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This is a room in the Maniak Wing that Hawk had Lemo extend, and even though it appears to be a regular room that is empty, white and bare; it is actually a sophisticated piece of machinery. It is like that of the Danger room from 'X men'.

-this room is indestructable -

It has walls that manifest whatever the user wished. It is programmed specifically to understand the brainwaves of arrancar, and responds to whatever the person's wish may be. The walls themselves and the rest of the room are constantly shifted to whatever suits the battle. If one would wish to fight in a desert, there would be white sand everywhere, and white cacti or shrubs. If on the ocean, they would be fighting ontop of milk-like water. In a wood clearing, they would end up on white grass, surrounded by white trees. This would cover any needs for fighting conditions, weapons, and personal training.
The room is constantly surveyd by Lemo, and its actions within are recorded and studied repeatedly. There is both a constant feed, and a recorded file on a particular screen in the Control center of Lemo's office.

As he and Erzu walked into the area they thought the shinigami would be tested on, Asuma looked around himself, taking in everything that would probably be used against the shinigami being tortured. Sighing under his mask, Asuma looked forward, to where Erzu was standing. "Well, now...we wait."

"I do not...find beauty...in what is meant to...cage people in. You know that...all too well." Giving him a stern look, Asuma closed his eyes, sighing. Opening them to look around him, Asuma chuckled. "But it does seem...pretty nice. Now that I...look at it." Laughing, Asuma shook his head. After standing there for a moment, Asuma looked over to Erzu. "So who...do you think...is first up?"

[Akira and Hawk enter]

Shortly after Ezru left, Hawk entered with shinigami in his posession. The shinigmi's wrists were bound with some glowing light. Hawk ushered him forward, then stopped the prisoner in the center of the room, right in front of Asuma.
"Asuma, this is Akira, he runs a bar in 6th Squad. We've met previously, so please, take it easy on him, eh? I shall be recording..." Hawk said.
He took a ring off of Akira's middle finger, and the bounds were removed. Hawk flicked it in the air, and caught it before replacing his hands into his pockets, and then walked back to the entrance of the room..
"Don't worry Akira, survive this and we'll have plenty of time for pleasntries, when I do my own examination." he said finally, then left the room.

[just Hawk exits]

Akira came quietly with Hawk with no intention of the thought of trying to resist at this point in time. As he was brought before Asuma with in the large white room with no distinct features. All that was on his mind was how he wasn't able to do a thing for anyone back in his cell, the only things he accomplished was being thrown in to a damn testing facility. The room reminded him of the training grounds back home at sixth, yet he believed that it may not be as advanced as that one.
As Hawk unbound his wrist Akira calmly rubbed them and gave Hawk a long glare. When Akira heard him mention going easy on him till his turn to play around with his being came. All Akira could do was give a crooked smirk and turn to Asuma, all the while processing his situation further.

Well this is nice, I'm waist deep in it now. I may not know this man but from the looks of it and the fact that the Arrancar find him useful as a worrier. I think that's good reason to suspect something impressive.well...
Akira took a kneeling stance yet to draw his blade, and watched his opponents lack of stance, taking it as a clue into his speed. Dang he's one of those, well lets just break distance and then gauge the out comes of his attacks...Hmm, is that me or you saying that Chronos.

With those quick thoughts out of the way Akira dug his lower leg into the ground and grab his left knee with his left hand and pulled out his silver pipe with his right, quickly lighting it with a hidden match he broke into dash at a moderate speed. As soon as Akira hit the point he registered as three quarters of the distance he broke into a slide and drew his blade. Once he was close enough Akira stabbed his blade into the ground in front of him and flung his body around as if was trying to sweep kick him. Yet Akiras distance was a bit short of a yard he curled his body at the last second around his blade,swinging himself just behind it. He followed by slashing upwards for Asumas stomach and back down for his left knee, quickly placing his blade back before him as he watched for any of Asumas sudden movements. If there was anything Akira had faith in, it was his eyes, which have never failed to spot the movements of his opponents, even when his spared with Rhia Taicho

Akiras reaction to the result of his failed attack was a faint frown which was meant to be a smirk but his face plays tricks on him and it couldn't be helped. With Asumas blade pressed to his neck his watched closely at his fluid movements with great fascination at how the spaced around his limbs seemed to ripple in Akiras vision. To Akira this did strike him as strange but the ripples weren't knew to him something about Asuma himself seemed different.
Well now aren't we happy to see that we're correct about his speed. Despite the fact that you could of been headless right now, not a bad start.

As Asuma removed his blade from his neck Akira stood up taking a few puffs of smoke from his pipe, making a hack-kneed expression on his face. Turning to Asuma Akira went on to respond to Asuma apparent impression of his intention.
" well, Asuma was it?...I'm sure you've got your fighting style down but I think like the way i do things and how the goals I achieve by doing so. So please excuse me if I don't attack according to your instruction, but let it be known that I'm all ears to your instruction and will adapt accordingly to my needs. So please excuse any and all under estimations or miscalculations that will occur with in the next half hour or so."
That was the approximate time Akira thought it would take for him to to get to one of his required ends in battle.

Akira thought highly of Asuma for his show of speed but he wasn't to pleased with his thoughts on his judgment. With what little confirmation Akira obtained from his attack on Asuma. He once again charged at Asuma with his blade unsheathed. His attack was simple enough, he intended to slash for Asumas neck while spinning down into a crouch in the same motion coming back up in a powerful spinning rising slash. That would be followed by a kick to asumas body, he'd go on to use flash step slightly to move up about three to use his blade to push himself back slightly.
All the while speaking to Asuma, " so why are you here. ..don't they disgust you in some way, or is your respect for them prevailing, as in my own case?"

((Sorry for the wait sweatdrop ))

Akira drawn back from Asumas defense and his ability to use his reiatsu as a armor. When Akira kicked Asuma his natural muscular physique absorbed most of the shock, but it left a light bruise. Akira wasn't fooled by Asumas illusion he'd become used to people with speed such as the level Asuma used to create the after image and he was able to keep his eyes transfixed of Asuma. When Akira landed back away from Asuma landed on one foot tilting a bit. Akira knew that his naural speed wasn't fast enough to keep up with Asuma, but that didn't mean that he couldn't make up for it with predictions. He wasn't sure that Asuma would go for his back but it was the most obvious blind spot.

Akiras reflexes were better that he'd know himself from all the unevenly matches he forcefully put himself into. Yet not only that but he always made sure that holding back was out of the question. When Asuma made his blade come screaming out of its sheath Akiras eyes meet the image as if it were light it self. The attack was blocked with a combination of his natural efforts and his slight position advantage. Still Akira was sent flying up with a boom of force. He knew well the concept tat speed can equal force. So it came to no surprise to him that he was sent flying. on impact with the wall he quickly released his blade.

" Slumber, Chronos. "
A flood of black sand burst fort cushioning his impact. Falling back to the ground Akira drew the sand back sealing his blade. Turning to Asuma he was noticeably sweating a bit yet he grinned. With a blink of an eye he made his way for Asumas chest with his blade. Akira was sure hat he was being watched by the ice man Lemo, still he found it to stupid not to take Asuma up on a good fight. Just before his impact with Asumas he released hs blade seconds before. Covering himself and the position that Asuma was standing with black sand.
Akira proceeded to flip over Asuma and draw his true blade, a black metal key shaped blade with a cloud shaped hilt with black sand that endlessly flew out. Akira summoned nine intricately shaped black spears around him. With sand dripping off of him he spoke, " Say hello to my blade Chronos."
With that Akira a proceeded to throw one of the spears a Asuma.

Akira was shocked to see that Asuma had avoided being touched by the blanket of sand but by the way a simple command uttered by him could move Akiras black sand. It was clear to Akira that Asuma possessed earth elemental abilities. Akira watched Asuma as he created another after image was left in his former place. Akira could see Asumas movements but he wasn't trying to avoid the attack instead Akira smirked as Asumas blade touched the surface of his chest. With in that instant Airas body was shot to the side by a bright light that came from the blades tip. Akira was coated in his black sand so to respond to Asumas attack he used his sand to create selective explosions of reiatsu.

For this instance he used it to push himself fluidly out of the way of the attack. As Akira moved briskly out of the way he pulled another spear from around himself and spun down wards to his knees to stab Asumas side with it. At the same time Akira threw his blade into the air over Asuma. having it create a tail of black sand over head.
Akiras grin became a scowl as he spoke the words, "ignite...". Having the tail of sand become a straight beam like explosion, that came down over Asuma with in a second. Lets see if I can get his blade out for this one. I want to know more about this stranger. He seems like a powerful resource.