Bleach: Online World is a fun and exciting way to exercise your creativity and escape into a world you help build! It is an expansive roleplay experience depicting the entire Bleach Universe, but this time we control what happens. This is a great place to meet new people, make friends, and come to have fun and relax for a few hours as you lose yourself in the mind of a character that you design!
Here, you decide your own destiny as you forge your way through Soul Society as a Shinigami, or through Hueco Mundo as a Hollow. Travel the world as a human, or corrupt it as a Bount. Hunt your prey and escape your enemies as a Quincy, or put on your mask and roar as a Vizard. Whichever path you choose, your role in this expansive, alternate Bleach universe is up to you! There are no canon characters to deter or impede you, and everyone can help each other build their story! So what are you waiting for? Hop on in, and get started!
Name: [Canon 16: Aftermath, Assassination, Rising, Danger!] - The Adventure Name
Participants: [Anyone. 4 participants maximum.] - Who can participate?
Location: [This takes place at Sokkyokku Hill.] - Where does this take place?
Difficulty Level: [Hard] - Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme. How difficult is this adventure?
Setting: [DE/NDE] Is this DE or NDE? Death Enabled or Non Death Enabled?
Plotline: [Beaten, Broken. This describes the enemies of Seireitei. Together, The Arrancar, Vaizard, and Shinigami have overcome the Ogatago. And now, it is time to execute the one that orchestrated all of this chaos, time to execute the enemies of Soul Society.] - Explain the plot of your adventure.
Estimated Enemy Strength: [1] Estimate the strength of the NPC's people will fight in this adventure. Class 7-1, what is their strength on average?
Estimated Time Until Completion: [4 pages] - How many pages do you think this adventure will run for until it is over?
Starts: [At the end of Canon 14] - When does the adventure begin?
Special Conditions: [4 participants maximum. Anyone killed is eliminated from this Canon once the NDE setting kicks in. At the start, this is DE. Later, it will switch to NDE. A notification will be given during the change. Places can be reserved now.] - Any special conditions, limitations, or other things.
The bitter wind was flowing past everyone, ruffling their clothing, and tainting their imaginations. One could not help but feel the steady and drifting scent of death. There was the smell of blood and corpses on the wind, and an evil aura could be felt emanating from Seireitei. Many believed it to be the Game Master, frozen as he was atop the Sokkyokku Hill. And yet, some believed that it was a lasting evil, left on Seireitei by another source completely. Any that came here would feel their hearts sinking, and the cold running down their spine. A hissing noise was slowly coming from somewhere, and no one could keep their heart light. Many shinigami had come to watch the Game Master's execution, for that time had at last come. One year, and it was time. It had been one year, and everyone had been trying to return Seireitei to normal. However, they could not shake this horrifying feeling of evil, and that something bad was going to start today.
As it turned out, Old Lightning had announced that today, the Game Master and all enemies of Seireitei would be purged. All enemies of Soul Society would be crushed. Those that had lingered or helped during the battle against the Ogatago had chosen to stay also. Some humans remained, a few arrancar remained, the Vizards remained. But evil could still be felt in the air. Something was dangerous, and something was wrong. It was when Old Lightning stepped up in front of the Sokkyokku, and began speaking in his powerful voice that the feeling grew even worse. "6 years ago, today." Old Lightning said. "6 years ago today, this fiend known as Yui the Game Master, first launched his assault on Seireitei. We were battered over the course of six years, losing ground. And yet, now we have regained all of our lost ground, their momentum was shattered. We persevered, and now he is here before us today, TO BE EXECUTED!"
Cheers erupted through the crowd as Old Lightning tore a massive chain off of the Sokkyokku. "UNLOCK, SOKKYOKKU. THE COMBINED POWER OF TEN MILLION ZANPAKUTO!" From out of the blade, flames danced and roared as a huge phoenix made of massive flames rose from it, screeching. Sound waves roared out of the phoenix's mouth with just that screech, and the pressure and reiatsu strength it gave off was incredible. Old Lightning smirked as he turned towards the Game Master. "Yui, you may not be able to hear me, but for your crimes against Seireitei, YOU WILL BE DESTROYED!" He aimed both of his palms upwards towards the Game Master. "SOKKYOKKU! ATTACK!" The bird rushed towards the Game Master obediently, roaring. In a single instant, it impacted. A huge detonation of flames lit the sky, turning the whole thing red and orange with heat and fire. Balls of flame exploded into the clouds, and a hot orange rain began pouring down. The atmosphere took in immense heat, and lightning began roaring through the sky as clouds gathered.
The flames extended throughout the sky, blotting out the clouds as the screech of the Sokkyokku could still be heard. The binding Kido that had struck the Game Master a year earlier was destroyed, along with the Game Master himself. The Game Master's body was quickly reduced to ash. Nothing was to be left in that single instant, absolutely nothing. Old Lightning turned around, bringing his face towards the crowd of onlookers. "I have already instructed all Shinigami in what to do. There are unwanted entities here. Eradicate them." That was it. Now that the battle was over, everyone was enemies again. Instantly, numerous shinigami started attacking Cero, and Old Lightning nodded at Raito to start attacking arrancar as well. The shinigami were attacking their former allies. Arrancar all over had to force themselves to defend, and many died simply because they were caught by surprise. Only about 1/10 of the arrancar force that had been here during the invasion remained, so they were easy pickings for the full shinigami force.
Zouma gasped as shinigami began attacking he and his Vizard comrades. "ARYUU! YOU BASTARD!" he roared as he rushed towards Old Lightning. "Electrocute, RAIKIRI!" Old Lightning shouted as flames danced on his shoulders, and lightning lined his fists. "Eviscerate, Tenrai." Zouma whispered. The flood of blue flames quickly surrounded him as his sword turned black. Zouma charged into Old Lightning, slashing at him. A huge mass of the blue flames followed him as this happened. Old Lightning simply punched with one hand to block the sword, and punched with the other to blow away the flames. Zouma cursed, jumping back. He then charged in again, slashing at Old Lightning. "THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU BETRAY US, ARYUU JUUKEN!" he shouted in rage. Zouma began slashing wildly as blue flames danced around him. Flames and electricity danced around Old Lightning as he blocked the slashes and the blue flames. This battle was intense, and it was getting heated up.
Post by ryuujinn00 on Sept 20, 2010 8:34:39 GMT -5
"Betrayal. How disgusting."
Dark Saix murmured under his breath as he saw the Vizards being attacked by the shinigami forces. He himself has remained stationary for the moment, but his sword was drawn out. There was so much to be done, but he first, he must make sure that he play his part, if only to not draw unwanted attention towards himself. His eyes gazed on the battlefield like a raven, eyeing would-be targets meticulously. He made it a point not to stray too close to the Vizards. He wouldn't attack them. He would rather attack the shinigamis, but he cannot. Not yet. So instead, he went after the most obvious target present, the Arrancars.
"Apologies. But you're standing in my way."
Dark Saix muttered to the closest Arrancar standing a few paces to his front. He didn't bother looking at the Arrancar. He simply swiped him to the side with the flat face of his sword. It wasn't fatal, but it would be enough to crush the Arrancar's insides rather uncomfortably, along with the majority of his ribs. Dark Saix did not care. He continued to walk towards where Zouma and Old Lightning were fighting. He positioned himself a fair distance away, but kept the two within his peripherals.
"Now. To cause an unhealthy ruckus, like how Saix would do."
Dark Saix closed his eyes for a brief moment, like a blink, but when he opened it again, his sword has already found its mark lodged in between the nearest Arrancar. But he made sure to avoid the internal organs. He was not killing the Arrancars intentionally. He slid his sword back, and kicked the Arrancar sideways, as he started imitating the original Saix, laughing at the top of his voice and moving around hitting random Arrancars, but all the while, his trained eyes kept Zouma and Old Lightning within their peripherals. He zigzagged across the battlefield, laughing and causing the usual ruckus Saix would do, but meticulously attacking his opponents at non-fatal parts, though his attacks would cause a significant blood-loss to targets. Each attack would seem like it hit a vital part even to the trained eye, when in fact it narrowly missed vitals. That was Dark Saix's ploy. After a few while, he then glanced towards Zouma, his blood-red eyes intensifying.
Don't die.
Dark Saix shot a telepathic thought towards Zouma, but only for a moment. He didn't want to look out-of-character. He laughed some more as he hacked away at the nearest opponents. Silently, however, he held a contemptuous feeling as hatred swelled inside of him. He watched with a hidden disgust at the shinigami. Somehow, there was an air of murder flowing around Dark Saix, one that says hatred.
Post by Alkaid Alkane on Sept 20, 2010 11:48:34 GMT -5
Alkaid stood by Old Lightning; her arms crossed behind the lower part of her back. She appeared to be in her early twenties and had short red hair with white highlights that came down to about shoulder length and was parted so none is in her face. She was wearing a short top of a black kimono with white lines outlining it and a white string tied to secure it. The back of it is accented by a large white fan with gold designs of the second squad's symbol on each of the fins of the fan. She also had a sash, which resembles a fox's tail, the top of the tail being white while the rest of it is a light orange, around her waist. She wore four large triangle shaped open white skirts that are next to each-other and have gold lines going across each of them, each line connecting to the next. She was also wearing knee high black boots along with black karate gee shorts. Each side of the legs of the boots have several small purple triangles going up along it. The bottom of the boots were a fiery red color. The tops of the boots are actually open, making them zōri like so they make almost zero sound when a step is taken and the sound heard is barley audio able. They also have 5 leather like straps on them to secure the boots. Her zanpakuto's sheath is located on her lower back, strapped there horizontally. The sheath itself is very typical, black and the same length as her zanpakuto. Her zanpakuto itself, a wakashi, was sheathed in it. The hilt of it is a average colored red with gold diamond like shapes going up along it in a line. She also normally wears a pair of bronze colored leather gauntlets. Underneath these, she wears a black light cloth gloves the go all the way to her elbows. The hand of the gauntlet covers mainly her knuckles but exposes the rest of her fingers and her palm so she may grip her zanpakuto more easily and use kido freely. Above each of her elbows, she also has a fiery red colored wave like tattoo along her right arm.
She glared coldly at frozen being named Yui, aka The Game Master. She, along with the other Shinigami, had indeed been given the order to attack the Vizards and Arrancars immediately when the order was given to attack. Though she did find it a troublesome tactic, attacking an enemy that had assisted them to defeat a greater foe, Master Lightning's orders were law to her. She shivered, feeling this evil aura and believed it was coming from the Game Master's now frozen body. When waiting, she dismissed the thought, listening carefully to Old Lightnings brief speech before the execution. Her focus then became on the enormous fiery phoenix known as Sokkyokku was unleashed by Old Lightning. "[color=Orange]Its been forever since the last time Ive seen Master Lightning wield Sokkyokku...[/color]" Alkaid recalled, flashing back briefly to when Old Lightning had actually used Sokkyokku as a weapon to battle a being of immense power. She scarcely knew who the being was, only that they had forced Old Lightning to use basically one of Seireitei's most powerful weapon, meaning they had to have been unimaginably potent. She shook her head and came back to reality just in time to see the Game Master completely obliterated. She casually slid her right hand, which just handed to be by her zanpakuto handle, to its handle and rested it on it. Immediately after hearing the order, she whirled around and at the same moment unsheathed her zanpakuto with her right hand. While she was unsheathing it, she brought her left forward, saying a kido's name. "Hadō #33. Sōkatsui! She barked, a wide and massive blast of blue spiritual energy firing out of her palm and into an onslaught of surprised arrancar. It instantly incinerated most of them into ash, the few that did survive receiving 3rd degree burns. After the kidou, she moved through the battling Shinigami and Arrancar forces, traveling in a swift blur of movement while she used the air ground to glide, that were engaging in combat now,some of her own division members involved in the attack. As she moved, she drove her blade into the backs and bases of necks of dozens of distracted Arrancar who were battling. She made sure to stay close to the Shinigami forces when she did this, so the Arrancar would be focused on blocking their attacks and unseeing of hers. She then suddenly rose up and, using the air ground, went back to top of the hill, seeing Master Lightning battling the Vizard leader Zouma. She wanted to aid but knew she shouldn't, he could handle his own against a Vizard, plus she would probably get in the way. She looked down at the battlefield, then looked around, sensing something...off. That evil aura was still around, even though the Game Master was finally killed. "What is this... this aura... it feels just as evil as The Game Master's... or is it stronger..?" She mumbled to herself, looking around the area. She did not know what was causing this aura but whatever it was, it wasn't good.
Post by Seikatsu Raito on Sept 20, 2010 13:26:47 GMT -5
The 3rd Division Captain stood meters away from Old Lightning. He knew what was coming... Raito did not care, because all he wanted was to battle. And his loyalty stood with Old Lightning, so he did not see any other reasons to not attack the Arrancar or Vizards. Raito simply looked up at the Game Master frozen in place by a strong Kidou. He was about to reduced to nothing by the Sokyokou. The Captain had a grin on his face as he laughed slightly watching the Game Master. He looked around it seemed the Arrancar and Vizards had no idea of their plan at the moment. It was going well. Old Lightning made his speech and Raito knew the signal would come soon. Raito watched as the incredible Zanpakutou was released and a large flaming phoenix rose into the air. It was almost blinding and Raito shielded his eyes with his clawed guards. Watching between his claws Raito's grin stained his face.
Raito watched as Old Lightning released his attack on the Game Master. He could only watch as the Game Master disappeared into ashes. The skies were illuminated by Sokyoku's attack and the orders were given. Instantly the Shinigami knew what to do and the race wars would begin once again. "Nan Zennen no Ketsuzoku! (Thousand Years of Blood)!" Raito yelled, as his first release was completed. A wave of blood erupted out of his blade and he stood there observing the battle scene. "Blood... blood... its never ending!" Raito basically talked to himself as he disappeared after making eye contact with Old Lightning. Raito knew the Old Man could handle himself, thats what he would let him do. But if he saw Old Lightning in need of help... Raito surely would.
The Shinigami went around the battlefield dismembering many Arrancars, not even bothering to finish killing them. He could see and feel the warmth of blood drenching him and the battlefield. He could hear the joy of Chi Akuryou when in a huge battle like this. Raito wrapped one of the Arrancars in his blood as he slashed at a nother. The arrancar would feel blood seeping into his body and past his Hierro. The blood would also burn the outer flesh of the arrancar. Soon he would be melted away into the blood. Raito ran around the field sliding his blade on the ground. This made sure there was his own blood trailing from the blade... infecting all the other bloods that came into contact with the acidic one.
The Shinigami captain had gone through the battlefield slashing and hacking at all Arrancars. He came back on top of Sokyoku Hill where Old Lightning was fighting a Vizard. Raito couldn't help but watch the Vizard... something about his aura and his being was familiar. He knew Zouma was a Vizard... but Raito wasn't sure if he himself was a Vizard. All Raito knew was that Zouma had a similar aura to what he felt inside of himself. He wasn't sure what it was... but he knew it wasn't Raito. The Shinigami focused again on the battlefield, knowing he was getting distracted. Raito just watched for the moment as he was drenched in blood. There were so many Shinigami attacking the vastly reduced Arrancar numbers.
Reiatsu: 2800/3000 (-200 Shikai) Shikai: 1/10
Vizard Mask: [4] (0/10) Vizard Cero: [Mastery] Gran Rey Cero: [Mastery]
Zouma's eyes were fierce as he dueled with Old Lightning. "VIZARDS!" he roared in rage. "FIGHT BACK!" He drew his hand over his face while dueling Old Lightning. The wolf-like hollow mask that Zouma wore flooded onto his face, and his flames instantly turned dark red, as well as increased in quantity. He roared as the flames moved towards Old Lightning at an insane speed. "You're fucking with someone far beyond your own level, Zouma Santeku." Old Lightning said. He swatted the flames aside with a sudden explosion of lightning from his fist as he smashed it into the flames. They dispersed immediately, but Zouma was already rushing towards Old Lightning. His blade was angled for an attack, and he was moving at an insane speed. He was faster than Old Lightning. However, the well trained eye of Old Lightning was something that allowed him, and his well trained reflexes, to block Zouma's blade with his lightning covered fist.
With the free fist, Old Lightning punched into Zouma's stomach. Zouma gasped, but managed to spin at just the right angle in a single second, nullifying the majority of the punch's force. Just then, flames roared out of his blade, consuming both himself and Old Lightning in a single instant. When the flames cleared, it became evident that Old Lightning was still standing, and electricity was visibly moving around him, the source being his fists. "That's how it is?" Zouma muttered. "Then so be it." He waved his hand across the surface of the blade as clouds blotted out the sun, and the sky became filled with darkness. "BANKAI!" Zouma roared. "TENRAI KEN'O!" The blade of his sword shattered, and became replaced by a brightly glowing orange blade made of heat, energy, and fire. It was a large blade, and it instantly started gravitating things towards it. Anything that got to close started to burn, and some of those things disintegrated instantly. The intensity lowered as the blade dimmed a bit, make it suitable for fighting in a close quarters match.
Zouma's comrades were nearby, so he couldn't use the full power of his ability. He rushed towards Old Lightning, slashing with the weapon. Old Lightning blocked it with his lightning covered fist, but the lightning was blown away by the single slash, and third degree burns roared across Old Lightning's entire arm. He cursed as the attack landed, and Zouma took this opportunity to shove a stone cold fist into Old Lightning's face. With his strength enhanced by the mask, Zouma had the power to knock Old Lightning off his feet. Old Lightning was sent flying across the ground, blood streaking out of a broken nose. He rolled in the dirt, but immediately got back up as Zouma came crashing down on him with another slash. Old Lightning held up his arm, using it in an attempt to block Zouma. Once again, the lightning was destroyed, and third degree burns roared across the arm. Both of Old Lightning's arms were damaged now. Zouma stood up with a metallic growl. He wasn't going to let up.
Someone materialized in front of Alkaid when she was done with her attack. From the look that he seemed to have, it became apparent who it was. Arashi Manako, one of the Vizards. "Sorry." Arashi said. "But I can't stand by while you guys betray and attack my comrades. I've helped you out plenty of times before, but this time I'll be fighting you." He rushed towards Alkaid next instant, bringing his blade flying towards her. He wasn't shy about attacking a Captain. Alkaid should most likely be careful, because Arashi was one of the strongest Vizards. He was well over twice as strong as a captain. And, though he no longer had the same powers he'd had 16 years ago, he was the one directly responsible for defeating Azeru Cho. For this reason, Arashi was a dangerous opponent. His single slash did not end his assault. Before Alkaid would have a chance to counter attack, Arashi's slash liquified, splitting off into two more strikes from both sides, Arashi hopping back and forth to accomplish this.
At the same time, he swept his foot across the ground, trying to sweep Alkaid off of her feet. All of this was executed perfectly in liquid fashion, without giving Alkaid a chance to retaliate. Alkaid would be forced only to defend. The way Arashi's attacks branched were expert, and they were at a level of mastery most swordsman didn't attain. He was strong. At first glance, anyone could tell that his stats were solidly average if one compared them to a captain. He had the same statistic abilities as an average captain, and his powers were like that too. What made Arashi strong was the fact that he was such an expert and master at using these powers of his. His sweep immediately transcended into a roll on the ground. The roll brought his hands towards it, which he used to propel himself into a back flip which landed him behind Alkaid. Arashi, from there, struck out with three more slashes. Alkaid had no time to retaliate!
Next off, someone arrived in front of Raito. His hands were pocketed, and his zanpakuto wasn't drawn. "You guys shouldn't betray people. It will bite you back later." he said calmly. Next second, he was directly in front of Raito. That was a shunpo. He'd launched off of his foot to use shunpo. He was still landing as he made it in front of Raito. Sosboro pulled off a double front snap kick towards Raito's face, but did it while his feet were at face level. There was some kind of method to his attacks, that had to be the case. He had well toned muscles, which showed he was pretty tough in terms of physical matters. But, the question was whether or not Sosboro had skill and strength. He was a successful Vizard, so he was definitely strong. He was also rumored to be the second most skilled with his fists. Sosboro was probably going to use those later. For now, he was toying by just using his feet. Even then, it would be difficult to face him.
Sosboro spat towards Raito's chest at the same time, his spit aimed down. Why did he spit? No real reason. He didn't have any kind of special spit, he was just spitting. But, then he spat four more times at Raito's face, and three times at each of Raito's arms. He was a fast spitter, pulling this off while still doing the snap kicks. Maybe he just liked to spit on his enemies? No, there was something that he was doing. Sosboro was spitting for a definite reason. He wasn't a former captain for nothing, he had some kind of method to this one. It was just that it was hard to figure out the reasons behind the spitting. But, while he did that, Arrancar and Shinigami were engaging each other. The Vizards had all opted to fight strong people. Most of them were fighting shinigami at a seated level, or something else. Quite a few of them had targeted captain level adversaries. Zouma was the only one not fighting someone like that, he was fighting someone stronger than that, the Captain Commander.
Meanwhile, a foe appeared before Dark Saix as well. This one was a female, Haruko Tsuchin. She smiled coldly at Dark Saix. "You can't fool me." she said. "Those eyes don't belong to Captain Shinra." Instantly, with her sword already drawn, Haruko rushed Dark Saix. She was holding two swords. One was her zanpakuto, held in a normal grip. The other was a wakizashi, held in a reverse grip. Zanpakuto left hand, wakizashi right. She slashed repeatedly at great speed with her wakizashi, but then jumped back. This didn't give Dark Saix a chance to retaliate, just block. Then, she rushed forwards and slashed three more times with just the zanpakuto. Something was going on, quite obviously. She wasn't doing this just for kicks. Again though, no chance to retaliate, just block. She was doing a skirmish tactic, attack and retreat. Was she gauging him? Yes, that was it. Haruko was testing out Dark Saix.
She was weary of this opponent, whom she had noticed to not be Saix. And she was weary that he might be able to throw her off since he had been so perfect at copying Saix's style. Her eyes showed that she was also not fooled. She'd somehow been able to notice that the vitals had been missed. Had she been observing the battle? Nobody had seen her until she suddenly appeared to attack Dark Saix. It could be possible that she had been closely observing all of the captains. She may have wanted to fight Saix all along if that was the case. Either way, she was here now, and she was attacking. She was jumping to all sorts of Saix's angles, slashing at Dark Saix. At last, she made a mistake, slipping and falling, her back towards the ground. She'd lost her footing, and was falling. This was Dark Saix's chance. If he didn't take it now, he'd be a fool. This was the single best chance that he would get.
Zouma's Remaining Reiatsu: 2300 Reiatsu [-400 when mask fades]
OOC: Posting order is Saix, Alkaid, Raito, with me in between. Cero didn't post an intro, but she has a reserved spot, and can enter at any time as a result.
Post by ryuujinn00 on Sept 21, 2010 8:59:49 GMT -5
You're sharp, young one. Very Sharp.
Dark Saix sent towards Haruko telepathically as soon as the girl spoke to him. He blocked her attacks naturally, but ostentatiously, just like how Saix would. All the while, he was holding his strikes against Haruko. His eyes were focusing on her, but not to kill. No. Someone trained very well could see he was not out for blood towards her. He blocked her attacks a couple more. Between the two of them, Dark Saix was simply focusing on defending.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!"
Dark Saix shouted out loud with a ferocious laugh, but it was shallow. He was, after all, imitating Saix, so he could not really do it 100% as the original. It was, however, convincing, or should be convincing enough for most. He blocked a couple more of Haruko's attacks, grinning as Saix would, but his bloody red eyes tell another story. He was eyeing Haruko, but at the same time, keeping Old Lightning and Zouma within his peripheral view. He was intent on keeping tabs on the two. He gave a sinister smile when Old Lightning's arms got singed, but it was well hidden within his ostentatious grin.
That was when he instinctively moved towards Haruko from the front all the way from behind. It was the very precise moment that the female Vizard fell towards the ground, back first. Dark Saix moved nimbly behind her, grabbing both her wrist with one hand, seemingly locking them together as he kicked down the back of her legs. At least that was what everyone would see. But in truth, Dark Saix carefully orchestrated it. He deftly used his speed to carefully catch each of Haruko's wrist, lock them together, but not painfully, making sure there was room for her pulse to flow through comfortably, and the kick towards the back portion of her knee joint was no more than a gentle push to cause her to fall to the ground without harm. Dark Saix then pulled her close ostentatiously so that it would appear as if he was toying with her, but again, it was well orchestrated. He did it carefully so as not to strain the female Vizard. His right cheek touched with Haruko's left cheek from behind. He was still grinning like Saix, but his eyes tell a different story.
Listen. Its not safe here for Zouma and the rest of you. Old Lightning may look like he's losing right now, but sooner or later, he'll recover and that will be Zouma's folly. He cannot die. He will be the salvation of our, rather, your people. Don't worry though. I'll provide you with the necessary distractions. You cannot stay here for long, not Zouma, not any of you. I cannot do much to help you all right now, but perhaps I can accidentally lessen some of these pests.
Dark Saix's words would echo inside of Haruko's mind, especially at this close range. He then brought her up and let her go. As he did, however, he pushed her towards a group of shinigami, but not without preparation. Dark Saix has already pushed at the ground, just as Saix would do, and went after Haruko. His sword was gleaming and was poised to strike. He then swung his sword, aimed to take out Haruko's head, but somehow, it was slower than usual. Behind Haruko, about three shinigami were busy fighting Arrancars. If she evades the slash, Dark Saix's slashing sonic boom would certainly decapitate the Shinigami and the Arrancars instead. Somehow, Dark Saix's eyes produced a sinister air about them.
EVADE. NOW!
Dark Saix telepathically warned Haruko as his slash was in transit. There was enough time for one Shunpo from Haruko before the slash connects with its trajectory, releasing a massive force of slashing sonic boom. If she did evade, then it would spell death on the shinigami and Arrancars behind her, which is what Dark Saix wanted. He would've preferred to take out just the shinigami, accidentally. But right now, if he did that, it would certainly draw ire from the other shinigami present. At least this attack, which would seem to be directed towards Haruko, would take out Arrancars at well, though accidentally. An air of sinister coldness oozed out from Dark Saix for a brief second, as he laughed like Saix. What could he possibly have meant by the thoughts he sent towards Haruko?
Haruko twisted in place, escaping from Saix's grasp. She looked him in the eyes, and a smile played on her lips for a mere instant. She was in on his plan now. In a single moment, Haruko was gone from place using her shunpo. She came up behind Dark Saix, her mask rushing onto her face. She whispered while slashing at Saix. Her speed and strength were amazing, and she wasn't holding back anything with them. But, she expected Dark Saix to be able to block. She whispered while attacking. "Left downwards diagonal. Towards the right shoulder." That was the position of her first strike! It was coming down on there. No one but Dark Saix would hear her, and her face was covered by the mask so no one could see her lips move. "Step back, I will slash upwards across your chest after you do this. Block me, and then punch me as hard as you can towards Zouma and Old Lightning."
Meanwhile, Old Lightning roared. "BANKAI! RAIKIRI JIGOKU!" he exclaimed. Instantly, his arms returned to normal (except for the remaining burns), and the already cloud blotted sky began roaring with thunder and lightning. Lightning danced all along, making hundreds of thousands of dragons of lightning within mere seconds. Old Lightning stared down at Zouma, and all of them crashed down towards him, combining to become one gigantic dragon that targeted him. Zouma however, remained calm. "You honestly believe that this will take me out?" Zouma asked. "Aoi Hizashi." Instantly, the blade that he held turned blue, and started glowing far more brightly. It was powering up! The reiatsu output was increasing, and Zouma stopped holding the power back. He was going to aim it all at Old Lightning's attack, and counter it!
Next off, Zouma's skin turned white as black flame pattern markings formed on it. His mask covered his whole head, and horns grew out of his head despite his mask being wolf-like. Zouma also grew a tail, and huge wings of black fire. He roared, and his powers expanded even more. In a single instant, Zouma jumped up to meet the dragon. He slashed at it, and also muttered. "Taiyou Furea." A gigantic burst of energy flew out of his sword with that single slash, and in fact all of the energy struck out at the dragon. It was huge, large enough to decimate the dragon, blow away the clouds, and fill the sky. The sky was filled for a whole minute as explosions occurred all over it, lightning and flames destroying each other, mainly flames overpowering lightning. Zouma landed, his wings beating as the blue blade once more reformed, and he aimed it at Old Lightning. "Now, how about we end this?" Zouma commented.
Suddenly, Old Lightning was in front of Zouma, his fist buried in Zouma's gut. Zouma gasped. How was Old Lightning so fast?! That was when Zouma noticed. Old Lightning had propelled himself with a strong Kido, and then smashed that strong Kido into Zouma. He'd given the incantation (
Hell is a thing like doubt. Hell is a thing like jealousy. Hell is an animal like a panther. Hell is an animal like a tiger. Hell is a man like the poorest beggar. Hell is a man like the fiercest brute. Hell is a road paved with good intentions. Hell is a road that compels us to think of perfection. 'Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a heaven in hell's despair.' So sung a little clod of clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet, But a pebble of the brook Warbled out these metres meet: 'Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven's despite.
) when Zouma was dueling with the dragon. A huge shrieking ball of lightning was visibly smashed into Zouma's gut, and it was roaring. Zouma cursed. "Hado #199: Orikatsu Phase 1." Old Lightning muttered. Then, he aimed his second palm, touching that onto Zouma's stomach next to his fist. "Hado #200: Orikatsu Phase 2." A gigantic phoenix of red lightning roared through Zouma instantly, shattering his Bankai and his hollow form in a single moment, and forcing him across the ground in agony and blood. Zouma forced himself up, and stared at Old Lightning. He was panting, but so was Old Lightning. He'd just used his best technique (which had ended his bankai) AND two high level Kido. Zouma however, was burned all over to where movement was restricted, and blood was dripping out of all sorts of wounds on him. He threw up blood, crumpling to all fours. Old Lightning began marching towards Zouma. "It's over." he whispered.
Zouma looked up. "Are...Are you stupid..?" he wheezed, standing up. Zouma gripped his sealed state blade in a two handed grip. "This isn't even close to done." Old Lightning kicked Zouma across the ground, and smashed his fists together. "This fight will be boring if we continue, and you will die, Zouma Santeku." Zouma scrambled to his feet. "You're worried about this fight being boring?" He flicked his left hand across his face, and his mask materialized on it. "I'LL SPICE IT UP FOR YOU THEN!"
Post by Alkaid Alkane on Sept 23, 2010 21:01:33 GMT -5
Alkaid's eyes widened in surprise briefly from the sudden appearance of Arashi. She instantly recognized, seeing as she had obtained knowledge of the Vizards while they were still in the Gotei 13 by the Onmitsukido's bio records. "So," Alkaid began, seeing Arashi rush at her and she instinctively dashed back to avoid the slashing blade.", the hero has come. Alkaid stated coolly, referring to Arashi's involvement of killing Azeru Cho. She wasn't saying as insulting pr mockingly, she was simply stating it because that is how she knew him as, the hero. She instantly gathered her reiatsu over her thick, leather gauntlets to strengthen them. Normally, leather armor such as her gauntlets consists of thick leather, boiled in water to make the leather suitable of blocking cutting objects such as katanas and swords. However, she used her reiatsu to increase their defensive capabilities, now with a layer of reiatsu on them to block blades. Alkaid presumed the Vizard to be strong for one of two reasons: one, he caused the death of Azeru Cho and two, he is a Vizard. Knowing this, Alkaid knew herself she had to use her close combat skills to their fullest, therefore she would need to have both a defense and an offense maneuver.
Alkaid flicked her right forearm upward as the first of the two hopping slashes came at her, focusing her sight on Arashi's shoulder level. She knew from being a master of hand to hand combat that if one were to look at this level, basically the base of the neck, one could see a person's entire body using their vision. She brought her arm across the blade when it made contact with her gauntlet, at the same time pushing back. Indeed, Arashi moves were like liquid, however Alkaid's moves were like lightning. In a instant, she blocked in the same fashion as she just did, however this time she kicked off the ground with the balls of her feet and performed a swift, dashing, upward jump diagonally towards the Vizard's sword arm. She executed this as both a evasion to his sweeping kick and the blade slash. When she jumped, she brought her knees up to her chest, her feet just above Arashi's blade when he slashed. She was going to counterattack and he rolled to the side before she could do anything. By the time she landed, she looked and saw him in the middle of his flip, going to land behind her.
She whirled around 180 degrees, facing him right when he landed. Her grin stayed on her face as again, she was forced to block with her gauntlets again, moving her forearms up vertically and reinforced the block by pressing her block arm's elbow against her side and switched her arms to block appropriately, blocking his rightward slash with her left gauntlet and vis versa. However, when the last slash came in, she was tired of simply blocking. Suddenly, a small round shield of blue light appeared on the back of her right arm's fist instantly, the slash about to connect with the shield when it fully finished. The kidou was instantaneously, having been used without any form of speaking so this might catch the Vizard by surprise. Right when the kidou finished, his blade would slash into it. The shield would burst with enough power to send the Vizard skidding back a few feet and perhaps enough to send his zanpakuto out of his hand if he did not have a tight enough grip on it. After performing the kidou, which was Seki, she drew her own zanpakuto, gliding forward and let loose several swift, horizontal slashes at Arashi's chest. After the first two slashes, she directed a solid punch directly towards his solar plexus and at the same moment, was delivering her third slash so he would be preoccupied with blocking or evading it.
Reiatsu: 2900/3000
Last Edit: Sept 23, 2010 21:03:17 GMT -5 by Alkaid Alkane
Arashi's eyes remained unmoved, and he didn't even bother to react when seki formed. Using his experience, Arashi just spun in place after deciding to drop his blade. That was all he did, dropped his blade. It pinned itself in the ground with an echoing pinging sound, like two pins hitting each other in a giant cave. The sound echoed out in an ominous way, as if nothing could escape the engulf. It was a giant mouth, invisible, haunting. If it were to reach someone, and engulf them in its feeling, in its sound, they would realize just who they were up against. Arashi Manako, the second strongest Vizards. Some believed that it would Garyuu Hyajong or Kira Gosei that really got that title, but they could not be more wrong. Arashi Manako was the hero that defeated Azeru Cho. Nobody could be stronger than him other than the one that had come directly from hell, Zouma Santeku. That was the finality of the situation, the matter that was present.
Arashi's hands had already lashed out, grabbing both of Alkaid's wrists with fair ease, restraining her with a vice iron grip. Arashi's spiritual pressure was starting to dominate Alkaid. The raw difference was enough to weaken her too much to move. If he weren't holding her wrists, she'd be on all fours. It was likely that she'd slump to her knees from weakness. The huge amount of pressure difference was something that she couldn't overcome with any amount of willpower, it wasn't something anyone could overcome with any amount of willpower. That was the gap between them. "I've got more experience than you." Arashi said. He lashed out with his leg, kicking Alkaid in the face as he released her. This sent her rolling through the dirt, unable to compete because of pressure. "And I'm probably stronger too. Most of us Vizards are stronger than you captains. Most are former captains, and now they have hollowfication. We don't pose any threat to you, so you should let us leave. Otherwise..." Arashi paused. Then, he flicked his hand across his face, and his mask materialized. "I'll kill you with everything I've got..." In an instant, he was gone, and his blade had been picked up. His blade multiplied, becoming two. He had activated his shikai. He rematerialized where he'd stood before, having just moved in a circle around to confuse Alkaid with his blinding speed.
Meanwhile, something was happening with Zouma and Old Lightning as well. They were duking it out with a fair amount of hatred for each other. Zouma's blade clashed with Old Lightning's blade repeatedly. Sparks flew in between them as they brushed past each other, simply carving at each other with every last ounce of their energy, Zouma was the obviously beat up one, Old Lightning wasn't nearly as damaged. He had a few cuts here and there, and he did have burns on his arms, but that was it. Zouma in contrast, had open and bleeding wounds everywhere, and burns all over his body. Old Lightning had really racked a number on him. At last, Zouma made a mistake. He pulled off a figure eight movement, disarming Old Lightning. Old Lightning didn't hesitate. The moment the blade was out of his hand, he used that hand to grab Zouma's wrist, and shoved his knee into Zouma's gut. Zouma gasped, and Old Lightning used his free hand to punch Zouma in the face, shattering a quarter of the mask.
From there, Old Lightning whirled around in a round house kick to Zouma's head, shattering another quarter of that mask. With only half of his mask remaining (the right side half), Zouma flew across the ground, gasping. He threw up blood as he struggled to his feet, staring up at Old Lightning. "I didn't think there would be this much of a difference in our power..." Zouma muttered. "I should have figured...I guess my experiences in hell just weren't as traumatic as yours in the Zero Division." His blade cracked very suddenly. It was a thin crack, but there nonetheless. Shock displayed across the exposed part of Zouma's face. The remaining part of his mask had a couple of tiny cracks, and one small piece chipped off. "You're strong..." Zouma confessed. "Stronger than me." Old Lightning didn't speak, only bent down to pick up his blade, and activate his shikai. Flames danced on his shoulders as lightning danced on his fists.
"But...I have to keep fighting. I know you show no mercy, I know you'll kill me if I fall, along with all of my friends." Old Lightning pounded his fists together, and continued to stare. "And...I have a duty to protect them." Zouma concluded. "So losing to you isn't an option!" He rushed forwards, slashing frantically at Old Lightning, who continued blocking with his lightning covered fists. Zouma slipped past Old Lightning's guard once, managing to get a light cut across Old Lightning's cheek, and drawing blood. He was too weakened to do anything else. In response, Old Lightning punched into Zouma's gut, causing him to gasp and spill out more blood from his mouth. Zouma didn't lose grip on his blade as Old Lightning grabbed his face, and shoved him headfirst into the ground. Old Lightning yanked Zouma up with great speed and force, releasing him so that he hovered for a split second in the air. Then, Old Lightning double punched Zouma's gut, and finished with a snap kick to the throat. Zouma flew backwards, crashing into the Sokkyokku Hill. He slid down, blood flowing out of his wounds.
Zouma chuckled, standing up on shaky knees, and taking a weak grip on his sword, taking a weak stance against Old Lightning. To support himself, Zouma dug his sword into the ground, ready to tear it out and counterattack when Old Lightning moved forwards. He aimed his left palm at Old Lightning as a Cero charged, and fired off towards Old Lightning. Old Lightning swatted the Cero aside like it was nothing. Then, the lightning covered his shoulders, moving away form his hands. The fire moved from his shoulders to cover his hands after that. Old Lightning started walking calmly towards Zouma. Was this the end?
Post by Seikatsu Raito on Sept 24, 2010 13:24:58 GMT -5
Raito had finished cutting an Arrancar in half, blood flowing out of the Arrancar and his blade like a fountain. It sprinkled the area around them with blood as a new figure appeared in front of him. He recognized him immediately, one of the Vizards that had come to assist them in battle. There was something inside of Raito that had warned him about fighting the Vizards... it was almost an instinct. But it was that small, powerful voice in his mind that was warning him. Raito did not know that though. The Shinigami had a grin on his face, he knew this fellow was strong. The captain was elated to be able to fight with another strong person.
Sosboro didn't hesitate to start attacking the captain, "Heh, well I don't know how I betrayed you guys... from what I recall I don't know you or the Arrancar, besides the Arrancar would have probably done the same to us if we hadn't," Raito said as blocked one kick with his steel forearm guards. The captain twisted his hands around so his claws would grab a hold of Sosboro's ankle. When the last kick came, Raito had put his Zanpakutou weilding arm up so he would be kicked at the shoulder and arm. "You chose to fight me... I just want to feed myself withblood"[/b] the Captain said as he felt himself getting spat on. The spit hit his arms and chest, but not his face due to his arms moving in front of it to block the kicks. Raito had spoken while blocking the last kick and once the kick was blocked, he threw the Vizard with immense force. [With the ankle Raito had grabbed.]
There was something odd when Raito had said 'blood' to Sosboro. There was almost a Hollowified voice that seem to utter the words with Raito. Of course Raito had no clue his voice had a little change in it, he was too focused on battle. After throwing Sosboro, Raito would use Shunpo to appear on top of Sosboro's legs. The captain would try to land his weight onto Sosboro and his legs. The Shinigami had his Zanpakutou in front of him at all times on top of that, which meant it was leaking blood. Sosboro would have blood leaked onto him as Raito was flying over him. The Shinigami would use Shunpo again after landing on Sosboro to avoid any counter attacks. This time he was meters away from Sosboro giving enough time for Raito to react. An arrancar and a Shinigami were dueling with their swords. The lower-rankning shinigami was killed with his head cut off. Blood sprayed into the air and rained down on Raito, staining his white haori with even more blood. Raito flicked his blade sending a splash of blood towards the Arrancar. The Arrancar continued off to go fight other weaker shinigami, but he would soon feel himself becoming weaker and weaker.
Reiatsu: 2700/3000 Shikai: 2/10
Vizard Mask: [4] (0/10) Vizard Cero: [Mastery] Gran Rey Cero: [Mastery]