Becoming Stronger. (Closed, NDE Training thread, R)

[Sargon Denumic]

All of a sudden both Aurora and Masa would feel as if the gravity around them had increased to a point that breathing was next to impossible. They would both feel this way yet Aurora especially would feel like everything just weighed to much. Sargon would all of a sudden seem to appear walking on the sands towards the two Arrancar. His arms were crossed over his chest and his silver hair always hid the right side of his face.

After a few moments that would seem like ages for the two Arrancar Sargon stopped little more then seven feet from them. He would see that Aurora had been easily defeated and then just simply went along with whatever pitiful display she had just done. This other Arrancar though was released and seemed to be some type of bird. Sargon recalled these types of hollows before and knew that most were just weak. Yet the fact this was a new Espada made the Tercera curious.

Sargon had heard the comments between the two of them and now looked down at both with judgment. "No this one has yet to have proven herself worthy of my time as far as training under me specifically. She still clings to her weaknesses and fights using nothing, but her body like a child. Just crawling around at the beach wanting to play with anything in sight when she is so weak that her body can't even handle her stupidity." Sargon would stare towards Aurora in a way that came off as a sign that right now she was nothing, but baneful towards him.

[Masa Kumasaka]

Masa would feel the intense power of an individual as it was tough on him. He would quickly stab his sword into the floor, holding himself up but this wasn't too much. He didn't want this power to get him completely faltering. He knew this feeling well, it was obviously another Espada, another one of his kin approaching. He would quickly grind his beaks as he looks over, it's a higher tier obviously... The pressure was sick but it's not too effective on how it should effect Aurora. He'd have the sword prop him up, holding himself up. He would hear his words as he feels shameful to his own fraccion. This is why Masa knows not to ever get a fraccion. He believes it's harsh to treat them like this, he'd ironically be like this Espada to his own Fraccion if it ever came down to it. Masa would quickly say, "My friend... Lower the pressure at once, there is no need... It's effective enough on even myself." Masa would beg.

Masa doesn't believe in aggression towards his own allies but this is a torture to him. Masa fights with his power and would attempt to push his power out to level himself out. This would cause Masa to stabilize just himself unfortunately leaving Aurora to suffer her own Espada. He'd grip the sword, trying to power himself some space for air, winds around would begin to pick up harshly assisting the Espada in breathing. Obviously this can work, breaking the torture himself. The winds fly around him face, obviously keeping him oxygenated from passing out. Masa might be the weakest Espada as of all 10 but he certainly has a unique power to never give himself up. He'd look up at the other Espada, still holding onto his sword because the gravity for him is still heavy a bit, "Is this fraccion yours, Espada?" he would ask the arrancar.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora felt the pressure recede off of her and the Espada held a hand out. She just stared at him, wondering what she should actually do. She decided to take his hand and he helped her up. She looked up and stared at this huge hawk like man. Now that she was closer to the man, she got a better look at him. He really was like he said. He gained huge wings, talon feet of a hawk with armor that she assumed was hardened by his Hierro. It was an interesting form.

The actual power that he had was the most unique thing. An elemental power was unique, rare and could be extremely powerful. It was that kind of power that she had always wanted. When he put his hand on her shoulder, she walked closer to the man, to where their bodies touched. He said that he would fight her again when she was stronger and that her Espada must train her a lot. She breathed him in and it was an interesting mix of scents that she rather enjoyed.

Before she could do anything else, she felt a familiar pressure. She cursed to herself, but stayed close to the Espada. Once he got close enough, however, she pulled out her sword and shoved it into the ground. The wind that the other Espada was creating didn't help any. She didn't gasp, just stared at him, sweating and making sure to not show weakness. When he started talking, she just got angry. After he was done, she spoke. "Well, HORSE MAN, I just think you're too lazy to train with me. You think too much of how pretty you look Tercera, to want to dirty yourself by training. I have improved, if you even cared enough to notice."

[Sargon Denumic]

Sargon watched as his Fraccion stabbed her zanpakuto into the ground and only gave a slight sneer of anger. The other Espada had to resort to the same counter it seemed to even stay on his feet something that Sargon took as only weakness. Then though he felt the wild blow and saw that he other Espada was able to stand. "Well that makes for a much more interesting idea." When Masa asked Sargon to stop his pressure the Espada for a moment grew to a point of rage. In that moment the pressure vanish yet Sargon would walk over to the Espada.

"You best be careful how you speak to me hatchling. I only tolerate so much disrespect." Sargon was standing now right in front of the other Espada his eyes still immoveable stone of stern pride. It was then that Aurora spoke up against him and Sargon turned his gaze down upon her rage easily replacing the stable look of a threatening man. All of a sudden Sargon's hand would be gripped around Aurora's throat tightening on her wind pipe.

"You Aurora are still to blind to learn at my feet. The bitch of a child that I rescued from her own stupidity still seems to be in control. I took you in for my gaze sees your potential and yet you still cling to the worthless views that you have yet to look past." Sargon's grip would tighten around Aurora's throat as he spoke then he would throw her backwards. "You are still nothing more then a wet pussy cat lost in a desert who doesn't even realize the gift that has been bestowed upon her. I warn you once again my pet that I will not tolerate your foul mouth."

[Masa Kumasaka]

As soon as the pressure drops to normal, he quickly grips his sword and would pull it out, no longer relying on his sword just in case. The Espada give each other a glare like predators competing for a carcass. Obviously, Masa already has a feeling that this Espada is an aggressive type. After the other Espada calls him a hatchling, Masa would continue to look at him emotionless with his hawk form still in tact, "Hatchling, eh?" he would comment. He'd slowly bring the blade close to his face and the release would make a loud pop with smoke coming around. After the smoke clears up, Masa would sheath his sword and look normal once more. His vest comes back on and Masa walks over to his mask, picking it up. He looks over at the scene with the Espada and Fraccion.

Poor fraccion, to see her being beaten around like that makes Masa feel sick but it's not his problem. That's his property after all, if he was still a human he'd step up for that girl, but the art of Bushido is long gone. He continued to watch as the Espada would rant on his fraccion that she is weak. This is why fraccions were never a good idea in his thoughts because us Espadas would let all our pain and suffering out on them, making them our punching bags. Even if they're annoying it's still wrong to do this. However, this Espada is far superior in a fight against him so Masa simply watches. Such a sad scene indeed.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora watched as the Noveno actually told the Tercera to leave them alone and turn his pressure off. She just looked at him with surprise. She had not seen anyone talk like that to the Tercera before. It was a pretty interesting thing to see for sure, especially when they were staring each other down. Thankfully, he did stop and she was able to breathe easy. Still in her release, she sheathed her sword and watched the new Espada seal his released state and sheath his sword.

She wasn't surprised that the Tercera would call him something like that. Then, when her Espada turned to her, she knew that she was going to get something from her mouth. He grabbed her throat and tried to cut off her wind. She just glared at him, feeling sick satisfaction when her acid slid over his skin. She knew it wouldn't do anything, but it still made her feel good. He tightened and she still glared. She could still breathe so she wasn't going to pretend she couldn't.

It was really tight, but even the little bit of air she was getting was enough. She listened to the Tercera berate her in front of him and knew the other Espada wouldn't help her. When she was thrown, she was able to drag an arm and catch herself enough to flip and land. Cats did land on their feet. She glared at her Espada. "Fine then Sargon, Tercera Espada. I am not lost, and if you even noticed I have gotten stronger. I bet my fighting would surprise you now if you had even seen me fight since that day. But, you haven't."

[Sargon Denumic]

Sargon felt the acid like substance coat his hand and when he threw Aurora backwards he flicked his hand causing the substance to cover the sand and begin to destroy it. Sargon starred at Aurora throughout what she said and when she was finished Sargon sighed. Looking at Aurora and how she obviously hadn't thought over every reason why Sargon had sent her on the assignments he had the Espada calmed himself. Although Aurora was his Fraccion she was still nothing more then a child at this point who would need to learn.

"Aurora did it ever occur to you that those assignments I sent you on were training. Did you stop to think that perhaps I wasn't sending you blindly into random places that always somehow managed to led to combat. Now if you thought about any of this it might pop into your mind that I have been watching . . very closely. Don't imply that I have been paying you no attention at all when you simply wish to skip ahead to a part your not ready for yet."

"Honestly you jumped right to a conclusion when the facts are in front of your face. You claim I have not seen you fight since I claimed you yet I that were so how did I just arrive here. Did it never occur to you that I never stopped watching." Sargon left a silence after he had just said that to make sure that the point might get past Aurora. "There are more ways then one to watch the events of a battle Aurora. You have never wished to learn enough from me personality to know how I manage to do such a thing so you simply assume that I do not."

Turning towards Masa the Tercera Espada focuses on him now. "Hatchling I don't believe I gave you permission to move. Good for you though that I have a problem that needs solving. It seems that my Fraccion believes me lazy. To repay me for the second case of your disrespect towards me. You will have the next few minutes to attempt to subdue me. . . Begin." Sargon simply starred at the other Espada not even bothering to uncross his arms.

[Masa Kumasaka]

Masa would continue to watch this stuff happen, what the fuck anyways? This espada just rolls in and makes things harder on her. Masa feels awful for her but he continues to watch as he lectures Aurora about training and what not. Then the pressure becomes real when the Espada turns to to him to order him to literally start a problem with him. His face looks blank and odd, this obviously was weird because Masa didn't know what the fuck to do. He just used his release, and now he's gotta use it again? Fuck that, Masa is tired and wants to take a damn nap. "You're fucking out of your mind, I just used my release and for me to continue fighting like this? Give me a break, I think I'll just go take a nap back at Los Noches or something," Masa would say. This made Masa sound honestly not amused.

Masa turns around and waves goodbye as he begins to walk off, "Maybe, later we'll fight but I ain't fighting you now, Espada. Catch you later... Oh and by the way, I'm not a Hatchling, I'm your kin, just so you know!" Masa would say and he'd peacefully just stroll off. The peaceful winds would follow him with his footsteps. He obviously was trying to escape this BS but what could happen next make him regret this.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora listened to what her Espada said. While she was listening, she took a deep breath and let her release form back into her sword. She sheathed it and let what her Espada was saying sink in a little bit. It was true that she never thought of the assignments as training. She had always thought that training would be between them only. She never even thought about those being training. So, he sent her on these missions to get her ready for something.

She could tell that much for certain. Then, when he finished talking to her, she thought about what he actually said. It was interesting that he just arrived here, but they were still in Los Noches. She just figured he sensed her and had immediately come here. But, he didn't come till the end of the fight. He easily could've been watching her and just waiting for the perfect time to walk in. It did kinda make sense in its own weird way.

When he said that there were more than one way to watch, she immediately started to pat herself down. She checked her pockets and she didn't see anything or feel anything on her that would suggest he had bugged her. Maybe he did have some weird way of watching her that she didn't know and that she had been watched ever since he made her his Fraccion. Honestly, the thought had never crossed her mind at all about it. She now looked at him in a different light.

What happened next, she knew it was going to end badly. Tercera wanted the new Espada to try to subdue him. Noveno pretty much said f you and just started to walk off, saying that they were kin and he wasn't a hatchling. She just stared at the man like he was out of his mind. She didn't know her Espada as well as she should, but she knew enough to tell that her Espada would not stand for such an outrage. This was definitely going to end very badly for Masa. She almost felt bad for the man, but he should've known better.

[Sargon Denumic]

Sargon stood as Masa spoke out against him the only reaction from the Tercera was the slanting of his eyes. Then out of nowhere as Masa turned around and began to walk away he would find himself bumping into Sargon. Sargon had used the Sin Sonido to move so fast that an afterimage of himself would still be left next to Aurora for a moment. That though wasn't what should strike acknowledgement into both of the other Arrancar. Sargon had moved without making even the tiniest amount of sound.

All of a sudden the massive black claymore would be swung the blade flat in a way that would knock the new Espada to the side. Sargon hadn't left him an opportunity to even react in truth. As soon as he had reappeared his right hand had been on the gripped of his claymore's hilt and then when Masa bumped into him Sargon had used Sonido Gaara to swing his blade at a speed of 3000 and strike the man across his face.

"I have no kin hatchling just as you have not even began to grasp at a power within yourself. The only bigger disrespect then you have shown to me here now is the one you show to yourself by being even more blind then the lost bitch. If you actually cared enough about your life you would realize that I could wipe your puny existence from history here and now and every one would be fine with it. As it stands now you are the weakest of the Espada and nothing more then a lowly hollow who stumbled upon a golden egg."

[Masa Kumasaka]

Masa knew this was going to happen, with sudden quick reflexes, Masa's face would be cut and his metal mask would be cut off. Masa seemed emotionless at first but the pain was intensifying. Masa kept is cool and held all the pressure in him. Okay, fuck he was fast and Masa knew this was going to happen. He would simply stare at him, obviously not impressed with what he has to say, "Do you think this cut on my face will effect me? I don't want to fight you PERIOD. I do care enough to live but for me, I want to rest so I can show you my potential. Honestly, it wouldn't be much right now because I just released it. For you to demand a fight makes this even worse on yourself. I don't accept fights unless I have to or I challenge you." he would continue to say, wiping the blood off that drips off his chin.

"Do you really want to fight? You obviously are far more superior, I will admit. Oh, but if I hit your level that'd be a real challenge for you. Yet, you wanna fight someone who's weaker then you?" He'd look up at the Espada and with a sudden surprise he'd slam a his palm into his gut, "Bala!" then bang! The shot would fire but to determine if this would hit or not would be decided.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora was thinking about what Sargon had said to her. It just made her insanely curious how he was able to watch her while she didn't know about it. It was true that her room was next to the Tercera's quarters. But, there was a door in the room that she could never open. She had no idea where it went and honestly, she never really worried about it. But, now that he mentioned that watching without having to be there, she was curious what the door was used for.

But, Sargon pulled her attention away from her own thoughts. She could tell he was pissed and he showed off his anger in the only way she knew he did, through violence. But, it was true that she had never really seen him go all out before. When they first met, he easily subdued her and she had never seen him fight since then. She assumed he fought while she was out, but she always wondered the true power her Espada held to be the Tercera.

It was then that she watched her Espada, but then, after a few seconds, she heard a hit and then looked over. Sargon had made it over there. She didn't think it was possible. She looked back over and Sargon was still standing there. She figured that it must be an after image that he left behind. The big thing about it, though, was that she hadn't even heard the man move. That alone made him scary. He was powerful and to move that fast that quick was deadly.

She watched the interaction between the two to see what would actually happen. She was starting to draw conclusions. Sargon definitely could overpower the Noveno. But, the Noveno, if crafty, might be able to evade enough to not get hit too badly. Though, Sargon was fast. It would be interesting and it got more interesting when she saw Mass put his hand on Sargon's abdomen and yelled out Bala. It was a good idea, but she didn't think that the Bala would affect him much, or even hit him.

[Sargon Denumic]

This Arrancar just continued to speak back against Sargon. It seemed that the poor boy thought he had been ordered to release his true power when that had not even been implied. Sargon never mentioned any such notion he had only given the order that his new Espada need try to subdue him. He never said in what manner or how just to do it yet he had jumped to a conclusion just as the Fraccion. The blood was running down this boy's face and Sargon knew that the unworthy substance was staining his zanpakuto.

When the Noveno spoke of reaching Sargon's own level though the Tercera simply grinned down at him. Suggesting such a thing would be easy was the same as stating that a normal human would be capable of flying into space and living there for eternity. As the Noveno's hand moved forwards though Sargon chose to simply stand idle in order to reveal to both of these naïve Arrancar that he wasn't one that a mere sound would reach.

The bala clashed against Sargon's white jacket and burnt away a good deal of the fabric right over the center of his chest. This caused the jacket to open up revealing Sargon's more muscular build below yet with a black smoke covering the middle of his chest where the bala had clashed. The bala hadn't even managed to get through the skin of the Tercera and now the Espada was simply starring at the Noveno.

"So this is the power you hold when imprisoned to that form." Sargon movements his zanpakuto behind back into the normal position. Whipping off the black smug on his chest Sargon simply turned and began to walk back to Las Noches. "Come Aurora if you truly wish to learn something it'll be better served under my vision then in the presence of someone that is barely above where you currently hold your own head." Sargon suddenly stopped for a moment. "Oh and Noveno do remember that this is the only time I grant you life." Sargon then continued to walk towards the large base in the distance.

[Masa Kumasaka]

(Here's something to play for Masa's feelings right now.)

Such a shame, really. Masa knew this wouldn't effect the Espada at all but for him to tell him he granted him his life made Masa simply think of this Espada as an idiot. However, he would grip the air with Reiashu and would bang his hands together, forming another mask that's the same. He'd slowly put it on his face but his wounds slowly and weakly just heal over. The reiashu from his mask would simply attach to his face. He'd unzip his vest and pull a pack of soul smokes out and slide one into his mouth. He'd the light it up with a lighter and shut it. Smoke would fill his lungs but this wasn't at all much of a surprise to him.

Masa would turn around and walk himself into the deserts of Hueco Mundo, obviously not ashamed of his sour talk with the Espada but just feeling lonely once more. He needed a peaceful break from the world once more. He'd step further and further into the sands out Hueco Mundo obviously enjoying his time with the moon beaming down on him. This world once again goes cruel on him but he's used to it. He wants to visit the world of the living but not now... He'd simply keep breathing in and out his cigarette, finding a peaceful place to rest himself.

At last, he found probably the most peaceful spot. A rock on top of a sand hill, this clearly was a resting spot for many tired and exhausted hollows. He'd slowly walk up this hill, and it just felt like forever. Masa grew tired as he finally made it up this hill, climbing up this rock. The hollows that were smaller then him began to cower as the Espada makes himself at home on this rock. He'd rest himself on top of the rock, looking up at the moon. He felt a sense of sadness and loneliness. He'd close his eyes, dozing himself off into a peaceful place in his mind. 

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora watched her Espada in action. She figured that the Bala wouldn't work against him and she was correct. All it did was burn his coat and leave ash on him. It was an impressive feat, to say the least, but she knew that it would happen that way. She had a feeling that the new Espada did as well. She had talked to the man and knew that it really was more like him to just sit back and talk it out. Though, it was at times like this she wished she could read minds.

Her Espada talked to him like he pretty much did with everyone, so she pretty much ignored what he was saying to the Espada. She was just really lost in her own thoughts at the moment. She still couldn't wrap her head around Sargon could watch her all the time without her even knowing about it. The only thing she could think of would be he has some weird kind of technique that he had that allowed him to watch her. Then, she started thinking about all he could be watching.

Then, she snapped out of that when she heard her name being called. It seemed that Sargon was ready to leave and head back to Los Noches. It seemed that the Tercera preferred to have her training the way he sees it. Well, so be it for her. She stood and looked towards the Noveno as he walked away. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't now with him walking away. "Yes Tercera." She waved good-bye to him before following her Espada away towards Los Noches, staying on his right side.