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 Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:12 am
After a rather uneventful trip to the Real World, Zander was finally glad to be back on squad grounds. It was a beautiful sunny day, as it always seemed to be in the squad training grounds and the tall grass were swaying along with every breeze that came by. It moved across the plains like a wave and it immediately caught Zander's eye as he entered the grounds. He smiled at the occurrence and quickly made his over to the area. The grassy plains were simply tall grass except for a large oak tree near the edge and an enormous boulder right in the middle. After spotting the landmarks, he quickly made his way over to the boulder and leapt onto the top and plopping his butt down on a comfortable flat spot.
As he sat a top his rock, he surveyed the area to make sure it would be suitable for him to train someone here. It was pretty bare except for the tree and the rock, and the three feet tall grass that carpeted the plain.
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:14 am
Patrick ran in running after Zander until stopping where Zander was then opening their mouth to speak
What happened? you suddenly got up and left without saying a word. Is there something the matter?
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:40 am
As he groaned in anticipation of who he was meeting, he heard the pitter patter of feet approaching his position. So he looked up and scanned the horizon to find out where the noise was coming from and if perhaps it was his assignment that day. It was then when he spotted Pat running up to him.
"Oh, I'm sorry Pat, it was just that I was given an assignment by Tansen-Taicho. I just didn't want to interrupt your watching experience."
Zander was starting to sweat a little, he was trying to make up excuses when the pure and simple fact was that he simply forgot to bid his comrade farewell as he left the ice cream cafe on Earth. So he fake chuckled and scratched the back of his head to try to hint that he wanted to change the subject. But then he spoke out again.
"I can't talk right now Pat, I'm supposed to be meeting someone here. I'm gonna help him or her with their shikai training,"
((Seriously though Pad, sorry, I just got totally confused at the ice cream shoppe. You even changed your username right? I didn't know where our story stood so I just left LOL. We gotta continue this tomorrow though, it's 2:30 am here, sorry, I'll see ya tomorrow))
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:47 am
(Oh no problem we did get kind of caught in the middle of that crazy load of posts and yes I did change my username and my gender and my avatar in general it would've been miraculous had you found me.)
Oh that's very nice. So those things recieve messages? Let's see if I got any.
Patrick whipped his phone from her pocket and looked at it noticing it too had got a message
I think you're supposed to be training me?
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:09 pm
Slightly puzzled at Pat's shock that his cell phone would messages, he looked down at it and twirled it around to see if there was a hidden mechanism that he wasn't aware of, for all he knew that the cell phone could do was send and receive message, in fact, that's all it does, he had an old model, it did not even come with a Hollow tracking device yet. He shrugged it off and slipped his phone back in his pocket and looked up at Pat when he finally said something.
"YOU??"
He reached back into his pocket and flipped through his messages once more 'till he found the one from his captain. He read it thoroughly three times but only on his third time did he finally catch the part where Pat's name was mentioned. He let out a loud chuckle before slipping his phone back into his pocket. Then wiping the tears from his eyes, he slapped his hand on his knee and jumped down from the boulder he was perched on.
"So it is, man, I must be tired or something, I'm really slipping right now,"
He pushed out a few more chuckles and wiped his eyes again before he took a deep breath to regain himself then approached Pat.
"So, you're here to learn your Shikai, did I get that part right Pat?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:01 am
Yes you're right I'm here to learn Inital Release
Patrick said quite simply
What is a Shikai anyway? Patrick questioned
I haven't ever actually seen one so can you show me yours?
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:05 am
Zander took a few moments to try to gather his thoughts on what a Shikai was. He had never really thought about it in clear concise words. He tapped his chin with his fingers then finally a light bulb clicked inside his head.
"Well, I guess you could say...err... a Shikai is the second form of your zanpakutou. The first would be your normal katana, and when you're able to achieve Shikai, your katana would probably morph into something else. Something much more formidable,"
Zander kind of tilted his eye brow as he cringed at how he tried to explain that. As he repeated it to himself in his head, he found it quite confusing. But he shrugged it off and if Pat needed him to explain it again, Pat would probably ask. Just then, Pat asked Zander if he could show his Shikai, which made Zander grin slightly.
"Oh little one, we don't simply summon our Shikai for show, it's not something to take lightly. If you're lucky, you might be able to see it today,"
With that, he rested his palm on the butt of his hilt then looked up at Pat.
"So, are you ready to learn your zanpakutou's name?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:16 am
Sure I'll learn it's name. Now how do I do this?
This whole Shikai thing did sound very interesting. Who could've known everyone had transforming swords.
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:32 am
((Wow, I didn't know you were on, that's great XD))
"From what I know, you're gonna have to try to defend yourself as best you can against me while concentrating and trying to communicate with your zanpakutou. Try asking it it's name, most likely, you'll only hear it when you need it the most,"
Fingering his zanpakutou with his left hand, he leaned forward almost looking as if he were to fall forward, but just as he was about to loose his footing, he lifted his right leg and stepped forward and started to propel himself toward the shinigami.
"Prepare yourself,"
As he stepped closer to the shinigami, he aimed his body to pass Pat on the left but within a few feet of actually doing so, he kicked his feet off the ground a bit harder propelling him forward while lifting his body up a good distance setting him up so that when he lifted his right leg to the side and started to turn his body, the heel of his round house kick was aimed precisely for Pat's temple.
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:35 am
While taking note of what Zander had said he had forgotten to yet draw his Zanpakto and quickly drew it at the oncoming kick attempting to hold it off by the blade
Wait What!?
(This is far too early for me anyway)
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:53 am
His heel connected with the blade and with the added momentum from his leap and dash forward leading up to the kick, Zander tried to crank his hips forward trying to push Pat back.
"Speak to your zanpakutou, ask for its name, beg it to save you,"
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:58 am
Patrick grabbed ahold of his Zanpakto as he went flying back from the kick to slow himself down she put it's sword in the ground and skidded to a halt
Very well then I shall. So what's your name? he directed the question at his Zanpakto and was merely met with two ominous laughs inside his head both female.
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:04 am
It was probably a bad idea that Pat had stopped flying back because it gave more time for Zander to just counter into his next set of attacks. Bouncing back from his previous kick, he landed and once again leaned forward and started to propel himself toward Pat. Again with the same approach, to the left of Pat, but this time instead of following up his leap with a round house kick, he waited for his body to position itself slightly before and to the left of Pat before he locked his elbow and threw his fist along with his elbow into the side of Pat's head right in the soft spot between the eyes and the ears.
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:11 am
Patrick once again ripped his sword up and positioned it so the blade would be facing into the attack as this seemed the most intelligent way to defend themselves but was caught off guard by the punch and elbow coming towards their head and took the full force of the attack going flying off into an open plain of grass Patrick hit the ground with a heavy thump and immediately got back up
I suppose I'm going to need to start attacking then Patrick muttered to themselves
Patrick instead of taking this relentless assult of attacks attempted to do a running lunge at Zander with their sword pointed straight at the gut.
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:21 am
Happy that the shinigami finally started to show some spirit in the fight, Zander grinned as he faced the charging assault. It was clear to him that it was too soon for Pat to even get a whisper of a name but he would continue to be vigilant with his potentially fatal assaults.
"Finally, you're in this battle,"
He said as he lowered his stance awaiting the lunge. When the blade was a few feet from himself, when it appeared that Zander was planted heavily in the ground, he side-stepped to avoid the lunge and when the blade was right beside him, he placed his right leg on it to use it as a stepping stool. He put as little weight on it as possible as he pushed down on the blade with his foot and push his body upward into a back flip off the blade. When his head was facing the ground and his legs were above him, he tilted his head back to notice that he had timed it perfectly so that now as Pat kept on lunging forward, his head was almost square in the path of Zander's foot that is now being pulled as hard as it could be pulled down from above Zander aimed into the side of Pat's head once again, which would be completing the back flip.
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