One morning in the 3rd Division, about a year after the graduation of a set of prodigies. A different set of Academy Graduates stood in the courtyard of this Division. It contained a Vice-Captain with light blue hair and golden eyes, dressed in a standard Shinigami Shihakusho aside from the addition of a set of leg warmers in the same shade of blue as her hair. At her side her Zanpakuto as she kept her hands clasped together in front of her. She stood waiting, wondering if her Captain would busy himself with this as she looked over the group or if she would deal with it. Neither option seemed to matter very much to her, but she allowed her gaze to hover over this group a bit intensely wondering what kind of people her Captain may have chosen. She knew of his previous lack of luck in recruitment and wondered if he'd fared any better this year. 'Ah, well. At least there are some new faces around here...' she thought absently a devious smirk coming to her face.
In the crowd aside from the Vice-Captain, as a young woman with orange hair. She was about 5'6" with a lean athletic build. She was wearing the standard Shihakusho with no alterations just yet, with a zanpakuto at her side which had a purple wrap and a square guard with waves at her side. She had ocean blue eyes which were wide open and full of friendliness. She'd chosen to try to enlist in this division due in large part to the assumed shared nature of the people within. She could only hope she didn't make a bad decision.
Another member of the crowd consisting of new recruits to the 3rd Division was a male with wavy brown hair falling just shy of his shoulders. He stood at a height of about 6'0" even. On the right side of his head, he wore a diadem with two golden tassels, marking his status as heir to the Great Noble Family, Kisaragi. A grin most casual was upon his face as he stood amongst the group, having graduated after two years spent in the Shino Academy. Eyes of gold with a blue outer glow scanned the area to identify any peers he had among these recruits. In this group, he saw only one face he recognized. Of course, this happened to be a face more preferred for his viewing pleasure than others he would have noted, but speaking terms were a different matter entirely.
Soon enough, the hooded Captain of the Division - with his lanky form and serpentine eyes - stepped out of his office to greet the individuals in the courtyard at present. "Ohai, minnasan~! Welcome, welcome! Who's got questions? Comments? Absolute admiration for your favorite Captain to work for?" he asked of the group, all while wearing a sly - and somewhat unsettling - grin upon his visage.
The young woman with the orange hair also scanned the crowd and found a familiar face. A boy she recognized from her classes as one of the new age prodigies, though it'd taken him a couple of years to get through his courses, he'd still managed to do so in record time. She knew his name and his face from frequency of seeing it, but had never really gotten the chance to speak with him. Considering they'd ended up in the same division she figured she'd get ample opportunity now. But before any of that, this group was soon greeted by their captain. This man in all his lanky glory seemed a bit sinister to say the least. The young woman who stood with her hands clasped behind her back wondered if it was at all normal to feel intimidated by her Captain as such. But the man's own words soon set her at ease for a very strange reason. His opening statement seemed a bit like a joke and brought something of a giggle from her. She didn't think she presently had absolute admiration or anything of the sort, but it was kind of funny considering the context that they were recruits and thus this man would be the only Captain they worked for so favoritism seemed a bit misplaced. "I have a question," managed this girl after a few moments of giggling. "Are we going to be ranked soon?" she asked only to clarify. "I'm not really in a rush or anything like that, I am just a bit curious..." she said afterwards still maintaining the same posture she had before.
Following the Captain's query to the audience, one lone individual had a question to return his way. This girl with her orange hair had not been one of the most outstanding prospects on paper, having sat through a full term at the academy, but Terumi knew she was certainly one of - if not the - graduate with the highest potential and ability this year. She came wondering about the rankings they would be receiving, or rather, she wished to know when they would be receiving them. Terumi's grin grew wider, and those green eyes of his began to glow from beneath the shadow of his hood. "Hoh... Sanbantai Yonseki, Miyamoto Tirena," he said, imagining this would answer her question just fine. "And everybody else... unseated! Oh, except for you," the Captain went on. With the break in his sentence, he shifted his only visible eye - his right eye - toward the brunette with the diadem in his hair. "Sanseki Kisaragi Shusuke."
The one called Shusuke had not intended to ask any questions of the Captain before him, but when Tirena asked about rankings, he had to admit to being curious as well. He'd seen a sudden ability to perform the way he was truly capable of since actually entering the academy, and if not for his initial placement in a lower class, he likely would have graduated the previous year. From what he remembered of the girl asking questions, she was the only one in class who could have properly given him a run for his money. In fact, he would call her astounding as a natural talent who'd gone without the type of training he and his childhood friend had. The announcement of her rank was surprising, albeit not by much. It seemed for a moment that she would be the only one receiving a rank from the beginning, until Terumi called Shusuke's name with the announcement of the only other rank being given. A smirk appeared on his face with this information in his mind. "Heh! Sugoi."
'Yare yare, this is going to be a strange one, huh?' thought the Vice-Captain of this division, though she said nothing. She'd heard the question of one of their best prospects and knew most would be anxious to know where they placed among their peers, if they didn't already know. A bit of a smile came to her face as she watched recognition shift over Tirena's face. The orange haired girl, to her credit seemed a bit stunned to have been ranked so highly out the gate. If she had any particular issue, it was the idea that only she would be ranked, but before she could open her mouth to speak on that, the Captain sneakily mentioned the fact that one Kisaragi Shusuke would also be ranked a bit higher than her, but she figured this should have been the case regardless. A smile spread across her face as she bowed to her Captain. "Hai!" she said to her Captain seeming to find it to be a perfecting fitting, and way more than she expected of her own rankings. It would be now that the Vice-Captain spoke up for the first time. "Congratulations, Kisaragi-san, and Miyamoto-san. I look forward to working with you both. I'm not to sure about the rest of you..." she mentioned cheekily to the unranked ones. "But try your best!" she finished up seemingly in jest. Moving right along it seemed this early introduction of the new 3rd Division members would soon be coming to an end, unless there was more from their Captain for the moment. Tirena took the opportunity to look towards Shusuke and offer a congratulatory statement as well. "Nice work, Kisaragi-kun. I didn't figure we'd end up in the same division, but I look forward to working with you," she mentioned with a smile on her face.
This entire interaction had something of an uninvited guest watching the proceedings. A young looking girl with hair of crimson in a messy ponytail atop her head sat on a roof nearby smiling at the news. She'd been aware of the graduation ceremony from the Shino Academy but hadn't bothered attending it. This moment was much more pressing for her to witness with her own eyes. Surprisingly enough, this wasn't the first time she'd watched someone gain a seat like this, she'd actually witnessed something very similar at least twice before, but she hadn't viewed those moments with as much attachment as she did this one. A smirk came to her face as she balanced her chin on her knee and chuckled. 'Hmm, finally caught up, Shu-kun~' she thought with much amusement in her soul. Though there seemed to be a lot of that in this young woman in particular lately.
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