Your Blade I Sheathe [R, NDE]

[Zou ۞]

This is a battle between two Las Noches people. As an assignment to Miho Shoga, Kuroi has instructed her to do battle. Of course, he assigned the entire Fraccion to a particular opponent against which they are guaranteed defeat, simply to show them those who they must strive to surpass. For Nijuu, that opponent is the Zero Division Member, Mr. Sting, who is Kuroi's friend. For Kouen, that opponent is Shinsei Tan'O, who he will do battle with whenever Shinsei visits Asuka. For Chisoku, that opponent is Enma, who he must track down first. And for Miho, it is Grimoire Acero, Primera Envainar.

The strongest of the Envainar, said to be Kuroi's equal. Kuroi gave words of wisdom to Miho. Three different sentences, before sending her to face him.

"This man is a demon, and he fights like one as well. He is strong, and he does not surrender. Thus he is proud. Do not underestimate him. But fight him, and you will understand what it means to be truly powerful."

"Do not waver, for he will kill you. Do not proceed recklessly, for he will kill you. And do not show weakness, for he will destroy you."

"Of terms regarding swordplay, Grimoire Acero is my superior. His skill with the blade is unrivaled. He is among the three best swordsman alive."

These are the terms of battle.

This fight is NDE.

This fight allows C-weapons.

There are no special terms, handicaps, conditions, or other to this fight.

This takes place in the wide open expanse of the white desert.

The threads following this will be Asuka vs Shinsei and Rin vs Enma.

Let the battle begin.

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Cryptic. Kuroi's advice was cryptic to her and Grimoire Acero was a man that insanely terrifying. Miho wasn't going to bother with swordplay. She saw just what he did to Kouen and she could barely scratch him.

Instead, Miho was going to take a much more different approach. She'd go for reiatsu based attacks instead. Miho was not going to show him even a inkling of her weakness. She had incredible endurance. As for the reckless thing, she'd just remember to not go berserk like last time. "Show me sin, Chernobog" Miho had released. Grimoire was not to be taken lightly. Not only that, but she couldn't land a hit on him if she hoped to rely on swordplay.

Miho held her saw in her hand. Maybe if she got close enough, she could damage his hearing with it. The chainsaw portion was notorious for this. It was loud and menacing and if it got close enough to anyone's ear, it was enough to damage it. That would knock out one sense and hopefully from there, things might be at least 15% easier. She was already formulating something in her head. Once Grimoire got here, she wasn't going to waste time. Miho was going to fly up and aim to bash her saw into his head. However, she'd stop the slash midswing right at his ear and activate the chainsaw portion of her zanpakuto and allow it roar loudly in his ear hopefully damaging it. From there, she'd shoot out a cero.

Miho's Remaining Reiatsu: 2600/3200

Resurrection 1/16

[Grimoire Acero]

Grimoire arrived in an instantaneous movement. He was so fast that Miho only barely managed to see him as he got there, blurred. As she approached him, Grimoire simply drew out one of his blades, and began flicking it around himself. It was fast, instant. The blade whirled around him in a whirlwind. It was so fast that it looked like a titanium dome was surrounding Grimoire. "Jigoku no Bijutsu: Shikkusu Sodofomu: Chitandomu." The blade that Miho used got near the dome, and clanged against it like it really was a dome, being tapped by the blade and seeming solid and hollow.

But, the moment the blade neared enough to touch the dome, it cracked. It was a small, slight crack. It wouldn't affect battle much, but it still happened. Grimoire had insane reiatsu strength. He was able to crack blades with only a few blows. And the worst part of that was that Miho had just found out about Grimoire's defensive power. He was fast and strong to begin with. Her blade was no match for his defensive abilities. Nor was it going to be a match for his upcoming offensive abilities, which he would soon show her. Her blade neared his dome and tapped it. That was his defense.

The instant this happened, the chainsaw portion was jammed because of the hit by the blade numerous times. Miho would have to try again if she wanted to rev up and start the chainsaw again. But, Grimoire wasn't giving her that chance. The instant after her blade developed that crack, Grimoire transitioned fluidly from the Titanium Dome to the Rage Flames. The first Offensive Form of his blade style. His sword vanished, and it was as if his hands were moving, spreading silver fire. It was as if Miho was surrounded on all sides by the silver flames of Grimoire's strength. "Jigoku no Bijutsu: Saisho no Buredofomu: Ikari-En."

What would Miho do? The flames were closing in on her. The silver flames that were in reality just a blade. They were closing in on her body. A few more seconds and she'd be dead if she couldn't do anything. From all sides, it was hellish, horrifying, and scary. A few seconds into the battle, and she was already going to get injured. Badly. Grimoire was strong. Miho had made one mistake from the very beginning. Even bothering to try to get close. Even if she didn't try to use her blade to hit him, getting close in the first place was her mistake.

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Strength - [200 (150)] Points

Speed - [400 (600)] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [400 (300)] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [400 (600)] Points

Light Aura - [0] Points

Dark Aura - [100] Points

Instinct - [200] Points

Senses [200] Points

Energy sensory - [50] Points

Healing Expertise - [50] Points


Total SP: [1900] Points

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"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!"

Miho was, quite literally, shitting bricks. Not those wimpy small red ones. I'm talking about goddamned cement blocks. SHIT! Grimoire was insanely impressive. The next thing she knew, was surrounded by silver flames. Were those...his blades? That's unreal...Grimoire's strength was truly terrifying. Miho would use Sonido to move far away from Grimoire. Ok so this was like Nijuu. She couldn't deal with him up close. Now it was her turn. "Forze de Male"

Grimoire had agony. Loads of it. That was more than enough for her. Miho would snap her fingers. Her negativity as well was Grimoires would get stronger and she'd suck that out of the both to create something massive and menacing. She'd send one massive hydra after Grimoire. One with 6 heads and fangs twice the size of that Squad 7 vice captain's sword. It had eyes as yellow as the moon and roar that would send shivers up your spine. Each head was going to try to eat Grimoire from a different angle. Though, Miho knew this wouldn't work. She was just waiting on his move to see what he would do so she could execute her next attack.

Miho's Remaining Reiatsu: 2500/3200

Resurrection 2/16

[Grimoire Acero]

Unfortunately, even with Sonido, Miho couldn't get away quite on time. The moment she'd gotten close to Grimoire, it was over trying to get away unharmed. She got away from certain death, but her sleeves tore up, and blood sprayed out of at least a dozen different small cuts on each arm. It was like if she'd been there a split second longer, she would have been shredded. Which, really, she would have been. Grimoire quickly transitioned as the beast approached. He moved from offensive Form One, to Defensive Form. It took him only a split second to change, and in that time he had the dome up and ready yet again. The beast slammed its head into the dome.

Miho hadn't gotten to see earlier what happens to people or things that touch the dome. The beast's heads touched...and were shredded. The instant the heads touched, they were shredded. Turned to little pieces. And the moment after that, Grimoire advanced, transitioning into the first offensive form again, which caused him to use those silver flames to shred the remainder of the body. And, before Miho could regenerate the beast, even though Grimoire was unaware that she could, Grimoire was attacking Miho again. He got up close and personal with Sonido, since Akki could use both step techniques, and transitioned again.

"Jigoku no Bijutsu: Dai Sodofomu: Aka No Ame." The sequence itself was basically just a bunch of powerful sword stabs. He stabbed at her with such forceful speed and strength that it was basically like there were dozens of birds pecking at Miho at once. No, it was like rain. An inescapable sideways rain crashing down on her from in front. It couldn't be dodged. From the beginning, Miho probably realized that. But, Grimoire didn't stop there. Grimoire's speed suddenly tripled (1800 speed for 2 seconds) as it became sheets of rain crashing down on Miho. Dodging, once again, impossible. What would she do?! "Rain of Red: Do-Sequence."

Grimoire's Remaining Reiatsu: 2700 Reiatsu

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You can't be serious....You can't be serious!!

For once in her life, she was incredibly scared. He was right earlier. People should be shaking in fear when they meet with Grimoire. She couldn't dodge any of his attack! They way he destroyed her hydra...she knew that thing was brimming with rage. So much negativity from such a big beast...it was great. She extended her black, feathery wing and she'd hover a few feet above ground while trying to block some of the stabs. Miho would recreate two monsters this time. One Cerberus and one Hydra. The hydra was the same size but the Cerberus was even bigger. She move the hydra in front of her to block most of the incoming attacks while the Cerberus formed behind Grimoire and attempted to eat him. At the same time, it would slam it's paws down on the ground causing dangerous shockwaves to those standing.

Well, it was a big dog.

But that wasn't the end of it. "Infinita obscura!" she called out. In that moment, there seemed to be trillions of tentacles. Actually..there was much more. An infinite amount. Everywhere. She surrounded herself in tentacles to shield herself and she'd send THOUSANDS of tentacles after Grimoire. This BETTER work. So much as a poke would be enough to hurt him!

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Obviously trillions is exaggeration. It only seems infinite. In reality there are fewer than a million. No amount of negative energy could fuel trillions. And Miho wouldn't have the power to harness that much anyway.

[Grimoire Acero]

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One problem with Miho. Blocking the stabs. They were in sheets of rain. It was impossible for someone that didn't have the same level of skill in the blade as Grimoire to block them. Just like no one that wasn't an absolute monster with the blade could catch all droplets of rain. Miho could not catch the droplets of rain. In her attempt to block, her blade was snapped in half, and the remaining half on the hilt cracked severely, and the sharp ends began to dull. Again Grimoire's stabs, the wing itself tore apart, unable to sustain as Grimoire's stabs continued. Against his stabs, especially when they sped up, Miho was struck many times. Her shirt was completely devastated, ripped to shreds to reveal her bare torso.

But, Miho's bare torso was not what was important. She should definitely look down at her half naked form, for Grimoire had done her a favor by shredding the clothing. With the clothing gone, Miho could see her bare flesh, where she could see the exact depth to each wound, and the actual amount of wounds. There were a lot of wounds. Well over a dozen puncture marks were visible in Miho's body. Her breasts were ruined, her stomach was punctured and caving in seemed like a possibility in the near future. Her shoulders were limping from stabs, and her belly button and nipples had both been stabbed, and thus could no longer be seen beneath blood.

Grimoire quickly transitioned to the first form of his blade style, letting Miho escape with her life as the beasts came. In his flames, the first beast was obliterated completely, carved into bits. It had no time to heal itself, or really regenerate. It was destroyed. Grimoire's intense instincts alerted him to the other one, and he transitioned into the defensive style Titanium Dome. With that dome, the beast was shredded, and he transitioned back to the second attack form, resulting in that beast being destroyed as well. Grimoire was insanely powerful just with the blade.

And as the tentacles approached, he jumped back to evade, and started cutting at them. His blade passed cleanly through one, having no effect. The ability of the tentacles was to be untouchable, and Grimoire had just found that out. He figured by now that the tentacles were invincible to harm, but that they could harm him. His blade hadn't been able to touch them, so it wasn't an outlandish theory. While this wasn't bad, the fact that there were so many untouchable tentacles meant that Miho had to be concentrating. For a technique this strong, it must be her ace in the hole. Her stamina would be quickly depleting. If it ran out, they'd vanish. Plus, she was bleeding out profusely from dozens of wounds.

Miho was technically finished already. Grimoire could obviously just wait for her to run out of stamina and bleed out, since both were inevitable, but that wasn't his battle style. That was the tactic of a coward. Only against an ultimate enemy that he couldn't beat with aggression could he do that. There was no such enemy, least of all Miho. The counter to the tentacles was going to be easy. Grimoire exhaled, and reiatsu exploded around his body. Miho would be able to feel the force even if she was miles away. It was a massive explosion all around, a blast that made it clear that he was getting serious.

Grimoire yanked his second blade out of its sheathe, and instantly reiatsu flowed around it, as well as the first blade. He took a horse stance, and started moving around in powerful, balanced steps. He gathered more and more power with each step. He was doing some sort of cautious method that allowed him to gather power. He stepped right up to the tentacles. "Jigoku No Bijutsu: Daitenkai Sodofomu: Dai Hokai." As he slashed into the tentacles in his steps, the speed increased. His strength too. For six seconds not only would his speed be quadrupled, but his energy would be shaped correctly for this technique.

"Great Collapse: Do-Sequence." His blade hit a tentacle...and the tentacle vanished. It was pulled into the blade, giving it a black aura. Grimoire danced around to evade tentacles while slashing constantly all around. While the tentacles couldn't be touched, their energy could be harnessed. In Hell, Grimoire learned how to perform this power. It was a very strong sword form that forced energy allow a certain route if one performed the slow, correct and methodical dance steps. It resulted essentially in gathering energy from an enemy's source, and using it. Grimoire covered a lot of distance in that time span of 6 seconds, and gathered dozens of the tentacles. While he had time left with that quadrupled speed, he used his horse stance side steps to crab away.

He moved viciously towards Miho. Any tentacles that got in his way were absorbed completely by his swords. At last, Grimoire arrived directly in front of Miho, and slashed viciously. An explosion of Miho's own negative energy blasted her tentacles away, obliterating anything surrounding her. Grimoire's blades, pumped full of his own physical force, crashed through Miho, carving into her. His speed outmatched hers, she was exhausted and wounded both, and her tentacles had been outmatched, defeated. Grimoire essentially just cleaved her with his blades. It was the equivalent of being slashed with a mighty obelisk. Miho's body was going to be destroyed completely, and not even a molecule would be left. Just in case there were tentacles left, Grimoire kicked out his legs, and the chains slid out.

His chains as an Akki. They were bladed at every joint. Grimoire began spinning rapidly and wildly, his chains moving around. But it was a precarious, cautious movement, though fast. It was the same as his tenth sword form. Any tentacles that approached would be caught up in the careful energy balance, absorbed into the chains as dark auras to help boost Grimoire's attack ability. He was spinning, so that it at first would resemble a tornado of chains. But, eventually the form was going to change. Grimoire was strong. The tentacles were just going to become another part of his attack power no matter what. "Jigoku No Bijutsu: Dai No Chenfomu."

Grimoire's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

Speed during tenth sword form Do-sequence: 2400

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During the course of this fight, it became quite obvious that Grimoire was impossible to fight against. Miho was getting more and more vexed. Kuroi literally issued her a death sentence. She could barely keep up with what was going. In fact, it felt like it happened out of nowhere, in a blink of an eye. He was slashing at her tentacles and..he was actually getting through them..What the hell!! Miho was panicking. He actually looked like he was dancing. It truly was an impressive sight. If he hits her directly, that would be the end of her. On top of that, it was extremely hard to move considering her body was starting to rot. Miho would try despite knowing that she wouldn't be fast enough to get away.

"I don't believe it..." she said in a hoarse whisper. He carved his blade into her before she even got a chance to defend with her saw. What worse was that he used HER tentacles as a part of his attack. That pissed her off to no end and now she was going to die. Tch. Well, this was a pretty fricken' stupid way to die. She didn't even get him to release...though she was sure that she wouldn't have wanted to see that. It would just mean that she had more hell to pay. "Hmph. You win." she said in her usual callous tone of voice. Rule of the tentacle technique, a direct hit to Miho is fatal. Game Over.

[Zou ۞]

Winner: Grimoire Acero

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How much TP can I get for this thread?

[Miranda Espero]

80 TP to Miho, 260 to Grimoire