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Ichigo had caught a weird tone off of Rina's voice at her comment. It wasn't like her normal tone of voice. A "Yeah, what do you mean?"

This was going to be an interesting story for them. A "Well, my diary helped me remember how much I loved my dad, the only parent I knew that was related by blood. He was the only family member that treated me like family. As you can tell, I died very young as a human. Well, I kept the dream of seeing my dad again and I really wanted to make him proud so I joined the Soul Reaper Academy. Well..." She trailed off for a moment. She still had those feelings of loving her dad, despite not having the memories.

A "Apparently things went bad after I died. I mean, no one really made me a big part if i] anything so I still don't know why or how things could've gone that way. But, um, when I caught wind of where my dad was, I was happy that I could try to see him again and show him what I have done. That dream helped me continue to become better. When I saw him, he was angry. And he fought me with a bakoto. I was close to dying, to make things short. My dad was going to let me suffer until I did die, but that's when I heard Burrakuhato ' s voice. And I won."

Ichigo stared at her. He didn't have family problems like she did with a step mother or however many, and other siblings and family members. But the one person she did have turned her back on her. A "I wonder what could've happened that would've caused that to happen."

After hearing those words, she felt the depression come. She tried to put the blame on something else the whole time but all it did was give her false hope. Ichigo finally spoke. "Hey, you've got your Zanpakuto right? That's the only person you need to make proud now." He wasn't one to have the strongest connection with his, but every Shinigami needed to have a tight relationship with their Zan.

Rina couldn't help but to crack a small smile. "You're right, Ichigo. I couldn't be happier with any other besides Burra." She did want to become stronger now for her Zan. Out of anyone else, he was always there no matter what.

Rina smiled. She was really enjoying all this time with Yumichika. In fact, it was amazing that so much free time was allowed. Then again, it wasn't like they could go to Hueco Mundo to fight the Arrancar. A "That sounds great. There's gotta be a park or something close, right?"

Ichigo gave a nod. A "Yeah. Take a left and it's down a ways. It's where Karin plays soccer with her friends. It should be plenty of space." He began to clean up from the small mess he made from reheating the pizza. Yuzu would throw a fit if he didnt.

Yumichika was right about this pizza being geasy. It was obvious that it has cheese and pepperoni, but what else? "It's an Italian pie, but it's not sweet or anything. They take some dough, make it round, add some kind of tomato sauce, cheese, and various toppings. That's pepperoni. You can add bacon, bell peppers, extra cheese, anchovies, and more." He grabbed his plate from Yumichika and took a few slices for himself. It was definitely better when it was freshly made, but it wasn't like they were going to all go out to eat every day. His wallet would be hurting.

Rina quietly enjoyed the pizza. Who knew a mix of different food would taste so good. It only took a couple of slices for her to feel full. "This pizza is great. We all should've just came here a long time ago. The Soul Society doesn't have anything like this!" The more she tried different things, the more she wanted to stay, regardless of what was going on. There was so much to enjoy here. "I really don't know how it works with anyone being able to come here. I don't think it's a bad idea for other Shinigami to come and learn the world in person. You never know what might happen one day."

Rina followed Yumichika to the soccer park. It seemed like such a nice day to practice, or even do anything outside. She hesitated to watch the kids play this game. It looked quite interesting. She continued on into the forest. In a way, it was nice to not be seen by the humans. They didn't have to worry about being bothered.

With a grin, she pulled out her sword. It felt so natural to just even hold it, and like second nature to fight. It was the way of the Shinigami. She felt more confident holding her sword now. Whether it was because she knew Yumichika wasn't an enemy or because it was just practice, she liked it. "Okay, you asked for it," she yelled across to him. She took off with a fast run, hold her sword to her side. As she started to get closer, she raised it up to ready for an attack. She pretended to attack him at his side, but stepped around to swing her sword at his back.

When he broke contact, Rina jumped back a few feet. With a chuckle, she ran forward, changing her grip on her sword into a death grip. As she got closer, she raised her sword vertically above her head and swung down as hard as she could. Sometimes she liked strength more than speed, but you couldn't just depend only on one of the two. She didn't have as much muscle but at least she could figure out how much strength she had.

After being blocked and overpowered, Rina thought to herself that she should've figured that with Yumichika's height that the attack would've been almost useless. Even though this was training, and Yumichika was trying to hold back, it was rather enjoyable. Of course, Shinigami were trained to fight and probably should enjoy it since it was their profession, but taking it too easy during training didn't get everyone too far.

She kept her speed up at blocking the attacks, but kept her reiatsu concentrated around her blade. In case she would miss a jab just slightly, she would be able to continue blocking it. It was something she was still learning how to do since she was trying to take her shikai's reishi absorbing ability to her advantage. For a moment, she thought she had seen someone standing up in the sky. For that split second, she felt a cut to her side, and quickly jumped several feet back. She was lost for a moment on what she could concentrate on, the cut or the person. Rina looked back up to see nothing but a cloud. It was probably her mind playing tricks since they had the Arrancar problem. Without bothering to look at her cut, she disregarded anything else besides the fight and ran back towards Yumichika to continue training.