Conflict

Daisukeate his breakfast distractedly, not really noticing anything that was going on around him. He was dead tired because he had had another nightmare the previous night. Daisuke couldn't remember all the details, but it had something to do with hollows,. Daisuke sighed before methodically lifting his chopsticks to his mouth again.

THWACK!

Daisuke choked on his rice. It took him a full minute before he was able to speak again. "What the hell was that for, midget?" Kimikiohad hit Daisuke on the head with her tray. Hard.

"This is the Shinigami Academy! Get up and look lively!" Kimiko shouted back. "AND I'M NOT A MIDGET, BLONDY BOY!"

"RUNT!"

"SUN HEAD!"

"BIT—"

"SHUT UP!"

"Thank you for quelling this morning's disturbance, Suzuno-san," Kazuma said quietly, walking past Atsuya. He glared at Daisuke before settling down to eat at the faculty table.

Daisuke sat back down, muttering miscellaneous swear words.

''What a way to start the day. And I have kido today… I hate kido…''

He started stabbing at his food mindlessly. Since he was now wide awake, he noticed that the food tasted horribly bland.

Ugh… Just like the crap they serve to us at Kagamino High… No matter where you go, school food is always the same…

Kimiko, meanwhile, was scarfing down her breakfast as fast as she could. She wanted to put as much distance between herself and her foul-tempered friend as possible. Once she finished, she hurried away to her hoho class.

"Nice way to start the morning," Atsuya remarked sarcastically as he watched Kimiko hurry away.

"Shut up and leave me alone," Daisuke grumbled.

<p style="text-align:justify">Atsuya sighed helplessly before going back to his meal. Though Daisuke was extremely irritable at the moment, he was grateful that Atsuya's bad mood had abated. The two boys finished their breakfasts in silence before heading to their next classes. Atsuya had zanjutsu and Daisuke had hakuda.

<p style="text-align:justify">Daisuke had been so caught up the conversation that he had almost plowed right into the hakuda building's doors. The hakuda building was a lot smaller than the hoho and zanjutsu buildings, but it still had the same design as the others: to put it simply, an oversized box with a roof.

<p style="text-align:justify">Daisuke was about to irritably answer no when the teacher entered the building. He was for his surprise kazuma Nnikaido.

<p style="text-align:justify">"Good morning, class!" he said with fake cheeriness. Daisuke immediately thought, ''Uh oh. Not good. He not again.''

<p style="text-align:justify">" I'm sure you've already heard one long lecture from Megumi, so I won't make you hear it again. However-," he said, with a glint in his eye, "-we'll use that time for muscle building exercises, also called conditioning. Give me one hundred pushups, now!"

<p style="text-align:justify">I knew it, Daisuke inwardly groaned as he did his pushups. Although he wasn't struggling anywhere near as much as the other freshmen, he did not enjoy doing the pushups at all.

<p style="text-align:justify">Kazuma was a great teacher, but he was very demanding, and from time to time, harsh. About half the time was spent doing conditioning. Even Daisuke was sore from the brutal workout. Kazuma showed his first act of mercy by allowing the freshmen fifteen minutes of down time before actually beginning to spar. The freshmen collapsed where they stood, exhausted and sweating.

<p style="text-align:justify">After the break was over, Kazuma made the students pair up and spar with each other. “You Daisuke will fight with me” Kazuma said

The first confrontation, the power of a Captain
<p style="text-align:justify">Suddenly a inmense spiritual pressure came from above, partially cracking the ground.

<p style="text-align:justify">" Ok! Lets do this will be interesting" Daisuke say. Immediately drawing his blade.

<p style="text-align:justify">" let's see if you're as good as I thought!" Kazuma shouted and drew his blade, creating a large storm of spiritual pressure.

<p style="text-align:justify">Then effortlessly, Kazuma got in front of Daisuke and attempted to slash at him, although Daisuke blocked.

<p style="text-align:justify">" As usual you are powerful for be a freshman." Kazuma remarked. Then both opponents faced each other in a duel of swords, with both being equal power. Daisuke was trying to hit, and Kazuma effortlessly blocked all of his attacks, then quickly Kazuma used flash steps and got above him.

<p style="text-align:justify">" Hado no 63 Soren Soukatsui." Kazuma chanted creating a large blue flame blast although Daisuke effortlessly dodged and got behind him.

<p style="text-align:justify">" That won't work on me Kazuma." Daisuke said, then quickly striking, although Kazuma dodged and used a fast slash against Daisuke, with Daisuke being able to just block on time, and quickly countering with kido.

<p style="text-align:justify">" Hado no 33 Soukatsui." Daisuke chanted. Creating a blue flame blast that Kazuma quickly sliced in half.

<p style="text-align:justify">" Isn't this a coincidence, I use the kido that is double yours. This must mean I have greater power!" Kazuma said as he was smiling with arrogance.

<p style="text-align:justify">" Don't take this the wrong way, but just because you used a higher level kido, does not make you any better!" Daisuke shouted, quickly charging at him, but getting parried.

<p style="text-align:justify">"Hmph, don't talk like you're above me." Kazuma said quickly using flash steps to get behind him, although Daisuke effortlessly dodged using flash steps to gain distance.

<p style="text-align:justify">" It looks like this is going nowhere." Daisuke said.

<p style="text-align:justify">" Indeeed, I think we must fight seriously, what do you think?"

<p style="text-align:justify">" Fine." Daisuke replied, with both opponents having a huge amount of spiritual pressure exerting from their bodies.

<p style="text-align:justify">The two then pushed off the ground, and charged at eachother. As they clashed, large amounts of reiatsu emitting from both opposing sides. As their fight continues

<p style="text-align:justify">Taking advantage, Kazuma suddenly vanishes using flash for a brief moment and attacks Daisuke from behind, though the latter blocks his sword and continues the fight

<p style="text-align:justify">Daisuke slashes his sword at Kazuma's chest, but he quickly blocks the attack with his own blade and side-swings it at Daisuke's neck. Predictably, Daisuke dodged the attack once again, After dodging another one of his attacks Daisuke Taking advantage slashes Kazuma across the chest, ripping his part of his shikahusho marking a large cut across his chest. Kazuma slowly regains his breath,

<p style="text-align:justify">Very good, Yagami-san!" kazuma grinned.

<p style="text-align:justify">"Thank you, Sensei," Daisuke replied tonelessly

<p style="text-align:justify">Kazuma hovered over Daisuke for a few seconds, looking unconvinced.

<p style="text-align:justify">''I finally got close enough to get a good reading of his reiatsu…But what the heck was it? It almost felt as if Yagami have a power equal to a captain,. But that's utterly impossible! There's no way Shinigami-in-training could have that reiatsu!''

<p style="text-align:justify">"Yagami's so rude. I wonder how the captains will take it when he enters a Squad."