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Without hesitation, the dummy brought up an arm to its stomach, taking a strike that inflicted a deep cut onto the arm. However, it wasn't one of those slashes that could sever the arm completely. Using this opportunity, the dummy disengaged with a step back, and then took another step forwards, transitioning into a kick towards Manabu's face. Well, it had the same sort of 'personality' as a regular swordsman. It would rather sacrifice part of its body than lose a fight without a shot. It wasn't a tremendously good swordsman, so of course Manabu had the advantage since he wielded two blades. But, the dummy was good with its transition work. It could shift into kicks very quickly, so Manabu did have to be careful. If he got kicked, he'd be wide open to a blade hit. The kick wasn't the danger, what came after it was. Well, so far, things were progressing alright. It should work out.
Post by Xaifer Regneis on Dec 23, 2010 20:33:35 GMT -5
Zanken's eyes widened a bit as it locked his sword and made his Byakurai miss. Zanken saw the punch coming, and quickly steeled the muscles in his stomach to reduce the power of the punch. He was still knocked a few feet back, but not with as much force. Zanken put his blade back into its position and feinted a slash at the side of the blue dummies body and transitioned into a slash at its arm. Zanken kept on slashing, aiming at different parts of the body, like its legs, stomach, and chest. Zanken was ready for anything the thing threw at him. Though it might have some more suprises in store for him. After all, Wang had made these probably. Zanken kept flowing from one strike to the next, attempting to offbalance the dummy. Zanken prepared himself for any sort of counter attack it might throw at him.
Last Edit: Dec 23, 2010 20:39:43 GMT -5 by Xaifer Regneis
The dummy's blade moved all around, deflecting and blocking all of Zanken's blows, since the two of them appeared to be at the same speed. The dummy probably had its statistics modeled to be on a similar level to whoever it fought at the time, and that was what the levels were for. In this case, they'd never be able to overpower or outspeed one another. This was all a matter of skill, or something like that. The dummy disengaged, forcing Zanken back with a powerful slash to his blade. At that point, it aimed a finger at Zanken. Oh. Crap. A large blast of red reiatsu flew out, heading straight towards Zanken's face. He wouldn't have expected a Shakkaho. Dummies shouldn't be able to use Kido. What would he do?
Post by Manabu Brock on Dec 23, 2010 21:04:02 GMT -5
Manabu continued to attack and kept note of incoming kicks and punches. He gave a kick of his own to disengage for a second. With that, he quickly shoved the hilt of the tanto onto that of the wakizashi and unsheathed it. Then he flipped the combination so that the tanto's blade would be down and the wakizashi's up. He was now engaged with the dummy again, and he was ready to end the fight. He went to slashing with his off hand instead of stabbing. Offending limbs were removed until he was clear to deliver more lethal blows. He kept his stance ready for the possibility of the red dummy's attack.
Last Edit: Dec 23, 2010 21:07:33 GMT -5 by Manabu Brock
The Green dummy kicked again after the first one impacted its own kick. In that quick effort, Manabu's blade carved off its leg. It fell to the floor, but not for long. Its level quickly melted off, and a new one appeared. "Level 4." The Dummy color also changed, the dummy turning Yellow. Oh, that wasn't good. The dummy stood up, aiming a palm at Manabu. It had left the blade on the ground. A large blast of blue reiatsu shot out of its palm, heading straight for him. It was Sokkatsui, Hado #33! So then, this one was a Kido user. Just perfect.
Post by Xaifer Regneis on Dec 23, 2010 23:09:32 GMT -5
As Zanken continued his assault, he began to notice something. The dummy he was fighting had the exact same speed. Interesting. Did this training room analyze the people inside and create enemys that were made from that data? Zanken kept slashing, each blade hiting the other in unison. Zanken jumped back as the dummy slashed hard at him. Zanken's eyes widened as the dummy pointed its finger at him. Something was coming! A large blast of red Reitsu blew out of its finger. It was Shakkaho?! A dummy could use Kido!? Wow. Impressive. Zanken quickly raised his arm and called out, "Bakudo #39: Enkosen!" and a large shield of blue Reitsu burst into existence to take the attack. Zanken reasoned that if the room gave the dummy identical stats as his, it should have the same Reitsu Strength as him to. The attack hit the shield and exploded, but it did not destroy the shield. It heavily cracked it, but that was the extent of the damage. The shield faded away and Zanken punched at the dummy with his left hand, calling out first "Bakudo #61: Rikujukuro!!" and then, with another punch, "Hado #33: Sokkatsui!!". Six rods of light materialized around the dummy and a blue blast of Reitsu raced out towards it.
Remaining Reitsu: 1375/1700 (-300 for Enkosen, Sokkatsui and Rikujukuro)
Last Edit: Dec 23, 2010 23:22:02 GMT -5 by Xaifer Regneis
Post by Manabu Brock on Dec 23, 2010 23:28:34 GMT -5
As soon as Manabu saw the dummy change rather than do nothing at all, Manabu charged toward it to continue attacking. He came in under and to the side of the arm and kido blast and took the arm with an upward slash followed by a stab with the tanto end of his off-weapon into the dummy's head. He withdrew the blade and slashed the dummy's throat with the wakizashi before decapitating it with his katana. After that, he proceeded to cut off any remaining limbs. Having stabbed the torso, he now surveyed the rest of the room. If the red dummy was still not attacking, he would engage the blue dummy attacking Zanken.
They were at relatively equal speed. Manabu couldn't do all that in such a short time phrase. In fact, as soon as the Kido missed, the dummy retracted its arm, using the free one to grab Manabu's wrist. Using a leg forward kick to Manabu's hand with the next weapon, the dummy knocked that one away. One weapon left. It slammed its face against Manabu's, just as he went for the decapitation. It was decapitated, but not before breaking his nose. The dummy's body ceased functioning, and vanished. Oh. It had been low level anyway. However, Manabu had gotten cocky in trying to do something like that against an enemy with equal speed. Even one level higher, and the dummy would have killed him. That dummy was at the same level as someone barely out of the academy.
Meanwhile, Zanken had gotten cocky too. The dummy had time to attack while he was using his shield. It came down on him, slashing across his chest for a two inch cut which drew blood, just before Rikujokoro and Sokkatsui killed it. Zanken had gotten lucky. That one had been at around the same level as a fifth or sixth seat. Zanken had honestly overestimated his capabilities, and underestimated those of the dummy. However, now something else was happening. This one vanished also.
The red dummy finally ceased to fold its arms, and turned its head presumably towards Zanken. A red laser or something struck Zanken's head, but nothing happened. It was some kind of laser light, like was used in presentations sometimes. Why? What use did it have? A voice came FROM the dummy. Scanning memories. Zanken Gairan, analyzed. Seeking strongest battled enemy. Processing. Standby. Some kind of invisible force had taken hold of Zanken and Manabu, and wasn't letting them move. Memory located. Downloading enemy. Estimating Level out of 16. Preparing Weapons and Powers. Uploading artificial Reiatsu. Standby. Data incomplete. Uploading maximum available data. Standby. Process complete. Training begins in 5...4...3...2...1.. The invisible force released Manabu and Zanken. The dummy took some kind of stance. Its hands were dug in at its sides. What? Oh, maybe it was the stance the person took. It was clearly a person that had pockets, and liked to keep his or her hands in their pockets. The number "15" materialized on the doll's chest. Oh crap. Who did it just download?
Post by Xaifer Regneis on Dec 26, 2010 22:46:22 GMT -5
"Guh.." Zanken grunted out as he was slashed by the dummy. It was destroyed, but Zanken should have been able to take it out without taking damage. Blast it! Overconfidence and underestimation were two good ways to get killed by a strong opponet! Speaking of which... The red dummy was still standing there, watching them. What was it really doing? Well that became apperent when Manabu finished off his dummy. It came to life. Ohh joy. Suddenly it shot a red beam out at Zanken! What!? Zanken couldn't move either!! The beam hit Zanken but did no damage. Then the dummy began to speak. Scanning memories. Zanken Gairan, analyzed. Seeking strongest battled enemy. Processing. Standby. Bloody ell.
Zanken had fought a whole lot of strong people, ranging from the Game Master to some Vizards. The question was, WHICH person was the dummy downloading? Then it said something. The Data was incomplete. Strange. A strong person who he didn't fight at their full power. Essentially someone who had beaten him fairly quickly. Hmm.. who could that be though? Well. They were about to find out. Suddenly the dummy put its hands in its sides, as if something were there.. like pockets on pants or a suit... pockets... suit... wait a second... it couldn't be... It didn't.... Ohh no.
"Uhh Manabu? Releaseing would be a good thing. NOW." Zanken said with somewhat of a fright in his voice. He was afraid. For the dummy had copied Kuroi Naito. 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 then took a defensive stance and got in front of Manabu, ready to defend himself and Manabu. This was undoubtably going to be very hard.
Remaining Reitsu: 1175/1700 (-200 for Shikai Release)
Shikai Duration: 1/10
Last Edit: Dec 26, 2010 23:38:02 GMT -5 by Xaifer Regneis
Standby. Only 7% of enemy ability downloaded. Defragging. Smoothing back out. Standby. Standby. Standby. Complete. Now at 9%. Training resumes in 5...4...3...2...1...Attack will now begin. There it went. It was going to attack. In an instant, it had already moved forwards. The dummy was much faster than Zanken. Of course, it was impossible to anticipate something like that. Zanken's memory extended only to a very short encounter, one in which Kuroi had been like a machine, and Zanken had been like a ragdoll. It was fast. A single palm to the chest, and Zanken was thrust backwards, away from Manabu, who ended up with a palm to the chest as well, sending him directly into Zanken against the wall.
Fast. They couldn't counter that kind of speed when it came as such a surprise. Nothing Manabu had faced in his life was as fast as this dummy, and Zanken had never properly fought an opponent this strong. Kuroi had beaten him in a matter of seconds last time. This time, the dummy had less in its arsenal, and therefore it was a bit more manageable. However, this meant that it would be more prolonged. Against an enemy like this, prolonged translated into exhausting. Stamina would be a huge issue when fighting this thing. But, it was uncertain how to go about this. Going for a one hit kill would be unwise, because it had copied Kuroi. There was a high probability that it would be able to get out of such an attack.
On the other hand, the dummy had such a powerful fighting ability that it might be able to terminate Zanken and Manabu if the fight dragged on, since they'd gradually run out of energy when facing against it. However, there was one issue with Zanken's idea of releasing. He'd used Shikai. Last time Zanken had actually fought Kuroi, which had been during the incident with that fog, Kuroi had taken Zanken within seconds. During that time, Kuroi had been able to defeat Alkaid in seconds as well. Alkaid was a Captain. Zanken was a Vice Captain. Granted, Alkaid was the weakest Captain. However, Captain was still Captain. Kuroi was mercilessly strong. The dummy aimed its left palm at Zanken and Manabu, who were against the wall. Was it going to use Cero?!
Post by Manabu Brock on Dec 26, 2010 23:14:10 GMT -5
"Observe, Shonen." Manabu suddenly felt a great deal of weight on his back. It seemed there was something large and metal there. In his hand was something like a rifle, but there was a hose leading behind him presumably to the contraption on his back. He noted a small flame at the front of the hand-held part of the device, and the long barrel had Shonen's shikai inscription written down the side. This was entirely Shonen's idea.
No sooner had this happened than Manabu found a palm in his chest and this dummy going away from him at great speed. No, he was going away from the dummy. Presently he was abruptly stopped by hitting the wall. Oddly enough, the wall was softer than expected and made noise. Manabu realized it was actually Zanken behind him as his finger squeezed the trigger, which caused gas to travel through the hose, down the long barrel, and past the fire where it became rather hot and began to expand rapidly.
Reiatsu: 300/500
Shikai duration: 1/10
Last Edit: Dec 26, 2010 23:14:27 GMT -5 by Manabu Brock
A giant Cero had already begun charging, and it flew out straight towards Manabu and Zanken. The Cero struck the flames, blasting through them, quickly consuming them and continuing towards both Zanken and Manabu almost instantly. Of course. Kuroi was one of the few Espada that had truly mastered the Cero. Most of them fired it off randomly, and at bad times. Most of them, when firing a Cero, were met with disappointment and wasted Reiatsu. Kuroi's style employed use of Cero only when needed. He usually killed opponents before even needing the Cero. Usually, when using the Cero, it always accomplished something, instead of doing nothing.
Of course, Manabu and Zanken together were useless against Kuroi's Cero. In about a second more, it would reach Manabu's hose, and began destroying that, before consuming Manabu, his weapon, and Zanken too. It would kill them all. That couldn't be good at all. Not even with their combined strength would Zanken and Manabu be able to take out the Cero. Maybe Zanken's Bankai and Manabu's shikai together could do something, but it was more likely that they'd have to dodge. However, considering the position they were in, doing so without getting hit seemed impossible, considering their low speed, and how close the Cero had already gotten. They had a couple of options, neither of which was guaranteed. Best to take a risk with one of those two options. Dummy's Remaining Reiatsu: 2800 Reiatsu
Post by Xaifer Regneis on Dec 27, 2010 2:00:16 GMT -5
Zanken knew this was going to be bad. Even in the brief encounter with Kuroi he had so long ago he knew that Kuroi was insanely strong. Of course, he only knew a fraction of Kuroi's true power. Thankfully at that. If he knew more of that Espada's power and style, they would be dead right now. As the dummy began to count down, Zanken knew something was coming. At its count of five, Zanken brought his arms into a defensive position around his torso, in an x. Zanken didn't know WHERE the attack was going to come from, he just knew it was going to come. It was likely it wouldn't be from the back, and Kuroi seemed more like the type to attack the front. So thats where Zanken put his defences.
Seemed to be a good idea to. A second later, Zanken found himself flying through the air. Then his flight was abruptly cut short when he hit the wall. Zanken was about to get off the wall when something ELSE crashed into him. Wait, not something, someONE. It was Manabu! Apperently the dummy palm struck him to. Ouch. Zanken moved Manabu to the side a little to get up. Of course, when he did that he saw a huge Cero being blasted at them. Fan. Tucking. Fastic. They needed to move, and fast!
Zanken quickly spun around, so that he was in front of Manabu and would take most of the blast. Zanken quickly Shunpoed to the side as he did this, Shunpoing in mid turn. Zanken knew this was going to hurt, and was hit by part of the Cero, splashing third degree burns all across his back. Zanken reappeared and let Manabu down, panting at the pain of the hit. Zanken turned around and faced his foe. "Looks like I have to kick things up a notch." Zanken said in a murmer, only loud enough for Manabu to hear.
"Bankai" Zanken stated, stabing his Zanpakuto into the ground. Suddenly, a huge pillar of pure darkness and shadow erupted out of the ground beneath Zanken's feet, consuming him. After a few seconds, the pillar started to be drawn to where Zanken was standing and was absorbed into the spot. Then, the thing exploded with a wave of force. After the dust cleared, Zanken was revealed to be still standing there. However, a drastic change had come over his clothing and weaponry. Both blades had widened and elongated into what looked like two buster swords, elegant runes flowed down the white blade, they glowed golden and at the center of them was the symbol of Alpha. For the dark blade, demonic looking runes were etched down the center and they glowed blood red, making it seem as if the blade was bleeding, at the center is the symbol of Omega. Zanken's usual attire was transformed into very flexible dark-as-midnight plate mail, making him look like a dark samurai general. His gloves turned into plate mail gauntlets at this point as well. Also his left eye turned black and has a gold iris and looks like a hollows eye, while his right eye turned white and gets a gold iris. "Hakumei Jinkun, Koutei no Heru." Zanken stated. Zanken picked up both his swords, brandishing them in a defensive manner. As Zanken stood there, he focused on increasing his Reitsu's Strength by converting his own spiritual power into it. This lowered his cuts effectiveness, but now he could fight back against Cero's and what not. Zanken waited for his foe to make his next move. What he did from there would be what Zanken would build off of.
Remaining Reitsu: 425/1700 (-750 for SpPr conversion to RS, Shunpo, and Bankai Release.)
Bankai Duration: 1/10
Spiritual Pressure: 200 (50)
Reitsu Strength: 200 (350)
Last Edit: Dec 27, 2010 2:04:11 GMT -5 by Xaifer Regneis
That Cero had been incredibly dangerous. Not just third degree burns, but even some "fourth degree" had inflicted Zanken, which meant some of the skin had been burned away completely on his back. This meant that some other layers, such as muscles or sinew, might be revealed on his back. At any rate, it would be terribly painful. This was the strength of Kuroi Naito's Cero. It was said to be able to kill in a single hit. Truthfully, that probably wasn't too far from the truth. The dummy had used a Cero at full power, something Kuroi usually didn't hit with. If it'd been any stronger, it would've killed Zanken even with the smaller hit.
The dummy knew how to fight, quite obviously. Well, no. Kuroi knew how to fight. The dummy was just copying roughly 9% of Kuroi's actual abilities. That was good. Any more, and they'd have been dead the moment the dummy began attacking. He'd taken out numerous Captains after all. However, they were still disadvantaged. Zanken was a Vice Captain, and plus he had a small Bankai. Vice Captain, meaning he probably hadn't mastered his Bankai to begin with. And it was weaker than a usual Bankai since it took a small form to begin with. Sure, it used illusions, but this was a wooden dummy. Illusions didn't work on it.
Then again, Kuroi probably would've broken illusions that Zanken used anyway, so this was technically realistic. Luckily, it wasn't just Zanken. It was Manabu too. Manabu was a support type, luckily. If Zanken or Manabu had been alone, it would have been game over from just the Cero. With the two of them, they might be able to overpower the dummy. But, it was a long shot. The dummy rushed forwards, slamming its hand towards Zanken's heart. It was fast! And it hadn't used Shunpo, obviously. It hadn't used regular movement though. It had used the Arrancar step, Sonido. The hand would puncture cleanly through Zanken's heart if it did hit. How would Manabu and Zanken react?