Chapter 14
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It was a couple of days before Yuki emerged from her quarters. Hisagi sat outside her door, he looked up when she walked out. She was wearing her ninth division Haiyori, it blew lightly in the breeze. She still looked completely exhausted.
She glanced down at him,
"Ready to go?"
He stood up, "Yeah, the academy is expecting us…apparently they've been having some problems."
She nodded, "Alright, let's go.."
She started to slowly walk away, Hisagi followed along after her.
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They arrived a short while later and a frantic man ran up to them,
"Oh, thank goodness you're here!"
Yuki raised an eyebrow, "What's going on?"
"The school's been in an uproar since what happened in SeiReiTei. We're afraid we might have to close down the academy…"
"I'm sure that won't happen…"
"Well…I've gathered all of the students in the assembly hall, please come and talk to them…"
Yuki nodded and follwed him.
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They followed him to the center of the school and through a huge set of wooden doors. They stepped into the enormous hall. It was dimly lit by red wall sconces. The seats were filled with hundreds of students. She looked over the loud and unruly crowd, suddenly spotting a familiar face,
"Genji…"
He looked up a second later and jumped up,
"Yuki!"
He pushed his way through the crowd and rand down to her, nearly tackling her to the ground. She smiled,
"Genji…it's good to see you."
"You have no idea…" He looked her over for a moment, then grabbed ahold of her Haiyori, "You're…a Taichou now…?"
She nodded.
Suddenly Hisagi loudly cleared his voice. Yuki glanced back at him,
"Oh, right, this is my Fukutaichou…Hisagi…"
"Shuuhei! I know! You're so cool!"
He smirked a little.
The guy came back and tapped Yuki on the shoulder,
"I'm ready for you to talk to them now…"
Yuki nodded a little, then looked back at Genji,
"I'm here to recruit for the thirteen courts…Stick around."
His eyes widened as she walked to the front and center of all of the students.
She cleared her throat in an attempt to get their attention. After a few seconds of no response she growled a little,
"Hey! Listen up!"
An icy wind blew through the hall, leaving a thin layer of frost on everything it touched. Every studen immediately snapped to attention.
Yuki smirked,
'Good.' She thought.
She leaned a little on the podium she was standing behind,
"As you all know, bad things have been happening here in our world…as well as in the living world…I was sent here today to recruit new members for the thirteen courts…I'm sure you all think you're ready for this, but only third years or higher are allowed to try for the open positions."
Another uproar began after she said this,
"Shut up all of you! You may think you're strong enough, but I won't let you waste your lives senselessly!" They all shut up again, "If you think you are good enough to try for this, show me…" She turned and walked back to the guy who had brought them there, "They'll meet me in the outdoor practice area to show me their skills, understood?"
He nodded, "Yes, of course."
She walked back to the doors they'd entered through,
"C'mon Genji, you get to help us decide."
"Wait, what?"
"Well," She looked back over her shoulder at him, "I can't just let my third seat sit around and do nothing, now can I?"
"Wha…me really?"
She nodded, "I told you I'd put you in my division." She turned and walked through the doors, Hisagi behind her, "Don't dawdle…We have important work to do."
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They spent the next several hours taking turns testing the students one by one. Most of them got in, a few didn't due to major mistakes, including burning Hisagi with a kidou attack.
After Yuki finished with the last applicant she sighed, Hisagi had disappeared somewhere,
"Well…today was exhausting…"
She sat down on the sheltered deck that ran the entire length of the back of the building. Genji sat down next to her,
"I bet being here brings back memories, hm?"
She looked over the vast yard, at the end were targets for kidou practice,
"Yeah…"
He glanced at her, "You've changed you know…"
"Have I?"
"You're stronger…Not so carefree anymore…I guess you've matured, hm?"
She looked down at her feet dangling over the edge of the deck,
"I guess I have…"
They sat there in silence for another moment until Genji jumped up,
"Hey, you wanna try me in target practice?"
"What?"
"C'mon, just like the old days!"
She thought about it for a second, then jumped down and stood up,
"Alright, what's the challenge?"
"Most bullseyes wins."
She shook her head, "How aobut the most in a single shot?"
"Single shot, huh? Alright, you're on."
She signaled for him to go first and he stepped forward.
He stood facing the targets, his hands out in front of him,
"Hadou number thirty one…Shakkaho!"
A huge red ball of light shot from his hands and across the yard, decemating three targets and half of another. He smirked,
"Top that."
"Alright." Yuki said, taking her place in front of the targets. She thought for a moment about all the Hadou she'd learned and picked one, placing her hands out infront of her,
"Hadou number seventy three! Soren Sokatsui!"
Two bright blue orbs flew across the yard, one flying left, the other right. They demolished all of the remaining targets before flying up into the sky, and exploding.
Genji just stood there, mouth hanging open. Yuki turned back to him, hand on the back of her head,
"Heh, how was that?"
"That was…Wow!"
Suddenly the sound of clapping filled the air. They turned back to find Hisagi standing on the deck,
"That was impressive, Yuki."
She scowled, "That's Yuki Taichou."
She walked over and sat back down. As she sat a cold can swung down in front of her face. She looked up to see Hisagi holding it there,
"I thought you might need a drink."
She took it from him and looked at it. It was sweet iced green tea, her favorite. She smiled a bit and opened it, downing it,
"Ah…" She looked back up at him, "Thanks."
"Sure, no problem." He paused and looked up, "We should get going, it's getting late."
"Yeah, okay." She stood, "Genji, I will see you in a couple of days."
He nodded, "Yes Yuki…Taichou."
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They got back to SeiReiTei a short while later and were greeted, in the darkness, by Yamamoto,
"Sou-Taichou?"
"Welcome back Yuki Taichou. I understand you've found a great deal of recruits for us."
"Yes, sir."
"Good, now for your next assignment."
"Oh?"
"Tomorrow, you are to go to the living world in order to help Ichigo Kurosaki, as well as the others we have sent there. You should get plenty of rest, tomorrow is a busy day…"
Yuki nodded, and Yamamoto was gone. Yuki looked down at the ground. A hand suddenly rested on her shoulder and sqeezed a little,
"Don't worry, Taichou. You'll do great."
She looked up at Hisagi, "I sure hope so…I have a bad feeling about this…"
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So that's the end of Yuki's back story! Sorry it ended kind kind of rushed, but I really wanted to finish it. Please review, I love to know what you think about my fics! ^-^
It ends and goes right into Frozen stars btw.