Shaping Up [Training Thread, Open]

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

Training for CTP.

That night would one of many that was to come, and like hell she was going to allow something like that to happen again. Not as long as she had a choice in the matter. But, she could still remember the taste of it. That sense of red staining her pink lips and dripping down that chin of hers. She could remember her fangs driving into the flesh of the Official and taking out that chunk. Her blood boiled from within and thought that she would cook her own insides if it continued. Furthermore, she believed herself to lose her mind if the condition prolonged. And not like a temporary sense of insanity, but like really damaging her mind. It has happened before during her time spent trapped in her room.

Again and again she clawed her walls and bed, biting into the fabric to keep herself from chewing on her own skin. Absolutely terrible. She read about animals in heat. A sense of overwhelming urges that flooded into her system like a drug. She couldn't help herself. Like every sensation and sense peaked as though she became an animal. Her sense of smell and hearing felt like they have been pushed beyond their limits. Aura felt every detail that plowed against her existence. The cool wind that tickled her. Those drops of sweat kept off of her for some time to freshen her heating body. It really did tickle.

But she couldn't stay in the past, she had to move on. All the reason why she came to school early. 6:00 A.M was the earliest she ever came to the campus. This was primarily to train herself at the Gym and track field. It had only been a few days since that night and Aura had to insure that the incident linking her to the incident was gone. Nothing like burning clothes in a furnace to help wipe away the links. Obviously she had to go and grab some new under blouses, but that was beside the point. After the traces of her being involved was gone she continued about her daily life.

So far she was training her body to be better. First things first, running. Her body was that of a human being, as it was meant to portray itself as, however, unlike humans she was a bit more stronger. A body that has been reinforced and infused with reiatsu that enables it for combat more than that of a typical human. That itself allowed for a greater level of stamina, which she was testing to see how far she can go. *Pat pat pat* was what she heard when her track shoes made contact with the padded track. She spent two hours already in school for the sole purpose of increasing her endurance. The reason for this was primarily to help her reach her home before dark.

She timed herself how quickly she can reach her Condo. On busy days it took about twenty to twenty-five minutes while on regular days, or slow days, it took about fifteen to twenty minutes. The crowds in Karakura town can be pretty hectic when school days are done. Those are the days that Cram Schools begin which brings more students onto the streets to travel back to the schools. Morning shifts are done and housewives go out to buy food for dinner. On other days the Clubs stay late, so that does help Aura a bit. Either way she had to be careful as to how long she remains in school. For the time being she didn't see any further interruptions as she remains the silent new student.

Some her classmates talk to her, merely out of curiosity. Aside from them she doesn't speak much to humans. Not that she doesn't want to or mind it, it is the thought of forming connections to people to whom she may harm one day. She didn't wish for something like that to happen. All the more reason to not put herself out there to try and make friends. If anything, if it does happen then it will. For the time being she won't expect much for now. Still, she was quite content with what she has. Training to better herself was only the beginning, for this was the life that she always wanted. Well, not with her night issues, but it was pretty close to it. Once that ordeal was planned for and ready then she can begin developing herself more as a person.

Squats help out too. Lunges and squats down the 100 meter line. Hell at first, and hell once more when finishing. Burning her hamstrings and Quads always sucked and was completely stupid. Aura always thought that her mind would be the one thing she really thought that would carry her throughout her life. That concluded her idea of training her body to take on conflict situations. Though, if she learned anything from her experiences it was that both body and mind were something that had to be developed together to really take on life. So that is what she did.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

Ugggghhh, her legs felt like freshly made jelly out of the refrigerator. And her arms hurt very much from the sets of push ups she has been doing. Just the thought of having to relive something like that night again terrified her. Not when she can help it this time around. Her school jersey smelled of something foul, a good sign of some effort at the very least. So far Aura has been going on the right track as far as she can tell. Even if the Osen wasn't really activate it proved to be a pain nonetheless. Still, to make her dream a reality it was something that had to be done.

She went for another mile run. A cool down mile to rest herself completely. This was a bit longer than her first mile run since she was merely resting her body from her work out. Despite working out her mind wasn't present on the track. More over it continued to resume strategies as how to deal with her curse. That curse that the Shinigami implanted into her body. To force her to become a weapon against her will. Bred for combat and built for war, and when it came to the point that there would be no other Bounts than her, the Shinigami became frightened.

Instead, they turned her into a test tube project. Caged her in a room where she can be controlled and manipulated in any way they deem necessary. Her pace settled to that of a walk. Her thoughts always faltered back to those years. Those years that was a life meant for something like her. Aura had been treated like property, an inhuman object for the sole purpose of being used. Her and those of her kind. The other Bounts were cast away as raw material or applied as soldiers until they were killed. One way or the other it spelled out the end for them. She was no different.

Aura pulled herself off to the side caressing the length of her hair. All she could remember were the screams and intense heat that engulfed her body. Her body remembered it clearly. And despite doing her best attempts to prevent such a thing from happening again she knew it was only a matter of time. She can take the precautions but would it do her any good? No matter how far she ran from it she will always have to find a place to restrain herself to keep other people safe. That nerved her a lot. It nerved her to the point she found herself tensing up.

She didn't like it. She wanted control over it. Not to have it control her. The Bount wrestled with herself constantly over the matter. Every stroke of her hair seemed to equal out to the number of times that she was forced to endure those heated nights. What had to do was train her mind as well as her body in order to try and keep her mind set during those flaring times. Still, the taste would remain. That single moment of biting down and drinking in that gush of red fluid was something that she'd never forget. *No* She couldn't imagine that. She wanted to be human, and not the weapon that Soul Society desired for her to be.

[Guerrero Manipuladora]

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Stats:
Strength:(50x.7)=35
Speed:70
Spiritual Pressure:70
Reiatsu Strength:(70x1.5)=105
Light Aura:50
Dark Aura:50
Instinct:90
Senses:70
Energy Sensory:0
Wound Expertise:0
Total:420

Skills:
Learning:1
Battle Analysis:1
Pain Tolerance:1
Damage Recovery:1
Battle Analysis:1
Analysis:1

6/15 SKP

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Training the Paragraphs for SP

It was during this fine morning within the world of the living that the Menos Grande hollow had been searching for prey to devour and had been drawn to the school for she smelt spiritual pressures within the land. The twelve foot long snake had slithered as her horned mask had turned left and right. How she hungered for something right now...almost anything to feed her hunger. It was when she saw a group of high school students whom had happened to come to school at the wrong time did she act. She had slithered forward only to see two of the four humans assembled could see her. This was most wonderful to the snake as it meant more wonderful food.

"Miyako. Tatsuma. Get out of here...something bad is gonna happen and only me and Tzashima can deal with it." The two humans in front of the hollow had formed blueish bows in their hands, and immediately warning bells rang in the Hollows ears. These two were Quincy and at the insistence of their orders, the two normal humans ran. It was then they both pulled on their strings to fire at the snake...only for her to swing her tail sending not several sharp scales flying like knives to the Quincy humans. They had fired their bows hitting three of the scales...and then some of them hit their marks the others missing entirely.

One of the Quincy had leapt in front of another to suddenly take four scales along the arms, chest, and one in the stomach as blood would quickly surround his white shirt... bleeding. The other Quincy had looked shocked as the Hollow had no time for tears as it was simply starving. It lacked the mentality to understand that these humans were more than mere food, and so it had rushed forward suddenly slapping it's tail into the Quincy's chest sending him rolling back several feet before the snake had looked down to the human now deceased it seemed. If not deceased, then very close to it as she smelled the crimson liquid of blood. Suddenly bending her head down, she had grabbed the corpse in her mouth before swallowing it whole as it slid down her throat with a gulp.

The other Quincy looked up in shock and surprise as the female had seen her friend get swallowed down the Snake's gullet. "TAMAKI! NO!" The snake had hissed with her forked tongue sticking out as the Quincy recovered standing on her two feet reforming her bow and quickly firing an arrow at the large target. However, the snake swung her tail quickly deflecting the arrow as she began to slither forwards to her prey. The Quincy was angered...and unable to think very straight at the moment. It was an easy meal to get for the Hollow. The arrows weren't doing much against her thick scales.

Quickly she had swerved her head from side to side to intimidate the female Quincy before suddenly, the snake would seem to lurch forward which made the Quincy leap back only for the snake to spit one of her knife blades straight for the Quincy. She saw her block it with her bow. However, that moment of distraction was all the Hollow needed to attack. Quickly the snake lunged before she could notch another arrow wrapping around the female's body with her big and long body. The snake much like the bount had been acting on instincts, however she acted off of her hunger rather than heat. As a result, was she really to blame for death and destruction? Now...to deal with the second prey.

Slowly strangling the life out of the Quincy in her grasp, the girl had wheezed and gasped as the snake had squeezed tighter and tighter. She squirmed and tried to move away...or do anything, but it was then the hollow had a small glimpse or understanding of humanity. The human in her grasp was suffering, and that wasn't right. She had suddenly at that moment just twisted snapping the Quincy's throat as the body went limp in her grasp. The snake had stuck out her forked tongue yet again before wrapping it around the dead humans head before drawing her into the waiting mouth of the hollow. The woman was swallowed without remorse at that moment. She was a hollow after all.

The two normal humans had ran off in confusion to the gym track and around the school looking for help. "Can anyone help us?! Anyone?! There's something wrong at the front of the school! Please! Can anyone help?!" Aura may be able to hear this as the snake had rested in the morning sunlight to digest while waiting for more food. Two quincy were gone from the world as they were now becoming part of Guerrero. They gave her knowledge and power as she feasted on them. One of the people upon finding Aura had spoke quickly and in a fearful voice as he was out of breath.

"M-My friend Tamaki and his friend Michiru had told us to leave earlier and something bad was happening. I don't know what, but they told us to run. I think somethings bad has happened! Please help us find out what's going on! Something isn't right here!" Now...Guerrero was ready for more food as a sudden howl had made itself aware at the front of the school of a hollow. Guerrero had been starving and looking for more morsels to feed herself off of. She's already killed two...so to see students coming in for school now was making the snake ecstatic as she was going to eat them all. She had a never ending hunger that she needed to sate.

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2 Class 7 Quincy devoured.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

OOC: Sorry for the wait hehee.

What was suppose to be a day of peace turned out to be that of a nightmare. She knew that Hollows were a thing in the World of the Living, but to lash out at a school to- nevermind. Her own recent transfer to the school didn't allow a lot of time to interact with the other kids. Like honestly, she had many more affairs to take care of that kept most of the chaos at by. And by chaos, it was more directed towards herself. She couldn't allow herself to attack the humans on sight during her blood rage moments. From timing her route back home and stores to other locations, the Bount had to insure that she knew the city like the back of her hand. No telling when she would go berserk again.

Hence the reason why she did her daily exercises to better her physical abilities. The effort was terrible, meaning it was an utter pain, but the results were worth the pain. And what better way to show'em off then to use against a Hollow. Seriously? Yeah right. Aura wasn't stupid, she knew the difference between a Hollow and a Bount. On average, a Bount would have an advantage over a typical Hollow. But in this case, Aura wouldn't stand a chance. If anything, she was on par with that of an average human being. Would be a complete slaughter if she went against a Hollow head to head in her current state.

Two students came rushing to her in a panic. Sweat and heavy pants pursed from their lips to really show the amount of effort they were putting into what seemed like a getaway sprint. Their words blended together with each heavy breath. Her energy sensory went into a wide range scan, though not as strong as she would like for it to be it still helped to know what she was going against. Hollows were what Bounts were designed to round up when the Shinigami were not able to. But again, Aura wasn't at the proficient level yet, she couldn't release her Doll like the others. Not yet at least. So what to do? Students would be arriving to school, including the teachers. She had to do something to keep people away. "Tell everyone at the school to evacuate the school. If anything, there must be something dangerous around here that the others knew about. So please, get as people as you can and let them know that they have to leave the school."

More than likely they'd be confused as to what was going on, but in a paniced state. In such a state of mind, they would be willing to listen to anything. And though the details were not given, as if they would believe in killer spirits, their minds were already given orders to go on. Thus, it got them moving. And while they were running about shouting like idiots, the time given to the Bount allowed for some constructive thinking to run amok. That being said ran to the main building. More specifically, the art room. Spray bottles, Co2 tanks, including some unsafe hazardous chemicals, the "avoid eye contact" sorts.

Nonetheless, the Hollow would be gorging itself on more people, but with more people being frantic, its activities would only cause more people to leave the school. Aura spent many years formulate plans and schemes. Back then, Bounts of her kind were used primarily to plan out attacks, while others were used to carry them out. Aura on the other hand... never really did her own plans, unless attempting to escape from the Seireitei counts as one. Then that one failed miserably. Back outside she fled, with a shake in the trio of spray canisters. Towards the school furnes. The janitor usually arrives early in the mornings to light it to dispose of the trash, so it worked out wonderfully. Quickly opening the heavy lid, and into the fire the canisters went. And hell, she had to make a run for it before the- *BOOM* Yup, before the pressure in the cans felt the heat and reacted as such.

The explosion itself wasn't big. If anything, it only caused damage to the interior of the concrete furnes. But the sound, the sound itself mimiced that of a grenade going off. A sound that would make the authorities come running to investigate, resulting in the school to be closed to prevent possible loss of lives. Afterwards, Aura followed suit. "Everyone, please get out. The teachers said we have to leave now." the Bount exclaimed down the hall. Other than that, she went out of her way to track down the Hollow. That sucked. All she had on her was the two paint spray cans and a spray bottle of bleach. What the hell was she going to do?

[Guerrero Manipuladora]

As the explosion had occurred by the clever Bount, the people ran and screamed from the school as the actions would most likely be blamed on terrorists or some sort of extremist bomber. The hollow had raised her head at the sound of the explosion with more than just a simple interest. She slithered her way from the lower ground before flapping her wings. She would fly into the air before flying forwards and breaking the glass along the third floor to enter the building. She wanted more rich food, and found this school tended to be a gold mine for such a thing. As the simple humans ran past her, and planned on leaving the premises...she had a sick plan.


The last civilian remaining that had been a straggler would be grabbed...his neck wrapped around by the snake tail before he gagged and yelled in pain. He would be dragged as he yelled and screamed up the stairs and further up planning on going to the roof of the establishment. The snake not having energy sensory could not find the food she so desperately sought unless meeting them face to face. Aura however would have the sight of seeing a twelve foot long snake dragging a squirming student up a set of stairs inching along without it noticing her luckily. The question was, what would she and what could she do about it?


Upon reaching the roof, the female snake had howled loudly calling forth any and all challengers to face her in combat. She had slammed her tail into the wall causing the boy in her tail to scream in panic and yell as she began to bludgeon him against the wall. Perhaps a Shinigami would turn up...or maybe another Quincy. She didn't know, and she frankly didn't care as long as she would earn her next meal. Aura perhaps would be one of these herself, or perhaps she would cower and run off with her fellow humans. Now she played the waiting game.


The human was terrified as he was slammed into the wall over and over, and as he bled, he screamed. He screamed so loudly that his throat would most likely turn raw from the conflict. Eventually...she got tired of waiting and she had dragged herself to the guard railing of the roof before throwing the human off with no hesitation. A final scream would be heard until a black blur had grasped the falling figure breaking through some glass before soon, the same figure reappeared on the rooftop with a sword drawn. A Shinigami had appeared to face the hollow. How perfect, as now she could devour another scrumptious morsel to assimilate to her mind.


The male Shinigami had used the Shunpo attempting to slice her head open with a single strike, only for the snake to have opened her jaw extremely wide and then clamping down on the blade and Shinigami’s arm. The snake had then released her acidic substance from her mouth encompassing the blade beginning to melt it down as the Shinigami had pulled their hand quickly to avoid losing their arm. Quickly the snake had used her tail swinging it straight for the side of the Shinigami before it gained spikes. It looked rather much like a mace with long sharp spikes as it impaled the Shinigami and pierced through the opposite end of the body killing him almost instantly.


She had slid her tail to her mouth as she partook in the corpse nomming it down happily before swallowing whole. Aura may have witnessed this series of events she might see on the ground was a chipped and broken katana. It was still sharp, but it was shorter than most and right next to the hollow to boot. How would Aura deal with this beast? The snake had howled into the air as she awaited more food to arrive. Even if the human police arrived, it was no real concern to her. They wouldn't be able to see or hurt her anyways.

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One Class 7 Shinigami eaten.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

(ooc: Sorry for the wait, bah.)

"Okay okay." Bottles of alcohol with strips of cloth and gasoline. The furnace that exploded a few minutes ago still had some fuel to its side. That was what she poured into the empty bottles, some with gasoline, others with alcohol to help spread. For what Aura was about to go up against she had to use everything she can find. Damn it to Hell that she didn't have use of one of her Dolls. Panic and fear spread fast through the school even as natural instinct kicked into overdrive. The news of a student being taken away came in fast, being dragged away by something that couldn't be seen. That was definitely the Hollow that came into school ground. More to prove her thought was the chilling cry that came shortly after she heard of the news.

Into her carrying case did she manage to fit the four bottles, and having to end up carrying up the last two in hand. In her coat pocket she had the lighter to make the magic happen. Up higher and higher, she traced the commotion that the animal was stirring up. For a Hollow to stay in one place wasn't uncommon, but for it to make this much noise was just foolish. Either that it had to be a strong one, or it was very foolish. Surely was overestimating itself to attack a public school. If were a Hollow, she'd pick a place that was less crowded. At least somewhere that wouldn't stir too much attention. With this, Shinigami will come soon. Probably a few at first, then more and more depending on the threat level. Aura had this insight because of the Shinigami. She was accustomed to their ways. They pretty much beat it into her mind on a daily basis while she had to bark her own orders to her fellow Bounts.

As tiresome as it was annoying Aura came to learn a great deal of things. Up the staircase and leaning against the side of the door frame she could hear it. The Bount was not like the other humans, for she could see the stupid spirit. It was flaunting its power like a baby with a rattle, and just as much as she wanted to help out the boy, she couldn't. Aura was really in no position to fight or anything, not with her current abilities. That was the sucky part about being partially human. Despite being trained as a weapon the Bount had little to no combat experience herself. Aside from fist fighting with the Shinigami that she encountered during her escape attempts. Beyond that, she had no "real" experience facing off against animal like creatures. She had to be careful.

A quick dab of alcohol along the stair way the girl was ready to go. She watched it, very very carefully. Aura waited for the beast to let out another howl before making her move. Shaking up the contents of the gasoline in one of the bottles, Aura lit the bottle's tail before cracking the door partially open. She knew well that she wouldn't be able to hurt it by ordinary means, which was the reason she had to turn to more conventional means. Fire itself was practically its own form of energy. And like they say, "Everything burns." For that reason, even if it made some form of irritation, it would at least scathe the beast somewhat.

Flung out of the doorway did the bottle fly, and when it came crashing onto the ground did it set the small area ablaze. It was only meant to catch the Hollow's attention if it didn't hit the creature. Another look into her bag and the girl retrieved two more bottles. The third she had was already lit and ready to go, which was what she used immediately after to help spread the fire, coating the floor with a strong odor. Then, it too being set on fire, heating the air itself with its firey glory. Aura naturally kept herself inside the doorway ready to run should it be too dangerous, but already, the girl found herself nearly down the first set of stairs. Now, what would the Hollow do in response?

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

OOC: Gonna end it for my part of the training portion. ^.^

The bottle would shatter and flare. As to what it struck would be something that remained a mystery. Aura took off running down the staircase. The little distraction that the bottle caused would drawn in some attention. At the same time, the amount of alcohol and other chemicals spilled along the steps stank so damn much. The odor was strong enough to knock her out, which meant that it was also toxic. The whole damn staircase was filling up with the mixture of strong aromas. Her nostrils burned and were hazed by the constant stream of smells. The Bount got the Hell out of dodge as soon as she could, at least before lighting the area on fire. And boy, did it light up like a firestorm.

A single cocktail in the staircase ignited the fumes and chemicals like it was New Years. The inferno consumed the stairs in a matter of moments. Inside of the halls smoke began to pour in. Paint and windows shattered shortly after. Aura was one of the few students that remained in the building as the fire continued to spread within the structure. The police were already arriving, including the emergency responders. Seemingly that a school on fire was something to behold. For as long as she could remember fires and screaming people were a cause for concern, but usually only a few people were needed. The Shinigami were more than capable of handling most situations. So it was a rare sight when seeing so many people gathered for a single crisis.

Before leaving the building, Aura threw the remainder of the bag's contents into the spreading fire. Bad idea. The total combined amount that was left in the bad was enough to cause a minor explosion. So much gasoline and alcohol mixed with compressed air, plus fire, made it all the worse. To pin it to a much shorter aspect, it was similar to that of several hand grenades going off at once. Enough umph to really knock the girl off her feet and out the door. She could still remember the ringing that went haywire in her ears. The shock of the explosion caused a bit of deafening to occur. Emergency personal managed to take her and treat her, but that didn't matter as that wasn't her main concern.

The Hollow? What happened to the Hollow? She knew that it wouldn't be enough to get rid of the damn beast, but at least draw enough attention for the Shinigami and probably some Quincies to come around to investigate. Such occurrences like these happen whenever a Hollow is involved. A lack of control and fluttering about with their power some Hollows forget that there are people and groups out there to ring them in. That was the hope and idea after all. But nonetheless she would get out and see another day. Well, with the Hollow's appearance it did give her one Hell of a workout in shaping up.

[Kento Waffles]

+210 CTP