First Division Ferocity! [Kei/Igen]

IT wasn't hard to find Ko skulking around, of course it depended on if you recognized whatever form she had chosen to waltz around in, but Kei had been lucky and wound up spotting Ko on one of her idle strolls through the division. The tiger not seeming to pay the tag-along much mind, and just like clockwork, the co-third seat would find herself led straight to Igen's Office.

And of course, once she barged in, she'd find the young man jolting slightly, a soft "Buh." Escaping him as he was jarred from his nap. Something he'd found himself needing to do a bit more often these days. Between the work down on earth at the Africa pit. Keeping up with operations in the City of Lights. And of course, checking in on the Sixth Division to ensure that they had everything they need to proceed with their investigations. It had been an eventful span of time, and so Igen had somewhat....deferred some of his sleep schedule. He would stay up a bit later to check up on the officers in their division. Not quite paperwork, but mostly just management. Ensuring that everything was running smoothly, that no issues got lost between divisions or teams, and of course, sorting out any issues or errors that accrued over the course of the day. Double checking on incomplete reports, reviewing the inspections and obligations that came with the reconstruction that was going on.

On one hand, he was moving things around a bit. But well, he didn't allow his work to suffer. Rather he instead cut into his training time a bit. He could have cut a bit into his own personal time, which he certaiinly had a fair ammount. But he still needed to make sure he had time for ...ahem. Rio. And certainly, now that they were dating, he found himself needing the extra rest a lot more than he needed downtime. They had been on...two dates now? And frankly, it had been exhausting, but in a good way!

So when Kei suddenly barged into his office, there was something of a dazed look on his features as he bolted upright.

"Uh.. oh. Third Seat Saionji. You uh.... oh alright." He blinked a few times as she went straight into why she was here. Kido help? Oh yea he supposed he HAD asked for that hadn't he. He rubbed his eyes for a few seconds and looked at his phone, checking the time. Well, he only lost like, half an hour of his nap. That should be fine. "A ...friendly spar? That sounds good! Just uh, buh... uhhhh.. Ko are you good for a spar?" He asked his Zanpaku'to, which promptly gave a little rumble. Prompting a smile on Igen's face.

"Ko says she's good, so sounds like we're all set! Uh, got a place in mind?" He asked with a yawn, sloooowly standing up and stretching that slim, lanky body of his as he stood up to his full height, a little tension before he lowered his arms.

Igen smiled a bit and chuckled at the comment in regards to restrictions and the like. "Well if you're worried about getting Rusty, that's mostly up to you. I don't mind getting a little serious if need be." He chimed with a warm smile, rolling his shoulders a little as they arrived at the training grounds themselves. A nice spacious clearing. There was of course the area with practice dummies and the like, but there were also a number of set-aside clearings. Wide open spaces with plenty of room to buffer between a spar and the nearby structures. Not to mention a few shinigami nearby who could put up barriers if need be.

Still, he raised his brows. A little intrigued as he noticed the production of what he presumed was her...zanpaku'to? His head canting a bit to the side as he eyed the purple rod. Ah, so her zan was a bigger sword. Interesting. "Oh wow that's pretty cool. She folds up and stuff. Never seen a Zanpaku'to like that." He chuckled, pausing for a moment as he considered her opinion on Kido. "I guess I never really thought about it like that. The rules weren't exactly something I thought a lot about when I learned Kido." He mused, holding his hand out as Ko's tigress form promptly dissolved, leaving behind her stripes which lashed out and locked onto Igen's frame, snaking across his skin and slowly covering him in those dark stripes as he talked. Turning to his fellow Third seat, he offered a warm smile.

"Then again, most of my Experience when I first learned kido was with Kaido, so I guess I don't exactly have the best foundation when it comes to knowing the limits." He chuckled, and sighed, rolling his shoulders. "Aaanywho, alright! We're both set. Let's get this party started!" He chimed, that big, bright smile of his in evidence as he promptly sped towards her. A sudden and aggressive closing of the distance between them, ducking as he brought his shoulder to bear and aimed to thrust into the center of the woman's chest with enough force to throw her across the training field. Sharp and simple.

Seki.
Though she'd skipped the incantation he DID perk up when the words left her mouth unleashing the spell. And as that force connected, his shoulder slammed into the energy she'd used to protect herself and the pair of them pulled back from eachother, skidding along the ground for a few feet before he chuckled softly and flashed a big smile. "Nice reflexes!" He chimed, raising his arms for a moment and tilting his head as she collected energy at her fingertip. Oh? The thunder of a Byakurai lancing toward him certainly caught his attention. But he didn't dodge, and rather he lowered his stance, and crouched ever so slightly. Eyes glowing as reiryoku pumped through his frame.

Koōmetsubō 虎王滅亡 (Tiger King Collapse)

Those black stripes coiled along his body, moving away from his frame and bunching up along his right arm as he raised his hand and then STRUCK downward, his hand and arm turned black like raw iron as that dark mess of blade-like lines erupted from his palm and slashed downward, clamming into the incoming Byakurai and splitting the Kido into twin lines that crackled along the ground, a blistering feat of Hakuda and Zanjutsu. As the rest of that slash lunged forward at blinding speed, streaking FAR faster than Igen himself would have been able to move, aiming to cleave the ground between them as that flurry of black blades aimed to cut along the woman's left side. But of course, those blades were dulled, the young man intentionally loosening his spiritual pressure so that even if those blades lanced down her body, they would at most rip her uniform, but would not be able to do more than scratch her. Though those blades at most only extended a full 10 meters from his body, if she decided to try and back away from the incoming strike.

All the same, following the strike, those stripes would rapidly retract, returning to Igen's body and spreading out along his frame as if to reset. Though there wasn't any shift. Kei might have noticed that even though those stripes had wrapped around Igen's frame, and even came into use, that there had been no change in his spiritual pressure. As if he had never released to begin with, despite obviously being in his released state.

"I think I have an idea for the Second School of though.Would that be using Bakudo to hold me in place?" He ventured, adjusting his stance as if preparing for her to throw out one such spell at him. That smile never faltering. Clearly the young man was very much enjoying getting to see his fellow officer in action.

As those quick Byakurai fired out into the incoming blades, Kei might be surprised to find the utter lack of compromise from them. Those blades ripping through the incoming spells and hardly even losing any momentum as they surged at high speeds and slashed, not even a hint of damage showing on those black extensions. Those blades plowing through the spells with ease, aiming to snare the Third seat.

All the same, as Kei realigned herself, Igen raised his brows and tilted his head. First? "Ahah, I'm already released actually. I think I spoke with you before. My Shikai is always active." He pointed out with a bit of a proud smile on his face. Though as the woman suddenly flashed in with a Shunpo, he raised his brows, and in the very same motion that she pointed her finger  toward his chest, black blades erupted from his chest, aiming to slam into her wrist and elbow from opposite sides as that spell connected with his chest. But Igen didn't skid, as that force hit him, the ground beneath him crunched softly, but he was....obnoxiously sturdy, even without those dark stripes protecting him. Even so, the Explanation caused him to raise his brows in intrigue. "Huh, I guess that can catch them off guard." He noted, reaching up to rub the spot where the spell had impacted before flashing a lopsided grin towards her. Not seeming at all bothered by the cracking of their neck.

"Still, I guess it makes sense that you're a Kido specialist and all, but do you have any hand to hand skill?" He ventured with a tilt of his head, a hand resting on his hip as he let his head tilt a bit to the side, brushing a bit of dirt off his bare shoulder and back.

Igen blinked a bit at that and raised his head slightly as he made note of her response, eyes shifting to her wrist for a moment before then glancing back toward her. A soft smile forming across his lips as a chuckle left his throat. "Oh you don't have to apologize. I'm still having fun and learning!" He pointed out, before pausing as he realized that she was performing a layered chant. His expression contorting for a moment before growing suddenly tense. A sudden burst of energy coursing through him as he spotted that sudden barrage. His pupils dilating just ever so slightly at the incoming swarm of attacks. And in that moment, he promptly vanished, a sudden blur of motion as he sped to the side, shooting out of the path of those staves of reiryoku and weaving through those explosive bursts of burning energy, several crackling off his frame, those black stripes twisting to stab into the incoming balls, causing them to explode before contact, but still not sparing him the scorching heat.

Still he shot around that barrage, and then closed in, rushing toward the woman and then ljeaping up and into the air. Several holes burned into his shihakusho, though she'd note that there didn't seem to be a scratch on him. And the most recent burns, light scorches, seemed to be vanishing from his frame just as quickly as they had been put there. A preemptive KAido from Igen. His very own Jinjashō. Pumping energy into his body to automatically heal the instant that damage was dealt. He was already incredibly durable on his own, and his Zanpaku'to further added to that. That ontop of his skill in kaido? He was QUITe difficult to take down!

"But if holding back could be taken as an insult, I don't wanna disappoint you either."

And as he closed the distance between himself and Kei, he cocked his arm back, as bright pink flames coursed around his frame. Or at least what looked like flames. But in actuality, was pure reiryoku tinted with Igen's own personal element. One that caused a sudden, vicious drop in tamperature. The grass around them suddenly going rigid as it froze on the spot. That sudden gush of pink energy flooded forward, aiming to freeze Kei to the ground with that burst of pink Ice.

And just like that that howling shroud was gone. A brief, short-term release of Shunko before her executed a STRONG kick to the center of the woman's chest. Nothing devastating, as he had intentionally turned of Shunko before striking, after all he didn't want to hurt her. But it would be just enough to knock the wind out of the woman. shatter the ice that had formed along her lower body, presuming she hadn't protected herself from it, and send her flying into the nearest wall. Of course, for a Seated officer, it wouldn't be too terrifying, a bit of winding, and perhaps a bruise on her sternum. But nothing that would seriously injure someone of Kei's level. After all, this was just a friendly spar!