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"I do hope so myself as well . . ." Mikazuki murmured to herself, following behind Hatsume after she straightened herself a little bit more and wiped away most of her sweat. Breathing deeply a couple of times, she went off and exited back towards the Sanctuary.

[Exits Training grounds]

((Short post. x.x))

Mashiro, hanging around the Trainning Grounds, noticed a new person. Sure are alot of new faced around here.... Mashiro thought to himself. After all, being one of the first in the squad, after the liberation, it seemed like there was a new shinigami coming every day. " You might not want to be so noticable. After all, the Captain doesn't like uneasy people in his squad." the Blond Shinigami said in a sarcastic tone. Though he was not one to be an a** to new members, it was a little fun to see how new members act when they first arrive to new areas. It made him chuckle a little, because this reminded Mashiro of his first time in the squad. He looked like a fool infront of the Captain. " Oh and for the record, those dummies are for kidou practice." he said as Rei slashed a dummy.


(( Sorry to sound a little mean, and welcome to the Squad))

Mashiro walked up with a slight smile, his new red cape swayed back and forth ((Pics coming soon ^_^)). Once he got to the new squad member, who was really small compared to him, and patted her on the head. " Don't worry so much, the Captain is a good guy. After all I should know... I am his pupil. Mashiro gave a graceful bow in respect to her. " I am Mashiro Morimoto, soon to be seated member of this Squad. What squad do you come from, or are you straight out of the Academy?" Interestingly enough Mashiro kept an emotionless face.

(( Ya, sorry about that. School Season and all. No one will really be on because of it. But feel free to go through the forums and find different rps))

" Heh, I remember when I was like you. When I first joined I came straight fromt he academy, but that was a while back when we where exiled from the Seireitei. I made friends here in there. We lost one of our Squad members during the retaking of the Squad Barracks." For a split second Mashiro started to remember his fallen comrad and the time before they retook the Seireitei. " Anyway, enough of my sad story. You came here for trainning right?" Mashiro jumped backwards on a rock that was standing nearby. " First I want to see how good your reflexes are. Then we can get down to buisness..... Byakurai" Lifting his right index finger, a pale, blue light encircled the fingers and shot out at Rugihara.

Mashiro's face was blank and unchanging. Since his friends death, finding out only a short time ago, the sadness was almost too much to bear. In any case he had only known his friend only a short time before the liberation and there was no need to get dramatic over it. However, Mashiro knew in his heart that they would have been closer in the end. " Impressive.... however," Mashiro raised his right index finger again. Releasing a small portion of his Reiatsu, Spiritual Pressure, Mashiro spoke again. " I don't think your blade will be much use to you here..... Hado #4, Byakurai..." This time a whole nest of the pale bolts went rushing at Rei. Several hit the ground before they came close to the female shinigami, but it served more as a fear fire more than anything else.


(( Yes that was kidou. My character is all about kidou, even though he only knows 4 spells. Anyway, that was Hado #4, Byakurai. If you watch the Anime or even read the Manga they will have it in there.))

Mashiro was glad to see that the young shinigami female was holding her own against the mass of Byakurai coming at her. However, this was no target practice and there was no need for him to use all his energy for this onslaught. With one large leap, Mashiro, was above Rei and coming in fast. Drawing his zanpakutou, Mashiro raised his Reitsu enough to show a glimps of his spiritual pressure color. As he came crashing down, the Blond Shinigami raised his blade and came down hard. Even though he was much taller then Rei, it would have been easy for any battle experianced shinigami to avoid. The only problem was that Rei had little battle experiance.

As he landed, Mashiro could see the fear on her face. Holding his scabard in hand, Mashiro spun 180* and slashed at Rei's legs with the attempt of tripping her. As he did this, Mashiro also slashed at her with his zanpakutou aimed at her face. The motion was swift and without warnning. Rei would have a hard time with this, but Mashiro had every bit of confidence. After all he himself was trained, and may still be trainning with Mock-Sensei. The whole attack was indeed not his real fighting style, but because of everything that he has been through, Mashiro thought it was time to "Change Tactics". " Don't let fear take you, Rei. Harvest the fear that is within you and then no one can truely defeat you." His voice seemed to eco all around so that it seemed that he was once with the earth.

Mashiro was a bit amazed that she could dodge both his blade and his scabard. However, her luck would run out... sooner or later. It was his decision to pick sooner. " Congradulations, you just dodge one of the hardest moves known as a half pincer move, or a frontal assault. Though it is a typical way of fighting it can come with its advantages. It is the frontal assault that is mostly used by the honorable Bushi, or Samurai. They taught the seven laws that we use today, however it is being lost more and more. Yet, their legacy will always remain. As you are living proof of that. Have you any idea of where you name comes from, Rei? It is one of the Seven Laws of Bushido..... Rei: right action--a most essential quality, courtesy. Even as you fight me you show that you are true to your name." With that Mashiro raised his blade and allowed Rei to make up her mind on what to do next.