"14th son, eh? I'm betting you have 13 brothers and your dad just gave up with creativity!" said the guard at the entrance of the Academy when Juushirou gave him his name.

Juushirou merely scowled as the guard snorted at his own little joke. He kicked at the ground and watched as millions of dust particles flew up into the air, immersed in his own world and thinking why this guy was still even talking to him. Then again, lots of people, sometimes even strangers, would come up to come and just start talking to him about their problems. When he asked why once, the person gave him a smile and said that he had a kindly, trustworthy face. Some other guy had just replied that Juushirou just looks like he can't say no to people.

"-will be in about an hour and – hey, kid! Are you even listening?"

Ukitake looked up. "Hm? Wha- oh, yes. I am."

The guard narrowed his eyes, but ploughed on valiantly. "As I was saying, I'll be able t' get off soon, 'cause the medical exam will be in about an hour, and – "

"WHAT?" The guard jumped. He looked at the boy, who had taken on an expression like that of a caged animal.

"I never heard anything about a medical exam," stuttered Juushirou. He quickly ran through the letter from the Academy that he had memorized. There had definitely been nothing on there about this.

The guard scratched his nose. "You wouldn't have. They've only jus' declared there would be one. Apparently, it's something like this kid came in beforehand, totally obese y'know, and, well...let's just say nothing good an' healthy happened to him when he tried the exam."

Juushirou breathed out in relief; if it were only about the correct BMI, then he should be able to pass (even if he is only a little underweight). The thing that worried him though was the stamina part, which the boy before had obviously had trouble with. With the disease preventing his lungs from working too hard, Juushirou had to be careful about how long he should train for.

'Then again, this might prove helpful, as I can't really tell the Hollows to lay off me after a while. It can give me a real idea of how long I can fight for, if we're asked to run or something,' he thought suddenly. 'As long as I play my cards right, this'll be a piece of cake.'

Sorry about the delay in updating. I was doing my GCSE's and some other stuff, so I couldn't concentrate on this.

However, I have my results now, so, although I also now have a job, I should be working on this a lot faster! ^^

Sorry this chapter's so boring D: I couldn't think of anything interesting to happen to Jyuu. And anyway, this is just glimpses of his life, right? I mean, if you want something amazing to read that's about Jyuu's Academy life, go read the Meifu series (I cant remember who its by XD). Its amazing!
Plus, I'm thinking this up as I go along. I get an idea, put down a sentance and then construct the rest of the chapter from there. XD So that's why it's a bit random.

Also, thank you to my 8th reviewer, Rebel2020, and everyone else following this story.
But I'm getting a lot of alerts from people, but not reviews! Don't be shy! D: It makes me feel better and want to write more :D

Sorry for babbling again! ^v^' Later!