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Nicholas D. Tenukage, 6th Seat of the 3rd Squad and self proclaimed Sexy Shoeless God of War stared in mute fascination and growing horror at the sight before him.

"That's...that's a twister isn't it? Oh sweet Grim."

Nicholas knew that his inventory of attacks was not enough to defeat something like a twister. Not unless he bastardized physics or something...

"Oh great, she's coming closer..."

He started back, making careful observations as he went.

"The debris and dust are going away from her...meaning she's pushing everything away from her! She's in the eye of the storm, the most calmest part of a twister...but there can't be much air inside if she keeps up her spinning speed and her repelling, she'll either have to stop from dizzyness or oxygen deprivation..."

"It'll only be a matter of time then..."

Strapping his blade to his back, he pumped reiatsu into his legs and began to run around the field. Thanks to the repelling forces of the twister, Michiko couldn't get close to him without blowing him around, and Nicholas occasionally tried to hinder her movements with random Hado blasts or half assed Bakudo's.

"Ohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcra-"

"It's like nature itself is trying to kill me!"

He mentally paused.

"Wait a minute..."

((Righty o then...))

Nicholas stared as his sudden but inevitable death came rushing towards him.

Gotta say something will remember me by...

"CHOCOLATE MONKEY RA-" The rest, was thankfully cut off by Michiko's attack and with a soft sigh, Nicholas' body fell back.

Back...

Back...

Back..?

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I've been having these strange thoughts lately.

Like...is any of this real?...or not?

Nicholas opened his eyes behind his mask, staring in mute horror as he fell through air, no water, no air, no water no air, no BOTH!, before he found himself standing on a metal platform with a picture of a long brown hair boy sleeping. He gazed upwards, as white doves soared majestically around his head, their feathers falling around him...

His gaze returned to the the picture of the boy engraved in the metal

"This is really familiar..." No doubt, millions of others were agreeing with him, though for different reasons probably

Blinking when a loud scrape interrupted his thoughts, and he turned to find a strange blue haired man with yellow eyes, in a chair pouring a cup of tea. The man straightened the tie of his tuxedo, before gesturing with his hand for Nicholas to sit.

Easing himself into the chair, he took a cautious sip of the tea and blinked as the flavour hit his tongue.

"Hollow Blood Tea?"

His eyes flicked up to the man before him, who had placed his elbows onto the table, fingers interlaced with one another. For a while neither of them spoke.

Why are you here?

Nicholas blinked, looking around for the source of the voice. Slowly, he turned his head back to the man before him, who didn't say a word.

"I'm here in search of power. Only by consulting my sword's spirit can I obtain it." Nicholas felt that jokes wouldn't be appropriate right now.

"Though, I reckon the whole things a little bogus." Okay, maybe one silly comment...

The tuxedo figure said nothing, although he seemed to give off an aura of general amusement, before he pulled out a coin from his pocket.

Do you know what this is?

"A coin?"

Correct. And like all coins, it has two sides...

He flipped the coin. Nicholas swore loudly when suddenly the metal platform underneath him began to move as well. A strange feeling of vertigo overwhelmed him, before suddenly, he was back on the platform again, this time surrounded by bright light. Rubbing at his mask's slits for a few seconds, the light faded to a point that he could see, and he was shocked to find himself at a...

"Classroom?"

The sound of metal hitting a desk distracted him, and he saw that the tuxedo figure had placed to coin in front of him. Nicholas picked it up immediately.

"Is this...my shikai?"

More amusement could be felt, only it was evident on his face now, as the man suppressed the urge to smile.

No...just proving how greedy you are. Despite all the metaphorical crap, a coin is still money. And you picked it up before I could say a thing.

"Well, I was once a thief."

There was a small pause for a while, before Nicholas realized with a start that the man was offering his hand to him. He took it.

This place represents what people call "their happy place". in all your life, you were most happiest when you attended the Shinigami Academy, and achieved an education for once. Quite sad, if you think about it, but nonetheless. My only test is this: What will you choose for your weapon.

3 items flashed before Nicholas: A spear, a full set of armour and a pair of skates.

Nicholas passed by the set of armour, barely taking notice as the image of himself dressed in it and fighting a large swarm of Hollows and letting their attacks bounce off it playing on its surface. He also walked by the spear, ignoring the image of him in war, fighting off swarms of Hollows and slaying a terrible number of them.

He placed his hand on the skates.

"I want this one..."

The man spread his arms apart, a smile on his face, his yellow eyes a lit with joy.

A wise choice, young Nicholas...I do believe its customary for me to give you my name now...

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Eyes snapping open, he gripped his blade close to him, the sword's name burning in his mind.

"Punch through..." he gritted out. "Falconer."

He hit the ground, a bright flash covering him as his blade transformed, forming a pair of skates and strangely enough, a gauntlet that covered his right arm.

Nicholas looked down, a cry of surprise emerging as he saw, engraved on the back of the gauntlet where his hand was, the image of the coin Falconer had given him.

He tightened his fist.

"Let's do this thang."

He took a step forward...

And promptly fell over.

"Eh heh..." He muttered, getting back up. "This is a little different to walking."

Let me help...

Blinking as the feeling of gentle, warm reiatsu pumped itself around his body, washing away all his previous pain and fatigue, he couldn't help but say.

"Damn you're good."

I'm not done yet.

Blinking even more as the wheels of his skates began to rapidly spin, spending smoke into the air, he watched in amazement as a light on them began glowing (He was also amazed to see it was coming to a coin, similar to the one on his hand).

Gear Second

"Gear wha-"

He shot forward, heading straight towards Michiko, at speeds he thought he could have never achieved on foot before.

"W-w-w-w-w-h-h-h-h-h-h-a-a-a-a-a-a???"

Blue hexagons began forming under his feet where he slid across, and he watched in bemusement as they joined together to form a path, leading upwards into the air and towards Michiko.

Wing Road The skates chimed in thoughtfully.

This would be when you attack.

Raising his hand for a punch, he gawked as his reiatsu charged down towards his arm, and he released it, a power reiatsu "shockwave" shooting out as he punched at Michiko.

"Sweet monkey of..."

That would be Revolver Shoot. I have now shown you the 4 things your shikai can do.

"4?"

Wing Road, Gear Second, Revolver Shoot and my partial control over your body. I can help out with your attacks on ocassion, make sure you don't look too stupid when you attack someone. These 4 are the basics of your shikai. It is your job now to master them, expand on their abilities, experiment with them and create your own attacks.

"I don't know what to say."

Oh, I wouldn't worry about that right now. I'd worry more about the girl you just attacked. She's probably going to start counterattacking soon. And she does look very strong...

"Oh hell..."

((Bah. Wasn't really in a mood to write with this, so I just rambled. Some RL problems, don't mind me...))