Welcome to Las Nochas [Technique Training]

[Noriko 'Asuka"]

[OOC: This a training session for the twins to learn the technique Bala. This is solo thread that is allowing one other to join to become a joint training session, exclusively reserved for another member from the Sixta group.]

After hours of searching for a room to train the twins have decided to take the next vacant room that they find. Shiryou skipping happily down the hallway while Iraishin treads closely behind thinking that 251st floor would be dangerous. It would seem so at least to them because of their current state but that would not last long for they both will need to prove themselves to their new leader, Lady Asuka. Shiryou gives off a cheerful yelp as she runs into the next open doorway on their right. Iraishin walks slowly through the doorway to see Shiryou back flipping down to the other side of the auditorium sized room. Five collars to their left and another to their right appear to be support columns that hold the room up, or just there for the design. The quiet Arrancar recalls her twin to her side so they can begin their training, for they have a long way to go.

Based on how other Arrancars talked about it, Bala, it was referred to as seemed to be a basic among their kind. The twins have studied by observing the other and more experienced Arrancars around them to figure that it takes compressed reiatsu to use it. With a one finger gesture Shiryou takes five steps away from her sister and have both of them facing one side of the room where the five columns are. "Shiryou, start us off." Iraishin says calmly observing the energetic girl. Returning the comment with a nod Shiryou raises an arm directing her opened palm toward the pillar at the far left side. By learning Bala first it would help the two to understand on how to focus their reiatsu to learn other techniques as well. Of course Shiryou IS more spirited than Iraishin was so gathering the power necessary would be easier for her while Iraishin observes and senses, so she can improve on the areas that her sister fails at. Keeping her palm directed at the column Shiryou focuses her reiatsu to the front of her opened hand. It seemed harder than it looked, that was probably due to the fact that they have never done something like this before. Dust particles around the smiling Arrancar begin to swirl around her as she hardens her focus.

Gritting her teeth Shiryou begins to lean forward putting more strain into her raised arm attempting to focus her reiatsu into her palm. Observing Shiryou's veins beginning to form on the side of her head Iraishin could tell that she was having difficulty in focusing the energy to her hand. She could feel Shiryou's reiatsu being gathered around but it is her focus that is wavering. Shiryou is able to summon her reiatsu more easily than Iraishin but she lacks the focus to form it, something that Iraishin could do more easily. "Shiryou, how about you let me try it. Once you are able to feel my reiatsu form, then you can mimic me to see where you went wrong." she suggests. Nodding her head toward her suggestion Shiryou stops and lowers her arm, quickly jumping into the air then cheerfully lands on her rear watching her sister eagerly in attempting the technique. The emotionless Arrancar raises her arm in the same manner as her sister aiming her palm at the same column.

Bala required focusing reiatsu to the palm to create a Cero and form it into a bullet sized projectile. Taking the observation that she did from Shiryou she was able to summon her reiatsu and focus it into her open palm. The particles of dust slowly begin to be pulled to her open as a small red flare is formed. It was a rough ball shaped that was formed but it is difficult to maintain it. The childish Arrancar that is sitting looked up awing the feat that her sister had accomplished. Using the bond that she had with her sister Iraishin transferred the knowledge that had gained to form the reiatsu. Shiryou understood almost immediately what her sister was doing, so the cheerful girl raised to her feet and repeated the same acts that Iraishin had used to focus her reiatsu. The two child figures having their glowing right palms aimed at the pillar now focusing on giving a proper form for the technique.

Iraishin was able to focus her Bala into its proper bullet sized form, but Shiryou on the other hand was having a difficult time keeping her own under control. In a flash of red light Shiryou is lifted off her as her uncontrolled Bala becomes a relentless Cero and sending the young teenage girl flying toward the back crashing into the wall. The blast of the accidental Cero destroys the left column's base leaving nothing but rubble and dust covering the floor. Turning her head to look over her shoulder Iraishin watches Shiryou peel herself off the wall patting her lower back before returning her gaze to her own Bala. "Ow ow ow ow. . That really hurts." says laughing as she looks back at the large impact crater that she had made from the crash. "That is what you get from not paying attention to what you are doing and letting your mind wonder Shiryou." [/color]her sister scolds.

She continues to laugh taking her place once more beside her sister, Shiryou summons her reiatsu to form another Bala in hand. Taking their time to form Bala was smart thinking on Iraishin's part or else she would have ended up like her sister. They had to make sure that Bala was properly formed and stable before launching the projectile at a target. It was better that to take things slow sometimes to be sure that you have things done right or you would have to start over again. With an hour passing by before they had the bullet formed and stable to be used, but the only problem was working out on firing the damn thing. From what had happened from Shiryou's mistake Iraishin closed her eyes to dive into her sister's mind to search for the moment that she fired her mistake.

Iraishin is the thinker among the two but Shiryou has instinct on her side. Yes it may get her into trouble at times, ok. . maybe a lot of times, but she had the guts to push forward with things. She knew her sister would be thinking of a way to do things properly, but who has time to constantly think things through when taking action is the only thing that needs to be done. "Enough waiting Iraishin. Let us get to this already." Shiryou says impatiently looking dead straight at the pillar. Shiryou smiles wickedly as she focus' her reiatsu between her palm and the bala, pushing the small mass of energy away from her striking the broken column's mid section. The small energy attack smashes into the pillar causing a tremor throughout the room. Shiryou smiles at the result she had created with her own hands. Both sisters gaze at the wreckage that was made from the attack. The irritation that Iraishin felt was growing but never reached her face. Instead of keeping that feeling bottled up Iraishin followed her sister's example, but using that irritation to push the Bala away from her hand striking the top section of the already ruined column.

What had remained of the column was nothing more than small pieces of stone. The feeling of watching something being accomplished, being turned into ruin was thrilling. Shiryou had never known such a thrill before today. Jumping up and down Shiryou cheered happily at their success. Unable to contain herself much more she charges up to Iraishin wrapping her arms around her neck giving her a enthusiastic hug. She normally does this when she is very excited about something. Even though it was not her typical norm to accept such a gesture, it does feel some what 'proper' for the situation. Even when learning such a technique will put them a little bit closer to reaching a level to a proper Arrancar Iraishin knew that that they must push on. Padding off the dust that has collected on her screen pants Iraishin raised her open palm once more targeting the second pillar to their left. Using the technique just once was not proper training at all, but continued use for it will enable them to use it much easily, especially in combat situations.

Shiryou releases her twin twirling around on one foot filling the room with laughter and the jingling sounds of her bells that are on her footwear. She focuses her reiatsu into her opened palm creating a blinding red light that slowly fades to a small glowing sphere. "We are far from done Shiryou. We must continue with our training so that the Mistress will be pleased."[/color] Iraishin says mechanically. "Yay! The Mistress will be happy. We will be useful to her." Shiryou cheers. The twin raised her arm to form her own Bala beside her sister The two sisters stare at the pillar, targeting the tall stone marble. "Let this be the first step. The first step to becoming stronger." the twins say in complete unison with the other. Both sisters launch their Balas watching the two bullets scream before slamming into the mid-section of the second pillar, collapsing the entire beam.

[Noriko 'Asuka"]

"Aaaaawwwwwwww! This sucks Iraishin! How much longer do we need to do this. I'm tired!" Shiryou complains as she throws at tantrum on the blue tile floor. She has been going at this for about three hours already, and that was when the twins had fired both of their Balas at the same time. But, she was speaking the truth to some extent. They had been at this for three additional hours and even Iraishin is feeling the strain of using so much reiatsu on a technique they were not familiar with. "Just. . a little. . more,. . my sister." Iraishin breathes heavily trying to summon another Bala into her open palm. The amount of damage that they have did to the room was no small feat from their experience as beginners but it was something to be impressed by for first timers. The once clean training room that had the two rows of support columns of five on each side was turned to pile of rubble with only three pillars left. A small ball of red light begins to form in Iraishin's hand as she directs it to the center pillar on the far side. They were making good progress but the fatigue that she felt was undeniable. And if she feels this way then she could pretty much tell that Shiryou was feeling the same, regardless of how lively she is with all of her complaining. Iraishin didn't have the heart to continue on but neither did she have one for giving up. It was definitely a hassle to go all of this way to just give up now. She focuses pressure between the skin of her palm and the bullet size Cero to give it the exploding effect it needed to launch the Bala into the core of the column.

Her sister seemed to continue with their training even when she didn't have the heart to push herself into doing something that she didn't really feel like doing. Well, when did she ever feel like doing something that didn't involve pull Shiryou out of trouble. Stupid Iraishin with her facts and. . . thinking. All she knew was that Iraishin was not going to show her up. Shiryou lifts up her hand, directing her open palm at her sister. She draws her reiatsu into her dirty palm focusing it into a ball shape. With a sneer Shiryou applies a small amount of pressure between herself and the Bala to fire the bullet directly at her unsuspecting sister. "Hey Iraishin! Heads up slow-poke." she chuckles as the bullet leaves her hand. The twin lazily leaps into the air twisting her body with a screw like motion, nearly avoiding the bullet by mere inches from her face. With whistle the bullet screams through the quiet room before slamming into the remains of the shattered column that Iraishin had damaged earlier. Her twin lands on her feet facing in the opposite direction from before she had jump, she was facing Shiryou with her same usual expression. Shiryou knew that her sister could not form any type of facial expressions because she had no heart to help her, but she knew better that Iraishin was more than pissed. She could feel it in her heart with the connection that the two shared. Without warning Iraishin directed her hand at Shiryou forming a blinding red light in her open palm.

"That was dangerous you idiot. It was because of the connection that we have with each that I was able to tell what you were thinking, and react before you. If you wanted to play, then you should have asked from the beginning instead of firing your Bala at me." Iraishin responds with a cool but cold tone. She was already tired but knowing exactly how Shiryou was she would not be able to relax until she had her butt kicked. Even though it was not long ago when they were born, Iraishin knew how Shiryou was and she knew that she would be making the first move without thinking about it, and what do you, she actually went for it. Charging at her twin in a full sprint Shiryou unsheathed her Zanpakuto, swinging the long metallic blade horizontally at her face. It was unusual that Shiryou was able to close the distance quickly between them since she was more active than Iraishin was, but when it came to thinking ahead, she was as slow as a turtle. And unlike her sister, Iraishin preferred to stay a certain distance using ranged attacks instead of fighting head to head with her Zanpakuto. Just slightly arching her back at a sixty-five degree angle Iraishin able to avoid the slash with little effort, but even one step better, Iraishin had both of her open palms directed at Shiryou. Her left at the floor beneath Shiryou and the other hand slightly above Shiryou's head. A red sphere formed in each palm, lighting the other twin's face with red light.

Shiryou couldn't believe that Iraishin actually had enough strength to not only avoid her attack but to use both of her hands to use two individual Balas. Damn, Iraishin always had a good poker face with her being unable to express anything, which also provides a decent cover up for whatever she had planning. But it didn't matter, since Iraishin could tell what Shiryou was about to do to try and avoid the incoming attacks, she was able to tell what Iraishin planned to counter her movements. So, time to do what Shiryou was good at, acting like an idiot. Using the momentum of her missed swing, Shiryou spins in a complete 180 degrees to take use her free hand to push Iraishin's left arm slightly to the right, while taking an additional step forward to shift her body weight forward. Shiryou uses her foot that was planted behind her to push off the ground adding more speed into her launch to headbutt her sister's stomach. The moment of her head making contact with her sister, the two Balas were released with one hitting the ground beside the twins while the other was sent flying to the back wall, completely missing its target.

Iraishin felt her lungs giving way even from a reckless headbutt, but it was not the attack itself that made her so tired, but the entire training session itself that was making tired. The dark haired twin was thrusted onto the ground laying her on her back on the cold tile floor. She may have taken a headbutt but her sister was too stupid to know that she had provided Iraishin a four foot distance from the two. The Arrancar couldn't move due to the spiritual exhaustion that she was suffering from, but her energetic sister just surprisingly stumbled to her feet. Shiryou truly was an idiot to waste her energy in deliver what little damage she could, but Iraishin guessed that she was also an idiot to use two Balas to hit a opponent from close range. This was something that she would not forget for their next engagement. Shiryou slowly stumbles toward her sister, clumsily tripping over her own feet as she tries to drag her weapon about two feet away form Iraishin. "This sucks indeed Shiyou, but I guess we can end it here." the non-excited Arrancar says tired as she opens her hand once more at Shiryou.

"Hehehe, this is really fun Iraishin. We should do this more often when we get stronger. Or even better, we should play with Mistress Tan'O next time." Shiryou answers with a smirk across her face, mimicking her sister's action. The two palms form red orbs of light as they are directed to the other twin. "Then. . let us end it with this." the two respond to the other at the same time. The twins release their dimly lit Balas to have the two slam into each other, creating enough force to knock both twins on their backs. Both girls lay resting on their backs, Shiryou barely able to laugh and Iraishin just simply looking at the ceiling. Shiryou takes hold of her Zanpakuto that lays beside her, using it as a crutch to pull herself up on her feet. Taking her time to walk to her sister's side Shiryou simply offers a soft smile, lowering her free hand to her twin. "Bed time is not until later silly. Time to get up up." says cheerfully. Iraishin hesitates for a moment before accepting her sister's hand. Shiryou lifts her twin up slipping her onto her shoulder. The two limp their way to the entry way taking one look back to see the progress that they have made. "Let us go Shiryou. I think we did well for starting off as beginners. I think this is our way of saying, 'Welcome to Las Noches." Iraishin says calmly as the two make their way down the hall.

[Zou ۞]

+80 TTP toward Bala