Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Bleach and Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance.

Connecting with Memories

It was an unexpected occurrence that happened within the halls of the Shin'o Academy. It was just the first day and after the first class ended. Kamito, Jio, Velsaria, and Fianna faced others. Three of the four were Elementalists and one who was the reason that Kamito lost his life who claimed to be the successor of Demon King Solomon.

"K-Kamito, it really is you," Fianna said shocked.

"Fianna, you're here," Kamito said, "but if you're here… then that means…" Kamito had a sad expression, "that means…"

"Yes it means I died," Fianna said.

Kamito then turned to Jio in rage, "Was it you? Did you kill her?"

"Hah, I wish," Jio replied with a shrug, "I don't what happened to her but it wasn't me though."

"I was executed as a traitor," Fianna said, "and the one who had me executed was my own brother."

Kamito was shocked and looked at Fianna.

"You were executed as a traitor?" Kamito asked, "But why?"

Fianna looked away feeling sadness while Jio shrugged.

"How pathetic," Jio said, "I don't know what happened and I don't care but I find out," Jio looked at Kamito, "such a strange fate this is. We're both here training to be Shinigami. I will take the pleasure to show that I am superior to you again and then," Jio looked at Restia and Est, "I will make these two submit to me."

"That won't happen," Kamito said as he stood in front of them, "you're not going to take who are precious to me."

"Hmph, we'll see," Jio said with a grin, "I'll make sure that you won't last in this academy," Jio then looked at Fianna, "if you're smart, you'll leave and quit right now. You have no place and remember what happened the last time you got in my way. The only reason you didn't die by my hand was because of unexpected interference."

"You leave her alone," Kamito said.

"Still protecting weak girls," Jio said, "this is why you lose."

Jio smirked and turned around left. Kamito clenched his teeth and then he turned to Fianna.

"Fianna, don't worry about it," Kamito assured.

Fianna had a sad expression and looked away as she suddenly left which surprised Kamito.

"Fianna, wait please," Kamito called out.

Fianna ignored Kamito and continued on her way much to Kamito's shocked.

"She just left," Est said.

"Fianna," Kamito said.

"You," Velsaria said.

Kamito looked at Velsaria who had a serious expression.

"Uh yes?" Kamito replied.

"Is it true?" Velsaria asked, "Are you truly Ren Ashbell? Are you the one who won the Blade Dance four years ago?"

Kamito looked at Velsaria and felt ashamed and nodded.

"Yeah, it's true," Kamito said, "I'm Ren Ashbell."

"I see," Velsaria said, "so you really are Ren Ashbell."

"Just so you know, Kamito dressed as girl and participated in the Blade Dance because he did it for me," Resita said, "he was trying to fulfil my wish. Everything he did was for my sake. He was not doing it for some perversion and sick game he was playing."

"I don't care about that," Velsaria clarified, "I'm not worried about that."

"Oh…" Restia said.

Velsaria just looked at Kamito.

"Kamito, is that your real name?" Velsaria asked.

"Yes, I'm actually Kamito Kazehaya," Kamito answered with a nod.

"Do you… not recognize me?" Velsaria asked.

"Huh?" Kamito replied confused, "Um no, I do not."

Velsaria responded by having her head down and bit her lip.

"I see," Velsaria said, "So that's it."

Velsaria clenched her teeth.

"Uh, have we met before?" Kamito asked.

"We have but since you don't remember, then that is it," Velsaria said, "it's time for me to go."

Velsaria turned and left and Kamito was left confused.

"I have met her before?" Kamito asked confused.

Restia shifted her eyes to the side and frowned. Meanwhile Velsaria was outside and she stood by a tree. Velsaria clenched her teeth and hit her fist on the trunk of the tree.

"He doesn't remember me," Velsaria said upset, "this is worse than I thought. So in the end, I was not even a thought to him."

Velsaria recalled when participating in the Blade Dance when she fought against Ren Ashbell. Her opponent defeated her and when it concluded and Velsaria looked up to Ren, her sword-wielding opponent who secured victory over her completely ignored her and just went on her way. Velsaria was shocked and felt as though she was not even a thought even though she had respect for Ren Ashbell performed with majestic moves. Ever since, then she tried to get Ren Ashbell to acknowledge her but her way of doing it cause problems and hurt herself and a lot of people including Ellis, her own sister.

"Everything I did was in vain," Velsaria said upset, "and even if he had lived and we had met before this, he doesn't remember me. I'm not even a thought to him so everything I did was for naught," Velsaria was on her knees on the ground, "disgraceful…"

Dreadnought suddenly showed up and touched Velsaria who looked at her contracted spirit and felt a bit better. Meanwhile Fianna was still running and after getting some distance within the building, she stopped and panted. Fianna was shocked that she saw Kamito and was glad to see him but she was also depressed and felt ashamed because she was reminded of how he died and then she recalled that she couldn't even avenge him. It didn't help that she saw Jio Inzagi again being in the academy. As Fianna was alone, she fell on her knees and had tears well up from her eyes.

Astral Zero

Someone was walking in the realm of the spirits. It was Claire and she was feeling depress with everything that had happened.

"It's been a year since everything that happened," Claire said sadly, "Kamito was killed and we lost the right to participate in the Blade Dance, and then Fianna was executed. Everything has just gone awful."

"Indeed it has," A male voice said, "and you thought things would be better when you joined your sister."

Claire was surprised and she looked and saw Toshinari the Shinigami.

"Who are you?" Claire asked.

"Hello there," Toshinari said.

Claire looked at Toshinari and narrowed her eyes.

"You're the one, aren't you?" Claire asked, "You're the one who sent Kamito to a place called the Soul Society."

"I see, I guess that your sister told you," Toshinari said.

"Actually Headmistress Greyworth was the one that told me," Claire said.

"Oh, that's a surprise," Toshinari said.

"I have a request," Claire said.

"Huh, what is it?" Toshinari asked.

"Please bring him back," Claire said, "please bring back Kamito."

Toshinari was surprised and just sighed and shook his head.

"That is not possible," Toshinari said, "he's dead and it is impossible to bring someone who is dead."

Claire clenched her teeth in sadness.

"Why in the world made you think that I would be able to do that in the first place?" Toshinari asked.

"I'm sorry," Claire said in sadness, "I know it's not possible. Forget I asked."

Claire went on her way and Toshinari looked at red headed Elementalist walk away.

"I suppose her situation has gotten worse," Toshinari said and then he looked at up at the sky, "So bad that she would ask Shinigami like me to do something impossible."

Few Days Later, Seireitei, Soul Society

Students of the Advance Class were in the area and they were taking their Kido Class. There were lines and they were targets lined up. The first students from each line stood up and faced their targets and one of the students that stood up was Velsaria. The Kido instructor in charge of the class had long black slick hair and his name was Satoshi Rindo.

"All of you, you will now demonstrate Hado, specifically Shakkaho," The instructor said, "Begin!"

"Right!" The standing students said in unison.

Velsaria put out her hands to start the spell.

"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh!" Velsaria chanted, "All creation, flutter of wings! Ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium! The sea barrier surges! March on to the south! Hado #31: Shakkaho!"

Velsaria succeeded in hitting her target with the flame-like Kido spell while most of them missed their targets although Velsaria hit the corner of her target but was pleased that she hit her target.

"I did it," Velsaria said, "although it is not like the spirit spells that I have used."

"Very good, next group…" Rindo announced as Velsaria went back to sit down.

"Yes sir!" The students of Group Two complied which included Kamito.

"That was a great shot," One of the female classmates said to Velsaria, "how you do it?"

"I only hit the corner," Velsaria said, "probably just luck."

"Well I'm still impressed," The female classmate said, "Most of them didn't even reach their target."

There was a sudden shot was made that was loud and hit the target perfectly, completely destroying it. This surprised everyone in the class and people saw that it was Kamito who did the feat and were very impressed.

"So it was him," Velsaria said in her head, "he managed to hit the target completely. I suppose I should expect no less from Ren Ashbell."

Students continued to talk about Kamito's performance as the one in question went to sit back down. When Kamito glanced at Velsaria, the blonde young woman noticed and looked away. Kamito just stared at her and had a sad expression.

"I suppose it can't be helped," Kamito said in his head.

Jio looked on and stared at Kamito and huffed.

"Well look at him," Jio said in his head, "he must be pleased with himself with that lucky shot he did. Not that matters, he's still trash."

"Group Three, to the line," Rindo called.

"Yes sir!" Jio and the other students of Group Three complied.

Group Three students stood up and got ready and it included Jio who was ready. Jio was ready and grin.

"Well then, how do you like this?" Jio asked in his head and then he held his hand up and spoke, "Hado#31: Shakkaho!"

The result caused an explosion, causing some of the students to almost get caught in it and causing a panic. The smoke nearly cleared and most of the students wondered if Jio had lost his mind.

"Ah, that could have killed us all," One of the male students said stunned.

Kamito coughed and looked at Jio shocked in what happened and he noticed Jio glanced at him with a grin. Jio then turned to everyone else and even the instructor.

"Sorry about that," Jio said with a shrug, "it seems that I lost control."

"Inzagi, you think just saying sorry is going to cut it?" Rindo responded upset, "I get the sense that you're not really sorry. In fact, I'm also getting the feeling that you did that intentionally."

"Now hold on Sensei, it hurts that you're making such accusations," Jio said although he sported a grin.

"Hmph, regardless, you're staying for special instruction," Rindo said.

"…Understood," Jio said as he waved it off.

Meanwhile Kamito looked at Jio and clenched his teeth in anger.

"That bastard," Kamito said in his head.

"There's no doubt about it," Restia said in Kamito's head, "He did it intentionally. He tried to take you out Kamito."

"Kamito, let me come out and beat him," Est said in Kamito's head.

"No, it's okay," Kamito said in his head, "I can handle him. It won't be like it was back in the forest."

Velsaria clenched her teeth and glared at Jio. After some time, the Kido Class was over and next was the Zanjutsu Class and in the Zanjutsu Hall, the students sat in the training hall with bokkens in their hands and the Zanjutsu instructor known as Nobuyasu Honda and he was a middle aged looking man who had gray hair stood in front of the class.

"Today, we'll have sparring matches to see how skilled you are with swordsmanship," Honda said, "I'll set up the pairs."

Honda set up the pairs and he picked the first pair to start their sparring match and it was Kamito and Jio with bokken in the hands.

"Begin!" Honda said.

Kamito quickly rushed towards Jio and caught him by surprise as Kamito was attacking Jio aggressively with speed. Jio was shocked and couldn't believe that he was not able to counter against Kamito.

"What the hell…?" Jio spoke in his head, "Why is he able to…?"

Kamito continued his attack against Jio as the one in the defense and wasn't able to get one attack in. Kamito rushed in speed and struck Jio on the chest area pushing his opponent back with such force and causing Jio to fall on the ground hard and making him feel pain and wobbly.

"Match, Kazehaya!" The instructor declared as Kamito sighed of relief.

Jio was on the floor and was feeling pain and he slowly looked at Kamito who glared at him and walked away and went and sat down on his spot.

"Are you alright Inzagi?" Honda asked.

Jio looked at the instructor and huffed as he got up and went to his own spot and sat still feeling sore.

"Dammit," Jio said quietly.

Velsaria observed both Kamito and Jio and then she got called to come up and faced a male student for their sparing match. Later on, after going through all the sparring matches and continuing with the lectures, Honda ended the Zanjutsu class and students were leaving the training hall. Sometime later, Kamito was resting outside and relaxing sitting next to the trunk of a tree enjoying the shade.

"You did well Kamito," Restia said as she and Est materialized.

"You got him good Kamito," Est said.

"I was just getting back at him for what he did earlier," Kamito said.

"He got what he deserved," Est said, "if he insists on being a problem, he's going to pay every time."

"I wonder…" Kamito said.

"Kamito?" Restia asked.

"I wonder if I can talk to Fianna again," Kamito said with a sad expression, "Last time she walked away and wouldn't even look at me."

"Kamito," Est said with concern.

"She probably hates me," Kamito deduced, "I'm sure that what it is. Not that I blame her and then there's Ellis's sister, Velsaria."

"Kamito," Restia said.

"Maybe I am a horrible person," Kamito said.

"That is not true," Est said, "you're not horrible."

"Est…" Kamito spoke.

"Kamito," Restia said.

They suddenly saw students rushing to get somewhere and it surprised them. They looked and saw more students rushing to get somewhere.

"What the heck's going on?" Kamito asked.

"Good question," Est replied.

"We should go see," Restia suggested.

Near the entrance of the Shin'o Academy, students were gathering to see and there were two lines made from the entrance. Kamito looked around wondered what was going.

"So seriously, what's going on here?" Kamito asked.

One of the students turned to Kamito and answered, "Oh, you mean you don't know?"

"Know what?" Kamito asked.

"Right, a Captain of the Gotei 13 is coming to examine this year's class," Another student said.

"A Captain of the Gotei 13 here?" Kamito asked.

Not long, a Captain was walking along with someone who was their lieutenant. The captain was a dark-skinned woman with short purple hair and wore a sleeveless and backless Onmitsukido uniform with a ribbon around her neck and wore a captain haori over it. Behind her was large man with curly brown hair and wore a purple collar with his Shihakusho. They were members of the 2nd Division and Onmitsukido. The woman was Yoruichi Shihoin, the Captain of the 2nd Division and Commander of the Onmitsukido. The tall man behind her was Marenoshin Omaeda, the Lieutenant of the 2nd Division and Commander of the Onmitsukido's Patrol Troops. Kamito looked and was in awe as he eyes widened.

"Amazing," Kamito said.

On the other side, Velsaria looked on and was impressed from the Reiatsu she was feeling from Yoruichi and Marenoshin.

"That woman, so she's a captain like Ginrei Kuchiki," Velsaria said.

Elsewhere Jio looked on was measuring up Yoruichi. In the building, Fianna looked on and was impressed seeing Yoruichi.

"She's strong and not only that," Fianna said in her head, "she's pretty."

Later on in the homeroom classroom for the Advance Class One, Mogami had just entered the classroom and the students were sitting in their seats.

"Good afternoon class," Mogami greeted.

"Good afternoon Sensei," All the students said in unison.

"Everyone settle down so that we can begin," Mogami waited as all the students settled and there was silence and then he nodded, "Now before we begin class, we have two very important guests that would like to observe the class."

Mogami looked over to his left and two Shinigami came in the class and it was Yoruichi and Marenoshin. The students were surprised to see them in the classroom.

"Wow, it's them," One of the male students said in low tone.

The Advance Class students were muttering among themselves and Yoruichi smiled listening to the students while Marenoshin huffed lightly and had a smug expression.

"All right, settle down," Mogami said as the students quiet themselves again, "our two special guests are Captain Shihoin and Lieutenant Omaeda of the Onmitsukido and the 2nd Division of the Gotei 13."

Yoruichi greeted them with smiles and talked about having the pleasure of seeing the students and was looking forward to see them. Velsaria was surprised and Kamito was intrigued and wondered if he could get an idea from her.

Mogami continued, "Now for today's lecture, we will be discussing the laws and government of the Soul Society. Before we begin, is there anyone here who can give an answer to the best of their ability about Central 46?"

The students were silent and looked around and then Velsaria raised his hand and Mogami saw Velsaria's hand raised.

"All right Fahrengart," Mogami spoke pointing at Velsaria.

Velsaria nodded and stood up from her seat and answered, "Central 46 is the organization that serves as the judiciary authority of the Soul Society and they operate under the mandate of the Soul King. They are comprised of forty wise men gathered from all over the Soul Society and six judges and they are in charge of trying all crimes committed by any Shinigami whether it is done here in the Soul Society or in the Human World and it is within their jurisdiction to order the use of deadly force by the Gotei 13, the Onmitsukido or the Kido Corps and once their decision has been made, it's can't be overturn by anyone, not even the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 himself."

The students were amazed at Velsaria's answered and Mogami nodded as he was pleased.

"Very good Fahrengart, that's impressive," Mogami said.

Yoruichi looked at Velsaria and nodded. The class continued on as Mogami began the lecture of the class which including teaching the students the laws of the Soul Society.

That's it for this chapter. Next chapter: Field training in the Human World.