Midnight
Shinten was in a hospital bed, surrounded by his friends who came to visit him after all the fights concluded for that day. Despite the fight he put up, he appeared to be doing just fine and would be able to leave by tomorrow.
Kai playfully punched Shinten in the shoulder, as he casually said,
"Not even I noticed that you got this much stronger! You held your own against Yuki for quit a bit!"
A fire was burning in his eyes that was screaming at him to grow stronger. He wanted to recover quickly so he could train for their eventual rematch which he believed would happen in the second part of the event.
"The second I recover, I'm going to train non stop for that tournament! I'll fight against Yuki there, and win this time for sure!"
Kai scoffed at him as he said, "The one who will fight Yuki will be me! Your forgetting that I trained at the dojo too ya know?! You haven't seen all the fruits of my training either!"
"Fruits of training my ass. The only way you'd have a slight chance of winning is by pulling out a Bankai or something."
Kai's face changed as he gave a cunning smirk to Shinten.
"Maybe I have? Maybe I haven't? You won't know until we fight."
"Your jokes aren't funny, what do you think Shido?"
He looked around in the room for him, but was a little upset to see that he wasn't here.
"Where did that asshat go?"
Yuki was sitting by herself on the edge of a roof, while looking at the mood with her usual bored expression. She was then suddenly surprised to hear a sound echo from the darkness.
"Hey?"
It was a voice which belonged to Shido. What was he doing up here at this strange hour? Although the same could be said about Yuki.
"Shinten has gotten a lot stronger hasn't he? I kind of regret not training with Madarame now... But I haven't been idling by myself-"
Quickly interrupting him from monologuing, Yuki asked with a slight tone of annoyance,
"What do you want."
Shido hesitated, but then he responded,
"Why do you fight? I guess that wouldn't be the right question... Why are you here?"
This was a question that rang in her mind for a bit of time. Yuki didn't have the greatest child hood. She never knew her parents, nor did she have any proper friends. The clothes she wore when she arrived, was a gift from the locals because of her beauty. She never needed to work for anything as it was all given to her. And when she did she would excel at it, causing her immense boredom.
But soon enough, she heard rumours about Soul Reapers, and also stories of the great battle between the Seireitei and quinces.
This peaked her interest, so one day when no one was looking, she ran away for her small town in the east Rukongai.
She arrived hoping for a challenge, and ended up joining Shino Academy where she met her match. Senjuro, the man she hopes to surpass and also...
Before she could even respond back to Shido's question, he suddenly started to apologise.
"I'm sorry, it was a stupid question. I'll just head back now."
Yuki suddenly grabbed onto his hand while making an embarrassed face. She mumbled under her breath,
"Stay."
Shido's face turned red from the sudden command. His heart was racing as she felt Yuki's slightly cold but soft hands touch his own. Without resisting, he was dragged back to the edge of the roof and quietly sat back down next to Yuki. The two of them would then watch the moon, as well as the Coliseum float in the Sky.
The next day
It was bright and early in the morning, yet despite that the arena was already packed full of people. Today would be the start of the second day of the tournament and with that, a fresh new batch of fights.
Shunsui Kyōraku greeted everyone in the arena, before delivering some news.
"Hello everyone! We all still have enough energy to enjoy today? Right? Before we start, how about we hear a word from another captain of the Gotei 13."
A giant holographic blue screen appeared above the skies of the Coliseum. Open for everyone inside to see without issue. On it, was the figure of pure masculinity. He was a tall, muscular man with sharp features, short light-gray/silver hair and brown eyes. They wore a Shihakushō without sleeves and it even exposed his chest.
Black text quickly zipped past it which read, 9th division captain, Kensei Muguruma.
"I don't have much to say about these chumps. Most of them haven't piqued my interest all that much. However..."
He raised a thumbs up while crossing his arms,
"Squad 9 cherishes those with ambition. As long as you keep it up, you'll defiantly have a place here-"
Before he could finish a head with green hair crashed into his face, knocking him off his feet. The hologram suddenly cut out, leaving the audience confused.
Shunsui cleared his voice in an obvious way to gather everyone's attention,
"How about we start the next round already? Lovely Nanao!?"
She wanted to scream at him for his unprofessionalism, but would continue on with her work.
"Can Ito of class 1-2 and Aikao Shizune of class 1-1 enter the arena?"
Ito walked into the arena with absolute confidence in his abilities. Even if his opponent was from class 1, he didn't feel any pressure at all. At least not until his eyes happened upon the slight cleavage she was revealing on purpose.
The robes of her white and red Shihakushō was tight, but it was just loose enough so that her E cup sized bosom could be seen.
This immediately started to make Ito panic as his face turned red.
"Hang on... This is bad!", He thought. "How did she know my weakness?? Large breasts?!!?"
Aikao just kept smiling at him from the other side of the arena, but her intentions were very clear. She was cunning, and was willing to use any dirty trick necessary to win.
Ito's perverted nature was sure to be his downfall in this fight.
Once the two were in a ready position, Nanao began the count down. Ito was visibly shaking, and was ready to give up any second.
There was just no way he could hit someone with jugs as big as those.
Kai rested the palm of his hand against his face, as he sighed to himself.
"I always knew he was a pervert, but this is just a different level... After all that bragging too..."
Shido then pointed out a crucial detail about Ito which no one else had noticed up until now.
"His Zanpakutō? It's different? Maybe he wasn't joking after all."
2 months ago, his Zanpakutō resembled the standard katana. But now it was much shorter, almost like a tanto.
"The form of a Zanpakutō isn't fixed, but it's base state can be altered. However such a thing would require incredible control over his own Reiryoku and Spiritual Pressure. This guy really wasn't kidding!"