Bleach: New Generation

Chapter 21: Training Arc, Hirenkyaku

Kazui's POV:

"The first thing you're going to learn is the Quincy's technique. Now, I don't know how to do this myself, so I brought an old friend", Yoruichi announces as she gestures forward.

From out of one of the large boulders, emerged a familiar glass wearing person with the Quincy cross embroidered into his white clothes.

"Ishida?!", I felt relieved that a familiar face was here to teach me.

"Now, calm down Kurosaki. I was only here at the request of Yoruichi at such a short notice. I hadn't prepared that much but- "

Yoruichi cut him off with a grin, "When I called you, you were off on your break with nothing to do. So you mean you didn't come here to show off your technique to Kazui and prove that Quincies are better than Soul Reapers?"

"Shut up", protested Ishida before he turned to me, "Anyway, this technique is only exclusive to Quincies. But in your case, you have Quincy blood in you due to your heritage. So there is a chance that it will be successful for you to learn"

I nodded enthusiastically. I guess this hybrid blood inside of me was going to be useful after all.

"Hirenkyaku is a technique that Quincies normally use to travel from one place to another at extreme speeds. But its different from Flash Step, which may be even faster", Ishida pushed up his glasses and when nobody agreed with him, he sighed and continued. "Our technique basically uses the reishi in the air to travel faster. Unless you have a weak spiritual awareness or ability to control reishi, it is unlikely you are able to use this technique"

"And so to jump start your training, we'll attack you while you try to learn", Yoruichi clapped her hands, "Let the lesson begin"

"H-huh?!"

Ishida drew his spiderweb-like bow and started firing. I Flash stepped away from his incoming arrows before any of them could hit me. I grabbed onto a piece of rock from where I travelled to as I hung onto the roof.

I went in to draw my Zanpakuto, I noticed that both the sheath and the sword wasn't there. When I looked down, I saw Yoruichi holding my Zanpakuto and stuck a tongue at me. Looks like I can't use it during this training.

"Licht Regen!"

A sudden hail of countless spirit arrows was fired all at once, all aiming towards me. I kept Flash stepping away, trying to dash away from the attacks, but everywhere I went, the arrows followed me.

"My bow, Ginreikojaku, usually fires over 1200 arrows a row every second. But overtime, and due to certain circumstances, my power increased. This bow now shoots over 7000 arrows at once. This will be the price to pay for your development"

Is he mad? Is he trying to kill me? Or is it both?

I kept dodging the attacks, keeping up with the speed of his arrows and narrowly avoided being hit. The blue arrows flew past me as I kept evading them, my stamina slowly draining.

Damn it. Not now. And just when I thought I was going good so far. What were these two planning anyway? What was the purpose of putting me through this trial for me to become faster?

Hirenkyaku is a Quincy technique if I can remember. This technique uses the reishi from the air and uses it to boost the speed of the user, like a Flash step. And if he was right, from Ishida's perspective I must look that slow to him for him to always keep an eye for where I go.

While I was working out how to solve this difficult problem, I didn't notice Yoruichi sneak up behind me. Trapped in my thoughts, I finally snapped out of it when she kicked me towards the arrows. I lost my balance, falling quickly into the range of fire.

I could hear the sound of the arrow's buzzing energy, and the way those arrows were fired from Ishida's bow. My new main focus was now to become aware of the reishi around me. The essence of spiritual bodies; the building blocks of all souls and spiritual matter.

It was all around me and was even my own source of power. Without it, I wouldn't become a Soul Reaper. Without it, I wouldn't be able to use Getsuga Tenshou. Without it, I won't be able to learn my own power.

I sensed the energy all around me, filling the cave and everything it could fit in. Just like a Getsuga Tenshou, I needed to gather all the reishi to boost myself and speed up. Or else I'll get hit.

The arrows were no more than a few meters and, due to its speed, would hit me in no time. At once, I instinctively accumulated all of the reishi that came my way and forced myself to advance.

As I blinked my eyes opened, I saw that the energy from the arrows were being transferred into my own body. A shiver ran up my spine as the feeling of pure reishi was absorbed into every fiber of my being. A new energy awakened in me. It felt as if something locked inside of me was twisted open like a key to a door. It wasn't pleasant but at the same time it felt good. I can do this.

I placed all of this reishi into my feet as I prepared the footwork of a Flash step. The sensation felt like ice skating as I easily used it to slide towards my destination. It took one stride to completely avoid the arrows altogether, and another to appear behind Ishida.

"So...did I do it right?"