The Welcoming Era

Natures' singing echoed across the open sky with the sun shining down on the Seireitei. Wind was gently breezing through and past each of the buildings like a careful touch. Naxel, the 5th Divisions' newest recruit, lied in his cramped space when he felt the wind grace his face. Light also shown through the window to cause his eyes to open from a deep slumber. This was considered to be a peaceful way for one to wake up in the Kashōshikas' eyes. "Ehhherm!" The sound from his body stretching from his slumber.

"It is already daylight out? I must have overslept..." Realization not hitting him like a normal persons' would. It wouldn't be but a few seconds later before everything to become reality. "Wait... Oh shit! I must have overslept!" Naxel realized while his body flailed around in his bunk, trying to get off but can't from the bedding itself. "Shi... Grr... Ug... Com... On...!" Frustration built with every passing second he couldn't escape the grasps of something such as his bedding. Someone who was trained, extensively, in the martial arts and art of assassination couldn't remove himself from bedding was such an embarrassment!

"My my my." A faint, familiar voice flew the empty room towards the new 5th Division Shinigami. Naxel managed to hear this voice and stopped to feel an uneasy feeling surge through his body. "I guess the great next head of the Kashōshika Clan has reached a point that bedding can easily defeat him." The voice spoke out with each word getting louder as they approached closer. "I am not being defeated by bedding Chiharu. This bedding just got tangled with my body during the night is all." Chiharu burst into laughter from Naxels' response. If this was any other time Chiharu would have immediately respond with a counter joke. However, Naxel was late, very late, and needed to get to the meeting room for his assignment.

Chiharu swiftly slung his leg out to kick Naxel out of his bed; sending the unseated shinigami over two bunks to smash into the floor. The bedding was now easy to depart from and allowed for Naxel to stand up off the floor. "That hurt you know..." Rubbing his head before making his way towards the door. "I will get you back for that later, Chiharu. Even though you did it to help me escape those sheets." Speaking once again before exiting the room and leaving Chiharu behind in the Bunks.

Naxel made his way through the buildings of the 5th Division towards the meeting area. This place was still relatively new to him, despite doing his best to learn the area as soon as he entered the headquarters. Every turn and corner he made only led him to another hallway that seemed to go on forever and ever. Yet, it was his lucky day when he saw a familiar door that he was seventy-five percent certain was to the meeting area. When he approached the door, Naxel jumped up and landed on the door in a bowing position on his knees. Sliding across the hall, busting through the door, and making his way into the meeting room with dust flying everywhere. Once the dust cleared, there was no one to be seen anywhere. Causing Naxel to drop his head onto the floor in disappointment for himself.

Disappointment flowing through the body wasn't the greatest feeling for one to experience. Naxel has never been one to slack when it comes to being punctual. Training from his father and time at the Shino Academy disciplined him to the point that this shouldn't have happened. If his father was the one waiting then things would have already become extremely ugly in this room. Yet, things were just very quiet while Naxel shamefully kept his head touching the ground. Maybe once his superior entered the room they would instantly see how ashamed he was for being late. Even though it felt like being late this time was the only chance he was going to get...

Knowing how much time has past was never relevant to the Shinigami since entering the room. There wasn't a single way of telling how much time has or hasn't passed due to the room he was in. Doors only sheltered the light from the room and windows seemed to be scarce as well. However, the only thing he did know was that his soul would quickly leave his body once a voice covered over the silence. His head quickly shot up to see a woman was steadily talking while he had not a single clue what was being said.

Following the first attempt of the female Shinigami, Naxel was slung backwards from an unknown occurrence that couldn't even register in his mind. Those other than him knew that he was scared shitless from being out assassined by a complete stranger who appeared from the depths of darkness itself.

To make matters worse, Naxel managed to hear the second attempt from the woman who addressed herself as Shuten Suika... 4TH SEAT of the 5th Division. His body began shaking under the rubble from his collision with whatever breakable thing he landed on. Sweat was pouring all over his body like a waterfall falling off the side of a cliff. Naxel not only disappointed the higher ups of the squad by being late, but him being late to meeting the 4th Seat of his very own division! He might has well have been late to seeing the Captain and should just commit seppuku instead of experiencing the possible punishment that was surely to follow.

Naxel had kept the 4th Seat waiting for far too long, even the quick moment passing from his own fear flinging him. So, he quickly crawled through the rubble and over towards the 4th Seat to intentionally smack his head on the ground while bowing. "4th Seat Suika, I deeply apologize for being late to the meeting. Especially since it was my first official day in the 5th Division. Please allow me to commit seppuku if my lateness has made you disappointed in me!" Quickly undoing his top to his uniform, exposing his bare chest. His sword quickly unsheathed and pointing at his chest in a very dramatic way that was actually overly dramatic for a Kashoshika.

What appears to be out of no where to Naxel, Shuten wound up smacking the unseated shinigami and snatched away his own zanpaktou. Having been disarmed by someone of her size was the least of his problems at the moment. Following her smack, pain began to surge through Naxels' body from head to toe. Leaving behind a large goose egg that was almost the size of his own head. Tears began pouring out of his eyes in a continued dramatic way to where he was just looking pitiful at this point. His hands grasped his head, body still in a bowing position, and his elbows supporting his upper body on the floor."What the hell is wrong with this woman??" The thought crossed his mind, just as dramatic as his reactions.

Shuten wound up giving Naxel a speech about his actions, but felt like a scolding. The unseated Shinigami wound up getting off the floor during the middle of the speech. When he was fully on his feet would be when his eyes finally view the 4th Seats appearance. Before he didn't get a chance to really see what she looked like, but he was kind of happy that he did now. "I can see why she is mean... They let a hellian from hell join the gotei 8, hehehehe" His thoughts quickly shifted to being comedic out of no where.

Following the speech felt scolding, Naxel retrieved his zanpaktou back from his superior. Now was the time that he was feeling ashamed for letting someone of her stature manage to disarm him so easily. Naxel understand that Shuten was his superior and the 4th Seat of the entire 5th Division, but the thought of her doing what she did boggled his mind. He was honestly not sure if he was weaker than he thought or someone screwed him over somewhere from his birth until now. The mystery will continue on as unknown for the time being.

Before Naxel could give a response to Shutens' speech she began to speak once again. Giving off hints that she was apparently waiting for him to quit being overly dramatic like he was. Which it was quite strange to him as well that he did what he did. This type of occurrence has never happened to him before. Is it because of him being new to the Gotei 8? His superior seems to be quite mean? Or maybe it could be the fact that she scared him and possessing an overly compensated weapon on her back.... The world may never know.

"Sorry Ma'am!" He quickly shouted following her last response to him. Snapping into a parade rest type stance with his hands behind his back. "I am Naxel Kashoshika of the Kashoshika Clan! My clan is a family that trains it's members specifically for the Stealth Force of the Gotei 8. I am also an unseated member who just recently graduated from the academy, ma'am!" Taking a moment to catch a breath before continuing. "New members of the 5th Division were required to meet here this morning for us to meet the squad, our officers, and obtain our assignments for the squad. The meeting also entailed that we were to be given training officers as well, ma'am! That is all I am aware of what the meeting was about." Finishing off his response by looking directly at Shuten with a newly reserved and serious look on his face.

Following his report on the report of the meeting, silence began to cover the entire room with Shuten not immediately responding to what she heard. Naxel wasn't entirely sure what was going on, but started to feel a little awkward just standing in the parade rest type position he was in. The silence felt harder and harder on his mind that he wasn't entirely sure what he should do or say to remove the awkwardness. His eyes would break away from the position to look at Shuten and then move back into the position. This would begin to repeat and gradually increase in speed until he heard the 4th begin to speak, and then stop. Being very thankful that he didn't have to be the one to do something.

Everything was still a little bit on the unknown side when Shuten finished her response. Naxel wasn't entirely sure what she all knew, or if she was quite busy to keep up with everything going on. In the report, Naxel remembers that he was assigned to the command of the 4th Seat of the Division, Shuten Suika. The Unseated Shinigami knew that there was a highly, unlikely chance of two people sharing the same name and even more of them both being in the same Division. So the person standing in front of him was actually his superior that he was assigned too.

"Hopefully she doesn't smack me for saying this..." The thought crossed his mind before he began to give his response. "Fourth Seat Suika, I don't mean to question your knowledge on things within the division, but I was assigned to your command. According to the report that all of us new members were given to memorize." He said before breaking his head away from parade rest to look down at the 4th seat with his reserved look. "Some questions I have can wait, as you have stated. The questions I do have, however, revolve around the assignments and tasks that those of us under your command are to do? Given I did not have a great first impression on you, but I was trained and disciplined to strive for excellence. Working hard to where I have achieved the goal of becoming a member of the Gotei 8. I will show you just how hard working I am by not failing you, Ma'am." Finishing off with anxiousness to know what her response will be.

Hearing the first thing that came out of her mouth made Naxel realized that she certainly knew what his assignment was. He forgets that he was raised in a completely different environment where stuff was kept from others, mainly the elders and his father. The Gotei United was a remarkable organization that has been tested over and over again to the point that they will never falter. Being apart of a group like this was the biggest honor someone in his family could have, even if he blundered up and misworded the organizations very own name. Yet, he was going to take his superiors advice and calm down. Along with taking his leave with her after seeing her gesture for them to leave.

The Fourth Seat was an interesting person for Naxel to observe. Her casual behavior of whistling and greeting members of the division didn't seem like it would fit her. Not saying that she couldn't be capable of such behavior, but it was just an odd thing to see after the meeting they had. Nonetheless, Naxel would then begin to hear her response of the assignments that he was now responsible for executing. It was quite disappointing that all members of the division did the same thing, excluding special assignments from the captain, but he guessed it wouldn't be too bad.

Finally, The two would continue on until they made their way to an area that begun to excite the Unseated Shinigami. Naxel didn't have to hear anyone tell him what the purpose of this area was, because it was an area that was all too familiar to him. It was a training area that seemed to be spacious enough for even a destructive fighter to have room to play around a bit. Naxel didn't possess that sort of power, but the space was big enough for him to flaunt off the skills he did have to show off.

"Show you what I can do, eh? Hmm..." Each word coming out of his mouth in almost a hush tone, inaudible almost. There wasn't a lot of overly compensating skill that the unseated member have to show off. The only thing he could think of wouldn't be too impressive to the Fourth Seat. However, it was the only thing he could think of starting out with. So, Naxel quickly disappeared into a Shunpo over to grab a stick at a nearby tree. His movements didn't falter or halt upon grabbing the stick and just continued on. The next move he made was him moving behind Suika and jumping upwards into a summersault. Appearing out of the Shunpo with his stick coming down to attempt a tab on the back of her neck. Simulating a quick kill on the back of ones' neck.