Chapter 1

I am a Quincy. Well, technically, I was. I am dead. I am currently living the Soul Society. I am in the Shinigami Academy, learning the required skills of a soul reaper before becoming one. I am twenty six years old to be exact, from the day I was born. My exact birthday, I cannot remember it. I remembered the day of my death, however, 7th of July, at the age of 20. This is something uncommon, since most of us cannot remember... Not like it matters anyway.

It was in the night when it occurred. It was not a hollow who attacked me. It was... a human. He was wearing a white cloak and a black costume on the inside. When I saw him, I felt something piercing through my heart. It was followed by warmth, pain and blood. Finally, my death. My spirit went to the Soul Society very quickly, however. The chain did not even start to chew itself yet.

After years of struggling, I am in Shinigami class. The teacher is teaching us about Bakudou, spells that are non-offensive but handy. They are really simple, since I know the basics as I have learnt them while I was alive. I am already falling asleep.

"Wing, Name me the types of Bakudou, along with examples."

"Bakudou #1, Sai, a binding spell, Bakudou #77, a spell that relays messages, Bakudou #99, Bankin, a seal with three parts that binds partly, binds fully and destroys respectively."

Kageten-sensei really hates me a lot. Luckily, he only coaches my class in a single subject. Ever since the day that I had slept during class and still managed to answer his questions, he looks for every excuse to reprimand me. Heh, I am not dumb at all... After all, I am one with the blood of a Quincy.

"Hmph. Alright, back to the class, for the spell..."

"Hey, he gave examples which the teacher had never mentioned of again!"

"Yea... I wondered where he learnt them..."

I sat back on the seat, sighing. These lessons are boring... The next lesson would be fun though. Its a practical lesson. We are using the spells Hadou #4, and Hadou #31 on dummies as practice afterwards. There is a practical lesson tomorrow in the real world. We would be dealing with hollows. Heh. Its going to be fun! I could even picture myself firing spells! That accuracy would be contributed by my marksmanship training as a Quincy. Even though I do not have a medium here to use to form my bow, I have made one for practice.

Finally, the bell rang.

"I want a report done by tomorrow, based on the spells that I have today. Hand it up to Tenma and he will pass it to me. Class dismissed."

Tenma is my best buddy and the good looking genius. Brown spiky hair, dashing blue eyes, built muscles, he has been known for melting the hearts of women. Many men are jealous of him though. Exclude me, please. Other than that, he always scores in our tests whereas I fail them. They are just too simple... I did study them before. So as long as I pass my final exam this year, I would be able to be a Shinigami and thats all that matters. Its just two months later before my exams. For a new learner, Tenma is pretty good.

"Alright everyone, get ready for the practical lesson! Ike!" said, Tenma.

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"Oh ruler, mask of flesh and blood, all creations of the universe, fluttering of the wings, ye who bears the name of man! Scorching heat and disorder, evolve the transposition of the southern sea barrier. Hadou #31, Shakkahou!"shouted Cylse. The red bullet exploded from her hand, directed at the target. The target was shredded completely. All that was left is smoke and ashes.

She has long black hair which reaches to her chest, though they are normally tied up in a complex manner, such that they are in some sort of a bun, with some hair tangling from it. As for her figure, let's just say that she has rejected enough men.

"Hey, nice one!" I called out, to Cylse. She smiled to me, clapped my hand and walked to the back or the field, satisfied with her result. She slapped Tenma's hands too. I smiled, as the rest of the class looked at Rein with awe. She is good, well, at least better than most of them. Next up, was me and Tenma.

In the same spirit, we chanted the incantations together. We fired the red fireballs. My shot hit the bottom of the target, and some of the support. Oops. Tenma's shot was not better than mine, though, it hit only the support. The pole bent and broke, falling on to the ground. The practical instructor said that it was not a bad try nevertheless. The two of us had our tongues out when we walked to Cylse. She patted our head jokingly and smiled at our mistake. Heh. At least we were not that bad.

[IWing, hold the bow up. Pull. Remember, when you aim, call the target out to you. Feel the target, and release your arrow. That way, you would never miss.[/I This was my father's method of shooting.

"Alright class, most of you did well in firing the spell. I am glad to see that there were no mistakes in the incantations of the spell which should lead to self destruction. Your final examination for the spell would be two weeks later, where you would be required to use Byakurai, the fourth Hadou to hit a moving target. Good luck people and see you here in two weeks time. Class dismissed."

Everyone bid a goodbye to the teacher, and left the field. The three of us went to the cafeteria. We wanted to get some food before returning to our dormitory to have our report done. Dammit, I don't feel like doing it at all. Geez...

"I'll have a Sushi bento. You, Tenma?" Cylse asked.

"I'll just take the cheapest one." said Tenma, sweatdropping. Since he did the worst among us, he is treating us to dinner.

"Curry bento it is!" I exclaimed.

Gathering our supplies for the night, we returned to Cylse's dormitory. She lives in a pretty huge dormitory, considering that she is rich. Tenma and I are not very well off, so we stayed in smaller ones.

"Itadakimasu!" We echoed, and started to chow down our food. The curry was fabulous, the spice was just nice. The potatoes and carrot were soft. Cylse on the other hand, ate hers with hesitation. Being a rich woman, she usually has lots of great food... Tenma was also sad, but that is due to loss of cash.

"Alright guys, I got to go now. I am going to sleep, and get pumped for tomorrow's outing! Yea!" I claimed.

"I guess I'll go too then, I don't want to fail tomorrow's exercise." said Tenma.

"Well... I guess I shall meet you guys tomorrow?" Cylse asked.

The both of us nodded and agreed to meet here. With that, and Tenma's report, I went back to my room. Before I slept though, I copied Tenma's report.