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.
As the chains came down to wrap around him Azuma’s hand shot instinctively in front of his face. By now the chains had him almost secure and his time was running out, quickly he splayed his fingers out wide in a quick and sudden motion, his face lighting up as his reiatsu surge breaking the spell as his mask forms. Once formed the mask resemble a shield, it has an elongated pentagon shape and a single crease down the middle to help it curve across the face. Where the eyes should be is a large ornate purple eye with a yellow iris. The eye takes up the full expanse of the top of the mask running just and inch and a half from the thin black border around the mask. Beneath the eye is a large black mouth similar to that of a jack-o-lantern.
Flash stepping back to gain his footing his speed and power are greatly enhanced, the eye on his face burst with glowing energy as he charged forward at Yukino his hand waiting patiently on the hilt of his blade. About a foot away he begins to mumble below his breath trying to make sure Yukino wouldn’t hear him over the roar of his foot steps echoing in the room, "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens.". With a flash step he appeared behind the woman having finishing his spell he released it at point blank range, ”Soren Sokatsui”. As soon as he finished the amplified kido caused a massive wave of blue energy to fly out of his hand charging forward and blowing a hole in the far wall, sunlight filtered through the open wall illuminating the dust and debris giving it a temporary and almost ethereal beauty.
Yukino knew it, Azuma was going to get out of the kido somehow. Yukino quickly flash stepped a good distance away from Azuma. It seemed to be that Azuma was a vizard, he put on his vizard mask and got out of the bakudo, just in time. Yukino began to here Azuma chant something. She couldn't hear it clear enough though. "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens." Now that she had concentraed she could. Azuma was chanting the incaction for Soren Sokatsui.
With little time on her hands, Yukino began to speak, pointing to fingers at Azuma. ''Bakudo 89. Danku!'' Yukino commanded as an invisable ''wall'' formed in front of her. As the two waves of massive spritual energy raced to Yukino they were quickly stopped by the wall. When the kido was finnished the wall shattered into millions of tiny pieces. Exhausted, Yukino stabbed her zanpakutou into the ground to use it to support herself.
She was really exhausted, but she managed to boost her spiritual energy allowing herself to enhance her spiritual energy and speed. Yukino jingeled her bells casting an illusion that made him beileve that Azuma managed to hit her, it wasn't a direct hit, but it was a hit that would force her to go into shikai or loose the battle. The illusion she casted was stronger now because her spiritual energy was greater now.
With a flash step Yukino went face front of Azuma and with both hands she attempted to slash Azuma in the shoulder. If it was a direct hit the zanpakutou would most likely cut of his arm, the arm that Azuma was holding his zanpakutou with.
Last Edit: Aug 11, 2009 13:15:14 GMT -5 by superstar
Azuma smiled as the blast skimmed Yukino yet suddenly she was gone and he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. What had happened, there is no way he missed, he saw it. As he mulled over the problem he snapped his right hand up, he was a vizard and pain had been his ally and training partner since he was young. Holding the blade in place his other hand snapped out grabbing Yukino’s throat pressing her wind pipe, he would crush the very life out of her if he had to. Making sure he had a good grip he pressed with all his might as the energy on the eye of his mask disappeared. He would have one shot at this, convinced now she could somehow alter his perception he kept a tight grip as a dimly glowing eye suddenly appears on the ground below her flying open a powerful Cero tore out and up, if she didn’t get out of his grip the damage would be severe both to her and the arm he grasped her neck with.
The second the blast went off lasted an hour in Azuma’s mind as he used the temporary reprieve to strategize with his inner Spirit. ”The reality bending is quite bother some, we must keep her in close range so she does not have the time to set it off.”. ”Yes but how does she do it?”. The question resounded through Azuma like a chime, how was she effecting his mind, he would not be able to keep fighting if she could manipulate what he saw and heard on a whim, without him understanding how.
Yukino had managed to cut Azuma in the shoulder, it wasn't a diret hit, but definatly something to be proud of. Yukino didnt let her almost-fatal blow het to her head, because she knew that Azuma would try even harder to one. Azuma then turned around and hrabber Yukino in her throat using a lethal death grip. She knew that she had little time to act, so without hesitation she pointed her zanpakutou at Azuma. '' Shimiru, Setsugekka. '' Yukino whispered as her bells jingeled and a freezing cold breeze took over the arena.
Yukino powerfully kicked Azuma, and then flash stepped back about 15 feet, barely avoiding the cero. The red beam of energy managed to to hit her slightly, nothing baatd though. Yukino coughing some blood. The climate quickly changed to a freezing cold atmosphere, clouds also started to appear. Snowflakes started to fall from them. ''Nadare No Ikkatsu.'' Yukino whispered in a cold like fashion. Ice along with spiritual energy flew from Yukinos blade directly at Azuma at close to flash step-like speeds.
If the move were to hit then Azuma would gome to notice that when the ice touches him, in 15 seconds it'll start to spread from from its final destination. The ice will continue to spread if Azuma doesn't find a method to get the ice off. If he doesnt, the Ice will eventuall kill him.
Azuma shivered the cold air rushing into the room igniting his senses and sharpening his mind. Suddenly he felt a spike in energy as a rush of ice flowed towards him from the tip of Yukino's blade. He had barely a second to react his hands flying up "Enkosen", as the words left his mouth a glowing shield of reiatsu formed in his hand the ice slamming into it and pushing him back several yards with force.
Breathing slightly heavy he spoke drawing his blade and swiping it once as he did. ”Very well I shall show you the strength of the Vizard Army, count yourself lucky I rarely draw my katana so quickly. shinjitsu o ooi nasai, Shainingu Mitsukai.”. Azuma finished the swipe as he finished speaking, Suddenly a wave of translucent energy slides down Azuma’s body his weapon and sheath disappearing as it passes. On the outside Azuma was calm collected and composed on the outside, within he was worried he had yet to figure out how she was altering his perception and that could be deadly in a fight like this. Taking a deep breath to steady himself he lowered into a stance two fingers pressed together and extended on each finger, unlike his previous stance, his stance emphasized agility over attack.
With a flash he was behind the woman charging forward his fingers swiping through the air like blades. Fifteen times his hands swung, and fifteen times invisible crescent blades as long as his swipes fired with amazing speed at the woman. As the invisible criss-crossing blades neared their opponent Azuma pushes off forward and to the right, hoping Yukino would follow his movements and receive the full force of the flying blades of unseen light.
Last Edit: Aug 11, 2009 20:17:08 GMT -5 by superstar
[OCC - We're using flash steps a wee' bet much, slow it down mm'kay?]
With a jingle of her bells Yukino casted an illusion. The illusion was extremely unique, and she was able to cast them because she was in shikai. Yukino knew that Azuma had been wondering how Yukino was casting the illusions, so she'd make her ''reality bending'' more beilevable. In the eyes of Azuma he would think that Yukino's illusion powers were talking over her, that they were making her see illusions. In the eyes of Azuma,Yukino keeps attacking random places, and by doing that she is completely distracted. Azuma manages to get Yukino using his shikai abalities and ending the battle.
But as I said, this was in the eyes of Azuma. What really happened was that Yukino speed enhanced to the point where she could dodge most attacks. When Azuma flash stepped behind her, Yukino copied him. '' Enkosen. '' She whispered directing her palm at the on-coming attacks. The sheild of spiritual protected her from some of the many attacks, however one of the blades managed to get her, cutting some her skin off her arm.
Hiding her spiritual energy, yukino flash stepped to Azuma. She was about five feet away from Azuma when she began to speak, ''Nadare No Ikkatsu.'' Yukino whispered once again as a large amount of spiritual energy and ice flew in an arc-like shape at Azuma. The amount of spiritual energy and ice put into the attack was so large that they traveled at a 5th seated flash step level. If the ice and spiritual energy was to hit [which it most likely will] the ice would start to dominate Azuma's body in a matter of seconds.
The attack she preformed could eeasily end the battle because if the attack hits then Azuma would have to get rid of the spreading ice, leaving him vulnerable to her attacks. A true warrior knows how to fight, but they also know hot to surrender, honorably. If Azuma was to surrdender when he clearly is losing then he'd keep the pride of his noble name, and if he didn't he'd loose and shatter all meaning behind his name. This of course, was what Yukino thaught. She wasn't noble, but it was really common sense. .
