[Joint Training]Sparring With Shawn Rabuburēdo

[Yuna Xiao]

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Preamble:
Two young Shinigami wishing to spar. Two people not known for their physical strength and have to be resourceful elsewhere. 

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Waiting at the entrance to Squad 11, Yuna quietly observes the Assault Division. "This guy must be tanked. I can't imagine why he would want to spar with an intelligence-specialist like me and someone from Squad 7 of all places. Perhaps they're just trying to expand their horizons somehow? Oh well. He should be out aaaaany minute now--It'll be fun to train with someone with such high aptitude in combat~" She stood there, jotting down notes in her journal and leaning against the wall right next to the huge gates to their barracks. "Did I meet this guy in Shino Academy? I feel like I would have remembered someone with such a Western name. I guess we'll find out soon enough." 

[Shawn Rabuburēdo]

Walking out of the squad 11 barracks gate, Shawn see’s Yuna leaning up against the wall jotting down something. Upon first sight Yuna was much shorter then he but much more physically fit, seeing that she wears something different then the usual shihakusho irked him a little but not enough to say anything. When she first sees Shawn she would notice that even though he is significantly taller than her there is no muscle definition, in fact he looks almost sickly and weak thanks to his very pale skin. This skin however amplifies his messy golden hair and blue eyes while also making the scar on traveling partly up the right side of his face towards his ear starting at his lip very apparent.



“Yuna I presume?” this question coming out very meek and showing he was nervous “The training area in the squad 11 barracks is this way if you would follow me”. Clearly unsure on the direction this spar will go as Yuna is clearly going to outmatch him physically, Shawn pushes on and starts to lead the way knowing that no matter what this will be good experience and will help him to learn what he needs to work on if he intends to protect those around him. It will also be the only way he can find his siblings and feel secure in his ability to keep them safe like he was unable to do in the living world. “Don’t be afraid to talk on the way if you have any questions or just want to talk”

[Yuna Xiao]

The young Shinigami entirely ignores the man stepping out from the barracks -- it can't be him. As he takes stock of her she does take an uncomfortable notice at the pause he has taken. Just as she's about to ask 'can I help you?' Shawn asks his question. Yuna is a wee bit surprised to say the least. She stuffs her journal into her inner pocket and politely bows to Shawn "Good afternoon! I am indeed the one and only Yuna Xiao of Seventh Division! You must be the one who posted on shini.net looking for a sparring partner eh? Shawn Rabuburēdo. I'll go with you, sure!" "Is this guy for real? He's a member of Eleventh Division? How did he convince their Captain to recruit such a scrawny guy? He's got to have some kind of incredible hidden ability, maybe he was top of the Hadō or maybe he has laser eyes or something..." 
She was at a loss for questions beyond 'how?' but she at least wasn't going to make things awkward. Following along into the barracks she pipes up "So," Yuna shook away her thoughts. After all, she had better get used to appearances not being everything. "you recently graduated too huh? What inspired you to join the Gotei 13?" Probably best to not focus on his physique anyway or so she thought. 

[Shawn Rabuburēdo]

While leading the way to the training area Yuna took up Shawn’s offer to ask questions so it would be impolite if he couldn’t manage to respond, nervous or not. “I did recently graduate from the academy, yes” was his answer to her first question. “The reason I decided to join the Gotei 13? Well there are two main reasons, the first being that it will allow me to grow stronger to protect those in need and those i care about” quickly rubbing his right cheek where the scar is as he spoke before moving the same hand to lightly grip the silver cross hanging around his neck. “The second being that I still hold fast in my faith as a christian, believing that being a Shinigami is one of the ways to make it to heaven while keeping balance to the world and saving the souls that become Hollows.”



When he finished speaking they arrived at an area that is something Yuna may or may not have expected (even Shawn is still in awe from it). The training area is a literal coliseum, everything that you would expect a roman coliseum to look like is how this training area looks. “Any specific reason you joined the Gotei 13?” he asked while patiently listening to her possible response, once she finishes he begins to walk. Moving towards the center Shawn puts thirty feet in between them, “Ready to begin if you are?” These words flowed out of his mouth without the nervousness he had before, instead full of determination to learn from what was about to take place.

[Yuna Xiao]

As she followed and listened she gently smiled and took brief notice of Shawn's scar. "Christian huh? It seems as though most Shinigami have faith in something even if it's just the Soul King, but I have yet to meet someone who is utterly devout to a human world religion in here. Is it not a little bit odd to still have faith? We are the afterlife, and our god--if you can call him that-- is the Soul King, just like the King of Las Noches is to the Hollow, and the Emperor is to the Quincy. I was raised Buddhist and my grandparents were Shinto so I've got my share of reincarnation myth and pious life stories..." Yuna gazes toward the roof as if looking to the sky briefly reminiscing about those good times "...Once I realised I was dead and now in the Soul Society I really began to understand that we had it all wrong, and that we probably were just talking about Hollows and Shinigami, the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, Hell, and all the rest. Even if there is a deity above the Soul King, what does it matter? This is our existence now, this is the truth we have to be content with."

She quickly realised she was running with a tangent that could divert their entire afternoon and maybe she would offend her practice mate. She lightly chuckled to herself stretching her arms out to metaphorically release the tension she built up "Heh heh - Not that you can't believe whatever you want here. There are no rules governing that! But anyway; let's get started shall we? This place is fantastic!" Yuna was taking a good look around the coliseum "I would expect nothing less from Squad Eleven!" She got herself ready into a fighting stance and that's when Shawn would take notice that he's up against a very different opponent right away: while his squadmates take martial fighting poses with their Zanpakutō out or some fanciful Karate-style stance, Yuna instead keeps her sword sheathed and looks poised to jump or run rather than attack or defend, she is crouched with her hands to the ground and kneeling, one foot flat and the other. She beckons him with her hand with a 'come at me' gesture. "OK, Shawn, ready when you are. First one that gets tossed to the ground loses. Are you game? Anything is fair here but just don't try to kill me" She says with a piercing look of determination and spirit. 

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[Shawn Rabuburēdo]

Listening to Yuna as they made their way into the coliseum training area, he immediately lets her views on religion slide as he fully understands how most souls tend to leave their beliefs behind. Entering the coliseum Yuna made a comment about not expecting anything less from squad 11, it still leaves Shawn in awe however every time he enters it. Putting a good 30 feet in between them at the center of the coliseum he agrees to the terms of the first one knocked off their feet losing.



Yuna begins starting herself in a very low stance, through his years of training and skills in battle analysis he understands she prefers to use speed and strike low. He raises his hands up to chest level on each side and announces “Let’s begin then”, immediately flicking his wrists from the flat position they were in to be facing straight up while gripping with his fingers. Yuna would then notice multiple threads glistening in the light in a 10 foot radius around him connected to the ground leading to his hands.



Moving his right hand low enough to point at her he straightens his index and middle finger towards her feet while speaking “Hado #4 Byakurai”, After this a bolt of pure white lightning flies out of his finger tips toward Yuna’s feet. In case she tries to jump up and away from that attack he aims his left hands index and middle finger above Yuna while immediately speaking “Bakudo #4 Hainawa” sending a rope soaring at the air above Yuna. Making the threads as straight and taut as possible, all he can do now is wait for Yuna to react to his attacks.

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{STATS} 

Strength - 50 Points (-50%=25)



Speed - 50 Points (-50%=25)



Spiritual Pressure - 50 Points



Reiatsu Strength - 50 Points



Light Aura - 100 Points



Dark Aura - 0 Points



Instinct - 25 Points (-50%=12.5)



Senses - 50 Points (-50%=25)



Energy Sensory - 25 Points (-50%=12.5)



Healing Expertise - 0 Points





(Type: SSv1)

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{Reiatsu}Byakurai-25
Hainawa-25
Advanced Air Arsenal: Air Strings-0
450/500
1/5 Posts for Advanced Air Arsenal: Air Strings

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{Point Bank}You can read Shawn's Skills and what each Technique does here
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/11154/shawns-outlook-future

[Yuna Xiao]

"What!? Two Kidō at his level!? Damn..." Her thoughts were swift as a bullet as she's forced to roll as fast as she could out of the way and to the her right and giving herself three metres of space between where she was. The second she finds her footing she begins running toward Shawn in a spiral rather than head-on, testing out his reflexes by throwing her senbon* at him and although she isn't well-trained in using them yet, she still can hit a target from only thirty feet away without much issue. Yuna's tiny frame is very quick, sprinting much faster than the average person of a novice Shinigami and certainly faster than Shawn could keep up with "I know he's going to lure me into using Shunpō, he's not dumb enough to forget that, so what's he got in store if I get close? Must be something to do with those strings -- I better be careful." As she's running, she remains poised to jump upward and out of the way of a direct attack. Yuna has moved to within fifteen feet of Shawn and closing in very quickly.

*item automatically acquired due to Type. Senbon remaining 14/15

[Shawn Rabuburēdo]

Not surprised as Shawn watched Yuna doge to the right in order to avoid his Kido, she then precedes to start sprinting in a spiral around and closer to Shawn before she launches something at him. Sadly with his current reflexes and speed he can't dodge it, Yuna would watch as it severs a few strings without anything happening before it pierces his left shoulder. Other then some pain it doesn't seem to be hindering Shawn's movement, so he precedes to mental say Hakudo #4: Hainawa, while he says this in his head he slightly lifts his left index finger waiting for Yuna who he can barely keep up with visually to start moving in front of him before a rope of light is sent flying about five feet in front of where she is heading to hoping it collides into her when she reaches that spot. Now all Shawn can do is continue to hold up his strings and wait for Yuna's reaction.

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{Reiatsu}
Hainawa-25
425/500
2/5 posts for Advanced Air Arsenal: Air Strings

[Yuna Xiao]

"He didn't even budge, thankfully I didn't hit anything vital. He must be tougher than he looks if he just tanks these hits" she surmised, taking notice that she severed some of the neigh-invisible threads "there they are again... what trick is up his sleeve? It couldn't be his Shikai could it?" the nimble girl was just about to make her next manoeuvre when suddenly Hainawa is launched at her and as much as she was prepared, she definitely did not anticipate such strong Kidō from Squad 11 and her left leg gets caught as she was just a bit too slow in reacting due to her shock at mental incantation being used "Geh -- shit!" she manages to stay somewhat balanced and standing on her hands as her legs get tied up "H-Heh, you almost had me there boy! It'll take more than that to knock me on my ass!" Yuna now handstanding makes her attempt to run at you looking ridiculous while she does and not quite as fast in this fashion but still quicker than you might expect as if she's practiced doing this, it's unclear how she even plans on attacking at this point but it doesn't seem to stop her. 

[Shawn Rabuburēdo]

At least it didn't completely fail was his thought as he watched his Hainawa catch one of her legs and begin slowing her down some. Smirking a little at the fact he caught her of guard she continues the same spiral around him getting nearer and nearer. Shawn's left shoulder begins to throb but he stands firm If a little needle like that would cause enough pain for me to falter i will never be able to protect thoughs near to me or have the strength to find my siblings, this floated through his mind as Yuna was getting closer to touching the strings.

If she does end up touching the strings he will quickly do a mental incantation for Hado #11: Tsuzuri Raiden waiting for the lightning to travel down the threads he is holding and connect with her. If this does happen he will then quickly raise both index fingers and point them at Yuna who he hopes at this time is has been momentarily stopped from his Tsuzuri Raiden and mentally speak Bakudo #4: Hainawa launching two ropes of light, one at her body and one at her legs. With this Shawn will continue to hold his strings in case it didn't go the way he planned. If Yuna does not touch the strings he will let fly a single class 7 string to connect to her and then continue doing the same thing but releasing the Class 7 air string.

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{Reiatsu and Techs}

Hainawa-25X2(50)
Tsuzuri Raiden-25
Remaining Reiatsu- 350/500
3/5 posts for Advanced Air Arsenal: Air Strings

If Class 7 Advanced Air Arsenal: Air Strings was used-25
Remaining 325/500

[Yuna Xiao]

Yuna took notice of how her senbon was damaging the strings but she did not understand what they were yet. Being cautious, she concludes that there must be a certain area that these strings cover. Using her senbon once more, she launches two more needles this time more precisely aimed at the left and right sides of his legs just one foot away from each leg, hoping to see if there's a blindspot, all the while balancing on one hand only. She then takes a chance to see if her trick worked and reverse-lunges toward him, using her hands to push her legs rocketing forward to his feet and calves in an attempt to unbalance Shawn.

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{If she was unsuccessful in destroying the air strings before hitting him}she gasps in pain as she is electrified fairly painfully as it's not a sensation she is used to. The shock proves too much for her to react to so she becomes ensnared by Hainawa entirely and as a result, she drops to the ground, lightly panting from the Tsuzuri Raiden but smirking up at Shawn. "Damn... I guess you got me after all."

[Shawn Rabuburēdo]

Bracing for an attack, what he witnessed surprised him, two more of those needles were sent flying in his direction, these needles however were not aimed at him but rather near him. Trying to sever the strings? Clever move, but too no avail, The needles managed to cut a few strings but left most of them untouched and still functioning. This of course followed by a brave attack that only led to her landing in the midst of quite a few of those threads allowing Tsuzuri Raiden to land a good hit and stun her long enough for his Hainawa to land a clean shot sending Yuna to the ground.

Once she caught her breath Yuna spoke, as she did Shawn fell to his knees from the amount of exertion he had been doing. "I did get you but you surely didn't make it easy" he stated barely keeping his breathing in check. Holding out a hand as an offering to help the now freed Yuna to her feet after he himself managed to stand up. "That was some good experience that will surely help both of us in the future" he said with a grin, Yuna, I have to remember that name for a potential sparring partner in the future. If she accepted his help or not Shawn would wait for a response.

[Yuna Xiao]

She lightly chuckled with her satisfied smirk, taking his hand and standing upright herself, brushing off any dirt on her Shihakushō. "You bet -- I've clearly got to learn how to fight against Kidō better... And hey, sorry about your shoulder. I thought you were going to dodge my first attack, I did not intend to actually hit you, I mean it's just training after all. Do you need to see Squad 4? It's bleeding pretty bad." She gently smiles at him, hoping he doesn't take it personally. "I still don't get it--how did such a frail Shinigami get into Squad 11!? He seems better suited to Squad 12 or the Kidō Corps. Mysteries of life after all. I guess I'm not one to talk, they kept pushing me to Squad 2 but I refused." Her brave attack was still foolish but until she can hone her skills better, risks is all she can take. 

[Shawn Rabuburēdo]

"Nah, it's not that bad of a wound so it should heal fine" Shawn responded to Yuna's slight worry, "If anything it will just help my to remember to increase my reflexes" he slightly laughs. Looking back on this spar will help to show him where he needs to improve if he ever wants to protect those around him or to have the power to protect his siblings when he finds them. Thanking Yuna for the spar they had he decides it's time to say his goodbyes for now, after all, now he knows what he needs to work on and after a quick nap he will have the energy to start training.

[Col Arana]

Counting 22 paragraphs between the two of you.

As Joint Training that’s cut in half for a grand total of 110 TP