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(( Quick note - Namon, when you teach a kidou, remember to have a name and number for it - Hado number 58, Tehran (Orchid Sky). Just a reminder too, you're doing fine, 2 kidou per lesson, none above 60. Thanks for the help though! You're amazing 3nodding ))

(( Hahaha, I can give you a basic rundown.

Kidou that can be taught:
1. Unseated = no kidou above 35.
2. Seated = no kidou above 40 unless recommended by a squad Captain.
3. Seated = no kidou above 60 at all.
4. Vice-Captain and Captain = any and all kidou

Method of training:
1. No more than 2 kidou a lesson.
2. Each kidou must be attempted at least 2 times before able to summon correctly.
3. If poor RP skills are demonstrated, you are allowed to have the student keep practicing the kidou until the RP skill is up to par.
4. Each post should be at least 7-8 lines long when descriptive, 10 with simple sentences.
5. Each lesson usually starts with the student forming a sphere of reiatsu first.

That's about it really. If I spot something else or remember something else I'll bring it up. ))

((My bad guys, I was a little busy this week...))

Saiko watched Namon perform Hadou number 58, Orchid Sky by putting his zanpaukut in front of it and merely spinning it. Saiko was amazed at the resuly, when a mini tornado appeared controlled by the weapon and user itself.
He held a hand up against the wind to shield his eyes, then let them drop, as a warm smile appeared on his face.

"Alright, lets make sure I got this ; 'Ye Lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, The sea barrier surges, March on to the south.' Hadou #31 : Shot of Red Fire!" he yelled.
Once again, gathering a small reiatsu ball where his hand lat open, he pointed towards a spot on the ground, and succesfully fired a nice blast since this time he actually steadied his reiatsu.

No pain no gain, you've got to try and keep yourself ready at any turn.. Saiko told himself mentally.

He brought his zanpakuto around in front of him, aiming away from Namon and spun his zanpakuto in a circular pattern, until his reiatsu semed to infuse with the air and surrounding atmosphere all at once as he spoke the words to the hadou...
"Way of Destruction , # 58, Tehran !" he shouted.

A nearly invisible whisp of some unknown force swirled out of his weapon, and he aimed for a pile of leafs on the ground. They were instantly scattered and as they formed the tornado, Saiko whipped up both pieces of the broken stick before letting the kidou go.
He sighed and said, "Damn, that's a lil' harder than you'd think when you're watching it being done."

Saiko gripped his weapon, and spun it again, feeling the wind and his reiatsu wrapping around his hand. "Hadou number 58, Orchid Sky!"
He felt his reiatsu infuse, and mix together, but it was not spreading out creating the right effect. Instead it would just wrap the wing around him into a less-potent whipping tornado of the breeze around him. He was concentrating as hard as he could, but could not do it, he pushed harder, his reiatsu spiking higher than it would for regularly doing the kidou...

"Hadou number 58, Orchid Sky." he tried again. Suddenly the reiatsu in his hand leaked around him, mixing in like water if it were getting wrapped in the wind. He watched as soon the wind wrapped into a tunnel and fully complete the hadou. He aimed at another stick, thicker than the one Namon used for demonstration. Pointing at it with his zanpakuto he stabbed, and the twister scooped the stick up and splintered it, shattering it peyond repair.
"Wow, that's going to be a tough one to control, with my wierd reiatsu, its hard because it seemed like everything was going so slow, and I was holding back." he said.

:Watching the people train in the kido on the kidou ranges, Suri chose to skirt around them, leaving a wide berth in case any kido was misfired. It heartened her to see some activity occurring and training happening, but Suri knew that with Captain Nagi's new proclamation it might be a while before the kido training would start again.

Besides her long black hair, bunned at the top and then braided down her back, Suri was not recognizable. She had traded her signature red-white demon kimono and black battle outfit for a pair of black shorts and a pale yellow t-shirt. It was her exercise outfit, and she further emphasized the point with the water-bottles she held steadily in her hands. For the first time, she would be trained in a an advance technique, namely, shunpo. Since her speed category had been lacking for a while, Suri was eager to start. Although she was more of a spell-caster, reiatsu user, she still desired to be more well-rounded in all aspects. It would not do to seem as such a lop-sided Lieutenant, helpful in only certain situations. She also had full faith in her teacher, Mock, to train her well. Although he was not as speedy as Rhia, he still had mastered the ability well enough to use it efficiently in most, if not all, situations.

Upon reaching the edge of the kido ranges and entering the open field, Suri set her water-bottles down on a low cement bench and started warming-up. Since shunpo required more leg movement than much else, she paid close attention to stretching her quadriceps, hamstring, and gastrocnimius. There was nothing she hated more than crippling herself, and pulling a muscle would probably take her out of action, even if just for a bit.:

:Watching Mock hover slightly above her head, Suri closed her eyes. She focused on what she had witnessed instead, especially how he had concentrated reiatsu in his feet. It was not something that she was unfamiliar with - she had done it herself during the kido training in order to skim over the surface of the water. The difference lay in the fact that she usually maintained a minimal height. Bolstering her weight up just a bit more required more reiatsu force and concentration.

Suri started channel her reiatsu into her feet, down through her heels and sole, envisioning the indigo reiatsu that Mock had exuded. Although less than in her feet, Suri maintained a steady flow in the rest of her body in order to keep her balance. Feeling the spirit energy flow rapidly around in her feet, from her toes to her ankles and back, Suri started to expel the reiatsu around her body. With a gentle pressure, she pushed the reiatsu outward so that it concentrated between her and ground, slowly lifting her up.

Once Suri was about two feet off of the ground, she could feel herself start to wobble. It was unsettling, feeling like she was going to fall and seeing that nothing was actually even under her feet, but she sent more reiatsu coursing through her body, loosening up her muscles. Shoving a bit more reiatsu out the bottom of her feet, Suri looked up at Mock instead, letting her feet sense the solidity created by the reiatsu without having her eyes tell her muscles the opposite. Gently, careful not to accelerate too fast or else she would shoot up, Suri slowly came to about eye-level with Mock, holding her hands out slightly to keep herself from tilting too much.:

:Giving a hint of a wry grin, Suri dropped her arms, increasing the reiatsu level so that she could stay levitated on air. It was simple to achieve, as long as she kept a focused gaze on Mock. She even daringly took a step forward on her left foot, keeping in mind that the reiatsu expelled was forceful enough to be as solid as normal ground.

"I believe the problem would be with my own mind's perception," Suri answered. "As long as I do not think of myself as walking on nothing, but rather, think of my reiatsu as more of a tangible, solid substance, than I am able to hover fine. However, once my mind begins to wander and I think of it as there being nothing below my feet, then my balance wavers."

To test out her theory, Suri began to inch to the side a bit. Taking the idea a little at a time though, she slid her feet, rather than raising them and bringing them back down. The later would have required that she either increase the pressure, or feel like she was going to fall on one side momentarily while her other leg was still supported by reiatsu at the starting level. Slowly she scooted a meter to her right, and then back again to her left.:

:Thoroughly confused, Suri stood there silently, gazing off into nowhere particularly. She had never been good with riddles or mind games - her craftiness lie in her ability to respond quickly to situations However, all those were ways of critical thinking and interpreting what she already knew. In modern terms, she was a "text-book learner," able to manipulate what she learned from the "text-books," but when it came to solving something new herself, she had always performed poorly. Even being slightly tangential to a familiar topic was hard to work with. Tangents just did not work for her - she could only deal with things that were contingent upon one another.

"I am afraid I not understanding this very well," Suri commented aloud. "Are you referring to the atoms and particles that the ground and air are composed of? You said it is not dependent on my reiatsu, but I can imagine that I am breathing in the reiatsu that I am exuding right now. If it is not the particular terms of 'ground' and 'air,' are you talking about the particular atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and such? I suppose in a way that could work. Since atoms have electrons that travel at ridiculously high speeds, then the energy that stems from that speed might be enough for a person to stand solidly on.":