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Rio nodded as Kaizo answered her question with a slightly vague answer, however Rio wasn't going to ask any further questions as her Captain was right... It didn't look like anything he couldn't handle. "Okay Captain." Rio gave him a little bow before looking to the floor as Kaizo asked about whether she was injured and her report. She closed her eye for a moment, taking a deep breath before looking up at Captain Kaizo. "Captain, I hope you don't mind if I give you a verbal report on what happened now? Might as well let you know while it's fresh in my head... Plus there are certain things that happened that I do not wish to include in a written report." Rio looked down once more before taking another breath and beginning to talk. "As you are my Captain, I trust you so I have not changed my mind about telling you what happened... So, here I go... To start with, I've already told you that I belong to a Clan; the Hari Clan. As the Kanji for Hari means Crystal, that is the Clan's main power. I myself possess the Clan's attribute power also, along with another within the Seireitei and one that did reside within the Seireitei but chose to stay with the Clan, surely I've told you about that aswell. Anyway, the main reason myself and the other two journeyed back to the Clan was to confront the Head of the Clan. Her name was Ursula Urochi and she had became corrupt with power, abused it to unnecessary proportions and such. What she did greatly involved my family... " Rio took a moment to take another breath since now, due to her mother's memories, she knew alot more about what happened than originally. "Basically.... My father was beheaded... while taking the place of the father of Kazuhiko Hari... My family and Kazuhiko's were close. With what was happening, mine and his family came up with a plan to escape... but that plan backfired due to a simple miscalculation... My mother wanted to stay and help Kazuhiko's parents escape, but my father told her to leave with me.... he then took the place of Kazuhiko's father since the two of them looked almost identical... He wanted to make sure that me and Kazuhiko had atleast one parent to watch over us.... So basically, me and the other two chose to settle things. The fight was tough but we survived... It was all thanks to my mother.... who is no longer with us...." Rio closed her eye before finishing her verbal report. "In the end, I managed to defeat Ursula.... and acquire an extension to my power in the process... My memories are still lost to me, but I do know of my past through my mother.... She gave me this information before she... she sacrificed herself." Rio took one last deep breath before opening her eyes, trying her best not to cry from the painful recent event while she looked at Kaizo with as much confidence as she could muster. "I hope now you'll be able to see why I'd prefer to give a verbal report on this... I don't believe I'd be able to produce a written report of what happened..." [/quote]

Kaizo listened to Rio, closing his eyes as he did. He then rested his elbows on his desk and clasped his hands together as he held them infront of his mouth while he listened. Hearing that Rio had to fight did make his heart sink a bit, but this was his unprofessional self feeling this, even in the face of the woman he loved he had to act professional. He listened as she explained about what had happened, the people involved and the clans power. Kaizo was sad to hear that Rio's mother lost her life but all Kaizo had was respect for the woman. If he were in the same of similar situation he'd sacrifice his life to save Rio no matter what, not only as her partner but her Captain, his duty was to protect his Squad members, even if the cost be his own life...after all...Shinigami live their lives knowing they could die any day...this was the biggest commitment and those who couldn't make it end up getting no where. Kaizo listened as Rio finished her report then nodded before speaking "I see you seem to have gone through quite a lot, you also seemed to have gained from this and now this is one thing you hopefully may never have to face again. I'm also sorry to hear about your loss...she sounds like an incredible woman...I say sounds because I know she will stay alive in your memory. She was clearly proud of you Rio, I to can say the same for myself...as can anyone else who is close to you. Even Captain Kuchiki would be proud of how far you have come, despite not showing it I know deep down he would be. I'm glad you completed the mission I set you, the verbal report is fine also...it's best I hear it this way anyway. Now Lieutenant...you have no right to question this as it's an order...but...I am telling you now to take the rest of the day off, go get healed, relax and just hang out somewhere you find nice a peaceful...or see your friends, whatever is to your liking. You've just come back from a mission after all..." Kaizo then opened his eyes to look at Rio, he could see the sorrow in her eyes and knew she was nowhere near the right state of mind nor emotion to be doing her job...she needed to take it easy and get through this naturally...her job would only get in the way of this...besides Kaizo could handle her duties as well as his own. It was time that he got more hands on with the Squad anyway...