Hikaru worked her way all the way through the districts of Rukongai to the Outlands. Specifically she went to a darkened forest that was usually kept on watch by a small group from the spec ops division. That's because somehow this forest had a permanent un-closeable passage to the world of hollows and weaker ones came out of this forest a lot. Hikaru went here to train at this point in time. Her training was not merely training but an advanced form for it. The taste of battle she had at the academy graduation was merely a taste. However it was a taste she couldn't turn down. She wanted to experience real fighting. She wanted to acquire strength. She wanted to become much stronger.