Hollow Hunter (in training) [solo training thread, PG-13]

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

This thread is for SP.

The green haired shinigami let out a yawn and stretched her arms up and outward, as she walked along the sidewalk leading up to the mall. She had been stationed in the world of the living for a bit over a week now, more specifically Karakura Town. One of her superiors thought she could use some experience learning how to interact with humans and functioning inside a gigai.  To her surprise she found little difficultly dealing with either of them, the gigai was somewhat heavy compared to her spirit body, but it was far from unbearable, while the humans seemed like a agreeable lot.

The sun was beginning to set on a cool and clear Friday evening, meaning there would be crowded bars tonight, and maybe even a cute guy to bring to her apartment if the mood struck her at some point during the evening. She made her way through the outer perimeter of the local mall, she found that malls tend to have a few good drinking spots and decent beers. After walking around for a few minutes she found a bar that was lively, but not over crowded. She paid little attention to the name of the establishment, it didn't really matter to her, she just wanted a good time. 

Yetsuna was wearing fairly standard clothing for females in the world of the living; fitted jeans that hugged her hips and legs, though hers had a white stitching rather then the customary blue or tarnished yellow. Her top was a form fitting royal purple t-shirt that came down in a "V" fashion, revealing tasteful amount of her bosom. Her outfit was completed with some black strap 5" heels and a neon pink bracelet on her right wrist.  As she entered the bar she definitely caught the eye from some of the patrons, mostly males but she was fairly sure that she saw at least one girl throw her a thirsty look. 

She made her way up to a empty spot on the bar and took a look around the place. The floor was plain red tile, roughly 3'x3' squares, while the walls and ceiling were covered in a wood like material. Windows took up a large portion of the walls facing the street the bar was on while the rest were decorated with random paraphernalia and neon signs for some of the larger beer brands. The main bar area featured numerous liqueurs and spirits on display and ready for purchase while the bar itself was made of a similar wood as the walls and featured a long tap with numerous craft beers, none of which she was familiar with. The social area had numerous raised tables for patrons to sit and and a half dozen televisions were scattered around the room for people to watch.

After a short wait the bartender came up to her, a fairly attractive brunette with a top cut a bit lower than it probably should have been. She handed Yetsuna a menu with  list of drinks on it, quickly looking over it she saw the words "coffee porter" next to some company who's name she couldn't have pronounced to save her life. "I'd like this porter please," using her finger to indicate the beer she was ordering. The girl gave her a friendly smile "Good choice, I'll be right back with it," The girl got a cup and went over to the tap and began to pour her beer, it was dark, almost like she was pouring the night sky into a glass.

The bartender brought her beer over and placed it on a coaster. Yetsuna took a drink from it, it had a nice heavy taste and possessed just a hint of coffee to it. She crossed her legs and leaned back in her chair, looking up at the TV. A random game show was playing, it had no sound, but it was captioned so she could read what they were saying. It didn't take long before a guy came onto her, he looked decent enough but he had such a cocky air about him that she was immediately turned off by him.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

The guy took a seat in the empty bar stool next to her, he was fairly good looking, his brown hair was spiked slightly towards the front and was wearing a plain button down shirt tucked into some clean dark blue jeans, but something about the air around him was just.....off. He had a overly cocky look on his face, like he thought he could make any woman swoon over him with a few words, and Yetsuna was far from into it, a bit of  smugness wasn't a bad thing to her, it showed confidence and pride, but this guy more than enough to spare.

The green haired girl barely even acknowledged his approach, giving him a quick glance before her went back to her drink. He tired a few pick up lines on her, but she remained unresponsive. After a few minutes she began to wonder if he was really stubborn or insanely clueless, she turned to face him, "If you couldn't tell I'm not interested in you, now leave," her voice wasn't threatening, but there definitely a hint of malice in it. The guy looked offended to the core of his being and was actually shocked silent for a moment, she guessed he wasn't used to a woman being this blunt in their rejection.

Yetsuna went back to the TV while the guy seemed unsure of what to do next, he looked caught between wanting to strike her and walking away. Yetsuna took a drink of her beer, not looking at the guy she nonchalantly said, "You hit me I promise you will end up being in a lot of pain than I will."  That seemed to push him past the edge, he stood up obviously ready to fight her, she gave him a quick look, took a sip of her beer and, without even getting up, punched him in the stomach. The shot knocked the wind out of him causing him to fall over onto the ground. Yetsuna went back to her drink and the TV, ignoring the guy she had just reduced to a heap. He stayed down for a good two minutes, but once he was able to stand again he decided that  it was in his best interest not to stay in the area.

Enough time went by for the green haired girl to drink her beer and order a second and eventually another guy found the courage to come up and talk to her; the shot of tequila he did before making his move probably helped to some extent. He was fairly attractive too, though this one lacked the excessive smugness of her prior pursuer. He was polite enough to ask permission before taking a seat next her, and when he did he just sat with her for a short while, the both of them watching the television. After about five minutes had passed he spoke, "I have to admit I was quite surprised at the way you handled that guy earlier. I think that's the first time I've seen a girl as cute as you completely destroy a guy like that," he chuckled softy, doing a fairly good job at covering up some of his nervousness.

The two of them chatted for a good while, at least long enough to consume two more beers apiece, she could feel the beginnings of a buzz coming on, but she still had her wits about her. Yetsuna found the company of the guy pleasant, he was kind, polite, and had a fair amount of self confidence too, she looked over him once more, his black hair was pulled into a small man bun and he wore a dark purple pinstripe button down shirt that fell over a pair of black slacks.

The girl gave her "schedule" for the night a thought and she didn't have anything pressing to do, so she figured she might as well have some fun. "Why don't we go for a walk around the mall? This place is getting a bit boring," she said with a smile as she stood. She placed enough money on the counter to cover her bill and a decent tip and walked out of the building with the guy only a step behind. "I don't think I ever got your name, mines Yetsuna."


"Dante."


(The hollow shows up next post I promise)

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna and Dante both left the bar and walked around the patio like area for the mall. It had stores and lounge areas with fire pits, Yetsuna was quite impressed, she figured she’d have to come back some time to relax and explore a bit more. They walked around for a long while, maybe an hour by Yetsuna’s guess, and just talked about random aimless topics. They laughed at each other’s jokes smiles at each other too, anyone watching from the outside likely would have guessed that they were a couple in the early stages of their relationship.

After another half hour Yetsuna decided to bring the guy home; she wanted to have some fun and she felt that he deserved a reward for being such a sweet guy. She took his hand and lead him out from the mall and towards her apartment, about half way there the denreishinki in her back pocket went off. She reached back and took it out, hitting the unlock button, angling the screen away slightly so that Dante couldn’t see it, the screen showed an alert, a hollow had just entered the area. Yetsuna felt a bit unsure about dealing with the threat, the prospect of a decent fight sounded amusing, but there was no guarantee that it was even going to be a good fight, then again there was no guarantee the guy she was bring home was going to provided her the entertainment she wanted either.

She gave Dante a quick kiss on the cheek, more flirty than endearing, “I have to go do something real fast, it shouldn’t take too long. You willing to wait up for me?” The man shrugged and gave a small laugh, “Sure.” Yetsuna smiled at both him and herself, this guy had no idea that she was dragging him back to her apartment and he was still willing to wait for her, truly a rare breed of guy.

The shinigami dashed off jogging west towards a park, the area where the hollow had been pinpointed. Once she was out of sight of evening entertainment she reached into her pocket and pulled out a gikon, it was going be her first time using one, she wondered what it was going to feel like to be forcefully ejected from her gigai. She popped the pill in her mouth and next thing she knew she was wearing her shihuksho. Surprisingly it didn’t really have much of a feeling at all to it, it just seemed to happen. The artificial soul began to take control of her gigai, “Hi there! What can I do for you?” the soul gave her a bright smile.

The gikon seemed to have a very cheerful personality and seemed eager to help its, what would the term be? Master? Partner? Either way Yetsuna smiled back at her, “Stay close by, but safe the minute I’m done I’m going to need my body back.” Before she departed she looked over her gigai, it was kind of weird to see herself literally standing before her. She did have to admit her gigai looked good, though she realized she(it?) was showing a bit more chest then she thought when put those clothes on, it didn’t really matter too much though, it didn’t bother her and she had some more important things to focus on.

Yetsuna dashed off, the gikon which she had named Cortana, hot on her heels. It didn’t take long for them to find the hollow, it seemed to be walking through the park aimlessly. At a distance of 300 feet Yetsuna looked over her shoulder and gave herself a small nod indicating that she should stay here. Once more the shinigami dashed off, but this time alone.

The green haired soul kept her eye on the hollow as she closed in on it, it was a large one, about two and a half times her own size, it walked on legs that seemed small when compared to its chest. The torso of the beast was easily as wide as Yetsuna was tall and it seemed thickly muscled too. She smiled to herself once more, it seemed like she was going to get that good fight after all, and with a bit of luck it would be short but sweet. The beast saw her coming, stealth was never a strong suit of hers, not that she would really ever use it even if she knew it. She drew her sword and stopped a short way off from the hollow and got into her battle pose ready to take on the hollow she had dubbed Goliath.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

The hollow paused as she approached, turning to face her, its feet thudding heavily as it did. As far as the shinigami could tell it was a tank-style, it could take a hit and deal it back just as hard, but it was slower than the average hollow. Assuming she was right she knew she'd just have to pick away at it until she could get the vital strike on the mask, if she was wrong she'd revise her attack plan on the spot. They both stood there looking at each other for a few moments, it almost felt like the moment before two sparring partners began their fight, acknowledging each others power and skill, but both determined to win.

It was somewhat unsettling to feel such a human-like action from a hollow, she knew that they were humans that a shinigami didn't take to the soul society, but hollows were just monsters to be slain to save the soul that was trapped. Yetsuna shook off the chill from the moment and began to edge forward slowly, if her theory was right she wouldn't want to take a hit from the beast, better safe than sorry. Goliath had the advantage in reach, roughly about another two feet beyond the tip of her blade, though if her planned played out correctly that wouldn't be too much of an issue. The hollow began to take steps towards her its feet cracking the ground as it moved, more than likely due to its weight confirming her theory about it being a tank, and the green haired woman began to take full strides.

Goliath ended up covering most of the ground between them because of the length of its stride and as the shinigami reached the edge of its reach it brought its hand up so that it could come down on her like a hammer. The attack was fairly simple to see, but the hollow was slightly faster than she would have originally guessed, she discarded her plan in favor of trying something more risky, but with a potentially good pay off. The hollows fist came crashing down towards her and Yetsuna brought her blade over her head, having the back of the supported on her palm. The fist made contact with the blade, cutting several inches into its hand and severing a part two fingers, but not without cost to herself. The blow sent a sharp pain through her legs as her feet were driven into the ground, it almost felt like her legs had been broken by the hit, though she knew in reality the damage was far less extensive.

The hollow pulled its hand away as two of its finger landed on the ground behind Yetsuna. It roared in pain, or maybe it was anger, it was hard for her to judge, the tone of a hollow roar never varied much. She jumped back several feet so she could have a cahnce to regain her composure while Goliath examined his damaged hand. Her legs throbbed in pain, she knew nothing was broken because if something was busted she would have been in far more pain.





Dante was sitting on a section of wall waiting for Yetsuna to come back. He was unsure of where the woman was taking him, but he didn't care much; she was cute and decent company, he could think of a long list of things that were worse to do. He was letting his mind wander when he heard a loud roar a short way off in the distance.

He had heard similar roars in the past, but this was the first time he heard one so close. He looked in the direction he the sound come from and realized that it was the same direction the girl had gone. He decided to go check out the source of the sound if for no other reason than to satisfy his curiosity; it didn't sound far off so he figured he'd be back before Yetsuna, assuming he didn't see her along the way. He started off in the direction of the roar, pacing himself at a light jog.

It took less than two minutes for him to get within visual range of what he could only assume was the source of the roar. He didn't know what it was, but he knew it wasn't human, it was far too large. It seemed to be fighting someone, he couldn't make out any details but he could see long hair an that she seemed to be at a disadvantage. He decided to intervene, he wasn't sure what he could do against the monster, but he figured the guilt of doing nothing would haunt him for life. He went into a full run and brought his head and shoulder down as he got closed the distance ready to try adn shoulder tackle the creatures legs.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna was still fighting the hollow, she was chipping away at it bit by bit, but it was costing her, she had been forced to take a couple blows to get a few of her own strikes in. The pain was beginning to mount on her too, nothing had been broken yet so far, but if this kept up chances were high that was going to change. She began to work on two plans, one attack to try and end this quickly and one to escape if she needed to. Suddenly someone across her field of vision, tackling Goliaths

legs and causing it to fall.


The man slide to a stop a few yards away, their eyes met and their jaws dropped. Yetsuna and Dante stood in front of "What are you doing here?" they both asked each other in unison, Yetsuna out of shock, Dante out of confusion. Before either of them could respond Goliath's fist hit the ground as he began to stand back up. "Can you please explain to me whats going on here?" Her mind was running a million miles a minute trying to sort out the situation; obviously he could see spirits and interact with them, he also seemed to be fairly strong having the ability to knock that hollow. She decided that for the moment it was best to regroup; get him away from the hollow and give her a chance to catch her breath.


"I'll explain in a minute just follow me," she said as she turned her back to the hollow and took off, Dante not far behind. As they fled she let out a loud whistle, a fairly obvious signal for Joyuse to converge on her location. The two of them ran for a few minutes before stopping, the hollow didn't seem to be giving chase (oddly enough) so they didn't need to go too far away from the hollow. They were a couple hundred feet into the forest-y area that surrounded that park, the visibility was somewhat limited by trees, but if Goliath decided to give chase she would hear him coming.


They both had elevated breathing, but Yetsuna did notice that he seemed less worn out than she did. "So would you please explain what's going on here?" he asked her in a combination of confused and slightly angry. Yetsuna thought about whether or not tell him and figured she might a well, if he could see spirits he was likely to see another shinigami in the future.


"I'm a shinigami on assignment here from the Soul Society, the place where you go when you die. The creature back there was a hollow, it consumes both living people and spirits, my job is to kill it." She decided to leave out the fact they were fallen souls. Dante's face was caught half way between amazed and disbelief, "I must admit I'm reluctant to believe that story, but the big monster back there definitely makes it hard to call you a lair," he replied with a chuckle.



They both sat in silence for a few moments as they finished catching their breath when she saw a surprised look suddenly go across his face. Yetsuna looked behind her saw Joyuse standing there wave her hand at him, it suddenly dawned on her that he didn't know why there were two of her. "Oh! and that would be the physical body you saw me earlier," she said in a bit more casual tone than she had meant to. Dante gave a good half minute before replying, "I can honestly say I never would have seen that coming."

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

I'm calling this part one so i can cash in for my points.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

31 Paragraphs >>> 155 TP >>> 78 SP

In the future try to make all your paragraphs have at least 4 lines. There were two that had just three.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

(OOC: From this point all points will be CTP instead of SP)

Yetsuna and Dante sat catching their breath for five or so minutes, she had sent Joyuse to watch the hollow to see if it was in danger of harming anyone, telling her to whistle if she saw anything, but so far it was quiet. She was trying to figure out why the hollow was staying in the same area, she knew the some pluses were linked to certain areas, but she had never seen that behavior in a hollow before. She couldn't help but wonder what was binding him to the area, whatever it was must have been incredibly strong.

During the time they rested Yetsuna took the time to get a few questions of her own in about the human. He gave her an abridged version of his life story the main highlights of which were that he had developed the ability to see ghosts a few years ago and his physical attributes had been increasing at a fairly substantial rate as well. He was still learning what he could do with his new strength, so far the best thing he had done had actually been toppling the hollow a few moments ago.

As he told her about his life she found herself somewhat concerned for his safety, hollows were attracted to those with high amount of spiritual power and based on what he was telling her, his power was increasing, meaning so would the target on his back. She did see a silver lining however, his spiritual powers seemed to be manifesting into physical combat ability. She had heard some stories and rumors about humans with similar abilities; when she got back to the Soul Society she'd have to read up more on them, with a bit of luck she could put him in contact with a group to help learn his new powers.

After he told Yetsuna about himself he asked about herself and the nature of hollows. She told him about the shinigami and the Soul Society as well as how hollows came into existence and the only way they could be slain while saving the soul trapped within it. He didn't seem to be doubting anything she was telling him, though it wasn't hard to understand why. To a normal human what she was saying would likely seem a fairy tail, but after having physically touched a hollow and seen her what was basically a clone of her, it was probably a little hard for him to call it a lie.

Yetsuna stood back up blowing a puff of air upwards towards her bangs and flexing her right leg. it was time to get back to the fight. The two of them made their way back towards where the hollow was, Joyuse had yet to indicate that hollow was a imminate threat to anyone so they didn't have to rush back at full speed. It took about another six minutes for them to get back to the tree line, the gikon was sitting on a branch a dozen or so feet up a tree watching the hollow. The shinigami couldn't help but wonder how she had gotten up there, the lowest branch was at least eight feet high.

Joyuse looked down noticing her allies had come back. She pushed off the branch and fell down the the ground, landing surprisingly gracefully dispite the height. "The hollow has just been wandering around the area, a few humans came by the park, but the hollow never even went near them." "Alrighty, both of you stay here I don't need either of you getting harmed." she said as she took out her sword once more.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna had barely taken a step before Dante spoke up, she was far from surprised he had, "That thing looks a bit big to take on by yourself, let me help, I may not have a weapon, but I'm fairly sure I can go toe to toe with it. Besides what kind of guy would I be if I let a beautiful girl fight all by herself." Yetsuna paused, she knew she could use the help, though she somewhat loathed to admit it to herself. She knew he was more than likely right too, he manged to topple the hollow eariler without too much effort on his part. She turned to look at him, "And they say there are no good men left in the world," she said jokingly, "You're more than likely right, just be careful."

Part of the reason Yetsuna had agreed to his request was so that she could watch him. If he was going to have to learn how to defend himself against hollows it was better that she be there to make sure nothing bad happens to him. Raw strength is a wondrous boon in a fight, but it wasn't everything, she figured that she would be able to pick up whatever slack was there, assuming there was any in the first place. She let Dante take the lead for the fight, by her guess he was stronger than she was, but if he was able to occupy the hollow that meant that she could get a better chance at a clean killing blow. They both approached the hollow, Yetsuna was a few steps behind Dante, neither of them made any attempt to sneak up on the hollow. Goliath saw them coming from at least a dozen yards away; he didn't make any move towards them it just stood its ground.

The two of them stopped just outside of the beasts reach, Yetsuna stuck her sword in the ground briefly to crack her fingers while Dante took fighting pose. It looked somewhat like a boxers pose, but something about it seemed...unrefined? Yetsuna took her sword out of the ground and took her own battle pose. Dante looked over his shoulder and she gave him a small nod to indicate that she was ready.  She couldn't see his full face, but she would have sworn she saw him crack a smile after she had nodded.

He charged forward with a leap, driving his foot into the ground and leaving a sizable crater. He was faster than she had expected, she was beginning to feel like his total combat ability exceeded her own, with some training he would likely be a great fighter. Golaith brought his arms around towards the front of itself to try and catch Dante, but he was faster than it. The hollow's hands came together with nothing, but air between them as the human drove his fist into it's stomach. It was too heavy to be sent flying, but the blow did cause the creature to slid back few feet.

Yetsuna mentally whistled in surprise. No normal human could have hit something that big and have that kind of effect. She used a shunpo to get behind the hollow as it slid back and swung her sword into Goliath's leg. The sword hit true and cut into its leg, she felt the vibration from the blow go through her arms, it really was a densely built monster. She pulled her sword free of its leg and hopped just out of the creatures range again. Dante stayed on the hollow, she had to admit he was impressive to watch. As his feet hit the ground after driving the beast back he launched himself upwards. His hand made contact with the hollows head/mask making it fall backwards, causing the ground to cave underneath its weight.

Goliath fell flat on his back, but it didn't stay down long. It picked itself up off the ground as the human returned to a position near the shinigami. The hollow let out a roar once it had reached its full height and turned to face them once more. It's mask was damaged. Yetsuna was beyond impressed, it was no small feat to damage a hollows mask barehanded. It was beginning to seem like he didn't need any help at all, if he actually had a method of cleansing the hollow she likely would have just let him handle the entire fight.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

The hollows roar was almost deafening, it was fairly obvious that at this point it was pissed off. Out of nowhere the hollow spoke, and to her surprise it had a good handle on the common tongue. "Dishonorable creatures. Fighting 2 on 1." Yetsuna almost had to grab her jaw off the ground at that comment. She knew hollows could talk, but this was her first time seeing one do so, what's more it had a sense of honor.

Dante spoke up before she could get the chance to do so herself. Considering everything that he had seen so far today he probably wasn't caught as off guard by the situation as she was. "If it's a honorable battle you want then I'll fight you by myself," he said taking a step forward. "What's with this guy?" she found herself wondering, first he tackled the creature not knowing what it was, then he volunteered for combat against the thing knowing full well the dangers involved, and now he was volunteering for 1 on 1 combat with the thing. He was either really kind and brave or insanely stupid; she put her money mostly on the former, but there was differently some of the latter in there as well.

Yetsuna was slightly conflicted about what to do. Unless the hollow did something really unexpected chances were in Dante's favor and it would be some good practice for him, but at the same time Yetsuna didn't like the concept of him fighting for a few reasons. First of all it was her duty to take care of the hollow, second her pride really didn't like the concept of someone fighting for her, and lastly he didn't have a weapon.

She decided that she would let him take the challenge, though she wasn't entirely happy with her own choice. He could get some real valuable combat experience here that could help him survive if he was attacked again, and she didn't want to deny him that, even if it meant swallowing her pride. She just hoped that no one in the soul society was watching her, chances were that she would catch some flak for her choice if it got back to the wrong person.

"Dante," she called at him as she reversed the grip on her blade, having the handle face outward. When he turned to face her he would see her arm outstretched the handle of her blade facing towards him. "Be careful, and don't damage my weapon. I'll explain why in more detail later, but all you need to know for now is I'm putting a lot of trust in you by letting you use this."

He was obviously confused by what she had said, but she knew that he was going to be. "Thank you, I'll be careful," he said taking the blade from her. He examined it and did a few practice swings, he obviously hadn't used a sword before, but swords weren't too complicated to use by nature. "Go for the mask," she said before used a shunpo and reappeared next to Joyuse on the edge of the battlefield. She looked at Joyuse and was surprised to see that even she had a unsure look on her face. "Yeah I know probably shouldn't be doing this, hopefully it doesn't bit me in the ass..."

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Likely wont ever finish this STT so I'm just going to call it closed

[Amagai Kuchiki]

17 paragraphs, that gives you 80 CTP.