Ichigo was awoken by the sound of an alarm clock…his alarm clock in his room to be precise. He took a look around and finally remembered.

"That's right…we came back." He said as he sat straight up.

Suddenly…

"GOOD MORNING ICHIGO!!!" Isshin shouted as Ichigo lurched forward just as Isshin flew through the open window, missed his prey, and crashed into the closet doors.

"Well done my son. You've mastered your old man in my human form but you can't master him as a Captain!" Isshin proclaimed as he peeled himself from the floor.

"Ugh will you GIVE IT A REST?!?! SOME OF US ARE STILL TRYING TO SLEEP!!!" Ichigo shrieked.

"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP?!?!" Rukia shouted as she threw the closet doors open and flew out with a karate kick to Isshin's face.

"Nice kick there Rukia." Isshin grunted from under Rukia's foot. Suddenly Ichigo's door flew open to reveal Momo in a school uniform with a worried expression on her face. She didn't wear her hair in the cloth covered bun anymore but instead wore it in a ponytail.

"What's going on I heard shouting and thought there was a fight?!" Momo exclaimed worriedly.

"There is a fight. This is what dad and Ichigo go through every morning. You get used to it." Karin groaned as she passed by on her way from the bathroom.

"You fight like this all the time?" Momo asked confused.

"It keeps the body alert and sharp! Always ready for the ever likely Hollow attack!" Isshin proclaimed proudly before getting a pair of fists on the top of the head from Rukia and Ichigo.

"Glad to finally have an ally against him." Ichigo said with a smile towards Rukia who smiled back.

"You hardly ever smile this early in the morning." Rukia said tauntingly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ichigo asked with an arched eyebrow as the smile vanished.

"What you can't take a joke this early in the morning either?" Rukia asked.

"That didn't at all sound like a joke." Ichigo replied.

"Well I never meant anything by it! Geez you're so stubborn!" Rukia grumbled.

"I'M STUBBORN?!?! What about you miss "Refuses to sleep on a real bed?!" Ichigo asked as Momo sighed and started backing away.

"I like the cozy feeling of the closet, besides I've tried a bed and it doesn't at all feel comfortable to me!" Rukia argued.

"Geez are they always like this?" Momo asked Karin who was standing at the corner to the stairs with her arms crossed.

"Who Ichigo and Rukia or just the whole family in general? Well it really doesn't matter because the answer to both is yes." Karin replied as she led Momo down to the kitchen where Yuzu was fixing breakfast.

Nel was standing and staring out the window in a specially designed Gigai, made just for her. It basically was what Nel would look like without the Hollow mask on her head, the red tattoo across the bridge of her nose, and the large number three tattoo on her back. She was also wearing a school uniform but it was fitting rather tightly due to her rather large bosom so she wore it so it wasn't tucked in.

"So how often does Rukia sleep in the closet?" Momo asked curiously.

"Ever since she arrived here I guess." Karin replied. There was then a knock at the door.

"I'll get it." Karin said as she headed for the door. It was Toshiro, Rangiku, and Orihime.

"Hey Toshiro, Rangiku, Orihime, come on in. Ichigo and Rukia will be down in a minute." Karin said as she led the three inside.

"Thanks. We brought a pair of Soul Candy dispensers for you and Yuzu to use since you are both technically Field Trainee Soul Reapers." Toshiro said as he handed both Karin and Yuzu a PEZ dispenser with a rabbit's head on top.

"Oh thanks but…why is there a rabbit's head on these?" Karin asked curiously.

"It's Chappy the Rabbit, the most popular artificial soul among the female Soul Reapers!" Momo exclaimed happily.

"Chappy the Rabbit? I think I'll stick with those gloves thanks." Karin grumbled.

"I can't say that I blame you. Lieutenant Kusajishi sabotaged Rangiku's, Ikkaku's, Yumichika's, Renji's, and my own the last time we were sent here." Toshiro grumbled.

"I thought it was kinda fun Captain." Rangiku giggled.

"That's because yours was willing to submit itself to any man who even glanced at it." Toshiro sniped.

"Aww lighten up Lil' Shiro." Momo said as everyone present then noticed a vein on Toshiro's forehead start to pulse.

"How many times have I told you not to call me that, Momo? Or do we have to get on a nickname basis, and don't pretend to believe that I've forgotten my nickname for you." Toshiro threatened as Momo sweat dropped and backed away with an innocent grin.

Finally Ichigo and Rukia emerged, coming down the stairs together with their foreheads pressed together in an angry staring contest…which was not easy since Rukia was only a foot taller than Karin, Yuzu, and Toshiro, give or take a few inches.

"What's wrong with you two? Get up on the wrong side of the bed together this morning?" Rangiku asked as if taunting some major scandal. Instead she received icy glares from everyone in the room.

"It was just a question." Rangiku replied innocently.

"A very poor question at that." Toshiro muttered.

"So since its Friday, what do we want to do when school gets out?" Orihime asked curiously.

"I was hoping to try and use that thing Mr. Hat-n-clogs has that speeds up the amount of time it takes to reach Bankai." Karin said as Isshin literally swung into the kitchen from the stairway and landed on his feet.

"You're just trying to beat your old man with your skills with your Zanpakuto! Well it takes years to truly master the Bankai as even Toshiro will attest to." Isshin said as Toshiro nodded.

"It is difficult to control, and using the fastest route is not necessarily the best." Toshiro said as Karin shrugged.

"Well, tell that to Hekireki Megami." Karin grumbled.

"Who?" Ichigo asked.

"My Zanpakuto. She's wanting to reach Bankai as bad as I am. She told me in my dreams last night…she's also really good at soccer." Karin explained.

"That's because your Zanpakuto is a reflection of your own soul. If you want something bad enough, then chances are that your Zanpakuto will want it for you just as bad if not more so." Toshiro said as Karin leaned against the wall.

"Does that mean you're not going to help?" Karin asked as Toshiro rolled his eyes.

"Don't be absurd, of course I'll help." Toshiro replied.

"Aren't we going to be late to school?" Orihime asked, checking her watch. Without even blinking they were out the door in a cloud of smoke, leaving a surprised Yuzu, Karin, Toshiro, and Isshin behind. (A/N: We're assuming that the twins and Toshiro's school is closer than the others is to the Kurosaki Clinic.)



At Karakura High…

"ICHIGO!!!" Keigo exclaimed as he came running at Ichigo only to get clotheslined by…Nel.

"Keigo, 'sup?" Ichigo asked as he walked by as if nothing happened.

"Ichigo? Who is he?" Nel asked curiously as Ichigo sighed.

"Keigo Asano…he's kinda crazy and watch out, he'll try and fondle you inappropriately." Ichigo said as Nel glanced back at the fallen Keigo.

"I see…but is he friendly?" Nel asked as Ichigo sighed.

"He's generally harmless." Ichigo replied as Nel nodded and wrote something down on a small notepad.

"What are you doing Arrancar?" Renji asked impatiently as he approached.

"I'm recording the names of all the possible threats to Ichigo." Nel replied as Renji glanced at the page.

"Why is my name on there? And why is there a skull and crossbones next to it?!" Renji asked curiously. Nel said nothing and flipped the notepad closed, leaving Renji behind and sweating bullets.

"Wake up Renji, you're sweating." Momo said as she slapped him on the back of the head.

"Well good morning to you too Momo." Renji grumbled.

"Hey Mizuiro, what's happening?" Ichigo asked as he entered the classroom with Nel close behind.

"Nothing much Ichigo…who's your friend?" Mizuiro asked pointing to Nel.

"Oh this is my uh…my uh…" Ichigo said as he suddenly realized he had no cover story for Nel…fortunately…

"Oh Hi! I'm Neliel Tu Oderschvank but all my friends call me Nel. I'm Ichigo's cousin-once removed and I just moved here from Tokyo!" Nel explained in her energetic childlike persona.

"And I'm Mizuiro Kojima; Ichigo's a good friend of mine. He never told me he had a cousin." Mizuiro said as Nel giggled.

"Well my step-mom, actually his aunt, and his dad were kinda estranged but they've patched things up now so here I am!" Nel explained happily.

"Well that certainly is amazing." Mizuiro said.

"Oh hey Nel, fancy meeting you here." Rangiku said as she and Orihime entered the classroom.

"Hi Rangiku! Hi Orihime! Isn't it cool we're going to be in the same class?!" Nel asked as Orihime nodded. Soon Tatsuki entered with Nemu close behind. Nemu was also wearing a school uniform but wearing glasses very similar to Uryu's which surprised none of the other Soul Reapers.

"Wow, Tatsuki who's your friend?" Michiru Ogawa, one of the female students asked upon seeing Nemu.

"Huh? Oh this is just my pen pal Nemu Kurotsuchi. We've been writing for years but she only recently moved to Karakura because of her father's job." Tatsuki quickly explained. It was a well rehearsed story that she and Nemu had concocted during the night…even going so far as to swap some of their basic history and one or two of their secrets to fool even the most disbelieving of the classmates.

"Hello." Nemu said in her usual somewhat emotionless tone.

They then suddenly heard a loud thud coming from the doorway. Everyone turned to see Chizuru standing frozen in the doorway with a stunned look on her face and an armful of books on the floor.

"Uh-oh, where's Orihime?" Tatsuki asked mentally as she looked around the room. She then spotted Orihime standing in the center between Rangiku and Nel. Tatsuki immediately realized what had caused the class lesbian to freeze in a stupor…it was the sight of three big breasted women standing close enough together that they could each be seen in one eyeful.

"Pst…Nel…she's not a threat to Ichigo but she is one to you, Rangiku, and especially Orihime." Tatsuki quickly whispered into Nel's ear. Nel's curious child like persona quickly vanished into her cold and calculated persona.

"M-m-m-m-m-m-m-mo-mo-mo-mo-mo-mo-monster b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-boobs." Chizuru stuttered before it finally sank in and her hormone levels raced off the charts in less than half a second.

"MONSTER BOOBIES!!!" Chizuru shouted with joy and with heart shaped eyes as she leapt at the three women. Nel however reared back her fist and WHAM!!! Chizuru hit the wall opposite the classroom door in the hallway, leaving a sizable crater in the wall. Chizuru however was in a daze and Nel was cradling her fist as it throbbed in pain.

"Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-OW-OW-OW-OW!!!" Who knew that would hurt so much?!?!" Nel whimpered/whined before whispering, "I hate this body."

"Whoa…new girl has quite a punch." Ryo Kunieda said in shock.

"She's third strongest girl in Tokyo. Everyone called her the Terceira Espada because of her making third out of the top ten." Tatsuki said with a cheeky smirk, which Nel noticed and mimicked appreciatively.

"Impressive, I'd love to see who would win between you, the second strongest girl in Japan and the third strongest girl in Tokyo." Ryo said as Tatsuki shot Nel a worried glance. On both physical strength and spiritual energy Nel could totally annihilate her with a single Cero blast.

There was then a commotion in the halls and Keigo came scrambling into the room where he proceeded to try and hide behind Ichigo.

"HIDE ME! HE WANT'S TO KILL ME!!!" Keigo shrieked.

"Who?" Ichigo asked as Ikkaku burst in holding his wooden sword and looking absolutely pissed. Naturally Yumichika was close behind with an amused smirk on his face. Chad however elbowed past and headed for his seat.

"Him." Keigo whimpered, pointing at Ikkaku.

"Where's the freak-faced weasel who called me baldy?! If you're in here! Step forward!" Ikkaku growled angrily.

"You know Ikkaku if you were so offended about getting called baldy, I'm sure a mutual friend named Yachiru would be interested to hear about what you're doing right now." Rangiku said as she motioned to her cell phone. This caused Ikkaku to sweat drop in fear and back off.

"N-n-no that won't be necessary." He stuttered as he stuck the wooden sword in his belt.

"Good because Rangiku and I wouldn't want to have to tell her now would we Rangiku?" Momo asked as she walked in past him with Rukia close behind.

"Hello everyone!" Rukia said with her usual friendly act.

"Hi Rukia!" Nel and Orihime greeted in unison. Then Uryu entered silently with his glasses pushed up and Renji close behind.

"What was baldy doing this time?" Renji asked annoyed as Ikkaku's face flashed with insane rage.

"Just threatening Keigo again. Simply threatening to tell Yachiru is essentially a disciplinary tug at his leash." Rangiku whispered into his ear as Renji rolled his eyes. Uryu in the meantime noticed Nemu's taste in glasses and both pushed their glasses up almost instinctively at the same time.

"Nemu. You look…flawless." Uryu said with a nervous smile.

"Thank you Uryu…as do you." Nemu said with a small smile.

"And here we have the first stages of the braniac mating ritual." Renji mumbled, causing Rukia to elbow him while suppressing the urge to laugh at the comment.

Finally Shinji arrived and froze at the sheer amount of spiritual pressure in the room. Twelve spiritually powerful presences all in one room.

"I thought I sensed some unfamiliar presences this morning." Shinji said as he finally cleared the doorway.

"Shinji, glad to see you again. How were things while we were gone?" Ichigo asked as Shinji shrugged.

"Ehh quiet as always. Though is it my imagination or do I sense an…Arrancar in here?" Shinji whispered as he looked around. Ichigo just pointed his thumb over towards Nel.

"Shinji Hirako, meet Neliel Tu Oderschvank, my (ahem) "cousin once removed." Ichigo said making air quotes as Nel approached and Shinji froze in disbelief.

"Uh, Ichigo…" Shinji said with a smile before grabbing him by the collar, "What the hell possessed you to bring back an Arrancar to the human world?!?!"

"Actually I'm the former Terceira Espada." Nel corrected as she rolled up her sleeve to strike Shinji down in a single blow but Ichigo motioned for her not to intervene.

"Difference?!" Shinji asked.

"She's more powerful than the average Arrancar. AND she's our ally. I'll explain it all later." Ichigo replied as Shinji sighed and released Ichigo.

"Would it have something to do with why there are six Soul Reapers here other than the two of us?" Shinji asked in a whisper as Ichigo shook his head.

"She's not the reason but like I said…I'll explain it all later." Ichigo said as the teacher finally arrived.

"Alright everyone let's take our seats. As many of you have noticed, we have several new students with us today." The teacher said as class began. Naturally that was the understatement of the year.



Meanwhile…

On the Karakura Elementary Soccer field…

"You're WHAT?!?!" Jinta freaked as Yuzu nervously explained the fact she was now a Field Trainee Soul Reaper.

"I think it's pretty cool Yuzu." Uluru said before getting a noogie from Jinta.

"No-one-asked-you-Uluru!" Jinta growled before getting a powerful kick in the face from Karin.

"And you fail to realize that I've gotten stronger than you since I've been gone. Hopefully by Monday, I'll have achieved Bankai." Karin stated matter-of-factly as Toshiro sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Please try to keep this subject of talk to a minimum." Toshiro pleaded.

"Hey did anyone ask you blizzard breath?" Jinta asked as Toshiro narrowed his eyes.

"You'll regret calling me that." Toshiro said calmly.

"You should really be careful Jinta…I would hate for Tessai to learn about how you were treating both Uluru and Captain Hitsugaya." Yoruichi, in cat form, said from a low hanging branch.

"Aww man…the ware-cat is here too." Jinta grumbled as Yoruichi laughed.

"Ware-cat…I haven't been called that in over a century." Yoruichi chuckled.

"Are you here to keep an eye on us, Miss Yoruichi?" Yuzu asked as Yoruichi nodded.

"You saw right through me Yuzu. Besides I like kids and hanging around here is rather nice to me." Yoruichi said as she tucked her paws underneath her body.

"It's always nice to have such a cute kitty around here." Yuzu said, forgetting that said kitty was actually a beautiful woman underneath.

"Okay does anyone see what's wrong with that statement?" Karin asked before getting a soccer ball in the face.

"HEY! WHO KICKED THAT?!?!" Karin shouted angrily as she looked around and saw a group of eleven and twelve year olds approaching and snickering.

"What are you five losers doing here? Shouldn't you be on the teeter-totters instead of on the soccer field?" one of the kids asked with a cruel snicker.

"Back off punk, this doesn't concern you!" Jinta growled, making a fist. However he was quickly shoved to the ground by one of the twelve year olds.

"Oh this isn't going to end well." Yoruichi mumbled and leapt to a higher branch.

"So what are you gonna do about it losers?! This is our field, get lost!" the lead twelve year old ordered as the five defiantly stood their ground.

"Make us butt breath!" Karin growled as Toshiro sighed and decided to intervene.

"Now before things get violent. Perhaps we should consider a compromise. I suggest that we settle this over a soccer match, us versus you. Winner claims the field and the loser leaves." Toshiro suggested as Karin and Jinta grinned. Karin was good at soccer but Toshiro was a beast at it.

"Heh, fine! You've got yourself a match." The lead punk said with a smug grin.

"Sunday afternoon, right here, one-o-clock sharp. Spectators are permitted." Toshiro said as the lead punk grinned and nodded.

"Deal, losers. One-o-clock it is!" the lead said as he and his posse turned and walked away, chuckling sinisterly the whole time.

"So what now? Do we all participate cause no offence but Yuzu's not exactly good at this game." Karin said before getting pounced by Jinta.

"WATCH-WHAT-YOU-SAY-ABOUT-HER!!!" Jinta growled before getting kicked off.

"It's okay really. I'm not good at soccer…in fact I stink at it." Yuzu said humbly.

"Well now that's a problem we can rectify." Yoruichi said as she returned to the lower branch.

"While Karin and Toshiro are practicing to get Karin's Bankai, Jinta, Uluru, and myself can help you improve your soccer skills." Yoruichi said, receiving curious glares from the five beneath her.

"You know how to play soccer?" Jinta asked curiously.

"Well it doesn't hurt to try." Yoruichi said as Karin sighed despairingly.

"Shockingly that doesn't help."



End Chapter 27.