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First thing you do, when you get assigned to a Squad... A voice was heard, coming from behind Hishida. His Captain's voice! ...Is to report to your Captain.
As he talked, MockaDash was leisurely walking towards his new subordinate, now only a couple of meters away.

What is it you need? Training perhaps? One should be able to hone their skills by himself. Mock had carried this conceptualization of duty along from the 1st Division, where you were supposed to train and improve by your own means, and always stay on top of everything!
He never was, however, against training a fellow Shinigami.

Puffing smoke from his pipe, Mock stood next to Hishida, while saying... Since you're here, I can give you some work to do, in order to better assess your potential, before trusting you with any assignment.

What say you?

((I'll consider this events as happening prior to the Arrancar invasion.))

(( I'll consider this RP as happening prior to the Arrancar invasion.

Oh! Hishida, rule of thumb: never post one-liners! Always try to add more flavor to your RPs.))

I watched you, as I approached. I sensed an unfamiliar reiatsu "hanging around" my Squad, and came to check who it was. As usual, since Daven's death, Mock was bitter and straightforward. I noticed you were watching the other Shinigamis training, instead of actually doing some exercises yourself. I don't need slackers in my Division!

Inhaling tobacco smoke from his kiseru, Mock let it out as he spoke the following Strike me down. give me your best shot. The Captain said, apparently keeping his guard down, while gazing at some clouds in the distance.

((Don't worry, I'm not mad or anything. My character has become quite unpleasant due to recent events xp ))

((It's OK, it's way better now. But I want you to work harder on your combat descriptions. I purposely refrained from making any action towards you, in order to force you to start from scratch. Do you know what I mean? ))

Sensing a blade coming at his right flank, with his pipe on his mouth, Mock easily took a slight jump back, thus avoiding the blade. It was a slow and inaccurate movement performed by Hishida, at least according to Mock's standards, so it was very easy to follow and avoid.

I honestly hope that's not the best you can do. The Captain said as he took another breath from the pipe. I specifically demanded your best shot.

Next time, I'll retaliate. So at least try not to look that clumsy. He bluntly said, taking a step closer to Hishida, and achieving his previous distance to him.

Mock could easily feel the reiatsu gathering on Hishida. The Captain though that this attempt wasn't going to achieve nothing.

You well know, that the amount of reiatsu you can release is pitiful, when compared to mine. The Shinigami said, as he raised his left hand to meet the his opponent's Zanpakutou. With his bare hand, Mock gripped the blade of the sword, without even bleeding. The difference in spirit pressures was enough to prevent Mock from being cut by Hishida's blade!

With the kiseru hanging on the corner of his mouth, he said It's plain to see that you're at a disadvantage here. So, on the battlefield, in order to have a chance of surviving a situation like this, you'll need to come up with a plan. It was obvious that using all your strength against me and striking at me head on, wasn't going to work. MockaDash aimed an uppercut at Hishida's chin, with his right hand. He was still holding his student's Zanpakutou in order to try and force him to lose his grip of it, in case the punch would hit and cause him to fall backwards.

Try using some kidous against me, kid! I know you can do it! He puffed some smoke. Just try to make me bleed.

Yes you do. MockaDash bluntly replied. His student was starting to show better responses and counters, as well as reacting faster. You need to take advantage of every resource you might have, if you want to win against a tough opponent, kid. Exhaling some smoke after speaking, Mock approached Hishida, as he raised his left hand to face the Shinigami's fallen sword. Bakudou #4 -- Hainawa. The Captain muttered, and a lace of pure sipiritual energy jolted from his hand and wrapped itself around the Zanpakutou, quickly bringing it to Mock's hand as the energy receded.

For a Captain, I must confess that I myself don't know a wide variety of Demon Magic. Furthermore, for a brief period of time, a long time ago, I was a member of the 5th Squad. So others might consider this as a weakness... He paused to inhale some more tobacco smoke, and let it out slowly as he spoke the following... They're wrong! The ones I do know, I use them in original and innovative ways, as I've just demonstrated to you! Here... Mock said, as he stretched his left arm and handed the Zanpakutou to its owner. Would you like to take a rest now? Or go at it again? The Captain finally let out one of his (now) fabled grins!

Mock noticed that there probably was a reason as to why Hishida refrained from using kidou. The thing that caught his attention was when Hishida gazed at the scars on his hands. Mock just didn't wanted to force him to say anything that he wasn't ready to say...

((Gee, I'm looking around the guild--it's more dead than I thought lol))

Hishida was surprised by MockaDashes sudden change from defense to offense. Hishidas eyes were barely able to follow him as he launched himself into the air. As Mockadash cast his kidou, Hishida shot a jolt of reitsu to his feet to propel him from his current position, so that he could avoid getting hit by either of the attacks that were about to strike him. Though since Hishida only had a split second to make this move, he miscalculated the amount of reitsu that he should have sent to his feet and he flew backwrds farther then he thought he would. He landed on his back slightly dazed. Hishida scrambled to get back into stance.