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~Kurosaki house~
"Karin wake up. We have to go to school today." Yuzu was shaking her twin, fully dressed for school.
"Fine." Karin got up and dressed in her uniform. She headed downstairs to find everyone else dressed for school as well. "Today a day off or is this to keep cover?"
"Mostly to keep cover. It's easier to walk around if people think your a student." Rukia was speaking from past experiences.
"Then let's go. Unless we want to be late after our streak of absences." Karin had grabbed a piece of toast and was heading toward the door with her bag under her arm as she put her hair up in its normal ponytail.
Everyone followed after her saying farewell to Isshin as they walked out the door. Isshin waved them all off to school. Then snuck out of a window on the second floor to follow and spy on his daughter and future son-in-law.
Hitsugaya walk a little faster to catch up with Karin. He didn't reach for her hand, because he felt every pair of eyes behind him watching. So they just walked side by side with a bit of pink on their cheeks. They didn't like the feeling of being watched.
"There has got to be something going on between them." Hinamori was certain Toshiro had a crush on Karin. "And if there isn't. We need to do something about that." Hinamori really wanted the white haired boy to be happy. Especially after how hurt he looked when she said she was dating Kira.
"I don't think you can just force that Hinamori." Kira had slid his hand into his girlfriend's. Momo blushed, 'so cute.' He kissed her forehead.
"Great and the love birds are out in the open." Renji rolled his eyes and walked faster. Hoping to leave the couple behind.
"Renji! Don't be so mean!" Rukia punched him in the shoulder. She still hadn't told him about her feelings for him. She knew she saw him as more than a friend. Especially when he helped Ichigo in rescuing her at her execution.
"Whatever." Renji wasn't in the mood for arguing this morning. For some reason he couldn't get a certain brunette out of his head, but he felt guilty about it. 'Why is love complicated? No wonder it's the only thing women gossip about.' His thoughts wandered between the brunette at Urahara's shop and the short raven haired girl beside him.
"There's the others. Ayame! Rini!" Yuzu yelled while waving at the other group standing in front of the gate.
~Urahara's shop that morning~
"Everyone up!" Urahara was shouting in his happy morning voice. "Today's a school day!"
Rini ran out of her room bag in hand. "Already on our way." Rini was followed by Ayame and Yachiru who were both ready to leave for school as well.
"What about the boys?" Kisuke doubted the men were up yet.
Rini gave an exasperated sigh. "I'll get them." She walked over to their door and knocked. "You guys up yet?" There was no sound coming from the room. "I'm coming in." She threw open both doors. She saw Zaraki and Hisagi still asleep, but Kensei and Jushiro were already gone off to work. Rini put on an evil grin, and took a deep breath. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING! GET UP, GET DRESSED, AND GET OUT! ZARAKI-TAICHOU, YOU WERE SUPOSE TO BE AT SCHOOL, YOU'RE A TEACHER FOR GOODNESS SAKES! GET DRESSED AND GO!" She was yelling at the top of her lungs as she pulled both of their futons out from under them.
Both men were instantly getting dressed and getting their things ready to leave. They didn't even pay attention to Rini, other than the fact that she had a murderous aura around her. Kenpachi left the house and headed toward the school. He got a job as an assistant gym teacher, because Mashiro had decided to stay in Soul Society. Hisagi had finished getting dressed and was being consoled by Ayame. Everyone else stared at the brunette that got Zaraki to obey her every word with a look of fear on his face.
"You didn't have to go and traumatize him." Ayame was frantic when she saw Hisagi walk out of his room like a ghost after she had heard Rini yelling at them.
Urahara had found it quite amusing to see Rini's less gentle side. He knew she was capable of much worse things than that. He was surprised she hadn't dropped a bucket of ice on the two men. "Now that you all are up. I want to warn you. There hasn't been much Hollow activity lately. I want you to be on guard for anything. We don't know what might happen." Kisuke was sure Aizen was planning something, but he didn't know what. 'Why not try to tire us out? Why let us get stronger?' All he could think of was more questions to answers he didn't have.
"We're off. See you after school." Ayame and Rini had gotten used to treating the shopkeeper as their own father. Their parents had been friends with each other for a long time. The girls were glad that, even though they died, they died with friends.
"So, since when did Yachiru-Fukutaichou qualify as a high school student?" Hisagi asked seeing the small pink haired Fukutaichou in the same uniform as the other girls.
"She passed the entrance test with flying colours. All people with pink hair can do that." Ayame was smiling and happy that her new friend was able to go to the same school as them.
"Now Aya-chan and I can be in the same class!" Yachiru had climbed up onto Ayame's shoulder and was grinning madly.
They all arrived at the gate with ten minutes before the bell. "Looks like we're early." Rini had guessed that Urahara wanted them out of the house early, but for what? "Let's wait for the others."
They didn't have to wait long. Six minutes later the other group showed up. "Took you guys long enough." Hisagi was relieved to see the other guys. The girls had been talking non-stop about boys and who was the cutest boy in their school till the other group showed up. Ayame had been using her joking laugh during the whole conversation to Hisagi's displeasure. 'She's teasing me.' Hisagi hated to admit it, but it was working.
"Sorry. Some of us slept in." Yuzu had stepped toward Ayame and Yachiru. Yachiru jumped to Yuzu's shoulder as the three girls started talking whole heading towards the school. Everyone stared at the strange group wondering how the three were such close friends.
"I'm surprised any of us managed to get up this morning." Karin headed towards the school while everyone else started walking as well.
The announcement system turned on. "Kurosaki Karin, Kurosaki Yuzu, Kusajishi Yachiru, Kuchiki Rukia, Kira Izuru, Hitsugaya Toshiro, Hinamori Momo, Hisagi Shuhei, Awazaki Ayame, Abe Rini, and Abarai Renji. Please report to the main office before class." They all looked from one to another. A few of them shrugged as they all walked towards the main office. All of them wondered what they were going to get lectured about by the old principle.
~after school~
"How did we get detention for missing class?" Renji was confused by their visit to the principal. His actions were a bit strange to the red haired man.
"At least they aren't making us take the tests we missed." Ayame did not enjoy tests and was glad when the principal said that it would be better if they just got caught up on the homework. Then gave then a detention saying that they needed to inform him next time they were going to miss a few weeks of school.
"We're done on our end." Hinamori walked into the classroom after having brought all of the workbooks back to the storage room with Kira and Yuzu. "How's it going in here?"
"Just finished ourselves." Rukia put the cleaning supplies away. "Let's go. I'm sure Urahara-san is waiting for us."
"Rini-chan!" Ayame called to her friend that was staring out a window.
Rini snapped out of her thoughts. "What?" Seeing everyone waiting for her she walked towards them. "Sorry guys lost in thought."
"What were you thinking about?" Histugaya knew the brunette had the same thought pattern as Urahara. He was curious about what she had on her mind.
They stopped at the door to change into their outdoor shoes. "The principle. He didn't have the same presence he normally had. He normally has a very faint Reiatsu that always has a calm feeling." She shivered remembering the strange look he had when he spoke to them. "But today. It felt cold. Almost as if trying to pass off a false sense of security or a fake presence. And it felt so familiar, but I couldn't pin point why it felt that way."
"That's because you only just recently came into contact with it." Urahara was standing infront of the group. "You haven't had enough time to mesmerize it completely." Urahara looked towards the doors of the school. "You've run out of time haven't you. Or have you finished your preparations?" The principle walk out of the school. The fading sunlight reflected off his glasses as he looked towards the group in front of him and smiled at them. Urahara frowned back at the man. "Aizen Sosuke." Everyone's eyes widened at the shopkeeper's declaration.
The principle smiled. "Didn't expect you to catch on so quickly." Everyone noticed the principles voice had changed from it normal weak sound to one that had cruelty laced into every word. "But no matter. My plan will still succeed." There was a flash as the small figure of the principle was replaced by a tall man with short brown hair in a white tailored suit. "Let's talk business? Shall we?" Aizen had a smile on his face that dared them to try and run.
Dun, dun, duuuun. Sorry for the shortness. And the cliffhanger. Stay tuned. Please comment on what you think of the story so far.