Dear Tsuki,
I hope this letter finds you well. I have been wondering about you since you left. I am most curious about these powers of yours and would like to hear all about what you are doing in the Soul Society . I will swear here and now that I'm not using you as any kind of spy. I actually want to hear about you.
It occurred to me that you know nothing about me either so I figured we could exchange information through telling each other all about our days. So here goes.
Today , I woke up to a Hollow a few miles away from where I live. I skipped breakfast to go and battle it. I quickly defeated it upon arrival. Quincy's use bows and arrows made of of Reishi or spirit particles. I sent a training tool to help you practice this called a Quincy Bangle. I looked to see what had drawn the Hollow when I saw Ichigo Kurosaki.
He's a red head in my class, he has a massive amount of Spiritual Power but doesn't know how to use it. He has yet to sense that I am in his class. He's known as a bit of delinquent. He's smarter than people give him credit for if the grade postings are true. ..."
Uryu continued writing about his day and Rukia was forced to read about it. It turned out that Tsuki couldn't read most of the words in the letter.
'I hope you are allowed to write back soon.
Your brother,
Uryu Ishida.'
Tsuki worked hard at his Calligraphy lessons. Byakuya was teaching him writing and spelling. He wasn't good enough to send a letter to Uryu that the older boy could actually read so he once again enlisted the help of Rukia. She wrote what he wanted to say and added the P.S. that Tsuki told her to. That he wasn't writing because he couldn't and didn't want to give uryu a headache trying to decipher what he was saying so he'd used his aunt to do it for him.
With that Tsuki asked for the letter to be mailed and they were off to the barracks.
"Renji!" Tsuki called as he walked out into the training yard. The man turned and smiled . He walked over. "Rukia is teaching me sword fighting. I have to invite her too. I thought we could all train together."
"Sure." Renji said, "invite her and lets do our daily training before we launch into sword training. "
Rukia was invited and quickly huffed and puffed about her own stats.
They did their daily Reiatsu training together. Than Renji and Rukia started teaching him the basics telling them it was how they were taught at the Academy. Tsuki worked hard
Skill learned!
Academy style Novice Sword Fighting- Level 1
Tsuki ignored the screen and trained as hard as he could. He could tell Rukia and Renji were putting effort into their training as well even if it was just some basics they had learned a long time ago.
After an intense training session they worked out with the rest of the Squad. After that was over they ate lunch and cooled off with drinking water.
"Okay, now for Zanpakto training." Tsuki said.
"What's that entail ? " Rukia asked.
"Calling up you Shikai form ." Tsuki said, "and gaining better control over the power it puts out. Then attacking. " he focused. "Sing! Sakura Hime!"
Tsuki moved his sword clockwise then slashed down.
"Sakura Buredo!" the petals once again cut the targets up . The targets reformed full and un harmed. He gasped loosing focus. He was breathing hard. "You're turn , Renji."
"Right." He held his sword out he reared back with it then yelled. "Roar! Zabimaru!" He brought his sword swinging forward . His now spiky blade extended and slashed a target . He got three attacks before Zabimaru retracted. He put it in it's sealed form. "Always three."
"Rukia."
"Is this really okay?" She wondered.
"We didn't get in trouble." Tsuki replied, "Now train."
" Dance ! Sode no Shirayuki !" Rukia froze all the targets.
"I think you need to learn more control." Tsuki said , awed. "Trying freezing just one instead of all of them." He held Sakura Hime out again.
Zanpakto Skill created!
Roar! Zabimaru!
Dance! Sode no Shirayuki!
Sakura Hime is special and can copy other Zanpakuto's powers and abilities as well as using her own.
Zanpakuto Mimic! 0/5
"Sakura Hime can mimic other's Zanpakuto's?" Tsuki said, he could somehow read the screens he didn't know how. "and I can train her in that five times everyday."
"Really?" Rukia said, "Show us."
"Uhm..." he swallowed then centered himself. He read how it was done. "Okay, I can do it only from Shikai form."
He took Renji's stance and copied how he'd wielded Zabimaru.
" Okay, here goes!" All of Squad 6 was watching. " Sing! Sakura Hime! Roar! Zabimaru!"
Sure enough Sakura Hime became Zabimaru only with Cherry Blossoms swirling around it and attacking with the sword. Tsuki lost his balance and fell over ending the attack before it could reach the target. His eyes were spinning. He was quickly brought food to replenish his energy.
"Ugh, that took a lot of Reishi."
"you did great." Renji laughed patting Tsuki's head gently almost like he was frightened. "I've never heard of a Zanpakuto that could do that before. You've got four more tries with that. Want to keep trying Zabimaru?"
"Hey!" Rukia snapped kicking him. "As much as I hate to admit it you're a higher rank than I am meaning your Zanpakuto is stronger. Tsuki should learn to wield Sode no Shirayuki first!"
The two argued.
"Dance! Sode no Shiaryuki!"
Everyone froze the began running around dodging and cutting through ice that was sprouting everywhere. Tsuki actually passed out this time.
"See I told you he should learn Zabimaru first!" Renji's voice woke Tsuki he was feeling refreshed and a screen told him he had recharged everything. He sat up and looked to see the two of them arguing again bu stopped when Byakuya came in. Both fell silent.
"I'm okay." Tsuki said, instantly . Getting to his feet. "Sakura Hime has a unique power and I was training it..."
"Yes, the whole sereti knows by now." Byakuya said, petting his son's head "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes," Tsuki nodded, "I need to finish my training for the day then I promise to study hard with Ruichi. "
"Very well." Byakuya said, "But no more trying Rukia's until you are better trained. "
"yes, sir." Tsuki replied, "I mean...yes, f-father."
Byakuya petted him again and sent them on their way. He'd been furious when he'd been called from a meeting saying his son had collapsed during training and his whole Squad base was covered in ice that his son had formed not his sister. He'd then been told in front of everyone what they'd heard Tsuki say about his Zanpakuto and how special it was.
He stayed to watch Lt. Abarai walk his son through how to wield Zabimaru. After practicing three times, crushing as much Ice as he could in the process, He trained four more times using his own Sakura Hime. He then thanked the two for teaching him and reported to Ruichi where Byakuya knew he'd stayed the rest of the day studying.
Tsuki was utterly exhausted and he'd only been here a month. His new Master was supposed to arrive today to teach him. All he wanted to do was stay in bed. Rukia and Renji were on a training kick. He kept them on the team all the time and in return they worked him into the ground. Though he was getting rather good at wielding Sakura Hime's Shikai form and Zabimaru.
"Master Tsuki?" He'd been training people to call him Tsuki instead of Tsukiyomi. His nanny looked at him worried as he sat up. "Your master is set to arrive after breakfast please get up."
Tsuki did though reluctantly . In the last month under Rukia and Renji's tutelage he'd mastered all of the Academy style Novice sword fighting and moved on to Academy Style Basic Sword Fighting.
His reading and writing had also improved drastically as had his all around knowledge. He'd been told that when his Master arrived he would no longer have to study under Ruichi for which he was grateful the man seemed to think his being uneducated was a personal offense against him. After a bath and getting dressed he went to breakfast. He'd been eating more and more and had grown. He looked a lot healthier . He was nervous about meeting his Master though he was assured that the man was the best there was.
After breakfast he was shown to a Dojo style training room. He sat on his knees on a cushion and waited . Finally, a man came in. He had long blond hair and bright blue eyes. He didn't look Japanese at all.
"Hello, Tsuki." the man said, gently. " I am Rushifa. I will be your Master from now on."
"Yes, Master." Tsuki replied. The man nodded.
"I would like to asses everything you've been doing up until now so that I may better teach you."
Tsuki gave a sharp nod and showed Rushifa what he'd learned the man was nodding .
"Very good." Rushifa said, "It took me a year to learn all that when I first got my ability. The Zanpakuto skills I mean. I see you are wearing Quincy Bangle . "
"Brother sent to me to help me train." Tsuki told the man.
"Very well I've brought you your Han Kirisuto uniform." Rushifa said, "You will wear this when we train but you will wear your Shuhaksho if you do not wish to wear the outfit outside. I didn't when I was your age. "
Tsuki wasn't sure about this he was standing in a traditional Han Kirisuto outfit and didn't think he liked it much.
He wore a black leather tank top that looked painted on and showed his stomach with matching black leather vest . There were chains around his arms. On these chains he had Skulls, representing the Shinigami, Crosses, Representing the Quincy, and Pentagrams , representing the Han Kirisuto. He wore black leather motorcycle gloves, a Quincy cross was wrapped around his right wrist and a Shinigami skull on his left. He wore low riding , black leather pants that looked painted on, chains with Shinigami Skulls, Quincy Crosses, and Han Kirisuto Pentagrams were wrapped around the legs. He also wore a black leather spiked belt that looped around his waist six times and still hung free in the back with a pentagram latching it together and calf high black leather boots. His sheath was hidden at the small of his back, both his ears were pierced all the way up, on his right ear on the very bottom hung a Quincy cross, on his left ear on the very bottom a Shinigami skull, around his neck he wore a Quincy cross, a Shinigami skull and a Han Kirisuto Pentagram with spiked chain wrapped around his neck very tight seven times.
"Really?" He asked, looking at Rushifa, "This is what we wear?"
"Check out the stats and boosts that you now have."
Tsuki did and groaned to himself he was practically impossible to kill wearing this.
"Again!" Rushifa called. They were training at the Squad 6 barracks both in uniform. "Attack me again!"
Tsuki did swinging as hard as he could he was blasted away before he could even get close. He grunted as he hit the ground.
"Again!" Rushifa ordered. "Slice through my energy! "
"Fine!" Tsuki growled. He charged. " Sing ! Sakura Hime! Roar! Zabimaru!"
He sliced through the barrier wielding Zabimaru from the air, being thrown back ward just a bit. He landed on his feet, skidding backwards, and launched a second attack. Rushifa countered and Tsuki fell to his knees breathing hard. Two was his limit.
"Very good." Rushifa praised, "Releasing you Shikai and using your Zanpakuto's power is indeed a good way to break through someone's energy if you catch them off guard. "Judging by how winded you are you have not mastered either technique . " Tsuki got up and took his stance ready to fight. "Very well, again and you must use you Shikai or some Zanpakuto power."
"It'll be just me and Sakura Hime from here on out!" Tsuki yelled charging. "Sing! Sakura Hime! Sakura Buredo!"
He shattered the energy barrier and actually cut Rushifa's arms . He then slashed with his sword as hard as he could. He was countered by Rushifa's and a sword fight started. Rushifa was holding back of course he kept to Academy style Basic sword fighting but fought in such away that kept Tsuki guessing and on his guard. Everyone was amazed about how well Tsuki was doing.
Renji though just couldn't take his eyes off of Tsuki in his uniform. He'd noted over the past month that he was starting to have serious feelings for Tsuki. He kept them to himself because it wasn't right and by that he simply meant that Tsuki was his Capt.'s child and way younger than him. He watched and smirked he could see some of his and Rukia's moves in Tsuki's fighting style. Though they weren't prominent they were there. Tsuki probably didn't even know he was using them.
He winced when Tsuki was finally laid out on the ground.
"Very good, Tsuki." Rushifa praised softly. Tsuki had a cut on his cheek and was breathing roughly and sweating profusely. "To keep fighting that long and that hard after one month and you even managed to get past my weakest barrier not bad at all." Tsuki stumbled to his feet. "You've earned a break. 5 minutes no more."
"No!" Tsuki said, "I can still fight!"
Rushifa smirked as the boy attacked him again he started another fight. Was the boy trying to show his father that he wasn't weak? Yes, that would probably be it. He had the boy laid out again after a few minutes he'd lasted longer this time though. He stepped gently on the boy's wrist.
"Stay down and rest. " he advised. "Get something to eat. We will be practicing your forming a Quincy bow next. "
Tsuki gave him dead eyes but sure enough glanced toward Byakuya briefly.
"The man wouldn't want his son working himself to death." Rushifa said pulling him to his feet. Tsuki didn't meet his eyes. "and equip your title it will help you."
Tsuki ate some rice balls and drank deeply from the milk he was given. His cheek still bleeding.
"Oh, yes, I forgot." Rushifa said, "Channel your energy into two of your fingers. " Tsuki focused and soon his pointer and middle fingers were glowing with a blue energy. "Now put them to your cheek on cut and imagine it closing and healing as you move your fingers across it." Tsuki did as he was told and the pain went away. "Better than I expected. "
Skill Learned!
Reiatsu Healing-Level 1: 0/5
Why could everything be trained 5 times a day. He could still only succeed once and hadn't managed a level up in any of Reiatsu skills. Neither had Renji or Rukia and that made him feel better but it still sucked. He ate a few more riceballs and drank some more milk he was starving. He wondered if it had anything to do with using his Shikai. He normally couldn't use it after he trained it but he'd been able to do it twice today. That had to mean he was getting stronger didn't it? Yet none of his skills had leveled up. Or at least none of his Zanpakuto skills his fighting skills had just trained a whole lot.
After 5 minutes he was shown the proper stance for a Quincy and was suddenly learning
Quincy Academy style Novice Bow and Arrow!
Which was weird because when he asked Rushifa where the Quincy Academy was he was told that there wasn't one. He focused and did what he was told and suddenly had a bow in his hands. He couldn't wait to tell Uryu! The two wrote back and forth to each other almost everyday depending on the shinigami who was going to the World of the Living.
His first shot went wide and blew up a training dummy and seven non seated members of Squad 6 who'd been training a little too close. They lay moaning and bleeding.
"Oops." Tsuki said, he heard Rushifa snort and almost glared at him. He was escorted over and told to train his Healing so he did . He got them well enough to be moved to Squad 4 at least. "I stink at aiming. My first attempt at a Kido ball almost did the same thing."
"Then you train." Rushifa replied, "You train until you can hit what you are aiming at and not those you are trying to protect. "
Tsuki nodded and took his position again. He fired Arrow after Arrow.
Quincy Bow-Level 1: 0/5
Quincy Arrow-Level 1: 0/5
Target Lock: Level 1
Tsuki's head was spinning he had way too much to train. He yelled at himself for that. If he ever wanted to be half as powerful as either of his parents then he had to push himself to do his very best. Besides he was just starting out he would get better with time.
It was later that night when he remembered he hadn't trained his Reiatsu skills that day. He went into the meditation trance he used and was rewarded when he got two successful training and farther rewarded with each skill.
Reiryoku Training-Level 2 0/5
Reiatsu training-Level 2: 0/5
Reiatsu Sensing-Level 2: 0/5
Reiatsu Fear-Level 2: 0/5
Reiatsu Stun- Level 2: 0/5
Reiatsu Paralze: Level 2: 0/5
Reiatsu Phantom Pain-Level 2: 0/5
Reishi manipulation-Level 2 0/5
"Ah." Tsuki said, closing his eyes. "Finally. I'll work even harder tomorrow."
With that he fell into a deep sleep.