A Shadow's Academy

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

Quest Name: A Shadow's Academy

Who can participate?: [Yuna Xiao]

Quest Time Frame (How long it takes): [5 years]

Quest Setting (NDE/DE): [DE]

Quest Synopsis:[/b] [Yuna was once an Academy Student. This is her journey through the Academy and her story of graduating into a Squad]

Maximum Number of Participants: [1]

Overall Goal: [Survive and Graduate the Academy]

Number of missions involved: [5]

BASIC Synopsis of each Quest mission:

Year One [Easy]: Year one features the most basic of classes, Kidou 101, Zanjutsu 101, and History 101.

Year Two [Easy]: Year two features Kidou 201, Zanjutsu 201, and Hoho 101.

Year Three [Medium]: Year three is where students begin to get involved in the cycle of souls. It features classes Kidou 301, Zanjutsu 301, Hoho 201, and Zanpakutou 101

Year Four [Medium]: Year four features Kidou 401, Zanjutsu 401, Zanpakutou 201, and Purification 101.

Year Five [Hard]: Year five has but one class, Purification 201.

Each year comes with Basic training, Advanced training, and End-of-year Exams for each class.

Recommended Class for entry:[8]

Special Conditions: Yuna will begin the thread at 280 Stat Points and will not be able to increase beyond that. She may be Non-typed if she desires and can "switch" to her current type in between any of the Years. She cannot switch back to Non-typed after she does this. Techniques can be "temporarily" purchased for QP and either kept at the end of the thread or Yuna will be allowed to "forget" them with no penalties. Techniques that are required for passing classes will be granted for free as rewards for "studying" but can be forgotten at the end of the thread for no penalties as well. This is to allow Yuna to have techniques to be used during the thread, but not necessarily fill her technique pool with all class 8-7 techniques.

After each End-of-year exam, a QP shop will open for Yuna to purchase items and other helpful things to be used during the Quest and kept afterwards if desired. QP will be awarded for defeating other students in Basic or Advanced Training like they were enemies per standard QP rules and will also be awarded based on her grades on her Exams.

Yuna has the first post.

[Yuna Xiao]

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{Base stats}Strength - 40 Points
Speed - 60 Points
Spiritual Pressure - 30 Points
Reiatsu Strength -50 Points
Light Aura - 100⅛ Points
Dark Aura - 0 Points
Instinct- 50 Points
Senses- 50 Points
Energy sensory - 0 Points
Healing Expertise - 0 Points
Total: 280

It was almost impossible to imagine that she actually was accepted into the academy but here she is, her new red shitagi replacing the common outfit she received when she arrived in the Soul Society. Although she did not exactly have special talent for anything, she was surprised to see that she had enough aptitude to get in on her first try. She took stock of her fellow first-year colleagues and taking a moment to enjoy the fact that her future in the Seireitei is in motion. What will she learn? Maybe she will become a healer or a scientist? There are so many Squads to choose from. Best of all, she gets to study History, her favourite subject!
The morning was still fresh as she decided to take a look at her dorm, taking a look at the nearest directory she was in awe at how huge this place was. "Incredible... over two thousand years old, I can see how far its come." The young Shinigami hopeful scanned the directory for a few moments before deciding on her course. "Here it is! Always a good idea to check out where they put us first but I wonder if it would be anything like how they treated students in the World of the Living." Brushing passed the crowds of students she knew she had limited time before classes began to see her room so she tried to hustle a bit but it proved troublesome as the directory's only fault was that it did not convey a sense of scale leading Yuna to have to start learning how to move much quicker if she wanted to get anywhere soon. After some time she enters the women's dorm and exerts a breathy sigh "Damn this place is ridiculous -- and rumours have it that the entire Court of Pure Souls is more than ten times this size!? Maybe they have some kind of flying machine to get us places." Taking out her welcome package once more she confirms her room number... all the way on the top floor, of course. "Why me? I thought Souls from the inner districts were supposed to be considered high class, and I'm from the third! What a load of crap." She says in a huff but nonetheless makes her way up the stairs over and over again, trying to make a game out of how fast she can get up there. Zipping, weaving, and jumping through the deluge of ladies trying to make their way down, she eventually finds her way to the top floor, now heavily out of breath and leaning on the wall "...Maybe... I can request... a new room..." She briefly paused before getting to her room at the end of one side of the hallway. Unlocking the door she steps in to see an immaculate dormitory that has a measure of comfort but is still largely spartan, this causing Yuna to remember that she was effectively going to be a soldier so she shouldn't expect luxury here or at any point in the future.

She notices her roommate doesn't seem to be here yet so she takes a minute to plop herself onto the stiff bed, sighing deeply. "...I made it. I will be seeing these walls a lot. I cannot let my death be meaningless so I just have to try my absolute damndest to graduate. At least I have all the time I need now." She sat up, taking another look around the room and then standing to peer out the poor excuse for a window "You sure can see a lot from up here. They must have thousands of students here at any point..." She checks the time and smiles determinedly "First class is starting soon so I should hurry. Zanjutsu huh? I never did hold a weapon before, not even a replica, so this will be interesting." *She drops her bag of personal belongings onto her chosen bed and heads back out, this time opening up and climbing through the window and beginning to scale her way down the various balconies, pipes, and anything she could get her hands on. "Screw those stairs, this will be way faster~" The girl would undoubtedly attract attention as she did but she ignored all of them and deftly descended the wall like a mountain goat finding its way perilously down a cliff. Before long she found the ground and was met with some confused and concerned looks, most who just thought she was insane or suicidal or both. Running into the main building she looks for the directions on the wall to the beginner Zanjutsu class - dodging, rolling, spinning and hopping through the crowd once more to get to her destination and as usual receiving scornful comments but pressing forward regardless.
She would finally make it to Zanjutsu 101, finding a spot right near the front and parkouring her way to the remaining seat there just to sit in the nick of time before class began, lightly panting but proud of herself for making it on time. "Phew - that was close, but fun. Easy~ Next time I got to do it 10 seconds faster." She would patiently sit and wait for the instructor to begin their lesson and thus begin her journey to becoming a Soul Reaper.

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

Yuna's Zanjutsu instructor was prompt, showing up to class just ten seconds before the bell rang to begin the hour's instruction. He was a tall, olive skinned man with massive muscles. His muscles were so big that his sleeves had torn from him flexing sometime in the past. He walked in with his sleeveless outfit with the frayed edges and surveyed the room. His eyes barely glanced over Yuna, but didn't seem to settle on any one person in particular. When he reached the mat at the center of the room that was obviously designed for training he settled his eyes on a Hopeful that was talking to another classmate. "Student!" The rest of the room's murmuring and talking quieted down pretty quickly as the Hopeful turned in his seat to face the front of the class and the instructor.

"The bell rang seven seconds ago. That means you are to be silent and awaiting instruction. Is that clear?" The embarrassed Hopeful nodded and hung his head. That was how the instructor wanted it to be. He wanted it to be a militaristic classroom. One lead by fear, respect, and hard work. The instructor drew his Zanpakutou from its completely unnecessary sheathe behind his back and ran his finger down the edge of the blade that wasn't sharp. "As a Shinigami, weapons are your first line of defense between you and a Hollow attack. The Asauchi you forge in your Third year of this Academy will be a piece of your soul. It will be an extension of you, it will protect you if you wield it appropriately. Zanjutsu is crucial, hence why we teach it four out of five years of your time here. For now we will work with wooden training swords. In your later years, this will be replaced by actual Asauchi."

"For now, come and select a training weapon. I want you to feel its weight and carry it with you all week. If you are caught without it, I will deduct a Mark from your Grades for the year for each occurrence." If Yuna was not familiar with the Mark system, she would find out soon enough that Grades in the Academy were based on 13 levels of Marks, one for each of the Gotei 13 Squads. They were symbolic of your aptitude for the class as well as how much effort you put into the class. End of year exams made up for 8 of the 13 marks, but the other 5 were up to the instructor to give or take away as necessary. Few instructors gave more than 3 for standard results and effort, saving 5 for the students who excelled and stood out the most as exemplary. In the course of the 5 years and 15 classes they would take, a student needed 140 Marks out of the possible 195 to graduate. 175 Marks would let them graduate with honors. If they managed to get all 195 Marks, a feat not met for several hundred years, then they were easily on the fast track to the prestigious Squad 1. Squad 1 only took students who graduated with honors but held open Seated positions for fast tracked individuals in the case that a student did get all 195 marks.

A student with all 195 marks would easily become famous for Generations.

[Yuna Xiao]

"Whoa!" Yuna thought, trying to contain her piqued interest at how intimidating the instructor was, "I wonder if he was one of the guardians of the four gates. I better not get on his bad side or I'll surely be reprimanded!" Yuna rolled her eyes at the other student so nonchalant about being disruptive. She would listen to the instructor's request and without hesitation leap over the seats to excitedly grab a wooden practice tanto and a wakizashi from the weapon racks "These look like I could get some jabs in quickly and weave in-and-out of attacks easily..." she said, smiling and gripping both. 
She looks at the instructor with eyes of determination and smirks "I won't let you down, sensei! I shall cherish these as if they were Asauchi and hone my skill as much as possible in the coming years." She would return to her seat in similarly dramatic fashion, taking a moment to admire her new imitation weapons still not having decided on which one she wants to focus on.

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

Yuna jumped over the seats in excitement, grabbing twin short swords that seemed to suit her small frame best. The instructor just nodded at her enthusiasm. He didn't appear impressed, but he also didn't appear annoyed or frustrated. He'd seen many generations of Shinigami Hopefuls come through the Academy, seen many with great enthusiasm, and seen many drop out because it became too hard. His eye lingered on Yuna for a moment, sizing her up. Would she be the kind to drop out if it got too hard? Or would she be the kind to take the challenge and rise up through it? Only time would tell. When the rest of the class had gathered their wooden training weapons and returned to their seats, the instructor began.

"Now that you've collected your lifelines, let me introduce myself. I am Instructor Gilmar Húnröðsson. You may refer to me as Sir, Instructor, or Instructor Gilmar. I have been teaching Zanjutsu for over three hundred years. If you think you can surprise me... Think again. Now, let's begin. Group together in pairs." The class was expected to find their own pairs for this exercise. Yuna was immediately approached by a young looking boy in glasses. "Um, would it be okay if I be your partner? I mean, not like that kind of partner, just the group that Sir asked for, you know. Oh...." The boy was no taller than Yuna, with extreme shyness present all over his face. He carried a large wooden great sword almost as tall as him as his practice weapon.