[center][color=cyan][h1][b]Bakuto Hokori[/b][/h1][/color] [hider=Appearance][img]https://em.wattpad.com/6a4f246f6352b75637aea78d54a2ee3de5a81773/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f47316b4d6f794d396e4b374378413d3d2d3536322e3135656362356231666332663464353233353634333834333730382e6a7067[/img][/hider] [b]Sagamiyama -Komori Sweets Shop Interactions Or others possibly present: [@LC][@McNephelim][@Sho Minazuki][@Morgannis][@LadyAnnaLee][@Nyahahameha][@Yu Narukami] [/b][/center] [hr] [indent] Instead of focusing on fancy techniques and flashy sword play his training focused on precision and Bakuto trained on focusing on how and when he would strike. The zanpakuto was a weapon and not a toy Bakuto focusing on when he strikes or swings his sword he is prepared for it to kill his target. Don't hesitate but don't be sloppy either. Bakuto before was focusing on the fancy medium ranged attacks when he didn't have the skills or focus to actually let them get used properly. Learning on when to and how to properly use his jump step, 'Youho' Bakuto started while sparring with Ouga to use it to stop half way through the jump to make for an even more sudden stop for a more precious area of jumping. Evolving the technique further, getting the starts of Jiho the two-step, which Bakuto is just calling double or multi jump. Maneuvering quickly in the air and turning with precise moves to drive his sword and himself towards their targets Bakuto sparring sessions with Ouga was just him trying to hit Ouga even once. Every time Bakuto would swing wildly, or attack without aiming precisely he would get wacked by a wooden sword. Which led to Bakuto using fast jumps and angles to try and get the advantage. Yet not even once did Bakuto actually hit Ouga he did block a couple of wooden sword strikes but he couldn't land a solid hit on Ouga.[/indent] [hr] [b][center]Afternoon after training[/center][/b] [hr] [indent][color=cyan]"So train hard, get beaten up now, go fight a bunch of hollows tonight and try to apply what things we learned from training against those monsters. Sounds like a solid plan."[/color] Bakuto says as he grabs his stuff and jumps back into his own human body. He also grabbed a handful of the healing candies, he was bruised from the sparring sessions with Ouga. [color=cyan]"Killing intent, focusing, and not swinging my sword around like a kid playing with a toy, things I have to work on. I'll try to put what was beaten into me into practice, those hollows won't know what hit them when we are done with them tonight."[/color] Bakuto tried to be his jokester self, but he was mostly putting on a front knowing full well his own shortcoming that was revealed to him during his training session with Ouga and the other shinigami substitutes. Bakuto went off to get himself a bit of time before needing to be called out for the hollow hunt later that night.[/indent] [hr]