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A place for Shinigami students and squad members to hone their skill in whatever they lack.

Tami arrived at the training grounds after some time searching. She saw a rather clear area. There were a few hollow training dummies laying around.
"what are these things." Tami began to look over the training dummies with curiosity. There was a single button on the dummy. Tami decided to push it, and in doing so brought the dummy to life. It pushed her with its head and sent her skidding back. "What in the world!" She shouted as the dummy seemed to stare at her. Tami watched the dummy's movement's precicely.
'Which way is it going to strike from?' She thought to herself and soon got her answer as it leapt into the air and came crashing down towards her. She rolled to the side avoiding the attack. She drew her zanpakutou and sliced the dummy in half with a vertical strike, as it lunged towards her.
"What is this thing." She asked herself as she picked up a half and started to look it over.

Tami decided that she would just continue her practice without the aide of the dummies. She put her zanpakutou back into it's sheath before she got into her fighting stance. In a quick burst of speed Tami drew her zanpakutou sang as it was quickly brought from it's sheath. Placing both hands on her zanpakutou's hilt Tami moved from a horizonal draw into a upwards diagnal slash. She jumped backwards then followed with a thrust, then a horizontal slash. She spun around and performed a leg sweep. She finished with upwards spinning slash.

Tami was forced to roll to the left as a hand shot out of the puppet's back. The claws narrowly missing her as she dove out the way. "What the hell!?" The small puppet halves were thrown to the side and standing in it's place was a bigger human looking puppet. It stood at Tami's height, it's hands were huge with sharpened points at the tips. Tami stared at it's face even though it was covered with a replica hollow mask. Tami knelt ready to draw her zanpakutou, but was stopped as the puppets giant claw wrapped around her holding her arms in place at her side. She felt herself being lifted off her knees, and even further off the ground by the thing.
"AHHH!!" Tami screamed as the newly upgraded puppet began to crush her in it's claw.

Tami turned her head to see the origin of the voice. The shinigami seemed to enjoy the fact his creation was crushing her in it's grasp. Then again it was understandable that someone would enjoy the fact that their creation was working so flawlessly.
"No this thing is not too much for me...it just managed to catch me by surprise for a second. I was afraid that I had broken it like I did the first one I came across. " Tami said as she squirmed trying to move her shoulder's enough to reach for her zanpakutou. "Just a little further....just a little further!" Tami's mind raced as she felt her fingertips grace the hilt of her zanpakutou. The puppet's claws kept forcing more and more pressure upon her as the seconds ticked away.

Tami was beginning to dislike the creator of this puppet. The extremely tight grasp prevented her from being able to draw her zanpakutou even though she managed to grasp it's hilt.
"It doesn't matter how much you raise the intensity. I won't be defeated by such a thing. It is too dishonorable!" Tami began to squirm and wiggle in the grasp of the sadistic man's puppet. "Important rule of combat, Your whole body is a weapon!" She shouted as she forced all of her momentum into a kick at the creatures elbow joint. The impact of the kick forced the puppets grip to loosen enough for her to push the thing's hand open.
Tami now free from the creature's grip, jumped backwards as she decided it was best to keep some distance.
"It's a good thing you are here...I wouldn't know what to do with the pieces when I destroy this thing." Tami said as she drew her sword ready for the creature to make a move towards her.

Tami dove to her left as the puppet lunged to grab her once again.
"I won't be caught by the same move twice." She said grabbing her zanpakutou's hilt and drawing it in a single motion. The puppet had yet to move from it's spot as she drew her blade.
"What's going on...It stopped attacking? Well the creator is so sure that it is invincible. So I know it isn't broken. Could it possibly be studying me?" Tami wasn't sure what was going on, but she knew if she wasn't careful she could end up in that thing's clutches again. The stand off lasted for another second. The stand off was broken when Tami rushed towards the puppet. Her sword tip pointed straight at the thing. As a reaction the creature swung both of its massive claws at her. Her only choice was to stop her rush and pull her sword up to block. Tami felt herself get pushed back with each swipe of the creature's claws.

Tami's hands were starting to go numb from the sheer force of her swords vibration after each block of the creature's attacks. "This thing doesn't know when to stop, does it even need breaks? I don't know how much longer I can hold off it's attacks." Tami's thoughts came to a halt as the Shinigami watching her fight the puppet spoke up again. This time Asking if she wanted a pointer. Tami gripped her sword tighter, and planter her feet firmly on the ground. "I told you already I'm going to beat your little creation. So just sit back and watch me do so!" She shouted in response. She was clearly getting frustrated by the difference in power between herself and a mere training tool.
"It's attacks come in an equal interval...almost instantaneously back to back. It's strength is phenomenal, and it's stamina is no joke at all. It will just keep beating on me until I don't have the strength to do anything to defend or attack. Ive got to get behind it somehow, and strike from a blind spot. " The creature drew back it's claw further than previously done. With excessive speed and force it thrust it's massive claw towards Tami. The clawed fingertips clashed with Tami's blade. The force pushed her towards the wall at a fast pace. Tami glanced back to see the wall. "I've got it!" She shouted as she waited for the wall come within reach. Once she was close enough she lifted her feet from the ground and placed them on the wall. Using the momentum the creature created for her. Tami pushed off the wall and flipped over the puppet's head. She thrust her zanpakutou into the puppet's back, but that only got her a fierce backhanded slap that sent her flying back into the middle of the training area. Tami let out a sigh as she stood up.
"Fine what pointer do you have to tell?" Though she was never one to ask for help. She figured it was better than being slapped around like a rag doll.