A lone flame (Open)

Izumi Nakashima
Headmaster of Shino Academy



Captain Poliro, Status: Discharged/ Location: Unknown

This is what little Izumi knew of the captain, while he might have seen him they had truly never met face to face and talked. As Izumi looked into poliro's situation since it is rare for a captain of the Gotei to be discharged and even more interesting that his current location was unknown to the Gotei itself. But, he knew someone had to know which began his investigation over the small break that soul reapers in the academy were allowed to have. He learned eventually that the captain was discharged due to his lost of his powers, something extremely unusual for a shinigami even a vizard, they were known to become greater than shinigami not drop in strength. Eventually Izumi thought of a bit of a way for Poliro to slowly regain his powers.

At first he thought that he could re learn his powers and abilities but was that truly the problem or was it that Poliro no longer possessed the power to use his abilities in which case he came up with a little program for him when he finds Poliro but how it begins truly is decided by what strength he can pull out and work from their. This truely would be a mix of endurence traing to make him reach max and break it and spiritual traing a bit in which the captain would have to call upon his zanpakuto spirit and train with it to hopefully learn of when his power has recovered enough to which he can re-claim his shikai and bankai but last for not least the one thing that Izumi worried of was the inner hollow.... they have a knack for striking when the host is weak and unable to stay in control. with the captain's powers out of whack it could become a opportunity for it to strike and try to take over and if there is no one to help Poliro in that time he's good as being dead.

To him that was what he believed and wished to help the captain out of kindness in his heart but a big factor was that losing a captain hurts everyone including Izumi, himself. So with such he eventually departed to go to the human world. The only place a weakened shinigami could find peace in which he won't be constantly attacked by enemies and feel comfortable away from the Gotei in the soul society. As he departed from his home and work the academy, Izumi only took his zanpakuto and his usually things.. nothing for a long journey in the winter at all. As he arrived on earth his location was definitely not where he wanted to be and by how things looked he was in a forest not anywhere near civilization which disappointed him much but it was rather weird if his way of getting home was as messed up as the way he got he he would have to find another way back and he started walking east the way that sounded most reasonable to take for him.

But as his journey started to slow down from losing track of exactly if he was still going easy as he had stopped a little while back to get a view of where he was but as he looked around he lost the point in which he was going and the trees over head of him were blocking his view of the sun and last thing he wanted to do was get in the air right now. Izumi hates flying and nearly rejects it ever being a skill he is capable of doing or at least be in the air aka. not on the ground or in the water. But as he was looking he heard something rather loud... a bit too loud for his taste. But from what he heard someone was in pain but what was strange was their was no reply from someone or something that even gave a sign of what had hurt him. After walking in the direction of the voice he eventually stopped and yelled out to see if was even worth walking to him anymore.

"Hello, are you ok? I can help you if your hurt!" he yelled into the forest and echo through the forest like Poliro's yell had done

Izumi Nakashima
Headmaster of Shino Academy



"Something makes me feel the presences of unwelcome guests are here." He said to himself as he heard many voices and became aware that extra people or a extra person is about in this forest.

Izumi heard a response to his giving of help but he got a reply from a much calmer and different voice that answered with "Just who are you?". Which it didn't surprise him if anyone were to ask that question if they weren't a shinigami and was not very young, as to say they have been a shinigami for a long time. Then you couldn't quickly say who he was as easily as you might remember much more familiar ranks like the captains and vice captains. But it was the different voice that kept him from answering, just it made him think who was he talking to and who was the person from before. But what harm could come from telling who you are, but he had forgotten that normal people and things no longer roam these woods and the natural world anymore. The last time he entered this world it was for a small mission before when he was in squad 3 and that was over 400 years ago when this was definitely a much more peaceful place. Now nearly every corner you turn in the outside world is filled with creatures that have the ability to kill so so easily.

" I am Izumi Nakashima, Head of the Shino Academy. I'm searching for a former captain. But who are you?" He yelled again so all could hear.

Izumi await for response from the question-giver but either way he decided that it was time to meet whoever he was talking too and didn't care if was anyone really but looming in mystery and being hidden is not his style he would rather have things be revealed to him and so he decided to begin his run at very fast speeds it would make it very difficult for anyone to hide from him unless they already were but that would only make Izumi more suspicious and make him wonder even more who is who and what has happened in this forest. Deep in thought Izumi thought today is turning out to be quite a day already.