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Summary:
Ukitake Has finally chosen a new fukutaichouto help him run his devision. She is perfect for the job and a great companion. However he is dreaming of a person from his past that he can't see. She is always a blur to him. This person was his friend and he knows he cared for her deeply, yet he doesn't remember her. Why can't he remember? What happen to her? and Why is his heart reacting to his fukutaichou the same way it did for in the past to that little girl?
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Dreams and Final Exams
"We'll always be friends, right Take-kun?" asked a young girls voice.
The boy turned to see nothing but a shadow where the voice had come from, but he still replied, "of course we will _. We'll always be friends." He smiled at the shadow, at the unknown person brightly. He could tell she was happy when he felt a hand as small as his squeeze it.
Ukitake Jyuushiro opened his eyes to see the ceiling of his room in the thirteenth division housing. He could tell that it was just before dawn by the way his room looked the color gray-blue. Letting his heavy blankets fall to the floor he stood and walked over to his door and slid it open. The air was cooling with the coming a fall in the early morning and dragonflies flew over the water that surrounded his home as the koi fish jumped to eat them.
Sitting down he watched the clouds gently float by and the sun that would soon rise. While doing so he contemplated on the dream he had. It had been two weeks since he started having the dream, but now he could hear the person's voice. At first he had only been able to feel the persons hand in his and see the shadow, but now the person's voice was revealed to be that of a girl.
Ukitake had been trying to figure out what the dream meant that had just about absolutely nothing to do with what was going on now. Now though he was beginning to understand it a bit; it was from his child hood. With the clothes and his size in the dream he had finally figured the time frame, but the girl was a mystery. He seemed to know her thou and believes it's more of a memory than just a dream.
The sun having started to rise he readied himself for the day seeing as he was feeling quite well. He had his tea already when Sentaro and Kiyone came to him with the schedule for today. All the Captains were to watch the final fighting examination today of one of the academies. He told his third seats to hand out the patrolling schedules and started his paperwork till about ten o'clock.
Shunpoing to the exam building Ukitake greeted Kyoraku. Shunsui had been waiting for him outside the main building. "Asa, Jyuushiro."
"Ohayoo gozaimasu Shunsui. How are you?"
"Tired, Nanao-chan didn't let me sleep in today," replied Shunsui with his head bent.
"Hahaha, I'm sure you got plenty of sleep Shunsui."
"Speaking of sleep, did you have that dream again?" asked Kyoraku as they entered the building looking at his friend.
"Yah only this time I heard her voice," Jyuushiro answered with a puzzled look.
"Yada, yada, her voice?" questioned Shunsui with the hint of a grin and a glint in his eyes.
"Yes her, and it is more of a memory than a dream," Jyuushiro replied as they entered the viewing room.
"Tell me more later then," suggested Shunsui as they got to the railing. It was high above the setting below showing buildings and path ways everywhere. The students were already walking around below waiting for the test to start. Some were nervous walking back and forth, while others stood perfectly still. Captain-General Genryusai explained that they were all to observe and allowed to asked questions about the students. The instructor then announced that the test had begun and all the students went straight to work.
Ukitake's eyes watched the students work to fight off the simulated hollows, when they reached level five he began to ask questions about some of the students. He paused when his eyes came to a young woman who looked to be in her twenties.
Looking at the instructor he pointed towards the woman, "The female Shinigami with the loose black hair in area 23, in the alleyway." All the captains turned to see the female come out of the ally and run along the buildings. From what he could tell she had a large amount of spirit energy and had seen her fight wasn't sloppy from the start.
"That is Hayashio Akiharu, second in the top ten of the class. She came to Soul Society five and half years ago, and was entered into the academy five years ago by some Shinigami from squad one. Apparently she hadn't run away when they told her to with hollows fighting and they found she has a high level of spiritual energy. She is an expert in swordsmanship, hoho, a novice in hakuda, and kido. When asked why she agreed to come to the academy she said that there is someone I want to remember, and I want to protect these souls. She can be quite the leader, but will not openly volunteer for the part and is quite the center of attention. She reached Shikai two years ago and it is estimated that she will get her Bankai in half the time than usual," reported the instructor.
Everyone watched as she jumped on top of a building to see five hollows below, she stopped to kneel but then stood right back up and jumped down yelling "rikujōkōrō" at one hollow on the way down and striking another at the same time. She then jumped over to the next one and cut the mask once she landed she jumped out of the fourth ones attack and cut its mask. She struck the last one down with no trouble. Standing she began to jog down the road again till she came to another ally.
"Her tactics are fast, short notice, and executed in minimal time," said Soi Fon watching her move stealthily around the buildings.
"She keeps track of her reatsu levels while fighting to so as to gage her time," commented Unohana Retsu watching her closely.
"Hayashio has a long endurances rate which is good for any group she has been in."
"Oh, how so?" asked Shunsui with curiosity.
"It's been noted that whenever she is placed in a group no matter what position she has she is always looking out and helping her teammates with the hollows. That's what makes her qualified to be a leader. She does her work, watches for the others, and helps them if they need it or are hurt. Though she will express that a person is an idiot when they do something stupid. It has caused a bit of trouble with the ones who do act stupid in her group."
"You not only picked a smart one, but one with an attitude," laughed Kyoraku at Ukitake. He was still watching her progress as she cut down the hollows without much effort.
"Sir they are now on level nine," announced someone at the controls.
"How many students are left?"
"Twenty-three sir."
"When you move onto level ten make so the hollows hide their reatsu and come up behind the students."
"Hollows that can hide their reatsu. That is a difficult part of the test for students to take," spoke Soi Fon watching the woman and the others.
"They've been trained to know their surrounding and be prepared."
She had just walked out of an ally and was scanning the area for Hollows. They watched as the hollow appeared behind her form about four times her size. It lifted its arm and brought it down. Just as she was taking her next step she turned around and shun-po just as it dented the ground where she had been. Appearing on the other side of the street she touched down then took off toward the hollow. She side stepped its next swing at her and jumped at its mask slicing it. "Damn hollows who can hide their reatsu. Big pain in the ass and curse the damn instructor for putting them in here," Hayashio spoke as she checked her body. There was a cut on her sleeve but no blood so she took off again.
Ukitake released the breath he had been holding and listen to her grumble. He didn't know why he was so glad but she was ok. She seemed to have impressed the other taicho's with her skills. She seemed to know what she was doing and how to do it when the time was right.
"How many students haven't been eliminated?" asked Captain-General Genryusai.
"Eleven, sir," said the instructor as he observed the screens.
"Make it multiple hollows at once." All captains turned to Genryusai in surprise and began to voice if that was such a wise decision when the field drew their attention. Hollows began appearing around the field and all looked to see Akiharu surrounded by eight high level hollows.
Akiharu gasp as she found herself surrounded by hollows. One tried to strike her but she shun-po out of the way and tried to counter attack. They all kept her from getting to their mask and she wasn't doing much damage with her zanpakuto at the moment. Akiharu jumped away from the one she just attack, when she notice one coming on her left. She tried to get away but it hit her straight into the side of a building.
Akiharu cringed as she pulled herself out of the crater and landed on the ground. She could tell that she got an injury on the upper part of her left arm and that her leg was bleeding. Finding no other choice she held her sword out and stabbed it into the ground. "Unleash, Ayame!" Her sword extended and morphed in a flash of light, her sword changed into a staff. It had a long blade at the bottom end of the staff, and a flat metal two dimensional image of an iris at the top. The shaft of it was all metal and had a slight tinge of red to it. The hollows came at her but she just took a firm grip on the staff and a shield of fire surrounded her.
Jyuushiro watched with wide eyes as he watched her dodge the hollows. He along with a few other captains cringed when she hit the wall and pull herself from it. They could all see the blood coming from her left arm and right leg, but she still stood there. They were all surprised to see that her Shikai was a staff, and an unusual one at that. When the fire surrounded her as the hollow tried to hit her again it got burnt.
Everyone was amazed at her abilities and her Zanpakuto. There had never been a staff like zanpakuto; most are a weapon with a blade or spike of some kind. The fire suddenly went down and they all heard her shout, "Hyapporankan!". Rods of light pinned down most of the hollows and Akiharu was soon striking down the ones that the attack had missed. Fire danced around her as she fought and killed the hollows. After the last one was gone Soi Fon looked to the other students, Akiharu was the first one done. They watched as she tore her sleeve to wrap her arm and her pant leg for her calf. They could hear her cursing a bit at her lack of medical skills.
Kenpachi grinned saying, "With someone as strong as she is, what we are going to do with her?" Everyone looked at Kenpachi and they began to talk. Ukitake looked at them and back down to the area Akiharu was in. Thinking for a bit he turned to Captain-General Genryusai. "Sensei, I would like to request Hayashio Akiharu to be my squad's fukutaichou."
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