Gust turns his head back to Tazuma as he smirked again. The barrier dropping much like before. "She's getting better. This next one though. Should take her a little bit." he said as he walked over to the barrier, walking through it as he placed his hands in his pocket. Closing his eyes, he let a sigh escape his lips as he said the last riddle; "The difference between victory and defeat,life and death, having friends and being alone is this. the answer is in front of you,yet not at the same time."

"we will see how good she is gust. She will have an issue when she faces the darkness. I would be interested to see how she reacts." I say,to gust."maybe I will have a new student afterall." I add after hering the response to the riddle.

Mizuko smiled and then passed through the barrier. This last riddle seemed the toughest of all. She then closed her eyes and began to think.

The difference between victory and defeat,life and death, having friends and being alone is this. the answer is in front of you,yet not at the same time.

Think about it Mizuko. We made it past the first two together, right. Gust helped you out with the second one also. I know your begining to get feeling for him like you had with Atsushi. I have a feeling, though, that this might be good for you. Don't be afraid to open your heart to him. You both have much in common and it might do you well to allow him close to you. To do that, however, you must fully trust him. Can you do that?

Trust him? You know I trust you. I trust you now more than ever. You know, however, trusting him is going to be hard. I was hurt the first time by my husband when I was alive. I learned to trust again with Atsushi. *sigh* He hurt me greatly. I know you know this Selece. Trust is also a two way street.

Your right. You know he has faith in you. He would not be training you if he did not. He trusts you as well. I'm sure that we would not be here if he didn't trust in you and your abilities. What you need to do is trust him. Also, let him know that you trust him. Don't be afraid to tell him you trust him. I know you can both trust him and let him know you trust him.

She then opens her eyes and looks at Gust. Selece did have some good points. But, could she trust that he would not hurt her. Could she trust that he can will always be there if she needed him. She knew there was only one way to find out. She was going to have to trust him and hope that he will be there for her like none of the others had in the past.

"Why so glum Gust. I've made it far thanks to you. You've helped me so much. Thank you. I think, though, that I've figured this out. I trust Selece, my zanpakuto. I trust him with my life. Thing is, trusting others, especially men, is very hard for me. I've been hurt in the past, very hurt. I've trusted two different men, my ex-husband when I was alive, and Atsushi, another Shinigami, a long time ago. Atsushi hurt me very much. I trusted him and he left me alone to persue his own dreams, afraid he was going to hurt me. I am stronger that he gives me credit for. Thats in the past though. Now, I've found you. You've shown me so much in such a little time. I thank you for that." She then closes her eyes and sighs for a moment. When she opens them she continues. "It is through these trials that I've come to realize something. I honestly care for you. And, though this has been hard for me, I do want to let you know one thing. Through all of this I have come to trust you. You seem have my best interest at heart and seem to trust me as well." she then smiled at him, hoping that she was right in what she told him.

Hear the newest converts confession of love for gust I look over at gust"looks like you made some quite impression gust. Now lets see if you can handle what is to come."

Gust just listened to Mizuko's words. Having no emotion on his face, He let out a slight sigh as he looked back up to Mizuko. "That's wrong." He said as he stood up, Looking over towards to Tazuma."I made no impression. We've only known each other for a day or two. This changes nothing." he said in a stern voice. He dropped the barrier, ripping the tag. "I'm going to do something else besides the little riddles. Sensei forgive me for breaking your methods." He said as he Shunpo'd above Mizuko, striking down with Cheolpa. If she blocked/parryed, back away. He would Continue with the onslaught of attacks. Before shunpo'ing away. Standing next to one of the barriers as he pointed his blade at her. "I'm going to beat Bankai out of you."

"and I will be here to fix her when she breaks." I say as I disperse the barriers with just a touch of my hand. Watching guest attack I simply smile and step back a step

Mizuko had a look of shock on her face as she heard she was wrong. This fustrated her a bit. What made matters worse and really got her mad was that Gust then proceeded to attack her. She drew her sword and blocked him using Enkosen. She then jumped back and looked between Gust and Tazuma, her gaze eventually falling back on Gust. "Are you insane? Just because I got the answer wrong is no reason to full out attack me like your going to kill me. Are you on some kind of ego trip or something just because your wanting to teach me bankai? How am I supposed to learn right from wrong if you just go off rogue and do whatever you want? Teach me right or don't teach me at all." she said, practically yelling out what she said due to her anger.

She then took a few deep breaths before she spoke again. "Also, if you don't feel the same way as I do just let me know. It's not like you'd be the first person whose hurt me. You'll just be another person on the list of those who have hurt me." She then sheaths her sword and turns her back to him. She gives off a mock giggle, throwing her arms in the air, and says, "And Selece wonders why I don't like to get close to men. Seems like the only thing they want to do is hurt me. Screw them all I say." After her last words she truns back around to face Gust to see his reaction. Though her last few words were spoken at her regular tone, Mizuko was indeed still very mad at Gust and what he did.

Gust smirked, wiping his bottom lip with his thumb as he listens to her bicker. "Are you here to complain about my training methods? Are you here to just make yourself look bad?" Gust looked over to Tazuma as he placed Cheolpa on his shoulders. "I was taught to fight for what I want. To work hard for it. To earn it. You are not helping yourself, or anyone if you keep having that attitude." He commented again as he shunpo'd near her, looking down at her eyes. He leaned forward slightly until their nose touched each other. "if you wanna see how I really feel. then fight me." he whispered towards her. Shunpo'ing back, He stabbed cheolpa through his arm to let blood flow as he whipped it on the blade. "Seek their soul,Kurai shio no kanman 철파" Cheolpa seperates into two blades, each on Gust holds. They have 3 scyte like blades on them as black water pours out of the tips.

"do not keep me waiting."

Mizuko only became more fustrated with his words. She had heard them before from others who have trained with her or fought with her long ago. She only blushed a bit, however, when they were nose to nose. Snaping out of her momentary daydream she realized he had gone into shikai. She then thinks, Wait, he's serious. He really wants to kick my butt. And now there are two blades. This can't be good. Knowing she will not be able to do much against him unless she also uses Shikai she draws Selece. "Rain down from the heavens and crush our enemies, Selece." she calls, her zanpakuto changes to a rapier that has a thin blade that looks to be made of water. The hilt of the sword is blue and fits her hand like it was made for her. The guard trails out on either side of the hilt and looks almost like the tails of a dragon. Also just above the hilt is a blue jewel that glows when she uses her water/ice attacks. It's almost as tall as she is, 4'7" tall, since she is smaller than most Shinigami. She looks at Gust now, fully ready to do her best against him. She knows he is stronger than she is and hopes that, with luck, she can at least accomplish her goal.

Mizkuo then closes her eyes. When she opens them they are glowing sapphire blue. She surrounds herself with water and then feels it's time to make it cold in the area. She holds out her hand and calls, "Chilling Frost Touch.". With that the area begins to be covered by a blanket of ice, lowering the visabilty. She uses this cover to shunpo to a different location, casting Water Bullet when she arrives. Around 20 different bullets headed right for Gust. Knowing that his blades could be deadly she wanted to stay away from them. She felt it best to attempt to attack from behind. She shunpo'd to about 3 feet behind Gust after the water bullets attack and attempted to slice him down from behind.

Gust just smirked. "you're going to use water. Against me? do you really think that is going to help? i mean. At least I have darkness." He commented, slashing down the water bullets. Gust scrapes his dark and water blades together, making the reiatsu pouring from the harden. The enemy can see the reiatsu flaring off the blades like fire, but it actually adds to the sharpness of the blades themselves. As long as he has grip or concentrates on the blades, they will remain with this effect. Gust brings a blade to his back as he blocks the strike from Mizuko. Not even turning around, Gust spoke to her. "If you want what I truly feel. Then earn your power." He said, as he raised up his right leg, bring it back to attempt to push her back. Succeeded or not, he would shunpo back to face her. Taking all the water in the area and mixing it with the hot air, He forms a massive storm cloud over the area. Pumping his reiatsu into it. He was forming a storm. All these techs are new compared to the Gust that she fought back when their first met. Something changed him. Something inside him just snapped. His eyes went golden, as he started to just let out loud breaths. His voice went metallic as he looked up to Mizuko and Taz, he started at first to giggle. Then it went to hysteric quickly.