Secret Training: Kuroi and Asuka [R, NDE]

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The second her weapons turned into dust, Asuka hissed and cursed in her mind. This was, without a doubt, going to SUCK. Well, this was what she signed up for. She was hurt, beat up and her clothes were torn for the most part. The bruises and physical pain of it all was pretty bad..but by no means was it worse than his words. Kuroi's words stung her worse than any of the bruises or hits she sustained.

"Time is accelerated in here. We will be here for a month without leaving, and so no one will disturb our training. You have eight hours to rest and recover before we begin again. After that, we will resume. Your blades will require that time to fix themselves, which is another property of the field surrounding our training area." A month?! A MONTH?!? Oh hell...Despair? Yeah she felt it. It was terrible. He was going to be around her....24/7. Breathing down her neck, 24/7. Following her ,24/7. Staring at her, 24/7. Everything! TWENTY FOUR FUCKING SLASH SEVEN.

Talk about violation! This was hell. A living hell!

Well, at least she was getting stronger? Asuka would clean herself off and when she did that, she'd climb a tree and fall asleep in one of the branches. During her mini 'vacation', she wandered around and at some point she had to sleep. Sleeping in trees was a talent and she had done so for the past 2-3 years that she was gone. It was so wandering adjuchas or hollows wouldn't catch her off guard. She'd rest up for the next 8 hours.

[Zou ۞]

Start of additional session: Training for CTP or SP, depending on Asuka's choice in the matter later.

Kuroi was in Asuka's branch several hours later, when at last it became time to continue training. Asuka had already regained her reiatsu, and her wounds had actually healed. Now, it was time for Kuroi to get things going in full. In a single, swift movement, Kuroi slammed Asuka with his palm, sending her flying off of the branch and across the ground, rolling and bouncing on it. Kuroi jumped down, landing safely, and regarding Asuka coldly. "You let your guard down." he said. This actually ended up defeating the clear purpose of her sleeping in that tree. The truth was, she hadn't noticed Kuroi. He was regarding her coldly, once again. His eyes remained on her. He really wanted to use more of his power to instruct her, but it was still too early.

Kuroi rushed forwards, slamming his elbow into Asuka's chin. In all honesty, this was really going to suck for her. Asuka was getting pulverized day after day for essentially the next month. He was fast, she couldn't stop his elbow. She was probably going to get used to Kuroi inflicting massive pain on her day after day, and she'd become very battle hardened after this continued for a while. Asuka flew up into the air, her body vibrating when Kuroi slammed her upwards. He twirled himself into an elbow onto her back, shoving her downwards onto the ground. Kuroi didn't seem to be giving mercy in terms of hand to hand. It was rather scary, actually. But, Kuroi wasn't going to let up at all.

He then backed off. Kuroi's memories flashed within his mind of a time when he had defeated and killed a powerful Shinigami. He remembered all too crisply the victory he'd had over that Shinigami, who had presented himself when the Arrancar and Shinigami forces met for the first time in ten years, just after the death of Azeru Cho, and the rise of Sonken Kouhai. Kuroi had been the only Espada left back then, having killed two of the High Tier ones, while the others simply died out from being too weak, with the same as the Low Tiers. Technically, three other Espada had existed in that mission, but had inevitably been killed. Kuroi didn't even care, they'd been weak. Low Tier Espada was a very fluctuating rank, an unstable one. They came and went. [For thread I'm referring to, see "The Start of the Next Generation!"]

Kuroi was still watching Asuka at that moment. His eyes never left her. She'd probably be terrified of his power by the end of this. Come to think of it, Kuroi had never shown his release to her. No one had seen him in released state. Adalo De-Mona had seen it, and Cero Azalea had seen it. No one else had. Yuki, Faust, Izuki, Drago, they hadn't. No random numeros or privaron had seen it. Out of the whole Fraccion, Kouen said that none of them had seen it either. Anyone that had seen it either kept their silence, or died. That was the way things worked. Adalo and Cero probably both knew that if they tried to talk, Kuroi would kill them. Cero especially, who Kuroi majorly disliked for both weakness and stupidity.

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"You let your guard down."

"Eh?!" Talk about a rude awakening. It was going to be like this for the next month. Kuroi probably watched her while she slept and that was pretty creepy.

Well, she could always get used to this. She got used to sensing him from afar, she could get used to getting beat up too. It would make her tougher, right? As long as she was getting stronger. Why was he staring at her like prey? It was bothersome and..scary. Asuka was never like this! She had never been scared! What gives?! Asuka quickly picked herself up. Were they doing hand to hand combat now? Seems like it.

She'd try to put aside the eerie feeling he gave her when he stared at her and attack him. Asuka would start off with a barrage of kicks. She thought that he'd block her kick and slam his hand into her chest again. If he tried to punch her of slam his hand again, she'd grab his sleeve and pull it as she moved her body away from the hit and elbow his back.

[Zou ۞]

Kuroi began dodging Asuka's hits, moving from side to side in some sort of small step, backwards zig zag to evade Asuka. It was completely different from what he'd done the previous day. That was it. Just because he had to train her, didn't mean he had to let he learn about him. He would learn about her, but she'd know nothing of him. Smart. He was using a completely new strategy, so that she couldn't adjust, and couldn't get used to the way he was fighting her. He probably had dozens of different things that he could do, which meant that even when the month was over, Asuka wouldn't be used to Kuroi's personal style. She'd only be used to combat in general, tough combat.

Kuroi flipped over Asuka very suddenly, evading the last of her attacks, and slamming his elbow into her back to send her stumbling forwards. Kuroi whirled on her from there, turning around and grabbing Asuka's shoulders during her stumble. He yanked her back, twirling a bit as he did, so her body was twirled to face his. Kuroi slammed his forehead into Asuka's to knock her away. Kuroi, being completely used to pain because of his experiences and battles, was unaffected. Asuka however, would feel great pain, and hit the ground from this hit. Kuroi wasn't even letting up for a second. He looked down gravely at Asuka, his eyes showing no mercy.

"You haven't used your Bala yet." he said. "Could it be that you know it's futile? That without Cero, you don't have a technique that can damage me in the slightest?" He was right. Kuroi's hierro had turned her weapons to DUST earlier. Asa's had only cracked and shattered. But Kuroi turned them TO DUST. This was the likely result of his reiatsu strength enhancing his hierro. Most likely, Asuka's Bala would leave no marks, and Kuroi would be completely unharmed. Cero would only be able to inflict small scratches, tiny pink burns at best. But, at least it would do something. It was a start. However, Asuka didn't even have Cero. So that didn't work too well for her.

"You should try to learn Cero some time." Kuroi said. "It is the most useful technique that we as Arrancar can obtain." He was right. Asuka must have seen Kuroi fight a couple of times, and heard accounts of what he did during others. Whenever he shot a Cero out, the enemy was finished. Kuroi's Cero always took the enemy out of the battle, either making it impossible to win, or finishing it cleanly right there. Hell, his Bala by itself hurt a lot. His Cero was truly a force to be reckoned with. Everyone feared it. Out of everyone in Las Noches, it was said that Kuroi had the most powerful Cero, and that no one could match him in that regard.

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Did he really just slam his forehead into hers? Really? Seriously?!

Asuka found herself having a hard time getting up after that. It was pretty painful and it made her rather dizzy for a minute or two. "Could it be that you know it's futile? That without Cero, you don't have a technique that can damage me in the slightest?" Asuka knew Bala was futile from the START! She just knew that sometimes, people bring out their blades to block it...Then again. This wasn't just any old person. This was Kuroi she was dealing with. After just being with him for a day she just decided to give up on it until she got a little stronger.

"I don't." she responded as she picked herself up. She really did need to learn Cero. "It is the most useful technique that we as Arrancar can obtain." He was right about that too. She has always seen Kuroi using his Cero on opponents. Most of the time, he never needed to release. His Cero was always enough. Asuka was probably the only one in Las Noches who didn't know how to use a Cero. It was kind of embarrassing. "Cero? How do I go about using it?" she asked.

Well, she knew damn near nothing about it other than it was a useful technique. Might as well ask.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: From this post until otherwise stated, we will be training for TTP. Hey, Rin. Cero is class 4, meaning it needs 40 TP to be learned. Your response post to mine needs to be four paragraphs if you want to learn Cero. All of my posts are 4, each one worth 20 TP. This basically means that I make up half the cost. So you'll need to make the other half.

IC:

Kuroi waited for a moment before speaking. "We will pause our spar for a moment, for you must learn Cero." Kuroi said. "It isn't difficult." He aimed his left palm forwards, straight at a tree in front of them. Kuroi's eyes never left the tree once he had his eyes locked. "As opposed to Bala, which can be used very freely, Cero requires a stance to anyone that has not mastered it. You won't be able to flick it outwards like a Bala, you will need your palm pointed." His palm continued to trail on the tree. He was waiting for Asuka to mimic his movement, and aim her palm at the second tree, which was directly next to the first one, which Kuroi had his sights trailed on. They were around ten meters apart, but parallel to each other so that they could be considered next to each other.

Kuroi flicked his wrist very suddenly, and a Bala flew out, slamming into his tree. His Bala was huge, blasting apart the tree in an instant. It had grown stronger since the last time Asuka had seen it. Now, Kuroi's Bala was probably superior to a Low Tier Espada's Cero. That was pretty scary. It meant that rather than use reiatsu for a Cero, he could kill weaker opponents with his Bala. The tree was nothing but ash at that moment, steam rising from the ground as Kuroi kept his palm in place. Asuka should follow suit, firing off a Bala into her own target tree. Kuroi had demonstrated Bala, of course. He was probably going to use it as an example for how to fire a proper Cero. It was exciting, really. Asuka being able to learn Cero.

"As you can see, Bala feels like a fluid movement, instantaneous. As if you are in a pool, splashing once. Cero is more like a snake. You are skipping your palm across the pool of water, taking more time, but gathering more energy for a more powerful blast. And, you will maintain the same position with your hand while doing this, the same location. Essentially, you keep your palm still and fire the Cero." A red orb formed on Kuroi's palm, but did not fire out. It wasn't Bala. Suddenly, a huge blast of red shot out, striking into an area around twenty five meters away from Asuka's tree. There were three trees in that area. Kuroi's Cero destroyed all of them, reducing them to ash, and burning the ground across them.

It was several times bigger and stronger than a normal Cero, and the color was different. It was darker, a darker, blood red color. He could probably outmatch any of his fellow High Tier Espada's Cero with his own. His Cero had been so strong that it even left burns on Asuka's tree, despite having been so far away. It was powerful, that much was certain. "Copy my steps." Kuroi commanded. "Sense the way my Reiatsu flowed when I used Cero, and imitate it in yourself. You will learn Cero by following my instructions." How cool! Cero really was a great technique. By maximizing his reiatsu strength, Kuroi had generated enough power in his Cero to probably be able to match an 80's level Kido or something too.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2750 Reiatsu

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Sweet! She was learning Cero! "As opposed to Bala, which can be used very freely, Cero requires a stance to anyone that has not mastered it. You won't be able to flick it outwards like a Bala, you will need your palm pointed." Wow, that's going to suck if she was pressed for time. Oh well, she figured that she'd get better eventually. After all, she couldn't treat this like bala. She'd need to get used to this. She walked over to Kuroi and mimicked his movement. "Like this?" She took the same stance as Kuroi and had her palm pointed at the tree next to his.

Asuka would watch his movements carefully. She had always found it easier to learn by example. She'd then watch as he flicked out a bala. Well, she thought it was a Cero at first. It honestly did look like it but after further inspection she realized that it was his bala. Quite frankly, his bala was little scary. It was hard to believe that it was his bala. Then again, it was Kuroi. He just seemed to get stronger every time she saw him! Asuka would flick her wrist and fire off a bala at her own tree. Her bala wasn't very big. It looked like a bullet hole actually. She figured that this was how she was going to shoot out her cero.

"As you can see, Bala feels like a fluid movement, instantaneous. As if you are in a pool, splashing once. Cero is more like a snake. You are skipping your palm across the pool of water, taking more time, but gathering more energy for a more powerful blast. And, you will maintain the same position with your hand while doing this, the same location. Essentially, you keep your palm still and fire the Cero." Did he say, snake? That was definitely up her alley! She could easily relate to this. You know...seeing as her Resurreccion has to do with serpents and all. Asuka lowered her hand for a moment and watched Kuroi's Cero. She saw the way the red orb formed in his hand. It was like he was gathering the reiatsu in his hand in a ball and releasing it laser form! That was probably wrong, but for her sake, she'd think of it that way.

Kuroi would fire his Cero at the tree. Asuka thought it was pretty cool. She looked at the tree that he fired at. Well...it was a tree. Now it's a pile of ash. Actually, almost everything in its path was ash. "Whoa..." she said in awe. Even her tree was burned! "Copy my steps. Sense the way my Reiatsu flowed when I used Cero, and imitate it in yourself. You will learn Cero by following my instructions." Asuka would nod her head and hold out her palm in the same position as she was instructed to and aimed at the tree directly in front of her. She was taking the time to gather more energy. A dark blue orb was forming in her palm. [..So there's my orb.[/i] A dark blue blast would fire out from Asuka's palm and straight into the tree in front of her. It wasn't nearly as big or as strong as Kuroi's. It didn't turn to ash either, but it did knock the tree down along with the ones behind it. She'd look at her palm and then at Kuroi. Mission accomplished?[/size]

[Zou ۞]

OOC: You forgot to dock reiatsu. This marks the end of that. 40 TTP gained, and slotted to Cero since no other techniques were worked on. CTP will be accumulated later in the thread. We're working on CTP now, once again.

IC:

Kuroi looked at Asuka, nodding in grim satisfaction. He then proceeded to take several steps, marching over to where the tree had stood. Was he acting as Asuka's tree? Kuroi looked sternly at Asuka. When he spoke to her, he was being completely serious about this option. He looked straight at Asuka at that moment. He was standing where the tree had stood, and when he spoke it would probably shock Asuka. "You have learned Cero, which brings us to the next part of my lesson to you. You will learn how to take damage and continue fighting. It is important to learn this. Unfortunately, my reiatsu is too powerful. Even if I hold back, I will kill you if I attack with even my Dos Bala. There is nothing I can use besides my sword that will not kill you. However, we are not yet at that step."

Kuroi pocketed his hands, looking cleanly at Asuka's eyes. The way he looked at her...he couldn't be thinking...Oh no. It was something that she probably knew he could do. "Therefore, you will fire your Cero at me, and I will redirect it into you." Kuroi said. "Your goal is to learn how to deal with that." Oh, that wasn't good. Asuka had probably heard all about Kuroi's redirection technique. He'd used it multiple times to dispatch a numerous amount of enemies. She was going to shoot her Cero, he was going to take it in, and he was going to fire it straight into her body. Asuka had just learned Cero, and already she was going to learn what her own Cero felt like. It was going to directly hit her, and it was probably going to hurt.

"Luckily, your Cero is relatively weak right now." Kuroi said. "Ordinarily, we would not be capable of doing even this without killing you." Oh, that wasn't good either. Kuroi actually remembered the first time he'd been hit by his own Cero. He'd done it to himself as a training exercise in Las Noches. He'd used some kind of reflective object to have it launch his Cero into his body. Kuroi had almost died. If not for the high speed regeneration and the minor defenses he employed to reduce the damage, Kuroi would never have survived that training exercise. It had taken him weeks to perfect his resistance to such harm, and to be able to continue fighting after such had happened.

In this case, however, Asuka's weak Cero meant that they could do this again and again, and as long as they practiced limitation, she wouldn't die. It was perfect. "Now come." Kuroi said, eying Asuka. He was waiting for her to shoot that dark blue Cero of hers. It was strange that she got a dark blue Cero. Most Arrancar couldn't generate a custom color at her level. It was probably because Kuroi had taught it to her. He helped her learn it so quickly, whereas usually someone that had to learn it would take weeks to learn it. Kuroi had taught Asuka in a few minutes, though technically the space made that few minutes about an hour or so. "Do not let your guard down. Once I feel we are done practicing this skill, I will attack you with my wakizashi. I will not tell you when I feel I am ready to attack you."

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Asuka smiled and looked at her hand. She FINALLY learned how to use Cero. It was a funny color, but who cares about that? That dark blue was kind of pretty. She didn't know where it came from but..eh, what the hell! As long as she got it, right? She kind of wanted to do a mini-victory dance but...Kuroi. He was here with her. 24/7. Not only that, but Kuroi never smiled or celebrated or anything like that so..he'd instantly kick her ass if she even started. She'd wipe that smile off her face and watch Kuroi walk over to where her tree once was.

"You will learn how to take damage and continue fighting. It is important to learn this." Oh no. She had an idea of what he was gonna do. He was probably going to shoot his own Cero at her! She saw the magnitude of that thing. It wasn't pretty. Oh yeah...he wouldn't. It could kill her. Wait..does that mean.."Therefore, you will fire your Cero at me, and I will redirect it into you." Oh hell. Well..At least her Cero's were weak. She could deal...Somehow. She'll figure it out. This sort of thing might require a few tries.

So, he was going to redirect it at her. Fantastic. Well..she didn't know what if felt like. Now that she thought about it, she became rather curious. Asuka had ALWAYS been that curious type. Every time she grew curious, something bad would always happen. Well, this wasn't necessarily bad. This was just for her own good. Asuka nodded her head at Kuroi's order and held out her palm. She'd form a dark blue orb in her palm. She'd fire out a cero and aim right for Kuroi. She'd prepare herself for the worst and Kuroi's attack. She wouldn't let her guard drop this time.

Asuka's Remaining Reiatsu: 300/700 (For the last 2 Ceros)[/b]

[Zou ۞]

Kuroi held out his palm, and the Cero slammed into it, absorbing in pretty quickly. Next moment, it blasted back out, straight towards Asuka. It was fast, and strong. Odd. Ah, that was right. Kuroi was firing it back out. He had a lot more skill with this than Asuka. He probably had far superior control over his reiatsu, and therefore he could fire Cero more efficiently. Therefore, Asuka's Cero was stronger even when he kept its original base strength, if he was the one firing it. Asuka's Cero flew towards her, and within mere seconds it reached. Well, Asuka was wrong about one thing. Kuroi did smile sometimes. That little confident, somewhat cocky, and small, calm smile he did sometimes. Well, he wasn't doing it at that moment.

But, he was smiling inside. The Cero slammed into Asuka, potentially knocking her off of her feet since she wasn't used to taking that kind of blast. Her body was covered in burns and bloody wounds from getting hit by her own attack, which ignored her hierro due to exactly equal reiatsu strength. It also blasted away her top, leaving her topless. Oh, great. Naked again. This time during training. But as it turned out, it didn't matter. It was probably better that she was half naked this time, because her torso had wounds all over it. She'd be able to better keep track of the injuries that Kuroi inflicted onto her. There were numerous burns all across, which meant that Asuka had taken quite a bit of damage. That wasn't necessarily good, of course.

Kuroi kept his eyes on Asuka. They didn't budge, and his gaze stayed there. The way he looked at her...it was shocking. Asuka was probably going to end up traumatized as a result of this. Most likely, when this was all over, all said and done, Asuka was going to hate her life, even if she got way stronger for it. That way Kuroi's eyes pierced her, though...Normally she'd probably be unable to get back up just from that one hit. But those eyes...those eyes. They'd keep her getting back up. If she didn't, far worse things would happen than that Cero, and she probably knew it. Kuroi could make things happen that were unbelievable, and would completely ruin her mental and physical state forever.

"Asuka. One more time." Kuroi said. Ohhh, crap. He wanted to hit her with her own Cero AGAIN! ANOTHER TIME! Second time. Numero Dos. This was going to hurt like hell, and Asuka probably figured it. But, that way he looked at her made it impossible to disobey. Sometimes, it was a wonder why he didn't turn on Kouhai. Probably because while Kouhai did fear him, Kuroi was ultimately weaker than Kouhai. He knew that in a one on one fight, he'd never be Kouhai's equal. Not with what was at his disposal. Perhaps one day, if something more advanced than C-weapons appeared, Kuroi could do it. However, at that moment, he didn't have the capabilities. He was fine with that, however, for Kuroi was strong enough to bring down any of the Espada.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2650 Reiatsu

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Hey, hey, hey! We had a deal here. She was supposed to be hit with whatever she fired at Kuroi! She fired a weak cero so...what the hell was this?! She'd watch as Kuroi absorbed her cero. In all honesty, Asuka was amazed. She wondered if she'd get the chance to learn that soon. That would be pretty cool! She could fight anyone in Las Noches with that ability! It reminded her of that Adjuchas from one of her previous missions. It seemed to be a rather useful ability.

Clearly, Kuroi was experienced with this. Her Cero was weak and it wasn't fast. Asuka would just hope that she survived this. This thing looked a lot stronger than it should have been. Was this a cruel joke or something? Probably. Maybe Kuroi enjoyed hurting her. That sadistic jerk! He was probably enjoying every moment she hit a tree, flew past sharp rocks, coughed up blood etcetera , etcetera..

Asuka watched as the Cero came flying towards her. She really wasn't scared of it. In comparison to Kuroi's Cero, this was baby stuff! She figured this would be painful as hell but he's put her through worse. This can't be too bad, can it? Well, it wasn't as bad as getting a bigger hollow hole, dangling off of a tower naked or being nearly suffocated from reiatsu from yours truly. She braced herself for the worst. When it finally hit her, she hissed in pain and fell. That...really hurt! The teal haired arrancar girl was breathing heavily on the ground. This pain. It was horrible. It was unlike ANYTHING she had experienced.

This was probably the second worst thing she had ever had to go through. Green eyes would gaze at the Segunda who stared at her with eyes of a predator. He did tell her to keep her guard up and that he'd attack without notice. Asuka couldn't quite figure out why she was so scared of Kuroi now. She figured that she always was and that she had ignored the feeling. Perhaps. "Asuka. One more time." This man. He was crazy. One more time? Oh hell! But those eyes..She wouldn't dare disobey him. Not with a look like that. Asuka would pick her tired, topless body up off the ground. She'd push herself as hard as she can. She held out her palm and fired another cero at Kuroi. He'd probably attack her this time around. She counted on herself falling again, but who says you have to stand to use your weapons?

Asuka's Remaining Reiatsu: 100/700

[Zou ۞]

Kuroi watched the incoming Cero. Of course, he was going to redirect it again. But first, using the two second lead he had, he looked at Asuka. He needed to analyze her current condition. From what Kuroi could make out, all of those wounds probably stung more than a strike from Asuka's whip. They were bleeding, but not as badly as a cut since the burns partially cauterized the wounds. Asuka's chest was what had taken the most damage. The largest and darkest burns were across her breasts and nipples, trailing down onto her stomach, and with blood leaking out of some of these wounds. Her face was covered in wounds too, and her knees were clearly wobbling.

From the looks of things, Asuka wasn't in great shape. She wouldn't even be able to move if Kuroi hit her with the next Cero. That was fine. He'd give her a chance to rest up a bit, after that. At any rate, Kuroi was most likely going to blast Asuka to pieces if he made her get hit by a third Cero. Then again, she didn't even have the reiatsu left to shoot one out. Kuroi could sense that much. This was her last Cero. She wouldn't even be able to release. Kuroi looked at the incoming Cero, the dark blue. This was actually a bit anti climactic. Cero should be red. All Cero should some form of red. Special Cero colors were usually employed by choice, not coincidence. Asuka hadn't done it by choice, but still. It was disgraceful, and proof that they were more attention whores than strong Arrancar.

Kuroi despised Cero that didn't meet the red color. Kuroi grabbed Asuka's Cero, absorbing it with his palm. Next moment, it fired back out, straight at Asuka. It was like the first one Kuroi redirected, more accurate, stronger and more refined, more focused. He was better at handling Cero than Asuka, so obviously whenever he fired one, even if it was hers, it was going to come out better than Asuka's Cero could. The Cero slammed directly into Asuka, ripping into her torso again. She was covered in even more burns and bloody injuries, and probably wouldn't even be able to stand up by the end of that. Kuroi suddenly rushed Asuka the instant the Cero hit her, getting there just in time for the end of the Cero, his wakizashi already drawn. In a quick flurry of movements, Kuroi slashed around Asuka.

Obviously, she wouldn't be able to block all of his slashes. Even in prime condition, she couldn't have due to the differences in their speed. However, even now it was worse. She would get hit by well over half of them, and they were probably going to inflict nasty and painful cuts across Asuka's body. That probably wasn't good. But, after around twenty seconds of slashes with his wakizashi, Kuroi let up, stopping. He put his wakizashi back into his suit, turning away from Asuka. "Rest." he said. "We need you to regenerate your reiatsu." Well, at least she got to rest. The rest was probably Asuka's only relief, and it was going to be the best part of her day for the rest of the 28 days she had left in this training.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2550 Reiatsu

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Why can't my cero be red? I like the red cero...is it 'cause I'm weak or something? Well, she did just learn Cero. Maybe it was the accelerated time? Yeah...that was it. Had to be. Totally. Her reiatsu strength sucked. When Asuka finished firing her Cero, she knew Kuroi was coming for her. She knew that he'd come for her at the worst possible time. She knew it. She saw him come for her and she'd bring her blades up. Now she had to get through his wakizashi. Here's the real test!

She'd fall on her back and she'd do so pretty hard. Well, it felt hard. Then again, everything feels more difficult after a strenuous 'exercise'. Was exercise even the appropriate word for this? Even calling her spar "Bootcamp from Hell" was a huge understatement! She'd just label this as 'Kuroi's Bootcamp' because the name alone was enough for her to realize the harshness of this training. It wasn't pretty. Not one bit.

At least she was doing something. Right now, wandering around Las Noches sounds pretty boring. She'd recall a few memories of her trip. She wandered and in her quest to find something 'interesting' , she came down to one conclusion. One cold hard fact about this desolate place. The fact that Las Noches had to have been the most dull, jaded, unexciting place to ever exist. The girl had a curious nature! Could you blame her for wanting to go on a little trip? Well, yes. She should have known from the start but the thought of something else new and exciting existing at another location made her curious and she just left!

But enough about that. She was here and she was excited already. Seeing Kuroi's powers had fascinated her and she only wanted to grow stronger. Granted the man was scary, but he was helping her and she had already learned a cero! That was amazing in itself especially since she's only been here for a day. Asuka would force herself up again. There was blood everywhere but who cares at this point? She'd try her hardest to block all of Kuroi's slashes. Alas, with her current state, she couldn't. At most, she was able to handle him for the first 10 seconds but after that, things went down hill. He had beaten her to a bloody pulp. "Rest." That word. It was so beautiful. It was like a gigantic weight of her shoulders. A wave of relief had overcome her and she'd relax.

Her body just laid there. Like it was in a comatose. Rest time was happy time and it was what she looked forward to the most. She vaugely wondered if Kuroi would watch her sleep again. Creepy. She knew just lying there was a bad idea, but the girl could barely move! She'd instantly drift off to sleep, hoping to recover and hoping for a better next day. She also hope for a red cero..it was pretty.

[Zou ۞]

One huge problem with Asuka. She was already sound asleep. A random enemy could kill her if they wanted to. Plus she was naked, so they could rape her too, and she'd wake up with the rape. Of course, Kuroi was a light sleeper. He wasn't disturbed by random things, but things that SHOULD disturb him WOULD disturb him, and he'd come awake. He also didn't get nightmares. Asuka however, probably did get nightmares. Well, not too often, but he figured this training he was putting her through might give her nightmares. He actually vaguely remembered that a certain human he'd once known had had nightmares because of the training's toughness. Kouen, Nijuu, and Chisoku had not received training. When Kuroi found them, they'd been strong from the start.

Asuka was the only one he'd taken in over 'potential.' He knew he could make her very strong, though that release of hers could be better. He didn't like that it took a long time, nor did Kuroi like how Asuka resembled a snake, when most of his Fraccion resembled direct predators. Snakes slithered on the ground. Then again, in terms of teamwork, Asuka could probably be an essential key, slaughtering all enemies with that stone gaze Kuroi had heard about, and occasionally seen. While her allies fought, she could keep her eyes on the enemy, slowing them down as they gradually petrified more and more, and until at last, they suddenly turned into stone, poof. Just like that, they became stone. It was something Kuroi imagined would be pretty cool to watch for humans, and pretty entertaining for cruel people like Nijuu.

In all fairness, Nijuu was a lot nicer recently. He'd ended up hate fucking that Vice Captain in Rukongai, and ever since, he was a lot nicer every time he screwed her. He probably got out all of the "mean" when he was with the Vice Captain. Otherwise, he had a constant "mean" which he used in battle. Hopefully it wouldn't impede his battle capabilities, come to think about it. The last thing that Kuroi wanted or needed was Nijuu to lose his edge and aggression in battle. It would be best to keep Nijuu away from that damned Vice Captain, who was clearly poisoning his mind, or brainwashing him or something. Or maybe the allure of her body just captured him. Kuroi had never pegged Nijuu for the type to be into that kind of thing, so maybe he'd minorly misjudged him.

Kuroi had better work on his investigational skills. Come to think of it, Kuroi had met Enma, Lord of Hades, while he was in Rukongai. The Squad 7 Captain had been very strong, no doubt about that. He'd blocked Kuroi's Cero very easily, something that most people could not do. In truth, Kuroi was rather interested in what Enma could accomplish with that power of his. He wanted to fight him again. It was very likely that this "strongest captain" was on par with Kuroi in strength, or something like that. If he fought him, Kuroi would be able to deduce the true limits of his own strength, testing himself out against someone like that. On the other hand, he might die, since, well, Enma was rather strong. Kuroi would have to work on that. It was going to be definitely very awkward if he met Enma when not ready.

Meanwhile, it was time to sleep. Kuroi got himself into a tree branch, sleeping there for 8 hours. Pretty soon, they'd be on Day 3. Kuroi was confident that Asuka was mentally strong enough to handle his training, and physically she'd get better. If she wasn't capable of it, she wouldn't be on his Fraccion. He wasn't a bad judge. So, after eight hours of resting, after which time reiatsu restored and wounds (Asuka's) healed, Kuroi swung out of the tree, landing softly on the ground. He stepped over to Asuka, slapping her bare back as hard as he could. This would hurt like hell, but it would take her up. "Time to resume." Kuroi said. Maybe by the end of this, she'd be able to resist being slapped on the back and getting naked.

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"AHH!......Good morning to you too, Kuroi." In all honesty, she was glad Kuroi woke her up. She was having nightmares and well..she was stuck with how she wanted to deal with it. She feared screaming would wake him up and then he'd do horrible things to her. She didn't doubt that he'd do something horrible. Oh Kuroi was the MASTER at making someone feeling misery. She hated that! In her nightmare, she dreamt that he was forcing her to drink wine and if she didn't, well, he said he'd feed her to a bunch of adjuchas that looked like Makoto Escudo and Asa Escudo naked.

Well...there was MUCH more to it. First, she was on a date with Shinsei and out nowhere Kuroi came in and threw a bunch of panda plushies at her and then she started throwing them back. But then, Kuroi got angry and all of a sudden, her wrists were bound to some weird post and then he tried to suffocate her with the SAME plushie and he sang the AIDS song over and over again. She saw that Vice Captain too! Only...she had a whip and she kept whipping her and yelling "DIE HASEN!". All Asuka could remember was telling her to fuck off. But then, Kuroi blasted her away with his panda plushie cero and THEN told her to drink that glass of wine. She refused and then he threatened to feed her to adjuchas that had Asa and Makoto's face on them...NAKED.

Luckily, she was awake. She stared at Kuroi for a moment. "I had a nightmare about you..." she said. She didn't really quite know why she said that. Maybe she figured she should say it. No...maybe she was still tired and she wasn't thinking clearly. Asuka looked around for remnants and scraps of her shirt and tied it around her chest so that she wasn't COMPLETELY topless. Mentally, she was prepared. She felt like she could face her cero again. She was confident she could handle it this time. She'd face it fearlessly. She had a taste of it before, now that she knew what to expect, she was ready.

Asuka held out her palm and pointed it at Kuroi. God, she HOPED it wasn't blue. She PRAYED that it wasn't blue. She wanted red. Red dammit. RED. She'd fire out a cero with one hand and hold on to her zanpakuto with the other, ready to defend herself if Kuroi came at her. This time she was ready to face whatever he had up his sleeve!

Asuka's Remaining Reiatsu: 500/700