Secret Training: Kuroi and Asuka [R, NDE]

[Zou ۞]

Kuroi hadn't planned to attack Asuka right off the bat. He was sitting on a large rock, his feet on the ground, his knees bent. His elbows were resting on his knees, and his hands were together. He was looking at Asuka through some kind of glare, though his eyes were normal, the same emotionless cold as always. He was regarding her while she looked around for him. She wouldn't see him. His current position was actually out of her view, for it was blocked by several formations. She'd gotten stronger, he'd admit that. The training had paid off. 10 days of Kuroi's bootcamp, and Asuka was tough. He hadn't admitted it to her, but her improvement threatened his body now.

Not so much as that she could damage him, for even then she didn't have the power to inflict large damage. It was that Asuka was able to keep up with him now. Her speed had come to match his. Her physical strength had gone beyond his. Her senses and instincts had become better than his. However, she still did not have as much spiritual pressure or reiatsu as Kuroi, and her reiatsu strength was still far inferior. She could sense Reiatsu better than he could, so of course it was only obvious that she'd know this much. Kuroi's training did well. He'd trained her to gain new power, additional abilities. She'd had to sacrifice the potential to gain High Speed Regeneration, but it was worth it. Kouen, Nijuu, and Chisoku had all done so as well, and they were ridiculously strong.

Only Kuroi had kept his High Speed Regeneration, and only because it made him strong. As opposed to other Espada, he was able to win even when adversaries had superior stats. Of course however, he'd been fighting with only his arms the last few days. They'd actually only trained up until Day 8. Kuroi had given Asuka Day 9 to rest up, regenerate her powers, and practice a little bit on her own. He'd had to attend to some business. Business, meaning he'd had to explain to Chisoku, Nijuu, and Kouen the details of a mission that he was sending them on. They were all strong. He honestly didn't need to keep track of them at all times, which was good. Soon, when Kuroi was done with her, Asuka would be like that too. She was still part of his Fraccion, but Kuroi could see her as an Espada shortly.

That was the level he was sending her to. Espada. All of the others were like that already, but didn't have it as a goal. Chisoku just wanted to be the fastest. He didn't want to be an Espada. Following Kuroi was how he'd go, though he could probably get Sexta. Nijuu could probably get Cuarta or Tercera, and his goal was simply to be or follow the strongest, and that meant Kuroi. Kouen however, had the potential to become the Primera. Kuroi had always been impressed particularly by Kouen, but Kouen had no intentions of ever becoming an Espada. He wanted what was best for Las Noches. He felt what was best could be attained by his following Kuroi. And so, that was what he did. At any rate, that was enough thought, Kuroi figured.

Kuroi stood up, taking casual steps towards Asuka. They were ten meters apart, facing each other by the time he got there. He'd provided Asuka with another suit. They were going to make things spicy and tough now. He was going to bring her to the strongest level. "You've moved beyond the level you were at before." Kuroi said. "I am no longer capable of facing you without these." He reached into his suit, drawing his wakizashi blades out. He held them in a reverse tonfa grip, as always. "However...you are still too weak. Any of the other three can still crush you. That is why we have 20 days left. By the end of that time, I will make you even stronger." Kuroi was strong, there was no doubt about it.

And he could make Asuka strong too. Kouen had once said that no one could become strong like Kuroi. His strength was because, for whatever reason, his abilities as a living organism were superior. But, no one was forbidden in trying. Kuroi rushed forwards instantly, his blades already out. His speed had become equal to Asuka's. The left blade was coming in fast, and heading for Asuka. Her instincts had become good, she should be able to block. She should even be able to land a hit. She had yet to land one, actually. The fact that he used those blades meant that he believed she might be able to. He began slashing wildly, and yet skillfully, around Asuka so that he could attempt to hit her. Each strike was precise, but custom. The angles were different from most angles, awkward to block. Asuka would have trouble adjusting.

[Deleted]

As he walked towards her, she spun around. Weird. He usually attacks! What's with this? Maybe she could have gotten a few extra minutes of rest...Not that she wanted to. Dream land will never be the same anymore thanks to nearly being kissed by mister grumpy face. "I had a nightmare about you again." No, she didn't know exactly why she said that...again. She just thought that she should put that out there. She thought she should for absolutely no reason. He'd either give her the same cold expression or turn around because he doesn't know how to react to her comment and coolly brush it off like always.

Asuka was able to keep up with his speed now. She loved it. She couldn't inflict anything serious, but small hits eventually add up and become something serious. People tend to ignore that. Most of the time they just ignore a small hit and think they can take more. And then they take another small it...and another small hit and another and another until it finally becomes detrimental to their well being. People were stupid for not keeping track of something so important.

Asuka was already looking forward to the ending of her training. Not because it would be the end of her brutal beatings, but because she'd be Espada material by the time she's done. She was looking forward to killing the Octava and the Septima. That should be fun stuff. Alas, that was a goal she had yet to reach. She still had a long way to go. Twenty more days and she should be stronger than ever. She was filled with excitement. You could even see a small smile on her face if you looked hard enough.

Of course, Kuroi would notice that from a mile away. With that, she'd wipe that smile off in a milisecond. No getting hopes up. Not yet. "You've moved beyond the level you were at before. I am no longer capable of facing you without these." The teal haired arrancar girl perked up as he said this. Does that mean..those are his wakizashi! Wow, she's really come a long way! She was happy!...But not too happy. It seems like the rest of her fraccion still had a chance of crushing her easily. She wanted them to have a harder time. Actually, she wanted to beat them! Nijuu especially...That incident in the forest never would have happened if he had just fought Makoto first. Yes, she still remembered that.

"However...you are still too weak. Any of the other three can still crush you. That is why we have 20 days left. By the end of that time, I will make you even stronger." She figured. It wasn't a downer on her part though. He was going to make her stronger and that's exactly what she wanted! Though, she could only imagine the training would be a hundred times more brutal than before. Eh whatever. As she's always said before. "As long as she's not getting raped, she's fine". She'd take a broken nose over that ANY day.

Even though Kouen did say that no one could become strong like Kuroi, Asuka would still try. She was a far cry from it, but she wanted to see where trying would take her. Would it take her far or would it end her life? It was a gamble to say the least, but life was always like that, no? He was unbelievably strong and in all honesty, she wanted to be just as strong. Asuka merely nodded her head to his last statement. NOW he was going to attack her. He had twin blades..and she had twin blades as well. Twin blades accompanied by whips. His left blade was coming in and she'd lasso the whip in her left hand around his wrist and yank it downwards while turning her body away. She'd keep the blade in right hand up. He'd then begin slashing. Asuka was trying to keep track of his hits and she'd block most of them while backing up. They were weird angles and at some point, she'd dodge and crack her whip in front of his face to make him flinch and slash at his arm from the right.

[Zou ۞]

Kuroi honestly wasn't sure what he was supposed to say to Asuka for this. Was he supposed to tell her that he didn't care about her nightmares? Come to think of it, he'd been expecting this. She'd never quite been able to take her eyes away from his body whenever she'd seen it. That was a problem. Maybe he didn't have enough scars. Oh wait, maybe she was drawn to see his scars. Maybe they frightened her, or made her curious or something. People never asked Kuroi where he got his scars. Technically, they already knew. He was strong. He'd proved that in plenty of battles. Obviously, he'd gotten most of those scars from tough battles.

Asuka could keep up with Kuroi now. This made things better. But, he was pretty sure that she had yet to learn Sonido. This meant that he could still outspeed her if necessary. He made a mental note to teach Asuka Sonido later. Indeed, when she was stronger, he planned to relay around six different techniques to her, so that she wasn't pitifully weak. Asuka didn't have a release that was as powerful as Kouen's, Nijuu's, or Chisoku's. Sure, her gaze could turn enemies to stone, but that was no good. At some point in reiatsu strength, she'd be able to petrify enemies with four to five second gazes.

And yet, that wasn't enough. By the end of her training, Asuka shouldn't even need her Ressurection. Kuroi seldom needed it. In actuality, he could remember only five uses of it within the last few decades. The first had been against Adalo De-Mona, the Quinta, who was rather strong. Another had been against Zouma Santeku. A third against Ogatago #2: Erakos. A fourth against Shiroi. He'd also used it against Sesshomaru. He'd won most of those battles with his release. Kuroi however, would have to admit that Shiroi had indeed beaten him. The 5/5 Policy had made things too uneven.

However, Kuroi now knew all about the difference in strength between regular and 5/5. He was confident that he could easily overpower Shiroi now. In terms of battle ability, Kuroi was better than Shiroi at base strength now. Shiroi probably wouldn't even be able to cut him. Kuroi would probably force Shiroi's 5/5 Policy out, in which case he'd be able to use his Tercera Etapa, and crush Shiroi. He had to kill anyone observing though, since most didn't even know about the existence of a Segunda Etapa. Tercera would open their minds to all sorts of imaginary things, some of which did exist, and some of which Kuroi would prefer to conceal.

Kuroi vaguely wondered if Asuka felt the same way. He knew everything about her powers. He'd demanded that of her as a Fraccion, and throughout this training. But, he wondered if she planned to hide some of her newfound strength from her enemies, from those in Las Noches, and from some of those in the Fraccion. In truth, no one knew the full capabilities of the other. Kouen knew Chisoku's speed, but not the top speed. Nijuu knew two out of four of Kouen's techniques. Chisoku knew nothing about Nijuu's release. No one had 100% of the information, except Kuroi. And no one had 100% of the information on him. No one had really been able to observe his release, after all. It was that tough.

Asuka was trying to lasso Kuroi's arm. A fitting strategy. Most enemies just blocked. And the whip was very good for her. An exotic weapon like that left a lot of open ended combinations. Most people had a very difficult time anticipating whips. However, Kuroi, though he didn't fully understand how to counter whips, knew how to counter attacks like this. When his arm was caught, he raised his right leg, slamming his foot into Asuka's chest as a high kick. She was already busy with her whipping out at Kuroi, while also trying to slash and block. Her arms weren't free. And her legs were useless, Kuroi was much taller. The height difference made it so she couldn't raise her legs to block his attacks. She couldn't reach. Kuroi's leg therefore, managed to strike. The breasts were a painful place to be hit in. This meant that Asuka would be forced back in agony, her lasso uncoiling, loosening for Kuroi to slip out.

Therefore, as her slash came, he had that arm free to swat it aside with his blade, and then run the other one across the bottom of her slashing blade, transitioning into a sliding elbow jam to Asuka's stomach to knock her back. Kuroi stepped back a few paces, giving a calm, small, confident smile after scoring a minor blow or two. This was his invitation for Asuka to attack him. Or not. Kuroi tossed his wakizashi into the air, and aimed the left palm at Asuka. "Beware." he said. "Even with your strength increase, you will die if struck by my Cero." Was he going to use Cero?!

[Deleted]

Yes! Her dreams nightmares mattered! Especially when she was going to kiss the dashing prince of Candyland and couldn't just because she saw Kuroi's face and was a afraid of getting punched again. In all honesty, Kuroi should expect her to have nightmares about him and his eerie ways. Once, she dreamt that she was King Arthur's hot wifey and that she was destined to find the Holy Grail. All she had to do was slay the mighty Cerberus. A big three-headed dog. Big whoop. Well, Cerberus HAD three heads...all of which had Kuroi's face. Alas, she could not get the Holy Grail because of Kuroi. He needed to stop invading her dreams.

The scars really had nothing to do with it. They just proved he fought a lot..Ah dammit...here she goes again with the whole 'Kuroi has a hot body thing'. Really, this was horrible. She didn't want to admit it. No, no, NO! This was just all kinds of horrible and wrong mixed in with each other. Maybe she should start training with a blindfold. Out of sight, out of mind. Yeah..No..She'd die during this training if she only did! That was like a death sentence. A horrible, horrible death sentence.

Asuka hated her Ressurection. Hated it. Yes, the dreaded shocking red font color and the capital "H". She was serious when she meant that she hated it. If it were her choice, she'd never use it again...but who knows when she would need to use it. If she could, she'd keep her legs. She needed those. Stupid snake form...and that stupid Medusa's gaze. Ugh! Sometimes she wished she never had it. She just wanted to be strong enough to get by without having to use it...ever. Don't get her wrong, she loves snakes...she just doesn't love her Ressurection.

Asuka did want to conceal her power. Nothing like throwing off your enemy with a fun surprise. Thing is, it's only fun to the person throwing it. It's like pulling a prank. It's only fun if it's not happening to you. Similarly, being a low tier Espada..maybe Sexta, would have every one think that she was weak. But when she fights them, they'll underestimate her and soon, they'll be begging for mercy. Oh, it sounded wonderful. Just wonderful. She didn't quite like the whole world knowing what she was capable of. If they did, well, bad things would happen.

Asuka would allow him to knock her back. Was...Was that a smile? You mean, he smiles? Those were 17 muscles she swore that he'd never use in this lifetime. He had his palm aimed at her. "Beware." Ohh no..Cero. She could dodge that. But he threw his weapons in the hair. Asuka would move to the side and distance herself from him. Trees. She loved them. Asuka would run to the tree adjacent to her. She'd jump and use one foot to bounce off trunk and launch herself in the air. She would use one whip to lasso around his weapons and the other to wrap around a branch above her to keep her in the air. Asuka was holding on to his weapons with one hand and hanging from a branch with the whip in her other hand.

Using her legs, she'd move them back and forth quickly swing herself away from Kuroi. As she swung herself, she'd then uncoil the whip and land onto the ground. She'd use his weapons against him. Asuka would use them like projectiles of some sort (even though she knew the weren't meant for that) and throw them at him like throwing knives. He'd have to catch that and while he did that, she'd come for him fast. Once she was close enough, she would slash at his stomach with one blade and defend with the other.

[Zou ۞]

Asuka was horribly mistaken when she believed that she could use Kuroi's weapons against him. Then again, she was horribly mistaken in the belief that she could dodge his Cero. There was one thing to Kuroi's power that Asuka had yet to realize, quite clearly. He was the strongest Espada, obviously, and he also had the strongest Reiatsu Strength. It was so massive that it was no wonder she wasn't expecting it. Most people didn't have a Cero as strong as Kuroi's. However, given this clear case, Asuka should have been able to expect that Kuroi's power was that great.

While Asuka was busy swinging around, and then whipping Kuroi's wakizashi at him like knives, his Cero charged. While Asuka was running towards him, it came out. Kuroi's Cero. The problem with facing it was how big the Cero was. His reiatsu strength was rather massive, and as a result so was his Cero. The Cero, being so massive, was impossible for Asuka to dodge while running at Kuroi. Right, she'd be completely unable to dodge it. Hell, she probably didn't have the functions to block it. Luckily for her, she was in a thick brush of trees.

The powerful winds of Kuroi's Cero knocked his wakizashi into the air again, out of the way of his great big Cero. The Cero came charging forwards, thundering towards Asuka. Instantly, it struck, obliterating the group of trees all around her, and impacting since she'd been running forwards. If not for the trees, Asuka would have been utterly annihilated, completely killed. As it was, all of the trees were turned to nothing but dead and bitter ash, and the Cero held on her for quite a few seconds, enough to make her feel an agony dozens of times more painful than her own Cero.

Massive third degree burns splashed across Asuka's body as her clothes burned up immediately, and her weapons cracked, the whips also rotting and burning so that they became a lot less potent. This left Asuka, naked, drifting to the ground with a steaming body. Not steaming hot. Steaming. Her body was emitting steam because she'd just been taken down by a Cero. She probably had heard the rumors, though she probably hadn't anticipated them to be totally true. No one could stand after taking a hit from Kuroi's Cero. That was law. They were either dead, or broken.

Kuroi started walking towards Asuka, his touch on the ground light, his body maintaining composure. His palm was still vaguely steaming. His weapons were spinning down from the ground now. Kuroi caught his wakizashi blades in the reverse grip, and put them back into his suit. With the impact of his Cero, Kuroi no longer needed them. Asuka was nothing after being hit by that Cero. She probably couldn't even move, anymore. That was how Kuroi figured it. Even twitching would take a lot of energy. That was how strong Kuroi's Cero was, in total. How could Asuka possibly have believed it was possible to attack while his Cero was charging?

Kuroi reached Asuka at last, picking her up by the hair with a yank. He looked over her entire body, scrutinizing it. He was taking note of every damaged point on Asuka's form. He dropped her, turning away. "That's no good, Asuka." he said. "Later, I will have to teach you ways to counter a Cero like mine. Right now, you're tiny." Tiny. He'd used that word to describe her, as if she was a small and weak insignificant nothing. As if she posed no threat at all. Well, technically she didn't.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2800 Reiatsu

[Deleted]

Oh hell, she was in for it now. You'd think that her getting a little stronger would allow her a cool move or two. Not that she was doing it to be cool or anything. She honestly just wanted to make one nice slash on Kuroi. Preferably, one with blood. Probably wouldn't be too much, but it was something. Was that too much to ask!? Perhaps. After all, this man was insanely powerful. It was ridiculous!

So, her plan of using Kuroi's weapon's against him? Yeah...not a good idea. In fact, it was a horrid idea. Never again. She was never going to try that again. Bad, bad idea. She probably should have known. At the same time, however, she also wanted to try it. She never was the type to use the same move twice. Well, unless she was guaranteed a particular result that would grant her success. But, she never really liked to use the same move twice on the same opponent. It was like literally giving your enemy a blueprint of yourself. Yeah, so not cool.

She bet her enemies would love that. For good reasons and...perverted ones. Oh god, remember that mission in Paris? Yucky. That Baker impostor was truly disgusting. He probably had a ton of 'lust puppets' and other funky stuff. How on earth does a kind man like the REAL Baker know someone like that Way to go off topic, Asuka. Next thing you know, you're thinking about card games on motorcyles with a bunch of DIE HASEN.

...Uhh, Yeahh..Anyways, Asuka made a mental note to never use Kuroi's weapons against him. She'd probably do that to some other sucker. Maybe someone stupid like that creeper shinigami or one of those weakling Escudo subordinates. Yeah, anyone else but Kuroi. Nope. Not happening. Not with a Cero like that. Speaking of which, she almost just died and I haven't talked about her excruciating pain. Let's get to that right now!!

Kuroi's Cero was HUGE. It was absolutely ridiculous. Then again, he had much more reiatsu strength than she did. It was no wonder he had pointed out to her that she'd die if he hit her point blank. Well, at least she wasn't hit directly. Trees. They saved her life. She'd wonder what in Las Noches she'd do if they weren't around for this training. She could do with out the sharp rocks though. They liked to leave nasty bruised on her skin. Not cool. She had repeatedly scraped herself against their dagger like edges.

Oh, right, her pain. She was under the impression that he couldn't move while he fired her Cero. Asuka didn't really know what gave her that idea. Perhaps it was the idea that she take to take on a particular stance. When she saw him coming for her, she was a bit shocked. He'd strike her with his Cero and she cried in pain. It...hurt. It hurt alot. It was more painful than being hit by her own Cero. Good hell...don't even remind her of that! The thought alone was enough to make her shudder. It was horrible experience.

So...she was naked again. Greaat...Well, Kuroi had a spare suit for her, so it wasn't all that bad. She just laid there on the ground. She couldn't move. Damn, that defeated the purpose of the suit now! How the hell was she supposed to get that on! Her body was in incredible pain. If she could move, she'd pick herself up and try again. But, this was not the case. She did hear rumors. She ignored them because if she was scared, she wouldn't have bothered trying in the first place. She'd admit that it was bold on her part to ignore such a thing. Perhaps even stupid. She could have died! But if she wanted to get anywhere, she'd have to do a little bit of trial and error. Kuroi was unpredictable.

He'd pick her up by her hair and look at her entire body. The girl would scowl and it wasn't a very nice expression either. Many things were contributing to her mood right now. One of which was the fact that she was naked. Another would be getting hit by his cero. Oh, don't forget being yanked by her hair. He seemed to like doing that now. Ugh..Oh yeah, her plan failed. Yep. She was also little ticked off at herself for her little 'error in judgement'. The pain didn't make things better either. Could you honestly expect her to brush it off in just a matter of seconds?

Oh, nice...he dropped her. Real nice. "Ow.." she groaned as she hit the floor. "That's no good, Asuka. Later, I will have to teach you ways to counter a Cero like mine. Right now, you're tiny." Tiny? She was tiny? The hell did that mean? Now, Asuka didn't really think that he was talking about her weakness. She had a few 'slow moments' to say the least. Didn't everyone most people with the exception of Kuroi and Kouhai-sama?. "I-I can't help it if I'm short.." she said in a low whisper. She honestly thought he was talking about her height. How was she supposed to remedy that through training?

Well, at least he'd teach her how to counter a Cero. That was good. Asuka knew very well that she was still pretty weak. Not as weak as before, but still. She could probably land a small hit or something but nothing detrimental. She really needed to work on her reiatsu strength. Maybe her instincts could do a little tuning up as well as her spiritual pressure. Yeah, that it. Oh, maybe later on, she could try and fix that mysterious blue cero of hers. Yeah, not cool. She wanted a red one. A big scary red one that turned everything into ash like the one Kuroi shot out!

[Zou ۞]

Kuroi looked around at his body. No injuries. This was disappointing. Why hadn't she managed to injure him? Well, not that she could have if she slashed him. The difference in their abilities was massive. Kuroi's Hierro was actually powerful enough that even if Asuka cut him, there wouldn't even be a scratch. He would be completely unharmed in that case, something that clearly wasn't very pleasing to her. He wondered vaguely if it was pleasing to anyone.

Then again, why on earth had Asuka used Kuroi's weapon against him? He was the Segunda Espada. On top of being the Segunda, he was the strongest anyway. He was even more powerful than the Primera. It was a fact that everyone knew to be an absolute clear truth. The fact that he was so strong was well known all around Las Noches. Some whispered in secret that Kuroi might be able to hold his own against Sonken Kouhai. In reality, he could indeed hold his own. Winning, he probably couldn't.

Kuroi exhaled. What should he do? Attack Asuka further? He honestly wasn't certain what he should do. But, when she misinterpreted his use of the word tiny, Kuroi did not bother to correct her. It wasn't worth trying while she was all beat up like that. Kuroi figured that he'd let her lay there, naked and on her stomach, with her breasts pressed against the ground. Well, the position was probably uncomfortable. But, he may as well leave her there since it would be good resistance training. If she could fall asleep there, then it was all the better, obviously.

However, Kuroi actually did want to demonstrate some things to Asuka. In his opinion, she was far too weak. It was a disgrace. Weakness was disgusting. Even with her increased power, it was no good. Had she landed a hit, she wouldn't have cut him, anyway. The fact was that even in landing a hit, Asuka would find Kuroi's defenses impenetrable. To someone like Asuka, it was pointless to fight against Kuroi, really. He could beat her at all times. There was never an Espada superior to Kuroi, and there never would be.

Kuroi wasn't even sure why he bothered to have Asuka attack him like that. His Cero had obviously been too much for her to handle. Kuroi looked down at Asuka. "You will rest in that spot as you are for several hours, until you can recover." Kuroi said at last. He looked at her bare butt. Kuroi scrutinized Asuka's butt, and noted the burns on it. There was his grim satisfaction. No part of her had escaped the blast of his Cero, even with the trees shielding her. She wasn't dead, but all of her had still been hit. Perfect. Kuroi could still claim his Cero to be superior.

Kuroi vaguely wondered how much pain Asuka was in. His hierro was tough enough to withstand his own Cero and live through it without being totally annihilated, if he angled himself and did a little bit of countering. This meant that even Kuroi couldn't be directly hit by his own Cero. Well, he could, because he'd live, and he could use High Speed Regeneration, but he didn't want to try that. It would be so disadvantaging to him, it was unbelievable. In reality, Kuroi already knew that his Cero was ridiculously painful, but it was probably even worse so for someone like Asuka.

Kuroi also liked that Asuka hadn't figured at all what was coming. She'd probably assumed that he had to be stationary when firing. Most people did, yes. Anyone that Mastered a Cero did not have to remain stationary. Kuroi had mastered it. It was beyond Kuroi for teaching Mastery. Asuka would have to do that on her own time if she ever wanted to master Cero and use it in the same way as Kuroi. Besides, he had other important things that he'd have to teach her later. They were tremendously important. Kuroi vaguely summarized the list in his mind.

First, Kuroi wanted to teach Asuka Redirection. It was a very nice technique that would allow her to redirect moves like Cero, so that she didn't always have to get hit. That was her counter to some Cero. However, if a Cero had superior Reiatsu strength to hers, she couldn't use Redirection. This was why Kuroi would probably teach Asuka some other moves as well. Second, he considered teaching her Dos Bala. It was super fast, and honestly someone like Asuka could probably use it very well. Besides, without it she had no chance of ever hitting him when he went all out. So far, he wasn't using his full skill against her. Third, maybe he could teach her Dorido, so she could get out of giant explosions. Come to think of it, why did Asuka never use Sonido? Did she not know it?

Kuroi made a mental note in his mind to teach Asuka Sonido at some point as well. That made four things he planned to teach her. There were two more moves that Kuroi could ever well teach her, but he was hesitant about these. He wasn't certain if Asuka would be able to control them, and so he'd wait and see. He'd also have to take Asuka to a completely different location if he wanted to teach her the last one. Otherwise she'd blow herself up. Kuroi wasn't in the mood to have Asuka blow herself up.

Kuroi looked down at Asuka. "We'll continue tomorrow." he said, disappearing in an instant. Of course, it was obvious that Asuka couldn't really fight on par with Kuroi. No one could. He wondered vaguely if she'd ever be able to make him release. Kuroi was sufficiently certain that in a flat out battle, he could defeat any of the other Espada without releasing. He was certainly able to defeat most of the current Captains without releasing. Still, he'd have to wait and see for one day.

[Deleted]

Naked and foiled...again! Was this ever going to end? Maybe she was doomed to be naked forever. Maybe she should just stop wearing clothing altogether..So far, it seemed like the best idea considering that she couldn't go a damn day with out being stripped of her clothes in some way! Then again, Kuroi would kill her...mercilessly. He'd probably do it with a smile on his face too. Ugh, will the hellish torture ever end?

Maybe not for another...oh, twenty or nineteen days? Yeah. It sucks. Was the month over yet? It should be over. Seriously. Asuka, oh Asuka. You just can't catch a break can you? Well, this was training. Extreme training! Training with Kuroi at that. There was no way in hell that was going to happen! Was that word even in his vocabulary? Maybe. Only when he was forced to. Only when Asuka honestly really needed it....like now.

Naked and on the ground she was in pain and somewhere in the middle of Kuroi's sentences, she'd knock right out. First things first, rest. She needed it. Badly. Next order of business, somehow learn redirection. Somehow. She should ask! She'd definitely ask once she woke up. If she remembered that is...Well, she hated his cero alot, so she'd remember for damn sure! Hours would pass and the thought of Kuroi aiming a cero at her her back would scare the living daylights out of the girl. It was more than enough to wake her up.

"I wanna learn redirection!!!" she woke up shouting. She was breathing heavily, frantically looking around her. The girl was out of her mind. It really was getting to her mentally. Though, she'd never accept that. She'd just choose to believe that she's perfectly sane as she always had been. "P-Please?" she said with fear obvious in her voice. She'd sit and cross her arms over her chest. Wait, this was the perfect opportune moment for him to attack. She quickly got on her feet and reached for he weapons. Just in case, y'know?

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Cut off right here. We have enough to generate 150 more SP, which is what you're getting now. Upgrade before posting in here again. I came up with an idea. It's too much of a hassle working for more CTP for you in training. Instead, we're going to do two things. For the remainder of this thread, it's TTP, so that you can learn some techniques. Outside of this thread, Kuroi is going to give Asuka one test for some CTP, a test battle against him. If you can meet the required objective, you get the amount of required CTP. This basically means that we're all good. We'll be bending the rules a bit since I plan to teach you techniques you can't use with Asuka yet. However, you'll be able to use them once our little test is over. From this point onwards, we train for TTP.

IC:

Kuroi glanced back at Asuka as she asked her question of him. It had been several hours. She'd woken up demanding to learn Redirection. Well, her training would take too many days for Kuroi's liking. He didn't want to have her doing that so long. In reality, Kuroi just wanted Asuka to hurry up and grow. The best way to do that was obvious. He was going to put her through her own little death test later. He'd have her tested. The best way to grow was to have her life put in more real danger than here. He'd do that later. While here in this training, he'd have Asuka learn some new techniques. He smiled inwardly, a grim smile. Not externally, because he didn't want Asuka to see the cold smile, but he had it inside of him all the same. Sure, he'd teach her redirection.

But he was going to teach her a few other techniques as well. Kuroi looked directly at Asuka. "I will teach you Redirection under several conditions." he said. "First, you will take an accelerated form of this training which will result in your death should you make even a single simple mistake. Second, you will commit yourself to learning other techniques I have in mind besides Redirection. There are five others that you need to learn before you can be considered a level on par with someone like Nijuu or Chisoku." The way he said it was grim, and in an emotionless monotone. Clearly, he wanted Asuka to fully grasp and understand the full gravity of the situation. The move that he was going to teach her wasn't something for the faint of heart, obviously.

He hurled another suit at Asuka, since she was going to have to wear it. He hated seeing her naked. Sometimes Kuroi figured that if he still had dreams, he'd have sex with Asuka in a dream, just because he saw her naked so much. He didn't think that such would be a pleasant thought. Relationships with a subordinate never ended well. Besides, she'd been touched in all her private places by that filthy Shinigami. Kuroi didn't want to go anywhere near that crap. It was the same as Asuka having an STD as far as he was concerned. He massively looked down on Shinigami-Arrancar relations. He couldn't blame her, since women were attracted to power, and the Shinigami was strong, but he could blame her for choosing a Shinigami.

He held out his palm towards Asuka. "You will recall the feeling of shooting a Cero." Kuroi said. He kept his palm out. He was going to guide Asuka through this, since obviously she wasn't really sure of what she was doing. The best way to do this was just to give her a basic tutorial, a simple walk through and how to before he had her actually execute the move in the first place. "Recall the feeling of gathering reiatsu to your palm and shooting it out." he continued. "And now imagine that in reverse. Taking in this reiatsu, and then shooting it back out in the same way as a Cero. Energy enters you, and you fire it out. Reverse, and then normal."

To demonstrate, he'd have to blast an attack at her. But, what could Kuroi shoot at Asuka without killing her? Probably Bala. It was fast, so she'd have less time to respond. However, Kuroi figured that it would probably do a lot better than if he shot her with Cero, which would definitely kill Asuka. His goal here was just to make her see the way to cast this technique. If best, he'd like her to get it within her first few tries. If she could redirect his Bala at least once, then they'd probably be able to move onto another technique after that.

Next off, Kuroi was thinking about either Dorido or Sonido. He figured that Sonido would have to come first, since it was essentially a stepping stone to learning Dorido. But, did Asuka even need Dorido? It was nothing but an escape technique. Most people could use Garganta for that. However, on some occasions, Garganta wasn't enough. This was why Kuroi had learned and created Dorido. For special use on those special occasions. It had saved his life a couple of times to know a move like that. Kuroi figured that it was worth teaching.

But he also wanted to teach Dos Bala. He'd get to that later, as well. The next few days were going to be so that he could get Asuka to learn the proper attack sequences for these moves. There were two left beyond the already mentioned that Kuroi was just dying to teach Asuka. He figured that out of all of his Fraccion, she was the least specialized in something, and therefore she'd be able to receive these moves better than anyone else. It was of course, only natural that he taught her these things.

Kuroi decided that now it was time. "Prepare to redirect at least one of these, Asuka." he said. Instantly, a Bala formed on Kuroi's palm, and flew off straight towards Asuka. Soon after, since Kuroi felt like waiting a few seconds, a second one shot off. Waiting the same interval, Kuroi shot out a third. This gave Asuka enough time to absorb at least one of the first two Bala, and redirect it into one of the others, to minimize damage. She had to get it on her first or second try, or she was going to be severely hurt. If she missed both and ended up on her third try, she was going to end up naked again, and also heavily injured.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2850 Reiatsu

OOC: You need 8 paragraphs in your next post to learn this move. Also, here's the thread I mentioned in the earlier OOC. Click Here

[Deleted]

Honestly, if she wasn't already expecting to die during this training, she might have been scared. That didn't mean she wouldn't go through with the training. She was dead serious when she agreed to it. She WANTED him to train her. Who wouldn't?! Kuroi was the strongest Espada! Well, at least he was to her. Who doesn't want the best to train them? It's only common sense to want the strongest to teach the weak. She was perfectly fine with whatever trials he'd put her through. As long as it made her stronger. Though...she could do with out the nightmares.

Yeah, nightmares of Kuroi were NOT cool. Ever since she's seen that hot body of his, she's been an absolute mess. Though the fear of him destroying her with his Cero would quickly bring her back to reality. Point is, she just wished she'd stop having these nightmares. They scared the crap out of her. She never thought that in a million years she'd have a nightmare involving him. They were mainly about that Baker decoy.

...Oh God..That was horrible. All kinds of horrible and disgusting. Why did Kouen tell her to distract him!? Especially while she was naked! Just that situation alone was enough to make her skin crawl. He wasn't even good looking! He was creepy and going near him made her want to shed a tear or two. Not as bad as finding out she was a part of Kuroi's fraccion though. She broke down for that one. What's worse was that she didn't have a choice in the matter!

Though, she was glad that she didn't. She wouldn't be here right now if she just went on adventures as she pleased. Not only that, but she'd still be weak. Weak was not cool. Not at all. The Espada weren't allowed to be weak either! That and, she was tired of others calling her weak. It's not nice. Why couldn't people be nicer?

Kuroi agreed to teach her under a few conditions. "First, you will take an accelerated form of this training which will result in your death should you make even a single simple mistake. Second, you will commit yourself to learning other techniques I have in mind besides Redirection. There are five others that you need to learn before you can be considered a level on par with someone like Nijuu or Chisoku." Like he needed to tell her that! Asuka looked up at him and nodded. "I agree to these conditions!" she said immediately after.

She stood up. "You will recall the feeling of shooting a Cero, recall the feeling of gathering reiatsu to your palm and shooting it out. And now imagine that in reverse. Taking in this reiatsu, and then shooting it back out in the same way as a Cero. Energy enters you, and you fire it out. Reverse, and then normal." Ok she got that much. She'd have to recreate the whole shooting a cero thing though. She held out her palm. She wasn't going to shoot out a cero, but she was imagining the feeling of shooting one. She tried to imagine that feeling in reverse and then shooting it out. Ok! She might be ready for this. Might.

He shot a bala a her. Well, it was the safest option to say the least. If he shot her with a cero she would either die trying or move out of the way. It was that powerful and she didn't wanna die just yet. Oh no. Not when she was finally getting somewhere! Bala was perfect. Her hand was already out and she was anticipating the bala. It came at her and well..she wasn't ready the first time. That really sucked. "Oww!!" She looked at her palm and shook it. It hurt like hell! It was like someone stuck their sword right through her hand! Ok, she definitely had to get the next one.

This time she readied herself properly. It reminded her of the adjuchas that swallowed her bala and shot it out. It came back at her at least two times stronger and faster! If that was similar to what she had to do, then she'd have no problem! The second bala came and she'd take in the reiatsu. It was like absorbing it and that was the only way she could think of it. She'd take it in and redirect it in to the third bala he shot out. "That's pretty much it, right?" she asked.

[Zou ۞]

Kuroi looked at the incoming Bala. He also looked at Asuka's arm from the original, which had hit. She probably hadn't noticed, but her arm was heavily damaged. Oh well. No time to stop now. Not when they were so close to teaching her some rather powerful moves. Redirection, she'd learned it well enough. A bit of practice on her own and she'd have the basics of such a technique down. "That's fine." Kuroi said. He didn't want to waste any more time on such a trivial technique. It was of a greater importance that Asuka learned Sonido now. Sonido was very much important. If she didn't learn it, she couldn't learn Dorido.

Kuroi needed her to learn Dorido. She needed both of those techniques to be successful. However, no doubt it would be exhausting. Dorido was one of the most exhausting techniques that Kuroi had ever created. He couldn't use it more than twice consecutively without feeling drained of all power. So, he figured Asuka would barely even be able to use it once. However, either way, he needed to get her to learn Sonido. Hell, he hadn't even told her that she was going to learn Sonido at this moment. "We will move on now. Sonido is of great importance, and you must learn it. This Arrancar stepping technique is what allows us to defeat the Shinigami, for it is superior to their Shunpo."

In an instant, Kuroi was behind Asuka. He was fast, ridiculously fast. Even if she didn't blink, Asuka would definitely miss Kuroi getting behind her. That was Sonido. Asuka couldn't keep up with Kuroi even if they did have an equal ordinary speed. So long as Kuroi had Sonido, it was useless for Asuka to even try to keep up. So that was why he was teaching it to her. Of course, he should warn her that if she ever challenged Chisoku, using Sonido would be a waste of time. Chisoku could keep up with Sonido using only his top speed. Constant movement in that speed meant that using it was a waste of time against him.

"Imagine the use of a Cero." Kuroi said, for this was becoming a great analogy. "And use it throughout your entire body, but in a much larger burst. It must be more spread out, and as a result it will use less reiatsu. As you use it to move, you will feel light, as if you are passing through the border between a humid area and an air conditioned area. You must focus, and not lose control, for a burning passion, and the heat of battle allow you to focus your Sonido. If you have no focus, you will not be able to control where you end up with Sonido. So be careful."

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2750 Reiatsu

OOC: Now you need 4 paragraphs so we can learn Sonido for you.

[Deleted]

Asuka held her arm. It hurt. It stung...She just wanted to chop it off! That's how bad it was!! Oh well, at least she managed to learn redirection, right? Yeah, it was going to be incredibly useful now. She honestly couldn't wait to see what he'd teach her next. Why she hadn't learned this before was beyond her. She seriously should have made the effort in doing so earlier.

"We will move on now. Sonido is of great importance, and you must learn it. This Arrancar stepping technique is what allows us to defeat the Shinigami, for it is superior to their Shunpo." Ooh...Sonido. Sounds fast. Fast and furious (failed movie reference...). She perked up at the mention of this. Half of the time, Asuka couldn't keep up or get behind her opponents without going unnoticed. Now, she can pull a houdini on them and SURPRIIIIISE!! You're dead! Yeah this was going to be really cool.

In one moment, he was there and in the next, he was behind her! Asuka whipped around to face him. Imagine Cero. Again? Can it be red this time? Please? Pretty please...with sugar on top!? Maybe with candycorn...and twix bars...and gummi worms. Ooh...gummi worms. Wait! This was NOT the time to be thinking about candy. Asuka would almost immediately stop herself from thinking about candy. What if Kuroi could read her mind? Shit...does that mean he already knows about her little day dreams about his hot abs..?

God..that was SO not cool. What if he found out that she almost kissed him in that freaky dream nightmare because she thought that he was Shinsei!...Shinsei will NOT be happy. She knew it. Gah. Back to sonido! So..a burst of reiatsu through her body. Hm. It was like cero...but you weren't shooting it out of your palm. She could try that! Asuka would focus. She imagined herself fighting Kuroi because well...that's intense and she knew that she'd be fighting for her life (which was probably hanging by a thread at the moment). She imagined the burst of reiatsu throughout her body. She wanted to reappear further away from Kuroi. To her far left! She really did feel light. Before she knew it, she was to the far left of him. Sonido..is really cool!

[Zou ۞]

OOC: You need 8 paragraphs in your next post to learn this technique.

"Prepare yourself." Kuroi said. "This next technique will exhaust all of your stamina." He really did mean it. It wasn't for the faint of heart. He'd give her the explanation shortly. It definitely wasn't something to be used in battle, either. Kuroi wasn't exactly sure how to get Asuka to realize the severity of the technique. He was unwilling to acknowledge his own weakness with it, which was that he couldn't do more than three in succession. He just wouldn't acknowledge it. However, he would show her what just one could do, after explaining it of course. He really had to make sure she got the gist of it.

"Dorido is a God-like teleportation step." Kuroi began. "No technique is as fast, or as variable. Whereas Garganta requires you to move to and from Hueco Mundo, Dorido allows you to jump to anywhere. The only issue is that to teleport somewhere, you must have been there before yourself, physically. Dorido moves at a great speed. It is near the speed of light, faster than anything that could ever try to attack you. Nothing can keep up with you if you use Dorido. However, it is not a battle technique. It is used for escape, in the event of some form of Armageddon or similar. Dorido can escape any prison, any sealing."

"Dorido is a technique that allows you to instantaneously jump from one place to another, so fast that one assumes it is the speed of light. While it is close to this, it is only slightly slower. Dorido can be used to teleport to someone, if one plans properly, and assassinate them. Or, it can simply be used to escape worldly destruction, or massive explosions. It is impossible to use in battle. Unlike Sonido, there is a large pause to gather the necessary reiatsu. Unlike Sonido, Dorido is heavily exhausting. It taxes your stamina, and you will be unable to attack, barely even able to move, after using it even once."

"Using Dorido more than once in succession is out of the question. While possible, it is so taxing that you will be completely unable to move at all. I do not recommend doing this unless you are an expert in battle, and know precisely that which you are doing. Beyond this, never use Dorido in the wrong way. Ever. Never use it in battle, never try to use it in battle. Use it only for assassination and for escape. No one can catch you, but you are easily overpowered after use. Sonido was child's play compared to Dorido. Do you understand me, Asuka?"

To demonstrate, Kuroi charged up his reiatsu. Asuka would definitely feel the charge, and the explosion of power. She'd see the afterimage of Kuroi left behind explode with energy, but she wouldn't notice that he was behind her. It was as if he'd always been there, and she'd been a fool to question otherwise. The afterimage was stretched, and made it appear as if Kuroi covered the whole area around Asuka. When the afterimage finished fading, and Kuroi was behind her, his hands in his pockets, it became clear that it was fast. Nothing else was nearly so fast.

Kuroi was winded, but he didn't show it. He would never reveal any weakness, especially not to someone like Asuka. Besides, he'd used it numerous times before. He was good at hiding the result of using just one. Asuka would feel the exhaustion soon enough. Better to have Asuka overestimate Kuroi's stamina. She'd prepare for that most in a fight, rather than other surprises that Kuroi had. Of course, if she underestimated his powers in general, which she did, Asuka would never be able to take on Kuroi.

Kuroi exhaled. "Now you try." He told Asuka. "Imagine taking that Sonido, and sending it throughout your body. Do it however, with far more reiatsu than Sonido uses. Use ten times more reiatsu if you must, and envision the place you will go to. Envision it, live it. Do not be confused when it does not work in the instant like Sonido. There is a pause, a hesitation. The exertion of power will make you feel like a transient God, a being existing on all plains at once. Do not be fooled by this feeling. Grasp for your physical being. Do this, or you will be lost. Failing this technique results in death."

"Absorb it, capture your technique. Become one with the energy, and then separate from it." Kuroi's lesson was detailed and good, but it wasn't anything compared to what he'd eventually be teaching Asuka. The techniques that he'd already decided on were vicious, brutal techniques to be able to use on an enemy. However, the problem with some of them were the drawbacks. The pros that balanced this out were of course, the raw strength of some of the powers that Kuroi had. He wasn't sure about some of the techniques. Unlike Kuroi, Asuka lacked the High Speed Regeneration required to balance some of these powers out.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2350 Reiatsu

[Deleted]

The fact that he said the next technique would exhaust all of her stamina was rather daunting to her. Just WHAT in Las Noches was this technique about. He said it was Dorido...Wait, you mean the chips? Doritos were delicious. Salt and Vinegar was ok, but her personal favorite was between spicy and cool ranch. The worst flavor to come out was the Pizza flavor. Now THAT was disgusting. Dorido made her actually WANT Doritos.

Oh, Doritos. You delicious little, oddly shaped, triangular, tortilla-like chip. You've taken over Asuka's mind! Why did Kuroi's technique have to remind her of the chips!? I bet that as you're reading this, you're either "facepalming" or "headdesking". Then you'd probably wonder if I'm actually going to rant about Doritos for the next few paragraphs when I'm actually supposed to type up Asuka training...Yeah, it sounds stupid. Why can't we all just stick to the topic? Well, sticking to the topic is yucky. Not to mention its boring. It's also not nice to the mentally challenged. Though, that was her excuse for it.

...What? She's just being considerate of the less fortunate who happen to have the attention span the size of a pea. Wait..was that too big? What about the size of a sugar crystal. Oooh...sugar. That was tasty. Sweet things always were, no? Sweet stuff like chocolate chip waffles and donuts and gummi bears. Oooh...Gummi bears... Oh, wait. We were talking about Dorido/to. Right? Right! Let's try it anyways!..and attempt to stay on topic.

The Dorido technique. A technique whose name was most likely stolen from the chip known at the Dorito. Why couldn't it be a technique that reminded her of waffles or hot chocolate. Why'd it have to be Doritos? Of all the junk foods known to man, it had to be Doritos. "Dorido is a God-like teleportation step." Oh, say what?! A God-like teleportation step? Something like that existed? This she had to see. Imagine the possibilities of using this thing! It was no wonder as to why he said it would drain all of her stamina. Anything God-like had to be, right?

Though, Kuroi seemed to be a master at this. It was probably unlikely that he got tired from something like this. Hell, she bet he could use it a million times or something! Asuka would listen to Kuroi carefully. This stuff had to be done properly. She would damned if she did it wrong all because she missed a word or two. From the sounds of it, there were an important condition she had to be aware of. To teleport anywhere, she had to be there first. Eh, fair enough.

It sounded rather useful. To be able to escape a prison or a horrible technique. What sucked though was the stamina thing. She wouldn't be able to move! She had to think carefully about where she wanted to go if she wanted to escape anywhere. Wouldn't want to leave yourself open, right? Unfortunately, she'd probably only get to use it once. It sounded great for carrying out an assassination though. Yeah, using in battle would be pretty stupid. Asuka would nod her head. "I understand."

She could feel something rather unusual. A burst of energy. Kind of like an explosion or something. What..was going on? She looked at Kuroi confused. Wait..was he really there. It couldn't be. He was right there!...Unless it was an after image. Sonido did that sort of thing too. The image of Kuroi started to stretch and when it was finally gone, she'd hear Kuroi from behind. She jumped a little. A bit startled. Dorito was an awesome technique. That was..."That was incredible!"

Ok. Ok. Now it's her turn! She honestly couldn't wait to try it out on her own. Despite the whole...death thing. Yeah, she'd just pretend she didn't hear that because if she did, then she'd be way too scared attempt. But first, his advice. Like he said, she'd imaging sending sonido through out her entire body. Only, with more reiatsu. A WHOLE lot more. She envisioned herself on top of a medium-sized boulder nearby. One she often trained on when Kuroi left her to train on her own. She had to live it. Ok...now that pause. It's supposed to make her feel transient but she was fully aware of her physical being.

"Absorb it, capture your technique. Become one with the energy, and then separate from it." One with the energy..and then separate from it, huh? She felt like she was one with it for a moment and immediately after, she'd separate herself from it. The next thing she knew, she was on top of the same boulder! Though, two seconds after, she was literally exhausted and she couldn't move her body at all. Asuka panted heavily. Ugh. But wait..this means she got it...right?

[Zou ۞]

Kuroi nodded. Good. She'd gotten down the basics of Dorido. Not that the chip name helped. Kuroi had seen chips and named the technique. He'd hoped no one would notice. Oh well. She'd probably noticed. She was an uncool nudist after all. One that he was training to be strong. Whatever. Kuroi already knew what had to come next. He had to teach Asuka yet another move. This time, he waited about an hour for her stamina to recover, and then he looked at Asuka's naked body. Ugh, why was she always naked? So annoying.

Kuroi aimed his palm at a tree. "This next technique is like Bala." Kuroi said. "This is known as Dos-Bala, or Reiatsu Bullet. Bala Two. Whatever you'd like to call it. This hyperfocuses reiatsu. It costs half of what Bala costs, and doesn't burn enemies. It focuses it into a very small form, a little bullet. But, it moves as fast as an actual gun bullet. Twenty times as fast as Bala. Almost no one can dodge it. Blocking it unlikely because of the speed. Get the correct target hit with the bullet, and you can instantly kill them."

Useful. It was 20 times the speed of Bala. Bala was 20 times the speed of Cero. Quite a useful technique indeed. The sound was probably loud, though. Kuroi was about to show it to Asuka. A vicious technique that would forever change her world. She had to really concentrate on this one though, because it was ridiculously hard to get right. Obviously. If one had to focus reiatsu so much to such a small point, it took a lot of concentration. Well, Kuroi had mastered it. He did it casually. But Asuka had to work hard for this one at first. Alright, time to see, then. Kuroi prepared himself.

Suddenly, there was a hole in the tree, and then a hole in a tree a few meters away from it. The penetration power had been enough to make a hole in both. Blue dust, just fragments of reiatsu, trailed. Suddenly, a sound like a sniper rifle firing occurred, like thunder. But it was late. The sound was very late. The attack had been so fast that the sound had seemed delayed. Good. That was a very fast speed, indeed. It was a great technique for Asuka to try and learn. Kuroi had outdone himself in making this one.


Then, an hour later, Kuroi had Asuka outside, in the white desert. A large pattern of trees was visible. He'd searched for a bit to find this place. This was in fact, the last technique that Kuroi was teaching to Asuka. He looked at her coldly. She'd come a long way, and he was honestly hoping that it had paid off. It it didn't, well sucks. He aimed his left palm at that large group of trees. There were at least a hundred trees there. Pretty impressive growth for the white desert. It led some to believe that the damned place had once been fertile. Was that possible? Who knew.

But, Kuroi was here to make sure that Asuka knew how hard of a technique this was to pull off. "Today I will teach you Enma Cero." Kuroi said. "One of the most powerful of Cero techniques. This technique will be very difficult for you, so be ready." Kuroi demonstrated then. He was going to show Asuka just how devastating the technique was, and she was going to love it, and want to relish it, learn it. All of that fun stuff. Time to show off, and for Asuka to be all like 'that's amazing and sexy!' or something like that.

Suddenly, a huge surge of energy could be felt. And next instant, all one hundred trees were gone, blown apart. Nothing was left but piles of ash, flying everywhere. Flames danced up all around any remaining or lingering wood fragments, which were soon put out because the wood had become too rotten to sustain flame. Impossible! Kuroi hadn't fired anything! Or had he? Come to think of it, what did Asuka know about Enma Cero? No one had ever really told her about it. She'd probably just heard the name in passing once or twice.

It was one of Kuroi's most devastating techniques. "One hundred instantaneous and invisible Cero." Kuroi declared. "That is Enma Cero." If Asuka looked closely, she'd notice there were MANY third degree burns over Kuroi's body, viciously eating away at him. Steam came from his arm and torso. This was tough technique. A last resort, maybe, since it inflicted tons of damage to the user as well as the target. However, no one could doubt that it was a rather powerful and appealing move.

Kuroi looked back at Asuka. "It will instantly destroy anything in your path. To fire it, you must be willing to sacrifice a huge amount of reiatsu more than you usually do for Cero. But you must focus it in the same way as Dorido and Dos Bala, and try to mask it in the same way you would when you try to hide your reiatsu. Do all of this at once. I do not expect you to get it correctly the first time around. There is a group of twelve trees behind you to use as targets."

Well, that sure as hell was a difficult technique. How was Asuka supposed to learn that? Kuroi already knew that Asuka had what it takes to try to learn it, but still. It was going to be tough. Very difficult. Who else but Kuroi could create and teach such a strong Cero move? INVISIBLE Cero. A HUNDRED OF THEM! And instantaneous. No charging time, basically. However, the damage to the user was catastrophic. Kuroi was more experienced, but Asuka's use meant that she would barely be able to move after using it.

Her movements would be heavily constricted, and it would be like the enemy had hit her with around a dozen Cero. That had to hurt. It must be painful, because it was still steaming. However, Kuroi had shut off his hierro, and high speed regeneration was on. His body was quickly trying to repair itself. The burns took longer than they normally should, but still managed to repair. Still, it was a testament to the great strength of Kuroi's Cero. However, Asuka could probably figure that this wasn't to be used sparingly.

Kuroi exhaled slowly. He wasn't without being winded. But, he wouldn't let Asuka see that. He acted as if he still had plenty of breath. As if that Cero hadn't tolled him at all. Better she overestimate that then look at where his strengths truly were. Kuroi pocketed his hands. Asuka was surely impressed. Kuroi figured that if Asuka was a guy, seeing such a display of power would give her a boner or something. Luckily she wasn't a guy. Hard nipples, maybe? She was naked. He'd see it off the bat.

That would be ridiculously awkward. Hopefully Asuka didn't get hard. Otherwise Kuroi would have to be all "...." on her. He might even just ignore it, but make a mental note to himself that Enma Cero made Asuka horny. If Kuroi had urges like that left, such a display of power from a female probably would have made him like that too. But Kuroi was no longer capable of such urges, and so this was no longer important, obviously.

Come to think of it, why had Kuroi named the god-like step "Dorido?" He'd seen a bag of Doritos, and taken the name, yes. But why had he done that? Why hadn't he named it "Frido" after Fritos. It was a mystery. Kuroi should try and puzzle that out in his mind while Asuka tried this technique. He really honestly wasn't certain over why this had happened. It was just one of those things. One of those little tiny mysteries.

Oh wait. Asuka's training would be done after this technique. Kuroi actually had something to do, anyway. He'd disappear for around six months after this. This was the last time that Asuka would see him for half a year. She'd be surprised when she saw him again, and Kuroi was a ton stronger. He already knew that after this, she'd try to leave his Fraccion. He already knew that he'd have to find a replacement. Come to think of it, he'd already seen a rather suitable Arrancar.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 1225 Reiatsu

OOC: For your next post, you need 15 paragraphs. 4 for Dos Bala. 11 for Enma Cero. After your next post, this thread will be over.