He gets irritated

"Hey...how long are you gonna sleep?" Again, you feel sunshine on you. Opening your eyes you find yourself lying in the same place as last time. You push yourself up and find that once again he is in the tree, no longer dead but covered in thick foliage. You were wrong, it's a desert in every direction, this tree proving to be the only bit of life for miles.

The rubble, as it turns out, belongs to several head-stones. It's a grave-yard...and this proves that even in an area of ****, life can be found. The young man seems to be in far better spirits as he hops down from the tree and lands before you.

"Why am I here? And for that matter what happened to this place?"

"Before your Hollow was threatening to destory you, to take your power...without him here this place returns to some semblence of normality." You find it amusing...Grimm is his name and this is where he chooses to be. "You did...well, Valentine. Despite not knowing my name, despite not hearing my cry's you've done well."

"Tch...I lost, Grimm." You turn your attention to the head-stones. "How did I do well?"

"You listened to me. We fought as a team for the first time since we became partners. You relied on my power and I relied on you."

"It was not enough!" You voice carries across the plains.

"Then what IS enough?!"

"I want to be strong! I want to be on the front lines! I've strived to be as powerful as Captain Kurosaki my entire life!"

"You are a fool, Valentine." You turn and face him. "We fought as a team, and that, in my opinon is a win for us...at this rate you'll never be worthy of my Bankai."

"I'll master Bankai if it kills me, Grimm. Nothing is going to stop me."

"Use that determination then...and channel it into power. Become stronger if you want to weild Bankai. I'll only grant my power to someone who can control it, Valentine..."

You come to in the same hospital bed. Your body is drenched in sweat and your body is tingling. You've had enough of waiting to heal. "Hey..." You lean up and look at the door to the room to find Captain Kurosaki. "Get ready and let's go..." It takes you only a few minutes to get prepared and follow after the Captain.

It's dark now and you two move swiftly. To your surprise, the Captain leads you to an underground training area you had no idea existed. Looking around you're in shock...you cannot begin to imagine how long this took to construct.

"I trained here...but it all seems so long ago now." You can't help but remember some of the stories about the Captain. He infiltrated the Soul-Society at the age of fifteen...he's a legend in his own right. "Anyway, we'll train here from now on. I'll speak with Captain Unohana...you're not leaving here until you've achived that Bankai you want to master so badly."

You're stunned. NEVER had you imagined things would move so quickly. As he continues forward he looks over and smiles. "Found you." He disappeares for a brief moment before returning with a cut-out. "This is a Tenshintai. It allow's the person training with it to forcibly pull out the spirit of their Zanpakutō and fight it."

He approached and placed it in front of me. "Furthermore, it allows one to bypass the ten or so years of training needed to materalize the Zanpakutō Spirit."

"Enough talk...just tell me what to do." He smiles and nods.

"Thrust the blade into the Tenshintai and--" You do as you are told and he moves away. The cut-out disappears.

"What a depressing place..." Turning to face the voice you find...Grimm. He's standing with his back to you, your Zanpakutō resting along his shoulders. "Oy, why'd you drag me here?"

"You heard the conversation."

"I did...and it's utterly ludacris to believe yourself capible of controlling me. You might as well put be back, Valentine."

"That's not an option, Grimm. In order to be taken out of Fourth Division I need to master my Bankai...and that Hollow." He laughs, and it thoroughly irritates you.

"Oh...you're serious. Alright...fine." He turns and tosses you a normal Katana. You snatch it out of the air and look at it, more then a bit confused. A cross, wrapped around the top of the sheath dangles from it. "**** me into submission with that-" He doesn't get to finish his sentance as you attack. He turns and blocks with ease.

"Unh!" You both recoil sliding across the earth to a stop. "I need to make you submit, right? Then let's just shut-up and fight, Grimm."

"You should let others explain before attacking. That sword you have is a blank slate. I will allow you twenty-four hour's to imphale me with that. Only then will I reveal my Bankai to you! In that time limit, strength your sword, Valentine! Your strikes carry no weight! No killing intent...!"