Zanjutsu Class

As Jaxon stepped into the room that was supposed to be where her Zanjutsu class was to be held, she blinked once as she saw that almost no one was here. She shrugs her shoulders as she merely stepped more into the room. There were a few dummies along each wall. The middle of the room just had a circular mat on it that you could tell has been there for a long period of time. She placed her hand on the hilt of her zanpakuto as she untied it from her left hip. She brought it in front of her and unsheathed it. The sheath was truly unique looking. It had an appeal that was what could be called girly or fairy-like. It was a light blue color mainly with the top and bottom in gold. It had dark green wings attached to it and some green material was wrapped around near the top with a small sunflower placed in the middle. There were five small golden circles that went down the sheath to the golden ring near the bottom. Her handle was decorated in light blue and gold. At the end of her hilt was a tassel of sorts. It had light blue and golden beads. At the very end of the tassel were a few dark green feathers. The blade was a bit longer then most, especially since it is a nodachi. The blade was completely silver and sharp. This was her blade, her partner in all of her battles, her zanpakuto. Karipuso. She moved to a nice spot and sat down with her legs crossed. She started to polish her blade, as a way to help pass the time before the other students and the sensei get here. She started to hum softly as she polished her blade. “Hm, it’s about time I learn to weild you correctly. Isn’t it Karipuso?” She asked her zanpakuto as she continued to polish it.

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Sentence Count: 25

Tatsuya lightly jogged down the hallway, making his way towards his Zanjutsu class. He had meant to wake up earlier in order to make it to breakfast in the cafeteria, but it seemed his body had decided otherwise. "At least I woke up in time not to be late for class." Tatsuya decided it was time he started making good impressions on these teachers. Though he wouldn't like it, he couldn't get very far if they all had negative opinions of him. Tatsuya really didn't personally care about the opinions of others, but if his intent was to become the best he could, he'd have to start getting on the good side of others.

Tatsuya walked through the double doors into the Zanjutsu classroom and noticed that he appeared to be early. There were very few students and it seemed as though the teacher hadn't even arrived yet. Looking through the sparse crowd, one student in particular caught his eye. She sat with her legs crossed while polishing the blade of her zanpaktou. The woman sported a curvaceous figure and pink, long flowing hair. Tatsuya stared for a bit, but quickly turned his head and continued walking, taking a seat. He had to focus, he was there to learn whatever this sensei would be teaching, he couldn't afford to get caught up with these students, especially admiring a woman from afar.

Sentences - 13

Jaxon was too focused on her blade when another student came in. Though she did admit that she felt as if she was being looked at. She looked up in time to see the student that just arrived take a seat a bit a ways from her. She blinked her pink eyes once, not sure if he was the one or not that she felt stare at her. “Hm, I know I was being stared at.” She muttered softly and lowly to herself. She shrugged her shoulders as she finished up on polishing her zanpakuto. She sheathed her zanpakuto and moved to stand up. She turned her upper body a bit to the left, where the student that just entered sat. She was tying her zanpakuto back to her hip. She then straightened her body before stretching some, trying to wake up her muscles and get them working. When she was done, the sensei walked into the room. The sensei was an overly athletic male Shinigami with short dark red hair and almost completely black eyes. He had tons of scars and battle wounds covering his body. His Shinigami clothes were torn in every aspect of the word. He looked as if he just came from a battle of some sort. He had a snarl and in his hands, he held a list. His zanpakuto was hanging over his right hip and it was smaller in size then most. She couldn’t help but sweatdrop as he seemed to have trouble reading the list of names. She was about to help him, but he just cursed and threw the paper down.

“So you wanna be Shinigami eh? Be a part of the Gotei 13? HAH! Don’t make me laugh! You weaklings need to know about your blade before you go swinging it around like it’s a toy. Bleh!” He said as he spat to the side some. Jaxon couldn’t help but move back slightly, already not liking this sensei. It didn’t take a genius to see that this Shinigami came from the 11th Division. The 11th Division was the one who was the best at Zanjutsu skills and anything dealing with a sword. They were indeed a bunch of ruffians and brawlers. The sensei’s eyes landed on her and pointed at her. “You! What Division are you going for sweetcheeks?” He asked her rudely, narrowing his eyes at her. This person was very intimating and used that as a weapon of sorts. Jaxon gulped once before she spoke up. “4th Division, sir.” She responded in a calm and kind tone, even though she was nervous. She started to bite her lip. “WHAT did you say?!” He boomed as he looked at her with digust. “4th Division?! Those weaklings?!” He spat to the side again as he shook his head at her. “Who am I kidding?! You ladies shouldn’t even be in the Gotei 13, a bunch of weaklings you are.” He said before he sneered at her. “You are wrong sir, the 4th Division nor us female Shinigami are weaklings. Brute strength does not equal power by itself. Without the 4th Division, the Gotei 13 would be nonexistent. Each Division is important. No one is weaker then the other.” She responded to what he said. She seemed to not be feared by him anymore, even going so far as to talk back. "HAH! You don't know anything missy! Go back to the kitchen where you belong. We men need you to cook our dinners for us." He said as he flicked her off. Jaxon gasped at how rude he was being to her. She has been more then civil with him. She kept her mouth closed and just glared at him silently. She wasn't going to give him the pleasure of seeing her mad. She was going to take the high road. "Thought so." Was all he said. He had a triumphant smirk on his lips. He merely turned his attention to another student, he was in a worse mood then before now. “You!” He boomed as he pointed one of his fingers at Tatsuya. “What Division would you bring your sorry butt to?” He asked him, challenging him to answer. "Come on boy! Answer me!" He spat at him as he made his way to him, easily towering over him. He was looking to picking a fight. Jaxon continued to glare at the sensei. She didn't like how he treated others, especially her. She watched the sensei size up the male Shinigami student that she was curious about. She would have helped, but she wasn't sure if her help would have been wanted by the male student. It was best for her to stay out of it.

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Sentence Count: 86

“You! What Division would you bring your sorry butt to?" Tatsuya slowly opened his eyes from his brief nap, which revealed a male Shinigami with short dark red hair, and scars covering most of his body. It seemed that this must have been the sensei they had been waiting for. "Come on boy! Answer me!" Tatsuya stared at the man for a bit before realizing he had been asked a question about his squad. "Oh yea...I decided to join the Fifth..." The shinigami looked Tatsuya up and down, soon giving the expression of a frown. "From the looks of ya, you'd have done better to join the Eleventh Division. Tatsuya shook his head and laughed, "That's exactly what the lady who took up my application said....and to be honest I would have, but I'm not one to do what is advised of me and the fifth division looked interesting." The teacher stared at him for a bit, before offering a smile, "You remind me of myself when I was younger!" Tatsuya stared blankly at the man before responding, "Thank you...?" He wasn't quite sure if he should take the mans exclamation as a compliment. "Remember this young man, if you find yourself getting bored of the Fifth, which I'm sure you will. Just switch out to the Eleventh. We'll be glad to take ya!" Tatsuya began to grin, "Will do, sir."

With that the teacher then turned his attention to the rest of the students, but mainly to the woman, to which from his facial expression he had grown quite annoyed with. "OK maggots! Like I said before, You weaklings need to know about your blade before you go swinging it around like it’s a toy! Today we'll be working on our swordsmanship! Each of ya will be sparring another on of your classmates! Is that understood!" The teacher went silent to make sure that everyone within the confines of the room heard him before continuing, "Now, you won't be graded, this is just to see where you're at with your sword fighting and where I can take you from there. So give it your all! Is that also understood!" The sensei once again took a pause before continuing. "Now! Do i have any volunteers?!" The entire class was silent. Students looked to one another, nervously trying to figure out who would volunteer. What felt like ten minutes passed before Tatsuya got annoyed. With a long sigh he stood, "I'll volunteer..." The sooner he got his spar out of the way, the sooner he could go back to his desk and sleep through everyone elses spars. His body and wounds still ached from yesterday. Tatsuya then walked forward, into the middle of the sparring ring. "Aha! I knew you were squad 11 material from the start! Now, any maggot out there want to volunteer before I start picking people at random?!"

Sentences - 42

Jaxon closed her eyes and turned her head to the front. It sounded like the sensei and this male student were going to be on good terms. At the sensei’s exclamation, she had to hold back an eye roll. She now knew how the 4th Division had to deal with the 11th Division. No matter. When she graduates and become a Captain of the 4th Division, it will show her sensei who is a weakling. She opened her eyes as the sensei started to speak out to the rest of the class. She sent him a glare as his attention was supposed to be on the rest of the students. She knew he was mainly speaking to her. When he asked if anything was understood she just blinked, a silent agreement. When he asked for volunteers, she just rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. When she was about to open her mouth and volunteer herself, the male student that spoke before sighed and stood up. He was going to volunteer himself. At the sensei’s comment, she stood up. “I’ll go. I’m not afraid. Let’s get this started, shall we?” She spoke as she walked into the middle of the sparring ring. Her front faced the male student and her back was facing the sensei. She humbly bowed her head to the male student. She was showing him a sign of respect. She then pulled out her zanpakuto and looked to him, waiting for him to do the same.

She looked relatively calm and was silent. “Heh. You’re either dumb or brave, maggot. Neither of which are good traits in a battle.” The sensei spoke as he crossed his arms over his chest. “Be it as it may, sir. I’m not afraid to spar and possibly get hurt. I may be a female but I’m not as fragile as you believe I am.” Jaxon spoke. She didn’t turn her head to look at the sensei as she spoke. But she was indeed speaking to him. Her voice was calm sounding. “Heh. We’ll see maggot. Start your match…NOW!” The sensei boomed as he watched them to see who will make the first move. Jaxon merely nods before she decided that she would make the first move. She used her Hoho skills to conduct an incredibly fast spinning slash at the opponent. One of her hands gripped her zanpakuto while her other hand was free. This made her spinning attack faster, but weaker then if she used both of her hands.

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Sentence Count: 45

Tatsuya began to sigh once more as the sensei continued to berate the woman from earlier. It seemed that squad 11 truly detested any and everything about squad 4. This animosity towards each other even cultivated into her volunteering for the spar. Tatsuya was becoming annoyed, the teacher kept riling her up and soon enough she'd be releasing all that anger on her sparring partner, otherwise known as Tatsuya. It seemed that Tatsuya's plan of volunteering first had backfired. He assumed that maybe someone else who also didn't feel like doing this at the moment would come up so they could get this examination out of the way. But because of Mr.Squad Eleven over here, seemed that he got someone to come down who had a point to prove and Tatsuya was in the middle of it.

As she made her way down, he and she continued to go back and forth. While they did so, Tatsuya unsheathed his blade and got into a fighting position. His body still felt weak, but he was never one to back down from a fight due to injury. Soon enough the sensei's booming voice could be heard and not even a second later had the woman sprang forward with amazing speed with a spinning strike. Tatsuya raised his blade only to realize he wouldn't be able to block in time. He'd have to evade this attack. He quickly hopped backwards, with the edge of the blade grazing his cheek, causing a cut to appear across it. The blood slowly ran down his cheek, but Tatsuya kept his attention on the opponent in front of him.

As they say, never judge a book by its cover, and it was a good thing Tatsuya hadn't. The air of confidence she had about herself was a dead giveaway that she had some ability, and it seemed he was correct. Tatsuya stood inspecting his opponent for a little while longer. "C'mon Now!!! Don't Let her--" "Be Quiet!!!" Tatsuya annoyance with this teacher had begun to boil over, but then he remembered what his goal for today was. "Oh um...Sorry...I needed to concentrate..." The teacher then began to laugh, "Understood, continue!" Tatsuya then placed his attention back on his opponent and rushed forward. He shifted his blade into his left hand and began to stab forward, but before the blade hit its target he palmed it, something he had learned while on the streets of Rukongai. The blade then fell downwards into his right hand. Tatsuya quickly followed this up by ducking and swinging to his right, attempting to slash her across her stomach.

Sentences - 30

Jaxon frowns a bit as she noticed that she caused a cut to appear on the male student’s cheek. “I’m sorry.” She apologized. She didn’t want to hurt him in the least. She actually wanted to hurt the sensei. She was still young by Shinigami years, so she was quite easy to rile up at times. “I didn’t mean to hurt you.” She said as she watched the blood on his cheek slowly run down. She kept her attention on him even when the sensei was distracting the student. She snickered a bit when the male student finally told the sensei to be quiet. It seems like she wasn’t the only one who was getting annoyed by the sensei and his worthless jabber. She didn’t attack the male student while he was busy speaking with the sensei. She wasn’t one to attack another when it would be considered a low blow. She was a better person then that. She had morals. She stayed absolutely silent, still having her calm appearance, as he made the move to attack her this time.

She got onto the balls of her feet as he rushed forward at her. She watched the way he moved his blade to his left hand then palm it as he got close to her. She didn’t know this technique personally. She thought he might have learned it from somewhere else. When he ducked and swung to the right, she saw his blade move to attempt to slash her across her stomach. She threw her blade up into the air before she leaned her body backwards. She moved so that her hands went onto the floor, her body bent backwards. His blade just ripped off the buttons that were on her clothes at her stomach area. If she wasn’t bent back as much as she was, then his blade would have sliced into her stomach. Once the blade crossed over her body, she straightened her body back into the standing position and caught her sword with her right hand right when it was coming down. She learned this move from her adoptive father. She turned her body to the right, going for the spinning slash again at him. This time she placed her zanpakuto in both of her hands. This was going to make her move slower, but had more power behind it.

"What the?!" The sensei said as he watched what happened. "C'mon boy! Ruin that pretty face of hers! Make her earn the right to be a Shinigami!" He called out, getting angry. "Will you please be silent? This is a spar between me and him. Spars don't need backseat fighters." Jaxon called out to the sensei. The sensei just looked at her before he let out a laugh. "Who would have thought? She has the balls to say that. Heh." The sensei called out.

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Sentence Count: 45

The woman seemed apologetic after injuring him, to which Tatsuya simply laughed. "Hehe, it's alright." After saying this the girl dashed towards him using yet another spinning slash yet this time she had both hands on the blade. Tatsuya raised his blade and swung downwards onto hers, effectively causing the girls blade to crash down into the ground with Tatsuya's on top. While he was close, Tatsuya figured this would be the perfect time to get some conversation in. After all, it was about time he acted friendly towards others, wouldn't get far if he didn't. "You're pretty good. What's your name?" Tatsuya then spun around, sending an kick towards her legs trying to lift her off of her feet.

Sentences - 9

Jaxon smiled and chuckled softly as the male simply laughed at her apology to him. He appeared to have taken it in stride. This was a bonus for her. As she would hate to start off on a bad foot with someone else. When he swung his blade down and trapped hers under his and into the ground, she smiled some. This was getting interesting. When the male started to speak, she was a bit shocked. Usually people don't have a nice conversation in the middle of a spar, but she was glad for this now. "Thank you. You are pretty good yourself." She said as she nodded her head. "I'm Jaxon Onne, you can call me Jax if you want." She told him before he spun around. She lifted her leg that was closest to where his leg was at while her other stayed still. Once his leg hit hers that was still on the ground, she captured his leg with her free one. She then twisted her body to help pull her blade free from the ground as well as out from under his. "And you are?" She asked him finally. She had a smile on her face now. She was possibly making a new friend.

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Sentence Count: 20

Jax countered by locking his leg between the both of hers and quickly spinning. This helped to dislodge her blade, while Tatsuya landed on his back in the middle of the sparring arena, his leg still caught by hers. "Well nice to meet you Jax, the names Tatsuya Ankoku. Or you can call me, "The Guys who's about to beat you"." Tatsuya grinned and began to laugh as he kicked upwards with his free leg towards her area of bustiness.

Sentences - 5

When her blade was freed, she pointed the tip down at him. She looked down at him, who was on his back in the middle of the sparring arena. She still had his leg trapped in between her own. As he told her his name then what she could call him, she laughed. "Nice to meet you as well." She said as she shook her head some. "But I think you are wrong. You see, you'll lose to me." She said with a smile before he aimed a kick at her chest. She didn't want to lose the position of her in more control. She sighed some as she held her position for his kick. As his foot got close to her chest, she wrapped her left arm around his leg and trapped it between her arm and her chest. Even when she caught and trapped his other leg, she was still kicked. "Oof! Careful now. That hurts." She said as she looked down at him. She aimed her sword's tip at him again. "Do you give up?" She asked him with a smile.

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Sentence Count: 20

Tatsuya frowned as once again another one of his attacks were countered. She then pointed her blade towards him, expecting him to submit. "Hehe, far from it...you seem to forget I have a blade as well." Gripping his zanpaktou within his hand, Tatsuya placed his other underneath the handle and leaned forward, jabbing upwards to stab Jaxon. As he leaned forwards, her extended blade dug into his shoulder, but Tatsuya kept his focus on his attack.

Sentences - 6

She smiled at him. "I did not forget. I was giving you an easy way out. You chose the right thing to not give up." She told him as she chuckled. She tested him to see what type of fighter he was. This also gave her an insight to what kind of person he is. She watched as he grabbed his zanpakuto. He leaned forward to stab her. Her blade went into his shoulder. She didn't have enough time to fully move out of the way of his attack. The tip of his blade went into her shoulder as well. She winced slightly as she lets go of both of his legs and backed up. His sword leaving her shoulder and her sword leaving his. She backed up a few feet, rolling her injured shoulder some. "Nice move. Congrats. You're the first to stab and make me bleed." She said with a smile and a chuckle. She waited for him to get up. "Are you ready Tatsuya?" She asked him. She raised her blade at him in silence challenge.

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Sentence Count: 23

Tatsuya smiled a bit as his attack was able to finally hit an intended target. Jax then let go of his legs and jumped back, slightly wincing from his attack. "Nice move. Congrats. You're the first to stab and make me bleed." Tatsuya smirked and raised his hand up towards his chest, motioning towards the large scar that laid across it, "Hehe thanks, but wish I could have said the same to you." Jax then pointed her zankatou towards him, "Are you ready Tatsuya?". Another grin spread across Tatsuya's face, "Of course, I mean, look at who you're talkin' to, I've never been more ready in my life!" As this was said, Tatsuya dashed forward while gripping his blade within his left hand. While he inched closer and closer, Tatsuya threw his blade behind his back and caught it within his right hand before quickly lopping it back over to his left. He did this in order to confuse her on the direction in which the attack would be coming from, whether or not it worked he'd have to wait and see. He then slashed downward, trying to once again to hit her injured shoulder.

Sentences - 16

She looked at the large scar that laid across his chest. She made a not to herself to ask him about it later. That and how he got the other scars she saw on him. She smiles and chuckles at Tatsuya. “At least you only got a cut on the cheek and a minor stab in the shoulder. Though you caused the second one to happen on your own terms. You can’t blame it on me. You’ll lose anyways, since I’m more innocent looking.” She said with a few chuckles. She smiled as she heard his answer. “Good! You have a point there I admit.” Was all she said as she watched him dash towards her. She blinked a bit in confusion as he threw his blade behind his back. She saw him catch it with his right hand before quickly lopping it over his left. She basically guessed on where his attack was coming from. She raised up her blade right when he slashed downward, holding her blade with one hand. Her other hand went for his own injured shoulder, sending a hard chop to his shoulder.

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Sentence Count: 18

It seemed that Jaxon was able to anticipate where the strike was coming from, but from her expression it seemed as though it was just a lucky guess. Though in a battle none of that mattered, all that mattered is how you reacted. Action Jaxon reacted well, following up her block with a strike towards Tatsuya's injured shoulder. Tatsuya raised his free hand and used it to catch her wrist before the chop landed. As he did this he pulled her forwards while simultaneously ducking under her, effectively flipping her over himself. "Whew, that was a close one. Would have hurt if that judo chop landed"

Sentences - 7

Jaxon just raised a brow in silent challenge as Tatsuya was able to catch her left wrist. She blushed a bit as she realized he was almost holding her hand in a way. “Trying to hold my hand Tatsuya?” She asked him as she fought her blush down instantly. She was then pulled forwards towards him. “Are you trying to dance with me? I must say, this is quite a deadly dance.” She said as he ducked under her. She let out a chuckle. Usually she was quiet when in a spar, but this was different. Besides, he started it by speaking to her first. As she flipped over him she landed on her feet, in a crouched position, behind him. Once she touched the floor, she sent out one of her legs to the back of his knees to knock him down to his knees. Meanwhile, her wrist that was captured by him now had a hold of his own wrist. She still had her blade in the other hand. “Indeed. I bet it would have. I promise to help you with those wounds. I am going to be in the healing Division anyways. Might as well practice. Care to be my first patient? I promise to be as gentle as I can. What do you say?” She said with a smile as she let out a chuckle. She then tried to stab him with her blade from behind.

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Sentence Count: 25

Jaxon quickly flipped over Tatsuya and landed on her feet behind him capturing his right wrist in the process and kicking him in the back of his knees causing him to land in a kneeling position. As she landed she began to speak to him. “Indeed. I bet it would have. I promise to help you with those wounds. I am going to be in the healing Division anyways. Might as well practice. Care to be my first patient? I promise to be as gentle as I can. What do you say?” Tatsuya laughed, "You may need to heal yourself up before taking any patients. Can't have injured doctors on the job, now can we?" Tatsuya then forcefully leaned forward, with the blade that was aimed for his back now stabbing the air above him. Also as he leaned forward, he ripped his captured arm upwards, pulling Jaxon with it into the air and reclaiming his hold on her wrist. This time before she could hit the ground he stabbed upwards.

Sentences - 16

Jaxon smiled some. “Perhaps you’re right. Though so far you seem to be more wounded then myself. In any case, it’s just a flesh wound. You didn’t hit any veins or arteries so I’m fine.” She said as she snickers a bit. “Ah!” She exclaimed as she was pulled into the air due to him moving his captured arm upwards. As she went upwards, her hair fell down in waves and covered her expression from his. It also made the tail ends of her clothes hang downward. She was then moving back downwards. Her body would land in front of him. From the corner of her eye, she saw his blade move upwards in a stab motion. She quickly turned her body to the side, his blade missing her side. She then swung her blade towards his wrist. Meanwhile the hand that held his other wrist captive started to dig her nails into the weakest points that were found on the wrist. “You like to stab don’t you? How did you learn to fight like this? Or are you going to keep that a secret?” She asked him as she chuckled some. It was true that she was curious on how he learned to fight like he does.

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Sentence Count: 20

"Hehe, ok then if that's the case, I'll take you up on your offer than." Tatsuya began to notice how his overall mood had begun to change during the course of this fight. In the beginning he was just looking for an easy way up and out of this class, but now, sparring with this woman known as Jaxon,he began to feel almost at ease. Though a feeling of relaxation was something weird to get out of a fight, Tatsuya had grown having to fight on a daily basis, it was something he was used to and accepted over his years. Even though it was something that was placed onto him, he had also learned to relish in it, learning to enjoy what others would have deemed a curse. Also, it seemed that Jaxon also seemed to enjoy battle as much as he did, even adding cute chuckles and smiles to each attack. Something about her calmed him as well, and it seemed he was able to be himself.

While Tatsuya thought about all of this, Jaxon was busy moving forward with a counterattack after evading his stab. As she moved her body to the side she quickly swung her blade downwards to his wrist, which she also had hold of. Reacting quickly, he moved forward and placed his blade under hers, blocking it. While he did this, Jaxon began digging her nails into his wrist. Tatsuya winced, but soon Jaxon began to speak. “You like to stab don’t you? How did you learn to fight like this? Or are you going to keep that a secret?” Tatsuya began to smile, "I could ask the same about you...But...I have an idea.." A grin spread across Tatsuya's face as he leaned forward until his extended blade moved past her and his forearm was under the arm she held her zanpaktou in. As he did this he pushed upwards and latched his arm around hers. He was now face to face with her and he leaned in towards her ear and began to whisper, "How about...if you win, I'll tell you about myself. Sound good?" Tatsuya then pressed forward and pushed, attempting to send her down onto the ground on her back.

Sentences - 27

“Yay. My first patient. I’ll make sure to take care of you. Don’t worry.” She said happily as she smiled. She then chuckled softly. Usually she wasn’t one to enjoy spars. But this was different. This spar was actually fun in her perspective. Sure, she got a bit hurt. Who doesn’t? That’s why it’s called a spar. The more they spoke, the more she got to know on how he acted and think. She could tell that he was calm and in a better mood then he was earlier on in class. The same went for her. She blinked a bit as Tatsuya blocked her attack with her blade. “Oh? You do?” She asked him. She raised her brow in curiosity at what he said. She smiled a bit more as well. She blinked again as she felt his forearm moved under her own before he latched it around hers. She couldn’t help but blush some as she noticed how close he was to her. They were literally face to face. As he leaned forward more so to whisper into her ear, she blushed a bit more and started to nibble some on her bottom lip. As she listened to what he whispered, she smiled and chuckled softly. “Oh? Sounds fair to me. And if you win? What would you want as a reward?” She whispered back to him as she was pushed and pressed backwards.

She was sent down onto the ground on her back. “Oof!” She exclaimed. She then looked up at him. She lifted up her lower body. She puts her legs together and sent them in a kick. She was aiming a bit above his stomach. He still had a hold of one of her arms. Her other arm moved to make a judo chop to his wounded shoulder. She wasn’t going to give up easily. If he was going to beat her, he’ll have to work for it. “I can keep this up all day. What about you Tatsuya?” She asked him as she smiled and chuckled up at him.

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Sentence Count: 45

A smile appeared across Tatsuya's face, "A reward? Winning this would be reward enough." Jax soon fell over, giving what Tatsuya thought was the advantage, but he was sorely mistaken. Jax soon kicked upwards, trying to hit him in his area of non-bustiness. Reacting quickly, Tatsuya hopped up, landing on the bottom oh Jax's feet. He then sprang his legs upwards from his crouched position at the same instant that Jax's kick had reached its full force. This worked to propel not only him, but also the woman who kept hold of his wrist into the air. While they flew upwards, Jax sent a chop at Tatsuya's shoulder, which this time he wasn't able to dodge. The chop impacted and caused the wound to rip open more. Tatsuya gritted his teeth, but he kept his attention on Jax. Holding his blade within his hand, while both he and Jax flew through the air, he quickly slashed. Hoping to cut one of her legs to reduce her mobility. "Heh, I could keep this fight up all day too"

Sentences - 12

Jaxon smiled and let out a laugh as Tatsuya’s answer to her question. “Well now. Too bad for you. I’ll be winning this spar. Be ready to tell be about yourself. Don’t skip any details either.” She said. She was teasing him a bit. Jaxon’s eyes widened slightly as Tatsuya moved to land his feet on top of hers. This caused him to be propelled into the air and her along with him. She frowned a bit as her judo chop caused the rip wound in his shoulder to open more. That’ll just put more work on her when this is all over. The more she hurts him, the more healing she’ll have to do on him before she works on herself. It took her a while to realize something. As more time passed, the more vicious their attacks were getting. Even though this was just a practice spar, they were starting to get serious with their attacks. So far, the two of them were evenly matched when it came to their skills. Jaxon saw his slash as he aimed for her legs. She practically did the splits in the air. His blade went right between her legs. She bent and lifted her legs, the balls of her feet holding either side of his blade. She then used all of the force in her legs to try and kick his blade out of his hand. Meanwhile, she lets go of his wrist. She quickly did a close up spinning slash at him. She spun her whole body in the air, her free hand held close to her chest.

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Sentence Count: 25

“Well now. Too bad for you. I’ll be winning this spar. Be ready to tell be about yourself. Don’t skip any details either.” Tatsuya smirked at this but then he began to think of the repercussions of what he had promised her. Did he really want to tell her about himself? It wasn't that he was ashamed of his past. Quite the contrary, for the last couple of years of his life he reveled in who and what he was. But coming to this place and learning there ways, he wondered if she would accept what he told her about himself. So far, Jaxon, even though there meeting was but a brief one, had become the closest thing to a friend he'd ever had. If he were to reveal these things about himself, would she still be so quick to befriend him?

While Tatsuya thought about this, Jax impressively evaded, doing a mid-air split while the blade completely missed it's target. Jax then bent and lifted her legs, the balls of her feet holding either side of his blade. She then used all of the force in her legs to try and kick his blade out of his hand. Tatsuya held fast to the hilt and begun to spin around with the blade, as Jaxon had now freed his wrist. The spin and throw had began to send him crashing towards the ground, but not before Jaxon followed up with a spin of her own, a spinning slash that is. Tatsuya was still stuck on his thoughts from earlier, and his reaction time was sheepish. Because of this, the slash made its way past Tatsuya's defenses and landed, slashing into Tatsuya's right pectoral and down vertically to his side. Adding insult to injury, Tatsuya crashed into the middle of the sparring ring, wood splintering up around him.

Tatsuya laid there for a while, the pain of the slash coupled with the humiliation of getting distracted during battle were getting to him. He thrust his blade into the ground beside him and used it as support to pry himself up and out of the broken wood. As he made his way up he moved forward to call out to Jax about the hit she just landed being a "Lucky Shot". But before he could do this, a heavy booming sound filled his ears, causing his head to hurt with tremendous pain. He fell to one knee and began to hear an all familiar voice. "Really Tatsuya? Are you so concerned with such an idiotic thing, that you'd risk your life over thinking about it? Oh so low you have fallen, Tatsuya...." Tatsuya was taken aback, it was the voice from several days ago, speaking to him in yet another condescending tone. "Who is this girl, Tatsuya?" Tatsuya, still holding his head in pain began to slowly respond to the voice out loud. "No...nobody..." The voice began to laugh, "Oh really? Then why were you so concerned of what she'd think of you?..." A slight pause ensued until the voices condescending laugh followed, "Don't tell me you've fallen for this girl, Tatsuya." A look of concern flashed across Tatsuya's face, "No! Of course not. Something as petty as that hasn't crossed my mind! The voice began to laugh once more, "Tatsuya, it's obvious you're lying, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Finish up this "spar" and get back to what you're supposed to be doing, which is becoming stronger. I won't show you how to regain yourself if you aren't ready to wield what comes along with it...." The booming sensation dissipated as quickly as it had appeared and Tatsuya was now able to stand.

Whatever this voice was it had the upper hand. In order for Tatsuya to figure out what this thing was, he had to follow its orders, no matter how much he had begun to despise it. Regaining his composure, Tatsuya began to look around the classroom. It seemed the time that he was conversing with the voice he had been making a spectacle of himself. Students were staring at him and even the sensei had a confused look on his face. "Young man, are you ok over there?" Tatsuya sighed, "Yes sir....im fine..." Tatsuya then looked forward to Jaxon and tried his best to fake a smile, "Let's finish up this spar...ok?" Tatsuya then placed both hands on the grip of his blade and awaited Jax's move.

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Jaxon gasped a bit as she saw Tatsuya be sent backwards towards the ground. “Oh my! Tatsuya! Are you alright?!” She asked him a bit frantically. She frowned in worry and the frown only grew when she saw that her spinning slash attack actually got him. She bit her bottom lip in worry as she saw the slash that went from his right pectoral and down vertically to his side. She didn’t mean to cause him that much harm. “I’m sorry! I get carried away at times. Forgive me?” She spoke to him as she looked down at him. She was a bit more worried now as she saw how much force he had hit the ground, thanks to the wood splinters around him. She lowered her blade and was about to move towards him to check on him. When he thrust his blade into the ground beside him and used it to help himself up, she stopped moving towards him and allowed him to get up on his own. She knew that if she went to go help him, he probably wouldn’t take it too kindly. She most likely just bruised some of his ego just now. That was one of the last things she wished to do. She smiled a bit in relief as she saw him make his way up and move towards her. No doubt he had something cocky to say. She had a feeling it was going to be either “Lucky shot” or “Beginner’s luck”. She was even ready with a comeback of her own.

Though when he suddenly fell down to one knee and held his head as if in pain, her smile of relief quickly disappeared. “Tatsuya?” She asked worriedly. He didn’t seem to hear her or what she has said before. He seemed to be in his own world of sorts. Probably his own hell. “Tatsuya? Are you alright? Do you need to go to the 4th Division?” She asked him as she looked at him. She continued to keep her distance just in case. She was getting more worried when he didn’t answer her questions. Instead, he started to say something else. She blinked and dropped her blade even more as she heard what he said. “Tatsuya? Who are you talking to?” She asked. But right after she asked that, she had a feeling she knew who he was talking to. She had a feeling that his zanpakuto was speaking to him. By the looks of it, it didn’t seem as if his zanpakuto was one of those kind ones. She frowned some more in worry as she saw a look of concern flash across his face before he spoke once more aloud. Right when he stood back up, she was about to go to him to see if he was alright.

“Do not worry so Jaxxy.” A feminine voice whispered into her head. In the background with the voice, she could hear the distant drumming of what sounded like war drums. It was her own zanpakuto. Karipuso was merely there to help calm and relax Jaxon. “Thanks Karipuso. Without you, I’ll be sick with worry. I’ll be the one needing healing.” She said within her mind back to her zanpakuto. “No need to thank me, would hate to see a cute boy like that be the cause of you getting sick with worry.” Karipuso whispered before she let out a chuckle. Karipuso then went back to being quiet within Jaxon’s mind. Jaxon never moved her eyes away from Tatsuya the whole time he was “out of it”. As she saw him start to regain his composure, she sighed in relief. “Alright, sorry for the extra wound.” She said as she gave him a nod of apology. She raised her blade up again and ran towards him. She started to do a few spinning slash attacks towards him. She wanted to end this spar all in one moment. The less pain she put him through, the better.

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Sentence Count: 65