An entire year has passed and not much had changed. The Gotei 13 had been slowly rebuilding, and regaining its squad members, replacing empty slots one by one. He had just recently filled one of those slots himself about two months ago, and was proud of his achievement. [i] Hard work, and training really pays off I guess [/i] he thought to himself, and made a slight smirk. For that entire year he had been slowly mastering his Kido, and had gotten decently good at it too. It was well enough for him to consider himself a proud seated officer of squad five at least. His other skills were not lacking either, and he had little to fear about falling behind in the ranks. 

Gustavo then sat down in his new office and noticed how quiet it was. He then turned to the many papers that he had stacked up, and the idea of having to finish them were discouraging to say the least, but it wasn't to bad once he got used to it. He then opened the door, and noticed it was a beautiful day, and than thought that maybe he should spend time enjoying it. "Maybe the life of a Shinigami is to long not to enjoy moments like this" he whispered to himself, and let out another smile. He shunpo'd up to the top of a nearby roof, and started to doze off looking at the sky.