I am thoroughly exhausted from today. Kyouraku taicho gets these ideas in his head that I need to get out of the office more and enjoy my youth. Knowing that I would not leave the office with unfinished reports there, he decided that he would take it out. I wonder if he and Kaien-san conversed recently. That could easily explain the disappearance of the paperwork. I thought I felt his reiatsu right outside the office, so I walked out.

Once I found him sitting outside with my stack of paper in hand, looked up at me and grinned and instantly shunpoed away. I glared at the spot until I felt his reiatsu someplace not too far away. Obviously he wanted me to find him since he wasn't hiding it as much as usual. While I could have walked, I shunpoed since it would have taken a bit to get there. The instant I appeared in the sakura grove he was in, he disappeared again. I took a deep breath and followed him to the next location on the roof of the 8th division's barracks. And again he dashed away. I may have yelled at this point. I'm sure there will be a few division members speculating on why exactly I was on the roof of the barracks loudly vocalizing my displeasure.

I noticed each time he shunpoed away, Kyouraku taicho stepped a little bit further than the last. I quickly surmised that he was assessing my current abilities with shunpo and at the same time, give me a bit of training both in shunpo and in detecting reiatsu. He also decreased the amount of reiatsu he exuded every few steps, seeing how well I could find him. He only let up when he saw that I was breathing heavily and starting to break out a sweat.

"That was fun, Nanao-chan! We should do that again sometime!" He handed me the stack of papers "Oh, and the paperwork for tomorrow has already been done, I had our lovely 3rd seat take care of it today. So you can take the rest of the day off!" Once again, he left me staring at empty space. Once I blinked. I yelled again in frustration. My captain is so childish sometimes!

At least I was able to spend the rest of the day reading some of the books I had lined up before Kyouraku taicho's gift. I want them done before I visit Ukitake taicho so I can devote my time to the books he may have.

Overall, Kyouraku taicho taught me an important thing today. I really need to practice shunpo. While I am better than the rest of the divion, Taicho looked like he was merely standing during the entirety of the seemingly pointless charade. It will be a good thing for me to focus on this summer instead of the cold.