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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:10 am
Soen clapped a couple times as Kaimi finished the task up rather nicely. He cupped his hand over his mouth so that he could project his voice to her and distract Sanozuke less since he really seemed to be in the zone, "Great, Kaimi, now if you will please come back to where I am. Give San-san some room. We don't need you getting sick now, do we?" The Teacher lowered his hand adn motioned for her to return to him. He was proud that she muscled her way through the animal shaped targets and would explain why he had them once Sanozuke was done. From the looks of it he was now concentrating rather hard considering where he was in his training earlier.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:27 am
Kaimi glanced over to Sanozuke, and pulled herself up. She could now feel his pressure, and opted to quickly get to Soen. She walked quickly, and managed a jump to get up to Soen-sensei. She turned and fell on the wooden planks, landing her behind onto her hooves. She pulled a bag of ride balls from her sleeve and popped a couple in her mouth. She hid the back once more, and quickly finished her snack as she watched the other student.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:01 pm
As he approached the ninth dummy, he twirled his Zanpakuto one last time. Stepping up to the ninth dummy he began to tear it apart systematically with his Zanpakuto, chipping off minor cuts as well as landing some incredibly major slices through the torso of the dummy. Almost as soon as he cut clean through the torso of the Dummy he stepped forwards to the last one, before another pulse of Reiatsu flared out, reaching the bare minimum of a Fukutaichou, but instead of dimming down again, it stayed put, a constant Reiatsu flow for him now.
Iosuke-Kun...To Release me..you must know my name...And you must listen...
He continued to walk up to the last dummy, before stepping forwards, his Reiatsu seeming to actually glow -from- his blade as he moved up to swing to the dummy.
My name is......
"...Enzeru!!" In a flash of Reiatsu, his Reiatsu visibly changed from green, to a pure white, flaring from his body, a cone of concentrated Reiatsu flying across the Open Area they were training in, wind picking up, pieces of dirt and rubble also being picked up along with the burst. The Cone of Reiatsu looked gold and white in color, and as the Cone of Reiatsu began to dissipate, Sanozuke was left standing there, his Reiatsu, now at the range of a mediumly strong Fukutaichou, slowly began to dim by itself, holding what looked to be a Nodachi, resting it back on his shoulder. In front of him the dummy had been completely obliterated, disintegrated with the ground in front of him. Pink and White hilt wrappings could easily be seen where his hands gripped the Hilt, the cross-guard of the blade looking as if a blossomed Flower. The blade itself sparkled a light gold color.
"...Arigatou...Enzeru."
...Arigatou...Iosuke-Kun.
He slowly turned around, looking to Soen and Kaimi, as if waiting for acknowledgment that the exercise had been completed, or perhaps for something else.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:37 pm
Soen's eyes widened and half of a grin appeared on his lips. With clenched teeth he watched as Sanozuke released his zanpakuto for the first time. He thrust a fist into the air and gave a brief but bellowing cheer for the student. Afterall, a student's success is also the teacher's success.
"Did you see that?" His zanpakuto asked. "If you weren't there for him she would still be silent."
"Yeah, I saw," He replied mentally. "I've done this for hundreds of students. Why does this one feel so good? I shouldn't be so happy." Tamakusari Kokuken did not respond, but in his gut he knew what had to be done tonight after class was over. "Great job! Don't seal her up just yet. Swing her around for a bit, get a feel for how she flows. This is an important moment for you and Enzuru."
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:44 pm
Kaimi's eyes lit up and she clapped. She had no skin for her palms, but with the way her fingers were, she could make a type of clapping with them instead. She smiled as she sat on the ground, "About time, Otomemizu was getting upset." Her tail twitched some as she finished her clapping and set her hands to her sides. She looked up to Soen, letting a small snicker escape her lips.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:17 pm
He twirled the blade around, pointing the tip out sideways to his right, before bringing it across his body and to the left, seeming somewhat surprised at how easily it moves through the air, as if weightless. He brings it across again before experimenting in the air a few times, his Reiatsu still at a reasonably high level, cutting sideways, and then diagonally up through the air, the blade pointed to the sky, smiling to himself at the feel of his blade cutting through the air, experimenting wit numerous slashes with his new unsealed Zanpakuto.
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:56 am
Soen nodded even more as Sanozuke showed potential with his new Shikai. This was the beginning of his days as a shinigami. "Believe it or not, obtaining a zanpakuto's shikai form is less common than one would think. I have had several students that just lacked the ability to listen to their sword, let alone learn its name. This is a great achievement for your goals, San-san. Do what you wish with your sword. Keep it in its released state for as long as you can. Kaimi, if you wish to take this time to practice with your own sword without any specific guidelines then feel free to do so. You don't even have to stay here if you don't want. I guess I'm saying that you are dismissed to do what you wish. I'll meet you here bright and early tomorrow morning."
Soen looked back and forth between Kaimi and Sanozuke as he spoke, and ended looking to Sanozuke. He was not necessarly dismissing San from his training as he was Kaimi. Sanozuke would have to keep it up until he couldn't anymore or just until he felt satisfied with his first time release. In any case Soen would wait until Enzeru became sealed again.
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:26 am
Kaimi gave a small nod, and slowly pulled her zanpakuto from her side. She held up the blade that was still sheathed and looked over to Sanozuke. Her ears twitched a moment, Enzeru's Shikai form was far more beautiful than Otomemizu's. She gave a small shake of her head as she stood, placing the blade and her sheath back to her side. Her tail twitched as she gave a small bow to Soen-sensei, "I'm going to take a nap then to the training grounds. Bye Soen-sensei and San-san." She turned and waved, heading off to where her dorm was.
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:58 am
A large blue flash followed by several black ones darted rapidly around the academy. The giant of a student Rico was being chased by four members of the disiplinary committee. By their hesitation before following him, Rico knew his knowledge of shunpo unnerved them all.
Sheathed blade in his left hand, Rico thought back on what his last instructor had said before these shinigami had come for him. He was supposed to find someone named Soen and ask him to teach him.
Coming to an open field, Rico planted a foot to spin around. Touching the hilt of his blade first to chest and then to forehead in respect to the blade, he tured it sideways chest level. Moving his left hand backwards quickly, the blade remained hovering in the air for a moment in this strange draw.
Reaching out and grabing the floating blade with his right hand, Rico slammed the flat of his blade and sheath into the first two shinigami. Having knocked the wind from them, he hoped fighting the first two by themselves would give him a chance.
Speaking aloud, it was not immediatly obviuos who he spoke to, "Gin Shio, I'm going to need every bit of help you can give me this time..." Launching forward with a shunpo he met the two concius shinigami in a massive barrage of attacks from all three. Using his strength he forced them back, he stood back beathing heavily and covered in cuts.
Letting his reiatsu flow to its natural height, his power was nothing too impressive. Noticing the two men nearby, Rico decided he had to use every bit of his strength in order to prevent them being hurt by mistake. As he forced his reiatsu to its absolute peak, the shadowing image of a massive serpent could faintly be seen behind him. Lowering his center and gripping the blade with both hands, Rico watched as the first two shinigami made it to their feet.
Rocking backwards slightly as the four shinigami began their attack, Rico dashed forward to meet them head on.
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:09 pm
Soen turned from Sanozuke's training as he felt the presence of five shinigami headed his way, one was obviously being chased. Before he knew it they were in the field and the big man in blue was facing down four academy officers. Soen himself turned to watch what was happening, arms crossed, and listened to what was said. "This guy knows the name of his zanpakuto, but why doesn't he release his shikai? He obviously doesn't want to be caught by these guys, but he also doesn't want to hurt them either..." He thought as he watched the action. Unfortunately this was his private training ground for his students and he did not want any disruptions. This would have to be dealt with. In a flash of shunpo he stood between Rico and the four officers. He held up his left arm at Rico's chest level, projecting a back fist punch just to stop him in his tracks, while his right hand pointed two fingers at the ground in front of the four officers.
"Hadou number 4, white lightning." He said quietly. The yellowish white energy shot forth and destroyed a good portion of the ground in front of the four attackers and immediately caused them to lose their footing and fall to the ground. "That's enough!" He said in a stern voice, "I will not have you five disrupting my class. Tell me what the meaning of this is so that we can resolve this issue peacefully."
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:05 pm
Sanozuke continued to take a few more swings with his Zanpakuto, but as his Reiatsu began to calm he had time to look over his blade silently to himself. It was a beautiful sword, and the wrappings around the hilt made it seem all the more so. As the distractions came, he idly turned his head over to face them, his Zanpakuto still unsealed. He looked to his Zanpakuto, before attempting to force his Reiatsu below its normal levels, and only after he had achieved such his Zanpakuto slowly sealed itself back to its original form. He glanced over to the group of now six Shinigami, slowly sheathing his blade and watching the group carefully and cautiously.
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:22 am
Seeing the man move in front of him, Rico stopped and shifted his blade to intercept the punch. Caught off guard by the man inturrupting the fight, Rico stepped backwards. "Earlier today a student was killed during a sparring match. These four were dispatched to capture the one responsible. Unfortunatly for them it weas harder than they thought, no one informed them I was capable of shunpo."
Turning his zanpaluto slightly, Rico prepared to go past the man in order to continue the fight if neccessary. " My last instructor told me to find a man and ask him to teach me. Doesn't seem I'll be able to find this Soen though. Seems it's down to m last two choices die here fighting or be executed."
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:54 pm
"That will be all, gentlemen," Soen said to the officers who had given chase to Rico. "I can handle this from here." The four shinigami bowed respectfully to him as at least three of them had been his students at one point along the way. As they left the teacher turned and looked Rico in the eye. He was much taller than Soen was, but that didn't mean anything. Soen took a couple of steps back so that he could get a good look at the man in blue. He brought his hand up to his chin as he eyed him over and finally he spoke.
"So you killed someone in a friendly match. Normally that would land you a position on Sokyouku Hill... But if your instructor told you to find Soen then he must have seen something in you, something too valuable to be lost to a simple execution. So tell me, how did someone your size learn to shunpo before learning how to release their Shikai?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:18 pm
"My zanpakuto is Gin SHio, the Silver Tide. I've known his name for some time now, but I have no idea why I can not release his shikai form. " Sheathing his zanpakuto he placed it acrrosed his back, as he did a cord formed holding it in place.
"Skill and control have always been of no concern to me, but as you can see this is as high as I can raise my power. Gin Shio told me in order to use shikai I need to raise my own power first. " Folding his arms over his chest, Rico knew he wouldn't be able to outrun this man. "The one I killed was an academy student two years higher than myself. He was foolish enough to try switching from zanjutsu to kidou in a blades only match. Bad thing for him was I was mid strike he couldnt defend himself."
Thinking before speaking again, "I learned shunpo simply by watching members of the Gotei 13. Are you willing to consider teaching me, Soen-dono?"
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