The princess and the substitute[Private]

She laughed, airily. There was nothing she could or would say to try and save Raiden's feelings- hey she'd been in his shoes once. That felt like some time ago now, however. No, instead she let it sink in that sometimes, Raiden would be totally unable to neutralize the threat. He already seemed to be recalling a time when he had been outmatched. Blod wondered if it had any similarities to her. A rising star in the kidoshu, kidnapped by an arrancar, saved only by the enemies of soul society. It had marked the beginning of the brief period in her life where she bent the rules, and toed the line of what was acceptable for a shinigami, that selfsame period which had ended abruptly upon her ascension to Fuku-kidocho and had meant that she did not waiver from the rules.

"Stop rushing the incantation," she admonished, "If you haven't focused the spell and you need to cast it then it won't work. Besides you kind of need to also state the number and type of the kido. That's how they work." she finished. That was not necessarily always the case. Blodeuwen's bankai was a loophole through which that could be avoided and she knew that if she ever had to fight another shinigami, not having to call out the names of her attacks would be a great boon.

"Again." she said, dispelling the final traces of his kido with her reiatsu.

Blodeuwen raised her eyebrow, having just worked out that she didn't even need to brace herself for it. She focused intently on Raiden, watching his every motion, listening intently to his pronounciation. An almost perfect execution. She was a little proud. She snapped the kido off as if it were made of paper, smiling at Raiden, her demonstration of her strength all she needed to do to remind him that his cheek had not quite yet been earned. But she didn't mean to admonish him and smiled prettily as she closed the gap between them. She had just seen a Jigokucho fluttering impatiently behind the substitute shinigami's left ear. She was wanted, it seemed.

"You did just fine, Raiden." she told him, picking up the things she had placed on the ground as they had trained, returning her hair to its normal style and tying her robes to be not quite so restrictive. The butterfly flapped over- a message from the new Soshi!? She was astonished. "I would love to stay and teach you some more but I've been called away." she told him, her eyes misted over with curiosity. "Is there anything else you need before I leave? That should be enough to keep you going for a little while. Practice makes perfect after all." didn't she know it. "I'm sure I'll see you around, if not." she smiled, gingerly fingering her zanpakuto. Up until now there hadn't even been a soshi- she was nervous if she was about to be punished for abusing her rank though she had done only what she felt she must to keep the Kido Corps a functioning, happy, healthy unit. Blodeuwen could not anticipate the news awaiting her that would mean that she was unlikely to see Raiden around for a good long while.