Arc 2: Canon 17: Prepare for War! [Complete]

[Zou ۞]

Name: [Prepare for War!] - The Adventure Name

Participants: [Humans, Bount, Quincy, Mod Souls,] - Who can participate?

Location: [Giant, open wasteland] - Where does this take place?

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

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

Plotline: [Something has arrived. Before, the Shada Hollows that were faced off against were the lowest levels. Not even Gillian Level Shada Hollows. Now, in a giant, open wasteland, sixteen Bount and Quincy lie dead. Shauna has been enraged, and so has the Bount Leader. For these new hollows are Gillian and Adjuchas. They are here, gathered in an army of seventy five. Win this war-like battle, and the majority of the threat to the Bount and Quincy races will be lifted. But, beware. In the middle of this battle, there are three other enemies not to be trifled with. Vasto Lorde Level Shada Hollows. The strongest. Killing them is of highest priority.] - Explain the plot of your adventure.

Estimated Enemy Strength: [2-1] Estimate the strength of the NPC's people will fight in this adventure. Class 7-1, what is their strength on average?

Estimated Time Until Completion: [Unknown] - How many pages do you think this adventure will run for until it is over?

Starts: [Same time as Canon 16] - When does the adventure begin?

Special Conditions: [Two participants maximum.] - Any special conditions, limitations, or other things.

[Jin Yamada]

Outrageous! Just outright outrageous! When Jin had heard that sixteen Bount had been found laying dead in an open field, he was enraged. Why had the Shada-Hollow done such a thing? Why were they even being targeted in the first place. This was unforgivable. Just unforgivable! No one, NO ONE would kill his Bount and get away with it. He wanted to save them. Bring unity among the race, and now this happened. What would other Bount think? Would they continue to hide because of this instead of help him to get rid of this threat against their race? No. Jin wasn't going to have this. He would fight. Fight to protect the other Bount still out there, and do it with his life on the line.

The black haired man stood in the open field, his brown eyes blazing with determination and anger, and grief. He had his hands in his pocket, appearing still and calm within the breeze. The man's knee length, black jacket blew in the wind, the starch collars that covered the sides of his cheeks also swaying from side to side. This man, he was here to destroy. Destroy this army who had messed with his Bount. Those who messed with the Bount would have him to worry about. That was just the type of guy he was. He was the Leader, and so this was an appropriate reaction. Now, with his anger fueling him, he would take on this massive army and destroy them!

Plus, he had lots of help with him this time. His right hand man, the man known as Don stood at his side. His arms were folded, and he stared forward with a calm expression on his face. "Worry not Jin. Those who attack our race shall fear our wrath." he said calmly. Standing next to him with his arms folded as well was a tall muscular looking man. He had his hair in a crew cut, and he looked like the serious tough guy. This man was Feere O'Male. "VOOOOOO! GET READY HOLLOW!" he exclaimed. Another one was bouncing around near Feere. "LET'S KILL SOME HOLLOW! HAHAHAHA!" this man called out. He had crazed eyes of a deep violet color, and his skin was pale. His whole appearance gave off a crazed look. His mouth even was contorted into some crazed grin. This was Padrone Decimo. Lastly, another man stood with them all. He looked more conserved, but more mysterious. He was draped in a hooded black cloak, and he had a bald head, though this couldn't be seen as he had his head covered in the hood. Standing next to him was a large metallic suit of armor that looked like the black knight. This must be his doll. It seemed he had released his upon coming here. "We shall fight to the death for our fallen Bount and Quincy comrades and pay them homage by defeating this army." the man known as Jikashi Dono'Granzo proclaimed.

Well, that was Jin's army. These five against the army of seventy-five Shada-Hollows. He wasn't worried much. He had picked the strongest to come with him. The other two, Gatz and Manji had been left back at the Bount base to protect it. He also didn't want them to die, and so he had told them to stay behind. This was a war. He didn't want what happened in the last war to happen again. He had seen four of his comrades die in battle already, and he didn't want that again. Fui. Kaishi. Ares. Ises. They were all dead. He hadn't been strong enough then to save them, but now, after his training, after his growth, he could finally do something to save his race as the Bount Leader. Now, Jin and his Bount were ready, ready to take on this threat who believed it could kill his Bount and get away with it. "No, I promise that no more Bount blood shall be shed today. This is a promise on my life." Jin said passionately to his Bount. He stood, watching and waiting for the Quincy Leader to arrive before he began his assault.

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Jin's Stats

Strength - [150] Points

Speed - [225] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [290] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [260] Points

Light Aura - [35] Points

Dark Aura - [65] Points

Instinct - [150] Points

Senses [150] Points

Energy sensory - [100] Points

Healing Expertise - [75] Points


Total SP: [1400] Points


Padrone Decimo
Class 1. Type: None

Strength: 350

Speed: 300

Reiatsu Strength: 300

Spiritual Pressure: 200

Instinct: 100

Senses: 100

Light/Dark Aura: 20/80

Energy Sensory: 50

Healing Expertise: 0

He doesn't properly know any techniques. However, this guy has a very unique ability with his doll. His doll is made up of twenty different components. Each component is identical to all the other components. All of them are floating, and constantly moving metal circles with a white veil of reiatsu inside. They are self aware, and so they move without his command. This doll, known as Erboso, has the power to teleport anything that falls into one of the circles or is caught in one of the circles to another one. This is basically a massive teleportation scheme. It is so in sync with Padrone that they can actually read each others minds. As a result, the attacks are heavily coordinated. Padrone has metal gauntlets on his fists, because he is a melee fighter when not teleporting around. The teleportation gets things from one place to another at roughly 15 times their ordinary speed. There is always one circle following Padrone. Basically, the teleportation can move faster than shunpo. If he combines all of them for one giant circle, roughly the size of a building, he can use it like a gateway, allowing things to travel through worlds. He can use this to access the human world, Soul Society, and even Hueco Mundo.

Feere O'Male
Class 1. Type: Soldier

Strength (Boosted): 400 (x2)

Speed: 100

Reiatsu Strength: 400

Spiritual Pressure: 200 (Halved)

Instinct: 100

Senses: 100

Energy Sensory: 100

Healing Expertise: 0

Light/Dark Aura: 10/90

Total SP: 1400

This guy has no techniques, but he has a doll very similar to Jin Yamada. His pumpkin doll opens its mouth wide at his command. Its name is Dosa Firenze. The doll releases a huge field of purple mist and smoke into a large area covering half a mile in front of the doll. This continues to sit there. Anyone caught inside, though Bount are strangely immune to this, will be captured in a horrifying illusion inside of the mist/smoke. The illusion will take the form of one of their greatest fears, but will also come with another unique ability. It plants a new fear in their minds, and will bring that new fear to life. Even if the doll is overcome, even when the illusion or ability ends, the new fear will never go away, and that person will be left with this new fear for the remainder of their life. The only cure comes from Feere himself.

Jikashi Dono'Granzo
Class 1. No type.

Strength: 50

Speed: 50

Reiatsu Strength: 100

Spiritual Pressure: 400

Instinct: 200

Senses: 400

Energy Sensory: 200

Healing Expertise: 0

Light/Dark Aura: 0/100


This guy is the most deceptive of these newcomer Bount. While the black knight appears to be the doll, the doll's soul is actually in Jikashi's body, being controlled by his soul, which is inside the knight. The body does indeed belong to Jikashi, and the armor does indeed belong to the doll. However, Jikashi, through unknown means, is able to switch back and forth between the bodies. At this moment, he is in the knight's body. He is usually in that body, for it is the more protective and beneficial of the two. The doll has absolutely no mind of its own, and is being completely dominated, though nobody is able to tell this. The knight is capable of summoning swords with the swipe of a hand, and allowing them to float so that he can control them that way. The knight is meant to be used for melee combat.


Don
Class 1. Non typed.

Strength: 100

Speed: 400

Reiatsu Strength: 300

Spiritual Pressure: 300

Instinct: 100

Senses: 100

Light/Dark Aura: 80/20

Healing Expertise: 50

Energy Sensory: 50


He has the most powerful ability out of all the newcomers. This guy's doll is air temperature. He controls the air temperature around himself. Everything within five meters of him is under his control temperature wise. Anyone that gets into his radius can be subjected to his controlled temperatures. He is immune to the changes, though others are not. He can get below zero degree temperatures, and he can get to over three thousand degrees Celsius. His doll, known simply as Grana, has not yet been summoned, so he can't control the temperature around himself right now. He is a master of hand to hand and weapon combat, so he is obviously quite arrogant.

[Cupid Koikokoro]

"Sigh. Things sure are getting out of hand. This is just a bit ridiculous that I have to leave my house and fight off these heathens." Cupid thought to himself as he looked down the barren wasteland at the dead bodies of the Quincy and Bount. The bodies aren't what made him upset. It was the balance that was ruptured between life and its races. Everything is meant to be in balance. There are specific proportions for each race. However sometimes one rises to high on the ladder and tips the scales. Cupid doesn't like when this happens because then innocent life is wasted and blood is spilled that isn't meant to be. Cupid cracked his knuckles then watched as the Bount readied themselves. He waited before doing anything. He was kind of a loner. Even though there was Quincy around Cupid had not been affiliated with his own race in quite some years. So even though he belonged there, there was a feeling of isolation. His pink hair blew in the wind. Cupid sighed once more, he was really not looking forward to getting his hands dirty here.

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Strength - [150][reduced by 30%] Points

Speed - [200][reduced by 30%] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [100] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [100] Points

Light Aura - [50] Points

Dark Aura - [50] Points

Instinct - [75]Doubled Points

Senses - [75]Doubled Points

Energy sensory - [100]Doubled Points

Healing Expertise - [100] Points


Total SP: [900] Points

[Zou ۞]

It was sudden. The army of dozens of Shada Hollow that stood, hovered, or slept in that area, gathered so that they could obliterate the enraged races, suddenly lashed out. In an instant, they moved forwards, diving outwards towards Jin and Cupid, towards Bount and Quincy. Towards everyone present there that they could hurt, that they could hunt down and destroy. They were going to make everyone feel pain, quite clearly. The Shada Hollows moved outwards, the gems in their chests beating powerfully as auras moved around them. Their reiatsu was strong, that much was clear. These guys weren't going to make things easy. It wasn't like they were even obligated to do so. This was a life or death struggle. The losing side would be exterminated instantly. Shauna Melody was the first to rush into the fray, preparing to take out others.

She was soon lost in the flood, though sounds could be heard that indicated her battle. On cue, any Quincy following her rushed in and started shooting at Hollows. A raptor-like Shada Hollow rushed at Jin, moving at insane speed towards him. It was at least twice as fast as he was. Identicals of that Shada Hollow moved towards all of Jin's Bount allies, while a bear-like Shada Hollow charged at Cupid. These enemies were here to kill, and to slaughter. If they succeeded, what good was it going to be to fight? However, there could clearly be faith that they'd survive these first enemies. They had to, for there were generals out here, somewhere. The strongest of the Shada Hollows lay in waiting, somewhere within this area.

[Jin Yamada]

Oh yes, this was it. The time had finally come. The battle was now beginning, and finally, Jin and his Bount could take revenge. They could honor their fallen comrades and Quincy allies by destroying this Shada-Hollow army before them. Oh the sweet victory that would be felt once this war was over. Jin knew that by getting rid of this army, more Bount would come to help if they heard about what he and other Bount had done. They wouldn't be so frightened for their lives. He knew that defeating this army would be tough, but that didn't mean that he had to give up. Go home just because he couldn't get through their powerful defenses unless he used really powerful attacks. That was expected though. They were powerful enemies, and so powerful attacks had to be used. Jin would probably end up using some of his more powerful True Bount techniques in order to do the job. He had to win here though, for he was fighting for more than himself. He was fighting for his race and its salvation. If he died here, then the Bount race was doomed.

He remembered the dragon Shada-Hollow his future self had fought. He remembered how tough it had been. He remembered how even after Future Jin had used the technique he called Grobe Fazit, the Shada-Hollow still hadn't been defeated. Jin hadn't even created that technique yet, so he would be in worse of an advanatge fighting these Shada-Hollow now than Future Jin was. Even hiw strongest attack hadn't been able to touch that Adjuchas Shada-Hollow. The strongest technique that would probably match up to that would probably be one of his higher class True Bount techniques. They both had huge penalties for use, so Jin was hoping to spare them until he really needed them. Though, he was sure he would need them very soon. These guys were tough.

As the raptor Shada-Hollow rushed forward, all five Bount saw it, but with Jin having higher instinct, he was the first to react. "Feere. Don. You're up." Jin commanded. Feere quickly stepped forward, calling out his doll's name as he did. "Ziege Dich, DOSA FIRENZE!" he yelled out. The pumpkin doll immediately formed behind him and opened its mouth, spewing out a huge field of purple mist and smoke which covered up Jin and his Bount and proceeded to block off all of the raptor-like Shada Hollow's visions. It also added another effect. It added into the raptors the fear of Bount. Feere was hoping that this would make them weaker in their presence, allowing for them to finish the hollow off quicker and easier. With the raptor like Hollow blinded, they could no longer see Jin and his Bount. Meanwhile, Jin's yoyo was already in his hand, and he flicked it forward, as he said the words, "Zieg Diche, Hitze." As soon as he called out those words, his body seemed to distort due to the increased heat around himself. Then, all of a sudden, a large field of orange mist rushed out into the purple mist. This was concentrated heat. It rushed towards the raptor like hollow at insane speed. (400 stat speed)

"Ziege Dich, Grana." Don called out. Instantly, the air temperature five meters all around rose suddenly. The others seemed to be immune to the temperatures as they remained within the mist, using it as cover. The increased heat would affect the raptor like Hollow tremendously due to the cold blooded nature of a raptor, which was a reptile. Now, with the temperature being unbearable for the raptor hollow they wouldn't be able to survive within that five meter space at all. Jin's attack would grow more powerful due to the heat from Don's doll and it's effect upon hitting the raptor hollow would be even more powerful due to due to this. They would also be blinded by the purple mist, and so it wouldn't be seen coming until it actually hit them.

Meanwhile, Padrone bounced around, instantly summoning his rings. All twenty forming around him. All five Bount moved into the rings and disappeared from the mist incase the raptors did somehow manage to survive. Jin and his Bount reappeared out of the mist, staring into it. Those Shada Hollow couldn't be taken down alone. Not with the power Jin possessed. Maybe when he was stronger, maybe when they all were, but for now, they needed to use teamwork. Hopefully, their use of their dolls would allow for Jin's attack to break through that reiatsu shield that the Shada Hollow usually summoned in one or two hits since his Hitzewelle was strengthened by Don's heat.

Jin's Remaining Reiatsu: 2500

Don's Remaining Reiatsu: 2600

Feere's Remaining Reiatsu: 2400

Padrone's Remaining Reiatsu: 1600

Jikashi's Remaining Reiatsu: 3600

[Zou ۞]

All of the raptors survived Jin's attack, and also resisted the fear. In fact, this occurred for all of the Shada Hollows. The reason behind it was simple, actually. Those gems in their chests. These were all Adjuchas level Shada Hollows. Their base power was very high already, and the Gems added to that. Their shields, unlike others, were massively powerful. Huge force fields of red reiatsu could surround them. Indeed, the force fields did do this. As a result, it became impossible for them to be hit by that heat and that fear. No, not impossible. Despite all things, Jin and his Bount had a generally superior base strength to the Adjuchas. This just meant that it took time. The Shada Hollows looked around wildly, trying to chase after the Bount using the portals.

Luckily, they were starting to wear down. However, obviously Jin would have to do some double dosing to get rid of those shields. All of his Bount would. Once the shields weakened, or went down even, the mists would hit everything. Shauna and her group seemed immune to the heat all around. Mostly, it was Shauna's own aura, which at base was far superior to any other power there. As a result, she was using it to shield herself and those around her, mostly the Quincy. While Shauna appeared to be only a teenage girl, she was ridiculously powerful. She was like a force of nature, blowing around the area with an infinite streak of Hirenkyaku, and shooting huge waves, tidal waves, tsunamis, whatever else at the Shada Hollows, mowing down many in the process of shooting her arrows.

Everyone got a power boost in both strength and morale, just because Shauna was there. Zouma of course, was going around carving through Shada Hollows in sealed state, like it was nothing. This was only to be expected. He was strong too. Though, it took him a good deal longer for just one Shada Hollow than it did for Shauna, who could instantly take one out. Zouma, it took a few minutes to carve around the shields and take one out, and then move to the next. He wasn't at the same level as Shauna. As it turned out, Shauna was probably at a higher level than even Kyousou Ningen, the Captain Commander of the Gotei Thirteen. It was a tough call, a very hard matchup. It was very difficult to tell who was stronger, that was for certain.

Kyousou had beaten Garyuu Hyajong of the Vaizard with ease. Garyuu had used max power also. But, Shauna had beaten Zouma with great ease as well. Zouma was much stronger than Garyuu. The only option left was that at full strength, Shauna was probably stronger than Kyousou. This could be proved by the fierce way in which she attacked, and the ferocity of her wrath whenever she was defending a fellow Quincy. In the end, it was war. Something slammed into Jin very suddenly, knocking him away. It was a hornless rhino Shada Hollow Adjuchas. Its horns appeared to have been cut off by someone in the battle, and so it had rammed Jin with its head. It started charging at him once more.

[Cupid Koikokoro]

Cupid looked around. He saw how Shauna was tearing the battle field up. This was no surprise. He knew about her. Before he decided to become a loner he was in with the Quincy and knew about the larger groups. It was interesting to see her power with his own eyes. Then something occurred to him. "It would have been nice to have been told what these hollows are like, and how they are different from other hollows. However it is to late now since i decided to join the party late. I must just figure it out as I go." Cupid sighed. He couldn't believe he was actually unprepared for this it was so unlike him. His Quincy bangle absorbed in 500 reaitsu. He was going to need it, in a war like area. Cupid watched as the bear like shada hollow ran at him. This was going to be how he learned about them. So he wasn't sure if he should play around with it or see if strong attacks work. Since he wasn't in a good mood prior to coming here he decided that he didn't really want to play with him. So he would just try to get rid of it as quickly as he could. So now he was going to test the shada hollows defenses. His bangle absorbed another 500 reaitsu. His bow formed and he pointed it at the beast. Cupid had never encountered one of them before so it was time to learn how they worked. 100 arrows formed and fired out at the Shada hollow. "Let's see how this works."[/color]

[Zou ۞]

The arrows all impacted the bear Shada Hollow, but they did no damage. They shattered against a preliminary defensive layer, which took the form of a powerful red reiatsu shield, orb, dome, whatever one wanted to call it, around the Bear. The Bear continued, slamming its shoulder into Cupid to knock him away. If he looked around, he'd notice that other Quincy of the same level as he had similar troubles, so he wasn't alone. These Hollows all had the capability to defend themselves with shields generated by the gems in their bodies. However, what Cupid probably hadn't realized was that he didn't need to absorb reiatsu at this moment. Shauna Melody was nearby. All Quincy had infinite reiatsu for arrows while in her presence. Her own Reiatsu was infinite, and she was able to allow it to be used by other Quincy, so that they had an infinite supply during battle. In this case, this would be very helpful for war.

[Jin Yamada]

Jin and his Bount stared into the mist, trying to see if the raptor like Hollow had been taken down or not. Feere was the first to sense it, since it was his doll that had produced the mist. "VOOO! They're still standing!" he called out to Jin. Jin expected as much. Even increasing the heat as much as he had didn't work. He didn't want to add Hitze's own heat to Grana's because then the others would feel that. Grana's control of air temperature was somehow unable to affect Bount if Don chose it to do so. That was mainly why Jin had kept the heat around himself. Now, he had to come up with a new plan. He began thinking of one when suddenly, he was slammed from the side. "Darn it." he managed to grunt out as he rolled across the ground.

When he finally stopped rolling, he lifted himself up onto his knees and looked up, only to see a hornless rhino Shada Hollow Adjuchas standing before him. It had gotten its horn cut off somehow. Jin wasn't too worried about how, as that made it less dangerous. Still though, he couldn't underestimate it. He wasn't sure if it had other powers in its arsenal, so he would find out. For now, he would stay back and attack it. He clapped his hands together as he stood up, generating reiatsu and heat within his palm. He then placed his palms forward towards the rhino hollow as a rather large orb grew within the center of his palm. It spiraled with heat and power, growing to the size of his own body before it let it blast forward. It moved with icnredible speed, at the speed of one of his Hitzewelle techniques. It had an added aftereffect though. Upon touching something, it would instantly explode with a surge of heat and energy that would ripple out and hit the rhino even if it did dodge. Jin wondered if the rhino would try and take it head on or just dodge it. It was moving pretty fast, so he wasn't sure if the rhino would instead do the former.

Meanwhile, Jikashi looked towards Jin's position as he was knocked away. "Worry not friend. Jin will call us if he needs help. For now, we must focus all our efforts on these Shada Hollow." Don said to Jikashi. Don then switched the air temperature from being hot to instead being cold. Maybe the intense cold could slow down the energy or even slow down the raptor, though the cold would probably have to get through their shield first. They were still blinded by the purple mist, so Don, Feere, Jikashi, and Padrone had time before they were found. Padrone, meanwhile was bouncing around while his rings floated out above the mist. Jikashi's doll, the black knight, began summoning 10 of his blades and had them move through ten of the rings. They were then teleported to the rings that were high above the mist. These blades then rained down upon the Shada Hollow in random places. It was in hopes to confuse them and keep them from going towards the outside of the mist. The swords would probably be reflected off of the shield, even though they were being teleported from high distances to give them extra penetrating power.

Jin's Remaining Reiatsu: 2300

Don's Remaining Reiatsu: 2600

Feere's Remaining Reiatsu: 2400

Padrone's Remaining Reiatsu: 1600

Jikashi's Remaining Reiatsu: 3600

[Zou ۞]

The purple mist was still useless. Obviously Feere wouldn't be pleased. But the worst thing came from Padrone and Jikashi. Their attacks were useless. The Rings helped a lot, but the swords were unable to break through defenses. The force fields kept them out completely. However, there was one thing that was significantly noticeable. Don's cold. Any raptors that entered suddenly stopped and shivered, allowing for an attack to kill them, as a nearby ally did. Any Shada Hollows that came within range of Don quickly stopped and shivered, and someone dispatched them. Well, this was raptors anyway. As far as things looked, the raptors might well have shields that couldn't counter cold. In this case, Don should be concentrating his full effort on any raptor based Shada Hollow, since the cold was their ultimate and indefinite weakness.

This was good. Meanwhile, Jin's heat blast struck the rhino, who charged right into it. Using a superior base strength, Jin was able to blow through the shield and land second degree burns across the rhino, though obviously it survived. Without the shields, it would have been killed instantly. Clearly, this creature was highly empowered by that gem in its chest. It suddenly rammed into Jin since it had been charging. Easily clearing his assault, the rhino was obviously tough. Since it had no horns, it couldn't kill Jin. But, it still slammed its head into him, knocking him away, far away from everyone else. Someone in the meantime rushed past it, blasting it to death with arrows using the aid of someone else as well. As a result, that rhino was killed. It was technically teamwork that did well against this army of hollows. So far, luckily, none of the Quincy or Bount had been killed. This was a pretty good deal.

And suddenly, as a figure took a step near Jin, a flashback overcame him. In his mind, it was the same wasteland. A huge beam of blue flames encased and attacked the dragon-like Shada Hollow humanoid that not even Future Jin's attack had successfully defeated. When the blue flames cleared, it soon became apparent that the Shada Hollow still wasn't dead. It grinned an evil grin, and rushed forwards, slamming its fist into Jin and Zouma's faces. Screams echoed outwards, and the flashback ended. There could be no doubt in Jin's mind that Future Jin and Future Zouma had both escaped that fight, or maybe even won it, for they had lived to send the flashback to Jin, to tell him the tale. Even if only one had lived, clearly there had been an escape or a victory. Another flashback would reveal what happened later. In front of Jin, a Shada Hollow was present. It had perfectly gray scaly skin, a dragon-like face, etc. It was the dragon-like humanoid Shada Hollow that Future Jin and Future Zouma had faced. This was one of the Vasto Lorde. On cue, Zouma appeared next to Jin. He'd gotten the flashback too. "We're gonna need your Bount, Jin." Zouma said.

[Cupid Koikokoro]

Cupid used hirenkyaku pulling his hand back as 150 arrows formed in the bow. He was able to use the hirenkyaku nonstop since he was relying on the reaitsu of the generous Shauna Melody. Sparks radiated from the arrows. Cupid stopped behind the bear like shada hollow. "Boom." He said quietly but loud enough to be heard by the hollow since he was really close. The arrows blasted from the bow. They would all impact the shield, hopefully causing it to dwindle and fail. If this happened then the bear was going to be in trouble. Cupid readied his bow with 150 more arrows this time he appeared just above the bear and let the arrows fire, these were not charged with electricity like the others were. Cupid then blurred away with a burst of speed continuing to use the hirenkyaku this entire time. He appeared back behind the Shada Hollow, there was some distance between them, but only about 12 meters.

[Zou ۞]

The bear's shields weakened tremendously, but it took over 250 arrows to take the shields. As a result, the remaining 50 were what hit and killed the bear. With that, Cupid was probably given a good idea of what it might take to kill some of these things. A humanoid shaped Shada Hollow suddenly fell at his feet, and turned to ash. The residual reiatsu belonged to Shauna Melody, implying that she'd already killed one of the bosses, one of the mighty Vasto Lorde. As a result, only two should remain, one of which was being engaged by Jin. For Cupid, another enemy soon arrived. This one looked a bit tougher. It was essentially a gray triceratops type of creature. Instantly, it charged at Cupid as reiatsu horns formed on its three actual horns, meaning that it could impale him with giant energy horns at least ten meters before it actually reached him.

[Jin Yamada]

"VOOOOO!!! DIE ALREADY!" Feere shouted. He was getting annoyed that the mist his doll was sending out wasn't affecting the Shada Hollow at all. That really sucked for him. Then, Feere, Jikashi, Padrone, and even Don himself noticed something. The raptors that neared Don all of a sudden stopped and shivered. When they did stop, a nearby ally would kill them. Well that was good, at least something worked. The raptors were coming in more and more, and as they did, they were being stopped by the intense cold and then killed when they stopped. "HAHAHAH! DIE HOLLOW!" Padrone called out, bouncing around as he did. Feere also looked pretty elated that at least something worked and the hollow were dying. "KEEP IT UP DON!" Feere called out to his Bount ally. Don smiled his confident smile and increased the cold temperature, dropping air temperature around him even lower. This caused even more raptor like Shada Hollow to be killed.

Meanwhile, Jin watched as the rhino Shada Hollow barged right into the heat blast he had sent. Just like he had planned for it to do. The heat sphere blasted through its shield, and sent second degree burns across its body. Jin had at least been expecting it to get through its shield and maybe wound it enough to slow it down. He didn't think that it would just continue charging after being hit with his blast. As a result, he was knocked away by the rhino. His eyes opened wide and he gasped as it hit him, knocking the air from him for a few seconds. As he landed and rolled, he caught his breath and got to his knees after stopping. He looked up only to see a flash of a humanoid like Shada Hollow before him. It was a flash because just then, a flashback came over him and so he couldn't make out the hollow's true shape. He saw the Shada Hollow still standing when Zouma's attack passed. What?! How was that possible?! Both Future Jin and Zouma had used their powerful attacks. Jin wasn't sure if those were their most powerful, but to him they seemed like pretty powerful attacks. That sucked. Then, the dragon like Shada Hollow slammed its fist into Jin and Zouma's faces to send them away. That's when the flashback ended.

Jin's eyes widened when he finally caught a full glimpse of the Shada Hollow that stood before him. He didn't show any fear, just surprise. He wasn't afraid of the hollow that stood before him. He was afraid of dying at its hands and never achieving his goal. That was all that he lived for now. To see his race at peace. Anyway, standing before him now was the dragon-like humanoid Shada Hollow that he saw in the flashback. He wasn't sure if it was the same one, maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. He didn't want to get too much into that. He was trying to figure out how he would defeat it at the moment. Both Future Jin and Future Zouma together couldn't take it down, and they had abilities then Jin didn't even have now. Jin didn't have Grobe Fazit. He couldn't use his ring. This hollow would be even worse than just tough this time. It might even be his death, but he couldn't allow that. Oh no no no.

He then heard Zouma's voice at his side. He had said that they would need the help of Jin's Bount. "Yeah. Definitely." he commented. This Shada Hollow standing before him seemed really powerful. Jin thought that it might be one of the Vasto Lorde level hollow that Jin heard about except as a Shada Hollow. It's reiatsu was off the charts. There was no time to think anymore now. It was only time to fight! "Feere! Don! Jikashi! Padrone!" Jin called out. In a blur, four rings formed near him, and from out of them stepped his Bount. "We took care of those other hollow Jin. Now, let us work together to defeat this one." Don said, a confident smile forming on his face. Jikashi and his black knight simply stood there, awaiting commands. Padrone bounced around with a crazed smile on his face. Feere simply smiled with his arms folded, his pumpkin doll floating in the air beside him. "What's your plan of attack? How do you suppose we take this one?" Jin asked Zouma. He was hoping that Zouma had a plan on how they would defeat it. All of their powers would be needed if they even hoped to win this battle. There would be no holding back.

[Zou ۞]

Zouma exhaled thoughtfully as the Dragon Hollow stared at them. It was strong. He'd gotten the flashbacks, too. Zouma pulled out two Rings, very suddenly. He slid one onto his ring finger on the left hand. This one was red. Zouma handed Jin a blue one. "I learned through a flashback." he said. "These are experimental. They'll probably break once the battle is over. Use strong attacks. Follow my lead." Zouma's eyes lit up, and he drew his hand slowly across his blade, lighting it up as the symbols appeared on it. At the very least, Zouma was releasing so that he could get some attacking done. "Tenkai..." he whispered. As the shikai released, Zouma scraped his ring very suddenly against the blade, and a red flame materialized on the blade. No, not a flame. Energy. It was reiatsu. He'd coated his blade with red reiatsu. The reiatsu however, looked unsteady. It wasn't very stable.

It flared constantly, growing weaker and stronger at regular intervals. Clearly, attacks with it had to be timed. Zouma grimaced as it flickered, uncertainty crossing his face. "This is going to be hard to use." he said. "But without it, we can't even scratch that thing." Zouma quickly took a step forwards, and slashed with his blade. The usual blast of cold fire flew out, except Jin was bound to notice what was new. Some kind of red outline of reiatsu surrounded the blue, and the Dragon Hollow roared, slamming his fist into it. A gigantic white Cero crashed out of the fist as it hit the cold fire, a blast larger than Zouma's Tenkai strike powering in. However, the two attacks battled for a few seconds before Tenkai was overpowered, and the white Cero continued. Zouma slashed again with more certainty, and a second blast destroyed the white Cero, though didn't go any farther.

Zouma looked down at his Ring. A crack was already in the red gem. "If all else fails, we'll need to get this guy to Shauna." Zouma said. Obviously, those Rings added power to the attacks, and also made it possible to actually damage that thing. If it weren't possible, the Dragon-Hollow would not have used any attack to defend itself. The reiatsu on Zouma's blade flickered again, dimming, and then lighting back up. It had to be timed, or else the coating would be weak. It was still an experimental weapon, after all. However, it was something akin to what Future Zouma had used when he'd talked to Jin about the future. So if Jin learned how to use this experimental weapon, he might get closer to unlocking the secret of his orange ring.

Zouma exhaled slowly. "I need you to use whatever strong attack you can to back me up. Preferably one of those True Bount techniques your comrades keep referring to." The reiatsu flared all across the blade and the ring. Too much power was coursing through it. It was no good. Zouma rushed forwards, and slashed viciously. "TENKAI!" he cried out as a huge blast rushed forwards, and his mask materialized on his face for the slash. In this way, a dark red blast came out instead, surrounded by the bright red coating. This was a hell of an attack.

Zouma's Remaining Reiatsu: 2000 Reiatsu

Shikai: 1/10

Hollowfication: 1/11

OOC: Activating the Ring costs 400 reiatsu.

[Cupid Koikokoro]

Cupid watched as his arrows impacted the shada hollow. He grinned when he saw it was defeated. Then he felt Shuana's presence above him and a humanoid shada hollow fell to the ground turning to ash before him. He turned to see a Triceratops Shada Hollow charging towards him. He could sense that this one was stronger then the other one. So maybe it had more tricks. Since Cupid was able to use Shauna's reaitsu he took full advantage of it. 150 arrows formed on his bow and he hirenkykued to the left of the triceratops. He then fired them. As soon as they were sent Cupid was gone still using hirekyaku he appeared above the Triceratops with 150 more arrows and fired them down at the beast. He then disappeared in a final blur of motion appearing behind it letting 150 more arrows fire. He watched to see if the barrier that prevented his arrows from impacting on the first shada hollow would break after he fired the same amount of arrows. If that were true then some of the arrows would land, unless the beast dodged. But based on it being a triceratops it would not be able to do so.