Burgers and Fries | NDE - R |

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Thread Title: Burgers and Fries
Participants: Luke and Yetsuna
World: Human World
Death Setting: Non Death Enabled
Rating: R
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"So I said to the guy 'didn't you hear about the kidnapping? Well, not to worry because the kid woke up!' Ahaha!"

Remind me exactly when the hell you have ever told anyone but me your retarded jokes? Luke asked, feeling his right eyebrow twitching in irritation once again as he conversed with the Fullbring creature that lived inside his head. To be fair, though, Luke was setting a personal record for himself with how long he found himself actually speaking to Jäger. Normally he couldn't tolerate listening to the moron for more than two minutes...but now Luke was at two minutes and fourteen seconds. No, he wasn't actually counting. Actually having Jäger talking was a good replacement for a Ipod, which Luke thought using while riding a bicycle through nighttime Karakura was how you asked for trouble. And in Karakura trouble generally meant either being attacked by a giant monster or some super powered freak.

Changing the topic, Luke really did enjoy having himself a bicycle now. It made getting to and from work not only exceptionally cheaper (not having to pay for bus tickets) but it was also great for his health and ever improving physical condition but even helped the environment! "Like you actually give a shit about the environment." Jäger decided to chime in, causing Luke to suddenly swerve his bike in surprise. Can it. Let me be happy about finally having the option of not riding the damn bus. It sucked. Luke responded back, doing his best to tone out Jägers dumb replies.

Ever since all that crazy shit went down at his place of employment Luke's life seemed to be taking a turn for the better. He had been given a serious promotion in exchange for him not suing the shit out of his store over both the explosion (Hollow attack) and hiring a thug that ended up assaulting Luke (Tyrone and his accomplice). He was essentially the person right below the assistant manager now. He had the little office to himself most of the time, reading over emails, helping customers at the customer service counter, locking up the money in the safe at the end of the night and all that yahoo. Honestly...Luke liked it. He liked being high up on the totem pole. And the fact that he not only made more money in thirty hours than he did working fifty, and even had expendable income and more time to himself made him...happy.

So, he decided to make a little detour from his regular route home and stop by someplace he hadn't been too in a long time in hopes of getting himself some better tasting dinner then what he had waiting for him at his apartment. The restaurant he had in mind was one that was one hundred and ten times better than any Mcdonalds or Burger King you'd find in the states. Sure, burgers and fries weren't the healthiest option for a meal but you know, Luke felt he earned a little something that would make his taste buds explode. The lights were on and steam was rising out of the roof as Luke approached, bringing a smile to his face. You'd better get extra bacon or I will riot." Jäger chimed in, causing Luke to respond with a You can't even taste what I eat.

That's true, but I'm just hoping your little swimmers get destroyed by the bacon. Jäger chuckled. Luke rolled his eyes as he locked his bike to one of those bike stand doohickeys. His stomach grumbled as he stepped up to the front door, and upon opening it his nostrils were hit with the delicious combination of cooking meat, salt and grease. Ah, american heaven. It wasn't anything fancy, just your normal looking burgers and fries shack. He waved his hand in greeting to the waitress behind the counter, adjusting his grip on the sword bag he kept with him at all times. A funny little thing it was. Normal people couldn't see either the sword or the bag. A gift given to him by a Shinigami named Aevus, but that was a story for a different time. As the human stepped towards the rows of seats though, that sixth sense of him got hit by something...or in this case someone.

"You really put that beef away didn't you sweetie? I can see where all that extra growth goes too." Was the voice Luke heard, but he wasn't who Luke was looking at. A weasel looking dude was standing over one of the tables, body all stretched out as he chatted down to the patron sitting at the table. Though Luke didn't get a good look at, who he assumed was a girl given the words being said, he was getting a good feel of just what exactly she was. So, Luke did what he needed to do. "So what do ya say? Wanna come back to my place and let me show you my me-" the guy was interrupted when he heard Luke's footsteps. "Oy. Knock it off, can't you tell you're bothering her?" Luke asked, before it all turned south.

The bathroom door opened, and out came a group of guys all laughing about how it felt better that they vacated their bowls. And suddenly...Luke had found himself surrounded. And that leads us to the current situation, of Luke running through the streets being chased by six guys. "I just had to stick my nose in!" He shouted to himself as he turned down a street, dodging a shoe that was thrown at him doing so. Why the hell are you running? You're just not bad enough to at least take...maybe two of those guys? Just let me out and let ME deal with it! Jäger protested, but was ignored by his fleeing master.

A little while later, Luke found himself on Karakura Bridge, resting his arms on his knees and taking in deep breaths. "Lost 'em.." He panted, lifting his head into the air and taking some more gulps of air. I'm stunned. Shocked. And even a little aroused that you just ran away like that./ Luke sighed, wiping the sweat from his forehead. I didn't want to fight them. I wanted to get them away from that girl. You felt it too. Luke replied, frowning at himself at the fact that he not only left his bike back at that restaurant, but he was still hungry.

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{Stats and Skills}
Strength - 150 - 105 Points

Speed - 150 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 200 - 300 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 200 Points

Light Aura - 50 Points

Dark Aura - 50 Points

Instinct - 150 Points

Senses - 150 Points

Energy sensory - 100 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points

Total SP: 1100 Points

[Street Fighting] {2}


[Weapons: Sword] {2}


[Battle Analysis] {2}


[Pain Tolerance] {2}


[Strength of Will] {2}

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

After what had felt like an eternity Yetsuna finally managed to get a bit of time off and away from duty. Sure, she had free time when her missions were done and paperwork was filed, but that time was never enough for her to go and visit the world of the living like she wanted. Now she had a full week to herself, no missions, no paperwork, no one to report to, she could do anything she wanted. Her first and only stop? The world of the living.

Her gigai was all set and ready to roll. She had dressed it in one of her favorite outfits. For a top she had placed on a tight royal purple T-shirt with a low-cut "V" neck line that probably exposed a bit more cleavage then it should have. On the front center of the shirt was some random design that was made of out clear rhinestones. Her pants were a simple pair of nice dark blue jeans, fitted to hug her every curve showing off her other, more subtle, assets.

Like her pants her choice in foot wear was simple consisting  of a pair of heels, about 4 inches tall, with various straps covering her foot. The final piece of her outfit was an assortment of colored bracelets which she wore her both arms and on her right ankle. This gigai was ready to hit the clubs and drop some jaws. Sadly far all those who would see her tonight she wasn't looking for a conquest, she just wanted to party.

As soon as her day was done she hopped in it and made a beeline for the senkaimon, ready and waiting to take her to Karakura Town. With a flash of light she was in town, though rather then being night like she had hoped, it was about late-afternoon, meaning that all the bars and clubs were dead. With a disappointed sigh she decided she would just walk around for a bit as a means to kill time. After a few hours of walking around the sun had completely disappeared behind the horizon and the moon had risen to its peak.

Yetsuna started to make her way towards the bars when a small burger joint caught her eye, it wasn't fancy, but she hadn't eaten since lunch so she was hungry. On a whim she went in and placed an order for a burger, fries, and a shake. No sooner had her food come out then some guy came by and tried to pick her up. The guy was well built, decent physique, at least enough to catch her eye, but like most guys with his build his personality was a complete and total turn-off.

She ignored him and ate her food while he made remarks that easily would have driven most women away in disgust. She let her mind wander thinking about this and that while she ate, then she noticed something interesting. There was someone or thing near her that wasn't human. She didn't make any sudden movements or anything to give away that she noticed, but she did take a glance around and saw that there was some guy, barely looked old enough to drink in her opinion, coming her way, and he was the one she felt.

To say she wasn't interested in what was gonna happen next would be a lie. Was he gonna try and be her knight in shining armor to save her from the ass hole? Was he gonna try and pick a fight with the man who was trying to get her to go home with him? Maybe he felt her like she felt him? The answer: apparently he wanted to be the white night. The man turned to face him, and at the same moment a few men exited the restroom and saw their boss bearing down on the poor kid.

The kid bolted out the door with the group hot on his heels. She was that the guy running was fast enough to avoid getting caught so she wasn't too concerned. After a few more minutes she finished her food and placed another order, this time to-go, and exited out the door. She saw a bike outside the exit, probably belonging to the kid who got chased away considering there was no one else in the store besides the employees. She chuckled to herself, got on the bike, and, at a calm pace, made her way after the kid, following the reaitsu signature.

It didn't take too long for her to find him and when she did he was breathing heavily and sweating. The green haired woman let out a good natured laugh as she approached, "I'm guessing that probably wasn't one of your better moments when it comes to you trying to impress girls?" Once she got close she got off the bike and leaned it on the wall of the bridge, not mentioning that it was his bike. "So what happened back there? Thought you were gonna take him one on one until his friends showed up? Or were you planning on running from the get go?"

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{Stats and Skills}
Strength: 150
Speed: 230
Spiritual Pressure: (340 x 1.50) 510
Reiatsu Strength: (130 x .7) 91
Light Aura: 80
Dark Aura: 20
Instinct: 100
Senses: 100
Energy Sensory: 50
Healing Expertise: 0

SKP: 11/16 (0/8)
Pain Tolerance - 2
Martial Arts: Muay Thai - 1
Strength of Will - 2
Weapons: Swords - 2
Damage Recovery - 2
Battle Analysis - 2

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Luke took one more deep breath in before he stood up straight, scratching the back of his head as he began to ponder what to do. I don't really get what you mean though. You wanted to get those dudes away from her? Did ya...did my little Lukykins want to get his wittle cherry popped? Jäger teased, prompting Luke to growl in irritation at the entity inside of him. He chose to ignore it though, not really finding any reason in defending his actions. He knew what he did and he had his reasons, good reasons, for it. Sadly it meant dragging himself back there to reclaim his bicycle before it got stolen. At least, that was the plan at first. But when a sudden presence was suddenly picked up by his developing sixth sense he threw the plans of leaving right out the window. Instead the young man turned his gaze in the direction of what he was feeling and found himself surprised to see who had shown up.

First impressions were everything, where they not, and the first thing Luke thought of when he saw the very same woman from the restaurant riding in on his bike was Wow...she's hot. He hadn't actually gotten a good luck at her back at the burger joint, you know with him being busy dealing with the thugs and what not, but now he didn't have such distractions to keep him from looking at her. She looked to be just about his age, early twenties. Shorter than him by a few inches, but that wasn't really a downside. Long, flowing, green hair cascading off the top of her head. Luke couldn't help but notice the outfit she was wearing. Something he might see someone at a bar or club wearing. Compared to his plain, boring, simple work uniform it was like looking at someone who made six times the amount of money he made.

But, regardless, Luke certainly liked what he was seeing physically. Yeah, she actually happened to be hitting all those check marks in the "Luke likey" list. But, his face certainly wasn't showing the same appreciation for her form that his lower head was. In actuality, those eyes of his remained focused on her as she came riding in. She had a nice laugh. She's got nice tits. Jäger. He blinked when she began to speak, smiling a little bit as he rubbed the back of his head. "Hah, you'd be pleasantly surprised if I were trying to get in your panties." Luke commented, not actually sure the last time he tried hitting on a woman was. But that wasn't what he was trying to do right now. He found himself leaning against the bridges railing, sword belt still held over his shoulder.

"I wasn't trying to impress you. I was trying to save that other guys life." Luke explained, his gaze not leaving Yetsunas face. "Asshole was probably about five sentences from getting the fuckin' slap, and coming from someone like you it might have taken his head off. I did him a favor." Granted, Luke had no actual idea if the woman he was speaking with was actually violent or not, but given that this was Karakua "Home of the Freaks" Town he wanted to be on the safe side. "I aint accusing you of anything, just consider it a civil service to a lucky bastard who doesn't see the invisible shit." Luke sighed, turning his gaze up towards the moon in the sky. Was it bigger than usual? Was tonight the night of the Super Moon? He didn't remember, nor really cared all that much.

"So. Are you a Shinigami or a human?" Luke asked, turning his gaze back towards Yetsuna. He had to admit she was pretty in this light. Awww does my little man have a crush on someone? Gonna tell her you like like her? Jäger was being ignored. But the reason Luke was asking was because, well, he hadn't been able to run into another Shinigami ever since that night with the bus. He needed to get into contact with one in order to ask a favor, and maybe now he was in luck. But, hey, maybe he just happened to bump into a pretty girl with spirit energy who happened to wear that outfit really well. Maybe Luke's night wouldn't be so bad this time.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

As Yetsuna rolled up and the boy caught his first glimpse of her she smiled slightly to herself, she could tell that he was enjoying the view she offered. As she got off the bike she listen to his reply. It was kinda cute, not in a "I'm interested in you" sort of way, more like watching a puppy play with a toy. She laughed again after he finished response, "Who said I was wearing panties?" Her tone was light, especially with the laugh, but her new friend would have no way of telling if she was telling the truth or not.

As the man explained his reasoning for stepping in at the store Yetsuna would make her way over towards him, stopping only about 5 feet or so away before jumping up on the rail to take a seat. As he finished his explain the green haired beauty would chuckle, "How charitable of you," she said with a healthy dose of playful sarcasm. "I will admit the prospect of slapping him was getting fairly appealing before you came along, though I doubt I would have taken off his head like you're worried about."

Yetsuna swung her legs forward and back as she talked, a sign of her somewhat restless nature. As she finished talking she adjusted her hair on her right side, the side facing Luke, so that it was behind her ear and not obstructing her vision. After the green haired woman said he piece there was a small pause before the man asked the question that he had likely been holding back since the restaurant. What was she?

She could have tried to lie about her race, but she didn't really see a reason or benefit to doing so, so she just came right out with it. "I'm a shinigami. Division 11 if that means anything to you. What are you?" her tone was surprisingly light and almost had the same feeling to it like a 5 year old asking a question. In all honesty race didn't matter much to Yetsuna, she cared more about how that acted then where they came from.

After he answered her question she would have a small realization; she had forgotten something. With a "Oh!," she pushed off the wall, her chest bouncing noticeable as she contacted the ground, and made her way to the bike. She picked up a brown paper bag and brought it back over to where she was before hoping on the all and handing it to the man, "Your public service back there meant you never got to eat, so I brought you something." She didn't really have any reason for ordering food for the man other then she had really decided to on a whim, mark it up to her warm disposition.

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"Who said I was wearing panties?"

That little sentence managed to get Lukes eyes to widen a bit, and his lips to pucker together just a little bit. He wasn't entirely sure how to respond to that, though the mental image that was painted in his head now was entirely her fault. "Take her." Jäger no. "No damn it you don't pass this one up! You're gonna grab h-" And like that Jägers voice was blocked out as Luke coughed softly. "Must be how you fit so well in those pants." Luke joked, the only way he could continue having a conversation without going "Show me" or being awkwardly silent.

Luke couldn't help but roll his eyes a little as she spoke with some obvious sarcasm over his actions. It was obvious what he did was stupid but he did what he felt was the best course of action. He couldn't just leave it alone now could he? She had sat herself up on the railing of the bridge as she spoke, playing with her hair so that she could get a unobstructed look at the young man. Luke watched her as he leaned against the same railing, maintaining the distance they had put between themselves. Damn, when was the last time Luke actually talked with a pretty woman? Ever since he had moved to this country all it had ever been was work work work. Working overtime, finding a new job, working even more overtime. On top of all of that all this crazy shit that was happening to him had eaten up all of his free time. Luke hadn't actually been on a date, gotten a number, asked anyone out or even talked to a girl with interest since...well shit he couldn't even remember.

It was then that she answered the question he had posed. Maybe she was expecting some kind of grand "oh my gawd" reaction out of Luke, but instead his facial expression didn't change what so ever. "That so huh. Sorry, hard to tell what without the robes or the sword. And I'm human. You're...actually not the first Shinigami to ask me that. I'm starting to get the impression that it's a lot more uncommon than I thought that humans can see you ghost folk." He responded, but couldn't deny the fact she was wearing something much more visually appealing and stimulating than the standard Shinigami robe. With his answer asked it opened the door for him to put forward his request, but instead the unnamed woman let out a "Oh!," Her sudden little exclamation caused Luke to return his gaze to her, and get a good look at how her full her chest happened to be, causing him to quickly look away with a slightly shocked look. "Motorboat them." Nope. Luke wasn't responding to that.

"Your public service back there meant you never got to eat, so I brought you something."

Luke quickly turned his gaze back, and blinked with surprise when he saw a brown, bottom stained with grease, bag being handed to him. Yetsuna would get to watch Luke staring at the bag for a moment, before a confused yet happy smile painted itself on his features. "You...really didn't have to." He managed to say, his stomach letting out a rather loud groan, as he reached out and took the still warm bag from her. In that moment this unknown woman went from six on the like-o-meter straight to a god damned ten. Hell, he might even be in love. For her to go out of her way to do something like this for someone she didn't even know showed Luke that this woman had a terrific personality. Yeah, it was just god damned food but Luke not only was starving from not eating for six hours, and having run all those city blocks. It was like he just got handed a check for ten grand, that's how much he appreciated her gift. "If it's got bacon then I'll propose to her right here."

"Thank you!" Luke said happily as he spent a few moments chowing down on his burger, but remembered he still needed to ask her something. Swallowing what was in his mouth, and letting out that exhale, he turned his gaze back to Yetsuna. "I'm Luke by the way, Luke Clyburn. But I wanted to know if you're a Shinigami because there's one guy in your ranks I was hoping to get in contact with again." Luke explained as he put a few fries in his mouth. "His name was Aevus. I don't know his last name or his...uh...division though. Been wanting to run into another Shinigami so they could deliver a message for me." Luke explained, clapping his hands together to knock off all the salt and crumbs. He was feeling much better now that he had his stomach filled.

"He helped me out a week ago with...some really crazy and stupid shit and was hoping to thank him. And to ask his help with this-" With that, Luke reached around him and unzipped the sword bag he was carrying. From within he pulled out a katana similar to what any Shinigami would be using. "He gave me this and I was hoping he'd give me some practice with using it. Going to a class every week and watching movies isn't quite like learning from someone experienced." Luke stated, looking over the sheathed Artifical Zanpakuto before resting it against the railing, and waiting for Yetsuna's response.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna saw the man's mind go blank after she had made her joke about not wearing panties, and it was almost everything she could do from falling off the rail laughing. To her it almost looked like she had thrown a monkey wrench into the gears of the guy's head as he tried to find some sort of response to her joke. After a brief moment of silence the good Samaritan managed to find some words, to which, of course, the green haired woman responded. She pretended to think for a moment before giving a fairly plain, "Nope, not really."

The conversation moved on and the man was kind enough to answer her question after she had answered his, though his answer was just a "bit" longer then hers. She was actually kind of surprised by how quickly and casually he rattled off the fact he was human, though she kept that surprise to herself. "You may be human, but there's something else there too," Yetsuna said, "though I'm honestly not sure what it is." It was at this point the female shinigami remembered the little present she had for her new friend.

As she brought over the bag and gave it to him she would have sworn that the man had just fallen in love with her. He attempted to act coy about her gift, but his stomach betrayed him so all Yetsuna did was give him a look before he took the bag and started to scarf down the meal. Yetsuna just sat in silence wandering through her own thoughts, laughing silently to herself how the evening had taken such an odd turn. 

A few bits in the man introduced himself as Luke, causing the female to realize that neither of them had actually properly introduced themselves. He went on to explain how there was someone in the Gotei that he had been looking for. "I don't know him myself, but I know his name, though you don't really need him if you're looking for swordsmanship training. I could teach you a few things" Yetsuna remarked as she suddenly caused a bastard sword-sized katana to appear in her hand, using it to drive home her point.

"Oh, I'm Yetsuna by the way," she said, relizing she forgot to introduce herself back, "Yetsuna Yishnir, I'm from the combat specialist division." The female shinigami hopped off the rail again her sheathed blade in hand. She was decent with a blade and her offer was sincere, though in all honesty since gaining her release she had become far more accustomed to fighting at range, ironically something she used to hate, or unarmed. This would serve as a good chance for her to brush up on her skills herself.

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"I don't know him myself, but I know his name, though you don't really need him if you're looking for swordsmanship training. I could teach you a few things"

"Oh?" Luke asked, not having taken that into account at all. It wasn't for some dumb "girls can't fight" reason what so ever, it was the fact that he didn't really know this woman. Granted he didn't know Aevus all that well yet either but that Sasuke looking mother fucker was the one who gave Luke the sword he had been using after all, so Luke figured Aevus had some sort of responsibility to uphold with teaching Luke how to best use it. But, well, if all Shinigami were trained for combat then he really could have just asked any Shinigami to help him. Granted they would have to say yes, and Luke doubted most would, so maybe he lucked out having run into this chick. "You could, yeah. I hadn't planned on askin' since I didn't want to trouble you." Luke explained, blinking with surprise when a sword suddenly appeared in the woman's hands.

Introducing herself as Yetsuna Yishnir and saying she was from the combat specialist division, Luke couldn't help but think to himself just how strange this night was going. "That's...not a katana." Luke chuckled out when he got a good look at the weapon Yetsuna wielded. Did this mean that Shinigami, in general, all used different kinds of swords? Were they not limited to Zanpakuto? Did that mean Luke could get some broadsword looking one instead of a ricky dicky teenie weenie katana? Well, regardless, a sword was a sword. Luke was just happy to have something able to better help him handle random Hollows then another lead pipe. Sometimes he wondered if a baseball bat was more appropriate for him.

A thought suddenly occurred, one that Luke had to bring up before whatever Yetsuna was apparently getting ready for begun. "Hey, hold on. Is it normal for you guys to use real swords when you're practicing together?" Luke asked, almost giving Yetsuna a "this for real" look? As far as Luke knew, when you sparred you would use either bamboo or wood swords right? Using metal on metal had the danger of hurting the other person. But, again, Luke had no idea how Shinigami did things. Don't be a chicken. It makes me look bad. And won't get you laid. Not being a chicken, dumbass. I'd rather not see myself or her getting hurt.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

The green haired woman gave a small shrug at Luke's response to her offer, "I had been planning on going out clubbing, but this might be a bit more fun. Besides I like kicking newbies butts." Her tone was light-hearted as it had been this entire time, but it wasn't too hard to tell this was a statement she had actually meant. She didn't plan on hurting him (too badly), but this was where Luke was likely going to realize that he was probably going to end up with some cuts and bruises. 

After she had summoned her blade, an action more for show then effect considering she had almost no powers in her gigai, Luke commented on its odd design. "Actually it is. It's just a custom design, I like the additional reach and weight that go with its length," she said surprisingly pragmatically. As she spoke she took Ishio out of his sheath so that the half-human, half-something could get a better look at it and see that she was telling the truth.

The shinigami was attempting to get her hand into the pocket of her too tight jeans to fish out a soul candy when Luke brought up a valid point that actually hadn't crossed her mind; her training method. In the seireitei it was a semi-common practice to use your real blade, it built up your bond with it, it was better practice, and there were always medics on standby. Here? Not so much. "Well for me, and the people I train, it is," she said in a overly casual tone that trailed off as the realization hit her.

After a moments pause she continued on "Buuuuuuut I'm not too sure I'll be able to do that with you." Her brow became a little furled as she became trying to find a way to remedy the problem. She was silent as she ran through ideas until she finally found a suitable one, "Oh! I know," she said as a smile went across her face. She finished fishing the candy out of her pocket and ate it, forcing her true body out for the gigai, which now hosted a peppy artificial soul, "You know the drill right?" she asked her (other) self.  "Yep." "Alrighty."

She turned back to Luke, now wearing the black robes he had been looking for eariler, "This a bit more like what you were expecting?" she'd ask obviously teasing him with a stupid question. Yetsuna's shihuksho wasn't very special, it's only major change from the stand uniform was the way it fit. Her was a bit snugger then normal, enough to show off her figure a bit, but no where near as much as the gigai's outfit did. "Follow me real fast," she said before turning around and heading off the bridge, not really waiting for a response.

It didn't take her too long to find what she was looking for, a semi-open field to use and train in. "Here we are. Now to get started." With those words she brought her blade up in front of her grasping it in both hands before snapping it in two while saying "Sunder." Luke probably did not posses the knowledge her needed to understand what she was doing, and if he didn't the next few seconds were gonna be fun for him. A moment after she had broken her blade she threw both pieces towards the ground, with each half disappearing into the ground like it wasn't even there.

A small pause where nothing happened, then WHAM. All of a sudden the earth near the shingami would erupt, encasing her in a stone shell. Another moment that was then follow by the distinct sound of crushing, a sound that might worry Luke if he still didn't know what was happening. After the crush/crunching sound the earthen shell would crumble away showing the shinigami standing exactly where she had been before, but her garb had changed. She was now wearing jet black metal armor, "Ishio."

Before Luke could get a word out a sword would appear in mid-air right in front if him. It looked like any other katana, but there were two differences he could notice if he observed the weapon before him. The first was that the blade was actually made of stone, the second was that it was actually missing an edge. The green haired woman knew that the man had some questions and figured now was as good a time as any to address them considering she hadn't given him a chance to ask or say much.

-250 for release -50 for swords

4800/5100 reaitsu

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Seems things really were going to be getting interesting. His new friend was going to be putting aside her own plans to spend some time sparring with Luke? Either he was making a better impression than he thought he was or Yetsuna really just liked fighting. In fact, Luke was getting the suspicion it was actually the latter. He knew next to nothing about Shinigami customs and culture having only met with four of them up to this point on two separate occasions, counting this one. From what he had gleamed so far, Shinigami were some sort of ghost military force that hunted down Hollows. He wasn't sure what else they did but hunting down Hollows was all well and good. So that must have meant that Shinigami spent a lot of time training and fighting. Fighting must have been a big part of their ways of life and culture. Perhaps that was why Yetsuna was so willing to help Luke out with this task, because it was such a natural thing for her.

And judging from the way Yetsuna had phrased her sentence Luke got the picture that he wasn't going to be walking away from this without having some cuts and bruises dotting his body. He gulped a little, realizing now that he was really about to be getting into an actual swordfight with a ghost. Yetsuna continued to talk, going on about her swords design and how she would have to change up her sparring style for Luke, when she did something that caught the young man off guard. There was suddenly two Yetsuna. The young mans eyes widened, and his jaw dropped a little bit at what he was seeing. There was the Yetsuna wearing that displaying outfit, and there was a Yetsuna wearing a snug fitting Shinigami outfit. "Oh gods yes there's two of them! One for us both!" Jäger laughed, but was ignored by Luke. "What...just...did you do?" Luke asked, pointing a little bit at the artificial soul occupying Yetsunas physical body. But Yetsuna wasn't going to wait for Luke, and immediately began to lead him to a different location.

Luke hoped on his bike and softly peddaled, thought it was more like coasting, a little bit behind Yetsuna as she led him off the bridge. So many questions were going through his head that it felt like he conjured a tornado in his brain. His thoughts had begun to wander though, thinking back on everything that had been happening to him recently. As he thought, though, he wasn't really aware that his eyes had situated themselves on Yetsunas rear. It wasn't that he was staring...just where his eyes had decided to rest themselves. Luke's mind wandered back to the advice, the way of life he was supposed to have followed, that his mother have given him. "Don't involve yourself with the things other people cannot see." It had been advice she had given him to keep him safe from Hollows. But ever since coming to Karakura Luke had stepped all over that rule and gotten himself involved plenty with the spiritual side of things.

He'd seen people die, he'd almost died a few times, he had started gaining abilities and he had even met a few people. Impossible came to mind, and Luke began to wonder if he considered the living glowstick a friend or not. He did care enough to take Luke back to his apartment after he had passed out, and even made Luke a meatloaf for the trouble. Sure, Impossible could be a dick but so could Luke. Aevus was...well Aevus was what you expected any person who frequently shopped at Hot Topic to be like, and Luke was sure if he'd just turn on the tv he'd see about twenty different animes all with fuckers who looked just like Aevus. Luke coulda sworn a razor blade appeared in his pocket after meeting Aevus. But, even so, the Shinigami had taken a interest in Luke and had even given him the sword he now carried. Did Luke consider them friends? Maybe it was about time he started to lighten up and, you know, start making some friends in this crazy stupid world he now lived in. Ignoring his mothers rule had brought him trouble, yes, but it had some upsides to it as well. Hell, here he was riding a bicycle behind one of the hottest women he'd ever met and she was a Shinigami and oh my god he was staring at her butt.

Luke quickly averted his gaze, prompting some teasing snickering from Jäger. Following the Shinigami to a open field Luke resting his bike on a street lamp, walking over to where Yetsuna was waiting for him. "Alright, what now?" He asked expectantly, but the answer he got was something he wasn't really prepared for. Yetsuna suddenly snapped her sword in half and said something, he didn't really pay much attention to it, and watched as her sword pieces be thrown into the ground as if the floor was the surface of a lake. A few moments later and Yetsuna was suddenly encased in rock and stone. Before Luke could shout out anything, it all fell away and showcased Yetsunas third outfit of the night. A suit of black armor. Whoa... Luke thought, unsure of what exactly he just fucking saw but not being able to deny that it was some pretty fuckin cool.

A sword appeared in front of him, one made of stone instead of metal. It seemed to lack a real edge, which must have meant that this was what Luke was going to be using instead of his nippon ghost steel sword. Placing his own katana down and taking the stone sword in hand, Luke blinked at how much heavier the stone one was. "We'd be here all night without getting anything done if I asked all the fuckin questions in my head right now." Luke joked, giving Yetsuna a smirk as he swung the stone sword around a few times to try and get used to the weight. "So...just what the hell was all that just now? Is that something all Shinigami can do?" Luke asked. "Should I be expecting another outfit change too?" The last question was a joke, more to show that, at least, Luke wasn't completely losing his shit yet.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

"Kind of," the now armored female began to reply, "Those who know the name of their blade like I do can release a power within it, but each person's power is different in some way. In my case I have a fairly rare type of power; I can manipulate and create earth as I desire. It's actually quite useful as you can tell," she smiled nodding her head to the blade he was now holding. "And no, no more outfit changes tonight." she laughed in response as he tried to somewhat cover up just how much he was freaking out internally.

The green haired woman had not yet spawned a weapon for herself and opted to keep it that way, instead choosing to go unarmed during his aptitude test. "Alrighty, let's see where you are so far, take a few swings at me," she said. She hadn't really mentioned that her armor would take most of any blow he could throw, but she figured that was fairly self evident by the fact that it was ARMOR. She would let Luke get in whatever strikes he wanted, only stepping in to defend herself if for some reason he decided to try and go for her head. Other then that his blows would land with retaliation from Yetsuna.

After seeing what he had to offer they could move forward in their training.

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So Shinigami all had a unique ability associated with their swords? Luke was learning something new every day. Being fed that tidbit of information he began to wonder if the Zanapkuto he had been given to him would also begin to develop its own powers. Something that, if he ever needed to, could be used over Jäger. "Now that's just mean. Why can't you love me for the way I am, babe?" Luke gave the sword a few more swings, getting rather used to its weight pretty quickly. He was a rather fit individual, spending a good bit of his free time working out at the gym and all, so it didn't take him long to get adjusted to the stone swords weight. "So you control dirt and rocks, huh? I feel bad for the saps that have to fight you outdoors then." Luke smirked, tossing the sword between his two hands. "You could say she's making you rock hard hueehhehe"

You think you're fucking cute?

Yetsuna gave him the go ahead, causing him to blink a few times. She wasn't making a weapon for herself? It took Luke a moment before he realized "there's no way her own power would hurt her". That's why she had outfitted herself in that suit of plate, so that Luke could hammer away at her with no fear of injury. At least unless he went for her pretty head, but he wasn't going to do that. It felt a little weird to hit someone without them planning to strike back, but Luke knew that between the two of them Yetsuna could beat his ass senseless for a week straight before he would be able to land any sort of actual blow against her. But, regardless, that discomfort was there. So...Luke had an idea.

"I've got a fun idea." He said with a grin, pulling out his cell phone and sliding his thumb across the menu. "It's not gonna be any fun, and I won't learn anything, just whacking away at you. So...let's make a wager, make things a little more interesting." Luke explained, a playful smirk having painted itself on his features. "Strip fighting? I'd be down for that." Jäger chimed in, but was ignored by Luke. "If I can land a blow on you within ten minutes (10 posts), then you agree to have dinner with me this Friday." Luke challenged, earning himself a over exaggerated gasp by Jäger. "How bold! Will there be french named lobster?" Shut up it's not for what you're thinking.

"And if I fail...then your call. Within reason." Luke smirked, setting his phones timer to ten minutes but not hitting start. His smirk vanished as he said his next piece though, "But, regardless, come at me like you mean it. It's the only way I'm gonna be able to get better at this." Maybe Luke was being a bit too hasty with this. Maybe he should have just taken it slow like Yetsuna was wanting, but for Luke there had never been a life and death situation he had been in where things had been slow. It was always right into the action, too fast to think and all he could do was react the best he could. So sure, he made himself sound like a cocky fool who may or may not have been looking down on Yetsuna a little bit...but it was the furthest from the truth. Next to Aevus, this woman was most likely the strongest person he'd ever met. And he needed the ass kicking.

She wouldn't know it, but Luke would have asked Aevus the same thing. To skip the warm up and go straight in the action. Just how Luke was. Was how he needed to be, to be honest.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna was amused by Luke's challenge, if for no other reason then he didn't seem to know what he was getting into. She brought her hand up to her lips in a faux thinking pose pretending to think about it, she was gonna say yes cause she was fairly certain he didn't have a shot in hell in hitting her, but even if her did it's not like a free dinner was the worst thing that could happen. "Hmmmm....sure," she agreed, "but,...if you lose you tell me what's been goin on in that head of your's. Somethings been bothering you since the bridge and I doubt it's just some unpleasant thoughts based your your reactions."

Most of the hints that something had been bother him were subtle, small, moments where he seemed distant, lost concentration for a moment, or small little actions one made when they fought their own thoughts (something she was well versed in). What the cause was what had her attention though, a few perverted thoughts about her here and there didn't seemed to fit the reactions Luke had been giving. Overall her end of the bet was more from curiosity then concern, whatever it was didn't seem to be doing him any harm that she could tell.

"That said," she said chuckling, "I don't think you really want me going all out because, well...just look up." And if Luke did indeed look would he would see a huge slab of stone floating about 20 feet overhead, it was easily large enough to crush him into a paste and wide enough to make evasion difficult. Assuming a panicked reaction Yetsuna would bust out laughing at him for a few seconds before the stone exploded into sand and dispersed. 

With her little show done Yetsuna summoned a sword, similar to her unreleased zanpaktou, and a shield, "Don't worry I'm not that cruel," she jested still laughing somewhat, "I'll keep my powers out of the game." What she didn't tell Luke was that she was gonna be restrain her speed and strength to some extent too (200 and 125 respectively unless otherwise noted) so that she didn't run circles around him and/or do too much damage. The swords may have been blunt, but blunt can still break bones, which to here wasn't too big a deal, for him, much more so.

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"but, ...if you lose you tell me what's been goin on in that head of yours. Something's been bothering you since the bridge and I doubt it's just some unpleasant thoughts based your reactions." Luke blinked when he heard this, not entirely sure how he was supposed to respond to that. "Oh god yes tell her about me tell her about me now! I want to see that pretty face cringe when she realizes your crazy!" Jäger laughed, prompting a slight twitch from the corner of Lukes lips. How exactly was he supposed to go about this? If he was to have any shot of having Yetsuna for dinner he'd have to agree to her conditions. But how exactly was he supposed to explain Jäger to her? "Oh-oh I know! Tell her you've got the ghost of Christmas past in your head! Or that your dick is talking to you! "Luuuuuuke I command that you baaang her!" God he was being annoying tonight.

"Haha, I'm not really sure what you mean. But sure, I lose and I'll tell you what's on my mind, babe." He said with a smirk and a wink. He was trying to play it off, maybe to make Yetsuna think that he was thinking naughty things about her. Because, honestly, Luke would be willing to lose out on having a date with a smoking babe than let anyone know about whatever the hell it was that was inside of him. Regardless, Luke was going to try. He now had some serious reasons for needing to win, and it wasn't just trying to win a heart. "That said," Luke raised an eyebrow, adopting a confused face as he had started to adopt a readied position. Yetsuna requested he look up and what he saw floating above him, well, made Luke go "What the hell!?" His mouth found itself dropped open, eyes wide as he stared at million ton slab of rock hanging just above his head! A few squeaks escaped from his agape mouth, before his attention was drawn to the sound of Yetsunas laughter.

"T-that wasn't funny!" Luke shouted with a growl, pointing his sword at the laughing hottie before even he started to laugh a little bit as the rock was returned to dirt and debris. "haha...alright you made your point. Asking for all out was too much. Don't want to find myself turned into a fuckin' pancake before Friday." He chuckled. When was the last time he actually had this much fun? All Luke ever did anymore was work work and work. He worked a job he got underpaid at for the amount he worked (though in fairness it wasn't as bad after his promotion) which got stacked on top of having to deal with Karakura Towns bullshit. Hollow attacks, attending his managers funeral, having the weight of someone dying because of him on his shoulders, having coworkers attacked and hurt because of him...Luke had a lot going on around him that kept piling weight on him.

When was the last time he actually had fun? When did he last have a good laugh, have a sincere and honest smile, actually not feel stressed out? Yetsuna was giving him that break he needed from his life, whether she knew it or not, and it only served to make Luke want to try harder and get to know her more. And the best way to do that was to win that damn date. So Luke decided to make the first move. Luke was pretty fast for a human, though not much for a Shinigami, but was still fast enough for a normal human to be seen as impressive. Like a wild animal he flew in, closing the distance between himself and Yetsuna within only a few mere seconds. He held the stone sword low with both hands, pointed back behind his left hip as he came in low. All he needed to do was hit Yetsuna. He wouldn't aim for her head, as that wasn't covered by her armor and might actually hurt her, but still had her entire body to chose from for a target.

But Luke needed to be careful. He had a few tricks in his pants that he needed to keep on the down low until the right moment to use them. He didn't have much, but what he did have could easily put someone off guard. Yetsuna being a trained Shinigami would most likely only be off guard for a second if Luke used his tricks which meant he had to pick the perfect moment to use his reiatsu skills. Ten minutes were on. Once close enough, Luke opened up with with a diagonal swing coming from his left hip up towards his right shoulder aiming to slash across Yetsunas midsection. A simple easy to read attack to start stuff off. But Luke wasn't done there. From that slash he went for a downward swing if he were able, stopping at about halfway down the path and going in for a lunging stab for...well anything he could reach. The clock was. He only had ten minutes to hit her. And in a fight time could go very fast.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Luke's reaction to her "little" prank was even better then she had hoped for. The look on his face was priceless, she was actually kind of surprised he hadn't pissed himself based his expression. She doubled over wrapping her arms around her mid-section as she laughed as he tried to chide her about her poor taste in comedy, but after a few seconds even he fell into laughter realizing that even though he was the butt of the joke, it was still funny. It took the female a good half minute or so to completely recover from her laughing fit and catch her breath, but eventually, with a deep inhale, she managed to bring herself back to her full height.

"Why? What do you have to look forward to on Friday?" Yetsuna teased. She, obviously, knew what he meant, but she was ignoring it and/or treating it he had no shot in hell of winning the bet (though in reality he probably didn't). After summoning her own weapons she flourished then a little bit, partially for show, partially to get a feel for them. Despite having a heavy theme for defense in her powers a shield wasn't something she really ever used, so it was a bit of an odd feeling for her. She chose to use one this go round because she didn't want to abuse shunpo too much, which was her primary defensive technique.

Since she was playing defense she would let Luke lead in combat and set the pace, and he didn't waste much time doing so. He charged at her with a fair amount of speed for a human, but, for someone like her, it was painfully slow. She was used to supersonic speeds in combat, and he wasn't anywhere near that level, at least not yet. His attack was fairly simple to read, though that may have been because it was actually a favorite attack of hers as well, come in low from an area where the enemy was going to have the least amount of guard.

In a normal fight Yetsuna would have be left with few choice but to actually dodge, but her current weapon load out made it so she didn't have to. She quickly dropped her shield towards her hip making the blade bounce off with a solid "thunk". She followed up her block with a counter, a round house kick to Luke's left arm, contacting around the mid-part of his upper arm. It'd smart a little bit, maybe make his arm tingle for a second and knock him to the ground, but nothing to severe.

After her attack she'd take a short jump back and observe how Luke reacted to her blow, sure it wasn't much, but it could be informative about what kind of fighter Luke would be. Some people were speedsters, they dashed around enemies, other were power houses, designed for sheer striking power, and then there were the tanks, like herself, who beat the enemy by just being able to take more hits then they could. She wondered what kind Luke would be....