The next day came with clear skies and a warm breeze. Kaminari woke calmly, the events of the previous day allowing her to rest enough that morning was mostly welcomed. She took a bit longer than normal to get ready, her thoughts drifting back and forth to present time to her decision to train. When was this going to begin? With breakfast coming off the stove and on the table, the two occupants of the house enjoyed a quiet meal until Kaminari spoke up. She wanted to train and did not want to wait long to get started. His words from the previous day stuck with her. Her basics needed work. A Fifth Seat's basics should not need this much work. It was time for her to get off her ass and work. The decision had been made and they would start after they finished eating. Kaminari finished first, having both eaten less and rushed through her meal. She cleaned up most of the kitchen while Genpaku would take the time to finish eating. Once finished, made her way to the backyard to wait for him to join her. When he did, Kaminari was sitting at the far end of the yard with her back against the wall that surrounded Genpaku's property. She was a little lost in her own thoughts, but still looked ready. Though she didn't expect to need it, she did have her Zanpakutō lying on the ground at her side. When Genpaku came over, Kaminari looked up and gave a short nervous smile, allowing it to fade quickly after. "So..." she spoke as calmly as she could, "How does this work?" |
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Calming down wasn't going to be easy. She was anticipating failure and unless her mind went to something else, all she could do was fake it. She took a deep breath, stopped fidgeting, and nodded. She made sure to return a smile, but as he stood the smile faded. "Alright." Kaminari stood up and pretty much mimicked Genpaku's stretches. She tried to play it off, but she was mocking him at the same time. When he wasn't looking, she'd stick her tongue out at him, strike some stupid pose, or wiggle her arms like a moron. She didn't think stretching that important and it made her feel silly. Kaminari was finishing her mimicking as he turned to her. She quickly dropped the idiotic expression she had been using to mock him and raised an eyebrow at his compliment. "Doubt that." she stated bluntly. She thought on what she had been learning from Captain K. Saionji and rubbed the back of her head. "I... ran into walls, a lot." she muttered angrily and then blinked at him, "Say what now... Really? From like right here, or should I back up? A lot." "You're insane, but okay!" Kaminari took a step and vanished in a sharp blur. Her execution was decent, accuracy was fine, speed wasn't as high as you'd think it'd be for her, but that came from the hesitation. Her skill had improved thanks to Captain K. Saionji's training. She was no longer tripping over her own two feet and was able to control herself enough to hit her target location. However, stopping was an issue. Kaminari ended up about a foot from him and stumbled forward. She didn't trip or lose her balance. She was moving too fast for herself to stop on time. Genpaku caught her and she quickly recovered her balance. "Yeesh... Sorry." Kaminari's eyes narrowed and she looked back toward her original spot, muttering angrily to herself, "What in heaven am I doing wrong? That is so, so, so, so annoying! Reiryoku, check. Distance was fine..." Kaminari walked over to her original spot and pointed to Genpaku, "Don't move. I'm gonna do this right." She repeated the previous shunpo, only to stumble again. Once again, she was caught and there was a moment where she was about to rage, but she held that back. "What am I doing wrong!?" |
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"Yea, I don't know what I do wrong. It happens every time, unless I immediately do another shunpo afterwards. What kind of idiot can't do one?!" Kaminari's frustration rang out clearly in her voice as she threw her arms in the air in defeat. She sighed and then raised a curious eyebrow. "You think so?" Kaminari looked to her feet and pat them along the ground a few times, looking like a waddling duck. "Hm. Maybe. I thought something like that would make the ground explode, not make me fall on my face. At least..." her expression dulled, "...if it were Lilith the ground would explode." Kaminari crossed her arms, "That'd be a hell of a lot cooler. At least then I could make an entrance." Kaminari blinked at being told to try again, but nodded. She knew she was going to fail, but no reason not to continue, right? "You know, I thought you'd want to work on my hand-to-hand." Kaminari said as she took that step and vanished again. She was trying to make it to him like before. And like before, her technique was well done, her accuracy was good, but stopping the movement was throwing her off balance. It even seemed that the larger distance caused her to stumble more as she almost had her face hit the ground. Once again, she was caught and helped back to her feet. "Thank you." she said and then continued, "I figured Lilith would have complained about that, not my Hohō. Though you did mention my training with Captain K., so I guess it's not that surprising... Did you see why I mess up?" |
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Kaminari's expression fell again. She was hoping she'd be able to figure this out. Well, she was hoping that he could because she never could, and neither could Midori or anyone else who attempted to help her. She was disappointed and it showed. She was failing again. She looked around the yard after getting her new little mission. "Uh... Sure, okay. I can do that." Kaminari said and nodded, taking a second look around before making her first step. The exercise was done well and Kaminari succeeded at moving from wall to wall. She executed her movements very straight forwardly, without much style or grace, but nothing she did was done badly. She merely did not have her own style. As she returned to Genpaku, the momentum she had built up became her enemy and her stumble was fast. She appeared already mid-roll and somersaulted a couple times before stopping. "Ow, ow..." she whined and went to sit up, but decided against it. Instead, she laid there and flailed her arms and kicked her legs. "Why can't I get this right!" she yelled and turned to him, "I did everything else fine, right? I just can't stop. I don't get it!" |
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Kaminari gladly took the hand and was helped to her feet. "Thank you." she said with obvious frustration. She dusted herself off and wiped her hands against each other as she thought on what may have gone wrong. As usual, she sensed nothing. When he asked his question, Kaminari was taken slightly aback by it. "Huh?" she tilted her head in confusion and then looked over to her Zanpakutō, "It... hasn't really. I haven't heard it calling out to me. I'm not sure how else I'm supposed to talk to it if it doesn't talk to me. I am not even sure if it's at that stage yet. It's probably still an normal ol' sword. I don't know how to tell when it's shifted from powerless to Zanpakutō, if it even has." Kaminari turned her attention back to Genpaku. "Why'd you ask that? Do you think it has something to do with me failing at shunpo?" |
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His theory was one that Kaminari hadn't even thought of. She had never sensed anything within the sword she carried. It was just that, a sword. In fact, that was one of the very few things that people hadn't brought up. Others blamed her lack of control, her lack of technique, her lack of focus, and even blamed her energetic personality at times. Everyone always said it was something wrong with her. Not once had anyone even hinted at a semi-outside force messing with her, so she got to wondering. Was her sword now a Zanpakutō? Could she hear it calling her? "Thank you..." Kaminari said sincerely and gratefully, the relief in her demeanor quite obvious, "That's something new I can explore. And knowing you, you're probably right." Kaminari smiled, the energetic cheerfulness she normally had finally making an appearance. She was excited for this new found idea and ready to explore it, but... "Huh?" Kaminari's mind was torn from her thoughts on her Zanpakutō and went to hand-to-hand. She tried to remember what that word meant, but couldn't place it. It was on the tip of her tongue and before he could explain, she put a hand up. "No, no. I remember..." she knocked lightly on her head, "Isn't that the technique thingies? Like those drills we learned at the Academy?" Once she got her confirmation, she took some time to think about which one number seven was. "I think I remember the right one..." she muttered, took a deep breath, and then took her stance. Kaminari did her best to perform the kata he chose. The different strikes, blocks, and footwork were performed at a passable level, but were nothing impressive. Beyond that, she ended up doing number eight, not seven. Even though it was technically 'higher level,' Kaminari did not perform worse than she would have number seven. Her movements were straight forward, dull, and got the job done. She had no style of her own and almost seemed uncomfortable throughout it. Once she finished, she took a moment to glance off, "I don't like this type of stage. Was that okay?" |
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Kaminari knew she needed a lot of work and his words were chosen kindly. She didn't feel like she had in previous training sessions with other people. Lilith would have told her it sucked and insulted her for being this bad. Midori would have laughed and Kazuo would have just raised an eyebrow and asked what she had just did. This was a much better way for her to hear it. She merely nodded in return. "O-Okay, so it needs work. I-I'm not good at hand-to-hand, so that's not too surprising." she said with an embarrassed blush, "It nee-. I need to work on it, I guess." Of course her focus wasn't hand-to-hand. Kaminari focused on things she felt she could do. Rarely did she try something that was difficult or didn't come easy. She didn't have that type of determination, or the motivation to keep her going. "No, it's not. I prefer Kidō. Kidō comes naturally..." she said, her eyes shooting around the yard as she paced, "It's... easier." She stopped pacing at his next question and thought about it. "I don't know. I don't want to be as bad as I am, but I don't think it'll ever be my first choice. I know I need to work on it, a lot. I jus-. I don't know what I want anymore. Should I have more than one focus?" Kaminari continued her pacing, thinking on what Genpaku was telling her. "If I have to fight... I prefer Kidō." she said, unaware of the major rude awakening that would be coming in her future, "I actually enjoy using it. If not that, I am about as good at Zanjutsu as I am Hohō, but I need to work on them both. When it comes to Hohō, I want to be able to keep up with you one day. For Zanjutsu, I like feeling like a samurai, so..." Kaminari scratched at her blushing cheek, "I know the reason is childish, but it's fun. That idea is the only reason I'm as good at it as I am. Of course, Kidō sometimes makes me feel like wizard, so I kind of want to learn it all." "Since Hakuda is my worst skill and you're a genius at it, I wouldn't mind raising my skill in that first?" |
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Luckily for Kaminari, she was on the agile side and knew how to adapt pretty quickly. Making those adaptions second nature was a completely different story though. She stared the kata again and was quickly told to stop. She froze in place and went along with the adjustments he noted. The change in her footing was the most difficult; it just didn't feel natural to her, but she'd have to get used to it. The bending of her arm actually made the stance feel batter, so it would be easier to keep. Unfortunately though, the pivoting of her waist didn't get to complete... The initial hand on her hips didn't bother her. It was when he hit a nerve to turn her that Kaminari reacted. She hopped away from him, giggling like a maniac and covered the area that he had taken hold of. It had been as unexpected to her as it was to him. She looked back to him with an embarrassed blush, but the phantom tickles still nipping at her. "Ticklish." was all she said until she calmed down and returned to her stance, the previous adjustments he had made still being implemented, "Sorry about that. Let's go. How's this?" Kaminari guessed on where he wanted her hips to go, but wasn't sure whether she had done it correctly. She was confident in everything else. |
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Kaminari punched at the air as he explained the difference. It did feel better, though the footing was still unfamiliar for her. She noticed a greater balance in her movements, along with a more fluid motion as she moved. She repeated the motion a few times, trying to get into the rhythm as he talked. As his explanation went on, she stopped practicing and stared at her hands, a curious eyebrow raised. "That... sounds more like me, I think." she she said with slight certainty, "I never thought of it before..." Kaminari dazed for a moment, a scene running through her mind with Hadō #1 at the center and what Lilith had taught her right behind it. There was a combination there that intrigued her. Kaminari turned to him and nodded. She readied her stance and threw the punch as instructed. Each move he made was one she could follow. She ended up on the opposite side and turned back to see him put a hand up. She blinked and quickly poked his palm. "Okay, I get it. That was cool. Teach me!" she said cheerfully and bounced like an overexcited child back into her stance. For the next hour, Kaminari was taught how to use an opponents momentum to gain distance. She wasn't too bad at it when she got to watch him, but the moment she was told to do it on her own, she would forget. After some time, she got it down and was able to remember the steps. However, she knew implementing them in battle was going to be a completely different story and that was the part that stayed on her mind. The hour was up and though Kaminari wasn't tired, the repetition was driving her up the wall. "Okay, okay! I will work on it more, I promise, but I need something else! We've done that for an hour, so is there something else I need work o-... Like I don't already know that answer, never mind!" Kaminari sighed and ruffled her own hair out of frustration. She stopped and thought to herself for a moment. "Ugh! Hakuda is the main thing I need work on. I don't even know what I should practice on until I have gotten better at that. You got any ideas?" |
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Any change in ability that Genpaku may have noticed was lost on Kaminari. Her frustration continued on and so their current training needed to end. Kaminari watched curiously as he walked off, her question seeming to go ignored. She raised an eyebrow at him when he looked back at her. It took her a second to understand the look, but when she did, she met it with a casual shrug. "Swordsmanship then..." she muttered, mostly to herself as she was handed her Zanpakutō. "You want me... to..." Kaminari looked to her Zanpakutō, then to him, and then to his. He offered the boken, but Kaminari's insecurities got in the way of admitting she would prefer that. She felt inferior enough; she wasn't going to make things worse. Hiding the nervousness, she slid her Zanpakutō from its sheath and nodded. "Alright then... So we're sparring?" Kaminari took a deep breath and took up her stance, one much sturdier and more well-formed than anything she had been trying previously. Zanjutsu was the one thing Kaminari was able to do decently well. |
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The sparring match began and Kaminari's ability to keep herself focused was being tested. She had a hard time staying concentrated when her heart was pounding in her chest and her breathing threatened to become erratic. She was just that nervous about sparring Genpaku. She was pretty much using half of her concentration to not freak out and the other half to not die. His first strike came quickly. She saw it and jumped back out of reflex, not really trying to block, but merely avoid getting hit. Her stance held up and she prepared for another and when he came at her, she was successful in blocking. She threw an attack his way, though it was easily countered and the counter threw her off her balance a bit. She quickly regained her footing and went on the offensive again. The two of them moving through out the yard in a series of rather fluid motions and soon Kaminari was comfortable enough to show her skill. Unlike her Hakuda, Kaminari had proven her confidence in zanjutsu. Once she got over the fact that the person she was swinging a weapon at was Genpaku, she pushed herself to truly spar with him. She never landed a blow, but got off a couple of decent attacks and counters. After she stepped suddenly on a rock, Genpaku accidentally cut along her cheek, which she was going to whine and pick on him for later. During the training, however, she ignored it and immediately continued their surprisingly lengthy spar. Kaminari could only take so much though and lowered her weapon. "O-Okay." she forced the word out through heavy breaths about thirty minutes into a non-stop sparring session. Even if he had wanted to stop, Kaminari didn't. She had fun with zanjutsu and it showed. Once they stopped, Kaminari took a couple steps back and collapsed into a sitting position. She let her sword lay at her side, her hand resting over it as she caught her breath. "W-Was that alright?" she asked a little nervously, wiping some sweat from her brow. |
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Well, she was relieved that she didn't do bad, at least in that area of their training. Everything else they tried she felt sort of pathetic in. Zanjutsu though? Kaminari smiled and stared at her sword as he spoke. She swung it around a bit, tapping the dull edge on each of her shoulders as she swung her head to the sides to avoid it. "I won't ever understand how you have faith in my ability." she said casually with a soft sigh, "I've never done anything to warrant it, besides repeatedly needing saved." Kaminari's eyes narrowed in annoyance at herself, but it faded quickly. Her eyes followed him as he came and took a seat. She raised an eyebrow of disbelief at him and then looked off toward the wall. "I'm not you..." she said barely loud enough for him to hear, "I don't have any confidence in myself, not really. The only thing I know how to do well is hunt down you higher-ups and befriend you all. Of course, you're the only one I didn't have to hunt; we just naturally became friends, which is probably why we're as close as we are..." Kaminari spoke as if she just realized that and then smiled toward him, "Being friends with so many Captains has its perks. First and best one, I'm alive. Pretty sure I'd be dead if it weren't for you guys. Mostly you, really all you since no one can keep up with you and you always get there first. Taking all the glory in rescuing little ol' me." Kaminari giggled quite a bit at that, wiggling back and forth as she did. It was something she did almost involuntarily when she thought something was really funny. And Genpaku being the first on the scene every time was funny to her, but also just struck a mental chord when she asked 'why'. Her giggle stopped and she froze in place as a few thoughts ran through her mind. After a moment, she scoffed, rolled her eyes and looked back to him. "I need a goal." she stated, "I need something to work toward, but right now I can't think of anything, and I've been trying for a while, not just today. I don't know what I want to do with my life... Do you have any advice on that, my wise friend?" |
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