Make New Friends (Shin, Semi-open)

Shin was surprised at the amount of power that the weapon was giving him, but apparently it just wasn't enough to catch Kuro. Near miss followed by near miss, until one of the dodges was sloppy and he managed to score a slight gash across Kuro's face, it caught him slightly by surprise, he had finally managed to hit Kuro. However his extreme concentration was now broken and that slowed him down a little. In that moment Kuro yelled something and his blade turned into a gauntlet, and then he thrust it forward. It took shin a moment to realize that he had an energy blast headed towards him, thinking quick he tried to use his weapon to vault over it, however the blast was faster and more powerful than he would have thought. It collided with the part of his weapon that was connected to the earth, sending him and his weapon flying. Shin felt the blast send him flying though the air, dirt and rocks stinging his body and his wounds. He fell to the ground and bounced and rolled as the momentum from the blast expended itself. As he came to a rest he realized how badly hurt he was from the shock to his wounds, he tried to look around, but because of the dust cloud he couldn't see and he had no idea where his weapon was. He had managed to hit kuro though, that was his stated goal to himself, so he was satisfied with this as the end of the fight, and so he lay there waiting for the dust to settle.

Kuro smiled with a sense of pride at Shin's growth. He couldn't take full credit, but that he'd played a part in this small boy's improvement was clicking in his mind as an accomplishment. Reacting to Kuro's shot, Shin had done everything in his power to avoid it, not knowing that the blast wasn't aimed straight at him. When his weapon was hit and the explosion kicked up the dust, Kuro waited for a few moments to relax and prepare. He did not simply stand back however. His mind was focused on Shin's spiritual signature, confirming his location in the dust cloud. He took a deep breath to rejuvenate himself then shunpoed behind Shin in the midst of the dust. At this close of range, he could make out Shin on the ground.

"Checkmate."

Holding his gauntlet out with his open palm facing Shin, Kuro extended a blade of golden spiritual energy, stopping it with the point fractions of an inch from Shin's throat. Kuro stood there saying nothing further at the moment. He just stood by until the dust cloud finally settled, allowing the audience to see them again.

"Well I guess that settles that then." Tatsuya put Hana down as the dust settled to the ground and looked upon Shin flat on his back. "I think Captain Akarui went a little overboard." Sumiko worriedly stated as she took a few tentative steps forward. "You worry to much, Sumiko. It would have been overboard had Shin been seriously wounded." Mika replied. "Anyways, its over, so you can tend to him now." Tatsuya added as he walked over to the Captain. Hana quickly ran past him and straight towards the Captain. Sumiko made her way to Shin and knelt next to him, starting her evaluation of his body. "Not even a trained shinigami and he has already attained shikai. It would be a shame to let a talent like that go unrefined. Wouldn't you agree, Captain?" Tatsuya stepped next to Captain Akarui. "Well, aside from the scrapes and bruises, everything seems to be fine. A quick patch job and you'll be ready to go." Sumiko said to Shin with a light smile and quickly got to work.

Shin felt a sudden shift in the dunt and then Kuro was over him, blade at his throat. He was honestly surprised at the level of speed that Kuro now showed, it seemed nothing like the level of speed that he was using during the fight. It seemed that Kuro was still holding back a lot while fighting him, but right now he was more concerned with the blade at his throat, then Kuro said one word, "Checkmate" And with that single word Shin knew the battle was over, they waited in that position until the dust finally settled, then Kuro removed his blade and stood back.

The others came over and shin just stay lying there, Sumiko came over to him and began checking his injuries, he wasn't too terribly surprised, he must look really beat up, he felt really beat up. He was surprised however when she mentioned that he wasn't too badly hurt, he honestly thought he had sustained some bad injuries with how much they hurt. As Sumiko was tending to his wounds a man came running over at high speed and stopped in front of the captain and spoke to him for a moment, shin couldn't quite make out the words but both Tatsuya and Kuro both had a serious look about them from hearing the news. Whatever it was shin didn't know, for the man was speaking in a quiet voice so others wouldn't overhear. He was straining to hear when sumiko patted him on the shoulder and said that she was done, shin looked down in surprise that his injuries were gone, he still felt sore, but the cuts and such were gone. He glanced back over at Kuro and Tatsuya still engaged in conversation with the man, he decided that now would be a good time to leave as they would probably be busy with whatever that man and came to tell them about. He thanked Sumiko for healing his wounds and started to jog off, turning around to call out, "See you later", before heading back to the Rukongai.