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Karite ell of Miyoki and her skill level. It had been a while since he had seen her and the new addition to her outfit was something he was not expecting. She was now a captain, and that meant she was stronger then before hard as it was to belive. He didnt expect what was coming next either. "Ban...Kai" the words that slept from Miyoki's mouth. His eyes grew wide and scattered. His once relaxed nature became scared and distressed. His body wanted to move but it didnt. He had no control anymore. He was lost in the swirling beauty that was the final relase. Its power was stunning and simply beautiful. If this was the final relase, how much power was one person allowed? It was soon cascaded by the emense snowing feild around him. Did the royka really have this much power?

"Oh? So that is our teacher?" Shin said the secound he saw the first woman. "she seems nice. Wonder what she wi-.." he was cut off by the sword that she had drawn. He pondered for himself to the question that she had asked the entire class, while also litsening to the classmates while they SAID their answers.
One he heard Hikari announce her thoughts, he knew he was going the right track as her. "I guess she is smart too! If we only were friends" his daydreaming were cut off by a terrible force that struck him from all directions.

His pupil widened. Even his right one that was already oversized which covered the colour of his eye. "Even I who.. Has high reiutsu for my class. Can't even bare to stand agianst this massive force!". But being the person he is, his apperence remained as calm as ever. Even smiling some.

But when he heard the words "Ban-Kai" he immiedtly fell to his knees and arms. Trying to push himself from falling flat on his stomach. "Woah.. That.. That is what I need to help Tenchi..".
He felt something cold underneath his fingers, once his vision came back he could see that he was surronded by eyes and the colour white.

After the woman withdrew her bankai. Shin was happy to feel that he could straighten and sit in a normal lotus position, while leaning towards the tree were he once sat before. "I like her!" he said quietly to himself.

Masaru watched as Miyoko released her zanpakuto's soul and observed the changes made to the weapon. He'd seen others release their zanpakuto's before, but she had done it so masterfully, and it was accompanied with a heavy level of spiritual pressure. It felt as if his body weighed a lot more than usual, and it was tough to stay standing. He heard her speak about "them", and wondered just who "they" are. But his mind was set on something completely different as the captain realesed her bankai.

As the zanpakuto was released again, another larger layer of pressure slammed down onto Masaru's body. He groaned silently as he tried keep himself standing, all of his large muscles flexing. His body sank slightly as he began to sweat, but all of the beads that emerged from his skin froze from the decreasing temperature of the hill. His head was bowed low, looking at the ground under his feet turn to ice from the captain's zanpakuto. He gathered enough strength to catch a glimpse of the captain for a split second in all of her bankai beauty, before she finally sealed her weapon.

Masaru felt the pressure pull off of him, and he gasped as he regained his composure. He was breathing a bit heavily from all of that work just to stay standing, but he'd done it. "Bankai..." The word stayed burnt in his head, as a constant reminder of the potential of shinigami, and wondered just how long it would take to control such an immense power.

Miyoko stood at the head of the class, or rather, the hodgepodge of students that composed the class, and glanced up, as Hiren, the shunpo teacher, landed beside her, scowling at her younger sibling.

"Keeping that in mind, the bankai, that is," the word was so much less fearful when she just said it to say it, "you're all going to learn shunpo today. Even those of you who think you can't, will become proficient. Here's where the wicked game of tag comes in. First, this is my aneue, Hiren."

So even teachers had older siblings. And apparently, also retreated from their glaring, as Miyoko stepped back hastily, smiling, and making a face at Hiren from behind, as the woman with the 10 on the back of her haori, stepped forward.

"I am Shihōin Hiren. The 'wicked game of tag' my sister spoke of, is exactly that. We're going to play a game of tag. For those not aware, tag is when someone is 'it', and they chase down those who are not 'it', attempting to tag them, and make them 'it'. For this game, we will do things a little differently. You have all been practicing bit by bit with your reiatsu control, no doubt. Here, we are going to apply that, and you will use your reiatsu to increase your speed. This may take some practice. Before we begin the game, each of you will practice running from the execution platform, to the tree line, increasing your speed with reiatsu," unlike Miyoko, Hiren was all business, and it was easy to tell. Where Miyoko would have been laid back, Hiren was a stiff figure in front of them all.

She lifted one hand then, showing white cloth which had numbers on them. They ranged fairly high. She then lifted the band with the number 1, and flashed a brief smile.

"For the sake of this exercise, you will all be 'it'. I will be the person you have to tag. To make things fair, I will slow down to your level of speed. Gradually, as you all attempt to catch me, each person who successfully does so will be given a cloth. Once you have your cloth, you're to return to the top of the hill, and continue practicing until all of your fellow classmates have joined you. Now, please start practicing the run, telling us your names as you do so, for the sake of myself and Aichou, who do not know some of the faces here by heart."

She stepped back then, arms crossing over her chest, where hands vanished into the long sleeves of her haori where it covered her kimono.

((For the sake of this exercise, you're attempting to hit a dodge of 1d20 +30. After everyone else has made their 'attack' [no damage will be done], I will roll dodge. Remember the 20 always succeeds rule!! Once everyone has introduced themselves, and done the 'practice jog', which doesn't need to be more than 2 or so posts, we'll begin the actual training. :3))

((Will do, Dischord-dono))

Kaosu didn't know what hit him at the time, his eyes still being closed. He would have responded to Karite, and the blow he had just recieved, but he couldn't move. The simple pressure of bankai alone made him immobile against the ground. It was so strenuous, he could barely open his eyelids; and therefore didn't.

Finally, when it was over, Kaosu sighed and wiped some formulating sweat off of his brow. His eyes were widened slightly as he listened to both the older women intently. Finally, he stood up. As he walked towards them both, he rubbed the spot on his head where he had been struck.

Kaosu had one eye closed and half a grimace as he rubbed the bump. "I am Kaosu Hokosaki. Nice to meet you." Shaking it off, he decided to get it over with early. Taking long and purposeful bounds towards where the tree-line was, Kaosu smiled. At last, a vent!

With each step he took, the trees slowly crept closer. Finally after a good few minutes he reached the trees. Not wanting to spoil his momentum, Kaosu jumped up and placed his feet on the trunk of the nearest tree, bolting off it. Now let's see how much faster I can go with some help.

Karite stood after listening to the insane training they were being given. He didnt quite understand what tag would have to do with battle, but he would find that out soon enough. He would have to introduce himself to Hiren. Karite stood up and grabbed konpaku and slung her back over his shoulder. Picking his head up and placing his fist into his left palm he bowed.

"I am Karite kokyuu, Nice to meet you Hiren-Sensei. Always a painful experience Miyoko-Sensei." Karite stood and set off on his way to the tree line. His steps started slow and close together. As the tree-line came into closer view his steps became farther and faster. He was moving quite well. As the tree line neared he had to uch speed to slow down and if he tried what Kaosu did he would must likely break a tree.

Haruko stepped forward and bowed deeply at Hiren. So deeply, in fact, that her upper and lower body were almost perpendicular with each other. She waited a moment while bowing, her new found respect for the captains plainly obvious. Before rising, she said in a quiet tone, "Kadota Haruko, I'll try my best."

Haruko then stood straight up and walked to the execution platform, turning to face the woods when she got there. She knelt down so that she could puch off when she started to run, much as a professional runer would do. She closed her eyes, trying her hardest to push what reiatsu she could into her legs. It was much harder to do out here than in Hawk-chan's world.

After studieing his classmates ways of running, concentrating their reiutsu than running agin. Shin had watched carefully not to miss any detail. When seeing his friend Haruko-chan step up to the platform. Shin had to prove himself worthy of her friendship. So, with a smile on his face. He walked up to the captains, bowed deeply of respect and said with his friendly and normal volumed voice: "Takumi Shin, ready to impress my classmates!"

He strolled over to the platform. Focused on the way that were going towards the tree. His first thought was to run as fast as possible without any reiutsu controlled. Just to see the flaws of speed that were between his classmates when they USED reiutsu and he DIDN'T. So. He prepared himself by stretching his legs out and his elbows. But pushing off the ground and running his fastest to the tree, stopping right where he was supposed to stop. "About 10-25 secounds slower than Kousu-senpai"