Birds chirping their song.....
following the emergence of morning within the seireitei.
crisp light bathes the academy dorms causing simultaneous awakenings of the souls within.
"YAWN!!~ That was good nap...." One such soul arises towards the budding light of morning.
Its been a little more than a week after the entrance exams.
Rin has been given his class information within that week.
He was in class 1 A, which half surprised him as that's the class of the elites...the outstanding ones coming from mostly nobility or...just straight beasts from the commoner folk.
To think he would be put in the same range as that.
It's not like he was severely misjudging his own value or anything he just didn't have much of a base to work off of until recently.....well...more like too lazy to find one....
'They said they will be leading us to our classes today....Hopefully they don't start too early-' Rin's thoughts were cut off as he was planning to lie back down by an ungodly shout.
"ANYONE OF YOU I FIND STILL SLEEPING IN WOULD GET A HEAD REARANGEMENT FROM YOURS TRULLY!!! GET YOUR ASSES DOWN HERE BEFORE I COME UP AND MAKE THE QUINCY MASSACRE LOOK LIKE THE EVERYDAY SOUL BURIAL!!!"
Such sound waves bounce off the very walls, reverberating through out the entire dorm and smashing into any poor souls ears with tremendous traumatic force!
"fuuuuuuuuuck!....." Rin couldn't help the long drawn out curse AS HE LETERALY JUMP TO THE ZENITH OF THE ROOM COMICALLY.....before dropping down and faceplanting.
All around the dorm the new students of today erupt with barely disguised pain and hatred jumping out of their rooms with various forms of hasty dress....or hasty undress...
Tripping and falling as they gather their selves and their issued uniforms.....
.....All in all it took a whopping 15 mins for everyone to get properly ready and meet the very object of their indignation right at the front entrance of the dorm.
The stragglers just barely making the cut....
Rin...he was about the very last to come out....his green hair tied in a very messy pony tail...bangs hanging messy over his face although his uniform was put on decently enough.....
'....I can fix the hair later its survival hour right now!...' Rin thought on the verge of crying.
".....I can't believe I made it out in one piece...this.....this could be novel" Rin hears the resident entertainer and story teller mumble.
"Good we are ahead of schedule! I'm glad. No one is gonna be late on their first day it seems!" The figure standing Infront of us states with proud air.....
This statement caused everyone to groan with max volume.....
He basically tricked us!
"You may all refer to me as kanda subaki, part of the zanjutsu instructor department. I'm here to lead you all to your respective classes!" Kanda subaki, a man with purplish color hair, buzzcut hairstyle, blue eyes and sturdy body wearing the standard shinigami shihakusho(shinigami garment) with his zanpakuto hanging at his waist introduced himself and his purpose.
"Now follow me! Early birds get the most worms!" Subaki's enthusiasm....WAS NOT SHARED BY THE WHOLE CONGREGATION!
Everyone....Even the steadfast kihitora, was dragging their feet as they followed...like the subaki stated...we are literally very early. the classes wouldn't start in another 3 hours....
Nonetheless the bands of half awake disheveled groaning students made their way through the hallways of Shin'o spirit arts academy, subaki doing the job as a guide down to the letter introducing us to the various departments, training and learning areas such as the hakuda dojo, the zanjutsu dojo etc.
Subaki then finally separated us into the classes we were meant to be in.
..............
Students gathered in a room.
Noisiness on the level of a market place as they chatter amongst each other...
"Looks like we are in the same class!" Itto cheered.
"Oh did you think we were weak enough to not be put anywhere else but the top together, we deserve the biggest stage!" Rikujo smiled with pure arrogance and grandeur befitting of a noble.
"Speak for yourselves.....odds are they're not gonna let us sleep for the entirety of our days!" Rin complained and yawned at the same time.
"Why did you make it sound so weird? We are in 1 A together it's something to be proud of!" Itto gave me a withering look.
"By the way.....we shouldn't be surprised that that dazzling girl is here too right?...you will protect us, right rin?" Rikujo points out the elephant in the room. The same one that is just sitting in seat ignoring any attempts at conversation from all the other nobles and common folk gathering around her...
"Sh-shut up!" Rin's face becomes blue, trying not to think about who else is in this class. "Your nobles, act like it and protect your commoner brethren....." Rin continued in reprimand.
Both rikujo and itto's faces light up red in embarrassment and shame.
"O-oh no, we can't handle her! Hehehe! you said she looked at you like a prized possession, how about you be bait!" Itto was quick to shamelessly throw Rin under the bus.
Rin's jaw dropped in indignation...
Before Rin could make a few choice curse words at Itto, a wild female shinigami student appears!
"Seems like you guys are talking about something interesting! what's the scoop!?" She hops in with a question. coincidentally kihitora following along with her.
Rikujo raises an eyebrow. "We are making a plan for survival here, something dramatic but also with a touch melancholy." Rikujo answers with a smile.
"Yes....that plan involves sacrificing me to a demon." Rin clears up.
"Ooh~ that sounds scary~" She mimes with a smile.
Nothing about this conversation sounds uplifting.
"Anyways, my name is shichi amiya." She waved while introducing herself. her uniform was crisp without a sign of dishevelment, something a lot of the boys noticed which could only mean their guide wasn't anywhere near as painful as ours...
She had bright red hair styled in a wolf cut, white eyes and her face looked regal like she was some form of royalty or something.....
She was a bit taller than itto the tallest of our group, she's got the aura of someone who could comfortably call us her younger brothers if she so pleased....and get away with it...
"Kihitora." The one behind her who we know as kihitora introduced himself simply with a straight back and no change in expression.
We quickly notice that there is an interesting story here! As if these two were way more than they seemed.
"Hoh~ You may know me as kira rikujo, may I add you sure are looking very princessly and dashing right now." Rikujo mimed, rin and itto had a comical sweat drop at this one....but there was absolutely no reaction from this amiya and kihitora over here, nonetheless rikujo continued. "May I ask that you hop up on stage and weave a wonderful tale of your choosing, I sense it will be something interesting." Rikujo finished with a light bow, his penchant for theatrics and story telling rearing its head.
Amiya chuckled a bit "Maybe another time! What about the rest of your family here!" She motioned towards rin and itto.
"Well, I don't know this guy-" Rin was cut of by rikujo.
"Hey! I called you my brother a bit ago! what the hell!" Rikujo replies with indignation but rin ignores him.
"My name is nemure rinkai.....you can call me whatever." Rin shrugs lazily
"I'm kyouraku itto you can also call me however you prefer!" Itto gives a small shake of the head to her.
Amiya simple smiled. "You all seems so lovely! Hope you don't mind-" Before she could finish-
BANG!!!
A loud bang was heard.....specifically from the front of the classroom....
It drew the attention of everyone, even shirakami. We all had a simple question in our heads....WHEN DID THEY GET THERE???
"Alright, its time for you all to settle." a figure wearing the standard shinigami shihakusho with a sword at their waist.
Their voice sounds out with unconcealed quiet authority.
Of which none of us were willing to disobey right now!
Everyone quickly settled into seats and focused ahead.
Everyone sat with whoever they preferred.
Rin sat with Itto and rikujo making up his left and kihitora and amiya making up his rear...ofcourse this seating arrangement was a far off away from the one that is shirakami....we gotta preserve our own lives here.
The shinigami looks up quietly and nods.
"Time for some introductions, my name is miyauchi yurika, you may call me miyauchi-sensei. I will be your homeroom. I am the 12th seat belonging to squad 2." Our homeroom teacher introduced herself straight without a change in expression. She had black long hair styled in a hime-cut and black eyes, interestingly enough she was wearing a form of accessory in her hair something that looks like what a noble would wear.
"Quick bonding exercise. You may ask me 4 questions of your choosing to get to know me better." Miyauchi-sensei continued, her tone softened a bit.
Some of the students raised their hands eager to ask something that may provide a window into what they're homeroom sensei would be like.
Miyauchi sensei pointed randomly to a noble at the front. "We will start with you." She prompted.
"Yes, may I ask what kind of jobs you do in the squad?" The noble asked with interest.
"The jobs I do huh?" Miyauchi-sensei seemed to reminisce "Simple, I stalk people. Next!" She answered with something unexpected and damning to admit to....ALL WITH A STRAIGHT FACE!!!
.......There was complete silence after her answer.
'Why did she say that!? I mean she could of worded it differently atleast!' Rin couldn't help but think their homeroom sensei would be a little strange.
"Even if no one's raising their hands. I'll still pick randomly to get this done in a timely manner." She calmly states before her finger lands in the direction of a rukongai citizen. "Your next." She said
"U-uh, oh! uuuuuuuh........Whats your hobby??" The rukongai citizen answered unintelligibly.
"Another good question. Its also stalking people. Next!" She answered with a straight face again.
..........The silence was even louder this time! There was plenty of flabbergasted facial expressions to go around here!
One brave soul decided to end this silence by shakily raising his hand.......and that person was Itto!
Miyauchi points to him. "Go ahead." She prompts.
"Um...How do you stalk people???" Itto asks.
'THATS WHAT YOU HAVE TO ASK!?' Rin couldn't help but bash itto in his head a bit.
"I wont go into much detail, in short it's just following and closely watching every mannerism and trait one would possess and documenting it. For instance I know that until a year ago you had a life sized Chappy the bunny plushie that you slept with every night." She answered calmly as she smiled.
Kyouraku itto's eyes nearly EXPLODED OUT OF HIS SOCKETS!!!
That bombshell left everyone stunned COMPLETELY!!
"NO! THAT'S NOT TRUE SHE CAN'T KNOW THAT!!!" Itto rushed to defend himself and his pride as we look upon him with barely hidden mockery.
"I mostly know everything about you all, so if you ever think of being disruptive or being disobedient in my class...you know what will happen." Miyauchi sensei continued.
That statement caused the entire class to be struck with fear. No one wants to have any of their embarrassing secrets out in the open.
'Huh I don't even know if I have any embarrassing secrets at all that she could possibly find out, this body's memories didn't provide much' Rin shook his head, assessing the small bits of memories he had from this body.
Deciding to tempt fate in a challenge, rin raised his hand lazily "Why do you stalk people to begin with? And I don't think you know much about me, do you?" Rin was kinda hoping she did know something about this body maybe something more than a year back that could present a picture of who nemure rinkai was before he took over this body.
"As I said before its my job and hobby." She answered "And aren't you the same boy who plotted to steal kaien Shiba's wife?" She continued while raising an eyebrow, casually dropping something outrageous out of nowhere.
The whole class did a spit take at that! but before they could explode with an even greater reaction, rin answered.
"Ah yes I did, she's nice and a good cook. do you know anything more about me?" Rin asked with a casual lazy slouch, one arm propping up his cheek, that left everyone speechless......
"Why does it sound like you are asking because you don't know anything about yourself?" Miyauchi-sensei had a confused expression before moving on.
I sighed a bit after that....
"One final question before we move to actual lessons."
As the class was about to wind down another hand pops up casually.......
"Yes, you?" Miyauchi-sensei points to them.
"Sensei~ You say you enjoy stalking, I wonder if you enjoy the art that the dead can provide?" That question came from none other than AZASHIRO SHIRAKAMI HERSELF!!! HER SMILE LOOKED LIKE ONE FROM A PSYCHOPATH STRAIGHT OUT OF MAGGOTS NEST!!!
Not gonna lie, the sweat coming down everyone's body was like the sea waves that don't stop. We might actually flood the entire class in sweat!
"Alright that's enough, we are moving on to a quick lesson." Miyauchi-sensei....DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER DIGNIFYING THAT QUESTION WITH A RESPONSE!!!
sensei turns and jots something down on the board.
"Zankensoki!" Miyauchi-sensei hops straight into the lesson without a care for how their bonding exercise ended.....
"This is a catch all term that encompasses all the 4 main arts of the shinigami you will need to master to excel at your jobs. The 'ZAN' represents zanjutsu, sword techniques. The 'KEN' represents hakuda, hand to hand techniques. The 'SO' represents hoho, movement techniques and the 'KI' represents kido, spell techniques." Miyauchi-sensei explained. "These 4 would be very important to succeed in your life as a shinigami. Any questions?" Miyauchi-sensei continued and asked.
Another noble raised their hands. "Does that mean we would have to master all of them to go far as a shinigami." He asked.
"Not necessarily, you have cases like the kido corps who are mainly focused on kido and squad 11 who mainly focus on zanjutsu. As long as you master atleast 1 or 2 of these fundamental arts then a place for you in the seireitei is guaranteed. Ofcourse if you have the talent then try and master all of these skills, make something mythical of yourself." Sensei answered patiently.
"Out of all 4 main arts, the most popular one would be zanjutsu, the second most popular is kido, after all do you know anyone who would turn down learning new swordsmanship styles or new kido spells when given the chance, zanjutsu is the core of most shinigami as it ties itself directly to the zanpakuto, the zanpakuto in itself is an expression of our character as well as the greatest path to power. However that doesn't mean we should ignore all the other arts just because one is more popular, each art is strong in their own way and has its die hard loyalists. Squad 2 is the one division that focus' and prides itself on strong hakuda and hoho, especially those of the onmitsukido....." Miyauchi-sensei continued to lecture us on the 4 main shinigami arts and their history up until the class was finished and they had to move on to their next class which is zanjutsu class.
'I can't lie, getting lectured on the theory of stuff I already know by heart is a dragging experience.' Rin thought to himself while preparing to leave for the next class.
"Remember what I said. Behave yourselves even in the other classes, you know what is coming if you don't." Miyauchi-sensei presents her final warning.
Then she just disappears right in front of us...................
Yes, that's right not walk out or anything, no sound was made.......no displacement of air or even evidence that she moved at all.......just she was there and now she was not suddenly!!
This is a level of hoho most of us couldn't even begin to fathom she makes the legacy of squad 2 proud with that level of hoho!
Anyways I guess she's gone back to do more stalking and information gathering.
'Its time for our famed most popular art of Zankensoki, Zanjutsu!....how troublesome.' Rin thought exasperated remembering their guide from earlier.
Rin felt a bump from my left side "Come on you bum, there are more interesting tales to witness and we are not leaving anyone behind!" Rikujo smiles as he leads our entire group.
"Joining up with you guys sounds like it would be worthwhile!" we hear royalty over here speak as if she found an entertaining batch of cute animals.
"Oh. I guess welcome to our little family then!" Itto welcomes both chipper amiya and the stoic kihitora with cheer.
Rin sighed "Can't let a guy get a wink of sleep before he faces hell again..." He muttered.
Our group continue to chat as we walk out and make our way to the zanjutsu dojo reserved for us.
"By the way sensei said you tried to steal kaien shiba's wife.....pppttptpptptpppp, I didn't realize you were so bold." Rikujo laughs out.
"Oh I want to hear this!" Amiya was excited to hear something as absurd as this.
"Well I can only say, she's got her charm and I couldn't resist." Rin played along.
they all left good naturedly as they walk towards their impending zanjutsu baptism.
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".......Gin........an interesting piece has reached the board." A figure shrouded in mystery, one wearing a pair of glasses.
"They actually caught your attention?" The aforementioned gin States with a dangerous smile.
"They're not quite worth anything yet..........but something is telling me there are a lot more secrets they are keeping under wraps than what anyone can perceive...
For the first time the aforementioned gin's creepy smile wavered. Because what this person is implying is simply absurd........
Hello! Back at it with another one. Yeah while there was not much action in this one. I believe I have delivered something filled with characterization. Hopefully you all enjoyed it because the next one will be all action. See you next chapter.