Zane620 said
Nene giggled and shrugged. "Work at squad twelve is truly never done, there is always something to do, and you had taming hollows on the to do list? Good luck, I tried over fifty ways, and they just kill themselves." Nene said yet would then show signs of confusion when he said it was a small task, and that he studied their behavior before. Then a little frustration as he had clones appear with all different items, and the way he acted, it seemed like he just completed what she had been attempting for months in the matter of a few seconds. As he walked away she stood there in silence her right eye twitching a bit. She then took a deep breath in and then followed behind him. She had a smile one but truly she was a bit annoyed. "Hey did you just complete what I've been attempting for months in the matter of a few minutes?"

As Kagiko made his way down to the holding chambers he noticed Nene following him then she spoke, once she finished Kagiko chuckled then tipped his had down a little, shadowing his eyes "I did...I have the resources to do almost anything at any time..all I need to do is think of it and it should be done. Rarely do I have to work on something for long...that's because I'm so far ahead in my research I cannot even keep up..." once they arrived at the holding chambers Kagiko began to walk down past them all, looking at what hollows there were..."Which one to test this on..." Kagiko then stopped and pointed to one "Ah you..." Kagiko then stepped into the chamber and walked up to the chained up hollow...just far enough away that it couldn't bite his head of, but this didn't stop it trying...Kagiko then opened the box and pulled out what looked like a white tablet. Kagiko then crushed it in his palm and blew the dust into the air and instantly the hollow stopped trying to bite Kagiko. "Kneel down..." The hollow obeyed the command and knelt down, Kagiko then stroked it's mask then turned and walked out of the chamber, as he left he spoke once again "Rest..." Kagiko then closed the door as the hollow began to rest. he then looked at Nene and spoke "Simple isn't it?..."

Much to Seki's surprise upon waking up in squad four, was to find out that they were attacked. This however wasn't what shocked her, it was being told by the squad ten lieutenant Hikari, that during that attack, her brother Gai fought against an arrancar and died, well more so it looked like he as killed by one of the arrancars tricks which was using Seki's appearance and killing him that way. Seki wasn't sure what to make of this as she was handed his uniform and zanpakuto's hilt. it took a while for this to settle in, for a while she thought it was a joke, but really it was the truth. She blamed herself for getting involved in a dumb fight right before the attack, if she was there maybe she could have helped her brother survive. Really all she thought of was what she could have done. Apparently the Head Captain and a few others betrayed the soul society, so that only made people suspicious of her, and that's how things remained for three months. Seki blaming herself, while always being watched by some people just in case she was a traitor, however she only had one thing on her mind, and that was to train nonstop in order to get her revenge against this arrancar. So today was no different. as she was doing her routine she set up to improve herself.

Fumio Hari Kouineji & Souta Fushimaru Hari

It had been three months since the traitors revealed themselves and returned to their base or whatever. Fumio and Souta were now more than ever focused on their own business than that of the Seireitei's or that of the people within Squad Eight, meaning much harsher, lengthy and more effective training. Rio had passed on training with them during the three months, saying that she had a lot of things to sort out herself before she could rejoin with them. However, she did promise to train herself, since Fumio insisted heavily on doing so, giving her practically no choice but to accept despite the fact that she was going to do that anyway...

Souta fell back onto the grass deep within a forest far from the Seireitei, panting heavily with his eyes closed, taking a short break. Fumio, however, stood beside him, his arms crossed while only slightly out of breath, panting a little himself. "Given up.. already Souta?" Fumio grinned, chuckling a little as he asked his partner. "N-no.... I just.... need a... minute... Huuu-heh" Souta responded, opening one eye to look up at the guy. Fumio lightly shook his head before uncrossing his arms and walking forward. "Minute over" "Wha-What?! But it hasn't been-!!" Fumio raised his Shikai before sharply swinging it downwards in Souta's direction, releasing a large Crystal arc tearing through the ground and forcing Souta to roll out of the way and onto his knees. "What the fu-" "-Focus Souta!" With three more quick swings, Fumio sent three more arcs in Souta's direction. The first two, Souta dodged by jumping to his feet and ducking then turning his body to the side, out of the way. The last one however, Souta brought up his Shikai and blocked the arc which forced him back, causing him to skid across the dirt a little before the arc shattered. A couple weeks before Souta would of had trouble trying to dodge the first arc, let alone all three without a scratch, this showed just how much the two were taking this training seriously and how far Souta had come.

"Now my turn" Fumio swung his sword to point downwards with a smirk. "Show me your form so we can work on it" Souta nodded before standing up straight. "Himawari...." Taking a breath while closing his eyes, Souta continued to speak. Souta had only tried this form once and that didn't go well at all... ending up in Souta having to spend some time at Squad Four with Fumio keeping a close eye on him... but since then, the two worked bit by bit to stabilise Souta. controlling each Crystal separately all at once was a difficult feet, but practice makes perfect after-all. "Cryst... U-Uh" As Souta spoke, a few Crystal Spikes began tearing out of his upper back, shoulders, the outer sides of his upper arms and the outer side of his thighs while his Shikai enveloped in light before become a liquid-like substance, moving only up his forearms before stopping and solidifying, forming a Crystal casing around his hands and forearms. On a side note, Fumio had much more experience with his own Crystallised form than Souta knew of, Souta didn't even know Fumio could control his own so well and easily but this gave the both of them an advantage with Souta's form since Fumio was able to teach him about it as well as observe it. Now, Souta had purposely stopped speaking the word abruptly since Fumio had told him to, wanting to see what would happen. The pain, however, was something he wasn't taught about nor expecting.

"How do you feel Souta?" Fumio asked with a serious face, scanning over Souta's form while raising an eyebrow. Souta scrunched his eyebrows together while panting which caught Fumio's attention. After another minute, Souta began speaking between pants. "It... Hu-Hurts..." Fumio looked up from Souta's Crystal Spikes to look at his face, able to see the pain without needing to be told. "That's because you're incomplete... This is what happens when one reaches the form without taking power from the others first. Unfortunately, unless you kill a Hari and absorb their power, this form will hurt" Souta briskly looked at Fumio with grit teeth, trying his best to not move his body in order to get used to the pain. "I refuse to be a part of that... senseless murder... I thought I killed my sister, but I hadn't.... Instead I left her for a fate worse than death... I won't have any of that happen again!" Souta's voice was strained, rough, however while the guy spoke, Fumio noticed something, an extra tone at one part... He knew what was going on, but chose not to react to it, instead Fumio only closed his eyes in response before opening them again, looking at Souta with dull, half-lidded eyes. "It's in our nature to take from our own. It's how it's been and how it will always be. How many times must I explain to you who you are before you understand. If you want the pain to go away, you must kill another one of our kind, even if it's just one person. Seeing this, I know you lied to me in the beginning, you told me that you had taken the lives of two or three others.... That just means more for me-" "NO" An unfitting, devilish undertone hid under Souta's words as his sudden anger at Fumio overrode the pain. His eyes then began clouding silver as he bent his knees a little, balling his Crystal-covered hands into fists before launching for Fumio.

A sudden grin then popped on Fumio's face while his eyes opened a little more, making him look oddly excited and rather creepy as he welcomed Souta's anger. 'Always works~ Now come at me with your best shot Souta!'

Kurisa said
Kazuya remained frozen then Nishiki pulled the book off his face and lifted him and his chair up, Kazuya looked down to try hide his blush and when she told him to hit her his eyes widened a little "N-No! I-I Wont do t-that!" Kazuya then clasped his hands together gently as he twiddled his thumbs. Why was this lady here? what did she want? why was she so close? it was all kind of freaky...at least to Kazuya...interaction...it was...so awkward

Nishiki Kalemoru

Nishiki blinked, dumb-founded when she heard the guy's voice and spotted his blush. She definitely didn't expect this. 'How... cute!' Smiling, she leaned her face back and looked at the guy. "Why's that?" Nishiki smoothly raised an eyebrow before looking him from bottom to top, rather obviously as usual. "Is there... Any other possible way that I could... you know... make it up to you~" Nishiki added a seductive tint to the end of her sentence, wondering how the guy would react to that. He didn't seem like much of a sociable person, however to Nishiki, that only added to his escalating cuteness. "And you might want to keep it down before you draw attention to us~"

Zane620 said
Its been another three months since Hozumi has been missing, which of course bummed Aya out greatly and somewhere along the line she just really couldn't forgive leaf for losing Hozumi in the first place and well that's how things ended between them. After the attack, plus all the betrayals that had happened it was clear they all needed to get stronger, mostly since the real threat was their old Head Captain. Aya always did want to fight him, and now she had a legit reason to fight him. She spent most of her days training in the woods as she never had to worry about any damage she might cause, as she would if she trained near the barrack. Kenji helped her train every now and then, and would cheer her up whenever she was too down in the dumps. Of course he was still brutally honest about things, yet it was something she grown use to. And today was no different, she was off in the woods again training.

"There you are," Kenji said as he sat in a tree biting into an apple. He then tossed one down to Aya, from being around him for four months surely she would have picked up his habit of always having apples and saving one for her. It was just something he did, and never told why, but he didn't even like apples! Kenji took another bite before tossing it between his hands. Him and Aya were pretty much in the same situation, neither of them getting closer to saving those they were trying to find. Kenji had gotten into a fight with a few gang members and picked up something, but it wasn't enough to do anything major. He looked down at Aya, the only person he actually warmed up to, something he thought he wouldn't do. It was probably their same situation or something, he wasn't sure, "You come to train or just get away?....Or are you just trying to get me alone?" He winked with a smirk.

AbigailTenshi said
Nishiki blinked, dumb-founded when she heard the guy's voice and spotted his blush. She definitely didn't expect this. Smiling, she leaned her face back and looked at the guy. Nishiki smoothly raised an eyebrow before looking him from bottom to top, rather obviously as usual. Nishiki added a seductive tint to the end of her sentence, wondering how the guy would react to that. He didn't seem like much of a sociable person, however to Nishiki, that only added to his escalating cuteness.

Kazuya continued to look at his hands as he listened to what Nishiki was saying, his blush getting worse and worse with every word his ears heard and hearing Nishiki's seductive tone really made him blush, this caused him to look away from Nishiki slightly as to hide his face more as he struggled to get even a few words out "N-N-No t-thank you. I-It's o-okay..." Kazuya was beginning to feel really uncomfortable, this was truly unusual and he was starting to wonder if this woman was trying to mess with his head...was she doing this on purpose? if so it was rather cruel...it didn't help how Kazuya felt about talking to people, it seemed to make it worse...now he was struggling more now than ever to talk to someone...

Once his report was finished and filed Giovanni was relieved to find he still had time left in the day. After all it was his day off from training, which really meant he would be training on his own like always. It was inspiring to know that some of his squad mates also trained individually on their off days in a continuous pursuit of strength. Lately he had been focusing on Zanjutsu or communing with his Sorareo-O. He was proud of the bond he shared with his zanpakuto but he knew it would only get him so far. So he decided to go over to squad 6. Captain Kuchiiki fame lied in his skills in Hoho but he was also extremely proficient in Zanjutsu. It was Gio's intention to train under Captain Kuchiki however given the state of the Captains these days He would be grateful for some pointers. Gio entered squad 6 and sought out the captains Office. Knocking twice before awaiting a response.

Kurisa said
Kazuya continued to look at his hands as he listened to what Nishiki was saying, his blush getting worse and worse with every word his ears heard and hearing Nishiki's seductive tone really made him blush, this caused him to look away from Nishiki slightly as to hide his face more as he struggled to get even a few words out "N-N-No t-thank you. I-It's o-okay..." Kazuya was beginning to feel really uncomfortable, this was truly unusual and he was starting to wonder if this woman was trying to mess with his head...was she doing this on purpose? if so it was rather cruel...it didn't help how Kazuya felt about talking to people, it seemed to make it worse...now he was struggling more now than ever to talk to someone...

Nishiki Kalemoru

Nishiki continued to observe the guy. Just a few simple words said in a slightly seductive tone got him to blush deeply, tilt his head away from her and stutter. The air around him felt almost tense... Nishiki didn't think he'd react so much towards her words, it wasn't like she was outright coming out with what she'd do to him sexually to make up for scaring him, she only suggested in a slightly sexual tone. Shaking her head lightly, Nishiki straightened up. "Hey, chill out cutie~ It's not like I'm forcing you to do anything so relax~ I still want to make it up to you though... hmmm, what Squad are you in? And you still haven't given me your name~ Well, I could always just call you cutie instead if you'd prefer?" Nishiki added a short giggle on the end of her sentence in an attempt to lighten him up.

Rio Okotaru Darishimo

Her steps echoed throughout the Squad Six barracks, growing faster and faster as her breathing increased. 'N-No! Please be here! PLEASE STILL BE HERE!' Her own voice screamed in her head minutes before she placed her hand on a door handle, turning it immediately and swinging the door open to reveal... nothing. 'H-he....' As if her wide-eyed, on the edge of becoming distraught, expression had frozen in time, Rio stepped further inwards to further find nothing... She took a few more steps towards the bathroom, also opening that door but then ran to the bath, drawing the curtain. '... gone....' Taking a shaky, deep breath, Rio stood up straight and gently drew the curtain back before turning around, looking through the doorways to the vibrant outside, a huge contrast with the dreary room. 'Kenta... You're really... g-gone' As her bottom lip began to shake, Rio bit it to stop it from moving before closing her eyes. Her eyebrows screwed together as tears tried to force their way out however she stopped them, only releasing a staggering breath before leaning on the edge of the bathtub with her palms gripping the edge of the tub on either side as the curtain crinkled underneath her. After giving herself a moment to calm down, Rio's eyes slowly opened but her vision was to the floor. She still wore an eye-patch so half of her vision was shrouded in darkness. "Huu... Kenta... I remember the first time I saw you, while I was being groped by a women... The first thing I thought was that you looked so strong, you almost scared me.... Then came our first mission, we seemed to of gotten so close since then... then the clone thing happened, and now you're gone...." A soft smile then drifted onto her face. "I thought you were incredibly strong and skilled back then, look at you now... Boy, we've both come so far since our first days but I can't help but miss those days... everything seemed simpler back then.... Heh... look at me... talking to your empty room since I missed the chance to say my goodbyes..." Lifting to her feet, Rio walked back into the main room, closing the bathroom door. All the while she kept her smile, hiding her sadness. "I'll never forget you Kenta... And I hope you won't forget me... So, goodbye best friend... I'll miss you more than you'll ever know...." With that, Rio made a short, sad chuckle noise before taking one last look around the room, taking in every heavy-with-memory inch of it before taking her last steps, leaving the room and closing the door softly behind her.

Once outside, Rio released a deep breath that she held during her last moments within her best friend's room before releasing the handle of Kenta's door and walking away, towards her own room.

"That was... hard" Closing her own door behind her, Rio sighed, closing her eye for a moment before opening it and turning around. She almost instantly spotted a foreign object in her room, causing her to raise an eyebrow in wonder. Walking over to her bed, the closer she got, the more she recognised the object. Standing close to her bed, Rio stared at the object with slightly widened eyes. 'Wha-... What are Kenta's headphones doing here?... He left them for me didn't he...' Carefully and gently scooping her hands under the broken item, Rio took a closer look while finally letting her pent-up tears silently fall from her eyes. "Well thanks buddy... I wish I had the chance to give you something...." Looking down a little, Rio's eye flicked back up to the broken headphones that Kenta would always wear... making her already miss him alot more than she expected. She then walked over to her desk while sniffing a little and wiping her cheeks with her sleeves. Opening the top draw of her desk, Rio took out a small, silk, draw-string pouch which she then proceeded to place the headphones inside before pulling the draw-strings and placing the bag into an inside pocket on the chest of her uniform which she had sewed on herself. 'No need to use this pocket for spare eye-patches, I think this is more important than those' Smiling, Rio patted the outside of the unnoticeable pocket. 'We'll meet again Kenta... some day'

That was three months ago.

'Hmm, I guess a status report would be useful... Members do seem to be training and showing improvements, it's a start atleast...' Shortly after the attack three months ago and learning of Kenta retiring, Rio had a talk with both Kaizo and her Captain since a huge shift came into effect in regards of positions within the Seireitei. Rio had taken the new Captain of Squad Two's offer to become his Lieutenant, after she had a talk with her Captain Kuchiki about the proposition. At first, Rio was reluctant to leave her Captain, but as a little time went by and Kenta's replacement claimed his spot, Rio made the decision with working alongside Captain Kaizo, however she did visit Squad Six often, just to have a chat with her Captain from time to time... No matter what Squad she was in, Captain Kuchiki would always be her Captain... But Captain Kaizo was her higher priority.

Usually one would find it weird to be taking orders from a spouse, but that wasn't the case with Rio. She obeyed Captain Kaizo and would still work to gain his respect, just like she did with Captain Kuchiki. What felt weird for her was the fact that she was in a different barracks with different Squad members... She had a new room and was in an area that was still slightly unfamiliar to her. To others, she'd look comfortable and settled, but really Rio was still trying to get used to things.... Get used to not having her best friend around or sticking closely with her Cap-... with Captain Kuchiki....

Stopping, Rio reached her Captain's door, knocking on it three times to await for Captain Kaizo's voice to grant her entrance.... She waited silently, as patience and professional as usual.

AbigailTenshi said
Shortly after the attack three months ago and learning of Kenta retiring, Rio had a talk with both Kaizo and her Captain since a huge shift came into effect in regards of positions within the Seireitei. Rio had taken the new Captain of Squad Two's offer to become his Lieutenant, after she had a talk with her Captain Kuchiki about the proposition. At first, Rio was reluctant to leave her Captain, but as a little time went by and Kenta's replacement claimed his spot, Rio made the decision with working alongside Captain Kaizo, however she did visit Squad Six often, just to have a chat with her Captain from time to time... No matter what Squad she was in, Captain Kuchiki would always be her Captain... But Captain Kaizo was her higher priority.Usually one would find it weird to be taking orders from a spouse, but that wasn't the case with Rio. She obeyed Captain Kaizo and would still work to gain his respect, just like she did with Captain Kuchiki. What felt weird for her was the fact that she was in a different barracks with different Squad members... She had a new room and was in an area that was still slightly unfamiliar to her. To others, she'd look comfortable and settled, but really Rio was still trying to get used to things.... Get used to not having her best friend around or sticking closely with her Cap-... with Captain Kuchiki.... Stopping, Rio reached her Captain's door, knocking on it three times to await for Captain Kaizo's voice to grant her entrance.... She waited silently, as patience and professional as usual.

Kaizo sat in his office, it was odd...being a Captain...he was now in charge of people, however he was sure this was just a phase...he'd get used to it. Just as Kaizo thought this he heard a knock at his door and sensing who it was he perked up a little, looking up to the door and preparing himself he then spoke "Enter" this was another odd thing...working with the love of his life was definitely odd but it was nice also...going on missions with her was something he took pleasure in...however it did scare him...he couldn't help but think of the worst...He could protect her but what if there came a time he couldn't? This was half the reason he requested her as his Lieutenant...she could work hard and she was smart but also so he could train her and help her get stronger...perhaps one day she'd become a Captain also and that thought made him feel at ease...knowing she would have become so strong...it was really all he wanted now...

AbigailTenshi said
Nishiki continued to observe the guy. Just a few simple words said in a slightly seductive tone got him to blush deeply, tilt his head away from her and stutter. The air around him felt almost tense... Nishiki didn't think he'd react so much towards her words, it wasn't like she was outright coming out with what she'd do to him sexually to make up for scaring him, she only suggested in a slightly sexual tone. Shaking her head lightly, Nishiki straightened up. Nishiki added a short giggle on the end of her sentence in an attempt to lighten him up.

Kazuya was really blushing alot right now however this faded a little when the woman asked a seemingly normal question...and yet the blush stayed...after all, she had just called him Cutie. Kazuya took a deep breath then spoke, trying not to stutter but ultimatly failing "W-Well I-I'm in S-Squad 3...M-My names is..K-Kazuya" Kazuya felt embarrassed still...he hated stuttering and yet he only did it when he was nervous "Y-You don't h-have to make i-it up t-to m-me, d-don't worry. U-umm...m-m-may I a-ask...Um...w-what your n-name i-is?"

Angelo went to practice one he finished his tea he went to the squad two training area and he started writing on building his speed and endurance. Angelo would start and practice his shunpo using it a multitude of times before he would need to stop himself.

Angelo needed to practice on a real target do he started to sneak into the squad 2 captain room, normally Angelo would be hurt for doing so but the captain would usually sold him on his technique and tell him what needs to change. Angelo captain was very helpful to him when he was training ad long as he made sure he wasn't disturbing something the captain was doing. Angelo started to sneak through the room trying not to make any blouse from the floorboards. ...

Nicias Askani said
Once his report was finished and filed Giovanni was relieved to find he still had time left in the day. After all it was his day off from training, which really meant he would be training on his own like always. It was inspiring to know that some of his squad mates also trained individually on their off days in a continuous pursuit of strength. Lately he had been focusing on Zanjutsu or communing with his Sorareo-O. He was proud of the bond he shared with his zanpakuto but he knew it would only get him so far. So he decided to go over to squad 6. Captain Kuchiiki fame lied in his skills in Hoho but he was also extremely proficient in Zanjutsu. It was Gio's intention to train under Captain Kuchiki however given the state of the Captains these days He would be grateful for some pointers. Gio entered squad 6 and sought out the captains Office. Knocking twice before awaiting a response.

Kurisu was sat in his fathers office doing his paperwork while his father did...who knows what...why Kurisu was doing this he didn't know but whatever, it had to be done...Kurisu then heard a knock at the door then let out a sigh as he then spoke to himself "doing my fathers paperwork now answering his damn door...I best be getting paid extra for this" Kurisu then stood up from the chair he was sat on and walked around the desk then opened the door and looked at the person who knocked "The Captain isn't in...but I'm the Lieutenant so what is it you want?"

Kurisa said
Kaizo sat in his office, it was odd...being a Captain...he was now in charge of people, however he was sure this was just a phase...he'd get used to it. Just as Kaizo thought this he heard a knock at his door and sensing who it was he perked up a little, looking up to the door and preparing himself he then spoke "Enter" this was another odd thing...working with the love of his life was definitely odd but it was nice also...going on missions with her was something he took pleasure in...however it did scare him...he couldn't help but think of the worst...He could protect her but what if there came a time he couldn't? This was half the reason he requested her as his Lieutenant...she could work hard and she was smart but also so he could train her and help her get stronger...perhaps one day she'd become a Captain also and that thought made him feel at ease...knowing she would have become so strong...it was really all he wanted now...

Jangel13 said
Angelo went to practice one he finished his tea he went to the squad two training area and he started writing on building his speed and endurance. Angelo would start and practice his shunpo using it a multitude of times before he would need to stop himself. Angelo needed to practice on a real target do he started to sneak into the squad 2 captain room, normally Angelo would be hurt for doing so but the captain would usually sold him on his technique and tell him what needs to change. Angelo captain was very helpful to him when he was training ad long as he made sure he wasn't disturbing something the captain was doing. Angelo started to sneak through the room trying not to make any blouse from the floorboards. ...

Rio Okotaru Darishimo

Once she heard her Captain's voice resonate from the other side of the door, Rio quickly straightened her clothes out and fixed her eye-patch, a habit that she had formed during her times visiting Captain Kuchiki. She always wanted to look professional and be taken seriously so keeping up her appearance was important. Opening the door, Rio looked in to find her Captain seated. Quickly but quietly closing the door, she immediately bowed respectfully towards Kaizo, just as she would of done each time she entered Captain Kuchiki's office. "I apologise for disturbing you Captain but I thought I'd inform you of the progress of our Squad members from what I've observed. I've wrote a detailed report about each member and what I've gathered from observing them." Only once she finished her sentence did Rio finally rise. Walking over to Kaizo's desk, she passed him the report she had wrote by placing it on top of his desk, turning the paper so he'd be able to read it. Taking a step back, Rio continued to speak, her eye keeping contact with Kaizo's. "To summarise the report, overall progress is gradual but positive. Each member seems to be training themselves daily from what I've seen. However, there is certainly much more that needs to be done. I have thought of a few suggestions that could help improve the Squad as a whole as well as improve effectiveness of training. If you wish, I could compile report of my suggestions, which would also include research and findings from what we already know with opinions from members of the Squad. Just let me know and I will get to work on that straight away if you'd like, unless there are other errands that you'd like for me to take care of first for you Captain?" As Rio spoke, she could feel another presence approach the door and then enter without the Captain's order to. She didn't know how Captain Kaizo would feel about something like this, but Rio hated when people didn't respect the rules. "Please excuse me for a short moment Captain." Rio shunpo'ed right at that moment and reappeared in front of Angelo before grabbing him roughly by the collar. There was no expression nor emotion on her face, making her look almost blank as she dragged the guy to the door, opened it and chucked his body out of the room.

"If you try that again, I won't go easy on you next time. Learn some manners and knock on the door before you disturb the Captain. Got it. Good." She then abruptly slammed the door shut before Angelo could say anything. The whole time Rio's face was straight, clearly she had done this to others before. After straightening out her clothes once more, Rio returned to her previous spot, bowing. "I apologise for the rudeness of that member Captain, I will be sure to it that it doesn't happen again." Raising, Rio looked back at Kaizo and kept quiet. She had said enough, now was time for her Captain's response.

Kurisa said
Kurisu was sat in his fathers office doing his paperwork while his father did...who knows what...why Kurisu was doing this he didn't know but whatever, it had to be done...Kurisu then heard a knock at the door then let out a sigh as he then spoke to himself "doing my fathers paperwork now answering his damn door...I best be getting paid extra for this" Kurisu then stood up from the chair he was sat on and walked around the desk then opened the door and looked at the person who knocked "The Captain isn't in...but I'm the Lieutenant so what is it you want?"

At this point Gio couldnt be surprised when he was greeted by a lieutenant rather than a captain. it always seemed to go this way. "Im Giovanni Cain. 3rd seat of squad 5." he introduced himself. "I was hoping to speak with the Captain in regards to training. when will he be available?" he couldn't help but notice the resemblance between the man before him and Captain Kuchiki. it was almost humurous, at a quick glance one might be forgiven for mistaking one for the other. But their Spiritual pressure was remarkably different. Perhaps they were related. After all the Kuchiki Clan was one of the Four noble Clans, they produced very skiled shinigami who somehow always wound up in squad six, according to record. "well your his lieutenant so i should probably have asked you this first. But would the captain even have time to train anyone outside of his squad? "

Kurisa said
Kazuya was really blushing alot right now however this faded a little when the woman asked a seemingly normal question...and yet the blush stayed...after all, she had just called him Cutie. Kazuya took a deep breath then spoke, trying not to stutter but ultimatly failing "W-Well I-I'm in S-Squad 3...M-My names is..K-Kazuya" Kazuya felt embarrassed still...he hated stuttering and yet he only did it when he was nervous "Y-You don't h-have to make i-it up t-to m-me, d-don't worry. U-umm...m-m-may I a-ask...Um...w-what your n-name i-is?"

Nishiki Kalemoru

Nishiki nodded as she listened to Kazuya carefully, finally learning his name through his stutters. He then asked her what her name was, causing Nishiki to giggle cutely. "Kazuya huh? Love the name~ And Okay, Squad Three, Awesome" She smiled brightly at Kazuya, noting his constant blush. It was so cute to her, she just wanted to hug him but of course she refrained, Nishiki didn't want to scare him off.... despite already scaring him but that wasn't the point. "I do have to make it up to you... I was probably a little too forward, I shouldn't of frightened you and it makes me feel bad... And I already told you my name Cuite~ But I'll tell you again, it's Nishiki but you can call me Niki if you'd like~ Up to you~" When speaking her name, Nishiki winked at Kazuya before holding her hand out, hoping to shake hands with him. "It's a pleasure to meet you Kazuya~"

Nicias Askani said
At this point Gio couldnt be surprised when he was greeted by a lieutenant rather than a captain. it always seemed to go this way. "Im Giovanni Cain. 3rd seat of squad 5." he introduced himself. "I was hoping to speak with the Captain in regards to training. when will he be available?" he couldn't help but notice the resemblance between the man before him and Captain Kuchiki. it was almost humurous, at a quick glance one might be forgiven for mistaking one for the other. But their Spiritual pressure was remarkably different. Perhaps they were related. After all the Kuchiki Clan was one of the Four noble Clans, they produced very skiled shinigami who somehow always wound up in squad six, according to record. "well your his lieutenant so i should probably have asked you this first. But would the captain even have time to train anyone outside of his squad? "

Kurisu looked at the man who introduced himself as Giovanni Cain, he then listened as Giovanni spoke and asked about things like training but the expression on Kurisu's face didn't change, it just remained cold and emotionless...even looking Kurisu in the eyes would likely make one feel chills. Kurisu then raised his right hand to the back of his head and rubbed it as he spoke "The Captain is out, that's all you need to know...I can assure you he isn't available right now nor will he be for sometime...you may not have been there when it happened but our newly appointed Head Captain pointed out the fact that a lot of the Captains were weak...weather Captain Kuchiki thought this was targeted at him or not is unknown but all I know is that he's been training non stop since then...and so he will very unlikely be able to take time out to train his own squad...let alone another. So I'm left in charge of this place...I have enough on my hands with paperwork and keeping this Squads Shinigami in shape, that and I'm not one to help other Squads out...when we fight on the battlefield it's a different story but here...in the Seireitei, I look out for my own Squad. I have no time to waste on another Squad" Kurisu was a little harsh but he felt the Gotei 13 had become soft...everyone helped eachother out, it was almost expected...to have a Captain of another Squad train your own Squad was just a ridiculous request to him...if that Captain wanted to train another Squad they'd likely be the Captain of that Squad...some people seemed to have forgotten about Squad rivalries...something Kurisu always heard about and actually enjoyed the sound of...competing with another Squad to see who has the best Shinigami? that's how one should get stronger...not by askin-no expecting another Captain to help them out...that shows no strength in a Shinigami at all nor their Squad. "I can only suggest one thing to you and that is to train yourself...and your Squad...yourself...Captain or no Captain people have done it before. I don't know what kind of Gotei 13 you think this is but it's changing..probably for the better...a good Squad rivalry is healthy so long as it doesn't get taken to far to the point the Squads are killing eachother...so from now on...I don't want you to view Squad 6 or any other Squad as your allies...I want you to view them and us as your enemies...if you want to be strong then depend on no one but yourself...perhaps then you may shine out from the rest of the pack..." Kurisu then turned and took a few steps then spoke again "That's all" Kurisa then closed the door, rather aggressively...Gio may have took this as offensive or out of order but that didn't bother Kurisu...if he took it like that then it was a job well done...because now he'd be striding to beat Squad 6...this would most certainly make for some interesting action and would help motivate the Squad. At the end of the day the could all be friends...when work was done but while they worked, they were enemies...not out to kill eachother but to succeed eachother...

AbigailTenshi said
As Rio spoke, she could feel another presence approach the door and then enter without the Captain's order to. She didn't know how Captain Kaizo would feel about something like this, but Rio when people didn't respect the rules. Rio shunpo'ed right at that moment and reappeared in front of Angelo before grabbing him roughly by the collar. There was no expression nor emotion on her face, making her look almost blank as she dragged the guy to the door, opened it and chucked his body out of the room. She then abruptly slammed the door shut before Angelo could say anything. The whole time Rio's face was straight, clearly she had done this to others before. After straightening out her clothes once more, Rio returned to her previous spot, bowing. Raising, Rio looked back at Kaizo and kept quiet. She had said enough, now was time for her Captain's response.

Angelo nodded a little then he got up and put his hand on his chin to think what went wrong when he tried to do that, obviously they were able to feel his spiritual pressure otherwise Angelo would have been able to get closer before being discovered by the captain. Its not that Angelo didn't respect the captain but it was because she was so strong to begin with that she was the best challenge for a seated officer to try and sneak up on. Angelo realized he may have overstepped his boundaries while they were in a meeting but at least Angelo knew what he needed to try and work on.

Angelo left the captains area and went a koi pond nearby and Angelo put his zanpacto on his lap and he started to relax and being his spiritual training and start to suppress his spiritual pressure even further then he already tried. Angelo needed to be as silent as a shadow and not give off any trace he was around and in a mission if they sense his spiritual pressure they would scramble to cover up evidence or to attack Angelo location immediately. Angelo was able to get some distance in before being discovered so it meant he was making progress at least as he kept meditating near the koi pond...

giovanni listen and only blinked in response. The Man made several valid points, of which Gio made note. competition was healthy and rivalries did encourage growth and strength. however what he seemed to have missed was Gio's point. He sought training for himself, not that he had the chance to explain. Training on ones own was admirable and efficient but it came with a cap, an inevitable crossroad. either he would have to fight hords of hollows for the sake of pure combat experience or he would have to learn from someone more experienced. But since the captains were minding their own training or squad Gio would have to get...crafty. which he didnt honestly mind. This conversation did indeed spark an Idea in his mind, one he had previously but laid asside for the sake of cohesion. He would try one more Captain before he went to plan B. esspecially since plan B may or may not incure penalties.

So he left squad six, taking with what was said. he was interested in how this Lieutenant would lead squad six in the captains absence but it really didnt matter at the moment. How Gio led squad 5 was what mattered. He wanted to better himself to better hi squad. And if No other Squad acknolwedge that train of thought he knew someone who would. But for now he had to be a bit more strategic. squad 6 was his first choice because of the captains reputation, noble and one who wanted the best for the soul society. and one who was simply a Beast. his second choice would have to have more thought. the new head captain was a no-go. though his Lieutant Yu was a possiblilty. squad 2 captain was new and probably had alot going on as well being new and all... he went down the list in his head as he walked. and came to the conclusion that mostly likely all the squad leaders would be too busy. So he moved on to Plan B and headed North, out of the Seireitei.