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.
Haburi felt the tingling of his his hand instantly stop. He also felt blood trickle on his head he knew exactly where she was going with her flash step and instantly sonidoed with a staticy crack above her. With the tingling gone on his hand he could now let reiatsu pass through and so he pointed his three fingers instantly and fired a cero. this attack happened all at once as it did when Ulquiorra wounded Grimmjow's arm. It was a dodgeable attack but the reaction would have to be instantaneous and it still may singe her.
"don't lose your concentration shinigami."
Haburi also let the reiatsu return to his back leaving his hand vulnerable but protecting his back with his Hierro once again as he didn't need to protect his hand any longer.
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 22, 2009 0:46:54 GMT -5
Yumeji vanished almost in time to dodge the cero. Almost.
She appeared 20 feet away, smoking at the arm.
As the smoke dissipated, it revealed an armored sleeve that was hidden under her kimono, now revealed as her sleeve was gone. It was hard to tell just how badly she were hurt thanks to the armor still being intact, but, but it wasn't her sword arm that was uncovered, "Lame," she chuckled, then retook her position.
"Don't get cocky. I'm still punching your ticket to hell," she said calmly, then her spiritual pressure increased immensely, but there was no apparent changes to her person.
As she utilized her bankai quietly, the marks increased their tenacity in trying to saw into him over 5 times, and suddenly at that.
She used Shunpo with a marked increase in her speed, then stopped 7 feet away from him over his head, then slashed at him at an incredible speed, knowing full well her edge would miss, and maybe look like she were weak, and couldn't judge distance... but the invisible whip at the tip of the sword was 3ft long, and that would be less likely to miss, and would mark him all the same as her blade did before. A ploy.
She remained ready to move as she expected a counter attack as the battle remained pitched. She kept her scabbard ready even though her arm ached inside the armor.
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Had Haburi not been caught so off guard by the increase in speed and reiatsu when she slashed he wouldn't have side stepped but he did and he noticed it fell short but he felt the air move around it. He quickly sonidoed back 20 feet. He had not idea what the ripple was but it wasn't good. His eyes narrowed.
"What is that? Your power.....it's increased nearly 10 fold......."
He was suspicious something wasn't right...he let his reiatsu poor out and his power multiplied. He still wasn't at his opponents level but he was now revealing he had been holding way back. He knew from what he encountered on the first swing the blade was extended how much he knew not he estimated roughly 5 to 6 feet. He knew it is very possible it could change as well he took his stance and he removed his hand from his pocket and let it dangle at his side.
((He's only making guesses from what he knows and his power increased so much because we are supposed to be nearly equal at full power and resurreccion barely multiplies power so ya plus even in the show all arrancar were stronger than their opponents shikai practically all strong ones at least.))
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 22, 2009 1:30:05 GMT -5
She pressed her assault on him, using Shunpo to cover the distance he put between them, her reiatsu focused into keeping her wound from bleeding out as she slashed at him with a pace that was even faster than before. Her sword arm nearly vanished with the speed of her assaults, and her sword nearly vanished as well during her rapid fire assault. She'd pumped a good amount of her new power into her speed, as well as her marks, and cutting power.
She wasn't just swinging her sword, though, it was being sheathed, then redrawn a dozen times a moment with blistering speed. The tip never missed the throat of the scabbard, and it was a testament to her skill at Iaido. A centimeter in any direction and her sword could stop the momentum with a collision, or even damage to herself, but the sword never missed the scabbard.
Dozens on dozens of slashes were made against him as she advanced on him from the front as she sought to cover him in marks with the edge of her 6ft sword, and the 3ft whip at the end of her sword. She wasn't picky abut what she hit now, she even attacked his sword in hopes of damaging it with her marks. Any marks that landed started to cut at him immediately, but not at full power.
Luckily for him, she did hold back at this point. If he submitted soon, he'd walk away injured, but alive.
Her eyes were deadly serious, and glared death at the Arrancar. She went from joking to scary in the time it took to Shunpo. She said not a word as she advanced on him steadily. Her personality did a complete flip, and she looked like a murderous blender gone wild.
Haburi's eyes widened he focused all his reiatsu on his chest stomach and hands and forearms as he felt the technique tearing at his skin. This time it was a burning sensation instead of a tingle but his skin refused to break. He slashed and parried and used his right arm as well. At first he deflected all of them then as she picked up speed he began to fall behind until about half of them were making contact with him and the burning was beginning to slow him down.
He focused as best he could but finally he had one shot he threw his blade into hers as hard as he could ((not letting go though)). This new increased strength would have stunned her for the instance he shot his hand forward and stuck his fingers through her right shoulder's flesh and shot a bala.
He also detonated it so that no matter what there would be a distraction whether it contacted or not and he sonidoed backwards 30 feet focused on the spot attempting to track any movement. He now gave up on stopping the attacks over any unvital areas and he found that the cut stopped at an inch. He sighed and let the rest do the same. He was bleeding but not badly all over the front of his body. He payed no attention to it though. And lowered his sword.........It was obvious he was done.
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 22, 2009 1:58:26 GMT -5
Yumeji used Shunpo to get out of the smoke, and explosion with her sword, and scabbard defending her. It wasn't as bad as he'd hoped, and she was stil ready, but she saw him look defeated. "Go home," she snarled at him as she looked at him with a demonic gleam in her eye. Her sword was sheathed, but she popped it out just a little to help keep him off balance with the treat of a further lashing, or worse.
"Go home, and survive this battle. Stay, and I won't hold back," her eyes narrowed as the throat of her word began to glow ominously.
She showed nothing of her previous self who was just beneath the surface, bitching and whining about hurting, and having to get a new uniform, and stitches from the crazy lady at Squad 4... Biko.. no Eiko was her name. She didn't have a lot to look forward to when she got home.
Who -really- came out on top? Yumeji was willing to argue one way or the other.
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"Shinigami you have bested me in combat and have defeated me and as you ask I will leave peacefully."
He spoke with his eyes closed with his emotionless monotone as he slowly sheathed his blade.
"That power you used........it increased your ability ten-fold......."
Haburi opened his eyes and stared at her emotionlessly.
"It poses a threat to arrancar in their resurreccion form because I have accepted defeat please answer this question......what is that ability? It seems unnatural yet I think I have heard stories of this.....is it common for shinigami?"
Haburi's hands returned to his pockets and his reiatsu reduced down to a minimum assuring that he meant no harm. But he was, though impossible to detect, prepared to go to full power and draw his blade in an instant should she attack. But even if she did he probably wouldn't. As the wind blew again it knocked off his tattered upper body part of his out fit. He also had a tear on his right knee but know wound. He only possessed about 15 cuts each an inch deep from her special power and his bleeding already stopped. It was obvious his full strength had yet to be used which should help convince the shinigami that he was surely finished for he showed no intention of using it.
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 22, 2009 2:18:22 GMT -5
Yumeji raised a brow at his request, then scowled angrily, "Oh, yeah, it's common! Go ask an Espada about it!" she said angrily, and loudly at him. She had most every right to be angry at the moment. "Now get out of here before i get angrier!" she huffed at him.
Under her bitchy, mean exterior, however, "Augh! What will it take to make him go home, Tsubame?!!" she whined in thought to the spirit of her Zanpakuto. "Patience, I think he's going after this. Just be patient, and hold out, okay? We've got new training material now,and you didn't show him all your tricks." Tsubame tried to comfort Yumeji. "I just know Eiko'll want her pound of flesh for patching me up... I think I'd rather see Unohana..." Yumeji grumbled mentally at Tsubame. "Unohana isn't in Squad 4 anymore, Yumeji..." she reminded her.
This sort of conversation went on in the back of her mind while she waited for the Arrancar to leave.
"Shinigami..........at the beginning of our skirmish you said that I was an anger filled brute who killed for enjoyment and out of anger and enjoyed throwing my power around.........however I find you very hypocritical now for you have used your most powerful form from the stories I've heard.........."
Haburi had started walking into the garganta that opened behind him he then looked back and held up a three with his left hand. The air got cold as a dark evil began to glow in his dark blue eyes
"Three.......my resurreccion multiplies my power three times of what it was......the only reason your alive is because I have always thought resurreccion to be used by mindless brutes.............it is an arrancar's strongest form........"
Haburi pointed at Yumeji. and the air returned to normal.
"Wildly swung your sword at full power out of anger that makes you the mindless brute you thought me to be....."
Not one of haburi's words had any emotion to it at all.....
"We shall meet again Shinigami Yumeji......the result will be different as well......perhaps you will learn self control as well for if not it will be a short battle........."
Haburi's hand returned to his pocket and he stared dully as the garganta closed.
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 22, 2009 2:36:31 GMT -5
"Let me know when you're protecting souls, then you can talk!" she shouted after him, "Byyyeee!" she said with a cheerful chirp, and didn't seem bothered by his words, and in fact waved at him as he left.
The fact she protected people, and he destroyed them was enough to keep her from being bothered by his last words.
After the Garganta closed she landed on the ground, then crumpled to her knees where she spat out a mouthful of blood, "What a bastard. No wonder we fight them," she muttered, but wasn't overly angry, more annoyed.
"Oiy, me back..." she muttered to herself.
She really did use her Zanpakuto as a cane to help her her up, then she hobbled back to the gate to the Seireitei so she could get patched up.
