"Speak up, why is it you need a change in shihan?" he asked, his voice more terse than his father's. 

"Because I find it difficult, if not impossible, to improve with my current shihan, sensei." Yue answered. "He makes me uncomfortable." She vaguely wondered whether adding that last bit was wise, but it was true nonetheless.

Kouta glanced over to the shihan, shifting where he stood as if to say he was too good to be fallible. "Are you sure it's not your relationship with your House, Miss Yue?" His eyes were cold but caught fire to those he gazed into. Not cool like his mother's and not warm like his father's. He had his own, radical eyes. "Kori no Tate does not account for other's sympathy or consideration, only one's own. If you do not feel comfortable simply because of the man, then there is something you must work on. If you actually look around you, they are not taking out any kind of aggravation or jealousy on you. My shihan are pushing you to break, but you have not done that. Yes, you come to me requesting for a change, but that is merely initiative. If you did not care for the treatment against you, you would have left, for you have that liberty. Otherwise, it is your duty to your, Isao-sama, but more importantly for yourself. Do you not wish to become strong? Do you not wish to protect yourself and those you care for?"

He only stared harshly into Yue's young eyes, waiting for her answer, even if she had none.