The Helpless 11 [Invite Only]

Mitsuoki had taken his day off to slip away from the soul society in search of some mushrooms that he could use in his cooking. He had a fair understanding of what the poisonous ones were and knew very well the already safe ones to consume, even knowing a couple of poisonous ones that he could use to teach his squad mates a lesson about stealing his hair ties. Nothing lethal, just a few hours of never being able to escape the toilet. This was interrupted when he heard an undeniable commotion and felt spiritual pressures rapidly approaching. He immediately began hiding his own spiritual signature. The pressures had gotten closer and Mitsuoki had immediately used kido to create a box around himself, completely masking is spiritual pressure, his scent, the very sight of him. He was undetectable by any means and he had taken to watching his surroundings for whatever he had felt approaching.

He waited, watching from the inside of his invisible box as a woman ran past him with a trio of hollows approaching. His eyes had narrowed on the girl's arm where a bandage was placed. She was clearly wounded, but she had another arm that she could've used her zanpakuto with. Her spiritual pressure wasn't particularly impressive, it felt like her personal spirit pressure had surpassed that of her own weapon. "Impossible..." he whispered from inside the barrier while he turned to see the hollows behind her, getting closer. "A weapon that is broken is useless, Mitsuoki." the voice of Tasogare echoed in his mind. "Let her die! She's too weak to handle some sissy hollows, she's undeserving of life!" Akatsuki shouted. "Save her and pledge your blade to her protection for life." Tasogare said. Mitsuoki had let out a sigh and simply said "No and No. Tasogare, what leads you to believe that blade was broken?" The spirit replied "A zanpakuto is part of the soul reaper's soul. We are a reflection of you. Our spiritual pressures are always of equal strength, if not barely distinguishable. There is a vast difference between those two."

Mitsuoki dismissed his Shallow Grave and used flash step to go past the hollows and stop a little bit behind Samantha. His spiritual pressure would reign over the entire area, submitting it to a strong sense of annoyance. The hollows continued getting closer and Mitsuoki had only stood in place, letting them begin closing the distance. He glanced behind him to Samantha and asked "Have we met?" The girl looked vaguely familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it...

The female seemed to know his name, but Mitsuoki still had no clear memory of her. She mentioned something about knowing him five years ago, but she was more concerned with the fact that there were three weak hollow getting closer. Mitsuoki held his hand to the hollows face and said "One moment, if you please." in a tone that implied he had not a single shred of fear. The hollow paused its movement, one of its eyes getting wider while it let out a "Hrmmm??" to further express its confusion. Mitsuoki turned his hand into two fingers that pointed directly at the middle of the hollow's mask. "Hadō twenty six, Hidenkō." he said and a blast of crimson lightning erupted from his fingers and shot straight through the hollow's face, turning it to black dust immediately.

The next hollow had been not far behind and tried striking through the black dust left behind by the first. "Kyōmōn." he said and the hollow impacted an invisible wall. The hollow appeared as a cartoon character with its face pressed against a window. "Badukō Sixty Two, Hadō Sixty Two, Hyapporankan..." Mitsuoki formed a metal rod in his hand that was glowing red hot. He threw it, shattering the kyōmōn and sending it straight through the first hollow. The rod broke into many more rods as it traveled towards the third and final hollow "... Bakuhatsu." he said and each rod exploded, finishing the last one.

Mitsuoki then turned around and said "You know my name, but I still cannot remember yours. You mentioned knowing me five years ago, that would be the Soul Reaper Academy."

He didn't remember her at all, but the fact that she remembered him meant that she must have actually been there. There would be no point in lying about that sort of thing, so she wasn't trying to earn points with him. Mitsuoki had looked at Samantha's bandaged arm and said "Squad eleven is full of battle happy morons who allegedly do not run from any enemy. It is quite obvious that you have sustained an injury. What happened to your arm, and why is it that you do not use your other hand to fight with?" his tone was blunt and the description of squad eleven was fairly accurate. At the same time, his zanpakuto had already told him the reason why she didn't bother trying to use her other hand to draw her blade and fight with. Mitsuoki just wanted to hear the reason from Samantha herself.

Mitsuoki wasn't particularly afraid of offending Samantha. From what he had seen of her squad, they would sling far worse insults at each other than having lesser intelligence and being all to quick to rush into a fight. Of course, there were also the occasional black sheep in every squad. Mitsuoki was a black sheep when compared to the rest of the entirety of the soul reaper organization. But most of them were pretty trigger happy.

Mitsuoki had listened with interest as Samantha had explained what happened. She came here to assist with the hollow problems and someone else, someone stronger had confronted her. The battle resulted in a broken arm and zanpakuto, which would be the reason she didn't draw it. A zanpakuto with no spiritual pressure is just a normal katana, so it wouldn't even put a scratch on the weakest of hollows. At the same time, her injuries hadn't healed so fighting up close was a bad idea in general. "I see, so it would be problematic if your squad was informed that you were seen running from three exceptionally weak hollow and required the assistance of someone who uses kido." Mitsuoki said with his arms crossed over his chest. His tone was cold, but it didn't imply any malicious intent. "Likewise, I am not supposed to be in this world at all. It would be most problematic if the kidoshu found out that I was here without orders to be. Perhaps we may come to an accord? I shall say nothing to your squad and you shall leave me out of your report entirely."

Mitsuoki's gaze sharpened as he locked onto Samantha's eyes. "However, you are currently unable to fight properly. Sending another to take your place means that you would have to face your squad. Those wounds would take too much time to heal in this world. You assisted me in the academy, greatly. I wish to return this kindness... You must swear on your Saketsu and Hakusui that you will tell no one of this technique. In exchange, I will help you heal at a vastly increased rate. So fast that two weeks will elapse and you will have already returned to battle." Mitsuoki would be insistent that she sword on her Soul Chain and Soul Sleep that she wouldn't tell anyone, even making her say the full promise word for word if she hadn't already. In short, she was swearing that if she told someone, she would also cease being a soul reaper entirely. It was akin to a human swearing on their life. Of course, she could refuse it and take several months to let the bones mend themselves if she wanted.

Mitsuoki nodded and grabbed the hilt of his zanpakuto before slowly drawing it. He inserted the tip in the ground and said "The last time we met, I was yet to learn my zanpakuto's name. This is Akatsuki to Tasogare..." Mitsuoki held the blade up and it formed into two swords as he said "Push and Pull." revealing it to be one of the few dual-wielded zanpakuto in existence. "The white sword is Akatsuki, the black one is Tasogare." Mitsuoki stepped closer to Samantha and gave her a light tap on her unbroken arm with the broad side of the weapon, leaving a black eclipse shaped tattoo in its place.

"Whenever my blade hits someone, a tattoo is left at the site of the impact. The effect will change rapidly. For example, the current effect is that each tattoo increases the amount of pain you feel." Mitsuoki would then gently tap the blade on the same spot. As gentle as the new tap was, Samantha would feel the tap as though it were a light punch. "If I were to intentionally cut you with my blade, there's a fifty-fifty chance of the cut appearing where the blade is, or, somewhere else on your body. This means that I could cut someone on the finger very lightly, and there would be a chance of their neck exploding. You won't need to worry about that since I'm just tapping."

Mitsuoki would make another tap and Samantha would feel her body growing weaker. "This one reduced your combat effectiveness instead of increasing pain. That last tap should have felt a lot weaker than the first one, but you're probably feeling your muscles getting weaker as well. This is temporary." he would say before another tap is made, and two tattoos appeared instead of just one. "There, the effect that time is you gain double tattoos. Now I can explain what I am going to do to help you, and you do not need to worry for any further effects. You should also feel your muscles returning to normal."

"The power of my zanpakuto that is most dangerous, however, is not the randomness of the effects or the possibility of instant death from the most minor of cuts. It is a technique that I have only ever once used at its full power, and no one alive is aware that it is possible. The name of this ability is Change of Heart. It allows me to take over and control another individual's body. Do not confuse this with simple mind control, it extends far beyond that. I control every last one of your organs, your body's systems, your very thoughts if I desired. I control you- all of you. Now you understand why I do not use this power, and I do not wish for anyone else to know of it."

Mitsuoki would take a breath before looking Samantha in the eyes. "What I am going to do is increase your metabolic rate by a factor of three. As a result, the rate at which your body exchange nutrients, the rate at which your cells divide, the rate at which your nerves send and receive signals, and the rate at which your mind may interpret these signals shall be increased by the same factor. I am also going to re-activate your body's ability to produce stem cells. Stem cells are capable of altering themselves to become other cells, so, they will increase your natural healing rate even further. However, you will also be consuming more food and using the restroom more often each day. If you do not eat, your muscles will rapidly be broken down in order to account for the nutritional requirements of your body."

Mitsuoki would clear his throat and say "I will not activate this increase until after you have eaten. I will also start it at a much slower rate and work up to the triple speed, so you are not at risk of going into shock. With that said, we should get you to your gigai."