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An infinite black sky existed over Seireitei, with a huge full, white moon opened up in a gaping grin over it. The white light cast shadows over the buildings, illuminated brightly the faces of any that walked around at this light hour. The moon was the only source of light or illumination. On this day, the eve of beginning a new year, celebrations had already ended. Now it was sleep. All of Seireitei rested. All but those patrolling, who did not notice that there was one shadow out of place. Standing atop Sokkyokku Hill, the huge barren hill, made white by the moon's light, was a new figure.
And because we are formless, we revere it.
The figure stood at the very top of the massive, H-shaped Sokkyokku Cross, made gray and silver in a twilight combination of sparkles and beauty. He was a shadowy figure, overriden by larger figures, clouds overhead. His eyes were a dark red, and his hair was a short, black crop. He wore a black leather coat, long coat tails, dancing in a cool, and calming breeze. Pants to match were there, and a black t-shirt underneath the unzipped coat. The pale man was standing tall on the cross, looking down. "I see." he whispered. "That's where."
And thus we are slain.
He launched himself off of the cross, flying into the night, downwards towards Seireitei. A perilous plunge was his descent, his journey, as darkness and shadows enveloped and consumed him, shrouding his very figure and existence, from the current mass of Seireitei. Come morning, a new adventure would begin. As dawn approached, the very start of something tremendous would become apparent.
Participants: [Shinigami, Mod Souls, Humans] - Who can participate?
Location: [Seireitei, in front of Squad 1 barracks] - Where does this take place?
Difficulty Level: [Medium-Hard] - Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme. How difficult is this adventure?
Setting: [DE] Is this DE or NDE? Death Enabled or Non Death Enabled?
Plotline: [The very beginning of a new adventure. Zouma Santeku, the Vizard Leader, is now attacking Seireitei. He has come almost completely by himself. The only reason anyone else is present is so that he may settle his own personal vendetta against one man. Hollows all around are present, facing various shinigami. He has imported these hollows via Garganta, after enslaving them to do his bidding. They are to keep everyone busy, while he faces Old Lightning. See what you can do against these hollows, and see if you can get to Old Lightning and Zouma.] - Explain the plot of your adventure.
Estimated Enemy Strength: [6-1] 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: [4 participants maximum. Post intros now. Intros should include your reaction to the sudden appearance of hundreds of hollows, and to the battle of Zouma vs Old Lightning. Attack the hollows as well, attack Zouma if possible.] - Any special conditions, limitations, or other things.
It was sunlight at last, with the bright yellow orb floating high up in the sky. And at last, Zouma Santeku had arrived. His hair had changed, his eyes had changed, and a cocky smirk was on his face as he directly appeared in front of the squad 1 barracks. Hollows began rolling out, moving around everywhere, attacking shinigami in every place that they went. Zouma was single handedly invading, and doing a good job over it. A shinigami broke through the ranks of hollows. A second one. Third one. Fourth one. All four attacked Zouma. He sidestepped the first slash, bringing his foot around during his side step to sweep the second shinigami. He spun after the sweep, carving open the first one's throat, killing him instantly. Zouma brought himself into a fluid movement from there, jamming his blade into the second one's heart. The next two were on him in an instant, and he had no time to draw his blade away.
He released it, leaving it in the heart, and caught both wrists of both slashing shinigami. Smashing their hands together to disarm them. Zouma released their wrists, caught their blades, and slashed off both of their heads. Blood sprayed everywhere, and he kept a cocky grin on his face as their bodies slumped, and he dropped their blades. Zouma bent down, picking up his own zanpakuto. He flipped over a sudden surprise attack from behind, kicking his boot over that shinigami's head, hurling him into a face plant as Zouma landed on his feet. Zouma jammed his blade into that shinigami's heart as well, releasing it as four more came for him. The first did a stab, and Zouma side stepped again. He punched into that shinigami's face with great force, shattering the nose and sending cartilage into the brain with the force of the punch, killing the shinigami instantly. Next off, the other three began to attack.
Zouma caught the dead shinigami's blade, using it to block one strike. Then he dropped it, and round house kicked that shinigami aside, grabbing the blade from his hand as he flew away. Zouma proceeded to figure eight his blade, disarming the third slasher, and then carving up his face and throat. As the second one got back up, rushing wildly at Zouma, he whirled away from the fourth slash, which accidentally connected with the second shinigami, killing him. Dropping his enemy's blade, Zouma tore his blade out of the corpse that it was stuck in, and hurled it. It carved off the fourth shinigami's head, and then spun back, carving the falling head in half as it boomeranged straight into Zouma's grasp, just in time for him to whirl around, and block a strike from a vice captain. He shoved his fist into the vice captain's face, and then slashed deeply into the vice captain's head, killing him as well. "Who's next?!" Zouma demanded.
The doors to the Division One barracks suddenly flew open, nearly shattering and tearing off of their hinges. They were a huge set of forty foot high double doors, and so obviously it took a lot of strength to slam them like that. Standing in the doorway, wearing his own outfit and shinigami robe, Old Lightning was approaching Zouma Santeku. It was a fast paced, and dignified walk. It was the walk of a man in rage, and the walk of the Captain Commander. An aura of majesty came about him, and his reiatsu and pressure were dancing in battle against Zouma's, even as they only faced off. Zouma smiled, and Old Lightning frowned. Rage was on his face, and he had never before seemed so powerful to any. Zouma simply stood there, gripping his blade. He flicked the blood off of it as Old Lightning drew his own. "For your crimes against Soul Society", Old Lightning said, "Zouma Santeku. I will personally destroy you."
"Can you?" Zouma asked. Old Lightning's reiatsu began fluctuating all around him. "I made the mistake of letting you live once before." he said. "This time, there will be no escape. You were foolish enough to come alone, and therefore I will crush you." Zouma kept his smile up. Old Lightning raised his blade again. Lightning began flaring all around him. "Electrocute, Raikiri." he muttered. Instantly, flames materialized on his shoulders, and lightning formed on his fists as his sword disappeared. Zouma noted this calmly, and prepared himself to battle against Old Lightning. He was no match for the Captain Commander in terms of overall power if he didn't do something, that much was clear. With a now serious look on his face, Zouma was ready to fight. However, he adopted his cocky grin once more, and flicked his left hand across his face as Old Lightning charged forwards. "And so it begins." Zouma said as his mask appeared on his face.
Old Lightning rushed forwards in an instant, his left fist already cocked back. Zouma brought up his sword as the fist lashed out. The two collided as Zouma blocked with the flat of of his blade. Lightning sparked everywhere as reiatsu collided, and a blast of raw power exploded out of both of them. Old Lightning pressed the punch, so Zouma released his block, jumping back using the momentum of the punch on his blade. As he flew back, out of range, he dug his foot into the ground, and launched forwards using that momentum. Zouma continued moving forwards at insane speed, blurring past Old Lightning. His blade dragged across Old Lightning's left arm while it was still outstretched, lightning flaring. He carved a thin cut across it, drawing a small trickle of blood, a little tiny splash of a few droplets as he shook his blade. Old Lightning whirled around as Zouma passed him, punching with his right fist. Zouma moved his body to the side to dodge it, and grabbed the wrist. He slashed at Old Lightning, who caught the strike with his left hand.
Zouma shook his blade free with massive strength, and jumped back. Old Lightning pounded his fists together as Lightning flared, and Zouma launched forwards once more, his blade carving across the ground. Old Lightning began punching rapidly towards Zouma, and huge blasts of lightning moved towards him. Zouma bounced around in a zig zag, dodging each and every blast. Old Lightning's shoulders became covered in lightning very suddenly, and the flames came to cover his fists instead. Zouma brought his blade up to block a strike, but a fireball exploded out of the punch, and an ember touched on his shoulder, lighting it on fire. He dropped his blade, running his hand across the ember in an instant. The flames vanished, and Zouma whirled to the side as his blade fell. He punched Old Lightning in the face, sending him flying back. Zouma caught his dropping blade, and rushed forwards. He slammed his blade forwards towards Old Lightning, who brought up his fists in a cross to block it with a burst of flames.
Zouma backflipped away. "I've always been stronger than you, Old Lightning." Zouma said. "That's why you tried to get rid of me. That's why all of you Captain Commanders betrayed me. You feared my power!" He rushed forwards, slashing wildly. Old Lightning blocked with his flame covered fists, and punched towards Zouma, who took a step to dodge. "Your power is inconsequential, and will be crushed along with you regardless of ability level." Old Lightning responded. Zouma laughed, a hollowfied laugh as he blocked a double punch with his blade. "Your arrogance is the end of you, Old Man. This is the day when I triumph." He slashed across Old Lightning's chest at last, drawing a deep cut that sprayed out quite a bit of blood. Old Lightning stumbled back, the lightning on his shoulders fading, and the flames on his fists disappearing. "Perhaps it is time that I taught you a lesson, Zouma Santeku." he said. "Prepare yourself."
"Then try it." Zouma replied. "BANKAI!" Old Lightning shouted. Lightning flared all around him as his reiatsu filled the air, filled everything all around. Hundreds of thousands of gigantic dragons made of lightning were filling the sky, even as the black clouds filled it as well. The dragons were moving all around, and some began focusing on Zouma, crashing down on his location. Zouma could obviously remember this, and Old Lightning clearly knew this. Zouma jumped away from where he was, so that Old Lightning missed after he fired the dragons. Zouma had to predict. He couldn't dodge if the dragons began their attack, they were too fast. He managed to dodge twelve or thirteen before Old Lightning became impatient. At last, a huge dragon was created as all of them grouped together. There would be no dodging this. The dragon had been enough to take out an entire army before, and Zouma had seen this as well. This meant that there was no chance that he would be able to stop this as he was now.
Zouma sighed. His mask shattered from his face, and he looked up at Old Lightning. He brought up his sword, drawing his left hand index finger and middle finger across the blade from bottom to top. A blue glow followed as he whispered his release incantation. "Avenge, Tenkai..." The glow consumed the blade, turning it black with white hieroglyphics on it. Zouma at last had released his new blade. He'd released his new weapon. Now, it was time to show Old Lightning the progress of his training it seemed. The dragon crashed down, consuming Zouma completely. It was a fiery burst of lightning and destruction, flames, explosions, plasma, all sorts of elements, heating, obliteration consuming Zouma completely. Old Lightning's face was illuminated in rage as the lightning completely destroyed that spot, filling it with a huge crater. Suddenly, the dragon was wiped out by something, and it shattered as a huge reiatsu consumed and destroyed it.
Old Lightning gasped, staring. Zouma was visible, without his mask, grinning in the center of the crater. Steam surrounded him, but there was no visible damage at all on his body. The only damage was the little ruining of the shoulder on his coat from the ember earlier. He was completely unharmed, utterly fine. Old Lightning simply stared. Zouma had destroyed Raikiri Jigoku. "What...the fuck...?" Old Lightning whispered. Some shinigami that were watching stared, shocked. Never before had anyone properly survived this attack, let alone unscathed. Zouma had taken it on before in his hollowfication release state. He'd defeated it, but his hollowfication had been shattered completely, and he'd still been inflicted with tons of wounds. Now however, the results and fruit of his training appeared to have showed up and paid off. Without his hollowfication, he'd still managed to destroy Old Lightning's dragon. "How...?" Old Lightning whispered. "Want me to show you again?" Zouma asked. Old Lightning regained his composure, stomping his foot. He sheathed his now sealed state Raikiri Jigoku, and pulled out another sword, a plain blade with oval guard. No one could fail to recognize what Old Lightning was using. "Then show me." Old Lightning said, "As your entire body is lit by the inferno."
"Reduce all of creation to smoldering ashes, Ryuujin Jakka!" Old Lightning shouted. Flames danced along the blade, a huge inferno and torrent of fire surrounding him as he roared. Old Lightning charged forwards, slashing. The flames followed him, dancing around Zouma. Zouma simply stood there, unphased. He didn't move, he didn't do anything at all. The flames rushed all about, and gigantic columns of fire exploded out of the ground. They reached all the way to the clouds as the inferno surrounded them, a circular wall of flames surrounding the pillars, and phoenixes of fire materializing everywhere. They were small, not nearly as strong as the Sokkyokku Phoenix. And yet, no one could deny it. This was a hell that would surely crush anyone trapped within it. And yet, Zouma simply remained calm, a blank, and calm expression on his face. His sword wasn't even raised. He simply held it in place.
Old Lightning's flames crashed down, and Zouma blocked Old Lightning's slash with his blade. The flames rushed past him, Zouma's reiatsu keeping the weaker attack at bay for the moment. The flames were beginning to gather, preparing themselves to completely decimate Zouma once they were ready. Old Lightning charged in, slashing, stabbing, roaring. Flames flooded and exploded everywhere, but Zouma did not stop moving his blade, defending against each and every attack as his reiatsu barely held the flames at bay. He was calm, surprisingly. He was moving a lot less than when he'd been facing the lightning based attacks. He had prepared himself for this. Ryuujin Jakka was stronger than Tenrai had been. Tenkai, the new blade, had secrets that had yet to be revealed. "It's perfect." Zouma said as his blade clashed with Old Lightning's weapon again. "I've only been getting stronger as I faced new challenges. And now, we're here. This is the time when the fruit of training, and the beauty of creation anew are revealed."
Old Lightning jumped back, and the flames finally gathered into what appeared to be some kind of tsunami, crashing towards Zouma as more and more pillars began sprouting everywhere. "Watch closely..." Zouma whispered. "And carefully..." He brought his blade in front of his face, and it began to light up. "Because you're only going to see this once..." Reiatsu gathered around him as the flames converged. "My upgraded power. My TENKAI!" He slashed, and a gigantic storm of blue fire exploded out. In a single instant, a flood larger than Old Lightning had ever been capable of producing consumed and extinguished all of Ryuujin Jakka's flames, destroying them completely. In that instant, all that was left as the blue flames disappeared was steam and smoke, and a shocked expression on Old Lightning's face as the torrent continued on, crashing into him. As it at last disappeared, Old Lightning was on one knee, his clothes torn up, burns and wounds all over him, his reiatsu significantly weaker. Raikiri's blade was broken into several pieces. Ryuujin Jakka was still intact, though Old Lightning was in bad shape.
[No song for next paragraph.]
"What...was that..?" Old Lightning whispered in a wheezing gasp. "My new power." Zouma replied. "I've given up the ability to command freely the cold fire which Tenrai gave off. While I still use cold fire, it was infinitely inferior to Ryuujin Jakka's absolute inferno when it came to a head on clash. I've compacted all of that control into singular slashes. With one blast, I have the power to wipe out ryuujin jakka's entire storm. That's my new power. I've compacted my abilities, and so used this to grow and surpass you." Old Lightning stood up, still gripping Ryuujin Jakka. He looked at Zouma. "Is that so?" he asked. "Prepare then, to see a power you haven't ever experienced, and didn't prepare for at all. BANKAI! REDUCE ALL OF CREATION TO SMOLDERING ASHES, RYUUJIN JIGOKU!" In an instant, the sky flooded with one hundred miles worth of black flames, and pillars of black flames erupted everywhere as black flames danced all around. In one hit, Old Lightning would take out Zouma again.
"Are you really going to play this stupid game with me?" Zouma asked. "Forgetting that I've got a Bankai too? Just as my shikai has surpassed yours, so my Bankai has surpassed you as will. As you blotted out the sun with your flames, you've allowed me access to my greatest ability. So come on out, Bankai. Tenkai Kyuushu." Flames began dancing around him. "Final Night." he said. Next off, a giant made of black flames and shadows and darkness materialized around Zouma, towering up to the sky. Zouma flicked his hand across his face, and the mask materialized. The giant turned white, and roared. Old Lightning slammed his fists together, and the fire cleaved towards Zouma. Zouma's giant punched into them, exploding against Ryuujin Jigoku's black flames. At last, their final showdown and confrontation had arrived. White flames versus black flames, Zouma vs Old Lightning. The flames danced against each other, and did so together.
The raw power exerted over the two was enough to destroy an entire army, and the two continued to clash. Zouma roared, pressing his attack forwards with all of his might, as did Old Lightning. The two of them, locked together in this bitter struggle, were truly seeing each other's emotions. They were locked in dead hatred for each other in that instant. There was no reason for them to reconcile, there was no reason for them to come to an agreement. There was only them, and the hatred that they both shared for each other. Even as they continued pressing on, and pressing forwards, it was apparent that nothing would work out between them. Old Lightning couldn't be forgiven, and Zouma couldn't be swayed. It was time. The final attack had arrived, and as it did, so did the end of the battle. Zouma's flames destroyed Old Lightning's flames, and the black flames of Ryuujin Jigoku were blown away as the white flames consumed all. Zouma and Old Lightning's fight was over.
The white flames dissipated, and disappeared completely. Zouma stood, steam coming from his body. His coat was steaming, and actually torn up. Zouma shrugged it off, revealing his tight black t-shirt and thus his muscular torso. Old Lightning was on the ground, on two knees, steam coming from his body. Burns were all over him, an entire half of his face was completely gone, scarred off by burns. Nothing was left of him. Zouma walked over to Old Lightning, and stabbed his heart. Old Lightning's heart stopped as he died, and the battle was over. Zouma had won this fight.
Current objective of all RPC players: Pursue Zouma.
Post by Xaifer Regneis on Nov 6, 2010 18:12:11 GMT -5
OOC: Zanken is using Ken no Mugendai at the moment
IC:"THESE-" SLASH "THINGS-" RIP "JUST-" SLASH SLASH RIP SLASH "KEEP-" TEAR RIP SLASH SLASH STAB SLASH RIP "COMING!!" Zanken Gairan, Vice Captain of Third Division shouted out as he destroyed yet another wave of Hollows. It was insane!! These things just kept coming. Zanken was wearing his usual attire, gray Shinakusho covered by an open gray, red, and gold schemed trench coat, gray pants covered by jeans of the same color scheme as the trench coat, and red and gold military style boots. Zanken's spiky gray shoulder length hair was somewhat matted with blood, the blood of all the Hollows he had killed that is. Zanken stopped fighting then because all of the Hollows he had been facing were on the ground dead. This was getting bad, not many people could survive this kind of relentlessnes. Zanken's light gray eyes scanned the battle field, looking to see what was going on.
Suddenly, Zanken spotted a group of Shinigami who were about to be overwhelmed, and what was worse, they were Third Division Shinigami!"HOLD ON, IM COMING!!" Zanken shouted at the group. Zanken then began to dash over to where they were, slicing through many different Hollows on the way there. A Hollow suddenly reared up in front of Zanken, but he quickly cut it down and proceeded to continue on to the group. "Gah! We can't hold out much longer!!" a random unseated Third Divison Shingami shouted out, barely dodging a blow by a large pig-spider Hollow. "Hey! Isn't... isn't that the Vice Captain!?" another Shingami shouted out, finally noticing the approching Zanken. "The Vice Captain!?" another Shingami shouted out in seeming disbelief. "YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!!" Zanken shouted out as he crashed through the circle of Hollows and into the ranks of the Shinigami. With their Vice Captain present, the remaining fifteen Shingami had their hope and vigor return. Zanken and the fifteen unseated Shinigami battled with the large wave of Hollows attacking them. Though the Hollows were numerous, the combined might of all fifteen Shinigami plus Zanken was enough to finally beat them. After the last Hollow fell to the ground dead, a Shingami turned to Zanken and said, "Thank you Vice Captain! If you had not shown up we would all probably have been dead!" "Your welcome, but now is not the time to rest! We have to go out and reinforce all of the other Divisions that are fighting! We are Third Division, no one does our job better then us! LETS GO!!" Zanken shouted out. All the other Shinigami cheered out as well. "All right, ten of you go to the right and go help out the others, gather as many people from Third Division as you can and then go and reinforce the rest of the Divisions!" Zanken said. The indicated ten slauted him and raced off to the right. "The rest of you are with me, come on!" Zanken said again.
After fighting through some more crowds of Hollows, Zanken and his group reached a larger battle. This time a combonation of Second Division, Sixth Division, and Tenth Division were all fighting a large group of Hollows. "All right, lets turn the tables!!" Zanken shouted out. Zanken and his group carved a way to the center, where the other Divisions were. After that, the group began to fight off the huge horde of Hollows. "COME ON MEN, DONT GIVE UP!!" Zanken roared out, slicing a Hollows head off. It was a brutal fight, the Shinigami were losing people left and right, but for every Shinigami killed, three Hollows died off. This fight lasted for a while, but finally came to a close with the Shinigami as the victors. However, their force was reduced a lot. There were only ten Second Division Shinigami left, only seven Sixth Division, and only three Tenth! "Blast it all.." Zanken muttered as someone applied some healing cream to a wound he had gotten.
Suddenly, a huge Reitsu could be felt. What was this!? The Captain Commander!? Zanken could see the battle quite clearly from where he was. Even though he could not see Old Lightning say Bankai, he could see the huge thunder dragons emerge, and then he muttered, "Its over, he couldn't have sur-" as Zouma was blasted by the dragon. Then he saw that the guy was perfectly unharmed. Zanken stood there in utter shock, as did the other Shinigami. "What the- what the fuck was that?!" a random Shingami shouted out. Zanken did not know either. No one had survived that attack before!! Suddenly, Old Lightning said something else, he was using Ryuujin Jakka!? This was serious!! Now the battle HAD to be- ... WHAT THE HELL!? ZOUMA STOPPED THAT TO?! Old Lightning was also in bad shape!! Then... Old Ligtning used Bankai as well!? What the!? He had the final form of Ryuujin Jakka!? Zanken watched as the two battled it out, and then... ... what had just happened...? Old Lightning... lost? Old Lightning was.... dead? No.. no it couldn't be! It just couldn't be!
"OLD- OLD LIGHTNING!!" Zanken screamed out. The Captain Commander was... dead? ZANKEN!! CALM DOWN! I know what your thinking right now, but you mustn't!! If that man could destroy the Captain Commander so easily, what chance do you have!?" Al shouted out at Zanken. BUT... BUT... WE CAN'T JUST LET HIM GO, I MEAN... WE CAN'T! Zanken responded angrily. Suddenly, Meg also started to talk, CALM DOWN BOY!! What Al said was right, if you tried to fight that guy, you would be eradicated in an instant!! Meg shouted out. Zanken stood there in dumb silence for a second. Meg... was telling him NOT to fight?! Ohh the irony of that. I... I.. I guess you guys are right.. Zanken said in defeat. "STAND DOWN!!" Zanken roared at the group, they had just been about to rush to their deaths. "BUT VICE CAPTAIN, HE JUST KILLED THE CAPTAIN COMMANDER AND-""LISTEN TO YOURSELF!!" Zanken shouted back. This made the guy clam up really fast. "If he can kill the Captain Commander so easily, what makes YOU so sure that you could beat him!?" Zanken said with undenaible logic. This made the group pause and reconcider what they had been about to do. "I don't want to lose any of you, some day, some of you could become the next Captains!" Zanken said. "Im going to follow him, the rest of you stay here and heal your wounds. I promise I wont die." Zanken said kindly, and then he raced off after Zouma. What would happen now?
Post by Hara Lucious on Nov 6, 2010 22:35:32 GMT -5
Hara was standing at the door of the third squad barracks, standing tall as the new captain since the former captain had dissappeared, Hara was looking at all of the destruction. He reached down to his sword as he closed his eyes as the enemys where approaching closer and closer to his position, He opened them as one approached and was simply sliced in half by a powerfull slice from Hara, He looked around to see that his Vice captain was also already fighting along with some members from there division, he decided to jump in with them to boost there moral and kill alot of the enemys that where coming after the group of people.
Hara Shunpo'ed quickly over the the group as three enemys where on there way, upon reaching the group hara slashed through the first one as he flipped in the air over the group coming down with a very powerfull slash that cut him completely in half, also leaving a gash int he ground from the strength, the other opponent proceeded to lung at hara who was swatted out of the air like a fly by his sword as he looked around. He turned to the group as he spoke out. "KEEP FIGHTING IM GONA GO AFTER ZOUMA AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO THERE!" Hara was now more confident since becoming a captain he was not sure what it was, but he also knew that he was now better than is father, perhaps with that layed to rest he could now focus on making him self known across the soul society as a great captain. Hara dashed off away from the group heading towards Zouma surely to run into more opponents along the way, this was a full blown war.
Post by Okusa Shogen on Nov 6, 2010 23:11:37 GMT -5
The end of the world started with a perilous search for snow cones. That was how Okusa woke up. Craving snow cones. All that he wanted to do was go out, get some snow cones, and then come back home and enjoy a nice tasty treat. So he got dressed in his common shinigami shikusho and his white haori, and then went outside, walking to go and find snowcones so that he could eat them. It didn't take much walking until he ran into an old lady in Rukongai that needed some help crossing a puddle to get to her house. Naturally, being the good guy he was, Okusa stopped and offered to help.
"Good morning, ma'am!" he exclaimed. "Do you need help?" The old lady looked up at Okusa, smiling. "Yes, I do indeed. Please help me cross the puddle." she'd replied.
Or at least, that was how Okusa remembered it. He was sure she'd said it more old-lady-like, but his mind had filtered it so that it went his way, where she was ten times more understandable. So he helped her across the puddle, and then proceeded to help her unlock her door, and get into her house. After a nice thank you from the old lady, Okusa was given some money. That was a big score for Okusa, because he soon realized that he'd forgotten his money and couldn't have gotten a snow cone anyway. Now that he had money, he could go get a snow cone. But, that wasn't all of his good deeds. The next thing that happened was seeing a bunch of bullies throwing rocks at some kid. Okusa walked up to the middle, and towered over all of them.
All of the bullies, scared, ran off. Okusa picked up the child, giving him a piggyback ride home. He tended to his wounds, explained what happened to the parents, and then walked off, refusing the reward that they'd offered him. In this way, Okusa managed to do two good deeds for the day, and that made him happy and proud as it always did. Then he went to the shop vendor that he found at last, and bought a snow cone using the reward money that the old lady had practically forced on him. He was glad that she'd given him that money, because now he had a snow cone. After eating his favorite tasty treat, Okusa threw away the plastic cone in some random bin for trash. With a quick thank you to the shop vendor, Okusa continued on his way back home to Seireitei.
It wasn't until he noted the sky turn gray with storm clouds, and the dragons of lightning that he knew something was wrong. That was the Captain Commander's Bankai. Old Lightning had used it plenty of times, and Okusa had witnessed it enough times. Whoever he was using it against must be strong for it to have come to this. Okusa didn't think that whoever was on the receiving end would survive, but he started running towards Seireitei anyway. He had a really bad feeling in his stomach, and his gut rarely failed him. On the way over, Okusa stopped for nothing, sprinting as if he believed that he could move at mach speeds.
By the time he got back to the entrance, the giant dragon was already in the sky. This was Old Lightning's signature attack. Okusa barged back in, his squad 10 members reacting to his presence at once. They quickly began informing him as soon as he asked for the information, giving him all the details and filling him in on why Old Lightning's dragon was in the sky.
"WHAT'S HAPPENING? IS SOMEONE STRONG HERE?" he asked in his loudest, booming voice. In response, one of his squad members piped up. "Zouma Santeku has returned! He's invaded with an army of hollows, and is fighting Old Lightning as we speak!" Okusa actually started laughing. "THAT'S OUR DUTY AS SQUAD 10!" he shouted. "I ALREADY HAD MY SNOW CONE, SO LET'S GET STARTED. DESTROY ALL THE HOLLOWS!"
He ordered all of his well-trained men out there. Okusa had personally had several training sessions with his men, increasing their teamwork and their overall skill and fighting ability. He had one of the strongest squads in Seireitei. Not a single one of his men would fall to those hollows. They quickly began cutting up and into the hollows, butchering them with all the wrath and fiery of the passionate squad 10, the squad most responsible for protecting Seireitei. The hollows were no match, and their numbers were beginning to seriously dwindle against the onslaught. By that time though, Okusa reached the Old Lightning and Zouma fight. The dragon had failed, and Old Lightning was losing.
Okusa was about to lash out and go help, when a huge hollow tackled him. Okusa grabbed its snout, tearing it wide open and spewing out blood, before ripping the head in half completely and depositing brains on the floor. He curb stomped it real quick as he began running forwards. But then, the fire blocked him off completely. Unless Okusa was going to kill himself, he couldn't pass the fire. He couldn't get to Old Lightning and Zouma anymore. When the flames cleared, Okusa started running again, only to stop dead. The black flames blocked him now. He was getting impatient. But, finally! They were cleared...by a blast of white flames. That was when he saw it. This was really the end of the world. One of Okusa's few idols and heroes, a strong man that he had believed to be indestructible, was dead. Zouma's blade was planted in Old Lightning's heart, and he had been killed. It was like a bolt of lightning had struck Okusa's skull. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.
As Zouma turned to leave, Okusa screamed. "OOOOOOHHHH!!! YOU'LL PAAAYYYY!" Okusa shouted.
He started stomping at a quick speed towards Zouma. His blade was already out, and each stomp was shattering part of the ground beneath him. Each swing of his blade to tense his muscles was releasing a giant blast of wind. He was getting not just warmed up, but ready to kill the Vizard for killing the Captain Commander. Old Lightning may have died, which meant that Okusa didn't have much of a chance, but he could sense other strong shinigami on their way. They were really close. It was this combined might that would allow them to win. Okusa got ready, and charged forwards to attack.
Zouma, in t-shirt and pants, stopped moving as he reached the exit of Seireitei. Several people were following him. His sword was still drawn, and he turned around, looking at those that had come running after him. They were Zanken Gairan and Hara Lucious, Squad 3's Captain and Vice Captain, as well as Okusa Shogen, Squad 10's Captain. Out of all three, Zouma appeared to pay the most attention to Okusa. Why shouldn't he? Okusa was the strongest of the three that had followed. Zouma had to be careful. He'd been careful with Old Lightning also, though to be fair he wasn't quite as careful then as he was now. Three opponents. A bit tougher to deal with than one. In all fairness, Zouma knew that Old Lightning had presented more of a challenge than these three would, so it really was fine. His blade was already drawn, and already in Shikai. He knew what to do. Zouma was going to face off against these guys, and win.
"So why are you following me?" he asked. "It's not like you can win. Is it because I killed your Captain Commander? It's like an eye for an eye. He killed my comrades, and so he deserved what he got." Zouma then proceeded to steel himself into a horse stance. He'd obviously done research on the captains. That educated look on his face, the one that lacked curiosity, told all. He knew what Okusa, Hara, and Zanken could do as a general idea. He knew that Okusa was a battle type, and would be the first one to give a really strong attack. He knew that Hara could make him intangible, and avoiding his attacks was priority. He knew that Zanken could use flames, and that this made him the one most likely to deliver range. That was Zouma's knowledge extent.
During that time, a powerful reiatsu began filling the air. There was something or someone else approaching. Not quite certain what, but it was there all the same. Zouma didn't seem to have time for all of this though. The way he moved and shifted, it appeared as if he was busy. Beyond killing Old Lightning, what else did Zouma have to do in Soul Society? Only time would tell. For the moment, it was time for everyone to attack him.
Post by Xaifer Regneis on Nov 7, 2010 0:04:16 GMT -5
As Zouma came to a stop, so did Zanken, as well as Okusa and Hara probably. As he heard Zouma speak, Zanken kept his face passive, though his emotions were all over the place. The Leader of the Vizards was THAT type of guy? Ugh. Those are the types that won't listen to anything you say. "As for the first question, we can't very well let you leave without at least TRYING to stop you now can we savvy? No matter how strong the foe, I won't run from him or her. As for the next question, haven't you ever heard the phrase, 'An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind'? Probably not, essentially, you just started the revenge process back up again." Zanken simply said. The Vizard Leader probably wouldn't really care though. He just didn't really strike Zanken as a "caring" sort of guy. Probably went through some bad stuff to. "Hmmm, my Bankai probably won't work on you... so Ill go with Shikai for now." Zanken said.
Zanken then grabbed the hilt of his Zanpakuto with both hands and shouted out, "Reveal the path to the Heavens, Hakumei Juujigai!!", as he pulled hard with both hands, as if trying to break the sword in half. Suddenly, a bright white light was emitted from Zanken, and then was in cased in a sphere. The sphere suddenly broke into a honeycomb pattern, and was blasted outwards from Zanken. Zanken was still standing there, though he had undergone a drastic change. Zanken was standing there with two Kodachi in his hands, one a dark purple color with a black gem on one side, a black and gold hilt, the other pure white, with an even whiter gem on one side, with a white and gold hilt. Both swords had no guards. Zanken's Shinakusho changed as well, it was now a white leather curiass that covered his whole body. Zanken stood there for a second and looked at Zouma. Due to the training that he had undergone with Ganryu all those years ago, Zanken had been able to repress the personality change that he normaly went under when he used Shikai. This allowed him to use Shikai better as he could think clearly and plan things out, not just rush in recklessly. "Well, here we go, Furea-Shintou!" Zanken called out. Suddenly, a large amount of fire started to form into Zanken's palm. A moment later, there was a huge orb of fire in the center of Zanken's palm. Instead of firing it off directly at Zouma though, he fired it slightly above him. When it got near him, the orb would break open into fifty good sized smaller versions of itself and attempt to blast Zouma. Though this was probably futile. Zanken got ready for whatever came next.
Remaining Reitsu: 900 (-600 for Shikai Release and Third Degree Furea-Shintou)
Hakumei Juujigai's ability is power over the more physical aspects of Light and Darkness, Fire and Ice. The blades themselves also have special properties, the black blade by channeling Reitsu through it, he can coat anything he cuts with black ice, which slowly saps the targets reitsu every post (50, Class 2 Upgrades it to 100, usually lasts 5 posts), though it is rather easy to get off, the white blade is much the same, though when he channels reitsu through it, it emits heat that can burn flesh and melt metal when it impacts. It takes 100 Reitsu to activate the powers. Whenever he uses the powers, pain and fatigue rock his body. His "Holy Aura" has its full power released in this mode as well. This means that Zanken explicitly uses Ken no Mugendai and also the air around him seems to grow hotter, though not by much.
First Technique: Furea-Shintou (Lit. Flare Impact): The first ability of Zanken's Zanpakuto, is to be able to create a huge orb of fire in his palm. After he charges it, he can fire it at an enemy. It does not break on impact, rather it plows through the enemy until it finds something it CANT break down (i.e cliff wall, tree, rock, the ground etc.) when it does find that something, it immediately detonates, causing a massive pillar of flame to form. He can also use a second variation of this, he can create a much larger than normal sphere and fire it normally, however when it gets close to someone, it bursts open and rains a whole lot of miniature spheres that detonate on impact, however these are much weaker than a regular sphere. The heat from the flame is dependent on what Zanken wants the wound level to be, 50 Reitsu for 1st degree, 150 Reitsu for second degree and 400 for 3rd degree. No matter how many flames are produced, it will always stay at the heat level specified.
"Well then that's your justice that you'll seek." Zouma replied. "And I will reject your justice, just as I bring my own down on you." His reiatsu fluctuated, growing steadily stronger. He drew his index and middle fingers across his blade again, as a blue glow surrounded it. "Avenge, Tenkai." With that, his Shikai was released once more. Zouma slashed once, and a huge blast of cold fire erupted out, obliterating all fifty of the orbs. It also obliterated the walls around, and several nearby buildings. The shockwaves blasted Zanken, Okusa, and Hara across the ground with several tumbles and rolls, giving them bruises, and dirt all over them. Zouma took a step towards the center of the tree, looking at all of them. His eyes were cold, icy. His facial expression was serious, and his blade was steaming from the attack that he had just realized. Just as he killed Old Lightning, so it seemed that he might kill them.
"Over the years, Seireitei has betrayed and killed numerous people. The Bount, The Quincy, The Mod Souls. Even my own kind, the Vizards. You persecuted us, and you tried to kill us. You destroyed those related to us, taking out a whole portion of my squad just for knowing me. You killed two of my friends just for being nearby, despite the aid that we gave you. And so I took my revenge, and I killed your Captain Commander. This was the banner of my justice, and others of other races would also call this justice. It is only fair. Why should only shinigami be allowed to uphold it?" Zouma looked straight at Zanken, an emotionless look on his face. "I have heard such an expression as you gave me", Zouma said, "But you clearly aren't aware. Justice is blind." He shook his fist, still gripping his blade as he told his story to all of them, as he lectured them about justice, and told them what they'd done to him.
"All of you shinigami took my friends, my family, my comrades. You took my home, my lover, and my life, just as you have done to so many other people." Zouma gripped his fist even more tightly, looking around at all three of them. "You can tell me that you in specific weren't a part of it. But, you went along with it, and you accepted it as normality. Now, you try to justify it with broken logic, and weak morals. You try to tell me, that after all that I have lost, that I am wrong to seek justice. You do not deserve to be forgiven, shinigami." Zouma's blade began lighting up as he prepared for another slash. He wasn't exactly in a great mood. However, he had a point. What he had done was justice. In cases such as this, justice and revenge were the exact same. This was the cycle of hatred. The only way to stop it, was to reject and destroy the enemy's justice. That was what Zouma was doing now. Making his justice absolute, and rejecting the incoming retaliation justice.
Post by Hara Lucious on Nov 7, 2010 21:44:37 GMT -5
Hara watched as Zouma and Zanken began talking about Justice and how there was no right versus how there was a right to what Zouma had done to there captain commander, Frankly Hara did not care for the polotics of the situation, He simply decided to be the one that was stern and serious about it, without trying to debate little details such as who is right and who is wrong, He now spoke out to everyone, not directing it towards anyone in particular. Although Zouma would probably feel Targeted, Before Hara could start talking, the shockwaves from Zouma's attack had knocked Hara down as he rolled a few times on the ground his Shinigami Captain robes becoming tatterd and torn as bruises formed on his arms slightly, A few cuts showing on his legs and elbows and hands. He was not to beat up by this, in the long run it could take a toll but for now it was not a big deal.
Hara stood up as he Proceeded to go on to say what he intended to before. "Either way, My job is to protect Seireitei regardless of who is wrong and who is right, And right now Zouma Santeku, You are the one that is possing the biggest threat to Seireitei right now, So i will stop at NOTHING! To take you down, and protect my home." Hara closed his eyes as suddenly he was gone in a burst of speed, He had shunpoed twice, to get closer to Zouma. Before Hara had done this he had said under his breath. "Hishari" Suddenly he had two swords one that looked just like his Shikai sword with the chain attached to the bouttom of the hilt of the grip, The other being that of a Katan this one seemed ordinary but surely something had to be good about this sword, What could it be though?
Hara was not behind Zouma with both his swords, Surely someone would of attacked with him giving him a better chance at landing the hit he wanted, Hara whispered low enough to not be heard "Soft" His second sword was now soft and maluable however no one would know this unless they heard him say the words, wich he had said low enough to not be heard by anyone, He brought his sword down with an intense swing, hoping for Zouma to block, His sword would continue on through that of Zouma's, If this was to happen Hara would say abit to himself but a bit more audible this time "Hard" His sword would now be hard and dangerous, and it was heading straight towards Zouma if he did indeed try to block it while the sword was soft, Meanwhile hara also grabbed a hold of the chain on his other sword as he threw it high in the air, holding on the the chain, as it reached its peak Hara pulld hard on the chain, causing the sword to come down in a long sweeping motion going out about 5 feet straight infront of hara, Either the chain would hit whoever was infront of Hara or the sword at about 2 feet from the end of the chain and sword would hit whoever was there, Either way hara had sent two attacks that would be pretty difficult to deal with possibly.
Remaining Reiatsu: 200
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Last Edit: Nov 7, 2010 21:49:05 GMT -5 by Hara Lucious
Normally, Zouma would block the attack. However, as it was, Hara wasn't alone. Zanken and Okusa were there also, and Zouma was especially weary of one of those two attacking as well. For this reason, he didn't choose to block either of Hara's attacks. Instead, he cartwheeled to the side, arcing his sword in a quick flick, so that it boomeranged around his body in the middle of a cart wheel. He was angled ever so slightly, so that the blade would miss as he was moving away. This was actually the perfect chance to hit him. However, the blade's arc around him made it so that most attacks would be blocked. No one could dare to use a magic based attack against Zouma. They'd all seen what Zouma had done to Old Lightning's attacks. Raikiri Jigoku and Ryuujin Jigoku both had been no match for the onslaught that Zouma was capable of releasing. For his blade to have surpassed the Captain Commander's flames, flames that had been granted by the Spirit King, this was proof of his strength.
Zouma's blade landed back in his grasp as he finished the cartwheel, gripping his blade now. The attack opportunity was gone. It had been missed. Now, Zouma had his chance. His Shikai was active as well, and both of Hara's blades had effectively missed him. Zouma was in the perfect position to take out all three of his current enemies. However, he chose to simply stand in place, not attacking. Zouma was going to talk first. "You're going to protect your home, Captain? Good enough. That will help you realize even greater pain when I destroy it." Zouma didn't appear to have any spiritual pressure, but he was also completely unaffected by it. Most likely, Zouma possessed some kind of total immunity to the spiritual pressure. He couldn't crush anyone, but they couldn't crush him either. Besides, it didn't really matter since he could still compact his power and blow up people as powerful as Old Lightning had been.
Zouma at last, after a little bit of this debacle, decided to attack. His weapon was held tightly in his hand, and he wasn't the least bit worried from the looks of things. Zouma jammed his blade into the ground, staring outwards at everyone. He already held two capsules in his grasp. He raked his thumb across his blade, splashing droplets of blood onto the capsules. "Open." Zouma said. "C-Fusion. Combine. Tsukai-Guurai." Black, fingerless gauntlet-type gloves materialized on his palms. Blue flames were dancing on the gloves. Zouma smiled confidently, ripping his sword out of the ground, and backflipping. He landed at an area where he could face Hara, Okusa, and Zanken all at the same time. He aimed his left palm at them. A huge stream of cold fire rushed out. Zouma could have slashed with his shikai, but he'd probably chosen this so that he could be less revealing about his location. No need to attract ALL of the captains.
Post by Okusa Shogen on Nov 7, 2010 22:32:33 GMT -5
"BIP! BOP! ROAR!" Okusa screamed. "IS THAT REALLY ALL? BEAT BOX IT, GIMME A SNOW CONE, AND LET'S RUMBLE! SCREW YOUR C-WEAPONS, I'M GONNA OWN! HAHAHAHAHA!"
He slashed the incoming blast like it was nothing, jumping in front of the other two just to do that. His superior overall power blew it aside, and so Okusa continued running towards Zouma, never stopping. He remembered all the times that he'd spent with Old Lightning while running. On some occasions, Old Lightning had been taking disciniplary action, or just chewing out Okusa. But on other occasions, he'd given advice, fighting pointers, and even sparred with Okusa once or twice. He'd been not just a treasured mentor, but a treasured friend. And now, now that he was dead, Okusa wasn't sure how he should react. He wasn't sure how he should fight.
Should he go for revenge and try to beat the hell out of Zouma? But that would ruin it for the others. They were just as hurt by the death of Old Lightning, and they wanted their piece of the action too. The best bet would probably be to be the main attacker, but leave room for the other guys to hit from the sides. They weren't exactly weak, but they weren't as strong as Okusa. It was okay. He was Okusa Shogen, Captain of Squad 10. Okusa knew how to fight, and he knew how to do it well.
"YAHAHOOO! DOCK ON IT, DONKEY BOY! GIMME THEM MONKEY SYRUPS!"
He started slashing wildly, blasting shock wave after shock wave at Zouma. Then, he finally got to where Zouma was. His wind blasts should have been powerful enough to keep those pesky little flames from reaching out of that gauntlet to attack. Okusa began slashing wildly at Zouma everywhere. With each step that he took, the ground shattered and cracked beneath the force of his steps. With each slash, rubble and winds flew everywhere. He wasn't holding back with his aggressive style. No life or butter for Zouma.
Zouma didn't want to have to deal with Okusa very long. If he ended up dealing with him, it was going to be difficult. This thought was displayed obviously by the irritated look on his face. While Zouma hadn't suffered too many injuries against Old Lightning, he'd slashed with his flames several times. That kind of power couldn't be cheap. On top of that, he'd used hollowfication more than once, and even performed C-Fusion. He couldn't be light. He was probably running low on reiatsu, and probably felt pretty drained, sapped of stamina. Zouma didn't reveal this with his movements though. Simply, when Okusa attacked, Zouma defended. Okusa's blasts of air came forwards, so Zouma jumped around to dodge. When Okusa slashed, Zouma flicked his blade around at angles to block. He didn't want to face a guy that was this much stronger than him physically head on.
With that, Zouma racked his blade around Okusa, using his eyes to predict the movements of Okusa's blade. At last, he managed to get his blade locked at Okusa's neck, pressed down against Okusa's blade while holding it at an odd angle. Zouma dragged his blade across, slitting some small blood droplets from a tiny cut on Okusa's neck, and rolled backwards. He was tired. Zouma couldn't continue a fight much longer. Facing the Captain Commander took its toll, and Zouma wasn't an infinitely powerful God. But, he was still strong enough to defeat all three of the people here, even when tired and low on reiatsu. That was just Zouma's strength. He'd trained hard for many years to get this powerful. He'd even allowed Old Lightning to destroy his powers so that he could reshape them. Zouma suddenly jammed his sword into the ground, reiatsu flowing around him. Something was up. Why was he doing that?
Zouma raised his fists. He was in some kind of karate type stance. "Come on." he said. "I'll beat the lot of you right here, and end this." Zouma was getting a bit cocky, but was it for no reason? He'd actually shown the physical skill necessary to block onslaughts of Old Lightning's attacks. For all the shinigami knew, he could actually have an enormous amount of skill in his hand to hand abilities. They had to be careful. Zouma's Remaining Reiatsu: 600 Reiatsu