Arc 2: Canon 33: Need No Guns (3) [Complete]

[Zou ۞]

Name: [The Second Battle Above Karakura Town: Need No Guns Part 3] - The Adventure Name

Participants: [Only dwellers of the human world] - Who can participate?

Location: [The ground of a Fake Karakura Town] - Where does this take place?

Difficulty Level: [Hard] - 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?

In this thread, an enemy known as Kotetsu, Master of Storm, will be here. He's a Class 1 ordinary Fullbringer. His power is called "Storm Blade." The primary property is "Water Cutter Sword." It creates a sword in his right hand with a hilt that's normal, but a blade that's made out of water moving so fast that it's a jet of water moving at mach 3, and extending out up to a meter. For whatever reason, the hilt dulls all shock, making the blade easy to handle. It cuts through metal and other things with the intense power. Essentially, it's gonna do a number on you if you get hit. Look out for this guy. Stats will be revealed when you begin to fight him. Your goal in this thread is to defeat him, for he is an asset of King Shada's forces. For your viewing pleasure, a cinematic of Shauna Melody vs King Shada, followed by Death-Sama joining the fray later.] - 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: [Fast posters only.] - Any special conditions, limitations, or other things.

[Zou ۞]

Fwing fwing fwing fwee! Arrows flew in an instant, for Shauna had already gotten started. Her white leather coat, for that was what she wore in that moment, was whipping with the wind as she moved around at insane speed, using her Hirenkyaku as a constant due to the infinite source of reiatsu that she possessed. Gigantic arrows were flying everywhere, massive and filled with tons of powerful reiatsu. In the meantime, wearing white robes and a large crown, with glowing red eyes, Maldaga Sasori, otherwise known as King Shada, was moving around at his top speed to dodge those arrows, which simply zipped off into the distance once they missed. Shauna gave no visible intention of ceasing fire. Her arrows kept flying, Sasori kept trying to dodge. In that moment, he really was Sasori, and not King Shada, for he as of that moment still lacked the proper powers of King Shada, which Teliki had granted him only momentarily to escape from Soul Society.

Sasori's blade slashed out at Shauna as he got near her, but Shauna simply continued to skid away, shooting more arrows, which forced Sasori to have to dodge. He moved away, and then came towards Shauna again. In that instant, as the two were visibly clashing, none could deny that this was going to be an epic battle of epic proportions. No one could or would get out of this one unscathed.

[Jin Yamada]

King Shada was finally making his move. According to the low down given by Death-Sama, he was attempting to use Karakura Town as a sacrifice to restore Teliki's powers. Oh hell no! No way. No how. That wasn't how it was going to go down! Jin wasn't going to allow it. He couldn't allow it! He wasn't going to let the future he saw in that flashback come true. No way! He didn't want King Shada to rule. He couldn't let him rule. He would fight him with every fiber of his being just like Future Jin did. He wasn't going to let his Future self down today. Least of all, he wasn't going to let Kassen Oro down today either. He had already failed in defeating one of the people who had aided in killing him. He wasn't going to let his memory down again by dying today without finishing his mission to save the Bount race. He was fighting for alot of things in this battle today. Kassen Oro, the Bount, the humans, Death Inc., the world, the present. Actually, he wasn't only fighting for the present, but for the future as well. A Future where King Shada ruled. That was why he dropped everything he was doing to come straight here from London. That, and being on the Board of Executives in Death Inc. made him one of the people that Death-Sama contacted first about the threat to Karakura Town.

Appearing suddenly out of the blue flames that sprang up within the streets of Karakura Town was none other than Jin himself. He was wearing his usual clothing. The light pink, almost white dress shirt tucked into the baggy black pants with the flat black dress shoes and loosely tied tie around his neck. He wore the same unbuttoned black jacket over everything, which his hands were now in the pockets of. There was no reason to look extra special today. On his face, he bore that look of determination and confidence that Future Jin had when he was about to face King Shada. The look that showed that he was ready to give his life today if it meant he could protect. That was Jin's mindset at this moment. He came to handle business, and business was what he would handle. He wouldn't waste time playing around. He was in this to win to protect Karakura Town, the Bount counting on him, and the World of the Living. Nothing was going to stop him from doing anything less than weakening the threat known as King Shada. If he could, he would try and take him down, but Death-Sama had instructed Jin to let him handle it with Shauna's help. So, that was what Jin was going to do. He would let Shauna and Death do their thing and he would do his. That was how he was going to roll this time around. So with all of his confidence and determination brimming, Jin was fired up and ready to go!

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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

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Okay since we need another participant, I'll allow someone else of another race to join. Just one other.

[Hara Lucious]

Hara suddenly appeared beside Jin glancing over slightly but not for long before looking back at the threat in front of them. He left it silent for a moment before opening his mouth and letting words flow out. "Think we can unite long enough to protect this town, or will we only make things harder for each other? He stared straight ahead at who they would be fighting as he waited for a reply. His hair and captain robes blew in the wind that suddenly picked up with his appearence due to all the Spiritual pressure in the area know from a captain the bount leader and this threat that was attacking the town. His Zanpakutou was clutched by his hand but still in the seath that had gold designs down the center. a new attractive peace Hara got recently. He sighed a bit as he prepare to fight the enemy a front of them both.

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Stat:Strength - [130] (150) Points

Speed - [100] {(150*2=300)}<--New stat plus increse Points

Spiritual Pressure - [170] (100) Points

Reiatsu Strength - {[100] / 50}<-- Stat Decrease Points

Light Aura - [30] Points

Dark Aura - [70] Points

Instinct - [85] Points

Senses [85] Points

Energy sensory - [30] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [755] Point

[Zou ۞]

With a casual flick of his hilt, Kotetsu activated Storm Blade. In an instant, a fiery water cutter blade was icing its way along the hilt, roaring with indignation at the two enemies that had come before it. Kotetsu's eyes scanned rather maliciously over Jin and Hara. Kotetsu was a tall man at around six foot five, and he was thin, pale. His eyes were drawn and silken and black, and his hair was a mousy combination of black and combed, yet scraggly in the back like a teenager's unkempt mullet. It was crying out, almost as if for blood. That wasn't a normal weapon. The water looked painful. How often did water actually look painful? And this guy, Kotetsu; He had a feeling of dread all about him, a foreboding aura that said he was the type of man that would cut into a child to hear the sweetest of lullabies to himself, even if that sweet noise was actually a horrible scream.

It didn't look like something that anyone would really want to get mixed up in. He was probably more than even what met the eye, seeing as he'd been recruited for this job by King Shada. Whatever happened now, it wouldn't be pretty. He was moving forwards in an instant, the expression on his face calmed for only a moment, before he smiled coldly, his lips parting ever so slightly. His teeth...! They were fangs! At least, two of them were fangs, and dripping blood down the corners of his lips at that. Terrifying, scary teeth that seemed like they could pierce a shark. They were like a vampire's. That wasn't a fun thought, not at all. As Kotetsu reached Hara, he reached out with his blade. Two reaches, and he was slashing. That slash with the water cutter wasn't something that would be easy to defend against. Not one bit.

Kotetsu's Remaining Reiatsu: 2300 Reiatsu

Active: Main Fullbring Stage 1

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Strength: 200

Speed: 300

Reiatsu Strength: 250

Spiritual Pressure: 250

Instinct: 150

Senses: 150

Healing Expertise: 100

Energy Sensory: 0

Total SP: 1400

Meanwhile, Sasori jumped, flipping over an arrow, and landed in front of Shauna. His sword moved towards her. Suddenly, his speed picked up as his eyes glowed. What happened?! Shauna gasped, and just barely managed to dodge his blade, even though with his free hand her grabbed her throat when she dodged. Shauna gasped, and started panting. Something was up. Something was wrong. Something was horribly, terribly, horrifically wrong. Whatever was going on, there was much more to Sasori now than met the eye. It was scary, and yet it was somehow to be expected. Sasori released Shauna only when she aimed a notched arrow at him, and he disappeared in a new burst of speed when the arrow exploded out in front of Shauna. She turned around, but Sasori was nowhere to be found. He came up from behind her, skulking up, and bringing up his blade. What would happen?!

[Jin Yamada]

Jin just stood there, staring forward at the opponent before him. His brown eyes full of determination. The kind of determination of a person ready to die. A person who was determined to give it their all or die trying. That was the kind of determination that Jin had today. He held a relaxed demeanor, but that only hid what he truly felt. He was slightly worried about the upcoming battle. He knew the consequences of losing this battle today. He knew what would happen to Karakura Town. To Death Inc. To the Bount race. To every other single race within Karakura Town. Jin knew all that would happen if he failed today. That was why he was so focused and determined. That was why he was going to win today by all means necessary.

Hara's sudden appearance next to Jin didn't go unnoticed. Jin's eyes looked over towards Hara without actually turning his head. "Doesn't matter to me. I just want to protect the Bount and this Town." he replied to Hara's statement still without turning towards the Captain. Jin's main focus in this battle was protecting the town he grew up in and the proud race that he was apart of. "My main abilities revolve around heat. Since we're going to be fighting together, I will try to keep it from harming you. I will back you up and I hope that you will do the same for me." Jin said. He spoke with a serious yet calm voice. He was trying to get a battle plan ready with Hara. Get their minds ready for this upcoming battle.

It was weird to be working with a Shinigami to fight a common enemy once again, let alone working with a Shinigami at all. He had done the same with Hara's father against Kuroi. Now, he was doing it with the son against another threat. He hoped that Hara wasn't too much like his father Dimitri. He had been a little too reckless. "I hope that you're nothing like your father when it comes to teamwork." Jin spoke. Then, his opponent was attacking. He was a monster. From his eyes to his hair to his teeth to his weapon. Jin knew this guy was a true monster. He would enjoy killing them today. All of King Shada's minions joined him willingly because of their bloodlust and enjoyment of slaughtering. It sickened Jin.

He watched as Kotetsu came forward with that blade of water. It looked weird. Not like regular water. Jin would have to figure out what exactly it was later. For now, he had to protect his comrade who was being attacked first. He couldn't just step in to attack because he wasn't sure about that water, and if he did step in and attack, it would also injure his ally. He had to use something that would get Hara out of the way without injuring him as much and also set him up for an attack. Jin gathered reiatsu around his body and then unleashed it. Sprengstoff. It blasted out in that sphere like shockwave form, crashing into both Hara and Kotetsu. Something told Jin that that blade of Kotetsu's would cut through the shockwave, so that was why he let it spread out to hit Hara as well. That would push Hara away from Kotetsu even if he did crash through the shockwave. Kotetsu would feel as though he had run into a brick wall that was now blasting him backwards a few feet.

Now with that done, if Kotetsu was knocked backwards by the Sprengstoff, Jin would have something else for him. He jumped back as he pulled out his yoyo, flicking it forward. It moved towards Kotetsu and then Jin said those magic words, adding a few new ones as well. "Ziege Dich, Hitze. Erste Komposition." The yoyo instantly burst into a field of orange mist that moved to surround Kotetsu. Then, the mist condensed and formed into a steady concentrated beam of orange, brightly glowing energy that blasted out into Kotetsu. If it hit, it would surely burn him to a crisp, maybe even turn him into ash, however, Jin wasn't counting on that. He was setting his ally up. Hara would have time to recover before Kotetsu did. Kotetsu would have to recover from being hit by something that would feel like a steel wall and then have to dodge Jin's attack, which he knew wouldn't hit. Hara would be able to recover during that time and attack Kotetsu when he dodged or counterattacked Jin's attack or even attacked Jin himself. He hoped Hara would realize what he was trying to do and take advantage of it. Jin would have used something that consumed less reiatsu as a distraction, but that would have been underestimating his opponent and would have probably made Kotetsu take the attack less seriously, enough that he would decide to dodge rather than try to counter it with his own strong attack, which Jin was hoping for.

Jin's Remaining Reiatsu: 2000 (-100 for Sprengstoff, -400 for Doll Summon, -400 for Erste Komposition)

[Zou ۞]

The very first thing one would have to notice was the opening of the mouth. This was the water, opening up so large and expanding to the point where it was like it was a sharp toothed cavern, yawning as a hippo when it opened up to roar. In this way, Kotetsu's water cutter blade expanded in size. The shockwave approached, and he simply bashed his blade in front of it, the water dispersing and then reforming for the merest instant, the power from a mach 3 movement simply shaking off the shockwave. He'd blocked it. That was just one maneuver. Kotetsu didn't look like he was kidding around.

He proceeded to aim his blade forwards as he saw a beam coming at him, and it shot out, a huge column at mach 3 speed crashing into the beam. The water cutter was ferocious. Now, recently a military base tested what would happen if they accelerated a bullet to mach 9. A simple .38 bullet was accelerated to mach 9, and it slammed into a five foot thick steel barrier. A huge, gaping hole was left in the barrier. The bullet however, when viewed in slow motion, never even touched the barrier. The shockwaves and raw power generated by the speed simply tore open the barrier, allowing the bullet to pass through the center of the huge hole.

Just from the mach 3 acceleration, the water was generating enough power to begin to erase the beam even before the water cutter actually struck into it. This deadly combination wore away at the beam until it was nothing, destroying it and blasting forwards, just next to Jin, past him. The water cutter suddenly shrunk down, returning to the regular, default size that it had been earlier. Kotetsu's eyes held an eerie, and demented look to them, a look that showed he wanted to kill both Jin and Hara. He wasn't weak, that was why King Shada had hired him for the job. He was a man of great strength. His ice cold demeanor was probably enough to terrify most people. And yet, the water cutter added to that. Even a Captain such as Hara, even the Bount Leader known as Jin, both should be aware that everyone King Shada hired was either strong, or had been made strong. Essentially, no matter what, they were in for a rough fight.

Meanwhile, Shauna turned around at the last second, igniting a Seele Schneider blade to block Sasori's. Their blades met with a mighty and fierce clash, roaring and thundering. Then, they broke apart from their exchange encounter, and Shauna instantly notched Seele Schneider. The blade was growing progressively bigger on the thing, mostly from Shauna's intense reiatsu. It was a huge power that would easily overwhelm Sasori if he got hit by it. When she fired, he tried to use Shunpo in an attempt to dodge it. However, the energy was too big. There was nowhere he could go. Instead, he just stopped before he activated it. And, he pulled out Teliki. That blade...it was really giving him a power boost in this fight. What exactly was going to happen now that he'd gotten that out? His body started to glow, and it became apparent that he was doing something with Teliki.

A large black worm hole opened up in front of him, and Seele Schneider flew inside. Shauna stared in shock, and suddenly the explosion consumed her body from out of nowhere. He'd teleported the attack and damage straight into Shauna, and done so at a much greater speed than any other ability of that type. She cried out, and burns formed across her body. Even at the last second, she flared her intense reiatsu to try and defend herself. In the end, she was sent plummeting to the roof of a nearby building, panting. Teliki was changing up the face of the entire game. Shauna and Sasori's duel outcome should be obvious, now. If Sasori was able to repeatedly use Teliki like that, then Shauna probably wouldn't be able to win. What would happen?

[Zieg Revolver]

OOC: If I can, I will join this thread as Lance, the bount that ive been working on for months. Ill have time after a few posts today to work on him and hopefully finish his second doll, then do his history that i already have written out so that will only take maybe 30 minutes to an hour, since its going to be, longer then Alkaid's I believe since I am aiming for as much sp to start with. at least above 1000 or close to it .-.

[Andrea Follia 縁]

OOC: This thread has been at a stand still for quite some time, so due to request I'll be joining in to even out the fight and allow for post Skipping of Hara since he hasn't posted since the 16th of last month.

IC: Dante too had been summoned to the Human World. Karakura town to be exact. In all honesty, Dante hated this place. It was always the center of attention. But, none the less, King Shada was making his move and because of that Dante was now arriving in Karakura. His means of transportation being a Garganta that sealed moments after Dante's arrival. He scounted the area for a moment, noticing the fight off in the distance. Huh, that's rather strange. No matter, his fight was with some water wielding Fullbringer.

Dante was wearing his symbolic black and purple robes, along with the shoulder guard and white cape. His katana was no where to be seen, having been sealed within the black ring on his finger. His eyes took a moment to adjust before actually noticing the threat. So, a Shinigami and a Bount eh? So be it. Suppose weak allies were better than none. At least the Bount seemed to have skill, unlike the Shinigami as of yet. But, it was time to get serious now. Dante has been sent here for one reason and one reason only. The elimination of one "Master of Storm" A bold name indeed, hopefully he can live up to the hype.

Dante watched as Jin launched the first attack. So that was an interesting ability. Bounts were a strange race indeed. However, he hit his ally as well, which was in good measure. He had probably saved him quite a bit of agony. Though the Shinigami appeared to be slow at taking his chance. Instead, Dante utilized the opportunity. He had no intention of ending this obviously interesting fight so soon. After all what curiosity would that meet? The Fullbring seemed strong too though, Dante would need to take caution in engaging this opponent. He waited until Jin made his second attack. Just as he phrased the attack name Dante struck.

It took several Sonido to reach the Fullbring but by the time he had a Bala was already flaring in his palm, ready to be released. He took great precision in the strike. He launched the Bala the moment he appeared several feet to Kotetsu's left. It was the fastest of his usable abilities right now and due to his level of Reiatsu it was also quite destructive. It's signature purple aura was hurling at the enemy while Dante was in the process of preparing a second attack. If the Fullbring happened to evade both Jin and Dante's attack, he would be ready to strike again. Though with Dante's speed and the use of Sonido, he had arrived in much less time then it would take for the Fullbring to escape both. Then again, he also had a stepping technique and that sword of his. Dante had no intention of drawing his blade against this opponent while the water was obviously more powerful.

Reiatsu: 5000 -200 (Sonido) -50 (Bala)

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Strength - 100 Points

Speed - 400 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 350 (525) Points

Reiatsu Strength - 400 (600) Points

Light Aura - 0 Points

Dark Aura - 100 Points

Instinct - 185 (92.5) Points

Senses 160 (80) Points

Energy sensory - 5 (2.5) Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points


Total SP: 1600 Points

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Give the number of Sonido and dock 100 reiatsu per Sonido. Also note your character's name is not Dante. It is Andrea.

IC:

Eyes moved to meet a huge violet attack, purple reiatsu flying forwards at the hands of a man that had appeared from out of nowhere. "One by one..." Kotetsu murmured as the attack came forwards. He didn't move. He didn't have the kind of time to dodge. Instead, his water cutter blade expanded in size again, becoming much larger, and simply being held in front of Kotetsu, the vibrations and speed of the moving water repelling the Bala. While it might have been able to blast through a normal wall of water, and more than likely most other barriers, Mach 3 was a speed that required more energy than the Bala could break.

In total, this meant that Andrea's attack had been useless. As the water cutter shrunk back to normal, Kotetsu rushed forwards, his body a blur as he slashed at Andrea. Of course, a second attack was in preparation, but to defend against Kotetsu, Andrea was going to have to halt those preparations and make some kind of actual physical defense. Anything else was slow, and would inevitably result in Andrea's death at the hands of Kotetsu. This guy here had a strong weapon, after all, and better still a stronger resolve it seemed.

However, as soon as his weapon got to that cutting distance, even if it was blocked or dodged, he was gone in a sudden column of white light. Essentially, Kotetsu wouldn't know if he'd killed Andrea until later. The white light was enough to utterly blind Andrea, for it was Bringer Light, a bright attack that created light upon use of a step technique. And indeed, Kotetsu was instantly in front of Jin, moving at great speed to slash at him, the same trick as on Andrea. As soon as his slash completed, Bringer Light was used, not consecutive however, to bring him to Hara.

At Hara, Kotetsu slashed viciously, blazing in his glorious trail of power as his blade approached the Captain, threatening to kill him once and for all. At any rate, Jin and Andrea were going to have to do something to help the guy out, since he seemed spaced out and unable to make a movement. Well, he might be able to, but honestly it seemed unlikely because of reasons beyond the fourth wall.

Kotetsu's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

Active: Main Fullbring Stage 1

[Jin Yamada]

Whoa! What just happened?! Jin had been expecting the FullbringHuman to counter his attack, but he hadn't expected that kind of a counter. The water blade lengthened and somehow, it had been able to get rid of his heat column. Wait, that was impossible! Impossible with a capital I. Normal water couldn't destroy a column of heat like that. Not at the temperatures that Erste Composition was at. Water normally turned to steam when met with extreme heat. So, how did Kotetsu disperse his heat column? The gears were working in Jin's mind even as the blade of water lengthened past him and retracted. Shock was visible upon his face for a slight second before it faded away. This guy was really going to be tough. Jin knew going into this that he would have to use some of his strongest techniques, however, he hadn't thought that one of his stronger techniques would be dispersed so easily like that.

That water couldn't be normal. It just couldn't. The energy from that heat should have been enough to cause the water molecules to enter the gas phase. Just what was this guy's power? It couldn't be normal water. It broke through his Sprengstoff easily. Almost like it cut through it rather than broke through with force. It didn't look like normal water. His instincts were telling him that it would hurt if he got hit by it, but what was it? Heat was essentially energy and that Erste Composition packed alot of raw energy in it. Only energy greater than the amount of energy that attack contained could disperse it like that. But how could water contain so much energy? Was that even possible? Wait...couldn't water be used to power things using its movement? Yeah, some things were powered by water movement. Jin had heard about them. So then, did that mean the water Kotetsu used moved so fast that it created alot of energy, enough to disperse Erste Composition? What kind of water moved that fa-oh.

That was when Jin's thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of an Espada. Jin couldn't tell that he was even hollow at first until he had used that Bala. That told him he was an Arrancar, and if he was here to take on someone of Kotetsu's level, he had to be an Espada. Sonken Kouhai only sent his best for threats like this. Jin was so wrapped up in this fight and seeing the Espada arrive to help that he forgot completely about the hit on him at first. Hopefully, the Espada had forgotten just like Jin had and wouldn't remember, though Jin did. Maybe he wouldn't even recognize Jin. Jin was just going to keep quiet and not tell him his name. Then, he saw Kotetsu block that attack as well by forming that water into a sort of shield. The bala was dispersed easily too. It had to be what Jin was thinking it was. It couldn't be anything else. Jin wanted to warn the new Espada, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to do so in time. He was going to try and attack Kotetsu while that slash was coming in. His senses were better than Andrea's, so he'd probably see Kotetsu's movement better.

Jin was going to attack Kotetsu while he was attacking Andrea. Kotetsu would probably sense the attack coming and want to shield himself from it like he had with Jin's Erste Komposition before. After that, he'd be open to another attack. Well, as long he didn't have the water spread out and instead had it shoot out like last time. He focused reiatsu into his palms and then pressed them outwards, forming and gathering heat within them while doing so. The heat blasted out as he said the words, "Hitzewelle Zwei." A weaker form of the Erste Komposition. The version he had created after seeing Future Jin's Erste Komposition for the first time and trying to copy it. This one was weaker, but that didn't mean it wasn't a threat still. It still had the potential to burn Kotetsu pretty badly. But, Jin wasn't using it to score a hit because he needed it to distract Kotetsu. But then, as the column of heat was moving out of his hands, Kotetsu disappeared with a flash of light. Jin didn't know where he was until he appeared in front of him, however, he hadn't known that Jin was already shooting out an attack before he had appeared. The attack had charged too slow so when Jin had actually shot it out, Kotetsu was already on the move towards him. Now, with Kotetsu moving towards Jin and the attack blasting out, Kotetsu would be coming straight towards it. The attack would prevent Kotetsu from reaching Jin as he came in with that slash.

It would slam into him as he was in midslice, but Jin had a feeling Kotetsu would form that shield of water to protect himself like he had with the Bala or against his first attack. Who says using the same thing again can't hurt? Sometimes, it actually helps. Hopefully, it would help right now. Also, since an attack was being aimed at Kotetsu unknowingly while he was appearing to slash, he'd have to counter that unless he wanted to get burned. If he stopped to counter that, his next move to head towards the frozen Captain would be interrupted. Jin was upset that the Captain was just standing there frozen like that. He's just standing there as if he hasn't been in battle before. His father was much tougher... While Kotetsu would be defending from Jin's column of heat, Jin would try and put pressure on him, maybe even get him open for that Espada to attack. Jin could already tell that the trick to hit this guy was to hit him while he was defending from a previous attack. With his first defense, it seemed he had to wait for the water to return to normal before having it change shape again to shield from the Espada's Bala. Now, with this high energy heat attack coming at him, he'd need to shield himself by having that water cutter blade produce enough energy to disperse it like last time. While he did that, he would be open to something else.

Andrea's Bala had failed because he had given Kotetsu too much time before making his move. He had attacked as the water was shortening. That gave Kotetsu enough time to reshape it to shield himself. With Jin's next attack, Kotetsu wouldn't have that kind of time. That heat column was blasting out towards Kotetsu as he was moving in for that slash. Jin formed two clones as that happened. One appeared to Kotetsu's left, charging and shooting forward a volley of twelve bolts of blue lightning. Another appeared to Kotetsu's diagonal right, behind him just slightly out of his peripheral vision ducking down to remain even more unseen. That Jin was already shaping the convert-a-weapon and stabbing upward with a heated quandao blade into Kotetsu's back in an attempt to pierce him from behind. The quandao would rip through his chest from the front and cauterize the wound and the organs it passed on the way through. Jin was going for kill shots. Against a guy like this, he had to or he'd be the one dying against Kotetsu's kill shots. Andrea might be able to recover in time and even assist him if his attacks didn't work. Jin's first clone was only trying to draw Kotetsu's attention so that the third could land a blow. Even if that blow didn't land, the volley like spray of the Dun Moch made it so that Kotetsu would be hit by some of those instead if he wasn't able to shape his water fast enough after blocking the real Jin's attack.

Jin's Remaining Reiatsu: 1050(-200 for Hitzewelle Zwei, -600 for Ijat Rein, -150 for Dun Moch)

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Strength - [150/3] (50) Points

Speed - [225/3] (75) Points

Spiritual Pressure - [290/3] (96.7) Points

Reiatsu Strength - [260/3] (86.7) Points

Light Aura - [35] Points

Dark Aura - [65] Points

Instinct - [150/3] (50) Points

Senses [150/3] (50) Points

Energy sensory - [100/3] (33/3) Points

Healing Expertise - [75/3] (25) Points


Total SP: [1400] Points

[Zou ۞]

OOC: I'm sure I've warned you not to try to trap my NPCs in that kind of strategy. I'm almost certain I also warned you guys that Kotetsu's abilities are the weakest of 31-35 because his battle skill and overall intelligence are the highest. I did say I will try to avoid killing, but I never said I'd avoid injuring.

All in all, the stupidest possible moves had been made by the Bount Leader, who was so caught up with overhyping Kotetsu, and so caught up in his own attempt to balance it by expending his reiatsu, that he foolishly created a trap, and he foolishly attempted to interrupt someone as skilled as Kotetsu. If he'd stopped and thought logically, or even just used average battle instinct and regarded Kotetsu's earlier moves, he'd have figured out early on what the deal was. Kotetsu's ability was much weaker and less grand than anything else that had been displayed on this battlefield thus far. For him to be considered one of the top guns in this fight, he had to have some defining quality. And, he was going into battle against an Espada, the Bount Leader, and a Captain. His battle experience must be high, his skill impressive. If his power wasn't super impressive, his skill was.

It was probably a stretch to believe he could take on three enemies of this level, but this guy was certainly skilled enough that it'd be a stretch to not fight instinctively, instead of just planning stuff out and hoping it'd work like in chess. This wasn't a chess match. It was a battle. Jin had walked right into an early grave here on this day. Kotetsu's movement first of all was initially underestimated by Jin. Bringer Light was instant, and it took several seconds to form a technique. As opposed to other step techniques, Bringer Light took far less concentration. Its use was a natural augmentation, something Fullbringers did automatically on a daily basis, whereas other step techniques were not. Manipulating souls was nothing new to Fullbringers. But, at any rate, something that charged and took those seconds so preciously would not fire on time. Not for what was coming.

Worse yet, Kotetsu's keen eyes, wide because of battle, grasped and visualized Jin's attack forming, for he had clearly learned to spot this kind of thing, lacking energy sensory as he did. His blade expanded, the water cutter growing larger as it moved in front of him during his slash. It wasn't a defensive wall like before, it was an enormous blade like when he countered Erste Komposition. It was an attack form, not a defense form. The tip had been used to counter the beam, but one must not forget that this weapon was moving at Mach 3 speed, and that the edges were where the power was. The Mach 3 movement made a transition faster and easier than anything else, essentially meaning that it was nearly instantaneous. There was no "secret opening" to Kotetsu. There was only outmaneuvering him in a proper and fair battle, something Jin had clearly not even thought of, and was now paying the price for.

The blade, arced as it was directly in front of Kotetsu, slammed into Jin's outstretched arms as he tried to push his attack forwards onto Kotetsu. The powerful water cutter's energy generated from the movement began to reverberate throughout Jin's arms before actually touching them, especially due to the size. The Mach 3 movement was incredible. It was vibrating Jin's arms, and the bones were beginning to weaken, even crack a bit. However, that wouldn't matter shortly. This disrupted the shooting of his technique, in fact causing it to disperse and backfire in a large burst, searing across his arms and tearing across them in immobilizing black burns, forcing them outstretched. Not that it mattered, for that was the instant before Kotetsu's blade, large as it was (would have blocked the attack had it not backfired) struck into Jin's flesh. It sawed in, and the full size of it used the Mach 3 water to cut him solidly, and butcher his arms.

When the slash completed itself, the blade was already shrinking down to normal size again, and Jin's arms were completely destroyed from the elbows down, not even a hanging flesh fragment remaining, and only blood dripping from the obviously horrible loss that had been Jin's arms. Now came the next unfortunate part. He'd still been in the middle of pulling Bringer Light out. In that instant, it erupted, just as his slash completed, and just as Jin was attempting that combo of his with those clones, which materialized, one already charged and shooting, the other pushing full heated momentum into a stab. The light was enormous, and the eruption blinded all three to what actually happened, so they wouldn't even realize Kotetsu was gone, their minds would be stunned by instant brightness, and they had released their attacks so that they were beyond the point of drawing back.

With Kotetsu gone, there was nothing there as a target...except he who had been just after. Jin, taking a direct hit from the Quandao in the stomach, piercing his stomach and heating him up. Next, there came the lightning, slamming into and rocking electricity and burning and horrifying pain all across the Bount Leader, struck by his own attacks and his own foolish attempt at a trap strategy. Kotetsu was already in front of Hara, driving his blade into the chest. His large blade maneuvering had altered the pathway slightly, just enough to carve Hara and draw blood, the momentum sending him hurtling into the ground, slamming there. This of course would neutralize him completely. As for Jin, he was not hit by killing moves, but rather by moves so devastatingly agonizing that his ability to fight would be utterly minimal.

Kotetsu stood there, turning back to observe his opponents. [OOC: Hara is eliminated from this thread, however he is not deceased. He was just too slow with posting so he's out of the thread.] He flicked his blade around a bit, as if toying with the idea of going in to finish Jin, though he decided that he'd focus on Andrea first. "What was that...?" he asked aloud, just loud enough for Jin to hear. "This must be some sort of joke..." His eyes were pretty icy cold, and he was the type of guy that relished the victories and killing in battle. "In a fight as important as this, you didn't enter with any resolve? Am I that underestimated?" He remained calm, but anyone could tell that he was furious. He was extremely angered by Jin taking him so lax and launching such an attack as he had.

Kotetsu's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

Active: Main Fullbring Stage 1

Meanwhile. . .

"You should give up. I'm going to crush you easily with this blade of Teliki." Sasori said, speaking the truth that was obvious. If he was able to refute Shauna's power, then it should be easy for him to defeat her. To be able to counter something as strong as Shauna's abilities took some real strength. Whatever happened, there was nothing that changed the power held in Sasori's hands as a result of Teliki. However, despite everything, the winds changed direction very suddenly, and the aura, the very atmosphere of the place altered. It did indeed grow colder, and a faint scent made its way across the air. Death. Old death, too faint for the human senses to detect, wafted across the air to reach Sasori's and Shauna's noses, as if a millennium of age in a crypt had finally unveiled itself as it was opened by overly curious explorers.

The man with the rough hair, emotionless eyes, and pale skin complexion took his first step into the area, right next to Shauna. He put his hand on her shoulder as he dropped to one knee. "You don't have to fight anymore. I'll take him." Death-Sama, CEO of Death Inc decided. Shauna smiled, but her eyes took on a fierce look. "No. I have to help." Death-Sama's eyebrow rose, and he cocked his head to one side. "You puzzle me." he admitted at last. Then, he stood up, and his eyes narrowed. "We're going to fight now, Maldaga Sasori. And I'm going to win." That look...he was dead serious. The fight was about to get going, and it had only just started. Though Shauna tried to stand, Death-Sama moved his arm in front of her. "Thisis my fight now, Shauna. Your sentiments are appreciated, but you don't need to worry. I'll definitely crush him."

[Andrea Follia 縁]

Andrea was hardly surprised, after cutting through the Bount Leader's attack. Andrea knew full well that he was Jin Yamada and that he had a price on his head. That however, meant nothing to Andrea. He cared little about money, power was his only goal. But that was to be concerned about latter. As it was, his opponent cut through the Bala and was headed at him. Luckily Andrea's next move was going to be a 'sneak attack' no matter what happened. His original plan being to kill him from behind no matter what the cost. That was no longer an option, his opponent was very well adapt to battle.

Andrea's next attack had initially involved Sonido. That was his preparation, he was going to use the Sonido and attack behind his enemy where he originally was. As such, he was prepared to Sonido, fully concentrated on it to begin with, the fact that Kotetsu was on the offensive now made no difference. Andrea used Sonido. The first landed him several yards to his left, the second threw him even farther from what was now a blazing white light. Andrea was able to dodge the strike simply because his speed in Sonido was 17 times faster then his opponent. But that changed the moment the white light shot up. Instantly Andrea was aware that Kotetsu was making another move. Though this one was fast, instant, and precise. Andrea could do nothing as he watched Jin's arms tear completely off, or as the blade and lightning both struck at nearly the same time. The Shinigami meanwhile was a waste. Why Andrea had placed any hope in him at all no one knew. He proved to be just another waste of 'life.'

Andrea considered attacking with another Bala or Cero, but after what he had just seen, something like that would be a waste. He had to have another strategy. Something less head on. Then it hit him. Of course, if they were going to win, killing blows like that weren't going to work. He needed a distraction.. or something that would throw him off for at least a second or two. "What was that...?" It was at the exact moment that the first letter left Kotetsu's mouth that Andrea began. His opponent had stopped moving. He was angry due to the lack of skill being shown, this provided the chance both Jin and Andrea needed. Andrea concentrated for a moment and then revealed the pressure that came along with his Reiatsu.

The moment provided while Kotetsu was talking was all he needed to glimpse his opponent. There was no way he could escape now. Andrea used the full extent of his Reiatsu Crush in order to render his opponent useless. Normally this was not a good tactic in battle becuase it drained a lot from Andrea, but he still had that Bount to back him up. The effects of Reiatsu Crush would instantly become obvious just after Kotetsu added the whole, "This must be some sort of joke..." line. With Andrea having over double the pressure in Reiatsu, the effect of Reiatsu Crush was magnified greatly. His opponent would be robbed nearly completely of every sense, while at the same time his body would tense up and cease to move completely. Andrea knew his opponent was good, and though it would be nearly impossible to break free of the technique, it was still possible. His only hope was that Jin could land an effective strike while Kotetsu was unable to retaliate.

Reiatsu: 4000 (-200/ Sonido, -800/ Reiatsu Crush)

[Zou ۞]

The reiatsu began focusing itself on Kotetsu, and yet...nothing happened to him. He remained standing. In reality, he was getting stronger. Reiatsu was pulsing off of him in enormous waves, and granting him a glowing appearance. It was completely pushing off the reiatsu that was attempting to crush down on him and smother him. His reiatsu was fortifying itself, though how it was doing this was unclear. While this was happening of course, words echoed. "You attacked me while I'm speaking? Disgusting. You're trying to end this quickly. Learn to draw it out and enjoy it. Don't underestimate me." The fact that these people were all trying to end it quickly was not a good thing. This was obviously going to result in their deaths if they tried it further. Ending it quickly was not going to happen. Not against Kotetsu. They'd have to drag out a proper fight, or death was guaranteed.

That was when it became clear, his blade was different. It created a large, but much thinner blade now, shrieking. Extending from the top like on a trident or something of the like, several branching blades, creating some kind of antler blade formation for the water cutter. In fact, his entire arm was also surrounded by that water, so of course he had expanded the power in his weapon. He'd managed to give it a new and much more defined shape than before. This was how he'd gotten the reiatsu crush off. He'd felt it as he was speaking, and his instincts had kicked in. Instead of being crushed like most, Kotetsu had released his full power, which did fortify reiatsu. The reason he'd been able to accomplish this was rather simple, actually. His tune for battle. He'd felt it just before it wiped out his senses. He'd felt his body start to tremor and weaken, he'd felt it begin to collapse, and he'd acted on that in a split second.

This was the instinct of an animal, though most animals would still be dead by this point, as most lacked the fundamentals to defend against something like that. On the contrary, Kotetsu easily had all of the fools for such a thing. "Here's a hint." Kotetsu said. "If you try to end it quickly like you're doing, you're going to die." He was furious that these people were underestimating him. And now, Andrea had wasted a huge amount of reiatsu and power. His stamina had drained, and his reiatsu output was very much maximized and increased. This, in addition to Jin's injuries and Hara being eliminated from the fight, gave the absolute advantage now to Kotetsu. Maybe if the three had tried to fight normally, in a normal fight, instead of standing around or instead of arrogantly trying to end it early, they'd have done better. If they'd done that, Kotetsu probably wouldn't have had a chance.

However, they'd all made their stupid and arrogant mistakes, and would pay the price for it. Kotetsu's branch blades shot outwards, instantaneous in their speed. They were...fast! They moved not at Mach 3, but at Mach 6. The water cutters had gotten faster, and now they were so great that the water was already piercing both of Jin's clones in the hearts before there could be reactions, and had impaled Andrea's left leg dead in the center, immobilizing that leg completely, and therefore halving Andrea's speed. In future, the way to defend should be obvious. They'd have to stay out of the direction any of the blades were facing. It was no longer possible to defend. As soon as those blades began to extend, it was over. Mach 6 was a speed neither Jin nor Andrea could reach or keep up with in the slightest. The power here was probably "Branch", "Extend", and "Shape" in addition to "Water Cutter Blade." Huge gaping holes were left from the vibrating force of such fast movements.

Kotetsu's Remaining Reiatsu: 1800 Reiatsu

Active: Main Fullbring Stage 2