A Date with Destiny

[Iwamichi Saeke]

Iwa silently curses as Vannan dodges both of her air strikes. She is getting really annoyed, not being able to hit him. A slippery little worm. She was going to have to do much stronger attacks, but what? She stops mometnarily to watch his movements after dodging her first attacks; she could sense a counter coming. He quickly dashes behind a car and fires three arrows right at her. So he finally decides to attack... Iwa figured that he would eventually try something. His life was too important to him to just keep running the whole time. Iwa feels no real sense of fear from the arrows flying at her. She knows what to do.

Iwa jumps back and summons a great wall of earth from the earth to rise up in front of her. With her speed and instinct, she could make it in time for the arrows to collide with the wall. What she didn't expect was the ensuing explosion. It looks like they aren't normal arrows. I have to be careful and plan things better. Or else I'll be the one out cold on the street. [/i] The explosion scatters the rock and in all directions. Iwa controls the flying debris so they don't hit her and sends some of the excess flying back at Vannan. She didn't expect it to hurt, but she did expect it to confuse or divert his attention.

She quickly sees another arrow flying towards her right eye - how predictable. EVERYONE just HAS to aim for the big eye thing, right? I mean, that HAS to be her weakness. What idiots. As if it was that simple. She brings up another wall of earth in front of her and jumps back. Iwa is able to bring it up to eye level in time to block the final arrow. As long as this arrow didn't explode, it would not be able to do anything. She usually hated doing the same move over again though. With that finished, Iwa glares at Vannan once again.

She can feel her powers slowly begin to wane. She knew that couldn't happen, so she immediately refreshes them, so to speak. It costs her energy, but she needs to keep the attacks going or else this kid would never die. No, she shouldn't kill him...yet. With her power anew, she can keep up her pursuit. Seeing as the kid was hiding behind the car, she raises another piece of earth and smashes it into the car. Vannan was in real close proximity to it, so if he didn't react quick enough, it would slam right into him. This should open up another opportunity for Iwa. As soon as he makes a move away from the car, she sends another blast of air towards him. This time, she does a tornado kick to send the shock wave of pressure at him. He could probably dodge that just as easily, so she has another wall of earth fly at him wherever he lands.

After all this, he probably had more arrows for her. Whatever, she didn't mind. She would do whatever it took to bring him down and teach him a lesson. Iwa had to be ready for anything else he tried to do, however; he could be holding more up his sleeve. There was still a long way to go before Iwa would admit defeat. She never wanted to admit defeat, but if she was in a really bad situation, she wouldn't sugar coat anything. Iwa knew her limitations, and if she found herself to be lacking in something, she would admit that whether she liked to or not. But...there would be no defeat here, she was sure of it. She would make sure of it, if nothing else.

remaining Reiatsu: -100 for Enkosen, -200 for Bakkoto release: 2305 / 2930
Bakkoto Level 4: 1/3 (after re-release)
Life Force: 2930 / 2930

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Vannan sighed as his arrows were blocked and his attack didn't work because of her stone walls. It seemed as if she had the advantage in this fight and that meant if he wanted to win he would have to use that and hope it works or wait till she made a mistake and take advantage of that mistake, but given how she was it looked like that wasn't going to happen any time soon. He didn't want to use that though he disliked the way it made him look and feel and in this world it also meant that he couldn't use his arrows. It was a big gamble he could become a lot stronger at the cost of his only really effective way of attacking this girl, but given how this battle was going it might be the best option at the moment still he didn't want to use it yet she hadn't pushed him there yet, but she was getting close.

There was one way to talk about this fight it was annoying. This girl's powers were just becoming more and more annoying as the battle kept going on, so far it seemed as if she had total command over the air and the earth around her and in an area around her. Fuck me I just wanted to have some fun, but noooooo this chick wants to kill me. I hate this kind of long drawn out battle. There has to be a limit or a drawback to such a power right? I mean there's no way that I'm facing an all powerful anime character. Everyone has limits so what is her's?

Vannan didn't have to much more time to think as he saw another rock heading for him and at the car. Pushing against the curb of the street with his left foot he was able to jump out from behind the car landing in the middle of the street just avoiding being crushed in between the car and the wall of another building. He could hear the crunch of the metal as the car slammed into the wall there was no way to get around it that was meant to try to kill him and he was happy that he didn't end up dead against a wall just like his parents. Damn it why did I think about that right now? I don't have time to remember that right now if I want to live.

He wasn't an idiot he had a feeling that this wasn't the only thing she had in store for him, after all she always seemed to have a follow up attack. Turning his head he saw her jump in the air and twist around sending another blast of air at him. If anything this girl did have some amazing skills when it came to fighting. It was a shame that they got off to such a horrible start, she seemed to be very strong and flexible , he wondered for a moment about how flexible she actually was. It was for a brief second because the blast of air was heading right at him.

Vannan hated that he was right about her having something else in store for him. Still this would be easy enough to dodge just like the last one in fact most of her attacks seemed very straight forward. Taking a deep breath in he ran to the left away from the mostly crushed car and the blast of wind. It howled passed him on his right. Stopping to catch his breath keeping his eyes on Iwa, there it was another damn rock wall coming at him. What the hell was up with this girl and throwing walls of rocks at him? Enough was enough he was getting tired of seeing the same thing over and over again.

Vannan just simply used Hirenkyaku to get out of the way of the wall and stood in the middle of the street standing right in front of her holding his bow in his right hand. Undoing the bonds that held the reiatsu of his bow together it vanished. “Look um.... damn i'm just going to call you cutie,sorry I never got your name. Anyways lets just end this it's no fun to keep on fighting back and forth like this. I have to get back so it's your call we can either end this as it stand or we can use our final attack you can choose. Either way I'm done with this, besides my phone's battery is about to die so lets end this.”

(remaining reiatsu 2045/2500-50 for Hirenkyaku)

[Iwamichi Saeke]

Why couldn't the brat just stay still? Anything she threw at him was simply dodged. With minimum effort. It shouldn't be that easy: she was stronger than that! She had to be. The Quincy was getting on her nerves, and she needed to end this fight soon. Of course, she wasn't thinking of backing out. She had to prove to herself that she was stronger than him. From what she could judge of his powers, she should be winning. And yet... Well, maybe it was time to go all out and not hold back. Not that she was holding back before, but she would have to fight starting a little differently. Maybe she was being too cautious. Had she ever truly gone all-out against an enemy before?

Her pride was on the line here. He had insulted her as a person and as a fighter - no way she could turn away now. That might be her one downfall, but so what? As long as she knew that weakness and could control it... to some extent. Whatever. She had pride, everyone did, and now she was fighting for it. What could she do? She needed a good plan and an even stronger attack. That meant doing things she had never done before and finding new outlets for her powers. She didn't mind that though. Change was't necessarily a bad thing. In this case, it could only make her stronger. Maybe she should thank the boy for that.

He talked to her about ending the fight. He was a coward. Or, he just knew he couldn't win and decided to, once again, get out of it. He should have known what her choice would be. She was interested in seeing what his finishing move could do - this power that he wasn't showing her. Who would be victorious, beat their opponent? She wanted to leave him bleeding in the streets so bad. If not, it was back to a very rigorous regimen of training. A loss meant utter humiliation. Vannan had dissolved his bow for a moment: an action he might forget. He would probably have to pull out that power of his for sure.

Iwa jumped into the air and stood high above him. If he thought that she was taking his advice and leaving, then that would work to her advantage. At either rate, she was going to try something new. With all her strength, she raised the whole concrete street beneath them. It wasn't just a wall, more like a wave. She would send a tidal wave of earth and concrete towards him. He couldn't dodge that just by turning, it was too wide. A simple flash step probably wouldn't work either. It had a large range and could come crashing down on him. And, she could move it pretty fast. She would manipulate the air pressure around him once more so it would continue to crush him. Depending on his physical condition, she might just crush his lungs with the force of the pressure.

She was higher than him, which gave her some advantage. Whatever he did, if he sent more arrows or something, he would have to fire them up. She could easily see them and avoid them at that range and position. She believed she had enough speed and instinct to match him even if he did a fancy step technique. She wasn't sure how it would turn out, but it just might work if he was not prepared. No, there was a good chance that this would work. Iwa would send that wave upon him and crush him. Just to make sure, she sent a wall from behind to give him an extra shove in the right direction. Well, let me see your power. Whatever it is, I will CRUSH it.

Remaining Reiatsu: 2305 / 2930
Bakkoto Level 4: 2/3
Life Force: 2930 / 2930

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For a moment it looked like she was leaving and ending this battle that meant that he could go home happy and forget about tonight, but most importantly he could go and charge his phone. After all he was addicted to his phone and he couldn't even believe it himself that he hadn't checked it at all this entire battle it was so unlike him. Maybe it was because he couldn't risk himself being too distracted and absorbed by his phone to notice an on coming attack that could end his life instantly. Yea that was the reason Iwa wasn't someone he could play around with, not at his level of strength anyways.

Still as soon as he saw her above him he knew something was up. That was the perfect angle to come down at him for an attack and if it wasn't because she wanted to attack him then why would she stop there and not keep on moving to retreat? No it didn't make sense she was preparing for an attack the only question was, what was she going to do? He knew she could send walls of rocks at him and even toss air at him, but from that angle it would be too easy to dodge something that she threw.

He heard the rumble of the streets and knew that something was up he looked forward and saw it. It was another attack using the earth around him, but this time it was bigger, much bigger. Instead of a simple wall that he could just run away from or try to jump over this was a massive wave that towered over him and most of the buildings that were there. This was no simple attack this had to be her final move and her strongest attack. If not then he couldn't even imagine what else she could be possible of seeing as this seemed like a final resort attack. Still this massive wave was nothing to him.

So many things he could do to counter this attack and strike her down. He could use Eigenschaft and allow himself to shoot out fifty arrows at once to strike down the massive wave wall and weaken it allowing him to strike it down with his strength and break it down making it seem as if he was much much stronger than he was. It wouldn't be too hard to aim all the arrows at the wave seeing as it was such a large attack. There was only one major drawback to this plan it drained so much reiatsu and would leave him exhausted.

There was one other plan he had in mind that he could do to take down this wall and that was to use vollstandig and make himself a so called angel, but in reality it made him look like a monster. With vollstandig he could become much stronger and much faster he could become a totally different person if he did it. With that boost in strength he could destroy the wall with his fists or even out run it as he headed towards Iwa to strike her down. The only thing he didn't like about vollstandig is that in the world of the living it left him without the ability to fire off arrows so he would have to rely on his physical strength and his speed to win this fight if Iwa still wanted to fight.

He could always let this wave hit him and run him over hoping that he could live through it. It wasn't the best plan, but it would let Iwa think that she did beat him and maybe calm her down if they met another time. The only issue is if he could survive this attack and by the size of it, it seemed like it would kill him more likely than not. So this wasn't what he was going to do. No none of these things would end up being his next move.

Each of those moves only focused on the wave that was in front of him and not the person that was above him. Each of those moves would only canceled out the wave and not actually do any harm to Iwa , maybe some psychological damage from seeing her attack being easily taken down. No he wanted to leave a mark on her that she wouldn't forget that she had a chance to walk away with her head high and not taste defeat that could happen if his attack landed. If that happened then it was only her fault for not leaving when she had the chance. However Vannan wasn't so vain that he assumed that he would hit her he fully well knew that he could miss she could dodge leaving him open.

Looking up at Iwa he knew what he would do. Lifting his left foot up he stuck it up in the air vertical to his waist. He gathered the reiatsu around his foot allowing him to gain a footing in the air. Once he had that he forced the reiatsu around his foot to move forward causing him to glide on the reiatsu and towards Iwa. She had seen him do this before it was a skill that all quincies knew, it was Hirenkyaku. The quincy version of a shinigami's shunpo this wasn't just a carbon copy of that though Hiernakyaku was much stronger, because of a quincy's proficiency at manipulating reishi.

Vannan wasn't going to waste any time while he was moving during his first step. Mid step he gathered the reishi under his right foot to instantly use Hiernkyaku once more as soon as he stopped moving from his first step. His first step brought him almost all the way out from under the wave while his next one would put him passed Iwa in the air. To onlookers it would seem as if he vanished from where he stood and reappeared passed Iwa. However Vannan wouldn't just walk passed Iwa no his attack would be hidden by how fast he moved.

During his second step he extended out his left hand and formed a fist putting it to the side of him at chest level. As he moved straight passed Iwa on her left his hand was extended out to strike her in her stomach. This punch was his final strike on her to try to end this battle. It had the speed of his Hirenakyaku behind it as the striking force. This was a dangerous gamble to do for a few reasons. No matter what happened he would keep going passed Iwa so she could try to dodge this. However the real danger was that this attack would also hurt himself. The shock from striking something at the speed he was going at would make his hand useless to be used in combat, but if it did land he hoped that the force it's self would be more than enough to knock her out.

(remaining reiatsu 1945/2500-100for Hirenkyaku

[Iwamichi Saeke]

Iwa watched the boy closely as she sped her earth wave at him. He was thinking - she could see that. Only time would tell what he was actually going to do. Would he put on some massive display of power to try and intimidate her into backing down? Would he deal with her attack at the cost of energy and reiatsu? Would he start running again. Based on Iwa's analysis of him so far, he was certainly the type to retreat. But, if he was really being threatened, he would get serious. Maybe she still wasn't giving him enough to be serious about. That thought was frustrating. This move was definitely not her greatest move in any realm of the imagination, but it should be strong enough for this Quincy to feel some pressure.

Whether that was the case or not, Iwa knew this was not the end for her. She could keep going, invent new attacks and counterattacks. She was going to have to in order to bring him down. From high above him, everything felt so small and trivial in comparison. She could beat him. Iwa watched and waited. The boy started to summon his reiatsu around his feet, an obvious start to a step technique. But his foot was pulled over his head, which meant that the direction he was aiming for was up. So, instead of actually dealing with the wall, he was going to vault over it. And in the process, probably try to attack her. That wasn't a bad idea, but it wasn't a fail-safe method either. There were many options she could take here.

She watched him do one step, which got him about halfway between her and the ground. He was going to have to do another in order to reach her. That would give her all the time she needed for what she might do. As he emerged from his first step technique, Iwa took the earth that was formerly being used in a wave and converted it into a shield. It wrapped around her in a dense dome of earth. Although she couldn't see anything, it would be enough to cover her from an attack. The Quincy boy was too focused on his own move to slow himself down. He did another step move right after the first, so he wouldn't have time to see her defense and stop his momentum into his next attack. He would come at her with his fist outstretched and - hit a wall.

Judging by his physical state, Iwa thought he didn't have much strength. That's why he thought of combining speed from a step technique and a physical attack. Iwa could hear the loud thump against the earth as he hit it on his way past her. Hitting a dense wall of earth at that speed would probably crush the bones in his hand. He would be in terrible pain and he might be unable to use that hand for further combat. That would be very unfortunate for a Quincy. She wasn't too sure, but she thought that if one hand was injured, than summoning arrows would be a more painful and difficult process. That would come to her advantage in the future. Iwa emerged from the rock formation and saw Vannan just a little ways above her now. He would probably be holding that hand.

The rest of the earth below them had fallen back and returned to its normal place. Well, the street looked a little bumpier than usual, but she didn't really care. Now, she had the time to launch her own move. Condensing the air beside her, she made a pillar of highly pressurized air. Then, she would send that straight at Vannan. At that angle, she would hurtle the pillar so that it would strike him in the gut. The force of that impact would knock the breath from his lungs and send him flying backwards. It would be hard to detect indeed, since it was just pressurized air. He might be able to see it, but could he dodge it? The pain and shock might distract him too much to prohibit him from dodging.

This was also a relatively new move. She had sent pressurized air waves before using the motion in her arms and legs, but this was a new spin on that. She figured that if she could change the pressure in air, she could do that in many more ways than just a wave. She could essentially create a wall or a pillar by condensing the air into that shape. And, she could "launch" it like she did any other attack. Fortunately, the pillar would be harder to dodge than just a wave. A pillar had more area and therefore was more dense and stronger. There was a higher chance of success with this attack. Hopefully, things would finally start going her way. Then she would feel stronger than she ever had before.

There was another annoying reminder that she was just about to lose her powers again. The eye was straining itself again. Seriously, she had never had to go this long before. She was going to need to spend more reiatsu. Oh well, that was what it was. She had no other choice. If she let the Bakkoto sheathe itself before she released it again, that opened herself up for defeat. He would definitely exploit the temporary opening and Iwa would be in a very tough spot. Although she had kido to fall back on, it wasn't her preferred option. It was tricky to use and to use right. Many things could go wrong, and since his arrows seemed to be stronger than her own kido, that was a bad option. She hoped this wouldn't drag on too long. Iwa was a pretty impatient person, unfortunately,

-200 Bakkoto re-release 2105 / 2930
Bakkoto Stage 4: 1/3 (re-release)
Life force: 2930 / 2930

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The moment he saw the rock barrier around her Vannan knew he had messed up he had made a major mistake in trying to attack her without having a backup plan. It was his own stupid mistake that was about to cause him to take a hit that he shouldn't of taken. He had no idea that she could move the stone from the wave to create a barrier around her so fast. It didn't seem if it was possible, but given her powers before he should of known better that something like this could of happened. His poor planning was to blame for this nothing else. That lone fact made Vannan hate himself because he had fallen into a trap when he was suppose to be the one who caught people off guard.

He could only brace himself as he was about to hit the wall with his fist he knew that most of the bones in his hand would be broken as because of it It wasn't going to be a pleasant feeling as each bone in his hand would shatter rendering it useless. Vannan wasn't too worried about that this was something he accepted the moment he saw that barrier, what he was worried about was the pain that would come form the blow. He didn't want to feel that pain, but there was nothing he could do about it. The moment his fist would make contact with the wall the pain would shoot up his arm and enter his mind. That pain would be the only thing in his mind for a bit.

The moment he feared was here his fist made contact with the wall, he could hear a thud from his fist as he passed by her.Even during the step tech he could feel the pain from his broken bones in his hand. As he stopped moving from the step tech he grabbed the wrist of his broken hand and screamed out in pain. Iwa could hear his scream of pain from where she was. There was no mistaking it from the pain coming from his hand each bone in his hand was broken. He rocked back and forth for a bit while he screamed, all this action was based off of what his body thought it could do to relive the pain, but nothing was working at all. No matter what movement his body did the pain was still there. Slowly however his brain just like the brain of all humans would release endorphins to try to counter the pain.

His heart was pumping, this was a messed up situation for him to be in. Without both of his hands he couldn't really use his larger bow, he could still form his side bow and fire from there, but his arrows didn't seem to do much to her attacks at all. There was really only one option for him now. He had to use that. That horrid form that all members of the Vandenerich had, their so called holy form,Vollstandig. It was anything but holy however it was his only way out right now. Each time he had tried to out run her, she caught up to him, her attacks were much stronger as well. Right now his only choice was to use his real last resort. Vollstandig would fix all those issues. It would make him faster, stronger, and his senses would sky rocket, there was only one issue using it in the human world. He would have no weapon at all to fight her with if he continued with this fight.

Vannan extended his right hand, the one that wasn't broken and in a cry of pain spoke out loud screaming at the top of his lungs.”SMITE THE ENEMY WITH HOLLOW STEEL.” In his hand a familiar blade would form, just as it did when he first started to fight with Iwa. Hohle Schneide, this was the only way he knew how to have a weapon in his hand when he would use Vollstandig. Grasping the hilt of the blade he turned to face Iwa, his arm still in pain. It seemed as if she had created her own attack. He saw it, it was another attack using air as the medium of her attack. This attack was larger than the ones she had used on the ground before, but not as large as the wave.

The air around Vannan became thick as he focused his reiatsu inward. A toxic green light shined off of him as his clothing started to change. All of his white clothing became black, as a gas mask forms over his face covering it. His dark blue hair with golden tips change to a toxic green color in nature. On his back a large bio-hazard symbol made of energy is formed, two of the arms acting as wings. On his pants and over his heart a green bio-hazard symbol there against the now black background. There he stood in the air changed into his holy form.

The aura off of Vannan was much different from what he was giving off before. The carefree nature and tone he carried in his body was gone as he stood upright looking at the attack that came towards him. The pain from his hand started to go away as his bones began to mend themselves. In Vollstandig he raised his healing properties to a near god like level to deal with the broken bones in his hand. It wouldn't take long before his left hand would be fully useable. The attack was simple enough and moved fast however Vannan knew that he was much faster than before and that this kind of attack wouldn't hit him. He dashed to the left moving as fast as he could go in vollstandig, the pillar of air just passed by him missing him by a few feet. Having avoided the attack he headed straight towards Iwa.

He would make a straight dash for her keeping the blade in his hand. Each step he took brought him closer to her as he got his attack ready for her. By the time he would reach her his left hand would be completely healed and fully functional. Something that Iwa shouldn't be expecting at all. As soon as he was in range his right hand would come down the blade aimed at her head. While his blade swung down with all of his strength he would keep on moving forward. When his blade would be half way down from the strike his left hand would shoot out from his side and try to hit her in the dead center of her chest. Right now he had time to take it easy and play around with her before he would step up his attacks. For now he wanted to see how she would react to his new state.

(remaining reiatsu 0/2500) (-25 for Hohle – 1920 for Vollstandig.)

(Remaining Vollstandig. 1/15)

Strength - [100] + 200= 300

Speed - [100] + 200= 300

Spiritual Pressure – [200]

Reiatsu Strength – [200]

Instinct – [100]+500=600

Senses – [100]+200=300

Energy sensory - [0]

Healing Expertise - [0] + 820= 820

[Iwamichi Saeke]

She heard his screams. She heard his screams inside her earthen shield and felt satisfaction. So far, the battle was going as she had expected. Although he had put up more of a fight than she first believed he would, the battle was still working in her favor. Taking a deep breath, she had to refocus her mind. She couldn't become too absorbed in pride, or else she might do something she would regret - make a mistake. Mistakes could not be made. Mistakes were for weaklings; therefore, they were not for Iwa. She lowered the shield to catch a glimpse of the boy's current position. It was growing more imperative to wrap up the fight as well. With his hand completely broken, maybe it was drawing to a close.

While he was in intense pain, she should finish him, is what she thought. But, the fight was not over yet. He was finally going to get serious. Iwa could sense it by the look in his eyes as he turned to her. He screamed again, but for a different purpose. That move was already familiar to her - his Quincy sword power - but this time, it was more than that. She watched as his figure slowly transformed into a more hideously grotesque figure. She had heard vaguely about it, as their "holy" form, but she saw nothing exceptionally pious from the appearance. Heck, it even had bio-hazard symbols across his body. Some "holy" beings they were. More like self-righteous and destructive. Not that she wasn't those things, but she didn't claim to be the opposite like them.

So, with the fresh new look came a new attitude. The flirty and reckless boy was gone (so it seemed). Which meant, the battle was going to get crazier and more interesting. She could feel an increase in his power from where she stood. Not only that, but his form came with incredible healing ability. She could hear the bones in his hand reforming with loud crackling noises. Not only that, the grip on his sword became noticeably better, so the pain was obviously diminishing. It was unfortunate that she wouldn't be able to capitalize on the injury. It would probably also make it more difficult to injure him again, increasing the longevity of this fight. Another setback.

Iwa had to be smart about her remaining reiatsu, but she also needed to address the threat of his power boost. He quickly sped off from his position in a charge at her. Thankfully, she was prepared and ready to defend herself. She used the previous earth to coat herself in armor - not a bubble or dome, though, because she wouldn't be able to see through that. Vannan started by bringing his sword down upon her head. His strength and speed was impressive, however her spiritual strength was nearly just as good. She raised one arm above her head to clash with the Hoile Schneide. Since his strength and her spiritual pressure were practically the same, Iwa felt little pain. It was basically nullified.

Vannan also tried to use his momentum, continuing his charge as he swung the sword. First, Iwa raised her right arm to block the shot; then, she swung her hips and slid to the right in one fluid motion. So, when Vannan extended his other arm to try and strike her in the chest, Iwa would have moved. She would no longer be directly in front of him, so striking her in the chest would be impossible unless he twisted his body 180 degrees to his left. It was a great dodge, but she didn't want to be backed into the corner forever. As much as she loved to dodge, she needed to find a way to attack too. She quickly came up with an idea. To do so, she was going to have to combine some of her energy to give her more of an advantage.

Quickly, Iwa increased her spiritual pressure, pouring in some of her reiatsu to give her a boost in power. In such proximity, Vannan would be able to feel a difference in her power. Now, she would have a slightly greater combat strength than him. That would be all she needed, however. Because, with that boost, there would be no way for him to damage her. And, Iwa would be free to pounf him as she wished. The only drawback to this was the potential stalemate it proposed. She could already tell that the healing ability of Vannan while in this form was great. Even if she could deal damage to him, she wasn't sure if it would have a lasting effect.

If neither one could hurt the other, how was the fight going to end? Probably until one or both of the combatants passed out from fatigue. That it, if they were so stubborn to continue fighting. Before, he might recognize the inevitable draw and use that to withdraw from the fight; in his present state, he was different, and Iwa couldn't be sure of how he would react. He could fight until his brain stopped working for all she knew. Although she didn't have thoughts of running away, she surely didn't want a never-ending, exhausting battle. That was so much effort, and passing out would be ultimate humiliation.

Whether Vannan realized the growth in Iwa's power, she was about to show him. With a swift kick, she sent her leg toward his head. If it didn't connect, that was no problem because she could just find a different method to attack. She still had all of her elemental manipulation powers at her disposal. With that being said, she fired a barrage of air spikes in all directions. The spikes were about the size of kunai. She fired them out in all directions just to be safe - she wanted to make the possibility of dodging smaller. It wasn't a whole lot, but she wasn't exactly worried. She had the determination and stubbornness to keep going.

Remaining Reiatsu: -300 for allocation of 50 RS to SpPr: 1805 / 3680
New Stats:
Spiritual Pressure: 245 (368) - with increase from type bonus
Reiatsu Strength: 50
Life Force: 2830 / 3680

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The moment his blade hit her new stone armor it shattered everywhere. It was a shame he had hoped that this weapon would last longer and he wouldn't be left fighting hand to hand with her, but now it seemed as it that was the only option, still he was able to gather from her controlling the stones to form an armor around her that she was limited to what was around her and that if he kept her from being around more stone she would have to keep on using the same rocks she had at the moment. It seemed as if this was something he could exploit to his advantage.

Her moving to the side did let dodge the punch that he was going to strike her dead in the stomach. If it had hit he knew that it would of forced all the air out of her stomach causing her to gasp for breath, but it didn't which made him a bit upset. He didn't want to keep this going for too much longer as he was getting fed up with looking the way he was right now. An angel is what they called themselves in this form, that was close what they forgot to say was that they're an angel of death and he captured that so well with his power. He was an angel of death and Iwa was going to feel the full extent of his power.

Her counter attack was easy to see and sense she had boosted the strength to match his improved status, that alone wasn't something he was too worried about at the moment. Because of her actual attack from boosting her power was a kick to the temple of his head. With his hand no longer holding a blade he twisted the upper half of his body to face her as swung his hand to intercept her kick with his hand. He wasn't going to punch her leg, no he was going to grab it and try to crush the stone armor around her leg with his strength.

The moment his hand made contact with her stone armor around her leg his fingers would try to dig into her armor. At the same time he pushed back against her kick to keep it from moving closer to his head. Even if he grabbed her leg he had to make sure that he wasn't just trading a blow from a rock armor with one from his hand being crushed between her kick and his head. His hand tried to crush the stone, but it was no use it was just to strong. He assumed that it was because of her having much stronger reiatsu than his current strength.

As he continued to try to crush her leg he felt the pressure from air spikes press up against his skin trying to pierce him. While they did pierce his body a bit, but as fast as the spikes went into his body his body healed. It was truly amazing that this form held so much power, but with such power there was a real cost. After a while he would be completely drained and he knew this. He didn't want to drag out this fight any longer, but he wasn't going to just back away from this fight. She had played around with him too long and it was his turn to play with her.

Still holding onto her leg he turned the lower half of his body so that his entire body was now facing her. He could strike her with his left arm easily at this point ,but instead he had another plan. He was going to throw her. With as much strength as he could he tossed her by her leg out towards the New York harbor. How far she would actually get thrown he didn't really know, but what he was aiming for was that she would end up hitting the statue of liberty.

With her out of his grasp he started to move in the direction he threw her. Gliding through the air towards the statue it's self. If she crashed into the statue he would follow up by striking her in the stomach using his left fist. However if his aim was off or if she was able to keep herself from crashing into the statue he would land on the shoulder of the statue waiting for her next move to come towards him.


(Remaining Vollstandig. 2/15)

[Iwamichi Saeke]

As Iwa thought, the match was pretty much equal now. Her Spiritual Pressure was equivalent to Vannan's strength, so neither could do much damage to the other. Iwa's kick to his head was quickly blocked. He tried to dig his nails into her armor - a futile attempt. She scoffed in his face. How stupid; he thought he could break her. Such a naive thought. He held her leg in place pretty securely, though he didn't try a direct hit. Vannan certainly had the strength to throw her, but Iwa wasn't phased at all. She had kicked with her left leg because he was on her right. Throwing her with her non-dominant leg did not make her lose her balance too much, and she was able to remain upright even when she was thrown back.

She flew a good distance, but slid across the air with her feet and maintained her balance. Iwa could sense the looming statue behind her, but she didn't crash into it as he might have hoped. Earlier, she had spent a good deal examining the statue. What had the humans called it? The Statue of Liberty? It was an interesting piece. She had contemplated whether the humans could truly understand liberty. To her, true liberty could only be obtained through power. True individual liberty, that is. Iwa acknowledged that it was impossible for everyone to be free in this world. Those with power obviously exercise that power over others. And why shouldn't they? It was all survival of the fittest. Those who have obtained power through hard work have the right to use it.

She didn't care if she crashed their national emblem or not; however, Kazura might have a fit. But, no one would really be able to link the destruction of the Statue of Liberty to her or Uzaki Enterprises; she was invisible! But Vannan...he had gone all stark crazy with this "angel of death" persona, so he would definitely attract attention. How would that headline read? "Demon man destroys Statue of Liberty?" SHe wasn't sure, but it would be amusing. How would the humans react? Maybe some would scream and run like maggots. Others would take up their rifles and start a state of anarchy and violence. She liked the idea of observing the chaotic aftermath. No one would know she was there. Maybe Kazura would get a kick out of it too.

Then, she got an even better idea. Let's really give the humans a scare. Let them grieve for their Liberty." Vannan had landed on one of the statue's shoulders, waiting for her to make her move. Well, she had to give him a good show then. Both were probably tired of this kind of fight. There was no excitement in a completely equal fight. One of them needed to be the victor. Iwa concentrated hard on the statue. To be more specific, the inside . What would that do? It could do a lot. First, she made the air completely dense. The statue groaned a little under the unexpected pressure. But, she was not done with that.

Iwa could manipulate air. There were many possibilities with that. She had found another way to use her powers, which could be very helpful in the future. She moved the really dense air particles to raise the arm with the book. It moaned in an unearthly screech, but it was moving. Her design was to squash the insect that had perched on her shoulder. That would be ironic. Let liberty and justice squash you, boy. Unfortunately, she couldn't move the statue very quickly. Using the air was a round-about way of getting it to move, and the statue was really big to start. It was never supposed to move; it was a statue. Naturally, it wouldn't move very fluidly. The purpose of her stunt was more to psychologically disturb her opponent, if that was possible. And, because she wanted to have some fun during this boring fight.

The statue moving was pretty hilarious. She could only imagine the looks on the faces of the humans looking out across the bay at the icon. If Vannan didn't move, he would be squashes. But since there was highly unlikely that that would happen, the result would more be a dent in the lady's shoulder from the large metal book. Iwa got more bold and started to move the legs. One leg crashed down into the harbor, a thundering wave in its wake. She let the other leg follow the first. Perching on top of the crown, Iwa felt strong and invincible. Not because the Statue of Liberty was invincible, but because, metaphorically, she was controlling the liberty of the world. She had enslaved their national emblem of freedom, thereby enslaving the whole world. Renewing her power, she was ready and waiting for Vannan's new move.

Remaining Reiatsu: -200 for renewing Bakkoto 1605 / 2930
Bakkoto Level 4: 1/3
Life Force: 1830 / 3680

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OOC(Iwa I'm sorry for not posting for so long in this fight, i've just been stumped and I acutally hate to say this I've been pushing this one further and further back in my posting order. I'm going to give you the win and then just report this for grading. As far as the combat goes Vannan gets hit and knocked out for the fight so you win. Again I'm sorry Iwa.)

[Takashi Kuchiki]

780 = 680 + 100 TP Iwamichi
600 TP Vannan Harper