[quote=Nicias Askani] At this point Gio couldnt be surprised when he was greeted by a lieutenant rather than a captain. it always seemed to go this way. "Im Giovanni Cain. 3rd seat of squad 5." he introduced himself. "I was hoping to speak with the Captain in regards to training. when will he be available?" he couldn't help but notice the resemblance between the man before him and Captain Kuchiki. it was almost humurous, at a quick glance one might be forgiven for mistaking one for the other. But their Spiritual pressure was remarkably different. Perhaps they were related. After all the Kuchiki Clan was one of the Four noble Clans, they produced very skiled shinigami who somehow always wound up in squad six, according to record. "well your his lieutenant so i should probably have asked you this first. But would the captain even have time to train anyone outside of his squad? " [/quote] Kurisu looked at the man who introduced himself as Giovanni Cain, he then listened as Giovanni spoke and asked about things like training but the expression on Kurisu's face didn't change, it just remained cold and emotionless...even looking Kurisu in the eyes would likely make one feel chills. Kurisu then raised his right hand to the back of his head and rubbed it as he spoke "The Captain is out, that's all you need to know...I can assure you he isn't available right now nor will he be for sometime...you may not have been there when it happened but our newly appointed Head Captain pointed out the fact that a lot of the Captains were weak...weather Captain Kuchiki thought this was targeted at him or not is unknown but all I know is that he's been training non stop since then...and so he will very unlikely be able to take time out to train his own squad...let alone another. So I'm left in charge of this place...I have enough on my hands with paperwork and keeping this Squads Shinigami in shape, that and I'm not one to help other Squads out...when we fight on the battlefield it's a different story but here...in the Seireitei, I look out for my own Squad. I have no time to waste on another Squad" Kurisu was a little harsh but he felt the Gotei 13 had become soft...everyone helped eachother out, it was almost expected...to have a Captain of another Squad train your own Squad was just a ridiculous request to him...if that Captain wanted to train another Squad they'd likely be the Captain of that Squad...some people seemed to have forgotten about Squad rivalries...something Kurisu always heard about and actually enjoyed the sound of...competing with another Squad to see who has the best Shinigami? that's how one should get stronger...not by askin-no expecting another Captain to help them out...that shows no strength in a Shinigami at all nor their Squad. "I can only suggest one thing to you and that is to train yourself...and your Squad...yourself...Captain or no Captain people have done it before. I don't know what kind of Gotei 13 you think this is but it's changing..probably for the better...a good Squad rivalry is healthy so long as it doesn't get taken to far to the point the Squads are killing eachother...so from now on...I don't want you to view Squad 6 or any other Squad as your allies...I want you to view them and us as your enemies...if you want to be strong then depend on no one but yourself...perhaps then you may shine out from the rest of the pack..." Kurisu then turned and took a few steps then spoke again "That's all" Kurisa then closed the door, rather aggressively...Gio may have took this as offensive or out of order but that didn't bother Kurisu...if he took it like that then it was a job well done...because now he'd be striding to beat Squad 6...this would most certainly make for some interesting action and would help motivate the Squad. At the end of the day the could all be friends...when work was done but while they worked, they were enemies...not out to kill eachother but to succeed eachother...