Captain of the 5th division, Hollis Edwards stands in an empty field just outside of rukongai and holds up on finger. Several dozen yards away is a small forest filled with large trees.

"Hado number four. Byakurai.."

Hollis says plainly. He had just finished a bit of paperwork and is grew quite bored just staying in the barraks. So , to get a bit of very basic training in, he decided to go out to the giant field and practice his lowl level kido. At this point he's become quite masterful. A stream of white lightning erupts from his index finger and seconds later his a single tree creating a small but extremely deep and precise hole. He moves his finger to the side as more blasts of white lightning come out hitting other trees in rapid succession. The shinigami sighs a bit as he becomes bored once more.

Hey, Captain!" shouted Kato. He was excited for his "TDay with the Cap'n." He knew that none of this training would pass as a waste of time. Kato would walk away from this training having learned something, anything. He couldn't wait to get the ball rolling.

"hm?.."

Hollis turns his head to look a bit over his shoulder to see who was yelling for him. As he does, his kido continue to hit trees with pinpoint accuracy. He recognizes the man and stops shooting as he turns around completely.

" Oh yes, hello Kato, how have you been pally? I'm suppossed to have a little training session with you right? well, i guess we can get started then.."

Hollis stands and places his hands behind his back as he waits for kato to make his way up to him.

Kato shunpo'd his way to the Captain's back and pointed his sword towards the Captain's back. "You're getting slow, old man. Kato had one thing in his mind. Speed. He wanted to be faster. He needed to be faster. Captain was the fastest person Kato personally knew and there was no one better to learn from than him.

"You may be right? i think my Utsusemi may even be getting some crows feet. how unsightly"


Hollis says as he stands with his finger pointed to the side of Katos temple. Katos sword seems to go through the hollis standing in front of him as it fades away, revealing itself to be an after image. Hollis winks.

"bang bang, i shot you down"

Captain edwards says with his other hand still behind his back and his normal smile on his face.

Kato's body is pierced, then seems to vanish. Captain had fallen for the same prank.... Again. Kato kicked off the Captain's head and onto the floor in front of the Captain. Enough playing around. It was time to get serious. Kato kept a stern look on his face as he stared into the Captain's eyes. He saw nothingness in there.... Darkness.... The same thing Kato wish he had in his own eyes.

Hollis lets loose a small chuckle at katos antics.

"good show, good show hahah"

He then glasres at the shinigami and sees that he is ready to get serious. Edwards squints his eyes a bit as he reads his new training partner.

"It seems you're ready to get serious..very well then, what is it you're trying to do get faster? I suppose i can teach you.."

Hollis shunpos directly infront of kato, reappearing in a bent squating position, letting loose a punch for his gut with his right hand. his left remains close by.

Kato smiled. His Captain knew better than that. As the punch struck Kato's chest, he simply walked right through the Captain. "How about we actually start training? I want to be faster. Show me how. Kato continued to stare at the Captain, the same stern look on his face.

How exactly would they train? How can you train someone to be faster?

Abilities Used

Name: Q2
Description: Kato moves "through" an opponent while cutting them. This technique is easily avoidable and is often used as a way to get behind the opponent(s).
Cooldown: Can be used once every 5 posts.

"Hm"

Hollis stands up, watching kato use the same technique he did a week or so ago against that arrancar. He then turns to him and holds up his left hand and extends his index finger.

"Alrighty then..hado 4, byakurai"

Hollis says the spell just to make it stronger, even though his is already plenty deadly. He fires a single blast directly at kato right where he can see.

"You know I'm faster than that," said Kato as he dodged the attack. He needed to be pushed harder. Much harder. He wouldn't get faster dodging attacks he had already dodged millions of times. He'd dodged a much stronger version, as well. Why was the Captain holding back? Was he afraid of hurting Kato? Impossible. Captain knew he didn't have to worry about Kato. What the hell was it, then?

In the same instance that kato dodges the white lightning, Hollis appears to be in another location with his finger held up. He remains silent showing only his normal smile and dark brown eyes as kato speaks. he lets loose another byakurai before kato can finish speaking.

Kato simply stared at the quickly approaching Kido. He absorbed the incoming lightning attack and turned it into pure speed. He would need this speed-boost if he were to even compete with the Captain. The more lightning was thrown at him, the faster Kato would become, and Kato would have no problem with that.

Still, Captain knew this. Why did he continue to fire these meaningless attacks?

As kato absorbs the attack, Hollis again appears to already be in a new location. He extends his middle finger and fires two byakurai at kato at the same time before shunpo-ing once more and firing two more. He continues to smile.

Kato absorbed all of the attacks and felt himself being forced into a new form. What was happening? It was like his body was being kicked into overdrive! His body itself was changing, shifting form. His hair grew longer, longer than when in Bankai. What was happening to him? His body had completely changed. He was visibly skinnier. His hair was longer, his eyes lost pupils, and he appeared to grow some type of wings.

(OOC: Kato's appearance.)

Spoiler:

All of a sudden, it seemed impossible for Kato to control himself. His body was moving on its own. It was moving much faster than he had ever moved before. It was as if he broke down a barrier that was holding him back. What was happening to him?

"Hmph.."

Hollis smiles as Katos physical appearance changes a bit. He does not stop blasting kido at him however as this happens. The 5th squad leader launches several more byakurai as he shunpos around, reappearing rapidly at different locations.