I started to think that Kensei didn't like me very much.
I know, a shocking thought that should not be possible since I was a super nice guy that everybody liked so there should be no reason for anyone to dislike me, or even give me a reason to think that they disliked me.
But I had a very good reason to think such a sacrilegious thing.
A very good reason that was coming far too close to my face again!
Ever since the shit I had pulled with the mask, which I wanted to look at how it looked soon if possible, Kensei had been trying to beat the crap out of me. I had managed to dodge most of his punches and the one that I hadn't managed to dodge felt like they almost cracked my bones.
Which was far better than the poor rock that had received his punch when I had dodged. Poor rock-kun did nothing to deserve being destroyed so brutally.
And I definitely did not deserve having all those punches aimed at me damn it!
So, as a good American, I decided that dodging punches were enough and that it was time to punch back!
Instead of running away, I flew forward as I let Kensei's punch go past by my cheek and punched him in his surprised face! Sending him down to the ground!
That punch had felt quite a bit more powerful than it should have been though. Guess putting on the mask really did help.
Those were my thoughts as Kensei came at me with his own mask on and this time I could NOT dodge his fist as it met my face in vengeance and broke my hollow mask as I flew away due to the impact of the hit.
And then I was falling to the ground with an impress velocity as Kensei had appeared above me and slammed his locked hands on my back.
I could feel his smug even with his hockey like hollow mask on his face.
I could also feel many, many bruises forming as I finally impacted the ground and… that was it. I might have been conscious but I wasn't getting up from that hit without at least using Ransōtengai or through gravity manipulation, one option that was far too much for a spar and the other a trump card I did NOT want to reveal yet.
"Give." I said as I relaxed on the ground and looked up at the fake sky they had over the ceiling. Wonder how much time it took to make it.
"Now, you'll be explaining how you used that mask." Kenseid said gruffly as he came down to the ground and let his mask dissipate into spirit particles.
"What do you mean?" I asked as I decided to play dumb. "You explained it to me and I did it. You are a truly awesome teacher Kensei sensei!" I said and would have saluted him if I wasn't in so much pain.
"Don't screw with me. We needed to fight and suppress our inner hollows in order to call upon the masks and even then they can't stay on for a long time. How did you use a mask without going through the special training of our that is needed to suppress your hollow?"
Admittedly, he was asking some reasonable questions. What I had done was pretty much challenging his view of reality after all. So it was given that he might be a bit upset.
"Please wait." A voice said as I turned towards it and saw Hachi and Lisa walking towards me along with…
"Tatsuki, is that you?" I had a half time recognizing the tomboy girl. Her skin was red and slightly scaly, she had small horns, a tail, catlike yellow eyes and claws. Not to mention a bigger chest and ass.
She also looked like she had been chewed out by a stampede, many bruises over her body and a black eye.
"Yup." The now dragon girl said with a wince before she started to turn back into the normal schoolgirl I knew her as before my eyes. Unfortunately her new assets left her along with the transformation while her bruises had no intention to do the same.
"I got my powers." She said with a smile and i had to smile back.
"That you have. Damn I am great." I nodded with a smile. Which wasn't well received by the real schoolgirl in the training ground.
"YOU are great?!" She yelled out and I was pretty sure that the only reason she wasn't attacking me was because of her bruises.
"Well of course, I am the one who gave you powers in the first place after all." I said with a nod at my sagely wisdom. I truly was great.
Before Tatsuki could decide that her bruises were worth taking a shot at me, we were both enveloped by orange barriers, courtesy of Hachi.
"Please do not fight, Cain-san and Tatsuki-san." the round man said as he clapped his hands and i could feel my wounds start to heal inside the barrier.
"Though Kensei does have a point. Tell us about how you got the mask kid." Lisa said as she planted a hand on her hip and cocked it to the side. Gosh I loved sailor uniforms of Japan.
"Well, I got it today." I said before…
"Bullshit." I was rudely interrupted.
"I did get it today after YOU explained how it works." I said, getting a little bit irritated.
"That still doesn't make sense." Lisa said as she adjusted her glasses.
"In order to get our masks, we fought against our inner hollows, and during that battle our bodies were in a state of hollowfication where we attacked anything within our sight. If it wasn't for the others keeping the hollowfied bodies busy, we might have ended up causing some nasty ruckus." The fake schoolgirl explained.
"I think I know why." I said and I actually did have an idea.
"If I'm not wrong, your Zanpakuto have spirits that are extension of your souls, am I right?" I asked and got three nods in affirmative.
"In other words your powers turn your powers into sentient beings that are part of you. So when you get hollow powers, your nature as a Shinigami create 'inner hollows' that have sway over you power." I explained and saw that Hachi was in thought while Lisa and Kensei seemed kind of lost but still seemed to be following my words.
"I am not a Shinigami and my powers don't have sentience. So my hollow powers are just simple energy. No personality behind them to take over me." I ended my explanation.
"Makes sense." Someone else said from behind me, it was Shinji who had his cat like grin on his face.
"I can't claim to be an expert in such things but I did spent quite some time around Hikifune-san and Kisuke. What you said sound like some sort of explanation they might come up with." The unspoken leader of the Visoreds said.
"Not that it matters much, we just need to train you enough that you guys don't get taken out by chumps and I believe we can do that." Shinji said and his cheshire grin widened even further.