Sorry for the long time of not updating! You see, I didn't feel really inspired and I didn't know how to write this chapter, but today I got lots of inspiration and finished it! All your comments made me more motivated to pick up the series and have another look at it! Thank you for all your support!
Also, please read the End Notes.

The towering white building with its wide golden roof intimidates two young girls as they stand before it, gazing up at its top. Proud and confident grey eyes gleam in the daylight as Karin breathes in the fresh, morning air. She turns to her twin with a cheeky grin, "We've finally escaped Ichi-nii and now it's time."

"Yes," Yuzu replies with a smile, "Let's go, Karin-chan."

Just a moment ago, the two were being held up by their older, orange-headed brother, who was frantically checking the two and seeing if they were ready for their new life at the boarding school. Yuzu chuckled awkwardly, while Karin felt annoyed at the experience since it was only drawing unwanted attention to them. To have a famous figure, like their brother, fuss over them caused a stir among the other students passing by, but she knew that he was only caring for them. Soon, after Karin snapped and gave a fit to Ichigo, she dragged Yuzu away with only a wave for a goodbye. Yuzu made sure she said goodbye though.

Now the two were heading inside the building, only to greet a billboard with a huge crowd around it. The two search for their names on this said billboard and found it under the 1st class. Karin exclaims, "Yes! We're in the same class!"

"We get to stay together!" Yuzu gleams at the news. Phew… I was able to make it into Karin-chan's class!

After the twins little happy dance, they decide to move onto their classroom. However, they could not miss the unsettling murmurs that were lingering in the halls. "I heard that Kurosaki Ichigo's little sisters are attending this year."

"No way! The hero's?!"

"Yeah, he even came to the front during the entrance exam and today to see them off."

"Wow! They probably are super talented just like him!"

"Huh? I think they'd just be some spoiled, snotty brats."

Tch! What do they know?Karin grumbles internally at the gossip. She takes a sneak glance at her sister and smiles, glad that she was too focused on something else to take the comments to heart. A new sort of determination flares in Karin's chest. I will protect you, Yuzu.

It took a few minutes before the twins arrived at the classroom. When they did they were amazed at how many desks had filled the room. Yuzu questions whether all the seats would be taken as Karin scopes the room for whether there was assigned seating. Apparently, there was, as the dark-haired girl spots their names among the organized name tags on the desks in front of each seat.

Cheerfully, Karin begins to drag Yuzu down the stair and deeper into the maze of desks until they reach their designated seats: two seats near the middle of the row, right next to one another. Karin plops down into her seat and Yuzu slips into hers, happy to be sitting next to her sister.

"Excuse me!" A sudden voice surprises the twins, having them turn to the figure which called out to them. "Could you sit up for a second, please? I need to get through to my seat." A young man with long light brown hair tied up in a ponytail and golden eyes asks. Karin couldn't help but feel that the boy looked familiar, but she couldn't quite place her finger on where she had seen him before.

The twins stand up to make way for the newcomer, "Sorry, for the inconvenience." Yuzu apologizes politely.

The boy scratches his head and smiles at the girls, "No—no it was no trouble at all!" He then reaches out his right hand to Karin first, "I'm Kagura Satsuki by the way."

Karin takes his hand and shakes it, "I'm Kurosaki Karin."

He then moves on to shake Yuzu's hand as well. "And I'm Kurosaki Yuzu."

He looks at the two with surprise first, but then smiles. "Oh! Wow! Could you be the rumored Kurosaki Ichigo's little sisters?"

"Haha… yep—that's us!" After answering, Karin's eyes narrow to the side and Yuzu became a bit tense, both feeling uncomfortable about the subject.

Satsuki noticed Karin's and Yuzu's tenseness and chuckles, "You two don't have to worry about me being one of those idolizers and gossipers." He reaches from his chair over the girls to the boy about to sit next to Yuzu. "After all, I'm the ultra-useful/best retainer of this guy here!" The dark-haired boy in Satsuki's grasps sighs at his friend's behavior and the two girls stare at Satsuki blankly.

Noticing the confusion from the two girls, Satsuki continues making his point: "This here is Kuchiki Hinata, next head of the Kuchiki branch family—practically already as I'm concerned!" He winks at the twins, "So don't worry girls, I'll treat you like normal souls."

Yuzu gives Satsuki an expression of concern as she notices the glare Satsuki is receiving from his master's blue eyes. Hinata shrugs the boy off and shoos him back to his seat before formally introducing himself to the girls. "I'm Kuchiki Hinata, please refer to me by 'Hinata'."

"I'm Kurosaki Yuzu."

"I'm Kurosaki Karin, and both of you just refer to us by our first names that way we know who you are talking to!" Karin gives a small joke.

Feeling left out, the brunette boy takes his turn, "Well then, you guys refer to me as 'Kagura'! It's nothing personal or anything—I just don't like my first name very much…" he puts a hand up as if he is telling them a secret, "It's kind of girly after all."

Yuzu was about to respond that "Satsuki" was a beautiful name, but before she could speak, the teacher walks in and straightens out the class. Soon, class began with roll call and the expected reactions to famous names like "Kurosaki" and "Kuchiki" happened, but were calmed by the teacher. However, all throughout class, Yuzu could not help but have lingering thoughts about what Kagura had said.

Satsuki is a pretty name, though.

Like the boring homeroom class, which consisted of just roll call and a tour, the next class, Kido, was also quite boring. After all, it was the first day. So all the teacher could do was explain the curriculum and the basics and concepts of Kido.

"Kido, or the Spirit Way, is a form of combat based on advanced spells." Explains out teacher, "These spells are produced with strong Reiryoku. They fall into two categories: Hado for direct attacks and Bakudo for battle support spells. Though you don't need Kido to be a shinigami, it is very useful to be able to cast Kido spells as it gives variety to your attacks, or else you are limited to only using physical type skills such as Zanjutsu, Hakuda, or Hohou—not that those are bad or anything." The teacher continues to rant, sometimes mentioning something about the 11th Division and Abarai Renji being hopeless at Kido. "Anyways, Kido spells are triggered by an incantation; however, experienced users can trigger them without an incantation, though the effectiveness may go down."

However, not all of the class was boring. "Today, we will practice Hado #1: Shou spell. Now I will line up 5 people at once and we will take turns shooting Shou at those targets lined up over there. Now the first five stand up and point your index finger at the target!"

Most left the room, feeling slightly confident, as they were able to release Sho, though it was very weak or missed the target. Yuzu and Karin left the room with Kagura and Hinata, with Kagura and Karin chatting excitedly about the next class: Hakuda. But, that didn't make Karin fail to hear the murmurs behind the quartets' backs.

"Kuchiki and Kurosaki did well."

"Yeah, Kuchiki even obliterated the target on the first try."

"They're such show-offs, acting like they're better than us."

"Yeah—"

Karin refused to hear more, and pretended that she had not heard a thing as she tuned back into her original conversation.

A kick reflexively meets another kick, making the two combatants slide across the mat from the collision. Karin glares at her opponent: a tall blonde haired boy with gelled up hair and equally glaring hazel eyes. He is good. She praised him in her mind before they meet for another blow.

Currently, they are in Hakuda class, and their teacher, Gengoro, decided to have a Hakuda tournament on the first day to check out his student's current skills and talents. After a long while of fighting, the class has finally reached its semi-finals, with Karin and her opponent, Satou Ryouhei, at each other's necks.

A dash and a slam, a jab and a kick, another kick and another jab, and yet the fight was not ending. Time is running short for the class, and soon Gengoro has to step in and stop the fight, announcing Karin is the winner due to not having as much damage taken as Ryouhei had.

The class is in awe and murmurs once again befall the crowd.

"As expected of Kurosaki Ichigo's little sister."

"Yeah, we can't keep up with that."

Karin feels uncomfortable from the attention she is receiving, but she tries to shake it off in order to meet with her opponent for a handshake. However, Ryouhei had snapped his tongue at the sight of her before walking off in the opposite direction. This made Karin pissed. How rude! What the heck is his problem!

Annoyed by all the unwanted attention, Karin stomps back to her friends.

The quartet sit under a cherry blossom tree as they enjoy their lunch. Yuzu had packed a delightful bento for her and her sister that morning, to celebrate their entrance in the academy. Karin was drooling all over it; meanwhile, Hinata pulls out an extravagant layered bento and glares at it. Kagura only laughs at his friend's display of dislike towards his own lunch and decides to dig into it.

Hinata snaps at Kagura to show some manner, rather than caring that his own retainer was digging into his lunch. Yuzu chuckles. They seem more like best friends than master and servant.

Karin looks over at Kagura's lunch and eyes the fancy sushi before stealing it. Kagura in his maddening food craze, shouts, "An eye-for-an-eye!" as he quickly steals an omelet from Karin's lunch. Karin grumbles at this, and then the two initiate a food war—eating style.

Yuzu chuckles at the energetic display as she eats her lunch, and Hinata enjoys his own, dodging every so often when Kagura came tumbling backward.

From the happy mood, Karin cheers up and almost forgets the whole incident from earlier.

After the satisfying lunch war, the quartet engages their next class: Hohou. The teacher decided to explain the basics of Hohou, "Hohou is a defensive style of fighting which is related to footwork—it is not actually just all footwork—it is indeed a fighting technique quite useful for a shinigami. In fact, one can say it is one of the most important skills for a shinigami as in a shinigami's job, speed and agility are essence!" She goes into a very dramatic rant-explanation on how important Hohou is before giving a cough to catch everyone's attention again. "Ahem! The skill level of Hohou can be enhanced and improved through concentration, training, and mastery of it! Shunpo or flash steps is the greatest expression of the Hohou technique! However, this technique depends on one's speed! Therefore, today we will be doing some running! I'd like to see everyone try their best to run around this track four times! This will be timed! Now everyone line up!"

"That was a bit much…" Yuzu sighs. Her feet were hurting very painfully and she believes she has blisters.

Karin gives her a look of concern, "Are you alright, Yuzu? Do you need me to carry you?" Karin didn't feel as much pain as Yuzu did since she was in shape with all the soccer she played.

"Or how about I carry you, Yuzu-chan?" Kagura jumps in.

Yuzu blushes slightly from embarrassment, "No—no, it isn't anything that serious…"

"Are you sure?" Hinata was the one to speak up this time, a glint of concern in his eyes. "You don't have to be polite to this guy," he points to the brunette who whines at his friend's comment. "He is full of stamina, so he can carry you if your feet really hurt a lot."

"Y-yes… I'm quite sure… thank you." Yuzu gives the group a small smile, happy that they cared for her.

Finally, the last class, Zanjutsu, has been just like the rest. First was an explanation of the subject, and next was a demonstration. Seizo, who apparently retired from the 11th Division, was the instructor and he was not selecting 2 students in order to do a demonstration. Several people have raised their hands, itching to show everyone what they are made of. Seizo made his decision, "Let's see… Kagura Satsuki and Satou Ryouhei—let's see the two of you spar."

Kagura jumps for joy, "Yay! I got chosen!" He then waves to the class, "Just wait, everyone, I'll show all of you what I'm made of~"

"Heh! Show of." A boy among the crowd murmurs.

Another joins, "I bet he is super weak."

"Yeah, probably all bark and no bite."

"He just thinks he is a hot shot since he is always by Kuchiki and Kurosaki."

Kagura utterly ignores the harsh whispers, as if they were never there, and turns to get out onto the mats. Karin was impressed by his nerves of steel and confidence. How can he be so outgoing, yet not feel nervous at all…

Kagura was about to exit the crowd when Hinata grabs his wrists and gave him a meaningful look. Kagura seems to understand what he was trying to say and gives him a small smile. "Got it, I'll be careful." He then slips away from Hinata's grip and steps up to the stage.

Seizo gives both boys a bamboo sword and the two step closer to shake each other's hand, as a show of sportsmanship.

"Show me what you got." Ryouhei commands daringly.

Kagura smirks, "You too."

Then the two step back from one another, Seizo called out, "Ready?", signaling the two to take a fighting stance.

Kagura holds his sword to his left waist as if he has sheathed it. Ryouhei held it in front of him, ready to attack.

"Go!"

The two are released.

"Stop!" Seizo ends the match.

The students are all stunned into silence.

Karin couldn't help but tremble.

In an instant, Kagura had made a quick release and the sword was right at Ryouhei's heart. The room was tense as everyone was still in anticipation. Kagura smirks, "Game over." And he taps his opponent with the tip of the bamboo sword.

That little pressure was enough for Ryouhei to fall over, stunned at what he had experienced.

He couldn't describe it.

It was as if he was frozen in time and in a second—he was there—at his heart—

—ready to kill.

The room remains silent and tense, no one daring to move an inch.

That is before the atmosphere is broken by a hearty laugh.

"Hahaha! What's with all of you? Where's my applause!" Kagura gives a goofy smile as he passes the sword to Seizo. He then moves to Ryouhei and holds out his hand. "Hey, are you alright there? Or are you going to sleep on the floor all day?"

Ryouhei blushed slightly at the comment and quickly scrambles to his feet. "I was already getting up!"

A clap broke out in the crowd, from Hinata, though it sounded slightly monotone for some reason. However, no matter how bland the clap sounded, it reached the others and soon the whole class was clapping.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Kagura bows playfully.

As Karin was clapping amongst the other students, she had only one thought in mind.

I'm not strong enough.

Hopefully, next time I will have pictures of what everyone looks like in their uniforms! I have some sketched out, but I'm just too busy to actually draw them on the pc!

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please comment below about what you thought, and maybe if you have any suggestions, please tell me! (Like events or some sort of situation) It would really be helpful, and it might just fuel my inspiration!
Also, I'm a bit lost on how to fill all these school days... All I have is training and character development, but that can't just all be crushed in there and rushed... I want to have some fun comedy scenarios to fill in the gaps... So if you think of anything you think would be fun, or you just want to see- just comment about it!
Thank you and please leave a comment~