Fighting In Fields Of Gold [Closed]

Kaminari gave a weak smile as he tried helping her. As he apologized, she was actually sort of excited to have him show that he might care about her well being. The moment he stopped and let her go, a saddened look entered her eyes and she just looked away. He started talking again, and she looked back towards him. Kaminari watched him and was able to ignore the pain she felt in her chest for a short while. She took in a deep breath and took note of his advice. She nodded and couldn't agree more about ending the training where they were now. Finally she felt like she was able to relax after a lot of information was forced into her brain.

Kaminari held her stomach and began walking towards the rocky tunnel they had entered this place with. She was moving slowly, thinking rather hard when suddenly a voice came to her head. "KAMINARI!" she heard a family voice scream out. She raised her hand to her head and closed her eyes. Visions of Lira shot through her mind. Memories of that horrifying day, the day she lost her best friend because of something she could not stop or control.

"I.. can't... stop..." she mumbled under her breath where he could NOT hear her and straightened her back. Her posture quickly became more erect and she turned back to him with a new found determination in her eyes. "I won't stop." she thought to herself and walked back over to him. Stopping three feet away from him, she looked up at him and shook her head. She wanted to continue. Pushing her right foot back, she brought up her fists, showing that she was still ready to fight. She refused to back down now.

He'd previously told her to leave him behind, after all he wanted a little bit more time to observe this gorgeous place. Redd had turned his back from her, his eyes roaming this middle-earth like area where everything seemed to live in harmony. He began to speak to Chizana the second he though she was out of earshot-- not wanting to tease her with his abiltity to do so, seeing as she hadn't yet gained the power of her shikai. While he could just as easilly speak to his zanpaktou in the privacy of his mind he preferred to talk to her outloud.. even if it was quietly, it just made it feel a bit more natural to him.
"Isn't it wonderful?"
He spoke with a breathy amazement lingering in his voice half-gasping as he did so.
Awwwh does wittle wedd wike the pwetty fwowerrrrrs?
A female voice cooed at him in a whimsical voice that was only present inside his own head.
" What a clever, clever girl you are, Tell me how long have you been waiting to say that? a month ? god you're smart
He shot back in a sarcastic tone that faded in and out of a serious one.
It seems flowers aren't the ONLY thing you like
Redd pursed his lips. It made no sense why he even bothered, she always won small bantered arguments like this. After all she did have the upper hand, a first row seat to every though that was vocalized inside of his head at any point in any given time. He couldn't even tell when she was watching. Apparently, he wasn't the only master in stealth around here.
He turned as the shush of the tall grass being squished came into earshot behind him. The girl hadn't done much else besides shake her head at him, and assume a fighting stance.
Redd was no idiot, it could only mean she wanted to fight.
His face lit like fire works at her actions. He bounded forward grabbing each of her hands in his own. He hadn't held back on his speed this time he pushed her hands down to her sides accordingly.
Lets try something different shall we ? After all Hakuda isn't the only part of being a shinigami of squad 2
He winked at her in saying this- the piece of fruit flavored gum popping as he smiled at her, continuing to chew, at the same time refraining from letting her seeing the inside of his mouth.
He plucked his zanpaktou from the ground, unsheathing it as he did so. He then pushed his sword into the ground afterward
"Now its time to work on your zanpaktou ability."

Kaminari heard only a few words being spoken as she stepped back towards him, but didn't know who he wast talking to. It only took her a second to realize he was speaking to his Zanpakutō, but this only made her smile and she still went to stance. Kaminari was never the type of girl to get angry or jealous because someone was able to do something that she was not. These were actually the type of people she preferred to keep as friends and learn from. Still, she didn't have or try to make friends, so she wondered whether he'd want to be one.

As he so suddenly dashed towards her, she tensed slightly and her eyes widened. She definitely was not expecting him to grab her hands and placed them down at her side. Trying something different, she didn't mind that either. She watched as he brought out his Zanpakutō and placed it into the ground. She reached back behind her and grabbed onto the hilt of hers. As she unsheathed it, this time it did not separate into the two swords it normally would. She prevented this and mimicked his movements by placing her sword into the ground as well. She stared down at her Zanpakutō for a second with a look of confusion, but smiled happily when she realized what they were going to do.

"My Zanpakutō Ability? My Shikai?!" she thought to herself in a burst of realization and felt a rush of excitement fly through her. She did her best to contain herself, fighting the urge to jump at him and hug him as a way of thanking him. She didn't know how he would react, so she just stood there with excitedly wide eyes and waited for him to tell her what she needed to do. She tried to bring out her Shikai a few times before, but failed miserably at it, so this was slightly refreshing. It was nice to have someone so willing to teach her.

The male sucked in a deep breath, and forced it out shortly afterwards-- both through his nose.
"Lets get started shall we ?"
He timbered over backwards, flopping onto the ground-- the tall grass shushing in protest as he crushed the likes of their small stature. He went on to pat the ground next to him-- signaling for her to move a bit closer.
" When you learn a zanpaktou's name your hearts merge-- you become one.. that is the definition of shikai"
He sat up Pulling Chizana from the ground, not a crumb of dirt remained on it as it was ejected from the earth. He twisted and turned the zanpaktou in his hands.
" Shinigami most commonly learn thier zanpaktou's name in times of great danger, but as you can imagine, seeing as there is not usually an antagonist which the gotei 13 can't handle-- quite a few of us now a days are useing jinzen"
He waited for a short amount of time, observing the young girls features
Jinzen is the training method that involves a shinigami venturing into thier zanpaktou's inner realm and confronting them-- for our purpouses you will just be learning your zanpaktous name-- which they may or ma not be reluctant to give to you depending on thier personality, but for higher release stages such as bankai you will need to fight your zanpaktou spirit and it will not be easy... or so I've heard
He took a deep breath-- asa his previous sentence had been spoken on one alone and as he neared the end of it his voice seemed to die down.
Jinzen is essentially meditation where you try to reach out to your zanpaktou and that is what you are going to do now. Close your eyes and concentrate.
He stood-- twirling his shikai around as it it was a baton-- due to his own shikai ability this action was second nature- the steady whoosh of metal forcing air from its path as it spun filled the ears of the female who remained sitting near his feet as he circled around her. His zanpaktou created a silver circle-- who's center was one of gold and yellow streaks-- a small Redd tuft of string hung from the golden bottom of the hilt-- ending in a knot that continued to dangle near the middle. His Grey-ish attire fluttered about his from loosely His karate uniform styled clothing. seemed to be as much alive as the stunning medow surrounding them. Redd didn't stop encircling her-- it was fascinating to observe someone else's shikai process and in truth he feared he was distracting her.

As a test he slowly raised a foot in the air that moved towards her head-- this was done at a casual speed and -- at the most, would annoy her which he was ready to deal with.. he had a test in mind

Kaminari watched him with curiosity, and once signaled to she moved closer to him, stopping on the part of the ground he had patted. She turned towards her Zanpakutō and took in a deep breath, letting it out through her nose. She kept her eyes on it for a moment and assumed that it was able time for her to start. She straightened her posture, keeping her back straight as she rested her hands on her knees. Closing her eyes and relaxing, she began to concentrate on connecting herself with her Zanpakutō, trying to get it to speak with whom ever it may be.

While trying to concentrate, she thought it was going to be silent, but it was not. A certain person was walking around her, making noise and doing something she had yet to take a look at. She opened one of her eyes just barely to see him circling her. "Eh..." she thought in a rather irritated way, but calmed herself down and moved on. Soon, she felt he was not going to stop and opened her eye once more, watching him for a second with a glare in her eyes and then closed her eyes again. "Stop iiiiit. I can't concentrate when you do that Redd..." she thought to herself again and then took in a deep breath, trying to push out any sound from her mind.

For a moment she thought that she was close to doing it. She felt something pulling at her for a slight moment and got slightly excited and unfortunately caused her to lose her concentration. Getting slightly irritated now, she suddenly felt a foot touch the back of her head. She jumped to her feet as quickly as she could and pointed rather evilly at him. Her eyes were wide with annoyance and she looked like she wanted to say something, but she refused to.

Kaminari paced back and forth for a moment in frustration, raising her arms over her head. She shook her head rapidly like this was just not going to work and then allowed her body to fall backwards. She landed in a patch of the golden flowers again, the pedals shooting up and over her body. A breeze carried them away. Seeing those flowers kept her mind at peace, but she was still frustrated. She turned her head to face her Zanpakutō, staring at it and wondering what she was doing so wrong.

Redd sighed as Kaminari thudded onto the floor, sitting down next to her.
"You've got to concentrate!"
He spoke in a stern tone- but it wasn't necessarily yelling, and in truth his only aim was to urge her on. It was a small dream of his that he would one day assist a member of his own squad in the learning of a specialized technique. He reseted his left hand on her shoulder.
"Deep breaths, Close your eyes and concentrate... call for the spirit of your zanpaktou-- you don't know thier name yet but you could just as easily call them your sword.. MAKE them answer you"
He furrowed his brow as he spoke these words-- thinking back to the time that he himself Had learned his shikai and how taxing it had been the first few times.
"Go on"
He leaned backwards-- using his arms as pillars that would support him , having been placed begind his back they ran in diagnollines from his shoulders to the ground-- disappearing along with the rest of the bottom portion of his body.

Kaminari sat up when hearing his words and moved closer to her Zanpakutō. She decided that it was about time to try something. He said to concentrate. She had been doing that. Calling out for her Zanpakutō's name. She had been doing that as well. She assumed that it must have been the connected that kept them apart. So, she took a deep breath and stood up on her knees. She placed her forehead against the hilt of the sword and slowly let it out. She once again began concentrating and using her heart, mind, and soul to call her Zanpakutō forward. This time the pull was much stronger. She almost felt like her body was being pulled by some sort of current, yet she did not move.

Kaminari slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She was no longer in the place that she and Redd were training in. This land was much different. It was dark, painted with dark reds and pinks. The land was like a grass-less valley. Off in the distance she saw dead trees and other shapes. She took in a deep and relaxing breath once a nice cool breeze blew through the area. This comforted her, even though she was slightly confused by the way this place looked. "Is this really my inner world?" she thought to herself, sort of confused. She always thought she was more of a light person, but seeing this she began to wonder.

On the outside, in the 'real' world, her body dropped back down to the floor into a sitting position. Her arms hung limply down by her sides and her head was dropped forward the moment she entered her inner world. Finally she was in.

Spoiler:

------------------------------------------------------------SHIROKA POV----------------------------------------------------------

Shiroka sat no more than a couple of feet away from the bank of the small blue river than had intertwined itself in her world. The white hair that came JUST shy of her kneese when staning rested on her lap-- drapeing over her thy's that were concealed with a Magenta colored Kimono. Orange vines, branches, and waves seemed to crawl their way up her dressy costume. These however turned into a purple-ish color that stopped at the bright pink waist band that kept this robe style clothing closed.

She twirled the small purple flower in the fingers of her left hand just a few inches from her face-- she'd kept her eyes closed savoring the smell before placing it in her hair. It scared her how much she loved that flower.. But it did make sense, after all it was the only living thing here and it was all hers-- she never parted with it and doubted she ever would. The light blue bow shook itself in her hair as she turned to look at a confused Kaminari who stood with her back towards her-- not 15 feet away.

The girl pushed herself from the ground-- shoulders back, chin up. she walked forward with a look on her face that said murder. Shiroka only just begun to get closer before she cleared her throat. She blinked her grassy green eyes slowly-- in a content and comfortable way that made it seem like she was sure in everything she did. Her pale skin and bright white shone, taking on the color of the sky slightly, tingeing towards a purple-pink.
"Here at last"
She said with a meek smile that completely contradicted her earlier attitude and appearance.
It seems you've come a long ways.. I'm proud of you.
Shiroka turned from the girl looking back at the river-- that was more of a creek really, watching as it flowed smoothly not a break in its mirror like surface would be found.
" I know what you've come here for.. the question is are you ready for it?"

Kaminari kept looking around until she saw anything of life. There was nothing. At least that was until she laid her eyes on a young woman with white hair and glowing green eyes. She seemed to be fond of a flower that she had took in the scent for and then placed it in her hair. As the woman walked closer towards Kaminari, she glanced her up and down, taking in the designs of the beautiful kimono that the woman wore, along with her posture and demeanor. She was taken slightly aback by the look in the woman's eyes, still wondering how this would be her inner world and this intimidating woman being her Zanpakutō's Spirit.

When studying at Shino Academy, she had learned that the Zanpakutō's spirit, power, and especially the inner world were supposed to, in some way, reflect the inner soul of the person wielding them. Was this woman and herself more alike than she first assumed just because of the way she looked? Oh well. This was her. She was definitely going to do what she could to learn from her and hopefully become powerful. She turned her body fully to face the woman and took in a deep breath. She listened to her words and then slowly let a breath out.

"What is your name?" Kaminari asked in her usual calm voice. She was in control at the moment, which was obviously not very intimidating at all. She spoke in a raspy whisper, her voice seeming as if it was rarely used, which obviously it wasn't. At this point she just truly wanted to know the name of her Zanpakutō.

Shiroka moved in closer-- her arms swinging at her side, she walked with purpose and it showed.
Her expression was laced with one of fury as she neared the girl. She raised her hand as if to caress her, but gave the female a rude awakening when she slapped her instead.
"SPEAK"
Shiroka's eyes searched those of the shinigami before her.
Did you really think it was going to be that easy? you would just ask and I would tell? No challange at all?
She snorted
I'm better than that YOU'RE better than that... Now speak
She paused for a moment saying the last phrase in a much softer and nicer tone than the one she'd been using before. Placing her hands in front of her-- dripping one another ina polite manner.
I don't mean to be so blunt but this is kind of a big deal I can't just tell you my name.. you have to earn it. You have to get over what keeps you from speaking, You have to get over the reason you haven't been able to talk to me and you have to do it now.... Or I may never give you another chance..."
She looked down solemnly as if hat she'd just said wasn't her choice at all but the decision of someone who had power over her and in fact.. it was.. It was Kaminari's choice. and what ever she picked she would have to live with for the rest of her life- with or without Shiroka