Cherry Blossom Rain

Tsuna wandered through the Seireitei. Today, he was heading to the noble district. To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he didn't use any wall-climbing or scaling techniques, but instead walked steadily.

Two days have passed since the captain's meeting with Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and having accepted the position of chief Bleach of the Seireitei, he has work scheduled every day.

These things were largely Tsuna's own doing, but he didn't regret it. When he watched Bleach, he was drawn in by the charisma of the different characters. Now that he's in this world, Tsuna doesn't mind lending them a hand.

Yesterday, Renji was defeated by the 6th Division, and he is said to still be unconscious. According to the 6th Division, Renji has been in the form of the Hihio Zabimaru, which means he has entered the Blade Zen training state in his Bankai state.

Today, Tsuna is going to give guidance to another Bleach from the 6th Division, the 6th Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki.

Tsuna counted them from the beginning and found that there weren't many captains who needed his help.

Needless to say, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto from the First Division is good; Soi Fon from the Squad 2 is practicing Flash Cry; and Rose from the 3rd Division is too familiar to give any advice.

Tsuna doesn't plan to get involved in the Fourth Division for the time being. Ever since Unohana Retsu, that crazy woman, clashed with Tsuna, she's been giving him strange looks, which Tsuna describes as a kind of morbid fanaticism.

Furthermore, after Tsuna demonstrated his Cloud Attribute's Beyond Bankai, Unohana Retsu stopped pretending altogether and became just like Kenpachi Zaraki, always looking for a fight with him after just a few words.

In any case, Tsuna has no intention of joining the Fourth Division until he has mastered the Rain-attribute's Beyond Bankai, lest another bloodbath break out.

The same applies to Hirako and Rose of the 5th Division; the necessary suggestions have already been given, so listing them all out actually reduces the workload by more than half.

After Tsuna finalized his promise with Renji, the first captain he met was Byakuya Kuchiki. However, Byakuya's training ground was not in the 6th Division, and after relinquishing most of his duties, he simply went back to the Kuchiki Clan to train in seclusion.

So Tsuna is now heading to the Kuchiki Clan, one of the Four Great Noble Clans of Soul Society.

However, Tsuna did not intend to take the normal route to the Kuchiki Clan. According to Yoruichi, a normal visit to the Kuchiki Clan would involve various rules and etiquette, and Tsuna had no interest in wasting his time on those unimportant things.

Fortunately, Yoruichi, the hostess, provided Tsuna with many routes into the Kuchiki Clan. It is said that she used to frequently take these routes to the Kuchiki Clan to tease the young Byakuya.

However, to take these routes, one must have the speed of Yoruichi's Flash Step Yoruichi to avoid being detected by patrols, but this is not a problem for Tsuna.

In the center of a huge courtyard within the Kuchiki Clan compound, Byakuya Kuchiki was repeatedly practicing his sword technique, Sujin. Although the action was already ingrained in his instincts, he was still willing to trust Tsuna and retrain him on the most basic moves.

Byakuya hadn't forgotten that Tsuna would be coming today. He had already arranged for someone to wait at the main gate. Tsuna came from the World of the Living and was different from the people of Soul Society. To avoid Tsuna disliking the Kuchiki Clan rules, Byakuya made a special exception and let Tsuna come directly to this courtyard after arriving.

Without anyone noticing, Kuchiki's behavior under his leadership had become less conventional.

"Yo, Byakuya, I've arrived."

The sudden sound caught Byakuya's attention. He turned his head and, in a daze, saw the arrogant cat demon's figure superimposed on the courtyard wall once again. How many years had it been? Once again, someone dared to stand arrogantly on the Kuchiki Clan's courtyard wall.

"Welcome, Sawada Tsunayoshi." Byakuya did not reprimand Tsuna's behavior, but instead welcomed him as the Tsuna.

Tsuna crossed his arms and appeared in front of Byakuya in a flash. He glanced at the wooden sword in Byakuya's hand and said, "Enough with the unnecessary words, just pull out Senbonzakura."

Byakuya casually flicked his wrist, nailing the wooden sword to a corner of the courtyard, and then drew his Zanpakuto from his waist.

"Our training today is very simple: we'll just have a match with you using your Shikai."

"Develop the Shikai?" Byakuya asked.

"Your Senbonzakura is essentially composed of countless tiny blades, and your Bankai effect is essentially a massive increase in the number of blades from your Shikai."

"As for the various techniques you use after Bankai, they are simply the different attack forms of Senbonzakura."

"To be honest, in my opinion, your White Emperor Sword technique is more like your Bankai; it's a qualitative change from a quantitative one."

"However, your Bankai doesn't have any substantial problems like your Vice-Captain's, so it's a bit difficult for you to achieve a qualitative leap like Old Man Yamamoto."

"Therefore, I suggest you simply increase your number of Senbonzakura) by another order of magnitude."

"The number of Senbonzakura in its Shikai state is limited. I suggest you focus on increasing the number of Shikai to the level of Bankai."

"Once your Shikai Senbonzakura catches up with your current Bankai, your Bankai will naturally increase in strength as well."

Tsuna said was exactly what Bankai Byakuya Kuchiki had learned during the Blood War. Byakuya, whose Bankai was sealed, returned to the battlefield after training and defeated the Quincy sealed him with just his Shikai. The Quincy even thought that Byakuya had regained his Bankai.

In reality, Byakuya simply used Shikai Senbonzakura to enhance it to the level of Bankai.

"The quantity?" Byakuya raised his Zanpakuto and chanted, "Scatter, Senbonzakura."

The blade of Senbonzakura transformed into beautiful cherry blossoms and scattered, leaving Byakuya with only a bare hilt in his hand. This hilt is the key to distinguishing Byakuya's Shikai and Bankai.

"Let's begin. You can increase the number of cherry blossoms as much as possible." As he spoke, Tsuna also entered his Shikai state, with Dying Will Flame igniting on his forehead and X Gloves on his hands, displaying his Sky attribute Shikai.

Byakuya knew that the number of Shikai of Senbonzakura was limited. He had tried to increase it before, but failed, so he turned to developing Bankai. In the end, Byakuya achieved his initial idea through Bankai.

Therefore, Byakuya believes that the Shikai of Senbonzakura is limited by a certain rule, and only by further liberation can this rule be overcome.

Now Tsuna wants Byakuya to directly increase the number of Senbonzakura, which, to be honest, Byakuya doesn't think is possible.

But Byakuya wasn't the talkative type. Before even asking a question, he had already raised the hilt of his sword and was controlling Senbonzakura to attack Tsuna.

Tsuna unleashed flames from his hands and flew out of Senbonzakura's encirclement before being trapped Senbonzakura. Despite his repeated leaps and turns, Senbonzakura was unable to harm Tsuna.

There weren't enough cherry blossoms. Byakuya knew that if it were Bankai blossoms, Tsuna wouldn't be able to move so easily among the petals. He gently squeezed the hilt of his sword, Senbonzakura quickly dispersed.

Lowering the density will increase the attack range, although the attack power will also decrease accordingly, but let's catch sight of Tsuna first.

Pink petals rained down on Tsuna, but this time Tsuna didn't dodge. Instead, he increased the spiritual pressure output of the Sky Flame.

Tsuna's hands shone like torches, and as he waved them in front of him, an orange wall of fire rose up before Tsuna.

Pink raindrops hit the wall of fire, but not a single drop penetrated it. Every cherry blossom that attacked Tsuna was transformed into a stone by the Sky, and as its properties changed, it fell freely.

Before long, a small pile of stones appeared in front of Tsuna. Many of the cherry blossoms that did not attack Tsuna were taken back by Byakuya, while those cherry blossoms that had turned into stone remained motionless.

Byakuya gradually understood Tsuna's meaning. If this training continued, his cherry blossoms would gradually be assimilated and mixed with by Tsuna, and the final result would be that Byakuya would have to fight Tsuna with his bare hands.

There are only two ways to break this predicament: one is to use the massive amount of cherry blossoms from Bankai to counteract the power of the Sky Flame, and the other is to add even more petals.

Tsuna grinned, confident that Byakuya was intelligent enough not to need Byakuya Tsuna.

The use of Bankai is not allowed in this training session. Either you get all the cherry blossoms devoured by Tsuna and get beaten up, or you fight back, Byakuya Kuchiki.

Tsuna's attacks were not fierce at all; his main targets were the petals of the Senbonzakura blossoms). Tsuna didn't need to worry about missing the petals; as long as he attacked Byakuya, Byakuya would have to use cherry blossoms to defend.

Tsuna didn't use any killer moves, but each of his punches took away a portion of the cherry blossoms. After being weakened, only palm-sized petals remained on Byakuya.

"Byakuya, if we don't act soon, we're really going to get a beating."

Instead of launching a sustained attack to pressure Byakuya as before, Tsuna stood there with a smile, the pale orange spiritual pressure emanating from his hands behind his back impossible to ignore.

That's the Soft Flame. Those familiar with it should know that this is the prelude to X-Burner. When Tsuna extends his other hand, it's a powerful, rigid pillar of fire.

Byakuya understood this as well. Tsuna's delay in taking action was to give him time to increase the number of petals, but he had no idea how to do so.

From the start of his training until now, Byakuya has never tried to increase the number of petals. In his subconscious, there is an invisible rule binding him, and he cannot break this rule Shikai.

There was no time for Byakuya to think it over; Tsuna's other hand was already outstretched, and a powerful spiritual pressure rushed towards Byakuya.

What's it like to injure the current Kuchiki of the Kuchiki Clan? Tsuna thinks he'll find out soon enough. He controlled his spiritual pressure output; this attack wouldn't kill Byakuya, but he'd definitely suffer.

Just as XBURNER was about to hit Byakuya, a transparent barrier blocked the attack.

Tsuna frowned slightly. This was Bakudo: Bakudō #81: Dankū. Logically speaking, this was training, Byakuya shouldn't be using any abilities other than his Zanpakuto.

Tsuna dissipated X-Burner's spiritual pressure and saw Byakuya spinning a pink flower ball in his hand, with a white-pink petal in the center.

"We succeeded," Byakuya said, looking at Tsuna.

Just as XBURNER was about to strike him, Byakuya recklessly poured his spiritual pressure into the flower, and a new petal was born.

Looking at the petal, Byakuya realized that the so-called rules were nothing more than shackles he had set for himself. Breaking the rules would be as he wished, just as he had done in the past when he married her.

"Remember this feeling," Tsuna said with a smile.

Similar to Tsuna's plan, under the harmonizing effect of the Sky, the petals of Senbonzakura are no longer what they originally looked like, and no longer belong to Senbonzakura, this Zanpakuto Senbonzakura.

Byakuya can gradually develop the Shikai of Senbonzakura Senbonzakura recreating Byakuya petals and remembering the feeling.