One afternoon in the peach garden [Closed]

Landen would almost want to whistle at her as he watched her go but found for whatever reason he wanted to respect the girl. What the fuck is wrong with you.... are you bitching out on me man?! He would think, berating himself at the idea of wanting to be respectful. No woman had ever managed to make him be respectful. Not in this life at least. In his short life in the world of living he had fallen in love with a woman but couldn't remember her features, couldn't recall her name. He just remembered her hair, her hair that was so close to the girl before him's hair. It was almost haunting.

Shaking the thought off he found his focus just as the attack came, an ice based attack. He watched the projection of its course and found she had aimed off of his being, almost as if on purpose. The orb of ice past over him and exploded in the air right behind him. A huge blast of mist went up, hiding his frame for a moment in the icy explosion. When it cleared the woman could see Landen's back to her and a large glass like barrier gleaming off of the sun light and still vibrating softly from the force of the ice attack. She's got serious potential. Knowing my higher level of kido she aimed to hit me with her attack by having it appear to go past me, making it look like a far shot, only to have it explode like a grenade behind me. She'll be worth it if I can actually get some training into her. She might even be able to fight on the front lines. He thought to himself rapidly before snapping his fingers and the glass wall barrier shattering into countless pieces. He would turn to face her, brushing minuscule fragments of ice off of his shoulders and shaking it out of his hair before it could all melt.


"That was pretty good, some nice thought and serious talent went into it. I think we can make you blossom given we spend enough time together." he said, not thinking about it until afterward. We spend enough time together?! He thought, wanting to headbutt the tree behind himself in frustration, he could feel the Hollow inside him flick it's tail in amusement. It wanted to come out and spur this training along, wanted to push this girl to her breaking point and possibly kill her if she failed.

Clearing his throat he would remind it of their pact, that he would let the beast out on the battlefields. He would trust it there but here he still had his reserves for justifiable reasons. The beast let it go at that and quietly went back to observing. "Erm.. what I meant was enough time together training, not like us being together. Ya know, you're not really my type anyways." He'd say, crossing his arms and sticking his chin up in the air. He wanted to be tough, act like he wasn't attracted to her but the truth was that already this girl he claimed wasn't his type made him want to spend his very little free time with her.

What the fuck is going on with me.... He thought, thinking he was having a mid life crisis or some shit which wouldn't make sense at his rather young age of twenty three, appearance wise.

She was dead set on making him drop the act and honestly he was trying to, he didn't like to act tough when there was no need but it was ingrained into his being after so long out there. She was trying to flirt he reasoned, saying she probably was his type and something in his mind told him she was right. He knew if he dropped the shit she would be a good fit for him even though he had just met her. Something about her was different and just clicked in him, but he would fight it for as long as he could. He would hide from whatever attraction he had to her because it would only cause him pain in the end.

"You might be right, you might at least think you're right and think we would work well together but all I see is a fling when I look at you, some nice curves and large breasts." he responded, trying to sound mean and cold so she would drop the topic for now, " I am your Senpai, nothing more nothing less. You need to prove to me you are worth my respect and my time." His words coming out clipped and harsh.

Why the hell are you doing this man!? He yelled at himself on the inside. She was a pleasant girl and a good part of him wouldn't mind to see where this went but the cold part, the detached part told him this would end bad. He would either die and leave her to mourn or she would die one day and he would go insane. There is no happiness for a soldier like him, he had made that up many years ago.

Letting out a sigh he sat down next to here and grabbed the half ate peach from her before taking a bite, "I'm sorry for that but it's easier for both of us if I act tough. We've just met but for whatever reason i feel drawn to you and i know I would make it my duty to protect you at all costs which would mean I'm not protecting anyone else. For now it's just best if we continue our student and teacher relationship for now." He explained, handing her back the peach he bit out of with a wink and a smile. He would lay back down in the grass and watch the clouds.

She spoke a big game, telling him that living by the blade wasn't all there was in the world. He felt the need to laugh at that but suppressed himself before he offended her. This woman was trying to humor him, trying to find something to make him pause and he wasn't quite sure why. She was trying to tell him that he could grow without battle, manage to over come his hollow without conflict. She doesn't even know the fight He thought, feeling the beast purr inside his heart.

Once upon a time he hated the hollow, he refused to use its power. He refused to dawn his mask and accept its gifts and in doing so he deprived the hollow of its own growth, he treated the panther like he was a monster and by doing so he made him a monster. Agares had a blood lust, that much was true but it could be focused, it could be used for good and the hollow never stated it was an evil being, it just wanted to be allowed to exist.

Cracking his neck Landen looked up, spitting the pit of the peach out while punching a small hole in the earth beside him, the seed landing in the depression quietly before he forced dirt back over the hole. " It used to be that I wished to conquer and destroy Agares, but one cannot destroy ones self. He is as much a part of me as my Zanpakutō is, my feelings of rage, of lust, of pride, they all well up in the panther and his power is one I am not fond of losing. Sure he has his draw backs, he is a blood thirsty demon but he just wants to exist, he doesn't like being cast out of his own soul, being ignored by part of himself. Saying I can conquer him is liking saying I would conquer myself. I merely wish to live in harmony with him and we are getting there." He answered, his brown eyes fixating on her flawless face.

"The more I look at you, the more I am reminded of someone I feel that I knew in my previous life. I think it was someone important to me but until I remember I will just keep an eye on you, keep you safe." he said, nodding at his own words, more like a thought spoken aloud than a statement he should have made. With a yawn he laid his head back down and closed his eyes, And I thought today would be boring.