Canon 21: Getting Ready [Complete]

[Zieg Revolver]

Zieg slid the pair of gloves on over his hands, strapping them down and tightening them. He flexed his hands and fingers, getting a good feel of them. Zieg actually found them quite comfortable and to his liking, shaking his arms a couple times and performing a couple of sets of swift punches to get used to them. "Man, these are even better then what I expect!" Zieg exclaimed, grinning and unsheathed his zanpakuto. He twirled it around between his fingers then tossed it into the air. "Lock and Load, Soshi Tanjuu!" He stated, his zanpakuto flashing white for a split second before splitting off into a pair of silver, metallic revolvers. They came down and Zieg caught them, spinning them around on his index fingers in a blur of movement. He turned a bit and aimed both outward in the direction of a tree. He did as he was instructed, channeling flash break through to both his revolvers and felt the burning effects occurring on his palms, used to the pain by now and just ignored it. He pulled the triggers, two loud gunfire shots echoing afterwards.

Instantly, two flash break flames materialized on either side of the tree. They began growing out and Zieg aimed his right revolver to the direct front of the tree, firing another flash break. This time, it appeared directly infront of the tree, growing out only a second behind the other two flash breaks and within a few seconds, they had all grown and consumed the tree and had met together to join into one large growing flame. Zieg stared at the flame in awe, a grin still spread across his face. He then got an idea in his head revolving around his shikai and bankai. "Master Shimon, is it possible for me to infuse flash break with my reiatsu bullets?" Zieg pondered, looking towards him and waited for an answer.

Shikai:1/10

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Post skipped.

[Xaifer Regneis]

"All right then! Time to get this thing started!!" Zanken said happily. Zanken was about to try out his new super cannon that Ganryu had given him. Of course, Zanken needed to be in Shikai for it to work. Zanken then grabbed the hilt of his Zanpakuto with both hands and shouted out, "Reveal the path to the Heavens, Hakumei Juujigai!!", as he pulled hard with both hands, as if trying to break the sword in half. Suddenly, a bright white light was emitted from Zanken, and then was in cased in a sphere. The sphere suddenly broke into a honeycomb pattern, and was blasted outwards from Zanken. Zanken was still standing there, though he had undergone a drastic change. Zanken was standing there with two Kodachi in his hands, one a dark purple color with a black gem on one side, a black and gold hilt, the other pure white, with an even whiter gem on one side, with a white and gold hilt. Both swords had no guards. Zanken's Shinakusho changed as well, it was now a white leather curiass that covered his whole body. "All right, lets see what this thing can do!!" Zanken said. Zanken walked to near the center and pointed it at the other side of the room. Zanken linked his Reitsu to it, and it flared up for a second. This meant that the connection was established. Zanken then called out "Furea-Shintou!!" and then something happened. First thing, Zanken was thrown straight back into the wall he was standing in front of and crashed through it. Not only did it leave an impact mark, there was a Zanken sized hole in it as well. Zanken had been blasted through the wall. The second thing that happened was that the Furea-Shintou he fired off raced at the other wall. When it hit the other wall, a truly MASSIVE pillar of fire and surge of electricity was released. Even though the wall was reinforced, the attack left a whole lot of the other side charred and burnt, with electricity still crackling up here and there. "Whoa... this guy has.... some kick!" Zanken's voice said from the hole in the wall. Apparently he wasn't dead yet.

Shikai Duration: 1/10

Remaining Reitsu: 300/500 (-200 for Release)

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Post skipped.

[ryuujinn00]

Saix was having some luck with his weapon somehow. He can now lift it up a few inches above his waist. However, it was taxing him fairly quickly. The reiatsu he was pumping onto the blade was significantly more than what he usually put in his own longsword. What's worse, the knife seem to grow only a few inches, now resembling a short sword in length despite the amount of reiatsu he has already put in. But there was determination present on Saix's face. He was not going to give up just yet.

"FUUUUUOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Saix roared once again, increasing the output of his reiatsu onto the blade. He then flexed his compact muscles once more, attempting to lift the sword. He could feel it growing lighter, but still not quite to that point yet. And worse, he was still using two hands. He gritted his teeth through his grin, and pumped more reiatsu, controlling its flow so that it goes to the blade. He's a natural in terms of controlling his reiatsu after all. It was one of his defining characteristic. And so, he controlled the flow of reiatsu onto the blade.

In a matter of minutes, he was able to lift the sword more and more, until it went over his head! For the first time in an hour or so, he was able to lift the sword above his head. He stared onto it, and it was easily the size of two buster sword, but not quite the size of an Obelisk yet. Saix, however, seemed to have missed that point as he started swinging it. It was lighter than it used to be, but not as light as a feather. And he was still gripping it with two hands.

"HA! WHO'S HARD TO PUMP REIATSU IN NOW, HUH? TAKE THAT MOTHER FUC--!"

Saix roared in excitement, only to get cut off by himself. He was so happy he tried to swing the sword with one hand. He was not yet at grips with the sword, and it immediately shrunk down to its knife-size version, and its weight returned. Saix found himself falling down onto the ground face first as the knife turned heavy as hell once again. Tanoshimi gave a short snigger at the sight of Saix falling on his face. Saix, on the other hand, did not look like he was quitting any time soon. No. He looked more pumped as ever.

"THAT'S MORE FREAKIN' LIKE IT! JUST YOU WATCH, KNIFE! I'LL FUCKING BEAT YOU! YAHA-HAHA-HAHA!"

Saix roared happily as he gripped the knife with two hands and controlled his reiatsu, pumping it onto the weapon with controlled flow. He was definitely not one to give up on the task, and he looked more passionate as he fails each time.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Sudden idea, guys! Gimme 10 paragraphs now, in whatever order you guys want to post in, of your learning that weapon. (Not mastering. Learning so you can use it without killing yourselves.) And then we'll time skip to the next weapon.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: That means skip my next few posts. Don't worry. I've got something big lined up for you.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Guys, hurry up.

[Xaifer Regneis]

"Ugh... wow... this thing is strong!" Zanken coughed as he got out of his small crater. This little hand cannon that Ganryu-Sama had given him was nothing short of amazing. Zanken looked over at the damage he had done with just one blast. It nearly entirely blackened the other side of the dome! That was something that you really didn't wanna be hit by, you could be instantly vaporized if you were on the reciving end of that thing! Zanken looked at Ganryu and then said, "Ganryu-Sama, I will go train with this in that large clearing you showed to me a while ago." and then walked off into the direction of the area. Zanken would need to practice with this for a while before he was able not to be killed by simply firing it once.

Zanken hurried to where the door to the open area was. Zanken opened the door and stepped in, closing the door as he did so. Zanken looked around at the area he was in, it was a wide open plains like area that Ganryu had showed him a few years back. This was the perfect place to train with his new weapon. Zanken dashed to a hill that was a ways away. As he got to the top, Zanken looked around for a target to fire at. Zanken sighted a large cliff and aimed the cannon at it. Zanken quickly said, "Furea-Shintou!" and another orb of red and yellow raced out. Zanken was blasted back due to the recoil and crashed through a glade of trees. "Ugh... need to figure out how to get used to the recoil on this thing... though... the results almost make it worth while.." Zanken said as he looked at the cliff. It was not so much a cliff anymore, rather, it was a pile of charred rocks.

Zanken treked back to the hill he had been on and looked around for another target. This time Zanken was going for distance, as he had seen the power of the attack already. Now he needed to know how effective it was at a range. This proved to be a little bit troublesome, as Zanken could not find an appropreate target yet. Zanken finally spoted a decent target. It was a rather large boulder that was sticking up out of the ground quite a ways from where he was standing. Zanken did the same thing he had done with the cliff, this time though, the orb ripped across the landscape, and then slammed into the boulder where it produced a massive show of fire and lightning, completely destroying the boulder while also revealing that it was not a regular boulder, but a large batholith! Zanken was once again catapulted backwards, this time landing in a large river. He was almost all completely drenched from head to to because of this. However, Zanken managed to keep the cannon dry.

Zanken got up out of the river, fishing a large, well, fish out of his curiass. Ganryu never DID tell him how the fish had gotten there. Zanken really didn't want to find out either from the way Ganryu talked about it... Hmmm... what kind of other uses besides destroying almost everything at the impact site does this thing have? Zanken wondered in his mind. Zanken decided to test a few uses out. First Zanken went back to the hill he had been at and looked around. He was imagining an attack was about to be launched at him, and he would have to get out of the way quickly. However, the blast was quite large, so jumping would not work. As Zanken imagined the blast being fire, he quickly pointed his right arm to the right and fired off one blast. It instantly shot him to the left, and at a speed that Zanken was sure that the attack would miss him at. However, this left Zanken to slam into a rock, head first.

"Oya oya... whatha spinning monkey saying?" Zanken muttered as he was knocked into a daze. Zanken sat there for a bit before shaking his head a bit to clear his vision. Despite the blow, Zanken was still alive. However, his head was gushing blood, which as not really good at all. Zanken got out a little bit of cream that Ganryu had given him to heal his wounds. Zanken rubbed it into the wound on his head, wincing as the cream stung a little bit. Back to training then. Zanken was going to try something different now. Zanken bounded over to a near by rock and jumpped up into the air from it. Zanken pointed his cannon straight down and fired, launching himself high enough that he avoided the lightning and fire. As for the ground, it was thoroughly blackened and charred.

Zanken however, was thrown into the air. Zanken had expected this though, and gathered Reshi around his feet to gain traction on the air. Now Zanken was walking on air. "Huh, wonder how good this thing is for Aerial assaults?" Zanken wondered. Zanken started dashing on the air, and pointed his cannon at a new target, this time it was a fairly large lake. Zanken aimed and fired, blasting yet another large orb of lightning and fire off. Zanken was blasted off higher into the sky, and then flipped over in mid air and fired his cannon off at the sky, blasting him back down at the ground. The orb crashed into the lake, which basicly vaporized all the water in it, cooked all the fish in it, and basicly charred the lake.

Zanken once again flipped over in the air and landed in a crouching position on the charred lake beds edge. "Wow. It vaporised a lake." was all Zanken could say as he surveyed the damage. There were charred fish corpses all around. This got Zanken thinking about food. "Argh, getting hungry... MUST... FINISH... TRAINING.... FIRST!!!" Zanken grunted out. Zanken decided to curb his hunger with more practice! Zanken knew he could not fire the attack in rapid succession like he could with his regular Furea-Shintou, so he would have to settle for one at a time. Zanken aimed his cannon at a larger cliff face this time. Zanken fired it off once more, the crimson orb of fire and electricity blasting into the mountain and destroying it. Zanken was blasted back into the charred lake bed, and smashed into a rock sticking out of the bottom.

"OWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!! Another rock!?" Zanken shouted out as he bounced off the rock head first. Zanken skidded on the ground for a few moments before coming to a halt. Zanken's head was bleeding again, so he had to put the healing cream on his head again. Stung alot again, but it healed the wound. Well, back to training, after all, Zanken felt he was nearly done! Zanken fired the cannon at a new target. This time it was... a far off mountain. The orb streaked at it and impacted the huge mountain, doing significant damage to it. However, it obviously was not strong enough to destroy it, so it scorched a side of it. Zanken was blasted deeper into the scorched lake bed, causing his curiass to become pitch black with the charred ground.

"This will be a pain to get off later..." Zanken muttered as he attempted to dust himself off. Suffice to say it failed miserably, and only succeded in getting his gloves dirty to. Hmmm... I wonder if this thing works with the other method of using Furea-Shintou? Zanken wondered to himself. Zanken wanted to see what would happen if he tried this on an open plain first. Zanken got up and dashed over to a lush green plain that had somehow managed not to be burned to ash. Zanken aimed his cannon at it and charged his Reitsu into it. "FUREA-SHINTOU!!" Zanken roared. A much larger orb of fire raced out of the cannon, and proceeded to break into fifty smaller, albet still farily large, versions of itself. These fifty orbs smashed into the ground and released deafining explosions that basiclly leveled the plain. Zanken was blasted backwards into a cliff face this time.

"GRAAAH!! Not again!" Zanken's muffled voice could be heard saying from inside the cliff. Zanken climbed out of the cliff and dusted himself off. Zanken looked around for a final target to shoot at, since he was at his limit for being blasted around like that. Zanken decided to try something different this time. Zanken gathered Reishi to his feet and then began to walk on air upwards. Once Zanken got to a specific height in the air, he fired off another large Furea-Shintou into the air. His target? A large cloud. Zanken was blasted back down to earth, and crashed into the ground. This leveled the ground all around him and created large cracks in the ground. As for the attack, it burst into its fifty orbs no problem. However, without hitting something, the momentum wore off. Basiclly they were plummeting back to Earth now. "Oh snap, oh snap, oh snap, oh snap, oh snap, oh snap, oh snap!!!" Zanken yelled as he dashed to get out of the way. The orbs all hit where Zanken was just laying a second ago and exploded into clouds of fire and lightning. Hot ash was kicked up and a cloud engulfed Zanken. His training was done, for now.

Zanken opened the door and walked back into the Hallway. As Zanken passed his masters quarters, he noticed the door was open. "Hahaha... im finished master... please don't ask what happened..." said Zanken a bit nervously. Why was he nervous? He was completely coated in black ash. This might take a while to explain.

Shikai Duration: 2/10

[Zieg Revolver]

"Hmm, guess Ill go find out. Master Shimon, I'm going to go find some better targets then these single trees around here. Perhaps the Rock Plain will do. Ill return shortly." Zieg stated calmly with a bow, heading off out of the area they were in. Zieg spun his revolvers around on his index fingers several times until Zieg was speaking of a room he had trained in which there were various rock formations, many circular which would be fine targets for Zieg's bullets. "Hmmm, i would have to channel flash break into the core of the bullets for this to work." Zieg thought through his mind as he made his way to the room. Finally, he came to a stop at a light tan colored door. He had reached his destination.

Zieg opened the door with his right hand, using his ring finger and his pinkie to open it, while he held his right revolver with his thumb and other fingers. Instantly when he opened, sunlight poured out of the door and he squinted his eyes momentarily, adjusting to the sudden brightness of light. Zieg stepped in, feeling the rock-like soil against his shoes as he walked in, looking around. The place was a couple of miles long and a mile wide inside, with the ceiling seemingly never ending since if one were to look there was only sky, some clouds and a sun. Zieg gazed out, finding what he was looking for with a grin. He was approaching hundreds, even thousands of rocks that stuck out in various sizes and forms. The rocks were are a light brown color and seemed averagely about a couple feet thick.

Zieg spotted a formation of slabs that were about his height that were up in a perfect circle. "That will do nicley." Zieg grinned, walking to the slabs and entered them, going and standing in the center. He spun his revolvers around in a blur of movement, his eyes flickering around as he chose his targets. They then when he began channeling Flash Break into his revolvers, using the gloves to do so. Instantly he felt the flash breaks enter the chambers of his revolvers instead of his bullets. "Now Zieg, practice a bit more with the channeling, though you mastered the Flash Break, channeling it through us is new to you." Tanjuu suggested calmly. Tanjuu had obviously sensed the eagerness of Zieg to begin mastering the gloves to the fullest extent.

"True, I should practice more using it through my shikai." Zieg stated to himself, calming himself of the eagerness. He closed his eyes and began channeling the flash break into his revolvers, feeling it enter them. He opened his eyes and aimed forward with his right revolver at one of the slabs. He pulled the trigger but nothing occurred, just the sound of his revolver going off. He looked at it strangely and pulled the trigger a few more times, nothing occurring. Zieg then realized he had stopped channeling the flash break when he had aimed and tried to fire it. "Huh, so it dosen't just store it eh? Ill have to keep the channeling nonstop to establish flash break. Then to cancel them I just have to stop the flow." Zieg calmly stated, relaxing and focused on the channeling it. He waited several seconds, getting the feeling of the constant channeling before he once again aimed and fired.

This time, after the shot rang out, a ball of flame materialized on the slab he had aimed at, scotching it. Zieg lowered his revolver, looking at what the effects of the flash break had on it. "Now, lets test the range next." Zieg stated, looking and finding a target that was over a dozen meters away from his location. It was a large boulder, roughly the size of a large reclining chair. He whirled around towards it as he brought his right revolver up, maiming and firing as he kept the connection establish. In a blink of an eye, another ball of flash break had materialized and began rapidly growing outward. He looked over at the over flash break and saw it had expanded a great amount, having grown large enough to engulf two over close by slabs. "Damn, forgot the cancel those." He muttered, disabling the channeling. As soon as he did that, the flames vanished into thin air, no longer materializing to keep it alive.

"Tch, ground is getting boring, lets move to the air." He told his spirits, kicking off the ground and gliding rapidly upward. He flipped into a nose dive position about 10 meters off the ground and aimmed with both his revolvers. He began dropping downward, aiming and firing at several shots, turning to fire at a few more. Each shot let out a loud crack from his revolvers, echoing throughout the area. Zieg flipped himself back over and landed in a crouching position, glancing around him. He saw that each target he had fired at was once again consumed in a blazing ball of fire, being blackened. He cut off the channeling for a moment, the spheres of fire disparting and he reestablished it, filling the chambers up haltingly.

He suddenly moving in a blink of an eye, he had spun and fired several shots of flash break,which appeared and grew out directly against the slabs of rocks he had shot out. He watched as the flames encased the rocks but only scorched them. "Think of them as those cunt ass arrancars with their Hierro! That would happen if it was strong enough!" Soshi exclaimed, providing a valid point. "Damn your right, those Espada would naturally have the harder Hieero. Thats when the bullets would be most effective." Zieg replied, spinning his revolvers around habitually. He closed his eyes as he his reiatsu flared around him when he prepared to use it. He first again channeled flash break into the chambers. However, along with each flashbreak, he encased it in a condensed reiatsu bullet which he would of done before to reload his revolvers. He controlled the flame instead of allowing to it grow naturally though, so it wouldn't destroy his revolvers. He opened up his revolvers and his eyes widened in awe to what he saw.

The bullets were glowing dark yellow as the flash break flames swirled around inside the bullets, as if it was a caged animal waiting to be released. Zieg thought the mixture of yellow, blue and red was memorizing. He shook his head, then focused back on his task. "Now, Ill have to time the release upon penetration. Not a problem." Zieg reassured himself, closing the chambers and they rotated around. They finally stopped, letting out a loud clicking sound to indicate they were set. His eyes again flickered around finding 24 targets to fire at, including the ones he had used flash break on. Zieg dashed off, aiming and firing two at a time at two targets in a flash, shooting 24 bullets of reiatsu in total.

Each bullet penetrated the rock that it was aimed at, though they all became lodged in. "One." Zieg counted, counting the second it would take for all of the bullets to be inside the slabs. Instantly, he released his control of the flash break, letting it grow naturally like it should now. He watched as all the rocks began gradually glowing a average colored red. Zieg suddenly realized something. "Wait... the flash breaks will make those explode from the heat!" He shouted in realization, dashing and moving in a sudden burst of speed, escaping the danger zone within the rock formation. He dived over and landed behind a large boulder, covering his head. As soon as he landed on the ground, each of the 24 rocks were a bright red and shattered the slabs into pieces, scattering throughout the area. Several seconds later, Zieg peeked his head out from behind the boulder and saw that in all 24 places where the rocks were, there were large orbs of fire growing.

"Phew, that was close." Zieg sighed in relief, canceling the technique. He got up, getting a better of few of what he had done. The remains of the slab were scattered all around the area, covering the dirt ground. "Note to self, don't blow up rocks unleash its required." Zieg laughed jokingly, spinning his revolvers around before cutting off the channeling and tucked his revolvers into his hoodie. Zieg exited the room, dusting himself off when he noticed that the front of himself was covered in dirt. He walked down the hall, trying to locate the room in which the masters were currently in. It took him a few minutes to find it but when he did, he jogged in and approached his Master, bowing down and standing back up with his unusal grin. "Master, the gloves work perfectly, they have even allowed be to incorporate flash break into my reiatsu bullets, their now explosive rounds!" Zieg stated coolly, now awaiting a response.
Shikai:2/10

[Hope Ichidou]

Hope stood there waiting for Ryo to instruct him on what to do next. But after awhile Ryo said nothing. So Hope figured he wasn't doing it correctly. He thought about what Ryo said. He was to use the reiatsu so he could replenish his own or his spiritual pressure. Now that Hope was thinking about it he didn't really have to much control over the reiatsu behind him. Well to be blunt, he couldn't even walk while focusing on it because he was so nervous. So that was the first thing he was going to need to work on.

Hope concentrated on the reiatsu floating behind him. He then extremely slowly lifted his left leg attempting to take a step forward. He then extended it and lowered it onto the ground. He leaned forward getting a head of himself. The movement was to fast and it caused a bit of the reiatsu to shoot off and be wasted. Hope then slowly raised his other foot trying again. This time he was successful, but that was because he didn't speed up at the end like he did last time. This was going to take some time and Hope knew this. But what ever must be done that will help him grow stronger is well worth it.

Hope then started to become more acquainted with this reiatsu behind him. He moved a bit faster. He was still not yet at a walking pace but he was no longer stopping. The reiatsu occasionally flared out when Hope would slip on focus. But he would quickly regain control over it and hold it together. This was quite the exercise for him. He was only moving with this behind him, he hadn't even tried to use it in anyway. That was going to need to wait. Because if he couldn't even use this while in motion it was going to be problematic.

Hope was now at a walking pace. He was controlling the reiatsu behind him making sure that nothing went wrong. He was getting the hang of this more and more. It was starting to get easy for him to move now. "Well this isn't so bad now. I think I'm getting good at this." Hope then slipped up again releasing more reiatsu, this time it he absorbed it all into him so he would not lose it. He then sheepishly grinned and scratched his head. "Guess not."

Hope released the reiatsu back out behind him. He then started to walk again. He was tired of walking he wanted to get the movement down. He then came to a complete stop. "Staying in the comfort zone will only make you progress so much and slowly. You need to take risks." He thought to himself. He inhaled then exhaled bracing himself for what he was about to do. He knew this might hurt him but he was taking to long in his mind. So He closed his mind in deep concentration. When he was mentally prepared he would do it.

Suddenly, his eyes opened and he rushed into a full tilt sprint. The reiatsu behind him appeared to be in a frenzy behind him. Yet it was still contained. It did not shoot out or release. It stayed behind him. He continued to run. The reiatsu slowly became more uncontrollable. However Hope continued to run. He concentrated as much as he could while running his fastest. The reiatsu calmed slightly and began to move less behind him. Hope then slowed his running. Coming to a stop he was breathing a bit heavy from the sudden sprint. Then after a moment his breathing regulated.

Now that Hope could move while holding the reiatsu behind him he was going to need to learn how to use the reiatsu. Otherwise all this would be worthless and help him in no way. Hope thought that maybe he should go back to the first think he learned and apply it here. Since that was using the reiatsu in him that he absorbed to convert it into spiritual pressure. It was the same concept. Hope moved the reiatsu around him distributing it evenly. He was trying to make his spiritual pressure more dense. Nothing happened though. other then having reiatsu spread around him. This was not the result he expected.

He then condensed the reiatsu behind him. He was sure that it would work. Maybe he was doing something wrong. Hope remembered that last time he was focusing on a odd sensation in his gut. Maybe if he focused that sensation behind him he would be able to manipulate the reiatsu into spiritual pressure. Hope took a deep breath then tried this. He focused that sensation behind him and distributed some of the reiatsu behind him around him. The air became slightly more dense as the spiritual pressure thickened. It wasn't by much but enough for Hope to be able to tell he was doing it correctly.

"Well, slowly but surely this is coming along. Not to mention that it is working out better then expected. I though I would have lost my head a couple of times. Thank goodness I hadn't that would just be awful We couldn't have that now could we?" Hope blurted out. All of this training and no talking was starting to bore him. He was determined but he just wanted a tad bit of fun along the way so he would be able to stay awake. He then rand around and attempted to increase his spiritual pressure.

He wasn't doing so well with this. Hope did not give up though. He pressed on. With his first attempt he nearly killed himself with a blast of reiatsu. However it was absorbed into him so he was able to get out scotch free. His second attempt was slightly better. He was able to distribute the reiatsu around him but he wasn't able to convert it into spiritual pressure. after about the sixth attempt he was able to preform this feat without to much trouble.

Then with the last remaining amount or reiatsu he had left he absorbed it into him and converted it into reiatsu that he had used or wasted while training the other two things. He was able to do this one without a problem because he already knew how to do it and it was a natural ability of his.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Just need Jason and Ryuu to finish.

[Kousaru Mugenryu]

OOC: Again, I'll post for Saix on this acct. again.. lol

IC:

After several tries and getting dragged to the earth by the heavy as hell knife, Saix finally managed to stabilized it at waist level using two hands. He could easily lift it up at waist level, where the sword has grown from being a knife, to a length of an average short sword. It was rather awkward to look at, seeing how Saix is using two hands to lift up a short sword weapon. But then, it was no ordinary weapon. It was one of those rarer, harder to wield variety. And certainly trickier to hold on to.

"FUUUUUUUUOOOOOOO!!!!"

Saix roared once again, attempting to raise the sword. He needed to pump more reiatsu into it to make it lighter. By now, he's learned to not give it his entire reiatsu. He would form a cycle of sorts onto the weapon, channeling reiatsu from his body to the blade, and from the blade back to his body. In a way, he was making it an extension of himself, just like his long sword. He was going to master the weapon, whatever it takes.

And so, with another excruciating moment of trying, Saix tried to lift the sword higher than his waist level. Slowly, but certainly surely, the blade was budging, inch by inch. Saix controlled the reiatsu pumping into the blade, making sure it was sufficient, and that the reiatsu goes back to him, so that none is wasted in the process. He focused more, and made sure that his reiatsu was on track. He controlled its flow as he would controlled his breathing. He was getting the hang of it.

Another moment, and he was finally able to raise it up to his chest, near the chin. His grin grew wider and wider, but his reiatsu control was not letting up. He was keeping it balanced. The sword, by this time, has grown quite big, around the size of a standard claymore. Ironically, the bigger the weapon gets, the higher Saix can raise it. He gave it one more push, attempting to grow it bigger and raise it higher. With one final push, he did it. He raised the sword higher as high can get, and it grew bigger than him. It was easily what Kumori describes as bigger than an obelisk. He focused his reiatsu more, and then attempted to wield it.

It was pretty amazing a sight. A sword bigger than anyone being wielded as if it was made of air. It cleaved through the air with precision, and it produced shockwaves of sorts. Tanoshimi had to evade one vicious shockwave heading towards him, and shouted back at Saix that he should watch it. But then, Saix stopped. There was still one thing left to do. He couldn't really wield the sword with one hand yet. If he was going to use it to fight, he must be able to wield it with just a hand. He stabbed the obelisk onto the ground, and let go of it, shrinking it back to a knife.

"FUCK THIS! LET'S GO ONE HANDED! YAHA-HAHA-HAHA!"

And so Saix used only one hand this time. It was harder by a lot, of course. He channeled reiatsu onto it, but it was harder with just one hand. He needed a strategy for this one. He grasped the handle quite firmly, and focused, closing his eyes. Inch by inch, the knife was being lifted from the ground, but at a snail's pace. Saix was doing it slower than before, mainly because he was using only one hand.

He channeled more reiatsu on it, careful not to suddenly give it a burst of reiatsu. He slowly raised it, and was at knee-level by the time he realized everything. It was taxing, but Saix was not your ordinary shinigami captain. The more challenging it is, the more he gets pumped up, and the more he perseveres. He gripped the blade tighter, and attempted to raise it. This time, he managed to put it at waist level once again. His eyes exhibit a sort of manic passion. There was no chance in hell he wasn't going to accomplish this.

And so, he focused his reiatsu once again. Trying his best to get the blade to a wieldable weight. He wasn't going to let this thing get the better of him. He tried for broke, focusing more of his massive reiatsu onto the blade, and making sure the flow isn't interrupted. This time, he managed to raise the sword around the level of his face, and was only going higher. It wouldn't take long before he could finally wield it using his only one hand. He was getting the hang of it.

If there was one thing that defined Saix, it was his ability to adapt. He can easily perform stuffs once he's gotten the hang of doing them. And so, he raised his sword-arm high above his head, and showed his master and Kumori that he has done it. The blade has grown the size of an obelisk once again, and this time, Saix was only holding it with one hand. He swung it again, and as before it produced shockwaves.

The ground practically cracked with each swing, and since it was Saix, he showed once again one more thing that he learned. His reiatsu control has just gotten better, and with it, he flicked his sword arm, and threw the sword high up. It reverted to a knife form, but Saix grabbed it with his other arm, applying the same principles he used to use the sword using his left hand. This time, it didn't take him long to produce the same effect. As his hand grabbed the knife, He plummeted to the ground, but just before hitting the earth, he stopped. He transformed the weapon mid air, showing how much he understood the principles now.

"NOW WHAT?!"

Saix roared with anticipation. He needed something to do. He was extremely pleased with himself at what he's accomplished, and didn't want to waste time sitting around, doing nothing. He wanted to exercise his new found weapon. A massive grin remained plastered on his face as he waited in baited breath for the next set of instructions.

[Zou ۞]

"Enough, Saix." Kumori said. "You're decent with the weapon. Haven't mastered it, but decent. However, time is short. We need to move on." He proceeded to snap his fingers. As a result, a set of black boots materialized. Kumori handed them to Saix. Well, they appeared to be rocket boots. Those were only supposed to exist in movies, but apparently they existed here. Pretty convenient. "Wings would look stupid on you, and as I hear it a lot of your enemies can fly, whereas all you can do is stand on air. Those boots will come in handy for when you meet an enemy that flies. They're rocket powered. Mastery with those is easy. All you really need to do is fire out reiatsu into your feet, and focus it so you get flames coming out of those things." He demonstrated by closing his eyes. Flames generated on his feet, and he floated. Kumori's boots were the same kind. He'd worn them just for this occasion. A small tidbit of practice, and Saix would be fine.

Meanwhile, Zanken was always blasting himself all over the place with his little mini cannon. So, he'd have to be given something to stabilize that. Ganryu appeared to have already foreseen the problem, because he handed Zanken a glove. "I noticed that your blade has quite a few ice properties." Ganryu said. "That glove can fire hado #83 without using up reiatsu. This'll benefit you pretty well, later. You can use it on its own, or you can use that glove to shoot the blast behind yourself, stabilize the Furea Shinto." He didn't demonstrate, but it was still a good, cool weapon. This was definitely going to be pleasing for Zanken to receive. A small tidbit of practice, and he'd be fine. This one wasn't tough to use like the cannon.

Over on Hope's end, a necklace of green beads was handed to him by Ryo. "All I need you to do is channel reiatsu through those." Ryo said. "The beads can't be practiced with too easily. There are 45 beads in all. Each time you break one, the beads will sense whoever is closest to you that is hostile towards you, and will envelop him in a green flame." That was useful! Hope shouldn't use up any of these, for they would be sufficiently useful to him if he fought Satsujun, or one of the Reikyuu. Maybe if he even fought an AGAS or Zoushuwwai (though he had never met either of those), he'd be able to win with these beads. Perhaps not a Zoushuwwai, but an AGAS was possible.

As for Zieg, Shimon simply handed him a yellow whip. The whip was shiny, and would only take a small amount of practice to get used to. "That thing slices reiatsu." he said. "It pumps energy into the sliced up space, and causes the reiatsu to explode with ten times the force it had originally. This one is strategic, but useful." He tossed Zieg a bunch of random tubes, each filled with a random hado. "Try it out a bit." he said. "It won't take too long."

[Xaifer Regneis]

"Ugh... having this sooner would have saved me a lot of pain..." Zanken said, rubbing the areas of his head he had bashed against the rock. Despite him being able to take a beating, that didn't stop it from hurting like heck! "All right Ganryu-Sama, ill go practice with these now." Zanken said to Ganryu. Zanken exited the room again and went down a few more hallways. Since coming here ten years ago, Zanken had memorized the layout of the building. It was either that or get lost every time he wanted to use the rest room. This building was gigantic! Zanken got to the door he wanted. Zanken opened it and entered the Plains.

It was still a bit chared from last time. "All right, lets continue!" Zanken shouted out to no one. Zanken pulled on the glove for his left hand. Of course, Zanken needed to be in Shikai for it to work. Zanken then grabbed the hilt of his Zanpakuto with both hands and shouted out, "Reveal the path to the Heavens, Hakumei Juujigai!!", as he pulled hard with both hands, as if trying to break the sword in half. Suddenly, a bright white light was emitted from Zanken, and then was in cased in a sphere. The sphere suddenly broke into a honeycomb pattern, and was blasted outwards from Zanken. Zanken was still standing there, though he had undergone a drastic change. Zanken was standing there with two Kodachi in his hands, one a dark purple color with a black gem on one side, a black and gold hilt, the other pure white, with an even whiter gem on one side, with a white and gold hilt. Both swords had no guards. Zanken's Shinakusho changed as well, it was now a white leather curiass that covered his whole body. "Lets test the stopping power first." Zanken said. He strapped on his wrist cannon and aimed at a near by rocky outcrop. "FUREA-SHINTOU!!" Zanken shouted. The orb of yellow, orange, and red flew out of the cannons barrel and Zanken was going to be blasted backwards. However, he pointed his gloved hand behind him and activated its power by channeling Reitsu through it. Hado #83 fired out and stopped his acceleration backwards.

Zanken looked at his glove in wonder, he wasn't gonna receive any more head injurys from his cannon!!! "ALL RIGHT!! LETS TEST OUT THIS BABY'S POWER OUT!!" Zanken roared. First up, he froze over a lake with the Hado. The lake wouldn't take long to freeze, due to the strength of the Kido as well as Zanken's own strength. Zanken then jumped onto the lake and spun around on the ice so his back was facing the lake. Zanken fired off another Furea-Shintou, which propelled him backwards down the frozen lake. It was somewhat like a ice skating rink at this point. Zanken fired out a Hado #83 out of the glove again and it stopped him from crashing into the rocks on the other side of the lake. "Hahaha! This thing is awesome!!!" Zanken used the rest of his practice to test out the abilitys of his new weapon.

Zanken went back to Ganryu's room and opened the door. "Wow! This thing really did the trick! Thank you Ganryu-Sama!" Zanken said respectfully to his teacher. Zanken then described exactly what he did to Ganryu, hoping for some advice from his Master.