"Yes well, sometimes you have to adjust in more ways then one" Joshua said before moving only a few feet to avoid the afterimages attack, when he saw that it didn't leave an impact he lokked around but cross's did came from his left blindside and took out his feet from under him. Adjusting quickly he landed on his hands and flipped back on his feet before pulling off his eyepatch and opening his left eye, which had a fake grey on in it" There that should make things more fair"

Hiroshi walks down the Seireitei roads. He stopped as he heard a faint cheering of some sort. He walked towards that direction, as he stopped a good distance away, gripping his Zanpakuto that was strapped on his left hip as he places his left hand on the hilt. He watched as people, not a lot, just a few with immense cheering, gather around a certain area. As he stared closely, he looked into the sky and he saw his old captain Gust in the air, looking like he was preparing to release a kido. He sighed in relief that it wasn't some shit he needed to deal with for he wanted to rest for a while at this time. He then casually walked towards the area, going through the crowd he was able to get in front of the crowd and watch. As he got in front, Gust's kido, which was the lightning bolt struck onto the ground, but when he turned his head to where it was aim, Hiroshi saw a man. Appearing to look young, maybe 13 or 14. The man blocked Gust's kido, but it was clear that he barely made it. It looked like Gust was giving him a captain's test. He crossed his arms as he grinned and watched the fight, impressed.

Gust threw his blade into the air as water and darkness poured into his hands.
"you're learning mighty fast Josh, it's impressive really." Looking up towards his blade, he smirked from behind his hood as he muttered two words. "rain, cheolpa." clouds came down as two blades fell into Gust's hands.

Each with A scythe branching off at a random direction. He pumped his reiatsu into the blades as a buzzsaw like sound and edge were given to the blades.

"Now a shikai test."

"If you plan on using Reiatsu and Reiryoki attacks against me your's going to lose" Joshua said calmly, drawing his sword again"Fangs that glow like a thousand swords, scales that glitter like a thousand shields under the moonlight, rise to protect that which we hold dear. Tsukiyo Ryū Gādian!"

Joshua's Zanapaktou switched to a regular Sakabato wakazashi with a dragon-head shaped gaurd. His right arm was now covered in a silvery skintight armor that looked like it was made of scales from shoulder to wrist, though his forearm was covered in a silver bracer with an inlaid obsidian gem in the center. His left arm gained an identical bracer

"Well bring it on" He said, waiting

Gust smiled. " I didn't say i was going to use Reiatsu attacks." He vanished in the shadows, running underneath the battlefield in the shadow realm. He jumped out of a wall, bringning both blades in front of him as he ran and disappeared again nearby Josh.

If I can just get him to focus on his own... HE thought to himself before appearing up from the ground again.

"I am starting to get bored to always be the first to strike ya know? I mean, it's really a hassle, such a drag, ya know?"

"It's also more tiring for you" Joshua said" Playing defence and making the battle last longer is fine by me. In the past I would've just cared about beating my opponent. Now I care about other things. Also if you'r gonna hide in the shadows there's no point in me taking an offencive move, since I can't see you"

"what if the offensive can break the shadows. You never know." He said, coming from underneath Josh, pushing up his blades near hsi leg, hoping to barely graze them. If hit or not, Gust would come out of the shadows, still with the darkness pouring into his darkness blade and stand idle towards Josh.

"Well. Look. No more shadows, no more weird things. Just you and I. show me what you got."

Since Gust spoke before he attacked Joshua knew the attack was coming from below and moved out of the way before Gust blade hit. Hearing Gust's comment he sighed

"Fine, but don't complain too much" He said as his zanpaktou glowed slightly and changed from a sakabato wakazashi to regular katana. His armor changed as well, losing the silvery color and turning black, with the obsidian's in his bracers replaced with white moonstones

"Okay here I come" He said before shunpoing behind Gust and sending two quick thrust to Gust's right side and left hamstring

Gust managed to block the strike to his side, but teh blade on his calf slipped causing a large gash to form.

"meh,It's what I get for havig short blades, aha" He commented about the wound, holding his calf as he reverted his blade after flash stepping near amaya.

"Now, you test him in bankai, i'm going to rest for a little bit. you will be the one to give him his haori in the ceremony, it;s only right."

"Alright...If you wish to relax I got pay back to give him."Said Amaya adjustig her Kimono ullig her blade out. "Lets go little boy."Said Amaya with a smirk allowing her blade to show form its sheath. "Bankai, Hadikazuki"She commented as her reaistu flared greatly as her zanpackuto glow and expanded as she twisted before the weapon in her hand was solid and light. She held a pole with a chain at one end with four fan blades as she watched him smirking " I can't wait."She commented