I had found a nice clearing for the plans i had today. We probably should of been in the city on duty but i had already arranged for that to be taken care of. It would be a favor i had to owe later but nonetheless i had the whole day to myself. And my company of course, who i could hear coming up to the clearing finally.

Turning around, I waited for Mizuko Ichikawa to wade through the waist tall wheat grass to me before i began to address her. A light breeze ruffled my hair and my red trimmed white coat, well mostly white coat. The left sleeve was still dyed red from my blood the other day. No matter how hard i tried to wash it out it didn't go away.

"Thank you for coming Mizuko. I'm glad you were willing to take the time off from work to come out here and see me," I state as i look around the feild. As far as my eye could see lay only the wheat grass that made up this feild. There were a couple of small hills and a sole tree about a half mile away. If there was a storm overhead and an abaondoned building nearby, It would of been a reflection of my inner worl. In essense it was perfect for some heavy training and sparring.

"Mizu, I have a bad feeling that the rad that lies before us is only going to become more difficult to travel," I state solemnly as i look out over the feild and the breeze blows upon my back. "With Divus interested in us both and our troubles with Forty-Six, i think it would be best to try and become even stronger. Would you be willing to help me and in turn I help you?"

Mizuko had received a notice from Elenia to meet her not far from where she was in a clearing. She thought it would not hurt to see what she had in mind. She waded the best she could through the weat till she reached Elenia. She stoped just outside the clearing for a moment and then walked over to Elenia as she began to speak. "Thank you for inviting me. I did need some time off. I think I've been working a bit to hard lately. I also think you may be right. Training sounds like a good idea right now since all seems to be quiet these past few days. Do you wish to set up any rules, or just go all out then?" she asked. Her mind did wonder back to the demon Divus and his son Berial and wondered would would eventually happen between them and her. She shook those thoughts out of her head after a few moments and waited for Elenia to answer.

Smiling I turn around to face Mizuko and i had a feeling that despite what may come in the future, i could trust her to be there to help and i would do all i could to be there for her. For a moment i ponder on the thought of going all out from the start but what good would that do. She was far stronger than me and would quickly 'mop the floor with me' if we were to begin this battle all out. Cracking my shoulder i shift my feet so that im standing in a basic martial arts stance.

"Well what would be the point of just straight to our maximum from the start. With you so much stronger than me to begin with, i would like to be pushed to my absolute limits. So far that the strain would damn near kill me," I explain before a dark smile crept across my face. "What do you say Mizu. You up for pushing both us to the limits of our bodies?"

She lookes up as Elenia talks to her. She then ponders a moment over what was said. "An all out battle to teast our limits?" she said, more to herself than to anyone. She absentmindely placed her hand on her zanpakuto and thought. She had not been in such a battle in quite a long time and felt maybe she was overdue for a good bout of training till she could no more. "That sounds like a wonderful idea. I've not trained like that in ages, and, your right. I'm sure you could use the training more than I can." A smile comes across her own face as she just stands there. She's knew Elenia would have a bit of an advantage over her with hand to hand combat since she herself was never any good at it. She knew, however, she'd just have to do her best and learn from trial and error.

Taking a deep breath I let the breeze blow through and around me. It had been quite some time since i had used this style of meditation but i figured that now was as good a time as any. Slowly all the tension in my mind and body is blown away in the breeze and i seem to sway in perfect unison with the wind blown wheat grass. Without a care in the world, my uncovered eye slowly closes only to reopen with a strange unfocused look in its gleam. With a half step I side flip to my right, floating through the air as if i were a dandelion seed caught in the breeze.

Halfway through the flip just as im completely upside down, I shunpo to where i am crouched down by Mizu's left leg. As i skid across the ground from the speed, I use my momentum to bring my right arm in an elbow sweep aimed right for her kneecap in an attempt to slow her down. Whether or not i strike, i follow through by continuing to use my momentum by twisting my body around as i bring my left fist in for a powerful strike to either her gut or face. Depending on how she reacted to my attack aimed for her knee. Before i had even let loose a single breath i shunpoed away back to wear i had been before in mid flip and finished landing it before shunpoing straight at Mizuko.

Mizuko watched quietly as the fight began. She was watching what Elenia was doing till she shunpo'ed away. Mizuko could not follow her and got hit in the back of the knee. As she was falling forward the strike she threw didn't hit her gut nor her face. It hit her chest instead, pushing her back a bit. She fell to her knees at that point, breathing hard. She looked up just as the caught her breath to see Elenia almost upon her. She dodged quickly, standing up. She silently curses to herself and moves to where she is facing Elenia again. This time it is her turn to attack. She moves in as quick as she can, first going for her left arm. Just before the hit she saw the red and remembered why the sleeve was red. She stoped and turned it into an attack on the right arm. Weather that hits or not she then squats down trying to do a leg sweep before flash stepping away.

Nimbly Mizuko dodged my charge and for a moment I feel the sudden rush of panic as my back became momentarily exposed to her. It was sort of a releif but as i turned around I saw a moment of hesitation in Mizuko as she started to attack my left arm but switched to right arm instead. Using her lapse in conviction, i parry the attack by pushing it away with my left arm. I began to notice that when it came to Hakudo, we were about evenly matched despite our difference in powers. She wasn't unskilled but the lack of training in hand to hand combat was noticable to me. However her superior strength made up for it as it was enough to keep me strained to keep up.

There was nothing i could do about the leg sweep so i decided to roll with it to minimize as much of the damage i could. As i rolled back to my feet, a nice sized bruise already beginning to form on my left leg, a turned and grabbed at the neck of Mizuko's Shihakshu before she can shunpo away and attempt to slam her onto her back. Either way i backflip back to open up some space between the two of us as i breath slightly laboriously. Shifting back into a fighting stance I smile as i address Mizuko. "Hmm, Call that one to one there?"

Mizuko is about to get away when she realizes that she is not moving anywhere. In fact, Mizuko seemed to be pulled back by Elenia. Getting her balance quickly Mizuko is able to turn and land on her feet after being thrown by Elenia. "I would think so. Your good though. I need lots work on this." she says, before taking a stance of her own. She slowly begins to remember a little of her training from when she was at the academy.

Deliberately slow i remove the eye patch over my left eye. Tossing it to the wind i open both my eyes and stare into Mizuko as if i was seeing into her soul. In all aspects i essential was with how the charred flesh of my dead eye saw things. I shifted my stance so it looked like i was going to do another side flip but instead i brought my left hand up, palm towards Mizuko.

"Condense and billow, the falling bird chokes the sky as the ashes fill my eyes. Bakudo Twenty-Three, Senkeinton." I call out the incantation of the smoke grenade spell. As soon as i called the name of the kido, I focus the blast at Mizuko's feet covering a twenty foot area in a dense smoke.

Closing my right eye, I shunpo beside Mizuko and attempt to grab her sword and throw it as far as i could into the feild somewhere.

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Mizuko watches Elenia quietly, wondering what she is up to. Just as Mizuko thought nothing was going to happen, something did. She was caught off guard by the smoke bomb. But before she could say anything about that Bakudo, Elenia is gone agian. She frantically looks around her only to find she is not able to see very well due to the smoke. She closes her eyes for a quick moment, softly saying "Hatsuden." When she opens her eyes they are glowing a sapphire blue. She then feels Elenia grabbing her sword from her left side. Upon instint Mizuko acts fast and grabs her arm just above the hand that is holding her sword. She turns her head in the direction she now knows Elenia is in and is just barely able to see her outline in the smoke. "And just what do you think your doing with my sword? she says. Mizuko is a little flustured due to not being able to clearly see, but not mad at Elenia. Her tone of voice says otherwise in hopes that she can scare Elenia a bit.