Chapter 10

A mist of hot steam flows out from the cracks of my mask as I let out a calm breath. I flex out my power with a small pulse which kicks up sand around me. I throw a few punches in the air which make small deep booms as if I was hitting something solid.

I look over to Harrible and find her looking back at me a calm look instead the shocked look she had not too long ago.

"I want you to come at me with everything you got. If you hold back, you will be hurt" I said in a deep distorted voice. I raised up my fists to the sides of my chin and tucked my arms close to the my chest. I got into my usual orthodox stance and lightly bounced on my the tips of my toes to get my rhythm going.

Harribel got in stance and closed her eyes and got an a stance, but as soon as he closed her eyes all the way I darted towards her with blinding speed and sent a uppercut to stomach. She lurched over in pain and coughed up spit as my fist dug into her abdomen. I pushed off my front door to back off.

Harribel falls to her knees clutching her stomach as she heaves heavily from getting the knocked out of her. I lift my mask over my head and look at her with a disappointed look.

"Number one rule in a boxing, fight, or battle to the death, you never take your eyes off your opponent." Harribel looks up at me with anger as struggles to collect herself.

I let out a few chuckles as I watched her struggle, but I didn't mean it. I was only putting on an act to see how far her anger can take her. "Heh, and here I thought you were strong. Guess I was wrong. You kind of look better there on the floor in my opinion."

As soon as I said that I felt her power spike up, and before I can bring my guard up I was felt a hard hook to my face send me flying across the sand and skidding several feet away from where I was.

"Holy shit, that wa—" I'm quickly cut off as I roll away from a punch coming down towards me. I roll over and push of my hands and land on my feet. Standing in front of me was whole different person.

I felt a grin spread across my face as her power increased even more. I noticed her right hand started to build up water over it and she took a step towards me and vanished. I just barely catch her right hand in my left hand as a powerful shock wave separates the sea behind me. My eyes widen in glee at how quickly her power has climbed.

"Wow, color me impressed. Your pretty damn powerful… for a 'female'." I made a little more emphasis on the female part to stir the pot even more.

Steam shot out from her teeth as she looked at me with an intense animosity. I leaned in close to her with wide crazed eyes from behind my mask.

"Ooo~ Did that hit a nerve?" I pulled back my right hand and throw a hard straight right towards her face. She quickly crossed her arms across her face as she skidded back just a few feet away.

I let my power rise just a bit as I got back in my orthodox stance and gave her a 'come get me' gesture with my hand to tease her. She clenched her teeth and bawled her hands up in anger. She took a few hard steps towards me, but quickly stopped herself as Nelliel shouted towards her.

"Don't let yourself get pushed around Harribel!" She waved her hands excitedly towards her. "Don't let whatever that meanie says get to you, you can do this!"

This got a small smile from the blonde Arrancar as she took a few breathes to get back her bearings. Her wild spiritual pressure calmed down, but was still at its highest. I shot a quick thumbs towards Nelliel for helping Harrible out. She responded with smile and nod of her head.

I focus my attention back on Harribel and find that she's in an orthodox boxing stance like how I was. I couldn't help but be impressed at how quickly she learned that stance. She even looked comfortable in it to.

"Guess teaching you won't be all that hard then. Just watch me and study me. Focus on my legs, focus on my arms, and focus on countering."

I switched up my stance to southpaw to make things a little difficult for her. She noticed this, but didn't seem care all that much. She then rushes me without warning and throws of flurry of punches at me. I roll and block her punches and wait for an opening to counter. I then quickly spot a counter as she throws a wide left good. I roll under her hook while letting momentum carry a hard shot to her stomach. This gets her to drop her hands to guard her stomach which leaves her chin exposed.

I pivot off my lead foot to the right and let energy build up into my left hand to throw hard straight down to her chin. Harribel see's this and quickly brings her guard back up to block the blow. What she didn't know was that I was throwing a feint and use my left hand to send a hard liver shot. The shot wasn't deadly, only hard enough to send her down to the ground.

Harribel coughs up spit and falls to the ground clutching her stomach as she struggles to breath. I quickly power down and lightly press my hand gently into her liver to deaden the shock of the blow a little bit.

"Relax, steady your breathing and take some calm deep breaths." She does as instructed and starts to catch her breath and relax a little. Nelliel appears in front of us and worriedly looks over Harribel to see if she's ok. She's just holds up hand to say that she's fine which calms the worried green haired Espada.

A large grin spreads across my face as I pat Harribel's stomach. "Good shit in lasting that long with me, even though it was a few minutes. Most people wouldn't go that long with me. You even showed some quick progress at your first time in boxing. Pretty amazing." I complimented her as I respectfully patted her stomach again.

Harribel blushed a little as I did that, and seemed to enjoy it which was pretty fucking weird. "Anyways," I stopped patting her and looked at her apologetically, "sorry for saying those things to you. I didn't mean a damn thing of what I said. I only said those things to see how far your power could get. I gotta say, your power level is crazy when you're pissed."