Haruka growled in frustration at the training dummy. She'd been practicing obsessively over the past few days, but she didn't feel like she was getting anywhere. The pup was watching from nearby and couldn't help but frown. Just yesterday, Haruka had laid out three of her comrades, but that had left her just as frustrated. If he was honest, he wasn't sure what was upsetting her so much. 

She was strong, even now it seemed like she was about to break yet another dummy. She was fast, even without that shunpo thing she'd shown him. And both were increasing every day she obsessed over it. What more could she want? 

He wasn't stupid. Unnamed, but not stupid. He heard the rumors. For a policing organization, shinigami gossiped like old hags: one part truth, three parts "Shut up and Listen to Me Because My Voice is Amazing." Mostly the unseated ones anyway. The tenth seat had been encouraging, and offered to spar with her often. But, that didn't seem to help the frustration of his owner. Regardless, he was proud to be her pet, but was that enough? Few of these...imbeciles, she worked with were worth their weight in dirt. To him, the vast majority of Squad 10's unseated members were worth their weight in air. The dog laid his head on his paws before looking up at the sound of something shattering.

[b]There goes the dummy. [/b]

There was a yell of pure, unadulterated frustration. 

[b]And there goes her sanity. [/b] He stood up and padded his way over to her. Haruka was sitting down, slumped and with her head in her hands. The dog laid a paw on her face after he managed to climb into her lap. In reflex, she held him securely and brought her eyes to his. [b]You shouldn't look so sad.[/b] He dropped his paw and licked her face. She laughed softly and smiled at him.
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 "Ya little bigger." she scratched his head gently, "What about...Alucard? It's Dracula backwards?" the pup closed his eyes and leaned his head against her sternum. "Alucard it is then."