Chapter 17

"So; you guys take your inner hollows, the representation of your negative feelings, which includes stress and traumas, and you beat them up until they go to some dark corner of your minds." I asked as I continued to eat okonomiyaki Kensei had prepared. I might actually forgive him for all the punches if he kept making meals this good.

"Yup, pretty much." Love answered as he ate along with me and the rest of the Visoreds and to that I had only one thing to say.

"You guys need therapy." Cause yeah, taking the representation of all of the bad things in your life and squeezing them into some corner in your mind instead of actually dealing with the trauma didn't exactly sound healthy.

"Yeah, and where should we get the therapist who can actually help and where should that therapist get therapy after he's done with us?" Love snorted at me and I had to admit that he had a point.

Supernatural did not have good therapy. It was the cost of all the cool powers.

"Let us talk about something actually useful instead, like training." Love smiled as he patted me on the back. "The rate you are progressing is mind blowing. As a matter of fact I think I am a bit jealous of you and your little lady friend." The star haired man said as we both looked at Tatsuki, who had many bruises on her face along with a swollen eye and lips.

"More of you and far less of her though." Love amended and I had to suppress a grin at the stink eye the schoolgirl was giving to us.

I kinda understood her pain. I was technically training harder than her since my training partner was Kensei while her's was Lisa. That is not to say schoolgirl cosplayer was weak cause she was still a former lieutenant level Shinigami who had gotten hollow powers and trained for almost a century. She wasn't exactly a captain but she should be far above a lieutenant. So yeah she was strong, but she definitely could not hit like Kensei did. Even without his hollow mask, the silver headed man hit like a truck and I had to wonder whether I would get another isekai treatment from one of his punches. The man used to be a fucking captain.

Fortunately I had some experience in battle due to my memories, even if none of them were against an opponent on Kensei's level, unlike Tatsuki who only ever did karate and beat up Chizuru whenever the redhead tried to molest Orihime.

So even though my opponent made my training harder, Tatsuki was getting hit far more than I did. Hence her current injuries.

"How is she coming along anyway?" I asked as I continued to eat. The food was awesome.

"Pretty awesome." Love answered as he ate along with me. "Her powers are pretty good and would have allowed her to deal with almost any unseated officer even before training we did. Nowadays she shouldn't have much problem with anyone who is below a fifth seat." Love said and I had to smile as I watched Tatsuki preen under the praise. She had earned it after all.

"So, ready for the next round?" Kensei asked from behind me and I smiled at the muscular Shinigami.

"Nah, I believe I will be trying something new for today." And then I put my hand on my forehead and concentrated.

<Love POV>

Love liked Cain. He was a fun guy.

Sure the fact that he could summon hollows had been a bit unnerving at the start but Love had spent more than a decade as a Shinigami captain before having to leave Soul Society due to Aizen's experiment. Two different experiences that had taught him how to live without being bothered by much.

As he said, Cain was fun. He was also a true man of culture who read manga much like him and Lisa and they had discussed the plot of many different series during his breaks in training. That was something he could do only with the teen since rest of the Visoreds weren't exactly as cultured as him.

The closest ones were Lisa and Shinji but unfortunately the former lieutenant of the eighth squad was less interested in plot and more in 'plot' so she didn't read really good series. Shinji on the other hand read many series but never the truly good ones because it wasn't, as he claimed, 'their time yet'. Love knew their leader didn't read the good shit simply to mess with him. The blonde had far too much asshole in him to do otherwise.

But now, he didn't think he was gonna like what Cain was about to do as the young man put his hollow mask on.

It wasn't anything interesting actually, compared to more exotic masks of Hiyori and Hachi, Cain's was actually kind of bland. It was a pure white mask with two holes for eyes and one thick black line going around his forehead. The only distinguishing part other than the line was the very small horns protruding out of the line. It actually looked like something out of a horror manga or movie, the simplicity making it look more unnerving. But nothing that would get much attention from the Visoreds.

Then the bastard sliced the air and opened a fucking Garganta in the air! How did he even do that?!

"Make sure Tatsuki trains well, I'll be back before tomorrow." And then the bastard jumped into the mass of darkness.

Love liked Cain, but not when he pulled shit like this!