Soul Power

"Rukia, I know you probably heard everything Jiraiya said. Do you think it is possible?" Yuki was not sure how she could use her shinigami powers yet since she had never tried to. She kind of zoned out when she killed the hollow before.

"This…. I am not too sure about myself. From what I have seen so far, it seems you may just be able to. While I am not sure if it is possible, I do not see anything stopping you. I mean, you merged completely with my shinigami powers which added on to the soul powers you already had. Right now, your powers are around lieutenant level. If you can grasp the way soul power works, you should be able to use Sode no Shirayuki to its full extent and maybe down the road actually use Bankai." Rukia couldn't help but be amazed at the feats Yuki had already accomplished in a short time learning chakra. She actually wondered just how fast she would be able to grasp her role as a shinigami. In fact, she needed to get a good grasp of it soon as she will be needing to fight more hollows in the near future.

Ever since she came to this world to scope it out, she had noticed that the hollows here were far and in between, but they were unnaturally stronger than those she found on any of the other earths. Rukia fell into thought for a moment before deciding to see if Yuki could use flash step. "Let's go outside and see if you can use flash step."

"Go outside? Okay…. But what is flash step?" Yuki asked as she got up. She had been speaking out loud because she wanted Jiraiya to know what she was doing.

"Flash step is a movement technique that allows you to move great distances in as little as a few steps. Like if you can travel one hundred feet in three steps. It would be much faster than walking or running normally."

"I see… And how does one normally use this flash step?"

"It depends on your soul power as well and the training you put in, but what we will be trying is using both your soul power and your chakra to push the limit of flash step." Rukia was starting to get very excited about this. Because if Yuki truly could master flash step using both her soul power and chakra, she could possibly turn it into a whole different kind of movement technique.

Yuki was now standing out into the yard with Jiraiya standing at the side with a book in his hand. While he was reading it, he was also keeping a very sharp eye on Yuki. Rukia looked at the area in front of Yuki through Yuki's eyes and spotted her destination. "You will first try to reach the tree just before the far wall. Just like you did with your chakra when you were walking over the water and running at a high speed. I want you to also do the same with your soul power. Feel it within you. It is near where your heart is."

Yuki calmed her mind and closed her eyes as she began trying to feel her soul power. Unlike with chakra, she could not really feel her soul power. She had a sense that it was there, but she could not exactly feel it like she could her chakra. She continued trying to feel the power within her. But as the minutes passed by she was still having a hard time feeling it. Yuki did not feel distressed. She began to rotate her chakra towards her heart to see if she could get some kind of reaction.

More minutes passed, and just as she was about to pull her chakra away, she felt a small pulse inside her body. It was as if another heart was slowly coming to life and began beating. The pulsation became stronger and stronger until finally, a wave of power suddenly burst out of Yuki, causing the ground under her feet to crack, and the rocks and dirt around her began to lift into the air hovering around her.

Jiraiya opened his eyes wide as he felt the wave of pressure suddenly press down on him, causing him to grasp his chest. The pressure continued to get heavier and heavier to the point he was starting to feel the weight of the pressure causing him to begin to kneel down.

Rukia, who was inside Yuki's body, was stumped at what was going on. She had no idea why Yuki had so much soul power. It took her a minute to come to her senses as she yelled out: "Yuki, stop the flow! You need to restrain your soul power! It's the same as you would with your Chakra!"

Yuki heard Rukia's scream and quickly realized she had unknowingly released her soul power. She could feel a slight chill running through her body mixed with the warmth of her chakra. She quickly pulled in the soul power she was releasing, causing her surroundings to return to normal. Jiraiya, who was kneeling on the ground, let out a sigh of relief as he wiped the sweat from his brow. He looked at Yuki with a complicated expression. "Is this soul power?"

He could only guess this was what it was, but that pressure just now was something he had felt before. It was the same when she suddenly wore the shinigami clothing, and her sword appeared. But this time, it was different. It was like someone turned the leaking faucet on full blast. He was only glad that it seemed to be over.

Seeing how Yuki had control of her soul power, it was time for the next step. "Good. Now concentrate that power along with your Chakra and push off lightly as if you are stepping on air. Just like you did with the water walking, it is basically the same concept except you only want to take as few steps as possible to reach the tree."