Kenpachi grunted as he walked to the academy for the annual meeting, where he would be given a couple of newbie weaklings to break in until he could pass the off to another captain. On top of that, there was a rumor that the captain of the first squad, Yamamoto Genryuusai, was planning to force a female recruit on him and unless he was lucky, she would only be an active soul reaper until she found a husband. Therefore, he continued to the academy hoping that it was just a rumor.

Kenpachi glowered at the recruits who would be fighting in the tournament to determine which squad would best suit them. In fact, the better your placement the more likely that you would get the squad you wanted that is unless Yamamoto stepped in and placed you in a squad. Then not even the captain of said squad could do anything.

Then the first round started. They both went for the zanpakutou at the same time. Showing no signs of wisdom and holding out for the later, tougher fights. It was the same every tournament no finesse or tactic thinking about later as he watched the match end with a winner to go on to a later round. The next match was not what he expected. For starters, when the head teacher of the academy announced the names, Yamamoto did not pay attention to the girl's name. So the name was mentioned once more for the other captain's that were not paying attention as well, for they were all waiting for the later rounds where the cream of the crop would be found. The young woman's name was a surprise being Yamamoto Sakura. Then came the traditional zanpakutou information, which was surprising once more, for she had not one, not two, but three Zanpakutou. Two of which were the usual attack style zanpakutou, but the third was a defensive type, which was very rare and never went into a form that you could attack directly with. In fact, when in its state of rest they were usually mistaken for a piece of jewelry. Then the fight began. Young Yamamoto did not even bother with drawing or using any of her zanpakutou but went straight on the offensive and hit her opponent five times in very sensitive spots effectively ending the match in less than thirty seconds the quickest any of the tournament matches had ever gone in all the history of the saretia.

All too soon, it was the second round. Again, Sakura ended her match quickly not even bothering to show off. From there the rounds progressed quickly with only some of the matches being longer than five minutes. Then it was time for a break before the final four rounds. It was during this break that Yamamoto walked up to Kenpachi and said, "I know you heard the rumors about the female recruit that I want to place in your squad so before the matches continue I will tell you those rumors are true and as of now there is only one girl recruit left, Yamamoto Sakura, my adoptive daughter. It is dependent on a bet. If she wins this tournament she goes to your squad, if not then It will be up to you captains to place her, but she made me promise to only force her to be in my squad if Kurotshuchi seems to be the one most likely to get her. Now I will tell you this. She can beat me in almost any form of fighting when she lets herself stop worrying about her placement and she loves to fight whenever she gets a chance. If it were not for the fact that you avoid having women in your squad it would have been a done deal and I would have not placed that bet with her." With that, Yamamoto walked off. When Kenpachi turn to see that, he would not be disturbed he saw the Young Yamamoto girl stretching and preparing for her next match in which it was a requirement for her to use at least one of her zanpakutou. Not that it mattered. Then it was time for the matches to resume.

Every one watching this match held their breath as Sakura for the first time drew her zanpakutou in the tournament. Then she spoke as her opponent charged her, "Yin and Yang gauntlets now." Her Zanpakutou were no longer swords but metal gloves with blades across her knuckles. She once again struck with precision. She now had three matches to go. It was then that Kenpachi saw it. He was surprised to see that the young woman was fighting with weights on and so many weights at that. Soon Sakura was in the ring once again. This time she faced an opponent whose zanpakutou became a spear. Yamamoto then drew her Yin and Yang and held them together while saying, "Broad sword form." Then instead of the gauntlets she had a broadsword with which she hit her opponent in the precise spot where the spear could not hit her and her opponent would be taken out with a minor injury. Then it was time for the semifinals.

Sakura won her semifinal match without batting an eye. She only drew yin and said, "Yin blade of fire." Then she touched her blade of fire to her opponent's zanpakutou causing it to heat up to the point that her opponent yielded without trying another type of attack. It was then that Kenpachi realized that she was holding back for the reason that if she did not she could easily kill her opponents and that Captain Yamamoto was not kidding about her skill.

Finally, the finals came and the youth walked up, held his hand out to Sakura, and said, "I'm not even going to try in this farce of a final match and just going to yield now. You and I both know I could never beat you. I am more of a healer than a fighter and hey, you even can beat me there as well. Good luck in which ever squad they place you." He then walked out of the ring only to be stopped by the fourth division captain, Unohana, who said you are joining my squad where you can continue your training as a healer as will Sakura." He then smiled and said, "Sakura is for the eleventh division. She loves to fight and would be board to tears in fourth." Yamamoto rose and said, "He is right and Sakura is now a member of the eleventh division and Kenpachi is allowed only two more recruits." The rest of the recruits were sorted out quickly with Kenpachi getting lucky to end up only having one other recruit. Sakura's first opponent that she beat a young man named Michael.

That's How Sakura came to be in the eleventh squad.

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