Princess vs Monster

[Kimiko Shihoin]

Thread Title: Princess vs Monster
Participants: Kimiko Shihoin vs Aurora Guerrero
World: Human World
Death Setting: Non Death Enabled
Rating: R
Location: A small island in the middle of the ocean. The island has tall trees and a lot of high grass while sand covers the corners on all sides. This island is only about 500" on all sides making it small yet having enough room for any type of combat.
Special Conditions:
Circumstances: Kimiko had found a small island in the human world and decided to relax for a few hours. She wouldn't have expected that another spiritual entity would have been able to find her and the one that did might just prove to be more than the girl can handle.

[Kimiko Shihoin]

Well finally there was a place that Kimiko could relax and be alone without watching and protective eyes surrounding her. She had only managed to find this isolated island the previous day when she entered into the world of the living. It seemed as if she messed up where exactly she was suppose to exit the spirit gate and when she stepped out she saw the small island in the distance. It just seemed like her found a chest filled with gold. So she hoped that she could keep this place a secret from anyone else and keep it as her own little hide out to relax.

Earlier in the morning Kimiko had left the Shihoin estate after eating breakfast and taking a short bath. She tried to hide her excitement, but it was obvious to most that she was either going some place she liked or excited about spying on someone at some point during the day. Whichever beliefs the maids and some of her family though didn’t matter because the young princess rushed from her manor. It hadn’t taken Kimiko long to arrive in the world of the living right where she intended above her secret hide away. Over the last hour she had been laying out on the sand of the island relaxing and feeling the heat of the sun on her skin.

Though it seemed as if Kimiko had just overreacted to finding such a place for it wasn’t long until the young princess felt the creepy claws of boredom taking a hold of her mind. It began slow and only resulted in her switching over to her back or sides. Then it got worse and she started to search over the island trying to find some kind of animal. Anything and everything other than the trees and plants though seemed to be not here beside her. It just seemed boring now for Kimiko to stay here and that perhaps it’d be best to just go back to Soul Society and try and find someone to train with or perhaps fight. She honestly didn’t care as long as she wasn’t bored.

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Strength - 70 (105)
Speed - 60 (75)
Spiritual Pressure - 25 (13)
Reiatsu Strength - 25 (13)
Light Aura - 70
Dark Aura - 30
Instinct - 50
Senses - 50
Energy Sensory - 0
Healing Expertise - 0

Abilities
•[Martial Art: Hakudo] {1}
•[Martial Art: Capoeira] {1}
•[Martial Art: Pressure Points] {1}
•[Strength of Will] {1}
•[Battle Focus] {1}
•[Acrobatics] {1}
•[Stealth] {1}

[Aurora Guerrero]

A Garganta appeared and Aurora jumped out of it. She held in her hand something her Espada had given her. If she remembered correctly, he told her to push the button and he would know to open a Garganta to get her back to Hueco Mundo. He sent her to this specific spot to do some scouting around for him. He mentioned something about going in his name and bringing him pride and all that stuff, but she half ignored it. She was just glad to get out of Hueco Mundo for awhile. Don't get her wrong, she loved the dark, but it's nice to sometimes see the light.

She squinted around this sandy place while her eyes got adjusted to the new light. Once they did, she did another good check around the area. It reminded her of the White Desert, but this one had a lot of trees on it. She then looked around closer and noticed that there was a lot of water around this sand. It then clicked in her head. That stupid asshole sent her to an island. AN ISLAND! Thankfully, she loved the water or else she would be a lot more pissed off. WHY WOULD HE NEED TO SCOUT ANYTHING ON A STUPID ISLAND?! IT WASN'T EVEN NEAR ANYTHING!!!

She started growling pretty loudly because of her stupid Espada when she felt a little blimp on her reiatsu radar. She sniffed the air a little and barely smelt a person. She pulled on her fingerless black leather gloves and started to walk towards the smell and reiatsu signature she felt. She knew that it was a shinigami, they were pretty easy to pick out from a crowd. It was a female shinigami and honestly, it was the first shinigami that she had ever met. She narrowed her eyes and they started to glow gold. She moved to the shadow of a tree.

Aurora couldn't feel anything else on this island, but her senses aren't as honed as they used to be. But, she had a feeling that these two were the only ones on the island. Maybe Horse Man knew of this shinigami here and wanted her to fight her? Or, was it just a happy coincidence that this woman appeared here? It made no difference to her. She wanted to see what this woman was made of. She growled low in her throat as she appeared from the shadows, walking behind the woman.

She was taller than the woman, so she liked that. She could stand over her and make herself look more intimidating. She also outweighed the shinigami. She could tell that this one would try to jump around just from the build alone. Her body, however, was more to take the brunt of attacks and still go, like a bulldozer, over her enemies to rip them apart. This fight would be interesting for sure. She growled before speaking. "Hello shinigami. You know, I've never had the chance to fight one of you before, or eat a shinigami. I hear they taste delicious and I would love to find out now with you." She showed her teeth and her eyes started glowing. She was ready for a fight.

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{Stats}
Strength - 50 Points (63)
Speed - 50 Points
Spiritual Pressure - 50 Points (25)
Reiatsu Strength - 50 Points (63)
Light Aura - 10 Points
Dark Aura - 90 Points
Instinct - 50 Points (25)
Senses - 50 Points
Energy sensory - 50 Points (63)
Healing Expertise - 0 Points
Total SP: 350 Points

SKP used: 8/15
[Weapons: Swords] 1
[Weapons: Knives] 1
[Strength of Will] 1
[Pain Tolerance] 1
[Damage Recovery] 1
[Stealth] 1
[Focused Eye] 1
[Bleeding Tolerance] 1

[Kimiko Shihoin]

Why was time so much slower when boredom took a hold of the mind. Kimiko had searched the island almost completely by now and so far nothing seemed to take her interest. It seemed she had just overreacted to finding such a place in hopes of having it all for herself. She couldn’t help, but feel naïve and foolish while at the same time disappointment flourished in her heart and mind. Crossing her arms Kimiko channeled her disappointment into anger for a instant and kicked a small stone on the ground sending it soaring into the air. As she sighed after it all it seemed she could smell something in the area that hadn’t been around her previously.

It smelled of blood and something else a thousand times more foul. Kimiko couldn’t think of anything that could smell so repulsive. As the stinks filled her nostrils Kimiko’s skin felt like it started to crawl due to it. “This is so nasty what the hell is going on.” Kimiko started to look around and find whatever the source of the smell was only to hear a feet step right behind her. Rolling forward Kimiko put about three feet between her and the spot she had been standing in a moment ago. As she finished the roll and got on her right knee she spun around and faced . . the what the fuck was it.

It looked like a girl around her own age with white clothing and long hair. Kimiko didn’t understand at first what the girl was until she saw the mask or at least some kind of bone. It was definitely white bone and it covered the right half of her face. It took Kimiko another moment to realize that the skull seemed to be some kind of tiger yet why was it on the girl’s face. It almost looked like she was wearing the skull as a mask. Her golden eyes seemed to be glowing yet how and why Kimiko couldn’t understand. Honestly if these were humans why did Shinigami protect them? The smell alone was enough to make Kimiko want to vomit and leave the poor creature alone on the damn island it could have it.

It was then that the girl began to speak and Kimiko realized what exactly she truly was . . a hollow. The mouth of this hollow was sure loud and it seemed like it thought it was the strongest creature in existence so naïve. Kimiko stood up while staring down the hollow looking right into her golden eyes with eyes as blue as the ocean. “You talk awful big any bigger and it might match that disgusting smell that I can only guess you emit. In truth I was hoping that the tales of a hollows stench were over rated, but I guess they didn’t even have the same listing to cover you.” Kimiko lifted her zanpakuto with her right hand then tossed it to her left.

Holding the zanpakuto in a horizontal manner below her breast Kimiko grinned at the hollow as her right hand gripped the hilt of her nodachi. “I’m hoping you don’t smell any worse when you die or else this poor island will die from the reeking odor.” Pulling her excessively long zanpakuto from the sheath Kimiko grinned toward the hollow in a challenge. It was then that the princess proceeded to lung forward toward the hollow her nodachi held at right in clear path strike that would slash across the hollow’s chest from the left shoulder down to the right waist. Kimiko knew that the strike was something an amateur would be able to block and s the trick began.

As the distance closed to little more then six feet Kimiko pounced off the ground and spun her body clockwise. As her body spun the blade of her zanpakuto would follow only in a different path. Kimiko altered the angle she was holding the hilt of her zanpakuto as she spun through the air. Now the path the blade would follow was set to strike the opposite of the previous. From the left shoulder down to the right side of the waist Kimiko brought her zanpakuto down upon the hollow in hopes that she would end the beast swiftly and prevent herself from smelling the odor further.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora watched the shinigami with disgust. This stupid shinigami dared to say that she only 'talked big' and if she talked bigger it would match the disgusting smell she thought she emitted. She wanted the tales of hollow stench to be overrated, but they didn't have the same listing to cover her. Oh, she was going to make this stupid shinigami burn for that comment. Every word that came out of her mouth made her more enraged. She didn't know if the shinigami planned on doing that to make her mess up, but it would do the contrary. It would make her stronger and she didn't think the shinigami would like that all too much.

She grabbed her zanpaktou with her right and grinned at her, saying she hoped she doesn't smell any worse when she dies or the island would die from reeking odor. It was that sentence that did it. Aurora unsheathed her own zanpaktou, the light from the sun shining on the elaborate artwork on the blade. She held it the proper way this time, two handed in the front of her body, but her position wasn't rigid. When she saw the shinigami move, she moved the sword diagonal on her body, tip of the sword by her left shoulder, hilt by her right hip. She grinned back, showing her long canine teeth. She would enjoy the feast of this shinigami.

Aurora watched as the shinigami ran at her. It seemed like she was going for a full on attack. She held her position, waiting for the prey to make their move. Tigers always waited and watched, making sure not to strike too fast or the prey would get away. She was going to make sure that this prey wouldn't get away. She kept her position because all she had to do was do a quick move to block her if needed. She held the position until this shinigami would hit an invisible line then she would counter. Just before she hit it, she jumped off the ground and started spinning. It reminded her of her spin attack, but hers was far deadlier. At the end of the spin, Aurora's blade was in the perfect place to block her strike. She pushed back hard against the shinigami's blade, growling in her face.

[Kimiko Shihoin]

Kimiko was quite surprised as she felt her own zanpakuto clashing against a blade that didn't split apart right away. Perhaps this smelly hollow would be a challenging opponent after all and maybe be worth her smell. As the hollow pushed back against Kimiko's zanpakuto and growled Kimiko couldn't help the grin spreading across her face. The hollow was stronger then most of the Shinigami Kimiko had encountered in her short time as one herself, but not on the same level as Kimiko. The princess continued to grin as the hollow growled at her pushing back on the zanpakuto of the hollow.

At that moment when Kimiko pushed back against the zanpakuto of the hollow that her feet would touch the ground once again. Almost immediately Kimiko would push forward against the hollow in an attempt to take her off balance for a moment. At that same time she would bring her right foot back and kick forward in an attempt to strike the side of the hollow's left knee. If successful in striking the knee Kimiko knew the hollow would be catch off-guard for a moment most likely. Just after she would deliver the kick she would thrust her forehead right at the face of the hollow in an attempted head butt to inflict a combination of blows against the foul smelly beast.

Whether the attempted strikes were successful or not didn't matter. If the hollow managed to disengage from Kimiko before her kick was able to land Kimiko would just speak from that point instead. "Well it seems your more than just foul smelling. Why didn't you tell me you were at least skilled enough to hold a sword. I wouldn't have made that last attempt so sloppy. Damn your just going to make me stay around you longer isn't that right you beast." The last word held as much meaning as Kimiko could put into something so small everything she knew about a hollow was evil and needed to be cleansed.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora saw the surprise on this shinigami's face as she was able to stand with her on the pushing. She could feel the strength of this shinigami with the pushing, but she wasn't one to back down from something like that, oh no. She was going to face it and push through, even if it meant she would die. Some would call that stupid, but she called it power. Even if she was completely overpowered, she would never back down from a fight.

She felt the push from the blade and due to the strength of this shinigami, it did put her a little off balance. She could somewhat tell that the shinigami was going to strike with her right foot. Her sword was already moving down from being off balance, so she could move it easily. She noticed that her right foot was going towards her left leg, so she moved her already moving sword down to cover her leg. She put her sword in front of her left leg, blade out.

She didn't know if she would have to speed to retract her foot fast enough since she was already dedicated to the attack. After that attack, she watched the shinigami start to move closer to her. Aurora noticed that it was just her face moving closer to her. After her kick would connect or not, she would move her sword up to try to block her headbutt. It would be immediately after the kick. If the kick connected with her sword, she would immediately move her sword up to block her face, trying to hit this shinigami in the face while she was trying to head butt her.

It was then that the shinigami wanted to speak again. She said that she was more than just foul smelling. She wondered why Aurora didn't tell her she was at least skilled enough to hold a sword, because she wouldn't have made that last attempt so sloppy. She was just going to make her stay around longer. She then called her a beast. Aurora smiled at that last comment. "Well shinigami, all of your attacks have been sloppy so far. It seems that you're out of practice fighting. I am a beast and if you keep fighting like this, I will enjoy devouring you."

[Kimiko Shihoin]

Although this hollow had been pushed slightly backwards and off balance it seemed she wasn't planning on letting Kimiko's strike get to her body. The right leg had begun to move forward and was able half way to the zanpakuto that was moving into the path of her foot. Kimiko knew that based on the fact that the hollow's sword had withstood her own zanpakuto that her foot wouldn't be able to break the blade. This meant that she couldn't break through the offensive defense that the hollow was able to employ against her own method of attack. However, Kimiko knew just what to do now that she saw the hollow was moving her sword in a counter.

Kimiko had only ever been praised by the Shinigami instructors for her talents at physical combat that involved her own body. She had never been told that she was amazing at wielding her zanpakuto or using incredible kido only that her performance in hand to hand combat was exceptional for someone who had only just started to train. It was her pride and her greatest strength as a Shinigami and individual and she was going to use it here against this hollow. She knew that in less than a second her leg would be clashing against a blade so she had to do something to alter her kick.

All that training in Capoeira had truly widened her mind to the possibilities of kicking while remaining flexible and nimble. Kimiko knew that she couldn't cease her right foot from moving due to the force behind it and even then the hollow would have the opening to cut her anyway. That had been one of the many reasons for her near instant shift. Kimiko had shifted her left ankle that was holding her entire body weight to the right. This caused her body to spin around on her left foot. Ultimately allowing Kimiko to lift her right leg up higher into the air and hopefully surprise this hollow with a high kick to the right side of her face.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora watched as her little plan was coming together. It seemed that this shinigami woman was going to lacerate her foot on her sword. She was smiling evilly at this shinigami. But, this bit of evil glee was somewhat short-lived. It seemed like the shinigami had saw what she was planning and was trying to fix it before she got injured. She was curious how this shinigami would avoid her blade completely uninjured. It was then that she saw what the shinigami was doing.

She watched as the shinigami woman moved her left foot. When she did this, she moved her right foot up higher and turn her body. Aurora knew that if she was fast enough, she might be able to hit the shinigami when she exposed her back. It was either doing something like that, or waiting until she completed this turn and try to attack her then. It gave her two options and she was quickly debating them before she acted out on one.

She watched as the leg swung out. With her back exposed, she could slash at her back. But, she would also get hit with the attack. She instead ducked down, taking a step forward and moving the sword to her chest as she did so. She then slashed out at the woman's left leg, holding the sword with her right hand and slashing left to right. She then moved herself to a standing position and at the same time moving her sword up to a neutral position. She bent the sword so more of her face was being covered by the sword (so tip at the top right of her face, hilt towards her left hip), just in the off chance that the kick connected.

[Kimiko Shihoin]

The distribution of her weight was something that Kimiko had grown so accustomed to during her training that it only felt natural now as her ankle shifted with her entire weight upon it. From that moment onward Kimiko would feel the air around her flow over her skin a smooth cool breeze. Her right leg moving upward as if she was a dancer from some famous bale due to the arc and precision of her leg as it cut through the air on target for the skull of this hollow. Kimiko hadn’t been able to see how the hollow was reacting to her own sudden change of assault, but had heard the sound of movement. That meant it was possible that this hollow had leaped backwards to avoid her kick though something told Kimiko that this hollow was to arrogant to back down even if it was best for her.

Kimiko continued to execute the kick that she had determined best suited a moment previously however as her body sun around and her right eye could just make out the shape of the hollow Kimiko knew her attack had been seen through and she needed to do something better. Kimiko could see out of the corner of her right eye that the hollow was ducking downward and moving toward her. Kimiko had studied physical combat enough to figure out a few possible attacks that the hollow might employ against her. Although those theories were cast aside just as swiftly when the shine of the hollow’s zanpakuto catch Kimiko’s attention.

“No Kimiko that’s final I won’t ever allow it and you have to deal with that my princess.” “Father that’s not fair how can you judge me and come to a sentence before anything has even started that’s not right.” “It doesn’t matter how you feel about this situation Kimiko you will never be allowed to become a Shinigami and you have to live with my decision." “Your wrong father someday I’ll find a way to become a Shinigami and take the position that you hold now I swear that one day I’ll be the Family Head.” It seemed as if that memory had just been relived in less then a millisecond. Perhaps Kimiko’s mind was giving her the inspiration she needed to pull ahead of this hollow and prove her father wrong about everything.

“Shit I’ve got to do something fast. I can’t rely on that technique though I’m not that desperate. I won’t allow myself to lose I won’t prove him right.” Kimiko knew that with the momentum behind her foot and at the angle of her spin it was impossible for her to alter the kick at the last moment. What she did know though was exactly how to follow up on this advancing foe. Kimiko was unaware of the slashing motion the hollow was taking however she did know that some type of attempt on her lower body was being made and the only location that would give the hollow a significant advantage was her left leg. Understanding this Kimiko as her right leg soared up high enough that it would have made impact with the hollow’s head bent her left knee and leaped into off the ground.

Kimiko wouldn’t be able to see it, but the hollow would watch as her zanpakuto cut through the air right below Kimiko’s left foot which was now off of the ground. Kimiko could see that this hollow was now pretty much below her and that her arms were already at work raising her blade for a higher attack. The momentum from the kick that Kimiko had delivered gave her everything that she needed though to spin her body to the right while in the air. In little less than a full second Kimiko was off of the ground, spinning and then while falling back to the ground bringing her left leg down upon the upper half of the hollow in an attempt to inflict some amount of pain.

If successful in this attack and Kimiko’s left leg managed to come down on the hollow it would likely hit either her head or one of the two shoulders if she attempted to evade. Kimiko would then bend backwards placing her right hand on the ground and then pushing off of the ground in order to send herself backwards. Landing a few feet away the princess would grin at this hollow her zanpakuto now in her left hand held outwards at her side as if not even a aspect of her fighting style which in all truth was the truth itself. Kimiko never fought with her zanpakuto like others only ever fighting with her body and now it was time to put her strength to a good test.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora watched as she went after the shinigami's left leg. She hoped that this shinigami woman wasn't stupid enough to get her own leg chopped off. Well, actually.... she was. She wanted this woman's leg chopped off. Or, honestly, any body part. Then, should could finally get a taste of a shinigami. It was the one flavor that she had always wanted to try and maybe today would be the day. Her mouth salivated a little just thinking about it.

While the shinigami woman's right leg was raising up to where Aurora's head would be, this woman must've noticed her movement under her. She saw the weight move in her left leg and she jumped up in the air. Well, Aurora did have to commend this woman for her agility. But, thankfully, she was already moving her blade upwards in an attempt to try to slash this woman again. She hoped that this shinigami woman wouldn't be able to see this second attack coming and catch her completely off guard. 

But, while Aurora was moving her blade up, this woman had the nerve to spin away. She spun off to her right, Aurora's left, and it looked to Aurora like she would try to make a move before she landed. Based off of all the other spinning and jumping this woman had done, it was a fair assessment that she would try to do something like that again. Aurora needed to think of something while this shinigami was in the air like she was because she might not the the opportunity to hit her from underneath again.

There were many possibilities that flowed through Aurora's mind, which happened in less than a second. She could try the only real technique she knew, but that would almost empty her reserves. With the way that this shinigami moved, she could try to jump over it or do some other fancy jumping/spinning thing. So, she didn't want to even pull that out unless the woman couldn't move away and it would hit her dead on. The agility of this shinigami was starting to annoy Aurora a little. She didn't understand why she didn't just stay in one place and fought like a woman.

Another possibility would be to try to block the incoming attack. From what Aurora had already seen, she knew that this shinigami didn't really use her sword. She had heard that all shinigami attacked with their zanpaktou, but this one seemed to be one of the exceptions. It was interesting that she would rather use hand-to-hand combat instead of a weapon that she had been given. She didn't know if this woman wanted to show her strength by her own hands or was stupid to not use it.

Aurora figured that she would find out soon enough. She tried her best to follow this woman's legs. Since she was spinning above her, she had a suspicion that she would more than likely use her legs instead of her hands. Since she was already moving her sword up to attack, she moved her sword in to protect her head and shoulders. So, while she was slashing up, all she did was move the sword over her head to protect herself from the attack. She was curious if the shinigami would have a way to avoid this attack or not.

[Kimiko Shihoin]

There was a moment during every fight that each person questioned their own attack. Throughout most of her training Kimiko had been taught how to counter swiftly or strike fast enough that most foes wouldn’t be able to react in time. That was what she had practiced and been led to believe. However, this hollow was managing to keep up against her it was like this beast held the same amount of skill. Kimiko always was happy to be challenged yet this hollow it seemed somewhat different. The other shinigami that Kimiko had faced seemed to be around her own strength as well yet they were both on the same side in the large scale this hollow was looking for blood. That wasn’t it though Kimiko wasn’t sure why exactly she was having trouble landing a hit on the monster.

She had thought about possibility utilizing shunpo in order to get in a solid strike and then follow through with a large amount of sequences that would correspond together. The thought of actually relying on shunpo though was one that Kimiko didn’t like. She knew that most shinigami who actually knew how to perform the technique tended to do so to the point that it became the main method of evasion and assault. She was nothing like the others and would never resort to relying on a single method to gain the upper hand every single time. She needed to get stronger than she was she needed to be stronger then right now in order to defeat this hollow and continue her training.

Kimiko knew that her current combination of a spin and kick would have a good deal of power behind it that hopefully would do a good deal of damage to the hollow the problem was landing her kick. As she spun her body Kimiko was able to get a somewhat clear view of the hollow she was about to kick however she saw a major problem. It seemed that the hollow had managed to just maneuver her zanpakuto above her head in a horizontal manner so Kimiko’s leg would come down upon the blade. Kimiko knew immediately that it was bad and that if her foot hit the blade it would do her more harm then the hollow.

Thinking as fast as she could while her foot came down to the blade Kimiko flung her left arm forward. In the next instant Kimiko’s own zanpakuto would be overlaying the hollow’s katana. It wasn’t a strike to get the zanpakuto out of the way such a tactic Kimiko figured might only give the hollow another way to counter. Instead Kimiko had put her own zanpakuto across the katana in a flat manner. This would allow her foot to come down upon the smooth surface of her own zanpakuto while all the force of her kick was delivered to the hollow. If the hollow managed to keep her zanpakuto raised her arms would definitely feel the stress of holding back Kimiko’s kick though if she was unable to do so Kimiko’s kick would bring down the hollow’s own zanpakuto to her head with the blunt side making contact. Whichever way came to be Kimiko would then proceed to leap backwards and grin at the hollow.

[Aurora Guerrero]

When Aurora moved her sword to counter this shinigami woman's attack, she knew that at first, this woman didn't notice what she had done. She was more concentrated on the actual attack instead of looking to see what her opponent was doing. No matter, this shinigami woman would know soon enough the kind of pain she would be in. Though, there was one fairly interesting factor in this fight that Aurora was just thinking about.

This woman was keeping up with her. Most of the enemies that she had fought before were all weaker than her. They begged for their lives at her feet and she ended them quickly. Begging is not becoming of strong warriors. She would end their lives and then feed off of their bodies, making her stronger. She always thought of it as them giving up their lives for the betterment of hollows, for making the strong stronger and so they wouldn't be a burden on hollowkind.

This was one of the first fights, besides the one against Horse Man, where she was actually trying in the fight. She know realized that she was too spoiled by the weak hollows. She needed to get stronger. Fighting enemies stronger than herself was needed in order to achieve this. This was just one more enemy in her way to becoming one of the strongest Arrancar to ever live. She would not let this woman try to stop her in that quest.

She then saw that this shinigami woman saw what she was trying to do and it was an interesting counter. This woman decided to defile her own blade by putting her zanpaktou on it, then letting her foot hit the blunt edge of her sword. With the sheer force of this woman's attack, it could reverberate through the swords, making her still feel the brunt of the attack. It was a very interesting way to counter and she was intrigued.

She didn't know how the attack would affect the shinigami's zanpaktou, but she was surprised that the shinigami would risk her zanpaktou that way. It was obvious this woman valued hand to hand fighting than using a weapon, but it didn't give her the right to just lay her blade over another like this. She hit the swords and she was barely able to keep the sword from hitting herself in the head. It took all of her muscle to do so.

Once the shinigami woman landed from a backwards flip and grinned at her, Aurora grinned back, showing all of her teeth, especially her canines. She shook her arm out until the tingling stopped, which didn't take too long. If she had to guess, she figured that it would be three seconds at the maximum. She growled low at the shinigami and got back into her stance. She had her sword held horizontal, with blade side out, in her right hand, knees bent and left up by her chest, ready to grab the sword if she needed the extra strength.

[Kimiko Shihoin]

The feeling of solid metal against the bottom of her foot was something that Kimiko in all truth hadn't ever felt prior to that moment in time. During all of her training Kimiko had practiced on bamboo and wood logs always kicking over and over again until the damned things would break. It seemed now that Kimiko realized she hadn't practiced hard enough. Her own damn zanpakuto was able to withstand the blunt force of her kick and so was this hollows. Kimiko couldn't avoid the feeling of disappoint at her own power. After so much training it seemed like now it wasn't enough simply because her attacks weren't strong enough.

Perhaps that wasn't it though this hollow might jus be strong something that Kimiko had to remember. This was the first hollow she had ever met and faced in battle so it was completely possible for her to belief that all hollows were as strong as this foul smelly beast. Kimiko watched as the hollow returned her grin although it didn't hold the same substance of a victories challenger winning in blows yet held that of a predator hunting down prey. "I'm never going to fall to a monster like her" Kimiko shifted her legs and arms taking up a different stance something she hadn't practiced as much yet knew could be incredible useful right now.

Her right leg back with her let in the front mirrored by her arms in the same manner. Whatever Kimiko was planning it would be obvious for any individual that her attack would come from the right. Kimiko was hoping however that was what the hollow believed. In truth Kimiko was going o attempt something different since it seemed blunt force would take a rather long time to bring down this beast. She was going to see if striking the beast's pressure points and then engaging in more direct strikes would be enough to bring her to her knees.

Kimiko had already stabbed her zanpakuto into the ground beside her on the left with the blade facing the hollow. She couldn't help, but think over the idea that she might actually need to start training with her zanpakuto as well. Perhaps Hakudo wasn't going to be enough against hollows and she was just being a fool to put all of her time into developing her skills. The memory of her friend Aevus popped into her head. Remembering how the lazy dark haired Shinigami proved to be rather skilled in utilizing his zanpakuto against her.

Kimiko didn't have a connection to that style of fighting though she knew that it was the reason why she specified in hand to hand combat. That wasn't it though she was avoiding something and she knew what it was. In truth Kimiko hadn't ever even thought about attempting to communicate or even develop a relationship with her zanpakuto spirit. She had been taught that the strongest power a Shinigami could ever wield was the power of their zanpakuto. Kimiko didn't want to wield anything though she just wanted to fight with her own body and feel the excitement of it all. Nonetheless this fight had to continue and it was with Kimiko emerging as the victor.

[Aurora Guerrero]

After the shinigami attack, she was curious why the woman was just standing there grinning at her. Did the shinigami woman finally realize that she had no way to win? Does she now know that there is no way that a weakling shinigami can defeat one of the great Arrancar like Aurora? Or maybe this woman was just stupid, thinking that she could win against her. She would not lose to a shinigami. Not now, and not ever!

Since the shinigami woman wasn't attacking, Aurora took this time to actually look this shinigami over. For an overall look, Aurora figured that this woman would be appealing to most, if not all, men that looked upon her. She had a figure that most men, she's noticed, have wanted to go after. It was interesting that someone that looked like her would want to fight willingly like this and not be somewhere shopping.

Her hair was a dark brown color. It reminded her of chocolate from the human world. When she was alive, it was still a delicacy, since only the rich could afford it. Aurora thought back and now actually kind of missed that sweet. Then, she shook her head. Why in the hell was she thinking about this now? Her human life was nothing she should be reminiscing about. It was nothing! Now was all that mattered to her.

She kept telling herself that while she looked at the determination in this shinigami woman. She knew that shinigami still looked human. They were the ones that kept their human looks when they passed over, or were born to look like humans to deal with them better. She thought that her broken mask showed her progress. She was still weak for an Arrancar, but she had to go through hell to get enough power to break the mask and start anew like this.

The shinigami, it appeared, had nothing like that to show their great strength. No matter to her, she would fight until she could no longer breathe. It was one of her greatest strengths, she thought. But, she knew it might be her downfall. It wouldn't be her downfall today. "Um....shinigami? Are you standing there staring at me because you're too scared to fight me anymore and know that I will be the one that will be victorious in this fight? If so, maybe you should run on home to Soul Society." She growled at the end of that sentence and he eyes glowed as well.