Karin stood in the Kitchen with a number of bentos lying empty in front of her. She had her now purple bento, a green for Ulquiorra, a red for Hiyori, pink for Yuzu, and a blue for Grimmjow who decided to check out what school was like for humans. Karin packed a yellow bento in case a classmate didn't have one.
She was reluctantly wearing the school uniform for girls the skirt and all but decided to wear leggings underneath refusing to go without any coverage at all. Yuzu and Hiyori were finishing their breakfast while Ulquiorra was cleaning dishes. Grimmjow who had shown up to head to school with them had even offered to dry and place the dishes away.
Karin packed the bentos into everyone's school bags and asked, "Everyone get their summer assignments done? I know Grimmjow doesn't have one but did you finish yours Hiyori?" The blond nodded and gave a smirk, "All done thanks to Yuzu helping me with that last page." Karin nodded and smiled, "I feel like I'm playing the role of mom it's kind of funny since this used to be Yuzu's thing."
Yuzu grinned, "Yeah but, I still do the laundry so it's all good. You just focus on the cooking since you're good at it." Hiyori focused on learning how to take care of the pool and the dojo equipment. Everyone took turns cleaning the public rooms or sometimes they paired together to finish the chores.
Grimmjow just finished putting glasses away and the group walked the 3 blocks to the school. Karin and Ulquiorra took Grimmjow to the office to get his schedule to find it matched theirs and led him to homeroom. Each walked in to find Hiyori and Yuzu had reserved spaces for them in the classroom. Grimmjow sat next to Yuzu on the aisle seat while Karin sat by the window with Ulquiorra next to her.
Ochi-sensei entered the room with a smile, "Welcome students my name is Ochi-sensei and welcome to your first day of high school. Today we have it relatively easy since we have your entrance assembly ceremony and the basic syllabus introduction for all the subjects we will cover this first semester. Any questions, anyone?"
The group watched as a few students asked questions about clubs and school events. The teacher happily answered them as the rest relaxed. The teacher then stood, "Okay students for those of you who were given homework assignments for the summer from our local middle schools please pass your work forward." As students shuffled papers forward easily Karin grouped theirs together and walked to the front of class.
"Here you go Ochi-sensei; this is from everyone in our section. Grimmjow is brand new so he wasn't given an assignment." Ochi-sensei gladly accepted the papers. While other students passed theirs forward Ochi-sensei announced, "You can all take out your morning bentos and enjoy a snack before the Entrance Ceremony. I look forward to teaching you all this year." The older woman began writing on the board in columns information regarding 8 categories of learning two columns were marked as electives for students to choose from.
Yuzu and the others had all begun chatting and Ulquiorra unpacked her bento. Karin smiled as she sat down and continued to engage the others in pointless conversation. After they finished their bentos each of them packed their bentos back at the bottom of their bag moving their planners and notebooks to the top.
Karin and Ulquiorra brought up the rear as the students lined up to head into the Entrance Ceremony at Karakura High. Both enjoyed the quietness of the auditorium before the other classes began grouping into the space. There were some stares directed at Yuzu and Karin but their group kept them blocked from others sitting next to them and they were able to relax with their friends to get settled for the first day of school. The rest of the introductions went on without a hitch.
When the group returned to the house they pulled out their homework of selecting the elective courses they wanted to take. Yuzu and Hiyori agreed to use Tennis as their PE elective while adding a language course for French. Grimmjow chose Kendo for PE and French with the girls.
Karin and Ulquiorra chose their PE elective to be Ballroom Dancing, their language of choice was sign language. They noticed that a classmate of theirs was not very talkative and had a guide using sign language. Both felt the young boy would need a friend and that there was something more since his energy felt similar to people they've met before, mainly the vizords.
A knock was heard at the front door and Yuzu ran to open it seeing her dad and Kaori, "Hello Dad, Kaori, how can we help you today?"
Kaori smiled, "Is everyone home from school already?" Her light colored eyes shining in the light from outside. Yuzu nodded, "Yep, everybody's home now. We were just picking out elective courses for the semester."
Isshin grinned, "So a PE and other elective? What did you all pick?" Yuzu grinned, "Karin and Ulquiorra both chose Ballroom Dancing and Sign Language. Grimmjow chose Kendo and French. Hiyori and I chose Tennis and French. We wanted to stick together for the most part."
Isshin was glad to hear it, "Sounds like you all were pretty sure what you wanted right from the start. Kaori and I wanted to take you all out to dinner tonight to celebrate a great first day. Are you all up for it?"Yuzu let them in the house and walked to the den where everyone was packing their school papers for the following day. Isshin looked to Kaori who spoke up, "Karin you may wish to hand yours and Ulquiorra's selections to Yuzu to turn in for you tomorrow."
Soon enough the group had gone to dinner at a local pizzeria and Kaori left both with a warning, "Remember to have those dream journals ready. You will need them as the dreams will begin tonight. Don't try to go to school until next week…we don't want you passing out from exhaustion." Isshin added quickly, "Ryuken already has a doctor note prescribed for each of you. He can change the time depending on the severity of the visions. Be careful both of you and call if you need anything."