"Because I'm Strong!" [R, NDE]

A flash of black past the swing sets, and a whipping, moving cloak. There was darkness, for it was the night in that time, and the black sky polluted by light pollution yielded few stars. There was only a crescent moon, and it yielded little light. It was something however that The Phantom Reaper was used to. Having taken out mission after mission in the darkness, planning the vast majority of his appearances in the night, Souzetsu was easily able to adjust to the darkness, and become accustomed to it. It wasn't difficult to do something like that after so many missions that required him to do so, after all. And therefore, he'd made his appearance in the darkness. If he went without his outfit, they'd never recognize him or be able to track him. In it, they would.

Souzetsu had felt it, of course. The Shinigami were coming for him because of a few he had killed. It was time for them to experience the true power of a Fullbringer. Being in Karakura Town, Souzetsu knew its happenings. Whenever he was on a standby stationary position in Karakura, he was aware when reiatsu related battles took place. Lately, a seated Shinigami had defeated an incredibly weak Fullbring hitman. The conclusion from that time had probably been that Fullbringers pose little threat. No, this was untrue. It had just been a weak one that was defeated. Souzetsu was on a whole other level from that person. With his strength, he'd show them that humans could match the Soul Society's Gotei Thirteen. The PEAs were strong to start with, but there were also Executives.

This was going to be an epic battle. Souzetsu wore a long black leather coat, unzipped to reveal he wore a black under-armor long sleeve underneath. His pants were matching black from some comfortable material, and his strapped on light black shoes looked convenient for silence too. His face was covered by some sort of white phantom mask, and it was a bit intimidating too. He had black gloves over his hands, and he also had rings on each ring finger on each hand, over the gloves. He was waiting for a Shinigami to appear before him and challenge him to battle. Once that happened, Souzetsu would show that person what his power was.

Until then, he stood there under the moonlight, his head risen towards the moon, the white pale light making his mask seem even more eerie and creepy. At last, Souzetsu heard it. He heard the sounds which indicated the approach of his enemy, and his head lowered back, looking around at the darkness. In the all black, Souzetsu could also easily disappear at any time if he wanted to. There were plenty of places in a playground to do that. However, he was here to show his battle capability, so that the Shinigami would know what kind of threat humans could potentially represent. It would be rather scary after all for them if they were unprepared for that sort of war. "Someone's here..." Souzetsu murmured in a voice not audible.

When the enemy arrived, Souzetsu went silent instantly. Eerily so, The Phantom Reaper was just that to his enemies. He was a phantom. Once in the presence of another while under this guise, there was only a dead silence. He gave no response to Arhellai's offering of drink, as alcohol did not befit him anyway. Though he'd reached the age to which he could drink, it was not something that he planned on doing. Drinking would ultimately make the drinker much weaker by distorting their vision and clouding their mind. It would ruin their habits and ruin their health as well for the majority of the time. As a result, it was only natural for Souzetsu not to indulge in it.

He was surprised by who they sent. On Death-Sama's roster of the Gotei Captains, the Squad 13 Captain was supposed to be the weakest Captain. More to the point, he was in charge of gate operations. The Captains were all at a strength far above anything most humans could get to, so Souzetsu knew they were taking him seriously in sending a Captain. What was off was that they'd sent the gate operations Captain. Why wouldn't they send someone more battle privy, like Squad 10 or Squad 11? Did they not deem him to be enough of a threat? Admittedly, one could claim that this was Souzetsu's fault, given that he had only killed low ranked Shinigami, and hadn't been very brutal with them, just efficient.

He'd done it quickly, and there hadn't been anyone of a very significant level in the places he'd killed them, so that was why he'd had to settle with the low ranked guys. He was pleased to have at least gotten a Captain though, to be sure. They hadn't bothered with sending him a third seat or a Vice Captain first, and they'd jumped directly to a Captain. This was what Souzetsu was glad for. It was his chance to show the Gotei Thirteen what was coming. There would be no mercy from the master assassin that had marked his place in the human world. Of all assassin names in the world, "Phantom Reaper" was probably the most feared one. Souzetsu was in the top 5 assassins in the world. He actually wasn't #1, believe it or not, for there were those who were stronger.

Particularly, there was supposedly one underground syndicate rumored to have great assassins, two of which were greater than the Phantom Reaper. The degree of truth to these rumors wasn't dubious. Death-Sama himself had confirmed to Souzetsu that the rumors were probably true, though this underground syndicate was unknown in name even to Death-Sama. Souzetsu was willing to believe his boss, though. As the Phantom Reaper, it was only natural for him to do that. At any rate, it was time to begin. The person there didn't seem like the type to go for a first attack, but if he didn't, he'd certainly lose to Souzetsu. The Phantom Reaper was one of the best. To take one like him lightly was foolish.

He held his right hand outwards, and the ring on that finger disappeared as a blade suddenly materialized in his grasp. Through it had the hilt and guard of a saber, the blade was lengthy and sharp, double edged. It had glyphs of gold color running all across it, and the blade was very sharp at the tip, and it was a bright red in color. This was Blade of Sorrow, Souzetsu's Fullbring. Blade of Sorrow... he thought, his property activating within the blade. Main Fullbring Stage 1 had been activated. Little did Arhellai realize that this made Souzetsu the ultimate attacker and counterattacker. His ability was simple, and didn't have much offensive property, but it was incredibly variable, and had a great defensive capability. Time to begin.

Standing there, Souzetsu readied himself. As The Phantom Reaper, it was only natural for him to be prepared for anything. Was Arhellai just as prepared, though? That was the question. If he wasn't prepared, he would lose rather quickly to the efficient attacking methods of the one deemed one of the world's five greatest assassins. If Souzetsu had to guess his own ranking amid those five, he'd probably put himself at #4. He was to be taken seriously, definitely. No emotions showing, no sounds being made, The Phantom Reaper's phantom mask a taunting and scary glare as it stared at Arhellai, Souzetsu gripped his blade tightly. What happened next would go down in stories for years to come.

Souzetsu's Remaining Reiatsu: 1800 Reiatsu

Active: Main Fullbring Stage 1

Souzetsu was fast. Arhellai was much slower than him. Souzetsu whirled to begin with, his blade slamming into Arhellai's blade. Souzetsu didn't know it, but there was no advantage as might be mistaken. Power Break did not specifically refer to reiatsu. It referred to power. All forms of power shattered and vanished! The force disappeared from behind Arhellai's strike first, so that it was as if he'd just let his weapon hang there. First thing, this meant he'd have to draw it back and slash again to try to deliver any damage. Worse yet however, the water. It disappeared as a shattering sound erupted throughout the air. The technique was power.

That was the danger of Souzetsu's blade. The properties imbued within the water were power. And the power came from the waters releasing along the blade like a poison. It technically really was a poison, and Souzetsu destroyed the power within it. In this way, it became nothing but ordinary water or liquid. It was some random fluid around Arhellai's powerless blade. However, just after that singular slash, he vanished, and Arhellai was then blinded. He was fast. Before Arhellai could do a single thing to react, a huge column of white light erupted all around him, consuming him in light and blinding him. His eyes would ache and scream in blind agony. He was going to be stunned for quite a few seconds, at least eight to fourteen, at least in the blindness category.

That was time he didn't have. Souzetsu was just too fast for him. It was a simple, rather unpredictable maneuver. Most people would expect a step behind, or maybe to the sides. The sides were less likely than behind, and far away was the next option. Souzetsu however traveled only a foot and a half to the left, still pretty close to Arhellai, and brought his blade arcing across Arhellai's chest in a single, simple diagonal slash. The result of being hit was just going to be a very large spray of blood from a very deep cut. Any defenses or whatnot that Arhellai had would simply be broken by power break, and he was stunned anyway.

Souzetsu was fast, for certain. To say the least, Arhellai would have trouble just moving in time, let alone noticing the attack through his stunned shock. Souzetsu was ready however, light on his feet. He could use a second bringer light if he wanted to at any time, since he didn't make it a body maneuver. The reason that he didn't make it a body maneuver was that he was the Phantom Reaper. It was within his style to be able to disappear quickly and instantly. Therefore, it was only natural that he'd be ready to do this at any given moment. What could Arhellai do against Souzetsu? This was going to be a wound that would certainly immobilize any ordinary human man, and possibly keep them in bandages for half a year.

OOC: Yeah, it's much better than the stuff you did with Magnus.

Souzetsu's Remaining Reiatsu: 1750 Reiatsu

Active: Main Fullbring Stage 1