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Bleach: True Power. Chapter 44: Recovery

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Ryutora and Asuna looked around. The door had only closed and as the doors had opened again they were at the soul palace. Ryutora looked back at his grandfather, ‘what did you do gramps? I noticed you took hold of your Zanpaktou for a moment. why was that?’ Mathew smiled, ‘simple Ryu. My Chikara, which means power, has quite some unique abilities. Like any Zanpaktou, he is able to increase my power, similar to how I can increase his power. What we just did was bond our powers and increase our power of flash step by several levels. This way, my dimension flash step can take me anywhere I want to go and I can bring along anyone who I touch. That’s why I placed my hand on the inside of the pillar.’

Ryutora nodded, making it a mental note to not forget. He and Asuna looked at the other three members of the royal guard that had come along, wondering just what they were capable off. as they followed the four royal guards to the edge of the platform, they had almost forgotten the injuries they had sustained. At the end of the platform there was a circle with a short and wide tube next to it. and next to the tube there was a hammer. Mathew patted Lyneria on the shoulder and she stepped onto the circle, signing Ryutora and Asuna to do the same. As they did, Valen picked up the hammer, before bringing it down on the tube.

the moment the tube was hit, the three on the circle were launched through the air. As they flew, Ryutora could take in all his surroundings. There were five enormous plates hanging in the air. Each plate held a city and some form of castle. Then there was the platform that held the pillar in which they had arrived. And in the middle of the circle the five plates formed, there was a cocoon like cylinder palace. Lyneria saw him watching, ‘that cylinder palace is where the soul king lives. The five cities on the plates you see belong to one of the royal guards. At this moment we’re headed to my city.’

as they had reached their highest point, they started descending and as they came down, they were headed to one of the five plates. As they landed, Lyneria rolled over her shoulder and jumped back up to her feet. Ryutora landed on his legs, before sinking through his knees to soften his landing. Asuna had tried following Lyneria’s example, rolling over. But in her roll she landed on her back. Ryutora helped her up and they looked around. The city they were in was unlike any they had ever seen before.

there were many houses of great stature and each had another name above their front door, which they treated. But there was one thing every one of these houses had in common; they had a large hot spring in their backyard. Lyneria began walking toward the big castle in the middle of this place. Ryutora and Asuna followed her quickly and as they reached her she explained, ‘I’m the medical member of the five royal guards. As such, in my city, everything can be treated; a sore back, broken bones, illnesses, torn muscles, rotting skin. In total there are about a 100 buildings around my castle with their own treatment and special hot spring which helps in the treatment. But right now we don’t have time to go by all hundred of them. but as both of you are seriously injured, I will give you the full tour through my personal palace and healing center.’ Ryutora and Asuna nodded, still amazed by what they saw.

as they reached Lyneria’s palace, the doors opened and two men and women welcomed her back home. She nodded, ‘thanks guys. These two are my guests and will be getting the tour. Please prepare them so they’re ready.’ As Lyneria walked in further, the men and women nodded and let Asuna and Ryutora in, before showing them to the dressing room. Asuna looked around to see signs for men and women, but there were none.

she sighed and followed Ryutora in. Ryutora took of his torn shihaksho, white under shirt, his Hakama, sandals, socks and fudonshi, before putting on a bath robe and picked up a towel. With his injured arms it took him a while though. Asuna took of her torn emergency robe, before putting on a bath robe as well and picking up a towel. As they exited, Lyneria’s underlings were waiting for them. one of the women let them to where they would start.

after a minute of walking, they arrived at a rather large cabin. As the underling opened the door, a lot of steam came out. She nodded, ‘this is where your treatment begins; a sauna. Please leave your robes outside and try to enjoy. I’ll come and get you once you’ve been in here long enough.’ the two nodded and the underling left them alone. They took of their robes and Asuna wrapped her towel around herself, where Ryutora wrapped it around his waist, before they walked in and closed the door behind them.

as they sat down, they saw how roomy this place was. it was big enough for about fifteen people. There was a box in the middle filled with many different rocks. Under those rocks a fire was burning and from the sealing there leaked a steady stream of water. the glowing hot rocks steamed and sizzled as the water hit them. after only half a minute both Ryutora and Asuna were sweating like pigs. Ryutora wondered; with his burned body, broken arms, cracked ribs and devastating cuts and Asuna’s who barely had any skin left, was it really a good idea for them to be taking a sauna right now? Especially one with this extreme heat!

yet, even though their bodies were in pain when they had arrived, after the first five minutes they couldn’t feel any pain anymore. And they hadn’t gone numb, as they could still feel the rest of their bodies. But the sweat leaking from and streaming over their bodies, while being salty, didn’t seem to hurt all that much. And, although their bodies were still bandaged, Ryutora felt like his skin was growing back. With his Quincy name; D.E.A.T.H. the H standing for; the Healer, he would automatically start healing if he got injured. With his body not being used to hell’s spirit energy, it healed slower. But it seems this sauna was helping as his healing was speeding up now.

the sauna was filled with different rocks and the steam released from each of those had another effect on the body that was covered by the steam. One rock created smoke that cause the body to start overproducing endorphins and other painkillers. Another smoke would boost the physical recovery; bones, muscles and skin. Another smoke would help to work out offensive spirit energy that was in the body. And the final smoke would cause the body to sweat out more than just sweat, but also any infection that remained in the body.

after two hours in this smoking hot sauna, Lyneria’s underling came to open the door and let them out. Both of them followed her to a room filled with showers, where they could was of their sweat. As they showered, they also took of moth of the bandages. Most of their injuries had healed up and both of them could see the other’s face again. and with all of the sweat washed off, they having dried themselves of and putting on their bath robes again, they followed the underling to the next treatment room.

this room was filled with many tables and they were told to take of their robes and lie down on one. They did as they were told and also noticed the smaller tables next to the tables on which they were lying. On those smaller tables there stood bottles with lotions and creams it seemed. Two of Lyneria’s female underlings walked in and took their place next to them and the one that had brought them to the sauna explained, ‘the next part of your treatment will be a massage. As you’ve noticed from the sauna; your bodies have healed. This massage, these lotions and skin creams will make your bodies stronger and healthier.’

with that being said, the two women started massaging Ryutora and Asuna. They didn’t hold back their strength and almost used a bone breaking grasp in their massage. Their bones were being pressured, their skin was being pulled and it felt like their muscles were being bruised. Asuna wondered, as a human, could she survive this kind of treatment? And as the hands massage ended, which had taken half an hour, the first lotions was poured on them and rubbed over their entire bodies, in the same strong approach as the first part. After another half an hour massage, the next lotion was brought out and this one too was applied to their bodies in the rough massage the two women used. And finally, the cream was applied in the last part of the massage. Each massage took half an hour, so they had gotten a four part massage of two hours.

the rough massage was meant to control the skeleton and put it back in its right place in case there had been broken bones or fractures. The skin pulling and muscle rubbing had been to surround the bones well enough to keep everything in place. The first oil applied helped the bonding between the bones and the muscles, strengthening both and their bond. The second oil was meant to strengthen the muscles and the skin and the bond between those. And finally, the cream, was meant to both cure the skin of any ailments and make it tougher as well.

after this tough massage, both Ryutora and Asuna went to take a shower of ten minutes. their bodies felt quite sore. And yet, both of them also felt rejuvenated. After their shower had ended and they had put on their bath robes again, Lyneria’s underling lead them to the third and final place for their treatment. Even though Ryutora and Asuna already felt like they were back up to full strength, it still seemed to be necessary.

the final room of treatment was huge and contained one hot spring the size of an Olympic sized swimming pool. Next to this pool was a smaller one, more of a pond, filled with blood red bubbling water. and next to those were cubes of transparent water. the two took of their bath towels and stepped into the enormous hot spring. The water was hot and it took both of them about ten minutes to fully get into the water. but after that they could sit back and relax. As they did, a voice from the other side of the pool said, ‘so, how’s your treatment treating you?’

both of them looked and saw Lyneria, who was also in the huge hot spring with them. Ryutora looked the other way and replied, ‘well, it’s a bit strange, but it does seem to work. My arms were broken when I got here, my skin was scorched and I was cut at several places. Now I feel much better.’ Asuna nodded, who kept looking at Lyneria, ‘that’s true. Similar to Ryu I had been burned quite badly. and now, after a few hours, I have all my skin back and my strength as well.’ Lyneria nodded, ‘good to hear. Now, all you have to do is sit back and relax. This bath will take away any sore feeling you may have, it will siphon you of any form of spiritual infections and bad blood. after that’s done you go into the blood hell pond, the red water hot spring next to this one to get new blood pumped back into your body. And after that you can go and relax in the cube pond, which will revitalize your skin and your blood. it may take a while, but after that you’ll feel way better.’

and just as Lyneria had said they endured the relaxation to be fully healed. And each pond of water took three hours of time to take full effect, for a total of nine hours in total. With the other four hours of treatment, they had been treated for thirteen hours. During the last two baths they had fallen asleep and Lyneria had put them in the next bath and had taken them out as well. two hours after having taken their final bath the both of them woke up, having slept for two hours. They were wearing their bath robes. Lyneria had dressed them as well.

as they woke up, Lyneria walked up to them, ‘I’m glad the two of you enjoyed your baths. But perhaps you relaxed a bit too much, as you both fell asleep.’ Ryutora stood up and stretched and felt not only like he was back up to full strength. But he felt even stronger than before. Asuna, who also stood up, felt the same. Lyneria looked both of them in the eyes, wearing her royal guard outfit. She nodded, ‘it seems you’ve realized. Not only does this treatment heal you and return your strength, it makes you healthier and stronger than before. now, before I send you onto the next city for your next training, there is one more thing I need to do, Ryutora, Asuna, which I hope helps both of you.’

both of them nodded and Lyneria pulled back the sleeve covering her right arm. She drew her Zanpaktou with her left hand and cut open her lower right arm. Both Ryutora and Asuna were shocked to see her do that. but a few seconds after she had cut herself, the wound started closing already. As Lyneria saw their surprised faces she explained, ‘I invented the ability to equip kido to something, permanently. As such, I equipped several healing kido to my body. So, if I get injured, I heal quickly after I received the injury.’ She cut her arm again, deeper this time. But this time a green light appeared over the deep wound and it closed in five seconds.

Lyneria sheathed her Zanpaktou, ‘that’s what I wanted to teach the two of you; focus on a certain point. Ryutora, you having Blut, when you use Blut Vene it protects your entire body but it can be broken. But what if you were to focus your Blut Vene in one certain area. Your front arm for instance.’ Ryutora pulled back the sleeve of his right arm and focused his Blut Vene there. A slight blue glow of the blood veins could be seen. Lyneria nodded, ‘that’s good. Now, what were to happen if you were to add your Fullbring to the Reishi in your arm?’ Ryutora started to understand what Lyneria was trying to teach and drew on the soul of the Blut Vene in his right arm. The blue glow started glowing brighter, with a spark of green on the sides. And with his focus on his arm, Lyneria spun around and delivered a powerful kick to his arm.

when he received it, the force of the kick pushed him back. But he had only felt the touch of her shoe on his arm, no pain or anything. Lyneria nodded, ‘that’s what focusing on a single point can accomplish.’ She turned her focus to Asuna, ‘I know, you don’t have a defensive power like Ryutora’s, but this focus will help you too. When you have hollows equipped to your body, you can use their instant regeneration. And focusing on the part of yourself that you want healed, your healing can increase as well. and where this can work for healing and defense, it can also work for offense.’ Ryutora and Asuna nodded and thanked her for the lesson she had taught them.

they went to get dressed in the clothes in which them came here, though Lyneria lend Asuna a spare shihaksho and Hakama to cover herself with. With them being fully dressed, Lyneria brought them to a circle in the ground. They took their place on it and Lyneria picked up a hammer and brought it down on the tube next to the circle, launching Ryutora and Asuna to the next palace.

{hell}

Jaques opened his eyes. The ritual was done. And as he felt new power flow through him, he also felt new knowledge stream through his head on how to use this new power of his.
Ryutora and Asuna go with the royal guards to begin their training; starting with healing their injuries

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