Well here's Chapter 17, like I said I'm only going to be able to write when I'm not swamped with homework. Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. Enjoy.
Chapter 17
Shruikan stood in the morning sunlight. The sun reflected off his black scales, he looked down at Adam. I hope you are ready for my trial Adam, I don't plan on going easy on you just because you are still healing from your last battle.
"I understand that Shruikan, and I'm glad that your not going to go easy on me. I want to push myself. I need to, if I want to win." I said in a serious manner. "So, what is the trial that I must go through." Shruikan looked at me, and answered.
Your trial is this. All of a sudden hundreds of blades came down from the sky and stabbed into the ground. Amongst these blades is the real Bankai blade. You must find it and try to cut me with it. But I will not willingly let you cut me. I will attack you and defend myself.
"So how do I know if I found the right blade. All of these swords should have no trouble cutting you." I asked confused.
The swords that are not the Bankai blade will break against my scales. Only the true Bankai blade will cut me. Shruikan explained with his deep rough voice.
I smiled, "well, this is going to be fun. Fighting a full grown dragon while trying to find a Bankai blade amongst hundreds if not thousands of other blades. I like it." I said in a low voice.
Then shall we begin, Adam? Shruikan asked while attempting to smile.
"Yeah, lets do this." I said ready to grab the nearest blade. I ran towards a sword that was completely black in color and looked like my sword. I grabbed the hilt and started to run toward Shruikan. As I got closer to him, he crouched down and swung his tail at me. It was easy to dodge but I lost some of my momentum. When I was finally in attack range, Shruikan stepped it up. He attacked me with his maw. I turned the blade horizontal to block his attack, but it didn't work. The force of his attack broke the sword into pieces.
One. Shruikan said. I had to react quickly to dodge his oncoming attack. I side stepped his giant head and ran to get another blade. I came up to one that was long and thick. I grabbed it and set myself to attack. This time, I wanted Shruikan to come to me. He came to me like I wanted, so I readied myself and ran towards him. He tried to knock me down with his front right arm, but I jumped and attacked. I hit him right between the eyes, but the blade broke again. Two. I dropped the hilt of the broken sword and put both of my hands on Shruikan's head and pushed off. I landed twenty yards in front of him.
This is going to be harder than I thought. I've only used two blades and I'm already getting tired. I have to think, what would a Black Dragon Bankai blade look like. I thought about it for a few seconds. Well of course it would be black. That narrowed the total from one thousand to eight hundred. Almost all the blades were completely black. Damn, that helped. Shruikan began to come at me again. I ran to the closest blade and pulled it out of the soil. I held the sword with my right hand and charged at Shruikan. I was halfway in my swing when I was hit with Shruikan's tail. I was sent flying back. I hit the ground hard, and I just laid there breathing heavily. I slowly got up, leaning on my sword heavily. "Damn, I didn't see that coming. Your pretty quick Shruikan." I said between breaths.
Stop talking and fight. Or else your never going to reach Bankai. Shruikan said in his rough voice.
"Fine, lets try this again." I said. I grabbed another blade with my left hand so now I had two swords. I began to charge at him and just before I was about to strike, I used my Flash Step.
Shruikan lost sight of Adam. He was just about to strike with two swords and then disappeared. Damn, I forgot he could use Flash Step. But I should be able to see him with my dragon eyes. Shruikan looked about the battle field but seen nothing. Suddenly, Shruikan could feel two blades break against his hard scales. When he looked back, he saw nothing but shattered metal across his back. Shruikan smiled, He's improving.
Adam attacked with the two blades but they shattered just like the previous ones. I was running amongst the field of swords seeing if a particular blade would catch my eye, but none did. I grabbed another two blades and charged at Shruikan again. I was still using Flash Step. I could tell that Shruikan couldn't track me so that gave me somewhat of a advantage. As I got closer to him I jumped to attack his neck. He didn't see me but he felt when the blades hit his scales. Again the blades shattered.
Six Shruikan said, still counting the number of swords I used.
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Adam's trial with Shruikan went on without any progress. Renamon and Colton stood on the sidelines waiting and watching. Renamon watched as her mate used all of his techniques and power. She wanted to help him but she knew that this was his fight, and he couldn't have help. Again she felt useless, all she could do is hope and watch. Just like when Adam was injured. She let out a low depressing sigh and watched on.
Colton could sense Renamon was upset about something but he didn't pursue it. He wanted to but, he wasn't sure if Adam would like that. Colton looked down at Renamon, her eyes held hurt, but her smile said otherwise. "Is everything alright Renamon?" Colton finally got the courage to say.
"I just feel useless. Adam is out there, training for my sake. And I'm here on the sidelines, only able to watch." She said without taking her eyes off Adam. "I just wish I could help him."
Colton looked back at the battle in front of them. "Your, helping him more than you think Renamon." Colton responded in a low voice.
"What do you mean?" Renamon looked up at the Captain ranked Soul Reaper.
"Your here supporting him. You may not feel like your helping him, but you are. He knows you love him and he loves you. Just being here with him is more than enough for him." Colton replied in a low tone of voice.
Renamon looked at Colton, he was right. She loved Adam for everything he was. He put his life on the line for her. And he's doing it again. If that wasn't love, then what was it? "Thank you for telling me that. I appreciated that." Renamon said in her normal soothing voice.
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Thirty-two. Shruikan said still counting. I was breathing heavily and sweating all over. The sun was starting to set, and the cool night air was starting to come in. I grabbed another sword and charged at Shruikan. But before I landed my attack, Shruikan vanished. On the ground where he was, laid my zanpakuto. Colton walked on to the battle field.
"Thats the end of day one, its time to rest now." Colton addressed me. I stabbed the sword that was in my right hand back into the ground and collapsed to my knees. Renamon ran up to me and hugged me. It took me a few seconds to hug her back. My arms were extremely sore and scratched from Shruikan's scales.
"Looks like someone missed me." I said in a low passionate tone. Renamon looked up at me.
"Of course I did. I had to watch you all day without a single hug from you. So I'm making up for it now." She said in happy tone.
"I don't think I can stay awake much longer. All this training has tired me out." I said trying not to yawn.
"Then let's sleep right here." Renamon said. She laid down besides my kneeling body. I slowly did the same, I put my feet out in front of me and slowly laid down. I inched towards Renamon and quickly fell asleep. Just as I fell asleep, Renamon spotted a shooting star. She closed her eyes and made a wish. I hope Adam can stay here and raise a family together. After she made her wish, she fell asleep next to her mate underneath the stars.
Also, if you haven't seen my profile and you are a artist w/ some free time. I am looking for some one to draw me and Renamon Anime style. I would greatly appreciate it. XxXDragonManXxX Out.