Employees with the Employer [Closed, Joint Training]

[Kazura Uzaki]

As Kazura shot out the hook, Vallentine responded with a laser. Kazura sidestepped that with a Bringer Light of his own. As he did so, he dragged the cable with him, sending it like a whip into the ground. He reeled it back in and watched the Rogue and the Fullbringer duke it out. As Vallentine was much much stronger than Iwamichi, and the latter had no real skill in swords, her speed might have allowed her to reach the man/woman's blade, but she wouldn't really be strong enough to push it out of the way entirely.

The Rogue would most likely take a small cut to the shoulder or chin, and then would hold up her gun, still loaded with the explosive bullets, in an attempt to hit Vallentine at point blank. Kazura was shocked that the fullbringer would go for a death blow in cutting off the Rogue's head, and shocked that Iwamichi would respond with a point blank explosive round. These two were taking training way too far, and as the boss, Kazura was going to put a stop to it. As soon as the bullet left the chamber of the gun, Kazura acted.

He used Soul Manipulation to force a gust of wind to appear right next to the bullet, sending it careening off course into the floor far away from the two fighters. He then activated his Fullbring and Gate, sending his reiatsu strength to 200. He pulled away all of the weapons from the hands of the two girls, using his now superior reiatsu strength to impose his will on the technology. "Stop. Now." He was upset, and angry. If Vallentine tried to resist his pull with her strength, he'd conjure up water from the air to splash her in the face like a naughty puppy.

When the weapons were away from the both of them, they were about to receive a lecture. "Vallentine, calm down. If you don't, I'll incapacitate you. Or dock your pay and restrict your workshop privileges. You are not a child, you are an employee." Kitai and whatever his persona happened to be at the time was starting to get old. The kid would have to grow up and find some way of not trying to kill allies if he had any hope of getting on Kazura's good side and working his way up the corporate ladder. But then again, Kazura wasn't sure if Kitai even cared about any of that.

Next it was time to chew the Rogue out. "Iwamichi, I don't know about Shinigami and souls such as your self, but point blank explosives kill people. I'll have none of that." The Rogue needed more time and experience with living beings if she was going to be an effective employee, or she just needed to know boundaries. Point blank explosives were one of said boundaries. Kazura wasn't convinced that his own skills of healing were enough to handle someone's intestines falling out, and explaining what happened to the hospital and authorities would be very very very annoying, especially when Iwamichi wasn't capable of being seen by the average joe.

With the two girls being chewed out, Kazura stabbed both of their weapons into the ground and declared the training over. "There is no winner of this round, only losers. You went too far... ladies... or whatever the heck you are, Vallentine. I don't even know. Anyways, this training is done for the day. Shower up or go home. I'll have some tasks for you later... Separate, of course." With that being said, Kazura watched them to make sure they didn't do anything stupid on their ways out, then shut the lights off mentally before leaving himself. What have you gotten yourself into, Uzaki...

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[Iwamichi Saeke]

To Iwa, none of this was fun and games. This was serious training - it was do-or-die. Maybe, in Kazura's namby pamby land, people just hit each other a couple times and then called it a day while they only had a couple scratches. But this was reality . The real world wasn't as forgiving and tame as Kazura. He was too naive if he thought it was. Iwa scowled, showing the extreme anger she felt as the sword flew out of her own hand to Kazura's side. She bet that Valantine would be just as upset. Their fight wasn't over. How dare he intervene and just call it quits? She hated people telling her what to do; she hated authority. And this HUMAN was going to tell her what to do? To play nice ?

"Here's a lesson for you, Uzaki," Iwa spit out his name like she had just swallowed bat poop. Her eyes were full of disgust. "You may think that you're my boss, and sure, I'll play that little game for a while, but you will never have full control over me. I don't live in your soft naive shell of a world. I live in reality, which is harsh, cold, and unforgiving. That goes for humans and souls like me. If you can't deal with how I operate, then don't involve yourself. You asked me to join, remember?" Hmmph. How dare he try and lecture her! Iwa wanted to squash him to pieces, let him know that he was not the boss of her forever. One day, she swore, she would dethrone that vile man. That wouldn't be today, unfortunately, because she had to pick her battles wisely if she was going to achieve that goal. But she would show him his mistake.

Whatever Valentine had chosen to do, Iwa now turned her attention to her. "We'll have to continue our fight later, huh? Sometime when the all-mighty leader isn't around," she said sarcastically. "Someone needs to pull that stick out of his butt. That's a human expression, isn't it?" With that being said, Iwa dusted herself off and turned to go. She almost forgot about the tiny scratch on her chin. She wiped some of the blood away. Looking at the blood that was now on her finger, she licked it ostentatiously. She wanted to teach Kazura another lesson: she was very different from him. He might be too timid to go for the kill, but she wasn't. Iwa was always in it till the end - the very end. And she always went for blood.

[Kitai Yoru]

For once in her short life, Valentine was grateful to someone else. As she watched her attack miss, dread grew in the pit of her stomach. She barely caught sight of the gun swinging towards her chest, and said in a voice as cold as the grave, "You're going to regret this, wench.". Some of the voices in her head really wanted this shot to connect. Valentine was not one of them. Kitai might want to pass on, but she still hasn't gotten what she wanted out of life. Which was pretty much everything. Thankfully for her, something intervened. As the shot left the barrel of the gun, the wind seemed to push it to the side, along with the explosion. A wave of relief washed over her body, numbing it. She barely felt her frame being pulled back by her wrists.

She heard Kazura say something about not killing teammates, but she was just a bit too out of it to notice. He focus only returned when Iwa went off on her rant. Valentine began removing her armor at this point, looking a bit too calm for her personality. Adjusting her hat and hair, she now looked like Kitai did when her first came down here, minus the smile. She did smile at the rouge's challenge, and nodded on confirmation. The two humans watched as the prideful woman left. After she was completely gone, the albino focused on the rich boy once more. "Well, I must say, that was quite the workout Mr. Kazura." A male voice told him, implying that his personality switched once more. "That was the most they've fought in ages. I must thank you for that." He told him, sounding depressed, despite his spoken words.

The new persona decided to take his leave, limping towards the elevator shaft. "Although," He continued, not looking at the man. "a part of me really wishes you wouldn't have stopped that bullet." He told him honestly. He felt a throbbing pain in his chest, but he knew it wasn't from any wound he had gotten today. "I guess I've just got to keep moving though. Maybe learn a few more tricks before I die." He sounded tired then. Finally reaching the elevator and calling it down, he turned around to look at Kazura. "I can tell you're a decent man Mr. Kazura. I hope you stay that way." He told him, knowing that 'he' wouldn't be seeing the rich boy for awhile. The elevator doors open behind the albino. "Farewell Mr. Kazura, hopefully the next training session goes a bit, smoother, so to speak. Good bye." He says, walking into the doorway. The doors close behind him, and he leaves the human alone.

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

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