Chapter 38 Kido.

(3 weeks later)

"3 weeks in and Gotham city is still reeling from the devastating 6.9 Earthquake that levelled a number of historical buildings in old Gotham. Wayne Manor was also affected, with Bruce Wayne, the son of the late Thomas and Martha Wayne, promising housing, food and warm clothes to those affected."

"The billionaire has been known to set up charity funds to help the less fortunate. This will mark another achievement for him as he lives up to the legacy of his late parents."

Wearing a black coat over her red pant suit, the reporter stood in a construction site of an old Opera house. The workers were digging through the debris as snow fell around them.

"This not being the first time Gotham has had to drag itself out of the mud, it remains to be seen what crisis will hit our beloved city next. Back to you Austin."

She concluded.

(Davian's P.O.V)

Bleach power system while complex due to the different ways each of the races could use Reiryoku, still retained some similarities across the board.

Different from the power afforded by the Zanpakuto, Kido was the other way for a Soul Reaper to achieve great power.

Kido was basically magic spells.

The Kido corps commander stood on the same level of both power and importance as any of the Gotei 13 Captains.

Take for example Getsuga Tensho, which was a very very simple application of Reiryoku. It was basically a wide beam of Reiryoku that required no extra control. That being the only reason I could perform it in the first place. Yet the attack was powerful that I could probably destroy a bus in one fell swoop.

A seated officer, hell, any soup reaper who had graduated from the academy could probably kick my ass even without trying. Kido was a cheat code. And manipulating Reiryoku this way was not entirely exclusive to Soul Reapers either.

Hollows had Ceros which could be argued to be a blast of Reiryoku similar to Getsuga Tensho that only aimed to cause destruction and required no prodigious control. It could be scaled by 'Control' or the amount of Reiryoku one put in the attack.

My Spirit energy was on the same level of a Lieutenant level Soup Reaper, who were directly under the captains in the Gotei 13 squads. I didn't lie to myself though. While my Reiatsu could be used the same way, my true level of power, at least in Kido was lower than that. It all still came down to 'Control'.

Quincies on the other hand, had the ability to shoot out arrows by taking in the Reishi from the air. Not to mention they also had Blut. A system of applying Reiryoku through the veins of the body for different effects.

I was working towards that the first time I thought of using Reiryoku to enhance my body. However I ran into the same issue. My 'control' sucked. I was probably wasting too much energy, even when using it internally than was needed. The enhancement therefore was similar to Reinforcement, a skill that Magus in the Nasuverse used.

Unfortunately, I had no way to actually train my control. Spirit energy was not like Chakra from Naruto. No amount of sticking leaves all over my body seemed to work.

The only way I was going to get my control where I needed it to be was through hard work.

Copying the Kido spells I remember from Canon.

Kido could be separated into two categories.

Bakudo, way of binding and Hado, way of destruction.

Bakudo spells had the basic application of being support spells meant to incapacitate an enemy or their power. An example that I could remember was Bakudo no. 4: Hainawa. Or rather, Slithering Rope.

The spell creates a rope of spirit energy that can tangle up an opponent, such as binding their wrists, their ankles, or anything else that the user can think of. Often, it's a good way to buy time for another attack.

Other spells in the Way of Binding were, Bakudo no. 9: Geki, which caused complete paralysis in an opponent. Such a spell would be very useful for me in a place like DC where the Heroes did not kill.

I was determined to do what needed to be done to look out for Raven and I but that didn't equate to needlessly clashing with the Justice League.

Except Batman, cause fuck that guy.

Hado was the category I was mostly excited about. Way of destruction sounded and looked cool as fuck.

"Concentrate."

Raven said from the side.

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I breathed out slowly, my warm breath fogging in the air as I stared at the target before me. A can placed on top of a rusted car in the Junkyard.

The Junkyard contained alot of wrecked and shredded car parts and metal that made it convenient for the kind of training I was doing. Target practice.

"Shift your feet slightly apart. Balance is important because while energy doesn't have physical weight, the rebound effect is still there."

I followed her advice. Raven's main attacks came from casting spells, if anyone could give me pointers, it was her.

Rebound effect huh? So like a gun. I could shoot a gun. I was good at shooting guns.

We were both wearing normal clothes. Raven had been adamant on not changing out of her costume, however. Then after explaining to her that she stood out too much, she reluctantly agreed.

She settled for a large black hoodie, purple yoga pants and white sneakers that blended into the snow under our feet. We were also lucky that the Junkyard was devoid of human presence. Otherwise the noise would have been too much.

My palm was laid flat in the air, pointed at the can that was less than 100 meters away. I had decided to start small. While I could basically shoot out Getsuga Tensho like it was nothing, the energy consumption for that particular skill was too much.

"Any day now."

Raven said impatiently. Granted it was cold outside and while my body could now endure extreme temperatures to a limit, I didn't know if Raven could say the same.

"It's called focus." I replied.

Push and Pull...

Pull...

The surroundings faded away.

My Reiryoku roared to life within me. It was indescribable. The closest I could come to explaining it was, a burning purple flame inside my chest, spreading out to my wrists and legs.

I then pictured what I wanted.

"Hado no. 1: Sho!"

An invisible pressure blast escaped my hand, throwing me a few steps back with a great amount of force. The rebound effect.

Clang!!

I missed the can but a dent the size of a basketball appeared on the door of the rusted Honda, breaking the last of the glass remaining on the windshield. The can tilted and fell towards the ground.

A single blast of black energy slammed onto the can, ripping it apart. I shielded my eyes as Raven smirked from next to me, 2 fingers outstretched towards pointed the target.

"That's how it's done."

She bragged.

I rolled my eyes.

"I asked you to help me train, not to show off."

She snorted, blowing the smoke out of her finger like you would a gun.

"It's not my problem you suck, Davian."

I narrowed my eyes.

"Oh yeah?"

Despite missing the can, I had still managed to shoot out a Reiryoku blast. All that was left to do was to get good at aiming. I could do it with a gun, how hard could it be to do it with my own energy?

I changed targets to a stack of tires that we had placed next to the Honda. Saying the incantation out loud was kind of slow. Any smart enemy would realize what I was trying to do.

The only way I could think of ensuring that the attack landed was by incapacitating them long enough. Yup, I'm talking about Bakudo. If I could get good enough that I could do it wordlessly, they wouldn't know what hit them.

Unfortunately I wasn't quite there yet, so I was stuck with the incantations.

"Bakudo no.4: Hainawa!"

A yellow rope of energy sprouted from my palm. It was thicker than any of Chesha Neko's braids and energy crackled around it. The rope landed on the tire stack but instead of wrapping around it, it tore a chunk off the stack.

"I totally meant to do that."

I coughed.

"I'm sure you did."

Raven replied, placing her hands inside her hoodie with a small annoying smile plastered on her face.

My control still sucked but I still managed to complete the combo. So...yeah.

"Sho!"

The blast of invisible pressure this time was more compressed. It cleared the distance between the tire stack and us fast. There was a loud crack as the tore stack was thrown away to smack on a shack next to the entrance of the Junkyard.

I winced at the loud noise.

"We should probably leave."

Raven told me as she hastily created a portal under us.

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Now you might wonder...how did we survive 3 weeks alone without a source of money in Gotham? To blend in we had needed new clothes and food is essential to... anyone.

Fortunately, turns out people with 'extra skills' like Raven and I could take advantage of the Status Quo and make some quick buck.

In other words, we had been robbing Criminals.

I stared at our target of the day. The rooftop I was in had a wide view of Chinatown and it's denizens.

"Are you sure this is wise?"

Chase' voice sounded out from my inner world.

"No."

I replied.

"You keep asking me the same question everytime we steal from bad guys."

I had gotten better at Shunpo, the blast of Reiryoku from my feet as I moved was only slightly noticable. Though I still had problem with sudden turns and shifts in trajectory and direction.

I was on the next building's rooftop in almost an instant, careful not to lose the supply truck carrying massive amounts of decorations for the festival happening below.

However, our connections had assured us that within that supply truck was a cache of drugs being transported somewhere. I hated drugs with a passion but if there was a deal going on, we could get the money and leave the drugs for the cops to find.

"They are rounding up the corner. Raven should already be..."

My speculative words were cut off as a huge explosion went off under the supply truck.

My eyes widened as with the screams from normal civilians, the burning truck was poised to land on a restaurant that would no doubt cause many casualties.

Not to mention, that was my paycheck! We needed the money to leave this city behind!

Shunpo escaped my feet, rocketing me forwards. The ground of the roof underneath my foot broke apart in a shower of stones.

"Bakudo no.4: Hainawa!"

I chanted just as I landed on the store front with the flaming truck coming down on me. Luckily, Hainawa was easy to perform due to my experience with Chesha Neko's Shikai.

The yellow spirit rope wrapped around the truck before it broke off into six individual ropes that stabbed into the walls of the building around us.

The Bakudo spell strained but managed to hold onto the truck before it could land.

"Whew! That was..."

Bam!

Something hard and heavy landed on my side, the impact picking me up and throwing me through the sidewalk that was quickly becoming devoid of people.

I picked myself up while rubbing the spot in pain. I felt that even with my enhancement active.

"Goddamnit Chase, you are supposed to warn me about things like that."

I growled at my Zanpakuto.

"Oops."

The damn cat replied, totally unbothered.

"Oh, what is this? A new hero?"

A deep voice said while laughing. I looked up and came face to face with a red skinned, white haired massive dude cracking his fists with a sadistic smile.

"I know you."

I told him, dusting myself off. Luckily the small Oni mask on my face was still intact, keeping my identity hidden.

"Brick."

I touched the pommel of my sword, lowering my posture slightly.

"You're going to pay for that."