Canon 18: The God of Murder [Complete]

[Jin Yamada]

Jin ignored Alkaid's comments. His attention was focused only on the AGAS before him. He was gauging it, while at the same time wondering just what types of powers this one had. The last one he fought used an ability to make whatever it touched heavy. He had barely defeated that one. He was stronger now, but that didn't mean that his chances of victory were incredibly great. He had to be careful, for the Lvl. 3 was an incredibly powerful foe, and Jin had learned this from his last encounter with it. He was focused now as he awaited it's movements. He felt the slight chill of the area, but his focus on the AGAS was so great that he didn't mind it. It bothered him, but he ignored it since Satsujun told him that what was creating the coldness was meant for the Shinigami. Then, it attacked.

Jin was ready, and it was with its first movement that he noticed it's speed. He took note of this. He also took note that it's armor could be incredibly strong. With this in mind, he would need more strength to even dent it, and this is why he began gathering energy into his legs. He sidestepped right as the palm came in, allowing it to pass him. With energy now in his legs, he shifted his body so that he could now kick into the AGAS's chest with his right leg. His leg resonated with a blue aura as his kick was coming in. He was charging the Kraft technique! If the kick did impact the AGAS's chest, it would surely send a powerful explosion of reiatsu into it, enough to knock it back and leave a dent. Jin was just testing the AGAS's resilience. He wanted to see if he would need to use even more powerful techniques. Also, while doing this, he also had his left hand aimed at it's stomach. His fingers were already sparking as his kick was coming in, but he wouldn't use the technique yet. He would first see if his attack would connect. His plan was to hit the same area where his Kraft explosion had damaged. He was sure he would need his doll, but for now, he would show Satsujun his own power without his doll.

Reiatsu: 1390/1500 (-110 for Kraft)

[Zou ۞]

The AGAS turned just as the kick impacted, and its hand launched onto the leg, holding it against the place where it had impacted. The helmet creased slightly, as if becoming a grin. The armor cracked. It wasn't supposed to crack. A sickening pain rushed through Jin's leg, and an icy feeling rushed through his spine. Volts of electricity seemed to be coursing through his veins, though no such occurrence was taking place. The AGAS armor shattered, revealing what appeared to be a gray skinned man. The AGAS tattoo was in place of where the face should be, though six eyes were visible among the letters of the AGAS tattoo. The skin was utterly gray, even a bit saggy, and the hands were clawed, as were the feet. There was no hair, no mouth. No real genitals were visible either, no defining marks. The AGAS simply was there. There was however, a new insignia, and this one had a new voice now.

The voice was raspy, as if it came from someone with a tremendous hangover. "I'm....Level 4..." it whispered, still clutching Jin's leg to it. But no, it wasn't done! More of Jin's kraft was pulled out, until the technique simply ceased, and the creature continued to evolve! The skin tightened up, and turned red with a fiery glow, appearing to become a little more new, a little more fresh. The insignia above changed once more, as did the voice. At last, the true voice of the final level could be heard. It was the strongest form of the AGAS, no one could doubt. A face still hadn't developed. The only real change was the now tight, fresh, glowing skin. Now however, genitals did form, it was male. Black, armoring pants formed, along with huge wings of white feathers. "I'm...LEVEL 5!" it screamed.

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The armor has been abandoned so that it can give this temporary, huge powerful fighting form. These soldiers are not meant to last very long. AGAS Level 4 survives for 12 days. AGAS level 5 survives for 30 minutes. It has six total abilities, which will be revealed later.

Stats:

Strength: 600

Speed: 650

Reiatsu Strength: 1000

Spiritual Pressure: 400

Senses: 350

Instinct: 350

Energy Sensory: 200

Healing Expertise: 250

Light/Dark Aura: 0/100

[Alkaid Alkane]

Alkaid kept backing up, keeping great distance between the creature and her, increasing her pace so the distance grew a bit, feeling the urge to escape. Alkaid continued backing up, feeling and knowing too well she could not fight this thing. She desired to run, to flee from the creature but something held her there in the area. She suddenly realized something: Hara had stopped dead in her tracks. Her fear of death increased, fearing to lose one of her comrades and actually forced her to take action. She unleashed an arcing gale of wind from her right blade, slashing vertically in a flash of movement. The wind arc around, over Hara and blasted into the ground infront of him, erupting with a torrent of wind which blasted Hara backwards several meters. Alkaid positioned herself in his direction, using her special shunpo and caught hold of him. Locking her arms around him, she used her special shunpo again to transport the two of them away towards Karakura Town. She used this several times until they both arrived at the town, looking around for any evidence of enemies around.

Shikai:2/10
Reiatsu: 1500/1500

[Zou ۞]

Alkaid had made a foolish move when she took herself into Karakura Town with Hara. The Zoushuwwai, intent on chasing only them, would follow perilously to the ends of the earth. As it finally found them, moving throughout Karakura Town towards them, the glass on buildings began to freeze over as ice gathered on them. Animals in pet shops began screaming, and people began collapsing. In the presence of the Zoushuwwai, there was nothing but negativity. Despite being unable to see it, even the regular humans could feel its presence. Flowers began to wilt and die, and everything started to rot. Alkaid had foolishly led the Zoushuwwai into Karakura Town, and gotten the people involved. She would pay the price for this if she made it back to Seireitei, for certain. For the moment, she had to leave Karakura Town, or many people would die because of the Zoushuwwai's presence.

[Jin Kazuma]

Jin was wondering around Karakura town. A basic thing he did daily. Perhaps looking for Shinigami to fight, or hollows to destroy. Something to test his new powers on. He was a good distance away from the combat at hand, and not using his powers in the least bit. Eventually, as the combat evolved, he would feel something going on. But for now, he wouldn't notice. But would they notice him?

Jin cracked his neck, then looked around the area. "Been so boring the last few days....where have all the shinigami gone to damit." He looked around the busy street he was on. Half expecting to see something, supernatural. But only seeing a food stand, as his stomach ached and rumbled a little. 'Might as well...' He went to grab a bite and then walked over to a alley way to stand. He'd gotten a Kuri Manju, and was just taking his time with it.

(Reserving spot)

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Post skipped.

[Hara Lucious]

Hara suddenly snapped out of the mind trick as he was being carried by Alkaid, He looked around to realize he was being carried by none other than captain alkaid. He decided not to say anything and just let her take care of him for a while, after all he did not mind, he had started to like alkaid abit, despite not knowing her to well yet. "Thanks for saving me, My names Hara by the way." He was not really trying to flirt, But he felt it came out that way. Oh well maybe he really was trying to.

[Jin Yamada]

Jin's foot connected with the AGAS, and usually, at a time like this, he would have smiled cockily, but this wasn't the time, and he knew that it should not have been that easy to hit this creature. Something was up, and he could feel it. Then, it happened. He felt the reiatsu from his attack drained and a sharp pain ran throughout his body. It was horrible. His leg was gripped hard by the AGAS, and he had to remain there as it drained the reiatsu from his Kraft technique. He watched in horror as it changed, calling out its levels as its image shifted and transformed. Then finally, it became more humanoid and called itself Level 5. Jin was in trouble, and he knew it. HE got chills just being around this Level 5 AGAS, and that meant that it was powerful.

As soon as it let go of his leg, he jumped away and landed a few feet back. He backed up even further, now about 20 feet away. He wanted to get as far away as possible from that thing. Now what would he do. Obviously, he had to get serious, meaning that he had to release his doll, but which form? If he really wanted to take this Level 5 AGAS seriously, he had to release the full form of Hitze instead of the new form he had perfected, and so this is what he did as he pulled out the golden yo-yo. "Ziege Dich, Hitze" he muttered as he let the yo-yo drop on the steel wire. It spun and released the misty form of Hitze with the menacing yellow eyes. All he could do now was see how Hitze's abilities would weaken the AGAS. "Do it Hitze." he commanded, and as soon as he did, Hitze dispersed into the air as if it had not even been there seconds ago. With Hitze's disappearance, a huge increase in the heat around the two was brought on. Jin confined the heat so that it was less than a quarter of a mile around them. He was concentrating it mainly on the AGAS to see how it affected it, and then he would make his move once he saw more of it's own. He wasn't going to rush in blindly to attack a powerful enemy with unknown abilities. He needed something to go on. He didn't want to waste any reiatsu, and so he stood there in a defensive stance, ready to move if he needed to.

Reiatsu: 990/1500 (-400 for Doll Summon)
Hitze Reiatsu: 1200/1200

[Zou ۞]

The AGAS didn't seem to be affected by the heat. If the heat had any effect at all, it wasn't visible. With a quick wave of its hand, it dispersed all of the heat instantly with a blast so powerful, that it blasted Jin straight into a nearby tree. That was just its hand swatting at the air like there was a fly. With that, it had just blown Jin into a tree! To make matters worse, the tree was partially frozen when Jin hit it, as a result of the Zoushuwwai that had passed through the area to attack Alkaid and Hara earlier. This meant that it would do more damage to Jin, inflicting more pain than just hitting a tree normally would. However, the AGAS didn't move. It wasn't taking him seriously. It seemed more intent on discovering the new power and freedom that it possessed. This one did, after all, seem to enjoy the lack of the original golden armor. Satsujun however, merely smiled.

If Jin were more versed in the ways of AGAS, he'd know what Satsujun knew, that this AGAS did not know either. It would only survive another 29 minutes or so, and would never get to observe the freedoms that it normally should. Most AGAS could never make it to this level, this one had been special. Most didn't even make it beyond level 2, though all had the misguided notion in their mind, of a promise of being free from the armor once they reached a certain level of power. While yes, this was true, it wasn't permanent. The AGAS armor allowed immortality, though it was eternal life in pain and servitude. Once levels 4 or 5 were reached, the armor was gone, and survival was a very short process. Death came in a matter of days or minutes.

[Hara Lucious]

Suddenly something strange happened to Hara, suddenly he was standing on his feet as Alkaid kept running, If she did not notice this she would end up only keep going.

The person that was once Hara now had half of a hollow mask on his face, He had a wicked grin showing on the left side that was not covered, What had happened? Whas this what Hara had been feeling so much lately, an inner hollow? Ahhh It feels so good to be out of there, at least for a while that is, Cack Cack Cack Cack! I cant wait to crush this little boy one day and take over his body for good" the inner hollow turned and was facing the Zoushuwwai, Suddenly in a burst of great speed the inner hollow was right beside the Zoushuwwai, Surely he would feel the affects but he was to enraged in battle for them to kick in right away. He had his sword drawn already as he made many extremely powerfull slashes downward at the beast as he continued doing this many times, Even if the beast moved he would continue hitting the ground creating small shockwaves from the power put behind it, After all this he looked up with a crazed look in his face. He was ready to fight and nothing was going to stop him right now.

He pointed his finger straight at the beast not "#4 Byakurai! He shouted out as a huge blast of lightning also blasted towards the monster with great speed, His ability's seemed to be so much better his physical abilitys his Kido ability's, What triggered all this, was it the build up of emotions from the things he had been going through, His anger towards his dad? Or was it something even more, Was this always meant to happen? Whatever caused it surely was enough to set this chain of events of pretty rapidly.

Reamaining Reiatsu 325
Hollow Post 1/2

[Zou ۞]

The attacks phased through the Zoushuwwai, as if it was nothing but mist. Absolutely no effect could be discerned from the attacks. For there really was no effect, and there was only futility, even to the inner hollow. The Zoushuwwai were the most powerful of Satsujun's minions, numerous texts had declared this. Satsujun himself had once admitted it. Against a Zoushuwwai, even Captains were helpless. This was an enemy far beyond the scope of normality, and it wasn't a run of the mill abnormality either. The Zoushuwwai reached out with its hand, grasping Hollow Hara's neck, clenching it and lifting Hara into the air. The mask quickly began to rot, slowly freezing and cracking, pieces falling off and melting on the ground as the Zoushuwwai stared at Hara. It had a grip that no amount of physical strength would ever break, for the power behind it was simply a much more amplified effect of what had been before.

Emptiness, sorrow, only the worst feelings and memories would be felt. Worse than that however, they were being amplified so that they all felt as if they were being experienced at that moment. The Zoushuwwai used its free hand to reach over to the hood that it wore, drawing it back. This revealed a bony, skeletal neck with nothing else covering it, and a head that looked like a skull. However, it was a smoothed out skull. No eyes were visible, no nose, no ears. No features were visible on the skull at all, except for one thing. It was a perfectly round circle, and there were four teeth that looked like vampire fangs inside of it. It was a mouth. It didn't look like it could close. The death rattle noise of life and air being sucked in had magnified, becoming much louder. The Zoushuwwai leaned forwards, preparing to plant its mouth over Hara, and drain away every tidbit of life that he had for an eternity.

[Alkaid Alkane]

Alkaid looked up and watched as some of the buildings began iceing over, indicating the Zoushuwwai's presence was approaching. She reconized this from the first time it had appeared and how the air tempature had dropped and the ground began iceing over. "Damn, it won't stop coming. Karakura Town isn't safe stay." She realized in her head, grabbing Hara again and using her special shunpo instantly to travel outside of town and she again released him. She began running off, expecting the same outta Hara but a few seconds later, she noticed nothing behind or besides her. In confusion, she skidded to a stop and turned around, seeing that Hara was squaring off against the Zoushuwwai which by now would of caught up with him and her. "Hara, what the hell are you doing?!" Alkaid shouted in question, in disbelief that it seemed he was going to try and fight it. This furthered when he did just that, firing a kidou at it. However, Alkaid noticed something wrong. ""His reiatsu strength... did it just triple? Thats impossible! He hasn't even released yet." Alkaid said to herself lightly, suddenly noticing something peak up from the front of his head, appearing a inch or two over his hair. Before she could get a better look, Hara had by then attacked the creature with a kidou.

Instinctively, she used her special shunpo to vanish and appear directly above and inbetween the two several feet in the air. When she appeared out of her shunpo, she was halfway done with a downward slashing motion and released a pair of windblades that were three times the height of Hara but only half a foot long. She had aimed the blades directly inbetween the creature's arms because she feared she might hit Hara if she went for a direct attack, so she went for a area of effect attack. The blades sped down in more then a blur of movement (450) and crashed to the ground in a split second. As soon as they impacted the ground, they let out a sudden, tremendous explosion of wind, similar to a sudden gust that traveled over 150 miles per hour. The wind blast into both the creature and Hara, separating the two if possible. If the creature itself couldn't be effected, then the factor of its clothing would partake, since the wind would also blow into it and blow it backwards, dragging the Zoushawwai back in a jerking motion while at the same moment Hara would be blown back. In any case, the explosion of wind would not do physical damage.
Reiatsu: 1300/1500
Shikai:3/10

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Post skipped.

[Jin Kazuma]

Jin felt like he was slapped with a brick. He looked around to see where it came from. 'What was that.....' After the incident with Alkaid and Zanken, Jin seemed to have had gained a monstrous amount of abilities. His insane state, prolonged battle and the massive increase in his abilities seemed to partially care over after he rested. Though it had been a month or so since then, his body had seemed to get used to the increased state. And with his new strengths, Jin had pretty much gone on a power trip. Since them he had been testing out his physical prowess and endurance. He still had trouble telling the difference between spiritual and physical stimuli. Eventually, after not seeing anything having hit him, he decided it was a spiritual feeling he had gotten. Something huge was nearby. He tried to figure out where it was and moved towards it.

Present...
After 20 mins of searching he still could find it. But he felt like he was getting closer. Again he felt a presence and looked around. The area seemed to be growing colder quickly. But then he felt a familiar power. A shinigami was nearby. He followed it and then a flash of light lite up the area nearby. He looked up and saw a familiar face, Hara. He hid for a moment, seeing what was going on. The beast held Hara in his hands, Jin didn't respond and hid again. 'His problem...' And then looked once more, to see the shinigami die perhaps, That is when he got a good look at the black robbed beast. He could have sworn it looked like Death, without the scythe. Or a ghost or something from movies. He looked again, seeing what was happening.

Jin continued watching, seeing a second shinigami appear. It was another familiar face, Alkaid. He thought about what he should do, to help them or not to. He looked again then started to walk away feeling a rush of wind, but stopped. 'Damit...' He turned back and his left arm started to glow like before. Again the phased appearance of something appeared over his arm. Still it hadn't taken form, it seemed Jin still had a long way to go. But it still was able to be used. Jin learned of his current three abilities during the last month or so. And his favorite was the ability he was about to use.

Jin rushed towards the monster, it grew colder and colder as he got closer. He wasn't the weak person he was before. And hopefully he could repay his debt to Alkaid for helping him. As Jin got close he attacked from the back of the monster. Delivering in rapid succession several blows. His hope right now was just to depend on his new found abilities, instead of his physical strength. His attacks were all about getting as many hits in, and not causing physical damage, though some would be caused anyways. His training on the speed bag would come in handy here, even the wooden dummy he trained on could help. If he had a minuet to punch, he could have gotten close to over 400 punches. Hopefully he got somewhere close to that amount.

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Strength - 130 Points [80]
Speed - 115 Points [60]
Spiritual Pressure - 95 Points [5]
Reiatsu Strength - 150 Points [5]
Light Aura - 15 Points
Dark Aura - 85 Points
Instinct - 75 Points [45]
Senses - 50 Points [50]
Energy sensory - 15 Points [10]
Healing Expertise - 25 Points [25]

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Technique Name: Reitsu Arena: Power
Class: 6
Technique Description and Effects: This is an interesting move that only Jin is capable of using. His manipulation is so far advanced, that he can even affect the enemy themselves.
Jin's punches and grapples have a strange ability of removing Reitsu from an enemy, and taking them into himself and increasing his strength and speed. This is one of the reasons he is the current champ in Underground Fighting. When he makes contact, he absorbs 10% of Jin's Reiatsu Strength in enemies Reiatsu and has them placed within his muscles. It splits the enemies energy in half and places that into his Strength and Speed. After he deactivates this move he loses all of the increases.

450/500

[Zou ۞]

The Zoushuwwai's body was not hit. The punches merely phased through, and no effects could be discerned. While Jin's idea of how to attack was much closer to Alkaid or Hara's ideas, it was still ineffective. It couldn't work out. The Zoushuwwai was utterly unimpacted by the strike, and it even went to the trouble of ignoring Jin. With this, the rescue operation had failed. For, Alkaid's wind was no more effective. The iron grip of the Zoushuwwai was unbreakable. The wind not only phased through the Zoushuwwia, but the ragged cloak itself, which seemed to actually be a part of the creature. If the cloak was part of the Zoushuwwai, then that would explain it. Either way, the rescue was over. With its mouth over Hara's, the Zoushuwwai drained him completely, and then dropped the empty, lifeless corpse. That wasn't the end, however. They'd make a foolish mistake when they decided to attack it.

Hara's body had no more animus. Fact. But, that wasn't all it was good for. The body quickly decomposed, leaving only Hara's reiatsu. The reiatsu floated up into the air, and dispersed, leaving only a trace. The trace was a neutral part of the reiatsu, one that no longer belonged to Hara. It was simply a reiatsu that had been corrupted by the kiss of the Zoushuwwai. The reiatsu sparked, turning into a black flame which hovered in mid air. It began formulating into a black cloak. Was another Zoushuwwai forming? Suddenly, it shattered, unable to holds its form. No, Hara's Reiatsu had been too weak to derive a Zoushuwwai from the corruption. Did this mean that Zoushuwwai were all formed from strong Reiatsu, corrupted by the kiss? In this case, Zoushuwwai were formidable foes indeed to reject a Vice Captain's reiatsu so instantaneously.

The Zoushuwwai proceeded to turn to Alkaid, who had been the most vicious recent attacker. It began floating towards her. No rhyme or reason could get in its way. It was a strong enemy, and Alkaid was a tasty morsel, a meal and prey that would not be forgotten by the predator. Alkaid was the target, and the Zoushuwwai was the hunter. It was plain and simple. Satsujun's strongest minion, the Zoushuwwai, could not be defeated by the likes of Alkaid, Jin, or Hara. It took true battle experience.