Princess vs Monster

[Kimiko Shihoin]

Grinning across the small space between this hollow and herself Kimiko couldn’t help the sensation of joy and excitement that seemed to flow their her body as if it was her own blood. The princess hated this hollow’s smell that much she had made plain fully obvious and stated previously to the hollow itself yet the battle itself was one that seemed to be succeeding in her need for a challenge. It seemed so strange that Kimiko was feeling sick and angry because of the smell yet joyful and excited because of a challenge.

All those years trapped under the rule of her father made it feel like Kimiko had been held back in what she could have already achieved as a Shinigami. Here stood a simple hollow that it seemed was able to hold her own against what Kimiko had been told were promising and excellent skills in hand to hand combat. It wasn’t the first time that other Shinigami that she had fought revealed to Kimiko that she wasn’t leagues higher up in power then what seemed to be the common strength of new Shinigami. The thing that pissed the princess off was that she could already have been higher if only she was to have been allowed to train younger.

Regardless though her thoughts on her own power weren’t going to defeat this hollow that now grinned back at her and continued to growl. It was growing to a level of annoyance. Honestly who growled that much it seemed like this hollow was in fact more feral then intelligent. Kimiko actually decided to take a scan over her appearance and seemed to recall already realizing that this hollow was what appeared to be female. Yet how could a female allow such a rotten disgusting smell to emanate from them it made no sense to Kimiko. Her hair was a reddish color and her clothing for the majority was white which opposed that of Kimiko’s black Shinigami attire.

That though seemed to strike Kimiko as odd. Why was a hollow wearing what seemed to be new clothing? Kimiko had been taught that hollows were savage monstrous evil creatures that only sought to gain power by devouring other souls. Yet the one in front of her seemed to show signs of being apart of another group of individuals while at the same time everything she had been taught. In all truth it seemed that the instructors had skipped over telling Kimiko that hollows evolved into a more humanoid form known as Arrancar. It went without saying they never mentions Las Noches or the rouge traitor of Soul Society that currently claimed the stronghold of the Arrancar as his own palace.

"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."

Kimiko couldn’t help the angry rising from her chest as she lifted up her right hand and flipped off the hollow while sticking her tongue out. “I’m over here because I need a breathe of fresh air you pig. How the hell are you a female yet smell worse than horse shit is beyond me. Just unreal how bad you allow yourself to smell. Maybe that’s your secret to fighting. I bet that’s it. You make sure that you smell this bad just so no one can fight you or else they’ll throw up from how disgusting you are!” Kimiko brought her hand down and then began to take a position that would seem odd to the hollow.

Kimiko had studied Capoiera enough that the standard idle position was engraved within her memory and her body would begin it immediately as soon as her rhythm began. That rhythm just so happen to be forming right now as Kimiko lowered her into a half crouch like posture while swaying from side to side in constant repetitive motion. It was as if Kimiko was imitating the rocking of a ship in the waters with her upper body yet her legs were in a repetition of moving forward and then back constantly switching places with one another. Kimiko would continue this idle position while awaiting whatever type of reaction the hollow would provide.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora kept staring down this shinigami. Just looking at this woman's face was weird. She could definitely tell that she was going through a lot of different emotions. Aurora just knew of a few feelings on the battlefield. They were joy, excitement, rage and justification. The only strong things she remembered about her human life was how she died. When everything fell around her, she ran in head first to kill whatever did that.

Unfortunately, when she faced this strong enemy, they slew her where she stood. At that moment, when she was laying there dying on the ground, she looked up and saw her enemies laugh at her. They thought just because she was a woman, she would only be good for being in the home. They had been surprised when she ran up to them to fight and even more so when she unsheathed her sword and got into a fighting stance against them.

But, even with her skill, their numbers were too much for her to handle. They left her on the ground, dying from her wounds and gave her one last disrespect. They took her sword from her. They said that a woman didn't deserve something so well made and left her, with nothing. She started screaming in rage inside, since she couldn't voice it on her own. She crawled towards others before she finally died next to them.

She was vengeful when she awoke with her power. She immediately went to those people and slew them, putting them through the worse torture she could think of before she ate them to make herself stronger. Whenever she had any kind of doubt about her strength, she thought about that and it renewed her hatred and rage. Everyone will feel her rage in these worlds, EVERYONE! This shinigami woman would be no different.

She watched as the shinigami woman listened to what she said to her and grinned from ear to ear when she saw the woman get angry. What she wasn't expecting was for the woman to lift her right hand and lift her middle finger at her. She was a little bewildered. She had no idea what the woman meant with that. She had never seen that kind of gesture used while she was alive, or here, so he had no idea what to make of it. It was obviously a rude gesture, but she brushed it off.

Then, she listened to what the shinigami woman had to say. She stated that she was there to breathe in the fresh air, then called her a pig. She then insulted her, saying how could she be a woman and smell so bad, worse than horse shit she said. She then commented that that was her secret to fighting, smelling so bad that no one could fight her or else they would throw up with how disgusting she was. Aurora laughed in the shinigami's face.

"I am not a pig, you IDIOT! I'M A FUCKING TIGER! YOU MUST BE BLIND! Second, I know what you're trying to do, get me angry. I'm always angry shinigami and making me more angry would do you no good. It's just funny that you're trying so hard to do so." She growled again and her eyes glowed gold while she let her anger and hatred seep into her, making sure she was ready to fight this woman again. She laughed evilly to herself while she watched the shinigami change stances again.

She bent down into a half crouch position and started to sway side to side constantly to her own beat it seemed like. Aurora noticed that a stance like that could make it a lot easier for her to defend herself. So, she wasn't even trying to attack her anymore, but defend and then try to get the better of her that way. It was an interesting thought. She decided to try something. She ran towards her and went to slash at her arms. Right before the sword would touch, she would flip her wrist in a feint, immediately switching from a horizontal slash to a vertical slash.

[Kimiko Shihoin]

It just seemed like this hollow didn’t get the picture. It was quite funny Kimiko thought, but at least the hollow would continue to amuse her with the fight. This hollow never stopped growling though which Kimiko could only link to the fact that maybe she was angry with the fact she couldn’t kill her. Nothing else really made any sense why would someone growl for no reason. So far it seemed as if Kimiko was physically stronger but not by enough that she could just dominate the hollow.

"I am not a pig, you IDIOT! I'M A FUCKING TIGER! YOU MUST BE BLIND! Second, I know what you're trying to do, get me angry. I'm always angry shinigami and making me more angry would do you no good. It's just funny that you're trying so hard to do so."

Well it seemed that Kimiko’s own view of the hollow was one that would result in an immediate attack, but more stupid babbling from the hollow. All about how she was a powerful individual some bullshit about her being a tiger of all things. How Kimiko was blind yet it seemed that this hollow was to self absorbed to realize that she wasn’t going to win against Kimiko she never would win. It seemed that the hollow called out what Kimiko had attempted yet in truth most of what she spoke was the truth with only the possible ensued attack a bonus.

In the next moment the hollow rushed forward closing the distance between the two of them until she was close enough to slash with her zanpakuto in an attempt to cut Kimiko. From the angle of the zanpakuto swing Kimiko could perceive that this hollow was planning on cutting one of her arms. It wasn’t the first time and Kimiko believed that if this fight was allowed to continue for that much longer she much eventually end up succeeding.

Kimiko had been thinking it the entire time and already pledged to herself that she would never lose a battle especially to an enemy such as a hollow. For that reason she was going to give this bitch everything she had here and now. Kimiko was still in the idle swaying position of Capoeira which as the hollow swung her zanpakuto allowed Kimiko to execute a cartwheel to the left. That cartwheel though was close to the hollow and had a incredible curve which allowed Kimiko while her hands touched the ground to extend her right foot outward in an attempt to kick the left side of the hollow’s waist. Whether successful or not Kimiko would continue her cartwheel landing on her feet once again however now behind the hollow yet in the same swaying position she had been in only a moment prior.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora watched the shinigami woman while she contemplated what she had said. Aurora could slightly tell that what she was saying was annoying this woman. Aurora smiled to herself about it. She assumed that it had to be about how Aurora thinks of herself as the greatest Arrancar known to all of the races and that her power will someday be strong enough to back that claim. As of right now, she was strong, but this shinigami is full of herself too.

She could tell that this woman was pretty sure that she was going to win. This shinigami woman, it seemed to Aurora, was a lot like her. She had skills and strength, but Aurora was pretty sure that this shinigami woman wasn't a top tier shinigami. If she was, their battle would've been over already. For that, Aurora was thankful. She was glad to test her skills against a lower-tiered shinigami to see what she needed to improve on.

The reason she just rushed was to see how well this new stance would help this young shinigami. She just didn't understand the whole inner rhythm/movement thing. But, when she did do her attack, she immediately noticed why it would help. It kept her loose enough to be able to defend against attacks. It is a very interesting strategy. When her zanpaktou went in to try to strike this woman, she cartwheeled to the left.

She was watching the woman's feet and moving her body so it was always facing her feet. It helped that she used the momentum from her attack to keep her in motion to follow her feet. From the previous attacks in this battle, she figured that she would try to attack with her feet. She has tried kicks a lot and Aurora figured that this time was no different. She was right in her guess. When she tried to kick her, Aurora was able to move her sword back towards her waist, blade out to try and stop the kick from happening.

[Kimiko Shihoin]

Everything seemed like it was going to go great then Kimiko realized that the hollow was moving her zanpakuto in the path of her leg once again. Always the same method of defense this hollow chose to make against Kimiko's offensive. It was getting old and Kimiko even though in the midst of combat was growing bored by this hollow. As her kick went through Kimiko suddenly disappeared from view and what seemed like reality. The Shihoin princess had utilized Shunpo in order to avoid kicking the zanpakuto of the hollow.

In the next instant Kimiko would appear a total of ten feet away with her zanpakuto in her right hand and the sheath in her left. Kimiko knew now that this battle was even although boring she needed better training against weapons such as zanpakuto. Kimiko held out her zanpakuto and began to open up a spiritual doorway back to the Soul Society. "We'll fight again hollow that much is guaranteed next time I hope you decide to actually fight back." Kimiko then walked into the doorway as it closed behind her.

[Aurora Guerrero]

Aurora watched with evil glee as the shinigami woman's leg was actually getting closer to her sword. But, right before it looked like her leg would touch the sword, she disappeared. Aurora was a little confused by this, but she could still smell the woman. She looked out and saw that the woman had appeared about ten feet away from her. She was just standing there, which was a little weird to her, since she stayed on the offensive for most of the fight.

She then told her that they would fight again and she hoped she would fight back. Aurora watched as she walked through the gates that would take her back to Soul Society. She guessed the woman didn't think that putting a blade between them was considered an attack. How small minded this woman must be. But, it didn't matter to her. Obviously, there wasn't anything else here worth the Fraccion's time, so she broke the ball that the Tercera gave her and a Garganta appeared. She growled out before walking through the Garganta back to Hueco Mundo.

[Zou ۞]

+490 CTP Aurora.

+410 CTP Kimiko.

No clear winner, and therefore no victory TP awarded.