AN: Hey guys, the first chapter is out! Well, it's technically the second, but... Oh well. I'm going to try to update on Sundays, because I do have my own life to see through, and I'm the most free on Sundays. Not to mention the French Midterm next week... So after today, the next upload will be on 12/2.
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— Himiko —
"Please?"
"No."
"C'mon, just this once. You know you hate him too."
"..."
This was my usual plea to my older sister for agreeing to a prank. Now, all I have to do is bribe her, and she'll be all for it.
"I'll give you my one-pound Hershey's chocolate bar I got from our dad, who got it from the Real World." I gave Aneki* my best puppy dog eyes.
She grimaced and looked away. "...Fine. You happy now? I'll help you prank Kira-sensei." Sighing in defeat, she turned away and stared outside through the window in our dorm room. Not that she could see anything, it was about eight p.m., and very dark out.
"Yay! Aneki, you're the best!" I grinned and jumped over to her and hugged her tightly. She tried to shift and squirm away, but my hug was too tight. Then, my angelic smile turned demonic as I thought of a good prank.
"So, this is what we're gonna do..."
Two hours later, we jumped out of Kira-sensei's office and raced back to our room. Ten minutes later, everyone in the academy heard a scream, and I collapsed on to the bed in laughter. Aneki grinned too. But then, as she thought of the explaining we would have to do (oh, sorry I meant the explaining she would have to do, not me, never me) in the morning, she sighed and started thinking.
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Since my oh-so-dear elder sister never did tell you guys about how we look, I might as well. Aneki has a dark skin and dark purple hair to match, just like our mother. Her gray eyes come from our father's side. For some reason, she likes to put her hair up into a ponytail while I like to keep my hair down. Meanwhile, I have pale skin and blond hair so pale that it looks almost white. Almost white, but not quite. I have golden eyes from our dear mother. Anything else...? Oh yeah! Whenever someone says we don't look like siblings, we always beat them up! Trust me, you get way better at fighting if your life is like that. Especially with so many nobles and bullies at the Academy in Soul Society.
Ah, life in the Academy. We got better with our skills and made a few friends, but compared to the amount of nobles that hated us, they might as well have been more targets for the jealous nobles to bully. So, in our second year, we noticed a decrease in the amount of people that talked to us. More nobles noticed us and our great fighting skills. Not to mention the amount of pranks we did increased, too. Our third year was worse. Ammy, the usual rule breaker along with me, started to actually follow more rules, and her grades went up. Needless to say, that year was boring for me. Some teachers, mostly the ones who played favorites on nobles, started to dislike us. Including Shino-sensei.
Finally, our fourth year, I learned how to bribe Aneki, and get her to prank more with me. In most teachers' view, I was a devil that played pranks on people and broke rules. I would beat up anyone foolish enough to call me a midget or make fun of my height. Meanwhile, Aneki was a good girl and rule follower, but most of them don't know the true her- the one that loves pranking and having fun at the same time. I never would've known that she cared so much about me until we overheard some nobles talking in our 5th year.
It was on a Wednesday afternoon, and Aneki was trying to cheer me up after we saw our test scores. The test was on the human body, including pressure points and whatnot. I had figured I would just pass fine, but the test was a whole lot harder than I had thought. Aneki got 2nd in the whole class, and I got... 17th in a class out of 23. I was devastated.
We walked out of the classroom and into the cool September breezes when we were rudely stopped by some nobles.
"Well, look at this. Isn't this the one who scored worse than us every single time in the tests? You must be stupid, thinking that you could be a Shinigami like this! I guess that's to be expected, though, since you're not a noble! Stupid midget!" A fat noble boy said and laughed loudly. Aneki narrowed her eyes and stepped forward.
"Oh yeah? And who are you to talk, you damn noble? I beat you every time and I'm not of noble blood. What would that make you, huh? A big fat idiot?" She snarled in his face. He stepped back in surprise. I looked up at her in surprise. Usually it was me beating up anyone that called me a midget with my fan, but never nobles, since they could kick me out of the school if I did that. She pressed onward with her lecture.
"How about this. Since our next class is Zanjustu, how about whoever wins in our daily sparring match is right? And if I win, then I have permission to kill you every time you make fun of Himiko. After all, this should be really easy for you since you're a noble, no?"
The fat boy actually looked scared for a moment before he agreed. Needless to say, it was entertaining to watch him get beat up in Zanjutsu class and apologize to me like his life depended on it. Which I suppose it did. I kind of felt sorry for him then.
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"Thanks, Aneki," I said when we were walking back to our room.
"It's nothing. I really hate nobles, though, since they think they're so great." She rolled her eyes to emphasize her point. When we got to our door, I stopped and looked at a piece of paper taped to the door. It stated that we had successfully completed the six year curriculum and would graduate into the Gotei 13.
"Hey Aneki! It says that we have been chosen in different divisions, and we should see Ōnabara-sensei tomorrow at seven in the morning!"
Aneki turned and looked at me. Soon, a wide grin stretched across her face.
"What division do you think you're in? No, let me rephrase that. What division do you want to be in?" she asked.
"I dunno. What about you?"
"No idea. Oh well, we'll see tomorrow. Now, goodnight."
"'Night, Aneki."
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Yawning, we both made our way to Ōnabara-sensei's office. Because it was seven in the morning, the sun was barely up and the birds in the trees were quiet. It was creepy, almost as if the whole sky was holding its breath. No one else was up except the janitor, which we waved to tiredly. Sighing, I thought, why does he want us up this early in the morning and not his free period for lunch? Aneki started to snore as she walked, showing that she was half asleep. I held back a chuckle. My questions were soon answered as we groggily opened the door to his room.
As we went in, I noticed three things. One, Aneki was still snoring as she collapsed into the guest chair. Two, Ōnabara-sensei was unusually quiet and stern-looking. And finally, there were two people that I didn't recognize standing beside my sensei. One of them was a midget with silver hair and turquoise eyes and had the number ten on the back of his robes. The other man standing behind my sensei had raven black hair, and dark gray eyes to go with. He had some weird thing on his head, and an expensive looking scarf. He had a bored look on his face until he saw Aneki's purple hair. Then, he narrowed his eyes slightly. And trust me she didn't dye her hair.
When we were both seated, Ōnabara-sensei cleared his throat.
"Captains, these two students before you are Urahara Amaterasu and Urahara Himiko. Both of them have successfully completed the six-year curriculum in five years. Do you have any complaints for them to be in your divisions?"
The only response he got was a snore from my sister. Then, I realized that she was completely asleep! Biting my tongue from laughing and cursing at the same time, I quickly woke her up with a jab to the ribs.
"Ow! What was that for?" she snarled at me, like every time I woke her up like that. The three men stared. The silver-haired midget sighed.
"Um... Aneki, in case you didn't notice, we were about to have two captains getting ready for us to be in their divisions..." Aneki's eyes widened as she remembered where she was. Or figured it out, I suppose, since her next sentence was,
"How did we get here again?" I mentally face palmed. Then, she saw the captains. Aneki made some kind of coughing noise in surprise as her body stiffened.
"Uh... Carry on, I guess. Forget everything that just happened in the past minute or so. Please." she said, her face turning red with embarrassment. Everyone in the room sweat dropped. Then, choosing to do just that, Ōnabara-sensei turned to the other two men.
Ōnabara-sensei cleared his throat again. "So, as I was saying, do you have any complaints for them to be in your divisions?"
I raised my hand. "Oi, sensei, can you tell us who they are first?"
The silver-haired midget stepped forward. "No need. We can introduce ourselves. My name is Hitsugaya Toshirou, and you will call me Captain Hitsugaya. I am the captain of the tenth division."
Good, at least he didn't look at my profile which said that I loved to pull pranks...
"And you will not pull any pranks while you are in my division." he added with a glare.
Damn. So he did look. There goes my chance. Well, not that I followed the rules every time anyway. I'll give him a week or so to get used to me not pranking on people, and then... Inside my mind, I grinned demoniacally. This was going to be fun.
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*Aneki means sister in Japanese. This term is usually used with respect.
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