Chapter 2: The entrance
Summary: My name is Kurosaki Karin. 17 months and some after my brother lost his powers I… died. After training so hard in almost two years to become stronger and protect my family back in Karakura, I needed to leave them after a freaking car accident. But I'm not worried. My life here in Soul Society just began. [HitsuxKarin] Maybe some IchiRuki in the future chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own Tite Kubo's Bleach, and its characters. Some part from the manga is used so that the story is accurate.
Previously on Hitsugaya Karin…
Karin opened her eyes. Ichi-nii… I have a brother… I… I need to pass that exam. I need to remember all… Ichi-nii… are you a shingami? And is that, Rukia, his girlfriend? Also, if he is a shinigami then he is here! In Soul Society! I need to become a shinigami fast so I can look for him… but he was in human form…
Karin woke up. Five days have passed since Nanami told her that she needed to attend the Academy. According to her, Karin needs to control her reiatsu better if she wants to sleep in a futon.
Karin stands up and went out of her room into the dining room. She saw a note beside a covered plate, it says I need to go out and do something. Karin lifted the cover and saw a pancake underneath. There's a pancake in Soul Society? Karin starts to eat, remembering the time when she tried to cook for herself.
"How the hell do you put this thing on fire!" Shouted the frustrated Karin. She's trying to fry an egg but the stove won't lit up. Suddenly there's a big explosion.
"What happened!" Nanami shouted. The smoke cleared and she saw Karin in front of the blown stove, frying pan on the hand, and all her exposed skin are black with soot. She could have laugh, especially on the shocked face of Karin, but there is a big hole on the wall in front of her, and light is streaming inside the house because you can now see the sky in the ceiling.
"Ahahaha… Sorry."
Nanami sighed. "Don't worry. Just stay away from the kitchen from now on, okay?"
"Ha-hai, Nanami-chan. You won't see me in here ever." Karin said, embarrassed as she put the frying pan down.
Karin sighed. I'm not really good cook. I'm not even passable, not like my twin sister, Yuzu. Karin dreamt of her sister the next after their brother and his girlfriend (?), and after that, their father. But she's still mystified about the woman's voice giggling on her head, telling her call my name. Karin told Nanami that she remembered her family, but left it at that. Nanami didn't ask her about it. She thought that if Karin wants to share it, she will.
Uruhara is on the floor kneeling with the sword in front of him. He just told the Sou-taicho about Ichigo's situation right now.
"I understand the situation. Come here with the sword. Uruhara Kisuke!" Yamamoto-sou-taicho said.
Unohana-taicho was shocked. "! Captain- commander…Do you intend to…"
"Whatever the means… …We were saved by Kurosaki Ichigo. This time, it's our turn to save him. Even if this means going against the customs. It would be eternally shameful for the Gotei 13 to trample on someone we are indebted to. As the captain-commander, I order you! All the Captains and Vice-Captains of the Gotei 13 shall put their reaitsu into this sword! We will bring back Kurosaki Ichigo's Shinigami powers!"
The captains and vice-captains hold the sword one by one and transferred some of their reiatsu to the sword. After that, the captains went back to their place.
"Arigato, minna-san." Uruhara said.
"Of course, we need a group of captains and vice-captains to assist Ichigo Kurosaki and capture Kuugo Ginjou. Who volunteers?"
Hitsugaya-taicho lifted his hand. "I'll go. I know the living world."
Kuchiki- taicho's hand was raised. "Kuchiki-fukutaicho is coming with me."
Rukia looked at her brother. "Brother! Arigato gozaimasu." She looked at her division's taicho. "I'm going with my brother, Ukitake- taicho." Ukitake smiled, and nodded. He knows that Rukia really wants to see Ichigo, and it's his fault why these things are happening.
"I'm coming, too." Kenpachi-taicho said. A shark-liked grin shows on his face. "I'm going to bring 3rd seat Ikkaku Madarame, too."
"Hai! Hai! Yachiru will come, too! Yachiru wants to watch Ken-chan and Icchi play!"
"Hmmm… in that case, Abarai-fukutaicho, You'll accompany me and Kuchiki-fukutaicho." Byakuya said.
"Hai, Taicho!" Renji said before beaming up at Rukia. Rukia smiled back.
"Hoy, Kuchiki, why do you talk as if your group's the only one who's going? Do you wanna fight?" Kenpachi tried to bait Byakuya. Byakuya looked at him sharply and closed his eyes.
"Silence! Your group will arrive tomorrow in the living-" The sou-taicho was saying before he was interrupted.
"Sou-taicho, if I may propose a plan. How about we asked Kurosutchi-taicho to monitor Kugo and the Fullbringers and picked the right time to attack. Let's say, when Ichigo completed his Fullbring powers?" Uruhara said. " Besides, I lost Isshin-san when we came here, he went somewhere off to look for something… or should I say, someone."
"That is true. Kurosaki Ichigo will become more powerful when he… Kurosutchi- taicho, watch the happenings in the living world. Report when you think it's the right time." Yamamoto-sou-taicho said.
"Hai, I'll be going now." He bowed in front of the Captain Commander, and turned to his daughter. " You girl, follow me." Nemu bowed in fron of the captains. "Girl, I said, let's go! Do you want me to cut you apart again!?" And by that, Nemu followed.
The other captains shook their heads. " And Uruhara Kisuke, what do you mean that Shiba Isshin is here and looking for someone?" The Captain Commander asked.
"He is known as Kurosaki Isshin now, sou-taicho, and he's looking for his daughter who died no longer than a week ago." Uruhara answered.
"D-daughter? Uruhara, don't tell me that…?" Toshiro said.
"You know this girl, Hitsugaya-taicho?" The other captains looked intrigued. How could they not? The daughter of Shiba Isshin, and sister of Kurosaki Ichigo? And why did Hitsugaya-taicho know this girl?
"If this girl is Kurosaki Karin, then I know her." Hitsugaya answered the question.
Uruhara exaggeratedly cried. "You're right, taicho. Oh my wonderful student. She died at such a young age. I wished you could have known her; she's a prodigy herself. Although she not even a shinigami, she's as fast as Yoruichi, her hand-to-hand combat is…" And Uruhara began to praise his student diligently. Isshin suddenly burst the door open, and Uruhara, who was conveniently on the door's way, fly across the room.
"Kurosaki Isshin, can't you knock on the door before opening it? Urahara Kisuke is currently telling us about your daughter." The Captain Commader said, an amused expression etched in his old face.
"Oh, sorry, Yama-jii. Uruhara, I can't find her, damn you! What were you teaching her?" Isshin bellowed.
"As I was saying, everyone, Kurosaki Karin can hide her reiatsu, you won't even know that she have one." Uruhara said, looking at the shinigamis in front of him.
"I felt her reiatsu once, Uruhara. I just didn't follow it because I don't know that she died, besides it's only for three seconds." Toshiro said.
"I don't know this girl, but right now our problem is Kugo Ginjo. We will focus on him first. Kurosaki Isshin, if what Uruhara said about your daughter is true, the next time we feel a powerful reiatsu, we'll check on it. We need powerful shinigamis to join the Gotei 13, we need to replenish our forces." The Captain Commander said.
The door burst once more, Kurosutchi comes in. "It's time." The volunteers pile into the door, and went to the senkaimon.
"Kariiiiin! Wake up! It's time to go!" Nanami yelled.
Karin sits up and stretched. "Haaaa…" and rubbed her eyes. "Time to go where?" She asked as she was getting up.
"It's time to go to your entrance exam." Nanami answered.
Karin's eyes widened. "What! I thought that it would be tomorrow?"
"Yes, it is, but Karin-chan. The entrance exam will be crowded if we go to the Academy tomorrow. Do you want to wait in a long line? And were in District 64, Karin. We need to walk miles, and we won't be stopping to rest either."
"Then, I'm coming."
"Don't forget the backpack. Our lunch and dinner is in there."
"Hai."
"Those who wants to enter, please fall in line, and sign up. After that, pin the tag in your clothing. That will be your identification number."
Karin and Nanami rushed up to line. Even though they were traveling since yesterday, when they reach the front of the Academy, there was already a long line.
"Name please." The shinigami in the sign-up booth asked.
"Kurosaki Karin." The shinigami looked at the girl in front of him when he heard 'Kurosaki'. Karin frowned. "Ahm, mister, are you going to give me a number or not? There are still many people here."
The shinigami looked down and give Karin her number. "Number 56." Karin scowled before taking the tag, muttering obscenities under her breath while pinning the tag on the left breast pocket of her shirt.
"Next." Called the shininigami.
"Kobayashi Nanami." The shinigami gave her a tag with Number 57 on it.
"You'll be with me, Nanami-chan?" Karin asked.
"Yes, I'll try entering again. I think that I'll be lucky this year." Nanami answered.
The two sat down on a waiting area. When Karin's number was called, it was already in the afternoon, and yet people are still coming. She winced when she saw a girl with a number 342 on her tag. She's really happy that Nanami made her walked for miles yesterday. She waved at Nanami and went into a room.
"Ganbatte, Karin-chan."
A guy was sitting and a long table was in front him. "Give me your number"
"56." Answered Karin, and the guy looked through his list. "Aren't you going to ask for my name?"
"Huh?" He looked up. "No, I need to test the examinee without knowing their name. There are nobles among you and we want this to be as anonymous as possible. It won't be fair to the others if its not done like this."
"That made sense. So what do I need to do?" Karin asked.
The man's eyebrow shot up. "Impatient much? You don't have to do anything. Really. You just need to show me that you have a nice amount of reiatsu and I'll just ask a few questions."
"By reiatsu, you mean this?" Karin let go of her control of her reiatsu, before shutting it down.
The guy who was sitting in the chair looked at her. "Okay. That's good. Now for your question, what is your reason for taking the exam?"
"The first time I felt that spiritual pressure come out, my bed was set on fire, or that's what my friend told me. I don't really know, but when I looked for my futon, it was already on ashes. My friend suggested that I come here so that I could learn how to control my reiatsu."
"Your friend is right. Anyway, The Academy will send you a letter in two weeks telling if you passed or not, and if you do, your class and schedule will be in the letter, too."
"Hai. Arigato, sensei." Karin bowed and went out the door. The man circled the number 56, and wrote beside it. (56) Class 1:special accelerated class.
Karin walked out the door and saw Nanami walking out from the door beside hers. "They already called you, too?"
"Hai, Karin-chan, and I think I might pass this exam." Nanami said confidently.
"And why is that?" Karin asked. The two of them are walking out of the Academy.
"Because I showed them that I have enough reiatsu. My previous entrance exams were failed because I can't even let out even a small amount of spiritual pressure. I want to thank you, Karin-chan. You're my angel."
"That so? Then you're welcome." And Karin grinned. "Are we going home now?"
"Yes." And Nanami starts to walk to the direction of the West Gate.
"Hey! Nanami! We live in the East part, dummy! Why are you going to the West?" Karin asked, pulling the shirt of her friend.
"Because we're living on the 3rd District of the West Rukongai starting today!" Laughed Nanami.
"What? And you didn't even tell me!? I was getting myself ready in walking those miles again." Karin said.
Nanami giggled. "I thought that I don't want to live in that place anymore, and I know that you'll be accepted in the entrance exam. I have a feeling, and I want to be near you even if I don't pass it." Then she looked sad.
"Don't look so negative. You were so sure that you would pass a while ago. Stop making those faces now." Nanami nodded, feeling happy again. "So, where is this new house?"
A/N: Second Chapter! I want to thank this people again for adding the story in their favorites and following it. Love you guys. : BloodyMe, KumiTiny, Libiky, Xingnai, Kagome Echizen Fan, NaLuNaruHinaluvr23, finchyyy, henshin7, rebel.17.
BloodyMe: I'm going to keep mentioning those who took notice of my first story. I'm glad that you are happy. I will keep on writing for your entertainment. Thank you!
Also, because I don't really know how the Academy works, I will be making it my own interpretations and the other scenes in the Academy Arc will be based on other fictions that I've read and love, so if you think that you read some of my scenes from other stories, I'm so sorry but it's for the beauty of the story.