Improvement is a Constant

“Hearth of south, fingertip, no eye of the north..” Ri said quietly to himself as he recalled the incantation of the kido. Ri had decided to further his knowledge of kido , it had been awhile since he mastered any kido and Ri was always believed that if your not improving your weakening and Ri would be damn if let himself go weak.

The kido he was muttering to himself was a Bakudo kido , one used to track any being with spiritual force but it required a vast amount of discipline and concentration to preform and it took time to cast but it was a powerful investigation tool and Ri was determined to master it.

“Ankles of the east gather together, follow the wind, Scatter. No thats wrong” Ri said as he sat down on the ground of the training grounds for squad thirteen that was nearly completely deserted save for Ri and two other Shinigami.

“Heart of the south, eye of the north, fingertips of the west, Ankles of the east, Gather together ,carrying the wind, Scatter apart, bringing the rain. Heart of the south, eye of the north, fingertips of the west, Ankles of the east, Gather together ,carrying the wind, Scatter apart, bringing the rain" Ri said twice over to make sure he'd all the words correct, if there was one thing he loathed that was mis-wording a kido's incantation.

“Need a target.” Ri said to himself as he tried to think of a target for the kido, his mind went oddly blank when he thought of this which was really annoying but eventually Ri decided on Kaiyo seeing as she was a captain with high pressure she'd make an easy track.

Ri moved his finger slowly around the dirt as he carefully drew a perfect circle then divide the circle into four. He kept his mind focused of Kaiyo's distinct pressure as he prepared the kido , focus was the key to this kido and Ri did like to go it right the first time,

“Heart of the south, eye of the north, fingertips of the west, Ankles of the east, Gather together ,carrying the wind, Scatter apart, bringing the rain Bakudo fifty eight Catching the footprints following the Sparrow" Ri chanted as the circle lit up and showed numbers. At first if showed four, seventeen, twenty and two , each in a quadrant of the circle then each began to change rapidly between numbers ranging from one to a ninety nine.

The top left corner was the first to stop on a certain number, twelve then shortly after the top right stop on three. Ri's mind the concentrated completely on Kaiyo's pressure, he recalled their recent trip to the meno's forest and clearly remember Kaiyo's pressure for that encounter.

The last two corner took their time as they spun between numbers that seemed to occur randomly, Ri hadn't studied the theory of the kido and so wasn't sure if the numbers were completely random or if there was a kind of search pattern.

The bottom right corner landed on forty seven and remained there leaving the bottom left corner as the only one spinning but it soon slowed then finished landing on thirty one. Ri thought for a moment and using the circle as the co-ordinates 0,0 0,0 Ri judge the direction the Kido pointed and started moving that way.

Ri's shunpo'd quickly from the training ground heading north east where the kido point and to his delight he soon found himself passing over the squad eleven barracks. Ri had no doubt Kaiyo was inside meaning the kido was successful.

Ri , delighted with himself made his way back quickly to the training grounds. His kido had faded leaving only a circle drawn in dirt on the ground that was soon disturbed by a sparring match that had started well Ri was away.

Ri thought of making the two shinigami move but he in to good a mood to really care and so he make no remarked and moved to the other end of the field as he thought of the next kido to attempt.