Which Will Emerge Victorious Monster or Beast?

[Rafael]

Thread Title: Which Will Emerge Victorious Monster or Beast?
Participants: Valentin Acciai vs Rafael
World: Soul Society
Death Setting: Permanent Injuries Enabled
Rating: R
Location: A large swampy forest with large yet thin white trees that cover a large portion of the swamp and normally stay close to one another only a few feet apart. The water of the swamp in four feet deep normally yet in some places it drops downwards to six feet. There are many lily pads in the swamp along with other plants.

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Special Conditions: N/A
Circumstances: Rafael was out scouting ahead of his friends into the area for the last hour. Upon his return back to his friends something strange enters the forest and a battle between him and this creature ensues.

[Rafael]

Moving throughout the waist high water that made up this swampy area Rafael hadn't finally had enough of it. He had been moving throughout the swamp for roughly half an hour now. He had come across it while traveling with Lolth and Zadora. Not knowing what could possibly be in the swamp itself Rafael wanted to scout it out before his friends and him would go through it together. While it was true that he wasn't that fond of leaving them at all he had been through more as far as areas of different geographic natures than either of them. He was more confident that he could scout it out and then return then if either of them did it. He was being selfish and he knew it, but he couldn't stand the idea of having to wait for one of them to return.

He had been expecting to perhaps come across another Beast or something along those lines while in this swamp simply because when he had come across Beasts in the past they had almost always been in areas that stood out like this swamp. There had been Lolth who had been living inside of a cave within a forest. The lizard that lived on a small island within a rather large pond had been the other. It seemed though that he wasn't going to come across another Beast at least not this time. If he was mistake then perhaps if there was a Beast he was simply further in or in a different area. It didn't really matter the swamp seemed safe and now Rafael was on his way back to get Lolth and Zadora so they could all explore it together. d5eTt2QF_H

[Valentin Acciai]

Come closer, come closer little treat to crush between my teeth. He was glad the location had been working out for him, submerged in the mucky water with his head hiding itself beneath a floating bit of debris. A swamp was not exactly more plentiful with food than a village would be to him but recently having been driven off by a rather scary and not to mention incredibly rude lady he had decided to be more humble in his approach this time around. Waiting for adventurous fools to come to him where there was certain to be no Shinigami to bother him this time around. 

Slowly he pushed the bit of debris closer to the wandering beastkin as he followed underneath until he knew their paths would cross. Then he stopped and waited, his tail slowly waved back and forth playfully beneath the waters. When he decided that his prey was sufficiently close he would burst forth with every ounce of strength in his legs to leap at his meal with one of his claws stretched out to rip it's torso apart. Whether he hit or not was irrelevant as he would turn his body midair by the swing of his tail to have his feet land vertically on a tree before launching off again for a similar strike of his claws this time aimed for the fellows legs. Attempting to strike so low however this time he would likely crash to the water in a loud splash throwing it in the air.

Were his opponent still alive at this point he'd turn to face them with an annoyed although overconfident glare that almost looked down on his foe ''You know, if you had stood still i could have made it painless for you. I don't really enjoy causing pain, more of a necessity that comes with being a soul eating monster and all.'' Raising his claws in anticipation for a fight to ensue he patiently waited for a response, be it wordy or straight to the point and sharp.

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{Stats}600 SP (400 from Class, 200 from Training)

Strength - 200 [300] (150%)

Speed - 100 [50] (50%)

Spiritual Pressure - 100

Reiatsu Strength - 30

Light Aura - 50

Dark Aura - 50

Instinct - 50

Senses - 100 [50] (50%)

Energy sensory - 0

Healing Expertise - 20 [30] (150%)



[Calm Mind] [1]

[Pain Tolerance] [2]

[Bleeding Tolerance] [2]

[Damage Recovery] [2]

[Stealth] [2]

[Swords] [2]

[Street Fighting] [2]

[Rafael]

As he moved throughout the heavy water that was up to his waist Rafael thought about how he would have to example the swamp to Zadora and Lolth. Neither of them to his knowledge had traveled through an area like this and it wasn't really the most extravagant of destinations. The water was somewhat green with vegetation spread throughout it. There were trees all over the place that hide themselves from sight beneath the surface of the water. In truth Rafael wasn't so sure that this place was safe to travel with the potential of there being another Beast possibly in the depths laying in wait to attack anything it could perceive as food. That was why he had chosen to scout out the swamp first though.

In the next view moments that decision rewarded itself at least to Rafael as the water burst forth and he turned while back stepping as his left arm switched into a vertical position with his hand close to his face and his right arm extended outwards ready to strike anything that he could see. What he actually saw though was something bigger than himself which wasn't all that normal, but wasn't surprising either. What was surprising was the white bone like face that it bore and large claws that were being used to slash outwards at him. Blocking with his upper arm Rafael felt the strength of this creatures swing as it actually nearly broke through his guard. The claws slashed through his fur and skin on his upper arm.

Bleed began to flow from the five separate wounds immediately and just as swiftly Rafael's right arm extended punching in a position that would strike the creature dead center in it's face with all of Rafael's might. It was just afterwards that this creature jumped away and then bounced off of a tree and landed a few feet away from him that Rafael got a better look at it and could really start reviewing what he was up against. So far this creature had displayed strength beyond what Rafael was currently capable of exerting, but the speed that it could move at was far slower. While he wasn't as fast as Zadora that panther known as Rafael would have to utilize his speed in this battle. "You can walk away right now and I won't have to put you through pain." Rafael said starring the creature down with his own confident grin just after the creature had spoken.

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{Stats & Skills}
Strength: 150 (225)
Speed: 150
Spiritual Pressure: 170
Reiatsu Strength: 50 (25)
Light Aura: 75
Dark Aura: 25
Instincts: 100 (150)
Senses: 100 (50)
Energy Sensory: 0
Healing Expertise: 0


Muay Boran: 2
Acrobatics: 2
Battle Focus: 2
Pain Tolerance: 2
Strength of Will: 2
Battle Analysis: 2

[Valentin Acciai]

Valentin had been told that beastmen were indeed just as quick as could be expected of their animal counterparts but he had not entirely bought into it, perhaps he should have waited longer to get the drop on it? too late for that now though he thought to himself as he took a brief moment to let one of his claws feel his face for injury. He was unable to avoid the punch from earlier so he had flexed his facial muscles to deal with the recoil and fortunately the attack he received was but a punch so his mask held just fine although the pain was still notable.

Regardless his momentum had carried him through the exchange and as the two now measured each other up Valentin was very pleased to have drawn first blood, even if it was only a surface wound. What the black furred creature said during this exchange was a bit weird though, not many would be willing to let a Hollow go. Or perhapse they simply didn't bother because they knew Hollow better than this guy ''I appreciate your kindness, i truly do. But i'm awful hungry and if i don't eat i won't evolve, so my hands are unfortunately tied kid.''

Most of what he just said was fancy theathrics but there was genuine truth to it, his goals did demand plenty of unsavory sacrifices which he wish they didn't. Regardless he snapped out of his civilized state and charged at the large feline in quite the straightforward manner, his right claw even pulled back behind his shoulder and stretched out to make clear his intent. In truth though this attack was all a big feint as when he would be but a few meters from his opponent regardless if said opponent had held their ground or dashed at him in similar fashion he would use his own momentum to quickly dissapear into the void of an ulcera placed directly in front of him and then reappear behind his foe, attempting to thrust that pulled back right arm violently forward while each claw pushed together to form a makeshift nail to punch through the creature's torso.

Regardless of injury to himself he would then try to swing his spiked tail around to snake around his foe and tie them up, seeking to restrict their movement and if possible swinging them headfirst into trees and any other debree available. Should his foe manage to escape his grasp then he would attempt to find a rock, snapping turtle or whatever hard item might be available on the swamps murky bottom and hurl it at the slippery kitty.


-75 Ulcera

925/1000 Reiatsu

[Rafael]

Rafael stood in the waist high murky water of the swamp that was now a battle field shared with this white faced creature that had just attacked him. Rafael had been lucky yet not absolutely safe in that first attack. His left arm had went into the protective stance immediately as was the method of combat for a muay boran practitioner, but even if it had guarded his head from this creatures attack the arm itself hadn't been left undamaged. He could feel the sting of the cuts that he had stuffed across the forearm itself and while he wouldn't take his eyes off the creature he was certain that if he looked he'd see that his fur would already be drenched in his blood.

This creature was giving him some sort of eerie feeling as if he had fought against one of them before, but yet that wasn't possible Rafael remembered everyone that he had ever fought against and a creature like this one or this one specifically wasn't one of those entities. It took him a moment, but that moment was filled with the thoughts of not only himself, but this creature as it began to speak. It was at that moment that Rafael realized why he was having such an eerie feeling or rather why he got the feeling it was because he had fought one in the past. While he was right, he hadn't ever fought one he had seen one fight and it had died which meant simply that this one could be killed as well.

This creature spoke which meant that it was intelligent and it gave Rafael a bit of information that without knowing what he was served to only perk his interest and curiosity more than anything else. It stated that it was hungry and that if it didn't eat then it wouldn't evolve. Which meant that it would have to eat meaning that no matter what Rafael said to it this creature was always going to come back to this same reasoning and continue to attack him. So there was only one possible course of action for Rafael now, that he knew of. He'd have to fight this creature until it had either learned to leave him alone or it was dead in this swamp. "Well then come I'm more than happy to send you back wherever you came from broken."

Rafael watched now as the creature charged him pulling back its right arm and he could see once again the sharp claws that it possessed that had already inflicted quite the wound upon his left side. Rafael remained in the muay boran stance his left arm upwards vertically ready to defend against the might of this creature as it had done before even if it received further torment upon itself. His right arm was held horizontally ready at any moment to spring forward and strike this creature in the first opening that Rafael could see and take advantage of in order to deal a hopefully significant blow.

The water was high and was causing the speed that this creature could travel at to be even slower. So slow in fact that Rafael was actually considering why he hadn't already tried to take it out from a distance even if his options for such a thing were virtually none. When it got to be a few feet away though Rafael knew that any moment now it was going to strike out at him and he'd have to reaction and counter as swiftly as possible in order to make sure he would emerge victorious against this creature. However, he hadn't been expecting it to suddenly vanish into the water.

Thankfully with his blood pumping throughout his body, his nerves set on high alter and his senses all stressed to the point he'd probably be able to hear things off in the distance that he normally wouldn't even notice he actually was altered just as the creature was reappearing behind him. The water that they were both standing in as the creature reappeared from wherever he had just gone or whatever he had just done it moved away from that single spot in a rippling pattern. The water brushed up against Rafael's back altering the large panther to the most probable location of his enemy.

So far Rafael had only seen this creature attack once, but based on it's attack and the stance that it had taken along with the fact that they were both standing in waist high water he came to an assumption. This creature was going to be attacking him with it's upper body much the same way that he'd have to do towards it as kicking wasn't something that would be very effective in the water. It would slow down any such attack and reduce the potential damage that either of them could inflict upon one another. So using that information along with the new location of the creature Rafael bent forwards while lifting up his left foot and turning as quickly as possible on his right to come around and face the creature.

If he hadn't been able to think as swiftly as he could nor move as fast as he currently was capable of doing or even if this creature had been able to move its arms faster than Rafael wouldn't have been successful. It was a risky maneuver and one that Rafael wouldn't wish to attempt again any time soon, but as he bent forwards the arms of the creature would strike forwards directly over him. In the following moment Rafael would move to the right of the creature getting about two feet from its arms and as he lifted his upper body back to full height Rafael would extend his right hand once again aiming to deliver another quick jab to the bone face of this creature.

One. Two. Three. All in quick succession would be delivered one right after the other striking the same section of mask that the original had hit causing the creature not only more and more harm, but damage as the same spot came under repeated attack. Rafael wouldn't have time to strike another time though as the long spiked tail of the creature came around and wrapped itself around his waist. He could feel the sharp sting as one or two of the spiked stabbed into his flesh causing deep puncture wounds that would begin to bleed heavily any moment and stain the water of the swamp red with his blood.

Rafael was no stranger to pain though and while he didn't enjoy the sensation like some individuals he wasn't someone that couldn't handle it either. While his body was suffering he knew that he would have to take advantage of the link between both of them now. This creature's tail wasn't just a connection from it to him, but now it was connecting Rafael to it. This creature hadn't just trapped Rafael no it had trapped itself. Stepping inwards inside of the creatures guard where it's arms would be so big that actually touching Rafael with most of it's strength would be next to impossible the large panther focused his reiatsu as he stepped and held his right hand now at chest level.

In the next instant Rafael's claws grew longer and much sharper and in a single instant those claws would give this creature a taste of what it had given Rafael. The massive black hand pushing through the flesh of this creature into its very body until finally the claws of the Beast punctured the left lung. Rafael's right hand was inside of this creature body now and he could feel the empty section now that was home to the oxygen that this creature breathed in like most other life forms. "You ready to turn tail yet creature." Rafael spoke his voice deep as always yet much lower carrying with it pain yet pride and confident that would inform this creature that he had no intention of backing down.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1650/1700
Steelfang: {-50}

[Valentin Acciai]

He had thought his surprise trick would have won him the battle already yet once again it was a disadvantage of speed, like usual this was proving to be quite the pesky habit to try and shake as his black furred opponent narrowly dodged his strike and delivered it's own with a series of punches colliding with his mask. It hurt like a bitch true but Valentin's opponent sure was a novice, while Valentin was too slow to avoid the blows he had two advantages. One was the nature of the hollow mask, sturdy as hell it was, some even using the masks of larger hollows as effective shields. Second was that Valentin was stronger, flexing his muscles once more to lessen the power of the blows. It was painful, but not very harmful.

Of course the repeated attacks were, well... repetitive so by the third blow Valentin opened his great maw and chomped down on the fist that willingly entered, severing flesh and gnashing through bone stubbornly until the limb was severed, moving his tongue out of the way to avoid any nasty retaliation. It did come as a nasty surprise though when he felt the lacerating claws of the black beast tear through his lung and come through the other side. Blood spilling from his mouth and hole in chest both as he coughed the red liquid in pain ''Yougg *cough* fggn aasterd!!'' he painfully coughed out incoherently in his anger over the grievous wound dealt.

And quickly he sought to retaliate in similar fashion, the beastclan forgetting to remove his arm as quickly as he ought have done Valentin grabbed onto the bicep of the exposed limb with a clawed hand of his own as he thrust his own body closer, making exit impossible as he quickly had his sharp nails dig down in it to sunder and tear the muscles to render it useless. At the same time the same tail that bound them was not satisfied with a waist, instead crushingly tightening his prey's waist as would a snake as it trailed up in attempt to catch what was left of the free arm and restrain that as well while the spikes along his tail would continue their attempt to create more gashes.

Valentin had to speed things up, the whole process was terribly painful in his current state and while he could regenerate the lost lung prolonged battle would have him too weak to do so and instead bleed out, hence why he kept the limb inside the hole to block the flow of blood to an extent as he attempted to heal what he could with the limb still in him. Snarling at his foe with devious satisfaction over his own retaliation he then tried with his digitigrade legs tie the legs of the opponent to fully restrain them or at least try to kick at them with his nasty claws to bleed him even further whilst his head was of course focused on his foes snout and any attempt to bite at him like some wild stray Valentin would try to return in kind, preferably on the snout if possible by anywhere would do with the crushing power of his jaws.

Despite the advantage of strength and limbs he was worried however, in the ruckus he thought he had heard voices or maybe just sounds but was unable to say if it was his imagination or not, perhaps it was mere paranoia due to the situation he found himself in. If there were anyone else out there however Valentin would have no choice but to release his prisoner and jump back into an Ulcera in all haste, even a bunch of untrained souls could prove hazardous to him in his current state. 


-200 Organic Generation

725/1000 Reiatsu

[Rafael]

Rafael stood in the water facing the large creature directly in front of him. In the last few moments both of them had suffered wounds that would normally leave the average human unable to continue in any serious regard whether it be from physical injury or simply the pain that came with the injury itself. As Rafael had delivered jab after jab against the central point of this creature's face he knew that despite this creature's slow speed he would learn to expect the jabs. Watching as he had opened his mouth Rafael knew what it was planning on doing and knew based on the simple fact that this thing seemed to be stronger than himself physically that there was only one chance of keeping his arm.

Although he hadn't he much time to practice it's usage yet Rafael had learned how to activate his ability something that had awakened during the last major battle that he had been apart of where the majority of the bones in his body had been fractured. As he activated his ability the grey of his eyes suddenly turned a dark royal purple. Focusing on his arm without even really realizing what he was causing to happen Rafael sent the calcium in his body straight into the bone strengthening it beyond what was normally physically possible in a moment. As the massive creature bit downwards on his arm he'd feel blood flowing into his mouth, but would feel pain as well.

That next instant of time was filled with various sensations for both this creature and Rafael that neither of them were likely prepared for. Rafael felt grave pain from his forearm as the teeth of this creature bit down on his flesh and bone. It possessed enough strength that his bone splintered and his flesh was bit through instantly. However, this creature would also feel pain as his teeth would suddenly feel like they were biting down on a jaw breaker with full force. No longer would breaking Rafael's bones be so easily broken.

It was definitely stronger than Rafael that much the large panther knew enough that disputing or denying it wouldn't help him. He wasn't strong enough though to bite through his bones not anymore and because his bones were now denser and stronger than this creature's teeth the creature would feel pain as it bit down with all it's strength. Like a human biting down on the bone of a chick wing. Not enough to break or damage the teeth themselves, but painful as the teeth would be pushed against the gums and thus the jaw itself.

As Rafael pulled his arm out from the mouth of the creature and thrust his other arm inside of the creature's chest he felt like for a moment victory was now his without a doubt. Sadly though that didn't seem to be the case as he felt the tail around him squeeze and more damage began to be inflicted around his body from the spikes on the tail. Not only that though, but the large hand of this creature grabbed a hold of his arm that was currently inside of it's chest and began to claw at it trying to tear it apart.

Thankfully with Rafael's ability in effect his wounds were already quick at work healing themselves almost as fast as the damage was being inflicted upon him. The bite wound that this creature had managed to inflict upon his right arm was the only wound that wasn't already visibly better as the bone inside of his arm was splintered and it would take more concentration than Rafael could afford to fix. The surrounding flesh and muscle though was quick at work rebuilding itself. Rafael using the close proximity between him and this creature delivered a savage full strength elbow to the side of the creature's face using his damaged arm. Flexing his left to make tearing through the muscle at least take a little more effective from the creature Rafael thrust his arm forwards pushing through the regenerating organ and the flesh around it trying with all his might to actually punch a hole through his enemy.

The water around him was turning a mixture of red and purple as the blood of both massive monsters of strength bled into it. Rafael felt his left leg get kicked and clawed by the obvious claws on the bottom of this creature's feet. His shin was cut open, but would heal in a few moments. That didn't mean the constant pain wasn't putting a toll on Rafael as his mind began to struggle with the degree of it that he was feeling all at once. Fighting through it he focused on his forehead more specifically some of the fur on his forehead which suddenly spiked outwards.

In the next instant ten of the thick pitch black fur threads that covered Rafael's forehead were sent off from his body as projectiles at a speed of 225 directly at the massive creature in front of him who was less than a foot away as both of them clung on to one another as they both fought to bring the other down first. The fur was positioned to stab in or around this creature's right eye. The mere fact that there were ten different strands of fur meant that this creature's eye was basically done for, but more so than that it'd feel incredible pain and suffer extreme damage as the fur penetrated through his eye with Rafael's strength more than likely reaching his brain.

His left arm was occupied and under constant attack by this creature. Rafael was trying everything he could to deal as much damage to it as it was able to deal to him. He had been neglecting something very important that he quickly realized. The tail wrapped around him was going to cause major internal damage if he for even a moment stopped flexing his muscles. The spikes were already causing him quite a bit of pain even as his body struggled to keep up repairing itself. So after elbowing this creature is the side of it's face with his right arm and as he shot his fur outwards as projectiles Rafael moved his right arm downwards.

In the next moment just as his fur would be penetrating into the eye of this creature his right elbow would be slammed downward on the half way point of this creature's tail. The creature was utilizing it's tail and now as Rafael slammed his elbow downwards as fast as he could with all of his might enabling him to snap one of the joints in his tail. It would cause this creature the same amount of pain one would expect from any broken bone while also preventing him from utilizing his tail passed the half way point until that bone was healed.

Yaseishin: 1/6

Remaining Reiatsu: 1350/1700
Hair Needle: {-50}
Yaseishin: {-250}

[Zeich Yajuu]

Since this thread ended without completion there will be no winning bonus for this.

Rafael - 26 paragraphs x 10 = 260 TP
Valentin - 12 x 10 = 120 TP