Post by faceless on Dec 20, 2022 2:28:13 GMT -5
-Opening-
"Perhaps it is a foolish idea to seek peace, but I think it rather foolish to deny its possibility"
Discord/Chatango Username (include nicknames): oFaceless
Password 1: Kitai's Debt
Password 2: Sanctus Teamwork
Type: Genius
Squad: Squad Five
Rank: Captain
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-Basic Information-
Name: Blanche, Xion
Age of Death: Xion was born in the soul society, specifically from the Sakahone district
Real Age/Age of Appearance: 600 years old/27 years old
Birthday (Month/Day): June Second
Blood Type: O-
RP Sample (Optional):
Xion gripped his zanpakuto lightly, having it hanging in his scabbard on the left side of his body. He stood, looking up at a 20 degree angle towards the sky, the light from the sun hitting his face, and slightly in his eyes, making him squint. It was maybe 10:30 AM in the morning, looking at the position of the sun. He had just come from the Soul Society on a mission to the world of the living to protect Karakura Town, to understand the mysterious attacks on the stationed 13th Divison members that have been stationed inside of the town. His light brown hair, long enough to slightly cover his eyes, was brushed up and to his right side of his face, was slightly rustling from the wind upon stepping out of the gate to the world of the living. His dark blue eyes shining from the sun, round, circular glasses slightly asymmetrical on his face. He happened to accidentally appeared in the middle of a busy street, but of course, being a shinigami, he knew none of the people could see him. Being six feet tall, a majority of people were shorter than he was, as people simply moved past him in either direction. Xion sighed, speaking softly to himself, "Ill wrangle squad 12 for getting the coordinates wrong. I cant believe theyd put me in the middle of a busy street like that? I mean, what if I got hit by a car?"
Xion was in the midst of scanning the horizon and the sky in front of him for any signs of something amiss. After all, coming here himself, he knew the threat was massive, and should be dealt with in a quick manner. As he looked forward, all he saw was open blue sky, with a few small clouds dancing around the sun almost purposefully, and the buildings of the town around him. He felt around his immediate surroundings to feel for any spiritual pressure to alert him of any unwanted beings. His expression on his face feeling around his surroundings was of slight disappointment, feeling absolutely nothing out of place. He knew it might be a while before the culprit made its return. He saw a human walking right towards him, and realized pretty quickly that he should move. He might accidentally make contact with any human if he continues to stand in the middle of the busy street. He jumps up, looking left and right, before deciding to jump towards the roof of the taller, 30 foot tall building on his left, and lands softly on the roof. His captain cape flapped around him, a very standard captain cape, with the 5th Squad symbol on the back. He takes another look around his surroundings, at the city below him, and checks once again for any large spiritual pressures. Again, he realizes after a few moments that theres nothing out of the ordinary.
Normally, it was the 13th district to deal with Karakura town, but he owed the 13th District a favor, and offered to go in place of their captain. He yawns and thinks to himself, "Damn, can't believe I woke up and came all the way here, just for there to be nothing here. But Id get yelled at if I came back immediately..." He trailed off his thoughts, as he decided to lay down. He bunches up his captain cloak, keeping it on himself, and puts it under his head like a pillow. "Well," he thought, "if nothings happening, then I might as well..." He never finished the thought. He trailed off into sleep. His eyes remained closed for what felt like only a second, almost as if blinking, before his brain screamed "danger!" He bolted up immediately, looking around. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary at face value, but he couldnt shake the feeling something was off. It was quiet, as he sat there, he looked up at the sky. The sky was quickly darkening, as the sun was starting to set. Had he really slept all day? It hadnt felt like it, but.... wait, quiet? I know its getting late, but its still a heavily populated town. He looked down at the streets, and quickly his alarm bells began ringing even louder. There were no cars, no people, that he could see at all. He reaches down with his right hand, gripping the handle of his 32 inch zanpakuto, feeling the familiar blue netting of the handle. He slightly began pulling the zanpakuto out of its sheath, stopping after two or 3 inches, when he froze. He felt the spiritual pressure hit him suddenly, and his first thought upon feeling the spiritual pressure is, "thats impossible!".
He turned around suddenly, seeing the source of the spiritual pressure. Before him stood a 5 foot tall hollow, and there it stood, suddenly appearing on the rooftop across from him, maybe 15 feet away. It was an adjucha... which should be impossible! How did it get into the world of the living? It should have been more or less confined to the depths of Hueco Mundo. It has been a long time since he had seen a Gillian or stronger appear in the world of the living, much less an Adjucha. The hollow, was quite muscular in appearance, with a very square head, sharp talons on its hands, and human like feet. It wore nothing but a loincloth. In its talon like hand, it held something, a dark shape, but it was hard to make out what it was. Its square like head was fitted with a very fitting square like mask, with slight red streaks spreading across the mask, going from the bottom left side, going up to its right eye, with a slight zig zag in the middle of the line. Its eyes were beady, a mix of bloody red, and a bright yellow, creating an ominous orange eye color.
The hollow raised its hand holding the object, and brought it up to his face, opening his mouth. Suddenly the dark shape screamed out in terror, and he realized what was happening. He immediately froze, watching in horror as the creature bit off a giant chunk from the soul reapers torso. But... all the other soul reapers were supposed to vacate Karakura town while he conducted his investigation. Why was one here, tonight? Something didnt make sense. Was he being toyed with? An adjucha making an appearance, and soul reapers coming despite his orders not to... this screams of foul play. He broke out of his temporarily paralysis, realizing he had to deal with the creature immediately. He flash stepped toward the hollow, drawing his zanpakuto. The creature could at least see his speed, but this wasnt out of his expectations, seeing as Adjuchas are able to give weaker captains a fight. Xion raised his zanpakuto, slicing downwards at the mask of the Adjucha, but the Adjucha was also quick. It managed to dodge out of the way, taking a minor cut on its right arm to deflect his strike. The creature, in the process, dropped the lifeless body of the soul reaper. Xion looked down, seeing the soul reaper was already dead. A mix of emotions all began boiling in him at once. First, he felt sad watching the death of a comrade. Then he immediately felt guilt. How could he fall asleep during a mission? How dare he freeze while his comrade was dying? He knew he had some blame for his death. But then he felt anger, anger at the hollow that killed him. He decided to end this wretched beast, and he would do it mercilessly. What it had done was unforgivable.
Xion raised his spiritual pressure, and raised his zanpakuto, preparing to throw it off to the side of him, onto a small wall to his right. "Disappear, shōmetsu," he said quietly, his voice riddled with anger as he tossed his zanpakuto into the wall. The spiritual pressure around the immediate vicinity suddenly became visible with spiritual pressure. The zanpakuto upon hitting the surface of the wall immediately vanished, and he began walking towards the hollow, barely able to control his anger. He raised his arm in a violent slashing movement towards the Adjucha. The zanpakuto appeared after half a second, making a slight hissing motion as it did so, making an underhanded upwards slashing motion at the front of the creature. It noticed it, but was not fast enough to get out of the way. His zanpakuto made contact with its left arm, and was going to cut it clean off... when suddenly, it looked like his zanpakuto passed right through the hollow.
The hollow laughed, finally deciding to speak, his voice deep and raspy. "Ohohohoh... you are definitely stronger than any of the worms ive devoured so far... luckily for me, I managed to poison you right before you woke up." What was he talking about? He should have felt something, or sensed something... he had to be bluffing. Xion would have seen him right when he woke up right? The hollow continued to stare at him, now a gleam of amusement in its eyes. "You cant tell, can you? I suppose you wouldnt. Let me explain, before I kill you then." The hollow raises its right arm, showing a small hole under its right wrist. "My poison acts like a hypnosis, it messes with your senses, mostly targeting your sense of time and your vision. When I hit you, I woke you up, yet you didnt even notice me for a few moments. I saw you look right through me," the adjucha laughs evilly. "I bet you will taste the best, from the rest of the trash..." suddenly, a small dart shot out towards him from the hole in its wrist. Xion reacted accordingly, and shunpo stepped out of the way to dodge the dart. He thought he had done so fast enough, but there was a small pain in his right side. He looked down, and the dart was stabbed in the furthest right side of his torso, right in the middle. Xion gasped in pain. How had he been hit? He thought he had gotten out of the way fast enough... no he was sure of it. But he still was hit.
The hollow, looking at him with mild contempt, says in a condescending tone, "Looks like you were too slow. You only moved after you got hit!" This seemed to amuse the hollow. The reality of the poison hit him hard. The hypnosis was messing with him more than he realized. And it happened to be one of his direct counters... damn it. He could not let this continue any longer. It was all or nothing. Xion completely lets loose, letting his spiritual pressure ooze from his body, making the spiritual pressure in the air very dense, Xion himself glowing a very dangerously dark shade of grey from his spiritual pressure. "I wont let you get away with this... this bloodshed.... I cannot let it stand." The adjucha notices the increase in spiritual pressure, and growls nervously and it yells out, "DIE!" At the same second, Xion utters, "Bankai." Xion feels his body and limbs become incredibly heavy, and hard to move. He feels the air around him feel almost solid from the denseness of the spiritual pressure, and feels strain on himself, both his physical body and spiritual pressure requires extreme effort to keep it going for long periods of time. The Adjucha launches itself right at Xion, sensing its now or never for its chance to strike. Xion stares right at him, head slightly bowed from the weight of the spiritual pressure on his body. Xion immediately utilizes several of his blades to slice towards the direction of the Adjucha. The poison makes the strikes slower, and the hollow barely manages to dodge out of the way in the air, and lands 6 feet away from Xion.
This was actually what Xion had hoped for. When thinking back to the start of the fight, he had managed to knick the creature on its arm. He deduced that the distortion of senses was weaker the closer something from him was, and this was the perfect distance. Xion stared right through the hole in the hollows chest. This was exactly the opening he needed. He had an exact point where he could hit him where it hurt the worst. He quickly did a pulling motion, his zanpakuto appearing directly behind the adjucha, and stabs towards the hollow. This time, the hollow was not fast enough to react, and pierced the creature, holding it in place. Both Xion and the adjucha knew this was the end for him, the adjuchas eyes lit up with absolute fear and hatred. It screamed out, in a mixture of pain and anger. "ARGGGHHHH!" Xion wasted no time utilizing the rest of his 9 blades left to slice the hollow to pieces. The hollow slowly disintegrated before Xions eyes, while he slowly reigned his spiritual pressure in, and ended his bankai, drawing his zanpakuto in his hand out of the air.
Sheathing his zanpakuto, he walked towards his fallen comrade, and checked the patch on the inside of his Shihakushō, to see what squad he was a part of. He has a plain looking face, short brown hair bloodied from his wounds. His eyes were closed, and his skin was very pale. Xion checked the patch in his robe, and saw the 5th Squad patch. A member of squad five? In the world of the living? A member of his own squad? Nothing about this was right. Xion grimaced from the realization, the mixture of emotional pain and physical pain from his wounds. He looks down at his own body, and finally sees the small dart in the side of his right thigh. He had been so preoccupied with the appearance of the hollow, he hadnt even noticed it at first. He slowly pulled out both the darts in his thigh and his torso, slight blood trickling from the holes left over. Xions mind was racing with everything that had happened, and all the information he gained about the attack, the appearance of such a strong hollow in the world of the living, and a squad five soul reaper appearing in the world of the living as well. He shook his head and thought, "I will have to make an official report to the head captain about this, seeing it could be potentially serious." Xion, already kneeling down next to the dead soul reaper, picks up the unknown man, and slings him over his shoulder. Xion racked his brain, but could not place the face. He might have met him before, but either he is too unrecognizable from the wounds, or was relatively new to the squad. Xion feels guilty, a member of his squad, but cant recognize him. Not only did he let the man die, he let his own subordinate die, and doesn't even know his name. Tears slightly start trickling from his eyes, as he weeps for his own mistakes, and the consequences of his errors. "Come on," he says to the soul reaper, but also to himself, "We have to head back." One hand carrying the body over his left shoulder, and zanpakuto still unsheathed in his right hand, he steps forward. Doing a stabbing motion in the air in front of him, the blade of his zanpakuto disappears, doing a turning motion. Suddenly a bright white door opens in front of him, the gateway to the Sereitei. Tears still trickling down his face, he steps through the gate. "I am sorry," he says, before finishing his step through the gate. He knew, he had a lot to do, and the future looked uncertain. He finished his step through into the sereitei, and the gate closed behind him.
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-Appearance-
Height/Weight: 6'0"/160 lbs
Physical Description:
Xion is often described as a tall, skinny figure, with a slim frame. Standing at 6'0", he is taller than average, but also very slim in his body figure, with most clothes seen as baggy on his body. He has dark blue eyes, that are piercing and intense, with the rest of his face being very leisurely in appearance, and welcoming. His face is best described as "fair," with a large nose, slimming cheeks, with no blemishes or acne, and no scars on his face either. His hair is medium length, bangs reaching down to his cheeks, and hair on the back of his head going down halfway down his neck. Hair being light brown in color, he wears his hair combed up and to the right side, with the hair hanging down in bangs to the right of his right eye.
He wears a regular Shihakushō, and with a standard issued Squad Five captain cape coat on top of that. He wears his zanpakuto on his left side in its sheath, right on his hip, at a 45 degree angled upwards. The sheath itself is simple in design, black the entire length, but a blue trim on the ends. His skin tone is also fair, being white, with a very slight tan. He wears a very standard soul reaper socks and sandals combo as his footwear. He prefers to keep his own appearance modest, rather than wearing anything exorbitant. Shoulders are not broad, but also not slim. Underneath his Shihakushō, he is in shape, body being toned. Although he is in shape, he does not appear overtly so, rather appearing only toned as opposed to being jacked or incredibly buff, and arms still visually look on the smaller side. He also has a long neck.
Outside of being on taller than average, he is not remarkable in appearance, and could blend in with a crowd. When off duty or in the midst of a very intense battle, he takes off his captain cape coat, and only then can you recognize a slight change in appearance of his Shihakushō from normal. His Shihakushō has shorter sleeves than normal, only being shoulder level. His arms are very smooth skinned, except for his battle scars and his burn. On his left arm on the inside of his elbow, is a noticeable burn scar maybe 3 inches in radius. Outside of that, small scars are littered, around 10-12 on each arm. 5 or 6 smaller scars are also littered over his torso, and 6 or 7 scars on his legs. Shoe size is US 13 Mens. Over his eyes, he wears circular glasses that are about 1 and a half inches in diameter, with gold colored frames, and a narrow bridge and frame. He wears his glasses at all times, except when sleeping in his bed at night. His glasses are usually slightly very uneven on his face, due to his nose being very slightly crooked. Like everything else about his outfit, it is still relatively plain in appearance, with not anything special about them, except for the unnoticeable fact that they were designed by the 12 division to be very durable during combat situations.
Appearing as a 27 year old, he still seems quite youthful in his appearance, and is usually emotionless in his face. When in the midst of a battle that he enjoys, usually has a slight, yet off-putting, smile on his face. His scars on his body are all faded and barely visible, and very small in appearance, being minor knicks he achieved from either training, or his various battles.
Often, his facial expressions appear uninterested and unfocused on the surface, only breaking out of this when speaking to someone about something he considers incredibly interesting. This means he suffers from what is known as "resting b***h face." His body movements appear very fluid and thought out when he moves, and it visually appears every motion feels instinctual. His torso is not terribly long, and a good chunk of his height are from his legs, which are also pretty long.
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-Personality-
Dislikes:
- He has disdain for people using what he considers disgusting means to achieve their goals. For example, he would dislike someone like Mayuri in the original bleach, for his ruthless methods in his research. He has a dislike for throwing peoples lives away with little to no concern for the sanctity of someones life.
- He dislikes seafood, and yes, all seafood. Every type of seafood he has tried has tasted disgusting, and wants to vomit even thinking about eating seafood.
- He also dislikes eggs. Because of eggs and seafood, he often gets the trait of being a "picky eater." He can force himself to eat eggs, but he does not like them or their taste.
- He dislikes suck ups. As someone whos always thinks about the morality of a situation, he also dislikes people and the trait of those who "follow orders without question."
- He dislikes people that seek only violence as a means to an end.
- He dislikes long term commitments to things, prefers to be a free spirit.
- His strongest dislike are for people that turn their backs on those they claim to be protectors of, and those that betray their own morality.
- He has slight dislike for those with superiority complexes.
- Dislikes the rain, as it feels serves to only obscure vision and makes it difficult to maneuver around.
- Has slight disdain towards snails. He just finds them gross.
- Also dislikes spiders. They are just creepy and weird.
Likes:
- Xion has a liking towards peanut butter.
- He likes people that are laid back, and calm in demeanor.
- Xion likes lizards, and thinks they are cool.
- He likes moral consistency, and likes people who follow their moral compass.
- Has a liking for soda and sweet drinks.
- He likes the snow, feeling that it is a calming thing.
- Xion likes people that are very bubbly and happy in personality, as this personality trait is infectious.
- His favorite type of meat is chicken, eating it very consistently for most meals.
- Likes spicy foods, seeing it as a challenge to overcome.
- Xions favorite colors are the colors blue and black, and prefers these colors over all other colors.
Flaws:
- Xions biggest flaw is that he is a bit of a procrastinator, and puts off his duties when he thinks he can get away with it.
- While he works to protect others, he unknowingly can be self centered at times.
- He isnt afraid to take any battle, even if its someone stronger than himself, and has a bit of an ego in that regard.
- While he isnt afraid to take a battle, his natural instinct is to avoid a situation where people are fighting altogether, and this can create a situation where he tries to avoid violence between two parties. If one of the parties is dead set on violence, this opens up the reality that his own hubris can lead to extra pain and death.
- He is passive in most regards, this passivity could be annoying to some people.
- Tends to follow his own sense of morality, even when it might contradict everyone else.
- Often is quick to make judgements, which might not be true.
- The burn mark on his left arm in his elbow is an ugly blemish on his otherwise perfectly smooth skin.
- Has a slight "slenderman" appearance with his body type, which has lead to some people viewing him as unattractive.
Habits:
- Has a tendency to let things come to him, rather than seek things out.
- Uses gestures when speaking in a conversational setting.
- Usually gives a thumbs up as a gesture of affirmation.
- Tends to always be doing something with his hands, fidgeting with something.
- Gives the "ive got my eyes on you," gesture in a friendly, joking manner with his friends.
- Has a tendency to forget words in the middle of a sentence, sometimes using incorrect words
Fears:
- Xion has a fear of being alone, being isolated for long periods of time.
- He has a fear of spiders.
- Is scared of having his people die under his leadership.
- Has a fear of dying in vain, to not achieve anything with his death.
- Xion has a fear of "voids," or empty unhospitable vast stretches of space, like outer space or the depths of the ocean.
- Is afraid of wars, scared of the bloodshed that will occur as a result.
- Has a subtle fear at the back of his mind that he cannot achieve his goals of peace.
- He has a fear of being betrayed or hurt emotionally.
Goals:
- Create peace and avoid violence if possible.
- Be strong enough to protect everyone underneath him, sees them as his responsibility.
- He wants to have many friends, wide ranging relationships with people of many different background.
- Make sure everyone can live a life of respect and dignity.
Alignment: Passive Good
Overall Personality:
Xion is described as a friendly, laid back, and perhaps slightly lazy. He is someone that personally likes to get along with people, even with people he might disagree with. He is a staunch activist in what he personally believes in, and does have disdain for those he considers to be detestable in both methods and ideas. He is also someone that wants to be able to shoulder other peoples pain, and wants to be trusted amongst his people and peers. He is someone that views power as a means to an end, to achieve what goals he sets out to do.
His own moral compass is what drives his actions rather than rules, and even completely disregards them if he thinks it is necessary to do so. But its not like he doesnt respect the rules, he knows that they are there for a reason, so is careful to balance how aggressive he is in breaking rules, also noting that a lot of his peers and people under him are apart of that system. While friendly and laid back, he also still has an undertone of a coldness, a calculated vision that he wants to create. In his head, this is somewhat intentional but more reflexively done so. Faced with heavy trauma in his past, he constantly has a wall up, a defense mechanism to separate himself.
In this sense, he is trying his best to overcome his own personal anxieties of friends betraying him, or people he respects hurting him, either intentionally or unintentionally, but is currently unable to fully discard this fear. He is also someone that is very cognitive of his own shortcomings, and realizes that he still has a long way to go, not just in strength, but just as a person. Xion is also very very harsh on himself for any shortcomings he has, or any mistakes he makes. In the same vein of insecurity, he also does not allow himself to feel like he can give himself for the credit of everything he does. He still does have some level of ego, he believes he is quite strong and this can leak out in some ways, but unless he, in his own mind, has a flawless overwhelming victory, he under credits himself.
In Xions mind, he is someone that is a step in the right direction, towards a world of peace. He does not believe that he can achieve this reality, but is working under the motto that "old men should plant trees which theyll never sit under the shade of," meaning he wishes to build the foundational work for the future generations. While he does not condone violence, he recognizes that sometimes it is a necessary evil in order to protect or fight against those that wish to do harm.
These world views shape how he acts, and how he conducts himself. He can come off self righteous in some instances, but he knows this is a fundamental flaw with people of similar ideas, and tries his best to counter act this potential issue. He also likes to present himself simply as someone who wishes to do good, which is true to his heart as well. In many aspects, he is quite honest in his outward demeanor, and doesnt really sugar coat his words or actions.
His most egotistical trait is most definitely his own measure of strength. He does see himself as incredibly strong, and feels there are very few people that could rival him in all out power. In this regard, there is a level of arrogance to his view of strength. Also to this respect, he is not afraid of anyone in terms of combat, and will not hesitate to fight someone who is stronger than he is, and views strength as relative. While in the midst of battle, if he has chosen to draw his sword and cut down an enemy, he becomes incredibly cold and hostile in personality. When choosing to fight, his instincts take over in full effect, and his natural leadership qualities bubble to the surface. When fighting in battles with multiple people, he even becomes someone that barks out orders to others, as his mind, that of a genius, works in overtime to immediately execute what he sees as the best strategy.
While slightly lazy in most respects, one aspect he is absolutely not lazy in, is his training. He is a tireless work horse, and if not eating, sleeping, relaxing, or doing his job, can be constantly found training and honing his own skills, working to create more techniques and expand his ability to fight or maintain a level of peace with his strength. As stated earlier, he views his strength as a means to an end, so he works constantly to be the strongest person to work towards that end.
He is also someone that is relatively quiet, not speaking very often. This does not make him mute by any means, and still speaks on a regular basis, but he sometimes forgets to respond to people altogether and rather chooses to not say anything if he can. This is one of his bigger drawbacks to his leadership, and stems from a level of insecurity he has about his own ideas and leadership quality. He is not quick to voice his opinion unless he feels absolutely certain about something, and chooses to defer, unless asked to be a leader by others.
He is also described as incredibly intelligent. The cold and calculating undertones to his friendliness also come from this aspect of himself. The inner workings of his mind can best be described as traffic in the largest city you have ever seen. A million miles a second, a million directions, a million ideas. While there is a lot going on, this can also make it hard for him to focus on specifics, which leads to him forgetting words while in the middle of a conversation, or unable to describe things adequately to someone. This doesn't mean he does not understand, but rather it is not something easy to draw on when put on the spot.
This intelligence also leads to him choosing to sometimes slightly alter the wording, as a manner to offset his bluntness, but often to no avail. Even with a cognitive effort to make up for these slight shortcomings, he finds himself unable to do so in most regards. The state of his mind is also a key reason behind why he is constantly fidgeting or messing with things, and using his hands often while he speaks. Through mental efforts, he has done his best to counteract his outward hyper activity, and to have a calmer outward appearance than he previously had.
To this, he appears outwardly as a slightly socially awkward, but well meaning person. To someone else, he seems as he might not be intelligent as he has a tendency to struggle to explain some concepts, or just forget words and phrases in the middle of speaking altogether. If you were to spend any real time around Xion though, you'd quickly recognize that this is a false premise, and its rather a situation of inadequate communication than understanding, as he can often perfectly execute what he fails to explain. He is also someone that is constantly in thought, though he outwardly doesn't really show this, not staring out into space, but does things on autopilot and thinks at the same time.
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-Powers-
Fighting Style:
Xion always chooses to fight with a level of respect for his opponent, but also does believe he is stronger. He is an older shinigami at this point, and has seen many of his fellow soul reapers get too cocky and overconfident and lose, even when they were stronger. Due to this level of experience, he is careful rather than careless in battle. He is also merciless when choosing to draw his sword against an opponent, not afraid to kill or maim at the slightest hint of weakness. He also believes that if his opponent is strong, they should not fall for cheap tricks, so he is not against the using of sly or sneaky methods to edge out a victory. Both of these stances stem from his level of respect he has for an opponents strength, choosing to be as ruthless as possible as to end the battle as quickly as possible, and also believing his opponent is strong enough to not be duped by a mere cheap trick.
Xion is an expert Zanjutsu user, and is his preferred method of combat. In regards to his other styles of fight, he is also a very skilled Hohō and Kidō user, while more or less disregarding Hakuda as a preferred method of combat. His main style of fighting is a utilization a mixture of Zanjutsu and Hohō, with a mixture of Kidō sprinkled in, and Kidō is used more in his bankai state than other states. A master of Kendō, is very technically proficient in his ability to utilize his zanpakuto in combat in all manners, dual handed, with right hand, or with left hand. He has a blitzing style of fighting, of putting people on the backfoot, and constantly attacking, trying to open a hole in someones defense and force someone to make a mistake.
Zanjutsu techniques, has Agitowari, Suikawari, and Senmaioroshi. In all three styles, prefers to do this in shikai state or higher, or will do it as a surprise immediate attack to catch someone off guard and finish his opponent quickly. For his Agitowari, He only utilizes this against opponents that are already weak, in order to finish them off quickly. In contrast to this, he tends to utilize Suikawari against opponents that are larger than he is, or potentially stronger than himself. Does attempt to utilize Senmaioroshi regularly, and is a regular to his fighting style. His Zanjutsu ability is comparable to that of a master.
In line with his blitzing style, if attacked, he works his best to dodge or block and immediately counter strike against the opponent. For dodges against sword slashes, he doesnt feel the need to flash step away unless the strike is fast enough to require this, rather misdirect the attack of the blade, or make a small dodging motion, such as leaning back his head or torso as a directional slash towards him, or side stepping. If faced with a thrust, a favorite blitzing strategy of his is to have his zanpakuto in his right hand pointing downwards, either straight or at a slight angle, and misdirect the point of the enemies blade to the side, sliding his own zanpakuto along the length of their blade leading into an upward slash at their torso. If facing a single sided blade, also a favorite of his is catching a horizontal slice with the flat of his blade, using his off hand to grab the dull side, and pull his enemy off balance for a counter strike, holding the enemy blade in place, and maneuvering his body for two reasons, one to move it as far away from the enemy blade as possible, and create momentum in his body for a more powerful sword strike. Upward and backhanded attacks are his favorites and go to cuts, as they are very unorthodox and not commonly used, and can throw an opponent off easily. They are also the easiest strikes for him to build up the largest mix of strength and speed in the strikes. A lot of his stationary mobility comes from his upper body, and tends to neglect the mobility of his lower body slightly, making leg attacks slightly more susceptible.
He is also heavily reliant on his shunpo and hohō on his blitzing attacks, liking to try to get into peoples blind spots for his attacks. He likes to get into niche spots, like upward diagonal slices from peoples sides, immediately crouching and attacking at someone's legs as he would someone's torso standing up. However, crouching allows less use of his body to put full strength in these strikes than normal. Always constantly moving to try to get behind people and attack peoples backs is also a go to strategy of his. He uses these abilities more in line for his attacks than his defense, trusting his own instincts and mental calculations, and physical speed than feeling a need to waste energy to use shunpo as a dodging method. This doesnt mean he wont, or cant. If its a large or powerful attack, or an attack to fast, he will make the smart play to get out of the way, its just not too much of his style to do so with every attack. In respects to his speed and shunpo ability, he would be considered an expert at his craft.
His usage of Kidō is, as stated before, more used for his bankai state than other forms, but still utilizes it rarely in base or shikai form. He is a technically proficient Kidō user, and can use a good chunk of Kidō techniques without needing to use incantations, as is typical for a captain level shinigami. His usage of Kidō outside of bankai state mostly is used as a means to make his opponent unsteady and keep them off balance, more using techniques as a distraction to a Zanjutsu strike than moving to actually harm or win with the Kidō ability itself. He prefers to utilize Bakudō #8. Seki, Hadō #31. Shakkahō, and Hadō #32. Ōkasen, very rarely deviating from these 3 in the middle of combat. Due to this, he is considered an expert at Kidō.
In line with his genius and high intelligence, this is how the inner workings of his mind work during battle. A natural strategist, he looks to deduce as much information as possible and calculate the best strategy for winning a battle. He works to draw out as much information and power from his opponent as possible, and merely react to it as a method of battle. For instance, if facing another shinigami, will do his best to force them to release their zanpakuto or show their hand as early on as possible, even if it is potentially dangerous or a direct counter to his abilities. He fights with the motto, the more information, the better. In this same respect, he will be reluctant to show his hand quickly, also not wanting to give any information he potentially can to an opponent. Because of all of this, he is also not one for much talking in the midst of battle, seeing it as a waste of energy at best, or giving information to his enemy at worst.
While blitzing is a natural strategy he implements, to start off a battle, he actually does the opposite, choosing to let the enemy have the first strike at him than attacking first. While theres information to be gained from attacking first, he feels it is naturally more valuable to judge someone based on their first strike, and it is important to have that advantage. Off of the first strike, he can gain information as to the ability of the opponent he faces, and from there decides how to continue his battle. It also has a small stemming from the insecurity to not take immediate initiative as well, a natural tendency of Xion, only choosing to do so when faced with no other options, or forced into a scenario where he must lead, take charge or initiative, or execute a strategy.
He is not much of a user of Hakuda, as Xion feels it is not a natural usage of his style in the midst of battle. This doesnt mean he never uses it, as he utilizes every tool at his disposal to gain an advantage. If in the middle of a battle where he is close to his opponent and is unable to attack with his zanpakuto for any reason, he has been known to "sparta kick" opponents in the chest, elbow his opponent in the face, shoulder slam someones body, or even poke at someones eyes. He does somewhat use it as a blitzing method in his shikai state, but again rarely. While in his shikai state, he can blitz and use his shikai ability attack from one direction and his own body to attack from a completely different direction, to take his opponent off guard. He however recognizes of putting his body in danger in a method like this, so chooses to do it situationally at best. Outside of key circumstances, he does not really use hand to hand combat, or unarmed combat, even preferring to use Kidō than hand to hand combat. He never punches, only kicking, smashing either with whole body or double closed fists, or using elbows and fingers. This makes him only a mere "practitioner" at Hakuda.
In his shikai state, it is still blitzing strategy, however with a much higher degree of separation and mixture. His shikai state is a very interesting mix of different styles, with anything from stealth to very violent battle. His shikai ability makes him a master at assassination, and is not afraid to use his powers in an underhanded manner to stab someone in the back or quickly kill someone from a distance. He has also learned how to weaponize the ability to further keep throwing people off guard, using very unorthodox battle strategies to achieve any hits he possibly can land. For instance, in his shikai state, he can still utilize his zanpakuto in his hand in the exact same way he can in his base form. When he slices with his zanpakuto and clashes with another sword, he slightly maneuver his body out of the way of their strike, then chooses to let his zanpakuto disappear. From here, his opponent is suddenly thrown off balance from facing no interference of a sword clash. He can also use his off hand to, in a similar manner to his base form, use his hand on the dull side of a 1 sided blade to continue pushing someone off balance, while using any body part to have the sword rematerialize behind at a point he can see behind them and attack them from an entirely different direction. He can also summon his shikai using the movement in a slight manner that might not be visible to an unskilled opponent to sneak attack someone at the start of a fight. As stated before, can use Hakuda to also blitz his opponent from two separate directions at once. His preferred method in an all out fight is to keep his distance, and to let his shikai ability keep the fight away from his body, as it is just a safer strategy in general. He sometimes, like in his base form, will utilize kidō as a method to throw an opponent off, and will even use kidō and Hakuda as a three pronged attack, though this is not a very common or natural method of attack for him, only using it in emergencies. Due to the fact this method of attack feels unnatural to him, none of the attacks utilized are very potent in strength. He keeps all of his mobility in his shikai state, and continues to use it to max effect. While in shikai state, reacts in a very similar manner to attacks as his base state, but slightly more willing to use shunpo as a dodging method.
His bankai state is radically different in style, seeing as he is quite immobile in this state. Preferring to keep his enemy at a distance, he will use anything possible to keep an enemy that way. While still blitzing, it is much more so a "the best defense is a good offense" strategy, and becomes one dimensional in style. While still mixed in techniques, theres only really one strategy utilized, a strategy of brute strength and numbers, completely overwhelming an opponent. He utilizes his zanpakutos bankai ability to cast some Kidō, and it is a somewhat staple of his battle strategy in this state. While not known for its defense, and has natural defensive properties built into it, though it is not a preferred usage of the bankai. Bankai is a state where there is a real noticeable change in how Xion reacts to an enemies attacks, choosing instead to completely block or misdirect an attack than move or dodge out of the way, due to the limitations of his physical body in this state. He can sometimes dodge an attack if it is slow enough, for very fast attacks this is just straight up impossible.
Zanpakuto Spirit Appearance(Optional):[/b]
Xions zanpakuto is that of a small boy, around 6 years old. His head is completely bald, and his face completely devoid of any features, except for blank white eyes, a small nose, and a small mouth. He has no ears, and his skin is the color of porcelain. He is around 47 inches tall, wearing a contrasting black, standard Shihakushō that fits his body perfectly. On his left side, he has a sword slung on his hip at a 45 degree angle, the sheath also being porcelain in color. The sword is almost as tall as he his, being 32 inches long. The small boy is barefoot, only emphasizing how small he is with no shoes to elevate him even an inch or two in height.
In terms of personality, the zanpakuto is very brutal and harsh, with little to no sympathy or empathy. Xion has only ever seen him in two states, either extremely violent, or extremely sad, introducing the dichotomy of his own spirit, a spirit that exists out of nothing but pain, anger, and sadness. The zanpakuto is meant to reflect the inner reality of Xion himself and his own internal struggles, the harshness and criticism he constantly feels in his own mind towards himself, and the constant reminder of the inner child he himself has in him that suffers from his mental state. Everything he says to Xion is harsh criticism or brutal reminders of his own failures, and gets very angry at Xion if he does not see or recognize the path he is trying to show him through training. This doesnt mean he doesnt have helpful qualities as well, always offering potential improvements, or potential weaknesses in him. While it is quite brutal to Xion emotionally, he understands the value of this, choosing to listen and hear the feedback of this criticism to know what needs to be done. The only real positive outward statements he gives towards Xion are words of final acceptance when he finally breaks through his wall in training, to take another step forward and become stronger.
The internal monologue of the zanpakuto is somewhat different than outward monologue, offering frequent internal compliments and recognition of Xion and his strength. This is also a reflection of Xion himself, an iota of pride in his soul that allows himself to have a small recognition of how far hes come as a person. The zanpakuto internally feels pain, anger, and sadness from the constant need of battle that the world experiences, and Xion himself sometimes entering battle and using him, the zanpakuto, as a tool for violence. The zanpakuto internally hates violence and wishes it would stop, and trusts Xions ability to work to a future where he, the zanpakuto, no longer has to cry or feel the hurt of pain from battle any more.
Inner World(Optional):[/b]
The inner world is that of a stormy, gray endless land of grassy field, littered with an infinite amount of tiny streams, going each and every direction. In these streams are tiny fish, both going up stream, or down stream. These fish also jump from stream to stream often, creating tiny splashes as they do so. Xions inner world is meant to reflect the inner workings of his mind, a jumbled mess of ideas running a million miles a second, with a million ideas running through his head.
Zanpakuto Appearances:
The zanpakuto is quite normal in appearance, a typical looking asauchi 32 inches in length from the tip of the blade to the end of the handle. The only thing differing, is that the handguard is gold colored, and the handle itself is solid black with a blue netting for grip. Both the shikai and the bankai the sword looks the same as the original zanpakuto, but grows in length, from 32 inches in its base form, to 40 inches in its released state.
Zanpakuto Release Names(Include both Shikai and Bankai names, and call out phrases):
Xions zanpakutos full name is Nemeshisu shōmetsu, meaning "Enemy/nemesis annihilation." With the full name being the bankai name, and shōmetsu being the shikai name. The normal method of summoning is to throw the zanpakuto at a surface, and say "disappear," its call out phrase. If already in shikai, all that is necessary is to enter bankai is simply enter the bankai state while saying "bankai."
The name itself is meant to signify the reality of what battle means to Xions soul, if he were to draw his sword and face an opponent, it is a choice that cannot be undone, and there must be violence shed. To completely destroy an enemy is what battle means.
Overall Ability:
Xions zanpakuto is quite simple in its overall ability. while in its sealed form it is quite a simple blade, in its released state, that is where the brilliance of the zanpakuto comes into play. The zanpakuto becomes temporarily one with Xion himself, working as an extra limb to the greater whole. Xion also exports an circle of his own and his zanpakutos spiritual pressure in an area around him, through a medium, like air or at least something comparable to air. The radius of this circle is 300 feet.
Shikai Overall Ability:
Shikai, named shōmetsu. Xion throws his zanpakuto in any surface, and says "dissapear." Upon collision, the zanpakuto instantly vanishes. The Zankaputo then becomes one with his spiritual pressure in the air, and is able to materialize anywhere in his eyesight, and can be controlled by any part of his body. Materialization requires the ability to fully materialize the entirety of the blade, approximately 40 inches from the tip of the blade to the end of the hilt of the sword. As also implied, the blade cannot materialize inside of things that he does not have direct eyesight of, and does not have a direct line to the medium. Summoning the shikai requires specific body motions, such as moving the body part (mostly utilized by a finger) in a "pulling out" motion.
Limitations, for puncture or sufficient power to actually cut or make a strike, the blade must be wound up, similar to how when wielding a sword, one must charge the strength in your limbs first. It also requires Xion to expand his spiritual pressure quite far, so under long duels, this is able to tire him out. He must be able to see the exact point where he is looking to materialize his zanpakuto. There must be air, or an equal medium for him to exert his spiritual pressure into for this ability to work. The sword, if being moved to a new location via disappearance, must also fully dematerialize and rematerialize. While dematerializing is instantaneous, rematerializing requires a half a second of time in order for the blade to be able to be summoned again. When the sword is summoned, it makes an audible sound, a quiet hissing sound during the materialization process. As also implied, but will be stated directly, the shikais ability to function is reliant on his ability to maintain his spiritual pressure in a sphere around him through a medium such as air, meaning if theres a lack of medium, or ability to expand spiritual pressure, it wont work. Its also reliant on his own senses, opening a direct counter to certain types of zanpakuto or other ability powers. Also can be equipped in hand like a normal zanpakuto.
In shikai state, there is no relation to different limbs and their striking power, for instance a finger works the same as an arm or a leg. Because of this, Xion prefers to use his finger, as it is a small and even sneaky in its control, and also gives more precise control over the exact movements of the blade itself. As will also be directly stated as to leave no gray areas, he can make the sword disappear merely off willing it to do so, and does not require any movement to make the zanpakuto disappear.
Bankai Overall Ability:
Bankai, named Nemeshisu shōmetsu. Activated in the same way as his shikai, or if already in shikai, then merely calling upon bankai can activate it. The spiritual pressure he exerts becomes dense, the closer to his body, the denser the spiritual pressure. The range also increases from 300 feet, to 500 feet in radius. Has all of the abilities and drawbacks of his shikai, but with new found power and drawbacks.
Drawbacks include that all senses but sight are reduced by 30% of their normal ability, while sight receives a 10% increase from normal ability. Due to denseness of spiritual pressure, his physical body becomes over encumbered, making it feel incredibly heavy, and movement is very slow. The rapid increase of spiritual pressure in both density and range, also requires significantly more stamina, and theres physical stamina drawback as well as spiritual pressure drawback. Requires high mental ability to wield sufficiently. Limbs such as arms are also limited in mobility, the feeling being described as being put under severe gravity.
Increased powers include changing number of the blades from 1, to 10, each able to be independently controlled of each other, in the same manner as shikai. He likes to control the blades using his 10 fingers, 1 blade for each finger, but can still utilize any part of the body to control any blade. Physical durability is also increased while in bankai by 15%. Strength of sword strikes also become relative to size of the limb being used to execute them.
Zanpakuto Techniques:
Shikai: Has the special ability to immediately summon his blade in his hand once per fight, ignoring the drawback of the .5 second cooldown to rematerialize the blade, but there is a loud pop sound, equivalent to a balloon popping, as it appears.
Also once per fight, is able to summon zanpakuto completely silently and without notice, but this requires 3 seconds for the zanpakuto to fully materialize and be ready to strike, and also requires a bigger motion, at least a whole arm movement, to summon the zanpakuto.
Bankai:
Once per 3 posts, is able to use "All for One." By maneuvering 10 limbs simultaneously and in unison, is able to combine all 10 zanpakuto striking power into one blade. The drawbacks to this including it being unable to change directions mid swing. The blade must also dematerialize, and puts all 10 zanpakuto on cool down at the same time, requiring the .5 second buffer to rematerialize.
Can utilize incantations below 40 from the tips of zanpakuto, but must use full incantations in ability to do this. This is made possible by the nature of the powers, 1. being in a sphere of spiritual pressures of his creation, and 2. the direct connection of the zanpakuto with his own body. Cannot utilize this ability in shikai, as the spiritual pressure isnt dense enough to do so. Also limited to one incantation at a time
Able to use ability named "Shield Wall." When activated, the swords put up a wall in the direction Xion wishes, and is able to block an attack, utilizing the reishi from the spiritual pressure sphere he created to solidify it into a strong defense.
Due to the spiritual pressure weighing on limbs, is able to use the ability "Arm Strike." By utilizing the entire force of arm, he is able to cast a significantly stronger strike than a regular sword strike, destructive ability being comparable to that of mountain level. This uses significant stamina and reiatsu to do. He can also do a double arm strike, for both double the raw strength, but also double the cost.
Other Techniques:
Kidō: Bakudō #8. Seki, Hadō #31. Shakkahō, Hadō #32. Ōkasen, Hadō #73. Sōren Sōkatsui, Kyōmon and Bakudō #39. Enkōsen
Zanjutsu: Agitowari, Suikawari, and Senmaioroshi
Hohō: Shunpo (do I have to hyperlink this?)
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-History-
Birthplace: Sakahone district, in an unkown small house, within the Rukongai
Current Residence: Squad Five Captains Quarters
Memorable Figures:
Kyousou Ningen - While not friends, they have known each other for a while, ever since Xion was a member at the academy. While Xion never did join the 13 Court Guards out of graduation due to circumstances, Ningen saw the potential in him, and had kept track of him for years. Occasionally, Ningen would have Xion do unofficial jobs for the 12 Court Guards, though this was a rare occurence. Eventually though, through a mixture of Xions will and an open position, the head captain asked Xion to become the captain of Squad Five, and Xion accepted this.
Tsubasa Kashiwagi - Xions school teacher while at the academy, and someone that Xion looked up to significantly growing up at the Academy. Tsubasa was someone that saw the potential in Xion immediately, and put him on the radar of the Head Captain. Ever since noticing his potential, he helped train Xion. As an older soul reaper, he also gave Xion advice and a differing point of view on the world, where Xion began to dislike violence. Tsubasa was a former member of the 13 Court Guards himself, but was a seated officer rather than a lieutenant or a captain. In his time at the academy, Tsubasa and Xion grew to be good friends, keeping touch even after Xion left the academy. Tsubasa is now retired from his teaching days, and is quite old, and resides in the Junrinan district in the Rukongai.
History:
Written from a First Person POV
"I suppose I should start with, well the start. I was born in an unknown house in the Sakahone District. Now you may be thinking to yourself, 'Xion, how is it unknown? Shouldn't your parents know?' And you raise a fair point. But every time I asked my mother, she gave me a different answer, so really, I am not sure even she remembered exactly where it was. As for my father, I never met him, so good luck asking him. My mother also never really gave me a straight answer on my father either, but my mother did tell me he was a soul reaper, which is why I wanted to join the academy and become one as well. Its also a pretty good explanation as to why my spiritual pressure was pretty high from the jump."
"As a child, I was only really concerned with having fun, I thought that the soul reapers were the 'cool military guys that fight evil,' and they were heroes. I, of course, was horribly wrong. But alas, my youthful ambitions kept me going, playing 'Reapers and Hollows' with my friends in the park near my house. My mother did the best she could, but we were not exactly wealthy growing up. For this, I actually have gratitude. I think growing up in that environment, while not good, did give me a lot better perspective as an adult."
"Then it was time to sign up for the academy. Not being wealthy or from a noble family, I had a much higher requirement of me to join the 13 Court Guards. Though I was not aware of it, I did have the advantage of a naturally high spiritual pressure. But, there were still plenty of people with a higher spiritual pressure than me at the Academy, which made me realize pretty quickly that I was lazy up to that point, and needed to pick up my slack if I wanted to achieve my dreams. And this is where I met Tsubasa Kashiwagi, my teacher at the academy. Always a kind and gentle man, he treated every student with respect and dignity, which is why I grew to admire him, and still do to this day. He... initially didnt even notice me from the pack though, and constantly forgot I was there, and forgetting my name from time to time. Because of my youth, I did get angry at this and at him, and confronted him. This is where my life's trajectory took a turn."
"When I confronted Tsubasa, I could see the sadness in his eyes as I got angry with him. This is the most admirable thing that I have seen, and really began to change the way I felt about him; from a teacher that didn't respect me, to a man that was sorry for his mistakes, truly sorry, and worked to rectify them. He begged me for his forgiveness, and at first, I refused like the child I was. He then offered to help me in my training to make up for it. While I was making steady progress so far at the academy, I had yet to draw attention to myself. With the direct tutorship of Tsubasa, I began rapidly improving faster than my classmates. Tsubasa probably thought I was the next prodigy, looking back at it, but it was really just good teaching that did help it finally click for me."
"I only learned later that after only the 3rd or 4th training session, Tsubasa reported about me to the Head Captain. It was from this point on that Tsubasa, and he told me this himself, considered me 'destined for greatness.' Later that month, the Head Captain paid us a visit at the Academy, but disguised it as viewing all students, rather than watching only a few. The Head Captain called me an idiot for asking him why he did this later on, giving the very apt answer of 'I didnt want to give any of the students that level of ego, it would only do them harm.' And to be honest, I cant argue with him on that. I mean, I likely would have turned out different if I knew about any of this at the time. With new found growth and power, I also did get some ire from my classmates, and some seeing my tutoring as special treatment. To be fair to them, I see where they are coming from, I did get lucky to find a good teacher willing to spend that much time to help me specifically."
"With training, I also became good friends with my teacher, and he told me stories of his days as a soul reaper. He told me about how he used to be a squad member in squad 9, and was at one point a seated officer, which means he was quite strong! He told me the fun he had, the friends he made, and that he loved his job. He also told me the bad, the battles he had, the danger he faced, and the friends he lost. He never told me specifics, but he told me that there are many horrors to war, and that war was his greatest fear. Up to this point, I still had my child-like naivety. Listening to the bad stuff about the soul society, it was the first time I ever really considered the negative aspects, the danger, the overall horror of the line of work. I took everything he said to heart, and my child-like naivety slowly began fading over time."
"A few years in the academy, and it was getting close to graduation. Over the years, I talked to many shinigami that were members of the 13 Court Guards, and I realized another thing, that theres a lot of bad people that are in the 13 Court Guards. Most of them werent heroes at all, some of them flat out being just horrible people. This, mixed with the stories of the violence that the sereitei committed, and the view of shinigami that I had at this point was radically different from what it was when I was a small child. I was starting to doubt myself, and the idea of joining a Squad started to look unappealing to me. I was too deep at this point, and my feelings werent strong enough to dissuade me. And some of the captains that paid us a visit even offered me a seated position immediately out of graduation, a huge honor! Upon graduation, I was considering my offers for the 13 Court Guards, when suddenly, my mother got very ill."
"I then requested to the soul society to take some time off to take care of my mother, which they granted. And with that, I traveled back home into the Rukongai, donning my zanpakuto now on my waist. While taking care of my mother, I also used that time to train extensively, honing my skills. Tsubasa came to visit and help me through the tough issues of dealing with my sick mother, and help with my training. Unfortunately, no matter what I did, my mothers condition kept getting worse. She passed after only 2 months of time, and her passing completely devastated me. This lead me to a very tumultuous period in my life, with a mixture of conflicting feelings on my future and career, and my emotional distress from my mothers death finally made something in me break."
"Well, I guess I can say that I was slightly lucky that there was a decent amount of time from my mothers passing and my call to return to duty, because it let cooler heads prevail. But something like what I was dealing with wasn't going away overnight, so when I finally got my summons, I sent an appeal to the head captain to extend my leave. It was refused, and I began to worry about what my future was going to look like, seeing as I was going to steadfastly refuse to return to service. Upon thinking it through, I thought of an idea where it might fix my current predicament and buy me time. My teacher had told me that there were some outside forces that the Sereitei hires or employs to carry out missions from time to time, and I thought that this would be a potentially good idea. I wrote to the head captain once again, hoping to get a successful appeal, agreeing to work at an unofficial basis with the 13 Court Guards. But this too was refused by the head captain, but only at first. At the time, the head captain was quite angry with me, and was prepared to take more drastic measures when an unnamed captain (only the head captain knew, and he wouldnt tell me who!) vouched for me, as well as Tsubasa."
"To be clear, the reason I did not want to just quit is because leaving the Court Guards would mean the forfeiture of my zanpakuto, which I did not want to do. I had trained extensively with it, and had begun to speak with my inner zanpakuto spirit. I was very fortunate to reach the path that I had. The head captain understood the potential I had, mixed with the pleas to let me continue on, had finally agreed to let me work with the 13 Court Guards on an unofficial capacity with the approval of the Central 46. Also, lets be real, the 13 Court Guards could use all the help it could get at the time. However with this good news, the Head Captain also had a condition with this that I had to agree with. As long as I was working with the 13 Court Guards unofficially, I had to join the 13 Court Guards officially when it was considered necessary for me to do so. To be honest, I am not sure who decided if it was necessary or not, whether it was Central 46, the Head Captain, or a mixture of a couple different people. But I guess the reason they did not immediately request for me to join the 13 Court Guards is because there was actual work for me to do."
"I had gone on long expiditions, sometimes solo, sometimes with various other members of the 13 Court Guards that were sent to do work. My travels took me all over, different parts of the soul society which I had never seen before, and the world of the living quite a few times, mostly to deal with the manifestations of particularly dangerous hollows whos reishi would negatively affect the world of the living. And even a few times, I had been sent to Hueco Mundo to deal with some Menos Grande whom had been deemed a threat to the soul society. I am glad for these experiences in many ways, they helped hone my skills and make me stronger. But I also lost quite a few comrades over the years, sometimes just overwhelmed, sometimes ambushed, or the worst ones were strong shinigami that died due to their own hubris. These experiences stay with me to this day, and I try to honor those who died working with me by continuing on."
"By the end of my time working unofficially in these scenarios, I had grown quite strong, and even manifested my zanpakuto! It was a magnificent achievement. After months of hard work and practice, I was finally able to achieve my bankai status. I was now one of the strongest shinigami in the soul society, but I still needed to master my zanpakutos abilities, so I continued to do some missions for a short while, more openly coordinating with the Gotei 13. Having honed my skills, I was someone who felt competent and powerful, and knew what his strengths and weaknesses were, and how to utilize them fully in the field of battle."
"Over time my disdain for the Gotei 13 began to subside as I gained life experience and saw the trials of war and battle. I still held my convictions close to my heart, and do to this day, but I now understood why Tsubasa, even after all he went through, chose not to hate the shinigami. We aren't heroes, and there is a lot of bad that we do. But fundamentally I understand the shinigamis place in the world better than I ever did when I was younger. I still detest the violence, but after what I have seen? I know sometimes violence is a necessity in this current world."
"Perhaps it was all the training that I got for why they had me wait to join the Court Guards, because shortly after achieving proficiency in my bankai, it finally happened. The Head Captain finally sent me a summons to his office in the Gotei 13. When I had gotten there, All the other captains that were around also joined me in his office, where he proposed to us all that I officially join the 13 Court Guards as the captain of squad 5, as they have a vacancy at the position. All I could think about was once something that Tsubasa said about me, and that I was 'destined for greatness.' And I guess in a weird way, he was right. But in all honestly, this was not the way that I had expected it to happen."
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