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Saiko woke up suddenly, not having a single clue where he was. It was like everything under him was stone. There were smooth rocks all over the ground, large and flat, at least that was what he thought. As far as he knew there could be millions of large rocks underneath and he was merely on the top layer. But regardless, he was still staring at an endless field of stone. The sky was gray, but had a reddish tint, like that of a sunset's. The horizon only greeted him with confusion though, for the sky was grayish red but there was smoke everywhere. It replaced any thought of clouds with the thought of destruction. Darkness was the key here...

Oh, this is grand! I am suprised you came here, and especailly amused that you had the guts to face me. - came a voice from inside Saiko's head.

- It was a scary sounding voice, not exactly phaspy, but in a continuous growl that isn't low or high pitched either way, just hair raising. -

What? Where are you? Why the hell are you talking to me like that? I know you're there, show yourself to me, please! Saiko pleaded.

He turned around seeing a blur of something, but he couldn't make out what it was in that little time. But when he turned again, he came face to face with what he figured must have been his zanpakuto's spirit. It was only startling though, because the image was groutesque and scary to someone who wasn't expecting that. He was looking into the eyes of a creature with a sharp face. It was as if his shoulders were twice the size of Saiko, and its body was three time the mass of anyone he had ever seen. The creature was huge and resembled that of a gargoyle, its skin was gray and looked like it was covered in either sweat or some sort of oil. His wings hung outwards behind him, huge and he had a tail that looked like if it were to hit Saiko it would cut through him like a sharpened blade would.
Please, don't tell me I startled you Zenjin, it would be a shame to think that in stead of wanting to use my power, you would want to be protected from it...
But in all actuality, you have been tapping into my abilities for some time now. Honestly, I am suprised you're as slow as you are. With such reiatsu like yours, its not hard to use me at all. You have even emitted gray matter before, you didn't even know it at all, did you? -the spirit said to Saiko.
Why are you so arrogant? Your powers are designed for you to be able to use my abilities beyond what you would ever need training for. Why are you so eager to try and hold back what you know you can wield? Such a rarity it is when people are given this type of power, and to see such fear in you angers me.
Wait, don't ********' do that! I only try and contain my spirit energy because if I were to give in and try... I don't know what the concequences would be, okay!? What if I use it wrong and do something bad? That kind of reiatsu release could be too much for me, and what if I loose control? - Saiko argued with himself.
Stop your pathetic whining... You are only afraid of him, you're only afraid of whats inside you, waiting for you to fail. This is not my fault, and you should not confuse your personal problems with what is simply to be. Now put it aside and take my hand, fight it if you can, plz. But this will occur. -he commanded.

Saiko reached out with his right hand, taking the creature's advice. He had to get rid of his fear, the fear that was brought by his father and the legend of what would happen if he gave in. Saiko knew about all the Zenjin's reiatsu charactaristics. It was the only thing he ever found in the Repository of Records on his family. It was the recorded pattern in his family line. All those of Zenjin descent had incredibly large reiatsu, it was vast and came in different guages. Every Zenjin had their different limits, but it was always unique and immensley powerful. Though, if a Zenjin were to completely try and deplete the power fully, they would be taken from consiousness. Then, if the dormant form of the shinigami could not tame their power, it would take ahold of the person intefinately. All that would occur is destruction of the ugliest kind.
Though, there are those that happened to find a way to control this, but it takes extreme discipline and years of training. Every time that a major recovery would occur, that person's reiatsu would come back increased by tenfold, but that is if they were lucky enough to make the recovery in the first place. Now it was Saiko's turn to take that risk. But shikai was only the first step, he would use this as an oppertunity to be able to start that extensive training... He would begin here on his journey to completely control his abilities!

He stepped forward, extending his arm like that of his spirit's. He saw something, it was like a dense liquid metal. This whispy gray material slid down the creature's arm and wrapped itself contuinuously around his wrist.
Kaihakushitsu, that is what I am called. It means gray matter, and it is the only words that will describe your future abilities. You can manipulate it, you can wield it. This power, you can use it with your reiatsu. If you lend your abilities to me, I will lend you mine in return. It would seem rediculous to figure that I can benefit off of a weakling like you, but I assure you that if you trust me you will achieve far more than you could have ever thought. Ignore the evidence shown, you have just been foolish! It is time for you to stop wasting me damn it! - Kaihakushitsu growled, baring his fangs.
It is disrespectful to both your own and my abilities, do not make me beg you. I want you to reach inside and find yourself! Don't you want to be known?
Shut it, damn you, why!? What the hell, I know what I can do! Quit talking to me like that, I am a Zenjin, and I know more than even you wish to admit! I don't know whether you're just trying to mess me up, and make me let it out, or if you've got something else in store, but I don't care! You want to see what I can do, then so be it. - Saiko yelled.

He let his hand touch Kaihakushitsu's huge claws and to him his skin looked reddish in contrast with Kaihakushitsu's gray texture. Suddenly the 'gray matter' made an immediate move to his hand. It wrapped its way up his arm, still on the creature's wrist as well. It was like a constant feed that only expanded on Saiko's end. His shoulder was being covered, as the gray metallic-like substance wrapped across his chest. The stuff was like smoke, but moved like liquid... At times he got it confused with gray clay, and figured that Kaihakushitsu was right and the only reference that made any sense was just so call it 'matter'.
What is this? What do I do, please tell me what the hell is happening!?! -Saiko panicked.
Go, if you wish to be great, figure it out for your damn self. Just be cautious, I would hate to think that I wasted this gift by actually revealing it to you.
-The gray creature vanished, leaving Saiko to the gray matter.

His blood raced, and Saiko was fearful. He did not understand, and now was afraid of dying within his zanpakuto. That would be such a disgrace to him, endowed with this power, and then he just squandered it away. Too unaware of his powers, too naive to stop it from taking control.
No... he told himself. I will fight this shytt! And with a sudden burst of reiatsu he exerted his energy around him and gray matter flung dangerously off of him.

"Kaihakushitsu" . . .

Alex walks into the training room and sees her captain and walks over to him. Before she could say hi she saw a book in his hands that appeared to be in some ancient dead language and kneeled down to try and see if maybe she could figure out what it was that he was reading.

((If you need to know what she looks like read the profile on her it was changed around a bit from the previous one))

Alex shows a look of surprise wondering why he had snapped that book shut as fast as he did. Alex nodded as the thread holding her eye patch together broke and fell apart showing that she was minus her right eye. "God Dammit this dam leather eye patch keep falling apart... get it it'll look goood leather is always stylish... yeah only if it doesn't fall off and show your eye socket to god and every one else." Alex picks it up and asks her captain "You got a thread and needle?"

Alex blushes and takes the eye patch and put's it around her head and positions the patch over her eye and feels the patch. "Definitely high quality leather and won't fall off every time I do an evasive move thanks... wait do you carry these kinds of things with you all the time?" Alex was curious as to why he had an eye patch in the first place when he clearly didn't need one.

"Well as to why I am here I'm a new recruit for squad 12 and was told to search for a trainer so I can get my zanpakuto... I saw the sign and came in and now I ask is that you?" Alex asked looking at the person in front of her as she noticed that he had grabbed at what appeared to be his weapon strapped to his leg. Instantly 1 thought went through her head... <Check to make sure your daggers are there>. Alex reaches around her back as if she were scratching her lower back and made sure her dagger's were there and then scratched her head with that same hand.

((those daggers aren't her zanpakuto they are her normal wakizashi))

(( Technically, I was going to wait for your PM back, and then post him waking up so you can do the initial 'good job' post afterwards, but thnx.))

When Saiko yelled out his zanpakuto's name his reiatsu increased a little from the unconsious him. Yamoto's little jolt was just what woke him up in that process. It was a suprise to feel someone else's reiatsu next to his zanpakuto's which seemed so...pure.
"Oh, shytt... Yamoto-san, wow, I thank you, really." Saiko assured him. "I will see if the Captain is in.
"By the way, if you see me around Lieutenant, don't be shy, okay!?!" Saiko waved at him, as he hurried off, feeling rather strange.

[exits to squad 9]

Yuki walked into the training grounds feeling a bit nostalgic. The last time she trained someone for shikai properly was Fefnir. Well, there was that other kid, but he hadn't taken half the beating Fefnir had. With a sigh she rolled her eyes, reminding herself that she couldn't keep that kid VC forever. She found Amie looking nervously around as if she where a cornered lamb waiting for the fox. For dramatic effect Yuki drew her zanpacto, pressing it against the side of the sheath as she pulled it so she got that nice hiss sound when she pulled it out.

"Are you ready for this?... You can always back down."

Yuki said, making sure Amie was ready to get beat to hell and back. If she wasn't Yuki wasn't sure she ever would have the guts to pull off shikai.

For a fleeting second Yuki actually though she was going to back down. But happily she rose to the challenge. Even more exciting, she had the balls to charge her! She had a second to wonder if she should have taught Amie Shunpo first before deciding that if she had the balls to charge her without shunpo she would be fine.... Or perhaps it wasn't balls, but masochism.

As Amie came into striking range Yuki took a second to see what she was planning before doing a flip over Amie's head. A stunning feat for someone as short as her. When she landed she turned around so fast she almost gave herself whiplash, and made a downward slash with her zanpacto. If she hit Amie would be cut from shoulder to hip. What a way to start off this session.