The Devil's Cut [Hokori vs. Zeig] Captaincy, NDE

The bakudo missed, as expected, and the blades clashed into eachother, canceling the kido out. This told Zieg that Hokori had, at least, some wit about him. It would of been disappointing if Hokori had been caught off guard by such a simple attack and maneuver. Zieg knew that getting behind him was not going to work, to expected, so he was no longer going to attempt such a maneuver directly with shunpo. Too easy to predict afterall and trivial. There was no excuse for Hokori to not avoid it unless he really was that inexperienced. Zieg simply stood there and waited, watching Hokori appear to his side, only shifting his eyes to look at him. The captain stayed where he was, his side facing the challenger as Hokori began speaking to him. Normally, in most cases, an opponent's words would not effect Zieg, that their actions would trigger a response from him.

However, Hokori had brought up quite the interesting emotion to try and set off Zieg: Pride. It was one of the driving forces he had been taught from the 11th division, something that was permanently embedded in his mind and soul. The word echoed in his mind several times as Hokori would see Zieg having a blank look on his face, his head tilted down a bit. With his head tilted the hat he was wearing would be covering his eyes, hiding any emotions in his eyes, Hokori would see a flat expression in his mouth. Uh oh, this was not good for the challenger at all. "You know, you're right. I am being quite hypocritical in using such a basic tactic. No more then, you ask, and you shall receive. However, it does now interest me, what is your name?" Zieg stated and inquired as he suddenly held his blade out to the side horizontally, his head snapping up and turned to the side as he locked eyes with the challenger, a fierce, chaotic look being produced from them. As he did this, while waiting for an answer by Hokori, the challenging shinigami would be met with quite an unnerving display.

His entire body was instantly consumed in a pillar of reiatsu, only his head being visible to the challenger. Torrents of wind would be produced from the pillar, whipping throughout the area 360 degrees. Any vegetation would be thrashing around violently, as well as the articles of clothing that both males were wearing. The pillar would then turn a shining white color, growing small and smaller as it condensed and formed around Zieg's body, his head still being exposed. Suddenly, the shining stopped and revealed Zieg to be wearing a suit of armor, gauntlets and leggings included. The armor was a deep sea blue colored and growing out of the back was a pair of wings, both having several spine-like flaps that have almost a skin-line covering. The center of the armor held what seemed to be a jeweled eye, its coloring being crimson red and sea blue. A majority of the armor seemed to be one pierce, with no openings besides the head being visible, Zieg still having his eyes locked onto Hokori and had not moved an inch. "Here I come." Zieg suddenly growled as the wings on his back suddenly would spread and, with one single flap, Zieg vanished from Hokori's sight, Zieg's hat being left drifting down to the ground because of the wing movements.

It occurred in less then half a second, Zieg appearing and reappearing out of the shunpo with his brand new speed. He would appear side by side to the male, only a couple of feet away, as his non sword arm out lashing out and threatened to smash into the arm of Hokori. It occurred so suddenly, at such inhuman speeds, that Hokori's senses and reactions would be impossible to keep up. He just did not have the speed and reaction time to do any kind of dodging maneuver and blocking was out of the question. The armor Zieg wore did not weigh a single pound, meaning that the speed boost he just received was not slowed down at all by the armor. It was just impossible for Hokori to both react and respond, that was simply how fast Zieg had been in his shunpo execution. Upon contact with Hokori's arm, the challenger would feel the bone in his arm snap and break from the force of the punch. Along with this, the punch would send Hokori flying to the send, skidding and rolling across the ground from the strength of it. What was this, how had Zieg become so strong and fast in a matter of seconds? The armor was the reasoning for this, buffing his physical stats to an incredible degree. What was Hokori going to do if he couldn't keep up with Zieg and react to his attacks?


Shunpo Speed: 8000
New Strength: 475
New Speed: 800

Reiatsu: 1725/3500

There was a major defect that Hokori had with his entire plan, one that stood out above any other problems Hokori had with his plan. Sure, Hokori had the speed to match Zieg and had the shunpo speed to outlast him, only with using Way could Zieg possibly match Hokori's shunpo and that would cost too much reiatsu. No, Hokori had Zieg beat in shunpo aspect and clearly matched him in speed, while Zieg was favored in power, reaction and sensory. This is part of what it came down to Hokori's attack being unsuccessful. But how could that be, what was the flaw that would be the nail in the plan's coffin? It was quite simple: the hado. Zieg had not take his eyes off of the male while he was activating his shinra armor and he noticed Hokori's reaction, seeming quite surprised by his power. Along with this, Zieg also noticed Hokori murmuring something and saw a distinct glow coming from his hand. With his animistic senses, he could see what it was: a charged orb of reiatsu on the tip of his finger. Well gee, it was quite obvious that the kido was byakurai. Hokori had used it earlier and it had failed, so why would he use it again?

Zieg was confident in the armor, perhaps too confident but was confident never the less. He had developed it so it was improbable to simply destroy and he knew the strength of byakurai, it was a weak technique that was really only good for its speed and piercing power against flesh. Unless Hokori had increased his reiatsu strength by a drastic amount, byakurai was not going to pierce the armor and kill Zieg no matter how much he would love to do so. Of course, if Zieg had been wrong, then he would be done for and he was assuming there was no power increase in reiatsu because he did not feel feel Hokori's reiatsu match his own, meaning there was still a gap in their power. So what was it, what had Hokori done exactly? Zieg would not know. What he could do, though, was take measures in guarding himself against whatever Hokori had in plan. Unknowingly to Hokori though, Zieg had the perfect counter measure against the hado, as well as a perfect follow up attack. Hokori wanted a battle of speed and power? Well that was what he was going to receive.

With the drop in reiatsu and the hado clearly charged, this told Zieg a few things before his shinra armor finished. Hokori obviously had something planned, something to counter whatever Zieg was doing. Zieg put himself in that situation, knowing he would be planning something if he saw what Zieg doing. It would make him panic and pull out whatever aces in the holes he had stashed up his sleeves, at least, that is what Zieg would be doing in this situation if Hokori was Zieg and vis versa. He assumed Hokori was going to counter him and Zieg knew what his target would be: his head. That was clearly the number one weakness of the armor, that it exposed his head entirely. Zieg had developed the technique like this so he still retained his vision completely and could see what was going on around him 100% of the time. Zieg, however, had taken into account that it was the most vulnerable area in the form and he needed a defense against anything that would threaten his head. Fortunately enough, Zieg had that defense and Hokori would know nothing about it.

Hokori overreacted, quickly charging the kido without thinking straight. If he had hid the hado behind his back while charging it, bam, then Zieg would not have known about the hado and it might have been successful. However, Zieg had still been fixated on Hokori and noticed the drastic reiatsu drop and the hado clear as day charging. What did he do that had cost him so much reiatsu at once? Something was not right and Zieg's instincts told him something was up. So, right before Zieg initiated his shunpo, he activated the secret, dome shaped, helmet of the armor, it snapping forward and latching instantly at a stat speed of 800 in mid shunpo. Zieg already knew where Hokori was and where he was going to shunpo to, so he didn't need his sight to execute the maneuver. By the time he appeared out of the shunpo, the helmet was securely enclosing his entire head and blocking his vision. This did not delay his punching maneuver, which was a simple jab to the side. The power behind it might have FELT like it would of been a haymaker, as Hokori assumed it to be, but Zieg had not thrown his entire body with it. He had simply lashed his arm out to the side with a straight punch and Zieg felt his punch near Hokori, feeling his knuckles brush against his clothing. He thought he had him but no, his fist continued on as he felt nothing there. Zieg assumed what had happened: Hokori had used shunpo to get out of the way. He knew that he himself had to use shunpo to outlast opponents with a speed advantage, through his battle learning and experience.

And what was stopping Hokori from worrying about the helmet? It was the jab of course. Hokori had to focus on avoiding that or else the punch was going to land and Hokori was going to be minus a useable arm. Hokori just did not have the processing speed to first see the punch, see the helmet and react to both. The most threatening and important part of Zieg, at that point, was the punch and that was a fact. So, Hokori had used shunpo to avoid the technique, trying to outlast him with speed. Zieg was not going to stand for that, and Hokori was going to find out the power that Zieg now wielded. Zieg instantly dropped his blade as he felt his punch missed and he prepared his next attack, both his arms glowing a bright, sea blue color. Hokori executed his new powered up shunpo and that, indeed, was successful in a certain aspect. Indeed, he used the powered up shunpo and the shockwave was executed, nailing the armor that Zieg wore. But there was a problem now that Hokori would not be aware of until he appeared and fired the kido without hesitation. It was the helmet. As the shockwave had acted like a powerful stun grenade, the armor acted like a very condensed blast shield. The shockwave would nail Zieg's outer layered defense and it had to pass through it to effect Zieg, that was how sound worked.

It was simple: the shockwave was weakened by quite a large amount when it hit the shinra armor that Zieg was wearing. The armor still had molecules in it, lots of molecules being made up of the amount reiatsu having formed it, and the energy would be dissipated while it passed through the armor. It weakened the shockwave severely, to the point where it barley did anything to Zieg himself. He would only receive a very slight ringing sound in his ears and he saw, maybe, a spot or two. It was not enough to disorientate him and his helmet had saved him from being stunned. What did this mean exactly though, was it going to matter? Zieg could not see Hokori, nor could he really hear him. So what was he going to do? It was simple actually, Hokori would be giving himself away when he reappeared and shot the hado right dead infront of Zieg, being only a few feet. The hado was another bane of Hokori's. Zieg, not only sensing the charged hado with his energy sensory, but would hear the crack of the hado as he shot and felt it quite instantly nail Zieg's helmet right in the forehead. That cheeky bastard, he tried to kill Zieg! If Hokori wanted a deathmatch, he was now going to get one as he got an instantaneous response from Zieg.

The hado would be completely and utterly stopped by Zieg's helmet easily and right as it made contact, the attack was initiated. Similar to what Hokori had tried to do, Zieg's attack was instant. All it took was the very first millisecond of Zieg moving his sword arm forward when the technique activate while the wings on his back gave a blinding fast flap, automatically propelling him forward and in melee range of the male. Similar to the speed boost Hokori had just received, Zieg had activated a speed boost of his own. It was how the technique was, as soon as Zieg engaged in the punching forward motion, the speed boost engaged. An instantaneous speed boost that was impossible to notice in time. The light produced by the hado being stopped dead infront of him would be like a flash bang exploding infront of his face. Now THAT had a blinding effect that Hokori had no way of blocking, he didn't have a helmet and he was not fast enough to shield his eyes. He could try and dodge but he had just came out of shunpo. The attack had zero build up to it, along with the speed because of Zieg's wings. The flap of the wings instantly propelled him to be moving at a stat speed of 800 and Zieg was capable of mentally and physically maneuvering at such a velocity. The attack was actually very simple, it was a punch. However, it was not an ordinary punch, the punch came forward with two properties with it. One, it would be able to strike with a burning effect, and two, the punch came forward at a stat speed of 4000! Hokori had given himself away and he was going to pay for it.

Zieg had drastically increase the speed of his attack and was upon Hokori way before he could react. All Hokori would see was his attack nail Zieg's helmet and Zieg already being infront of him and striking him in the chest. The speed was just too quick, inhuman infact, not even Zieg himself could dodge an attack like that. Hokori had been right earlier Zieg COULDN'T dodge that attack and he sure as hell couldn't block it if he had tried to block in the moment. The same situation applied to Hokori but worst. He was blinded by his own hado, no doubt shocking him that such a thing happened, and Zieg was just too fast with the attack. It was IMPOSSIBLE for him to react, seeing as he just avoided an attack, and the punch was doomed to hit him. Instantly came another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another, and another... Both Zieg's fists were striking Hokori like lightning and the effect was similar to lightning. This ALL happened lightning fast, and the result was quite jaw dropping. He basically made Hokori Sir Henry Giantholeinthetorso Wickenshire, burning a giant hole into his torso with 100 punches in barley a second. This was his Fist of Shinra technique, a technique used primary to counter against harden and tough defenses of an opponent, as well as just an overall devastating attack. None of Hokori's defenses could stop it, not even the drills, Zieg's reiatsu strength powered everything about the attack and his was still stronger then
Hokori's.
Armor of Shinra: 2/10
Attack Speed: 4000
Reiatsu: 1325/3500

Time Constraints are back on, Zieg Revolver has until 12:00 a.m. on 1/10/2013 to make a Post otherwise he forfeits the match.

So, here's the deal. Jason and I have decided due to canon events to call this match itself a draw, but Hokori gets the captaincy. So divy the bets accordingly.