Hot Wind And Hot Heads [Fuuen, Nao]

After fighting Shishiyuki, she was so enamoured with her skills that she simply had to climb that strong too. That way when she became that strong the toughest guy would surely be easier to find and even if he didn't then she would be so much closer to finding out what could be unbreakable. That's why she'd joined up to this here Gotei, naturally there was only one division worth serving and that was the one with Shishiyuki(-senpai) in it.

She'd been recommended going to the Shin'o Academy but with her own self-taught Hakuda and Hoho, no one really wanted to take her on especially when she insisted that she didn't wanna learn stupid kido stuff. One thing that she couldn't tell them to back off on though was the zanpakuto and so she agreed to do a few weeks of zanjutsu and general shinigami training. Hell butterflies and konso, you know that stuff.

Now she was happily an unseated shinigami and doing her best, it had taken her a while but she had discovered a nice little spot near the seventh division barracks. Well, she called it a camping ground. They lived in tents but she didn't mind that! This nice little spot had a stream, nice trees and was pretty private. It was the perfect place for her to train away and try to figure out this katana stuff even though her spear was nearby and on hand.

"One, two, three. Again!"

She chimed to herself as her own little cadance with the sweat on her brow. She'd been doing this for hours now and the day was surprisingly warm for it getting colder this time of year.

"My freakin' what!?"

What was this partner crap he was talking about? Nao didn't sign up for some guy to wander around with her. Maybe if it was Shishiyuki then that'd be cool, they could even spar or something! Then she could try and keep getting strong enough to beat her martial art with her Sanzen Koken.

Whatever, back to the matter at hand. The shortstack appeared in a flash in front of the taller man and looked up at him with a scowl. She didn't need a babysitter or anything, she'd learnt plenty and could definitely accomplish her duties by herself. That was the way of Sawachika Nao! She was the indomitable Sawachika that broke everything to seek out the unbreakable structure.

"My trainin's goin' fine. I don't like this sword though, I prefer my spear. You can't go wrong with a naginata, hehe."

That's dumb! That's so dumb! What an infurating situation, Nao didn't want some partner to have to drag along. This guy didn't even feel that strong so that made sense but she was strong you know? Real strong! Maybe she should go challenge Shishiyuki again and if she could beat her then she could be a high-ranked seated officer.

Okay maybe she shouldn't fight her to win, Nao wasn't that dumb... Maybe if she lasted ten minutes in the ring with her then she could be! That'd be really good.

"Damn it. I guess, it makes sense. Never been to the living world before so if you know the way about then that's fine."

Nao pouted to the side and glared at the nearby body of water. It'd be real nice to have snuck in and taken a dip but then this guy showed up. She could still do that but she didn't really want this guy being weird about it.

"It's reach, it's shape! It's perfectly suited to any situation whether I'm out in the open or confined in a building. I can thrust or sweep and it's far more powerful and versatile than a sword. Really we shinigami should have a zanpakusou rather than a zanpakutou!"

She declared with a puffing out of her chest in pride at that wordplay there.

Well, there it was. He wanted to issue a challenge? Nao would never back down from one of those! So putting down the asauchi the newly appointed unseated member took a quick leap. Reppearing in the same spot after a moment with her naginata in hand.

"You're on! Sawachika Nao, Creator of the Sanzan Koken!"

She took up a stance as she declared the match was on. The intense ocean blue eyes going from childish to a piercing gaze that conveyed absolute seriousness, she would not lose now. She would defeat him on all three fronts like a tiger attacking its prey but for now, everything was eeriely still about her.

No flare of her reiatsu or motion. It was just her sharp eyes fixed on him like a stalking predator waiting for its moment to pounce on him.

Nao remained still as a waiting tiger in the midst of staring down the attack that was coming towards her. It would take more than that to impede her and while she was more than capable of slipping off to the side to avoid it she would not bend at his whim. She would not move for him!

Sanzan Koken - Kochōkyō. Nao's eeriely still presence which was almost non-existent flared. Not so much that he could gauge it well, it was so refined and controlled that for only a splint second she had summoned an equal amount of energy from her own to touch and cause the attack to harmlessly dispel about her.

In that moment of her energy once more receding it had instead been consolidated inwards, gathered her power, and she launched herself at him with her naginata in lieu like a tiger crossing a river with a single leap.

Her polearm making the distance well before she would arrive. The sweeping blade ready to place itself dangerously close to his neck if he wouldn't counter it.