Ask Zaraki Kenpachi

The more he spoke, the more she regretted allowing him into her home.  It wouldn’t be best for her to change her mind either, as she wasn’t aware of the kind of person he was.  ”Putting holes in my walls is absolutely forbidden, I don’t care how much food you eat, but damaging the house is absolutely forbidden!” she stated, as that would be costly and harder to explain to her parents. 

Of course, then her explanation came through. How odd. "Only the second strongest? I don't see why that's something to be proud of. Either everyone else is really weak, or... no, looking at you I can only assume that most humans are weak." No, he didn't see how someone with such a lack a muscle could be so strong. 

"I'll complain if I want to complain. I'm already going to have to focus on not crushing you and your parents like a paper cup with my spiritual pressure, and avoid breaking all your walls and objects simply by being there. Don't push your luck." Yes, he was totally imposing without seeing anything wrong. 

”Wait, other woman? Who might that be?”

THACK!

Right on top of her head just gently. The taller male had smacked which her hands quickly grabbed to assure it was fine. No injury of course he wouldn’t harm her—-at least not on purpose. A deep sigh left from her lips when thinking about what if’s and what would happen. Perhaps learning from him may help her not think so negative. Though still… she was not strong like him. Who just went into battle without fears of what could happen. He was strong, full of happiness with battle. Slaughtering… death. That is what made him the best Taichou in his ability to kill.

Great. Now he was alone and stuck waiting for her to return. Clearly, she had no idea what she was doing. What was worse was that he had no idea what he was doing either. He didn't like to train others, and if Momo wasn't a friend of Yachiru's, then he would never have considered it. 

"Ah, what I meant was holding back your words…" She fibbed. He wasn’t great at holding back in a fight, though she could credit to him that he did hold back starting them. 

"You… didn’t go to the academy did you? A history lesson or two would prove you false. The quincy were killed because they refused to back down and make negotiations. They were upsetting the cycle without realizing it and weren’t taking no for an answer. Thus, they had to be demolished. It was heartless of us… however it was what had to be done. Our role isn’t killing first, order is above that. Thus we can kill, but overall it is to create order. Does that make sense? Those from years ago were strong because they needed to be threatening. Those in squad zero aren’t just strong, they also each invented something didn’t they? They also have the strength of intelligence and not just brutality."

"T-That is-" She hated to admit it, but he was spot on. "You’re are correct. B-But what does that have to do with anything? That’s a whole different kind of fear isn’t it?"

"You're a pretty shit liar. But I'll ignore that. Why should I hold back what I say? If someone has a problem, they are welcome to try to stop me. As for your reasoning about the Quincy, clearly you haven't done any thinking about it. There were no negotiations. What was there to negotiate. The Quincy did what they thought was best, and we did what we thought was best. The 'order' as you call it, only comes when one side reigns supreme, the way peace only happens when there is no one to fight. The only negotiation was that they stop doing what they do best. In such a situation, they fought back. Makes sense. But in the end, there were only two options. Give up everything they stood for, or fight." 

"Perhaps I can give you an example. You have two options. Give up being a soul reaper, or I will kill you. Either way, order is created. But if you refuse to give up, and I do not kill you, chaos still exists. When two forces meet, one has to be destroyed, or there is no order. The only reason we exist is to act as the creators of order. We do that at the point of the sword. If this was not the case, we would not use blades. Name one enemy that Soul Society has faced that has not involved combat." 

"Fear is fear. Regardless of the reason, it makes you stupid. It makes you slow. It makes you weak. Fear makes irrational things seem like good ideas, when you're trying to save your own skin. If you were stronger, you would not be afraid of falling out of your family, because someone as strong as Byakuya would not have to worry about such a thing in the first place." 

I have done it again…I have failed everyone.

"Alright…I do not wish to break my bones. That would make me become weak and probably lose my position in the fifth division for sure. They can’t depend if I can’t even hold a sword." Her one hand would rub the other gently. "Anou…I should be back soon." Hinamori spoke in a soft tone before taking her leave toward the fourth division where she hear what had happened to her. Knowing that the Taichou would suspect that she had done something reckless again if angered.

Kenpachi wapped her on the back of her head; not too hard, but enough to get her to focus. "Quit your over reacting. Fighting is as much mental as it is physical. You spend all your time thinking like that, and even if you were strong you wouldn't be able to use it." With how depressing she was sounding, it was amazing that she didn't just get the enemy to be depressed to death. 

"Ah… I can see you’re not the patient type, Zaraki-taicho. You’re not that good at holding back either now that I think about it.. A no calculations or second thoughts type of person."

"I understand easily what I am. It is you who is stuck on the idea that the only thing we do is kill. While we may be spirits of destruction we are also here for order. You cannot say that the only reason the quincy were eradicated was because they were an eyesore. It was for the order of the worlds to stay balanced."

"And while my brother is feared for his power, he follows the law strictly. For order once again. I am not shaking in fright as I eat my meals with him. He is far stronger than I but we are family." It felt odd for Rukia to use this word, almost like it caused a ball in her throat.

"The hell you talking about? I'm great at holding back. If I weren't, you wouldn't be standing here talking to me. Hell, most of soul society would probably be leveled too." 

"Nah, the quincy were killed because they were a pain in the ass. We kill, it's what we do. Through killing, we create order. We do that by killing everyone who threatens to destroy that order. We cannot keep order by any means other than killing, or many would have done so. There is a reason why those who built Soul Society were known to be the most cruel and violent group that's ever been around. And I wasn't even a part of them." 

"Besides, you might be family, but you are still afraid of him. You fear rejection, you fear that if you are not strong enough you won't be a part of this family that you seem to hold onto so much." 

"It’ll save you more fights for in the future? You could stockpile them up for a rainy day! I never said you had to quit."

"Ain't no point in waiting, because their ain't no way to tell that you're gonna be alive then to use them. If you have an opportunity, then you take it." 

"If I must." Great, this was totally going to bring him out of his workout. He moved away, putting his eyepatch back on. The pressure decreased, but it was still there. But unlike the sun being directly next to her, it was more like an annoying glare now. Beggers couldn't be choosers after all. 

Zaraki-Taichou did have important pointers about battling. She did reject killing someone. It was life or death. If you question, you die right there from battle with that strong hollow being. It was that her strength wasn’t enough against something so tall, so huge. Her ribs broke from it in fact the brunette shivered just thinking about how it hurt her friend. Rangiku-san… If I can’t do this. Then I just be weak to you, to Shiro-chan. To everyone… Taking in a deep breath, her hand would reach for the towel in wrapping it around her right knuckles on the hand.

Great. This was not going well. 

Zaraki grabbed the girl's arm as she went to attack the rock a second time; clearly she was about a thousand times weaker than he had expected. "Yer just going to lose yer damn hand if ya try that again. Didn't realize you were so weak." He didn't really want to train her, but he knew that it he was going to he couldn't just let her end up in a body cast.