A Friendly Sparring Session?

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Thread Title: A Friendly Sparring Session?
Participants: Senshi Odayakama vs Tsukuyomi Kawada
World: Soul Society
Death Setting: Non Death Enabled
Rating: R
Location: One of the few sparring arenas in Soul Society that over the last few years have been known to test the skills of Shinigami against one another to refine their talents. These arenas are the very ones that Captains take part on when challenged for their positions. The arena is rather large covering an area of one hundred feet squared in a circle. The base of the arena is hard cement. Around the arena are stands that rise up with rows of seats that normally are vacant unless a battle between high position Shinigami is taking place.
Special Conditions: N/A
Circumstances: Tsukuyomi has been sitting in the stands for the last half an hour watching other Shinigami spar against one another. He's both here to match sure that no Shinigami breaks a law during a session and to see just where he stands against the majority of them. That is until a female Shinigami approaches him wishing to spar against him due to his position in Division Seven.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Hunched over in the seat that he had been sitting in for over at lleast a half an hour now was the noble Kawada by the name of Tsukuyomi. He was positioned rather high up in the stands as he looked down at the circular arena that currently had three different shinigami facing off against one another to see who would emerge as the victor of them all. Although this wasn't the first time that he had been here Tsukuyomi himself hadn't ever taken part against another Shinigami in this arena. He normally came here when he didn't have anything else to do other than training which what he was doing right now he considered to be much the same thing.

He wasn't like these other shinigami and he had known that for awhile now. The time would come more than likely when he'd have to flee Soul Society for his life and that was why he was here right now. He was researching and refining his own ability to process and analyize the combat movements and abilities of other Shinigami. There was no better place to gather as much information in Soul Society in his own opinion since all types of combat were conducted in this arena. He would study up on not only sword play, but hand to hand combat and kido. Not to mention the other zanpakuto that different shinigami possessed that were able to release.

For whatever reason though he was hitting agaist a wall himself finding it harder and harder to get stronger under the tutelige of his Captain. He knew that she had the best intentions for him yet her own strengths were in hand to hand combat and not in sword play so her training was limited to acrobatics along with speed and endurance training. It didn't matter though he knew he had to find a way to push harder and get more powerful for not only his sake, but for Vesta as well. He hadn't been able to visit her recently and hoped that she was still safe knowing that she was in just as much if not more danger than himself.

Almost as fast as the sparring match between the three of them had started it was already over as Tsukuyomi watched one of the Shinigami cast a fire type kido at the other two. Neither of them had the training to react in time and found themselves burnt and on the ground in so much pain that they submitted to the other Shinigami who looked to be from the kido corps. Tsukuyomi didn't know why, but kido just was something he couldn't do and it left him vulnerable something that he hated. He was about ready to leave for the day and find somewhere to eat when he heard the sounds of foot steps approaching him.

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

The shy crimson headed Shinigami had been walking torwards the man shyly rubbing her left arm as she approached the fourth seat. She had fought many many strong foes in her time, but now she decided how she stood against the lower ranked seats of the Soul Society. She had honestly believed she was indeed as weak as an unseated officer. Even though she had faced the third seat Grodd in a stalemate, she thought of it as a fluke of luck. She had come originally to train, but had heard the fourth seat of a squad was here. For one reason or another, Senshi had come to face the man in combat. She had to see if she's truly grown...or if she was indeed a failure of a Shinigami.

If the man had energy sensory about him, he would be able to feel Senshi's spiritual energy was strong. Most certainly, it was stronger than any normal unseated officer's Reiatsu. The young woman had stood before him before calmly speaking...trying not to shy away, mumble, or stutter. "Are you the fourth seat of squad 7? I've come to face you in a spar. Your name is Kawada Tsukuyomi if I am correct? My name is Odayakama Senshi Unseated Officer of Squad Nine. Pleasure to meet you."

The young woman had politely held her hands on her lap as she had awaited her opponent's reaction. She expected him as the fourth seat to be strong. How strong she would be, she didn't know nor did it matter to her. All that mattered was testing her limit to see what she was capable of...how strong she needed to grow. She had the opportunity to possibly find this out by training with the man in front of her. The crimson headed woman had wanted to become stronger no matter what. Hopefully he wouldn't deny her request to train with him.

Upon his acceptance, Senshi would leisurely walk down a flight of steps leading into the arena. It was clear now as it would be just them two fighting to the silence. Senshi would then stand on the northern end of the arena with her katana drawn in her left hand before keeping relatively quiet. Now she had awaited her foe in the field of battle as she would analyze his form, stance, and expression. "Hajime." The young woman had rushed forward with her blade aiming to meet the man, and she would swing her blade diagnolly torwards his left shoulder. She was training her physical battling skills. Her free hand was always open to cast a Kido or to reinforce her movements. If the man had graced her in a clash of blades, she would push her weight against it attempting to overthrow him in their blade lock.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Tsukuyomi's head turned to the left slightly just so he could get a vantage point on what was causing the sound of foot steps towards him or more who was causing them. It was obvious by the repeated tapping of feet in a rhythm that it was another Shinigami which wasn't to be unexpected given that the only other individuals present in Soul Society are Beasts and honored guests or allies. Tsukuyomi could tell though based on the scent and the degree of sound that was caused by the foot steps that the individual approaching him was rather small and unskilled in keeping her movements quiet. Not only that, but it was more than likely a female due to the scent getting ever more present.

It only took a few moments for the young red haired girl to come into his sights. She looked to be around the same age as himself yet Tsukuyomi had learned a long time ago that most of the others that actually looked his age were much older than him. She had a typical katana as a zanpakuto at her waist while she wore the attire of the Shinigami. Tsukuyomi reached out with his aura for a brief moment to get a better feel of the girl and felt an almost overwhelming majority of good intentions inside of her. At the same time though due to his own empathy towards individuals which was still something that Tsukuyomi himself rather loathed he could tell this girl was feeling emotions of conflict within herself.

A moment later though it was revealed to him that he hadn't even needed to feel out with his aura as the girl made it exceedingly obvious that she was trying her best not to mess up as she addressed him as the Fourth Seat of the Seventh Division and requested a sparring session against him. It seemed that she did do her research though as she knew his name and not just his rank which was at least a sign that she was somewhat resourceful. Tsukuyomi in all truth had no intention of sparring against the girl not after having to face off against the problem of a woman known as Yetsuna.

However, that all changed when she introduced herself as Odayakama Senshi. It didn't matter if she realized it or not, but in that moment as she mentioned her name Tsukuyomi's eyes for a brief moment flickered with realization. He had read a report only a short time ago involving a battle between the Third Seat of Division Three and the unseated officer of Division Nine by the same name. Tsukuyomi and a few of the others had believed that she would soon join the ranks of the seated officers and perhaps even become a Vice Captain in time. While he was a member of Soul Society and a Shinigami Tsukuyomi had his problems and needed to have constant knowledge of potentially powerful Shinigami.

This was what caused the shift in his decision as Senshi finished speaking holding her hands in front of her to appear polite while she awaited his response to her challenge. "Alright then since you were able to fight Grodd to a draw I'll see what you can do myself." Tsukuyomi would speak as he stood from his seat placing his right arm at his side held up by his uniform kept in the open loose manner that he was accustomed too. The left half of his top was kept to his back or tied around his waist leaving his left arm and side only covered by his vest along with the sleeve and forearm guard. Tsukuyomi would wave for Senshi to make her way down to the arena which would enable him to follow.

Once the both of them got into the arena it seemed that the girl wasn't going to waste any time going over any sort of rules she wished to place on their match. This either meant that she wanted to test herself like all of the others against any type of fighting style or she didn't dare risk limiting him or even herself in this battle. She positioned herself at the northern side of the arena and drew her zanpakuto. It seemed she was ready for battle and because of that Tsukuyomi's expression would intensify his gaze becoming as stern as steel tempered in a volcano.

Sensei rushed Tsukuyomi in the following moments and Tsukuyomi could see based on her running that either she was holding back or she wasn't one to develop her physical aspects meaning she was more than likely a practitioner of kido. He had already dismissed the prospect of her being an assassin or stealth based practitioner due to her approach earlier. So why was she rushing him now if she wished to test her abilities against a seated officer? Tsukuyomi waited until Sensei was approaching fifteen feet from him keeping an eye to make sure she didn't execute a Hoho technique to vanish or attack him. He would place his left hand across his waist grabbing Honshitsu the wakashi from his right hip.

In the next instant everything would appear as a blur to Sensei due to the difference in speed between herself and Tsukuyomi. The long black haired member of the Kawada family would suddenly draw his zanpakuto in a blurred motion only to than simply rush Sensei so fast that her eyes would barely register the actual moment. Tsukuyomi had to teach this Shinigami something that he had learned the hard way against true enemies. In battle it was never wise to hold back it was always effective to break your opponent as soon as possible that was Tsukuyomi's mentality towards battle and it had kept him alive thus far.

It was through this mentality that Tsukuyomi had maneuvered his zanpakuto backwards in his hand while rushing Sensei moving past her on the left side of her body. He had focused his reiatsu to his feet and executed Movement so fast that even if Sensei could sense reiatsu she'd be pressed on time to evade executing Shunpo. This would be the first exchange and one of warning for Sensei to take this seriously as Tsukuyomi would reappear to her ten feet behind where she had just been turning around to face her once again. He was holding his zanpakuto in his left hand pointing it out at her as blood would drip from the blade onto the arena floor. Sensei might have realized it already at this point, but regardless of whether or not she did she'd feel it now as her left side just under her rib cage began to bleed from a swallow cut through her flesh. "Either you take this seriously or I'll leave you at Division Four's doorstep make your choice."

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{Stats & Skills}
Strength: 75 (56)
Speed: 310 (419)
Spiritual Pressure: 265 (358)
Reiatsu Strength: 80(60)
Light Aura: 50 Points
Dark Aura: 50 Points
Instinct: 200
Senses: 150
Energy Sensory: 0
Healing Expertise: 0

Movement: (2)
Calm Mind: (2)
Weapon*Swords: (2)
Weapon*Chains: (2)
Battle Analysis: (2)
Battle Focus: (2)
Acrobatics: (2)

Remaining Reiatsu: 3555/3580
Movement: {-25}

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

Now this was a surprise for Senshi. He had recognized her name and her feat of fighting the third seat Grodd in combat and meeting him in combat in a draw. When the battle had commenced, she had been holding back just to try and get a feel for what his fighting style might be like. However, he had blurred from her eyesight. It seemed Senshi had the misfortune of always fighting those faster than her. He had a look of steel on his face. She had a trained eye for fast movement at this point and had come with countermeasures against such foes. However, she had allowed herself to be sliced as her foe had reappeared ten feet behind her. He was daresay faster than captain July...or the demon Kuroi. A shallow slice had been delivered to her robes two sizes too great for her and with it a slight bit of blood.

Senshi had listened to the man's word about not holding back, and she giggled for a second. "Reminds me of that oath I made myself long ago. I first made a similar philosophy of battle when first fighting the third seat Grodd." Senshi had held her hand over her left abdomen with a glowing green hand as the wound sealed shut. Then she had used Shunpo to appear ten meters farther away from her foe. "However, Kawada-Sama...I wont let go of my restraint so easily. I've analyzed your style of fighting and my strategy is done." It was then wordlessly, she would raise her hand and fire a gigantic ball of flaming fire in an instant. It had been Hado#31:Shakkaho but Senshi's was different. Hers was nearly four times larger than average and bigger than the fourth seat was tall.

The ball of flame had rushed forward at a raging speed, and with his senses he would likely feel the heat of the ball before it would actually hit. If the ball would hit even the ground near the man, the earth would be enveloped in a blast as an explosion would occur as debris would fly into the sky. Also, the sound of it would be enough to disorient most human eardrums at close proximity. Through her mastery of this Kido however, she had weakened the initial blast to instead send flames flying through the air...to land around the environment to limit safe places to evade. Now...if the ground was off limits, then the air was likely the only safe place to enter. Predicting this, she had fired a precise bolt of electricity into the air to fire into the man's left leg. More specifically, it would be aimed for the kneecap of the man to limit his speed.

Senshi looked with a neutral expression on her face as the flame would illuminate her face. The world was cruel and in battle had no time for sympathy or remorse. She had then awaited her opponent before speaking again. "Your mentality of not holding back Kawada-Sama. What is the point of this? Why fight an enemy with full force...if you know you are destined to lose?" She had not been referring to the man, but rather herself. She had fought many incredibly strong foes in her past...and knew that no matter how hard she fought, she would ultimately fail the battle. Senshi's cerulean blue eyes had been filled with a sorrowful look before she smiled slightly. She had been filled with an inner darkness she hid from the world.

Senshi had then brushed her crimson pony tail with her free hand before caressing her head. She knew that if he chose to attack her in an up close sword battle, it was predictable. His movements with his short blade had to be very close distance and thus made him an easier target to engage as long as she could predict his next movement. He may not have noticed the woman's middle and index finger lifting on her sword hand as she had been waiting. If he would step to her, she would have easily casted a Kido of her choice and wordlessly. She had mastered many Kido and was a skilled practitioner...and had now utilized how to effectively combat the speedy assuming they were generally her strength.

Senshi was going to give the man the illusion of choice. He may think he chose the air as the safest place to land, but in reality was planned all along. Senshi had her cerulean eyes focused well on her foe, and she had then reacted to the man's comment about leaving her on the doorstep to Squad 4's Barracks. "I've been there many times before. I'm not afraid to go there another time." The woman had continued to wait...as she was eager for this battle. She had to push herself to see if she's even improved.

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Stats:
Strength:(70x.75)= 52.5
Speed:250
Spiritual Pressure:280
Reiatsu Strength:(400x1.5)=600
Light Aura:75
Dark Aura:25
Instinct:100
Senses:100
Energy Sensory:0
Wound Expertise:0

Total:1100

Reiatsu Remaining:
2525/2800
-50 Shunpo
-50 Healing Orb
-150 Shakkaho
-25 Byakurai






Skills:
Analyzing:2
Learning:2
Weapons*:2[Swords]
Martial Arts*:2[Aikido]
Battle Analysis:2
Mental Enchantation:1
Pain Tolerance:2
Kido:1
14/16 SKP

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

It seemed that even now as Tsukuyomi had warned this girl about taking this seriously she wasn't going to actually fight him in that manner for all she started to do was giggle. Tsukuyomi perhaps at a time would have either taken this as a insulting sign or fallen for the charm of it yet neither of those passed through him as he stood watching her. Instead what coursed through the body of the young Kawada was the fact that this Shinigami had a vast need for experience in battle and life to even catch up to some of the other gifted Shinigami.

To make matters worse Sensei began to speak once again while the sparring session was still ongoing something that Tsukuyomi had learned was a huge mistake against foes that didn't hold any sort of honor or care for the individual. He contemplated the idea of striking her down right now to show her what true defeat felt like, but decided against it in order to test out the actual power that had been rumored to hold back Grodd. It seemed that she made an oath about combat when she had fought against Grodd and yet if that was correct then she must not follow such an oath anymore based on how she was acting right now.

Tsukuyomi was starting to get irritated if this continued then he wouldn't even give her anymore of his time he had to get stronger and it seemed that continuing to face her wasn't going to help him in that endeavor. He still wasn't taking her seriously which he had hoped would cause her to become enraged or at least give it her all to show him wrong. He still had his right arm kept held up by his uniform at his side having no need for the extra appendage that normally wasn't used in combat unless the foe was able to match his speed or skill with a blade.

It seemed though that Sensei wouldn't be able to do so as her movement at least what he had seen so far was vastly inferior to his own yet now she claimed that she had analyzed his entire fighting style and had a strategy to defeat him. "Inexperience." Tsukuyomi spoke softly as Sensei held out her hand casting a massive ball of fire that began to move full force at a fair pace right towards Tsukuyomi. Even with his base Tsukuyomi knew that if he simply rushed to the side he'd be able to get out of the path of the fireball.

The distance between them was twenty feet and while the ball of fire was moving at a good clip it took far less movement for Tsukuyomi to move ten feet to either side than it did for the fireball to travel the full distance to him. However, that wasn't what he did even though he knew that's all it would take. Instead as Sensei cast her kido she'd lose sight of Tsukuyomi as her own fireball would cover his position from her sight. It was a hindrance that Tsukuyomi was actually glad he never would have to deal with due to his inability to cast kido for whatever reason.

She'd feel his reiatsu spike for a brief moment as Tsukuyomi once again executed the technique known as Movement to move to the right ten feet in an instant. The fireball had barely started to move from Sensei's position which meant that the vast majority of her sight would still be covered up by it leaving her blind to his knew location. In that next instant though Tsukuyomi decided that taking it easy on her so that she'd learn how to fight him on even ground wouldn't help her in the long run. He had to help her through pain like he had been forced to learn like all had to learn in order to acquire true strength.

That's why in that next instant just after executing Movement Tsukuyomi would disappear once again only this time he'd move at a speed far exceeding what he had already accomplished in the short span of the spar. He executed Senka moving right towards Sensei at an angle from her left while the fireball was just getting out of range from her reaching a distance of seven feet. Tsukuyomi would rush towards Sensei moving close enough to the ball of fire that he could feel the heat of it on the left side of his body yet not close enough to be burnt by the physical body of it. Sensei though wouldn't be so lucky due to the fact that even now if she could sense Tsukuyomi executing a technique and used Shunpo to try and get away the difference in their speed was simply to vast.

Tsukuyomi would be able to see her start to move at her accelerated speed and even more so than that his Senka something that most individuals hadn't seen would make its mark on her body. After the time span of only a moment while the fireball still moved through the air heading towards where Tsukuyomi had been standing the black hair moved in the air as his body suddenly stopped moving at the high speeds it had just been traveling. Sensei wouldn't feel anything at first just like the slash to her side yet after a moment she'd feel sharp pain in her shoulders as blood would begin to seep down her chest and arms. Tsukuyomi knew how to defeat kido practitioners and that's what he was facing.

He wasn't done yet though for Sensei needed to learn what true combat was like in order to grow. As blood would begin to pour from the wounds that Tsukuyomi's Senka had just inflicted on her shoulders he spun on the balls of his feet. Both of Sensei's shoulders were cut rather deeply making movement especially the movement of either arm more difficult than it normally would be with the addition of causing further blood loss. Tsukuyomi though was turning around to face Sensei as he bent his legs causing his height to drop which would allow his next attack. Moving Honshitsu outwards in a horizontal manner to slash the back of Sensei's shins in one motion.

Of course there was more that he could do, but Tsukuyomi wanted to make sure that Sensei got the point and to see if she had what it would take to continue a battle that she would have just experienced first hand wasn't going to be easy when her opponent wasn't going to take her lightly or give her any ground simply because they were both Shinigami. That's why just as Honshitsu would finish sliced through the flesh of Sensei's right shin Tsukuyomi would roll backwards getting distance between the both of them only to get back onto his feet and flip backwards towards the edge of the arena where he would stand looking at her from behind. "If you plan to continue then cease your talking and give me everything you have while you still can Odayakama."

Remaining Reiatsu: 3430/3580
Senka: {-100}
Movement: {-25}

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

Of course he was going to dodge it...but to close such a distance in such a short time was...bizarre. This man however seems to have failed to realize something. This wasn't a battle between two enemies. When he believed that Senshi needed a vast experience for battle...she's already been there and done that. Fighting the legendary Kuroi had made her pathetic. Fighting the Arrancar Col had left her barely escaping with her life. Fighting Shizuyoko had left her scarred and in tatters. It wasn't that she didn't know how to fight...it was just at this point she didn't care. However to say she needed experience in life was an understatement. She honestly didn't care for fighting anymore...being sliced to ribbons...or even dying. It was something that happened every day of her life.

Although she might not have been able to see the man, he could feel his reiatsu spike for a single moment, and then she acted. She had stood there it seemed as he appeared ten feet to the right...and then rushed torwards her at an angle, but that wasn't quite right. When approaching her, he may find that his body would slam into a wall that was invisible...transparent that he would slam into at his speed. Danku. She knew what a Senka looked like from Ajraka and so knew what to look for in its preparations. It was dangerous and could kill someone in an instant.

Using her skill in Kido, she had caused a single hole to open in the wall before shooting two blasts of electricity right for the man's knees piercing them with the offensive force of 600 before her wall vanished. She would then leap and would use her mastery of Shunpo to use it in midair with her right leg extended to slam the Kawada right in the skull with her right foot at the speed of 2500 before springing off of his face to fly into the air...before using the advanced Airground to use the Shunpo again to flip and slam her leg down on the back of his skull before he would hit the ground.

She hated when things went lethal...but she knew it was common. Life in Soul Society wasn't worth much...she knew that. As the fireball would explode in the distance, she would step on Tsukuyomi's sword arm wrist guaranteeing he wasn't going anywhere before suddenly...a course of electrical pain would be sent. "Tsuzuri Raiden. Pain is a commodity...isn't it? Which was why you were going to hurt me like that? Slice me open? I suppose...only one does such a thing when prepared to have it happen to them." Senshi right now would have at that moment swung her right blade downwards severing the man's sword arm from his body before kicking it away and seeming to have a cold look in her eyes...one of indifference. Then in her moment...she had sliced off the man's right leg to make sure he wouldn't be getting up anytime soon. Senshi was different. She who cared of life had no hesitation to take this man's leg? Wrong...she simply knew he would survive it.

Then she would begin to beat the man mercilessly with her feet as the fireball exploded sending Napalm like flames across the battlefield and then she stopped her moment of corruption to look at what she's done to the poor man. She stopped as she shook and looked at her state of animosity...and then she cried holding her hand up to her face. Everything was a lie. What she stood for was a lie. She...was a lie. Thus she stopped and felt disgusted with herself. The world made her this way? Or did she become this way of her own volition?

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1800/2800
-50 2 Byakurai
-25 Advanced Air Ground
-600 Danku
-100 Shunpo
+25 from not using Byakurai last post.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

So far Tsukuyomi couldn't understand how this red haired small statured Shinigami had been able to battle the rumored mighty Grodd to a draw. Tsukuyomi had been gathering information and researching the incident reports on Grodd since he had began to make a presence for himself apart from the normal Shinigami. He like many of the seated officers held potential and power that was much vaster than the standard. Due to the constant incidents that he was apart of Tsukuyomi knew that his power was only going to continue growing so he had to keep up on his knowledge or else if the time came when he would have to face Grodd he figured he'd have no chance of victory.

That is why as Tsukuyomi began to execute Senka at the angle to give this Shinigami by the name of Sensei her last warning he still couldn't understand how she had been able to fight Grodd to a stand still. However, his answer was immediately answered as he moved at his accelerated speed towards Sensei only to see something out of the corner of his right eye as the gap between them closed at an immense speed. He didn't have to change the angle of his head Tsukuyomi had developed his sight along with his other senses and learned how to use all of them effectively during combat.

That's why as he moved through with his Senka Tsukuyomi could see the strange looking borders of what seemed to be a window or a transparent wall between himself and Sensei. "So that's it." Tsukuyomi thought within the confines of his own skull as he realized that Sensei was without a doubt a primary practitioner of kido and nothing else. The speed that he had witnessed along with the manner in which she carried her zanpakuto all of it was lacking and yet Tsukuyomi knew what Kido this was that she had somehow just been able to cast.

Tsukuyomi may not be able to cast or practice the mystic al art of kido that many of the Shinigami felt was stronger than the way of the sword and yet it was because of this that Tsukuyomi had researched and learned about many of the kido techniques that were normally sought after by practitioners. It was the most that he could do short of acting facing them in battle like he was right now in order to be prepared for a traitor that could cast them. Danku what many described as the perfect defense had just been cast and Tsukuyomi had the misfortune of never facing off this kido in battle prior to right now.

It was only through Tsukuyomi's experience in battle, developed skills and constant analysis of his surroundings that he was able to alter his path and his plan within a few milliseconds. The previous plan to execute Senka against Sensei in order to inflict two slash wounds across his shoulders was now effectively countered or well preemptively blocked was a better way to describe it as Danku had been cast between them. Tsukuyomi knew what her intent was due to how simplicity the obvious result would more than likely be of putting up a wall in front of a fast approaching target.

The problem was that Tsukuyomi had developed his skill in the art of Hoho where as Sensei had developed her ability to cast kido. Who was going to emerge victories in this sparring session was now a mystery the capable caster or the splendid speedster. Tsukuyomi was going to do everything that he could short of using his actual power to claim victory as he had promised himself to never lose again after the constant defeat at the hands of his Captain and the horrific monster that had been the masked invader.

Instead of slamming into the transparent wall Danku like Sensei had planned though Tsukuyomi altered his path progressing forward right up to Danku and then instead of slamming into it the thin Kawada brought his right leg up high and placed it on the wall immediately executing Movement to suddenly rush up the wall evading injury and turning his disadvantage into an advantage against it's own caster as he suddenly evaded the bolts of lightning that Sensei had began to cast through the holes in the transparent wall of kido.

Tsukuyomi though would suddenly be out of site no where to be seen at all as the lightning would strike the ground of the arena and the fireball kido would explode on the other side. Since he had first executed Senka no one even watching from the stands would see him he simply seemed to be gone as he moved to fast for any of them to see. "Descend from the Abyss onto the Battle Field, Tsukuyomi-No-Mikoto." The young Kawada whispered while gripping the katana kept at the left side of his hip.

It seemed that he was ready to take this Sensei seriously as now both of his hands were in use the right arm something that normally was kept loose and held up by the manner in which he wore his uniform was now wielding the moon zanpakuto of the Seventh Division and the Kawada family. The silver crescent sword seemed to shine in the light of the sun as it was held high above Tsukuyomi's own head. None would see it though all they'd be able to do is realize his reiatsu had just spiked to a new height as he realized his Shikai. His physical body wad still to high in the air after running up the side of Danku to be seen as no one would know to look in the air.

Right now he was a good fifty feet above the arena and above Sensei as she was behind the Danku meaning only a small distance was between them not including the height difference. Although unable to solidify the reiatsu beneath his feet to create an air ground like many other Shinigami Tsukuyomi nevertheless would suddenly stop falling back down towards the arena. Beneath his feet or rather his right foot was a basketball sized white orb of reiatsu that looked as if it were a moon. The orb stayed completely still giving Tsukuyomi a placement for his foot by which he could balance and stay above the arena.

That wasn't the only moon that had just emerged along with the change of his zanpakuto though as two other white moons circled around Tsukuyomi. The second zanpakuto Honshitsu the wakashi that had already been in use was sheathed at the right side of his waist. Tsukuyomi shifted the silver crescent crafting another white moon of reiatsu along the inside of the sharp curved blade that moved away from the blade moving to the small five foot distance from Tsukuyomi as the other two and started to circle around him.

Everything was set up now and Tsukuyomi could begin his assault on Sensei from the aerial position point that he currently had located above the arena. He waved the silver crescent blade zanpakuto known as Mikoto downwards and with that motion two of the white moons that circled around Tsukuyomi took off rushing downwards towards Sensei at a speed of 500 moving faster than even Tsukuyomi had at the beginning of the battle. The moons weren't only fast though as Sensei would soon realize.

Both moons were moving at the same speed yet the positions of each was different as there was now a ten foot distance between the both of them as they reached ten feet above the Arena and only five feet above Sensei. Tsukuyomi was looking to see how she would react to this assault. Whether she would be able to see or react to one of the moons or even both of them was something to be seen. However, now they would reach just above the arena stopping just short of arena when suddenly it curved inwards towards Sensei from both sides.

A pincer assault was the name for this type of positioned attack from both sides and Sensei would have to execute some sort of kido or even Hoho technique or else she was going to find herself brutally smashed from both sides by orbs the size of basketballs that carried with them enough force to bend steel beams. Tsukuyomi though was expecting some sort of reaction and because of that his eyes were adjusted to the distance now as he watched. If Sensei moved in any way that Tsukuyomi would see his moons would be sure to follow until victory was claimed.

Remaining Reiatsu: 3030/3580
Movement: {-25}
Tsukuyomi-No-Mikoto: {-300}
New Moon: {-75}

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

As her foe used her Danku as a springboard, of course that was surprising. "Descend from the Abyss onto the Battle Field, Tsukuyomi-No-Mikoto." Even though Senshi may not have been able to hear the chant, she most certainly had realized that Reiatsu had been released to form a Shikai. Another thing that she had noticed was that the crowd had looked up. From the fact that she could also see his shadow was another way she had realized his location. "Extend above the heavens and fly Shonin Joka." Her blade had suddenly shrank down in size as red light enveloped it to turn into a Tanto or Wakizashi three feet long. She could see the shadows of the crescent moons coming down at a fast speed.

Paying three hundred Reiatsu from her reserves, her blade would grow 30% sharper although of course her enemy would not be able to sense this seeing instead they would be sensing the Reiatsu released from transforming her sword at the moment. Now her blade had the offensive stat of 720. Of course seeing how fast these crescents were, she wouldn't be able to defend herself against both at the same time. However, she didn't have to. That was why Shonin Joka was there to assist her. It was then suddenly the blade had split into six thin pieces still attached to the handle. It was her ability called Split.

As the crescents converged to slam into her, the six pieces had suddenly wrapped around Senshi like a birdcage trapping her inside as the crescents would slam into it. Both of his crescents would be sliced evenly into thirds as they would slam into the side. However, this wasn't all. As new moon is a Class 4 technique or rather Class three in this case, Senshi would be able to absorb a quarter of the cost seeing she was of superior class and of greater offensive force of her weapon. She had gained 19 Reiatsu from her foe Tsukuyomi as it would be stored for later use.

Then...Senshi had looked up into the sky to see Tsukuyomi standing on his moon for balance. She had released her birdcage as her blade Shonin Joka had formed six sword tendrils around her...until she swang her blade upwards releasing a swarm of shrapnel for the man as Shonin Joka had shot it's blades into tiny shards. If stabbed through by any of these shards, the man would lose 300 Reiatsu per post until all shards are removed. They flew in the air in a wide radius as an Anti-Step technique measure. Of course even if the man had evaded all of them, they would still come back down with dangerous sharpness. It would create a hazardous playing field for both of them.

Of course the man wouldn't be able to step towards her, but he couldn't step down to the ground either seeing the napalm flame was still burning intensely. His crescents were now broken. What was his next movement? Senshi's six blade separations had been by her side in each direction preparing for a direct assault as they were heavily versatile in terms of combat. All she had to do was outlast the man and prepare accordingly. He was faster, but as long as she kept a solid defense going that wouldn't matter. Senshi had panted as she could now rest and recover from the heavy drain that was her Zanpakutou. Danku was exhausting to cast also despite having mastered it. Her Reiatsu reserves were not that large...and it might have been wiser to never have used it.

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Reiatsu Remaining:
1025/2800
+125 from never using Advanced Airground and 2 Shunpo
-300 for Shonin Joka
-300 for Reiatsu Transfer
-150 for Split
-150 for Shrapnel
+38 Reiatsu from Tsukuyomi's two new moon being cut.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Standing up in the air a fair distance above the ground that made up the sparring arena was the young black haired Kawada that overlooked his opponent as she stood behind her transparent wall of kido. It had been a good choice and a smart one to try and make him slam full force into the wall while he had attempted to execute an accelerated movement technique. If Tsukuyomi had developed his eyes for combat nor his senses throughout his life he without a doubt would have fallen for the trap and right now he more than likely would have already been defeated.

That wasn't the case however and once again Tsukuyomi was forced to admit to himself that his previous blindness had once again saved him. Mikoto was held in his right hand as she always was and always had been since the two of them had been able to fight alongside one another. The silver crescent blade of a zanpakuto moved gently over the air commanding the white moons below on how to move as if they were being instructed at every moment. He had his attack planned while keeping his defense more than acceptable as the remaining two moons were either holding him up in the air or rotating around him.

However, it seemed that Senshi wasn't going to accept defeat easily either as she apparently released her zanpakuto into the stage of Shikai as well to combat Mikoto. Tsukuyomi wasn't all that surprised although this meant that Senshi was without a doubt a Shinigami that held at least moderate promise. Not every Shinigami was able to release even their Shikai while even fewer were able to achieve the status of Bankai. Tsukuyomi always felt that if one was able to achieve Shikai then at the very least they were important in some way.

Tsukuyomi couldn't see Senshi all that well due to the height that he was currently at above the arena, but he could see the outline of her zanpakuto suddenly change and then move around her just prior to his moons reaching her. He felt the need to pull Mikoto upwards in order to change the course of the moons and yet at the same time he knew it was already to late. His moons were going to clash against Senshi's zanpakuto and although Tsukuyomi had no clue what her ability might be he knew that if she was willing and confident enough to hide behind it then his moons might not have enough power to push through to her body.

As he watched the two moons that he had sent down in order to attack Senshi get cut into pieces Tsukuyomi held Mikoto outwards in front of him and swung her gently releasing another white moon that had just formed from his reiatsu in the crescent of her body. In the next moment Tsukuyomi swung Mikoto with more force yet not enough to risk his balance. That swing though as the moon that had been rotating around him and the new moon that had only just been formed flew through the air forwards at a speed of 500.

Tsukuyomi had to keep constant attention on Senshi though due to her ability to cast large kido and the unknown factors of her zanpakuto. Sure enough though in the next moment Senshi seemed to do something new with her zanpakuto as the blades that had been around her changed and became what looked like more fluid appendages that would belong on a sea creature. "She's setting up her own defense." Thought Tsukuyomi however he didn't have any time further to make plans as he witnessed Senshi doing something else and released that whatever it was it would be an attack against him.

As the shards were fired off at him Tsukuyomi was already on the moved swinging Mikoto downwards with his right arm while simultaneously executing Shunpo from the white moon that he had been standing on. Suddenly the white moon would drop from the position it had been in over the last few moments down towards the ground at a speed of 500. Tsukuyomi would be nowhere to be seen though as he had vanished from his position and wouldn't seem to appear anywhere else.

In truth Tsukuyomi was once again already positioned on one of the white moons that he had sent forwards through the air from his last position. He had been able to move to it with a simple Shunpo and stand on it thanks to his balance and acrobatic talent. He didn't know the full scope of Senshi's zanpakuto abilities yet he knew that the white moons wouldn't be able to break through her defense. The last time they had been sliced apart upon contact which meant that there were only a few possibilities for him to get past her defense. He had to make a choice right now on how to finish this match.

"You could always use me instead of that old hag Yomi dear." Tsukuyomi blinked without even realizing it and found himself standing on the white surface of the moon within his inner world. He knew where he was and who had brought him here. Instant Jizen was a technique that allowed a Shinigami to communicate with their zanpakuto spirit in the heat of battle and hold full conversations in less than an actual moment. However, Tsukuyomi didn't have just a single zanpakuto and both of them felt entitled to be his only weapon. This had caused problems in the past between them and it seemed that even now as he battled against Senshi it was going to be a pain.

Honshitsu the small petite spirit that had short pitch black hair with cold dark eyes was the polar opposite in personality to her appearance at least towards Tsukuyomi. She was playful and always seemed to have joy flow through her whenever Tsukuyomi would train with her or use her in battle. That was why right now she was acting up simply because Mikoto was being used against Senshi and she wasn't. Tsukuyomi hadn't even had the time to really react or speak when he realized that Honshitsu was already inside his guard and clinging to his left arm wrapping her arms around it and placing her head on his shoulder. "Please Yomi you don't need her I can bring that little blonde girl down with you easily."

Honshitsu was much more distance based than even Mikoto which in all truth might actually be enough to back up her claim as to being better suited to defeat Senshi than Mikoto yet Tsukuyomi didn't know for sure nor did he like picking sides. In that next instant he was reassured of why he had always stayed impartial to either of them and never claimed to like either more so than the other. Honshitsu while she had a good grip on Tsukuyomi was suddenly sent flying away from him as her stomach was hit with a white moon. "Stupid little bitch you're worthless. Just shut the fuck up and let the boy continue with his battle so that he might actually learn how to be competent one day instead of remaining the pathetic little wimp he is now."

Tsukuyomi turned his head starring at Mikoto the tall white haired woman of beauty that clad her body in silver armor. His eyes at least for the moment were filled with contempt and anger at her words towards him he didn't like how she treated him and never had yet she never seemed to change her mind about him. She always viewed herself as the one in charge and the most powerful out of the three of them and in truth she wasn't really wrong about it. The problem was though that Mikoto felt like she could control Tsukuyomi and his life based on her own opinion and Tsukuyomi more often than naught had to agree with what she wanted or else she wouldn't allow him to use her when he needed too.

"Well look at that those are the eyes of someone who might not be a complete waste of space. Now lets bring this blonde bitch down to her knees." spoke Mikoto as she starred at Tsukuyomi awaiting him to continue with their battle. Honshitsu for whatever reason was quiet right now, but Tsukuyomi knew that if he ever needed her she would allow him to use her although it would probably come at the cost of losing Mikoto. For right now he had to continue his plan and try to bring down Senshi before further divide could come between him and his zanpakuto spirits. "Alright then lets go with a green dance Mikoto."

Senshi's shards would fly through the air where Tsukuyomi had been only a moment prior missing all of the targets as the moon that flew downwards was close to the actual arena now. The white moon that Tsukuyomi was on was currently floating about one hundred feet above the arena, but more importantly it was located behind Senshi at the edge of the arena more than twenty feet behind her. His location would be unknown to her at least for now and the other white moon that he been sent with the one he was standing on was already moving towards Senshi from behind.

Tsukuyomi lifted Mikoto upwards causing the white moon to rise up roughly fifteen feet in an instant only to continue it's ascent higher and higher until it would suddenly stop right above Senshi's location. The other white moon that was in front of Senshi though was starting to move closer and closer moving towards Senshi at a speed of 500. It would appear that this moon was coming right for her a head on assault and now that Tsukuyomi had seen what she could do it was time to see just how adapt she was at defending herself.

Shikai: 6/7

Remaining Reiatsu: 2805/3580
Shunpo: {-50}
New Moon: {-75}
Instant Jizen: {-100}

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

It was within a short moment, she had seen the man had simply formed another moon manipulating it...and then using the Shunpo to dodge her shards. Interesting approach since there was no air ground to use in the Soul Society. Senshi had been able to keep track of the man. After all, there were only two moons. It was then, she had seen the second moon which had been abandoned fly towards her much like the original two which now lay sliced at her feet. She was being analyzed just like how she was analyzing him. That really didn't bother her seeing he forced her to release or else take a hit.

As the moon flew for her, only three of the six blades had acted this time. The three in front of her had flown foward slicing the moon into neat thirds. However, the other three had surrounded Senshi neatly especially over the head to provide a strong defense. Now there lied many pieces of moon under her feet as she had a rather interesting thought. Now with the moon destroyed, she had stored another 19 Reiatsu within her blade. So far she hadn't displayed any real spiritual abilities of her Zanpakutou, and she doubted she really needed to. Now with about 11 fragments of moon by her, she had thought of a reiatsu conservative way to fight Tsukuyomi.

Three of her blades had began to grab the fragments of moon before they would hurl them towards the moon Tsukuyomi was standing on. They would throw them specifically to throw off Tsukuyomi's balance and to force him to move. She would throw all eleven pieces readjusting aim as he moved before she had then camped like a turtle. He would run out of reiatsu eventually, or come face her. She had been finding it interesting he hadn't found the need for rest or exhaustion seeing he's used a good bit of movement, shunpo, and acrobatics. She would wait until he was tired...and then would strike like a snake. She seemed to realize her new method was working well as a speed type counter measure.

The napalm on the ground had began to burn out now as Senshi had simply waited to see what Tsukuyomi planned on doing. They were fairly well matched despite Tsukuyomi being superior in speed and movements. Senshi needed to lure him out, and depending on his actions, she may be actually be able to win this battle against him. She just needed to be patient. If she could land just one hit on the man...one solid blow, it would be over. Her sword blades had been around her as a barrier from harm and thus Senshi could just stand or sit. However, her blade had another idea.

Using its incredible sharpness, it had began to cut rocks from out of the ground before throwing them over and over at the moon while Senshi took deep breaths. Whether this was a smart idea or not was yet to be seen. Her eyes would never leave the moon and Tsukuyomi as her blades once again made a birdcage around her throwing a few rocks each time. They were powerful and their sense of protection could guard Senshi from all directions. How long did Tsukuyomi have? It was all questionable really. He had to be encumbered eventually which will either lead to her success, or her defeat. Time would tell as the battle was intense.

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Reiatsu Remaining:
1025/2800
Shikai: 2/10
+19 from New Moon
Shikai Stored:57

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Tsukuyomi watched from the white moon beneath his feet that kept him over one hundred feet from the arena surface. He had to figure out a way to get through the bird cage like defensive form of Senshi's zanpakuto. That was why he had to keep testing it until he could figure out a way to turn it against her or find a weakness in the design of it. As the white moon that had been sent downwards and forwards towards her in a head forward assault against her caused the first three blades that formed the cage to move forwards.

The blades of her zanpakuto were strong enough that Tsukuyomi already knew they could cut through his moons which is what he witnessed once again as his moon was sliced into three pieces that fell at her feet. So far it seemed that Senshi was able to control the movements of her blades in a type of manner that befitted a creature. This analysis only strengthened as Tsukuyomi watched Senshi's blades pick up the pieces of his moons and begin to throw them upwards at him. However, one thing always remained the same about her zanpakuto.

Tsukuyomi would quickly change positioned waving Mikoto to the right causing the moon beneath him to begin rushing in that direction at a speed of three hundred only to than shift to five hundred and then back down to three hundred. He was evading all eleven pieces of his moons that had been thrown back upwards at him having ample time to do so with the distance between them while making aiming for him even more difficult as he changed the speed of the moon that was carrying him.

It seemed that Senshi was going to try and wait this out and make him take the offensive as she wasn't casting any further kido. While Tsukuyomi had very little knowledge of the Shinigami art and couldn't actually utilize it himself he knew based on her previous execution of a fire kido that Senshi's reiatsu was incredibly powerful for an unseated officer and that her skill laid more in the use of kido than her zanpakuto or physical combat of any kind. His presumptions hadn't led him astray yet as everything so far had been correct and that her actual strength and power came from kido that could be cast at any moment from her defensive position towards him.

The question though was why she wasn't casting any further kido against him. Tsukuyomi had been thinking it over for the last few moments since he had stopped moving due to the fact that there were no longer any moons being thrown at him. He was now positioned in front of Senshi yet still in the air at the same elevation that he had been for the last few moments. He was literally looking down at Senshi from the vantage point that his moon created for him as he came the most likely conclusion that while she had developed the strength of her reiatsu her supply of it must still be very limited. So releasing her zanpakuto along with everything else more than likely meant she didn't have enough reiatsu left to cast another kido confidently.

"I guess that means it's time for the green dance to begin Mikoto." Tsukuyomi whispered to himself when in fact he was simply speaking to his zanpakuto spirit without the use of Jinzen. Raising Mikoto above his head Tsukuyomi flowed his reiatsu into the crescent blade once again causing another new pure white moon to fly out from the curve of the silver zanpakuto. This new moon would begin to circle around Tsukuyomi like the first few had while the other white moon that had been in the air for awhile near Senshi was positioned only twenty feet from her. This moon had so far gone unnoticed by Senshi or at least she hadn't felt the need to attack it as it had been above her.

Now though Tsukuyomi moved Mikoto downwards and to the left side casing the white moon to drop down just above the surface of the arena and begin to move towards Senshi looking as if it would be another direct assault against her like the last. However, Tsukuyomi wasn't insane he wasn't going to keep doing the same thing over and over only to hopefully get a different outcome. No this time when his moon got within range of her blades it would suddenly move to the right around them while getting within five feet of Senshi who was on the inside of her cage. Tsukuyomi had moved Mikoto in order for the moon to evade the blades and then concentrated his reiatsu activating the zanpakuto technique known as Harvest Moon.

Suddenly the white moon just after evading the blades of Senshi's zanpakuto only thanks to Tsukuyomi testing out her distance and battle pattern in his previous attack along with the vast difference in speed with the moon moving at a constant five hundred. It would change color into a glistening beautiful green while also starting to spin by itself while moving around Senshi's cage at a speed of four hundred and fifty throwing off any plans she had to anticipate the placement of the moon due to the sudden drop in speed. It wouldn't matter though as the moment the moon turned green Senshi would begin to feel pain. She was within the range of the Harvest Moon's aura. The floor of the arena along with Senshi herself would out of nowhere begin to be cut on various places. Every moment that Senshi stayed within her cage and didn't manage to strike the Harvest Moon she was going to be cut more and more causing more and more blood and pain to overwhelm her. Each slash from the Harvest Moon had a force of 358 meaning that Senshi's flesh was being cut clean through and even her bones were going to be severed if she didn't find someway to put distance between herself and the Harvest Moon.

Shikai: 5/7

Remaining Reiatsu: 2530/3580
New Moon: {-75}
Harvest Moon: {-200}

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

Senshi would not attack Tsukuyomi mostly from the fact it would be a suicide mission. The man was leagues faster than her, and she lacked a stable foothold unless she used the Advanced Airground. Therefore, she decided she had to wait him out and finish him when the time was right. The second moon twenty feet above her was in fact noticed but not the greatest priority. She was analyzing her opponent at the moment as she was wondering what he might be doing. Senshi was asking herself questions of his motives and abilities. How many moons could the man have at a time? What other abilities might the moons possess?

She had witnessed the seated officer produce another white moon from his Zanpakutou, and she had analyzed from his dodging of the moon fragments that he dodged through the process of moving his Zanpakutou. It was then it seemed another moon was going to attack her as it seemed to rush for a direct assault just like before...however she knew better than go expect her enemy just to repeat the same thing over and over. Senshi would make sure to surprise the seated officer this time around.

This time around, all of her blades had lifted yet again to attack in a different fashion. The moon heading towards her would have a tail flick itself before launching several pieces of sharp shrapnel not only impaling but completely slicing the moon apart. The other five had also flicked, but had launched a horde of shrapnel all into the air speeding and flying towards Tsukuyomi Kawada and his moons. Tsukuyomi may now have been able to analyze that Senshi's Zanpakutou was still capable of launching shrapnel despite it's divided state and able to launch more than if the blade were together. If he were to be hit by any of these pieces, he would lose 300 reiatsu per post until all pieces are removed from the body.

It was then at that moment Senshi decided it was best to take the advantage seeing he would have to avoid all of the shrapnel in his path. Observing his flight path, Senshi would use the Shunpo to appear right next to the man with her right hand extended launching a red beam of light from her fingertips to slam into the man's body paralyzing him...before using her split Zanpakutou to not only stab into the moon as to anchor herself...but to use the remaining tails to stab directly into the man's arms and legs as if in theory to limit movements of the moons. The man would upon being stabbed through by the blades of Shonin Joka lose another 300 reiatsu before Senshi would attempt her next tactic. Grasping the blade of Shonin Joka while hopefully still being imbedded into the man's arms would suddenly become electrocuted. "Hado#11: Tsuzuri Raiden." The blade would feed off of her weaker class kido slightly but yet would also shock Tsukuyomi Kawada extremely numbing his limbs and paralyzing him further.

The final attack the unseated officer would produce would be to release her anchored blade before grasping the man by the shoulders before slamming her skull against his in a physical altercation. The paralysis from either the Geki or the electricity or perhaps both would leave the man unable to defend against such blows. As a result of this, the man would take the blow head on before Senshi had taken the opportunity to lean back and slam the man in the stomach with a closed fist. If the man were to instinctively cringe and lower his head, it would lead to a knee being slammed into his jaw. The damage would be insane that she had delivered assuming she had pulled this all off, and possibly the battle would end then and there.

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Shikai:3/10
Reiatsu Remaining:
775/2800
-150 Shrapnel
-50 Shunpo
-25 Geki
-25 Tsuzuri Raiden

Reiatsu Stored In Blade Upon Landing Both Attacks: +638 Stored in Blade from getting Tsukuyomi plus 38 for attacking both moons. Plus 5 for using Tzusuri Raiden on her own blade

Total Stored in Shikai:700

(I think my calculations are correct, forgive me if not and tell me in PC.)

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

It seemed that Mikoto wasn't going to be enough to bring down this unseated officer who was or had been for the last few exchanges showing the prowess that had been able to hold off against the likes of Grodd. Her zanpakuto was one that it seemed she had developed in a way that gave her a fair degree of defense while also being at least passively offensive due to it's sword form regardless of how she seemed to use it. This bladed bird cage like form that she had started to use a few exchanges ago wasn't something that Tsukuyomi was having any luck at getting through with Mikoto yet now as the white moon rushed towards her Tsukuyomi witnessed the front side of the cage move forward even more so than the previous time.

The blades that made up the cage of defense that Senshi was relying on against his moons changed their position yet in a different way than they had last time. Tsukuyomi could see immediately off the position of the blades that something else was going on meaning that her defense was going to be different than it was previously. Thus as Senshi's blade moved towards the newly changed green moon it would strike nothing, but air as Tsukuyomi waved Mikoto causing the moon to shift from moving straight towards Senshi to immediately moving to the right around Senshi's cage staying at a constant distance of seven feet.

That didn't seem to matter though as the manner that Senshi was planning to destroy or rather prevent Tsukuyomi's moon from harming her was immediately being used against him directly as well. Tsukuyomi had only just witnessed once again the ability that Senshi possessed that enabled her to shatter her blades into shards and send them off as projectiles. He hadn't been hit by them previously and thus didn't know if they held some sort of other ability that could pose a problem and thus he never planned on finding out.

Five of the blades that made up her cage had just sung in the direction towards him and sent off shards flying towards his location. Senshi's plan to execute Shunpo in the area that Tsukuyomi decided to fly towards though would be impossible as the young Kawada didn't stand atop of the white moon and move in the same manner that he had prior instead he would suddenly disappear executing Shunpo himself from his moon. The shards would strike the white moon destroying it and absorbing the reiatsu that formed it, but no trace of Tsukuyomi would be present.

It was at that instant that Senshi would realize Tsukuyomi could be anywhere else yet she would more than likely have grown accustomed to her defense due to the fact that so far it seemed Tsukuyomi's moons were ineffective against her own zanpakuto. In fact Tsukuyomi had been awaiting for this moment to put his actual plan into action against Senshi. She had less blades to her cage now than she had since she released her Shikai and now was the time to strike. The young black haired Kawada would only reappear a moment later after disappearing in the northwest position to Senshi as he dropped to the ground of the arena and his long ponytail flowed in the air.

Senshi would for the moment even if it was brief be focused on the appearance of Tsukuyomi and in that moment Mikoto was brought down and inward towards Tsukuyomi causing the two moons that were present around Senshi to change directions. The one that had been rotating around her bird cage just shy of it's range moved inwards from a southwest position making the chances of Senshi seeing it excessively difficult while even looking at Tsukuyomi. While the moon that had been above avoided the shards due to it's own movements and now moved downwards towards Senshi not just from a altitude of twenty feet, but also from a southeast position. All of this together meant one thing Senshi couldn't possibly see all of the moons enclosing upon her current position and Tsukuyomi had them all moving at just the right speed and angle that the both of them would slip past her remaining blades and strike her as she more than likely would try to send off shards or a kido directly at him.

Tsukuyomi was attempting to play into Senshi's own method of defense and offense constantly staying behind her cage while utilizing some manner of distance to attack him. While her zanpakuto was potent and her skill in kido and combat wasn't anything to take lightly Tsukuyomi felt that perhaps this strategy would be the game ender and if not it would at the least test her ability to adapt even more so than he had already done. Tsukuyomi although capable with Mikoto couldn't help, but know within his heart that defeating Senshi with her alone or specifically for that matter unless this worked wasn't going to be possible.

It was possible that Honshitsu would be more effective against an opponent like Senshi and Tsukuyomi was prepared to release Honshitsu to test that theory yet in truth even relying on Honshitsu was starting to feel like a lie to himself. For there was a power within himself that didn't have a form that anyone could see. A power that he hated and wished to never reveal to any Shinigami nor the world ever again. He hated his own power yet couldn't help the feeling that if he unleashed it right now Senshi would be helpless before it without anyway to defend herself or even survive more than a few seconds. That though was precisely the reason why he hated it and chose to never unleash the power within his soul only choosing to rely on his zanpakuto to carry out his battles.

Shikai: 6/7

Remaining Reiatsu: 2480/3580
Shunpo: {-50}

[Senshi Odayakama (Crimson.)]

The green moon that Senshi had intended on destroying had avoided her shards, and as Senshi had suspected, it was through the motions of Tsukuyomi's sword arm did the moon move to evade her. So now, she proved her hypothesis was correct and so she would carry through with her attack. The shards of shrapnel that had been fired at Tsukuyomi above had missed him, but he had been forced to use the Shunpo to avoid her attack. The moon itself he had been standing on however had been pierced and peppered by sword shards allowing the blade to store just a bit more reiatsu within itself. Senshi was no fool, and she had soon saw the man reappear north east of her current position. It was then he launched yet another attack with this time the two remaining moons aiming to smash into the woman from two different directions.

Senshi had saw the shadow of the large white moon twenty feet above her, so that one was a give away in terms of location. Then, from looking behind her, she had saw the green moon. That moon seemed to be an oddity, and it seemed incredibly odd in its own right. It told her it must have some special power compared to the plain white moon she had seen before. Senshi lowered her head for a moment as she had already known what she would do to counter the man's Shikai. "You should acknowledge the fact that this isn't getting us anywhere. If you think this can stop me...then you are quite wrong." The moon above aiming to slam down upon her would be sliced immediately by one of the blades of her bird cage in a swift vertical slice, and as the green moon approached her, two more tails had grabbed each piece of sliced moon throwing it towards the green one to slow it down and stop its movements in it's tracks or at least cause it to change direction. Senshi knew how the moons moved, and knew that if he were to move it from it's current path...he would have to move his arm.

Senshi still within the cage had not moved a muscle, but then quickly aimed a finger to the fourth seat. She wordlessly fired a blue bolt of electricity known as Byakurai aimed for the mans chest which would most certainly force him to move. In that moment, Senshi would have dashed to the most likely motionless moon before her blades would converge in on it and slice it to bits. Her flank was still neatly protected by three blades to her back as three others had been swung to slice the green moon into sixths effectively destroying it. Of course with two more moons sliced, and that one abnormal one, she would gain more reiatsu stored into her blade as a result. "Allow me to see if my observation skills are prominent. Your moons are directed by the swings and movements of your Shikai Mikoto am I correct? My guess is that if I attack you and your moons simultaneously, you can't attack and defend at the same time can you? Another observation that I have had is that your blade is only capable of creating up to three moons at any time am I correct? It would have been more effective for you to attack me with more than three moons seeing they seem rather cheap to create, so surely your Zanpakutou has that limitation of number am I right?"

Senshi knew the man was fast, but now had a decent counter for his moons and his natural speed. Senshi's partner Shonin Joka had pulled Senshi in for a second before staring at her with a slight smirk. "So Crimson, you finally are using me correctly instead of breaking me left and right huh? You've done that three times so far." Senshi had looked at the man nodding slightly before he looked out. "Well...keep it up, and also...don't take this shit too far alright? It's a friendly spar, not some sort of murderous killing spree. Your murderous intent was going up and down through this." Senshi had thought about that before turning her back to the Zanpakutou Spirit. "You got it Shonin Joka. Maybe I should call the battle quits for now. We are both pretty tired."

Senshi would open her eyes back to reality as she looked to the man in front of her. With his Shikai most likely having been deactivated, Senshi would look him in the eyes before speaking. "I think we should call the battle quits for now. I know now generally where I stand. I'm about on par with a fourth seat in terms of combat. I wish I could have done better, but it seems I still have a LOT of growing to do. Although, give me an evaluation would you? On how you think I did personally? We can meet again another time perhaps." Senshi was essentially trying to say that the battle was done with, and that she felt there was no need to continue seeing she had tested her overall efficiency with Tsukuyomi Kawada. After the man's reply, she would look to the man before releasing her Shikai depending on his answer, and then walking forward holding her hand out to shake with him. "Good match. Let's do it again another time yeah?"