Standard disclaimer applies. Hope you enjoy this chap.
Classes went on as usual, except for the addition of a "genius" to the otherwise semi-normal Class 1-A. Toushirou quickly gained the teachers' approval through his quick and precise answers and his polite manner. "Though, " Rikai thought, "Ran-chan won't give up so easily." Tru enough, a rivalry seemed to have sprung between the two geniuses of the class. Even the teachers were surprised to see Eikoku Ranharu, notorious for being lazy and asleep during lectures, recite. Most of the teachers looked at her like the world was going to be destroyed anytime soon. And it seemed that the class had taken up sides in the rivalry, seeing as most of the girls (even Mitsu) looked with hearts in their eyes whenever Toushirou answered and almost all of the boys appeared close to drooling whenever Ranharu stood up to answer.
Soon enough, it was lunch time. Surprisingly, the shy Mitsu worked up enough courage to ask Toushirou if he wanted to eat with them at the rooftop. He agreed. When Mitsu brought him to Rikai's desk, where Ranharu and Rikai were waiting, there was a bit of awkwardness seeing that Mitsu brought the two "rivals" together. But the awkwardness disappeared when Toushirou brought up his hand for Ranharu to shake. Ranharu looked surprised but smiled and shook it. Rikai and Mitsu stood, watching the encounter, waiting with bated breaths and smiling in relief when nothing bad happened. They then proceeded to the rooftop. They walked, chatting idly with each other, introducing Toushirou to some friends, telling him who to befriend and who to avoid amongst many other things. During this short trip, Toushirou learned that Rikai had two older siblings, one studying in the same school as a junior, and younger twin siblings while both Ranharu and Mitsu has an older brother studying in the same school, apparently the same age as Rikai's brother. Toushirou wondered who those siblings could be, though he desperately wished Rikai's older brother not be Byakuya, shivering at the thought.
When they arrived at the rooftop, there were already a small group of people there. Rikai and the others went to the group and sat down except for Ranharu who, instead of walking, ran and tackled one of the boys in the group.
"NIISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!!"
Toushirou almost smiled at the Matsumoto-ishness but felt his jaw drop when he saw just who Ranharu had called her "nii-san". The boy was unmistakably the reincarnation of Ishida Uryuu, with the same slightly feminine face, the raven hair, glasses, everything except for his eyes which, once ocean blue, was now icy blue.
And as he looked at the other boys, he felt his happiness soaring. These were the reincarnations of Abarai Renji and Kurosaki Ichigo. Renji basically looked the same except for shorter hair and no tattoos. But Ichigo looked exactly the same, the orange hair, amber eyes, and the scowl. He was unchanged.
"Ranharu, get off me!"
Toushirou was pulled out of his thoughts when Ranharu's "niisan" yelled these words. After the two siblings had righted themselves, with Ranharu still occasionally poking her brother, they all sat down to eat. They made the introductions while eating.
"I'm Hansei Toushirou. I'm a classmate of these three. Nice to meet you."
"I'm Eikoku Akiryu. Please forgive me for allowing my parents to create a monster such as my sister." ("Nii-san! That's unfair!!")
"Rijun here. Welcome to Karakura High. I'm Mitsu's brother."
"Ichido. Nice to meet you too. Kaijuu, don't touch that. That's mine." This last part was addressed to Rikai, who was quietly sneaking a sushi from Ichido's bento. Toushirou vaguely wondered if these two still retained their feelings after being reincarnated. But he was interrupeted in his thoughts by a familiar female voice.
'Ara! Well then, it's my turn! I'm Hansei Orihime! Nice to meet everyone!" a girl with long, flowing reddish hair and big… err… nevermind… said. She wore a pair of snowflake hairpins.
"I'm Eikoku Ranharu! I hope we can be friends!"
"Aburae Mitsu. Hello and welcome to our school. I hope you enjoy here."
"Shirosaki Rikai. It's nice to meet you."
"Nee-san, you really don't expect me to introduce myself to you, do you?"
Six pairs of eyes looked at Toushirou, who was looking incredulously at an expectant Orihime who was looking at him.
"Mou, Toushirou! You spoiled the fun!"
Ranharu suddenly asked. "You know each other?" Toushirou looked at her. "Of course. Didn't the surnames give you a clue? She's my older sister."
"But you look nothing alike!"
"Ranharu, just because they're siblings doesn't mean that they have to look like each other. Look at us two, we're polar opposites!"
"Yeah but we both have blue eyes! They have nothing in common!"
"Well, look at those two then."
"… Oh…"
Toushirou, intrigued, looked at the direction Akiryu was pointing to. What he saw was an orange head and a brunette arguing about a juice box.
"Wait, how did those two become good examples? " Toushirou asked Mitsu, who was the closest. Mitsu smiled at him.
"It isn't obvious, is it? You see, those two are sibling. Shirosaki Ichido and Rikai."
Toushirou felt the world crashing on him.
Gods above and below… Why did you refuse the two most deserving persons the happiness they warrant?
A/N: Yeah! Another chap finished! And exams are through! Hope everyone did well.
And yep, I know that many will be questioning why I made them siblings. Frankly, I don't know… It just entered my mind and… yeah… --"
So, clearance again!
Ichido Shirosaki – Ichigo Kurosaki
Akiryu Eikoku – Uryuu Ishida
Rijun Aburae – Renji Abarai
And Orihime as Hansei Orihime, Toushirou's older sister.
Nyaa… I just want to thank haku fan1 for reviewing the past 2 chaps and SplitToInfinity for alerting. Hope you guys like this chap. And to everyone else, please review! Cheerios!