Job Shadowing [Hono, Kaito]

Kaito's game plan through the academy was to apply himself as best he could. He wasn't some prodigy of Kido or anything like that, but, he had the willingness to learn. Despite this, it was still surprising to see a name that he didn't recognize. Hono Kaen, someone from the Sixth Division, the Realm Enforcement Bureau. The number and name caught his attention. He had heard about the Sixth Division and the Rukongai's Police Force, the Sakutaiso.

Beyond everything else, those were his goals -- and to see an opportunity to learn about the division right in front of him was a chance that he wasn't going to ignore. He had put in a request to meet with her, and now, Kaito quickly made his way to one of the practice areas. Without even thinking, he grabbed his training sword and Asauchi and rushed to the grounds. As expected of rushing out the door, he arrived a bit early, and he sat down to catch his breath and wait for her.

Finally catching his breath as someone walked in, Kaito stood up, leaving his training sword on the ground next to him as he offered a light wave, smiling.

"Yeah, that's me. Kaito Tomoyuki. I'm guessing you're Hono Kaen?"

He picked his training sword off the ground, neatly tucking away in the side of his uniform. Easy to put away, easy to take out. He straightened out his uniform, before looking over her -- they were both analyzing one another by this point. She seemed to be relatively ordinary -- not that it was a bad thing -- and Kaito soon took to responding.

"Sorry if it was a bit out of the blue to request you, I noticed that you were part of the Realm Enforcement Division and I wanted to see what you were all about. I'm trying to learn about the Gotei's divisions and members, figuring out where I might work the best. Realm Enforcement's currently the go-to choice."

A division where he could reasonable focus his time and resources on the Soul Society itself, in addition to learning of the Sakutaiso. It was looking more and more to be what his choice would be when he graduated, and well, if he was going to pick that out, learning of the members and getting a feel for them, socially and combatively, was the most obvious decision to him.

It was a bit strange for someone officially indicted into the Gotei to be bowing her head toward him. He blinked a few times, before managing to get something out.

"O-Oh, you don't need to do that for me. I'm just an academy student, I should be the one bowing to you."

But, she wasn't one to dance around the questions she had, it seemed. Wondering why he had picked her above everyone else in the division. Well, it wouldn't really be proper of a student to go asking the Captain, Vice Captain, or Seated Members for something like this, now would it? From what the talk around the academy was, there were rumors about some big incident happening in the World of the Living.

"Well, yes, that was something I wanted to do. I just didn't want to bother the higher ups when they're...probably busy and have more important things to handle that letting some random student shadow them. If you could give me a rundown of it, that would be fantastic. All I really know is some basic information and the fact that your division works with the...Sakutaiso, I think? The Rukon Police Force?"

Oh, she was...oh. That...well, he wasn't really sure how to respond to that, if he should even respond at all. He respected her interests, if nothing else. A quick wink from her only earned a quiet nod of his head as she continued to speak. Being unable to leave the Soul Society much didn't really bother him -- most of his concerns lay within anyhow.

"Well, I'm not really interested in flair or dramatics. The Sixth Division fits my own goals better than any other. Staying in the Soul Society isn't really too big of a downside if I can use what I have to better the Rukongai and give back to the people in my life."

He gave a bashful smile, rubbing the back of his neck. No matter how many times he said it, it was always a little awkward to realize how simple his goals were, but still had the drive to find and use everything that he could in order to do that.

"And, I wanted to see what all I would be getting myself into with this division. Meet the people who might be my future coworkers, that kind of thing."

The prospect of Hono being able to visit her family gave a light tinge of hope. He hadn't been able to visit too frequently as of late, with everything going on with classes, with Hiroe -- it had all slipped his mind and kept him busy. Perhaps, when he finally graduated, he would be able to visit them more. They would certainly be wanting to hear of what stories he had and seeing him come home a full-fledged Shinigami.

The prospect of the more...undesirable aspects in the division did make him a little uneasy, but, he figured he would get used to it in time. Hearing Hono's desire to reach for the stars, however, put a smile on his face. It reminded him somewhat of Hiroe -- wanting to reach the top, to take that coveted position. But, as she asked about his family, Kaito's expression shifted, looking more awkward and embarrassed.

"I'm from the...further districts. We're, um...o-ordinary folk. Just people trying to live out there, staying out of trouble and such."

It was embarrassing that the first thing that came to his mind about his family was their financial status. But, he hoped to change that in the future.

"What about you? What's your family like?"