The Cursed Parakeet

The Cursed Cockatiel is an event during the Death Trilogy Overture: Death & The Strawberry. Yasutora Sado is introduced during this event.

Prelude
Harutoki Ide, a friend of Chad's, has come by a cockatiel. However, according to what he had heard, the cockatiel is cursed, as all of its previous owners died horrible deaths. Chad's other friend, Gitano Shigeo, refuses to take the bird but Chad, who's always had a soft spot for anything cute, takes interest in the cockatiel. At that moment, a large still girder falls from the top of a building under construction the boys were sitting under. Chad spots it and manages to stop it on his shoulders, saving his friends and the cockatiel. When the cockatiel thanks Chad for saving him and introduces himself as Yūichi Shibata, Chad is enchanted by the bird and agrees to take care of it.

The Cursed Cockatiel
The next day Chad appears in school with an assortment of bandages on his face and hands. When his friends ask him what happened he explains that he hit his head from a steel girder that fell on him and his hands when a motorcycle crashed into him. The reason he was late was because the motorcycle rider was badly injured and Chad had to carry him to a hospital. He then puts the cockatiel's cage down. Ichigo and Rukia immediately notice the presence of a Plus within the bird. Ichigo asks Chad about the cockatiel but Chad is reluctant to answer. Rukia tells Ichigo not to worry, since the spirit in the bird is not an evil one; she says they'll come by at night and perform Konsō on the Plus.

Later that day, when Ichigo comes home from school, he finds his house in a ruckus. Yuzu informs him that there's been a car accident in the intersection. When he asks his father if there's anything he can help with he is denied and told to make himself scarce and keep out of the way. A while later his father calls on him for help with a particularly large patient - his classmate, Yasutora Sado. Karin notices the cockatiel and senses something terrible eminating from it. As he looks at Chad's wounds, Ichigo gets the feeling of a Hollow. Isshin tells Chad he'll have to stay there for observation. Chad initially refuses, saying he is fine but as he tries to get up, faints immediately. Rukia could feel the traces of a Hollow even where she was waiting in Ichigo's room. By morning, Chad's bed is empty.