Hana was overjoyed she'd finally learned Soukatsui. She was a pervade of knowledge, even if some of that knowledge was offensive, she wouldn't use it unless necessary. Her eyes closed for a moment as her brain coursed through different things she could do now. It finally settled upon the most important thing she could do. That was to increase her Houho ability. She excelled at being quite speedy for her class. Perhaps, the most speedy there was in the Shinigami? Well she wasn't ready to claim that throne but she had hoped one day to be dubbed the Lightning Bolt or something. Hana's body began to stretch her limbs out so that she could essentially spar with a Hoho master. Once she finished her stretching, she bolted as fast as she could around the compound in search of a friend of hers, an old Hoho teacher who was considered the fastest person in all of the Soul Society. Once reaching there, they conversed for several minutes. Hana had asked her to help her train her Hoho skills so that she could become as strong as she was in the speed department. Though she didn't have Shunpo as of yet, she was much faster than others at her skill level. However, this was because she wasn't that strong and couldn't take the hits either. So she needed to be fast to escape the blasts.
Haiyara, the Hoho master, agreed to help teach Hana in an effort of passing her speedy crown unto her shoulders. Hana would nod in agreement, and smiled brightly as she entered a Hakuda combat stance. Haiyara entered an odd looking speed based stance of Hakuda which made Hana inquisitive for a moment. Though this quickly subsided as a fist came crashing into her face. This sent her skidding backwards a few feet before the woman charged once more. This time she aimed a punch directly into Hana's stomach. The distance gave Hana enough time to react by side stepping out of the way. This allowed her to place her left hand on the woman's back and guide her forward. Though Haiyara was a bit too quick to be toppled by that move. She managed to shift and pull Hana into a spin, throwing her across the area once more. With no options left, Hana did what she knew had to be done, she bolted up into the sky to make the area much more open. This was both a blessing and a curse, as it left Hana with more space to move. However, this meant that Haiyara also had more space to move.
In a moment's notice, Haiyara had been inches away from Hana's face with another punch. However, she managed to side step if only barely. The force of the punch caused Hana to slide backwards a few feet though intentionally. In this moment, she saw an opportunity. Hana's body bolted forward at her greatest speed to place a firm punch upon Haiyara's right side. Just before the attack struck it's target, she sped forward and around to strike Hana in the same area. The strike hit so hard it sent her flying sideways. She came to a skidding halt after several feet of forcing her Reiatsu into her right hand and feet. Hana could see no way to defeat this beastly opponent. But then again that was the point. She needed to think outside the box! Then, that's when it hit her. Outside the box! Hana charged forth to strike Haiyara in the face with an attack. SHe needed to be adaptive and learn from her mistakes as well as her faults. She reached a few inches from Haiyara's face as she started to think, "That's it, dodge it just like usual" Her mind kept solid on her plan as Haiyara sped away. In that isntant, Hana shifted around to face directly behind her. The moment she did, Haiyara was already there with a fist approaching her face. Hana's body lowered just slightly which caused her braided hair strands ti lift upwards. She had managed to duck just below the attack where she delivered her own firm punch to Haiyara's stomach. This wasn't working though, her speed wasn't fast enough. She needed more speed! Hana pushed as hard as she could and managed to push Haiyara back several feet but it wasn't enough. Her eyes closed as she lowered herself a few yards. Once there she started to tap her foot upon the hardened Reiatsu. Each tap signified a fraction of her power.
"Alright, I'm going to have to make something up then. How about this!"
She said as she tapped her foot a singular time then sped forth as speeds just above an average person. Haiyara side stepped the attack as Hana's steps kept flowing forward. Every step that Hana took caused small crashes of dust and debris along with energy to flow from her feet. She managed to swing around in a wide turn to put her into sights again. This came crashing down on her when an elbow forced its way onto Hana's back causing her to come crashing down to the ground. Hana managed to regain control just in time to set down upon the ground with little damage. She began tapping her foot once more before speaking.
"Alright, if I step the right amount of times I should enter a shunpo like state with out actually entering shunpo. So lets try this, Forty Steps!"
With that, Hana bolted forward. The moment she reached the barrack's wall she ran up the wall and entered a wide turn forcing her straight towards Haiyara once more. The speed wasn't fast enough to cause the woman any distress in watching Hana's movements, however, it was a lot faster than before. Haiyara's eyes were a bit large at the increase in speed that Hana managed to generate. She was forcing all of her power into her speed. Every last ounce of Reiatsu, strength, and focus deep into this technique. This meant however, that she couldn't use Kido at these speeds. She also couldn't do much else besides hold a sword. With a fist outstretched, Hana aimed a punch for Haiyara's stomach. The punch was an inch from connecting before she managed to dodge. Hana's body stopped almost instantly and turned to face towards Haiyara once more.
"Forty one."
Hana's voice echoed as she burst fourth at an even greater speed than before. She was starting to reach her limit as well. Hana's body sped along to aim another punch directly into Haiyara's chest area. Though this was dodged. Hana's body stopped mid movement after the dodge. Her right foot began tapping hardened Reiatsu as she spoke once more.
"Forty Two"
With that, Hana bolted forth at a speed even greater than her previous. Though it wasn't much of a difference at this point. She was, however, two points off of her maximal capacity at this moment. Perhaps that's what she needed to do, increase her speed to the maximal possible in her current state. She sped around and attempted yet another failed strike. This meant that she was nowhere closer to hitting Haiyara. Though, to be honest she knew she wasn't going to hit Haiyara unless that woman left an opening on purpose. This woman was considered the fastest in all of the Seireitei. Hana knew that there was NO way she'd be able to out speed a speed lord. Though, perhaps she could outwit her. Hana stopped her movements as she started to smile slightly. She then spoke some words as her right foot tapped the Reiatsu again.
"Alright, I'll go all out then. Fourty Four."
With this, she bolted as fast as possible with all her might. SHe was pouring everything she had into this technique! She bolted forward at superhuman speed. Barreling towards the woman. It was then that her body slowed down to what could be considered thirty four. A whole ten points off of her maximal. If timed correctly, it would look like she began slowing due to the strain on her own body. This would, if it worked, lure Haiyara into a false sense of security and she'd lower the amount of speed she'd use to dodge. Perhaps just above hers. Once Haiyara began moving away, Hana's speed bolted back up to forty four in an instant, this closed the gap between the two in that instant, and as she was there, she landed a firm punch into Haiyara's right side. This punch carried the speed of Hana's movements with it, which caused Haiyara to skid backwards with what seemed like great force. Merely, it was a simple law of physics. But still, it was a successful attack none the less.
"Good job Hana. You managed to get me good that time. That was clever, lowering your speed so that I'd think your body was under strain."
Hana smiled brightly as she giggled a bit. Her eyes rested upon Haiyara but there was no way she'd be able to move. Her body already began to lock down her muscles and tendons. She stayed in the ready stance in case something happened however. Hana's eyes started to slowly close partially. Haiyara saw this and smiled a bit. She thought of how she used to push herself to the edge and beyond to become the fastest in the Seireitei. Perhaps it was like a plague between the athletically inclined. Hana's body finally gave way and all of her muscles contracted in an instant only to release which caused her to fall forward. The moment she began tipping forward however, Haiyara was there to catch her. It was time to call it a day. The fight had prolonged long enough that she had managed to become much better at utilizing her speed. Perhaps, she even managed to create a technique too. But that was a discussion for a later date. Hana's body seemed to go limp as she fell fast sleep in Haiyara's arms. With out hesitation, Haiyara took Hana to her own bed and let her rest. It would be several hours before she'd even wake up, so she needed the rest and relaxation.
1703 -practitioner in speed