Bleach: New Generation

Chapter 39: Twin Blades and a Deal

Kazui's POV:

Shunsui led me to another room in his office that was hidden from everybody else. We both walked down a flight of stairs and into the training room. It was a small place, with torches lit on the walls and looked like a normal kendo practice room. Next to the doorway, Shunsui looked over at a rack of wooden swords that were displayed.

"Say, Kazui. You experienced with using two weapons by any chance?", he asked me, inspecting one of the swords.

"Uh, well..." To be honest, I wasn't really that good at using two blades. From my other training sessions, I had used two, but I had used simple moves like a cut or slash instead of any complicated sword techniques. "No, Head Captain Kyoraku"

"Ah well, I expected it. That's why we're going to learn about it today"

Before I could react, Shunsui tossed me two wooden swords swiftly before he got two of his own. I scrambled to pick both up and held them in my hands. The feeling was extremely different than holding one blade. Mostly because I was used to using both hands when handling Mugetsu while fighting, so the weight felt weird. Maybe because it was made from wood, but the weight was divided more evenly between my two arms. It felt much better somehow, and...familiar?

"Now, lets get started, shall we? After all, I do have some things to discuss with you before your friends also have a turn"

"Yeah, you're right"

We both held our weapons in front of us before charging. Loud noises of wood smacking against each other echoed in the small room. It was a mix of parrying attacks and blocking as this fight was a one-sided one. Shunsui seemed to be having an amusing time blocking my attacks and even performed tricks to try and catch me off guard. Despite my efforts, it seemed like I wasn't pushing past him anytime soon. The one eye kept staring at me as I fought with all my strength, trying to at least land one hit.

"How was your experience with the captains so far?", Shunsui broke the silence as he smiled at me.

"Not too bad. Just a few near death experiences here and there. Almost getting cut to death, you know the deal"

Sweat poured down my forehead as the heat of the fight got to me. After a couple of minutes, I still couldn't land a hit. And there was the Captain-Commander who hadn't even broken a sweat and started a conversation with me.

"That's good. And I'm also sorry for making the captains go and train you. Kazui, do you wanna know something interesting?"

"Sure"

"The reason I put you through this type of training is obviously to make you stronger, but not in the way you think", Kyoraku quickly threw his hat at me, making me dodge it while he kept speaking, "You see, it seemed that Urahara was a little soft with your type of training. You're still currently medium captain level at best despite all of that".

"And what's that supposed to mean", I gritted my teeth as I tried to jump over him and land a head shot with my blades.

"Nice one", he complimented me as he blocked my attack and threw me to the other side, "Anyway, your training from the captains is the best way to do it. Did you know? Your Spiritual Energy increase is more efficient in a life-or-death situation. Which is the only reason why you're able to become stronger at a rapid rate"

"Is that so? How much stronger am I now, according to you?"

"Compared to when you first came here? Very much stronger. You were able to withstand Kenpachi's burst of reiatsu after he took off his eyepatch like nothing. Considering he is one of the strongest captains, you have outdone yourself so far. In fact, a little faster than expected".

Those words boosted my motivation, and I kept attacking Shunsui with the best of my ability. He continued to block as usual, but it felt like I was slowly overcoming him. I felt like I was getting stronger even though that this wasn't a life-or-death situation. Actually, more like I was able to see through his defence and strike the right places. Shunsui was still able to keep up with my attacks all the while slowly breaking down his parries.

After a while, I finally was able to pierce through one of his parries and struck his shoulder. Shunsui groaned a little as he was hit but smiled at the same time. The fight stopped completely, and we both stood there, breathing heavily. Our swords were both weathered and damaged as we held them in our hands.

"At least it didn't rip through my kimono, or else I'd be very disappointed", sighed Kyoraku who was still smiling despite everything, "If you land one more hit, I'll give you more information on your current situation"

"What may that information be?"

"Its something important that may change the course of your mission. And I also advise you to not tell any of this to your friends, Kaito and Ichika"

"Alright, I accept the terms. Promise you won't hold anything back from me and tell me everything"

"Really...you're too mature for your age, Kazui. Maybe more than your father when he was your age", he scratched his head. A few seconds later, he walked towards the side of the room and collected his hat. Shunsui placed it back on his head.

"Kazui, let's begin"

We both rushed towards each other and clashed blades. The force of our blades meeting each other made all of the dust in the room blow backwards. My movements were based on pure strength and speed, whereas Kyoraku's moves were more relaxed. Even if he was holding back, one hit was all it takes.

I performed a combo of slashes and strikes towards Shunsui and tried to break his defence. He counterattacked by twisting his blade so that both of my weapons were planted onto the floor. He then used the other sword and instantly thrusted it towards my face. I ducked under his swift attack and kicked his arm away before regaining my control over my weapon and striking back.

"Good try, but that doesn't count as a hit", Kyoraku smirked as he hastened to land another blow.

I blocked his attack and pushed him away. I rushed towards Shunsui again and crashed my sword against his. I raised my sword and swung towards his neck. Naturally, he blocked it with his own, but not before I leapt over him and used the other blade and struck him.

Kyoraku tried to block the attack, but something different happened. I placed all of my strength and pushed forward with the remain force I had left.

"AAAAAAUGH!", I shouted as I formed my blades into an X-shape and with one single dash, I landed my final strike.

He held his swords up. Compared to him, I had the element of surprise and full on blitzed through his blade with my very own speed. Not Shunpo, not Shun-So-Hi, but just the pure force and momentum of that one single strike. The wooden sword broke into pieces that scattered in the space around us. It was over.

Shunsui's one eye widened in surprise, "No way..."

The strike hit him in the chest, not affecting him at all. But no matter, because my job was done here. I jumped backwards and held onto my weapons. We maintained eye contact for a while before he smiled.

"You really are something, Kazui. You succeeded in this training and, to keep up my end of the deal, I'll tell you your essential information"

I smirked and placed my blades onto the rack, "I guess you should get talking, Head Captain Kyoraku"

Shunsui took a deep breath before speaking, "Kazui Kurosaki, the truth about your powers is..."