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A good question, in retrospect-Although, what answer he could give her, he was unsure. Everyone fought for their own reasons...although it was whether or not those reasons met the same goal at the end that determined the outcome. What was it he fought for...if not for those within the Seireitei?

He took a moment to ponder the answer-Truly, it was a good question. There was no simple answer to this. As he pondered, the faces of those who had been under his command slowly made their way into his mind-All of the battles he had fought back then, he had thought fighting them was for his own survival. But when he looked back on it now, perhaps it was more than that...Perhaps there was reason he seemed so un-satisfied with the way things were right now...And as he raised his head, turning it to look at her, he answered calmly,

"I fight for my own reasons."

And with that, he began to move forward again, pondering on his answer...All of those years, he had wondered what the true reason was for fighting the endless battles that the 79th went through. And then there was the reason for his outburst-Why was it that he felt so enraged? Was it forgiveness? Was there reason to help those that did not care whether he lived or died? He would have to think on this...

Kaela looked up at the tall figure before her, trying to understand what he was saying about his reasons to fight. She thought to herself that she couldn't single handedly manage the burden of believing that she's fighting to defend the people who can't defend themselves; that would be too much of difficult task. She also wondered what Ryū's own reasons were. Clearly they were personal, or else he would've mentioned them. She wondered if she'd find her own reasons even though she has yet to see a battle.

She looked at the man before her, her eyes staring at him like a curious child. He was certainly an interesting looking person. Never before had she seen anyone with that skin color or markings. He was quite tall as well. She believed him when he said he fought for others, but still she looked at him like an amazed child. After all she was just a child amongst these men. It would make sense then that she doesn't understand all the reasons behind being a shinigami. She didn't understand kidou, she had next to no reiatsu sense and she had no zanpaktou. So what was her reason to even try to fight as equals with them? She hadn't realized that her reason was simple all along. It's always the closest thing to you that you overlook.

She continued to look on at the man as the wind blew through her hair making it cover her left eye. She nodded to him in acceptance as she looked serenely at him. There were really no words she could use at this point.

Kaela looked in Ryū's direction as he extended his invitation. Unexpected, she thought, that he would even continue speaking to her. She made the mistake of assuming what might happen, something she had tried to avoid doing when it came to people. Still, she accepted his invitation.

"That would be fine." she said softly while nodding.

He really talks funny, she thought to herself as she started following him. Maybe it was just how the people of the higher stations spoke. She was assuming again. This was the first nobleman she had spoken to so of course she would be prone to making that assumption. She wondered for a moment if that was how her mother spoke.

She followed alongside him. You could hear her wooden sandals as she walked. If a stranger looked at the two of them she could've easily been mistaken for a noblewoman; wearing that red kimono. One of the memories of her mother. As long as I don't have to talk like that, then I could be one, she thought. Wait what am I thinking? She snapped back to reality as she followed Ryū. Eventually coming to the realization that she didn't really know where anything in Seireitei was. Other than the academy she couldn't find a tea house in Seireitei's maze-like layout without some help. In fact, after following Ryū for only a few minutes she was already lost.

"This isn't the way I came." she whispered to herself. But she didn't sound worried at all. Her voice and her face were serene. She just followed taking note of the way she was going.

Kaela bowed in response to the woman and introduced herself: "Aihara, Kaela. It's a pleasure to meet you."
She still spoke softly. Maybe she was just trying to be nice. Maybe she was trying to impress the woman by seeming composed. The place certainly was spiffy, the biggest house she'd ever been in. She raised up her head from her greeting and looked at the woman. She was quite elegant for someone who was just going about her daily duties at home. Kaela's thoughts started drifting again, wondering if her mother was like this. She smiled lightly at miss Sakura as she thought that.

kenji struggled to continue to push his body farther to become stronger he swung his zanpaktou, wildly at the air jumping more quickly trying to force his body to keep going slowly he stopped and sat on a rock. "To weak Kenji, you need to at least equal the others." He said to himself.

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Haro grinned as he watched two walk off down the road. The man's fury had seemed to drop considerably and this made his life a lot easier. "Alright then, you two have fun and play nice. I am glad you are more of a humble man right now Kaze." He said with a grin as he turned on his heal and he walked back towards the building that the others were in. He opened up the door, just in time to hear Kaosu talking about whapping the kid's face in. He shook his head as he walked up to him and smiled. "I don't think he is that bad a person actually. He just needs to get used to how it is around here Kaosu. In due time the child will learn to respect those above him, and he will blossom into a fine shinigami, as the ugly bugs often blossom into beautiful flowers." He said with a grin as he looked at the man. "So do not go around trying to slam anyone down a notch or two on the ego level through violence, just let it happen naturally, for it surely will." He stated as he watched Kaosu for a reaction.