Hospital Wake Up Call! Snake and Redhead (Social Poss JT)

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

What a quiet day it was in the Barracks of Squad 4. The crimson head reaper had awakened from her unconsciousness with a groan as she felt horrible. Her wounds had been healed, but she felt nauseous and sore everywhere. Her tongue felt odd as she moved it in her mouth...and she felt dizzy more than anything. Suddenly turning, she had found a empty bucket which she had grabbed and vomited into as she gagged reflexively. Squad 4 obviously took their time healing her up this time, and if she recalled her wounds were rather grievous. They did a pretty darn good job though putting her back together.

She had looked pale and utterly ill. She had tried to stand, but felt pain along her body restraining her. What happened? Why was she here? It all slowly came back to her before it slammed into her face like a bombshell. Her uniform was all but destroyed as she has been dressed in a medical gown instead. She tried to remember how she got here and what put her in the hospital to begin with. It was then she remembered that spar she had in the woods. Ah yes, it was in the wilderness of Rukongai with that woman with multiple tails. Shizuyoko her name was. 

Senshi had slowly put the bucket of vomit down on the ground before laying back against the pillow she was laid on. Looking up at the ceiling, she had then closed her eyes trying to rest yet again. She was glad to be alive and not a corpse in the woods. Senshi had not been aware Shizuyoko too was in this hospital watching Senshi's recovery. Odayakama Senshi had laid there recovering her strength as she realized that Shonin Joka was broken. Her partner and her sword was shattered...torn to shreds by Shizuyoko's dual releases. What a shameful display it was. 

She was shredded to pieces while all she managed to do was stab into her toe. The crimson reaper sighed feeling ashamed at her lack of skills, and felt that if she were better she could have done more. She also contemplated that rage that had built up in her upon fighting the snake woman. While true it was the snake who dealt the first serious strike, perhaps Senshi took it too far. She would apologize whenever she had the chance. What Senshi wasn't aware of was that Shizuyoko's reiatsu would manifest in her inner world at this moment. That was going to be a nightmare for another day. Her Zanpakutou laid against the wall surprisingly already reformed.

Now all Senshi could do was wait and rest. She contemplated that battle and wondered if she made the right choices and if her battle had shown she had really grown. It was her first time fighting someone's release now that she thought about it, and she fought not one release but two at the same time. She honestly didn't know how well she fared, but she didn't think she was really...decent in that fight. Shonin Joka was her greatest weapon and yet also her greatest ally. She felt disgraced that she had allowed him to break for the sake of a losing battle spar. A sigh, and the redhead had laid her head back on the bed staring at the ceiling.


[Training for CTP]

[Shizuyoko Toraumi]

"Wow, you're a bit of a slow healer." Came Shizuyoko's chuckling voice, the woman smiling down at Senshi. She was actually up at the corner of the ceiling, sitting on thin air it seemed as she smirked down at the woman, winking from her position of hiding. Her legs were crossed underneath her and she took a slow, steady breath as she focused on keeping herself up in the air. She had been maintaining the reishi platform for quite a while now, and she didn't have a spectacular stamina to begin with. That said, she was managing pretty well in her own opinion.

even as she conversed she kept her attention diverted to the sustainment of the platform. "I really am sorry. I have had... very bad experiences with Kido in the past. After the Byakurai I just sortof reacted instinctively." She noted, dropping down from that platform and onto another one she immediately formed, sitting crosslegged hovering just inches above Senshi's lap as she looked down at the woman. "I've been here a while, making sure you healed properly. I wanted to make sure you were okay, considering how... intense the spar wound up being." She noted.

And then she smiled. A smile so bright it practically would burn it's way through any anger Senshi might have had. All at once Shizuyoko would feel NOTHING like she had during the fight. She seemed.... warm.... kind.... caring. Almost motherly in the way her eyes scanned Senshi, making sure the doctrs hadn't missed anything. It was like she was a totally different person, and certainly she seemed to be just as friendly in person as she was vicious when fighting. (100 Light Aura).

"That said, you did surprise me. As an Omnitsukido it's my job to take down shinigami, so really you made a pretty decent account of yourself if I do say so myself." She pointed out, giving the woman a reassuring smile as she leaned forward a little and suddenly was laying on her belly at something of an incline, the reishi platform she was on suddenly tilting to form something akin to a couch. Only the tiniest bead of sweat forming. She really should be watching how much energy she was using, but it was an easy technique, and she couldn't just skip out on her training because she was visiting.

"That said, you really could have used kido a little better in that fight. If you're feeling alright, why don't you tell me a few you know? Maybe I can give you some pointers." She suggested, for all the world seeming like she was Senshi's teacher rather than the woman that had put her in the hospital in the first place. Then again she was something of a regular here. Her spars ALWAYS seemed to get out of hand. She knew most of the staff by name. Especially Kara. That poor lady. The woman probably was going to get promoted with all the work Shizuyoko had given her.

Training for CTP

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

The first thing she heard was the voice of Shizuyoko as she was floating in mid air. Senshi almost immediately identified the technique as the Advanced Airground. She smiled at Senshi, and to say the girl was a little bit more than nervous was a understatement before she looked a bit sheepish. She felt she needed to apologize, and that was just what Senshi planned on doing. However, it seemed she was beaten to it...when Shizuyoko had apologized to her first. It was most certainly a surprise, but then Senshi had spoke.

"I-I'm sorry too. I let myself get too far out of hand. I'm s-sorry for attacking you the way I did. That trick at the beginning of the spar was dirty. I'm so sorry...for everything miss." She sounded rather shy in the claim. Senshi wasn't mad nor harboring any ill thoughts or intents forwards Shizuyoko. When she saw that smile though, it made her return a grin as her cerulean eyes seemed to shine. She had found peace as she laid on the bed, looking up to her. She seemed beautiful inside and out...but in battle was a python. It was an interesting observation. Although the fact that Shizuyoko had oversaw her recovery was a bit heartwarming in an odd way.

It was when she was praised by Shizuyoko did Senshi know, that she had done decently...or at least was getting her ego taped together somewhat. Senshi didn't mind she was sent to the hospital, but it wasn't a fun experience especially seeing the food here; sort of was sucky. Senshi had been offered actual help by the woman or at least advice on how to maximize efficiency with her kido skills. Almost robotically did Senshi begin to repeat. She had a long list of Kido she had mastered and added to her arsenal.

"Sho, Sai, Byakurai, Tzusuri Raiden, Shakkaho, Hainawa, Geki, Seki, Danku, Shitotsu Sansen, Enkosen, and some Kaido." Shizuyoko had been the first woman Shinigami she's ever been this open to, and the first Shinigami she has actually spoken to in a long time. It was almost bizarre or an odd experience with this happening. She never felt so awkwardly cared about. Senshi had thought just to make sure that she hadn't left out any important details of her Kido she may have, but hadn't found any. Thus she had found herself asking the snake woman a question of her own.

"T-Thank you so much for taking me here and not leaving me out in the woods. I-I...uhh...Why are you willing to help me after I tried to hurt you so bad? I don't know why you don't h-hate me." Senshi looked even insecure of her words as she looked up to Shizuyoko uncertainly. She was wondering how Shizuyoko could be so easy going...so kind through her words. Senshi decided she didn't want to be a spoiled loser about her loss to the woman. It just simply meant she surpassed Senshi and was superior in multiple ways.

[Shizuyoko Toraumi]

Training for CTP

shizuyoko actually had to chuckle just a little bit as the girl talked, actually dropping down, sliding along a diagonal plate of reishi before coming to a stop, resting her elbows on an invisible set of reishi plates as she smiled at Senshi, maintaining the complicated array of reiatsu plates to support her body, even while continuing the conversation. It was mentally taxing, but she refused to waste time with JUSt idle conversation. She was always improving herself.

"You mean this?" she asked softly, raising her left lg up, sliding it practically behind her head as the foot moved straight up into the air, showqing off that ridiculous snake-like flexibility as she held the foot up into the air, showing where there was a slight line along where she'd been stabbed, but not much else, there weren't even bandages where she'd been stabbed. As it were, it seemed that Shizuyoko was entirely over such a menial injury. Suddenly she had slid forward, and that array of black tails slithered forward.

Before Senshi would likely have time to react, those tails were wrapping around her shoulders and her throat, gently manipulating and positooning her, lightly tilgin her head back before lightly dipping down her jaw, forcing her mouth open so that Shizuyoko could see the skin of her cheeks, where the shinigami omnitsukido woman had slashed them, taking just a moment to make sure that there wasn't any scar tissue. Whilst at the same time invading senshi's personal space, seeming to practically mother her in how much she was fussing over them.

"Okay okay, so you had a lot. There were a lot of situations I think that could have benefitted from the use of kido in my honest opinion." she noted with a nod of her head. "Well...prior to me releasing at least. That said, ......stand up a second." she paused, she herself standing up on the naked air as she looked down at Senshi, pulling them upright with her tails as she aimed to pull the girl out of her bed and into a standing position.

"That sword of yours was rather weird, But you did seem to rely on it a lot as soon as you released it. I only ever saw Kido from you before you had released, and after that nada. f you're gonna bother taking time out of training to learn Kido, I thik you should probably try to learn ways to mix kido in with the rest of your moves." she reasoned, leaning a little to the side as she eyed the woman casually.

Training for Mastering Hyaku Shikon 40 from para, 120 from bank

She let out a nice, slow breath, lightly rolling her shoulders as it only took just a moment for her to get into the groove of things, her tails slowly swaying behind her as she took several moments to exhale and clear her mind, a slow smile crossing her lips as she focused on the window itself, those tails of hers arching behind her, focusing squarely on the obstacle infront of her. "It's important Senshi. When you want to learn a move. Don't just choose wildly. Each technique you learn is like an extension of yourself. Just choosing wildly is a waste of your time and effort that could have been spent elsewhere."

She took a slow step closer to the window, taking just a moment to narrow her eyes, fixating on the target as she took a nice, slow, steady breath, and the memories of her life began sifting through her brain. All of the things she had done up until now. She searched, and she remembered. faintly. How long ago had it been? How long since that shinigami had injured her so? How long until she had felt the need to better herself? She remembered that, at the very least in her mind.... it had been raining.

Those pretty green eyes opened, and slowly, she let her fist travel forward slowly, her brows furrowing a little as she let in a slow breath, inhaling deeply as she took just a moment to let her fist slowly creep forward, getting a feel for the motion as she slowly began pumping her fist back and forward, back and forward, feeling just the moment when she should brace, the moment to start punching again, slowly getting more and more familiar as she began slowly punching a bit faster and faster, the memory of that man was hardly fresh. She didn't remember all that well. but her body did.

"When something truly and utterly challenges you. Sometimes it's not enough just to stay within your comfort bubble. You have to understand that sometimes you have to try and reach for something that will be not just a single tool you can use, but a path." she noted, that fist slowly going faster and faster, the sharp, vivid jabbing of her fist at the wall that was far from her, too far for her to actually hit.

"It's not just about the technique being an option, but a door. To more than just what the echnique was intended for." she stated, panting softly as she began to focus her mind all the more, slowly closing her mind as her tails behind her began to slowly move behind her. All seven of those tails beginning to slowly begin jabbing forward, each of them slowly speeding up, until it would be hard for Senshi to keep track.

Shizuyoko slowly slid forward, closer and closer to the window as she moved rapidly, her body shfting from side to side as one after the other her tails repeatedly struck forward, jabbing, dipping, making each and every little strike a sharp, sudden little poke before it was withdrawn, those sharp points at the end of her tail each like a little dagger dipping in. as though to pierce into some unseen foe, each one vying to tear it's way through the space between her and the window.

"If you're not going to use it, then the training means nothing." shizuyoko huffed, suddenly coming to a stop as suddenly she brought both arms infront of her. She curled her fingers into fists as she finally began to remember. Between her skill in Hakuda already, as well as the vague memories she had of the time the technique had been used on her, she was slowly piecing it together, and a slow, steady little smile would creep it's way across her face

"WILL IS EVERYTHING!" she suddenly exclaimed, and suddenly slid forward, dipping to the side as suddenly her right arm became a blur. In the span of a single second, her arm was suddenly launching forward at a ridiculous speed, twice as fast as Shizuyoko was normally capable of, many times faster than Senshi herself was able to execute (1200 speed). And in the span of those sparse few seconds, her hand struck into the wall with incredible force, the combined might of both her speed and her strength hitting one hundred times in the same spot as her hand was a flurry, rapidly peppering the wall next to the window, with such force and rapid gusto that the wood almost seemed to glow with the heat of friction, until suddenly all of the force seemed to take effect at once, the wall exploding outward as a powerful gust of wind tore forward and through the space left behind.

Training for CTP

A slow, steady breath escaped from Shizuyoko's lips as a smile crept across that face of hers, her eyes glowing a soft green as she flesed her fingers, a little bit of blood on her knuckles from being so unused to that kind of exertion, slowly Shizuyoko would turn to Senshi and smile brightly, holding her fist over her chest and pounding gently on her own sternum, looking quite smug and pleased with herself. "The will to act." she all but purred.

Right up until a Nurse burst into the room, panting a little before looking at the wall, and then looking at Shizuyoko. In the blink of an eye the squad four nurse was huffing, swatting Shizuyoko upside the head and immediately dropping the woman like a ton of brick, Shizu yelping out as the nurse immediately began scolding. "What the HELL did I tell you about doing your ridiculous training in the infirmary?! Hold still while I heal your hand!"

All the while Shizuyoko screeched and squirmed, smiling but still under duress as the oddly-strong nurse held her down and treated her injured hand. "GDyyah! Kana please! I'm trying to be a cool teacher! You are completely ruining my lesson!" she whined, squirming and writhing as her knuckles were healed up and her reiatsu was restored by the member of the healing squad, still muttering and fussing away as she force the seven-tailed omnitsukido member to hold the heck still.

Eventually it was all fixed up, and with another flick to Shizuyoko's face, Nurse Kana gave Shizu a leery look, as if she were onto them, giving Senshi a polite little smile before heading off to report the damage, damage that no doubt would be coming out of Shizuyoko's paycheck. The blonde sighed, shaking her head a little before a slow, roguish smile crept acoss her face. "Sorry you had to see that. I'm a bit of a stud around here. The nurses can't keep their hands off me." she noted with a cheeky grin, totally acting as if that HADN'T been her getting told off for being a troublemaker. But even so, she glanced back at Senshi.

"But the lesson still stands. It's not just enough to know those abilities. You have to have the frame of mind to make use of them even when you're using other things. Otherwise, it's just dead weight, space in your brain that could be used for other things, you know what I mean?" she reasoned, once again hopping up into the air and forming an invisible series of plates ofr her to sit on, foldign her legs beneath her as she awaited Senshi's response.

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

The snake woman had chuckled at what she said. She slid down on what was seemingly just midair as she looked down at her. Gesturing to her wound on her toe with incredible flexibility, Senshi felt internally bad as she knew she inflicted that wound. That was abnormally entertaining to see a woman who had flexibility of a snake as her tails also were snake like. As the woman put her leg back to where it should be, she hadn't expected the tails to suddenly extend and wrap around her shoulders and neck as she shivered. They felt cold and odd on her skin; just what she imagined snake scales to feel like. She felt her head was lifted upwards and her jaw was opened to look for scarring, as if looking to see if she was alright. The only semblance of a scar left were small outlines on either end of the mouth, but that could be dealt with. Just getting touched there reminded her of how painful that experience was and she shivered at the memories. However, that was past as Shizuyoko was here and being rather friendly to her now. Suddenly, she felt a pull as she was being made to stand and get out of the bed she lay in.

Shizuyoko had shared her thoughts that she felt Kido may have been useful before the point she released. Senshi would like to agree, but the problem with that is that reiatsu was always something that was scarce for her. Her Kido may have been able to do “something” but she felt her release would be her true and main weapon for combat. Shonin Joka did in fact normally take a lot of reiatsu to reach its true potential, but perhaps she should consider using her release less and her other skills more. “Perhaps that’s true Shizuyoko-San but I see that I lack the Reiatsu reserves to use both my release and Kido in prolonged battles. Assuming I had more endurance in those regards, I most certainly would have used more against you.” The woman seemed to relax herself for a few moments before telling Senshi that a technique was meant to be an extension of herself. That was an interesting thought as she never really utilized Kido as such. Then again, if the body was an extension of oneself, and so was the sword...why not Kido? Senshi pondered that sentence for a second before nodding. Made enough sense and seemed pretty valid. Seeing this woman seemed to be many many years her senior, she listened eagerly for advice.

"When something truly and utterly challenges you. Sometimes it's not enough just to stay within your comfort bubble. You have to understand that sometimes you have to try and reach for something that will be not just a single tool you can use, but a path." That was a true statement, but she wondered what this path for herself would be. She had relied mostly on the path of Kido seeing she had lacked physical strength and was not the most skilled with martial arts. Odayakama blinked as she stood still. Shizuyoko seemed to begin to punch in the general direction of the wall of the medical barracks but yet did not assault the wall itself. The technique was supposed be a “door” of some sorts, and that interested Senshi. She thought of all of her techniques and had decided that maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea to find new and creative ways to use her Kido for different purposes other than what they had been designed for. The Shinigami had looked down at her feet shuffling them before looking to the snake woman in front of her. She was starting to sound like one of those Sensei from movies like the Karate Kid or maybe the Sorcerer's Apprentice. She had watched her closely to see what her gestures and movements were for. She listened closely as well to see what wisdom she had to display.

“WILL IS EVERYTHING!” She didn’t expect for suddenly the nearby wall to be destroyed with sheer speed and force in rapid motions. Odayakama Senshi flinched as a few stray pebbles scattered across the room. Shizuyoko looked to her and seemed pleased with herself, but one thing was for sure. The medic that entered the room was not happy at all with the way Shizuyoko punched a hole in the wall and trained inside of the medical barracks. That was the most interesting thing yet that had happened since she woke up. Shizuyoko then turned to her and said that she was a stud. Senshi couldn’t help but burst into a small laughter at that before she saw her Zanpakutou in the corner of the room. Shizuyoko had said learning techniques wasn’t enough and that it was all about how it was applied. She couldn’t argue with that logic. Shizuyoko sat in mid air again. Shizuyoko was certainly an interesting and kind individual at heart. Senshi had walked to the right corner of the room as she grasped her Zanpakutou in her hands. She stared into it with contemplative eyes as she disciplined her mind. The sword was her, and she was the sword.

“Arigato Shizuyoko-Chan. However, if this is the case I request that I am able to become your friend and spar with you again. I’m going to change my ways. I felt that when I fought, I showed nothing but prejudice and malice in the battle. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me for that. I realize that what I did was wrong, and I will make sure that I will never let my emotions get the best of me in a battle. I would like to invite you for a meal paid by me sometime. Senshi had saw her uniform was tattered and essentially ruined, but it far better than wearing nothing at all. She had turned to Shizuyoko slowly before attempting to get her come down, and then would wrap her in a hug. It was a friendly hug as Senshi had then released the embrace looking into the woman's mysterious eyes. It was then that Senshi looked up to the ceiling before turning and shaking the nausea she had remaining. “Care to maybe help me after I get a change of clothes and we maybe go eat?” Senshi had smiled slightly as she felt that for her time and advice, Shizuyoko deserved...something.

The sword had spoken to her in that brief moment she held it across from her, and she had made note to apologize later to Shonin Joka personally. She had fixed up what torn clothing she had before looking to the woman curiously. "What do you like to eat Shizuyoko-Chan?" Odayakama Senshi had straightened her hair before licking her dry and chapped lips. How long was she out for anyways? Shizuyoko did say that she was waiting there for some time to see if she was alright. Senshi would find out later as all she was concerned about at the moment was befriending the person in front of her. Senshi had wanted to change for the better and hopefully make a new aqquaintance. Besides, she would be an excellent training partner to work with.

[Shizuyoko Toraumi]

Shizuyoko smiled softly, pleased that at the very least Senshi was not only recovering, but developing past that anger she had shown during the spar. shizu didn't bother to resist when the woman wrapped those arms around her, gladly hugging them back and even smiling brightly as the younger shinigami laid out their intentions to become Shizu's friend and to establish themselves as sparring partners. It did take a moment for shizu to consider before she spoke.

"I suppose a meal is an acceptable form of Payment." She mused, and admittedly took a moment to look Senshi over, ehr eyes taking in everything. "However, that will have to wait for another time." She noted, turning her head slightly as if looking off to some far-away place. But really Shizu was listening. Listening to the distant sounds of panic and confusion down the hall.

She was here in order to look after Senshi of course. But that was not her only reason for being here. She'd gotten an assignment. A little...side-project to do while she was in the squad four barracks. A certain target that had survived the last Omnitsukido agent that had run into them. An error that the blonde had corrected while Senshi was recovering. " For now I have training that I've been kinda neglecting the past few days." she noted with a sheepish smile. "My squad has a lot of work heh, So I'll have to see you around yea?"

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

Shizuyoko returned the hug the redhead gave her and Senshi embraced the form of physical affection before releasing her hold. Senshi suddenly felt sick from anesthetic again. It was then she realized how odd her tongue felt. It was cut off wasn't it? Stepping over to the vomit pail, she heeled over for a second not thinking about food or much anything else as a mixture of green and brown had been puked out from her mouth. Looking at everything made her feel more sick. Maybe she needed to close her eyes and get some more sleep before she left.

She coughed before tasting the mix of medicine and whatever else was in her before gagging. After this heaving moment was done with she sat on the bed looking a smidgen more pale she had before and a little more tired. Senshi then suggested a meal which Shizuyoko seemed to consider and said it seemed to be a proper payment. However, it seemed it would have to happen sometime in the future as she had to go and do some training. That was understandable as Shinigami were busy all the time. Senshi herself was busy at times although she also had a LOT of spare time. 

Giving her a thumbs up, she laid on the bed again as the yells of confusion eluded her. She didn't have the mindset it energy right now to deal with any issue like that. “Come get me when you don't have so much work to do. After I recover I need to make my report and go train for awhile myself.” Senshi would wave her friend off as she lay there groaning and falling back into unconsciousness. She needed to seriously up her training regimen if she was going to be worth anything to Soul Society and to survive. She thought back to her experience with Col the Arrancar and found herself clenching her fist. She would work harder to get there, she would. 

[Johnwaluigi]

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+220 CTP to Senshi Odayakama

+180 CTP to Shizuyoko Toraumi, Hyaku Shikon mastered.