Stoic to Pervy: Kuroi vs Cierro [PG13, NDE]

It was laughable. This Arrancar that just yelled and blurted out at Kuroi. It was unforgivable to kill a woman? Ridiculous. What made women so special? They were the same as any men. All beings were the same regardless of gender. Only a fool would believe otherwise. If it was so unforgivable, then killing men should be just as unforgivable. Kuroi knew that Cierro had killed. In his time as an Arrancar, he definitely had. To be an Espada, he definitely had. Cierro had killed. Perhaps not females, but males. And if killing a female was so unforgivable, so too should killing a male be that way. As a result, all killing should be unforgivable, and Cierro had no right to get angry at someone for killing, considering it was a crime of his as well. Either way, Kuroi wouldn't voice this.

Saying that out loud to Cierro wasn't worth it. He really did not have the patience to explain that entire trail of thought to Cierro. Kuroi was wearing his usual outfit, and he didn't bother releasing either. He had on black dress shoes and dress pants, and an unbuttoned black blazer with a roughed up white dress shirt and black tie underneath. He did not have his hands in his pockets. Kuroi had two black gloves on, silk. His hair was unruly, short, and jet black. His eyes too were black, and gazed quite serenely at Cierro. He didn't care in the least about a single word that was coming out of the Octava Espada's mouth. So he wanted an explanation? He should get more serious. He didn't understand the first thing about the chain of command.

"I don't owe you any explanation." Kuroi then said to Cierro. He extended out his right hand, and a surge of black reiatsu shot across it. Suddenly, in Kuroi's grasp, there was his Zanpakuto. Gripped in his right hand, Kuroi held the one handed blade, that sharp katana, in the best way to hold any sword. It was a pretty loosely dangling grip, though tight in such a way that he wouldn't lose hold of it. Rather, it was simply a flexible grip. He could move it around the way that he chose to. There was nothing to it. And Cierro was about to find out that he'd chosen the wrong opponent. There was nothing that he could do if Kuroi wanted to do something. He was far Kuroi's inferior. He was so much weaker that it was laughable, like this whole situation.

"If you feel angered by her death, you can bury yourself with her after I destroy you." Kuroi informed Cierro. He happened to be wearing a violet colored gem ring on his left hand's ring finger. Kuroi drew his ring against his Zanpakuto blade, which suddenly became covered in a vicious purple aura, a light which looked like overflowing reiatsu. His cutting power of course had just far gone up, because of the S-Grade Coating Ring. Kuroi didn't really care much about anything that Cierro had to say, though. He was simply ready to attack and fight. Kuroi flicked his blade around loosely just a bit, having it move around a bit like a butterfly knife, even loosely separating slightly from his grip with some flicks. Meanwhile, he aimed his left palm at Cierro. "Cero." Kuroi said suddenly.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2900 Reiatsu

Underestimation. Kuroi had felt it the moment Cierro took off. What kind of fool was Cierro? He thought that Kuroi didn't already understand the advantage of speed? Kuroi had already encountered Cierro before. If it was speed, Kuroi knew all about it. In actuality, if one wanted to get technical, Kuroi knew of ways in which his speed would utterly shame Cierro's. But that didn't matter. Rather, he had other ways of fighting. First of all, there came the part where Cierro materialized to his left side. Kuroi couldn't react? He'd set up his reaction previously. He knew the very moment that he spoke to aggravate Cierro, and the very instant that he even made the first pretense of a strike, Cierro, impatient with rage, would come for him. And that was why Kuroi had decided to flick his blade around like a butterfly knife.

Kuroi, as a matter of fact, had absolutely no intention of slashing Cierro at that point. There existed ways that he could, but Kuroi wasn't going to use them. He didn't have the senses or instincts? Quite correct, but only if one assumed that Kuroi was simply unprepared. He'd prepared himself for Cierro's speed already by flicking his blade around, and doing so loosely enough as to let it leave his hand ever so slightly, revealing his palm. Kuroi had moved his blade, and had already been moving it while aiming his other palm at Cierro and faking with a Cero. He'd been ready for wherever his enemy appeared. Kuroi's right palm was facing Cierro. He wasn't slashing. No, he was attacking with something far different, and Cierro was about to find out what that was.

It was Cierro, rather than Kuroi, who was vastly unprepared for the attack. He was in the middle of attacking. No way to dodge. No way to block, for he was too slow. Cierro would find this concept of being too slow to be new to him. The sound like thunder wasn't until seconds later. Cierro would not be able to use another step technique, due to being in the middle of an attack. And he'd feel it in his chest much later. The attack was fast enough that he wouldn't realize what wound had been inflicted just yet. It had been the technique called Dos Bala. It was small, it was a bullet. It was impossible to dodge. Regular Bala was 20 times faster than a Cero. And Dos Bala was even faster than that. It traded raw power for speed. All it had on its side was penetration.

It penetrated Cierro without question. In the middle of attacking, having just appeared in his rage out of a Sonido, there was nothing that he could do. He hadn't tensed his feet for anything. He hadn't been lightly moving. He hadn't been cautious enough. He'd expected something different than this attack type from Kuroi. So, he would be hit in the chest. The bullet however would not penetrate him all the way like it should. It had another purpose. It could explode. In an instant, it detonated. Kuroi had been flicking around, seemingly randomly. Seemingly to show off. No, he'd planned to use Dos Bala from the beginning because of how fast Cierro could move. And, what was more, his moving arm meant that, already in motion, it could be almost anywhere when Cierro began moving. Kuroi had been prepared for an attack from behind, or an attack from the side, or the diagonals. Up front, he would have had another counter regardless. It was child's play to have his palm already facing where Cierro appeared.

Kuroi's Pesquis simultaneously formed, and this was put into overdrive as his radar allowed him better track of Cierro's reiatsu signature. But what was more important than that was the bullet and the explosion. The penetration was such a low damage level compared to Bala or Cero that it was laughable. What the true damage happened to be was the explosion. The detonation of the reiatsu bullet blasted Cierro back instantly, away from Kuroi. In actuality, his attacks would miss simply because the detonation from the bullet, which penetrated the front, would push him back. Instantly, Cierro was moved away from Kuroi, even out of tail range. His attacks missed, and his chest had been burned severely by Kuroi's incredible reiatsu strength. Third degree at least, and he already had some internal bleeding and burns too.

"You're a joke." Kuroi informed Cierro. The explosion of course could not be avoided because there was no way to know it was coming, and it was instant. The moment the bullet impacted and began penetrating through Cierro's body, and before it even made it halfway through Cierro, it blew up. The bullet of course had been made unavoidable by Cierro being in mid attack, just out of his Sonido, no position ready or time left to prepare for a next one. Dodging was impossible because of the bodily motions which had brought him into attacking, and out of Sonido. Kuroi spoke once again. "You thought speed would give you an advantage? Don't make me laugh. In speed, I have the power to surpass you as well." And then reiatsu tensed up in Kuroi's body, charging across it. The next attack was coming.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2700 Reiatsu

Pesquis: 1/5

OOC: Well, that was actually god modd.

And your sarcastic and condescending tone in your post is annoying.

But, hey. I'll refute it. I have a refute. And I've calmed down from being unbelievably irritated by the sarcasm in your post.

OOC: FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. I had a post ready TWO MINUTES after you modified.

The attack to his back had essentially spelled out who would emerge the ultimate victor of this fight, but Cierro wasn’t put out of commission just yet. No. He’d done what he’d intended to and drawn Kuroi’s blood. Opponents like Cierro who possessed incredible speed were difficult to deal with without taking at least one hit or two. Either way, Cierro had drawn blood, which was more than he did last time. Without a word the Octavo drew his tail to his lips as he sprinted around the espada in quick circles Cierro was careful to keep well out of Kuroi’s range, giving himself adequate room to react to any ranged attacks Kuroi happened to throw at him. A single smear of Kuroi’s blood would be all that the eighth espada needed as he ingested the espada’s blood. Kuroi would be completely unaware of this particular ability of the Octavo’s as Cierro hadn’t ever told anyone he had this ability.

Cierro swallowed Kuroi’s blood, or what little of it had gotten on the end of his tail, and began to sort through the other arrancar’s memories. It would be a few moments before the Octavo could fully go through all of Kuroi’s past, and he wouldn’t attack during that time. Why would he? Why would Cierro launch an uninformed assault against the other espada when all he’d need to do is wait a few moments and suddenly “remember” all of the Segundo’s abilities and powers? This would not be the only information that Cierro’s ability let him copy. All of the people Kuroi had ever fought were recalled during this process and the abilities which they revealed to Kuroi were also revealed to him. The espada had quite an impressive fighting record, and Cierro instantly went through everything Kuroi had ever done that would benefit him in his fight. It would only take a few more moments and the eighth espada would finish copying all of Kuroi’s memories. Meanwhile, Cierro kept running circles around the Segundo like Ichigo had done to Byakuya when he’d first attained bankai. He hadn’t expected to get the Segundo’s blood so early in the fight, but he was pleased that he had. That would definitely make the rest of their battle much easier for the Octavo.

“Tell me something, Octavo. Even released, you need that special item to even cut me. I have never used my strongest powers against you, even the sealed state ones. What makes you think that you can defeat me? If I were to release for example, you would become nothing more than a joke. Even less than a bug, which is what you are now,” said Kuroi as Cierro continued running circles around him. The eighth took note of the 2nd espada as he removed the upper half of his clothing. What was this? Cierro watched as black, smokey shapes seemed to surround him. Was this one of his abilities? Cierro would know in a few more moments, but for now, he needed to remain on his guard. The Octavo had learned not to overlook a single move that Kuroi did. His left hand dangled uselessly at his side as if it was almost limp. Was this him giving himself a handicap or was this the drawback to one of his abilities? Did it have anything to do with the strange raven-like objects that danced around him? Cierro’s head was abuzz with questions.

Either way, it was about time that Cierro answered his superior. No matter how much he hated Kuroi right now, he decided that he should at least respond. “Sounds to me like you’re making excuses! Does that cut on your chest bother you that badly that you’ve resorted to rationalizing? Get over yourself, you cocky bastard!” said the arrancar, raining insults down on the other espada. The espada needed a few more moments before Kuroi’s memories would be useable, so Cierro refrained from attacking and merely watched as Kuroi dropped his blade. Needless to say, the espada would be unable to aim at Cierro with much accuracy since he was zipping around Kuroi at unthinkable speeds. It was obvious to the eighth that Kuroi was charging something, and until he knew what it was, Cierro wasn’t about to attack. It was foolhardy to strike when an enemy was expecting you. Instead, Cierro merely waited for Kuroi to make the first move. The Octavo remained confident that he wouldn’t get hurt by whatever Kuroi had in store, because like the Segunda, Cierro had a few tricks in store too.

Remaining Reiatsu: 200
Resurreccion: 3/12

OOC: Continuing this thread, but Kuroi is doing a reset to become a Fullbringer. So all TP I get from this is going to "Human Kuroi" though he's an Arrancar here. I'm just resetting.