Lost and Found.
Rukia was surprised the moment she felt something land on her shoulder. She turned at looked at it as it began to play with a strand of her black hair. It was a grey cockatiel with white cheeks.
"Hello." It squeaked, "It's nice to find fellow bird."
"I'm not a bird."
" What do you mean you're not a bird!" the bird exclaimed. "I'm.."
"Haku! I've been looking for you hun!" A girl with short black hair in an academy uniform rushed over. "Thanks for finding my zanpakuto miss!" The girl called as the bird followed.
Rukia blinked in confusion.
An: This is a drabble written for my little sister about a speculation about what would happen if an academy student would figure out how to materialize their zanpakuto. As for why the bird called Rukai a fellow bird, I heard a rumor that Rukia was a bird species as well as a name.