Fisticuffs (Kubi, Training, CTP)

Kubi proceeded to give Kaen a bit of an understanding into his own philosophy. Kaen shifted a leg back, and balled both hands from open palms into fists. This was a much more aggressive stance, his back leg poised to launch himself forwards. Kaen smirked a little. "I see. I can understand that, though I might not agree with it." His fists tightened and a few pops could be heard as he cracked his knuckles. The smirk still evident on his face.

"Fine then. I'll grant you your request. I've been holding back a little already, but now I'll show you a bit of what I can really do." Kaen stated. He didn't move for a moment or two, as if trying to make Kubi anticipate when the blow would come. And when it did, the unfortunate Academy student would have no way of defending it. Kaen vanished. In the same instant he vanished from sight, Kubi would feel two simultaneous impacts strike him in the chest and abdomen, NARROWLY missing his Saketsu and Hakutsui. Even so, it would be sufficient to result in him coughing up blood.

Normally, this blow would have thrown him back as well, but before that could happen, another series of blows hit him from behind. One, two, three. Three hits, on his back. Kaen's Senka strike had carried him to Kubi's back after delivering the blows, and had immediately struck both of Kubi's kidneys with a nukite, or spear hand, strike. This technique was designed for hitting important organs, and the kidneys were perfect targets. The third blow was delivered to the back of Kubi's neck, a technique Boxer's reffered to as a Rabbit Punch.

The result of these five strikes, delivered in an instant would be coughing up blood, being completely winded, agonizing pain, dizziness, and blurred vision, if not immediate unconsciousness. As a clincher, however, Kaen finished off by whirling to Kubi's side and delivering a final blow in the form of an elbow strike to his left temple, a blow that was almost guaranteed to make sure Kubi went down and stayed down. Kubi had asked for Kaen's full strength and he had given him that, holding back only barely enough that he wouldn't kill, or permanently injure Kubi. There was no hope of Kubi evading or blocking even one of those blows, such was the difference in speed and strength between them.

Kaen stepped back, away from Kubi, towards his zanpakuto which he retrieved from the ground. "You'll be fine in a couple of days. You'll be groggy and disoriented when you wake up, and your head will feel like someone's smashing it with a mallet, but that'll clear up in a few hours. You might also end up pissing blood for the next few days, but you'll be ready to train again tomorrow." Kaen stated, slipping the tie of the zanpakuto around his shoulder, his kodachi slung across his back. He then exited the room.

End of thread. Kaen wins.