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Ruka appeared in the room, set in the simulation and dove in without a thought. "Burn, Suzaku!" she released into shikai and donned her mask. Thought left her as she dove at the simulation hollow with pure instinct. The flames falling off the twin katana turning them to ash.

Ruka appeared at the center of the room, using an air walk to sit down. Suzaku was unsheathed already and humming in her hands.
You think he'll survive?
...He has spirit that one.
A laugh Bout time you spoke up again.
I am always speaking. Kuromi is simply so loud that you never hear me.
Hey!
My point.
Easy you two. We've got a kit to train.
Certainly.
What fun this will be~.

Ruka sighed softly as she closed her eyes in thought At this point it isn't a matter of making him stronger. The kit's pretty powerful, and judging from what Kuromi feels the hollow inside him is just as, maybe even stronger. He can't keep in check with his mind or body, so he needs the training we all had to go to in order to control our hollows. her eyes opened and she stared straight ahead solemnly If he doesn't succeed then it will devour him and we will eliminate him. It's a sorry business but it's the truth...

I only wish I wasn't the one that has to carry it out.

Ruka sighed and got to her feet, staring at the boy with an odd calm. "Very well kit." she murmured softly as she walked past him to the other side of the room. Once there she turned and dug Suzaku into the ground so she could lean on it as the simulators started up. The training room became a field of dirt and boulders with a clear blue sky overhead, similar to the training grounds under the Urahara Shop and Sokyoku Hill.

The vizard stared Tsukirou down as she spoke "Once, the vizards tested the strength of someone's spiritual power through an exercise machine that drained that power. If the one using that machine could keep going for three days straight then they would fully begin their vizard training..." she straightened and pulled Suzaku out of the ground "However such a process takes too long and as such you will face me in battle instead. It's a test of endurance, so you need to continue the fight with me till the day is out. If you can do that then we will begin the other half of your training." she finished.

Ruka held a hand up and plucked her mask out of the air but didn't pull it on "I know you don't want to hear this but here it is. The purpose is that we know how long you can last, but there is always the possibility of one of us dying or both of us dying." she held her mask up but didn't cover her face just yet "If that's what'll happen in the end... then you must know your killer's name. You already know me, now tell me who you are kit."

Ruka chuckled softly "Tsukirou huh? A good name. I know you won't tell. As for paying me back..." she slid her mask on and red and yellow reiatsu burst out clearly around her. The different reiatsu battled until finally settling into a steady aura of orange. "All I ask is that you survive this. Burn...Suzaku!"

Fire shot out in a wave right at Tsukirou as Ruka disappeared. Not a moment later she reappeared at his side, slicing wildly but with a deadly precision she would follow through with a roundhouse kick. Her physical strength was unusually powerful even for a vizard, with her mask adding to that as well as the addition of the reiatsu she was pouring in... Needless to say if that kick hit in the slightest it was going to hurt.

He's good.
We're better.

Ruka twisted to recover before pressing forward again. This time she let the fire seep out of her blade with every attack as she lashed out at him. She wasn't letting up with her physical attacks either, wherever she saw an opening for a kick she used it. "Don't be holding back Tsukirou. I told you at the beginning that one or both of us might die." she flipped back to land on a rock and she crossed her blades in front of her as they started to glow and a small orb formed before them "This is a test of your endurance all right... but you have to give it your all! Cero!"

The orb burst forward, burning red and orange as it attempted to strike Tsukirou. Right on the heels of that attack was another. Raising her glowing blades into the air she let the heat build for only a moment longer before she slashed the air before her to let the fire twister shoot forward. Ruka jumped higher into the air and the twin katana flashed once before she sent one flying at the boy, the golden chain that connected them extending with the motion.
It's been a while since you've tried a combo like that. Was I sleeping when you were preparing that?
Yeah. Surprise, surprise but I'm not tired like I thought I'd be. And I just perfected it now actually.
...idiot.
Shut your trap. You'd have done the exact same thing.
Damn straight.

Ruka gave a small smile beneath her mask You don't understand do you. she thought quietly. The young woman dove in and swiped at him, striking as quickly as possible. Once you're in that world... they won't let you go. You have to give it your all then and while it may only be an hour real time... it can be much longer inside. She crossed her blades sharply and struck as though to slice him in half.

Noticing the expression on his face she started talking as she continued her attacks "You can hear him right? That voice screaming inside you, begging for destruction." she let the hollow tone enter her voice as she continued "Are you afraid of him Tsukirou? What do you think will happen if you let him go? Even for one second? He'll take everything away right?"

A pained scream as a little girl is sliced almost in half. Another child screams her name as she sobs.

"Rip it all to pieces?"

She's fighting herself from the inside. Screaming out death threats at the hollow that threatens to overwhelm her. Just outside in the world of consciousness she is fighting Shadow as a twisted hollow-like version of herself.

"Leave you not even the ashes that remain?"

A spirit form of herself grabs the wrist of her own body (possessed by Kuromi) and twists it around so she runs herself through with the blade. She returns to consciousness to witness the destruction she's caused for only a moment before she coughs up blood and collapses.

"Well that's just too damn bad!" her attacks became sharper and faster as she struck randomly. First a strike at his torso, then a shot at his knee, a swipe at his head, a stab at his shoulder. With each attack a small spark of fire emerged in an attempt to singe her opponent. "Because you'll have to let him out whether you like it or not!" One last twist and she sent a surprise attack as a round kick to his head.

Just a little bit more...