Ouch...4+ days without updating...Thank you NobodyEpic, without you're message on YouTube I would've probably gone a few more days without updating! P.S. If anyone is wondering my YouTube username is Cumuleonimbus (I think I spelled it right .). But anyways... I would be much ablidged if I got more reviews! I hit lucky 30 just today with a review from Jackvondragon (guest)! Thanks for making my day, I've never gotten so many reviews on ANYTHING I've ever done! This really means a lot for my ego. ^.^

So rest I did. I was forced to skip all of Kaito's tests. Much to my dismay, the Soul Reaper who periodically checked on me let slip that he had already seen all of the Captains. They quickly left after that, leaving me to mentally gnaw at this tid-bit of information.

He is progressing much faster than me. Strength, speed, health. He even met the Captains already. My eyes flicked out to the window, slightly annoyed. I wonder why I couldn't on my first day? This is growing ever the more curious... The door opened and my eyes flicked to it instantly.

Captain and Nemu were behind Kaito, escorting his tired being back into the room. I watched, suprised, as he simply sat on his bed and laid down. Contrary to his serious attitude and feeding to my new found shock, he instantly clonked out. Completely sleeping. My eyes looked up at Captain, who was writing notes as I sat up, the blankets falling around me.

"Why is he so tired?" I asked, concerned. Captain's eyes didn't even both to look at me as Nemu started to explain. I curiously stored that information away before she spoke.

"His testing was more difficult than yours. He has surpassed you in strength, Zanpakutou and intelligence." she told me unemotionally. My eyes widened impossibly large with fear before I quickly tried to hide it.

"I see..." I said, shifting my gaze to his silently sleeping form uncomfortably. "What now?" I asked. I had the feeling that they were getting rid of me... A thought wormed its way into my head. I don't like this.

I felt Captain's eyes on me. "We will transfer him to Squad 1 to serve the Head Captain." he told me. This time I didn't hide my shock.

"Serve the Head Captain? What do you mean?" I asked him with a voice that was probably louder than needed. Captain continued to scribble down notes to my slight annoyance before answering.

"The two of you have both been created to serve the Soul Reapers. With his exceptional power compared to yours, he will excellently serve the Head Captain." My Captain explained to me. Was I really hearing this right? So he's going away... And they're not getting rid of me... This is good. I was really worried there. But they just admitted that he was better... So what does that mean for me?

"And I stay." was my simple response. Nemu's eyes settled on me once more before she began to speak.

"Yes. You are the original so we need to keep you here so that we may test you are random intervals to make sure that there is no danger." she explained. I breathed a sigh of relief loudly and through out my arms, bouncing back onto my bed thankfully.

"I thought you were going to get rid of me!" My thankfull voice freed itself as my eyes closed happily.

"Child, do you really believe that I would give up one of my creations without a fight? Let alone the original!" Captain's voice reassured me as I heard them walking towards the door. My eyes opened a crack to watch as they left. As the door closed I felt excited tension build up inside of me as I practically jumped onto my side, facing the wall in my bed.

I'm so happy! I knew he like me as the best. I really did! Now, if only I could get stronger... The thought warmly appeared to me as I listened and heard my roomate's quiet breathing. If I could get stronger...I could make Captain even happier!

But how?

I was watching Kaito's testing again today, too. Right now we were testing his strength when he was wielding a weapon. Apparently he did not have a Zanpakutou of his own... At least not currently. Captain Kurotsuchi had muttered something about a...'Hogyoku' and its...fluctuating power. That is all I managed to catch before he fell silent.

So now I was standing by his side, same set up as the day before, watching Kaito smash even more boulders. The more I looked at this emotionless landscape, the more I realized that it changed overnight. Frequently. This slightly helped my boredom, which was growing ever worse today it seems. Eventually, I just couldn't take this boring scene anymore.

"Captain?" I asked him innocently. I looked up to see him scribbling in his notebook, barely noting me it seemed. He turned a page and then he looked at me questioningly. "I'm bored. Isn't there a game I can play?" I asked him. His eyes flicked back to his notes before he wrote me. He glanced up at Kaito before his eyes returned to me.

"Nemu. Take this experiment and entertain her." he ordered his female lieutenant. Nemu slightly bowed to him with a 'Yes, Captain Kurotsuchi' before walking past me. As expected, I followed easily and happily.

Nemu seemed to walk at a slower pace than the Captain, but still a fast one. She led me through familiar hallways until we reached entirely new ones. Light filtered in more steadily here, and I could tell that it was miday.

Soon we came upon a part of the hallway that briefly opened up to the outside world. There were no walls or even a roof. The support beams also stopped, which was somehow to my suprise. The brown boards that we walked upon left off for a large step to the dirt below. A few feet out from the dirt were flat stones that stretched a few more feet before stopping at a stream that was as big as I was laying down. The stream was filled with clear water, the bottom lined with pristine sand. Across from me was the wall that surrounded the Squad 12 Barracks, and lush grass.

As soon as I stepped out into this area, which seemed to be kept by nature itself, my feet seemed to freeze to the boards that supported me. Nemu noticed this and half turned around, looking at me. She followed my gaze to the beautiful stream.

"May I play here...? Please?" I practically begged her. This area was beautiful, especially that stream. I wasn't sure why, but I felt the joy just skyrocket through my roof of emotions. I didn't even wait for an answer before I lightly stepped down onto the soft dirt. It held warmth that it had gathered from the sun itself.

Carefully I made my way over to the smooth rocks, shivering slightly at there slight coldness. Soon I was crouching by the stream itself, and gently touching its smooth surface with my fingers. Chilled water struck them like a ton of of bricks, making me yank them back.

Not knowing better, I held them and smiled broadly, laughing. "What coldness!" I said cheerily as I stood up. A devilish look came over me as I jumped up and over, into the stream itself. The freezing water went everywhere, soaking my shoes, socks and some of my dress. I just cackled away as I proceeded to hop on one foot then another to avoid the coldness.

This childness...Is so pristine...

Author's Note: Sorry for not updating guys :/ I was origionally going to have a 4 week time skip and introduce a lot of characters... But it was grating me the wrong way. So I cut it completely xD I hope you guys liked this chapter, I started it a while ago and I just finished it. I hope that there's not a fine line where you can see that. -.o Please review!

P.S. My updating schedule might be a little hetic, as I am going to an anime convention soon. I'm making my cosplay from scratch :D I'm going as Rin Kagamine from Vocaloid (however it's spelled .) and the costume's going to be from Love is War. I haven't personally listened to it, but the outfit is just ADORABLE!