With the Captains suffering casualties and heavy injuries on their side, all hope seemed to be lost... until Shinji Hirako appeared, along with the rest of the former Shinigami. Though the aid of the Vizards certainly helped to draw the battle in their favor, it seemed Aizen's power alone proved too much for them.
"I was never angry at any point that was your assumption I was ordered to take care of them in that matter."
He closed his eyes. Inside he felt a strange emotion......He never did feel emotions really either it was almost like enjoyment. It was the first time in a long time he would have to do this.
"Shinigami........I will now take you seriously as the burn on my side shows you have become a threat....."
He grabbed the sheathe of his zanpakuto with his right hand and grabbed the dark blue hilt with his left and began to pull it from its sheathe.
"And I will deal with you as one....."
Haburi completely unsheathed his 4 foot long blade (Not including the hilt) from his sheath, and his right hand returned to his pocket. The top half of the blade was black and the bottom dark blue. This would help Haburi close the speed between them for now he wouldn't have to waste reiatsu to reach her. Swordfighting is also his greatest asset so the battle would be excellent now. Haburi sped straight forward and slashed horizontally with great speed and force acrossed her chest.
((This is gonna be awkward a left handed swordsman against a right :/ ))
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 21, 2009 19:57:36 GMT -5
"Oh please, you were slaughtering humans out of hate, disdain, and other crappy emotions you probably couldn't see past, even with someone else's eyes. Inner anger, and stuff that just stresses you out so easily. Don't tell me you aren't mad," Yumeji chuckled lightly.
She watched him draw his sword, and arrogantly use it one handed with his other hand in his pocket, and he dashed at her with a slash at her chest.
Yumeji blocked the slash with her scabbard using both hands, and the arm of the hand that held the scabbard to further brace, which kept him from knocking her about. Her Scabbard wasn't damaged in the least by his assault, but the shock could be felt into her arm from the impact, and it wasn't exactly plesant. Her scabbard was positioned butt end up for this defensive move.
"Mistress Iai Cut!" she said as, in a flash of monumental speed, she slashed at his chest upwards in a counter assault.
Her own sword grew to a total of 6ft long in the time it took her to perform the slash.
Not only was his reach advantage gone, the increased sword length did absolutely nothing to slow down her rocket fast draw attack. She handled it just as easily as if she used a katana.
Should the hit connect, however, it'd seem like her sword was dulled as it didn't seem to cut. In fact it seemed worse off than before. This was temporary, though. Extremely temporary. The energy her blade painted him with, if she hit, began to cut at where her blade landed, and the edge touched. If it wasn't cutting a full inch deep, it sawed at him, and remained like a cramping wound as it cut away at his body.
That is, if she hit.
If she couldn't cut him well with steel, she'd need to try her hand at energy enhanced cuts.
Because she would have to transfer one hand from the scabbard to her blade Haburi had plenty of time to slash down at Yumeji's blade and deflected it and side stepped as he let her finish her now innaccurate slash. Instantly he slashed vertically at her head then spun his sword and body back and slashed horizontally at her waist. The spin would make Yumeji unable to lock their blades together so he could continue with his second slash. After that he pulled back and stabbed forward.
The first attack would be fatal but beyond easy to block the second would be a deep cut but not fatal however because it was the waist it'd be painful and would slow her down but once again this was another medium easy to block but these two attacks with his strength would make the last stab towards her sternum a formidable attack. His blade on the stab also had reiatsu pushing his arm forward to up the speed.
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 21, 2009 20:58:07 GMT -5
Yumeji's style was quite capable of handling people stronger than her physically. It had to be able to handle such overpowering attacks as most everyone had more upper body strength than her, especially the men who were more numerous in the Shinigami ranks.
He parried her while her sword was out? Bah!
Yumeji deflected the vertical slash with her scabbard with one hand on the scabbard which was held overhead. It was a glorious parry that made his attack inaccurate, and she sidestepped at the same time with the greatest of ease, it seemed. She didn't absorb his brawn, she redirected it away from her, and got out of the way of it.
Reiatsu under her feet propelled her, and gave her enough vertical leap to hop over the horizontal slash, though she had to tuck her legs in to clear it fully.
Her baggy hakama received a cut as it hung below her heels, and a bit of cloth flew away as his sword passed under her.
Yumeji was still in mid air as he thrust at her, and his blade met with her surprisingly resilient scabbard as she put it under her feet to partition his blade from her flesh like a skateboarder grinding a rail.
While he was busy with the thrust he had to wind up for, and she prepared for, her sword, which wasn't allowed back into the scabbard during his assault, chopped down at his right shoulder in a really quick one handed attack.
It lacked the raw cutting force of her draw slashes, but she did not need it as her "Mistress Iai Cut" was there to paint his body with cutting energy. All she really had to do was touch him.
Her moves were surprisingly elaborate, polished, and well done. She wasn't an amateur swordswoman at the least.
Had he truly underestimated her, and her dexterous, speedy style?
((You seriously need to stop putting that underestimating you stuff I put in my post it was expected to be blocked I'm setting up later moves and it's really getting annoying))
Haburi reached up with his right hand and caught the blade and there was a screeching noise as it skidded acrossed his skin. He began to feel it begin to attempt to cut him. He merely moved more of the reiatsu that was around his right hand put it into the inside of it. There was a constant flow there so her attempted attack was obsolete. It also tapped his right shoulder but he just did the same with reiatsu meant to go to his upper right back... But the important part of the matter was he had her blade.
He yanked with all his might to pull her closer and it would keep her feet and scabbard away from his blade because the force of his pull would cause her whole body to be pulled forward but because he was already stabbing forward from earlier he couldn't maneuveur much he merely stabbed at her right ribs for it was close to his original target. If connected this would make her movement slower for later in the battle but it would be a shallow wound but nonetheless very painful.
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 21, 2009 22:41:09 GMT -5
(Fine fine, but your character only expected the first one to be blocked. I still don't see him trying to reposition his sword to bypass her scabbard being used as a defense, but I'll be generous here. )
The markings on his arm which was especially large due to the glancing blow, his shoulder began to cut, and tear at his body with reiatsu blades as they sought to slice down an inch, at least, into his flesh. They didn't fade away, but persistently attacked him right down to the smallest marking. His hand was attacked as well as he held the blade, and in doing so let it touch him there. That inch the marks sought were likely enough to slice off digits if he didn't hold out against the energy mark trying to cut though his hand. The pain would likely be excruciating.
He yanked, she came over towards him as she had no footholds to keep her from moving.
His sword grazed her ribs and cut into, but with his sword freed, her scabbard was freed. This was to her advantage.
"Bang" she said calmly, cooly, like she were some anime badass, though it couldn't be taken serious due to her not so serious nature. With that word, A decently painful, but overall weak cero like blast erupted from the throat of her scabbard aimed at his chest, and face, and it shined bright in a dazzling light due to the close proximity which may have dazzled him.
As she did so, the blade of her Zanpakuto seemed to writhe in his hand, and it slipped out as it shrank back to Katana size, then to Wakizashi length, and her sword wormed out of his hand as it retracted. Her sword immediately grew back to it's 6ft length once it was freed.
She used her speedy flash steps to dart back, and away from his zanpakuto with her scabbard for defense even as blood seeped from her side. She made sure he couldn't simply swing his sword and damage her as she pulled back in quick order.
Hopefully he was in serious pain now with her Mistress Iai cut marks in his right hand, on his right arm, and on his right shoulder cutting, and sawing away at him seeking his flesh, plus the possibility of a the Swallowtail Cannon blast having harmed him.
((You didn't read post well I won't feel any pain I already countered your attack it can't cut through me I have a constant flow of reiatsu going there now it makes me a little weaker I suppose but they are small spots. BTW is there a limit on your attack as to how long it lasts?))
Haburi took the cero head on for he was not worried about it. A weak cero was the same as his bala which was useless against arrancar it blasted in to him and he felt a stinging sensation but it merely let smoke coming from him and tore his clothes a little he noticed the sword contact from earlier was relentless and he would have to concentrate on it until it went away he felt a small tingling on his hand and shoulder. He returned his right hand to his pocket. The tingling was irritating. He spun his blade and then held it up. His blade was in a defensive stance. He brought his right leg back a little so that he was standing diagnol.
He looked dead at Yumeji.
"That's a curious blade technique you have there is it kidou? Or perhaps a technique you created yourself?"
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 21, 2009 23:22:29 GMT -5
(Yumeji's marks would vanish instantly if they cut straight into the 1 inch depth or so, but since she can't cut him with them, they're going to be sawing at him as long as she can maintain concentration on those marks. He'll likely be burning reiatsu constantly to try and hold them off. He may not feel pain, but he should be feeling the marks sawing at him trying to cut an inch into him. That's OOC info by the way. Use it IC, and that's metagaming as your character wouldn't know anything abut how to defuse her ability.
P.S., he'd best not be invulnerable to her assaults forever, or that's godmoding. He may have a tough skin, but he's fighting someone on his level.)
"My sword size changing? It's natural to my Zanpakuto. It lets me practice all sorts of Iai with many kinds of blades," she watched him from a distance with her sword sheathed, and her casual stance taken with one hand on her scabbard, and one on her word's hilt. She could see the marks clawing at his flesh persistently, but they were invisible to all but her and Tsubame. They were like some poison trying to get him to use Reiatsu to keep it in check. She spoke just to buy time for it to try, and weaken him as she kept her mind on the marks to keep them active, and sawing, and the amount she had on him.
Of course she was bleeding, but it wasn't that bad. She seemed to ignore the pain well despite being apparently injured, though the blood mixed in with her black Shinigami outfit well.
The fight was still on as far as she knew.
"Oohhh, you meant my Mistress Iai Cut? It's one of my Zanpakuto's abilities, not Kido. It's there to cut through things my steel normally couldn't," she chuckled softly. She didn't mind waiting for things. It was a lull in combat, and she had her attention on him.
She wasn't going to mention how to get the marks off. She wanted him to get frustrated, and leave back to Hueco Mundo, or something. She'd remove the marks then, but not before. He still likely wanted to fight, though, and she didn't need him trying to break her concentration. Talking certainly wouldn't be what broke it, though.
"Curious.....you seem to be thinking your technique will effect me but it won't......I simply make unspoken parts of my skin softer in order to make the affected spots harder your technique may work against a weaker arrancar but i told you I fight beyond that level it is a remarkable technique however....."
Haburi spun his blade and eyed her wound. That would definately have to slow her down somewhat.. He made sure to strike her sword side ribs so her blade would be slower and when she would swing it it would cause pain and the wound to open more. He wanted to make this battle even as possible for she was still at an advantage for now he couldn't move reiatsu around his body as easily so her blade may be able to break skin now.... He narrowed his eyes. A dark blue aura began to envelope his blade. This would make his reach farther but this wouldn't cut her it would be like that invisible pulse of reiatsu he used earlier.
Haburi sped straight towards her and swung his sword horizontally at her waist. This attack would stretch about ten feet from the hilt forward and about 1 and a half feet either direction up and down.
((This new style is the same way grimmjow faught against shinji and Ulquiorra in his second battle against Ichigo))
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 22, 2009 0:08:43 GMT -5
(Simply wanting to err on the side of caution 'z all. I am staff after all, and keeping people in line is a responsibility.)
"You have an interesting technique yourself. I'll just have to hit your softer, fleshier parts," Yumeji said calmly as she watched him.
He sped at her, and it wasn't a big deal, honestly, but she was slower, indeed, but not so much that he could get the drop on her like that.
The charge looked like many other charges she saw in training with Shinigami, and she dealt with it in the way she did with them.
She used Shunpo and left behind only a few drops of blood from her wound that might strike him in the face.
Yumeji appeared over him upside down. There she slashed at his back with a lot of speed as he passed and sought to leave a long mark on his back from shoulders to his butt with another Mistress Iai cut. She kept her Scabbard on hand to act defensively, and kept her attention on him certain he'd counter attack as she made the attack.
Her arms had the speed, and dexterity to make her attacks plenty fast, but the pain in her ribs made her concentration slip. The mark that sawed at the inside of his hand vanished due to that as if it simply wore off, or ran out of power, but no other marks vanished as her mind quickly grasped the remaining tethers that linked the marks to her mind.
