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Upon receiving word that all students are to return to the dormitories to rest, Shunketsu was a little bit upset. He wanted to continue training, but he eventually decided to go back to the dorms.

Upon reaching back to his room, he just collapsed on the floor and stared at the ceiling. He didn't realize that he had left his room door wide open, but even if he did, he probably didn't even care...

Kaosu sighed, sitting in the middle of his room, his back turned to the wall as he began contemplating.



Kaosu sighed. He wanted to know what Tsai meant by that. He didn't have enough time to explain as they were kind of...well...forced off the Sokyoku Hill as it were. I don't know my place in this society? What does he mean? Does it mean that I don't have...what it takes?

His thinking was interrupted by a soft step in his room. He spun around, to see Sentan standing there. Kaosu sighed, relaxing. "Don't nobles normally knock?" The man smiled.

Normally. Not when your door is wide open however. We like to call that an 'open invitation'. He laughed, sitting down next to Kaosu. Shuffling inside came two of what only could be considered his guard. "Now, did you think it over?"

It was Kaosu's turn to laugh. "Not really. I was preoccupied with knocking people's blocks off." He waited for the other's to join in, but they didn't. Wow. This atmosphere really isn't that jesting, is it?

If you were fighting, did you lose?" Sentan asked, concerned. He wanted to make sure his successor was strong enough. It was resonable to want that, a strong fighter for a failing house. "How many fights were there?"

Kaosu ran a hand through his hair, sighing with relief. "Let me recall. There were two fights, and I won twice. Makes me feel pretty good." He smiled, and this time Sentan smiled back. There is hope yet that this man might laugh at a joke...

"But please, do you have a decision? Or must I wait longer?" Sentan asked, nervously clutching his hands together in his lap. "This suspense has been far too much for me already."

Kaosu frowned, closing his eyes. "Well, what do you want from me?" He was asking in terms of 'trials', and things he would have to give up.

I want a loyal son who will follow my orders. I want a son who will be strong and dependable. Most of all, I want someone with a slightly rambunctious spirit."

Not the answer I was looking for... "Okay, but what do I have to give up?" He bit his lip nervously, afraid that he'd undergo something dreadful. He was fairly right.

"Please don't be alarmed, but there are quite a few." Sentan remained silent for a while, before continuing. "You will learn these later."

Kaosu smiled. This man wasn't stupid in the slightest. "I like you, Sentan Hokosaki. I like you alot." He paused for what seemed like the longest time, when in all actuality only lasted about 30 seconds, before he said, "You know what? Sure. Yes. I accept."

Sentan hugged the boy, before sliding back. "Are you sure you are up to this? I don't want to put you in a situation you wouldn't like..."

Kaosu cut him off short. "If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have said yes."

Tsai was slowly walking down the stairs of his dorm when he sighted a man dressed with like if he was a noble. Tsai didn't bother wearing the noble stuff, he usually just left it at home. His attitude towards being a noble was quickly fading away. He walked over to Kaosu's dorm to see it wide open with Kaosu inside.

"Hey," he raised his hand and waved slightly at the shinigami infront of him as he stood by the doorway. "Mind if I come in?" Tsai asked. He wanted to talk to someone, Kaosu was a good listener, at times. "Should I tell him about my zampakuto...oh man, I don't know...maybe he can't keep a secret, what to do.. what to do.."

Tsai got up from his seat and closed the door of Kaosu's dorm before he sat down again. "Can you keep a secret?" he asked Kaosu coming closer to him with a whisper. "I've unlocked the ability to use my shikai," he told Kaosu as he leaned back over to his own seat. "I don't want anyone to know yet, it'll be our secret," he paused and waited for a response from Kaosu.

For some odd reason, Tsai wanted some tea. Partly because he was a noble of the Lin Noble Clan who adored tea and partly because Tsai was thirsty and wanted something to drink. "Well, I told him, but that's all I'm telling him".

Haro did not own a room in this place..he never really though t he deserved a room so he hadn't asked for something he did not need or deserve to have. He sighed as he sat out on the grass outside the dormitories...thinking about things...about how he had become weak...he needed to train more...but it was difficult for him to train when he was so down on himself. If there was one thing he would never show his friends, it would be his pain. His inner turmoil would just remain his little secret. He wondered if friends is what he could call anyone here...he liked to think of Kaosu as a friend...but really...he didn't know the first thing about what friendship was. He smirked as he sat there, and took in a deep breath.

He wondered what he was here for anyways, there were so many people around that were stronger then him...so many more suited to protect this place, he couldn't make a dent in that...not even if he trained constantly for years. He was doomed. He smirked ever so slightly as he sat there in the grass, looking up at the moon...he wondered if he would ever find out what his purpose was. He closed his eyes, wondering what the others were up to and then he saw the face from before apear infront of him, his face yet again, stone cold and emotionless. "I am you." It repeated, just as it did at Tsai's home. "You are searching for the real you...I am you. Haro...do not fret or tempt yourself with thoughts of faliure...know you are strong...and know that you are great. All you need to do is give it time to surface." The voice said with a smile.

Haro sighed as his eyes snapped open. "Yea...I have the real me talking to me....but I wish I could just be the real me." He grumbled as he looked over his shoulder at the dorm rooms. There was a cool breeze and he felt it chill his skin lightly. "Well...I guess I will have to wait to find out what the next training session brings." He said sadly.

"I can't remember the exact details" Tsai began to lie, he remembered it very clearly. "But I did some training in the world of my zampakuto, he taught me things and eventually he told me his name, what his name is..you'll find out eventually" he smiled. "So I hear you have something to say?" he stared at Kaosu.

Tsai was interested, not everyday did someone like Kaosu have something special that did not relate to his training. "Did it have something to do with that man that just walked out of your dorm when I first came by?" he asked raising an eyebrow as he stared at Kaosu.

"Think I told him too much Lei Gong?" he asked in his thoughts. "It wouldn't hurt if you told him more, but I think it would be better for him to learn on his own and experience that feeling," Lei Gong replied.

Tsai wasn't surprised. Nobles were always adopting people into their families whether it be for love or for power, like Tsai's case. "If I'm a noble, that makes you the same as me," Tsai patted Kaosuon the shoulder.

"Truth be told to you Kaosu, I'm not a noble by blood. I was adopted when I first came to Soul Society because of the high level of reiatsu I had. The Lin Clan was headed by my grandfather back then who was an ambitious man who wanted more and more power for the clan and adopted. He eventually died after a hollow ambushed him so I heard, and my dad has been the head ever since," Tsai commented as he got comfortable by lying back.

"I was the same as you back then, reckless, cocky, maybe the change into noble blood will change you too?" Tsai remarked as he looked at the ceiling and placed his hands behind his head as a sort of cushion. "So who's this Sentan guy again? I've never heard of the Hokosaki clan before..lower class minor nobles I'm guessing?" Tsai asked, in truth he had never heard of the clan before.