Kumiko was walking to work slowly the following day, dreading what she knew was to come. Urahara intended to train her with his own Reiatsu since ukitake is too sick to do it.
He's going to hand me my ass, she thought to herself, I can't beat him when he isn't trying, I've got no chance now
rounding the corner to where urahara office , Kumiko stopped suddenly seeing her friend lazing on the grass, hat sat on top of his face blocking out the suns harsh rays. Having an idea, Kumiko quietly stepped off the loud decking and onto the grass, sneaking her way over to him.
it might be the only chance I get to grab his hat she thought amused, footsteps not making a sound
silently walking towards her sleeping friend, Kumiko held her breath to not make a sound as she edged closer. Closing the distance between them Kumiko slowly reached down to grab his hat, inching slowly closer.
Kumiko was a fingertip away when Uraharas hand shot up, suddenly grabbing hold of kumikos wrist tightly and flung her over his body and onto the ground next to him, where she landed with a huff on her back
kiskes laughing face appeared upside down over her own "tricks like that won't work on me, miko-san" he told her gleefully as she groaned, back protesting the heavy landing
"I should have known you weren't sleeping,". She said sitting up, trying to rub at her back "you weren't snoring"
"I don't snore" he said with conviction, fixing his hat back on his head "I hope you try harder with our training today, otherwise you'll find yourself on the floor a lot". He said laughing next to her
"you're enjoying the concept a little too much" she said shoving his arm "you could have let me grab your hat you know, give me a morale boost"
"then how would you learn?" He said getting to his feet grinning down at her "c'mon get off your ass, we got work to do"
The pair had made the walk to Uraharas secret training room, joking the whole way. Leading them into the middle of an open space, Urahara turned to face Kumiko
"im going to raise my Reiatsu miko, and then I'm going to attack, all you have to do is block"
"you say it like it's easy" she grumbled at his smile, not looking forward to this
"don't try and resist your reaction, just concentrate on defending yourself " he finished ignoring her grumbling "you'll be surprised at how your body will react naturally, if you let it"
"let's just get this over with" Kumiko said, planting her feet more into the floor
urahara grinned at her as he raised his spiritual pressure, the first gentle waves reaching Kumiko made her smile. Urahara kept steadily increasing it until Kumiko barked out a laugh.
Kumiko gasped for breath inbetween involuntarily laughs, arms coming up to hold her stomach.
"prepare yourself " Kiske laughed back at her "here I come"
Urahara ran towards a doubled over laughing Kumiko, raising his leg to kick her side. The kick landed, throwing Kumiko to the floor as she tumbled away , stopping a few feat away where she laughed on her back
"you ok?" Urahara asked her, worried he didn't pull his strength back in time. Kumiko forced herself back onto her feet, wiping a stray tear that had escaped. The raising of both hands in a defensive stance told him she was fine
urahara ran at her again, arm coming in to land another blow, when kumikos arm came up suddenly to block the blow, "good miko". He told her, chuckling at the way she was laughing
urahara quickly swiped out his leg, knocking kumikos feet from under her landing her on her ass
kumikos hand shot out and grabbed Uraharas leg, he looked down to see her shaking her head. Quickly he stopped his spiritual pressure. Letting he calm down as the laugher died down, he squatted down next to her "how you doing?"
Kumiko heaved a big sigh "this is torture ". She told him "I'm laughing so hard I can hardly breath, let alone concentrate on your dirty tricks "
"you managed to block one" he reminded her "up you get". He told her grabbing her arms to pull her to her feet
"we will go for two minute intervals. Get into the swing of listening to your body. Then we can move on to longer periods of time. Eventually you can try fighting the urge while you defend yourself" he told her laughing at her expression "we won't do it all today miko, just something to look forward to"
Kumikos arm raised quickly to defend her head from Uraharas arm. She ducked quickly to avoid his other arm following quickly after. Jumping back a few paces Kumiko tried to get some much needed air in between laughing. Her stomach was aching from the constant laughing
urahara chased after her, grin on his face. Urahara feigning to the right, suddenly switching to the left, landing a blow on kumikos arm. Throwing her off balance , Kumiko managed to regain her footing before falling, cackling wildly. She turned quickly blocking another blow aiming for her stomach, eyesight getting fuzzy with tears in her eyes. Uraharas leg shot out tripping her up again, landing on her ass.
Kumiko sat laughing, gripping at her stomach, one hand coming up to wave above her head
Urahara walked over, lowering his Reiatsu, waiting for Kumiko to regain control,impressed witch how quickly she was improving
kumikos laugh died down to giggles as she threw herself onto her back. Laughing finally finished, Kumiko closed her eyes breathing heavily
"I can't do anymore" she told urahara who sat down next to her " im exhausted" she said with a big exhale
urahara reached over to pat her head "you did really well, you were blocking most of my hits towards the end"
"I need to concentrate more on that sneaky foot of yours" Kumiko told him unimpressed "my ass is going to bruise " Making urahara laugh at the notion
"you have any other injuries? Besides your bruised ass?" He asked her softly, aftercare was apart of his duty, something he always insured he did for every one of his subordinates
Kumiko sat up taking stock of her tired body. Her stomach ached from all the laughing, but other than a few bruises she was fine, she pulled up her sleeve to inspect a painful spot on her upper arm. A big black bruise was forming there
"im good ". She said, looking up at him. Kumiko noticed the look flash across his face as he saw the bruise, not wanting him to feel bad she shoved him gently "don't give me that sad look Kiske. I'm fine"
"I didn't mean to hit you that hard, I thought you were going to block that one". He told her, reaching out to inspect her arm, fingers gently tracing it
"I was going to, but then I snorted out of nowhere and I distracted myself". She said laughing, making him chuckle at the memory
"yeah that threw me off too" he admitted dropping her arm
"good thing you had that reaction here, and not on a mission". He told her teasingly " would be awfully embarrassing to have a hollow laugh at you"
Kumiko was about to retort when she suddenly remembered something
"oh! I completely forgot to tell you!" She said suddenly "when I was on my mission with Kira, we encountered a hidoi "
"a what?" He questioned confused
"you've not heard of them either?" She asked him, he shook his head no "they're like bigger, stronger, faster hollows. Some of the souls in hell, I don't know why, change into hidoi. It was part of my team's responsibility, to destroy them"
"I've never heard of them" urahara said putting his head into his hand to think " how similar are they to hollows?"
"not very". She admitted " besides being stronger and faster, they have an insatiable thirst for killing. The only way to destroy them is stabbing them through the heart, breaking their masks won't do anything". She told him, stretching out her legs
"and that's what hurt Kira and other shinigami?" He asked her, she nodded in response "what are they doing here". He voiced his thought out loud
"no idea. I was on my way to tell you when that clown ambushed me " Kumiko looked to his friend as he burst out laughing
"did you just call Kurotsuchi a clown?" He asked her chuckling
Kumiko just shrugged in response
"come on, let's go. You can head home. Go soak in the bath before your date later". He said getting to his feet
"what are you going to do?" She asked him
"I'm going to write up the report on today for head captain. Visit with Shinji, to make sure it's still ok to test his spiritual pressure tomorrow and go over the evidence collected on your last mission.See if I can't find anything"
she jumped up tiredly, linking her arm with his for support "you think you might have something on the hidoi?"
"possibly, I'll see what I can find. I'll do some more work on your tracker too, I want it finished sooner rather than later"
Kumiko let out a sigh of relief as she slowly sunk her body into the hot bath, letting the soothing water tend to her aching body. Kiske had really put her through her paces today. Leaning her head against the side of the tub, she closed her eyes relaxing into the warmth
training today had been hard. Fighting against Uraharas Reiatsu, while different to ukitakes had been difficult.
Laughing for that long can really take it out of you she told herself
it was more fun though, than the strain she felt resisting ukitake. Glad it was only urahara there to watch her embarrass herself . Even if he was laughing at her the entire time. Bastard she smiled to herself.
Not wanting to be late for her date, the word sending butterflies to Kumikos stomach, she sat up and began to wash her hair. The comforting smell of coconuts filling her senses.
finishing up Kumiko got out of the tub, wrapping a big fluffy towel around herself, towel drying her hair as she made her way into her bedroom.
Kumiko sat at her dressing table, deciding to wear a little make up for her date. Not much, Kumiko hated the feel of loads of makeup caked on her face.
Adding a little nude pink eyeshadow to each eye before adding a swipe of eyeliner on her top lid. Kumiko began applying a little mascara to her lashes to make her eyes stand out more. Adding a touch of natural pink to her lips, Kumiko decided she looked good. Drying her hair into long curls, that were thankfully behaving themselves today.
Looking to the clock, Kumiko saw shunsui would be knocking in about 15 minutes. Jumping up Kumiko went to her wardrobe. Standing there starting at her clothes she realised she had no idea what to wear. Having no clue where he was taking her
looking through her clothes, Kumiko found a purple dress she had bought in the world of the living, deciding it'll be perfect.
It was short without being too short, floating around half way up her thighs. The neckline plunged gently without showing too much. Cute little half sleeves that started under her shoulder ending an inch above her elbows was perfect to cover up her bruises. A perfect dress for the heat, not looking too dressed up, while still looking nice.
Slipping on her underwear, deciding against a bra, to avoid the straps, Kumiko pulled on the dress before looking in her mirror, seeing how it hugged her figure
this will do she decided, messing up her hair slightly , not wanting to look too done up. Kumiko slipped on a pair of black slip ons onto her feet, just in time as someone started to knock at her door
