(JT/ NDE) Catching Up

[Musuhina Kesshino]

A nice warm breeze brushed against the trees as Musuhina walked through the forest near the Rukongai. It was a beautiful day with only a few clouds in the sky, sun shining brightly through the treetops, the little animals carrying out their day and the flowers and grass was growing as healthy as always. Musuhina had sent a message to Senshi about a sparring match in the forest to she how she improved since their first run-in with each other. She decided to wear her usual black tank top and gray skirt. She also wore Shinku ko at her side, holding the red and white zanpakuto with a strong and barely visible black cord around her waist.

As she kept to her calm pace, she ventured deeper and deeper into the wilderness until she came across a narrow stream surrounded by a few boulders with only a few fish moving through it at a time. Figuring that this would be a good place to stop, Musuhina decided to take a seat on one of the boulder along the stream, slipping her shoes off and relaxing for a bit until Senshi would arrive, assuming she'd even accept her request. But until then, she decided to just cool her feet off in the stream while playing with her healing abilities a bit by using her healing aura on a few blades of grass to make them stand up more. Though waiting could be a bit boring if it's just her here. She though for a bit until she took a glance at Shinku ko before giving the zanpakuto a little smile.

She drew Shinku ko out of his scabbard before gently laying him across her lap with her hands on his blade. She focused her thoughts and began to let her mind slip out of reality. When she came to, she was inside of Shinku ko's bungalow in the middle of his jungle. Of course the only thing missing was Shinku Ko himself. So out of curiosity, she stepped outside to look for the little spirit herself with her real body appearing still. 

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

Odayakama Senshi found herself walking through the wilderness of Rukongai with a small smile adorning her face. This was going to be a nice day to relax or so she’d like to believe. She had been walking through the dense fauna of the woods as she paid no mind to the animals skittering about here and there. She was here for the reason of meeting with her briefly met friend Mushina. One of the few surviving medics of Squad 4. They briefly met quite some time ago, but now there was no better time to meet in a time of brief peace. Senshi found herself taking a breath of fresh air as she needed a break from most things of her life. Musuhina said she wanted to spar, most likely to get stronger and sent her where in the letter. That letter was burned after it was read.

The redhead found herself walking and hearing the sound of running water. There was a stream or a river somewhere nearby. The redhead decided to follow after it and take a brief rest, but it seemed coincidentally, Mushina was already there and resting by the looks of it. She was doing something to the grass and Senshi identified it as medical Kaido. She wasn’t the best at the art but she had procured some healing methods to help herself seeing it might come in handy in the future. She already knew it was handy when she was injured in training and needed to help herself a bit. No big deal.

She saw the medic draw her sword and enter a stance that was all too familiar with Senshi. She was communing in her inner world with her spirit most likely. So, in the meantime, Senshi would walk closer and look to the stream, She would lean against one of the trees and look out to the occupied medic as she sighed lightly. Life has been way harder than it should be lately, not that she was complaining, but things were getting hard in life. She wished things could be simpler what with all of these invasions and what not occurring. It was more chaotic...and Senshi liked order.

“Konichiwa Musuhina-Chan. It’s me Senshi. I’ve come at your beckon and I heard that you wanted to spar to get stronger am I right?” Senshi had slowly walked...seemingly not having changed much other than her age. She still wore the same oversized outfit, same hair style, same everything. Although, if Musuhina were observant, she might notice that a new addition was the blue silk scarf that Senshi decided to wear around her neck. The red headed woman had stepped closer and awaited a response as she tried to look happy.

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Stats:
Strength:(70x.75)= 52.5
Speed:250
Spiritual Pressure:280
Reiatsu Strength:(400x1.5)=600
Light Aura:75
Dark Aura:25
Instinct:100
Senses:100
Energy Sensory:0
Wound Expertise:0

Total:1200




Skills:
Analyzing:2
Learning:2
Weapons*:2[Swords]
Martial Arts*:2[Aikido]
Battle Analysis:2
Mental Enchantation:1
Pain Tolerance:2
Kido:1
14/16 SKP

[Musuhina Kesshino]

As she walked through Shinku Ko's forest, Musuhina was still astonished at how much life this little world could cram inside of it. As far as she knew, every zanpakuto had an element of ferocity underneath it all. But in here is seemed strangely subdued or repressed, almost like there was something underneath it all that she didn't know about. Then, from out of nowhere, the black haired girl felt a familiar thud on her shoulders "Wheee~!". Once the little spirit landed on her shoulder perfectly, Musuhina grabbed a hold of his ankles to keep him steady.



"And where have you been huh?!" she said as she tickled his belly, receiving nothing but a bunch of giggling from Shinku Ko. "C-come on! Lemme go!" he said trying to break free from her wrath, but Musuhina merely used one hand to hold his ankle in place as she continued. Eventually the little spirit tried to jerk free from her only to roll off of her shoulders with Musuhina swinging him in the air. "Oh no ya don't! You're not getting away that easy!" she said before tossing him up in the air, jumping up, and catching him. "Pffft as much as I like our games I think you've got more pressing issues.".


"Wait whadya mean by that?"



"I'll give you a couple guesses." he said, sticking his tongue out.



"Oh crap you're kidding right? Ugh I bet she's been waiting for so long!"



"Eh I dunno, you weren't around for that long."



Then with a poke of her nose and sudden "See ya~!", Musuhina snapped out of her trance, propelled back into reality. When she relaxed and came to her senses she her a familiar voice behind her. She turned around with a smile after standing up and dusting off her skirt. "Heya Senshi! It's been a while hasn't it?" she said with a wave and her zanpakuto in her right hand. From the look of her, it looked like Senshi didn't change much since they first met, apart from a few parts of her attire changing and...possibly a bit taller than last time.

"I'll admit I'm pretty glad you decided to come here. I've been meaning for a rematch since we tested out how well your muscled healed up last time." Musuhina said with a slight smirk and placing Shinku Ko in both of her hands. "Lets see how you've improved since last time!". Musuhina performed a quick flash step, appearing at Senshi's side. She was pretty confident in Senshi's instincts since she was more geared towards fighting then her, but if she didn't then she could always heal her up later. But nonetheless, she began her assault, focusing on a quick downward vertical strike before doing two sweeping horizontal strikes in an attempt to cover her openings. She would later make an attempt to keep her footwork solid, leaving one foot forward with the other just behind it. She would continue shifting her weight back and forth, putting what little weight she had to emphasize her offense and defense.

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Current Stat Point Total


Strength- (100 x -1.5) [50]

Speed- (50 x -0.5) [25]

Spiritual Pressure- 25

Reiatsu Strength- 25

Light Aura- 100

Dark Aura- 0

Instinct- (34 x 1.5) [51]

Senses- (34 x 1.5) [51]

Energy Sensory-0

Healing Expertise- (267 x 3.0) [801]

SP Bank: 535


Abilities



[Bleeding Tolerance] [1]

[Poison Resist] [1]

[Charisma/Leadership] [1]

[Mental Incantation] [1]

[Learning] [1]

[Weapons: Swords] [1]

[Analyzing] [1]

[Damage Recovery] [1]

[Strength of Will] [1]

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

As the seeming medic had snapped out from her meditation, Senshi had greeted Musuhina and received a greeting in return. It had been rather a long time ago since their last meeting and Senshi had to agree that it had been a long time since their last meeting. What has it been...200 some years ago? For a Shinigami, that was a pretty long time or so Senshi would like to believe. Anyways, she was here to actually spar based on what she was told. “It has been a long time Musuhina-Chan. Quite a long time.” She had trained harder since the last time and now she was hoping to see how much her medic friend had progressed in their time apart. She wasn't knowing much about the medic seeing they've just been too busy with their duties to actually have a formal meeting. They weren't really much of friends just yet as a result of that. Hopefully that could change. 

The woman in front of her had drawn her Zanpakutou by the looks of it from its sheath. Musuhina was apparently looking forward to getting a rematch with Senshi and seeing how much she’s grown since the last time. The medic did a flashstep to appear by Senshi’s side...although which wasn’t clear. The medic had swung and with the redhead’s superior speed and instincts, she grasped the tip of the Zanpakutou with her bare hand and held it there. “That isn’t a very good way to greet people Musuhina-Chan. I didn’t even get time to draw my Zanpakutou.” Senshi wasn't so shy anymore by the looks of it as her eyes were just a glassy cerulean.

Senshi had then pushed the blade outward before showing she had no cuts on her hand whatsoever. “I’ve grown a lot stronger since we last met Musuhina-Chan. A lot stronger.” Although despite that being the truth, she felt more weak and pathetic than ever. She needed to break the barrier of her weaknesses and fight against those that were stronger in order to improve herself. All those losses she had in the past, she was going to move past those finally and move on with her life. “How much have you grown since we last met Musuhina-Chan?” She was truly curious on how the medic had grown in combat capabilities in order to protect herself.

She stopped restraining her spiritual energy as it was suddenly much much larger than it was when Musuhina and Senshi first met. It felt quite a bit stronger as well. “You’re going to need to become much stronger seeing the medical division has taken a big hit in the most recent invasion. So I hope that maybe I can make you a bit stronger in that regard. Come at me and show me what you’ve got Musuhina.” Senshi drew her Zanpakutou from her scabbard before swinging it once experimentally with her left hand. She was ready now for the spar. Now this was how their training was going to kick off.

[Musuhina Kesshino]

Hardly to Musuhina's surprise, Senshi had not only reacted well to her offense, but due to their difference in spiritual pressure, managed to stop her swing altogether. She slowly backed her zanpakuto out of her grasp before taking two steps back while listening to Senshi's words to reset some distance between them. "Sorry" she said with a bit a bot of an awkward smirk "I guess I'm a bit more eager for sparring than I thought, and you probably shouldn't be too surprised at that. Unless if you're enemy is very honorable, don't expect them to just wait for you to draw your sword.". As Senshi spoke to her, she swung her zanpakuto at Musuhina from the left. The black haired girl jumped back before swinging her zanpakuto to beat back Senshi's swing.

Once Musuhina landed on her feet, she gave her a confident smirk as she jumped into the trees. She figured that she wouldn't stand much of a chance in a head to head fight so she had decided to adopt a more indirect method of fighting to gain the upper hand. She would continue to keep her distance while cutting down several branches to keep Senshi distracted. She kept on the move, jumping from tree to tree and continuing this process before finally cutting one tree limb in half and jumping down with it. With the tree limb falling, Musuhina had planned to use the momentum of her landing to deliver a sweeping kick, putting Senshi flat on her back after she cut the falling obstacle in her path.

If she would use her flash step to avoid it, then Musuhina would follow up with a quick flash step of her own behind her before applying more pressure with a few swings of her zanpakuto. Either way, she would keep up with a strong offense in an attempt to push Senshi's reactions further and further. Though if she ended up failing, as she figured she would, then she would have to take drastic measures in order to win. She would use her regeneration to one of it greatest uses; she would catch and grip Senshi's zanpakuto after burying it into her side before bringing the tip of her own zanpakuto near her opponent's chest.

Though Senshi's words had definitely taken root into her mind. Kuroi Naito, that masked maniac had nearly destroyed her squad as well as several others. Musuhina was torn apart the day that she had heard the news that her barracks had been destroyed along with countless medical records and knowledge. The whole experience had punched a massive hole in her chest. It was on that day that she swore herself to one cause above all else; See that squad 4 was restored in full along with the others. Either it was going to happen through someone-else or with her own two hands. And much like her final plan of attack, she was willing to risk every last piece of herself to do it.