Once more in the distant past...

Shinji sat on the stairwell at the front entrance of the Quincy Academy with his knees crunched together with his head down to prevent anyone else from seeing his shame and embarrassment. Yet despite his actions. A small man came by to set next to him, Yet Shinji already know who it was.

'That was quite a spectacle you did in your fight against John' Nianzol commented civilly. 'Especially with that Proto Script of his...too bad it didn't have an end that well'

Shinji remains silent as he remembered back what happen when he tried to use his Schrift to take out his opponent in a single hit...only for him to lose control and crash face-first into one of the floating platforms and right in front of the Headmaster and two Sternritter to boot.

'I must be quite the laughing stock of the entire academy huh?' Shinji mumbled sourly. 'I mean how can I become a Star Knight if I can't even control my Schrift!'

Nianzol then looked at the down teen in curiosity. 'Is there a reason why you want to be a Sternritter?' he asked and Shinji sighed.

'My...former sensei grilled into my head that I should always strive to be the best that I could be, that I shouldn't allow adversity to get in the way of my goals and wants, and what I wanted, was to be strong, to be looked up to and protect the ones I love' his eyes then began to get watery. 'But how can I do any of that if I couldn't even control this power I have!'

Nianzol then stared at Shinji for a moment and then let out a deep breath. 'Look kid...not everyone can instantly control their powers the first time they get them, so you shouldn't feel that ashamed about yourself.

Shinji then growled in frustration. 'But John was able to master his Schrift so easily, I mean he was able to shake the earth and launched all those platforms at me-'

'And he left himself wide open when doing so' Nianzol cut Shinji off and then narrowed his eyes at the boy. 'As I'm sure you have noticed yourself?

The teen then open his mouth for a bit and closed it sighing bitterly. 'Well yeah obviously, but given the sheer power he holds I don't it even matters, I mean he was able to defeat a Privaron Espada!'

Nianzol then looked at Shinji and nodded and shrugged. 'True he did...but after a bit of digging I learn he only managed to do that after using his men as a decoy to distract the Privanron long enough to deliver the deciding blow'

Shinji was then stunned at that revelation.

'And you know why he did that?' Nianzol asked rhetorically. 'It was because John knew that in a straight of the fight using his Schrift would leave him vulnerable to a counter-attack by the much more agile Arrancar. Showing that despite his supposed control over that ability of his...he was far from mastering it'

The boy then took everything the Sternritter said but then lowered his head down. 'Even so...at least he can use his Schrift in battle, while I just let myself get humiliated by it.

Nianzol then rolled his eyes. 'All that means is that you have to train harder than usual to prevent that from happening and given your power is in a way similar to my own, I think I can find a way for you to master it

Shinji's eyes then winded in realization. 'Wait does that mean...?'

Nianzol then growled. 'Yes, Yes I chose you to be my successor, so don't try to get the teary eye on me kid' he then smirked. 'If only so I am curious to see what that power of yours can do...and how far it can reach when it becomes empowered by my own' The man reached out with his hand to the young man. 'So are ready to test and exceed the limits of what you can do Iijima Shinji!

The boy's face then lit up with bright shining joy and then stood up to his full height.

'Yes, Master Nianzol' he loudly declared and grabbed the hand hard. Signifying the two's new partnership.

Back in the present day

(Soundtrack Choice: Accelerated World)

Shinji grabbed hold of his katana harder feeling his former master's power following through his own and then bowed his head in silent prayer.

'Watch me from the next world...Nianzol' he quietly said to himself and then a moment later...

He then vanished from the sight of Ggio and everyone else including his very presence.

What when did he-!?' The Espada thought in alarm, only to immediately realize that Shinji was right behind him and before he could react, the young Sternritter slashed across his opponent's chest and caused a gush of blood to spray from it. Much to Ggio's disbelief and horror.

Yuzu and Berenice then watch in confusion at what just happened.

'Did that boy...' the feminine man questioned to himself for a moment. 'Just teleported, because for a breath moment I couldn't get a read on his spiritual pressure at all as if he just disappeared, is this the power of his Schrift'

'Not quite...' Souken corrected and Berenice stared at him in confusion. 'But you are about to see its true capabilities soon enough'

Ggio then looked at his bleeding wound and then snarled at Shinji in rage. 'Don't get full of yourself brat, that was just a lucky shot!' he then began to raise his spiritual energy. 'This time I will use seventy-five percent of my speed to take you out!' The Espada boasted loudly while blitzing towards Shinji to break through his blade and sever his head at the same time...only for his foe to already be below him, his katana already in striking position and just like before, slash across the Espada's body and this time leaving nasty bleeding cut at his stomach.

'Damn it!' Vega cursed as he placed his hand over his abdomen. 'No matter how many times I increased my speed he is always one step ahead of me ready to counter before I even make a move...and yet' The Espada then remembered the times Shinji shifted his stance right before he disappeared from sight.

And then a knowing smile crept over Ggio's face.

He then accelerated his speed to eighty-five percent and rushed at Shinji once more and the Quincy again countered by appearing at his enemy's left side and then striking at their ribs...only for Ggio to block it with his hands, much to Shinji's slight frustration.

'Heh...I finally figured out how your power works boy' The Espada mocked. 'Whenever you used that Schrift of yours, you always readied your strike before you launched an attack, and while you were fast enough to do it before I had a chance to react, By increasing my speed and sensing you out immediately after you disappear. The I can now predicate every move you make' He then tightened his grip on the teen's Kanata causing it to crack and then upon seeing this Shinji then used his other hand to form another katana within its grip. Much to Ggio's amusement.

'You think you can attack me just because I am in close-ranged? The Espada mocked. 'Go ahead, I will just dodge out of the way and then-'

Suddenly Ggio stopped himself as he immediately felt a cold yet burning sensation ripping through the right shoulder of his body and by the time he looked at it. His eyes shoot out in outright shock and terror that a white flaming sourcing slash mark was now burn on the upper side of his body.

And a moment later...the sourcing mark exploded, sending smoldering cloth and flesh everywhere while Vega screamed in an agony he had never once felt before in his entire life.

Berenice then dropped his jaw in awe, not even comprehending the situation before him. 'What just happen?' he questions himself. 'I thought Ggio was able to counter that ability of his?'

Yuzu however shook her head. 'No, he didn't...Shinji just simply stopped holding himself back...'

Berenice then looked at Yuza in frustration. 'What do you mean he stopped holding himself back? he angrily demanded and then Souken took over.

'What she means Sir Berenice is that Shinji's power was never about teleportation...but rather the bending of space and time'

The Sternritter then winded his eyes in bafflement. 'The...bending of space and time!?'

Souken then nodded in confirmation. 'Whenever Shinji moves his body or even a portion of it, he wraps it in a field or bubble of his spiritual energy that distorts the space-time continuum to accelerate its speed, and because of that distortion, he and his attacks essential become undetectable, by both sight and spiritual senses' The headmaster then looked over to the burning shoulder wound on Ggio's body. '...And when Shinji struck the enemy with that level of velocity and friction it resulted in a fiery explosion that ended in burning a part of that man alive'

Berenice then looked at Shinji in Amazement and in newfound respect. 'And...he always had that level of power?

'He did...and upon inheriting Nianzol power it has only increased' Souken explained as he then looked over to Shinji 'A power a Schrift, known as...The Warp'