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Name: Sakuya Hanabishi
Birthday: April 8
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5
Weight: Secret
Hair color: Chestnut with a hint of auburn
Hair length: Long (mid-back length) but will vary throughout the series
Eye color: Hazel eyes
This story is set years after the "Turn back the Pendulum" event. (See Bleach Manga for more info)
It was already nightfall, but something or someone is going on within training grounds of the Spiritual Arts Academy- commonly known as the Shinigami Academy (Shino Academy).
It was not a something, but it wasn't just any someone- It was a Shino Student. Her name was Sakuya Hanabishi.
"Ok! I guess that's enough hakuda training tonight for tomorrow's class," I exclaimed to myself.
*Hakuda means hand to hand combat*
[Sorry for the late introduction, but my name is Sakuya Hanabishi. The Hanabishi family is lower rank noble associated with the Kuchiki family. Although my family is well known throughout Soul Society as forefronts in the art of flower arrangement, we also excel in the medicine. You might be wondering what I am doing at the Academy. Due to the high score I earned in the admission's test I was put into first class. Usually people who excelled in the first class graduates earlier than predicted- some graduated in two years out of the 6 year requirement. I'm currently on my third year. Right now that's all I can give out as info so you'll see more if you stick around! Good night J]
[Sakuya's POV]
"Alright! First class today is your hakuda test! I hope you have trained and rested well," Gengorō Ōnabara gleefully announces to the students as he was making the attendance list.
"Onabara sensei seem so lively today," I groaned. "Well that's because sensei is a keen fan of any contact combat," a guy in the class replied to my concern.
"Touya! Don't you sneak up to me like that. By the way why do you look so tired?!" I asked him wearily as I noted black circles around his eyes.
"That's because I was so nervous about today's test that I couldn't sleep all night," Touya replied with much uneasiness.
"You shouldn't be nervous, it's only a hand-to-hand combat test to see whether or not we can proctect ourselves and others in case we can't or won't use our zanpakuto," I reassured him.
"Looks like everybody is here, let's go to the training room," Onabara sensei ordered us to fall in line and start proceeding to the training room.
There were 50 of us in our class, probably the smallest batch of a first class that the Academy has seen. As Onobara sensei and his assistants started assigning what seems like robotic-like dummies to the each of us.
"Each of you will have to disarm your assigned dummy to the point it can no longer stand," sensei instructed us. "In other words these dummies are your tests, whether you fail or not is up to you," Sensei concluded with a menacing tone.
"Oh boy," I exclaimed as I watched my dummy started to activate.
Then green light flashes on all of the eyes of the dummies. "Then start!" Onabara sensei exclaimed.
The dummy was constantly launching attacks at me. I've noticed that its strength and agility was different from the one I was practicing on last night.
I glanced to my left and see Touya had already annihilated his dummy test. "Touya H. has succeeded in first defeating the dummy," one of the proctors announced.
[Ok! It's payback now!] I thought to myself. After dodging an attack from my dummy test, I was able to punch it in the chest and flung a mid-air kick to the side of its face. Dummy test was now twitching, trying to get from the ground, but it shut off before it could.
"Sakuya H. has also succeeded in defeating the dummy test as well," the proctor announce as he examined the dummy test I just launched to the ground.
It took 2 hours for the whole class to completely defeat all of the dummy tests.
"The test is now over you all may go take a break and we will resume class in 45 minutes," sensei announced as he and the proctors recollecting the dummy tests.
I groaned as I stretched my arms on my way to the patio to my lunch. "Sa-ku-ya!" Touya screamed as he put his right arm around my shoulders. "Touya! How did you think the test was?" I asked just something to talk about. "It was a piece of cake! Thinking of cakes let's go eat," Touya exclaimed as he couldn't wait to grab desserts from the cafeteria.
"Yeah, I guess so," I affirmed with him. We then proceeded to the cafeteria and ate our lunch.
After lunch we were now back to our seats in the class. Onabara sensei shortly came in after and we all greeted him.
"The scores from today's test will be posted tomorrow! It is going to be last test for anyone in this class to get a recommendation for a position in one of the divisions of Gotei 13," Onabara sensei told our class.