Arc 2: Canon 31: Need No Guns (1) [Complete]

[Zou ۞]

Name: [The Second Battle Above Karakura: Need No Guns Part 1] - The Adventure Name

Participants: [Shinigami Only] - Who can participate?

Location: [The air above a fake Karakura Town] - 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: [It has happened. Karakura Town, which was given a teleportation swap just as 40 years ago, has been replaced. A fake Karakura now exists in its place for now, and this is where King Shada and his subordinates have gathered to fight. The truth is, Karakura and its high spirit population make up the perfect location for Teliki to absorb the reiatsu and rejuvenate itself fully, giving full power to King Shada's ambition, which will then allow him to usurp the throne of the Spirit King. Sure, he seems like another Azeru Cho. However, his forces are much more powerful this time around. It seems that King Shada and Asa Escudo have joined forces, and that all of the deceased Escudo have returned as Akki. Now, with the darkest hour tolling, Soul Society faces its greatest challenge. It has united with Las Noches to face this threat. What will happen?

For this thread, it will be a battle of Shinigami and the first great challenge. A gigantic beast of a hollow has appeared, one unlike anything previously imagined. It is a preliminary attacker provided by Asa Escudo. A Gillian the size of ten Gillian, eight arms on each side of its body, three heads with white masks. It can shoot Cero the size of buildings, Bala the size of houses. It is a beast of immeasurable reiatsu amount. During this thread, it is your job to defeat this beast. Enter this thread only if you will post quickly. For your viewing pleasure, at the same time as you're facing this beast, I will provide further entertainment in the form of a cinematic battle between Zouma Santeku and Kurosaki Juuken, who came across each other in the air.] - Explain the plot of your adventure.

Estimated Enemy Strength: [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: [3 participants maximum. Fast posters only.] - Any special conditions, limitations, or other things.

[Zou ۞]

They both were staring across at each other. On one side, there was Zouma. Both, standing on the air that was like ground, one holding his zanpakuto loosely, the other tightly. On the side opposite of Zouma, there was Kurosaki. One, Vizard Leader. The other, Vice Captain of Squad 1, Son of the former Captain Commander. Their eyes were locked. One of them was in nothing but sheer determination. The other was held in hatred and loathing, and an urge to dish that out in a complete revenge. It was a moment during which time two people observed each other with continued passion for an upcoming battle. "Let me ask you just one question before I kill you..." Kurosaki hissed menacingly to Zouma, spitting out the words. "How did you...manage to kill my father....?" Zouma and Kurosaki appeared to have already exchanged greetings, confirming the identities of one another. This was the end of the preliminary speaking.

"He...was weak." Zouma replied simply. "Is that so...?" Kurosaki murmured coldly. His blade was gripped tightly in his right hand, and a cold aura descended on the area. Zouma did not reply to those three words, even as electricity began materializing on Kurosaki's shoulder, a white and red lining armor forming across his muscular arm. Flames danced and roared on the shoulder as well, and he clenched his fist as the armoring covered the arm. "Speak no more of my father." Kurosaki said. "Speak only of me as I kill you." He twitched his knuckles to crack them. Usually, Kurosaki activated this power only on the right arm. Today, the covering formed on the left arm as well, as did the electricity and flames on the left shoulder. "Roar, Ikazuchi." Kurosaki said. Zouma braced himself. Kurosaki lunged forwards, blasting himself towards Zouma in an instant. "AND DISAPPEAR WITH THE THUNDER, ZOUMA SANTEKU!"

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His right fist was already cocked back, and then it flew towards Zouma. Zouma brought his palm across his blade, and it lit up as he did so. "Avenge, Tenkai." he murmured quietly. Symbols formed across his Zanpakuto as it turned black, and he slammed it cleanly into Kurosaki's fist, the two attacks meeting in an instant explosion of reiatsu and heat. Smoke and raw power flew all around the area, dancing around and lighting up the first striking clash of this mighty conflict. Kurosaki snarled, drawing back his left fist and smashing it forwards. This one, Zouma side stepped. He slashed all at once, and a huge burst of blue flames erupted out. Kurosaki punched both fists into it, and a mighty roaring sound exploded out, obliterating the flame blast instantly. "I don't use the electricity or flames for my punch like my father did..." Kurosaki said. "I STRIKE YOU WITH THE ROAR OF THE THUNDER!"

He charged again, and Zouma gasped as when he side stepped another punch from Kurosaki, forcewaves exploded out, shockwaves that blew through Zouma and knocked him spinning through the air. He skidded across the air, but Kurosaki was already on him again, roaring. "AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!" Zouma slashed again, and another blast of blue flames roared out. Kurosaki punched into it, and the raw force of his punches blasted through it again. Zouma drew his blade towards Kurosaki, their attacks meeting once again in an explosion. Zouma was sent skidding back, and he cursed. Zouma knew what had to be done. He drew his left hand across his face in a casual flick, and his hollow mask materialized instantly. Hollowfication was going to need to be used for this fight. Just in time too, for Kurosaki punched with his left fist, and a bolt of lightning flew out towards Zouma, who just barely managed to slash through it and save himself.

Too late! Another attack! This punch from the right fist send a large cyclone of flames spiraling towards Zouma. A slash from Tenkai brought a large burst of dark red flames into the cyclone of fire, obliterating it instantly, but revealing that the dissipating flames there had been a distraction. It was made of lightning and electricity, spinning full of over 200,000 volts and ready to take down Zouma. He slashed into it again, and the dark red flames managed to blast through it and take it down this time. However, Kurosaki was already on Zouma, punching into his face. Zouma barely managed to evade that hit, and Kurosaki twisted into a round house kick to Zouma's face, knocking him back. Zouma stumbled and cursed. Kurosaki's rage had made him strong. He was overwhelming even Zouma now.

Zouma's Remaining Reiatsu: 2800 Reiatsu

Shikai: 1/10

Hollowfication: 1/11

Kurosaki's Remaining Reiatsu: 2800 Reiatsu

Shikai: 1/10

[Ranmyaku Youmei]

Ranmyaku rushed to the scene where he heard a massive battle was ensuing between the lieutenant of squad one and a vizard. Maybe he could be of aid to his shinigami ally. But as the Senkaimon opened the captain realized his aid would be postponed. The reptile sensed a large spiritual energy in the area that was definitely not vizard, arrancar, or shinigami. “Hollow...” thought the reptile, “Definitely stronger then a gillian...” The reptile looked around noticing a hollow unlike anything he’d seen before. Off in the distance the captain spotted a massive creature laying waste to the fake Karakura Town. “Well damn,” said the shinigami, “It’d be a shame if something like that made it into the human world. I might as well dispose of it now.”

“Sorry Kurosaki, but you’ll have to hold him off a bit longer...” thought the captain as he flew towards the towering monster. The shinigami unsheathed his blade as he flew, taking into account all of the hollow’s physical features. The gigantic creature had eight arms, three heads, and was as tall as ten gillian. Surely this was the only hollow of it’s kind. What had created this monstrosity? What mutation in Heuco Mundo had given birth to such a behemoth?

The reptile reached the hollow with his sword drawn. He didn’t even know where to begin. Could he pierce this hollow’s flesh? Did this hollow even see him? The reptile thought it best to begin with a straightforward attack. Holding his zanpakutou to his side, the reptile flew at the creature’s ankle attempting to dig his Isutsu Natsuin deep into the back of the monster’s heel. This creature was slow so there was no doubt that the captain’s strike would hit, but would it have any effect. That was the question. With any luck Ranmyaku would topple the entire creature with this slice.

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Strength - [350] Points

Speed - [200] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [250] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [250] Points

Light Aura - [60] Points

Dark Aura - [40] Points

Instinct - [50] Points

Senses - [50] Points

Energy sensory - [50] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points

Total SP: [1,200] Points

[Kaen Youji]

Agh, hollow hunting? What was this? For internal affairs, Kaen was getting sent out into the field more and more lately. It was seriously cutting into his training and his sleeping patterns. But whatever. There were fights to be fought, and Kaen would be damned if he let himself pass up a fight like this one. He managed to ignore the clashing forces of Kurosaki and Zouma as his attention was mostly taken up by the gigantic hollow. Kaen's reaction is not what one would expect of a reasonably minded person. A normal person might have expressed some aprehension of fighting something like that. Kaen on the other hand? Kaen's face split into a brilliant and sadistic grin.

"This is gonna be the best. Day. Ever." Kaen remarked as he raced through Karakura's streets towards the battlefield. As he got closer, he picked up another reiatsu, and saw a "familiar" sight. Wow. That... kind of hurt to say. I mean, I know it's Bleach but saying that a giant lizardman slashing a sword around his head could possibly be a familiar sight kind of hurt just there. Ah whatever. THIS IS BLEACH DAMMIT!

Kaen watched the squad 8 captain attack the hollow with a ferocious slash. Kaen drew his zanpakuto, and dashed forwards to join him. Kaen couldn't use kido at all, but he was still confident in his physical abilities, and his zanpakuto's special abilities could make up for that if needed. A hollow this big... Kaen knew his meagre Kodachi wouldn't be enough to make up for it. Still, if he could do anything about it, he would. The 3rd seat drew his Kodachi out from its sheath on his shoulder, and leapt to the roof of a building, trying to figure out a plan of attack for dealing with something that big.

Kaen's stats

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Strength - 160 Points (320)

Speed - 150 Points (300)

Spiritual Pressure - 200 Points (100)

Reiatsu Strength - 140 Points (70)

Light Aura - 45 Points

Dark Aura - 55 Points

Instinct - 100 Points

Senses 50 Points

Energy sensory - 50 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points

Total: 850

[Zou ۞]

Unfortunately for Ranmyaku, no effect at all. The giant, towering beast's foot wasn't damaged. The blade could do nothing at all, and its impact was the same as smashing a twig into a steel girder. Not even a scratch remained. It was as if nothing had been done. So futile had the hit been, that the hollow hadn't even noticed that it'd been hit in the first place. The hollow roared its huge, bellowing roar, shockwaves tearing through the air itself. It was a massive amount of power! Just its roar was that strong. The roar of all three heads together, causing the sound barrier to shatter for the merest instant as vibrations blasted everywhere. They went nowhere near Ranmyaku or Kaen, but both would be able to see just how strong this hollow really was from that shockwave. They'd be wise to tread carefully when fighting against such a huge behemoth.

It wouldn't be easy to face it, that much was for sure. It suddenly noticed Kaen, probably out of sheer dumb luck, and took a step towards him, a building crashing down as it did so. Noticeably, it was slow, as predictable for something of this size. The hollow had strength, not speed. It was fast, but it was extremely slow. Of course, it was only to be expected. This giant thing, slow as it was, still had much strength. This meant that since it was hard to damage in the first place, and didn't even need to dodge, it was Kaen and Ranmyaku that had to look out more than anything. It could probably hit them even from a normal standing still position since it was so big that it practically towered over the whole area that they were local to.

The hollow's mouths opened, all three of them charging Cero. The Cero all flew out in a huge flooding storm towards Kaen, easily bigger than a skyscraper, several of those in fact, in total size. Getting out of the way was certainly impossible at close range. Luckily, the hollow towered so high over Kaen that he might just be able to scrape himself out of the way on time if he used shunpo more than once. He definitely would be using it at least four times, if not more. And, certainly, Ranmyaku might even have to help him for all the good in the world those four shunpo could do with such size. It was up to teamwork to bring a behemoth down, that much was sure. Then again, even with all that movement, there was no guarantee that Kaen would avoid a hit. He could still get consumed. Luckily, the Hollow's reiatsu was weak enough that even three of those giant cero would not kill Kaen. They'd just damage him.

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It has 1900 SP, same as a Class 1 Arrancar with Power. It is the Berserker Type, so stats are actually relatively weak except for Strength.

Strength: 400 (2800)

Speed: 300 (60)

Reiatsu Strength: 400 (80)

Spiritual Pressure: Infinite (SO LOOK OUT!!!!)

Instinct: 300 (60)

Senses: 300 (60)

Energy Sensory: 200 (40)

Healing Expertise: 0

Total SP: 1900

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Meanwhile. . .

Zouma looked around, his eyes carefully scanning everywhere. Hollowfication had been shattered. Suddenly, Kurosaki was up in front of him, punching forwards. Zouma side stepped, just barely dodging a blow, and then kicking towards Kurosaki, who grabbed Zouma's leg. Before Kurosaki could do anything, Zouma cut down on him, though he continued looking around. Kurosaki brought his arm against Zouma's to block the strike, disengaged, and backed off. "Where are you looking?!" Kurosaki demanded angrily. Zouma focused immediately back on Kurosaki. His eyes looked changed, and larger, grim determination was visible in the both of them. He held up his blade known as Tenkai, taking his one handed tightened grip on it, before at last locking eyes with Kurosaki. When Zouma spoke, it was full of determination; a scary one at that.

"I was making sure none of my friends are in the nearby vicinity. I can't use my full power if they're around. That's why I went alone when I killed your old man." Zouma brought his left hand up to his face as Kurosaki snarled at the mention of Old Lightning's death. When Zouma at last spoke again, reiatsu was flaring all around him. "But, now that we're all alone together, with only your allies in sight..." Zouma's hollow mask exploded onto his face as he activated hollowfication, and was instantly gone in a burst of speed. He was blurred, and next instant a devastating explosion of dark red flames swept across the air, huge, a giant attack that Kurosaki barely got out of the way of in time. The corner even still got him, covering him in second degree burns as Zouma materialized in front of him, his blade slamming into Kurosaki's arms, which Kurosaki used to block the strike.

"I can easily..." Zouma continued, "CRUSH YOU!" Another explosion of dark red flames rushed out, and Kurosaki roared, shooting off lightning from his body to try and prevent the flames from consuming him. When at last they faded, Kurosaki tumbled to the ground, smashing into it as Zouma landed near him. "Old Lightning tried that same trick." Zouma said. "THUNDER DOESN'T STRIKE LIKE LIGHTNING!" He blew towards Kurosaki, slashing. "TENKAI!" Another dark red burst of flames, huge, concentrated, powerful. The same flames that had, months ago, defeated Old Lightning's use of Ryuujin Jakka. Kurosaki's eyes flew up in shock as the flames rushed into his area. He was consumed by third degree burns all over his body already, and one of the arm coatings, the left one, had been shattered. He was on one knee as the flames approached him. Zouma wasn't letting up on him.

Zouma's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

Shikai: 2/10

Hollowfication: 2/11

Kurosaki's Remaining Reiatsu: 2800 Reiatsu
Kurosaki's Shikai: 2/10

[Ranmyaku Youmei]

Ranmyaku gritted his teeth as his sword scraped harmlessly. Of course he didn’t expect a hollow of this level to be taken out by such a simple blow. However he still wanted to test the waters before he took this any further. Ranmyaku landed in between the hollow’s two massive feet. This was the safest spot to be while fighting gillian and he assumed the same concept would work against this enormous creature. The captain caught a glimpse of another shinigami entering the fray. The captain had never seen this soul reaper before, but he welcomed any help he could get with the immense hollow. Ranmyaku nodded at the 3rd seat, acknowledging his entrance. However, the immense hollow took the initiative and began charging multiple ceros. Ranmyaku couldn’t see the attacks, but he sensed that huge amount of energy being charge and saw the red glow that covered the landscape as the hollow charged up his attack. “G-GET OUT OF THE WAY!” yelled the captain at the 3rd seat. Hopefully Kaen would follow his example and join him between the feet of the monster. Gillian were stupid, and if this creature was anything like a gillian then it had already probably forgot there were two shinigami it was fighting. Ranmyaku watched as the ceros were released and prayed that Kaen somehow got out of the way.

Play time was over. Now that the safety of others depended on his ability, Ranmyaku would go all out to end this as quickly as possible. The last thing he wanted was to be responsible for the death of an ally. “Bankai...” Ranmyaku uttered the powerful word under his breath as his sword disintegrated into a fine powder that fell to the ground. At this moment the lizard saw the entire sky light up with a deep, red glow. Was that cero or had the sky just exploded? The captain was taken aback by how wide of a range only three ceros covered. If there were more of these things then that spelled bad news for Seireitei. The shinigami could only hope that Kaen had made it away safely and remained unharmed.

Below the hollow the ground rumbled and out sprung six towering worms, hissing and snarling at the hollow. They reached 200 yards and their lower halves remained embedded in the ground below. Their purple skin glistened in the sun and their mouths opened wide enough to swallow a semi-truck. Two powerful worms wrapped around the hollow’s legs in an attempt to keep him in one place while the other four surrounded the hollow on four sides. They waved back and forth, begging to be shot at with one of the hollow’s immense ceros.

Remaining Reiatsu: 2,100
Bankai: 1/10

[Kaen Youji]

Kaen was dismayed to see the captain's zanpakuto do nothing to the massive beast. Kaen looked up at the monster. Yep. He'd definately need to release. Suddenly the captain yelled a warning at Kaen, and Kaen snapped to attention, looking at the captain. Then he felt a surge of energy above and saw a series of truly enormous Cero falling towards him. Damn those are big![/i] Kaen thought, and he immediately used Shunpo backwards where the Cero would have the smallest reach. Big as they were, there were only three of them, and they would naturally have a smaller reach backwards and forwards than to either side.

It was due to this calculation that Kaen was able to escape the range of the massive Cero in time. Barely. He had just emerged from his Shunpo on the second ledge of a building, dashing back, when the massive blasts crashed down behind him, the explosion sending Kaen flying through the air. But, again, rather than concern or terror, a delighted grin was on the shinigami's face as he turned his flight into a somersault and landed on an abandoned street, hopefully out of the hollow's sight. He then drew his zanpakuto, and held it in his release pose."Burn Hachiryuu!" Kaen proclaimed, releasing his shikai in a blaze of reiatsu. His blade was now gone. In its place was an arm brace around his arm. Alright. Now back to the battle! Kaen considered, leaping back into the air onto the building to get his bearings again.

Kaen took a deep breath. Alright. Time to start charging up. He felt he might have one move that could harm the hollow, but it'd take some time. "Daihou. (Great Flame)" Kaen uttered and began to create a fireball in his hand, focusing shaping it and turning it. Making it grow. But if he was to make this thing solid enough and large enough to hurt that massive thing he'd need some time to set it up first! He hoped the captain could hold the hollow off and keep its attention while he charged it. Heck, who was he kidding. Kaen was just hoping the captain didn't kill the thing while he was charging this!

Reiatsu remaining: 750
Shikai: 1/10

[Zou ۞]

With the impact of the Cero and the ground, a huge explosion detonated, blasting all around. Kaen's miscalculation was obvious. He'd performed his Shunpo by itself, expecting that to be enough. Even if he moved backwards, neglection was evident in what he'd done. These Cero, each had been as large as a skyscraper. Those giant and towering buildings people saw. If it towered like a building, it was safe to say that a single ordinary shunpo could do nothing. The entire area Kaen had been in, and even beyond it, was struck, bathed in a red glow for over five hundred square meters. No, it was much larger than that. Easily half a kilometer was bathed in red. When the glow faded away, Kaen's body was revealed to have taken second degree burns all across it, and a few third degree burns. He wasn't out of the fight. The buildings had either been set aflame, had crumbled, or some had remained intact.

The Cero was large, but it wasn't super strong. It was able to cover a huge area, wide, and decimate weaker foes. However, with that level of power, it wasn't enough of a threat to kill Kaen in a single hit. It wouldn't do that to Ranmyaku either. However, the truth should be obvious. Getting hit by more than one or two of those was deadly. The second one would leave Kaen with a lot less room to move, a lot less energy and freedom due to injuries. A third one, and he'd be finished too. However, steam was coming from the gargantuan beast's mouths, and as a result, it seemed that it couldn't fire those Cero all the time. With the worms erupting out of the ground, however, the beast took time to act. It reached out, grabbing the nearest worm with a huge hand, and ripped it out of the ground. It took hold of that worm in its other hand, gripping it and ripping the thing in half. This was of course, a chance for the others to attack it as well.

It was stuck there, immobile, but it was easily able to deal with fellow giants if those giants were stuck in the ground, and if those giants were still inferior in size. The hollow threw the worm halves away, and then punched to the sides with both fists. Bala the size of apartment complexes flew out of those fists, heading for the worms on all sides. Those were huge attacks. This thing wasn't limited to just Cero, after all. It even stared down at Kaen, roaring while it shot those Bala at Ranmyaku's worms. The damn thing wasn't a pushover. They were going to have to do a lot of damage to bring it down. Obviously, no single attack would do the job. On the other hand, the same was probably true for that Hollow. No single attack from it, with the exception of fist smashing them or stepping on them, could possibly kill them.

Meanwhile. . .

Zouma's blade smashed into Kurosaki's arms. Kurosaki was on full defense, blocking everything now. This of course happened inside of the smoke, which had already cleared away, revealing that Kurosaki had, at the last second, managed to repel it with a mighty roar of reiatsu from his shikai. He was no match for Zouma at present state, though. In reality, Hollowfication and Tenkai had been too much for Old Lightning to handle too. Kurosaki was weaker than Old Lightning, and so he wasn't ready to take his revenge on the guy that beat his old man. But, Kurosaki had rage and hate on his side. At the very least, he might be able to seriously injure Zouma in some way, hopefully. No, it was unlikely.

Their attacks kept meeting, and Kurosaki was there, just taking more and more injuries from Zouma. Their attacks clashed and met, until at last, covered in cuts, slashes, and burns, blood everywhere, Kurosaki backed off, panting. Zouma's eyes glared down at him. Kurosaki didn't look like he'd be able to last any further. He exhaled, and his reiatsu began flowing around his body. Yeah, Zouma had him in the bag for this fight if things kept up along this way. "I knew that you were strong, to be able to beat my father." Kurosaki said. "But now I know...I have to destroy you!" His reiatsu continued to flare and explode off of him in a huge rippling wave pattern. Even Zouma had to take a step back from intimidation. "So that's why...I will show you my ultimate power, Zouma..."

Zouma's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

Shikai: 2/10

Hollowfication: 2/11

Kurosaki's Remaining Reiatsu: 2800 Reiatsu

Kurosaki's Shikai: 2/10

[Ranmyaku Youmei]

Ranmyaku leapt on top of the hollow’s white foot and dug his talon’s into it’s skin to keep from being flung off. The hollow would not feel something so minor and would be unable to see him, much less step on him in it’s situation. The captain could do nothing but shield his eyes as he watched the cero envelop the san-seki. Was his ally dead? “Shit!” he said as he looked for any signs that the other shinigami was still alive. As the lizard was busy worrying about his comrade the enormous hollow leaned down and grasped the worm on his left. “Damn! I underestimated his reach!” thought the shinigami as he watched one part of his bankai be ripped out of the ground and torn in half by the gigantic beast. This was incredible. Ranmyaku’s bankai was comprised of creatures that withstood cero and even kidou from incredibly high level opponent’s. The hollow’s strength had to be unbelievable for it to do something like that. Ranmyaku instantly concentrating on moving the rest of his bankai out of the hollow’s reach. The three worms that weren’t wrapped around the hollow’s legs dove underground and popped up much further back, out of the hollow’s reach. They formed an equilateral triangle around the monster’s position.

It appeared the hollow was aware that there were out of his reach, because the next instant the hollow fired a bala at each of the remaining worms. “Perfect...” thought the captain as the bala collided with each of the bankai’s heads. The worm’s open mouths absorbed a portion of the bala as they the rest of them collided harmlessly with the bankai’s hard exterior. These worms were practically impossible to destroy because they possessed the same durability as the captain’s own shikai, and if Kaen’s sword had survived the hollow’s cero, then these worms would certainly be able to take a few bala. After swallowing a portion of the hollow’s bala they remained stationary, begging for something more to devour.

Ranmyaku looked up at one of his worms that was coiled around the hollow’s leg and held his hand out at the creature. “Hado 88. Hiryugekizokushintenraiho!” shouted the lizard as he fired an intense blast of electricity and spiritual energy into the gaping open mouth of his own worm. The beam lasted for about 7 seconds before fading away. This attack would certainly come into play later.

Bankai: 2/10
Remaining Reiatsu: 1,500

[Zieg Revolver]

OOC: I shall join later today, since this is the last day of my classes and now ill be off for the summer to be on here. ;D

[Zou ۞]

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The Behemoth roared, reaching around and swatting at the air madly. Of course, despite everything, it was a massive beast, a mindless one at that. There wasn't much to it but the urge to devour and kill. It reached out, grabbing at the worms wrapped around its legs. It was pretty legitimately pissed off, now. That was also one of the only things that it could possibly experience. Being pissed. The Hollow's roars and cries sounded across the whole of Karakura, and everywhere, people turned to look at it before turning back to their fighting. This all out war was really getting into gear. Zouma was facing Kurosaki, Asa and King Shada were both in battle. The Captain Commander himself had even yet to join the fray, leaving the massive hope that there were other cards to be played. All around, Espada were dueling and defeating Escudo adversaries as well.

Certainly, there was nothing that could be done to make this war go faster. It was simply a process of defeating all of the enemies. This giant hollow, King Shada, Asa, the Escudo, etc. There weren't many enemies left over. In all honesty, it looked like Soul Society and Las Noches as a combination had the advantage. With so many dueling Espada, with so many powerful Captains, most certainly there wouldn't be anything that would prevent King Shada and Asa Escudo from being defeat, except for the possibility that King Shada gained massive power because of Teliki. But, Teliki was highly damaging to use. And, more than that, what could he do? It only lasted for mere instants.

Indeed, this was a fight that seemed to be coming to an obvious result, a conclusion that all predicted. This Hollow, though. Ranmyaku and Kaen should deal with it quickly. They'd want to conserve energy in case something else showed up later. There were strong enemies across this battlefield despite everything. Even if it looked like a winning battle, if they weren't careful then they would probably die one way or another. That was why...they needed to break this Hollow.

Meanwhile. . .

"I want you to burn in my light, Zouma. . ." Kurosaki said. His reiatsu was roaring like thunder, and his voice was barely even audible. His words could be taken only by reading the movement of his lips, tracking his mouth as it pronounced each syllable. And then at last, it came. In a fiery instant, his reiatsu consumed him. "BANKAI! IKAZUCHI MAKAI!" Roaring, thundering. Everything all at once seemed to change. A huge storm of lightning flowed off of his body, shockwaves and electricity crashing all around. Zouma stared at it, his eyes widening, before at last he simply slashed into the incoming wave, obliterating it in a huge fiery of dark red flames. However, with the lightning coming to its end, it was revealed that Kurosaki had truly gone to greater heights than Old Lightning in attempts to increase his own power.

He was surrounded by thousands of neon blue dragons, each made out of thousands of lightning bolts. Each dragon roared, and the sound of thunder was each roar. The whiplashing of each serpentine tail also brought a crackling sound of thunder, and electricity was constant, was everywhere. "Do you remember...where my Old Man went wrong...?" Kurosaki asked as Zouma watched the spectacle unfolding, realizing the nostalgia of this moment, the familiarity of the attack that Kurosaki had unleashed. This was the same Bankai as Old Lightning, and yet somehow it was different. "He tried to fight you with his element. Lightning against fire. And then, he tried to use Ryuujin Jakka, which he didn't even fully understand. I won't make the same mistake as my stupid dad. I'm going to crush you with my scream alone. My cry of hate will power through your flames. Flames...cannot block or counter sound."

Zouma gasped. "Sequence 4." Kurosaki said, the dragons all merging together to form one huge, enormous, gigantic, gargantuan dragon of the same color, millions of volts and bolts making this one up. It had glowing red eyes, and the roar that it spewed was insane, catastrophic even. "You know, Zouma...Normally this attack blankets ten miles. But...I'm focusing it all on you this time. I'll focus all my hate on a single point...and erase you. You'll disappear in my thunder, and the sound that ends your life will be heard for a hundred miles around." Instantly, the dragon roared, and exploded. Sound was dancing all around, a huge rippling shockwave blasting everywhere. The dragon itself had not been lightning, but rather had turned into a sound vibration, a gigantic explosion of pure sound, a billion times louder than ordinary thunder, quite literally. And, in that moment of pure sound, a sound that wiped out all other senses because of how loud it was, even if it was a temporary knockout of everyone's senses, it blotted the world out, seemingly.

Zouma himself was caught up in the attack, and it was only in that instant that it became clear, Kurosaki had prepared. Whatever the result of this battle, it was certainly difficult, that much was certain. Whatever had happened, Kurosaki and Zouma had fought here on this day. Whatever had happened, this battle had become epic, but taken a turn near its climax. What had become of Zouma?

Zouma's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

Shikai: 3/10

Hollowfication: 3/11

Kurosaki's Remaining Reiatsu: 2800 Reiatsu

Kurosaki's Bankai: 1/10

[Kaen Youji]

Owww.... that had hurt. But Kaen was surprised to see that he was still fine! That hollow wasn't all that tough afterall. It may have been big, but its Cero was surprisingly weak. Kaen certainly didn't feel amazing after taking it, but hell, Kaen took more abuse in his day to day training than that Cero had caused. The important thing was that he had made it through the blast, and that his shikai had been released. And now his strongest flame was forming. In theory, Kaen could keep creating this thing for ages, and eventually create a flame of monumental size and power. Unfortunately, he expected he didn't have that time. He only hoped the Captain could hold the hollow's attention while he made his flame a good enough size.

Already the flame was nearly twice the size of Kaen and growing rapidly. Kaen's eyes were on the hollow, tracking its every movement. Ranmyaku-taichou seems to be having some trouble... I'll bet he wasn't expecting his bankai to be damaged like that. I hope he can hold out... Kaen glanced at the fireball he was making. It was now four times his size. He had to hold his hand over his head to accomodate for this, and the fireball was still growing. He knew this fireball could be ten times his size and still only have a minimal effect on the hollow. He had to keep on building it. More! More! And hope to the spirit King himself that the hollow would fail to recognize it as a threat until it was too late.

Reiatsu remaining: 750
Shikai: 2/10

[Zou ۞]

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[Ranmyaku Youmei]

Ranmyaku wasn’t about to let the hollow break another portion of his bankai. As the hollow reached down to grab at the worms around his legs he made them slither back underground, releasing the immense hollow and allowing him to be mobile again. Ranmyaku stooped to all fours and dug the talons on his hands into the hollow’s foot as well, just in case the gargantuan thing decided to move. “It’s definitely forgotten about me by now. It probably believes it’s enemy is the worms. Well that suits me just fine,” thought the captain as he scanned the city for any signs of Kaen. “Just where did he run off to?” said Ranmyaku to himself. Keeping his worms out of reach of the hollow, the captain would ride on the creature’s foot if it chose to walk. All the while he would keep his bankai prepared to swallow any ranged attacks the hollow launched at them.

Ranmyaku was at an impasse. He didn’t have the capability to finish off this gigantic hollow just yet, or so he thought. He would require more power before he could think of injuring this thing. Without a word, the two worms that had been holding the hollow’s legs in place erupted out of the ground just out of the hollow’s reach, ready to receive a bite of any cero or bala that was sent in their direction. The worms were now in a pentagonal shape around the giant, waving back and forth waiting for another attack to head

Bankai: 3/10
Remaining Reiatsu: 1,500

[Zou ۞]

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Suddenly, reiatsu began pouring off of the behemoth. It roared as it opened its mouth. Violet colored reiatsu materialized in the air in the form of a river, and began flowing into the beast's mouth. What was this?! Was that...Gonzui? A version so terrifying that it was unimaginable; That was the attack launched. The behemoth's roar could be heard for a thousand miles around, seemingly, and its body began to buff up. Muscles formed across its Gillian-like body, hardening like steel, and then continuing to expand as it grew even larger. It was getting bigger! The arm amount was increasing too. The heads too. The heads were each expanding and growing, changing so the masks were grotesque oni masks with eight horns each, and at least a dozen glowing red eyes. Each head had two mouths, and there were now seven heads instead of three.

Even worse, the body had doubled in size, and also doubled in arm amount. The muscularity had amounted to so much that it made Hulk Hogan look like a pussy, and Arnold Schwarzenegger look like a character from yugioh. The hollow roared. Shockwaves blasted all around, shattering entire buildings. That was the sign that it had gotten stronger. Before, its roar hadn't been able to do that. Worse yet, when it began waving its arms around, buildings shattered just from pure air force. The strength...it had doubled. The behemoth's mouths all opened up, all 14 of them, and in the dead center a small violet orb formed, and then quickly expanded. Within mere seconds, the orb had expanded to become even larger than the hollow itself. All around, people in battle were scurrying away, using whatever step techniques and the like existed to get the hell away from the bright light.

Instantly, the giant violet Cero released, and a detonation capable of consuming a full mile radius in front of the hollow unleashed itself. No, even more than a mile in front. A mile all around the hollow. It was a 360 degree radius explosion. It was huge! Noticeably, reiatsu hadn't gotten any stronger, but the attack, having gotten even bigger, consumed everything. Only the hollow itself remained untouched. Its growth had been so sudden, the reiatsu so flaring, that Ranmyaku had been launched away, straight into the way of the blast. Even with their defenses, his worms would take burns. They wouldn't die, but certainly they would be damaged. It was inescapable this time, so big that nothing kept up. Ranmyaku and Kaen both would be consumed in the huge burning inferno of reiatsu, covered in second degree burns. The hollow had gotten much stronger. They had to end it now.

Meanwhile. . .

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Steam. Everywhere. That was what filled the air. Nothing but steam, rubble, and destruction. Ash, cinders; The things filling the air and staining its pure taste. On all fours, covered in cuts, with several broken bones, blood spewing out of his mouth and cuts; That was Zouma Santeku. "D...damn..." he hissed, staring upwards as Kurosaki stepped towards him. Both now were on a rooftop, one that had somehow managed to survive everything. Kurosaki walked casually, slowly towards Zouma, speaking as he did. "Ressurection? Is that how you survived my father's attack too?" He reached Zouma at last. Kurosaki and Zouma had both been reverted to sealed state, and blood and wounds covered both. Kurosaki jammed his Zanpakuto into the ground next to Zouma, so that it stuck out. "But you should have realized...My attack wasn't the type that you could counter with flames and reiatsu."

He reached into the folds of his robes, Kurosaki pausing only once to spit blood out onto Zouma's forehead, where it dripped down, past the eyes. Kurosaki pulled out an ornate, yet very small sheathe, a dull and fading gray in color, with no markings on it at all. He pulled a small blade out, barely six inches total. It had the same design and build as a katana, even if it was small. It was rather plain looking in all, and yet Kurosaki handled it delicately, as if it were a treasure of ten thousand years of age. This blade, he lay at Zouma's throat. "This is a weapon passed from many hands to get to me. From Kings to their sons in another world, and to my father for rendering them a great service. And then, from him to me. It looks plain, but it is thousands of years old. It has been given great care as a treasure. It's a ceremonial blade that only has one purpose."

Zouma's eyes widened as Kurosaki lowered the blade, aiming the tip straight at his heart, grabbing his neck and raising him up for it. "Execution." he finished. There was actual fear in Zouma's eyes. Fear of death. He'd been to Hell before, and somehow returned the same. He feared going back to Hell. He feared it more than anything else, and only now in defeat did he truly acknowledge it. "Don't show me that." Kurosaki said. "Even if you're scum, keep your head raised, and your eyes calm. You're a warrior. A warrior does not fear his own death. A warrior is proud even in his final moments." Zouma struggled, trying to move, but in the end proved too weak. He couldn't resist. Kurosaki had beaten him, it seemed. "Goodbye, Zouma Santeku." Kurosaki said, beginning to press his blade into Zouma's heart. The tip broke skin after a second, drawing a droplet of blood. And then, there was a gasp and a cry as all went still, and blood unexpected and crimson rose into the air.

Zouma's Remaining Reiatsu: 1400 Reiatsu

Kurosaki's Remaining Reiatsu: 2400 Reiatsu