Two Hearts, One Soul: New Life
A year or so had passed since the trio of ninjas journey to the Soul Society and much had changed. Neji graduated along side a few others after only one year of training, and he entered into Squad 9 of the 13 Court Guard. Kimiko enlisted into the Soul Academy along with Yori, Gin, and Rangiku about a month after Neji left. Lee was found in West Rukongai by Kaien Shiba and entered the Soul Academy one week earlier than Kimiko. Classes had finally started for the new term at the Soul Academy and Kimiko was not very happy, but something was about to change that. She sighed as she pulled her ponytail tight as she headed for the door of her dorm room. Kimiko opened up the door to be met by a cheerful smile of Rangiku.
"Good morning, Kimi!" Rangiku greeted the former Kunoichi with a hug.
"Hello Rangiku." Kimiko greeted the bubbly orange haired girl back.
"So first off we have…" Rangiku was talking about the girls' schedule. "Kimiko are you even listening to me?"
"Sorry Rangiku, my head is just in the clouds today." Kimiko hung her head low.
"Cheer up! You're depressing me." Someone said as they kicked Kimiko in the butt.
Kimiko turned around to find Yori behind them.
"Grr." She just growled at him.
"Geez nice to see you too." Yori muttered as they walked around the academy grounds.
Kimiko's ears picked up a conversation between a group of four girls.
"So have you seen the new boy?"
"Which one? There's like a million new boys here." Another asked as she rolled her eyes.
"The one!" The first girl emphasized.
"Oh you mean the one with the eyebrows?" another girl asked.
"Yep that's the one."
"Oh him! He is kind of cute. Well not in looks, but in his personality he's like a total gentlemen." The second girl commented.
"He would so look better if he did something with the hair of his. That cut is so pass say." The fourth added.
Kimiko's heart jumped. 'Lee's here! Who else could have weird eyebrows and a hair cut that is out of style.'
"You don't really think that those girls were talking about that Lee guy you're looking for?" Yori whispered into Kimiko's ear.
Kimiko just shrugged her shoulders, but somehow she just knew that both Lee and Neji were here she could feel it. To her sensing spiritual pressure was like sensing charka. Two people near by had spiritual pressure that was too familiar to just be someone she passed by. As Kimiko's group walked closer to a group of guys, one spiritual pressure almost made Kimiko feel so whole inside. She scans the boys looking for that pressure. Suddenly, Kimiko spotted a familiar sparkle of black hair in a bowl cut.
"Um, I'll be right back." Kimiko said as she snuck closer to the boys.
Rangiku and Yori looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders as they watched Kimiko. Kimiko snuck right up behind the boy with black hair and the bushiest eyebrows that Rangiku had ever seen.
"Is that Rock Lee, the person that Kimiko has been searching for?" Rangiku asked Yori.
"I would guess so." Yori answered as they watched Kimiko.
Kimiko smiled as she took a trick right out of Rangiku's guide to hugging and greetings by sneaking up behind the boy covering up his eyes in the process. "Guess who?"
A huge smile broke out on the boy's face as he heard Kimiko's voice. "Kimiko-chan!" he yelled as he turned around and gave her a hug and a small kiss on the cheek.
Kimiko pulled Lee towards her friends from the Soul Society, "This is Yori and Rangiku. I met them a few months ago and we became friends."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Rangiku and Yori. I'm Rock Lee." Lee introduced himself to the two. And at that the trio became a small group of friends.
Time passed as Kimiko and Lee became stronger in the ways of a Soul Reaper. They soon found themselves at the top of the class. One afternoon about a month and a half after Neji's graduation, Neji found a familiar face among the students of the Soul Academy. Much to Neji's surprise he was able to use his Byakugan here in the soul society, otherwise he would have never seen Kimiko's smiling face.
"Please excuse me, Kaname." Neji walked away from his squad mate.
Kimiko gasped at the sight of the soul reaper walking towards her group of friends.
"If it's not too much to ask, do you have some time for a walk?" Neji asked Kimiko.
"I think I can spare some time for a walk right now." Kimiko said without a smile breaking on her face as she turned towards her friends. "I'll see you guys later okay? You're still on for tonight right Rangiku?"
"Of course Kimi! See you later!" Rangiku waved good-bye to Kimiko as did the other girls in the group as she ran off to join Neji.
"So looks like you've already joined the Soul Reapers." Kimiko commented on Neji's uniform.
"Yes, I'm already a seat member of the Thirteen Court Guard squads." Neji answered.
"Well what seat and what squad?" Kimiko asked as she nudged him in the arm as he blushed.
"I am the seventh seat member of Squad nine."
"Wow, that's great Neji!" Kimiko told him with a smile, "Don't worry Lee and I will be joining you very soon."
"Lee is here as well?"
Kimiko smiled at Neji's surprised look, "Yes he is here as well."
"Well then we should make a plan to meet here at least once a week or a month." Neji offered.
"I agree and I'm sure Lee would as well." Kimiko said as she ran back to the Soul Academy. "Welcome to our new life."
Neji smiled at her last words, "A new life of two hearts in one soul."