A Place in Hueco Mundo Desert

Yukino patted his head and smiled, "You should know, I hate everyone and everything. But you, I'll help." Yukino chuckled everytime Kyouga's name popped up. "Is Kyouga special to you? You seem to mention him quite often. Was he your friend, did he leave you behind? He resides in the human world while you are here?"

The massive creature kept its posture while resting itself on the ground as Yukino began to pet it and spoke once more. Yukino did not like things but was going to help Shiko. The thought made the gillian confused quickly but then Kyouga was brought into the conversations and the gillian replied in kind

Kyouga made Shiko...strong...

With that, bones shot out from Shikotsumyaku's head around Yukino's hand but it made sure that none of them came to close to the male. The bone's then slowly retreated back into the gillian.

But Kyouga...made Shiko leave...back to the sand...he could not eat...

He looked at Shiko sadly and petted it once more. "You'll return, You'll show Kyouga that you don't need him anymore. Or at least show him the strength you have obtained. You must have been close to him. But he just made you come back to this wretched place."

Shikotsumyaku listened as Yukino spoke about not needing Kyouga or showing him that it was strong. Kyouga was the only one that had stopped Shikotsumyaku and then gave him food willingly so that was...close? But when Yukino spoke about him sending Shiko back into this place, Shikotsumyaku slowly let its claws dig into the ground and a small display of anger

Kyouga....does not like Shikotsumyaku...he does not want...him...strong...

The sand around the gillian slowly began to shift and slide away from it as the spiritual pressure it began to give away slowly started to flicker from its boney core.

Yukino put both his hands on the head of the Gillian and leaned his face on it. "Do not let those things anger you. Or else you won't get strong. Do not worry about other beings thoughts, opions or actions." Yukino looked at it, "I will stay by your side until your strong. I'll make you stronger and smarter than Kyouga ever will. You deserve to grow."

Shikotsumyaku's spiritual pressure slowly started to rise but slowly started to lower itself back down as Yukino began to speak to it and surely, it began to calm. It's claws slowly began to pull themselves from the ground and simply began to rest atop the sand lightly

Yukino will make me strong.

It seemed sincere but the overall appearance and the voice of the creature seemed in the opposite but it was something that could not be helped.

He snickered and let Shiko go, he stood up looking at the distance "I'll make you strong. But you must promise, to never look back to who you really want to be. That is how you will lose your way." Yukino said to Shiko while slowly facing him. Yukino started walking toward the forest. "Come, don't slow down now."

The gillian watched as Yukino looked off into the distance and spoke of promises and looking back and to never forget. When Yukino started to move, the massive bone structure rose from the sands slowly but in full posture, it towered over most. It started in the direction that Yukino was going, quick to catch up but never moved to close, always directly behind him.

Pro-mise...stronger for Yukino.