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Tsuna watched Omaro's movements as Omaro used his other foot to launch himself away from Tsuna's zanpakuto, it took him time to do this. Once Omaro moved out of the Tsuna pushed himself up off of the ground. When Omaro used his same foot that he had used to sweep Tsuna off his feet the first time he forgot that since he failed to draw his zanpakuto out he was in the worse shape all together. As Omaro's foot came to attack Tsuna placed his zanpakuto in the way of the attack causing Omaro's foot to stop. Then again if Omaro didn't have his reaitsu at the same level of Tsuna's or eve stronger he would end up having a cut on his foot. Yet at that time Tsuna waited for Omaro's next movement.

((sure haseo anytime.))

After a long rest, Ike got up. His attention was focused on the newcomer, his eyes showing interest. He sighed as he prepared for his additional training, he never felt at ease unless he was pushing himself to new limits and that was the case now as well as times he lacked a trainer. He had been fortunate to enter a squad so quickly after being brought into Soul society and he had chosen one centered on an area he already possessed some experience. He had decided to split his spare time into several types of training. First and foremost he always worked to train and increase his Riatsu. This was done in various manners but was focused on pushing himself to the verge of death during every chance he could. He also worked to control his Riatsu at all times by both containing it and focusing it in different areas of his body. He felt that with enough Riatsu and control he would be able to enhance his performance in other fields as well. When not directly trained he had decided to spend much of his time in the dojo training his body and mind, he knew himself to be strong but he wanted to also constantly improve his speed and agility as well. As Ike considered this he focused on the exercise before him, which was simply swinging his Zanpakuto one hundred times. The catch was that he would be swinging it one hundred times in each of the basic forms. Horizontal forehand, horizontal reverse, vertical down, vertical up, diagonal left to right descending, diagonal left to right ascending, and diagonal right to left descending and ascending. Once done with the initial eight hundred strokes he would move to thrusting a hundred times followed by iaido practice one hundred times for each hand in standing and sitting positions. With each swing he would release a surge of riatsu along his blade but he would force himself to contain the energy directly against the blade so as not to cut or damage any of his surroundings. The final act would be to move through three of the blade kata’s he was working on at one hundredth speed, one fiftieth, one tenth, one half, normal speed, double speed, and full speed. It was in seeking control and perfection that he often found himself advancing little by little.

He had not yet met many of his new squad mates but he was content merely with practicing the basics he had learned in the academy and testing various concepts to find how they best served his nature and preferred fighting methods. Ike sought to clear his mind as he focused his existence on the blade, it was part of him and he part of it. To him he was not armed as it was an extension of his body that felt as natural as his arms or legs. He drew the blade slowly with his right hand before slashing horizontally at waist height, at the end of the slash he twisted his wrist slightly before reversing the path of the slash. He inhaled once between each slash and exhaled during the movements. At the end of the second slash he looped his blade up with a simple circular movement as he firmly grabbed the base of the hilt with his left hand and slashed downward, at the end of the slash he shifted his weight forward and slashed upward instead before making a small loop with the blade to alter the form to a diagonal down slash from left to right followed by a reversal of the slash accompanied by a small loop to lead into the diagonal right to left slashes before he said softly, One. His mind had cleared with the movements and he moved the sword back to it’s original unsheathed position as he pivoted and performed the same series of fluid strokes again looking to seamlessly chain them into a meditation in and of itself. His breathing was a steady series of exhalations during the slash and inhalation during the movements to prepare for the next. At the end of each series he counted softly finding his rhythm and unconsciously beginning to speed up as he sought his limit before forcing himself to return to the slow and methodical series.

This would continue until he was interrupted or finished, once done he would move to the thrusts and iaido practice with first his left and then his right hand. He rarely told others directly that he was ambidextrous but he knew from experience that many people were thrown off balance when encountering something opposite their beliefs. As he moved he also worked to control his reaitsu as he did the blade, it was primarily a mental exercise seeking to master and control his spirit energy with his mind and integrate it with his body. The rhythm was solid and smooth as he practiced something he had spent years practicing before his death, much of his child hood lay in these very motions as he focused on simply existing with the blade and the whispers of it’s power floating sublimely through his consciousness ever faint but gently there.

Tsuna got tired of waiting for Omaro to take this battle seriously. As Tsuna noticed that Omaro was playing around he allowed Omaro to do his kick but, Tsuna wasn't going to take a direct kick to the face that would be stupid. Tsuna instead brought up his left arm and blocked Omaro's kick as as Omaro's kick connected with Tsuna's arm there attacks sent out a shockwave throughout the whole training area. Tsuna still had a free had to do what he felt but, at the same time Omaro was being sent back flying as Tsuna pushed Omaro back with his left forearm. As Tsuna did that he dashed forwards while Omaro was being sent flying back. As Tsuna dashed forward he held his zanpakuto tight in his right hand he released more of his reiatsu from his body. This allowed him to be use his zanpakuto at a stronger attacking strength. This also wouldn't be able to be countered with Omaro's position right now. The only way Omaro would be able to counter this or even block this attack would be to use his zanpaktuo. If Omaro didn't use his zanpakuto he would face a devistating wound that would cause the training battle to end.

As this attack went forward it was aimed at Omaro's chest and stomach area. This attack would come at an angle from his left abdomine all the way up to his right shoulder.

((I'm sorry to interrupt this wonderful battle, but I have one slight problem with it. Well....many problems, but I don't need to list them here. The thing is, Neji...a sheath can't seriously wound an enemy unless it's via blunt trauma. You threw the sheath at Zeke. Does it have another sword attached to the sheath?))

((To the end of it, yes.))

As Tsuna's reiatsu flowed around his body he could see the demon hidden in golden armor around Omaro. This was just the same for Tsuna except it wasn't a demon at all its seemed to be reiatsu made boy who seemed to be hanging over Tsuna now. As Tsuna removed his left hand from his wound he placed his left hand on the hilt of his zanpakuto and closed his eyes to focus on his reiatsu more. After about 2 seconds Tsuna opened up his eyes again and dashed forward towards Omaro. In this time Tsuna's reiatsu followed him into battle as he dashed forward towards Omaro. It was something he knew he could do to make sure he won this battle. The only is that didn't need to win to show he had a good head on his shoulders. Tsuna was trying to get stronger so he would one day save his cousin. When the thought of his cousin came into mind it enraged him and caused him to lose control of his reiatsu in this ending part of the training battle. As this happened Tsuna yelled out as he dashed forward towards Omaro.

"YOU WILL NOT STAND IN MY WAY."

After Tsuna yelled that he made a quick slashing movement that would go from Omaro's right section of his lower stomach all the way up to his left shoulder area. This was the final blow for both of them. Each attack wouldn't be fatal enough to kill the other but, it would show the people how strong they were at this point.

As Omaro dodged Tsuna's attack he made his which was placed on his Tsuna's back and went from left to right. The gash was something that Tsuna had to acknowledge. Tsuna stood straight up his reiatsu still enraged as it flowed around him. Tsuna turned around and held out his left index finger towards Omaro. When Tsuna did this he said with a calm voice.

"Hado #4 Byakurai."

As Tsuna said that a blast of white lightning shot out of his index finger towards Omaro. The next step after this was the true calling Tsuna never showed any of his special techniques that he had developed. For Tsuna the start of that could also be the end of this battle even though the end for this battle should have happened Tsuna still had a couple of plans up his sleeves.