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 Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:09 pm
As Shinrei's eyes gaze upon Soul Society he notice someone of unspectacular beauty training. Smiling once again Shinrei stares at the young lady as he waits for his pupil to finally end his climbing. Not saying a word Shinrei finally identifies the mysterious lady who turned to be one of his own students. With a smile full of pride he thought to himself.
"Seems like everyone is giving this small training their all, I wonder how many will make it to seated officers right after graduation too..."
Crossing his arms as he listens to the voice of his sword his smile disappears and turns into a more serious look.
"Also I wonder what Yama-jii will do with the increasing number of vizards at the time, he knows he needs us but he knows central 43 won't allow us to live, where does your loyalty stands on Yama-jii ?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:19 pm
Megumi tenses..and begins to hop from ledge to ledge where he can, though the ledges get smaller as he heads upward. He seems to be able to position his feet to find the good surfaces, but this can't last forever. It comes to its end about a quarter of the way up. He feels his foot slip, and quickly extends his hand, striking it against, and into the rock itself. While his muscles aren't heavily developed, he channels some of his Reiatsu into his hands, causing it to embed into the rock, via a snake-style finger strike. Still, this isn't without its drawbacks; it seriously cuts up his hand, bloodying it..he grunts, but pushes upward..using the damaged stone as purches to begin climbing in seriousness.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:28 am
Opening his eyes slowly Shinrei unsheathed his small zampakutou with his right hand. Holding it forward he pronounces the words that would awaken the spirit inside his zampakutou:
"Show me the beauty that awakens my dying heart Benitouji !"
The sword makes a soft sound as it transforms into its regular dao sword form. His eyes focus on the blade as the crimson red reiatsu engulfs it completely.
"Its been a while since we had the time to practice our skills Beniyouji..."
Making a quickly spin around he takes a quick slash at the air. The slashes continues in different forms as he makes a simple kata to adapt himself to the new form of his zampakutou.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:28 am
Megumi muses..closing his eyes. Taking a low breath, he remembers his training..and begins to slowly move, hand over hand, as if striking with a kata, only upward instead of forward, his legs remaining a type of pendulum, swaying as if to balance. He will conquer this place..and as he goes further up, and further up..he realizes that it isn't as easy or as difficult as he thought; it really is all about how you approach. He's gotten about halfway up..though it's taken him nearly half a day..
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:40 am
"It's been a half day...his reiatsu is not getting any closer than before...he is indeed slow, I wonder how much longer I can wait in here when I actually have so much training to do...There is no helping it I guess I will do my training up here in the mountain..."
His thoughts ran fast through his head as he continues making simple slashes with his sword. Getting used to a bigger sword which was actually sharper and heavier was something harder than he expected. His reiatsu starts to focus on the blade as he continues with his simple slashes over and over again. Of course by this time he had improved a little, the grip of his sword has a bit more relaxed and his bones were suffering a little less from the strong reiatsu he was holding on his hands.
"I wonder...how long will it take me to archive complete control over my zampakutou...archiving shikai took me six days and half to complete...learning how to use my zampakutou primary ability took me tree weeks...yet I know there is so much room for us to improve...bankai I said before...I must be dreaming...I am no where near the level to obtain bankai even as the materialization did occurred...I don't have the strength to control such power yet !"
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:45 am
This is nonsense. He may not have the strength of others, but he won't just let this slow pace hold him down. Concentrating, he channels his reiatsu through his body, into his arms and hands. Calling on the styles he learned from early on in life, he begins to put more power into his hands, striking the rocks when grabbing them, using them as holds, and pushing his fingers into the stone when no handhold presents itself. He's using his entire upper body to do this, and it's obvious he's going to be in a world of hurt later, at least on the muscle end..but up, and up he goes, and he shoves with his feet on the final stretch, using his agility, until finally he reaches it..the summit..it takes another few hours to get there using that method but..he just grunts, and collapses when he reaches it..
"I'm way too young..to be this tired.."
He chuckles..laying facedown on the mountaintop.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:59 am
Shinrei makes a final slash with his blade as he before giving the welcome to his pupil. Placing the blade on front of his face he blows a little on it and softly says:
"You might rest Benitouji..."
The blade slowly disappears leaving behind a crimson red mist of perfume and reveling it normal kodachi form as it return to it's sealed form. Sheathing his sword as his eyes move to meet his exhausted pupil he smiles and starts walking to him.
"Hey are you ok ? And how was the trip ?"
He says softly looking down at his student with a face that resemble both pride and happiness.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:02 am
He doesn't move, but smiles, eyes closed for a moment..
"Well, the scenery was excellent, but sadly, the complimentary breakfast on the way up never arrived. I must remember to put in a word with the chef about getting better waiters, but overall it wasn't a bad tour. I'd definitely recommend it to others."
Yeah, he's being a smartass..but it makes one forget about the weariness from the trip up the rock face.
"I've never been one for great displays of muscle. To tell the truth, it took a lot of the spiritual power I had to make it up..it's hard to control that energy, and solidify it into any form. I had a little kidou practice at home, but.."
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:11 am
"Yes you right, I'll better put a new suggestions box on the way up, also a few restaurants and sake spots would be nice for all the tourist to come huh ?"
He said with a smirk almost ready to laugh, however his smile lasted a short period of time as he got serious once again. Using reiatsu to climb the mountain, a magnificent idea indeed, this guy, he had a lot of potential burning inside him, waiting to be explode by his latent talent and some serious training. Lost on his thoughts again Shinrei remained silent yet another short moment. However the silence was broken as he listened the part about the guy Kidou training.
"But ?"
He asked quickly and directly, Shinrei wasn't the kind of person that would wait for an answer that would never come nor was him the kind of person that would be stop by mere respect of privacy.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:15 am
He just shook his head then..
"Well, Kidou is..'locked'. You know the result you want, and you feed a certain amount into your incantation and cause it to happen. as such, it follows a structured pattern. But putting it into your blows, it's different. You don't really know how much you need, until you do it, and if you're off by a hair, it could be fatal depending on your situation. It takes a lot of experimenting and a lot of reading into what you're doing. My family uses this style, but I've added some things to it..though..I don't show it off often, I wouldn't want them to think I was too dangerous. Goodness knows, I already have enough problems.."
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:24 am
His eyes open a little as he hears this clan mysterious ability. It was the first time he ever heard of such a thing and as a man who walked through life to see the wonders of life, Shinrei quickly ask:
"So are you allowed to teach this reiatsu control ability to other people, for example me ?"
The question was straight to the facts, although Shinrei despised nobility he knew he could use them as stairs to reach a higher level. Maybe this reiatsu control ability was what he needed to control his shikai humongous power. Waiting a possitive answer Shinrei reminds silent.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:30 am
"It's not an ability really. It's more of a style, a method. I mean, you use reiatsu in your sword blows; everything you do has a measure of spiritual power behind it. The difference with this style is, when you attack with it, it's very precise. It's like using small knives on the tips of your fingers to strike your opponent in his Reiatsu flows, and disrupt his power. It's very hard to master, and in the years I've been alive, I'm only just learning the basics of it. I can show you what little I do know, but unless you take the style it originates from, it's hard to do it. It's mostly based on Snake style Gongfu.."
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:38 am
Shinrei listens to his words carefully trying not to miss any detail about what he have to say. Once he was done talking Shinrei responds on a soft low tone.
"I see...in other words this is a combination of hakuda and kudou ! Not bad, if you are able to teach me at least the basics, I should be able to create my own style of combat born from this principle, even as I'm a five tools warrior, my reiatsu is too big for my body to control, is for this reason that your style of combat interest me...I be very honored if you teach me"
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:47 am
He nods..then smiles.
"We can only learn from others as much as we learn from ourselves, yes? I'll warn you; all I can teach you is how to use the base style..from there it's up to you. I'm still a beginner in it, so don't expect too much of me. Just remember that unlike most Kidou, it's not explosive at all, it's very precise, very very hard. You have to make your reiatsu into pinpoints in your fingers, like a coating, or a glove, on the remaining part of your hand. It's very hard without good control..my control is very limited. What I used to climb took everything I had."
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:54 am
"I see...afacinating style of combat indeed, I will have to place my all into learning it once I head back to my training grounds. I asked Yamamoto-san for permission to take a few training days before the next graduation but I ended up taking care of you and the rest of the academy guys... Heh, funny how I ended learning something new from you...and I still wonder what other things I will learn from the other students !"
With those words he walks to the edge of the cliff and looks down with a delighted face.
"Well is time to go down friend, but before we do I will ask you one last thing..."
Turning his face just to look at his pupil over his shoulder he ask:
"Were you able to beat your weakness and find that strength that lies sleeping withing you ?"
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