A Cancer Brewing in Kyoto

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Unfortunately, I'm going to have to drop this thread. I've begun studying for CompTia, which is basically a IT certificate. But because I want to get it done in a timely fashion, and the book recommends at least 240 hours of study time, I need to make more time for studying. So I am sorry, but I'm gonna have to drop the thread. Just say that Luke was called back to Karakura due to a recent emergency.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Making the way to Kyoto for the rest of the trip was rather simple as the Hollows had retreated which was still a mystery. Only one thing was clear from it though. Whoever Takara had found in Kyoto beneath the park knew of them and didn't want them to reach Kyoto. The chances of those Hollows being random and still backing off was basically zero. So what awaited them?

When the small group of UE members actually got to Kyoto they would see terror had already ensued much of the city. Multiple buildings were on fire while others began to crumble. Although the normal citizens couldn't see what was going on the group would definitely be able to see the Hollows that roamed the streets doing everything they seemed capable of to destroy the surroundings.

No communication was needed as Kazura and Irina jumped from the helicopter they would handle the Hollows and meet back up with Luke and Vesta afterwards. It would only take another thirty seconds or so for the helicopter to reach the park. This was the moment for Luke and Vesta to jump down. As they looked down though they would see that the park was covered in citizens that seemed to be in a rave of sorts with smiles spread across their faces. Something was wrong it was like they didn't even hear all the destruction in the city.

[Kazura Uzaki]

The Hollows just... up and vanished. Stepped through reality to avoid the attacks sent their way and then just Noped away. Kazura was highly confused, but he continued to stay on alert in case he or the helicopter was attacked again. It seemed that the danger had passed, though, as they continued to Kyoto without any real issue. They saw absolute chaos as they neared the city limits. A few buildings were on fire, some were even collapsing as the Hollows rampaged through the city. Kazura nodded towards the rest of the group inside the vehicle and issued a pair of orders. "Irina, you're with me. We're headed to the outskirts to put down the rampaging Hollows. Vesta, Luke, you two continue to the park where Takara will update you on the situation she has detected. We'll catch up."

Grabbing a parachute, Kazura launched himself from the plane and reached the outskirts of the city hopefully with Irina close on his heels. He was still channeling his Secondary Fullbring, so he reached down and scooped up pieces of the concrete beneath him using his nanites to eat the ground in small chunks. He imbued the chunks of concrete with the nanites to reinforce them, forming two dozen small bullet sized orbs that he willed to float around him. If any weak Hollows got too close to him, he'd fire a bullet sized orb through their mask with a mental command to the nanites inside. "Irina, focus your attention on the ones that my simple bullet cannot eradicate. I'll clean up fodder while you focus on the larger ones. I'll support you as necessary." Kazura issued the order to Irina, assuming she followed him down to the ground successfully.

Keeping his eyes and spiritual senses open to incoming threats, Kazura prepared to deal with them as they came.

Remaining Reiatsu: 9,700/10,000
Secondary Fullbring: 2/8

[Irina Davayte]

Luke jumped out of the helicopter, and Irina blurted out "Oh my gosh!" before catching herself and transitioning to "The sky is so blue, over there!" she said, pointing away from her comrade. "Huh?" "Uuuh, I mean, it looks blue from the ground. But I can't believe the sky is so blue up here! So weird. Tell me how you decided to become a pilot." The flying Hollows disappeared, and Irina decided to go with the rest of the team to find out what their next plan was. "Please take your seat, Miss." Not anticipating being dismissed so quickly, Irina ducked out of the cockpit without a word.

Irina had never jumped out of a helicopter before, but instead of thinking about that too much, she followed Kazura and took a parachute as well. She hadn't realized she was holding her breath until she hit the pavement and let out a huge gust of air. Irina nodded to Kazura's instruction and replied "Roger roger" with a wink. Although she was normally rather chatty, Irina was working on limiting her speech to what was necessary in a crisis. She took a deep breath and activated her Fullbring. Her empty hilt turned into an icy sword, and she stood ready to meet whatever came their way. A patient duelist, Irina was comfortable waiting for whatever came their way, rather than chasing after them.

Remaining Reiatsu: 2,050/2,250 (-200 Primary Fullbring)
Primary Fullbring: 1/10

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

This was definitely a scene worse than what was typical outside of Karakura. Normally Hollows only went after the average sized town in Japan in such large numbers. Now though they were apparently sacking an entire city. Takara had called and told Kazura that something was truly troubling about Kyoto park yet from the moment that the small group had started their path towards the city things had been strange.

There had never been any doubt that the moment Kazura saw the state of Kyoto he would descend from the helicopter to deal with the Hollows. Luke and Vesta were set to reach the park in little more than a minute now while Irene followed suit behind Kazura. Now that there were two Fullbringers in Kyoto the lesser basic Hollows that had been sent to the rest of Kyoto would converge upon them.

It wouldn't take long before suddenly vines dug up from beneath the cement and black top of the streets under both Irene and Kazura. The vines were thick almost jungle like yet strong, sturdy and rather gross looking. There was only a moment between the sound of the material breaking and the vines ensnaring both of their ankles. Whether or not they were caught wouldn't change what happened next as two separate Hollows appeared atop two buildings each on the opposite side of the street several dozen feet ahead of the Fullbringers. Kazura would more than likely notice yet what would he do about the cero that both Hollows fired. (OS 600)

[Kazura Uzaki]

As some of the fodder fell, there was a cracking sound in the pavement and vines jumped up to grab onto Kazura's and Irina's ankles. No matter, Kazura wasn't worried. He directed some of his nanobots downwards to eat at the vines, cutting them in half and letting the Fullbringer move freely again. If more vines reached up to grab him, he wouldn't be there any more as he cut Irina's vines and used Bringer Light to rush to the side. The Cero would be directed at where they had just been, namely the vine monster. Kazura would have loved to let the Cero take out the vine monster under the ground, but collateral damage wasn't his kind of mojo. So he directed two of the Secondary Fullbring Fortified Rock Orbs to rush towards the Cero and collide in midair. That would detonate the Cero in the air, preventing any damage to the street and any innocents that may be close by.

It would also take out the orbs, but the nanobots were strong enough to be recalled to the gauntlet where they sat stored until he needed more of them. Turning towards Irina, whom he had just kinda rapidly manhandled, he apologized for having to act so quickly to avoid hurting her, the innocents, and the city itself. "Sorry about not warning you. Next time something jumps out at us, can we just assume that I'll pull you to safety so I don't have to warn you?" Kazura looked around for a moment before preparing to fight the Hollows on the rooftops. "I'll get one if you get the other? Watch out for their lasers, their strength is much higher than yours. Dodge with Bringer Light if necessary." Running on air ground towards one of the Hollows, Kazura didn't leave Irina much time to debate with him. They needed to act quickly.

Remaining Reiatsu: 9,650/10,000 (-50 Bringer Light)
Secondary Fullbring: 3/8

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Kazura was definitely a Fullbringer with the experience that gave him a leg up when dealing with Hollows. Thew coordinated attack by the group of Hollows so far had been handled almost perfectly by the founder of UE. He had managed to stop the cero from damaging the city beyond simply scattered windows in nearby buildings while also saving his subordinate.

Now though as Kazura leap up through the air utilizing air ground to close the distance on the Hollows that he had seen atop of the buildings who had just attacked Irina would be confronted before she could trail him as back up. Vines would break through the ground once again yet this time winding up her legs further to restrict further movement. She would then hear the sound of panting as the vines began to tighten.

Kazura while all of this was happening would have to be quick as the Hollows could see him coming and began to fire off bala in rapid succession. They had seen that the massive beam of a cero couldn't stop him so perhaps the small yet swift orbs were better suited. They'd soon see that it was hopeless and would change tactics. Something was definitely strange though that random low evolved Hollows were fighting in such a way.

As Kazura neared the first Hollow the other who he would now see as a very upper body muscular Hollow would suddenly punch at the air. Only for a Garganta to open and his fist to be sent through. In the following moment Kazura would have to react like lightning in order to avoid the massive fist appearing directly to his right side aimed to strike the side of his torso. (OS 600)

Irina would now see that the panting was coming from a dog that turned at the corner of an ally to her right. At first it looked like a normal dog specifically a white pit bull yet upon closer inspection she would see the white mask. She'd have to deal with the tightening vines preventing her from moving while now faced with a canine Hollow that was seemingly just walking over to her. What would the finest Fullbringers of UE manage in Kyoto? (Vines have a durability of 300)

[Irina Davayte]

Just as she had reached down with her sword to slash at the vines grabbing for her legs, the vines were eaten up by Kazura's nanobots. Irina started to resume her visual scan of the area, and had just glimpsed a Hollow on top of a building when Kazura used Bringer Light to get out of the way of a Cero that a Hollow had directed toward them, yanking Irina along. Not having expected to be hit from the side of her comrade, instead of catching herself and stopping her momentum, Irina thumped into the exterior wall of the nearest building. She wasn't bothered; it was better than the risk of getting hit by the Cero. Her arm might be a bit bruised from hitting the wall, but she wouldn't worry about that for now.

"Sounds like a plan," Irina agreed. "Which-?" Kazura answered the question she hadn't gotten out by running toward one of the Hollows, so Irina squared up to face the other. Up until this point, she had done a pretty good job of continuing a visual scan of the threats around her, but as soon as she had focused on the Hollow, she felt an organic grip creep up her ankle. Instinctively, she tried to jump up to get away, but the vines held her down, gripping tighter as they wrapped up her leg. Having grown up in Russia, she hadn't really had a lot of experience with plants, supernatural or otherwise; it was just too cold for many of them to thrive. With this thought, Irina cast a blast of snow from her hands to each of her legs.

Extremely cold and moving at 300 stat speed and 200 strength, the blasts would have broken the skin of another person if hit so closely, but Irina wasn't affected this way. Instead, she would just be unpleasantly damp once the snow melted, until the water evaporated. Again, this was a drawback she was willing to work with. If the cold didn't kill the vines as she had expected, she would re-evaluate the area, then grow a two-foot icicle on her outer wrist, and slip it between the spirals of vine and her leg before jerking her wrist away to cut them. She would choose this method rather than just cutting the vines with her sword; it had been impressed upon her in her youth to be careful of sharp blades, and now grown, she took this philosophy seriously, choosing to avoid cutting her own leg in the process of getting free of the vines.

Around this time, Irina would notice a stocky dog approaching. Although she'd never had a pet dog, Irina was an animal lover, and called out soothingly to the bull terrier as she finished freeing herself from the vines. "Hey buddy, better get away now; it's not safe here." She would peel the rest of the vines off of her, not sure whether they would have any lasting effects, before looking back to the dog that was still approaching her, and noticing that it was not, in fact, a typical terrier. Still holding her sword in her right hand, she might manage to strike it before it got to her first.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1,900/2,250 (-50 each for 2 snow blasts, -50 icicle)
Primary Fullbring: 2/10

[Kazura Uzaki]

Kazura watched as the Hollow punched thin air, ripped open a hole in the fabric of the universe, and transported his fist through space to attack at the Fullbringer from a distance. The Bala were easy to deflect with his nanobots imbued into some of the vines he had eaten, as they were incredibly weak in terms of Class and Offensive Strength compared to his Secondary Fullbring. So the Hollow switched tactics and punched at him from a distance. So Kazura tensed up and solidified his body into steel using the technique Impossible had taught him. He had sacrificed his ability to use Gravitational Pressure to become a walking tank that could protect any who stood behind him.

With his Durability now equivalent to 1,000, and the Hollow attacking him with a physical attack, the Hollow would suffer incredible Cutback for attacking him. He wouldn't be pushed too far away due to his steel body and he wouldn't even feel the impact due to his durability. The hollow, however, didn't have even close to his level of Spiritual Pressure given his Offensive stat was 600 (which is probably Strength to be fair given his punchyness). Regardless, Kazura would lose a little bit of air height as the punch knocked him back a little, but he caught himself back on Air ground and resumed running towards the Hollow that was probably in a great deal of pain right now with bruises covering its arm and/or torso.

Not even turning around to see Irina and how she was doing, he continued to pursue the Hollow, even though his speed had been cut in half now.

Remaining Reiatsu: 9,250/10,000 (-400 An Elemental Switch)
Secondary Fullbring: 4/8
An Elemental Switch: 1/5
New Speed: 150

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Irina

The young Russian girl had so far been protected by her boss yet now her boss had taken to the skies leaving her to defend herself. The Hollows has seen this and perhaps they believed she to be weak because of it. Whether they were thinking of her that way was unknown, but they were targeting her all the same. The vines that had previous broke through the ground were doing so once again ensnaring Irina’s legs to prevent her movement. They didn’t succeed for long though as Irina revealed her Fullbring’s ability. It wasn’t the sword though, but her hand that cast a sort of gust of icy air.

As the vines were frozen solid Irina would hear the sound of what sounded like an animal howling in pain. Breaking her legs free from the frozen vines was easy enough. Now though there was a much different threat. A Hollow in the form of a dog was walking slowly right towards her. Whether Irina realized it was a Hollow from the beginning or not wouldn't matter as it continued to approach her. A screech could be heard at the end of the alley and after a moment passed Irina would see a young woman that looked to be her own age run across the alley entrance with several of the dog Hollows in pursuit of her.

Would Irina rush to save the young woman at the risk of facing off against multiple Hollows or would she retreat and aid Kazura? She wouldn't have long to ponder such risks as the dog was nearly upon her now as it revealed it's razor embedded mouth similar to a shark as it barked. Rushing her in a zigzag manner the dog went on the offense moving at 250 speed ready to leap and bite into Irina the moment it got within a few feet.

Kazura

The Hollows had seen the leader of UE defend against the combined efforts of their cero single handed. Although they were typically mindless and these Hollows didn't seem to have any sort of advanced intelligence they were attempting the same thing anymore. As the heavier much more muscular Hollow punched through what had to be his own special ability his arm was ripped apart by Kazura's spiritual energy. What he had hit though hadn't felt like a human in armor. It had felt like armor inside of armor which just couldn't be right.

Lurking backwards in pain the Hollow grabbed its arm tightly as blood poured from the various large wounds across its entirety. Kazura was like an unstoppable tank as he continued to approach the Hollows which didn't seem to be lost on them. The smaller Hollow was quick to approach the edge of the roof only to dig his feet and hands via his claws into the body of the building. In the moment that followed the Hollow open its mouth only for the flesh of its interior to extend outwards and around covering the mask.

The front of the Hollow now appeared to be a massive hole of darkness that began to charge what looked to be a cero once again. Kazura would without a doubt realize this meant that whatever this Hollow was doing it would be stronger than the blast previously. That was the strange thing though as the small reiatsu orb in the center of the hole never grew larger. Instead after a few moments when Kazura had gotten considerably closer he would suddenly be blinded by bright red lights. He was surrounded by dozens of bala which immediately had appeared around him only to then converge upon him in a massive fury of explosions. (OS 600 each)

[Irina Davayte]

Free of the vines, Irina focused on the howling dog Hollow that seemed to be pursuing her. She heard a scream down the alley, and immediately determined that she would rush to help the young woman who had produced the shriek. Of course, she could just be someone sinister tied up in this whole plot. Nonetheless, Irina calculated that the risk of this was low, and carried on with this course of action, using the flash step Bringer Light to close the gap between herself and the end of the alley, leaving a column of light as she took a single step away at ten times her normal stat speed of 140.

She yelled to the woman being chased by the pack of Hollow dogs "Hey, run the other way and I'll take care of those things.". She would run towards the pack at her normal speed, probably still being chased by the first dog Hollow she'd encountered.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1,900 - 50 (bringer light) = 1850/2,250
Primary Fullbring: 3/10

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Irina definitely fit the description of a UR employee. Immediately thinking of saving the young girl that was being chased by the canine Hollows. She took off utilizing the step technique typical of Fullbringers to reach the end of the alley without needing to deal with the singular canine Hollow that had first found her. At the sudden burst of reiatsu from Irina the canines stopped their pursuit turning to see Irina behind them by mere meters.

These Hollows were incredibly basic entities of their race, mindless creatures that sought out anything they believed may quell the never ending hunger. Irina just so happened to look and smell like the most appetizing meal they had come across so far. The small group of four canine would rush Irina each coming from the front yet spread out by a few feet. Irina would have to deal with the four coming right at her and the one coming from the alley.

(All dog Hollows have a speed of 200 and strength of 200.)

[Kazura Uzaki]

As Kazura slowly made his way up to the rooftop (due to his increased weight slowing him down considerably) the Hollow prepared another assault. It charged a form of Cero, or at least appeared to, but the sphere never grew in size. As the fullbringer got close, he saw dozens of lights appear around him that were just about to explode with spiritual energy. Good thing he was up off the ground where damage to the civilians and environment would be minimized. The hollow still didn't have the power to punch through Kazura's steel flesh, though. So instead of whipping up a shield with what sparse material he had stored in his titanium Secondary Fullbring arm, he just pushed off of the soul of the Air with Bringer Light to force his way through the explosions.

His armor value was well over 50% stronger than the explosions, so pushing through them would be of little consequence to the CEO of Uzaki Enterprises. Also, he was pushing himself much farther and faster than he previously could travel, so would close the distance between him and the rooftops with exceptional speed. Now on the rooftop, Kazura prepared to put his streetfighting skills to good use. He jumped up with an iron knee extended to knee the smaller hollow in the jaw with the sheer weight of his body. He followed up that with a roundhouse kick in midair using air ground to give him footing to kick the same hollow in the side of the head and hopefully send him reeling from the powerful force of the blow. Not only would Kazura's decent strength be clashing with the Hollow, but his spiritual strength was giving him quite a bit of power as well due to the iron quality of his whole body. His blows wouldn't be soft and squishy like flesh, they'd be hard hitting like an iron mace.

There was still at least one more Hollow on this set of rooftops, though. So Kazura had to be prepared for anything.

Remaining Reiatsu: 9,150/10,000 (-100 Bringer Light)
Secondary Fullbring: 5/8
An Elemental Switch: 2/5

OOC: As a reminder to myself, An Elemental Switch doubles Reiatsu costs.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

The barrage of bala converging upon Kazura resulted in something that the Hollow had never seen before, he was completely fine. How that move never failed it had always brought down his prey and yet now this man was coming . . . It was done Kazura had reached the Hollow striking its head. Kazura wasn’t all that physically strong, but when your body is a literal statue of metal. Well the Hollow’s mask cracked and his head was indented from Kazura’s Strike.

One down leaving only the massive upper body Hollow to fight. The large Hollow stood to see his partner on the ground. Only to charge raising his torn, lacerated arms to strike Kazura. The Hollow would stop mere centimeters from Kazura causing a shockwave to be fired at point blank range to strike Kazura across most of his body. Kazura wouldn’t be fazed though and the Hollow would likely fall. What would he do about the Hollow canine that was now rushing from behind him to leap on his head looking to bite at his face.

[Irina Davayte]

An icicle sprung from each of Irina's shins, shining in the daylight, two feet long and very sharp. If one of the dogs got close enough to run into one, they would be frozen in an area one inch around the resulting wound. Before that though, an additional icicle would grow from each of the icicles on her shins. She held her sword defensively, and waited for the dogs to approach her, not wanting to waste her energy chasing them down. Really, Irina was getting too smart to be chasing after all of these Hollows. She had seen people hurt by them before, and had come too close to getting hurt or killed herself too many times already. Nonetheless, she didn't consider herself more important than the other woman who was being chased before Irina had stepped in.

What was she doing there, anyway? Was this other woman somehow involved with all of this mess, or was she just trying to go about her day-to-day routine? Regardless, Irina figured, there was certainly no changing her course of action now.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1850 - 200 (4x icicles) 1650/2,250
Primary Fullbring: 4/10