[B][U]Next night[/U][/B] “He’s here!” Kenta heard a voice call out. Minori soon appeared with an angry looking Tae, something he should have expected. Tae helped him up and slung his arm over her shoulders while her arm went around his waist. “We’re going to have to start locking you up,” Tae and Minori commented. Once they were back at house they laid Kenta on the couch while sitting on separate chairs. “I…Need something,” Kenta said as he shook a bit. “W-What’s…?” “Stage two, now give him that bag,” Tae said. Minori grabbed the bag behind her and gave it to Kenta in which he bent over and began vomiting. Kenta then sat about after a minute and sat the bag down wiping his mouth. “…Kenta, how did this happen?” Minori asked with a sigh. “Used needle,” he mumbled, that got him a slap from a Minori, then one from Tae. He didn’t seem to react though, “I meant why!?” Kenta stayed silent. “Because he was depressed, didn’t feel like talking about it because he doesn’t want to get closer. Yeah, I know, I can read him clearly,” Tae said. “…But you were doing so well, weeks ago, talking to us,” Minori said as she put her hand on his but he pushed it away. Tae made a noise before stuffing something into Kenta’s mouth, “Just…Let it sit….Until you feel better then spit it out.” Kenta did just that, taking about twenty minutes before he spat out the item. It had seemed to cleanse his system, and his mouth at that. He felt better physically. After a long moment of silence Kenta broke it, “….I know, it was stupid.” “Beyond,” Minori and Tae said. “…But you don’t know how it feels…To lose everything and then…A-And…” Kenta began blabbering, hardly saying any words as tears fell down his face. He gave up on trying to speak and just let himself cry. Soon he felt lips on his causing his eyes to widen once he saw it was Minori. She soon pulled away with a flush, “You honestly needed that…” was all she said as she sat back down….Well it worked, Kenta wiped his tears and began speaking clearly, “….I was just upset that I couldn’t fight….I had spent so much time alone that I just didn’t want to ask for help, so I just took the easy way out…I didn’t know what to do but….Now I do, now I’m asking for help. Tae…Please train me,” Kenta said as he got on his knees in respect, “Minori…Tae…I’m sorry for pushing you away…But I understand that…. I’m not alone. I have you two, Rio, Hikari, Captain Kuchiki….So please, forgive me.” “We were never truly mad at you Kenta,” Tae said with a smile as she put her hands on his shoulders gently, “Just waiting until you realized….Now stand the fuck up and let’s turn you into something above a bitch, you too Minori! We’re going to be doing the most extreme training from now on!” --- [B][U]A month later[/U][/B] [Two months ago] Kenta stood in the training room (I.e a hidden garden on the apartment) with his Shikai. Though instead of his staff he wore gauntlets that resembled a dragon claws. Within a month Tae had shaped him up so that he could use Shikai abilities without pain, as well he had gained all his Shikai abilities and all extensions of them. He took a breath as he deactivated his Shikai and walked out of the garden where Minori was watching him. “Your stamina has improved,” she commented smiling. “Thanks,” Kenta said with a small smile, “So…I can help you with your stamina practice if you’d like.” “Alright love birds, I know hormones are raging but did you finish your training?” Tae asked as she caught Kenta in a headlock. “Hormones?” Kenta mumbled before he pushed out of the headlock, “Yes, we’ve finished….But not all of it.” Kenta then clenched his fist thinking of all the stuff he had to do. “Not yet, you still have much more to learn….But you take a break for now, I’ll be back later,” Tae said before leaving. Kenta nodded and sat beside Minori. “…So hormones?” Minori asked. “It could have come off that way,” Kenta said. “But you didn’t mean it like that, and she wouldn’t tease that much…” “You think she hinted at that?” Kenta asked. “I don’t know…Do you want to? You know….That?” Minori asked as her hand gently wrapped around his. “Let’s just see where it leads,” Kenta said as he then gently kissed her. The two then made their way to Kenta’s bedroom in which she laid on the bed, Kenta hovering over her. He then looked away, “I don’t know…It just won’t feel right.” “I thought you did this twice,” Minori said as she titled her head. “Three if you count…” Kenta sighed and looked at her, “…You just….Know why we can’t be together right?...I just don’t want to if we can’t…” “Oh…” Minori said as Kenta moved and sat on the bed. Minori followed suit as she sat beside him. She wrapped her arms around one of his and laid her head on his shoulder, “Then let’s stay like this…For the rest of the night, ok?” --- [B][U]A couple weeks later[/U][/B] “You’re ready…There’s still allot you can learn, which I will teach you but….You can take him,” Tae said as she gave Kenta a chip, “Break this and he will come to you.” Kenta nodded and bowed, “Thank you,” he then straightened himself, “I’ll be back, so don’t worry!” Kenta then turned and went off in his Shinigami form. Once he was far away from any civilization he raised his hand and broke the chip. Soon enough the hollow appeared causing Kenta to stare at him, “Janaan.” “Ah, Janaan, the name you filthy Shinigami have given me.” “For a reason, Janaan, trapper of souls. You trap the souls of loved ones and use that to diminish the sanity of your opponent. But I’ll bring peace to those souls you’ve captured, and inflict vengeance upon you,” Kenta said. Janaan threw his head back as if laughing, but all that came out were the screams souls of Kenta’s family, “You said that the first two times…But we see where you ended up…You’re lucky I sparred you.” “It’s seems I’ve been very lucky lately, but you’re luck is about to run about because all you’ve left is a dangerous enemy,” Kenta said as he activated his Shikai in the form of demon claws instead of a staff. “You and your sister Keina you were carved from the same stone, so that only means that you will travel down the same road,” Janaan said, “Now time to make you another sad enslaved soul.” “Janaan, I’ve ran away and lost to you once before but this time it’s different! I’ve always been a man of my word, so I will be killing you today….So the trash talk is ending here, and we’re ending this. Me [I]and[/I] you!” Kenta then shot towards Janaan and threw a punch. Kenta’s speed had greatly improved which even lead Janaan to become shocked. He had no time to react as Kenta dealt multiple strong blows leaving a burning feeling on every place he hit. Kenta dealt a final blow that sent Janaan flying back, but that wasn’t it. Kenta shunpo’ed behind Janaan and shot ash out of his palms. Once Janaan fell into the ash Kenta scratched his arm creating a spark that caused the ash to explode violently around Janaan. “I know you aren’t done,” Kenta said as the ash moved away revealing Janaan who had been on the ground. Janaan slowly stood with his body still burning, though had four orbs smash into his face sending him back. Before he could recover Kenta shunpo’ed above him and punched him creating a small crater. “You said something about me being a sad enslaved sou-“Kenta stopped speaking as a cero was shot out at him in which Kenta simply caught it and crushed it under his hand, “Pathetic,” Kenta said as he opened his palms sending flames down onto Janaan. “You’ve defeated countless Shinigami, you don’t want me to be your end do you!?” Kenta yelled, soon finding an arrow pointed tail in his neck. “You talk allot much for someone who said no more trash talking, now look at you,” Janaan said from the ground as he created multiple tails with pointed ends. “….Now look at me, here kicking your ass and able to counter your moves,” Kenta said as he grinned. He titled his head, scales all over his body. He squeezed Janaan’s tail with his head and shoulder to the point it exploded into nothing, “For someone who commented that they’ll enslave me, you really aren’t doing such a good job.” All the tails then struck Kenta at once, in which he let them. They gave off minor cuts at the most which seemed to anger Janaan. Kenta shot down at Janaan gripping his head, though instead of smashing him into the ground he used Sentan Hakuja letting the cloth spin around them. Once they teleported they were upside down in the air falling downwards. Kenta made it so Janaan was below him; he then began using Raiōken sending ultra-high-speed punches down onto Janaan hitting him with every single one. It even continued when they were on the ground. Kenta then used Sandobaggu Bīto followed by Oni Dekopin that sent Janaan deep into the earth. Kenta was obviously holding back, letting out anger by beating on Janaan instead of outright killing him. A large red beam then shot out of the hole and overtook Kenta, though once it was done Kenta had broke a few scales and was bleeding a few places but still looked calm and cool. “You’re getting desperate Janaan, didn’t you take down two captains!? Must be getting a bit rusty!” Kenta yelled. He then found that there were four of Janaan surrounding him which they attacked him from above with their claws and from below which then formed into a monstrous jaw. “Amaterasu,” Kenta said as he slammed his hands down. Black flames shot out of his palms and then surrounded him in a ball, once the jaws entered the flames they immediately left while the screams of Janaan as the flames just continued to burn them. Kenta then yelled and raised his energy to a high amount causing the flames to burst around a large portion of the area in the shape of a dome setting everything on fire except for Kenta himself. Once he finished looked around at the destroyed area then looked down at Janaan who was rolling around looking like a stupid dog. “Oh this feels good,” Kenta said as he cracked his neck, “But let’s put an end to this....Tengoku kara jigoku no sutoraiki.” Kenta activated Itchi and then used the technique. Eight large orbs made of Kido fell from the sky and Kenta directed them into each other making it into the size of a large meteor. He then directed it to fall into Janaan which it did, causing rocks and debris to fly into the air. Once the attack ended Kenta panted heavily before deactivating his Shikai and turning around, “Looks like it’s ov-“ before he could finish he was hit with a large red beam which caused him to slam into the ground. Kenta took a moment before struggling to get up, he looked behind him to see Janaan who was heavily damaged. “I thought that attack would finish you off before, heh…..But it’s pitiful that my strongest technique didn’t take you out right away, glad no one was here to see…You ran out of fun…Hado #91 Senjū Kōten Taihō,” Kenta spoke as he sent the ten pink energy blasts towards Janaan. In reality it was overkill, as anything probably would have killed the hollow at that point. But Kenta wanted Janaan to know how much he wanted to kill him, and he had proved his point. Kenta gave a smile and wiped his teary eyes from happiness, finally doing what he had set out to do. Opening his eyes he then noticed hundreds and thousands of souls floating away, the souls that Janaan had captured were now free and floating upwards just to disappear to go into the Soul Society. Kenta quickly looked around and spotted them! Shunpo’ing over he spotted his parents and held their hands, stopping their progress….Though not into the Soul Society, into a new life. “Mom…Dad,” Kenta said as tears leaked from his eyes, “I did it…I…” The two hugged Kenta causing him to cry into them as they began disappearing, “You’ve made us proud Kenta….You always did, and although we won’t see you again…” “Know that we love you honey!” His mother said, “And no matter what you do, or which path you take….” “We’ll be in your heart, loving and supporting you no matter what…” “Thank you!” Kenta yelled while crying as his parents then disappeared. He sniffled before looking around, spotting Keina! He shot down towards her and grabbed her hands tightly, “Sis….” “S-Sis?” she asked with widened eyes, “W-Wait! Kenta! Is that you!?” “Yeah, I…I want to explain so much to you but you need to head to the Soul Society,” Kenta said as he looked into her eyes. “….Big guy,” Keina said with a frown. “I’ll find you,” Kenta said as he let her go letting her rise, “I’ll find you!” he yelled up to her before she disappeared. Kenta was worn out, and was able to cast one more Kido. That Kido being Sentan Hakuja in which he teleported back home to Minori and Tae. He appeared in front of them on the ground, snoring loudly. Tae smiled and gently picked him up, then went to his room to place him on his bed. “You did well,” Tae said before slowly shutting the door. (Promised myself I would edit this one….I lied, and I feel ashamed…Eh, I’ll get over it with Gio pasta)