Common and Exceptional

[Teresa]

Thread Title: Common and Exceptional
Participants: Teresa vs Kazuhiko
World: Hueco Mundo
Death Setting: Permanent Injuries Enabled
Rating: R
Location: Menos Forest
Special Conditions: N/A


Damn this entire place, was the only sentiment that Teresa could think of at the moment as she walks across the sand, the cold sensation moving between her toes while remaining under each and every step just set off her rage. This place was a prison, in more ways than one for Teresa. While she seriously doubted that anyone enjoyed being in Hueco Mundo to her there wasn't anywhere worse. While most Hollows here attacked one another in order to gain strength, or moved towards in order to gain security in numbers she couldn't do either. Playing nice with others wasn't something that really seemed to work out for her even when she tried her hardest. As for eating other Hollows, well that was a last-ditch thing and something that Teresa would do everything in order to avoid as the taste was unbearable.

This place was Hueco Mundo, Teresa could tell that right away although the area was different, somewhere she'd never been before and one that she almost liked as little as the open desert. There had been nothing in the desert for the most part, just ever stretching nothingness, here though was the same thing only with the inclusion of massive bone like trees or pillars. An environment that was perfect for an individual to latch onto and then use the vantage to hunt others. She'd only been here a couple of days and yet in that time Teresa had seen a handful of Gillian fight one another and minor Hollows that attacked out of instinct only to be disintegrated immediately.

Her hunger was growing steadily now which meant she had to figure out a way to gain freedom from this accursed world once again. Last time Ulcera had been enough to allow her to slip right out, since getting here though that had proven ineffective. "Perhaps if a pillar is brought down the ceiling will fall with it?" Teresa had to question although with the grouping of the trees she didn't really think such an idea would work even if she was successful in destroying more than a few of these strange trees. A twinge from her right side reminded Teresa that it'd been too long, to long since her right arm had been cut from her body. She had to find some way to regain what had been taken from her.

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

The escape from Marik's quartz tree dwelling had been trying, to say the least. If it hadn't been for 'Yoruno', he might have been stuck there for the rest of his life. Due to the restrictions of his power, it had it only took a living thing to keep him perfectly contained. A strange shinigami had assisted him in escaping via a garganta. Though further inspection had resulted in said Shinigami being anything but... And their encounter had somehow resulted in him wandering the wilds of Hueco Mundo once more.

The Menos Forest was far more terrifying than the deserts. There was a pleasant peace to the empty nights and snow-white sand as it shifted under his bare feet. The dirt and moss that curiously existed underground were more pleasant to walk on, but the great trees that stretched to the desert above were haunting. They offered numerous hiding places and perches for hunters. But for Kazuhiko, there was no hiding!

Kazuhiko's great spiritual pressure was constantly releasing. Pulsing like a beacon. For weaker hollows, it was a signal to flee from a potential predator. But for the ravenous and more capable hollows, it was a dinner bell. Just like it had been in the desert and the halls of Los Noches before then. But unlike that time, Kazuhiko himself had changed.

He still wore his shredded robes of snow white beneath his shihakusho. But they both fit like they were meant for him. In the course of a few days, he'd grown into them. His sandals were gone, but they wouldn't have fit him anymore anyway... His glasses were long gone. Broken weeks ago... And yet he found himself not needing them. The unintimidating boy who was short and scrawny for his age had rapidly begun to change in appearance since his conversation with 'Yoruno'. The changes began as his strength had returned and his reiatsu began to recirculate. It was the influence of the entity that had been implanted within him... The vestige of Lagos Obscuras. And lastly, he was missing his Zanpakutou. To any of the less clever hollows, it would appear as though the shinigami was entirely unarmed!

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{Kazuhiko}

"Just keep pushing Kazu... They'll come for you eventually. You just have to be alive when they get here!" The words were whispered to himself. A mantra of hope that had kept him going throughout this month-long survival game!

[Teresa]

Continuing to move throughout this forest Teresa was left to wander not just what was around her, but what was within her as well. Something had been bothering her over the last few days, since she had been forced to return to this usurped piece of mediocrity. She felt as if there was something she was overlooking, something obvious that was right in front of her. A sensation that made her think about how one could forget something needed for a trip then proceed on their way only to realize what they’d forgotten once they arrive. At first she thought maybe she was unconsciously trying to figure out what she did wrong against that human with the bow.

She’d only fought him a few days ago, he’d gotten the best of her on a day that just seemed to be nothing, but bad luck for her. Everything had been the worst possible outcome for her which eventually led to her landing back here, on the sand floor covered in wounds. The arrows had been one thing for sure and while they hurt enough and caused enough damage to her body that she was lucky to be alive now, they weren’t the biggest problem. Teresa knew she absolutely would have died if it weren’t for her soldiers. Gathering up what little strength she had possessed while laying on the ground she’d managed to call on Club.

Her fateful guardian had stood over her, protecting her from all the scavengers while her body did its best to mend her wounds. A couple of days more than likely passed although Teresa had no way of knowing for certain. When she came to, bodies surrounded her with the sand drenched in green blood. Club was by far her strongest soldier at the moment, and it proved more beneficial than she would have even dared to assume. A soldier potentially more powerful than even herself who would stand guard no matter what, although she was more than tired from him constantly being out. So, getting a move on Club returned to her and Teresa was now in search of some way out.

Although she couldn’t sense reiatsu normally at all, there was someone not far from her just blaring their reiatsu. It was almost like a musician playing as loud as possible in the middle of the night. Teresa could only assume they wanted to be found otherwise what sort of idiot was she approaching. Most likely a trap Teresa knew she had to be ready to start speaking right away although the surroundings in the forest didn’t give her much to utilize. Coming into view from around one of the pillars Teresa and the Shinigami would get the first look at one another.

A smaller male with white hair and tan skin. His uniform was a bit different than the others that she’d seen, but what was really puzzling was why a Shinigami was here in this world. Teresa didn’t speak, instead looking from one side to another then upwards and scanned the pillars. There had to be other Shinigami in the area, there was no way this one was by himself. Although that didn’t matter much once Teresa felt her stomach growl and realization dawned on her. She’d found a shinigami which meant she now had something she could stomach to eat.

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{Stats & Skills}
Strength: 50
Speed: 50
Spiritual Pressure: 400 (500)
Reiatsu Strength: 400 (500)
Light Aura: 15
Dark Aura: 85
Instincts: 150 (112)
Senses: 150 (112)
Energy Sensory: 0
Healing Expertise: 0

Anti-Stealth: 2
Battle Focus: 2
Illusion Resist:2
Pain Tolerance: 2
Battle Analysis: 2
Strength of Will: 2

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

Kazuhiko's reiatsu continued to swirl off of him. It was invisible but far from unreadable. Though the desert was empty, his pulsing spiritual pressure made it feel full. It was different now than it had been in Los Noches. In the great fortress that housed the Arrancar it had been like blood in the water. A trail of candy that led hungry hollows to a full meal. But he had grown in power since then. This month-long survival game had unintentionally strengthened the lost Shinigami. And now, that beacon seemed like an intentional flare of power. A warning to weaker creatures to stay away. To stay safe. Of course, none of this was under his control...

"Just... How far does this desert stretch?" He considered as he continued to pace through it. The sand felt good between his bare toes, even as cold as it was. And the cool breeze of the land of perpetual night eased the heat of labor. All things considered, this was a pleasant experience when compared to the past few weeks. Especially compared to his encounter with Kouhai... The thought caused the boy to reflexively chew at his lip. He'd never expected to meet a person who felt as wrong as that man had... He'd been, ironically, hollow.

His eyes diverted from the path in front of him... As if Kouhai were standing in front of him and he was attempting to avert his eyes. It was only because of this that his light-filled golden eyes landed upon the strange creature that was 'Teresa'. He froze in his tracks. Pausing to consider whether she had marked him as well... And that much was obvious. Their eyes practically met, even from this far away.

"O-Oiiii!" He called out, waving a hand back and forth at the creature. There was no point in hiding. "I don't mean you any harm!" He called out. His voice carried easily in the open air. The great pillars in the desert offered some disruption, but there were none between them now. He wasn't sure if all hollows had the ability to speak and understand language... Lagos had conversed with him. And the Hollow that Kouhai commanded had clearly shown fear and desperation. They weren't empty. They were living, feeling things... Just like him.

And with that in mind, he knew what he might have looked like. Perhaps he seemed like food... But he also might have seemed like a threat. After all, Shinigami slayed hollows... Didn't they? "I'm just passing through! I'm not going to stop you from carrying on to wherever you're trying to go!"

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{Stats}Stats: Before Type|After Type

Strength: 100
Speed: 200
Riatsu Strength: 25
Spiritual Pressure: 400/600
Instinct: 300
Senses: 25
Energy Sense: 50
Light Aura: 100
Dark Aura: 0
Healing Expertise: 0

Skills 15/15
Abilities
Strength of Will: 1
Lack of Fear: 1
Battle Analysis: 2
Martial Arts: Boxing: 2
Pain Tolerence: 1
Bleeding Tolerence: 1
Damage Recovery: 2
Charisma/Leadership: 2
Hoho: 2

Cinematic Skills:
Knowledge: Medicine
Knowledge: Survival

[Teresa]

A Shinigami in this massive forest was unnatural, something that shouldn’t be, yet at the same time Teresa couldn’t have asked for anything better to appear in front of her. Out of everything she’d devoured so far nothing tasted better than the flesh of a Shinigami. This one didn’t look strong physically, he looked soft, something she could chew on without any real resistance. Eating him was going to be like biting into a nice warm bun smothered in butter, a nice treat that she just hoped would aid in her hunger long enough for her to escape this realm.

Even stranger though this Shinigami greeted her like an acquaintance, acting in a way that she could see a neighbor or familiar face in a small village. He was an enemy though, that much wasn’t up for debate which made the words that left his mouth even stranger. A Shinigami that meant her no ill will? Something like that just didn’t seem plausible despite what was happening in front of her, after a moment of disbelief Teresa came to the conclusion that it didn’t matter. She was in need of food in order to get out of here and everything else here was bound to taste like ran over horse shit.

“No need to go, you are just the help I need. I can’t get out on an empty stomach. Care to help me?”

Teresa’s reiatsu would surge off her body a brilliant golden mass that by comparison was roughly around the level of an experienced third seat or Vice Captain, Shinigami that this one in front of her likely would fear. He didn’t appear to be anywhere near the level she could be associated with a fact that despite everything was pretty disappointing. Finding a Shinigami was a blessing no matter what right now, but if he was strong enough to prove useful from here onward that was something else entirely.

A Hollow with bright golden reiatsu, a statement that just didn’t feel correct. Hollows were malicious creatures of gross appearance and savage hunger, why was the one standing in the sand now staring down the Shinigami one that resembled a woman clad in armor of bone. Too far away to just devour him so it’d take wounding him first. Opening her mouth and for a second her reiatsu would converge forming an orb causing the typical hum before unleashing a beam wave of golden light at the Shinigami. If he didn’t survive he’d be cooked well enough to be savory.

Remaining Reiatsu: 4800/5000
Cero: -200

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

There was a moment when the boy's expression lightened. It occurred when Teresa stated that he was just the help she needed! Great! Perhaps this time it was an actual ally, rather than the faux shinigami that had been the King of Los Noches. His lips pulled up into a warm, friendly smile. "That's right we can-" He stopped mid shout as Teresa finished her quip. "Oh... I see." He frowned. One day his naive optimism was going to save him some trouble. Though that wouldn't make up for all the trouble it will have already gotten him into by then...

Kazuhiko's bangs whipped in front of his face as Teresa's reiatsu flared. A great golden sphere of energy that indicated her strength. "Uwaa... Pretty." And it was. Luminous and gorgeous. It wasn't the grim blackness that had belonged to Lagos Obscuras... Or the void nothingness that had been Kouhai. But beyond that it indicated just how strong she was. Kazuhiko hadn't had a Vice Captain or Captain to have compared it to... But it was less potent than the previous denizens of Los Noches that he'd met. He hadn't gotten a sense for Marik's either...

"Wakushu!" His right arm began to throb. A phantom pain, as it had been replaced with the golden prosthetic that began at his shoulder. "H-huh?" He whipped his head around to try to find the voice... But there was no one there. Of course not. He recognized it now, but being so new to him, it had taken a moment. And when he was facing forward again he saw Teresa was already preparing her attack! "Keep your word! Defend yourself!" He balled up his left fist and worried at his lip.

Teresa's golden reiatsu surged before culminating in her open mouth. Glowing and swirling into an orb! He remembered this technique... Or something like it. Lagos had created a ball of energy much the same way... Though it had been smaller and had been lightning fast! He'd had only just enough time to analyze it before it streaked from her mouth in a wave of destructive golden light!

Kazuhiko braced himself! He brought his fists up! And in that moment another voice screamed in his head! "Yes! Fight!" It was raspy and feminine... And hungry! "Wha-?" And just like with the first voice, he found himself distracted! Turning his attention away from the threat in front of him! But unlike the voice of his Shikai, Hyakujuunoou, he didn't recognize it.

The golden light washed over his cheek, forcing his attention back towards the Cero! It was too late for a countermeasure! The only thing he could do was dodge! The boy panicked and slipped to the right, narrowly avoiding the golden beam! Instead of striking him, it struck one of the great pillars sticking out of the desert! "Iyaaaaahhhh~!!!" Detonating behind him with enough force to launch him into the air with a scream! He came down heavily on his back and tumbled forward, winding up on his hands and knees, closer to Teresa than he had been before.

He'd survived his lapsed judgement... But his robes hadn't. They were scorched and ruined. They still clung to his body, especially his sleeves... But they'd fall apart any second now. It was only because he was upon hands and knees that they didn't simply blow away in the cool breeze of Hueco Mundo's eternal night!

[Teresa]

Channeling her cero only took a moment or two, long enough that usually the trained and experienced could evade it if she didn’t utilize it while they were distracted. Thai shinigami though didn’t seem like the sort that was experienced, in fact he seemed fairly fresh like so many of the others that she’d devoured up to this point. That brought up the question though whether or not he was really going to be enough to set her free. She had to eat enough flesh to gather her strength back up, someone new, weak wouldn’t be enough by themselves. Everything she could see about this one told her she was going to need to eat more after all this.

Just prior to her cero being unleashed Teresa saw something strange, his arm began to glow, or perhaps she hadn’t noticed it was glowing to begin with, either way that wasn’t normal. What it meant though was something she couldn’t tell at the moment and perhaps wouldn't ever know now that her cero was released towards him. The shinigami managed to save himself just barely getting out of the path of her cero. The sound of the cero colliding with one of the large pillars resulting in the reiatsu exploding was like a wave of water splashing over Teresa, a sound of gratification. She’d come far from the beginning of her freedom, she couldn’t relent, she had to keep growing.

The shinigami landing in the sand of the forest closer to her wasn’t something usual, in fact this one seemed like he didn’t have any talent for combat at all. Teresa had to stop and question whether she wanted to demolish him right now or play with him a little bit in the hopes that perhaps another Hollow may feel his presence. If he could be used like bait to draw in some of the others then he could serve some further use. The taste of Hollow was horrific and that wouldn’t ever change she assumed, but at least searching for them wouldn’t take so long.

“Pull him down to his head.”

Teresa speaking towards the Shinigami although not speaking to him would seem strange and then just like that the sand beneath him would sink downwards as if he had fallen onto lightning sand. Moving downwards at a speed of 500 in order to pull him beneath the surface the shinigami would have to fight to pull himself up and out of the sand’s grip otherwise it wouldn’t stop until only his head remained above. Teresa wanted to keep this one alive for now yet could feel her hunger growing thus decided it was time for a little snack. “Curious, what do you think you can offer me beyond food?”

A question as Teresa gets close to the Shinigami and then the feminine Hollow would begin to inhale. If Kazuhiko did not pull himself from the sand he’d not just feel his reiatsu leaving him, but witness the fact as his golden energy moves up from his body through the air between himself and this Hollow. This Hollow that sucks in the golden reiatsu like vapor in the air, a source of energy for her, a taste that carries over from the Shinigami. A snack or tiny portion of the meal that she was so tempted to start biting into now with only her curiosity and patience keeping her at bay.

(If Kazuhiko doesn’t get out of the sand, Teresa steals 5% of his total reiatsu pool)

Remaining Reiatsu: 4750/5000
Influir en el Mundo: -50

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Technique Name: Influir en el Mundo (Influence World) 3
Class: 6-4-2
Technique Type: Hollow Technique [Custom]
Technique Element: N/A
Technique Description and Effects: A passive aspect of Teresa’s ability that functions similar to the gifts found in Fullbringers. Having influence over the environment near her Teresa is able to issue verbal commands that cause whatever she speaks directly to into action. This can affect the environment such as water or earth to act on her behalf like a Fullbringer. It can also be used on objects such as books. This technique can affect anything small such as a pen upwards to a small house in size however the larger the object or environment that’s moved the more taxing it is on Teresa.

At class 6 Teresa is limited to smaller objects like a computer tower that can still be a handful, but nothing the average human can accomplish. At this point she can only command one thing at a time which moves at a speed of 200 with 50% of her OS determining the force the object carries. Costs 25 reiatsu. The range she can issue commands caps out at ten feet.

At class 4 the size has increased quite a bit as now Teresa is able to command objects roughly the size of a truck. She’s now able to command up to three objects at once or three separate sections of the environment. Anything influenced now carries 75% of her OS as force while moving at a speed of 400. The range of this technique has increased slightly now at thirty feet. Costs 50 reiatsu per object moved.

Now at class 2 this technique has reached its peak enabling Teresa to issue commands to anything within fifty feet of her. The size limit is now roughly that of a single wide trailer. (14x75”) although much larger in size if Teresa commands something this big she can’t command anything else at the same time. Something this large requires 300 reiatsu. Moves at a speed of 300 and force equal to 100% of her OS. If she doesn’t command something so large though things are rather different. Commanding anything in the size range of the previous classes will result in movement speed of 800 while carrying force equal to 100% of her OS. She can command up to five objects at once in this situation. The cost of this technique is now determined by the size of the object. See class 6-4.

Technique Drawbacks: Teresa can’t command the environment to do anything other than move or change shape through her commands unlike Fullbringers. All commands must be verbal.


Technique Name: Devoradora Voraz (Proficient) 15
Class: 3
Technique Type: Hollow/Arrancar
Usable By: Hollow Races
Technique Element: N/A
Technique Description and Effects: Devouring the soul of entities is a messy business and something that simply takes too long in certain situations. What can you do while being hunted down, but you’re still hungry and don’t have time to eat an entire body? Well, why not just suck the soul right out of the body like you're drinking from a straw. By opening her mouth and inhaling Teresa pulls on the soul of those weaker than herself, forcibly extracting them into her. This functions the same as devouring them naturally while leaving the body unharmed. It only takes a couple of seconds to complete during which time the victim will feel as if all the warmth of their body is leaving them.

Those of a more spiritual nature though require a bit more effort, while they’ll suffer the same coldness right away they’re able to resist much longer depending on their own power. Once Teresa starts doing this a spiritual entity will feel as if a chunk of their stamina has been drained. Spiritual entities that are composed of reiatsu are affected differently instead only losing a portion of their total reiatsu each post Teresa inhales close enough to them. Those that still possess physical bodies like Fullbringer, Quincy and Bount suffer the same as a normal human.

Individuals 4 Classes lower than Teresa lose 30% of their stamina/reiatsu and take 2 posts for Teresa to devour their soul.
Individuals 3 Classes lower than Teresa lose 20% of their stamina/reiatsu and take 2 posts for Teresa to devour their soul.
Individuals 2 Classes lower than Teresa lose 15% of their stamina/reiatsu and take 3 posts for Teresa to devour their soul.
Individuals 1 Class lower than Teresa lose 10% of their stamina/reiatsu and take 4 posts for Teresa to devour their soul.
Individuals that match Teresa in class lose 5% of their stamina/reiatsu and take 5 posts for Teresa to devour their soul.
Those above Teresa in class are unaffected by this technique.

How to use technique: Must get within three feet of target then inhale while focusing reiatsu through the mouth towards the target.

Technique Drawbacks: Teresa is left unable to channel her reiatsu in most ways while performing this technique. This leaves her unable to utilize bala, cero, ulcera. This doesn’t stop techniques that have already been activated from working though such as Pesquis. RPCs can’t have their souls consumed unless already slain.

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

Kazuhiko could hear his own breathing as he rested on his hands and knees. He focused on it for a moment. Taking solace in the fact that he was still alive. His blonde hair was stained white by the stone powder that the exploding pillar had spilled upon him. He imagined his body would have fared much the same as that pillar had he been the recipient of the attack. That's right... He was being attacked. He had to fight!

He moved from a crawl to a kneeling position as he searched for his attacker. It didn't take long to find her, as she was speaking to him. But her words didn't make any sense at all. Pull -him- down? Who was he? It was at that moment that he felt the floor beneath him begin to shift! It didn't fall out from beneath him... It was worse than that! It was... Pulling him down! "Haaa!!" He let out a panicked cry!

Wide-eyed, he attempted to struggle against the sand! But it was strong... It wasn't simple quick-sand. It was as if it was alive! The fingers of his left hand dug into the sand as he attempted to grasp it. Predictably, it slipped through his fingers. His right arm fell beneath the surface... He still wasn't used to even -having- a right arm, after all. He slowed the process of the sinking, but he couldn't prevent it.

And as Teresa approached she found herself looming over the boy. His left arm stuck out of the sand like a sapling. His head tilted up as if he was trying to find one last breath before being pulled into the depths of the ocean. "Offer you? I... I can't offer you anything except peace! We don't have to fight!" He replied to her. He was naive and optimistic... But he wasn't stupid. It was obvious to him that she wasn't interested in peace at that moment.

In fact... As she got closer, more and more became obvious about her. Not just her physical form... But her intent. Her hunger. This wasn't personal. It was business. The law of the jungle. She was hungry, and he was food... This became even more apparent as she stopped beside him and began to... Suck him in. There was no other explanation for what was happening!

"AHHHHH!" He let out a scream! It didn't hurt. But he had expected it to. He understood now... She was going to devour him! And the sand was still pulling at him... Keeping him from pulling himself out. If he stayed here she'd eat him. Slowly or quickly, it didn't matter. As it stood he seemed defenseless. The perfect prey!

"I won't just l-let you eat me!" He spoke, but as previously stated, it didn't seem like he'd have any other choice... "My friends are looking for me! I'm sure of it! So if you want a fight..." He couldn't get a grasp on the sand. So instead he relied on a technique he'd recently helped a plus learn. The air under his left hand became subtlely solid. A handhold. One that he pulled on, building tension upon its elasticity.

"YOU GOT IT!" He let out a scream as he attempted to rip himself from the sand! And in that moment something miraculous happened. He erupted with Reiatsu, much like he had in his fight with Lagos! It was a pulsing soundless roar of invisible reiatsu! The explosion was forceless, at least as far as the physical world was concerned. But for everything reiatsu based within it, it was devastating! Everything within 100 meters was affected by the strange ability of his Shikai, Hyakujuunoou!

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{Hyakujuunoou (Beast King)}
Mechanics: Touches from Kazuhiko's Shikai reduce the target's reiatsu capacity based on the class of his release. At class 4 it deals 15% or a flat 300, whichever is higher(this effect is limited to once per post). At class 3 it becomes 20%/350. At 2 25%/400. And At Class 1 it becomes 30%/500.

Further, striking a Reiatsu-based ability can nullify it if the cost paid is less than the flat amount drained by his shikai. Double that if weaker, or half of it if higher. If the attack is not completely nullified, it is weakened instead. This does not affect the physical component of the attack. For instance, if a rock is fired with Reiatsu, touching it will not suddenly undo the kinetic force generated by Reiatsu.

The forces animating the sand would be dissipated instantly as the Reiatsu enchanting it was ejected from it. Similarly, Teresa's life-siphoning technique would be ended, though not before she'd gotten herself a substantial meal... The boy's reiatsu was immense and even 5% of it was fine dining! But if Teresa didn't move she too would find herself hit by the strange eruption of force! Like being struck by a Sanrei Glove (a sensation she'd likely never felt till now), she would feel her own Reiatsu forced out of her (an amount equal to 15% of her total pool, or 300, whichever was higher). But unlike the reiatsu she was draining from Kazuhiko, it was her ability to hold reiatsu itself that was struck, rather than simply reiatsu itself!

With the sand no longer animate, and the air-ground prepped, Kazuhiko would shoot out of the sand like a rocket! The remnants of his robes would be left buried in the sand! Turning in the air he would land gingerly on his bare feet just a couple of meters behind Teresa. His upper body was fully exposed now. His left arm looked powerful. It was just flesh and bone, but he had relied on it only for most of his time in existence. But his right arm was far more intimidating. A great golden prosthetic that was attached at his shoulder. It pulsed with white reiatsu. He was green... But now that he was actively participating in the fight, it was clear that he wasn't so small a meal as she'd assumed!

If Teresa didn't immediately engage him, he'd speak to her. "Alright! You want to fight? Fuuko would never forgive me if I kept running... So fine! Let's rumble!" He'd give her a nod and raise his fists! He drew in a deep breath to focus his reiatsu and calm his nerves... And then strangely... His eyes closed. He turned his body so that his strange right arm was in front of his torso. His left arm was pulled up by his face. But it was his right shoulder that took the lead, pulled in front of him with a lean as a barrier between him and his foe. This was his boxing stance. The Rukongai Roll!

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{Reference}

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{Trackers}
Rukongai Roll - 80% (75% + 5%(1 turn))
Reiatsu Total 5275/6000
5% loss to Teresa's consumption = 300 Reiatsu
Reiatsu Spent:
25 - Advanced Air Ground
300 - Beast King's Roar
100 - Rukongai Roll
[Techniques]

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{Advanced Air Ground - 25 Reiatsu}
-Technique Name: Advanced Air Ground

Class: 7

Technique Type: Spiritual Technique

Technique Description and Effects:

This is a technique designed especially for breakdancing and parkour, utilizing a more advanced version of air ground. While in a terrain where air ground exists, the user can create more complex surfaces like air walls, air ceilings, air ledges and even an air push. This allows the user to perform handstands and windmills on air as if it were normal ground or even stand upside-down on air as if gravity were reversed. The air push makes the air ground very elastic so that the user can jump higher. It allows for slight movement even when restrained by a Bakudō.

For a cost of twenty-five Reiatsu, the user will be able to momentarily cast an "air ground" on areas such as in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, allowing the user to "double jump" or cast Shunpo in mid-air. If this technique is mastered, the user will be able to create air grounds that last for as long as a single post. This can be used in creative ways to improve acrobatics and visual impressiveness.

Drawback: No drawback.

Created By: Shiki Kanzaki

Reserved: No

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{Hyakujuunoou Houkou (Beast King's Roar) -300 Reiatsu}
Kazuhiko gathers up his reiatsu, compressing it and welling it up! Before unleashing it in a silent roar of invisible reiatsu! The wave erupts from Kazuhiko with a speed of 800, but disrupts nothing! This wave has a radius of 100 meters per class of release (100 at 4, 200 at 3. Etc.).

Being caught within this wave causes the effect of Hyakujuunoou. This technique costs 300 Reiatsu to utilize.

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{The Rukongai Roll}
Technique Name: Beast King Boxing - The Rukongai Roll

Technique Class: 3

Technique Type: General Physical, Sensory

Usable By: All

Technique Element: N/A

Technique Cost: 100 Reiatsu a post.

Description: In order to use the Rukongai Roll the user must meet these qualifications at time of implementation:

Martial Skill >2
Sensory >450
Instinct >300

The user closes their eyes, blocking out this very important sense in order to harmonize with the opponent. Because of this, the technique can only be used when the opponent is within 10 meters. This is expanded to 20 meters at 600 Sensory, 30 meters at 900 sensory, and 50 meters at 1200 sensory.

The user focuses on their senses and reads their opponent's movements in advance. The sound of their heartbeat. The contracting of their muscles. The subtle changes in their body chemistry are all notes used to predict the opponent's attacks. And the longer the user is in combat with their opponent, the more they begin to understand them.

While active, the user is able to replace their Speed with their Sensory stat for the purposes of dodging attacks by opponents within their range. In the event that they are unable to dodge, they are able to add their instinct to their strength for the purpose of suffering the hit. This is because they are slipping the attack and moving with it, rather than against it.

The Rukongai Roll utilizes 75% of the user's Senses. This increases by 5% per post of combat within the same instance of combat, up to a maximum of 125% as the user becomes more accustomed to their opponent's movements.

How to Use: The Rukongai Roll is a defensive form that utilizes advanced sensory and instinct to allow the user to defend themself against an opponent once in close. This technique utilizes footwork and body movement to steal the momentum and threat away from an opponent's attacks by harmonizing with them.

In order to use the Rukongai Roll, the user must close off one of their most important senses. Their eyes. However, with enough sensory and fighting knowledge, they are able to read their opponent and react before their opponent strikes. This form is not the same as dodging, but rather slipping attacks. An attack that lands can be rendered completely harmless. But in the event that it isn't, its impact is mitigated by going with the flow of the attack and potentially leaving the opponent open for a bad trade!

This stance is very specific and identifiable. The user stands with their lead arm in front of their torso, in the center of their abdomen. Their off-hand stays up by their face. And lastly, their lead shoulder is tucked with a lean, serving as another barrier point.

Drawbacks: The user must close their eyes to avoid sensory overload. The user must pay 100 Reiatsu a post. This technique also has an identifiable stance.

Reserved?: Yes, Satoshi Kazuhiko.

Made By: Sucker Punch

[Teresa]

Disappointment was all Teresa could feel when this shinigami only gave her the false answer of peace as an option. She’d been hoping that perhaps he had a way out of this world, a way to reach the human world again, if he did she was certain that she’d do her best to fight off her hunger. Although she hadn’t been asked so far Teresa was firm on her word, although who would really ask or even expect a Hollow to hold up any sort of deal. Either way this meant the shinigami was only good for one thing and that meant she could start now.

Opening her mouth Teresa began to inhale pulling at the reiatsu that makes up the shinigami’s body, pulling at the power of his soul into herself. A taste that she’d almost forgotten despite how little time had passed. The taste that defied all others rising up above them and pleasing her palate like nothing else that’d grace her tongue. The flavor was there although the texture wasn’t as she hadn’t bitten off a piece of his body, almost like imagining a favorite food with the full flavor present yet the experience of acting and eating remains distant. Despite all her trying, the technique couldn’t give her the same feeling.

The shinigami though it seemed had some heat to his soul as he kept speaking and now began to protect himself. What came next though was something Teresa had no chance of evading as it moved out without appearing to be this Shinigami’s reiatsu like most attacks. Instead Teresa could tell the sand that was obeying her command no longer was obeying and she could feel her pool of energy was limited, almost like she was waking up tired despite getting enough sleep. Whatever this Shinigami had just done Teresa felt limited, a sensation she hated. He’d now given her another reason to eat him.

He was going to make her work for this meal though, at least she assumed that’s how he felt as he shot himself up out of the sand to stand her down now. A cute little display although what she saw now just fueled her anger, a golden arm burning with white reiatsu. “How dare a measly Shinigami possess gold.” Teresa remarks as her reiatsu flares become easily visible around her. The white Hollow encompassed in gold energy now staring down the Shinigami. She watched as he spoke and shifted his form, getting into a boxing stance, a fighting method that had been around even while she’d been human.

It told her one thing, that golden arm had to touch her. So she’d deal with him fast without ever letting that happen. “Protect me. Impale him.”Two separate commands given from Teresa to the sand below them at the same time, a feat that had taken a fair amount of training on her part to manage. Issuing commands to the environment, to all things was something Teresa was blessed with the moment she awoke as a Hollow, commanding more than one thing at a time though took skill and now she’d reached that level. The sand beneath her feet wouldn’t move although it’d been given its order as for the other command.

The sand in front of her moves slightly and then just like the shinigami had done, fires off out of itself towards him. Compressed into a thick stone dagger larger than most hands, aimed at the center of this Shinigami’s chest. It would fly for the small opening between both his arms although Teresa was certain with its limited speed of 200 that he’d be able to handle it. The stone dagger gave her enough time though to hold out her left hand and channel her reiatsu, to form the golden orb off the tips of her index and middle fingers. A golden orb with sunken eyes and a giant jagged smile that right afterwards would be fired off towards the shinigami. The bala would move much faster opening its mouth, chomping down over and over to eat the shinigami and everything else in its way.

Remaining Reiastu: 4075/4250
Influir en el Mundo: -25
Sonriente Bala: -150

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Technique Name: Sonriente Bala (Proficient) 17
Class: 4
Technique Type: Hollows/Arrancar
Usable By: Hollow Races
Technique Element: N/A
Technique Description and Effects: Following the standard practice of channeling reiatsu to a specific small point on the body the user forms this bala. This one though immediately sets itself apart from the typical by being condensed into a physical form, turning solid and losing its ability to burn and explode. Two sunken sections near the top along with a large wide jagged smile cause this bala to resemble a smiley face. Once fired the mouth of the bala will bite constantly tearing through anything in its path that doesn’t have the durability to handle the bite force equal to the user's Reiatsu Strength. The bala is roughly the same size as a basketball.

How to use technique: Same as the typical.

Technique Drawbacks: Costs 150 reiatsu. Can only travel one hundred feet before dissipating.

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

The two combatants were mirror images of one another. Teresa was a bone white knight cloaked in gold. And Kazuhiko was a gilded peasant sheathed in white. Both of them were possessed unusually large amounts of Reiatsu. The flaring of their spiritual pressure would drive smaller prey away, and perhaps draw in things larger than themselves. That thought lingered in the back of his mind...

He had just fled from Kouhai, King of this realm. He'd been brought here by Mr. Tile, a vicious sociopath who surely hadn't meant to let him roam free on his own... He'd narrowly avoided death under the hands of the number 9 Espada Lagos Obscuras' technique... And He had just escaped the quartz tree prison of Primera Espada. How likely was it that none of them were seeking him out to clean up their mess?

He'd made it clear to Marik that his presence in Hueco Mundo was a threat to their security... He had hoped that it would encourage him to take him home. But now he feared that his honesty only made him a priority for execution! "I have to hold out...!" He told himself in defiance of what appeared to be his inevitable fate. "I didn't survive this long to be eaten!"

That thought brought his mind back to the battlefield. Where he stood not far from his opposition. He'd prompted her to fight. He'd heard that hollows were ravenous beasts who could think of nothing more than feeding... He already knew on some level that this wasn't true. He'd seen the hollow in the human world look solemn before its death. He'd experienced Lagos' toying with him rather than eating him. And now, he could feel the trepidatious malice of his new foe. She wanted to hurt him. Kill him probably. There was no denying that. But he could feel the way she tensed and shifted in anger and thought.

That's right. His eyes were closed... But he could see things so much clearer this way. His unique inability to control his reiatsu seemed like a curse, but it appeared that it was in the nature of his release. The constant release of spiritual energy became a tactile sensory field of tremendous power. It was so strong that he could feel the hollow's heartbeat. He could feel when her muscles contracted or relaxed. He could -feel- the changes in her very biochemistry! Admittedly, some of it was a little difficult to understand... But every second he was near her, he began to understand her more and more. Much like how he couldn't hide from the hollows because of this very field... She too, couldn't hide anything from him!

"What's your name? If we're going to fight, I should at least know that." He asked calmly as he held his position. Where Teresa wanted to finish him quickly, Kazuhiko wanted to avoid fighting at all, if possible. He'd committed to the conflict... But he still believed that there was a chance that he might be able to talk her down somehow. Convince her that he wasn't an easy meal. That she should hunt elsewhere. "Mine is Satoshi Kazuhiko."

There was only enough time for that bit of conversation before Teresa began to conjure her next attack. She said something. And the way he heard it was through feeling the words rather than actually hearing them. Two commands. He internalized them. Protect Me. Impale Him. The survival game in Hueco Mundo had honed his instincts to a sharpened edge. Allowing him to process the battlefield in a way that he simply couldn't beforehand. He'd had to constantly find escape routes and redirects in order to avoid the snapping jaws of the denizens of Hueco Mundo. He wasn't able to reason with them then... But perhaps now that he had the strength to make them respect him, this time could be different!

The sand began to ripple. And Kazuhiko took off! His feet pounded the sand as he rushed at Teresa! And a moment later, the sand fired itself at him in the shape of a stone dagger! The boy was rushing blindly at her. His eyes remained closed. It would seem as though he had no way to know about the dagger at all... And the fool was charging in only to impale himself. But that wasn't the truth. He could sense every shifting particle of it as it slid through his sensory field. And he could sense Teresa's intent to attack him behind it!

He felt her arm raise. He felt her knuckles shift as her black digit extended. He sensed the energy building at its tip... Though it was so much less faint than the physical world! He suspected that the sand dagger was there to distract Kazuhiko and give her time to summon another energy attack. Given this, Kazuhiko assumed that this was another way in which they were opposites. She wanted to be at range. And he wanted to be in her face!

His feet kicked up sand as he continued his suicidal rush at the dagger. It was going to pierce his heart. And just as the dagger's point was about to scratch his bare chest, he moved. With inch-perfect precision. His trajectory altered in such a way that the sand sword slid past him without interrupting his charge! So narrow was the margin, that it might have appeared as if he'd been run through by it! Only after the absence of blood was noted would it be obvious that this wasn't the case.

This was the result of his Rukongai Roll. A technique that allowed him to predict the attacks and movements of his foes with such extreme accuracy that it emulated high-speed movement [with a speed of 680. 200 from Speed, 480 gained from Rukongai Roll]. It wasn't that he was faster. It was that he reacted sooner. The result of a massive amount of data, and the strength of mind necessary to process it!

What this meant for Teresa was that he was upon her likely -far- before she'd suspected! If she had the energy sensory for it, she would feel his reiatsu flare! But her eyes would be good enough to see his arm pulse bright with a white aura! And as she conjured her Bala, Kazuhiko lashed out! His golden fist was flicked out, directly at Teresa, its trajectory was such that it would travel straight through the center point of her extended finger! He wasn't sure what defenses she'd set up, but he was going to try to punch straight through them! And straight through her hand as well!

"SOOOORRRRRYYAAAAA!" He screamed as he whipped his right arm out, whip-like! It was unorthodox for a punch, a flickering jab rather than the haymaker that she might have expected from such an impassioned scream. The... Very average looking punch... There was no explosion. There was no growth in his fist. There was nothing remarkable about the attack it would seem. It wouldn't seem special unless Teresa tried to escape it! And in that case, she would be shocked to discover just how difficult that would be! The blow would arrive within the space she was attempting to move through... As if he knew she was going to step, lean, or duck in that direction! As if he was clairvoyant!

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{Beast King Boxing - The Sucker Punch; Utilized at Class 4}
Beast King Boxing - The Sucker Punch
Technique Name: Beast King Boxing - The Sucker Punch

Technique Class: 4-1

Technique Type: General Physical, Sensory

Usable By: All

Technique Element: N/A

Technique Cost: Variable based on class.

Description: In order to use The Sucker Punch the user must meet these qualifications at the time of implementation:

Battle Analysis >2
Martial Skill >2
Sensory >450
Instinct >300

This technique is a punch using the intense predictive capabilities of high sensory and to preempt an opponent's dodge and throw an attack right in the path of the opponent's intended escape route, even before they've made it! If an opponent attempts to step tech, they will be surprised to find, after they have escaped, that the technique has still landed, as it occurred before the step was taken! This attack takes advantage of the predictive nature of step techs. If the opponent attempts to dodge, weave, or otherwise redirect the punch without a step tech, their speed is calculated as such based on class that the tech is used at:

Class 4, treated as 25% lower; Cost 150 Reiatsu.
Class 3, treated as 33% lower; Cost 200 Reiatsu.
Class 2, treated as 50% lower; Cost 300 Reiatsu.
Class 1, treated as 75% lower; Cost 400 Reiatsu.

This punch is thrown at the user's normal speed. It is not enhanced in any meaningful way. It is a punch made with the foresight gleaned from the advanced application of information gained from high-end sensory combined with the high-end deductive power of instinct.

How to Use: The Sucker Punch is a whip-like flicker jab thrown from the lead fist of the user. The odd-angled nature of the punch enables the user to curve it into the path of an opponent who is intent on swaying out of the way. This makes the blow more difficult to dodge, as it is aiming to land in a spot that the user's deductive reasoning knew the opponent would be in, rather than the spot they were in when the attack was thrown! This level of deductive prediction can appear to others as clairvoyance. But the reality is... He simply -knew- you would step to the right based on the tension in your muscles and the changes in your internal chemistry.

Drawbacks: This technique requires heavy stat and skill investment to pull off. Beyond that, a reiatsu cost is imposed on the punch to account for supernatural foresight. Lastly, this punch has no additional properties other than striking preemptive to step-techs and being difficult to dodge naturally. It does not have any additional power. And it may be blocked as normal.

This technique is also unable to be combined with other techniques at this stage. It requires intense focus to pull off.

Reserved?: Yes, Satoshi Kazuhiko.

Made By: Sucker Punch

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{Trackers}
Rukongai Roll - 85% (75% +10% (2 turns))

Reiatsu Spent
Rukongai Roll Upkeeep - 100
Sucker Punch, Class 4 - 150
Previous Reiatsu 5275

Reiatsu Total 5025/6000
Techniques
Beast King Boxing - The Sucker Punch
Beast King Boxing - The Rukongai Roll

[Teresa]

This Shinigami seemed changed, not physically, but in attitude. He had seemed like a meek male that couldn’t handle combat yet standing there right now above the sand was one who could call upon the power of his sword. Teresa hadn’t been expecting this to go on for more than a moment after she saw this Shinigami. Although this meant one thing for certain, he was going to be a more useful servant. The fact she felt as if a portion of her power was no longer present told her enough. He would prove to be an invaluable tool in capturing prey.

“Te-re-sah"

A servant must know the name of their master, having been asked it by a Shinigami was something that didn’t happen often yet the Hollow of white and gold wouldn’t hold out something so essential to her future soldier. Now though she knew his name as well, something that she didn’t often gain, but usually would keep once devoured. The last Shinigami who’d possessed a name was Yumi, a soldier of no particular importance yet had been taken in the heat of battle against one Shinigami who needed to be punished in the future.

Eating out of spite wasn’t a typical thing that Teresa did yet with how she’d suffered this last year, she knew hesitation wouldn’t be a factor. She would devour everyone important to that particular Shinigami if she could find out who they were. No matter though that wasn’t the issue at hand right now. This Shinigami it seemed either wasing taking her seriously as a threat or was doing something that would initially help him. Teresa knew enough about combat now after surviving this long that closing one’s eyes wasn’t a gamble, it was a set up.

In the next couple moments Teresa watched as the Shinigami rushed forward towards her attacks yet seemed to slip past them without getting cut. A movement of sorts that Teresa hadn't seen up to this point. A movement that was frustrating to deal with as his body should have already been watering the sands in front of her. The way that his torso moved in order to avoid the dagger didn’t seem feasible like for a moment he just could make his form slip through matter. Such an ability was possible, Teresa no longer doubted anything, but was it truly what he did?

Although she couldn’t be certain how he’d done it the fact was that her initial attack had missed which meant he was getting closer to her now with that golden arm. Her Bala was one of power, one that she was certain could bite off a limb on this slender piece of meat. He wanted to get close enough though that using such attacks wouldn’t be possible. Thankfully though Teresa had prepared. His fist moving forward while her bala channels for that blink of an eye and then he’d feel his body pulled backwards.

Teresa had ordered the sand around her to protect her, something it would obey by wrapping around Kazuhiko’s feet up to his ankles then pulling backwards dragging him away from Teresa. Kazuhiko could stay up on his feet with how the sand pulled although he could also fall forward to the sand, it would ultimately come down to how well the Shinigami is on his feet. Despite his strange awareness, would he be able to avoid the sand beneath his feet?

Pulled backwards or not Kazuhiko would have to change his course of movement giving Teresa that extra moment needed to fire off her bala. The large orb of gold with its sunken eyes and jagged mouth chomping down over and over ready to devour everything in its way. Getting some distance was the smartest thing she could do yet it would be no different than getting pushed by the Shinigami. Allowing him to gain dominance in battle. An insult to who she was now. She had to press the offense, unleash her aggression.

“Bury him.”

A single comment sent to the sand once again, a vast resource yet one very limiting compared to the vast versatility that Teresa could employ in the human world. She’d have to make due with the limitation though. The sand itself would open up around Kazuhiko a moment after his clash with her bala. Teresa wasn’t going to wait to issue the command. After she'd seen him dodge it was pointless she had to let him drop into the pit several feet in width and over ten feet deep. Should he fall down then the moment he came back up he’d find her firing off another bala right at his chest.

Remaining Reiastu: 3975/4250
Influir en el Mundo: -50 (Pit)
Bala: -50

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

Kazuhiko had thought that if he could get in close, then surely he could shred through whatever defenses this hollow might have. She seemed to be a ranged combatant. One that he had assessed relied heavily on reiatsu-based techniques, something that he was uniquely skilled at managing. Kazuhiko had been overconfident in his ability. All the data in the world wouldn't help him if he didn't have the battle experience to analyze it... He was green.

He was focused on his future-sight like punch. So much so that he still swung it out with utmost confidence despite the fact that he had been pulled out of range! His technique relied on reading Teresa's movements to strike where she would be. But she didn't move at all. The sand beneath his feet grasped him and pulled him backward, just out of reach!

The whiffed attack caught him by surprise! "Huh?!" He let out a sound that told Teresa as much! He'd committed his whole body to the attack, causing his hips and torso to turn into the punch! He tried to step in the direction of his momentum, but found that the sand around his ankles kept his foot in place! And worse, set him to falling!

'Stupid!' He thought, as he began his stumble. If he had paid more attention he would have felt the sand... He could have outpaced it potentially. But he had concentrated solely on offense... And now he was the one in danger!

The bala fired off at near point-blank range! While it was true that he could have punched through the thing, his arm was already extended due to his over-committal attack! He could jump to either side, but he feared the tensile strength of the sand... If it slowed him down in any way, then he might lose his life. There was only one direction to go!

"Uwaaaa!!!" He cried out as he gave in to the tripping sand, allowing himself to fall face-first into it! He hit hard, but his intentional clumsiness would see the bala firing overhead as he went prone! The light from the golden orb lit up the bare skin of his back. It was scratched up and bruised from his fight with Lagos. But these wounds were a far cry from the vicious mauling the curious orb would have resulted in.

Teresa didn't even leave him a moment to breathe. Her voice rang out and took command of the world around them once again. The sand under his body fell away! He reached for the earth to help him roll away from the opening, and found that too slipping through his fingers! Kazuhiko found himself swallowed by the desert! It wasn't unlike what had just occurred moments ago when she had attempted to grasp him in a fist of sand... But this time, it wasn't holding him. Another Roar wouldn't free him! It seemed that Teresa was beginning to use negative space to dodge and contain him. It was a clever adaptation!

Kazuhiko managed to catch himself on hands and knees at the bottom of the pit. He wasn't sure how the sand would react next... But he could still feel Teresa at the top of the pit. He braced himself for a moment... But he heard no command. Each time she had attacked him with the desert she had used spoken word. A tell. It wouldn't move unless she made it. Or... At least he hoped.

The longer he stayed engaged with her, the more he understood about her... The more he could deign from her shifting physiology. She was waiting for him at the top of the pit. Another of those strange orbs being readied to fire into him when he sprang from the earth, just like he had the last time she'd trapped him in the sand. Again, another example of this Teresa rapidly learning from their brief combat. 'She's pretty good!' He thought in absent-minded admiration.

She'd observed his use of advanced air-ground and his ability to burst free of the sand. But her decision to pull him away from her hadn't exposed what he could do to the balas she seemed to be confident in. She seemed to have planned for his next move. He was certain that if he didn't play along with her plan that she'd back off. She'd put space between them. More sand. So instead he'd give her exactly what she wanted. He'd play right into her plan!

"SORRRRYAAAA!" He screamed as his body tensed and he fired himself upward and out of the pit she'd created. The scream was intentional. An announcement to her that he was on his way. A loud distraction. That this dumb little boy was doing exactly what she was hoping for! He rocketed up out of the pit, straight at Teresa! He was going to put himself in the line of fire! There was no dodging, not with a straight upward trajectory like that! His golden arm was brought up in front of him in a guarding posture... Was he just going to take the attack? Surely the bala would bite right through him... At least based on what Teresa had seen thus far!

But his momentum suddenly slowed just at the top of the pit, and then suddenly stopped, as if he'd jumped straight into a net! He had. He'd created one utilizing Advanced Air Ground! It stretched, building tension! And when that tension reached its limit, spring-like, it would fire him back down into the pit of sand, just shy of the point Teresa intended to fire!

At that moment, Kazuhiko dispelled the air-ground and whipped his left hand out to grasp at one of Teresa's ankles! He hoped that this action would be obfuscated by all the drama of the bala, the shouting, the air-ground, and white glow of his right arm! He hoped that there was only so much she could pay attention to! Because if he caught her, he would use the redirected momentum created by his springy air-ground to drag her into the depths of the pit she'd created!

Kazuhiko had made sure to leave his right arm free to defend against the bala should she readjust the aim of her attack. But when the dust cleared Teresa would find the second stage of his attack. His left hand pushed over her mouth, to silence her commands! If he was successful, this predicament would put Teresa in precisely the scenario she didn't want to be in. Face to face in a claustrophobic phone booth fight!

"I can see the future Teresa! I know exactly what you're going to do! Don't make me put you down!" It was a lie. But his confidence was convincing. That combined with his seeming ability to know what she was about to do next made it hard to discern. A bluffing psychological attack... If he could make her surrender, then neither one of them would need to get hurt!

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{Trackers}
Rukongai Roll - 90% (75% +15% (3 turns))

Reiatsu Spent
Rukongai Roll Upkeeep - 100
Advanced Air Ground - 25
Previous Reiatsu 5025

Reiatsu Total 4900/6000

[Teresa]

Teresa could tell from those first few moments that Shinigami wasn’t one she could allow to get close to her. The moment he actually managed to get up close she wouldn’t likely be able to get away again. She didn’t just pick up on the negative though, the mere fact the sand had been able to grab hold then pull him away meant he wasn’t the best at sensing reiatsu. While his golden arm was a problem it seemed, it would only remain so when he could perceive threats. “Go for what he can’t see!” Teresa exclaimed within the confines of her white skull.

That didn’t seem to be the only thing that golden arm couldn’t do though as the sands themselves opened up dropping him down despite his arm reaching out. So, he could destroy what she could make and form, but changing the dimensions of things was different somehow. Either way over the course of the next couple seconds Teresa watched this Shinigami jump out of the pit then maneuver himself in the air. The way he moved told her that he was somehow either flying now or altering the properties of the environment like the air. Doing so in order to save himself from the bala that’d just been fired from her.

What should have happened next was this shinigami by the name of Kazuhiko falling back down into the hole, where she could attack him once again. Instead, though the way he affected the environment allowed him to pull off a maneuver that Teresa hadn't really seen before and thus couldn't predict. One moment she was standing beside the hole ready to unleash a cero down into it. The next she could feel the hand of this shinigami enclosing around her ankle and pulling her down with his physical strength. Although he wasn't the physically strongest, she'd come across due to her own physical limitations she couldn't hold herself upwards and found herself pulled down into the hole.

Immediately in a panic Teresa unleashes her reiatsu from the bottom of her feet utilizing the Moon Step Cero at the moment would cause Kazuhiko and Teresa to slam against the interior walls of the pit. Although she had hoped it would bring her up and out of the hole, she knew Kazuhiko wasn't going to let go easily. The moment she felt her back slam against the sandy, yet hard walls Teresa would shout. "Suffocate him." Influencing the sand in the pit once again this time it would seemingly move again of its own will towards Kazuhiko in an attempt to cover his face then move down his throat. Teresa had enough of this though channeling her reiatsu with every intention of blowing this shinigami up completely.

Remaining Reiastu: 3875/4250
Moon Step Cero: -50
Influir en el Mundo: -50

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

Kazuhiko felt Teresa's ankle in his hand! She wasn't like a human being. Her body felt harsh, like grabbing exposed bone. Cold and rigid. He knew they were different... But he'd never felt something so alien. He perished the distracting thought and held onto her with everything he had as his Air-Ground Ceiling Trampoline shot both of them back downward into the pit!

However, before either of them could reach the bottom of the pit Teresa executed a desperate maneuver! Energy exploded from her feet! His hand was safe, grasping her ankle! But that didn't matter... Her intention hadn't been to blow his arm off, it had been to jettison both of them against the edge of the pit! Worse, because her actions were panicked, it was impossible for Kazuhiko to have predicted what she was going to do! His lack of energy sensory combined with this lack of rational thru-line meant he was caught completely unaware!

"GRAAAH!" It was with a meaty thud that the wizard-like hollow crashed the both of them into the sandy wall! Falling in sand wasn't a terrible experience. However, being driven against a wall of sand was far different. It was tightly packed. Compressed by its own weight. It was no different than being driven into concrete! Teresa wasn't strong. But then, she hadn't thrust him into the wall with her muscles. She'd used an explosive blast. And the result had left the sand behind his head stained red.

His ears rang from the concussive impact. His vision was blurry. But his sixth sense was as clear as the hand that held her ankle. He fell back on his instincts... On his plan. And with the panic gone, he could feel that Teresa was going to do the same thing. As above... So below.

His right hand shot out towards Teresa as the two of them had a similar strategy in mind! Open-palmed, he sought to press the flat of his hand over her mouth and nose, smothering her voice! Silencing her! He might have been wrong, but his instincts told him that Teresa's ability relied on her ability to speak to the world.

He'd nearly reached her before she'd made the pit... And now they were in a phone booth fight. He was faster than her and had the read on her attack. Furthermore, his golden arm would clash with her attempt to speak, driving the reiatsu out of her words, if they were in fact infused with any. If he could silence her magic, then perhaps he could speak some sense into her!

However, if he was wrong... He was about to be eating a mouthful of sand! "Stop this! We don't have to fight! I don't want any more violence!" His speech was a little slurred. An ancillary effect of having been smashed against the wall behind them. He was appealing to her. And even though he watched her with closed eyes, it sounded sincere. [Charisma|Leadership 2]

With his hand upon her mouth she could see the reiatsu pulsing through its vein-like channels begin to build up. The inky dark of the pit was illuminated with the brilliant, pure white of his aura. Something was charging. But unlike her reiatsu it felt warm... and positive as it washed over her face. But no matter how comforting his positive reiatsu felt... It was clear that it would be discharged right down her throat if she sought further violence.

Could he really see the future? ...Was she feeling lucky enough to find out?

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{Trackers}
Rukongai Roll - 95% (75% +20% (4 turns))

Reiatsu Spent
Rukongai Roll Upkeeep - 100
Previous Reiatsu 4900

Reiatsu Total 4800/6000

[Teresa]

Falling to the bottom of her own pit was something that Teresa hadn’t ever experienced before and something she wouldn’t allow to happen again in the future. This Shinigami despite being one apparently trapped in Heuco Mundo was proving himself more of a nuisance than the ones that traveled with each other. Teresa wasn’t sure how he’d managed to become as tough as he was, but his golden arm proved to be an annoyance. A Shinigami with a grubby hand able to dismantle her reiatsu, it sounded like a bad joke she’d kill someone for saying.

The cero that she utilized from her feet wasn’t one that she used all that often although mastering how to do it came easy to her. Actually employing it though was different as she didn’t have the experience especially in such a tight area. The impact against the back of her body felt like a large animal just dropped down on her, knocking the breath from her lungs giving this Shinigami enough time to place his hand over her mouth. The mere act was something Teresa couldn’t stand as her emotions ruled over her body. She could see his mouth moving, but the fact he was trying to silence her words had her body shaking in rage.

Teresa had a feeling that she wouldn’t be able to bite through the golden arm despite how sharp her fangs happened to be, this Shinigami wouldn’t risk that arm. Inhaling it was an option, but doing that was something new to her, something she had to focus to accomplish, something that didn’t cross her mind due to her enraged state of being. No Teresa was thoroughly red by human standards at the disrespect she was enduring. By the time the golden arm started to shine a little Teresa focused a large golden cero between her horns as well.

The Shinigami didn’t want to fight, but right now he had made her angrier than ever. Not only that though, but he didn’t show her any signs of backing now nor retreating in fact he did the opposite. He was saying one thing while his arm showed another. Teresa didn’t know what the shiny arm meant, but with the position she was in waiting to find out was no different than accepting death. No she would rather unleash a technique substantial enough to blast apart not just the pit, but perhaps both of them together.

The position she was in right now meant that she couldn’t command the environment nor her techniques nor even the shinigami that was holding her. The biggest disadvantage though came with the fact she couldn’t even spew out one of her servants. She knew that several of them would be able to get the upper hand in close combat, potentially even crush this shinigami with a single wave of the hand like Douzai or Club, either one of them possessing the physical strength necessary to just demolish his body. Damn her for allowing this to reach such a point, she’d grown arrogant and underestimated her foe due to his physical appearance, a realization that Teresa hated herself for.

The situation definitely wasn’t one that suited Teresa yet this Shinigami claimed that this battle could be ended right now. Teresa didn’t trust anyone and this shinigami had proven strong enough that should he be devoured he’d be useful. Either way though that meant she’d have to survive her own attack which in all honestly despite it not being her strongest it was one of her largest. Surviving it wasn’t a guarantee so for now she’d keep the cero in its sphere shape between her horns constantly humming yet held as if it were in the palm of her hand. She’d wait to see if this shinigami actually pulled his hand away and if so then it meant she could wait and let this future servant grow stronger to be consumed at a later date.

Remaining Reiastu: 3475/4250
Cero Calcina: -400

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Technique Name: [Cero Calcina (Zero Mortar)]
Class: [3]
Technique Type: [Hollow Technique]
Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects: The user aims their hand up at the sky and fires a Cero into it. The Cero from there transfigures into a large orb Cero with twice the user's reiatsu strength and moves at twice a Bala's speed to slam down on an enemy. From the firing position, can land anywhere within a mile of the user as the epicenter.

How to use technique: Stated above.
Technique Drawbacks: Reiatsu cost. Considerably slower charging and preparation time compared to a regular Cero.