I am alive, however I am putting my Shadow and Amy pairing on hold for now. Now this is a OC that I've had in mind for a while now. Apologies if this sucks, but I just wanna give it a shot.

Noon..better get up before my captain... Rayne's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Shunsui Kyoraku, Taichou of division 8 in the Gotei 13 Court Squads, but right now he was waking up his newest recruit, one that wasn't a female.

"Rise and Shine, uh, Rayne!" said captain exclaimed, his dark brown hair waving as Sakura petals flew into his subordinate's room, causing him to look rather 'flaming' as Rayne thought.

"Not much one for titles, eh Kyoraku-Taichou?" Rayne stood and bowed out of respect while rubbing the sleep from one of his eyes.

"It isn't that..it is more like..I can't pronounced your last name, son." The, now embarrassed, 8th division captain scratched the back of his head awkwardly/

"It is Mictlantecuhtli, Kyoraku-Taichou."nanao Ise, Lieutenant of the division said nonchalantly as she made her way into Rayne's quarters.

"Ah yes, thank you Nanao!" Kyoraku smiled as he got closer to his second in command, only to be rewarded with a death glare that had his eyes widen and himself take a step back.

"Well if he chooses to just go by his primary name, we can have that arranged." She turned her attention to their newest squad member, who just nodded in response.

"Very well, Rayne, the entire squad is meeting on the training grounds so that we may evaluate your strength and see as to where exactly we can place you, now if you show signs of being one of the top 9 seats, then you will continue to stay here, but if you are ranked lower, I am afraid that you will have to live in a bunkhouse with about 20 other ranked Shinigami, is that understood?" She spoke monotonously, which gave her more authority like that of a captain herself.

"Yes, Nanao-san" Rayne raised his head, which caused the female to blush, he was young when he died, and he graduated 2 and 1/2 years early from the academy, which was downright unheard of, but nonetheless she did enjoy looking at him more than their Captain.

"Well then, let's go, the squad is waiting.." With that, all inhabitants left the room, and appearing on the training grounds a few seconds later.

"Your speed is pretty well, Rayne, I thought you were going to beat both of us here." Kyoaku said with a smile and a lift of his hat, which made Rayne nod is head in thanks.

"Shinigami Yuji Tamakou please step to the center along with Rayne!" Nanao called out, and Rayne's eyes widened slightly.

"Wait, all your subordinates are females?" His response received multiple reactions, from anger, to confusion, to amusement, and a few blushes from some of the other Shinigami, including Nanao.

"Why yes, all of us are female, which is a surprise to see that you are not, Kyoraku-Taichou only wanted a female division." Yuji stated with a smirk, causing Rayne to shake his head.

"I'm sorry, but is there another way I can test my strength? It is against my morals to fight a female." Rayne replied, causing Kyoraku to chuckle.

"Now now, there will be multiple females you may have to fight, unless you challenge me instead there is no.."

"Then I'll go against you, no disrespect to you or the division, but if I plan to get my ass kicked, I at least want to be able to strike back." Rayne interrupted.

Kyoraku nodded as if he knew what the answer was going to be.

"Very well.." His voice trailed off as he unsheathed one of his Zanpaktous, pointing it at Rayne's direction.

"Well now, draw your katana, I won't harm you too bad, but I shall put less restraints on myself as this battle continues." The 8th division captain said while still smiling, causing Rayne to nod and pull up his sleeves to reveal 2 cuffs on both of his wrists, which had medium-sized blades attatched.

"My my, very interesting Zanpaktou, What is its name if you don't mind my asking?" Kyoraku asked with the upmost interest.

"Oh, well his full name is Tamashi no Shukaku-ki, or Harvester of Souls, but he prefers to go by Grim." Rayne replied as he brought one of his blades up to his face, smiling a bit as he called his Shikai.

"Ichiji Teishi, Tamashi no Shukaku-ki.." His voice trailed as his cuffs disappeared and his reiatsu spiked to the same level as Kyoraku's own, he held 2 scythes in both of his hands.

"My Zanpaktou's ability is to pause everything around an area of 6 miles, except for myself and my opponent." Rayne stated as he lowered his scythes.

"Now I am aware that my pressure is very abnormal, but I am afraid this is all I can hold back for right now in this state, so I am asking you personally, Shunsui Kyoaku, may I be your 3rd seat?" He bowed his head as he waited for his captain to speak.

"Um..y-yeah, why not?" He smiled, completely dumbfounded that he found a Shinigami who was even stronger than Kenpachi Zaraki without his eyepatch.

"Why thank you sir, you will not regret this decision!" Rayne dropped his Shikai and stood again, slightly towering his captain.

"Wait, Kyoraku-Taichou, what happened?" Nanao question with some amount of concern.

"We have a new 3rd seat..now get him to the bar to celebrate while I go return to my quarters for the remainder of the day..." He replied as he shun-po'd off, leaving a still confused lieutenant in place.

"Well, ladies, I was ordered to take Rayne here to the bar, but I have paperwork and I am afraid i can't.."

"I'LL DO IT!" All of the division yelled in unison as they tried grabbing a part of Rayne and started pulling him off into one direction.

"I knew that would work, celebrate now, even though I haven't seen your strength, you will still have to do all of the paperwork I will have assigned to you.." Nanao smiled deviously as she retuned to her office, sorting out the work Rayne would have in the afternoon.

Kind of an intro 1st chapter, it was good, ne? Hopefully, well that is it for tonight! Oyasuminasai! Goodnight!

Tamashi no Shukaku-ki : Harvester of Souls

Ichiji Teishi, Tamashi no Shukaku-ki : Pause, Harvester of Souls