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Post by Kyousei Kitso on Jan 25, 2013 16:03:56 GMT -5
This is Kyousei's first battle on this site yay, this is going to be against Myza, this is going to be NDE of course.
Myza has been found in enemy territory, no one knows why hse is in rukongai (probably to terrorize innocent souls). Usually someone stronger would be sent there but since this place is pretty far from the main seretei and Kyousei just happened to be there so he is going to hold her up.
There are no special conditions for this match. This match ends when someone either surrenders, dies or KOs. There is only a few buildings and houses in the battle field at this time, there is only a light breeze and it is pretty sunny. First post goes to Myza.
Last Edit: Jan 26, 2013 8:18:35 GMT -5 by Kyousei Kitso
Post by Myzaraphiston Synderfell on Jan 26, 2013 15:25:14 GMT -5
Not every time Myza came to the Soul Society involved blood and fire and death. Hell, they usually didn't unless a Shinigami stuck their nose into her business. This was one of those cases where she wasn't terrorizing people, wasn't burning down villages, wasn't gathering test subjects for her torturous experiments. No, she was simply shaming the Soul Society by coming here to do a simple, relaxing activity: Reading. Namely, lying against a tree, and reading up on her Machiavelli. It was hard to get enough light sometimes in Hueco Mundo, and really, it was nice to get some sunlight on her skin.
Anyone who came across her would see an admittedly beautiful woman dressed in a skin-tight white outfit. She was sitting against a tree, her eyes quickly going through the text of the book she had. Her Zanpaktuo was in its usual position around her waist, the hooked and barbed chain obviously dangerous. The only thing ruining the picture was Myza's "snack". She had dragged along one of her broken test subjects, a girl that was about 15 in appearance. The poor girl was still alive, and would whimper slightly when Myza shaved off a little piece of her skin with her hook, only to open up her mask slightly to eat it. Yes, this was the perfect relaxation time for Myza.
Post by Kyousei Kitso on Jan 27, 2013 9:58:23 GMT -5
Just when he thought it would be a peaceful day, no training, no orders from the captain or the gotei thirteen but unfortunately that was not going to be the case today. He had never heard of Arrancar showing up in ruknogai but that was what happened. Someone had someone who seemed to have a hollow mask on their face and within ten minutes they called the highest ranking and closest person to the scene. Usually someone from squad 3 would be sent to deal with this but Kyosei was the closest so it would seem it would be him going to find this Arrancar.
It wasn't very hard to find the arrancar, she was the only one with a broken hollow mask very tight white outfit as opposed to the usual normal souls who wore loose fitting clothes and DIDN'T have funny masks on them. When Kyosei saw her it was hard to believe she was some evil hollow who ate souls. His jaw dropped at the sight of her, he could feel some trickles of drool on the corner of his mouth. Kyosei quickly wiped his mouth and continued forward. Just when I was starting to think all arrancars were heartless, ugly fuckers. He thought to himself. The light breeze whipped his hair across his head.
As the shinigami got loser he realized that she was holding something, it was a book. He realized that she was reading some sort of book that he didn't recognize. What a nerd He thought to himself. He saw a girl next to the arrancar girl though. She was shivering, she looked like she had been starved, tortured and beaten to near death. Suddenly Kyosei realized who he was dealing with, it was someone truly heartless, now it was time to get serious with this girl. Kyosei jumped high and landed on a nearby tree near her.
"Hey look, I know you're an arrancar, you don't seem to be doign anything wrong so could you just please let that poor innocent soul go and leave this place or this probbaly won't end well for one of us!" Kyosei shouted in his South London accent.
Post by Myzaraphiston Synderfell on Jan 27, 2013 18:27:36 GMT -5
Myza had already been aware of the approaching Shinigami, thanks to his above-average spiritual energy. However, the arrancar didn't even bother to look his direction when he first arrived, merely letting him have his first little speech. She slightly bent the corner of the page she was on in the book when he finished, sighing in the manner that someone being bothered by a particularly persistent child would. The Los Noches torture expert would then gently make the girl she had brought with her take the book, standing up and stretching. Kyousei would see that Myzaraphiston was taller than him, and would catch his first glimpse of her Hollow Hole, which was located in the pelvic area.
She would slowly turn to face the Shinigami after this, the wide grin of her mask concealing most of her face. Despite this, however, there was still a look of boredom there, an overall dis-interest that most people weren't able to really pull off. She rolled her eyes some at the Shinigami as she unwound her chain from herself. "And yet another Shinigami. I can understand the other occasions, considering the destroyed villages and all. But all I'm doing now is enjoying the sunlight, and reading." She spoke in a ditzy, air-headed voice that would seem like it should come from a nubile young woman who "just wanted to stay in the bed with you for one night". She shook her head some after saying this, causing her hair to sway side to side gently. "And why are you Shinigami so polite about asking me to leave all the time now? Just four years ago, none of you even hesitated to try and cut me down, or blast me with Kido, or anything else." The Arrancar let go of her chain with one hand, lifting up one of her breasts with it. "It's because I have these things again, isn't it? Now that's just rude."
Post by Kyousei Kitso on Jan 28, 2013 14:14:11 GMT -5
As soon as she stood up to reveal her hollow hole all of the 'thoughts' Kyosei had about her were gone, seeing the mask and hole wiped away all those emotions and made him realize. He was looking at a holloe, one of the foulest creatures of all time, he should not be thinking about her breast at a time like this. this was an arrancar, the most dangerous and foulest creature of all, not a normal shinigami or human, he could not afford to be distracted.
"And why are you Shinigami so polite about asking me to leave all the time now? Just four years ago, none of you even hesitated to try and cut me down, or blast me with Kido, or anything else." She said. Kyosei shrugged his shoulders. "It's because I have these things again, isn't it? Now that's just rude." Kyosei slapped his palm with his face and chuckled whole heatedly.
Kyosei took a loud yawn before speaking. "I am simply not one to resort to violence so quickly, don't get e wrong, I hate arrancars but there is so much more to a woman than tits, personally I've been more into whats behind than up front," Kyosei said as he sniggered lightly, it was always good to throw in a joke sometime, it made things less tense. "I'm not one to rush into battle either, don't get me wrong I love battle but not for the thrill of it, more for what it can show about a person, someone's limits or their emotions, there is so much more to a battle than most people realize, especially hollows and arrancar," Kyosei said and with those words he was gone, literally gone in a flash.
Within a few steps Kyosei was behind the arrancar, he was scared of injuring the poor girl if he used too much power into his kido so he knew he would have to scale down his attacks until he could get the girl to leave the damn battle field. Hado number 4 byakurai!" Kyosei screamed as he fired his white lightning at the arrancar. He wasn't going to sopt there."Hado number 1 sho!" Kyosei shouted as he pushed the girl from her spot, this would sent her back a few feet and then he could concentrate on fighting. "My name is Kyosei Kitso by the way, not that it'll do you any good knowing my name since I'll have to kill you!" Kyosei said darkly.
Reiatsu: 2400-50-25-25=2300
Last Edit: Jan 28, 2013 14:15:15 GMT -5 by Kyousei Kitso
Post by Myzaraphiston Synderfell on Jan 29, 2013 15:32:07 GMT -5
Myza wasn't really listening to the other man, having been through this situation with Shinigami many times before. Barring the man from her assault on the Squad 4 Barracks, every Shinigami quickly went from polite talking to trying to destroy her in some way, so naturally, this was going to go the same way. As such, Myza was going to start preparing for her upcoming trial now. She focused her will to bring her Pesquis into existence, the additional sense enabling her to keep perfect tabs on her opponent. While she was doing that, she would give the man's uniform a slight glance, catching sight of his Vice-Captain's emblem, complete with the squad number. She snorted some seeing this, which coincidentally matched with about the time he ended his speech.
Then, Kyousei began his assault. Myza felt the Shinigami's spiritual signature move directly behind her, prompting a slight mental sigh from the woman. It was yet another one of those fast individuals who tried to use the surprise movement thing to their advantage. One day, they'd discover that this particular tactic against a member of the Chosen People never was a good idea. Until then, Myza would continue to add stupidity to their list of crimes for her trial. When Kyousei began to turn around to face her after his Shunpo, screaming out the beginning of his Hado incantation, he would be forced to react almost immediately to a blast of dark-green energy that was hurtling towards him at lightning speed.
What had happened was simple. As soon as she felt Kyousei settle into his position, she knew he'd have to turn around to face her. Every Shinigami she had ever fought, no matter how skilled they were at Kido, had to aim somehow, generally with their hands. Arrancar were sometimes similarly limited in firing their own Cero or Bala, but Myza was not amongst their number. She had been using the techniques for centuries now, and knew all of her focus points inside and out. So she was simply using one of the less common areas; namely her Hollow Hole. She had simply charged up a Bala, a process that had taken hardly any time thanks to her experience in using the technique, and fired it. If the Bala hit him, it wouldn't necessarily kill him. However, it would almost certainly harm him greatly, removing part of his robe and scorching his flesh. What's more, it would interrupt his casting, whether or not he dodged.
Regardless of Kyousei's dodging success, Kyousei would be able to notice that she hadn't even moved to take a stance to fire the attack, and was now swinging her chain in her hand, readying it for combat. "Thank you so much. Here I was, just enjoying a nice, relaxing day in the sun, and you had to come ruin it for me by attempting to attack me." Myzaraphiston's voice had not changed from its ditzy tone from earlier, though there seemed to be the slightest hint of annoyance in her voice. "Now, I'm going to say this once: Leave now, or I will be forced to put you on trial for attempted murder of a member of the Chosen people and stupidity. Your charges will continue to escalate during the trial if you resist, or attempt to bring forth lethal force. Maximum punishment will be second to third degree burns over 50% of your body, followed by lacerations to the face, chest, and thighs, and then finished off by violation in an orifice of my choosing. If you intend to continue your actions, first give me your name for my records before the trial begins." Throughout this entire speech, the Arrancar wouldn't even turn around, instead continuing to stand the exact same way as she had before.
Post by Kyousei Kitso on Jan 31, 2013 12:32:38 GMT -5
It hurt.He hadn't expected her to react so quick, the burns weren't really that bad. They were nothing compared to what other things he had experienced before he became a vice-captain. I shouldn't have been so hasty! Kyosei thought to himself as he leapt away. His robes were messed up now. Parts of it had been burned off exposing a part of his chest and exposing more of the scary he had on his chest. "Damn it I'm gonna have to pay for a new one later!" Kyosei growled as landed on his feet. It would seem I'm against someone who I had underestimated earlier, I should probably not be as hasty from now on![/color] Kyosei thought to himself as he drew his zanpakuto quickly and got into a fighting stance.
"Now, I'm going to say this once: Leave now, or I will be forced to put you on trial for attempted murder of a member of the Chosen people and stupidity. Your charges will continue to escalate during the trial if you resist, or attempt to bring forth lethal force. Maximum punishment will be second to third degree burns over 50% of your body, followed by lacerations to the face, chest, and thighs, and then finished off by violation in an orifice of my choosing. If you intend to continue your actions, first give me your name for my records before the trial begins." It took Kyosei a few moments to untangle the words that were being spoken right now. The very way she was talking wanted to make Kyosei burst out laughing. He didn't, infact he thought it sounded kind of stupid the way she was tlaking, as if she was a judge, like the ultimate god of life. By chosen people she probably meant arrancar.
Kyosei chuckled slightly and lifted his middle finger. ""Fuck you and your trial, I'll attack you dirty arrancar if I want, the only reason you guys are as you are now is because he can somehow gain Shinigami like powers in some kind of messed up way, well you guys aren't the so called 'chosen people'!" Kyosei said. Kyosei then lifted his katana and pointed it at her, he loved the way it felt in his hands, the blue hilt was like an extension of his arm. "Unless of course you mean chosen for complete obliteration," Kyosei said as he smiled. He was actually trying to make her angry.
Kyosei brushed a severed piece of his robes off him. "Damn my robes are pretty messed up, I guess I can't sew it back together because you burnt it damn it!" Kyosei said. His body was still hurt form the slight burns. His right arm stung the most, hopefully it would stop hurting as the battle continued it would seem this fight was going to need two hands. Kyosei then used shunpo to appear a few more feet away from the arrancar.
"Bakudo number nine Geki!" Kyosei yelled as he pointed his palm at the arrancar, since she didn't seem to be paying attention to him she would probably be bound, unless she was now paying full attention to him now since he had greatly insulted her. Weather or not the attack hit it was a distraction. "Hado number 31 shakkaho!" Kyosei screamed, if she was binded she would be hit but if she dodged the other binding spell she should be caught off guard by the kido assault even if she did sense it.
Post by Myzaraphiston Synderfell on Feb 3, 2013 18:34:27 GMT -5
There were some slight signs of what was coming after Kyousei tried to prod Myza's anger. A slight stiffening in posture, the sudden intake of breath on her part, and the sudden intensification of her spiritual energy were all hinting at the success of his strategy. And that was all the warning he got before she roared into activity, turning to face the Shinigami in his new position. "I will rip out your entrails and feast upon them while you still live, Shinigami!" There was no annoyance in her voice this time, no calm rationality. There was only fury, the kind that only a fanatic could bring to bear when their beliefs were challenged.
He was drawing the symbols for his Geki in the air as Myza charged forwards towards him, her steps beginning to quickly close the physical gap between them. When she was within eight feet, she swung her chain at the Soul Reaper in a downward sweeping arc... And was captured by the Bakudo, bound in place. However, while it stopped her, it did not stop the motion of her chain, which was still coming in towards the Shinigami's upper torso, which would almost certainly force him to dodge the vicious hook on the end of the Zanpakuto.
In turn, that would slightly delay his casting of his offensive Kido, giving Myza enough time to shake off the low-powered binding effect. Her response to the man's second Kido was simple: Dodge it. There was the sound of static in the air, and Myza would be standing next to Kyousei, having had ample speed to avoid the red energy thanks to her Sonido. Her mask would open up then, the same dark green energy from before hurtling out from it at blazing speeds, coming towards his left arm. If the Bala hit, both of his arms would be burned quite a bit, inhibiting their ability to do anything in this fight.
Kyosei had to quickly shift to the left to avoid her deadly chain, luckily due to his speed and instinct he was able to avoid her attack just barely. Kyosei had to allow his pure instinct to take over when she used sonido to dodge the attack. He knew she would counter attack. Within seconds he knew he would have to flash step. In fact it wasn't very hard due to Myza's slow speed so he had plenty of thinking time and reaction time. Within seconds Kyosei was a few meters away from where he was previously standing and he saw the burst of green energy simply explode past his empty spot. Kyosei sighed and tutted slightly at her rage. Kyosei was actually tempted to release. it felt weird releasing so early in a fight though. But there was no point in releasing when there was no point.
"Kyosei you know if you release wait to release until too late you might be dead by the time you really should be releasing!" One of the twins said. Kyosei knew she had a point there, he needed to end this fight quickly, if he didn't he could end up dead or worse she might escape, he was not going to let that happen, she came onto his home land. "Alright I figured I don't have enough time to be screwing around against you so I should wrap this up quick! Kyosei said with a slight hint of coldness in his voice.
Kyosei then took his zanpakuto and turned it on his side in his hands. He then put his palm on the right side as he recited his words. "Now collapse and rise Tsuin Tsuname!" Kyosei screamed. Now his reiatsu was started to pour, even Myza with her energy sensory would start to feel this. His reiatsu would feel like a giant tidal wave crushing and drowning her. His sword was beginning to vibrate and turn blue, it then doubled into two swords. By the end of this he was holding two swords, Tsiun Tsuname; each sword as powerful as the next. "I hope you're ready for my power, because this power far surpasses the power of your so called 'chosen people'!" Kyosei said. Kyosei then sheathed his right sword, he owuld need his left sword the most.
With that Kyosei used shunpo to appear to the left of Myza again. "Hado number 33 Sokatsui!" Kyosei screamed. He fired the giant kido. Due to his high reiatsu strength the kido would be huge, it would be like a giant wave. It would be tough for her to dodge with her lower speed even if she did sense it.
Post by Myzaraphiston Synderfell on Feb 9, 2013 18:24:55 GMT -5
Myza had managed to calm herself down some by this point, having spent part of her fury in her assault against the Shinigami. Now that she was thinking a bit more rationally, she was able to come up with a new plan, one that the Shinigami would definitely have trouble with. She turned to face him as he released, feeling the energy of the Shikai wash over her. She glanced up and down at him quickly, then lashed out to the side with an arcing ten-foot portion of her chain, where it would be at roughly Kyousei's stomach-level, right below the ribs.
"Hado Number 33-" That would be as far as Kyousei would be able to get in his casting before Myza made her move. In her natural state of movement, Myza was indeed slower than most Shinigami. However, with her use of Sonido, she became much quicker, getting almost 10 times as fast as Kyousei was naturally. The only indicator he'd get was when she disappeared from his line of sight, and the sound of her Sonido ending behind him. And that was all the movement Myza was going to do in this point in time. But that was enough.
Myza had used her stepping technique to move by Kyousei at a good distance, roughly 6 feet away from him. However, that meant that the chain still extended past him as she used her high-speed movement, and impact him as she moved. Had this been a normal chain, it merely would have knocked him down. However, this was not a normal chain. This was a chain covered in vicious metal barbs, and ending in a foot long serrated hook. The overall effect it would have on him if it connected would be like a chainsaw was taken to his stomach and attempted to cut him in half. What's worse, he wouldn't see it coming. His senses and Instinct just weren't enough to keep up with Sonido like that, nor did he have the capability to analyze Myza's battle style to pre-empt the Sonido. Unless he had some other way to counter this latest assualt, the Vice-Captain was doomed.
Post by Kyousei Kitso on Feb 15, 2013 19:33:49 GMT -5
Kyousei stopped his chant as soon as Myza threw her chain at him. Kyousei knew that chains where bad, they hurt, they could probbaly kill when thrown with enough force. She used sonido and then Kyousei heard the static sound she made. Kyousei realized that he was in trouble now. If the chain hit it could kill him, he didn't notice the barbs that linned the chain but he still knew that the chain could not him to the ground or wrap around his waist so he couldn't move.
Hado number one sho! Kyousei mentally cast. He aimed his two fingers at the chain that threatened to tear him in half.He didn't have the time to actually bother to speak while using his kido. The good thing about sho was that it was quick, it was no charge time and basically it's effects where used as soon as you used reiatsu if the sonido’s momentum had been kept then the Vice captain would’ve been in trouble. Step techniques didn’t keep much momentum when used.The chain was repelled instantly. It was repelled a few feet so it would simply cut through a tree or something, not cut through Kyousei stomach.
Kyousei then remembered where the static sound had come from, he knew arrancars must've had a flash step of some kind but it didn't seem as stealthy as he hoped, he spun around and there was Myza. Kyousei didn't even bother to register what she was saying, he needed to start using his water abilities and in order to do that he would need to absorb some kind of reiatsu. Kyousei quickly ran so he wasn't facing directly at the arrancar, he needed of course to be out of the way in case she decided to throw the chain again, or pull it back so it severed him form behind.
Still moving and staying on alert Kyousei know what he had to do. Kyousei stopped. He was now a few feet away from Myza ,a few trees seperated them as he had run backwards a little bit as well. The trees served as barriers and when they broke he would know she was coming at him. "Hado number thirty one shakkaho!" Kyousei screamed as he fired the red fireball from his right palm. Myza would think the kido was aimed at her but it wasn't. Kyousei then used shunpo in order to appear in front of the red ball. Kyousei's left blade absorbed the attack quickly and cleanly.
Kyousei drew his right blade, now his zanpakuto had absorbed some reiatsu, even though it was from his own kido it was enough to give his zanpakuto some reiatsu to turn into water, that little bit of reiatsu now was turned into water in his right blade. Water began gushing out of the right blade. "Alright arrancar, prepare to meet a very terrifying death!" Kyousei said. The water he was producing was endless. Within a few seconds there was tonnes of water, combined with his reiatsu it was all enough to easily crush his opponent like a can.He was now manipulating it and more and more water was being streamed out of the blade. Kyousei simply raised his right blade slightly and a tonnes of water in the form of a tidal wave it came rushing at the arrancar. If this hit Myza would simply be crushed, as easily as it took to crush a can. The water was very fast in top of that, this would make it verry difficult to dodge.
kyousei kept some water circling him, by the off chance she evaded the tidal wave of water he would still have some defence. Kyousei was now clutching both blades, why use kido when he had the very thing that killed him at his command? Kyousei then followed of on the tidal wave that was ging to crush Myza. Kyousei then followed the wave. While she was distracted Kyousei used shunpo to appear behind her, now only a few meters seperated the pair.
Kyousei then released another large torrent of water. This would sweep Myza in it and crush her between the two waves of water, if only one got her she would still be crushed. The second one was simply a precaution. Although she had energy sensory it would be difficult to react in time as all it took was a simple slashing movement and Kyousei was a lot quicker than she was.
Post by Myzaraphiston Synderfell on Feb 21, 2013 23:33:08 GMT -5
Even Myza had to admit that the Shinigami had a nice bit of tactical thinking there. The Kido had deflected the chain, making the hook dig into a tree. And then the weapon tore through it like it was only so much paper. Or his Captain's Bankai. That was an obvious sign to him that it would have killed him if it had hit. His quick thinking had saved his life.
However, he wouldn't get long to appreciate this fact as he was running away. Myza sighed as she felt him move away, then began swinging her chain once again. She slowly began to walk in the direction of the other man, taking her time to walk in that direction. This really was starting to become a tedious trial. The man was by far the dullest Shinigami she had fought. He had no flair, no panche. Granted, it wasn't exactly good to see that in some of the others, such as that despicable one from the Land of the Living. But it still at least kept the trials interesting. This one was just becoming a slow exchange of energy. Granted, her fight at the Squad 4 barracks had been like that too. But that had been... Interesting. That man had been interesting, quite interesting.
Before her thoughts began to drag too much towards the Squad 4 Vice-Captain, however, she felt the Shinigami's reiatsu fluctuate somewhat, and heard the incantation for a Kido. She saw a red sphere of energy headed her way, and had a knee-jerk reaction to counter it. Dark green energy quickly gathered up and fired out from her Hollow hole. It was a Cero, one weaker than the normal variety. Between Myza's mastery of the technique and the lower energy requirement, it was able to be charged and fired quickly enough to be able to counter the Kido that was heading her way.
However, things took a bit of an unexpected turn for her there. The Shinigami... stepped in front of his own attack. Right into the path of her Cero. Her mask opened somewhat at that, her jaw dropping in disbelief. Dodging the attack would be next to impossible for him, since he had stepped directly in front of it. He'd have almost no time to block it. And if it hit him, it would almost certainly do damage, and interrupt his attack flow. He'd stepped directly into a huge problem, and now, he'd be hard pressed to get out of it.
Post by Kyousei Kitso on Jun 9, 2013 18:45:55 GMT -5
As soon as Kyousei saw the cero he knew he had lost. He had done something pretty dumb and he had paid for it. He had tried to do it against Kubi and it had worked but this was an arrancar! He had taken a risk and it backfired, well that sucked, once again he failed to defend his home. He couldn’t keep doing this, he had to find a way to escape but he simply couldn’t, he couldn’t react, he was screwed. Cero was such a strong technique and it was quick, no one could react to that or take the full brunt of it and expect to live. “Shit...” Kyousei murmured as he closed his eyes, he got ready for the burn, for the impact.
It came, it was painful just downright burn. He didn’t scream however, he would never scream in death, he would die a person, he wouldn’t give his killer the satisfaction of screaming, showing that he was inferior, showing that they owned him. He would simply die and take his death like a man, he wouldn’t scream. He wouldn’t show weakness at a time like this. He simply grunted and bit his tongue, it was as if a red light had washed over him, the burns biting into his flesh and skin, like a pack of dogs tearing him to shreds.
In his dying state it was as if he could see a red angle, he was hallucinating from the pain. A red angel, he couldn’t see its face, was it singing? It sounded more like the roar of the cero, it was like singing however, soothing singing, the roar of the cero bringing him closer to death. He could actually feel it roaring in his ears, but it felt calming at the same time. What was going on? What was it saying? He would never know. When the cero was finished he was left on the floor, most of his skin was blackened and his clothes charred. He would never know what it said. He would never know. He simply coughed as he allowed the darkness to swallow him.