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Building a Better Fighter [Week 4, Period 5]; Thursday 06/07

Heyyyy, Kenpachi wasn't looking nearly as battered and bandaged up as he usually did when he came lumbering into the Danger Shop. He, however, did not see this is a good thing. HAnds behind his back, Yachiru on his shoulder, he paced in front of the students as he talked.

"Weapons," he said. "Nothing more than a tool, like a fork, a wrench, a pulley. I've noticed that many of you use weapons; I, myself, have a sword." At this point, Kenpachi reached behind him; the rough, broken edges of his long katana scratched against the scabbard as he pulled it out, the brittle teeth making sounds not unlike fingernails down a chalkboard. He grinned maliciously as he held it out in front of him, took a moment to run his tongue along the jagged edge, savouring the taste of blood for a moment. "Most warriors will tell you how important it is to maintain your weapon, how important it is to maintain a relationship with a weapon. That the warrior and the weapon are one whole, that they share a bond, that together they can fight to be stronger."

With a dramatic shout that would definitely wake up anyone who'd been dozing off, he jammed the sword into the floor of the Danger Shop's faux dojo. The thin weapon waggled back and forth from the release of pressure as he left it there. "I say that's rubbish. I prefer to use a sword not because I feel a special connection with it. You can see that I don't even take care of my sword. But it still cuts. That's the important part. It is a tool to assist us. As long as it does its job, that's all that matters."

"Now." With a grunt, Kenpachi pulled the sword back out of the floor and rested it on his shoulder. His other one, not the one with Yachiru on it. "Today, we're going to talk. Disagree with me? Fine. Whatever. Agree with me? Good. And after the discussion has hopefully gotten us riled up...we're going to play. After the discussion, there is a ridiculous amount of any weapon imaginable that you can play with. Try something new; see how other tools work. If you're used to a sword, pick up a boomerang. If you're used to a gun, which, might I add, is a weapon I loathe more than anything else, try an axe. Try a freakin' spoon, for all I care. Just try something different. There are practise dummies to work against. Or, if you're feeling really bold..." Kenpachi flashed them all his trademark grin of insanity. "I offer myself as someone to try your new tools on."

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Kenpachi's much stronger than those dummies, anyway. And really massochistic. Let a rip. He probably won't even fight you that much.

Considering that she has only been out of the clinic a couple of days, many would think Gwynn foolish for attempting to get into an actual spar with Kenpachi. However, she feels that the best way to learn is with a target who can fight back...

"Excuse me, sir?"

Kenpachi grinned down at the girl. Good. He didn't want all those dummies to have all the fun. "Yes? What is it?"

"The dummies do not move and I would like to try these against a real target -- someone that can keep up?"

Gwynn was conveniently leaving out the part where she wasn't supposed to be doing things like this for awhile.

If Gwynn wasn't supposed to because of doctor's orders, Kenpachi would laugh and march Gwynn right up toward the front of the list of favourite students. And then not allow her to stop until she wound back up in the clinic again.

"I think I can handle keeping up, girl," said Kenpachi, who, in the spirit of the exercise had abandoned his preferred weapon, the sword, for a two-by-four with a rusty nail in it. Not that he planned on using it. He stood there, arms outstretched and chin lifted. "Let's see what you've got."

Yes, Gwynn was told by the doctors not to and she kept ignoring that advice.

She smiled at him and then came hat him swinging the two knives she had claimed.

For being as tall and as large as he was, Kenpachi was amazingly (almost ridiculously) quick, side-stepping Gwynn's approach with ease, taking a step while she was still moving forward, that positioned him in a place where he could nudge her back with the end of his two-by-four. "Knives are stabbing weapons," he told her. "Or throwing. Try that instead of swinging like swords."

Gwynn thought about this and then nodded. She liked his way of instructing. It reminded her of home.

She pivotted on her feet and lunged forward with the knives to stab at him.

Kenpachi grinned as the knife very easily sunk into his lower abdomen. His hand went to Gwynn's wrist, forcing it to push the blade in a little deeper before pulling it away sharply, with more than enough force to make the much smaller girl stagger back a little as he let go. "Good," he said, grin sharpening. "Try a little higher; you want to be precise with a dagger; gotta get the good organs."

Gwynn's eyes widened and she stared at him. "Sir? Should we get that wound cleaned up or..." Well, if he was anything like the men back home... "Do we continue with the training?"

Kenpachi barked out a laugh. "Ha! ~~It's just a flesh wound!~~ Don't insult me, girl. What wound?" Ignore the fact that the wrappings around his waist was blossoming a little red circle of blood. He stood squarly in front of Gwynn, dropping the two-by-four into his hand expectantly. "Continue."

Gwynn nodded and did a side step before stabbing forward with both knives.

Wow, her chest and arm were going to be sore later. But this was Gwynn and she couldn't not fight and spar when given the opportunity.

Kenpachi swung his arm with his weapon back; one reason was to give those knives plenty of space to dig into. His teeth clenched this time as they pierced and sunk. The other reason for the moment was to open the opprotunity to swing the weapon back, the rusty nail decidedly aimed toward Gwynn's head.

Of course, he's stop it with just enough time if she didn't react accordingly. Danger Shop or no, it probably wasn't very good to have a student with a board in her head.

Molly picked up the heaviest mace on the table and walked over to Kenpachi. She gave him her sweetest grin. "Hello!"

"Ah, Miss Hayes." Kenpachi met her sweetest grin with his most sadistic smile. His eye was passing over her choice of weapon with approval; that weapon in those hands might even lead to something potentially breaking. "One of the few students that this lesson probably doesn't terribly apply to. But I wonder. Will a hunk of metal like that be a hinderance to you or a help? Let's find out." He moved his arms out a little, leaving him entirely open for the first strike.

Molly slapped the mace into her left hand as she stood in front of him. "Normally, I'd just stick with my fists. But, I'm going to need to use weapons of some kind to hunt demons next term. I figured this would take less skill than a sword. As for the hindrance," she shrugged, "we'll have to see." And then she leapt forward and swung at him. Backhand, like with a tennis racket.

To move a heavy mace like a tennis racket was definitely impressive. Kenpachi grinned, reaching out to catch the head of the mace in its path with his hand. Which smashed into it incredibly; he actually had to fight to keep from pulling it back for the pain.

Molly frowned a bit when he stopped the mace with his hand. She felt the jarring of it all the way up to her shoulder, but tried not to give any sign of it. She stepped back and shifted the mace to her left hand briefly to shake out her right one just a little.

Kenpachi had to laugh a little. Not necissarily unkindly, although it might sound that way. He figured it was better to let out the energy in a laugh to help him hold back his own urge to shake his arm out like that. It wasn't easy, though; he had to at least clench and unclench his fist a little. Damn.

Molly gripped the mace tightly in both hands and ran at Kenpachi again. She lifted the mace over her head and tried to smash him with it, trusting either his skills or the Danger Shop to save him.

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Or how about his insanely ridiculous resilience? Kenpachi braced himself firmly for the pummel; just as he expected, it hit him, and it hit him hard enough to send him back, feet dragging into the dojo floor for a moment before his massive body took a tumble on the floor and into the wall. The whole faux building shook on the impact, and he pushed himself up, swaying. And laughing, wiping away the blood leaking from the corner of his mouth down his chin. He'd bit his tongue, it seemed, in all that.

"You went for the light weapon, I see," he commented, jovially, before charging forward and bringing back his fist, ready to return the favour to Molly.

"Oh frell," said Molly in a small voice as Kenpachi charged her. Both arms tingling from the second blow, she dropped the mace and put her hands in front of her to try and catch the punch.

Or, just absorb some of the impact which is what ended up happening as Kenpachi's fist struck her hands. Molly let out an "oof" as the blow landed and she went flying backwards. After all, super strength or not, she was still a small girl.

Molly landed on her back on the floor, momentarily stunned.

Fully charged by the impact, Kenpachi was charging forward again to take full advantage of the stunned moment, and would have met Molly with another full-on blow if it weren't for a little pink haired Lueitenant leaping forward and diverting his path a little.

"Ken-chan, no! We're just letting them practise weapons, we are not full on fighting them!" She promptly kicked him in the face, and then, perched on his shoulder, bowed to the girl. "Sorry about that, Mutant Molly; Ken-chan gets carried away. Go ahead and hit him again if you'd like." She bounced out of the way and Kenpachi was gingerly rubbing his cheek.

"Thanks, Yachiru," Molly said with a grin as she got back up on her feet.

Circling Kenpachi, she picked up the mace and moved to stand in front of him again. With a two-handed grip on it, she charged and swung it like a baseball bat this time.

And it hit a lot harder than a baseball bat, that was for sure. Kenpachi tried to keep from being smacked back again, but the effort was really futile and he was feeling it in his bones this time, too. He thought he might have heard something crack. Good thing they had plenty of supplies for patching gigais back at the house. "Now this is almost not fair," he smirked, with an idle glance toward Yachiru before rushing toward Molly again. And, yes, he had every intention of taking this beating. He hadn't had a beating like this since...well, ever. The whole thing with Kurosaki was an entirely different beating. He wasn't going to stop until his body said so; good thing his body had communication problems.

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