The First Lessons (Training/Vesta and Tsukuyomi/PG-13)

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Well Tsukuyomi felt his leg connect with Vesta which meant that she hadn't been fast enough either physically or mentally to react enough to evade. As soon as he was about to follow through with another strike though he felt the touch of Vesta's hand on his ankle. "So she did react at least." Tsukuyomi knew he only had a moment so turning on his right hand which supported his weight at the moment he pulled his leg to the side over Vesta's other side which cut off her attempt to punch his leg.

In the next moment though Tukuyomi's other leg was moving through the air right towards Vesta. It was going to hither right on the right side of her neck sense her arm was holding his other leg and that was pulling her arm down. So Vesta was either going to learn how difficult physical combat was or she was going to learn a lot about swift thinking and pain. "Got ya no way you can counter this." Tsukuyomi was sure that his kick would land not a lot of people would have the mind set to expect this kind of attack let alone defend against it.

[Vesta Zweig]

Vesta was proud of herself that she was able to at least grab his leg in response. Though, it would've been better if she was able to actually react better, like before she actually got hit. Well, even though she was mentally slapped herself for that mistake, she tried to be on the lookout for whatever else Tsuki had in mind. So, while she was going in for the punch, he moved his leg across her body.

Doing this threw her off balance. Since she was already dedicated to the punch, the sudden movement threw her completely off. She didn't know how to actually come back from that, she was just hoping for the best at that moment. It was then that she saw Tsuki's other leg coming at her. She tried to block, but failed, and the kick hit her on the right side of her neck. It hit her hard.

When she got the hit, she immediately let go of his leg and fell hard to the ground. She laid where she fell for a few moments, just in shock. She never expected to get hit that hard and the air was actually knocked out of her when she landed. She was breathing funny trying to catch her breath again. She just honestly couldn't believe that he would hit her that hard. She laid there, contemplating what to do next, while feeling her emotions start to go crazy inside her body.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Tsukuyomi brought his leg across and felt the connection that it made on Vesta's neck. It the next moment he felt her body give to the strength of his kick and knew that she was going to fall to the ground. He also felt the loosening of her grip on his leg and knew that in less then a moment now h was going to drop to the ground. AS he did due to Vesta no longer being able to hold him off the ground which he wasn't entirely sure she would have been able to do for more then the fraction of a second she had already.

Tsukuyomi angled his upper body backwards making it so his ands touched the surface of the grass first and he bent backwards. It allowed him to safety plant his feet back on the ground in a squatting position as he heard the sound of Vesta hitting the ground. Tsukuyomi wasn't sure if he had hit her to hard and actually caused serious injury to her, but he had faith that se would be able to get back up from something like that. If not then there was far more training that needed to be done before she could really do anything with her own power.

Tsukuyomi slowly stood back up to full height when he paid enough attention and heard the unfamiliar breathing patterns that Vesta was doing. Concern for once actually displayed itself across the blind Shinigami's face. He didn't want to continue to hurt her anyone, but her she was his friend his only friend the only one he cared about. His fists clenched into fists as he fought off hi sympathy. Vesta had to get stronger and if it meant the flames of pain and experience then that was something h had to provide for her.

[Vesta Zweig]

Vesta was still laying on her back, trying to breathe, thinking about everything that just happened. She was happy that she was able to catch Tsuki's leg, but what he did next didn't even seem possible. He used his other leg, even though she was holding one, to kick her in the throat. It was definitely something impressive, but why did he have to aim for her throat? It was that aspect of it that she didn't necessarily like about it. She didn't like that he aimed for a weak point on her body. She knew it was training, but he could aim for meatier places.

But the thoughts going through her head, however, was what was scaring her the most right now. She started to see glimpses of things rotting, and a woman standing in the middle of it all, looking down on others like she was the queen of the world. She glared at everyone, rotting everything she touched, smiling as she did so. She got brief glimpses, only lasting a second at a time. But, they scared her. What did they mean? Was that the power that Tsuki spoke of when he changed? She had no idea but she hoped she was wrong about it.

She tried to calm herself, but she could feel her breath was still unsteady. She took a few extra seconds to calm down before she slowly got up to her full height. She looked towards Tsuki and actually saw some concern on his face before it disappeared. It seemed that he did care, but his training was just going to be hard. She rubbed her neck. "Wow Tsuki, that really hurt! Aim for a better place next time jeez! I'm going to get a big bruise there now and I'm sure my dad's going to think that it's a hickey." She rubbed her neck again before staring at him.

She honestly didn't know a good way to fight against him. She knew that she would be strong in hand to hand combat, but it seemed like he was better. It was a little annoying, but she knew that she needed to at least try to land one hit on him before this training session was over. She took a breath in and tried to steady herself. It only slightly worked, but slightly was better than not working at all. She started to run towards him as fast as she could. Then, when she would get about three feet away, she would extend her right foot out and use the momentum from her run to let that leg slide, hoping to hit Tsuki in the shin on his left leg.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Tsukuyomi continued to listen to Vesta's breathing making sure that it didn't get to out of control just in case he had injured her more then he had anticipated too. Her breathing was still in a state that he wasn't comfortable with yet knew it was his fault and that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. He just hoped that Vesta understood that this was how she needed to be trained considering as far as he knew she had never been taught close combat or any combat in her life.

That was when she spoke and Tsukuyomi knew that to her he had kicked her just a bit too aggressively and with to much force behind his leg. The idea of leaving a bruise on Vesta was kind a sickening to his stomach like a big knot was tightening up inside of him. What she said though was something weird. She said her dad would think she got a hickey. Tsukuyomi had no clue what that was or what it meant, but the way that she said it with worry made him think it was something bad that could get her in trouble.

He could hear the sound of her hand rubbing the side of her neck where he had kicked her and from the way that she was rubbing it he could definitely tell even more that it hurt her. Then he heard the sound of her feet moving across the ground and could tell that she was rushing right for him. She was moving right at him and as she did Tsukuyomi lifted his arms up just to the sides of his chest with his palms open just slightly in front of his face. Vesta was charging and Tsukuyomi was starting to think that she might just ram into him.

His left hand was out just a bit further then his right in front of his face in case she was going to swing at him with her right arm. It was an anticipation that normally worked against those who fought in close combat justified by the fact that the majority of individuals are right handed. That was not the case however as Vesta stopped charging him and Tsukuyomi's expression changed to surprise. He then heard the sound of her clothing moving and reacted the best he could. His arms moved close to his body protecting his head while he hopped off the ground pulling his legs up under him. Vesta would watch as her kick continued to go passed Tsukuyomi who had brought his legs up high enough that they were above her kick.

He extended his legs back down and they touched the grass in the next instant. Tsukuyomi wasn't entirely sure what status Vesta was in now and if she was going for another attack. He stepped forwards as far as he could closing the distance between them. The two were nearly touching now and Tsukuyomi could feel the heat of her body. His right hand extended upwards grabbing ahold of her red hair while his left elbow was motioned forwards in an attempt to elbow her stomach with half his strength.

[Vesta Zweig]

Vesta was sliding in to try to hit Tsuki in the shin, hoping that since he couldn't see, maybe he wouldn't be able to tell where this attack was coming from. She had already seen his power, however, so she highly doubted this attack would work. But, at least, she was trying something different and that had to count for something. Right when she hit the ground and started the slide, she saw that he was already starting to react. She honestly didn't have any idea how in the hell he was able to perform the way he was, being blind. His other senses must pick up the slack.

He jumped, easily, over her attack. So now, she slid across the ground, hoping that he wouldn't try to counterattack. But, of course, that's exactly what he did. He went in for a counterattack. She watched him close the distance and since she was sliding, she really didn't have the chance to stop herself. Tsuki came in and closed the distance, going for her hair. She tried to move out of the way, but she didn't have the reaction time to actually get out of the way. He grabbed her by the hair and she squealed a little in pain. No one had done that to her before.

Well, her father did that, but only in a playful way. This was the first time it was ever grabbed hard and actually pulled at. After her squeal, she felt the elbow hit her in the stomach and the wind got knocked out of her for a little bit. He would hear the impact and her trying to grasp for air. She was now slack in his grip, her eyes watering from the hit to her gut. She knew that she was training with him, but this was a lot harder than she thought it would be. She also didn't think that she would get this hurt or hit this hard.

Her mind pretty much blanked out. She was just staring now, her breathing slowing. Vesta was now not in complete control. She was in her mind, trying to get control back of her body, but something was pushing her away. She didn't know what, but it was pushing her so far back, she felt that she would never get to go back. While Vesta was getting pushed back, a new personality was getting pushed forward. Her eyes had whited out from what was happening, but they didn't gain any color back. They stayed white and she looked up at him, seething.

Smoke would start to envelop Vesta, while he would be able to tell that her height was changing. She went from 5'2 to 5'10. She gained a black outfit, grey skin color and white and black face paint on her face to match the Mexican Day of the Dead skulls. Her form fitting corset that had the attached skirt formed, as well as her black cape, that touches the ground. Once the smoke cleared, Vesta would no longer be there, but the demon form of Vesta. It had awakened because of all the damage done to her. She glared at the man in front of her. "You flith! You hurt me! I will now make sure that you rot and feel the worst pain you have ever felt in your entire life!"

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Standing still again only a few feet from Vesta now Tsukuyomi listened and heard the sound of her breathing slow. It was obvious that he had hurt her again he had felt his elbow connect with her stomach like he had planned, but her reaction was once again that of someone that had never really engaged in combat with their own body or experienced pain to a high degree. Tsukuyomi knew that this was suppose to be tough training, but maybe not everyone could learn from this kind and Vesta needed him to teach her in a different way.

The way that he was treating her right now just seemed to be something that she couldn't handle. The girl had actually squealed in pain when he grabbed ahold of her hair and only stopped when he had elbowed her and caused all the air in her chest to escape her. Right now she was just on the ground and Tsukuyomi wasn't going to attack her even though he had said this was serious training he wouldn't bring himself to attack his friend while she was on the ground struggling with all of this.

As Vesta began to lose herself to her demon nature Tsukuyomi started to heard strange noises yet didn't want to impose himself on her after just hitting her and causing her such pain. He had half the mind to start walking away since it seemed that she wasn't in a mood to speak now or just wanted to stop now. She wasn't talking, but he could tell that she was standing back up now. That was when Vesta spoke and Tsukuyomi's expression shifted to freight and shock.

"You flith! You hurt me! I will now make sure that you rot and feel the worst pain you have ever felt in your entire life!" Tsukuyomi immediately believed that he knew what was going on now. Vesta was most likely under the influence of her demon nature and had transformed like he had done when fighting against Aevus. From the way that she spoke he wasn't the only one that's personality shifted completely when the demon nature took ahold.

Vesta wasn't speaking like herself and her voice was even different now. Instantly images of his actions while under the influence of his demon nature flashed through his mind. He jumped backwards getting a few more feet between the both of them when Vesta spoke of making him rot. "Is that her power? How am I suppose to snap out of this damn it." Tsukuyomi didn't even have his zanpakuto on him right now he had left it against the tree and now he was just listening the best he could hoping that somehow he would be able to survive and free Vesta of her demonic heritage.

[Vesta Zweig]

The demon Vesta looked down on Tsukuyomi. Her personality had completely changed and since this was the first time that her demon had come to the surface. She looked around and sneered a little at what she saw. She had never seen the world outside of Vesta. Unknown to Vesta, this part of her personality was always active in a dark recess of her mind, but she never knew about it because she never had the strength to even get close enough to tap into the power of her demon mother. But now, she did, and her demon side now got to see the world through her own eyes.

Until now, she could only see the world the way that Vesta did. It displeased her greatly. Vesta put too much of her effort in things that didn't matter, like nature and other people, especially the man that she saw in front of her. Vesta cared too much for him and it would be a great weakness. She was going to destroy all of the things that would stand in her way, this man included. This personality wanted nothing to do with anything of this world, but just its pure destruction. After thinking about all of this, she looked back towards the man.

"Vesta is no longer here, Tsukuyomi. Only Death is here now." While she said this, six orbs made of Nether appeared next to her, floating around her. She reached her hand into the closest one. When she pulled her hand back out again, there was a sword in it. Death really didn't know how to fight as well, since she was tied to Vesta's knowledge. But, she had seen him fight with a sword before and figured that it wouldn't be too hard to try and mimic what he did. She looked back at the tree and grinned. It seemed he was weaponless.

She looked back towards him and threw the sword at him. She then moved quickly towards the tree, touching it and activating her Rotting Touch. She then moved away. If you were looking at the tree, you would see it quickly start to rot and after three seconds, it would explode. The explosion would cause a rotting effect of the nearby area, extending to 150 feet. If Tsukuyomi didn't hurry and grab his sword, it would be caught in the rotting effect of her power and he would have to make a large sacrifice to actually get it. Death smiled at him while she waited to see what he would do.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Tsukuyomi starred at Vesta seeing the ghostly form of her demon nature and remembering that his form had been quite dark also and rather different then his personality just as hers seemed to be. As she spoke though Tsukuyomi knew that this side of her wouldn't listen to reason and that most likely this was going to turn into a fight in the next few moments. That's when Tsukuyomi heard the sound of something moving through the air near Vesta and he paused. He was in a dangerous situation simply because he had no clue what her demonic power was and his blindness wasn't going to help him find out.

That's when he heard the sound of Vesa's arm moving and something soaring through the air at him. Tsukuyomi leaped to the side rolling forwards and stopping in a crouching position on his knees. As he was getting to a standing position again though he herd something explode and his stomach dropped in horror. Somehow he just knew that Vesta had just destroyed his zanpakuto. The spiritual weapon that was a part of him that had only just been repaired was broken once more.

It was happening again Tsukuyomi inner rage and anguish was overwhelming his sanity as a flicker of black fire emerged on the grass in front of him. Tsukuyomi hands went up to his head as he started to shake his head from side to side fighting off what he knew was about to happen again. It only lasted a few seconds until the black fire had encircled Tsukuyomi and he screamed out like he was being stabbed. In the next moment the flames leapt from the grass high into the sky as if the clouds themselves would be scorched.

The pillar of black fire remained for a few moments and then started to shrink down in scale. Vesta would be able to see a tall figure clad in black plate and chain mail armor step forth from the pillar. Tsukuyomi had been claimed by his demonic nature just as Vesta had and now it seemed it would be a clash between their heritage of Hell. The large broadsword resting on his right was held by hi right hand and suddenly was swung vertically downwards sending a fiery black crescent towards Vesta.

[Vesta Zweig]

Death watched as the tree exploded and the rot started to go towards his sword. She smiled with evil glee as the rot headed towards his sword and overtook it. She had no idea how her rot would work against the sword, but that wasn't her first priority right now. She turned and looked at the boy, named Tsukuyomi. He had avoided the sword that she had thrown at him, which she was impressed by since he was blind. She thought that the blindness would hinder him, but it obviously didn't. What she had seen from Vesta, she now knew, didn't really hinder him.

Death was debating on what to do when she saw something weird happen to him. She cocked her head to the side while she watched him grab his head, as if he was fighting off something. She noticed the flame that started on the grass. The fire piqued her interest because she could feel the demon energy from it. She had seen his chains, but this was definitive proof that he was like Vesta. Now, she was curious if his demon side was completely different from the boy like she was. She would definitely have to find out.

She stood up straight and watched the change, fascinated. She was curious if her change looked anything like that. When he screamed and the fire shot up into the sky, surrounding the boy, Death smiled. She knew what was coming. When she saw the man clad in black armor appear from the fire. She raised her eyebrow at him. He did look powerful, but she was interested how they would interact. She was about ready to say something when she saw that he was holding a broadsword. It seemed like this wasn't going to be easy. She was barely able to jump out of the way of the slash when she looked at him.

"Hey! What the heck are you doing? I'm a fellow demon! Unless you're like the boy you're chained to. If you are, you have my pity." She then waited a second for the orbs to catch up to her. She then moved one of the orbs in front of her body and started to change it into something that Vesta had seen in one of her schoolbooks, a lance. Once the lance was formed, she moved her hand towards the demon, throwing the lance in his direction. "My name is Death, what's yours?"

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

As the black fire crescent soared through the air towards the demonic side of Vesta Tsukuyomi stood there as if there was nothing to do he just breathed heavily. When Vesta jumped out of the way of the crescent it kept going and actually clashed with one of the trees in the park. The crescent had cut through the body of the tree and kept going until the fire clashed with a big boulder and burned on the surface o the rock. That tree that had been cut in half though was slightly on fire the black flames spreading very slowly over the two bodies now.

When Vesta spoke Tsukuyomi didn't move he didn't respond to the sound of her voice and the demon in her stating that she was another demon and that should be enough reason for him not to attack her wasn't perceived. His head was down like a slouching position right now while the broadsword hung down the blades tip dug into the dirt in front of him. It wasn't till Vesta moved one of her orbs in front of her and then formed it into a lance that Tsukuyomi's head lifted upwards. As the lance moved through the air towards him Tsukuyomi's left hand suddenly burst into black flames and his arm shot up hitting the lance just prior to the tip hitting his face and shattering it.

He head turned directly towards Vesta and then all of a sudden Tsukuyomi screeched like some kind of demonic child with a high pitch yet imposing sound. It was like an animal being held down and killed while screaming in anger. Tsukuyomi suddenly took off rushing towards Vesta he got about seven feet forwards and then jumped into the air. He swung his left arm outwards and Vesta would see another of the black fire crescents move towards her. Tsukuyomi though was still flying and would descend upon her after the crescent with his broadsword held downwards ready to stab into her body as he fell upon her.

[Vesta Zweig]

Death spoke and then noticed that it seemed like this fellow demon wasn't listening. She got a little angry at that. She had always thought that if she ever met a fellow demon, they could cause pain and mischief together, not actively fighting against each other. It annoyed her, but it wasn't anything she couldn't handle on her own. She watched the attack that she avoided go out and continue to travel down the path laid for it. It took out a tree and actually burned the surface of a rock. She was only mildly impressed. Her power would've exploded the rock and tree.

Though, she thought it interesting that the fire was still on the objects. She made a mental note of that and saved it away in case she got hit with that fire. She took a breath and looked at the demon again. He didn't even move again until she threw the lance at him. So, he would only really react with an attack getting thrown at him. She was curious to see what he would do with the attack. He turned his left arm to flame and destroyed the lance easily. This was not going to go over well, at all, for her. She glowered while forming another orb.

He then squealed at her. Well, not really squealed, but more like screeched at her. She had to fight to not put her hands to her ears. What in the hell was going through his mind to make him screech like that? She had no idea and honestly, probably didn't want to know. He then bolted right towards her, running full tilt. She was trying to quickly think on what to do next when he jumped up in the air. She quickly pulled a bo staff out of the orb closest to her right hand. She raised the bo staff up to block the slash, watching the black fire. If the bo staff immediately breaks, she would form one shield on the front of her body, pulling two swords out of orbs to fight back against him.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Well it seemed that Vesta's demonic nature was far more intelligent then Tsukuyomi's. While the young girl was now a ghostly figure that wanted to destroy everything she was still thinking at he level of her natural state. Tsukuyomi on the other hand it seemed had become little more then a monster in armor with a sword that only sought out things to destroy that sought to harm him. It seemed that as he had screeched Vesta had done her best to deal with the high pitch that was hurting her ears.

Now as he jumped into the air and sent the crescent arc of fire out towards Vesta she pulled a pole from one of those orbs. The fire clashed with the orb yet this time the fire unlike the last broke off the substance. The fire from the arc moved around her and cut into the grass burning into the ground. It was then that Tsukuyomi began to descend upon Vesta from above her with his broadsword held with both hands in front of him. The blade was downwards and he would fall on her with the lade aimed to stab through her head and into her body.

[Vesta Zweig]

Death saw that she was able to fend the hulking beast off, but the fire was around her now. The grass was burning and she needed to think of something quickly before he completely killed her. She was strong, but just with his muscle alone, he could completely squash her. She thought of only one way that might make it work. She touched the broadsword, pushing it away from her. She was barely able to get to her feet and avoid it. When she touched the blade, her Rotting Touch had activated. The sword would slowly start to rot.

She smiled towards the demon, going to say something smart, when a confused look fell over her. Death reached for her head, feeling the pounding start in the base of her neck and quickly took over her entire head. She had no idea where this pain was coming from, but she looked around her and saw that the Nether orbs were starting to fluctuate. She felt another presence trying to come to the front, the girl! Death was annoyed now. She wanted to play more and have fun! She wasn't out long enough to do anything fun!

After a few minutes, however, Vesta's personality was able to push through and with a loud yell, Death was transformed to Vesta, who dropped to her knees and quickly ripped her locket off her neck. "Ziege Dich, Zorn..." She spoke the command weakly and once she dropped the locket, Zorn formed. He looked around and saw what happened and immediately ran over to Vesta. He lightly licked her face before looking over at the huge thing and growled at it, staying on her right side for support and still give him an easy way to run in front to protect her.

She was breathing fairly heavily, trying to figure out what had just happened to her. She didn't remember anything. She was feeling a little dizzy and light headed, visibly woozy on her knees. She grabbed Zorn for balance, but she still felt off. She sat back on her feet, holding her head and trying to remember what happened. She hadn't even looked up to see what had happened. She was getting frustrated now, trying to remember. She was getting so frustrated that tears started to form in her eyes. "What........what happened?"

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Tsukuyomi fell down towards Vesta's ghostly body with his broadsword held between his hands ready to pierce into her body from above. That was until the sound of her moving just enough to get out of the way echoed into the helm of Tsukuyomi's demonic armor. The broadsword pierced into the ground cracking it around the blade making about three feet worth of the blade actually embed into the dirt. Just when Vesta was about to touch the surface of the demonic broadsword though the blade suddenly burst with blade fire burning the ground around it and then vanishing. Tsukuyomi suddenly vanished along with his sword avoiding the touch of Vesta.

He then suddenly reappeared about fifteen feet away standing there once again with his broadsword at his side now ignited with the black fire. Tsukuyomi just stood there his helm aimed towards Vesta as she suddenly started to revert to her natural form. When she did though Tsukuyomi's body intensive and his sword was angled in front of his body the tip of the broadsword pointed at Vesta just as Zorn was summoned. It only took a moment, but suddenly there was a massive amount of black fire right in front of the broadsword that Tsukuyomi fired off right towards Vesta. It took the shape of a giant fireball.