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Yuki showed up early to the assigned training grounds for the first lesson. She was a little worried, this would be the first time that everyone in her squad was in the same place at the same time. It kinda reminded her of the first day of school, getting butterflys wile she tried to impress everyone else. She closed her eyes and say down, meditating for a little wile. Today she planned on teaching the recruits about their Zanpactos, it was going to be an emotional class, that was for sure.

She drew her Zanpacto and set it on the floor in front of her. It glowed a soft, black-red, wile Yuki herself radiated a deep blue. She was getting in touch with her own Zanpacto. With any luck all of her students would be able to do this by the end of the week, if they practiced.

"Well... Get on with it."
"Shut up, I'm nervous.... I've never had to preform before."

She said, viewing this whole thing like a show, where everyone showed up to watch her do some tricks, then go home and try to do the same thing themselves. After a few moments of concentration, she mushed together her deep blue riatsu with the dark-red of the Zanpacto. Slowly, her dragon, Arthion took shape behind her, curled up and dignified like a king as he watched over his weilder. She remained in a meditative state wile she waited for her students, so Arthion was only semi-solid in this state.

The semi-solid dragon that had been lazily looking out around his owner settled his eyes on a little kid with barely any riatsu signature to his name yet. His gaze was powerful and threatening, he narrowed his already slitted eyes as he looked down on the unfortunate stranger who dared desturb Yuki wile she took a rare meditation.

"You are in the right place.... It just seems that everyone is late. This is Yukimaru, the captain, and I am her zanpacto... I hope you don't mind that I let her be at peace wile we wait for a few more people to show up?"

He said, in his deep regal voice that dictated his hundreds of years, mental age. Arthion couldn't imagine how intence it must be to be talking to a Zanpacto spirit when you are barely aware of your own.

Arthion turned his head a little, as if confused by the boys words. Wile the dragon knew himself to be intimidating, he had spoken as calmly as he could, and he hadn't even moved. He didn't understand why the kid would be so afraid of something that wasn't even fully solid yet.

"First off, I'm not your captain... Second, Yuki can't hear you right now.... Third, why are you so afraid? I'm not going to eat you."

The great dragon opened it's maw and laughed, a big rolling laugh with a bit of a roar behind it at his own joke. Ahhh, he couldn't even eat the kid if he wanted to, at least not until Yuki was done with her meditation.

"Well, I think it's getting late enough to start soon... In a few minutes I will wake Yuki for you... if your lucky you might get a whole private lesson to yourself. "

He said, raising what would be considered his eyebrow, as if a private lesson with Yuki would be a real treat.

(( RAWER! where is everyone?! stare ...Whatever. I guess you lucked out and got a private lesson then))

Arthion let out another hearty laugh as the kid seemed to jump at every little thing the great dragon did. He gave it a few more moments before giving up and deciding that this was the only person who was going to show up to the class. A shame really, Yuki had been looking forward to this. He mentally gave her a nudge back to reality.

"Only one kid showed up...."
"Your joking...."
"I wish."

Yuki opened one eye slowly and carefully, as if the vary sunlight would burn her if she moved too quickly from her meditative state. She saw the single student that Arthion had been talking about and sighed, slowly standing up, the dragon behind her became solid. She left her Zanpacto on the ground and walked over to the single student.

"Looks like you lucked out... Everyone else is a no show... I'm Yuki, who are you?"

She asked, crossing her arms over her chest in a cocky manner that was almost totally opposite her Zanpacto's attitude of the regal king.

(( You get extra brownie points for reading my profile : D ))

Yuki could almost see the kid practicing this speach and gesture combo in the mirror as he recited it off like he was in some big important interview. She raised an eyebrow and looked back to Arthion, who tilted his head and gave what might be interpreted as a shrug. She turned back to Minato.

"That's nice... Well, then lets get started... I was going to teach everyone how to learn their Zanpacto's names, and eventually summon them as I have done here... but since your the only one here, I suppose I'll just be teaching you."

She said, launching off into part of the lesson she had plotted out with a little difficulty. She gestured to Arthion as she mentioned summoning. Once she was done with her little speech she looked the kid up and down, getting a better idea of what she was working with.

"Any questions?"

She asked, looking up at him with him in a more demanding way than the question itself would usually permit.

(( Because only people who have read my profile ever comment on how short Yuki is.))

The kid still seemed to be a bit shaky on the idea of addressing a captain, and she almost bust out laughing when he added 'ma'am' onto the end of addressing her as captain. Could you get any more formal and shaky than that?! This class was definitely going to help his nerves a bit. She tried to hide her laughter at his weird way of addressing her with a smile but feared she wasn't too successful, since her next statement required her to pause several times so she wouldn't laugh.

"Well.... then lets get.... Started."

She said, trying not to break up the sentence obviously enough to make it seem like she was hiding laughter. Meanwhile Arthion had buried his muzzle in his huge claws and was snickering away like a giddy schoolgirl. Yuki gave him an evil glare as he laughed away.

"The best way to get in touch with your Zanpcacto is through combat, but you can also do it through meditation if you look deep inside yourself... I don't expect you to learn your Zanpacto's name, but there is a good chance you will at least learn what they look like.... So just sit down and chill however is most comfortable and get in touch with your inner.... You."

She said, returning to her seat between her Zanpacto and the dragon. She stopped and waited for Minato to join her.

(( XD But then that would make your character tall, not mine short! Nice try but no cigar. ))

Yuki noticed the kid was looking at her funny, there must have been something wrong. She turned around to find Arthion still snickering away, and she elbowed him in the stomach. He gave a little huff and puffed smoke in her face, indignified that she felt the need to stop him from laughing at a perfectly funny situation. She turned back to her only student, who was apparently confused on the assignment. She reached over and pulled his Zanpacto out of the shieth, setting it down in front of him without asking permission or ceremony.

"Ok, your Zanpacto is an extension of your inner self. Your looking for something that embodies everything you are. Example, I am a prideful, mean, power hungry person, thus, a dragon."

She got another huff of smoke in the face as she described Artion's existence based on almost all her negative qualities. Of corse it was much more than just that, but he respected her wish not to explain further and kept his yap shut... mostly.

"Your Zanpacto also has his or her own unique riatsu signature, so when you find it, you will know.... just clear your head and go looking for something that belongs, and yet dosn't"