Canon 8: The Sanction Armada [Complete]

[Zou ۞]

Name: [Canon 8: The Sanction Armada] - The Adventure Name

Participants: [Anyone - 3 maximum] - Who can participate?

Location: [Over the Atlantic ocean] - Where does this take place?

Difficulty Level: [Hard] - Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme. How difficult is this adventure?

Setting: [DE] Is this DE or NDE? Death Enabled or Non Death Enabled?

Plotline: [An enormous Armada consisting of exactly One Thousand Ironclad Ships is sailing the Atlantic Ocean towards a located portal directly to an Ocean near Seireitei. Should they reach it, they can attack from a blind spot that Seireitei has no time to create a defense on. This Armada has it's sails raised, the ships are black, the sails are white, the symbol is a skull with flaming bones. About 250 Shinigami ships have been sent to counter the threat by sea. Some Bount and Quincy may have snuck aboard the ships to watch the battle and perhaps take advantage of weaknesses. Angered by attacks by the Ogatago, the Arrancar have managed to create their own fleet. 200 ships from the west are heading for the Ogatago fleet, poised to destroy. This is a sea battle, vicious. Anyone that manages to kill, or aid in the death of one of the participating Ogatago of this Canon will automatically receive either 100,000 Ryo, or 1000 CTP, or 1000 TTP, or 500 SP, if they can use any of these things. Their choice. If the Ogatago are not defeated by a specific point in the Canon, a terrible plot twist will occur.] - Explain the plot of your adventure.

Estimated Enemy Strength: [2-1] 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: [Unknown] - How many pages do you think this adventure will run for until it is over?

Starts: [Now] - When does the adventure begin?

Special Conditions: [6 participants maximum. If anyone is a slow poster, they're getting kicked out of the thread.] - Any special conditions, limitations, or other things.

[Hara Lucious]

Dimitri was one of the ones aboard the ships that where sent out, He was in charge of a smaller vessel, While other captains and vice captains where in charge of the larger ones. "Come one keep this Ship going, We need to get to the Ogatago and attempt to stop him" Dimitri was new to being in charge of anything, He had recently advanced in class, Now he was of some worth, He had Shikai on his side, He was confident in his abilities now. Him and the smaller ship of Shinigami where out abit ahead of the larger ships, Mainly beacuse they where on a smaller ship that could travel faster. Dimitri looked up into the horizon up ahead, He could see the humungous fleet up in the distance, He was almost sure this is who they where after, The ships where large and Iron Clad baring a Skull with flaming bones. "Men Prepare for the fighting, As soon as the rest of the ships catch up we will probably be commencing the attack!" Dimitri looked back towards the ships realizing they where easily outnumbered in this battle.

[Faust Zsalamel]

"The sea. How long as it been since I've been here?"

Faust was marveling at the expansive sky on top of the blue ocean. He was probably anxious about the upcoming fight. The thought of fighting the Ogatago has always made him somewhat anxious. From his past encounter with them, they were all unpleasant, and annoying. They were also strong, which made him all the more weary of the mission up ahead. He doesn't care whether they are on shinigami turf. They don't bother him as much as Vizards or Ogatago. There were a few more points he was considering, especially since he's not yet seen any of the Espada yet.

Where are the others? This is an important day, and yet I am the only one here? I don't buy it. Even that bastard isn't here yet. What a pain. Faust thought to himself, yawning.

He decided to walk around the ship he was on. It was supposedly the flagship, but aside from low ranking Arrancars, he has not seen even a shred of hair from the higher ranking Espadas. Twice has he seen arrancars flew past him, running frantically as the flagship moves toward their destination. All the while, Faust was wondering what must he do. With no one other than him right now, he was rather finding it a pain. He didn't want to command people, and he definitely isn't suited for such tasks. No wonder he doesn't aim to be King of anything. He simply wanted to live his life.

At least the skies are looking good. Faust muttered to himself, staring at the expansive blue skies.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Dimitri's next post skipped so we can get a few extra in before the night ends...

[Jin Yamada]

A lone Ironclad sailed its way into the battle slowly, it's white sail blowing in the sea breeze. The skull with flaming bones crossed in an X represented the Armada's ship, but this specific ship was not being controlled by the Armada. On the ship was a group of 5 people who were sailing the ship slightly away from the other groups of fighters. Standing at the front of the ship was a man, who seemed to be the leader by the look on his face. He held a determined expression on his face, one that also showed age and wisdom at the same time. He looked as if he was in his late 20s. The man's tanned skin, which gave the impression that he had spent all his life in the desert, glistened in the sun. His black hair which was slightly gray, spiked in the back with bangs hanging down near his eyes, blew in the sea breeze. The man had on a black leather trenchcoat reaching down to his ankles, which blew in the breeze as well.

Underneath this, the man wore a white longsleeve shirt which was unbuttoned slightly at the top to reveal the top part of his chest slightly. Over the longsleeve white shirt, he wore a dark blue hoodie which was unzipped. The hoodie had the Bount symbols stitched onto the chest on each side of the midline. On the back of the hoodie, there was a much larger stitching of the Bount symbol, covering the whole backside. On his lower half, the figure wore simple baggy khaki pants with black sneakers. Over all of this, he wore an unzipped black leather trenchcoat that reached down to his ankles. The collar of the trenchcoat was upturned as well to hide the sides of his face slightly. On the belt of his baggy khaki pants was hooked a black gourd and a black stuffed bat. Anyone who had seen these objects used in battle would know instantly that this man was Jin, Leader of the Bounts. He was looking to show the Shinigami and the Arrancar that the Bount were not weak. He was finally going to prove to the world that the Bount were worth something as a race. A huge smirk spread across his face as he thought on these things.

Behind him, at their various positions were some of the Bount whom he had gather at the meeting in Karakura Town. Manning the cannons on one side were a pair of twins, a man and a woman. The man was about 5'8" and had dark red hair which spiked up in the shape of flames, a red left eye and a crystal blue right eye, and light brown skin. He wore a dark red shirt with a black jacket over it, black pants with flames designs running down the sides of both pants legs, and dark brown boots. [Ares Beauregard, Bount, Class 2] The woman was about 5'6" and she had smooth, flawless, light brown skin, silky smooth long black hair, a crystal blue left eye and a red right eye. She simply wore a white silk dress that emphasized her curves and her well proportioned chest. [Ises Beauregard, Bount, Class 3]

Manning the sails was another man who looked rather young, in his early twenties. He was wearing a dark blue T-shirt with a black hooded jacket over it, blue jeans, and blue sneakers. The man reached up and pulled off the hood of his jacket to reveal his face which was slightly pale. The man had dark blue eyes and short black hair that reached down to his neck. On the man's neck could be seen a dark blue metallic feather which was hanging from a chain necklace. [Fui Moritaka, Bount, Class 2] On the deck manning the cannons on the other side was a rather large man who stood at about 6' 4". He was athletically built with huge muscles on his arms and legs. His toned six-pack could be seen from underneath his shirt. His slightly pale skin glistened in the sunlight as he looked up from the cannon which he was manning. He wore a white T-shirt with a red hoodie over it, some baggy black pants, and black boots. Clipped onto the red hoodie that he wore was a small blue butterfly clip. [Kizashi Muryo, Bount, Class 2]

[Zou ۞]

The ships were numbering in many, and the sun was blazing high in the sky. The whole day was calm. But, the calm was nothing but an illusion, an illusion that was easily broken, once one looked at the scene unfolding. All across the 1000 ships of the Ogatago, thousands of Guardians, of Soldiers, of Warriors, were manning their stations, preparing to attack, aiming the weapons of the ships at the ships of the Shinigami. The same was happening all across the Shinigami and Arrancar ships. While the two were not in an exact alliance, they were not going to waste efforts on each other until the Ogatago ships were down. The real problem was something that was perceived early on in the battle, while all of the parties were trying to distract each other while loading up their weapons. Several Cero, Bala, Shakkaho, Raikoho, and other attacks were fired. Basically, Kidou and Hollow techniques. They could not pass the Ironclad defenses much.

It seemed that the ships were mainly resistant to reiatsu based attacks, and the cannon balls were the best working options. It was the same for all the ships, regardless of alignment. As a result, there was currently a silence in weaponry as everybody loaded up their cannons. Old Lightning stood on the deck of the largest ship of all, his hands behind his back as he looked out at the sea, at the enemy. He was quickly commanding everyone. On another ship, Kenshin was also commanding people. Everybody was scrambling, racing. "Dimitri! FLANK THEM!" Kenshin shouted over to Dimitri's small ship. Old Lightning was the one giving the main orders, so Kenshin had to give the side orders. "Load two cannon balls per shot." Old Lightninr ordered. "But target only the center ships. Leave the side ships to the approaching Arrancar. Be weary of the east side ships, they are the most dangerous ones, and our fire is not to be concentrated on them yet."

Meanwhile, on the Arrancar Ships, something similar was happening. Kuroi had at last made it to the lead ship. During his human life, he had been a part of World War II. He knew more about war tactics, especially in battle by sea, than anyone else around here. Kuroi was ready to give the orders. "All Arrancar will man cannons, fire cannon balls into incoming cannon balls from Ogatago ships if you are firing cannons from this vessel, and the 12 around it. Everyone else, direct your fire to the Ogatago fleets that fire the most cannon balls. Prepare to launch torpedoes on my command. All attending Espada, prepare to launch your highest grade Cero directly into the enemy ships, they will do more damage than cannon balls ever could, but only when enough damage has already been done prematurely."

At last, ships began to fire cannon balls. Early on, a cannon ball struck Old Lightning himself, and shattered against him. He did not even flinch, did not budge, and did not bat an eye as this happened. Meanwhile, Kuroi himself was shouting out orders at the top of his lungs to be heard over the gun fire. Old Lightning took to the custom, as did all the other commanders of ships, especially the more main ones. Old Lightning was telling stronger Shinigami to prepare Kidou, but to conserve Reiatsu for when boarding other ships became a possibility. Kuroi was giving similar instructions, but he wanted Espada to start firing on the enemy ships with Cero a bit before that could happen. "Keep a look out for any Ogatago!" Kuroi shouted. "If we kill them, the battle is over! Sever the head, and the body will soon follow! Kill the God that the mortals fight for, and they will stop fighting!"

[Zou ۞]

OOC: I'm posting in between everyone. Just letting you know.

[Faust Zsalamel]

Faust was not surprised to suddenly hear Kuroi giving orders. He 's either used to it or didn't want to waste time arguing. It's probably the latter. He wanted to do a lot of damage to those Ogatago, especially after what happened in Ka-ek's world. Revenge is sweet when you fulfill it. It was that sensation he wanted to fell. There were a lot of shots being fired by now towards them and to what looked like the shinigami fleet ahead. It was turning into a bloody naval battle, as was expected from the start. Arrancars were frantically moving around the ship once again, firing non-stop at the enemies ahead of them. A thousand battleships are no joke. One barrage from them has potentially devastating effects on a single target. Faust was not one to wait for the Ogatago to draw first blood. If there's one side who'll draw that out from the opposition first, it would be Kouhai's Espada, not the shinigami, not the Ogatago, only Kouhai's Espada.

He took out his smallest sword of the four, and cut slashed a portion of his finger, enough to produce a bleeding effect. He then drew out his nodachi and pointed it towards the nearest Ogatago ship he could spot. He then mixed his blood with the energy charging at the tip of the sword, turning the reddish energy into a pale, pearlescent white color. Faust looked extremely relaxed as he targeted the hull of the ship that's being barraged by the other Arrancar ships.

"Annoying." Faust growled, releasing his own Gran Rey Cero.

It formed into a cylindrical sphere of pale, pearlescent white energy that cackled, traveling faster and faster towards the target ship. The water formed waves as it traveled above it. It impacted the target with enough force to puncture a hole around the hull. Any more hits from cannon balls and other cero would definitely sink it.

Faust's Remaining Reiatsu: 1100/1500

[Yuki Ayumu]

In the ship flanking the left of Kuroi's vessel, a woman sat on the main deck against the main wall. The female Arrancar was on a wooden chair and sat with a glaring look on her face. She sat there as all the lower ranked Arrancars worked, she didn't say one word. The Tierce Espada, Ayumu had informed all the Arrancars on her ship to not bother her. Yuki did not want to deal with the lower Arrancar, she knew that the survival of the fittest was in factor here. Ayumu knew that only the strong would survive, and she knew that she had to focus on keeping herself alive. She mattered the most to herself in the endless life, she had learned to only live for herself. Ayumu kept her reiatsu hidden to the level of a menos and kept her reiatsu from spiking. She did not want to give out any sensors what rank she was. Ayumu's main goal at the moment was for the Arrancar to have victory over the Ogatago and the Shinigami. If this came true, it would be a glorious day for the Arrancar. Surely there would be celebrations among the ranks, but Ayumu could care less about that. What was the point of having those celebrations? Only unnecessary fights and silly events happened during celebrations. The only meaning of life to Ayumu was surviving. That was the main thing she had learned to adapt to.

"Fire my cero? Ridiculous... that would pinpoint all the strongest Arrancar off the bat," Ayumu thought to herself while shaking her head. Yuki knew Kuroi was a competent leader for this 'war', but at times she had to disagree with some orders. Ayumu simply sat on her wooden chair and watched the other Espada follow the orders from Kuroi. She would go with her own agenda, and she would work with the others only if it benefited her. Yuki was not in the mood for unwanted event. She simply looked at the Arrancars firing the shots and the Shinigami firing shots. The Ogatago would return cannonball for cannonball. Ayumu was confident that the cannonballs would not even dent her hierro. It was then Ayumu heard more orders from Kuroi and decided to simply fire a weaker cero to mask her identity as an Esapda in the battlefield. Even though it was chaotic, she knew the more experiences fighters would know who was firing what. But she observed the enemy ships and saw that the cannonballs were barely doing any damage. It would seem it would take hundreds to take one ship down. She assumed that Kuroi knew what he was saying and decided to simply make things easier, and go with his plan. "Here goes nothing," she simply said, letting her reiatsu level rise a little, to about a quarter of her full amount. Ayumu got up and aimed her hand at one of the ships.

A yellow cero with a black outlining started to form in front of her palm. She mixed her cero with her blood to enhance her attack. Ayumu hoped that this attack would sink at least a couple of ships. The cero kept charging up, she hoped that the reiatsu of such a level would be masked by other high level reiatsus in the battlefield. Maybe others wouldn't notice since there were Kidous and other Ceros being shot out randomly, ever since the battle had begun. The cero finally stopped charging and stopped mid air momentarily before shooting itself in blinding speed. It shot out at hit one of the iron clad ships. All she could see was a bunch of smoke from the impact of the cero and took her seat, waiting for the smoke to clear. Ayumu would watch and see what her Grand Rey Cero had done to the Ogatago's ship.



Reiatsu: 2600/3000

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Posting Order is now Dimitri, Game Master/Kuroi, Ryuujin, Game Master/Kuroi, Jin, Game Master/Kuroi, Yuki, Game Master/Kuroi, repeat.

IC:

As the battle raged on, multiple events occurred, all of them typical of war. The first, was arrogance all around. The first example of arrogance was Jin and his Bount, existent only on one ship. With 200 Arrancar ships to the West, 250 Shinigami Ships to the South, and a large Armada of 1000 Ogatago ships, a single ship was going to do absolutely nothing but keep the Bount from sinking into the water. And that, was when powerful Reiatsu made it to them. It wasn't a hostile Reiatsu, but a seeming "tag" Reiatsu. it was as if it was trying to get their attention only. It was the Reiatsu of a Bount yes, but lots of other power and scents were mixed in with it. There was no doubt to anyone who it was that was alerting the Bount to his presence. Kassen Oro, one of the strongest ever to live, and thought to have disappeared, only to reappear several months earlier as an Ogatago. Why was he alerting the Bounts to his presence?

The second example of arrogance was that which came from the Tercia Espada, Yuki Ayumu. Faust was smart enough to realize that Cero wasn't quite at the correct strength to sink a ship single handedly. His Gran Rey Cero created a hole in one ship, which was soon surrounded and accompanied by many other holes from cannon balls and various Cero, at last sinking that one ship. While he did this however, Yuki was trying to hide her power, hurling a weaker Cero at the ships, and actually expecting to sink some with just the Cero. The weaker Cero impacted with one single ship, not even making it past that ship. The ship received a hole, just like when Faust had used his Gran Rey Cero, albeit three times the size of Faust's hole, but it did not sink. Multiple cannon ball and Cero hits surrounded the hole that Yuki made, however, sinking that ship as well.

But, just as this happened, multiple cannon balls struck the ship that Yuki was on, and the ship Kuroi and Faust were on. Several dents were made. The ships with Espada on them were made with especially strong iron. One of the Privaron Espada stood up, but was suddenly impacted by a cannon ball. Instantly, he was blasted into several pieces. It had been a rather powerful Privaron, and so it was surprising. But, that was when something was noticed. The cannon balls were ordinary lead balls, but the mechanism for firing them was anything but normal. Extra force, reiatsu, condensed pressure, extra explosive power, all of this was put behind each cannon ball. The force each was fired at was greater than one could imagine, and slowing was close to impossible when it came to them. They could damage Hierro too, quite possibly even kill a high rank Espada like Yuki or Kuroi. Being alert was necessary.

At the same time, Kuroi vaguely noticed Yuki's Reiatsu, and how much she was holding back. He called to her. "I told you to use your most powerful Cero." he said. "Do not be so arrogant that you actually take the enemy lightly. It doesn't matter if they locate the strongest, or if they learn the full capabilities of our Cero. Their forces are more numerous than ours, they are more powerful than ours, and their leaders are stronger than any of the Captains you or I have battled before. Fire your Cero." Kuroi turned back to where he was, and prepared to truly sink some vessels. His best Cero was Cero Garandou, but that was too much of a waste. The best Cero for this job was far different. He aimed his left palm at the ships as the entire arm started to steam, burns forming on it. He did not even bat an eye despite the obvious pain. "Enma Cero."

In an instant, about twelve of the ships disappeared, ripped apart and completely obliterated. "A thousand invisible Cero..." one of the Arranar whispered. "Amazing..." That was a strong Cero. Kuroi had sunk multiple ships not with one Cero by itself, but with many each. But, even for someone like Kuroi, it had taken about 80 regular Cero to sink one ship. Regular Cero only dented, high rank Cero created holes. A thousand Cero eradicated. So that was the game. The iron was strong enough to resist any regular Cero, no matter who was firing it. The iron was not strong enough to resist many Cero at once, or high tier Cero such as Kuroi had ordered people to fire. This could be considered absolutely perfect to work in advantage of the Arrancar and Espada. Why? Because there were many of them, and many of them with custom, stronger Cero.

Meanwhile, down on the Shinigami side, it was Old Lightning who gave all of the orders. "Ready the high level Kidou." he commanded. "THREE...TWO...ONE...FIRE!" Instantly, twin dragons, gigantic in size, each bigger than two ships, exploded out. Each was made of blue lightning, and they crashed into twin ships in an instant each, instantly eradicating four ships in the blink of an eye. "RECHARGE, AND GET READY!" Old Lightning commanded with a shout. But, the Ogatago were ready to fight back. Gigantic blasts of Golden Reiatsu instantly blasted out, sinking four Shinigami ships in a single blast, and sinking two Arrancar ships. "It's time to sneak onto the ships." Kuroi decided. "Yuki, get off your ship. Move to the centermost ship and locate one of the Ogatago. Kill him. Faust, back her up and accompany her."

Kenshin looked back at Dimitri. "Start sinking ships on the Ogatago's sides." he commanded. "I'll be taking out some of the Ogatago." he hopped off of his ship, and landed on the air's "invisible floor." He started running towards the Ogatago ships. He pulled out a syringe, and injected himself with it. In an instant, his speed magnified. In a quick, nearly invisible burst of speed, becoming but a blur, Kenshin ran towards the center of the Ogatago Fleet, where the Ogatago surely would be found.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

[Hara Lucious]

Dimitri had heard the command clearly, He looked back to the large ship seeing Kenshin, By this time Dimitri had ordered his ship to a flanking position against the smaller ships of the Ogatago's.
Dimitri screamed out to the crew aboard his small ship. "Load the cannons, Prepare to attack!" He yelled out, He being dropped in a leadership position for one of the first times, Was surprisingly calm and stern, Knowing that he was actually becoming a help to the Soul Society made him more confident in his own ability's as a shinigami. He was determined to prove his worth here on this battlefeild, He was ready to become a true part of the Soul Society, He now aspired to be everything that he could be, He now had goals in mind for the future, He looked forward to that future now, For once in a long time Dimitri felt good about himself. Dimitri now looked back across the deep blue sea that they sailed on, Seeing that the smaller ships where no in range of there cannons "READY!" He shouted out to the Shinigami maning the cannons. "AIM!" The ship now began to turn its side towards the smaller ships that they where targeting, The cannons becoming lined up to fire. "FIRE!" He shouted out, Multiple cannons shot burst out of multiple cannons, The ship was little so it only had around 15 cannons in total, and held about 400 cannon balls below the deck along with there rations. "Loads the cannons prepare another attack!" Dimitri yelled out to the men, They began scattering grabing cannon balls loading them into the cannons with the black powder, Dimitri let a small smile come across his face, Seeing many of the smaller ships on fire, And on there way to sinking.

[Zou ۞]

Even as Dimitri let fire strike out, many could've sworn that it was hopeless. The Ogatago outnumbered the Shinigami and Arrancar by far too much to be pleasant. Many cannon balls impacted Dimitri's ship, half sinking it in an instant. At the same time, many cannon balls started assaulting the rest of the Shinigami fleet. Also, some attacks from Guardians and others started incoming. About six more ships sank, and suddenly, the Guardians started their movement. Many began boarding Shinigami and Arrancar ships, while many Shinigami and Arrancar began boarding Ogatago ships, just as the ships closed into more proper range of each other. Everyone started to fight. Ships were being sunk, people were being killed. It was clear the Ogatago had superior forces, weaponry, and ships, but the Shinigami and Arrancar had more commanding officers. The Ogatago Forces only answered to the Ogatago themselves, and a few minor commanders.

The Ogatago really had nothing when it came down to commanding. However, from the distance, Kassen Oro came into view on the side. He was in Bount view yes, but he was mostly in Arrancar, and Arrancar view only. Arrancar and Bount would be the only ones aware of his presence at this point. Shiga on the other hand, was visible at the center, where the Shinigami were supposed to be attacking. He was much more barricaded, and so it was evident that Kassen was going to attack first.

[Faust Zsalamel]

Faust swiftly turned towards Kuroi. The sound of him giving orders were a pain to his ears. Kuroi's voice was as unpleasant as a fingernail being dragged across a chalkboard. But Faust knew better than to snap his mouth at the Segunda Espada, not especially during a time like this. There was war to be waged, and it was against one of the stronger opposition to the Arrancars. Despite not liking anyone aboard the flagship, Faust indifferently nodded towards Kuroi, hiding his annoyance with a low growl. He stared past the other Arrancar ships, and onto Yuki's own ship, calculating how to make it over there with the least amount of effort.

What the hell am I thinking? I'm an Espada. I will make my own way. Faust reprimanded himself, stepping onto the air's 'invisble floor'.

He swiftly made his way towards Yuki's ship, hopping on the other ships' mast, then finally landing gingerly and softly on Yuki's own ship. There was a flash of relief on Faust's face before reverting into its indifferent state as he faced Yuki, the tercia espada.

"Well, what's your plan? And I don't believe we have met yet. I am Faust. Nuevo Espada. That will be sufficient," Faust gazed towards the Ogatago ships ahead, "So what do you have in mind? The target seemed to be surrounded in the middle."

[Zou ۞]

"Enough of this!" Kuroi shouted to Faust and Yuki. "I must stay here and direct the ships. Neither of you are needed here. Go to the enemy fleet, attack that Ogatago! GO!" Kuroi was obviously losing patience with both of these Espada, who did not even have the proper attitude of battle, of war. He should have broken them before bringing them out here, just as he had previously broken all of the Arrancar he brought out here to fight. That way they would be more willing to obey, and things would be progressing more smoothly. Guardians and others were already on Arrancar ships, facing Arrancar. Kuroi himself felt one come up behind him, and he jumped back, dodging a vicious attack. Suddenly, a large Cero blasted completely through the Guardian, obliterating it in an instant. Someone had a strong Cero, and that was all fine and dandy. Kuroi could resume commanding the ships.

Kassen Oro was seated on his ship, smiling casually at the Arrancar. His smile was infuriating. "Come come...Arrancar..." he muttered. "You are weaker than me...so come...attack me...try and kill me.." Kassen was strong, and so he was waiting for them. Two Espada would be required if they wanted to defeat him. Why two Espada? Because while Kassen was about the strength of one Espada for the most part, he had enough of a variety to be able to kill one Espada without too much of a hassle, even if he was at their level. So, two would be required.

[Jin Yamada]

Jin continued sailing forward with his small team of Bount whom he had gathered. He could see the beginning of the battle with Cero and other reiatsu based attacks flying everywhere. He noted how some of the cero pierced the ships and created small holes which were in turn opened wider by cannonballs. It seemed this process of firing cero to create small holes and then opening the holes wider with cannonball worked well. He also saw the Arrancar and Shinigami boarding the Ironclad ships and vice versa. All of this interested him, but he knew that he had to keep a level head if he wanted to stay alive in this. He already only had one ship, but it was all that he could capture without the Ogatago knowing what he had done.

"Master Jin, why is it that we didn't just take 5 separate ships?" Fui called down from the top of the mast. Jin turned and looked up at Fui. "Because we could not afford to be detected by stealing 5 of their ships. They would not miss one, but five would be easily noticeable." Jin said and turned back to face the sea, watching the battle. He wasn't sure when he could enter with all the chaos going on. It was then that he felt the reiatsu. That same familiar reiatsu which he had felt not too long ago when he had been near the Bount Citadel. The Legendary Bount. Kassen Oro. "So he's apart of this battle as well?" Jin muttered to himself. He remembered Kassen's warning to him. Kassen was a Bount as well, but he would not go easy on Jin simply because he was also a Bount. The next time they met, Kassen would surely destroy Jin. Then, Jin saw him. He could not see him as clearly as he wanted, but he could make out his figure.

Jin now knew what he had to do. He could not face Kassen Oro. Not yet. He first had to become a True Bount as Kassen Oro had told him before he truly faced him. He wanted to fight him on equal terms. True Bount vs. True Bount. Jin would instead focus on the second Ogatago who it was said was also in the battle. But, how would he even find him? Jin could sense the second powerful reiatsu, but he felt it behind the barricade of ships that the Shinigami were attacking. He needed a way to get in. He also needed a way to get to the second Ogatago without being open to attack from all of the fighters.

"Ares and Ises. Release your dolls and have them attack those ships that the Shinigami are attacking. Open up a pathway for me." Jin said without turning to look at the two twins. He wasn't sure if their combination attacks would work on these Ironclad ships, but he knew somewhat that alone, the two attacks might not work at all. "Okay." the two twins said at once. "Trace. You will accompany me to cross the pathway that Ares and Ises have created for us. I need your doll to cover me." Jin said, actually looked at Trace when he said this. Trace simply nodded at Jin without speaking a word. He seemed to be the silent strong type.

"Zeige Dich, Giftige Risse." Ises called out as a necklace with three purple droplets on it materialize on her neck. The three purple droplets glowed and disappeared, and in front of her appeared a woman who seemed to be wearing a skin tight purple outfit which accentuated her curves and hourglass figure. The woman had purple eyes, smooth pale skin, long dark purple hair which reached down to her back, and long purple fingernails. Her brother Ares smirked as he rolled up his sleeves to reveal golden wristbands with flame like designs all along them on both arms. He clinked his arms together at the wrists to form sparks as he called out "Zeige Dich, Wärmekönig" Flames sparked off of his wrists and grew in front of him to form into a seven foot tall flaming lion. The lion's body was golden yellow, and where fur should have been to form the mane, there was only flames. Flames also sprouted from around it's ankles and wrists. It's eyes glowed a menacing red and it's teeth, which were bared, looked very sharp.

Ises raised her hand and pointed it towards the ship as did Ares. "Attack." Ises called out and her doll raised its hands forward before swirling them in the air in front of it. The doll then lifted its hands into the air and a mass of purple liquid rushed out from infront of it. The liquid moved across the water with incredible speed, heading towards the frontline of Ironcla ships blocking Shiga from view. "Do it."Ares said and his doll opened it's mouth and began forming a golden ball of fire within it. The ball of fire grew as large as the lion's body before the lion fired it off. The golden fireball burned with intensity as it moved across the ocean following the massive volume of the purple liquid. The liquid collided into the bottom of about 2 or 3 of the Ironclad ships, quickly eating through them just as the fireball crashed into them. It combusted the remaining purple liquid, creating a huge explosion which spread out to about half a mile from the ships that were hit.

Jin hoped that this would take out some of the ships to create a path for him, but having heard stories of the strength of the Ogatago, he knew that his tactic had a slim chance of working. "Prepare to release your doll Trace. Fui, prepare your doll as well. It may be needed to block counterattacks. They now know our position. Fire the cannonballs." Jin ordered. Ares and Ises both ran over to the cannons that they were manning, and fired off a volley of cannonballs as did Trace. They watched as the cannonballs sailed towards the Ironclad ships in the front line, watching to see the damage done. Hopefully, the smoke cloud created from the earlier explosion would give them enough cover before the Ironclad ships began countering their attacks. Fui, meanwhile let the sails down so that the ship was now moving forward, closer to the battle now than it was before.

Ises Reiatsu: 400
Ares Reiatsu: 1100