Post by Shōkan Kawada Ⅺ on Jun 16, 2015 22:08:21 GMT -5
Since his return to the Seireitei, Shōkan had been adjusting to his new life. It was difficult, so much had changed in the last thousand years that it was almost like a different place... On the other hand, sometimes it was so similar, Shōkan expected old friends and faces to pop up, and was temporarily depressed when they didn't. He was terribly sad that everyone he had ever known was gone, dead. All of his friends, family, comrades, enemies, everyone. The saying "You don't know what you have until it's gone" comes to mind. And in Shōkan's case everything was gone, he was utterly alone.
Of course, he had gone about rebuilding relationships, familial (what little there was left of it), friendships (with his fellow comrades in the Gotei 13), and even enemies and rivals. He hadn't made much progress as of yet, but he had high hopes for the future. One of the first things on his agenda, was reastablishing the Kawadaa Clan socially. Many didn't realize that, just as a clan required battle prowess, they also required political power. They needed to show to the Seireitei, and the world, that they were not dead, and still as powerful as ever. Step one was already partially done, have members of the clan in high ranking positions. They already had a Vice Captain in the form of Arashi. Unfortunately, more than that was required, at least one captain.
To this end, not only had Shōkan been training his mind, in the new information and formalities of this era, but also his body, trying to gain back that battle prowess that had made him so famous and feared in his time. Outside of the Kawada Clan Manor, Shōkan was in their personal training grounds, going over his Hakuda techniques. Hard and swift strikes beating against the wooden post in the ground. Wooden smacks echoed across the area, "BAM! BAM! BAM!". In the final move of the kata, Shōkan lept up in the air, and performed a roundhouse kick, breaking the thin wooden board in half with the force of the blow.
Of course, he had gone about rebuilding relationships, familial (what little there was left of it), friendships (with his fellow comrades in the Gotei 13), and even enemies and rivals. He hadn't made much progress as of yet, but he had high hopes for the future. One of the first things on his agenda, was reastablishing the Kawadaa Clan socially. Many didn't realize that, just as a clan required battle prowess, they also required political power. They needed to show to the Seireitei, and the world, that they were not dead, and still as powerful as ever. Step one was already partially done, have members of the clan in high ranking positions. They already had a Vice Captain in the form of Arashi. Unfortunately, more than that was required, at least one captain.
To this end, not only had Shōkan been training his mind, in the new information and formalities of this era, but also his body, trying to gain back that battle prowess that had made him so famous and feared in his time. Outside of the Kawada Clan Manor, Shōkan was in their personal training grounds, going over his Hakuda techniques. Hard and swift strikes beating against the wooden post in the ground. Wooden smacks echoed across the area, "BAM! BAM! BAM!". In the final move of the kata, Shōkan lept up in the air, and performed a roundhouse kick, breaking the thin wooden board in half with the force of the blow.
