The trip was far less relaxing than I hoped it would be. I had not realized that the beach we were going to was not a private one. As I did not want to cause trouble, I spent nearly the entire trip in my room. Unfortunately this means that I did not complete the sand sculpture assignment. I hope the extra work I did on my own will at least make up for it.

I was taken outside once by my roommate Yoruichi-san. It had started out enjoyable, but it quickly turned disastrous.

All in all, I am happy to be back to the school. I hope I will be of more use the next assignment.

It has been quite some time since I last wrote, so several things have gone on since returning from the camping trip.

I finally spoke with Kiyone-san again, she is doing well and her arm is fine. I was very relieved to find that out. I also promised to help her train to better her fighting.

Tousen-san and I finally had our spar. It was the best fight I have had in recent memory, Hollow fight included. He is a spectacular fighter and I have learned much from our match. Perhaps we will get the chance to do it again sometime.

I also finally got together with Ukitake-san, once for tea and then another to make a dinner I promised him during the previously mentioned tea-visit. I made stir fry with several additional ingredients that Ukitake-san had suggested and it turned out wonderful. There was much left over, so I hope the others living in the dorm found it so it did not go to waste.

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( PRIVATE to Tousen )

We have all returned from the camping trip. I enjoyed it, Kiyone-san was a pleasant tentmate.

Hollows did come, as Yamamoto-sensei said they might, and both of us went to go take care of it. I was somewhat seriously injured, due to a stupid mistake I had made, but because of the superb treatment from Akon-san and Hana-san I am doing quite well. Kiyone had an injury as well, though I haven't seen her to ask how it is healing.

I look forward to getting back to my regular classes.

It appears I will be off on another camping trip in the middle of this week. Though this time it won't be alone, the entire class is going. I am looking forward to it, more interaction with everyone and all.

Though it will be far from a relaxing trip, as Yamamoto-sensei has said that this will also involve fighting and dispatching any Hollows that have been arriving in that area.

I look forward to practicing my skills in real-life situations. I wonder who I will be partnered with.

I have returned from my self-training trip. Unfortunately I got caught in the storm, so it took longer than expected to travel back to campus. It's going to take ages for all my things to dry out. I made sure to dry off Tengen, though. Last thing I would want is for the blade to rust.

I am quite pleased with my progress on kidou, I am still not what I would consider perfect, but it is far better than what level of skill I had when I left.

We recieved our reportcards and I was stunned to see that I had recieved straight A's. I thought I did well, but I never imagined I would get marks like that!

I am not done studying, though. In fact, I am going to go out and find a quiet place to camp and meditate and work on bettering my kidou. I plan to stay there for at least a few days so I will have absolutely no distractions.

Hopefully, when I return, I will have at least mostly gained control over this power.

Back from the class trip to the onsen. I really enjoyed myself and met a lot of the students over the course of those few days. They had these spectacular gardens there as well; I took a walk through them many times, both alone and with company.
I was able to give Rukia-san the shoulder-ride that I had agreed to give her back on my first day on campus when we first spoke as well. I got to meet Shunsui-san and Yumichika-san, whom I had spoken with over IM before but never in person. I also met Mashiro, who is a new student I hadn't yet spoken with at all until then.
Also finally met Mayuri-san face-to-face which was.. an interesting experience to say the least.

All in all, I loved everything about the trip and hope we can have another class trip again.

It is hard to go from such relaxation back to studying, but I am glad to be back in school as well. I hear there are more new students that have just arrived, hopefully I will meet them soon. It seems like such a long time since I first came here, but I really haven't been here long at all.

I met Hitsugaya-san for the first time today, to spar for Yamamoto-sensei's assignment.

After the initial shock of seeing each other we had a good spar, though it did not go in my favor. Hitsugaya-san is amazingly fast, I have a school uniform to mend and a bandage on my arm to prove that. At least now I know what to work on regarding my fighting.

I just need to report to Yamamoto-sensei what I learned from it and the extra assignment will be complete.

Everything has been going well. I finally got to meet both Tousen-san and Ukitake-san in person. Because of the both of them, I have come to the decision to not hide any longer. I have packed away my cap and scarf. I hope I won't regret this decision, as I have yet to meet most of the students face-to-face.

That and it appears the latest assignment has been posted. While the sparring wouldn't be the problem, trying to keep covered up at a hot spring somewhat... defeats the purpose.

But now it seems I must find someone to spar with this week.

In the meantime I have been working on meditation to control my reiatsu better. I have a lot of work to do, however, as it seems I doze more than meditate.

My first week of classes is going well. Trying to keep up with my assignments and studies.

I've met many more of my classmates, more yesterday than the rest of the week combined. I am anxious to get to know them further.

Last night I had a suprise visit from Rukia-san... coming in through the window. I had no idea what she was doing, at the time I was too stunned to ask...