Arashi grunted "I'm going to be joining Captain Ukitake's squad, he liked the look of me and my mild manner, and I suspect my willingness to do paperwork while he's...busy." The shinigami didn't elaborate, if she wasn't already aware of Ukitake's health issues, he wasn't going to be the one to fill her in, Arashi detested gossip. "And no worries, I'm a fairly laid back guy, you'd have to work harder then that to offend me, and yes, you should hurry on, if you want to get accepted anywhere, you're going to have to work hard."

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From there, some years went by, Arashi quite agreeable to tutoring the young Hana in her zanjutsu, something he happened to be quite good at, but more importantly, her shunpo, which was what he was best at, like the lightning, he moved fast. And then, when they had free time, she would come by to see him on occasion, typically to just talk, drink sake, or to enjoy his music.

A hobby of his, playing on the flute.

Soon however, those days came to the end when he graduated, and was accepted into the Gotei 13. "See ya around kid," He started to say, then chuckled "Aw don't give me that look, it's not like you're not gonna see me again, you'll get there, you've got the talent, just take your time and be patient." Clapping her on the back he stated cheerily "I bet you'll even end up as lieutenant before you know it!"

With that, they parted.

Time went by, and eventually, Arashi became lieutenant of Squad 13, in lieu of the previous tenant, Shiba Kaien, who'd had a tragic ending. Although the position was far from glamorous, as due to Ukitake's illness, a lot of the management of the squad was left on Arashi, who didn't mind and went through the business of handling these things with a constant bemused expression on his face.

A few people had compared him to Aizen Sosuke that way, who never seemed to get flustered by much of anything and always had an amiable smile on his face along with those calm, steady eyes. Though honestly, Arashi didn't like the comparison, something about Aizen rubbed him the wrong way, but he'd never been able to put a finger on it, and the man was well liked and respected, so he kept such thoughts to himself.

However, lately he wondered what Hana was up to.