27 Graduation (1/2)

Itsuki went into meditation trying to figure out a way to achieve Bankai. Whenever he went all out fighting, his connection with his zanpakutos became deeper and deeper. However, during training encountered an issue. It was his eyes. Itsuki had never used it for long periods of time so he never knew that there was a drawback in using his eyes.

Once, Yamamoto wanted to see how far his eyes can go, so he put Itsuki to fight non-stop, forbidding him for deactivating his eyes. At first, it was all good, 15 minutes later he started feeling tired and realised that his eyes were using reiatsu, although it was only miniscule amount. This however was an issue in of itself, no matter how small, after some time, the used up reiatsu was substantial.

This was not the end though, about 30 minutes later he started feeling pain in his head. No sane person can look at death for long periods of time no matter how dampened Itsuki's emotions were. 45 minutes later he started feeling pain in the depths of his soul promptly turning it off. Although 45 minutes is an extremely long time for one battle, it still showed that his eyes had limits.

In his Shikai mode, the time was extended. So, from then on, Itsuki started training his eyes by constantly keeping them activated long enough.

With another failure in finding way to achieve Bankai, he came out of meditation.

Leaving the 1st division HQ, Itsuki arrived at the academy once again. He now looked like a 15-year-old with his hair tied up to a high pony tail. He was relatively tall for his age, though by soul society standards, he was just over a year old. As Itsuki was training, he never got to celebrate his birthday, well if a 'special beating' was a way of celebrating then he did. He was donning his academy uniform, this time without a mask. His zanpakutos could be seen placed on the left side of his waist, overlapping each other. His azure blue eyes surveyed the students entering and leaving grounds as he made his way towards the exam hall.

Making his way, he became the centre of attention, where ever he went. Not just because of his looks but seeing the two zanpakutos hanging on the side of his waist told everyone of his identity.

White hair, blue eyes, bishounen, glacier like look, unapproachable aura and one of the only three people with dual zanpakutos. Student of the captain commander and the genius of the first year,

Minamoto Itsuki.

Itsuki ignored the looks as he got used to it, but his footsteps hastened as it still felt weird with people ogling at you while pointing.

Reaching the exam hall, he breathed a sigh of relief before hearing a shout come from behind.

”Itsuki!!!”

Turning around he saw his friends make their way towards him. Gin was also with them and it was clear they came to wish their friends good luck in the exam. Yuroe could surprisingly be seen blushing as she looked at Gin, giving Itsuki a bit of a shock. He hadn't seen them for months, so he never knew what the friends went through.

Before he could ask anything Rangiku dropped a bombshell, trying to distract Itsuki,

”Itsuki, I'm tired”

Upon getting his attention

”My breasts, they've become too heavy”

This broke his icy exterior as he was too gobsmacked to say anything. The rest of the friends just ignored the girl's antics as Itsuki gave up asking any questions and followed Gin into the hall.

Once they entered it, they came across a teacher taking the attendance of the exam takers. The procedure was similar to the entrance exam where, having reported their arrival, they will be put into a group. A written theory test will be taken, where things like Shinigami duties, knowledge on the history of soul society etc will be asked. After that, their name will be called out for an individual examination where they will be tested on Zankensoki. 'Zan' being Zanjutsu, 'Ken' for Hakuda, 'So' for Hoho/Shunpo and 'Ki' for Kido.