[hider=training]

Giovanni made his way to the center of the Seireitei, the bottom of sogyoku hill. it was much easier to find his way to than anything else since the hill was visible from every corner of the place. the wooded area was rather serene , he would have to make sure not to destroy anything. That wasn't the kind of training he had in mind anyway. he took his zanpakuto from his side and raised it horizontally, still in its sheath. with his left hand he held the sheath, with his right hand he held the hilt. his spirit, Sorareo came with a strange but appreciated condition. 

In order for him to be able to draw the blade he had to be in complete unity with his zanpakuto. Using the shikai allowed sorareo to harmonize with Giovanni but if Giovanni waned to get better he had to be the one harmonizing. He closed his eyes and focused, imagining a meter. on one end was his energy, and on the other was his spirits. He could feel Sorareo stirring awake within him. He focused and gathered his spiritual pressure, causing his golden reiatsu to line his frame. With a growl that only he could hear his zanpakuto appeared in the darkness of Gios mind to resist. 

And so the struggle began, as Giovanni maneuvered his spiritual pressure in attempt to harmonize with his Sorareo, the spirit work diligently to destabilize the harmony. 

[b]"I continue to tell you this will take more than self control. though a part of you i am, and will continue to be more than you."[/b] Sorareo roared while unleashing another wave of energy to shatter Gios almost stable balance. When ever the gauge in Gios imagination got close to dead center the spirit would do something like that. but it was unpredictable. Gio always assumed that it if he predicted the energyshift he would still be able to match it. but he never good. It always took a precise control of his energy that he hadnt attained yet. IF he was ever able to master that he wouldnt need his shikai to draw his sword. He would need to release its power, unless it wasnt the real release command. The thought destabilized Sorareo enough for Gio to almost synchronize with him on his own but Sora quickly regained his control and overwhelmed Gio once more. 

"could it be i am correct. you have nor shared your power with me in telling me your name?" Gio demanded of his spirit

[b] "which is easier? a Giant to reach down or a man to reach up?[/b] the answer was clear to Gio. he was the man and sorareo was the giant. a giant winged lion but still a giant. Sorareo held back while Gio pushed forward. Unfortunatly there was no lesson in that. Just a hint towards a greater ability once this mountainous trial was overcome. but even that would take time. at this rate a whole lot of time. 

Studying and mastering Kido would, in theory, give him greater control over his already note worth spiritual pressure control. that would, he believed make it easier to draw his blade. he opened his eyes and placed his zanpakuto back on his left hip where it belonged. He thought to himself for a moment before he held his right hand skyward. "bakudo 9. Horin" a orange orb appears in his hand but he focuses hard, causing it to split into two streams of energy instead of one. he lowers his hand and the streams fly off. Its hard for him to control two at one time, especially since he is improvising. He practices maneuvering the two strands, not attempting anymore until he can wind them around trees under the control of only one hand. A low level kido, especially a bakudo was highly versatile, and didnt take up much energy. however after constantly casting it, it was tarting to take its toll on his energy. he managed, eventually, to wind the tendrals around several trees but not at a remarkable speed or fluidity. but he used them to immobilize a large stone. one each. "hado 11. Tzuzuri raiden" he honestly didnt know what he wa expecting to happen. but the electrical current traveled through both tendrils with an equally high voltage and when they came into contact with the stones, it exploded. The stone debris went in every direction including Gios. But he ducked and fell backwards to avoid most of it. he would have a few bruises but those werent anything he couldnt handle. 

He just laid there and stared at the sky though. for a moment he thought about taking time to try and combine other kido as he got stronger but he was soon lot in the calming effect of the grey sky and drifted into a nap. Well not really, he was pulled into his inner world where Sorareo would attack and berate him. and you cant really fight a lion with wngs when you dont have a weapon. and new flash, kido doesnt really work in the inner world. They really should tell you that in the academy. Its possible but it doesnt work the same way at least for Gio anyway. Best way to end a training session is to get mauled by a lion. [/hider]