Training a Captain

"So many candies? For me? Ah you shouldn't have-"

The raining shower of various sugar coated delights soon dispersed as he was awoken by a Hell Butterfly fluttering on his head. He blinked for a few moments at the message while regaining his bearings. Another Captain's test? Seemed like things were shaping up in an interesting manner it would seem. Shin himself stretched slightly as he looked over the desk of paperwork and sighed. One of the people he had interest in seemed to be the one getting promoted. And with that thought, he sighed to himself, picking up the folder he had on her and proceeded to Shunpo towards the training grounds for a moment as he arrived there, curious as to what would happen next as he shrugged his shoulders and yawned while waiting for things to get started, leaning up against a building and holding the folder in hand labelled with her name, which would be curious as it meant Shin got it on his own as the information was only delivered to Tetsuya for this test in particular.

The breeze rustled through the shinigami's bright red hair as she rested atop the barracks, her eyes looking outwards in to the sky. Small horns could be seen just poking out of her hair as the wings behind her stretched slightly. Curled around a sheathed blade, her red scaled tail swished behind her as her feet swung back and forth over the edge of the roof. It was almost time for her, for she, Tessa Morrowend, had been called upon to come to the Unabara compound for training. Now, that simply wasn't an offer she was willing to push away, but it did worry her. Why would the Unabar persue her training? She had tried to do her best to keep her abilities a secret, hide it from others. Had she failed? Had the recently awakened Cogimo seen her bankai and revealed its existence to others? Or was there some other way they knew? Still, she would attend this training, if only to strengthen herself. So, with a smirk across her lips, Tessa pushed her legs off the building, wings snapping out as she took flight before she vanished in a quick flash step, appearing a short ways from the training area she had been pointed to in the earlier missive.

Her wings snapping shut as she landed on her feet, her tail curled closer to her body, hiding her zanpakto from immediate view while still being within easy reach if she needed to draw it. Walking slowly towards the training area, her eyes narrowed as she noticed the two people there. One she was unsure of, she thought she remembered him from... ah, wasn't he the recently promoted squad two captain? Yea, that had to be it. The other, well it was his reitsu that had truly led her here. Of course she knew this man, it was the one who had sent her the missive, the one who would train her. Standing at the entrance, she inclined her head slightly towards the two but never took her eyes off of them. These men were dangerous, dangerous in ways that had her extremely wary of them. No, for now she would just see what they had planned, and so she raised her voice to them.

"You wished for my presence?"

"What he said. I'm here to potentially assist in your training and as another eye. The eyes of Gotei are as sharp as mine it seems."

Shin said with an absent thought as, though he seemed like he wasn't interested, he was. He was just being himself as usual and cracked his knuckles together before opening his own folder he had on her. He perused it to note her pertinent talents. Of which, she liked long range kido combat. Which, he knew from these dolls, would suck. And he simply smirked as he had a thought to amuse himself at her determination and gullibility at the same time. Tetsuya wouldn't agree with the idea but it was one Shin felt was worthwhile to test. And to amuse himself.

"Oi, I've fought those things before, they hurt like a bitch. Try and not let it kick your ass too much. A little advice: It hits hard so try not to let it hit you. Go for long range combat. Especially Kido. These things hate Kido."

Shin said as he then glanced at Tetsuya as he said this. He knew that Tetsuya would not really agree with Shin's method but sometimes, the hard way was the best way. And seeing if she was overly obedient versus self reliant and acting on her own intelligence was also key. So Shin justified his bemusement with that logic. It had truth but he was honestly just amusing himself at her cost. He figured Tetsuya would eventually correct him and since Tetsuya got to know Shin's mannerisms some, he'd understand part of his logic. And also know it was him being a dick also. So both were valid and Tetsuya would not be happy but, Shin would do as he saw fit to make this effective. Doll was good at training particular traits but, if she didn't have the skills to deal with it, she'd have to learn other ones.

Captain? They wanted her to become a captain? Tessa’s eyes narrowed, her arms folded behind her in a casual way, but in reality they gripped upon the hilt of her blade. They obviously knew more than she had thought, but it would be foolish of them to think that she would simply accept this situation. No, that certainly wasn’t how this was going to go.

“Captain? Why are you promoting me, a simple unseated member, directly to the position of Captain?”

In truth she had long denied any offers of promotion, she simply did not want to be higher up in the chain of command. The only think she cared for was to strengthen herself, and taking the seat of Captain wouldn’t give her any inherent ability to increase her strength. Letting the thought pass, she simply continued her questions.

“Wouldn’t that seem odd, and others might not think me capable of filling such a high position? Besides, are you sure I have the qualities that are necessary to be a captain, not to mention the personality that would make a good leader? Almost anyone who knows me can tell you about my impulsive and rash behavior at times.”

Turning to look at what was to be her partner, she raised an eyebrow in question. To have her fight a doll, what were they thinking? She was quite the capable combatant, even she couldn’t deny that, and it would be obvious to those higher up. So for her to face the doll, it would have to possess something that would give it a significant advantage over her. The only thing she could possibly think of was either a way to neutralize the powers of her birth, and ice based capability, or a way to negate her kido. Tilting her head slightly as she listened to the advice of the other one who was here, a smirk on her face as he finished his speech. Given his words, it was most likely that it had the ability to deal with her kido somehow. After all, she wasn’t a complete fool, and she had certainly notice the smirk he had made before. Well, she wasn’t going to say no to a training session despite what they wished of her. Letting out a sigh, she looked around the area, noticing the sand that was the base of the training area before speaking up.

“Well, thanks for your advice sir, I’ll be sure to take it in to account, now how about we see what I can do against this doll?”

With those words spoken, strong wing beats shot her in to the air as she drew her zanpakto from its sheath, allowing her tail to hold the she at the end in order to give her a free hand. Taking a huge breath in, she then exhaled a huge burst of flames, a cone of flames surging downwards towards the training ring. Due to the similarities between her flames and that of kido, it was likely that a doll resistant to kido would come out uninjured from her assault, and if the doll managed to reflect it back at her she would likely not have to worry due to her draconic ancestry giving her a strong resistance to flames. No, the true reason for this assault was the sheer spread of the attack. With how high in the air Tessa was, the flames would cover the whole entire training area, not just the doll. Without the doll’s abilities on the sand, flames would slam down upon it, turning the sand to molten glass. Letting her fire breath stop there, Tessa let herself lower to the ground, her wings flapping a bit to help the glass cool and settle before she landed.

Now, with a sheet of glass upon the ground, she smirked at the one who had said to use kido. She was situated a far distance from the doll, and it was time to see how he would deal with what she intended to do.

“So, you said to use kido, then here goes!”

Her tail slammed down in to the glass ground with such force that it cracked, shards of glass flying upwards between her and the doll.

“Hadō 1, Sho!”

Instead of targeting the doll, Tessa put all her kido expertise in to targeting the shards of glass with her kido, sending them flying towards her opponent as her legs bent and prepared to spring. Just as the glass was about to be within striking distance of the doll, she shot forward, her eyes wide and her pupils barely slits as the adrenaline pumped through her. Using shunpo to appear behind the doll, she pivoted easily as her blade came across in a horizontal slash towards the doll’s chest while her tail whipped forward from behind her in the opposite direction of her slash, attempted to trip the doll with the sheath of her zanpakto. Once her two attacks had finished, she quickly utilized shunpo again to move off to the side and out of the way of the flying pieces of glass she the doll manage to dodge them. Adrenaline pumping through her body, Tessa did not notice as the horns upon her head doubled in length, clearly visible now, and dangerously sharp claws grew from her nails. Red scales covered her entire body, even her face, as her eyes slowly morphed to a yellow hue. A crazy grin was upon her face as she faced down the doll. For once she could fight without restraint, without care, she could do what she wanted to that thing, it was only a doll. She would rip it apart, incinerate its part, kill it, DESTROY IT!!

Without even realizing that she had entered her more draconic form, an ability born from her mixed blood and unique to her, she rushed forward again. It was unlikely that the doll would be able to recognize this form like it could those of shikai, bankai, the basic Shinigami releases, for this was not a release of her zanpakto. Plowing forward like an animal, Tessa used shunpo to clear the distance between the doll and herself. Planting her foot, she sent a punch forward as hard as she could. With her poor ability at hand to hand combat, it was no wonder the attack was easily read due to how much she telegraphed it. However, it wasn’t the only attack coming. As her hand rushed outwards, her tail whipped out from behind her again, this time without the sheath of her blade, and attempted to wrap around the doll’s leg. Being a limb of almost sheer muscle, she attempted to use her strength to rip the limb out from under the doll and throw it to the ground just as the punch would have connected. Should this succeed, her other hand would come down towards the form of the doll as it hit the ground, claws intent on raking through the doll’s face. Once this assault was finished, she once again used shunpo to disconnect from her opponent, appearing upon the edge of the training area on all fours, wings stretched out fully and her tail twitching back and forth behind her.