Disclaimers: Bleach is not ours, bladibladibla. Sanada Genichirou is not ours, he belongs to PoT. We're only using the name, not the actual person.
Claimers: All our respective characters are ours.
Author: machao
Please try to enjoy :D it will make us me happy. Although I did kinda rush this.
Everyone stood still as they waited to see who the owner of the voice was. But one, Kira Saiko, who had not felt, nor heard anything, continued to walk and talk loudly about Mochi's secret book.
"Hey, why are you guys stopping?" Saiko asked, now walking backwards. "You slow people, I'm refuse to stay around here any longer." Turning around to get through the door, Saiko smashed headfirst into a tall, tall man with a muscular chest, from what everyone else could see. The man shifted slightly onto his right foot when Saiko crashed into him. And to everyone else's surprise, Saiko was the one flailing on the floor.
"Duuude, get me up someone! Ow, that damn hurt!!" shouted Saiko, her hand on her injured forehead.
"You're heavy, ya know girl?" asked the man with a smirk on his face.
"Hey, Kenny, she made you move when she head-butted you! Isn't that special?" whispered a pink-haired girl clinging to his back.
Sanada rushed over when he heard the crash. "Oh no!! Kenpachi-dono!!!! Are you all right? I'm so sorry, this student tends to…get in everyone's way," apologised Sanada.
"Hey you—!"
Hiyori and Tifa rushed over to help Saiko up. "Shh, Saiko, you don't want to get into any more trouble," said Hiyori.
Shioru facepalmed. "Is this the second person she has collided into since we came to Seireitei?"
"Humph, serves her right for shouting out I was reading a book during class!" said Mochi.
"First a lieutenant, now a captain. Ha, Saiko does pick her people to smash around with doesn't she?" commented Hoshika.
"I'm alright Genichirou(1), there's nothing wrong," said Kenpachi, he still wore a dodgy smirk on his face. "Central 47 sent me to talk with you since you are the head teacher of the Shinigami Academy."
"Um, yes, okay. Class, you're dismissed now." Sanada then walked away with Kenpachi.
That girl, she's got some pretty strong reiatsu.
"Did you see that? That Kenpachi guy didn't fly away like the other red head with tattooed eyebrows!" shouted Saiko. She seemed rather excited, even with the injury.
"He's a captain, Saiko," said Hoshika. "You're simply just not strong enough."
It was 6 am. Shioru got up quietly so as to not wake up the rest of her friends. She checked Mochi's bed, which was empty as usual.
Mochi must be at her training thing where she wakes up at 5.
Shioru grinned. She had two things that needed to be completed. One was to practise kidou, and two was to find out what the hell Mochi did in her 'training'. Grabbing a kasutera from her 'breakfast' box and then drinking a cup of water, she left to the training academy. There, she borrowed a kidou target board and made her way into the nearby forest.
Shioru walked along the pathway until it stopped at a clearing. In the middle of the clearing, on a tree stump, sat Mochi with a blindfold.
Is that what your training is? Meditation?
Shioru crept towards Mochi as silently as possible. This was an easy task for Shioru was skilled in it. Accidentally, she stepped on a stick. It snapped and Mochi's head immediately turned to the sound.
"Who's there?" she asked coldly.
"Take your freaking blindfold off Mochi," replied Shioru. Mochi did so and looked slightly surprised.
"Shioru? What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to stalk you," said Shioru. "So this is what your so called training is? Meditation???" She set up her target board and backed away from it a fair distance.
"Yep, it makes me focus on my surroundings so I'll be able to hear everything! I woke up at 5 for this. Some stupid voice in my head keeps waking me up at that time," said Mochi, sounding slightly angry.
"Heh, you couldn't sense me until that stick cracked." Shioru readied a stance and focused. "Now, watch this. Destructive Arts No.31: Shot of Red Fire!" A ball of red energy flew from Shioru's hands to the centre of the target.
"Oh wow, you did something," said Mochi, who wasn't really impressed.
"I did this spell last time we had a kidou lesson! Don't you remember?"
"Heh, no one ever really notices what you do Shioru."
"Oh shut up. Anyway, this time, I did it without the incantation." Shioru pumped her fist in the air before continuing to fire balls of energy.
"You know you're gonna deplete your energy doing that," informed Mochi.
"Dude, get on with your own training Mochi. I'll stop later."
"Now class, today we will practice kidou and hakuda. Kidou is a relatively new thing for you. We've only had one lesson on it before and most of you couldn't manage anything, except for dear Shioru and Toshiie," Sanada pointed them out.
"Nerd," muttered Saiko to Shioru, not that she gave a damn.
"Today, we will continue to practice the Destructive Arts Number 31: Shot of Red Fire. Now class, please choose a target board," Sanada pointed to the 13 boards, all spaced out evenly. The students took their stance. "I'll remind you the incantation. If you can cast the spell without the incantation, then you have mastered it." The whole class listened intently to the words. "Now remember, you must focus solely on this, if your mind wanders, you will not be able to do it correctly. Go!"
Everyone started to chant the same words and then fired. A couple of people fired properly, some fired a weak shot and some, namely Saiko, couldn't even manage a spark.
"Well done Tifa, good job," said Sanada, noticing that Tifa had improved since last time.
"Thank you sensei."
Then everyone continued practicing the spell.
"Shioru, why can't I do anything?" asked Saiko and started to shake Shioru's arm.
"Well you focus—"
"I am focusing, I'm trying, I remember the words and then I fire and nothing comes!" Saiko then demonstrated what she was doing.
"You got the hand motion all wrong! Look, watch me do it." Shioru moved her hands about correctly and a ball of red energy lodged itself in the centre of the target.
"WHAT? I DON'T GET IT!" shouted an exasperated Saiko. Shioru sighed. Then Sanada clapped his hands to silence them.
"Now I will go through each person individually and see what you have achieved," he announced.
"Shit!" swore Saiko.
"Hiyori, you first."
"Umm, hai sensei," replied Hiyori and she loudly repeated the incantation, moving her hands as well and fired a relatively strong shot. She smiled to herself, happy that she had done well.
"Good job Hiyori," Sanada went on to the next person, Mochi.
"Kanda Mochi, it's your go."
Mochi calmly breathed in and swiftly did the exact same as Hiyori. The energy ball landed a bit off the centre.
"Nice effort, Mochi."
Next to Mochi was Tifa. She said the incantation with force. "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south! Destructive Arts No.31: Shot of Red Fire!" The shot dented the centre of the board.
"It seems as if you've have improved in matter of a few minutes. As I said before, well done! Now, onto the next student."
Hoshika lazily uttered the words and fired a rather weak shot. Sanada had a slightly disappointed look on his face while Hoshika's expression didn't really give away anything.
"Needs improving Hoshika," commented Sanada. Hoshika nodded but said nothing.
"Ooooo, it's your turn Saiko," muttered Shioru. Before Saiko could say something back, Sanada called out her name. She flicked another glance at Shioru, hoping for help, but none came.
"Kira Saiko!" called Sanada again. Saiko called out the incantation, moving her hands correctly this time. But nothing was summoned; there was no red energy ball. "Ummmm, ehhhh..." managed Saiko. The whole class was silent until Sanada faked a cough and said, "I'll...I'll come back to you." Shioru smiled seeing as it was her turn. It was time to show what she could do.
"Shioru."
"Hai sensei." Positioning herself, Shioru focused all in and started without the incantation. "Destructive–"
"Shioru! Have you forgotten about the incan–" Sanada was cut off as Shioru continued.
"– Arts No.31: Shot of Red Fire!!" finished Shioru. The impact of Shioru's 'Shot of Red Fire' shattered the target board. Her hand flew to her mouth with worry and she laughed nervously. Breaking the board was not what she had in mind. "Do I have to pay for that? It wasn't intentional!" Sanada stared at her for a while before snapping out of the trance.
"...No…you don't have to pay..." Sanada coughed. "Have you been practicing outside of school?"
"Yes..."
"Don't do that it's dangerous! What if you harm someone or something in the process??"
"Ok sensei," Shioru bowed so as to cover her smirk.
As if I'll stop practicing kidou. It's fun.
"So I don't have to pay for that board right?"
"No you don't," repeated Sanada. It seemed Shioru only cared about her money. "Anyway, despite your irresponsible actions, you have showed us that you can cast the spell without incantation. Therefore you have mastered it. Well done. I'm sure you'll improve, without the use of out-of-school lessons." Shioru nodded at his words, only listening to the praise. "Next student is Toshiie. You haven't been taking extra lessons too, have you?"
"No sensei, I wouldn't dare to." And so Sanada went through the rest of the class and finished today's kidou lesson.
"Now, we will begin our first lesson on hakuda, hand-to-hand combat. I'll teach you a few moves before you get into pairs and spar," announced Sanada.
"Hey, don't you think sensei seems rushed today?" whispered Tifa.
"Yeah, I think so too, normally he lectures us before going onto the real thing," muttered Shioru. Sanada heard someone talking but didn't know who it was.
"Saiko? Were you talking in class?" he asked.
"What?? No, I didn't say a word! Why do you always think it's me?" retorted Saiko.
"You guys..." Mochi shook her head at Tifa and Shioru who were trying to contain their laughter. Then Sanada continued to show them the basic moves in hakuda, namely how to punch and kick properly, and not be girly. The class copied Sanada's movements until he was satisfied.
"All right now, pair up and have a short sparring session, I want to see what you can do," said Sanada, and then he immediately rushed over to 'the Group'. "I want you to mix up your pairs. So Hoshika, don't pair up with Saiko!" Yes, Sanada was afraid of them fighting each other, because nothing good ever happened between those two.
"Fine then. Shioru?" asked Hoshika. Shioru nodded and they started their fight. Since Hiyori couldn't go with Mochi, she instantly chose Tifa.
"Whew, I thought I was gonna be with Saiko. It's scary to fight her, after all she is psycho," said Tifa.
"Mochi!!" Saiko shouted before throwing a punch at Mochi, which she barely dodged.
"Sai, I wasn't ready yet!" said Mochi as she dodged another wild kick. She continued to dodge more attacks, waiting for an opening so she could land a blow. Finally she spotted one and went for the kill but Saiko noticed where Mochi was going to hit so she blocked with her hands. Grabbing Mochi by the wrists, Saiko threw her to the floor. Then she faked some punches to her head.
"Sai? Why aren't you attacking me?" asked Mochi seeing that Saiko had on purposely not landing any of the blows.
"You'd be dead by now if I did. Blows to the head are fatal!" replied Saiko. Mochi got up and dusted herself. "I WIN!!" yelled Saiko and she raised her arms above her, flailing slightly. Mochi looked over to Tifa and Hiyori's battle. Tifa threw a punch towards Hiyori's head but missed because Hiyori ducked sideways. Then Hiyori aimed an uppercut towards Tifa's chin while Tifa aimed another blow to Hiyori's head.
Hiyori's fist connected with Tifa's chin first. But only by a short length for Tifa's hand was only a couple of centimetres away.
"Yay, I win!" shouted Hiyori.
"Not fair! My arm is so shorter than yours. If only it was a bit longer..."
"We can say we had a draw if you want."
"No, no, it's fine. You won fair and square," replied Tifa.
"That's not what you said..."
"Oh look, Mochi and Sai have finished!" Tifa pointed to the two who walked over to them. "Did you win Mochi?"
"No," said Mochi bluntly "do you think I would've against her?" Mochi looked at Saiko.
"Ah, I see."
"Where's Hoshi and Shioru?" asked Hiyori. She scanned the room and found Hoshika and Shioru still fighting. "Ooo, let's see who wins."
Hoshika attacked Shioru most of the time as Shioru dodged. Suddenly she dropped down and grabbed Hoshika's left leg and shoulder and threw her backwards. Unfortunately for Shioru, Hoshika did a flip in the air and landed back on her two feet.
"Heh, your moves aren't working," said Hoshika, a smug grin was plastered onto her face.
"Tch." Shioru dashed in for another attack. This time it was Shioru who took the offensive with Hoshika dodging. Taking an opportunity, Shioru sidestepped and quickly jabbed at Hoshika's hip with an outstretched hand. But the blow never made contact as Hoshika stepped forward, surprising Shioru. Then Hoshika spun around and landed a kick on Shioru's side, sending her skidding across the academy floor. Shioru coughed and dusted herself. The kick didn't deal much damage but the battle was over. She raised her hands and started to say, "Destruc–" Shioru stopped when she felt a cold hand gripping her own. She looked up and found herself looking at an angry Sanada sensei.
"This is a hakuda lesson, not a kidou one. What are you thinking? You could hurt your fellow classmates!" shouted Sanada. Hoshika stepped in to help Shioru; something that was rarely seen for Hoshika was not the type to help anyone.
"I'm sure Shioru was just...not very happy that she'd lost to me," said Hoshika with a smirk. Shioru coughed. Sanada nodded and told the class to gather around him.
"Good work today everyone. We will start on shunpo soon and we'll advance further on using your zanpakutou. Here are some sheets on more kidou spells," Sanada handed them out to each student "Have a look at them, try and remember the incantations and hand movements, but do not, practice them unless you are in here with me. Are we clear?" Sanda glanced at Shioru who bowed, acting as if she would actually listen. "Very well then, class dismissed. Go to your next lesson."
"What do we have next?" asked Hiyori. Shioru checked her timetable.
"Maths."
"With Meruvo-sensei?" asked Tifa.
"Not hiiiiiiiiiiiiim," whined Saiko. "I hate that guy, saying he's all professional at hakuda when he has a pot belly. Seriously, like who would believe him?"
"Whatever, let's go," said Hoshika. She slapped Mochi's arm. "Stop reading."
"Blah blah blah blah! Shut up Hoshi-Hoshi." Mochi continued to read her mysterious book.