Cross Division Sparring

He listened but Yahiko had already considered what had to happen. He proved the holes in his game were larger than anticipated. Making fighting Kuro a dangerous proposition at the moment. Training alone with this one would help cover them. Perhaps next time he would be more inclined to use something. He'd been considering how to fight his enemies. His Aunt got by without ever using a Zanpakuto. Something in that spoke to him reminded him to push harder. That Shunko could be taken much further. His Aunt had proven that forms existed beyond the base. His Hakuda needed more training but he also needed practice. To further his understanding of Shunko and it's transformative effects. Yahiko took the candy, eating it without saying much as he stood up. Something brought him an idea about this situation. He would fight Shinryu again when he finished perfecting something. His technique and skills needed to grow. But not in the way most people thought, Yahiko had experience wielding his base form. But what he didn't have was releasing it into its next stage.

The heat didn't bother him given the way he ate on earth. Yahiko understood something key and important. Using his Zanpakuto powers alone wouldn't avail him. He needed something further and developing into his aunt's techniques. He began to see the chinks in his plan thus far. He needed something for those techniques which stopped combat. Mastery of his sword and how many it could do. These were nice elements but could be further improved. "Given me something to think on..I think I'll head home for now. I'll return when I have something..concrete to show you." Yahiko said as he walked away. His foot worked fine indicating further. This wasn't just one thing but many things. He would need a counteractive measure for that. Something to get around that poisoning of the air. Perhaps that was the key in truth, his Shunko was the power to focus upon. His Zanpakuto and skills within it were passable. He couldn't progress further beyond his Shikai. Not yet, more remained to be done in this sense.


Yahiko knew the next stage was going to be rough and important. He would consider going to his Aunt. But he doubted she wished to be involved in this. She was mourning his uncle's passing. It would be something he did alone for now. Something that let him dive deep into Shunko, deeper then his Aunt had. And go as far as possible. With the Wind element, he'd been blessed with. Had his mother remained alive he likely would have trained in his Shunko. Until he was this age and continued training. She believed it was the perfect Martial Art in of itself. Hakuda and Shunko, those would be his aces. He would change himself and grow before returning to fight this Captain again. Combat would be his objective to make him go all the way. If he could press him if only a bit his chances again Kuro were better.