and dark coloured skin walked into the room. She sat down in the last open chair at the examiner's table.
"You're late Yorichi." The blonde complained at the woman.
"Sorry. Someone forgot to tell me what room the exam was in." Yorichi glanced at Hirako with a glare.
"Let's get the exam started. Shall we?" Ukitake spoke up to try and avoid an argument. He stood up and cleared his throat. "We would like to thank you for applying for early graduation. We will be your examiners. I am Ukitake Jushiro, 13thh squad Taichou."
Jushiro indicated to the blonde man sitting at the end of the table. "I'm Hirako Shinji, 5th squad Taichou."
The brunette beside him. "I am Kyoraku Shunsui, 8th squad Taichou." A few students glanced at the twins in the middle of their line.
Then finally the woman. "Shihoin Yorichi, 2nd squad Taichou." She grinned at the students.
Ukitake gained the students attention after the introductions were made. "We will be going by alphabetical order. Please stand inside the exam waiting room until we call you in to be tested." When Ukitake finished speaking doors that led to the waiting room opened and the students filed in and waited for their names to be called.
~an hour and a half later~
Kairi was laying down with her head on her brother's lap. They were the only people left in the room. Their had been about twelve students taking the exam, and now there was only the two of them. They stood up as the doors opened.
"Kyoraku Kairi." A shinigami called from inside the exam room Through the partially open door.
"Can my brother come with me?" Kairi asked before walking into the room.
"That isn't allowed-" the shinigami stopped speaking when Kairi gave him her sad face. He looked back towards the examiner's table questioningly.
"It's fine. They took their entrance exams together." Kyoraku waved his hand at the shinigami by the door while he kept his head on the table. He watched as the two siblings walked into the room telling him it was the end of his work at the academy. Kyoya stayed to the side of the room while Kairi continued to walk towards the centre of the room. "First let's see how much your Reiatsu has increased." He sat up a bit more but was still very slouched over.
Kairi didn't do the same as when she took the entrance exam. She flared her Reiatsu as high as she could push it. She watched as all the Taichou's eyes widened.
"You can drop it now." Hirako had sat up from his lounging position as he watched the overwhelmingly strong Reiatsu decrease to almost nothing. "Not bad. That was at least Taichou level." He grinned at the girl standing in front of them.
"That was far beyond the level of a regular Taichou." Yorichi smiled at the girl. "Now let's see you summon your zanpakutou."
Kairi drew her zanpakutou and held it in front of her. 'Ready Tsuki?'
'Always Kairi-sama.' Her zanpakutou almost sang her response. Kairi had never tried to go into Shikai before, but both her and Tsuiki knew they could do it.
"Eclipse, Tsuki no Kage." Kairi wiped her hand along her blade as water gathered on her hand. Then she brought her hand back towards the guard running the blade between her ring and middle finger. Three blades formed from the water and solidified while her guard had become a full circle. The blades looked to be made of water, since you could see through them, and all three were the same length as when her zanpakutou was sealed.
"Very nice. You are our fourth pass. What squad do you wish to join?" Ukitake was filling out a sheet of paper while waiting for her response.
"I would like to join the 13th squad." Kairi resealed Tsuki no Kage with a flick of her wrist and replaced her zanpakutou in it's sheath. The humidity that had gone unnoticed before in the room decreased by a lot.
Ukitake looked at the young girl. She could easily be his new Fukutaichou. His previous one had asked to be transferred to a different squad. Two of the other students who had passed had also asked to join his squad, she was the most powerful of them. "I can offer you the position of Fukutaichou. If you are interested in it?" He would most certainly like to have her as his Fukutaichoum she seemed like such a sweet person.
Kairi was surprised at how fast her plan was progressing. She just passed her exam and was already being offered the position she wanted. "I would be honoured." She bowed and smiled at her new Taichou. She then moved off to the side and hugged her brother as they passed each other.
Kyoya faced the Taichous sitting at the examiner's table. 'Let'sss ssshow our sssissstersss that we can easssily keep up with them.' He heard an approving hiss from Taiyo. He had learned that Taiyo only hissed when he was excited.
"Alright. Let's see if you can top your entrance exam." Kyoraku gave the boy a closed eye smile. He lost his smile and opened his eyes when Kyoya easily matched his sister's Reiatsu, which had been much higher than when they took the entrance exam. He held his hand up. "Thank you. You can lower it now." He was surprised at the power these two possessed. 'They certainly live up to the Kyoraku name.'
"Now to see if you can-" Yorichi was cut of by a sweltering heat.
"Eclipse, Taiyo no Kage." Kyoya pressed his hand against the end of his zanpakutou. He pressed the tip of it against his palm and it turned to sand as he continued pushing it against his hand. Once he reached the guard the sand turned black and he pulled the guard away from his hand. The blade rebuilt itself with the sand as he pulled it away from his hand. It came to a point when it was about two feet long. It curved in multiple places, it looked like a flame, and the sand it was made of made it look like a sparkling night sky.
"And that ends the exam with five passes. What squad do you wish to join?" Ukitake filled out another form.
"I would like to join 5th squad." He looked towards Hirako.
"So he already knows which squad is the best. I like you Kyoya. I'm sure you can easily make 3rd seat." Hirako smiled at the boy. 'Sosuke is going to have fun training this one.'
"So that concludes the exams." Yorichi stood up and stretched. "I look forward to seeing you two around Seireitei more often." The Taichou winked at the newest shinigami as she left the room.
Ukitake smiled at his new Fukutaichou. "There is going to be a bit of paper work to formally name you as my Fukutaichou, but it won't take that long."
"Why don't we take care of that now? It's not that late." Kairi was eager to get started with the next phase of her plan.
"That's a great idea." Ukitake liked her attitude towards paperwork.
"Don't overwork yourself my friend. And be sure to tell her about your condition." Kyoraku held his friend's shoulder as he spoke to him. "I'm off. Lisa-chan told me not to be gone too long. Knowing her she'll make me do all the paperwork anyways. It was nice to see you both again." He waved to the people behind him as he headed off towards his office.
"I'll see you at the squad building tomorrow." Hirako waved at his new subordinate before heading off to his own office.
"Why don't I have one of my subordinates show you around Seireitei, so you know where you're going?" Ukitake smiled at the two siblings he was left with in the now empty exam room.
"I'm sure we can find our way around." Kairi smiled at her Taichou. The three of them headed off towards Seireitei and 13th squad barracks.
They walked into the organized looking office. Ukitake quickly found the right forms and handed them to Kairi. "Just fill these out and I'll sign them in the morning before I have my meeting." Kairi headed towards one of the desks and started filling out the forms. "That's right. I forgot your parents are shinigami as well. What squad are they in?"
Kairi tensed at his question. She was glad Ukitake was looking at her brother, but worried about what he was going to say.
"They're both in 1st squad." Kyoya didn't dare to say more than that. His sister was glaring at him from behind the white haired man.
"Is that so. I'm surprised neither of you requested to be in 1st squad with them." Ukitake was surprised to find a stack of papers being placed in his hands.
"I put red tabs in the places where your signature is required." Kairi stood beside her brother. "To answer your question, our parents have always been protective of us. We are their oldest children, so we like getting some independence from them. We're also going to find our own place to live in, other than the barracks." She smiled at the white haired Taichou who seemed to accept their answers.
"That's understandable. Most children want independence from their parents at some point in their lives. I'll make sure to get these done for the Soutaichou tomorrow. Good luck in finding a place, and see you tomorrow." Ukitake walked out of the office leaving the two siblings alone.
"So this is going to be your office?" Kyoya looked around the tidy office. He looked at the name plaques on the desks. One said 'Ukitake Taichou' and the other had the first half scratched out with 'Fukutaichou' on the other half.
"Yep. Can't wait to get started." She turned out the lights in the office. "Come on. We need to get our stuff out of the dorms and find someplace to stay for the night." They both headed back to Shin'o Academy.
A figure stepped out of the shadows. "You sure there's something suspicious about them?" Kyoraku looked towards his friend that was leaning against the wall.
"I'm sure. There is no record of anyone in 1st squad using Kyoraku as a family name, so why aren't they using their family name and using Kyoraku instead." Ukitake moved to stand beside his friend. "They don't have bad intentions, but they most certainly aren't telling the full truth."
Kyoraku pulled down the front of his sakkat. "Maybe it's better if we don't know. The same reason we can't remember what happened after we tested them into the Academy perhaps?" He turned around and walked back to his squad building.
Ukitake continued to look in the direction his new Fukutaichou had gone. "Who are you both?"
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