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 Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:01 pm
[I am always willing to be interrupted. Actually, I want to be interrupted. So jump in heart ]
Ugo stood there, in the middle of a field, somewhere outside of the Soul Society. His eyes travelled around himself, locating where he put his studying books beneath an oak, and finding a large clear cutted tree with two chains nailed into it.
He walked up to the fallen tree and took the two long chains into his hands. "Through this I'll become stronger." His Zanpakutou jingled against his left hip as he tied the chains around his chest and shoulders. The shinigami in training grunted then began to walk the long field with the 500 lb tree attached to him.
Footstep after footstep the shinigami made his way, sweating onto the grass beneath him. His eyes strained forward seeking the end of the field, where an outcropping of trees formed a U-turn area for the training shinigami. He'd eventually get there, and he reminded himself that he was going to do hundreds upon hundreds of laps of this.
The black cloth he wore soon became sweat stained.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:05 pm
He finally went to the edge of the field, were he began the slow turn to face where he had begun. Slowly the wood creaked behind him creating gashes in the green earth. Soon enough most of the green was replaced by a long fat streak of brown.
The shinigami's eyes went to the other end of the field, where his studying tools were, and began the trek back to them. With the large tree still attached, of course. Thick bruises and blood droplits came from the spots where the chains were tied to Ugu. Through the pain he still moved, though, forcing his feet trudge towards his goal of a thousand laps.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:18 pm
Each single muscle on his bones trembled and shook from his training. He was on his twentieth lap, tearing up the ground with his half a tonne log that was tied to his back. Blood soddened his clothing, and sweat made the red liquid sticky against every bit that connected with the blood covered chains.
Another step. Another meter. Ugu's thoughts went to the books at the end of the valley, thinking of rest and of simply taking the easier path of studying. But that wouldn't furfill his goals. He grunted, focusing his might into moving the tree that was tied to him.
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:29 pm
Ugu grunted, forcing himself towards the tree. He knew he'd die if he did another lap with the 500 lb tree attached to him. The shinigami student fell to his knees, letting sweat pour off his face and onto his books. He could only do 324 laps around the fifty foot long stretch of grass mud.
With his sore muscles he sat beneath the tree that was above his mound of books. Each of his fingers fumbled with the text 'Your Zanpakutou'. His sweaty brow dripped a bloody mixture of salt, water, and a reddish liquid on the first few pages.
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:19 pm
Bloody fingers trembled as they swished the yellow pages from left to right. The book he was reading, 'Your Zanpakutou', was a small textbook describing what a Zanpakutou was to first years. Ugu frowned, tossing it to the side.
His left hand went to the small pile of books and picked up "To Kill a Hollow", by Harper Lee. The student flipped open the book, then began the first page of the 306 page text.
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:28 pm
He madly went through the text, covering Menos and other beings of the realm of Hollows. His mind was filled with strategies on how to slay possible future opponents. However, most of his strategies needed him to actually battle his foe for a moment to understand their ability(ies).
Ugu's fingers flipped the page to find that it was blank. He was at the 307th page of "To Kill A Hollow". The student moved his left hand to another text, named "Soul Society And The Current Captains". The first captain, a 'Yamamoto Genryuusai', was the Commander General of all of Society and had a flame oriented Zanpakutou. His eyes continued to examine the pages in a mad pace, seeking information of the current Lieutenants and high ranked persons.
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:37 pm
When he finished the last page of the book, he threw the text to the slowly growing pile away from the tree. The student stood up, returning to his massive height of 7'1.
He walked forward to the tree from earlier, the one with the two massive chains attached to it. Ugu took the chains and tied them around his shoulders and waist, to restart his physical strength training. His previous wounds, from his previous training with the clear cutted tree, reopened in a grand amount of vigor.
Soon enough he was at the other end of the field with a long strain of blood behind him.
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 3:59 pm
Blood clotted the small holes that the chain links were connected together by. A thick blackish-red liquid slipped off the metal as he continued to push his body to get stronger. Large foot prints began to become more visible as his blood and the dirt mixed- creating an odd reddish brown mud mixture.
He continued to move even with the pain, thrashing his chest and muscles beyond the normal means.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:52 pm
Another step. Another second. Another droplit of blood falling from his chin. Ugu pushed himself further than he had ever gone before, causing him to feel great amounts of pain. His eyes turned from the normal white to a light pink as he strained against the huge weight that he had tied to himself.
A small groan escaped the tree behind him as it began to crunch against the limestone beneath the gashed red mud. Every second more small 'screeching' sounds made their way out of the field and into the nearby forests. Sadly enough the shinigami was too focused on his training to pay attention to the attention grabbing cracking.
Therefore.. He garnered the attention of a black being with a hole in its chest.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:13 pm
'Hollows are beings of darkness. They kill without remorse, and rarely give time to toy with a dying soul or a dying shinigami. They are our enemy.' He recalled, remembering the words spoken in the text that he had just read three hours prior. Then he sighed, realizing the fix he was in. Ugu was alone in the middle of a field, way out of soul society, without a guardian, and he was a lowly ranked academy student.
By all means.. The slightest wind could topple him over, causing his existance to cease entirely. Ugu took off the blood soddened chain and let the metal c***k against the ground. The chains rattled against each other, setting the scene.
It was a blood stained field, fostered by the shinigami's own blood. Nearly every inch between the furthest edge of the clearing to the student's two piles of books was a bloody-brown mixture of thick mud. He stood there, however, staring back at the being at the edge of the forest. It held its position there, behind a tree, holding its physical appearance away from his lime eyes.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:18 pm
His eyes darted to the darkness that were the shadows of the trees. He held firm, changing his stance. Ugu made it so that he squared his shoulders, placed his feet shoulder width apart, and made it so that his Zanpakutou was held infront of him.
Both of his hands held onto the simplistic hilt. Its oval hilt shone with a small amount of his blood, the obvious remanents of his training. Then both the shinigami's and the hollow's eyes connected. Ugu's lime eyes met the dark caverns which were the hollow's hollowed out skull.
Time froze just then. Both hollow and shinigami stood there.. .. .. Admiring each other. One was the prey, and the other was the hunter. However, it wasn't clear who was which. Still, though, they stood entranced by each other.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:30 pm
Shadows laced around the moving hollow as it sped forth from the foliage. Upon giving itself away so quickly, Ugu analyzed the being. Humanoid appearance. It had an odd tail, which had a hammer head 'thing' attached to it. As per usual a hole was in the chest of the evil being.
Ugu swung his sword to the side and adjusted his stance. His left foot went forward, while his right back, and he held his long blade behind his right ear. The Zanpakutou's hilt went back his earlobe as he prepared to slash down at the charging hollow. While he did this, however, his left elbow was pointed out towards the falling sun.
Orange dominated the field, making it so that his blood seemed naught of this world. All it was, was glittering wet dirt, which had a small dark-ish shine to it. Again both of their eyes locked as the gap between them shortened by every half second.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:34 pm
As the shadow being sped forth.. The ground beneath Ugu trembled. Within seconds large black spikes sped forth from beneath of the shinigami, slashing at the scarred skin of the warrior. Long spears, it seemed, were being sent from below to impale the shinigami.
With all respect, it worked. His left elbow was shattered by one of the long reverse-stalactites piercing his flesh. Then, as if nothing could get any worse, the rushing hollow had grown his claws to five times its normal length.
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:55 pm
His left arm fell limp as the pillars fell back into the ground. The power still left in his right arm was strong enough to bring down his blade- blocking the small hollow's frontal charge. Zanpakutou met claw, and a small crackle of metal grinding met both hollow's and shinigami's ears.
Grunts came from Ugu as he pushed the smaller foe back towards the forest. His 7'1 and muscled body tensed up as he powered forward with every breath. Then he noted how the hollow breathed in air. It didn't, and only let small gasps of 'whispers' escape its closed off mouth. Shadows laced around the mask's rivets, making the appearance of the hollow.. Odd.
As he pushed back small cuts on his chest and arms began to re-open. Blood began to drip off his body more so, making escape impossible for the shinigami student to contemplate.
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:12 pm
Blood spurted from his left arm, spreading itself onto the hollow. A long tongue came from beneath the being's mask which then proceeded to lick up the shinigami's blood.
As luck would have it, the hollow had another hand which was un occupied by Ugu's downward push. The razor sharp claws sped up towards the chest of the shinigami, which cut into the lower bits of his ribs. Each pincer entered his chest and exited his back, sending a flourish of red paint behind the shinigami.
Blood spluttered onto the hollow, covering its eyes with his red fluid. As luck continued to the ill favor the shinigami another long black spike came from beneath his feet. This spike, however, went up at an 45 degree angle from behind him- piercing the man's upper right shoulder blade. More blood came from him, especially from his mouth.
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