5 Chapter 5 - Reiatsu Control & Sparring

Another three months pass, Michio had been training with Kisuke with Matsuko and his grandfather non the wiser about his activities, they thought that they dropped him at swimming practice every afternoon then picked him up later.

Right now Michio is training his new cell strengthening technique so that it can control his reiatsu and also so they won't start to automatically break down whenever he tried to infuse them with reiatsu or try to control it. The way it works is almost like when a muscle is destroyed it grows back stronger, but instead he would intentionally breakdown these cells then Kisuke would heal his cells back to top condition and this continued for three months, today would be the day when he would start actual control training as his body is now able to contain the quality of his reiatsu. Kisuke walked over to Michio, "Your body is now able to handle you reiatsu, so now would be a good time to start training your control of your reiatsu so you're not hunted by hollows all the time," 'I like the sound of that,' Michio smiled inwardly "You will also gain a new sparring partner tomorrow too," this was surprising, because he thought he would have to wait until his control was better to not hurt the person he was fighting.

"I know what you're thinking and my reasoning is that your control will increase under pressure as the continuous movement of your reiatsu to empower your body would help you, plus it will help with your battle experience.... and I thought it would be funny to see ya get dropped." Michio sweat-dropped at the last part of his answer, Kisuke had this habit of messing with him but also might talk in a serious tone sometimes, but Michio was also thinking, 'maybe he was like that with everyone,' oblivious to what ichigo faced years before.

Kisuke imparted the reiatsu control method and also told him how to stop his reiatsu from leaking and attracting any hollows. The control method was pretty simple really, all he had to do was meditate and feel his reiatsu, force it into ball of reiatsu outside his body and make them fly in uniform patterns. "Dammit," so far all he could create was two reiatsu balls and they were very unstable but it still worked, meanwhile Kisuke almost spat out the green tea he was drinking as Michio immediately performed what some could call a low level kido as kido is a soul reaper's reiatsu controlled through a spell outside the body to give a certain affect be it support or attack.

'This is really hard, but I can feel my control improving drastically I can also try that other thing now that makes sure that no hollow can detect me'.

Michio practiced like this for sometime until it was time to go home. "Bye Kisuke see ya tomorrow!," Michio leaves before Kisuke can say goodbye, he is now sipping his tea in contemplation, 'He's improving fast, he immediately performed the technique I made up and also improve his efficiency really fast, the balls were stable by the end and he also had about seven reiatsu balls, his commitment was also outstanding as I don't know any five year old that would sit in one place for a couple hours especially if it was Jinta .' While Kisuke thinks this he's also happy that the kid is doing this for a morally good reason, being a hero.

"Kisuke what did you do, the boy seemed really happy after your training he even started to throw me up and down in excitement," an annoyed Yoruichi asked. Michio added something else to his daily routine which happened every time after training, he would pet the very cute cat that stands near or in the shop and it never ran away too so it was even better. "I said he would be given a sparring partner tomorrow, I wonder who that would be?" Kisuke mused, seemingly hinting to someone, "Fine but y'know we're leagues a head of him in battle power, how will he gain any benefits from me sparring against him?" Yoruichi was concerned he wouldn't grow stronger from the spars plus she also thought, 'If I reveal myself that would mean no more pet time' she actually likes the time they spend together after each training session.

"Don't worry Yoruichi, this is only to train his battle awareness and instincts plus I'm also planning to teach him Shunpo (Flash Steps)." "Eh? you know that Shunpo is the highest level of Hoho right, only masters of Hoho can perform Shunpo especially my Shunpo," Yoruichi argues, "You make a good point Yoruichi, but I have seen this kids determination plus his talent with performing new techniques like it's nothing, I wouldn't be surprised if he could at least do the lowest level of your shunpo in a couple of months," "What!!." This statement had caught her off guard as anyone Kisuke would seriously think as talented would probably end up being a monster in the future.

Meanwhile Back at Michio's house his family plus Mr. Gou were watching Michio wolf down his second serving of dinner, "Dad is it normal for a kid to eat so much food," Matsuko said very concerned, "Don't worry honey he is just a growing boy he needs the food." While Michio's grandfather was talking to his mother Mr.Gou was thinking of something else, 'I thought I was imagining it before but I can tell now he has been training his body not by swimming but something else, his muscles look full of power the same as an adult human and his skin looks tough, but I can also tell he has no technique the way he walks and his movements aren't uniform like that of a swordsman he needs training, maybe I should impart my No-Dachi techniques to him.' It seems Mr.Gou used to be a swordsman when he was alive maybe this could help Michio get an edge against other sword weilding opponents as to fight them bare-handed would be an insult to them as it would be too easy.

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