A/N: Yay, next drabble! Enjoy, okay? Please review; I love to hear your comments :)
One Year
First Day
"So, how did you guys die?"
Karin started, and Yuzu froze, both looking up at the speaker with amazement. Yuzu regained her dignity first, sitting up straighter in her desk and smiling sweetly at the young boy who had spoken.
"We're not dead," she informed him, still smiling.
Karin laughed at the look on his face. He blinked for a minute, then frowned.
"But how can you guys be here if you're not dead?"
"We're alive, but we separated from our bodies in the real world and came here. We want to learn how to fight hollows so that our father and brother don't always have to protect us," Karin folded her arms, leaning casually against Yuzu's desk, acting as if this kind of thing happened every day.
The boy gaped at them, "I didn't think that was possible."
"We cheat the system," Karin responded before her sister could speak.
Yuzu rolled her eyes at her twin and got the boy's attention again, "Our dad and brother did it before us. Dad was a shinigami captain, and Ichigo comes here occasionally to help out."
"Your dad was a captain?" the boy ogled.
They nodded in sync.
"And your brother comes here as if he were on vacation?"
Another nod.
"And now you two are here going to the academy, just because you can?"
"Pretty much," Yuzu agreed.
"He catches on quick," Karin chuckled.
The boy stared at them for a moment, then took a deep breath, "Then, as a true resident of Soul Society, let me welcome you. I'm sure you'll have a great year here," he flashed a goofy grin.
Karin and Yuzu were stunned, but when he held out his hand, they both reached over to shake it.
"I'm Joshino Aki, and I was murdered."
It was going to be an interesting year.
A/N: drabble number one is finished! (the last chappie was a prelude to all of this :P) Reviews are much loved!