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After watching him walk off, Yuki gave a little sigh a hung her head for a few moments as if fighting to stay awake. Then she scratched the back of her head a bit, yawned again, and then slowly stood up. Yuki turned to face Kokei. "Well, if you want I'll take you there, Kokei." She offered, releasing the captain from her water prison. "But I'll have to get back to my brother right after. I'm sure he's terrorizing my subordinates by now." She sighed and looked in the direction she had come. Sure enough, she could feel that he had been there for a while now. "You can't keep him waiting too long or he might... slip."

[ Are you forgetting that Yuki stands much shorter at the moment as she only 10?]

"Didn't he mention you needing Hei for something?" Yuki tilted her head slowly in question. "If you need him, it would make sense to go where he is, don't you think?" She blinked a little, still looking up at the woman. "I think that makes the most sense." Yuki yawned a little and started off towards her division. "Well, whatever. Follow if you want to." She hadn't quite left yet, but was going off in that direction.

[Ah, right.]

Yuki let out a childish giggle after hearing those words. It really was like Hei to refuse service to others. She stopped, turned, and gave Kokei a smile. "Well, some of us are better and negotiation than others, don't you think? Where you lack, I excel. It's all a matter of persuasion, you see. Give him what he wants and he will do it. However, some people can get favors easier." Yuki beckoned her to follow and after regressing by a few weeks, she vanished on the spot.

Leucious walked through the training grounds seeing that nothing really was happening and decided to work himself to waste time "Depart.." without unsheathing his Zanpakuto the glowing red embers started to flow from the sheath and swirl around him.

Dics's and targets came from all sides and heights so to fend them off his uses the embers do encase himself in a dome of protection as the attacks hit and melted upon on impact with the dome.

This all happened in a matter of seconds and he exhaled just before left the training area exhaling a cloud of smoke heading to his office.

{exits to his office}

xxxxxxxxClimb the mountains and get their good tidings.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.





On the inside, days had passed, though outside only moments had gone by. Yuki's body that was located within the training grounds was riddled with burn wounds and cuts and her clothes were soaked with blood, yet none of this deterred her. Her left arm had detached and fallen to the ground next to the rock and blood had pooled around it, though her shoulder was no longer bleeding as it had been burnt shut. The rock she sat on was stained with blood and it had pooled in her lap, slowly drying in the day's high sun. Within, Yuki's subconscious body was faring better, but this body too was stained red with blood. Naturally she had healed every wound she had received, but this left her open for attack. The forest was no more, Yuki hung in the air, pinned to space above a dying wasteland. The ground was scorched, the trees were reduced to charred stumps and the river of blood was filled with large boulders and logs that were also charred, and the river was tainted by mud and other elements. Rei, who sported skin with a black tinge and shadows coming off her body is wisps was standing in front of Yuki, smirking at her currently one-armed mistress. Yuki breathed through labored gasps as she held her own while Rei struck her across her face.

Finally she broke free of Sayō no Anya's bindings and vanished only to reappear several thousand feet away, if only to regroup. A blizzard made entirely of black ice began to cover the area she was in, dropping the temperatures to freezing and creating a white out. Yuki winced as she slid up against a tree's trunk, one of the remaining ones that had been outside the perimeter of battle. She cradled her shoulder which sported heavy burn marks where she had used Shōshaku to cauterize her wound shut. Such a wound would cause for Zenji, but she couldn't use it because she'd never get her arm back. At least with this, she could regenerate it. The pain had been next to unbearable since she hadn't had the time to use any form of anesthesia. Now though, she had a shot. The fingers of her right hand had Reiryoku gathered at their tips, taking the shape of transparent hypodermic needles that she quickly stabbed into her shoulder, injecting numbing Reiryoku into it and easing her pain. Slumping to the ground, Yuki breathed a heavy sigh, sweat dripping from her nose. Her thoughts were racing on how to best her spirit, she was formulating plan after plan now instead of just acting since it became clear on the seventh day that Rei was too smart for that. As she thought, she conjured up some of her blood type, made an incision on her inner thigh, and fed the blood inside her body, wincing at the feeling of the substance entering. Once she had finished, the wound sealed itself up and Yuki lay there panting.

For a few moments, she allowed herself slumber, and when she had awoken, her plan had come to her. It was going to be difficult, but it had to be done. Forty minutes later found her watching Rei approach; the spirit had taken her time coming to her and they were roughly a hundred feet apart. Yuki moved into position and a cloud of red smoke engulfed her body, Rei simply smiled at this trickery. She only had one shot with the one Bankai move she could perform and she'd need some time to prepare. Focusing intently, Yuki's body began to course with lightning, strands of the electrical energy permeating her body and flowing off her form and arcing in the air, eventually falling back to her body. Stabilizing her body, Yuki took a hard stance and began focusing this electrical energy into her right hand, slowly but surely causing a gigantic lance to form in her hand that easily burst out of the smoke. Rei's mouth fell open slightly at this and then she smirked. "Going for a frontal attack? Stupid girl!" She called out, releasing her nodachi. Two black spheres of energy formed in her hands and she crushed them, absorbing the power of both a Kurohitsugi and a Zetsubō no Kurorensa into her Shunkō. Her skin gained a black tinge and black Reiryoku began to emanate from her body in the form of black shadows. Yuki's lance had reached its full size as soon as Rei finished doing so. Cocking her arm back, Yuki enveloped it in a Kyokko, causing it to disappear, then hurled it at Rei. "FOOLISH!" Rei bellowed as she drew herself into a martial arts pose that involved sliding her right foot forward and drawing her left fist back. As the lance approached, Rei punched forward, unleashing a huge surge of black Kidō energy that more or less blew the lance away with a combination of Hanki and the raw destructive power of a Kurohitsugi. Rei let out a low laugh, feeling she achieved victory, however, Yuki was not done.

Nine bodies of Yuki appeared all around Rei, all seemed to be falling towards her as they swung nine katana at her at once. Mildly surprised, Rei let out a chuckle and materialized a black chain in her hand that she whipped around her body, striking all the bodies in rapid succession in an attempt to bind all of them to a point in space. Her moved failed, however, as the bodies vanished in a puff of smoke, turning into jewelry, much to the spirits surprised. Two rings, a necklace, a bangle, two bracelets, a pair of earrings and one silver ring began their slow descent to the ground and time seemed to stand still as Rei's gaze slowly traveled over to the smokescreen that was now blowing away to reveal Yuki who was still utilizing Taemanai Raikō Katachi and clutching her katana tightly and staring Rei down. "No…" The reality hit her like a ton of bricks. Not only had the lance been a distraction, so had the afterimages. Rei had assumed Yuki had used Utsusemi multiple times to create these afterimages, but she never believed she would return to the smokescreen after doing so; she had been so sure one of those bodies had been her. "Yon no Tachi...." Yuki's body collapsed into a single bolt of lightning and she was behind fifteen feet Rei in under a second. "Rashōmon!" Yuki shouted, sliding her katana back into the saya at her belt, turning back to look at Rei who was rigid, yet turning to face her mistress as well. "Well done..." She exclaimed just before numerous cuts opened up all over her body, spraying blood all over the place. "Not only did she hit me, she hit me a lot. I only managed to the stop the first one." Smiling, Rei tipped forward and fell towards the river below. Yuki executed Shunpo and snagged Rei out of the air at the last minute, landing on a boulder in the middle of the river and supporting the spirit's weight in her one arm as she attempted to heal her cuts with her power. "Okay... we'll take a break, you did good." Smiling, the spirit momentarily slipped out of consciousness and Yuki vanished to move her somewhere more suitable.

Tetsunosuke Harasawa

First Division's Lieutenant

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[enters from Lieutenant Quarters]

Tetsunosuke came straight out of his Flash Step into an Air Walk about the Training Grounds. He was still a pretty good distances from his Taichō, so he would walk on foot the rest of the way. He was doing his best to fend off her large Reiatsu; which he'd gradually started to try and comprehend. When Yuki was finally visible to his sights, Tetsu noticed she was in a meditative stance. 'Jinzen... Hmm?' He thought as he drew closer. Tetsunosuke had a grimaced look as he noticed her detached ligament. A long sigh escape him as he rubbed his temples; follow by his head shaking left to right. He found a stone that was straight across from her; he took a seat there while sitting Indian style as well. He took Sakuzen Kosshi out from his sash and stuck it between his legs straight up. His arms were toward slightly above him while he kept the sword still, he lowered his head onto it. 'What's the deal with these Hakases? They're so awkward...' He told his Zanpakuto, but only a reply of laughter was heard. "Tch..." His brow twitched as he pulled away his head. Ah, that stubborn sword could really be such an annoyance sometimes.

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