The moment the examiner's hand left the distance between them open, the two were engaged in combat. Their hands were locked and the pressure around them was increasing. The taller girl was struggling while the other girl was just grinding her teeth together for assurance. Suddenly, the smaller one gave out and slid beneath the taller one and slammed her into the ground. It was almost like watching a nymph battle an oger, she was agile and knew her way around her enemy. She suddenly took off running down the 50-foot-long class room and then clashed again.

This time, the wood splintered and it's shrapnel clashed with the windows and the chalkboard. The two girls suddenly jumped away and grabbed their zanpakutôs. The smaller girl raised hers up. To everyone's surprises, she left it in the scabbard. She whipped once and a cloud of pink flower petals rained down around her and she was gone.

Byakuya, who had come to join them, was surprised to see the speed of the girl. Even Yamamoto had come to see what all the ruckus was. The two girls were now at each other's throats.

The smaller of the two had a smile on her face. She was simply pushing Tohru back without even breaking a sweat and she was forcing the wood to splinter at Tohru's feet. She had only rained small petals and she had yet to unsheathe her sword. Tohru's blade was revealed. It was dark with a red handle.

"You're dead now!" Tohru raised her blade. "Midoriharu! Strike!" She thrust her zanpakutô forward and, without even a stop, it became a long, four-pronged sword and had stabbed just around Akajihaku's wrist. Akajihaku just smiled sweetly at her and switched from her left hand to her right.

"Fire. Sakuranboite." She thrust forward and the sword released itself from the scabbard. It was weaker, but it fired off an attack that looked almost like a rose blooming from the end of her long sword. The shades were still attached. "Tsk, tsk, Tohru-sempai. You shouldn't try and trap people." She closed her eyes as she smiled at Tohru, who blew a gasket and charged again.

Akajihaku slipped and was in a sitting position. She brought her foot up and used her zanpakutô to shove her entire weight up the wall. She defied gravity from the force of the push and she stayed on the roof, crouching, for a good ten seconds while Tohru turned her attention to Akajihaku. The girl touched the ceiling with her fingers and then launched herself forward and slammed Tohru to the ground. She backfliped away and laned like a Ninja on the wood just a few feet away. There was silence and then--

"First round! Akajihaku, victor!" The examiner was shocked. She then turned and smiled at Akajihaku. "That's that. You pass onto the Gotei thir--"

"I'm not loosing to her!" Tohru was standing again.

Akajihaku, who had stood up, gasped and threw her zanpakutô up in defense. She looked confused when Tohru charged her and rammed her hard against the one-way mirror, cracking it. Akajihaku was suddenly stunned and she looked at the crack and then at her sempai. She grinded her teeth together and then kicked Tohru away. When she caught her breath she jumped backwards onto the glass and kicked off, coming at Tohru like a missile.

"Why, Tohru-sempai? Why must you become a Gotei 13 member?"

"I must prove my worth to the captains! I want to take a seat with them!! Why do you want to take a Gotei 13 place?! Huh?! Answer me that!" Tohru threw Akajihaku back at the one-way mirror.

Akajihaku managed to spread herself out and her right hand grabbed the top of the frame as her toes curled around the bottom and she stopped herself, coming within centimeters of the glass. She sighed in relief and flipped off and landed lightly on her toes. "I want to kill someone who took my heart." She took a deep breath and they all saw blood dripping down her forehead. "I want to kill Aizen Sôsuke." She smiled that inoccent smile and they all recognized it when she closed her eyes and looked over her shoulder.

Byakuya grabbed the mic. "Stop the match! Stop it! She's going to kill Tohru!" He recognized the smile of death Aizen had once worn. She looked just like him, only shorter and with darker hair and whiter skin. Hisagi was also surprised.

The examiner threw her hands up and told them to stop. "Halt! This match is over! Stop it! Stop this madness this instant!"

Tohru charged Akajihaku, who vanished and appeared overhead.

"BANKAI!" She was consumed by pink roses, cherry blossoms, and black vines. Her face was consumed by a black mask without eyes or nose and just a mouth. She cackled and then brought her sword up and it became an arrow in the bow. She fired and there was an explosion of power that destroyed Tohru's blade and everything around her. The girl stood for a moment before blood burst from her arms, torso, neck, legs, hands, and face. Akajihaku wasn't done, it seemed, as she charged forward. The examiner cussed and then drew her zanpakutô.

There was a rush of wind and then snow filled the area and stopped Akajihaku from attacking. The examiner breathed and then touched her com unit. "What should I do with Akajihaku? She's... um..."

Akajihaku was leaning against the far wall, ice melting off her back like she was a hot iron. She was breathing deep breaths and sweat was rolling down her face. She made a fist and started punching the wall rapidly and she ripped her knuckles open. She didn't stop as her blood got worse and worse on the wall. She didn't even stop when she cracked the wall. Her eyes were wide and dead and she was panting with each strike and she didn't seem to care that others could see her.

The examiner ran over and grabbed the girl's hands and held her tight. "Stop! You're going to kill yourself!" The examiner was smaller than her, so she tackled Akajihaku to the floor and sat on her. Throughout the match, the examiner had been so quiet and now, she was using a loud voice so she could be heard. She socked the girl in the face. "Stop it! What's wrong with you?! What the heck're you trying to prove?!"

She lay very still, her body going limp and her head flopped to the side. "I don't know." She didn't budge for a long moment and then she slowly sat up when the examiner walked to see if Tohru was okay. She scratched her head and sighed. She looked over her shoulder and saw Tohru and then she dropped her head. She rested her elbows on her knees and let her hands clasp themselves on the back of her head, blood staining her uniform. "gomen, Tohru-sempai."