An old fairytale setting with a modern day princess.(Closed)

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(Closed training for Siegfried and Shizuka)

The sun was just rising up and in Karakura town there only a few signs of life. A stray car driving through the city heading to work, a boy riding his bike delivering papers to homes. Only a few people were fully awake at this hour and Siegfried was one of them. Had he been in his room he could of seen the sunrise, however instead he was deep below in one of the training halls that Kazura had built for those in the spiritual department of his corporation. If anyone was nearby they could hear the sounds of Seigfried hitting something. Almost like clockwork one could hear the sounds of his gauntlets hitting a wall.

Siegfried struck the freestanding wall once more with all of his might, an echo of the clash vibrated out from the point of contact and filled the room. His breath shallow he held his fist there pushed against the wall. “Weak, my slumber hast made me weak. Train and train I do yet I yelled nothing.” Stepping away from the wall he let out a deep breath before looking around him. The room was entirely white, clean and empty say for the free standing wall he had been punching before. “Methinks this place tis not suited for training a knight. Mayhap the wilds are better suited for me.” Siegfried stopped looked around at the room around him, he stripped his helmet off of his head with his left hand letting it rest by his side as he headed for the exit to leave.

Pressing the button to the elevator he waited for the doors to open. He wondered how this doorway worked if it wasn't magic like he believed it to be when he first saw it. Someone told him that it wasn't a magical doorway that transported people to different locations, no it somehow moved people physically up and down when inside the small room. He had to wonder if there were actually people working ropes to lift the room with people in it. It made sense to him that there were some who's job was to pull on ropes all day long and that little odd button he pressed with small bumps on it signaled the workers to move it up and down. “To live life like that must truly be horrid, yet a serf can not say no to his lord, nor can a knight, we live to serve his majesty for his glory and honor.”

The doors opened and silently he stepped into the elevator and offered a silent thank you to those he believed to be toiling endlessly away pulling ropes day after day. As it started to move he leaned against the back of the elevator and pondered what he should do now. It seemed pointless for him to try to train more here in the building, it proved little results unlike before when he trained with his old mentor. That time spent was wondrous as he quickly became strong and was able to use his blessing with ease, now as punishment it seemed that his blessing had become dormant and he was unable to use it. Even he had failed and his blessing was revoked by god he would continue to fight, it was his duty to his king to protect his people from the demons that roamed the earth.

The doors opened and he stepped out of the elevator and into a hallway which held his room. As he walked by he knew that there were other people who lived here or at the very least had rooms here. His own was at the end of the hallway to the left, the room across from his was empty, but he hoped soon that there would be others there, others he could teach and protect just like his old mentor had did to him before. He entered his room and saw that it was as he had left it before he went down to train. His bed properly made and the rest of his room clean. He dropped his helmet by the door before closing the door to his room and stripping his clothing so he could shower off the sweat that had accumulated from his training below.

As the water rushed over him he let out a sigh of relief. To him the modern day shower was an amazing creation. To be able to bath each day whenever one cared to was a great thing, in his time this was reserved for only a king or a high noble, not a knight or a serf. Sure he had been able to bath before important events, but never daily like this before and without a limit as to how long he could shower for. This had be be a great blessing from his king and his wealth. The warm water falling on him caused him to think back to his past, to remember the nights he spent by a fire speaking with his fellow knights about their fights. He could see each of their faces and hear their laughs, the fire in his mind was so warm and real that he could even smell the smoke coming off of it.

The memory was so vivid and just as he was about to delve into more he heard a sound. From the real world he could hear an incessant beeping. It was wasn't very loud, but it was enough to take him out of his dream like state. Slowly he could see his memory start to fade as the beeping grew louder and louder in his mind. Soon the campfire and his friends became a blur as he opened his eyes and heard the beeping clearly. He closed his hand and pushed it against the wall, his head lowered water running over it. His memory had been shattered by the beeping of his alarm clock.

Stepping out of the shower still wet his eyes filled with anger towards the alarm clock. As he slowly stepped towards it his arms reached out and he grabbed it firmly with both hands before slamming it down on the metal nightstand that it was resting on. “You foul wretched thing, hast thee not learned thy home is not here. Thee hast cost me a memory most sweet. Dost thee not know I've already woke to greet the morrow.” As he yelled at the alarm clock he continued to slam it against his nightstand slowly breaking it until it stopped beeping. Once it was silenced he stopped still holding it in his hand. “Thee wilt be back next morrow and yet again I will break thee, dost thou not tire of this? Tire of what thy life is? Verily I do even if thy dost not.”

After letting out his rage he let go of the alarm clock and went back to the bathroom to grab his towel to dry off so that he could get dressed. He dressed in his normal attire which included his heavy steel armor boots and gauntlets along side his modern day helm that had been made to look like a hat. Clad in white and green he set out for the town, it was still very early in the morning and he didn't want to waste it thinking about the past. During these hours he knew that he could easily find some peace in the town given that most of the people were still sleeping.

Leaving the tower through a back door he started to wander around the town wondering what he would do today. Most of his time was spent either training or hunting down the hollows that plagued the town, he had no idea what to do in his free time. This world was so strange to him, at one point he asked someone who worked for his king what the common people his age did in this world and all that he got was a simple reply that they went to school and hanged out with friends. He was out of luck in both cases, schools were not needed in his opinion he had learned everything he would need to know from his training and as for friends... He had tried to make some with the locals around town during the day, but most seemed to be off put by the way he spoke and the way he dressed with the habit of calling him Arthur for some odd reason.

Still wandering the town he absentmindedly found himself at the edge of a forest. He was happy to see that there was a forest here so close to the town. With a smile across his face he dashed into the woods, how he longed to smell the woods once more. The scents of pine mixed with wet dew from the morning filled his nose with joy. As he stepped over the grass he could hear a few leaves crunch under his feet again a reminder of his past life. The woods were truly a great place to be, at least for him while they're peaceful.

Wandering the woods he started to notice that not even this place was spared from the grip of the modern world with bits of trash littered around the ground from time to time. Still this wouldn't get him down at all it had been too long since he had enjoyed the woods around him and he wasn't going to let a few bits of trash get in his way. As he neared a lake he heard a low growl that filled the woods causing the birds to fly away. It didn't take long for him to see what was the source of the growl.

He saw it before him, a dark creature with a mask to hide it's face. While most spiritually aware people would know it was a hollow he had been told that it was a demon by his old king and that was something that wouldn't change in his mind. The beast kept low to the ground and charged at him, but he wasn't afraid. From what he could tell this demon had no sharp edges nor claws only teeth to bite down his foes with, which meant that it had to get in close to do harm, something that he would take advantage of.

It was slower than him which meant that he could easily grab it. Grabbing one of it's limbs he forced it to the ground by pulling the limb up and away from the body snapping some of the bones in it's limb as he did so. The demon let out a cry of pain before spewing out an ink like liquid all over Siegfried and his clothing. Letting go he moved back trying to clear his eyes of the ink, that's when the beast tried to bite off his leg, however it's teeth couldn't pass through his metal boots. Enraged that the demon had gotten off such a cheap attack on him he punched the monster in it's neck repeatedly.

His blows kept hitting the beast in it's neck until it let go of his leg. The beast fell to the floor before vanishing from existence. Once more he knew had kept this world safe from the demons of hell, even if he didn't have his powers he could still fight. The woods returned back to their peaceful state Siegfried was about to leave till he felt a drip of ink come off of his hair and hit his cheek. The ink hadn't vanished after the demon left. Stepping over to the clear lake he went to see how much of his body and clothing had been covered in ink. He saw it, his white hair now stained black, his face looked as if someone had painted it. His clothing had the black ink all over his top half. “Even in death thee is a disturbance to I.”

Siegfried stripped off his coat, hat and his shirt he dipped them into the lake water trying to rinse off any ink that had gotten on them. Much to his delight the ink washed off with ease and didn't leave a stain at all. Grabbing his clothing he hung them on a nearby tree to help them dry off as he stepped into the lake himself . Stopping as the water reached his knees he leaned over so he could splash the water on his face to remove the ink. Just like with his clothing it came off with ease and so did the ink in his hair as well. It didn't take too long for him to rid himself totally of the ink. Just a few minuets after he had started to clean himself he was done, now if only his clothes would dry as fast.

Walking over to his shirt he felt that it was a bit damp, but not enough to cause discomfort so he put it back on, however it was a different story for his coat and hat. Both of them were soaked to the bone and needed time to dry. He let out a sigh and looked around for a moment. It seemed that the woods would be peaceful for a while and there wouldn't be people. Letting out a yawn he sat down against a tree in the shade waiting for his clothing to dry. As he waited his eyes started to grow heavy, he fought for as long as he could,but soon he passed out.

As he slept against the tree he started to recall an old memory, one of him and Alexia Endicott. The female knight who he had fallen for. His dream took him back to the first time the two of them went on a hunt. She had protected him and it was then and there his goal became to be strong enough to return the favor, but fate had other plans for him. No matter how hard he trained he was never able to match her and when she was chosen as the leader of the Holy Wrath he felt crushed, but it was at that time that he leaned her reason for being so strong. As he continued to live in the past in his dreams he had no idea how much time was passing by nor that there was someone else in the area now.

(OOC: SP training for me I belive Shizuka wants CTP)

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{Spoiler - Click To View}Strength ☣ [125] Points

Speed ☣ [125] Points

Spiritual Pressure ☣ [45]x2=68 Points

Reiatsu Strength ☣ [5]Points

Light Aura ☣ [95]

Dark Aura ☣ [5]

Instinct ☣ [50] Points

Senses ☣ [50] Points

Energy sensory ☣ [0] points

Healing Expertise ☣ [] points

memory:1
Battle analysis :1
Strength of Will:1
Chains:1
Poison resist:1
Bleeding Tolerance:1

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

The day was almost like any other. Almost. Shizuka was particularly tired that morning and decided to sleep in until about noon or so, dreading getting out of her warm, comfortable bed. Her delightfully large, reptilian friend was laying on her bed beside her, breathing heavily. Keep in mind, Shizuka's bed was a California king, so it was significantly larger than usual. Blaize took up most of the space with her tail and right wing drooping off the side. She curled herself up and slept next to her human companion because that was where she was the most comfortable, but she also supplied a significant amount of heat so that Shizuka could also be kept cozy. Xcution somehow thought that this Fullbringer would be the best person to bestow the dragon upon, and Shizuka happily accepted. Who wouldn't want one?

The blonde-haired woman snuggled up to her pillow as the bright afternoon sunlight burst through her windows, casually missing her face by a few feet. Her windows were on either side of her bed while a large, rounded window sat opposite of her. Underneath the window had a beautifully upholstered bench with decorative pillows lining it. She often found herself sitting on the bench, overlooking the vast land that her family owns. She sat on about seventeen acres with a large mansion and pool. The pool even had its own pool house that could operate as an extra apartment if they really wanted. Everything was professionally designed and decorated, as well. Why, you ask? Well, why not?

The Sanamizu family loved to entertain. They had a ballroom and a built-in media room with a movie theater attached. They were even considering an extension for a small, four-lane bowling alley. Shizuka was used to a life like this since her mother and father were both highly successful owners of their respective companies. She thought nothing of it, even when some people learned of her wealth. Truth be told, she didn't talk about it much at all. This was normal for her, which meant she had nothing to talk or brag about. She just didn't care. She was even hired by an extremely powerful company when she agreed to be an assassin, so all of this was familiar land. She just never considered it being anything but average life.

Actually, Shizuka's family funded a bunch of small operations throughout Italy. They had a partnership in Japan that also allowed proper trading among other countries, but they poured interest into other projects to get those people a boost and give them a leg-up in the world. Shizuka wasn't given an allowance, though. She had her own job and went to college and had to deal with her own life, so her parents helped with academic expenses. Everything else was up to her. But since she went to college so close to home, her mother and father couldn't bear to let her stay in an apartment. If there was one thing that was for sure about her family, it was that her parents were incredibly loving. Well, loving and clingy.

Blaize purred loudly in comfort as she shifted her position, stretching out her legs so that she was practically pushing Shizuka out of the bed. She opened her eyes and groaned, pushing back on her dragon. Blaize quickly struggled and startled herself awake from the sudden movement, staring straight at her human. She lowered her eyes in annoyance and grunted, following it up with a soft groan in response to Shizuka's. Blaize's clawed foot pushed lightly against Shizuka's head, shoving her half way out of the bed. The Fullbringer laughed a little bit and removed the paw, causing Blaize to do her own best laughing impression. Shizuka's feet found their way out from under the covers as she propped herself up, stretching briefly before getting completely out of bed.

She looked at the clock and saw that it was 12:53 PM. So close, yet so far. She had a terrible habit of sleeping in until the afternoon hours, but she evened it out by staying awake until who knows when in the morning. She didn't mind waking up early, but she just never liked to. It was horribly annoying and she really didn't like having to separate herself from her preciously warm cocoon, especially since her bed was what kept her calm and relaxed. But Blaize decided it was time to wake up, so Shizuka had to get up. She slowly lifted herself up and walked over to her closet, which might as well be another bedroom with its size. She had all of her dressers and clothing storage-like furniture inside as if it were a sitting room or a private office.

After picking out her outfit for the day consisting of a black romper with small, angular, white stripes and her golden heels, she made her way over to the bathroom and showered. She always liked showering, even if it did take her like thirty minutes every time. She never meant for it to, and she didn't even do anything that needed that much time. It's just that she always took that long unless she was shaving. Shaving added on another fifteen to thirty minutes on its own. Yeah, she took long showers. But could anyone blame her? Hot, calming water and wonderful smells hypnotized her. It took her off guard and enchanted her experience. On top of that, her bathroom was incredible. The shower alone could fit ten people. Comfortably.

She shut the water off after her allotted thirty minutes and opened the door. Shizuka stepped out after trying to squeeze the remaining water out of her hair and grabbed a towel, drying the rest of herself off. She tied the towel on her head like a turban and went back into her room, thankful that the two areas were conjoined. Blaize lifted her head up off of the bed and looked at her human friend. Shizuka smiled at her and greeted her, to which Blaize responded with a deep vibrato. Blaize was just as smart as any human being and the woman sometimes wished the dragon could talk back. Unfortunately, no one created a translator for reptiles. Still, it was nice to have someone who could form such a strong bond the way people do with each other without them being a "person."

After dressing herself, Shizuka decided it was about time to make some lunch. She just didn't want to make it herself. Blaize jumped out of bed and went over to her friend, nuzzling underneath Shizuka's hand as a way to ask to be scratched. Shizuka obliged, doing her best to make her companion happy. Blaize purred deeply in happiness and pushed harder against the Fullbringer, trying to get closer. She was so grateful to have a home. Even Shizuka could see that and it made her happy, as well. Animals were always a love of hers and having one so incredibly unique as a dragon was just overly exciting! Especially one like these. Shizuka never imagined that Xcution would actually try to biologically engineer a Night Fury.

"You're just so happy to be home, aren't you?"

Blaize grunted in agreement and smiled. Shizuka invited the giant reptile downstairs and outside for a walk around the town to find a place where they could eat before she flew her for afternoon exercise. Flying was important for a dragon, anyway. Besides, Shizuka loved being in the air! She could fly on her own, as well, but the woman enjoyed the company. She knew Blaize did, too. As they made their way outside, Shizuka was careful to keep Blaize close. Everyone in Karakura Town knew about the dragon, and Shizuka just told them that Blaize was a result of research done by her parents' companies instead of by Xcution. She tried her best to keep her own personal affairs private, and no one really questioned her.

Actually, she got away with a lot of stuff around Karakura. Most everybody knew her, and if they didn't then they certainly heard stories of her family. Shizuka was also very polite for the most part and always tried to be nice to people, even if she didn't particularly care for them. It just didn't make sense for her not to be since her parents were also so influential. But she didn't care much about that, she just wanted to try to make a good name for herself. Connections mattered and no one liked working with a jerk, right? Besides, it was important to have healthy relationships. She had plenty of friends and she never seemed to have a problem making them. She just made sure it stayed that way.

Making their way down the pathways to the woods that had the large lake right in the middle of it. Blaize loved it there and liked swimming in the water, but Shizuka just enjoyed dipping her feet. She wasn't a huge fan of nature in general, but that was just because of the bugs. She always found it beautiful in some way, but mosquitoes and other disgusting insects kept her from properly enjoying it. She couldn't stand those things and they somehow always ended up getting in her way. Regardless, she knew her dragon appreciated being outside instead of cooped up all the time and she was willing to make the necessary sacrifices to keep her friend happy. Isn't that the most important thing?

Speaking of happy, Blaize had already been playing around in the water and enjoying herself by the time Shizuka ever got there. Blaize had run up ahead and started enjoying herself when Shizuka walked up, stepping to the side to avoid being splashed by the water. She laughed but looked at Blaize suspiciously. The reptile just moaned playfully at the woman and went back to swimming. Shizuka sat by the water's edge and watched, content with staying out of the lake for now. She wasn't interested in totally submerging herself and would rather sit and tan a little bit. It was rather warm outside, anyway. She was so thankful that it wasn't the harsh, cold winter anymore.

Meanwhile, something was happening on the opposite side of the lake. It wasn't big enough to where Shizuka was completely incapable of seeing the other side, but it was far enough away that she couldn't make out what the figures were. One looked like a man and the other one resembled a Hollow. Wait.. A Hollow? What was a Hollow doing there? Shizuka wasn't noted of any Hollows in the area, which meant she wasn't put on extermination duty. So why was this thing here and where did it come from? And was that guy fighting it? That couldn't be possible. It didn't make sense! She knew of almost everyone native to Karakura Town with spiritual powers because they almost always worked with her.

They were getting pretty into it. He was attacking with such force and yet making it seem so easy. Did that mean the Hollow was just weak or was this guy actually strong? He had to have some form of spiritual ability to even be able to see a Hollow, which means he was some other person with obnoxiously strange powers. She included herself in the mix, of course. Heck, she had a pet dragon! Doesn't it not get worse than that? Or at least, she liked to think that was as "out there" as anyone was going to get. Dragons didn't exactly roam the Earth or anything so they were more on the unusual side. Anyway, she kept watching this person fight the Hollow as if it were nothing. In almost no time at all, the Hollow was dead.

Shizuka slowly made her way over here, basically forgetting about Blaize for a second. She tried to be as sneaky as possible, well aware that this person may have some kind of energy sensory and be able to tell that she was approaching. She moved quietly, trying to refrain from making any loud noises. It didn't seem to be a problem though because he was extremely focused on the fight. That is, of course, until he utterly mutilated the poor Hollow. Not that Shizuka was particularly sensitive about a Hollow's feelings, but more because it was a little violent. The Hollow vanished after being beaten to death, but its inky-like fluids remained and stained part of his clothing. So like any normal person, he stripped and washed it off in the water.

The Fullbringer came closer, making sure she was hidden behind the trees so that he wouldn't see her right away. She knew it was probably pointless but he didn't seem like a threat. He lacked the clothing that defined him as a Shinigami, meaning she wasn't going to be as battle ready as she would have been otherwise. Now was a time for her to sit back and learn. Once he was done washing, he seemed to test his clothing to see if they were dry enough for him to put back on since he had rinsed them off, as well. Shizuka assumed not all of them were since he didn't dress himself fully again. She didn't mean to intrude on his bath time, but she found it odd that someone would do that.

It also didn't take long for Shizuka to realize her assumption was wrong. He went back to the tree and sat under it, falling asleep before long. She sighed and rolled her eyes, though not in annoyance. It was more playful, wondering how anyone could not pick up on her spiritual energy. Well, she guessed that, to be fair, he may not have been as strong as she originally thought. But she also didn't want to under estimate him because she had no idea. He may not have been at the same level as her, but she knew he wasn't super weak since he could fight off a Hollow. She thought it was funny that he simply passed out once he got the time to, probably a bit exhausted after exerting so much energy in such little time.

She slowly made her way closer to him, hoping not to disturb his slumber. She didn't want to ruin anything and honestly wanted to just enhance the souls of his garments so that they would dry faster. As she tried to manipulate their souls, she was distracted and unable to finish because Blaize burst out of the water and landed loudly right at the edge where the waves met the grassy plain. Shizuka's palm met with her mouth as her eyes closed and brows clenched together in frustration. Blaize inched closer to Shizuka and softly made a questioning sound, as if to ask her human familiar what was wrong. Shizuka lifted her index finger to her lips and quieted her dragon, hoping Blaize would understand. She didn't.

Actually, Blaize was as smart as any person. She was just unable to form proper words due to being a reptile, but she was highly intelligent and more than capable of communicating in other ways. She also had a very defined personality. Blaize's brow lifted, as if she was testing Shizuka's authority. She slowly made her way over to the sleeping man, attempting to egg Shizuka on and make her more angry. The Fullbringer tried shoving the dragon away, but Blaize was huge and heavy and just not in the mood to move. Instead, Blaize turned back around and looked down at the man, then lifted her front paw and lightly tapped his head. Shizuka basically flipped out and knew he would wake up, so she immediately ran to Blaize's side and bowed traditionally (which she hardly ever did unless she had to, since she was raised being half Italian), hoping he wouldn't be upset.

"I am so sorry! I hope she didn't bother you too much! Blaize can be a bit of a handful sometimes, I'm sure you understand!" Shizuka said, lifting herself back up politely to look him in the eye as she finished her explanation.

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As he sat under the tree before Blaze woke him up his dream became even more vivid as he started to recall everything that happened during that first hunt. So entranced in his dream that the loud sound of Blaze bursting out from the lake and landing on the shore did not even cause him to stir at all. Even as the dragon creeped closer towards him he showed no signs of waking up because in his mind he was reliving one of the days he considered the best in his past, even if he wasn't at his prime in that time, nor did he actually do anything worth mentioning to anyone.

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Under his armor he could feel the heat coming down from the sun, it was a rather unusually hot day in the dead center of winter. So hot that the fresh snow had melted and left no trace of being there. His horse let out a grunt as it stopped dead center in the middle of the road. Taking the reins and using his boots he tried to coax his steed into moving forward, but it refused, it didn't want to go any further in the direction he was heading and Siegfried couldn't blame the poor creature, he knew what was ahead, it's why he took this mission from the king, that and so he could spend some more time with Alexia, the girl he adored .

“Thy steed hast stopped and so hath mine Siegfried, come let us go on foot from here.” Looking over he saw that Alexia was already getting off of her horse and leading it away towards what looked to be an abandoned farm. He simply got off of his own horse without saying anything and followed her to what was once a stable to tie the horse up so they wouldn't run away or be stolen by wandering bandits by the road. While most people would of left by now due to what was ahead there was always a few who tried to steal things while they had the chance and two horses would be quite a haul for no work.

Once the horses were secured the both of them continued forward towards where the town use to be. Their heavy metal armor would of weighed them down if they weren't blessed by the lord. Still the heat coming from the sun made the suits rather hot and uncomfortable to wear. As they reached what was the outskirts of a town Siegfried removed his helmet and spoke to Alexia. “The heat hath rendered my armor unbearable, methinks tis best we shed off out armor for now.” He looked down as he spoke to her, he couldn't believe how much of a coward and child he was right now to ask Alexia to give up the armor they wore because he couldn't take the heat. He waited for her to lash back at him, but oddly enough she didn't she instead took off her own helmet and smiled at him. “ Methinks thee be right, truthfully the same thought had crossed my mind.”

Looking up at he he saw that she was smiling and he smiled back. Before looking at the town for a place that could store their armor while they fought the beast that was still further ahead. From the distance he could see what looked to be a church. “There in the house of the lord we will remove our armor and hold it till the beast is slain.” Alexia nodded as she started towards the church Siegfried followed behind silently looking at the town as he walked through it. By no means was it a small little village out in the middle of nowhere, it had plenty of homes and farms surrounding it along side what seemed to be a village market, yet it was entirely empty, there were no signs of life at all, not even a bird flew up above their heads.

The wooden door of church creaked as they pushed it open, dust and dirt fell from up above as it moved. The air inside of the church was stagnant and dry. There wasn't a trace of life anywhere, the entire inside of the church seemed to covered in white ash. As he stepped inside he saw that part of the roof had fallen in and near the altar there was what looked to be dried blood. Something horrible had happened here. “My lord.....even the house of god hath fallen to this foul creature.” Siegfried turned to look at Alexia, looking for some sort of sign, yet her face was pale as the ash that laid on the ground. He couldn't of known at that time that this town was her home town and that she had a deep connection to this church.

He wanted to say something to her, but before he could find the right words that he wanted to tell her she walked towards the altar and kneeled before it holding her hands together tilting her head down as she started to speak. “ Oh holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle to come. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.” While she spoke he simply watched her from afar even if he did believe in the lord he wasn't one for prayers.

After she finished the prayer there was an eerie silence that filled the church for a few moments. As he watched her he wasn't sure as to what he should do, but he knew that he couldn't just stand there forever and watch her kneel before a half destroyed altar. Taking a step he heard the sound of his meal boots hit the hard wood making a clanking sound that echo out into the church, breaking the silence. Each step he took caused another small clank that echoed as well. As he got closer to her he extended out his hand to touch her shoulder in order to remind her that they had to continue on with the holy mission their king gave them.

As his hand touched her shoulder Alexia lifted her head up and looked at him. There were a few tears that had rolled down her face. He was shocked to see someone as strong as he crying over this, then again he himself besides his dedication to the king didn't hold anything close to his heart. His parents died when he was born and his adoptive family didn't really care for him, he had no one that he felt he could cry over. He knew it was improper, however he didn't care, he wrapped his arms around her to embrace her. “Tears do not befit a knight like you. Please stop them.” Alexia simply laughed and pulled away from the embrace. “Gremancy for the kind words Sir Siegfried, come lets shed the armor and get ready for the fight.”

He nodded at her and stepped away to another room to remove his heavy metal armor and store it. Starting with his gauntlets so that he could use his fingers to untie the leather straps that held the chest plate in place. Once his chest plate was off he removed he focuses on removing the lower half of his armor which was easier given that it slipped on like a pair of pants that tied to the chest plate. With his armor off he went back to the main room to rejoin Alexia and move on with their mission. Once there he saw that she was waiting for him with a smile across her face and no trace of her crying. “Come Sir Siegfried our battle awaits.”

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The memory stopped as he felt something hit the top of his head, at first he didn't want to wake up but he heard the sounds of something making the grass crunch around him. From his dream he slowly woke up in a daze looking out at what was in front of him that hit his head. At first he assumed that it had been some kind of nut from the tree that he slept under, but as his vision cleared he saw a girl bowing before him, from what he could tell she was pretty, but what he was really interested was in the beast next to her. It was a dragon, not one of those mechanical beasts that most of the modern day people had, it was a flesh and blood dragon. His heart started to race, in his past he knew that most people only felt the wrath of a dragon and never saw the actual beast.

As he eyed the beast to much shock and surprise she spoke English, while it wasn't the English he was use to he could understand the basics of what she was saying. She was defending the dragon and it's actions. He turned to her and looked puzzled, he had no idea as to why someone would stick up for a demon like that, it could be her pet. This world was so strange to him, why would humans treat those nightmares with kindness and not hunt them down like the beasts that they were, nothing made sense here at all for him.

As much as he wanted to remain silent and study the beast more he understood that the woman before him was apologizing to him and it would be rude to not say something back. "Thy words dost not fall on deaf ears I accept thy apology for thine beast's actions. So I say to thee gremancy. If Thou art kind I ask wherefore dost thou protect a creature like that? Methinks it be most strange.” He wondered if his words would get across to her and more as to why she answered in English given that besides Kazura no one else had spoken English to him before.

As he waited for her to reply to his inquiry about the dragon he stood up to go check on his clothing. He didn't know how long he slept for, but he hoped that the clothing would of dried by now. As he stepped towards his hanging clothing his metal boots clanked with each step he took, by no means was he stealthy at all. He had no need to be in his time he proudly road into battle fully armored on a horse when possible so that trend carried on into this time, not as much armor as he would of liked, but more than enough to make him happy.

As he reached for his shirt and coat he noticed that they were completely dry which was great for him he didn't like being topless. Putting on his shirt and his coat he reached for his hat and felt that it was still moist which was odd given that while it was hanging the entirety of it was in the sunlight, while his shirt and coat weren't. Strange.... what hast caused my clothing to dry yet my helm remains moist. He turned back to face the girl and the dragon. “Did thou do this to my garments? I thank thee if thy did”

“Forgive me good lady for I hath not stated my name. I am Sir Siegfried Hoffman, knight to my lord Kazura.” He leaned over and gave her a small bow moving his right hand over his heart while his left hand moved backwards still holding his hat. Slowly he lifted his head and smiled at her. He didn't know what to expect, but at the very least her dragon wasn't moving towards him or acting up like other dragons that he had dealt with in the past.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"Where do I... what..?"

Alright, this boy was weird. And not the same old weird she was used to when meeting random strangers - no. He was, like, really weird. Shizuka felt guilty for thinking so, but she tilted her head at him and scrunched her eyebrows together. She tried to remember all of her English classes back in high school to make sense of what he was saying, but nothing was working. He just spoke so differently. Attempting to translate what he was saying, Shizuka searched her brain for any remnants of knowledge on medieval language. She paused for a long time before she finally figured out what he was saying, giving her enough time to respond. As she thought, she stood up straighter and crossed her arms, keeping her eyes closed in a quizzical way.

"So you want to know why I have a dragon, right? Is that what you mean?" Shizuka asked, hoping her assumptions were right. "Well, the company I work for was doing some genetic modifications to attempt to make a stronger ally and their gene splicing resulted in this."

Shizuka smiled and brought herself closer to Blaize as her eyes opened once again. Her right hand reached out and scratched the top of the black reptile's head, creating a sand paper-like noise since she had such rough scales. The man had since stood up and began messing with his clothing, possibly checking on the amount of dryness each one had. The Fullbringer did notice that he had taken a bath, after all. Well, sort of a bath. He was messing around in the lake for a while. Was he doing that with his clothes on, though? Why else would they even be wet, anyway? Man, this guy was weird. Shizuka sighed and regained her composure once more. The man managed to put some of his things back on but his coat remained damp. Shame.

“Did thou do this to my garments? I thank thee if thy did.”

Shizuka's back shot straight up once again, startled that he realized what she had done so quickly. She felt guilty for not finishing the rest of his clothes, but she did somehow make the major articles dry quickly. Sometimes being a soul manipulator had its perks. She could do just about anything she wanted, from forcing fruit to grow quickly to even moving things around in her room when she didn't feel like wasting her own energy. Not that it would be hard, anyway. She wasn't as strong as some people out there but she was definitely stronger than the average human being, and probably more than a professional football player. Not by much, though. But she was proud of it.

"Oh, uh, yeah... I did! I hope you don't mind, they were just sopping wet when I got here. And I didn't get to finish because, well..."

The blonde woman nudged her reptilian friend once again. Blaize let out a soft humming purr that resembled some form of dragon sarcasm. Shizuka rolled her eyes and tried to ignore it as Blaize left the scene and went off to bother something else for the time being. Sometimes that dragon really could be a handful with how playful she was. Shizuka both enjoyed and hated it at the same time because it meant that her scaly friend was incredibly mischievous. Wait a minute, though. Shizuka paused. How did he realize that she was the one who dried them in such a short amount of time? Her assassin instincts were kicking in and she felt a little suspicious of the man. Not to mention, he spoke really strangely.

"I don't want to come off as rude, but who are you, exactly?" Shizuka questioned, crossing her arms once more.

“Forgive me, good lady, for I hath not stated my name. I am Sir Siegfried Hoffman, knight to my lord Kazura.”

Kazura, huh? Shizuka didn't know the name very well but she was interested in finding out. Actually, she still hated how foreign most of the world was to her in terms of spiritual authorities. She was learning as much as she could but she couldn't help feeling a little ignorant and left out. She was finally learning of other races but she had barely come in contact with any of them. She'd met Shinigami, Mod Souls, some kind of demon, a Quincy, but she was still learning so much about everything this world has to offer. It was exciting for her and yet a little nerve-wracking. Now all she had to do was figure out who this guy was.

"You're fine! My name is Shizuka Sanamizu. And please, you don't have to be so formal with me. Relax a little! Blaize won't bother you much anymore."

Blaize responded to Shizuka by making a deep grunting noise, symbolizing her attitude to being accused of being annoying. Shizuka moaned in frustration back at the dragon's direction and Blaize continued to ignore her for the time being, understanding that some time alone between the two people was necessary. The blonde looked back at Siegfried and giggled, hoping he wouldn't feel offended by her black, scaly friend. Blaize could be a bit much to handle at times but not everyone gave off such an uncomfortable feeling the way this man did. If there was anything that Shizuka was particularly good at, it was picking up on feelings. She was extremely hyper-observant and very empathetic. She could pick up on just about anything after briefly studying them.

Siegfried didn't seem to be bothered anymore, so Shizuka attempted to manipulate the soul of his coat once again and have it dry itself. She approached the man and held his coat in her right hand, transferring some of her spiritual power to it. After a short minute or two, it was fully dry and ready for him to wear. She imagined he would have some questions as to why she could do that, but she was prepared to answer them. Besides, something about this man screamed "power" to her, as if he had abilities similar to her own. That doesn't necessarily mean that his powers were the same as Shizuka's, but more so that the basis of them was the same.

It's a known fact that Fullbringers gain their abilities through spiritual awareness and the strength to resonate with something incredibly meaningful to the individual. Shizuka's shoes were a hand-me-down from her aunt who trained her to be the assassin she is today, and she met a couple of other Fullbringers who had items that held significance, too. Each of those items transformed into their weapon of choice because they could fully bring out the power given to them through said resonance. That doesn't mean, however, that they are limited. As Fullbringers, every single one of them has the ability to manipulate the souls of other objects, though not to the same extent. Shizuka was using that ability to dry Siegfried's coat and have it clean once more. But now, she knew she needed to get down to business.

"You're not from around here, are you? You speak English, so you're not Japanese. I can also tell from your name, but we have people from other countries transfer here all the time. What's your story?"

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As she spoke he looked at her puzzled, she was using words that he didn't understand at all. Even by repeating them in his head he couldn't understand it at all. He knew that at some point he would have to ask her what those words meant. He did understand that her company had powerful wizards that were able to create dragons at will. He should of known such horrid humans would have been involved with dragons. All this left a very sour feeling in the pit of his stomach. He had learned of something else to bring up to his lord that needed to be dealt with, if wizards were making dragons they had to be stopped before they allowed those beasts to run wild.

The moment the dragon moved away he let out a sigh, but still kept an eye on it as it appeared to play away from the two of them. Even if Shizuka did say she was harmless, he didn't trust dragons at all. After all they were just demons that destroyed everything in their path. Even if this one seemed tamed he couldn't help but wonder how long until it no longer followed her orders and went on a rampage. The very idea made him angry, to know that just in his reach there was a dragon that he could slay and prevent the loss of life, but doing so would result in Shizuka being angry at him. The first person he had met here in this time who properly understood what he said.

Her comment about him being so formal brought his attention back to her. “Forgive me lady Shizkua I dost not mean to be formal with thee. Tis just the way I speak.” He was expecting for their meeting to end right there or at the very least her say something else, so he was taken back when she came towards him and reached for his still damp coat. She placed a hand on it which puzzled him, but then he felt it. From her hand she was doing something, there wasn't a heat coming from it nor was it warmer then his own, but it was drying out his coat. To say the least he was shocked, was she a witch? Was the company she worked for really was a coven of witches and wizards? Magic..... he wasn't exactly too comfortable with magic being used on his armor.

He pulled away as soon as it was dry and looked at her a bit worried, he wasn't exactly sure what to do here at the moment even when he had his blessing dealing with witches and wizards wasn't an easy task to do and now powerless in this time it would be next to impossible. She then asked him who or better yet where he was from. He didn't know if he could trust her, but for now he knew that she didn't attack him after he said he was a knight and she did keep her so called pet from getting closer to him. For now he would answer depending on what she said to his own question. “Forgive my rudeness my lady, but I wish to ask thee a question before I tell my tale. Are thou a witch lady Shizuka?” Her answer reassured him that she wasn't, that or she was a good liar and he was fooled, but he didn't believe that he was.

Moving back to the tree he took a nap under he sat back down and let out a deep breath. “If thee really wishes to learn of my tale then methinks thee should sit, for it's a long tale which takes place a goodly length in a time past.” He would wait for her to sit down or say something else before he would start speaking about his past, however it did give him time to think of where he should start from. He could just talk about how he got here, or start off with the battle with the hollow, maybe when he first met his mentor? No he knew that the best way would be to start off from the very beginning.

“My tale begins in the time you called the eight hundreds and in a land known to me as England. During a winter night my mother gave birth to me the night was so cold and unforgiving.....” He paused for a moment before continuing his voice was soft and had a trace of sadness in it. “My father and mother both protected me and kept me warm while they froze to death. I never knew them...” Taking a deep breath he tried to calm himself down a bit, he never did speak about his actual parents a lot given that he never knew them, he did hear from time to time that he looked or acted like them a bit from other people, but that's all he knew about them.

“After my parents died I was taken in by a family who lived nearby, their farm was somewhat large so they needed more hands to work it and that's what I was to them. A simple farm hand to work the fields for them while they rested. If it wasn't for them treating me like a tool though I would of never met my mentor sir Alastair Goode. It was he who took me from my village and trained me to be a knight. He saw in me the potential to gain a blessing from god to use to hunt the demons that plague the land. Demons like the one I killed earlier”

“After traveling with him for a few years I was old enough to graduate from being a simple squire and become a knight. That is when I first met my old king. Alfred the great, an amazing king and a great leader. I still hold that the time he first graced me with his presence and knighted me is my most cherished moment. He was the one who granted me my blessing upon the arm guards I wear that were a gift to me by my mentor. That day also held the worst memory I have as well...” His voice trailed off as his gaze looked outward towards the lake. For a moment he kept silent before he softly spoke once more. “I had to fight sir Alastair before my king to prove my loyalty to him....”

“I tried to fight him without my blessing, but Alastair didn't hold back... Eventually I was forced to use it against him. From my arm bands two chains sprouted out and followed my command they went after Alastair looking for blood. After they drew his blood the king called the battle off seeing my resolve, but it was too late.... the damage I did was done. He was taken to the doctors, but the bleeding wouldn't stop.... it was only by the will of god that he didn't die there. Afterwords I was taken by the king to join other knights who had their blessings just awaken.”

“I will not bore you with any more details of what happened while I trained and fought with them, I guess you wish to know how I got here to this time. It happened when I was tasked to take down a serpent like demon that had been terrorizing a small town. I was foolish to think that I could kill it with ease and so I went head first into it's nest without knowing what kind of beast I was facing. As I walked through the cave that was it's nest I saw the remains of what looked like broken stone statues littered all over the floor. The deeper I ventured in the more I saw and even worse the air became stagnant. I reached the end of the cave, but there was nothing in there, or at least I thought so.”

“Something rustled behind me and I turned to face what made that noise, that's when I saw it. A horrible demon with the body of a serpent and the face of a woman, I went after it using my chains to attack it, but it shined a light at me that made my body heavy. Soon I saw what it was doing to my body, it was turning to stone. I panicked as I tried to kill it, moving my chains to meet it's head. By luck I was able to sever it's head, but my body continued to turn to stone. I was foolish, it was over and yet even though the demon had died I was the real loser. Soon everything became black for a long time.. I was trapped as a statue left there in the cave.”

“I didn't know how much time had passed in the darkness, but it felt like an eternity until the light came. There was a bright light that awakened me and when I could move I found myself here, the man who woke me from my stone slumber told me his name was Kazura and that man became my king. So even though I don't know how I arrived here exactly I do know how I was saved from being trapped forever as a statue. Does this answer your question lady Shizuka?” Siegfried let out a deep breath and smiled at her, listening to his own story he knew that it wasn't something easy to believe, but who knew she might just believe the truth that was his past.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"A witch?" Shizuka questioned. "Oh, gosh no. I'm not a witch! I just have an intimate relationship with the souls around me. I can connect my soul to theirs and have them do favors for me."

Truth be told, Shizuka actually was considered a 'witch' due to her personal beliefs. She was Wiccan, which was essentially a modern version of Paganism. Wiccans and Pagans are incredibly similar in what they believe, but Shizuka thought of herself as eclectic, which meant she took a bunch of different beliefs from other systems and pooled them all together into the Wiccan traditions. She loved the idea of being close to nature and allowing its positive energies to influence her actions and outcomes. But judging his reaction to her drying his clothes, she wasn't going to tell him that.

He settled himself back against the tree he was under and entertained Shizuka's request of telling her his story. Since he didn't sound like he came from around here, she knew that it was going to be something interesting and different. He spoke a bit oddly and used strange words for more modern ones, but she thought he sounded like he came from the middle ages. That theory didn't seem to be too far off, though. He started talking about his life and how hard it had been, but he actually told her that he was born many, many years ago. He was much older than he looked.

Actually, his tale of woe was incredibly disheartening to hear. Shizuka felt sorry for Siegfried's life, especially after hearing about how he lost his parents. She pressed her eyebrows together and frowned at the part where his parents froze to death in order to save him, but he was able to prove himself worthy and strong over time after that, even if he never met them. Listening to fun stories about them from his adopted family and the people around him was probably the best for him at that point.

It was then that Shizuka realized what he was talking about as soon as she heard about the 'demons' or whatever he said they were. He must have meant Hollows. So he really didn't know much about them, huh? That's a shame. Shizuka was honestly more curious to learn about how he was able to see them and what his powers must be in order for him to be able to take them out like that. The blonde quickly glanced over at Blaize who had distanced herself significantly from the two of them, which made Shizuka sigh in relief. One less thing to worry about.

The rest of the story was actually a bit more interesting than the beginning, especially where he became a knight and served someone who must've been a king. Having to kill for him was probably difficult, but that was one part that Shizuka could relate to. She had to kill for Satsujun, but it was actually something that she didn't mind doing. She got paid for it when she had bigger targets and she was Xcution's best interrogator. She always got the information she needed before killing her targets, which made her a great asset to the organization.

Then it was time for him to tell her about how he actually was able to time travel. Shizuka's face morphed from generally interested to incredibly surprised pretty quickly as he mentioned the gorgon. Gorgons were what Medusa was. Apparently, though, they weren't as mythical as history made them out to be. Then again, Shizuka really couldn't be that surprised at this point. She found out that dead people don't actually die, they just go to Soul Society. The Fullbringer just hated that idea because she didn't want to become a Shinigami. She just wanted to die and be in an eternal paradise with all of her past and future pets.

So he was frozen in stone for years and eventually freed by this Kazura guy. Shizuka made a mental note to hunt down some more information of him because Siegfried was the second person to ever mention how wonderful Kazura was. She couldn't imagine anyone being particularly special the way he was so she was going to figure out more about him at some point in the future. But after learning about how he saved Siegfried and how this man was now Kazura's loyal knight, she assumed he wasn't so terrible.

"Actually, it does! So you were stuck in stone, not traveling through time. That definitely makes more sense than time travel since not even the most powerful people on Earth can fully achieve that skill."

Suddenly, she heard her iPhone go off and rolled her eyes. She knew that it wasn't a friend messaging her. As she pulled the phone out of her pocket, she swiped the screen to the right and opened up the home page where she then tapped on the messaging icon. As per usual, she didn't have any information on the sender. There was no name, no number, nothing. All she had was the data she needed for her assigned target. This seemed like a simple extermination of a Hollow, so she needed to get her butt in gear and go.

Xcution Order. Assassination Rank 1: Priority - Gamma. Mission Time: 12:30:00. Start: 2:45am ET. Location: Karakura High School.

She called Blaize over and quickly apologized to Siegfried, explaining that she just needed to run an errand and take care of something, but that she enjoyed their chat. She hopped on Blaize's back and told her dragon to take the two of them to the high school as fast as she could. She had a twelve hour and thirty minute time period, which meant Xcution knew she was going to be upset about having to work on the only day off she's had in years. But, due to the priority being Gamma, this target was going to be easy.

Unknowing of whether or not Siegfried was going to follow, Blaize flew quickly and quietly to the high school, where the two of them were caught off guard by the sheer decibel of sound coming from this Hollow's mouth. It screamed and cried so loudly that Blaize had to try to cover up her sensitive ears as much as she could, and Shizuka had to do everything in her power not to cringe from the pain it caused. She knew that no one was around since these students had the weekend off, but she wanted to be careful anyway.

She approached the door around the back of the school and found that it was locked, but that was fine. She manipulated the lock to undo itself, which wasn't hard since it wasn't anything spiritually unique. It was just as average lock, so she could break in easily. She walked through the halls quietly and looked around at all of the work that the students had been doing within the last two years. She missed high school, admittedly. She loved her friends and didn't see them as much anymore, but she actually missed her memories with Kento.

But, of course, he was off to bigger and probably not so much better things. She heard of his infamy from other people and chose to ignore it, especially since they didn't talk or see each other. He was still within the organization but she didn't bother to meet up with him or anything at this point. She knew that it was best if they both moved on and didn't bother each other, so she kind of stayed away on her own. She preferred it that way and she knew he appreciated it, too. But all of her mind babble was interrupted by another roar that wasn't quite as loud as the last, but still painful.

In the gym, Shizuka thought. She walked a bit faster to the location of the two main doors to the gym, and that was when she saw it. The beast was about twenty feet tall and incredibly intimidating, but she didn't let that stop her. It was a Gamma mission, meaning this thing wasn't very tough. Rank 1 assignments usually aren't that bad, so she just had to get rid of it. She activated her Fullbring and allowed the bright purple light to envelop her, forming into the bucket and massive water gun that were her signature weapons. She carried the bucket with her as she entered the gym so that it was close in case she needed it. Only she could lift it, anyway.

The Hollow stared at her but didn't attack. She slowly took a few steps towards it but it replied by taking a few steps back. Its body was strange and serpent-like, but with arms. Its face had a mask that resembled a bear, but more from something you would see in a native american store or on a totem pole. A thought briefly passed by through her mind that maybe this was a student, especially since it's in a school, but she wanted to ignore that possibility. As she took one last step, the Hollow officially became offended and attacked her.

It threw her against the wall of the gym and she crumpled to the ground, noticing that the monster was a bit faster than she expected. She was hurt, but she was durable. Shizuka quickly pumped her gun full so that the link between it and her bucket was completed, meaning she could use it until the gallons ran out. She needed to be careful with this thing. As she was preparing to be able to shoot it with the liquid nitrogen she conjured up, it roared again and pierced her ears. She felt herself lose her balance when she tried standing up, which wasn't good. This thing could mess with the inner ear's vestibular system, which was the control center for balance, with its sound.

She wanted to make sure she could destroy the thing but being careful was necessary, especially since she liked the school. Most other places could be destroyed because Xcution would just take care of it. They covered up for their assassins quite nicely, which made sense because of their power in the world as a corporate organization. She wasn't about to use magma like she wanted to since it was a pretty good Hollow killer, but she needed something that was going to freeze it on contact and make it easier for her to destroy the mask. That way, the school wouldn't be damaged.

"Ugh," Shizuka groaned, "This isn't going to be as easy as headquarters made it seem."

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{Hollow's Stats}

Strength - [200] Points

Speed - [400] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [100] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [200] Points

Light Aura - [30] Points

Dark Aura - [70] Points

Instinct - [50] Points

Senses - [50] Points

Energy Sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points

Total SP: 1000 Points

Shizuka's Remaining Reiatsu: 4800
Fullbring Stage 1: 1/10
Liquid Type: Liquid Nitrogen
Gallons Remaining: 100/100

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{Shizuka's Stats}

Strength - [100] Points

Speed - [300] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [200] = [500] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [400] = [1000] Points

Light Aura - [60] Points

Dark Aura - [40] Points

Instinct - [200] = [100] Points

Senses [200] = [100] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points

Total SP: [1400] Points

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{Shizuka's Skills}

[Analyzing] {3}

[Weapon: Gun] {3}

[Stealth] {3}

[Strength of Will] {3}

[Honeypotting - The art of manipulation to obtain information. Basically, a girl gathers enough information about her target - male or female, doesn't matter - and dresses accordingly or changes how she acts to be able to get them to do whatever she wants or tell her what she needs to hear.] {3}

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There was a huge sigh of relief came out from the young knight. He was happy that lady Shizuka had believed his tale even has he told it himself he couldn't believe that it was true at all. If someone had told him such a story he would assumed that they were crazed and needed to be burned at the stake along side witches. So her believing him made him smile, he was happy to be actually tell his story fully and have someone believe it. This day would be a great day for him, he could feel it. Though his own curiosity started to rise about Shizuka, how could someone like her not be startled by his tale? It struck him as very strange that she didn't have any other questions for him.

As he was about to ask her something she told him that she had to go. He did not try to keep her to answer his questions, no instead as she mounted the beast that she claims is her pet he simply bows to her and gives her his best wishes on her errand. As she left he wondered what to do, the day was young and he couldn't waste it here wishing to converse more with Shizuka, no he had to find something productive to do. His clothing was now entirely dry, he could leave the woods without having to wear damp clothing as he walked. While it was a somewhat shallow reason as to why he was glad his clothing was dry to him it was a valid one. Wet clothing felt strange when one was walking, almost as if something was dragging on them, but now he didn't have to worry about that at all.

As he ventured back towards civilization and out of the forest he heard that all too familiar howl. The howl of a demon in the human world. While it was faint there was no mistaking it for what it was. He couldn't help but smile, he had found something to do to kill time. Now the only question he faced was where was the demon? The cry was rather soft meaning that the monster had to be quiet a distance away from the woods. Standing around and thinking about it wasn't going to help him at all, so he took off running, the town of Karakura was rather large, much larger than most cities of his own time, but that wasn't going to get to him. As he ran he could only hope that the demon would cry out again alerting him to where it was.

Only by chance did he see Shizuka and her dragon heading towards somewhere. He stopped for a moment while watching the dragon rocket through the air, much faster than he could of ran. Not knowing why he turned and ran after the two, obviously he wasn't going to be able to catch them, but for some reason he felt as if the demon he was looking for was in that direction. He could feel faint traces of a dark aura emanating from that direction. Once again he had to give thanks to Shizuka, if it had not been for her and that foul creature she called a pet he wouldn't of stopped and notice the foul aura of a demon coming from what was the academic side of town.

Running past what was called a high school he heard another roar from the beast, this time it was much louder and came from the direction of the school. He had found where this thing was hiding, it was lurking in the school. Jumping over the gates of the school he noticed that it was rather quiet, was this place empty for the day? Well that was a great relief to him, it reduced the chance of someone being hurt while he had to tangle with this demon. His king had given him grief once before when he had allowed a few people to be caught in the way of a fight once before, seeing the saddened look in the eyes of his king once was enough, he didn't want to disappoint him again.

Quickly he ran around the school trying to find this demon, while he had narrowed it down to the school he was unsure of where exactly it was in this place. Mid step he heard a howl again,this time it was painful, as it echoed through his body he felt himself lose his balance for a moment causing him to trip face first into the ground. His arms extended outward as he fell catching himself before he actually hit the ground. The demon's roar shook him up quite a bit, however he now knew where the beast was hiding, the sound had come from a rather large looking building in the school with a tall roof and plenty of windows. From the outside it looked like a rather large hall, but he didn't have time to waste observing the building he had to kill this foul demon.

Running into the building he saw the foul demon, however that wasn't the most shocking thing he saw, no it was the fact that Shizuka was here. What was she doing here? Why was she here? Out of all the places that she could of gone, why was it that this was the place her errand brought her to? It didn't matter now, because from what he saw she was trying to fight the demon as well. He couldn't let her get hurt, no his code wouldn't allow him to see an innocent maiden come to harm. Running as fast as he could he charged right into the demon with his shoulder. He had been luck and caught it off guard, so his shoulder thrust actually pushed the demon away from them. His eyes stayed focused on the demon though. Who knew what kind of tricks it had up it's bag, he hated the fact that he was currently without any sort of weapon to fight this demon, at the very least he had some of his strength to help him so Shizuka could run away.

Right now he had so many questions to ask her, but for now he only wanted to know the answer to one. “Are ye alright lady Shizuka? That foul demon hath not harmed thy hast it?” Right now he just wanted to know that he had arrived in time. He wouldn't be able to forgive himself if he was too slow in getting here. Even though his back was turned to Shizuka, she could still see his face, his expression was vastly different than at the lake. Instead of having a soft smile his brows were lowered, his eyes focused his mouth straight. There was no trace of joy in his face, instead it was replaced with seriousness. This is how he was, while he took pride in his fights he took no joy out of having to constantly fend off the endless demons that plagued the land.

[Amagai Kuchiki]

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[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Shizuka needed to figure out a way to defend herself against this thing now that she was hurt. She didn't feel much of the injury at first, but the longer she sat on the ground, struggling to pick herself back up, the more she realized she was in a lot of pain. Any major movement caused her discomfort, which she genuinely didn't expect. Her power gauge activated so she could read actual numerical values for the strength of this thing, and to her surprise, it was actually twice as strong as she was and a bit faster, as well. Overall, her numbers may have been a bit better, but this wasn't going to be as easy and she had originally thought.

She groaned slightly as the Hollow screamed again, but this time it wasn't nearly as loud as the other ones. This scream was definitely a warning sign as opposed to an actual attack, which told Shizuka that it was telling her to back off before it was going to destroy her ears again. She kept trying to think of a way to attack, to somehow make it by this thing without getting hurt again. These screams were dangerous when at full power and could seriously and permanently cause damage to her hearing and balance. This wasn't going to be a breeze and she had even more to worry about now.

Before she was able to even make a real shot, the doors bursted open and Siegfried ran straight through them. He seemed to stand between her and the Hollow, acting as some form of shield briefly before he threw his entire body at the monster. He was able to catch it off guard and sent it moving back a few yards before returning to Shizuka, asking if she was okay. She nodded for a second, unable to speak well since the breath was knocked out of her. She held her gun to her chest defensively, preparing herself for the worst. She didn't want him to fight the Hollow alone, but it was hard enough for her to move.

In order to not feel entirely useless, Shizuka picked herself up very slowly and used her gun as a cane of sorts to stabilize herself and keep her body up off the ground. She was able to straighten her back a bit, easing the pain, but this was when she realized she was much more hurt than she assumed before. She felt something crack which ended up being a good thing. It looked like her back was slightly out of alignment which was something that could be easily fixed, but was, nevertheless, extremely irritating. It meant that until she could crack everything and make it pop back into place, she was limited to her movements.

The Hollow screamed once again and let out a concussive wave of sound towards Siegfried. The waves were physical and visible, which was odd since it was impossible to see sound waves. However, it was possible for someone to have the ability to make them so dense that they would cause damage on a physical level rather than just wavelengths. In theory, sound vibrated objects so quickly after bouncing off repeatedly that it could break down the molecules. If something was as physical and dense as these waves were, that meant its power was significantly greater than intended by natural law. This Hollow destroyed the laws of physics. But, then again, who didn't?

The beast quickly made its way towards Siegfried. It was significantly faster than he was, which was enough to make a difference. Siegfried had the upper hand in strength, though. If the concussive sound waves didn't get to the man first, the Hollow would. It followed the waves with a strong hammering fist-like attack down at Siegfried. The man would have to think fast if he was going to avoid the intense attacks that the Hollow was dealing, but Shizuka had an idea. Since it was finally close enough to her, she shot three blasts from her gun set on Blast Cannon at the beast's core, immediately freezing over its belly. This would eventually chill its insides and slow down its movements, giving Siegfried the opportunity to attack more appropriately. It was all she could do for now, but it was enough.

"Siegfried, you have to find a way around its attacks. That thing can completely ruin your hearing and balance with its screams but it also seems to have a weird power over sound waves! You need to avoid them!"

She wasn't sure if he knew she was a Fullbringer or even if he knew what those were, but she knew he would find out eventually. If he could see this Hollow, it meant he was somehow spiritually aware. He had powers of some kind but they weren't fully awakened yet. At such a low power level, he couldn't be a Shinigami. They always acted one way or another but he didn't give off that vibe. She couldn't sense what he really was, of course, but she could assume an answer or two. Still, if he was a Shinigami, she might give him a pass for now.

The Hollow carried on, fighting against the freezing that the liquid nitrogen was doing to its core. Shizuka wasn't sure if she would be able to effectively attack it with the state she was in, meaning she was going to have to rely on Siegfried a lot more than she wanted to. If this guy could really fight, which he seemed like he could, then she was going to have to hope for the best. It was in his hands now until she was able to restore her back to alignment. Unless it was possible for him to do it, that is. Still, how risky was that? The Hollow was going to try to attack them either way. Was there something they could do?

"Hey, Sir Knight, I need you to do me a favor. That thing threw me against the wall and forced my back out of alignment. Can you crack it to put it back in place?"

The plan was risky since the monster could attack at any moment, but it was all she had.



Shizuka's Remaining Reiatsu: 4800
Fullbring Stage 1: 2/10
Liquid Type: Liquid Nitrogen
Gallons Remaining: 70/100 (-30 for Blast Cannon)

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The strike he had given to the demon before seemed to be rather effective given that the beast screamed at him instead of going for an all out attack. He assumed that the demon's roar was meant to strike fear into him and Shizuka, however he had fought demons countless times before, their simple roars did nothing to his nerves. Rather they made him more confident, the demons always tend to howl out when their afraid, or at the very least that had been his experience in the past when dealing with them. Though something was slightly off about this one for some reason he could see it coming towards him and Shizuka.

That's when Shizuka started to say something to him, again her words confused him. He had no idea what sound waves were nor how to avoid them. However her warning was appreciated and even if it didn't make much sense to him it had some clues to help him understand the strange roar that he could see from the demon. Slowly it started to become clear, the demon had the power to turn it's screams and howls into attacks, that was why he could see it. This was a serious thing it meant that he couldn't just ignore the screams as he normally did when in combat.

Her warning of what kind of attack the demon had came just in time as the demon charged towards the two of them. His hands turned into a fist he was getting ready to strike the hollow once more, what he didn't expect was that it's screams were attacks in and of it's self. His first instinct was to charge right into the demon and strike it with his fists, but a soundwave attack was heading right towards him as well, a bit slow, but still moving. It meant that he couldn't charge head first into the beast without getting hit by an attack and then suffering a follow up attack from the beast given how fast it was, if only something could slow it down just a bit.

He wanted to dodge this attack but he couldn't, more accurately he didn't want to dodge the attack, if he did he knew that Shizuka would be hit by the attack. Biting his lower lip he raised his arms to cross over his chest to cover himself, trying to make sure that he would take the blunt of the attack when it came so that Shizuka wouldn't be hit by it. His honor wouldn't allow him to let a maiden be harmed by a demon when he could keep her safe. His eyes stayed opened and then he saw something, from behind him three blasts came from Shizuka and struck the demon on the chest, he saw it freeze over the demon and he now had an opening to end the life of the demon without more harm coming to Shizuka.

The soundwave still coming towards them, but now the demon was slowed and partially frozen. Sadly he spoke over Shizuka when she asked to realign her back. “Take cover lady Shizuka, the life of this foul demon shall end by my hands.” Kicking off he dashed right into the beast. His hand extended out in a fist aimed at the center of the demon's frozen chest. The soundwave hit his body, however he didn't falter, pushing on he continued towards the demon. A small amount of blood started to pour out of his ears as his fist made contact with the center of the demon's chest. The impact shattered the frozen bits of the hollow and his hand was now inside of the hollow, yet it wasn't defeated just yet.

At the top of his lungs he cried out “Foul demon, thy hath dared to attacked a fair maiden. Thy life is forfeit, and I shall claim it.” With one hand still inside of the beast he reached around for it's heart. It didn't take long to find it, his fingers wrapped around the still beating heart of the demon. A small smile formed on his face as he knew what was going to happen next. The hand outside of the hollow slammed on it's chest as he pulled back the hand holding the heart of the hollow, ripping it clean out of the hollow's body. Siegfried held the pulsing heart in his hand for a few moments before crushing it. He didn't need to see to know that this demon was dead.

Turning away from the now vanishing demon he looked at Shizuka before stumbling to the ground. All the adrenaline that had been pumping through his body drained out the moment he had killed the hollow. His heartbeat started to slow down now that he didn't need to be in battle mode. Looking over at Shizuka he kept a smile on his face. Doing so he noticed her fullbring and the smile he had on grew even brighter. “Thou hast a blessing as well lady Shizuka?” Pointing to her fullbring gun and bucket, even if he didn't know what kind of power it held he was happy to know that the person he met this morning was blessed by the lord as well.

As he looked more at her blessing he started to wonder what it was. He had seen things like it before in the magical box that held people and told stories, however it was different. The things that they had were called guns. If her blessing was a gun then it was strange one, much larger than the ones he had seen in the magic box, but that wasn't the only thing she seemed to have a bucket as well. He was use to two part blessings as his was one as well, but the times he had seen those types of blessings they had been both weapons or at the very least a sword and shield this was the first time he had seen a blessing with a tool. Surely her blessing was an odd one and he wanted to learn more about it.

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Strength ☣ [250] Points

Speed ☣ [150] Points

Spiritual Pressure ☣ [95]x1.5=143Points

Reiatsu Strength ☣ [5]Points

Light Aura ☣ [95]

Dark Aura ☣ [5]

Instinct ☣ [100] Points

Senses ☣ [100] Points

Energy sensory ☣ [0] points

Healing Expertise ☣ [0] points

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Siegfried was nice enough to block the attack from hitting either of them, but Shizuka was frustrated because she could tell he ignored her request. She slumped to the ground again and rested herself there, sure that she wasn't going to be able to do any real combat this time. She sighed out of frustration and leaned herself back against the wall, hoping to crack it herself. She felt a snap and most of the pain went away, but she just needed Siegfried to shake her or something to get the rest of her vertebrae comfortable again. She wasn't seriously injured or anything but she'd probably have a giant bruise by this time the next day.

Actually, he was getting super into the fight. Shizuka was impressed, though this was how she realized she was at a higher level in terms of power than he was. It was definitely obvious that he was stronger than her, which was cool, but she overpowered him in just about every other area. Shizuka's Power Gauge activated upon her own manipulation of it and she read every little number that made up Siegfried's abilities. He was getting there, for sure. Shizuka was excited to see where he'd take himself in the future. He wasn't a part of Xcution, though. He worked for someone else. Oh, well!

Still, he was able to somehow reach his hand within the Hollow itself after Shizuka froze it with liquid nitrogen. He managed to rip its heart out and kill it, which is something the Fullbringer never thought possible. In fact, Shizuka didn't know that Hollows had hearts. She figured they were just mindless creatures who were good for nothing except destroying the world or something dumb. It made her consider a few things for the future when she wants to continue doing missions, but it definitely wouldn't stop her from exterminating the beasts.

Without even looking, Siegfried crushed the Hollow's heart within his hand. Shizuka's eyes went wide with shock, unsure of how to handle this kind of thing. He didn't seem that violent, and this definitely wasn't something that the woman was unfamiliar with, but it caused her slight discomfort because of how raw and violent the act was. It was necessary, of course, and part of Shizuka thought it was cool. However, it was also slightly overboard, in her opinion. She was used to just melting the things and getting rid of them. But suddenly, Siegfried spoke and caught Shizuka's attention. The Hollow began disappearing in a strange cloud of smoke. That usually meant they were dead.

“Thou hast a blessing as well, Lady Shizuka?”

"A what?" Shizuka directed her attention to where Siegfried was pointing, which happened to be at her gun. She kept herself on the ground but picked the childish-looking weapon up to show it to the man. "Oh, you mean my Fullbring? Well, since you know what this is, sort of, I guess I can tell you that I'm a Fullbringer. That just means I'm a human with majorly spiritual abilities that allow me to fight."

Shizuka went on to explain how her gun worked and what the bucket did. She talked about how it was technically a water gun, but she was able to shoot any liquid she wanted from it as long as she knew it existed. Her powers were pretty versatile, but occasionally heavily underwhelming. She knew how to use them, but she'd be lying if she said she wasn't still trying to train herself even a little. There was so much more to learn and she had only just begun, it seemed like. She knew people who were miles above her and Shizuka was ready to do what she had to in order to make it to the top.

Shortly after she finished her explanation, Shizuka whistled and summoned Blaize into the building. Since Blaize was super smart, she knew to come through the doors instead of busting open a new pathway for herself to use through the walls or something. The dragon came happily trotting in and up to Shizuka where she stole the Fullbringer's hand away and demanded a scratch on the head. Shizuka always obliged to head scratches. She loved the heck out of this overgrown lizard and she knew that Siegfried felt weird about everything, but she didn't care.

Shizuka took out her phone and typed a couple of things on the screen, then tapped on the glass elsewhere and forced the message to send. When texting this line, it was a way for Xcution members to report their completed missions and for approval to be sent, along with a paycheck. Every mission had a payment, so that was how Shizuka could afford to do anything. She didn't have a 'real' job, per se. Just this one. She had to be sure to keep the original mission assignment message so that she had something to respond to, because these contacts had no real numbers. Everything went through imaginary, spiritual lines into the secret organization.

"Well, now that all of that is over, I need to consider heading off. I wasn't supposed to be doing any work today but when the boss calls, you gotta do your job. Anyway, I wanted to ask you something. I noticed that you included yourself in owning a Fullbring. Mind if I see it?" Shizuka asked, deactivating her own weapons as they turned into shoes and returned to her feet.

The blonde had no idea if he could actually activate his powers or not, and she was heavily tempted to flare her Reiatsu and show him just how powerful she truly was. Or even use Gravity on him a little bit. It wouldn't be enough to kill him or anything, but she figured he would be amazed at what his kind could do. Shizuka always wanted to be mentored or something by another Fullbringer. She loved her aunt but Momo could only do so much as a human. What all was this guy hiding from her, anyway? He had powers, that much was obvious. But what kinds?

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The words Shizuka used to describe her blessing was odd, she had called it a fullbring. He held back a slight chuckle at the idea of what she assumed a blessing was. He knew better, he knew that a blessing was a gift granted by the lord allowing those who were just and right to fight off the demons that plagued the land. Who ever or however she had come to learn about what a blessing was had told her wrong. After all he was sure that what his king had told him was the truth and that someone as close to god as his old king was couldn't be wrong about a wondrous gift that had been bestowed to him.

Still he listened and didn't comment on what she said, more interested in what it did rather than what she thought it was. She used strange words when talking about it, this thing called a water gun baffled him. He assumed that those magic rods that fired out metal were just that a magical rod that could be used to fire out metal. He had no idea that there were some that could use water to kill others. This was useful information for him to have when he would be protecting his new king.

His smile returned the moment she said she needed training. He was ecstatic and slowly walked towards her still covered in hollow blood and a bit of his own. “Lady Shizuka if thy needs one to train thee then allow I to do so.” It had been a long time since he had trained with anyone at all and he was more than eager to do so once more. Shizuka seemed like she had a strong blessing and if she had been born back in his time she would have been a knight just like him, he had no doubt in his mind of this.

However before he could get an answer he heard her whistle, and a few moments later that foul beast that she called a pet came into the building. His smile faded as he eyed the creature walking toward her, no matter how much he saw that thing he could never admit that it was nothing more than a monster waiting to snap and ravish the land like so many others of it's kind. However out of respect for Shizuka he held his tongue about how he felt about that beast.

Once more he saw her take out that strange device and poke at it with her fingers. She then said something that made him intensely curious it was her job to hunt down these demons and kill them. How could they track these things down so quickly? In his time they had to wait for reports of an attack or his king would use his divine power to tell them where an attack would be, but here and now he had just learned that not only was there others who had blessings, but they could track down demons as well. He needed to learn more about the people who she worked for, so that he could bring back this information to Kazura.

However something else that she said stopped him from asking right away. She asked to see his own blessing, calling it a fullbring once more by mistake. He hesitated for a moment before he spoke. “My blessing.... In this era I hast lost it. I hold onto what was once my blessing yet it is for naught for I have not been able to use it since I arrived. The demon who trapped me in stone hast taken my power to use my blessing. Tis now why I fight with my hands rather than my blessing. I bid you for forgiveness for being unable to fulfill your request of I.”

With a heavy sigh he softly spoke again. “However I may try once more to awaken my sleeping blessing for thee.” His eyes closed as his breathing slowed down to long deep breaths. His focus went from her to his own body, more importantly his green arm guards around his forearms. He tried to imagine his old blessing from before, the shape, the weight, the feeling of it in his hands. As he envisioned his blessing he felt something around his arms change. His eyes opened and he felt a sudden rush of joy come over him.

The green arm guards that once were under his gauntlets had vanished and in their place two large chains had formed. Each chain was the same, the actual chain was a solid black, while one one end of a chain was a dagger the blade of the dagger was jagged, yet sharp while the back end was dull and brown. Yet what the other end of the dagger held was even more deadly. There was what looked to be a serpents head at the other end of each chain. The mouths were closed, but if one looked hard enough they could see a small gap between the lower lip and upper lip giving away that they could open and bite down.

As he held his blessing his sense of joy vanished and only a few words came from his mouth. “They hold no hunger.....” While he was happy that he had gotten his blessing back he was saddened by learning that it was just the form. The life which they had had once before wasn't there, the hunger that he had grown use to wasn't present in the chains, yes he felt that he could still control them like before, but not feed them like he had been. The chains laid on the ground as he took a few moments before looking up at Shizuka.

He held his face firm as he commanded the chains to slowly wrap around his wrists. All thirty feet from each chain clung to his arms as they wrapped around. “Lady Shizuka, this is what my blessing is, no... a shadow of what it once was. Yet I hath not given up hope. So I ask thee again will thy train with I?” His face was back to that same smile that she had first met him with and his eyes were full of excitement. Even though he was saddened by the fact that his blessing wasn't back to normal he was happy that at the very least he could use his chains once more.

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Class is now 5
new stats
memory:2
Battle analysis :2
Strength of Will:2
Chains:2
Poison resist:2
Bleeding Tolerance:2

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

He kept calling it a 'blessing.' It was almost annoying now how much that irked her, but if he really wasn't from this time, or whatever his story was, then it made sense that he wouldn't really know what to call it. Well, kind of. She still wished he would just say 'Fullbring' since that was what its proper name was, but she decided she'd let it go for now. There are worse things in this world than calling something by its wrong name. Besides, he could have been misinformed! Yeah, it's not his fault. He's a foreign guy in this time and place.

At first, Shizuka was a bit disappointed. Siegfried just seemed so sad and worried about never being able to activate his Fullbring, but he wanted to try anyway. Shizuka knew he'd be able to do it. It takes dedication and feeling to open spiritual powers to their fullest, but somehow she felt that he would be just fine. She noticed how the man focused as hard as he could, slowed his breathing and everything, to see if he could properly summon the power that defended him. The items that he held most dear glowed a bright light that only she could see since his eyes were closed tight.

She, as a natural empath, could feel just how happy he became as he experienced the pure joy from activating his Fullbring once again. She felt it, too, every time she summoned her own abilities to the surface. What she lost in apparel she gained in weaponry with her nearly unparalleled skills with guns. She had a small amount of training to do, still, but she was determined to bring that out in herself. Siegfried opened his eyes once again and Shizuka felt her own excitement grow as she witnessed the development of another Fullbringer.

His weapon was familiar and yet distance from Shizuka's own knowledge. It looked odd, yet she recognized it from her own martial arts training. She smiled and giggled a bit, realizing that the weapon that appears for a Fullbringer is the weapon that they hold in their heart. Shizuka remembered her aunt telling her about all of this when her own powers came to fruition. Every weapon represents some inner part of the holder, which meant Shizuka was just a kid on the inside. And outside. Actually, Shizuka was just a kid despite being in her twenties.

Now Siegfried seemed disappointed. His once happy face melted into its former self, filled with sadness. He explained how this form was just a shadow of what it once was, giving Shizuka a good idea about where he was in his development. He did not yet unlock its full potential, but he knew how his Fullbring was supposed to work. He knew what skills it held and he was so upset that he could not yet unlock that potential. That's always okay, though! For now, Shizuka decided she would accept his offer. Training was always fun, especially if she could show him everything he could be capable of.

"You know what? Sure. Let's train! Let me show you everything I can do. Through me, you'll be able to learn what you can do, too. You have so much potential and we just need to unlock that. It's not over yet so don't be so sad!"

Shizuka smiled her usual, friendly smile at Siegfried. She wanted to make him feel comfortable with her and understand that she wasn't out to hurt him. Still, she wasn't yet sure of their difference in level. All she knew was that he still had a small way to go. Until he really brought it out of her, she wouldn't reactivate her Fullbring. She wanted to spar him on her own and see how she held up against his abilities. If she needed some extra help, she'd call on it. The blonde woman turned to her reptilian friend and motioned for her to return home, which she obediently followed. Shizuka didn't want Siegfried to worry.

"Just so you know, I won't activate my powers just yet. Show me what you can do with what you have!"

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His smile continued to grow brighter as he heard her say that she would train with him. He knew that lady Shizuka before him was gifted enough to unlock the power of her blessing and not just the form, something that he was able to do in the past. He knew his own blessing very well and knew that it would be of great use when it finally was restored properly. A small part of him wanted to rush to his king and tell him of the good news that his prayers had not gone unheard by the lord and he was given his blessing back. However he knew that it would be rude of him to abandon lady Shizuka here like that after she had agreed to train with him.

He was more than ready to go at her, however when he heard her say that she wouldn't use her power he took a step back and shook his head at her. “Lady Shizuka I must insist that you use thy blessing fully against I, for I cannot raise a sword to an unarmed foe and doubly so to an unarmed maiden. To do so would tarnish my honor.” With a slight sad look in his eyes he sealed away his fullbring. If she would not brandish her own blessing then he would not keep his out to train with. To raise his blade towards an unarmed woman is something that a common bandit would do not a knight of the king.

The long metal chains slowly faded out of existence and the arm guards that he always wore came back around his wrists. If Shizuka hadn't seen them before she could easily see them now. They were bright green, made of a hardened leather and steel with four pure silver Celtic crosses on each arm guard. The sealed form of his fullbring was rather extravagant for his own tastes. Given he would have been happy with just a normal pair of arm guards, yet he got these as a gift from his old king. Something he couldn't refuse, still it brought him great pride to wear them everyday even if he didn't believe that they suited him at all.

What did surprised him was seeing that Shizuka had motioned for the dragon to leave. It was a happy surprise though he felt a bit more at ease with that thing now gone. His eyes still watched it as it left the building and took off to elsewhere. That was one less dragon he had to worry about for now, at the very least the only ones he had to watch out for were the ones made of metal that slept for long periods of time. Now without the presence that dragon around he let his guard down a bit. “I am most eager to start training with thee lady Shizuka. However methinks that our training should take place elsewhere, somewhere more sturdy.” He pointed at all the damage that had been done in the short amount of time that it took to take out the hollow.

This building wasn't built to handle when someone with their kind of power went all out and he assumed that at some point both of them would be going all out for one reason or another. He knew very well that training here would result in further damage and that would anger his king. Which was something he didn't want to do, his job as a knight was to keep his king safe and make sure his actions reflected positively on his king. Trying to train here wouldn't do either of those. “Lady Shizuka if thee would be so kind to follow me to a more proper training ground.” He took a few steps forward and towards the door, stopping as he got to the door to see if she was following.

When she came to the door he would open it for her and hold it. Motioning with one arm for her to pass before him. “My Lady “. After she passed he would follow in suit, before taking the lead showing her where he wanted to go. At first it seemed as if he was taking them back to the woods, however at a road that lead to the woods he took the other way heading straight into the city. He would keep rather quiet as he walked deeper into the city of Karakura. Eying each car as they walked by it occasionally muttering something about lazy dragons. It was obvious that the intended place in mind wasn't the woods where they had first met, but where could he be going that would be able to handle training and not draw attention?

Eventually as he continued to lead her to a rather large skyscraper in the middle of the town. However instead of going through the front entrance he showed her to a side door that was locked. He raised his left wrist and pressed it against a black panel on the side of the door. A feminine robotic voice spoke from the door. “Chip read confirmed. Please present eye and reiatsu for scanning.” Siegfried lowered his head and opened an eye as a red light shined out from the panel scanning his eye. After the scan he placed his hand on the panel and flared his reiatsu a bit. “Retinal and reiatsu scan complete welcome back Siegfried." The door opened up and he motioned for Shizuka to walk in with him. “Hath no fear you are a welcomed guest of mine.”

The inside of the building was sleek and modern. From what anyone could tell it seemed as if the building was just a modern office building. Siegfried walked in the halls keeping his head up while walking past some random employees. If Shizuka was paying any attention she would notice that the employees nodded at Siegfried and didn't bother to try to stop him. Here he was at peace, Uzaki Enterprises the castle of his new king and his home. His destination was the elevator at the end of the hallway. Once reaching it however he allowed for a group of random employees to get on refusing to get on himself. “Me and the Lady shall take the next one.”

As the elevator door closed he looked over at Shizuka and spoke. “What dost thee think of my king's castle?” His eyes were full of eagerness to learn what she thought of Kazura's tower. To him this was a truly impressive place to live. While many of the floors held offices a few were dedicated to living quarters for those who had spiritual powers. Currently he lived alone on his floor, but that wasn't a bad thing. It meant that his morning ritual of destroying his alarm clock didn't bother anyone else but himself.

While Shizuka spoke the elevator would open up allowing just the two of them to enter. He motioned again for her to go enter before him. It was proper to let a lady go first before a knight. After she entered he would enter as well and raise his left wrist to the elevator panel where the floors were listed. “To the training grounds.” The elevator started to move downwards. He took a step back and leaned against the wall knowing full well how long it would take for the elevator to descend all the way down. The numbers showing the floors started to go into the negatives slowly. -10, -11,-12 they continued to count down, the elevator showing no signs of slowing down or stopping.

After a few minutes the elevator stopped and the number showing was -50. They had descended fifty stories underground. “I bid thee forgiveness for the long wait lady Shizuka, but we hath arrived.” As the doors opened the both of them would be greeted to a hallway that had three doors. The one on the left lead to a woman's locker room while the one on the right lead to the men's locker room. The door straight ahead lead to another short hallway that lead to a large white room. He waited for Shizuka to step off the elevator before walking out and heading straight for the middle door to get to the training room.

Again he held the door open for her and allowed her to walk in front of him. It took only a minute after leaving the elevator to get to the training room. It was large and empty, however he knew that it could withstand almost any kind of attack. Stepping away from Shizuka he made sure that there was plenty of distance between the two before he faced her and smiled. His fullbring still sealed away he spoke. “I am ready lady Shizuka, come at me, I give thee the first strike.” He kept his guard up as he watched to see what she would do. He was excited to see what she could do, his entire body trembled with excitement as he was about to spar with someone who was clearly his equal or even greater in terms of power.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Siegfried seemed way too pleased to train with Shizuka, but she didn't mind that much. She loved seeing his enthusiasm and was happy to help him out, especially since she knew he was a Fullbringer. Still, for him to have lost his powers many years ago must have been heartbreaking. If Shizuka ever lost hers, she didn't know what she'd do. The only thing she could think of was probably ending her own life, but her will was too strong for something like that. Besides, she used to not have powers like these when she was younger. She finally developed them when she was sixteen, but it had been five years since then. They were a part of her.

“Lady Shizuka, I must insist that you use thy blessing fully against I, for I cannot raise a sword to an unarmed foe and doubly so to an unarmed maiden. To do so would tarnish my honor.”

"Oh, yeah?" Shizuka's smile was devilish despite Siegfried's somewhat sad expression. "You may regret that, darling."

The man had sealed away his Fullbring and everything along with it disappeared the way they were supposed to when not activated. Shizuka would get him to truly fight her one way or another, but she knew that if she activated her own powers, he'd die. She wasn't going to kill him on purpose, but as they were now, he wasn't much of a match for her. To make it more fair, she was going to wait to use Beach Queen unless she really had to, and she wanted that to be pulled out of her because he was too much for her to handle on her own. She didn't want to immediately use it because she knew the experience of fighting just her was valuable.

Once Blaize had gone and Shizuka knew her scaled friend was safe, Siegfried offered for the two of them to relocate to a more sturdy place. That made sense, but Shizuka also knew that Xcution had something like a "clean-up crew" that came and reverted everything back to the way it was. Fixing civilians was occasionally a problem, but she assumed someone somewhere had some kind of memory eraser or whatever that took care of them so that no one had to worry about being found out. It worked well for them since Shizuka's powers, depending on the liquid she used, could be a little destructive.

The male Fullbringer politely asked Shizuka to follow him to a new place, which she obliged to. He seemed to check on her to see if she was following, and that made her think that he was a little worried she wouldn't want to train with him. She giggled a bit to herself and kept walking as he held the door, thanking him after she walked through. Shizuka wasn't one of those extremists who thought men needed to calm down with the door holding and things like that. Instead, she actually really liked when they were gentlemen towards her because it made her feel special. That, and doors were heavy.

She had to admit, this guy was pretty weird. Interesting, but weird. His experience in his own time seriously messed up his perception on the present world. Everything was different to him and that was okay, but it meant that there was quite a large learning curve here. He still called things dragons when they weren't and didn't understand that a Fullbringer wasn't given "blessings," but rather took control of their own spiritual potential. Shizuka wasn't going to bother him about that, though. If he wanted to stay super religious about it, that wasn't her territory to tread. Besides, she was Wiccan. She doubted he was going to trust her after learning about that.

Eventually, during Shizuka's constant mind-babble, the two of them arrived at an unfamiliar building. It was large and resembled some corporate office-like structure, which immediately reminded her of Xcution's headquarters. Not the one in Byrpesia, of course, but the buildings in the human world. She was surprised, but not too concerned. She didn't get any strange feelings about this place, so she decided to trust her gut. She doubted Siegfried was going to turn her in to a jail, too, so that helped. He led her around to an entrance on the side of the building and had a sensor scan his genetic information. "Fancy," she thought.

Then came the anxiety. Shizuka could feel her chest tighten as soon as strangers started showing up. It wasn't that she was worried about anything, but she had terrible social anxiety. She really hated being around people she didn't know, so she automatically started trying to get closer to Siegfried, as if hoping he would protect her. She didn't need him to, but it was a reflex of hers when she was in situations like these. He told her not to worry and everything, and he even chose to take the elevator alone instead of getting on it with everyone else, but it didn't help too much. As soon as they were finally mostly by themselves, it got better.

“What dost thee think of my king's castle?”

"Castle, huh? We have very different ideas of what a castle actually is, Siegfried. But it's nice. I'm a fan of giant buildings, for sure."

She'll admit, it was impressive. The shear amount of detail they put into the architecture was something to admire and, obviously, the engineering that went into making this place was absolutely to-die-for. Shizuka was doing mental calculations the entire way up to where he was taking her to train. With each column, she was trying to figure out the stresses that were probably placed on them and what mechanics had to go into the structuring in order to give the beams enough rest so that they wouldn't deform and cause the whole thing to collapse. Her time at college made her brain forget a lot of things about her past since she was too busy cramming in math.

The elevator that they took was also very fancy. She was a little jealous because this place was pretty state-of-the-art, but Xcution's bases were just as nice. She assumed that was what money and power could get you, which made sense since her parents owned quite a few nice things, as well. Their success didn't define Shizuka's, though. That woman was bound and determined to see how far she could get on her own. Oddly enough, Shizuka took notice of how the elevator moved downwards instead of stopping at the ground floor. There wasn't just a basement, there were multiple underground floors. So, where was she going, again?

After what felt like forever (even though it was only seconds), they both finally arrived at the B50th floor. Siegfried apologized to her, but she just smiled and waived it off. He didn't need to apologize for something that wasn't his fault, and that gave Shizuka the chance to admire the architecture around her. She exited the elevator and waited for the man to lead her into the correct room, but she could make an educated guess as to which one it was. When they both entered, she smiled and appreciated everything about it. This place was built well. He wasn't kidding when he said this would be a better training facility.

“I am ready, Lady Shizuka. Come at me. I give thee the first strike.”

Shizuka smirked. "That's your mistake."

The Fullbringer held out her hand in his direction, clenching it into a fist. The exact second she did so, she unleashed her own Reiatsu in the form of a powerful weight that would crush Siegfried to the ground. She didn't make it heavy enough to kill him, but it would definitely make his entirely body lay flat against the surface beneath him. This was meant to keep him where he was. She had read his power levels beforehand and knew that he was physically stronger than her, but he wasn't much of a thread as long as her Gravitational Pressure kept him down.

"When I told you I wasn't going to release, I meant it. Even this power is something you can do. Unfortunately, you can't hit me with it. In terms you may understand, my caste level is higher than yours."

She approached him at her own speed which was still significantly faster than normal compared to an average human's. She was far enough away from him that he wouldn't be able to reach her, but close enough so that he could see her if he attempted to look up. The only way she would ease up on him would be if he released, but that was also because she wanted to test herself against him. She knew she was strong, but she wanted to know that she could take on someone who was still using their powers and make this more than just a spar.

"If you can find a way out of this, I'll remove the pressure from your body. But you have a limited amount of time to do that. If you run out of time, I'll crush you. Deal?"

Was she going to crush him? No, of course not. But he didn't know that. She wanted to see what he'd do.