I got the feeling of free falling. Opening my eyes I realized that we were indeed falling through the air towards an old style of village below. People cleared out as we hit the ground with a thud. Dust flapped everywhere, and as we got up people flocked the streets muttering in what I now know as Japanese. Seeing our outfits, consisting of our Western hats, boots, jeans, and T-shirts, I'm guessing people thought we were a curse or demons or something. We got run out of the 11th district, as a sign told me, all the way down to the 80th district. It took my brother and I four days to run that far, and we gradually increased speed. We took our refuge in the woods, not far from the river or the town. Eventually, we awoke to swords following us. My brother had an odd one that's sheath was bright orange and was about a meter long. I got these odd ones that were blue and the other purple. We also began to learn the language after about two years, when I reached eighteen I was pretty much fluent, my brother… even more fluent.

My brother and I were walking through the little market, looking for some food we could steal. Back home we would have gotten in trouble, but here… stealing, fighting, and killing was the only way to get what you wanted most of the time. People here called us the terrible twins, as we never lost a fight, even from the beginning. I saw a woman with a braid down her the front of her body asking people something. I abandoned my brother to search for food while I went to talk to her. She looked like a mother in distress, minus the katana.

"Hi." I said to her as I walked up, the people near her scattering and moving away quickly, "You seem to be looking for something. I may be able to help."

She gave me a gentle look, "Yes, I'm looking for some Comfrey and Hashish. Do you know where I can purchase it?"

I shook my head negative, and she seemed to deflate, "But," I said, "I know where it grows."

"Oh! Can you show me please? I would gladly pay you for your deeds."

I shook my head and waved it off, "No pay needed, just follow me, I need to let my brother know where I'm going." She followed me with a nod as I set off to my brother who was currently watching me from the shade of an old tree. "Bro!" I called in English; "I'm helping her find some of that anti infection herb and the pain relief one. I'll be back at our place later."

He waved me off and walked onwards, "I'll bring back dinner then."

"Yes please!" I called over my shoulder as I walked into the surrounding woods. The lady was following and making mental notes from the looks of it, "So," I said, switching back to their language, "what do you need Comfrey for?"

"I'm the Fourth Division Captain, and we ran out of our anti-infecting salve, so I need comfrey to make some more." She said as we weaved between the trees. It was a fairly long trek, and eventually we came upon Aerio and mine herbal clearing.

"Oh… you never mentioned your name." I murmured as we knelt in the comfrey-covered ground.

"Nether did you."

I gasped slightly, "Oh! I'm sorry; I'm Mercedes Nova Corvette."

"I'm Retsu Unohana. I take it your American?"

I blushed as we filled her basket full of herbs, "Yeah. How'd you know?"

Unohana laughed lightly, "You have an accent."

I laughed lightly but didn't reply. Instead I asked a question, "What are you captain of?"

"I'm one of the thirteen quart guard squads captains."

"Ah."

"So why would you have need for these herbs?" Unohana asked.

"Well," I murmered, "the Hashish is used for my lungs, and the comfrey is used to stop infection when ever we get hurt in a fight."

"Your lungs?"

I shrugged at her, "I have this odd incurable strain of Tuberculosis that followed me through my death. I was born with it."

She gave me a calm look, "You're not the only one, one of my patients and closest friends has that too." I didn't say anything to this.

We left the forest in silence. When we were about to depart from each other at the town, she pulled me to the side of the road and said, "I think you and your brother should go to the soul reaper academy. You both have wondrous spiritual pressure, and would surly make wonderful soul reapers."

I smiled at her and nodded, telling her that I would think on it. A couple of days later, my brother and I were attacked, just after I had gotten my new guitar from the market. I had traded a couple baskets of herbs for them. Anyways, the newly dubbed RH had bitten my instrument and then attacked us. We killed it of course, but we then realized, after the next seven attacks, that we needed to train. So we left for the Seireitei to become soul reapers.