Bleach: Crysanthemum

A few weeks later.

"Urgh!" Jin grunted after he received a kick to his abdomen. His legs felt the friction beneath them and the sheer pressure of the momentum nearly send him flying backward.

But by now, he was already used to getting hit that hard and was able to keep his balance up while enduring the pain that his legs signaled through his nerves.

Panting heavily he came to a stop. His body was already trembling from all the abuse he went through. Even that last bit of strength that was used to put up his arms in front of his body to block that attack now seemed to fade away.

"Don't lower your guard." Right at that moment when those words from Hiyori fell, she appeared with a skilled Shunpo in front of Jin and already executed a vertical kick from above that was headed to his head.

Gritting his teeth Jin pushed his limits and shifted his arms that were still in front of his ċhėst in a upward motion above his head.

All the heaviness from Hiyori´s leg came crashing down onto his crossed forearms. It immediately pressured his whole body into the ground. And at first, it looked like Jin would lose that clash and be knocked out after giving in.

But his legs kept up with the pressure when he entered into a horse stance and the contact came to a halt.

A slight smirk appeared on his face that Hiyori immediatelly saw when he looked at her.

His defense was broken because it was still occupied with her other leg and now that attck clearly hit him hard.

This time around he even went straight flying and sliding over the ground for a few meters until he stopped.

"...don't get too ċȯċky just because you got slightly better. Your Hakuda is bȧrėly passable. Especially when someone is faster than you in Hoho you are getting sloppy with your defense."

Hiyori now mentioned some advice for Jin as if she was waiting for a reply. Normally she would have gotten a response from him but this time there was actually only silence as a response.

Noticing that she went ahead and came closer to him. What she saw was Jin lying on the ground knocked out and breathing soundly in his sleep.

"Knocked out already?" A smile appeared on her face while looking down at him.

"Arent you going a little bit too far with them?", asked another person that now appeared behind Hiyori with a silent Shunpo.

"You again? What is it this time?", asked Hiyori in a somewhat annoyed manner. It was apparent that this person already visited more than once and always made her mood bad.

"I will have to tell you again that doing such harsh training can harm them. And..."

"..." The person clad in ninja-like clothing stayed silent for a second before looking at Jin. Then her gaze went on to Matsuri and Fujimaru who were also lying around on the ground a little bit further away. All of them were once more in an unconscious state.

"Fine, but remember what I said. If you go too far I will have to eliminate you. Yoruichi-Sama was pretty clear in her wording.", hissed the person now.

"Hoo~? Do you really think you can handle me? Arent you still too green, kid?", smirked Hiyori back at what was clearly a young Soi Fon.

Soi Fon only smiled back. "Your Hakuda isn't that impressive. Yoruichi-Sama is way better than you in it. I have learned under her and can tell that you will be no match for me."

"That will be left to be seen, won't it?" Between the two sparks started to fly. One person was angry because someone endangered the VIP that her master ordered to be protected and the other was angry about being underestimated as well as annoyed by that behavior of always appearing and warning her.

But before the two could pounce at each other Jin ġrȯȧnėd and woke up. Before he could see her, Soi Fon did a Shunpo to a distant place and remained on her lookout.

Hiyori also just sighed. "Back from the dead? How do you feel?"

"Tired...extremely. You really don't use velvet gloves when teaching us.", answered Jin and stayed on the ground for a while.

"Was there someone just now?"

"Just thought I heard someone. So I had the twins in mind. But looks like I am still the first to wake up."

When his body felt someone reliable to be used again he slowly stood back up. He was still extremely wobbly on his feet but at least could stand now.

"Ugh..." He sighed now. "Now to the really bad part of the day...Would you be so kind?"

On Hiyori her face a really big grin appeared. She equipped her right hand with a red glove that had a blue flame on it.

"With pŀėȧsurė", she said and moved in front of him. Then with her fingers positioned into a grabbing motion, she penetrated Jin´s forehead and retrieved a small ball-shaped object out of him.

Right then Jin started to feel extremely nauseous and nearly threw up. It was that damn items fault. Every time it was taken out it put so much vertigo to one's mind it was amazing. Jin still wonders why it had such an effect.

And truth be told he really threw up the first times when he used it. The same occurred to Matsuri and Fujimaru. So he was sure it was a nasty after effect of this pill. There was also the effect that their hunger skyrocketed after using the pill.

But all that was only a very small price to pay. All three of them clearly noticed the improvements they had in their overall performance in all disciplines after using this Reiryoku suppressing medicine.

Of course, at first, it was hell to use these pills because they felt like literal rocks that could do nothing but stand and gaze at the sky. With time that went away and they became better in doing training in that state.

Jin noticed that reaching one´s peak health condition in Soul Society was not even that hard and wounds healed much faster than what he remembered from his old life. At least that is how he felt.

The Reishi here was extremely dense. That was also a reason for why most Shinigami could not fly in the sense where they create a footing with Reishi underneath their soles.

"Alright, I will start some meditation now. Thank you for taking some time for us as always, Hiyori."

"Jin?" Hiyori raised an eyebrow.

"Hiyori-Sensei." Jin corrected himself smiled back tiredly. He actually didn't even have the strength left to argue anything. "If there is something important just wake me up." Then he went on and grabbed his Asauchi and started meditation.

Hiyori just watched him sit down and start his meditation. She glanced over to her own Zanpakuto and started wondering if she should start to redo her own meditation.

When Jin always meditated his Reiryoku started to fluctuate greatly and that made her wonder why their ways in communication were so different. Did she do something wrong and that is why she makes no progress with her own Zanpakuto?

Sighing she glanced over to Matsuri and Fujimaru. Even these two started to have that same phenomenon while meditating. And that straight after Jin only once told them to imagine a world as a place for them to talk to their swords. Not just insert your Reiryoku into the blade and telepathically talk with it but truly speak with one's very soul.

Needless to say, Hiyori also tried out that dreamlike state and didn't really bear any fruits in that matter. It somewhat made her angry.

A major influence was Jin. He used honeyed words in tempting her. Well, mostly they were provocations and a challenge to her at first but after she -proved- herself he started complimenting her.

Which turned out to be an easy way of getting Hyori to cooperate. He basically used her the way he needed her. And she would be none the wiser. But to not be an ȧsshole he always made it up with some sweets and stuff.

Hiyori apparently likes candy.