Red, Black, and Blue? [Chidori, Kasha]

Despite taking a much more lax position in the Gotei, to the point where it was hard to even consider him a member, Chidori was still involved in the general scene of Seretei still. It was hard not to be, considering her position. Someone was always wanting something from her, though by this point in her life she found it hard to say no. Why would she turn someone in need away? It was her duty to not only her family but just people, in general, to be there for them if they needed it.

So when the Shihoin Head was asked to give a presentation at the academy, she gladly accepted. To be honest, Chidori was looking for any reason to get out of the house anyway. Now that Nakano and Yushiro have grown up to the point that they could crawl, taking care of them has been a bit easier but harder at the same time. On one hand, they can go where they want and they've learned by this point what they can and cannot touch. On the other hand, if you keep your eye off of them for too long then they'll just wander around the estate. A terrifying thought.

Anyways, she was tasked with giving a lecture on reiatsu, both the basics and some of the advanced applications of it. Being the first time doing this, she had no idea what to expect so she prepared a presentation that she thought would suffice, though in actuality it may have been a bit to prepared. Chidori wouldn't know until she gave it, but by then it would be too late. The students started to fill the classroom, like clockwork they went to their seats and waited for her to start. Never has she feared public speaking, until this point.

"Hi, hello. It's a pleasure to meet you all. My name is Chidori Shihoin, but you can call me whatever you feel like as long as it is my name. Before we start, I want to make sure you all are in the right place. This is Reiatsu Applications & Theory, correct?" It was rhetorical, she already knew she was in the right spot. "Your normal teacher had asked me to come in today to give you a sort of crash course lesson to refresh your memories before an upcoming test. He told me it was on..." Chidori picked up a book and began flipping through it. "Elemental types, right? Well, I hope I can make this class interesting for you today. You guys are here to learn, but whose to say you can't have a little fun too?" And with that, she slammed the book closed and set it on a table in the front. She would wait a few moments to let late stragglers in before getting into the real meat of things.

"Alright, tough crowd." After her speech, nobody really said anything. It seemed like everyone in the classroom was dead, bored, or both. All except one kid in the back that was scribbling in her notebook. She had a vaguely familiar look to her, but Chidori couldn't quite put where she knew her from.

"Okay. I'm going to cut through all the bullshit and get right to the cool shit, yeah? So, everyone has something unique about them, but when it comes to people like you and me we have way more going for us. Just being shinigami means that we all have our zanpakuto, which at their Shikai and Bankai levels are unique to each owner. If you were born lucky, then there's a chance that you have an innate power within you as well. Former captains that fall under this category would be Yamamoto and Hitsugaya, with Fire and Ice respectively. These are real-world cases of having elemental reiatsu, though past birth we don't know much about how they work or why they happen. Some people show signs of having them at birth, others are late bloomers. All in all, roughly less than 10% of the population actually has them."

"Though despite the rarity, there doesn't seem to be any sort of rules that these guys have to follow. For example, take Yamamoto. He had fire reaitsu that would burn anything to ash with intense heat. Some speculate that if he wasn't in the Gotei he'd probably become a teppanyaki chef." There were a few chuckles from some of the students. Most of them were paying attention now, though not everyone seemed interested. Yet there was still that problem of the girl in the back scribbling in their notebook. Chidori took this as a declaration of war. "So far, it seems that the lucky bastards who have special reiatsu have themed zanpakutos as well. Take the kid genius' ice dragon for example. It makes wonder what your Shikai is going to be like not as much of a mystery, so that's a good thing."

"Having control over one's reiatsu is crucial, but more so for those who have these elemental powers. Uh... someone toss me a notebook they don't care about." One would go flying over the heads of the room and land in Chidori's hands. She ripped out a few pages and made paper airplanes. Rudimentary but good enough to do what she wanted to do. Taking one, she pinched it and threw it, though before it left her fingertips she lit the back in with her reiatsu, black flames leaving a trail behind it. There were sounds of awe in the classroom as some of the students were genuinely impressed. The flames would consume the plane as it landed right in front of Kasha, and for a moment it was still it before dying out into a pile of ash.

"So you back there? Any thoughts, questions, comments, praise?" There was genuine curiosity behind this question.

Alright, now she's ticked off. Chidori got enough lecturing before, and still got it now, she didn't need some brat in her class to be mouthing her off too. Even if it wasn't staged as one, she's heard enough of them to know a lecture when it was given. Her father would do the same thing

"Well, I think me and your Lady wouldn't get along, however not for the reasons you'd expect. I don't think Kido would be a fighting form, more of a tool. Hakuda is a fighting form, zanjutsu is a fighting form, though the zanpakuto is more of a tool to be used in said form. You can develop a fighting form from Kido, but Kido alone is not a form. Though that's just what I think and what I've experienced."

"I see you're paying attention though, as yes, controlling reiatsu is a problem for us and a skill that many need to learn. It has taken me years to get this level of control over my reiatsu, though it has gotten to the point that it's more of an extension rather than a hindrance." As she spoke, she raised her hand and lit a small flame over each of her fingers, blowing them out one at a time. "Though if this Lady you speak of doesn't use kido in a kido class, I wonder how well some of you are doing. Some people learn in different ways. I could just stand here and spout paragraphs on paragraphs about this, but rather than bore you to death I'll show you what I mean. Next, you're going to tell me your zanjutsu teacher just shows you pictures instead of handing you a stick, let alone a weapon." Perhaps she was overstepping her boundaries, but it was an opinion she had. Whether or not they'd take this to heart was another matter altogether.

"Anyways, since I've already got you speaking, do you mind giving me some examples of what would happen if one were to have poor control over their reaitsu? If they just let it leak out of them rather than contain it? Oh, and say your name for me while you're at it." A devilish smile was plastered on the Shihoin's face. It was clear that this kid hated the attention, but there was a clear difference in power and dynamic here. Even if he didn't like it there was some favor on Chidori's side to get him to do what she asked.

His overall attitude reminded her a lot of Chishiki, the old bitch.

"Thank you, Kasha. And you-" She looked next to Kasha, at the boy who made the remarks earlier. "Leave him alone. If that's how he remembers things then let him."

"And yes, those are all great and very real examples of what could happen with elemental reiatsu assuming you don't know how to wield it. In some cases, however, that could be a good thing. Yamamoto didn't express great control over his reiatsu, to the point where any form of fighting with his sword was dangerous, but he did know how to keep it sealed. Where one could go for precision, they could also go down the route of just raw strength. But that would also require a large energy pool and that's way down the line for many of us."

"I-hm...." Chidori moved back to her notes and began to flip through her book to recall what she had planned. They had actually blown through the topics at a record pace, attributed to her lax teaching style but also with Kasha's help. "With that being said, any questions? We've got a lot of time left, so hit me. Class related or otherwise, assuming that you know all this stuff already." The class was halfway over by this point, time flying by since Chidori has gotten there. There was a feeling in the back of her mind that she was going to end up regretting this, but she also hoped that it was going to be a good change of pace for the students. She imagined they worked their asses off most of the time, so what would one break be?