Rise Up: Kagami vs Harle [NDE, PG-13]

[Amagai Kuchiki]

Thread Title: Rise Up: Kagami vs Harle
Participants: Kagami Murai, Kaijin 'Harle' Quinn
World: Soul Society
Death Setting: Non Death Enabled
Rating: PG-13
Location: In a large, open air arena in Soul Society. The contestants are located on a slightly raised, tile platform, that's 100 feet by 100 feet wide. Surrounding the platform is a powerful reiatsu field, that extends 100 feet into the air. This field will prevent any collateral damage.

In the audience are several captains, plenty of interested parties, and the entirety of Squads 2 and 13.
Special Conditions: The point of this fight is not to rapidly win, but to show off your prowess as Captains. The fights are not to the death, and thus discretion is advised to some extent, although there are numerous medics on the scene so it's almost impossible for one party to kill the other. For this fight, you have access to your new stats and Bankai, so feel free to show them off. In fact, if you fail to show off your Shikai, and your Bankai, that'll reflect poorly on you. These fights will largely determine rankings, as well as have some influence on your ability to be Captain, although it is very hard to lose the Captaincy spot you have been given.

Make sure to post frequently for this thread, which should act as your highest priority if you want your Captaincy. There isn't an official time limit, but if you are unable to post, inform your opponent and a mod as soon as possible. Do not nag your opponents to post. Run this quickly, dramatically, and efficiently, while trying to showcase your potential to it's fullest degree.
Circumstances: This is a fight for the characters to prove their worthiness in Captaincy.

[Douma]

Crowds of people had gathered around a lifted platform in the middle of Seireitei. After all, an event like this was not very common in Soul Society. The stars of the show were the two newly appointed captains, one of Squad 2 and one of Squad 13. Division 2 Captain Harle Quinn had been an interesting skeptical to most Shinigami considering the uniqueness of her appearance. Her previous position as the second-in-command to late Head of the Kawada House Kenryoku Kawada reflected on her power. She was definitely someone that the masses gathered by the arena were interested in watching.

But, let’s be real. She’s not the main star of the show. There’s only one spotlight, and anyone who wasn’t in it, much like Harle, were just side characters. Average Joes. After all, it takes a lot to compete for attention with the most handsome and powerful Soul Reaper that has yet to be seen. Not only his he dashing, but he’s utterly brilliant as well. People marveled at his strength while he fought off masses of enemies as the Vice Captain to none other than Captain Commander Ningen, the Strong Man. His intelligence was unsurpassable. His military genius was seen as he commanded his underlings to victory in most all combat situations. And just a wink and his signature grin were enough to sweep any girl off her feet. After being presumed dead, Kagami returned from the void as a champion. This man was something Soul Society had never seen before his time.

Speaking of that, he was something Soul Society wasn’t seeing at that moment either. That crowd had been gathered for just under an hour after the fight was scheduled, but he was a no show. People were starting to get restless and count the seconds until it had been an hour before giving up and returning to their usual business. It seemed that their hero wasn’t showing up. Some haters – oh God, the haters – began making jokes about Kagami getting drunk off his feet in some bar in a random Rukongai district. It’s a shame, really. It would’ve been a good fight.

And then people would start to hear the stomps.

thump, thump, thump, thump.

There was a sound coming from somewhere behind them, and little by little, groups of people began to turn around and try to find the source of the pounding.

thump, thump, Thump, Thump.

It was getting louder and closer. By this point in time, the Shinigami audience had to have noticed it and everyone was looking over to try to pinpoint its origin. It was clear that whatever it was had to be around the corner a few hundred meters away on the path they were all staring at.

Thump, Thump, THUMP, THUMP

Louder and louder it got. People couldn’t ignore it anymore, for it played like the back of their heads like the sound of a heavy drum. It was only a second until everyone would see what was causing all the ruckues. Just one more s—Wait, something’s rounding the corner. Are those…

The sound of elephants blowing their horns filled the air and silenced the crowd.

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP

There was a whole fleet of them. Kagami had used his power as the Captain of Squad 13 to transport a dozen elephants into Soul Society. Of course, he had brought a few low-seated officers to make sure they’re transported back safely after he had made his entrance. But those officers were hiding at the back of the fleet. The elephants moved in a triangular form with Kagami at the front and two attractive, half-nude girls beside him on the elephant, though he himself was wearing his Captain’s Haori and had only his Zanpakuto strapped to his waist. The ground shook as the elephants approached, but they would stop fifty meters short of the ground. Kagami jumped off of one of the elephants, and, upon touching the floor, used Shunpo to get himself onto the platform where Harle was undoubtedly waiting. The instant he got up, the felt the reiatsu shields around the platform activate. His response was to emit an invisible, undetectable fog from his skin that Harle didn’t have enough energy sensory to notice. The fog grew and spread around him on its own, but it wouldn’t do any damage. Kagami was just nudging the ball to get it rolling.

“Hey there, beautiful. Sorry to keep you waiting,” he said, flashing her an arrogant grin. Kagami felt awful inside. He was angry at himself more than anything, especially with the image of Manami clear in his mind as he sat beside those women. However, Kagami knew that this was necessary. When he returned to Soul Society, he knew that he couldn’t let on that anything had changed. He was making a statement, and you can’t deny that Kagami knew how to make a statement.

“Ladies…” he began, though he never addressed the men in the audience. “Get ready for a good show. Kagami Murai is back!”

But he died that night almost a year ago. Too bad Kagami Murai is dead...

Reiatsu Remaining: 7850/8000 (-50 for Shunpo, -100 for Lights, Smoke, and Mirrors)

Lights, Smoke, and Mirrors Preparation: 1/5

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{Stats, Skills, and Items}

Stats

Strength - [100] Points (50)

Speed - [400] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [400] (800) Points

Reiatsu Strength - [250] Points

Light Aura - [65] Points

Dark Aura - [35] Points

Instinct - [150] Points

Senses - [100] Points

Energy sensory - [200] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points

Total SP: [1600] Points

Abilities

• [Weapons: Sword] {3}
  
  
• [War Strategy] {3}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {3}
  
  
• [Sex] {2}
  
  
• [Analysis] {2}
  
  
• [Leadership/Charisma] {2}
  
  
• [Mental Incantation] {1}
  
  

Items:
15 Kunai
10 Shuriken
1 Giant Shuriken
5 Kunai Clips
5 Full Body Condoms
Blood Cross
Artificial Zanpakuto - Kagebokkusu

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

Finally, the day had arrived. Not just for her but for all of those who fought their way... to aspire to the level in which they rose to. Captains. A tradition, a title bestowed onto those who have posses the ability unlike others. Despite the new changes that the Jester took on, not many would believe her to be Captain material. From the risk taking behavior of loafing around with her tricks and gimmicks to raiding high level security checkpoints, Harle's reputation would definitely appear as a woman who loves to play games and no rule for authority. Even her Proctors in the academy mentioned that she was a wonder student during the practicals, but her paperwork and studies were slightly below average. And yet, her overall abilities reflected the potential that resided within her.

Even gazing about the large hollowed room, which had been converted into Harle's, still did not seem real. How long had it been since she'd been gazing out a the moon lite sky to look upon the Captain's quarters. Finally, her milestone accomplished. It didn't stop there however, oh no, there was more to grow on until she was able to protect the man she loves. The overlook was indeed impressive since it was a clear view of most of the Seireitei. The scene printed a smile across her face, like the moon overlooking the Earth. She felt no sense of superiority over anyone, just feeling more of the responsibility to protect them, to insure that the people around her are safe and cared for.

Just as she completed her preparations one of her subordinates stood at attention outside on the revealing hallway, "My Lady, I have brought the tools from the armory as you ordered." "Zank you very much." she said taking her equipment from the young man as she donned her Captain's Haori. The Captain didn't bother looking back at her old Jester's uniform as it rested behind the bamboo screen toward the rear of the room. The bells shook for every step she took nearing the arena, with the roar of the crowd filled with anticipation. The French woman took a single moment to adjust herself once more to her new gear. Her shoulder long bronze hair now tied into a pair of ponytails, dangling from the upper back corners of her head, the long sleeves of her jacket concealed the woman's hands and slender frame. She wore the same pants as before with few alterations done to her appearance, but that was a facade to the changed she had undergone. It was time.

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{Play Me}

The stands of the tournament grounds were rittled by the bodies of the onlookers, waiting. Each section occupied by a different Division while others were reserved for the high ranking individuals, the nobles. The respective members of both Squads of 2 and 13 stirred briefly as they awaited the arrival of their newly appointed Captains. All were different but shared a common sensation of wonder as to what was to come between the power of two Captains colliding. For those who were familiar with such powers didn't appear to be slightly bothered by such events as they were experienced and new what to suspect. However, it didn't sway the growing level of excitement that loomed over the battlefield.

Then finally, the Clown of Squad 2, the Captain herself had emerged from the behind the audience. From the top of the flight of stairs she soared down with rapid precision with a series of armless back flips. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs a surge of reiatsu erupted from the soles of her feet catapulted the woman toward the roof of the containment field during half of her last flip. A small show to rile the audience from their boredom and anticipation, but nothing too glamorous or flashy. Such display would be taken cared of during the test itself. Before the Captain's feet made contact, a small opening had ripped open to have the woman descend gracefully onto the testing grounds.

Harle had no need for flashy displays or to reveal her many tricks as to provide the audience or those who soon be against her a portion of her abilities. The Captain of Squad 2 arrived onto the battlefield and ready to go, but sadly her partner was no where to seen. How rude. Been but a while before any form of life emerged from the onlookers as several if not half were about to depart. That was when a parade of elephants took center stage to deliver their VIP into the arena. This was Kagami, Captain of Squad 13. And so far as first impressions that didn't know the meaning of the word "subtle." Still, his flashy display did bring a smile to her face as it did allow the jester to reminisce of the good ol days as a stage performer. Heh, truly a turn of events from where the woman first began since birth.

Not only tardy but he was a definite a flirt. Kinda of reminded the Captain of someone she met once before, and complete opposite of Marcus. The Shinigami's painted face never gave away to what she was thinking but only reflected the smile that brought back those precious memories. If comparing the two Kagami appeared to be well known throughout the Seireitei as a distinguished young man who had the looks, the brilliance, and the boldness to take things to a higher level. This amused the Jester. But did not allude Harle as to what the entire event was about, in which eying the Captain paralleled to her a pair of hissing gas was released from behind the woman. And no, it was not that kind of gas. A smokescreen to say from the pair of smoke bombs that the woman had on her person. Slowly spreading to conceal the immediate area behind her in a hazy blood red like cloud.

Little by little the smokescreen would have spread across the entire half within the field, "Harle iz pleazed to meet cha Monseiur Kagami, buu't, can we pleaze begin. Ze performers zould be on time fo ze show." spoken with such amusement with the man's arrival. One of the performers had no need to acknowledge the audience since she did so a while back before the man revealed himself, and desired to start their show. That said Harle's own reiatsu withdrew to conceal her presence in combination with her stealth skill, completely shrouding her existence within the red fumes of smoke without a form of anti-stealth. However, that was not the end to her opening display as her skills in reiatsu manipulation firmly acted as an adhesive of her feet to the shield's walls to ascend to higher grounds. There another smoke screen was used, but different in nature reflected in her whisper, "Bakudo #64: Tousei Takai [Intoxication High]" Upon release, the red tinted gas hovered slowly from thirty feet above ground level to descend upon the unsuspecting Captain below. What would he do with his fellow Captain shrouded within the combinations of smoke and gas? Is it possible for him to find her even in stealth? Would he venture into the screen without knowing what he would be up against?

So many questions coursed throughout the woman's mind, which made her all the more excited to try out what the situation will lead to. Harle simply hung upside down from the barrier as it kept the gas inside without posing a threat to the occupants outside, opening her energy sensory to track down her foe. Looking into his personality as much he would do so for her. Indicating the playful nature held within. However, something brewed inside her. Something dark that was forged through the time in Squad 2, through her experiences that had changed the once innocent woman into something fierce. So the real question was, will he achieve victory against someone... against something forged and locked away from both lifetimes, or will he be devoured by resided within the Jester?

Remaining Reiatsu : 2250/2400 : - 150 Class 4 Bakudo.

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{Stats, Skills, and Tools}

Stats -

[Overall Points - 1600]

Type: ( Shadow - Level 3 )

Strength - [100] (/2) = 50 Points

Speed - [300] Points + (150%) = [750]

Spiritual Pressure - [400] - (40%) = [240]

Reiatsu Strength - [400] Points + (60%) = [640]

Light Aura - [50] Points

Dark Aura - [50] Points

Instinct - [175] Points (-25%) = [131]

Senses [125] Points (-25%) = [93]

Energy sensory - [100] Points + (50%) = 150

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Skills -

1. Stealth - [2]

2. Acrobatics - [2]

3. Special Skill: Hoho - [2]

4. Weapon: Throwing Knives - [2]

5. Martial Arts - Taekwondo - [2]

6. Special Skill: Reiatsu Manipulation - [3]

7. Strength of Will - [2]


Tools -

1. Kunai Knives = x30
2. Flash Paper Card Deck = x2 = [52] [52]
3. 6'x6' White Drapes = x2
4. Throwing Swords = x4
5. Smoke Bombs = x4 -2 = x2
6. Flash Bombs = x2
7. Thin Metal Wire 15' = x1

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{Bakudo #64: Tousei Takai [Intoxication High]}

Class: 4

Technique Type: Kido

Usable By: Kido-Using Races

Technique Element: Air

Technique Description and Effects:
Tousei Takai is a flexible Bakudo, one that is used to ensnare and warp the mental abilities of the target that is caught within it. When used, this technique allows the user to release a constant fog of a red-tinted gas from their mouth until this Kido ends, which is two posts after its initial use. This fog will constantly spread wherever they go, leaving a trail behind them that will hover low to the ground, flying no higher than thirty feet above the ground at its peak. However, this cloud will remain for an extended period of time, namely a full five posts once the initial duration of this technique ends. The fact that this technique remains for such a long time, and can cover a fair area depending on how much the user moves around, makes this a very versatile and broad-spreading technique.

But what exactly does this cloud do? It fogs the mind. The victim has a hard time focusing once they are within this cloud, their vision blurring and their head spinning. This is just from the first breath, causing a fair amount of disorientation right away. But it gets worse the longer one is exposed to the cloud. After the second post of exposure, the victim loses their balance, causing them to stumble and easily collapse, making step techniques risky to use. Additionally, their vision begins to fade slightly, tinting everything a faded gray-red to further add to their blurred sight. A third post makes the victim unable to stand between the dizzying spinning sensation, their balance completely vanishing, and a sudden lack of focus that causes their mind to flit from one subject to another. Four posts, and the victim is practically a zombie, eyes drawn to the nearest shiny or pretty-colored object while they stumble around, unable to even walk thanks to their inability to balance. Battle Focus and Strength of Will can delay the effects of these symptoms, adding a single post per symptom for every 2 combined ranks in these skills (i.e. a 1 in both would cause the initial disorientation at post 2, balance and faded vision at post 3, and loss of balance at post 4, as the combined total is two ranks.)

The user is immune to this technique, as it is infused with their Reiatsu, and it can be blown away with a technique with a superiority of two classes or 25% higher Reiatsu Strength than the user's. Wind-based attacks, however, can blow this away with some ease, though the smoke is constantly being emitted, which can neutralize a single wind attack.

How to use technique (How is it activated?):
Speak the incantation, and cast the spell. As long as the mouth remains open, smoke will continue to pour from it. Move around to spread the smoke over a large area.

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc)
Reiatsu cost. Besides that, there are a few other drawbacks. First off, this technique is ineffective against opponents who can get above it, having a maximum height limit of thirty feet above a solid surface. Additionally, it can affect allies who are caught in the cloud, making this a double-edged sword. Finally, it takes a while for the strongest effects to kick in, meaning that the victims must be contained within the technique constantly to make full use of the effects.

Incantation and Effect (If Kido only): The smoke can be spread for an additional two posts upon use of the incantation, and the cloud's duration is doubled to ten posts after the spreading ends. (“Breathe in the mists of ambrosia, feel the mists fill your mind. Know the world, let it know you; spin to the ground like a dandelion tuft, stare at the sky and truly wonder at the nature of the stars.”)

Made By: Z-Wolf

Reserved?: No

Gas Spreading : 1/2

Combat Posts : 1/8

[Douma]

What a surprise. Harle found Kagami’s entrance amusing in some way. He couldn’t help but notice her faint smile as he made his way onto the platform. Either she couldn’t resist his charms or the whole spectacle was wildly entertaining. It could’ve been both, really, but he achieved the objective he had sought to pursue. The crowd was cheering wildly and Harle was impressed. Neither of them really mattered. No one in the crowd mattered. Kagami could detect Hotaru’s presence somewhere in the audience, and he almost wanted to say that she mattered. Almost…. No, I have to focus.

"Harle iz pleazed to meet cha Monseiur Kagami, buu't, can we pleaze begin. Ze performers zould be on time fo ze show." Maybe Harle was trying to be critical, but her words didn’t really come off that way. She was too giddy. Too excited. Maybe Kagami seemed to act like that too, but it was just a façade. In truth, his heart was cold and hardened by the constant battles he’d faced away from Soul Society for the past year. Harle had no clue that she was fighting one of the most infamous men in the Rukongai. She had no clue that she was tackling one of the people rising most quickly on Soul Society’s most wanted list. And Douma didn’t lose.

Kagami was one of the most analytical, brilliant minds in Soul Society. He survived by analyzing and watching before acting. And so he always let the other person make the first move, letting them think they had the advantage. Most forget that the white pieces in chess aren’t always the ones who win. And so Kagami payed attention as Harle climbed the reiatsu barrier and stopped just above him, where she hung upside down like a bat. However, that wasn’t all she did. Kagami was well aware of the various forms of Kido, yet the specific Bakudo she chose to use on Kagami was not one he considered dangerous.

The red smoke began to descend on the new Captain, and his reaction was to move at a comfortable speed of 300 away from the smoke around the circumference of the stadium until he reached the opposite side where Harle previously stood. He let a grin spread across his face as he drew his Zanpakuto. Kagami grabbed the hilt,and it began to glow and shimmer while transformed into its famous jade shikai state. It was Harle’s mistake not to go all out from the start. He’d teach her a lesson. “Beautiful, I may have been late, but at least I was putting on a show. If you want to make the first move, you have to make it… exciting.”

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{Get Pumped}

Kagami Murai extended his blade out directly in front of him. Without any warning, a stone pillar with a one meter radius from the platform they were standing on shout out of the ground just a sword’s reach in front of him. It was Hado #41: Kanji Taiho. It sped toward Harle at a speed of 500, which Kagami knew would hardly be a challenge for her to avoid. That wasn’t the difficult part, after all. As the pillar sped toward Harle, it would scrape against the point of Kagami sword. This wasn’t just some cinematic maneuver. Upon making initial contact, a reflective layer from Bakudo #38: Mirafureru would form over the upper half of the pillar, a move that would be a clear bad omen while fighting the mirror master himself.

Kagami was anticipating a small movement on Harle’s part, for the pillar itself wasn’t difficult to avoid. That wasn’t the intention anyway. If Harle succeeded in avoiding it, she would look down to find a strange spectacle below. Water was rising on the platform up until it was a little bit above Kagami’s knees. It would restrict his movement a bit, but that wasn’t important. He could work around that. The oddity of water rising would easily serve as a distraction for the clown girl, and before she knew it, she’d lose her gripping on the cold reiatsu barrier she had attached her feet to.

Wait, “cold”? Yes, it was now freezing cold. Ice, actually. Through the reflective surface on the stone pillar that Kagami summoned, he was able to use Hado #42: Amimono Shimokumo to create an icy layer on the surface of the reiatsu barrier that spread around the entirety of the ceiling. And there was something special about ice. If Harle wanted to look, she’d notice an image of herself looking back. Yes, the ice that Kagami created was crystal clear, like a mirror. Oh, and she was in for even more trouble. If she looked to the floor, Harle would see that the water that had risen also showed her reflection. This was caused by Distortion Sakkaku: Ripple Level 1. Kagami was turning the platform into a little mirror stadium. Harle was in trouble.

But it’s too bad Kagami was a sucker for messing with his food. Even when he was Douma, he enjoyed a good fight and made his enemies play with him a bit before killing them off. This “Kagami puppet” was no different. And to stay true to his role, he had to be a gentleman, too. It wouldn’t be fair if he beat Harle so quickly. Not fair to her. Not fair to the audience. And definitely not fair to him. She was a Captain, so she would have to put on a good fight.

So with Harle falling from the now icy ceiling, she just may have a hard time repositioning herself considering that she was upside down. Kagami wouldn’t give her a chance to recover, for from water below her, a thin red laser, Hado #79: Reza Hikari, would shoot straight upward, threatening to burn a tiny hole right through the vertical axis of her body. The laser moved with the speed of a bala, so the off-balance Harle would need to act quickly to avoid it. And if she did, she’d be in for another surprise. It would double in size upon bouncing back from the reflective ice surface above. The laser would bounce a total of 20 times before turning into a huge pillar of destructive red energy with a radius of three meters.

I think this is enough to get the ball rolling… Kagami thought grimly to himself. Kagami, this is the perfect opportunity. You’ve barely used your shikai yet. Why aren’t you killing the bitch? Relax, Mai. We both want to have some fun, and there’s a crowd here, too. Let’s give them a show they’ll never forget. After his assault was executed, regardless of the outcome and Harle’s response, Kagami would call out a few words. “C’mon, beautiful. You’ll need to do a little better if you want to have a chance at beating me. Maybe release your Zanpakuto a bit so I can pretend to try.”

Reaitsu Remaining: 6950/8000 (-200 for Shikai, -100 for Kanji Taiho, -100 for Mirafureru, -100 for Amimono, -50 for using a tech through a mirror, -100 for Distortion Sakkaku: Ripple Level 1, -200 for Reza Hikari, -50 for using a tech through a mirror)

Lights, Smoke, and Mirrors Preparation: 2/5

Shikai: 1/10

(( OOC: If Harle avoids Reza Hikari and the laser bounces back 20 times to reach its full strength/size, I’ll deduct another 1000 reiatsu in my next post. ))

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

The young man was not all that bad, moving away from his side that was now being consumed by her Bakudo, to move toward her side. Did he truly believed that was the end of her Bakudo, nope, not at all. Even as he moved to her side of the battle plane the gas continued to seep out forth from her parted lips to spread even further to contaminate the entire floor of the battle field. The ground would no longer be safe as it spread slowly across the field's bottom. Said the same for Harle's own situation as her energy sensory indicated the use of a Kido spell. Harle was not smart nor a strategist, she relied solely on her skills and training from the time before being a Shinigami, and as a Shinigami.

Upon that indication Harle was not going to simply stand. After her battle with Kimiko and training with Kenryoku, Harle itself managed to learn when Kidos reached their highest levels, they were activated. Honestly, who would want to stand still when you know something was coming? But there was something else, another signature that was more that the woman took notice. It spiked before the weak signature was picked up on, and thus resulted in Kagami's blade to change. Shikai? Zo, zoon? Honestly, to activate a release so soon was either ignorant or plain foolish. Kagami was indeed a Captain level and should have know to wait for something larger to appear, but now he wasted his moment for a surprise. Something that Squad 2 was quite known for. And she will show the arrogant man why.

The two rises of reiatsu on the jester's sensory managed to move her feet to avoid the potential threat. Descending along the barrier wall at 350 toward the man's current position below her. And that was when the stone material manifested from the ground below to strike at her. Of course, it was quick, but sadly, not as quick as she was. Senses alone would do little to track when standing still, but while in motion her overall speed triumphed over the man's. So when the stone presumably was suppose to make contact all the jester had to do was pump out a little more speed to 550 in order to overtake its rate of speed. Only for a moment to dart away from the position. As she what seemed to be gliding along the reiatsu wall she did take notice something oddly about the stone. Couldn't quite put her finger on it, but something was indeed strange. The Jester shook the thought out of her mind into the back of her head for later.

The crowd from the outside took notice of the woman reducing speed to 350 along the perimeter of Kagami. He was surely a busy man using another Kido spell, but this time water afloat. Definitely a show that the man was cooking up as the woman's sensory alerted her to another use of Kido. Geez, how many is this guy using? Surely at some point he would wear himself out with all of the Kidos he had been using up. He must have great stamina to endure so much. Although her sensory alerted her it didn't mean she knew what was coming, which made her a bit clumsy looking when she lost footing on the surface of the barrier. Why? A closer look for the reason was that something happened to the barrier. Cold? Slick? Reflective?... Ice? It had to be. Really, what else could it be unless it was crystal or something with the same nature or the same properties.

And what else was there to mention, oh yeah, another Kido. What the hell?! Is this guy part of the Kido Corps or something? Her sensory was being put to work each time her fellow Captain used a form of Kido. Just as when Harle was manipulating her reiatsu to form a small invisible platform beneath her soles. A good means to bounce off and back onto the icy surface, this time with the necessary preparations to cling onto the ice. Nothing like several spikes on the bottom of the feet to help grip the surface once again. But back onto what the loosely odd Captain decided to come up with next. That did surprise her when a red thin line came from him. She had to move quickly, which was no issue to her. Another burst of speed did the trick, this time at the rate 600, for the moment to fall back to her 350. Altogether would have drained the stamina of the Captain but she merely used short bursts of speed to overtake each of the man's techniques. In his eyes, it would like trying to caught a phantom.

Another surprise was to see that his little laser did bounce off the surface of the ice several times. A good thing that she tracked it along with the man as well. Harle found herself amused throughout the entire hectic experience. Just as much as he was trying to pin her down with his techniques he would have failed to notice that all of her own movement furthered the gas seeping from her mouth to further engulf his area. Previously, the area that he fled from was already swallowed by the gas and now her own side was filled. Her original plan came to fruition when her gas actually formed a thick layer of crimson gas. Even if he passed through the gas the effects of it would strike him from breath. After the first initial intake the gas caused the mind to wander as it spun followed by blurring of the eye sight. From the outside it would appear as though the ground was nothing more then red gas.

She spoke in response to his suggestion with such glee but inside, resentment, "Zo, Kagami would like to zee un zhow, zen, how bout we put un zhow." Kagami though that Harle would be so simple to pick off, but in terms of adjusting to a situation Harle was the best. Kagami had strategy, but Harle had skill and ability. Each time the beam coursed back to her side another burst of speed pushed the woman forward to easily avoid the red beams. He desired to put some effort into this battle, he was about to get that and more. The world that Kagami knew of was about to be turned upside down. And so, with that said the Squad 2 Captain grinded to a near halt as she called in a mutter, with Zanpakuto drawn in her right hand, "Oh heavens hear my prayers. Shine your light from above and blind my foes with your eternal love. Subjugate, Tsukuyomi."

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{Play Me}

A radiant light of the moon itself reflect from the two palms of the Shinigami. The small knife like Zanpakuto crushed between the closing hands to split the light apart into its released form. A rare occasion for all since there has only been one individual who had been a witness to its power. Never before has it been seen by any other soul in the Seireitei. Her Zanpakuto Tsukuyomi. With its release, no other than Kimiko would know how it operated if she was able to find the answer to it, so actually being able to avoid it to its power on a first time encounter was close to absolute zero. There nothing but a quick flash of light during its release before taking on physical form of a pair of nail tip claws, with a two foot fine cloth hanging, curled around the woman's arms. If her Captain had not discovered it, then he was surely already at a loss.

There were no signs of attacks, nothing came at him, nothing changed. To Kagami's unaware senses, if taken in, he was already caught in her grasp. But enough of that, the second part of the show had begun. Another technique was announced, out loud this time for the man to hear her words, and yet again, like her release nothing would have changed. That was the trick to it. That was the purpose of her power, and something that even a Captain would fall prey to, it knew no discrimination besides herself. That was the power she wielded in both release and in technique, Kyoka Suigetsu. The stage was set. Her words, her voice was the trigger, and all that heard her fell prey to the technique. In reality the Captain launched herself away from the frozen wall toward Kagami at rate of 600, ensuring that she was not in the destructive pathway of his last Kido, that damn laser. Positioning herself behind the man with an open handed left hook to his right shoulder blade.

However, in Kagami's eyes, along with every other who fell prey to Suigetsu, would actually witness the French woman enacting the same thrust from in front of the man, aiming for his upper right breast. A phantom of Harle, an exact duplicate that Suigetsu had manifested in his mind, and along with her release, everything about the phantom screamed out "Harle" to the last detail. While as for the real Harle herself, her presence would be close to nonexistent with her phantom taking her place. The ability of his senses lacked the sufficient ability to surpass the illusion cased by Suigetsu to be able to pinpoint her placement, and to even pick up presence, but does not mean his energy sensory could. Who was to know, and could he distinguish something he can and can not see? Could he possibly know what stood in front of him was nothing more than an illusion, a fake? If so, even he would have to admit that the phantom that was lashing out at him was nothing more than impressive copy that felt exactly like the real deal herself.

More than likely Kagami would be forced to retreat from her sudden appearance in front of him, if not then he would meet Harle's gentle left hook with a little surprise of her own. Regardless, he was in Shikai form just as she was, easily able to track with energy sensory, but for a victimized Kagami, surrounded by crimson gas and fightin a Harle that was not even present, both of the Harle's would follow the man's movements, with an infused reiatsu palm strike and the technique known as Ten Kaika Ken (Heavenly Flower Fist) about to be plowed into his body.

Remaining Reiatsu : 1700/2400 : -200 Shikai, -50 air ground, -150 Kyoka Suigetsu, -150 to continue Suigetsu.

(Will take away reiatsu from: Ten Kaika Ken (Heavenly Flower Fist) on next post if contact is made.)

Combat Posts: 2/8

Gas Spreading: 2/2

Shikai Posts: 1/7

[Douma]

Kagami was a military genius, and so he could often see what most fighters could not: the big picture. Ones perspective was a limiting factor in a fight, and each person has several blind sides that are difficult to patch up without opening another. Harle wasn’t omnipotent, and neither was Kagami, though when it comes to battle perspective, he was significantly closer to it than she was. Harle seemed amused and almost carefree as she easily sidestepped the pillar of stone and evaded the laser. However, she didn’t even realize how one-sided this battle had suddenly become.

None of Kagami’s attacks were intended to hit. At least not at that moment. Let’s start by examining the pillar of stone. If Kagami was planning to land a blow with that move, then he might as well resign from his position as a Captain. The stone was only a vector for creating the ice layer on the ceiling. And the laser? It was certainly fast, but Kagami would have been sorely disappointed it if hit Harle in its weakest form, before it could bounce off of a reflective surface and grow in size. And the water Kagami created? It looked perfectly harmless and appeared only to let the laser continue to bounce between the icy ceiling and crystal clear water layer on the ground like it was a ball in a game of ping pong.

But Kagami saw the big picture. He now had turned the battleground into an enemy against Harle, and she didn’t have a chance at covering all of the angles that Kagami could attack from. The ceiling and floor were mirrors, and he hadn’t even begun to use the power in his Zanpakuto except for casting techniques through reflections. Kagami was going to up the ante of this fight very soon. Harle wouldn’t even see it coming.

The Captain watched with moderate interest as his peer began to release her Zanpakuto, taking the time to catch his breath after he had expended so much reiatsu so quickly. He made note of the rising level of the red fog that seeped out of her mouth. It was at around his waist and still rising, so if Harle decided to close the distance, Kagami would have to make sure to hold his breath to avoid the effects of the worrisome gas. He won by using his mind, and if she clouded his main asset, Kagami may find himself at a small disadvantage. However, he wasn’t going to let such a technique hurt him.

When Harle’s release was complete, she didn’t waste any time. Her reiatsu flared as she spoke two words that were most likely part of a technique of her Zanpakuto. That bright light wasn’t blinding, but it wasn’t a good sign either. Kagami knew she was cooking up some sort of combination to attack him with, and he was planning to counter it perfectly. After all, Kagami had turned all of the factors in his favor. It was only a matter of time until Harle noticed it.

The woman made her move, and Kagami stood in the water without responding. His knees were bent and his sword was raised in his right hand. His eyes followed Harle closely as she ran toward him with her shikai’s claws out. But wait, something wasn’t right. His energy reiatsu detected Harle moving around the wall of the arena toward Kagami’s side. It also sensed the trail of red smoke she made. That meant one of two things: either Harle was an illusionist or she could create clones that concealed their reiatsu completely. The former was more likely, but Kagami wasn’t going to take any chances.

Two things happened at the same time. Firstly, the not-Harle had closed the distance and was preparing to swipe at Kagami’s shoulder with her claws. On the other hand, Kagamif felt Harle from behind dart behind him, likely planning to do something very similar to her clone or illusion. To protect his back side, Kagami summoned a large double-sided mirror with a width and length of three meters. It hovered over the water, but Harle wouldn’t be able to see it. After all, as it was summoned, Kagami linked both sides of the mirror to each other to make it completely invisible. All objects could pass through the mirror as long as Kagami let them. Everything was allowed to pass through the mirror except for Harle, her weapon, or anything containing her reiatsu, which effectively prevented the smoke she exhaled from behind from overtaking him.

However, Kagmai also had to protect his torso. The Captain’s sword was at the ready, so despite his slower speed, he was able to directly block Harle’s attempt to claw him. He felt a resistence from not-Harle, which made deciphering her power slightly more difficult. So the illusion was very convincing or Harle was able to actually create a clone. But wait... despite seeing red smoke from not-Harle's mouth, he couldn't detect the trail she supposedly left at all. That solidified it: Harle was an incredibly talented illusionist. Maybe Kagami had underestimated her, but not by much.

However, this meant that Harle was still directly behind him, undoubtedly going for a physical attack against the dashing Captain. However, her hand would collide with the invisible mirror wall awaiting her. Had that been all Kagami was planning, Harle wouldn’t have been too bad off. However, he wasn’t going to waste such a perfect opportunity to remind his fellow Captain who she was up against. No one could defeat the Mirror Master, Kagami Murai.

When Harle first made contact with the mirror, which completely stopped her attack, Kagami used Bakudo #38: Mirafureru, which coated Harle’s entire body in a reflective layer. The only things it didn’t block where bodily openings such as the mouth, nose, ears, and other obvious parts. By this point, the red smoke from Harle was starting to get to work its way around Kagami’s mirror and reach his head, so to avoid inhaling it, Kagami decided to rise into the air to avoid it. By activating Hado #41 once again, a stone pillar beneath his feet would rise and lift him thirty feet into the air, where he’d be safe from the smoke. The pillar moved at a speed of 500, so Harle wouldn’t have time to make her way around Kagami’s mirror to intercept him. If not-Harle went for an attack, the Captain would be fine, for he created a second mirror that separated them. This mirror was not invisible like the first one he created. Therefore, he insured that he would easily be able to evade the rising smoke by going up into the sky. At the end of the day, her assault was unsuccessful and she was back at square one.

And that leaves the ball in her court. But what did her court look like? The floor was a mirror. The ceiling was a mirror. Harle herself was coated in a mirror. Her only safe haven was a makeshift layer of air ground that she would have to maintain and walls that she could run on by using her reiatsu to create adhesion. They were both uninjured for now. However, Kagami could make a deciding move against the woman at any time that he wanted. It was a game of chess, but the trick wasn't getting Harle's king. It was about how he got the checkmate. There are so many factors in a fight, so Kagami needed the fight the prove to all of the on lookers and Harle herself that no matter what, there was no possibility of her coming out on top of Kagami in any situation. She needed to suffer a total defeat. And at the same time, Kagami needed to achieve a total victory. Harle would prove to be a challenge in the sense that she could meddle with his mind and perception of reality. Otherwise, however, Kagami had the strategic, enviornmental, and skillful advantage.

"Not too bad, beautiful. But I can deal with two of you almost as easily as I could with one. These fast balls are getting a bit boring. If you want to throw me off, I'll need a few curve balls. Do you think you can keep me entertained? In exchange, I just may do the same for you later tonight. What do you say about a few drinks before heading some place quiet? I'll make it worth your while." The leader of Division Thirteen flashed his devilish grin. Harle may be allured by the mischievous, thrilling look in his eyes. But she shouldn't be able to see the emptiness in his heart.

Reaitsu Remaining: 5500/8000 (-1000 for the growth in size/strength of Reza Hikari because of it’s bouncing, -50 for Ripple Level 1, -100 for Lights, Smoke, Mirrors, -50 for summoning two mirrors, -50 for mirror link, -100 for Reflection, -100 for Mirafureru, -100 for Kanji Taiho)

Reza Hikari’s RS: 750

Mirrors: 2/5

Lights, Smoke, and Mirrors Preparation: 3/5

Shikai: 2/10

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

Her left hand delivered a destructive blow to something that had shielded Kagami from her Flower Fist strike. Something invisible. An object she couldn't see with her own eyes. Or maybe she could if she were able to see the larger picture. With her higher capability in reiatsu strength being easily able to shatter a flimsy defense, even without use of her Flower Fist there was nothing firm nor strong enough to transfer the force of her attack. In other words, there was nothing to receive the surge of reiatsu inside her open palm, a waste of reiatsu but at the same time it only left a slight numb in her left hand. Without a firm target to make contact with Harle was able to avoid the full repercussion of her attack.

Now, the 13th Captain stood high above and managed to avoid her phantom as it blurred out his sight for the time being. No, it was not due to the Squad 2 Captain ceasing the use of the technique but one of its requirements. Still ongoing when she took action but for now she merely gazed up at her foe as he stood confidently with a sly smug on his face. Little did he know that his words would soon trigger a nightmare that he wished he never had.

"Not too bad, beautiful. But I can deal with two of you almost as easily as I could with one. These fast balls are getting a bit boring. If you want to throw me off, I'll need a few curve balls. Do you think you can keep me entertained? In exchange, I just may do the same for you later tonight. What do you say about a few drinks before heading some place quiet? I'll make it worth your while."

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{Play Me}

Entertainment is a definite, but using the word "beautiful" on her, to suggest that she'd follow a request of joining him in the thrills of the nocturnal. Vulgar. Incompetent. Disgusting. Such manner of filth made the woman's skin crawl, but more than that.. anger. Before, such comments meant nothing to the woman since they were childish attempts filled with nonsense. Mediocre if at best, but still, his words made her blood begin to boil. From Kagami's point of view the woman's eyes were shielded by the shadows of her loose bangs. The material of her gripping gloves creek as it stretches out around her tightening fists. Such a sensation she hadn't felt since the time of being in Kenryoku's presence.. Back in that mission when they were infiltrating. She could still remember his words clearly.

"Family is everything, and failure is nothing...
"Family iz everything, and failure iz nothing... she said in a cold emotionless tone, as though reflecting the presence of the late Squad 2 predecessor himself.

Kagami was an allie to be relied on when in times of conflict and battle, but.....

.... He was neither family nor a friend to Harle. Marcus.. Marcus.. Marcus... Marcus was.. is family to Harle.. Someone whom she holds very dear. And for someone.. for anyone who thought that they could belittle her with such acts would pay dearly. As the audience studied in the stilled woman with curiosity she leaned forward to wash the pale white mask from her face, shortly after untying the belled ribbons from her pigtails to have her bronze hair sleep over her shoulders. One of the onlookers pointed out that the woman was undressing herself. Out in public? During a fight? Is she a lunatic or nuts? Was she into that sorta thing? No to all of the above, simply getting more comfortable, removing the mask that held her gentleness along with the child like nature she had before. A small transformation before Kagami, something that would deemed tedious or just plain nonsense. What would a change in appearance do for Harle? Everything.

A single talon from her Shikai tore right through her jester's attire to reveal what was beneath, her new gear. A sleeveless black leather vest woven with a stretchable carbon fiber. Her cleavage slightly exposed from the "V" shape opening with the black undershirt, or rather suited black sports bra beneath it. The water rippled around her firm knees as the layer of fabric over her legs came apart to reveal the jet black ninja pants and knee high kunoichi padded boots, and under the translucent black stockings. A single white sash held the the woman's suit together along with the fasteners along its sides. Her transformation, or more rather her shedding, was complete.

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{Uniform Reference}

The newly emerged woman took a single moment to realize that what she stood in was a pool of water with heavy traces of her red gas skimming over it. Its contents filled the floor of their arena while an ice crust concealed over the barrier's surface. What did they all have in common? They all had the capability to reflect her image and all those that lied on the other side of them. Looking further into her situation as to what she faced, her phantom ran into a mirror that distracted it and forced Harle to recall it to the rear for a temporary withdraw. Just like what he did witht he laser and the strange Kido that Harle felt on her person, each of them complimented on each other, and so Kagami must be using a means of power that dealt with reflections.. Mirrors? Was that it?.. No matter, for Kagami had devised a means to turn the battle ground into his favor, but looking at the situation more clearly, he had actually sealed his own fate and didn't even know it.

First things first, the water. In a quick burst of movement and phrasing both the water and gas erupted from the base of the Captain's feets and forced into the air. How did such a thing happen? By the means of a very basic Kido spell, Hado #1: Shō (Thrust). The amount of force from Thrust, equaled to her reiatsu strength was more than capable of pushing both the water and the gas into the air by using the battle platform itself as a support. At that moment the female Captain enacted the third technique of her Shikai. A small amount of reiatsu poured forth from her talons to grind against the atmosphere to cause a shutter of light to be made. Much like her release of her Zanpakuto it happened in but a moment. Even 30 feet above the ground Kagami would be able to see the flicker of light, but in case he didn't the very situation that Kagami so unwillingly put together furthered her own means to emit her light. As the water was forced into the air, her flicker of light bounced from droplet to droplet like numerous sky lights illuminating the very sky itself. Not only that the light would bounce off the water in the sky, but the ice that was layered over the barrier would emit the once flicker of ice to transform the entire dome into a luminous light bulb. There was literally no means of taking in a small glimpse of her technique's light.

But that only a medium, the true power resided in her technique's effect, the ability to twirl the man's sense of the world around him at the same rate of speed of her own speed. His senses and energy sensory will remain, but they will all be twirling along with the world. The specific odors that he trained his senses on would no longer be originate from where it was suppose to be, for it will now be spiraling around him. But, that was only one of his natural senses. All of the man's sense were effected if the even a glimmer of light was caught by his eyes. Even his energy sensory would fall prey to same effect as his other senses. That was the power of Harle's Twirl.

Once the technique's light had been emitted the Kunoichi began her advancement on her foe. With the speed of 350 Harle's reiatsu dug into the ice of the barrier to run up its cold surface while in Kagami's eyes, her phantom was bouncing off what seemed to be several invisible walls to level with Kagami, while the phantom and its Master remained in a five foot distance of each other. The phantom lunged forward as Harle followed suit, but five foot above her ghost. A motion quick enough to make the water around her phantom appear as though they were in slow motion, and within such motion the phantom had thrust its dominate right hand, like a reiatsu charged sword, to Kagami's chest. As for the Harle herself, she kept a keen visual of the man awaiting for his move around, the atmosphere was filled with water around himself and her phantom.

With a quick flick of her wrist Harle shot forth a kunai knive to the center of the 13th Captain, but not just an ordinary knife. " [Ninja Art: Electric Impulse]" she muttered beneath her cold tone as the electrical current cried out from the thrown blade. Comparing the difference in their reiatsu strength, the man's little trick that he had done onto the jester would be no match against the power she wielded. A spectacular light show was being provided to both the spectators and to Kagami as the electrical current jolted the water and gas around the man and phantom like a never ending pulses through a nervious system. From high above to the moist floor below. The French Captain clung against the ice barrier to avoid her own trap, but how would the other Captain fair, being zapped along with her phantom. She did wonder if his reflective power conducted electricity as well?

Remaining Reiatsu : 725/2400 : -400 Flower Fist, -400 Ninja Art: Electric Impulse, - 150 Twirl, -25 Class 7 Technique Sho.

(Kyoka Suigetsu's Phantom will vanish at the end of this post.)

Combat Posts : 3/8

Gas Remains : 1/5

Shikai Posts : 2/7

-x20 kunai knives
-x2 both decks of special cards
-x2 drapes
due to the 20 inside of her jester's jacket being thrown away.

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{Items}

1. Kunai Knives = x30 - x21 = x9
2. Flash Paper Card Deck = x2 = [52] [52] - x2 = 0
3. 6'x6' White Drapes = x2 - x2 = 0
4. Throwing Swords = x4
5. Smoke Bombs = x4 -2 = x2
6. Flash Bombs = x2
7. Thin Metal Wire 15' = x1

[Douma]

Somewhere within Harle, she became different. Kagami’s flirting had no end, and he could hit on his fellow Captain for the entire night and then some. However, it was disgusting, and he knew it. He was playing the role of “Kagami Murai, the invicible warrior of Soul Society who could bring any foe to their knees and do the same with any woman as well.” But it was all a façade. It was a mask he wore in the past, but now, it was the face he forced when the mask wasn’t on. Douma was the real person. Kagami Murai was a puppet, a mere character played by this darker, far more real man who wore Kagami’s shoes.

And this man was fully aware of how vile Kagami was – how vile he was acting – but it was necessary in the long run. People had to believe it. Kagami Murai was alive and better than ever. He was the same debonair playboy that was as good with women as he was with a sword. And Harle was going to have to deal with that fake, poor excuse for a man. She needed to deal with the old Kagami, as much as Douma hated to play that part.

But he was going to play that part forwards and backwards. When he saw Harle begin to tear through her clothing, he couldn’t simply keep his mouth shut. “Um, beautiful, I thought we’re supposed to take our clothes off after dinner when we head back to your place. I mean, I wouldn’t mind skipping steps if you’re down, but maybe not in front of this crowd.” Harle would likely be further irritated, but she couldn’t get much more pissed off. But Kagami Murai did have one more button to press. “So, I take it that this is a yes for our date tonight?” It wasn’t a question.

But Harle didn’t leave much time for conversation. She used Hado #1: Sho to throw water and her red smoke up into the air. However, Kagami had a simple means of avoiding the smoke. He took a rapid deep breath as the smoke was kicked up into the air and kept himself from breathing for just a few seconds. After all, while throwing smoke up into the air would keep it up there temporarily, it simply didn’t have enough smoke below it to settle. The height of the smoke was capped out at thirty feet, right at his feet. But Harle had far more tricks up her sleeve, and Kagami was prepared.

When she emitted that white light, Kagami knew that she was setting up another illusion. However, he was taken by surprise when his entire field of vision began rotating and spinning. The world felt like a spinning top to him, like some of those beyblade toys that went around a little while ago. Kagami could still see the world around him, but only brief flashes and glimpses of it. Kagami knew there was trouble, for he could see Harle’s illusion quickly rising near him while sensing the real Harle as she climbed the wall a short distance away.

If anyone else had been standing in his shoes, they would be well aware of how dire the Squad 13 Captain’s situation was. However, Kagami himself was special. He was an expert swordsman and could match Harle physically, but that’s not where he exceeded. Kagami, in fact, was best at fighting without moving at all. Harle may be exceptional and Kagami didn’t have any method of resisting her illusions, but his versatility would undo her offensive and tip the scale in his favor.

As the illusion climbed up toward Kagami, he used Bakudo #38: Mirafureru to creating a mirror coating around himself, just as he did with Harle earlier. However, he was running out of time. Harle’s phantom was closing in quickly. With a quick burst of speed, she was about to pierce through the disoriented Kagami. The world was spinning for the Mirror Master, and he wouldn’t be able to bring his sword up to counter the attack without being able to clearly see the illusion. It seemed like this would be his undoing. With a flash of movement, the illusion jumped forward with its arm extended and…

Its arm went straight through Kagami. But wait, it didn’t come back out. To Harle, it would seem like the large majority of her clone disappeared, but, in truth, Kagami knew exactly what was going on. He had linked mirrors, as he could do with his shikai. The two mirrors he connected were one of his mirrors down by the floor, which he used to block Harle’s attack recently. The other linked mirror was the one that engulfed his body. That way, Kagami made it so all attacks that targeted him went right through his body and out the other mirror down below. He was essentially intangible.

But the one thing about him that was tangible was his sword. As soon as the illusion went through his body, Kagami had to act quickly. He timed his maneuver just right. As Harle’s illusion had committed to a lunge, so she would be off balance after realizing that Kagami’s body could not be pierced and that there was no resistance to her attack. Therefore, Harle’s illusion wouldn’t be able to pull back defend or dodge, even with a Shunpo, when Kagami’s sword sliced through the air toward her head at twice his speed. In order to increase his speed, he had used Ichi, a numbers technique that allowed him to option of doubling the speed of one of his strikes. It was a lesser version of Shunpo Karin, but considering that it was less stamina taxing, it would do the trick.

But that wasn’t all. After all, Harle had one more attack. She had infused reiatsu into a kunai with some sort of technique. It was likely a Ninja Art technique, a few of which Kagami knew. However, that was her problem right there. The only means Kagami had of detecting her were with his energy sensory. By infusing a technique into a kunai, she had made it painfully easy for him to detect the weapon and block it. That was Harle’s mistake. Had she not infused the technique within the kunai, she may have had a chance at landing the hit. However, now, it was only a matter of Kagami summoning a mirror in front of himself to block the kunai. Even if Harle activated Electric Impulse, the mirror would repel the lightning.

This entire fight, Kagami had been on the defensive. Of course, this was all intentional. He was able to analyze and take apart Harle’s attacks. She would be well aware by now how capable Kagami was of swatting away every technique she threw out him. However, Kagami wouldn’t place her under the illusion that the tide of battle was in her favor. She was throwing pebbles at an unmovable object, and when that object began to edge forward toward her, she’d then realize how powerful Kagami Murai was. And just as a quick reminder, the Captain decided to do a little damage to his attractive enemy. She was coated with a mirror from his recent move earlier, so there was no chance of her dodging the blade that shot out of her ribcage and into her left bicep, cutting a major tendon and making the arm rather useless.

The blade retracted quickly, leaving Harle undoubtedly clutching her arm in pain while staring at her reflection depicted in the mirror that separated her and Kagami. He could’ve done much more damage. Kagami could have made his blade go out of her arm and between her ribcage, piercing her lungs. However, that would’ve been too easy. The goal wasn’t to win. It was to mercilessly destroy little by little. Harle’s body and her faith in herself would both take blows as she realized how her attacks had no effect. By the end, she’d be left with nothing but fearful respect for the man who brought her down. After all, that was how Douma fought. That was how Douma won. Harle had one last chance before Douma took her apart. If she didn’t use her bankai next, it would be over. All that would be left was silence.

Reiatsu Remaining: 5225/8000 (-100 for Mirafureru, -50 for Image Link, -100 for Ichi, -25 for a mirror)

Lights, Smoke, and Mirrors Preparation: 4/5

Mirrors: 3/5

Shikai: 3/10

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

Kagami made a grave error, he should have ended the fight with a single strike instead of wounding his opponent, because now she was fully aware. A punctured ribcage and arm, bleeding heavily in both locations and only tied with the strands of cloth torn away from her Captain's Haori. It was only a matter of time before it began to take its tole on her. Harle had little to no choice but to end the fight in but an instant. Sadly, Harle did not wish to take such measures if it could not be helped, but she had to finish the fight immediately. Desperate, perhaps, but considering the amount of pressure and her dire situation that will grow within time, the Squad 2 Captain had no alternative. She had to resort to it, and bend Kagami's mind and senses to her full control. Alice was about to go to Wonderland, and a wonderland in which Kagami had no control over, and would become his nightmare. The show was at its climax and was narrowing down to its end.

Despite her kunai being blocked by her fellow Captain's mirror, he had failed to recognize that the water particles, or water droplets that were lifted into the air around him, would be conducted by the electric charge that was infused into her weapon. The same can be said about his little mirror technique if it was a mirror. Altogether the electric current would pass through the water droplets in the air to surge around such a defense and strike at the man, and thus far his defense was only for the frontal assault. Harle had little time to witness if the water that was thrown into the air had taken in the charge, but it wouldn't matter. As the drops of rain fell to the ground below to cause a near endless ripple effect to the water below, the French Captain brought the pair of talons together to call out the perfected form of her Zanpakuto.

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{Play Me}

Flowing like a melody through her lips the instant raise in power from her release emitted the malicious aura of her reiatsu strength. While releasing such strength the mirror coating on the woman's body would be torn apart but a superior reiatsu strength and freeing the woman from its hold. Such a trick wouldn't work twice on her and Harle made sure of it. "Come forth from ze everlasting darkness and shine your celestial light,. Bankai, Fuutou Tsukuyomi!" she cried out. A blinding flash of light soon erupted from the clothes attached to her talons, coiling themselves along the length of her arms in single form of light. That very same light that consumed her entire figure, transforming the woman's body into a pitch black void silhouette. Eyes beaming with white light, her frame and curves outlined thin yellow reiatsu. Upon completely devouring the Captain's body the light dripped down onto the floor to create a pale full moon. Its humming white light gently illuminating the floor. A secondary moon was born over the roof of the barrier, darkening the interior of the doom by concealing the sun's radiant light, causing an eclipse. Both expanded to the length of a mile radius from Harle's position to complete its release.

The audience outside shunned, with a few shielding their eyes from the irregular light while others on the edge of their seats from Bankai release from one of the two conflicting Captains. "Thiz iz where it endz." Kagami would only be allowed a brief moment to take glimpse of his foe's Bankai before his vision would be obscured and altered to how the battlefield as though it never changed. The similar effect would happen to Harle's figure as it too will remain the same, however, a single difference would be that Kagami's opponent wouldn't be Harle, but Kimiko Shihoin instead. Wait, how? A simple answer, the complete subjugation of Kagami's senses and perception.

Unlike her Shikai, which required the person to see the light that was caused by her release, this time, simply by hearing the word of her release causes the individual(s) to be ensnared by her release's effect. It was not only her voice that would capture her victims but the light from the eclipse and the moon below as well. Despite it all, the hue from the moon below would bounce off the reflections of the ice walls. But how did Kimiko appear within the dome? Harle's past fight with the Shihoin woman allowed the Captain to conjure an illusion off the woman. By interacting, combating, and sensing Kimiko, Harle was able to produce a picture perfect replica of the new Captain. Every inch of the woman was narrowed down to the color of her iris. An exact duplicate, however, there was a flaw to her replica. Harle only knew of the Shihoin's ability of that time, and not how strong she was now.

Regardless, the illusion would fulfill its purpose nonetheless. Kagami's own surroudings will remain the same with Kimiko now replacing Harle, while Harle herself would be nothing more than a mere memory. Within Bankai the previous effects from her last techniques would vanish, but his own energy sensory and senses would lack the capability in detecting the elusive Captain. "HEH, what's wrong idiot.. you zoning out again. Keep up or you'll end up losing your head." The phantom spoke as it emitted small amount of reiatsu that it possessed. A spot on match if Kagami ever faced the Shihoin princess. The captivated audience peered down onto the battle stage below in absolute confusion. Wasn't Kagami fighting Harle? And how did Kimiko enter the arena? Bickering would soon follow shortly but would be cut off when the phantom called out, "Reveal Thee Self, Haunzu!"

From Harle's memory of their encounter the woman's Zanpakuto was devoured by shadows before shattering. Slowly expanding into becoming a large black and gray wolf that stood guard beside her, snarling at the man. From what the Captain could tell it was the non-other than Kimiko and her partner Haunzu. They were the ones that stood before Kagami ready to fight, while in reality Harle was preparing herself for a single strike, a strike that Kagami woudn't see coming.

It was that moment that the team of Kimiko and Haunzu separated from each other, the wolf gliding across the water toward the right at 500, and Kimiko flanking the man's left with 145. The two would suddenly charge once they were across from each other, on both sides of the 13th Captain. Kimiko's powerful right hook smashing into the ground and Haunzu pouncing from above with its fangs open. Perhaps the man would be confused as to how did he get into such a situation, and to where is Harle? Not again. No where in sight, and no where to be felt. In all manner of speaking Harle was a ghost to Kagami. This was the power of Fuutou Tsukuyomi, and the man would be all but helpless to what was before him. If he decided to collide with the phantoms, then he will be subjugated into feeling the force that Kimiko wielded back in the days as well as Haunzu. If he had dodged, then the amount of force applied to the ground and water below them would erupt into an explosion of shrapnel.

For his sake, hopefully the man would be able to keep up with a two on one, which was really still a one on one fight. But who would know really when ensnared by Harle's Bankai. "Welcome Monsieur Kagami... to Wonderland." she spoke in a cold voice, knowing full well that her voice will never reach a victimized Kagami.

Remaining Reiatsu : 425/2400 : - 300 Bankai.

Combat Posts : 4/8

Gas Remains : 2/5

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{Items}

1. Kunai Knives = x30 - x21 = x9
2. Flash Paper Card Deck = 0
3. 6'x6' White Drapes = 0
4. Throwing Swords = x4
5. Smoke Bombs = x2
6. Flash Bombs = x2
7. Thin Metal Wire 15' = x1

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{Kimiko Reference}

rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/6894/playing-pvp

[Douma]

(( OOC: Regarding electric impulse, it’s in the mirror’s nature to reflect energy attacks such as lightning, so the electricity wouldn’t be able to be conducted through it. Though that doesn’t affect this next post, so it’s not too big of a deal xD ))

This is was it. Harle was bringing out the ace in her sleeve, the very card which Kagami had been trying to draw since the beginning for the fight. Right here, right now, she would realize how outmatched she was. After all, Kagami’s victory had been ensured by his actions that opened the fight. She just didn’t know it yet. He had the analytical brilliance to predict her actions and calculate her maneuvers. It was a mental battle before it became physical, and Harle’s mind was a butter knife compared to the missile mental fortitude Kagami wielded.

Upon activating her bankai, Kagami found that his senses had ceased spinning. He could once again see the world clearly as it is. In fact, he had not been able to use his vision again, he would’ve been in a great deal of trouble, for Harle had vanished from his energy sensory. He didn’t even try to look for her, because he knew that it was futile. Her bankai amplified her ability to create illusions and play tricks on his mind. The only one he could see was the figure of Kimiko Shihoin standing below, looking up at him as he stood above her on the stone pillar.

Now, Kimiko Shihoin was not someone familiar to Kagami, but he did not see her as a threat. In his eyes, she was just another Captain. She was no Sozen or Taiho or even Hokori. The Leader of the Thirteen Division had a vague understanding of noble relations. Kimiko was the Shihoin Princess just as Souza was the Kuchiki Prince. However, the difference in family strength was accounted for as well. Sozen was incredibly powerful, so it is only natural that his son is incredibly strong. However, Okami is incredibly strong as well and stands on the same level as Souza. His heir, Kimiko, couldn’t match Kagami by that standard. Therefore, he found it surprising that this was the illusion Harle chose to fight him. He wasn’t even slightly worried. This would be a walk in the park.

Kimiko’s Zanpakuto release, in the form of a wolf, was the first to charge at Kagami at a speed that exceeded his own. However, that meant absolutely nothing to him. Kagami stood, waiting for them to close the distance and land the hit. At least that’s what Harle would see. In actuality, Kagami was springing the trap that he had set in the first ten seconds of the battle, and Harle didn’t stand a chance.

That pillar of light bouncing up and down at the speed of a bala wasn’t just for show. Hado #79: Reza Hikari was powerful and fast. While Harle was successful in dodging it once, it would be impossible to deal with this use of the technique. Kagami summoned a mirror just above the icy ceiling. The instant it was created, he let it shatter into thousands of tiny glass pieces that spread out over a few meters in each direction. However, these shards still had the property of a mirror: reflection. That’s right. Reza Hikari was split up into thousands of needle-like beams that bounced off the shards and flew all over the arena.

This was the great trap he had been waiting to use. It had been prepared long before Harle released her bankai, yet he only decided to use it after she released her Zanpakuto into its final state. After all, that’s where it mattered the most. Harle needed to use her full ability before Kagami put her back in her place in the most brutal way possible. She was going to suffer a lot of pain, and luckily, a medical team was waiting nearby to save her.

The thousands of beams from Reza Hikari essentially made an undodgeable attack. There were too many of them to count and they moved as fast as a bala, making it hard enough to keep track of and dodge just one, not to mention thousands. On top of that, the beams would bounce off of the ice or water around the arena. Some would even bounce off of the mirrors that Kagami set up. All in all, Harle would find that the beams were too much for her to handle. Burns from each laser would emerge all over her body, making it extremely painful for her to even move.

And what about Kagami? Wasn’t he in danger of being hit by these lasers as well, since they were bouncing around everywhere? He would never have used such a combination if he were at risk. The lasers wouldn’t hurt Kagami for the same reason that Kimiko and her wolf couldn’t hurt Kagami. He maintained the connection between the mirror coat around his body and one of the mirrors he had summoned. Kimiko’s punch would go straight through him. The pouncing wolf would jump through Kagami and emerge out of the mirror connected by Kagami. All of the laser that would have hit Kagami would instead shoot out of the mirror they were connected to, and all of the laser that would have hit that side of the mirror by the water would shoot out of Kagami. He would clearly see Kimiko and her wolf suffering the same damage that he expected Harle to deal with.

But that wasn’t enough to end the fight. In fact, it was only useful to perceive where Harle was. The Captain of Squad 2 was good, especially when it came to hiding her presence. Before Reza Hikiri was divided and bounced all over the enclosed arena, Kagami wasn’t sure where she was. However, the thousands of laser would expose her location. Kagami could simply discover through his energy sensory a certain area where two or three lasers vanished, for they didn’t disappear for no reason. If they ever cease to exist, it means that they hit their mark.

And all it took were the first two or three lasers to hit Harle, which most likely happened in rapid succession, before she even got the chance to move in order to desperately attempt to dodge. Kagami simply summoned a two mirrors on either side of her and silently cast a technique through both of them, not allowing Harle to even respond to the emergence of a mirror. No matter where she ran to avoid the lasers, his mind was faster than she was physically. It was a simple matter to summon mirrors and cast a technique through them. And it all happened while he remained perfectly still.

Hado #40: Gouzen Demizu

No matter which way Harle ran, when she was between two mirrors mirrors, it would be hard to prevent herself from escaping the both tidal waves of water that emerged out of each one. She may not even notice the mirrors initially, for the second the mirrors appeared, water was going to jump out of their surface. And because of all of the lasers that were hitting Harle and causing burns, she would likely be off balance from running or distracted by the heavy pain to have a quick response, making her an easy target.

So when the water engulfed Harle, it was an easy matter for Kagami to use his mirrors to flash freeze the water with Hado #41, the same ice technique he had used earlier to freeze the reiatsu barrier around the arena. If Harle got herself trapped in the ice, she would deal both with severe burns all over her body as well as the ice encasing her that sucked the heat out of her body at a rapid rate before she could break out. This wasn’t the end of the fight, for Kagami didn’t want to kill his fellow Captain. He simply had to wear her down. Who’s stamina would deplete first? And when it came to running marathons, a sprinter like Harle couldn’t compete with the Mirror Master.

Kagami suddenly appeared beside Harle, assuming that she got trapped in the ice casing. But wait, how could Kagami be there and still be standing up on the platform? Where there two Kagami’s? Wait, no, three. There’s one that appeared on the other side of the mirrors. A fourth hung from the ceiling like a bat, smugly watching the scene below. All of them had Kagami’s same reiatsu signature, so Harle would be unable to tell them apart. She was likely wondering what was happening.

It all started the second Kagami jumped onto the platform. That smoke he had emitted from his body, the clear smoke that Harle couldn’t detect with her level of energy sensory, was the agent for an illusion Kagami had been preparing for the fight. He was able to cast illusions similar to Harle, though his were intangible. In a sense, he was capable to creating the same false figures that she could, despite being unable to completely deceive the enemy’s mind. Kagami was a multifaceted fighter who didn’t solely rely on mirrors.

“Are you ready to call it quits, beautiful? There’s a bottle of wine waiting back at my place with your name on it.”

Reiatsu Remaining: 4300/8000 (-50 for Image Link, -50 for maintaining Ripple Level 1, -75 for summoning three mirrors, -300 for shattering a mirror, -100 for casting two techs through mirrors, -200 for two Gouzen Demizu, -150 for three Kagami illusions)

Reza Hikiri RS: 750

Lights, Smoke, and Mirrors Preparation: 5/5

Shikai: 4/10

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

Kagami was almost damn well near invincible. From the display of what happened before with her phantom of herself, and to the illusions of Kimiko and her Zanpakuto, they simply phased through his body. Could it be part of his release? If it was, then there was no way for her to actually touch him. Kagami perhaps found a means to be the perfect form of what she had transpired to. The injuries of her ribs and arm continued to bleed through the wrapped cloths of her Captain's Haori, so it wouldn't be long before their negative effects took their hold on the Captain. Harle had to find a means to end the battle before she was worn down from blood loss and fatigue, and all the running around was doing nothing for her.

Her mind spiraled down into her soul like drain pipe until Kagami's reiatsu surged once again. Another Kido, and one she was familiar with. Kagami had used this one once before in the beginning of their fight. He was going to use the same trick once again in order to cease nearly all of her movement. But this time there was a twist. On top of the inner layer of the frozen dome was a crash, but not like an actual crash, more like something broke. Harle saw it. Reflection of the sun's light that peered through the icy surfaces cast several gleams off the pieces of falling glass. Glass? Laser? Not again. If it was anything like before Harle was going to have a serious issue that was going to hurt.

At the time there were no other Kidos that the woman knew of within her arsenal to handle such a possible number. But it wasn't just that, her own movements were sufficient enough to dodge all of the them while she could dodge a few. There was no chance to... Wait, there was. Early in the battle Kagami used a Kido to create a large stone pillar to smash her with when she was hanging on the ceiling. That pillar still remained at that exact same spot on her side of the battle when they began fighting. Its position was remotely close to the wall and its shadow did cast slightly onto the wall itself, mostly at a 45 degree angle. Highly doubt that Kagami dreamt of the woman using his own little Kido spell to be used as a shield.

The beams of red light struck the numerous pieces of glass as the Jester left a deluded path of red murky water behind, making her way toward the stone pillar. The lasers were fast but still not quick enough to challenge Harle's reduced speed of 600. She couldn't go her full speed no longer due to her strength of will focused more on resisting the pain from her wounds and on her speed. That said the momentum that the Jester built up managed to allow her to enter into a slide through the water when closing in behind the stone, to use the water as well as a means to reduce her speed safely without crashing into the ice barrier. Her clothes were drenched and the cold air was not helping trapped within the barrier was not helping her condition.

The multiple lasers bounced off the mirrors just as the man intended to as a barrage laid waste to nearly all that they made contact with, even creating slight steam from their contact with the water and ice walls. Harle remembered that the man had most likely planned to turn the entire arena into one giant mirror when she had been running around for most of the battle and through her energy sensory she began to recognize is tendencies and a bit of who man was. A liar, cocky, and prideful. The man would never act directly and used his Kido's to assault the French woman indirectly. Everything he did had a plan to it, another meaning. But even so, he didn't count on how easily Harle's own capabilities could render his techniques useless, and easily avoidable. The man had the upper hand of course, but only due to the barrier holding them inside. If it were any other playing field Harle would be able to move about more freely, and his plans would go to waste. For the Squad 2 Captain to cause the man damage she would have to think of a means to do so that required to make contact and feel pain. That was what she thought tucked into a ball to make herself as small as possible against lower corner behind the stone Kido.

It too fell apart from the constant bouncing of the lasers and their overall strength in reiatsu. If it weren't for the man's two towering stone Kidos, then Harle would have had a difficult time avoiding the barrage, as well as avoiding harm. The ruined Kido lay in waste to what it once was before Kagami's lasers, hoping for a moments rest, but sadly it was not true. Another indication of reiatsu rose from Kagami's presence when two signatures appeared around her. Nothing in sight but air, but she knew better. Like her Flower fist made contact with something that not in sight to only shatter in an instant. Another mirror she had to narrow it down. What else was there? Harle was not going to remain to find out what their purpose was when the Captain acted in defiance to push off the floor and cling onto the ice wall located behind her. Throughout the entire battle Harle grew to know Kagami's tactics. It took a while to discover such things but through the pain she currently suffered she had too.

And she was right when gushing water poured freely from out of no where, but their liveliness became history another moment later when turned to ice. More likely a ploy to ensnare the woman, regardless if the paired techniques missed their target Harle's injuries grew more severe. Her wounds were widening along with the loss of blood. The make shift bandages were loosing their usefulness as the woman slid up the icy wall. That was when she was met with a trio of Kagami. A pair to her sides like the mirrors before and another glued to the ceiling up above the battlefield. A clever trick really, but something that did not match Kagami's nature, back to those tendencies. The entire fight Kagami never really moved from his position unless he had to, meaning that the other Kagami's that were surrounding her weren't the real one, regardless if their reiatsu signatures matched his.

However, their usefulness would aid the woman considerably, along with the two fallen phantoms of Kimiko and Haunzu. Harle command the false Kimiko and Haunzu to rise up once again, both grunting with pain, and allowing the Haunzu spirit to divide into two separate beings. Harle did not know the know of such a power, but that did not matter, she only needed to know what it looked like and how it felt to replicate it. Wait. Replication by perceiving it. Another thought, another plan. Kagami was not as untouchable as he thought he was. She knew of a way to damage him, and this time her attack will not only land but finish the battle itself. First things first though, in the eyes of the Kagami illusions, if they were able to act on their own, would fall prey to Harle's Bankai as well since they too were within her radius, and in such they will actually see the real Kagami, the one who stood in the center of the ice made field.

If they acted to attack, it would be him who they will engage, resulting a brief moment of ease to fall upon the woman. She knew better to relax until her foe was lane before her and void of all movement. Looking upon the situation Kagami himself would see own illusions that he placed onto the field, along with the two Haunzu's, one splitting apart into two, with Kimiko moving at the speed of 100. For the pair of Haunzus, the newly made wolf curved around to the Kagami's left to attack from behind at the speed of 500, while the injured Haunzu dashed charged directly in front boldly with 300 speed. Kimiko rounded to the right side of the man. Both of the wolf spirits suddenly ceased to a grinding halt to allow Kimiko to release a sudden burst of movement with a single right hook into the floor in front of Kagami to crush the ice floor to crack the ice below the man. The sudden burst in movement and strength caused the floor to erupt in a dense fog of ice and softening the floor below. A rapid motion due to Shunpo Eichi, something that Harle knew from her battle with Kimiko.

Which upon the Haunzus made their move once again. Both leaping for Kagami's shoulders. Of course, they will miss due to the man's little trick, however, it would not be this time. Harle fell prey to it knowing full well what tricks that the man produced upon attacking. The first time with her phantom, and the second and third time with Kimiko and the wolf spirit before the lasers struck the pair, even Kagami would take notice to the several burned spots around their bodies. The smell of burnt flesh and sweating bodies would take hold when they got closer to him. They posed little threat to the man for he was more likely ready to counter, which was exactly Harle desired for him to do. Crazy or not, the audience took a closer glimpse at the jester as she dug her own hand into the wound that bled beneath the cloth around her injured ribs. Why would she cause herself further discomfort? Was she giving Kagami the win?

The Haunzu in front of Kagami struck first, lunging forward a few seconds before the one behind struck. And while directly above Kagami would be where Harle emerged from, using the illusion he had placed to deceive the French Captain, and turning it against him. However, the injured illusion of the woman rose both hands to direct them at the group below, Kagami could feel reiatsu rising from within the illusion about to caste a Kido. As for Kagami himself, he was surrounded by the pieces that he and Harle put altogether. For Harle, inflicting further injury onto herself, had already processed the plan. The forward Haunzu would strike at the man's ribs, which most likely would have been met with a defense or have it pass through him. But this time, it wouldn't work. For as soon as the man's defense was risen the Haunzu that leaped for his ribs blurred out to only have the man discover Harle in its place, attacking with a charged right claw to plunge through his clothing to puncture into his ribs. The same exact location where the man had injured the jester when she was stabbed.

A quick thrust to pierce the man's ribs to grip firmly onto the lower rib with the length of her weapon's talons. The same would be for the Haunzu that was charging from behind. Suspecting for the beast to go through a mirror or by another manner, the beast would actually latch its fangs onto the man's shoulder to have its bladed fangs dig into the flesh. To the man's surprise that his power was no longer working. But how, and why? How would his power fail to protect him? More likely the sense of confusion along with ripping pain would grip the man's shoulder and rib area. Complicated but narrowed down from Harle's experience combined with her Zanpakuto ability, perception to allow her illusion to be real to the naked eye. Kagami's brain wouldn't be able to distinguish the difference between what was real and what was fake.

Firstly, the Haunzu that lunged from the front. Haunzu's speed during that time is actually slower to how Harle was currently, so at the last moment within the lunge the Captain had removed the illusion of that particular Hanzu and replaced it with an illusion of Harle. The moment a defense was sprung the vanishing Haunzu, who was moving slower with 300 while the fake Harle emerged moving at a rate of 600, double the speed of the weakened Haunzu. Thus, the illusion of Harle was actually moving much quicker than Haunzu was, positioning the woman within striking distance for her attack. In that case Harle's trading in between her illusions caused the man to misjudge the distance of the attack. But still does not explain how the man was struck with an attack. In the case it would be if not had been for Harle's injury to the ribs.

The jester continued to dig her talons into her wound to recreate the sensation of pain and misery when the man's blade stabbed her. The moment when the illusion struck the man's ribs, Harle transferred the perception of that pain into the exact place in his ribs, having Kagami relive the pain that he inflicted onto the woman. The same was said for the second Haunzu that was digging its fangs into his shoulder. Back when Harle and Kimiko fought each other Haunzu's speed manage to get the drop on the past Vice Captain and dug its teeth into her shoulder as it ravaged it, ripping her wound apart. Harle was using the sensations that she perceived during that time and when Kagami stabbed her to have Kagami relive her grief and suffering. Of course, Harle couldn't have the wounds inflicted onto her fellow Captain without some means of recreating it, an appropriate medium had to be used to re-enact the pain. Kagami's stabbing with his sword was traded for Harle's claw gauntlet, and as for the bite injury into Kagami's shoulder was re-enacted by an illusion of Haunzu.

This was the full extent of her Bankai, the ability to have the mind perceive what Harle desired, and so, Kagami was reliving the same pain that Harle had perceived, using her own experiences to inflict damage onto Kagami. But, to those who would realize Kagami's reactions, no wound would be found. No signs of blood, no stab wounds, not a single sign of injuries, so where was the damaged being inflicted on? The mind to simply say. For it was Kagami's mind which was what Harle was attacking. For the brain told the body how to respond when cut, burned, or frozen. That was the beauty in Harle's power, she didn't need to cause actual harm onto Kagami's body when it was his own mind that was perceiving that he was being injured, and so his own brain that was telling him he was hurt.

So much action had to be taken and it took all of Harle's will power to be able to pull it off. Blood dripping from her wounds greatly, completely immoblized. The woman's focus and attention was solely on her illusions, not allowing for a single moment for them to lighten their assault. She continued to order the illusion of Haunzu to repeat what he had done to Harle and would pull Kagami to the icy ground. The weight of the create would assist in its struggle with its fangs continuing to crush his shoulder as it did with Harle, and all the while, the illusion of Harle will dig its talon further into the man as the warmth of her blood began to flow onto his body. A reflection to Harle's actual condition worsening. The Captain merely sat on the edge of battle ground with her slumped back against the cold barrier. She was tired.... So very tired. But, if she couldn't win the battle she will surely drag the man with her.

Remaining Reiatsu : 425/2400

Combat Posts : 5/8

Bankai : 2/7

Gas Remains : 3/5

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{Items}

1. Kunai Knives = x30 - x21 = x9
2. Flash Paper Card Deck = 0
3. 6'x6' White Drapes = 0
4. Throwing Swords = x4
5. Smoke Bombs = x2
6. Flash Bombs = x2
7. Thin Metal Wire 15' = x1

[Douma]

The true unbeatable opponent is not the God who cannot be scratched or the monster who destroys everything he touches. No, an unbeatable opponent is far greater than that. He is someone who does enough to maintain his lead, but only by so much. Only so that things still look ‘hopeful’ for his opponent. Only so that his opponent still tries desperately to close the decent gap between them and come out on top. And then, the unbeatable opponent widens that gap once more. Not by much, just barely enough for his enemy to miss. Their fingers would be millimeters away from the finish line when it was over, and their final thoughts would be along the lines of “I was so close” or “Next time, I will come out on top.”

But that’s why this opponent is invincible. His power’s growth never seems to end. He can reveal more of his strength depending on the efforts of his opponent, for after several exchanges and encounters, it would take one with a particularly thick skull to not have learned a thing or two. And Harle was learning. She was doing so quickly as well. However, she had made a dire mistake: she attempted to outsmart Kagami. She laid a trap, hoping to lure him into it, and that was an insult. It may even be considered an act of hubris, but not quite. She was a Moon Goddess, after all.

But what’s a god to a non-believer…

Kagami saw it all happen. Kimiko’s wolf split into to, which may mean that Kimiko’s power had something to do with division. It truly didn’t matter to Kagami at the moment, but the information would be useful later. After all, Kimiko was an influential figure in the Shihoin family. It would be good for Kagami to learn more about her. That unpleasant wolf, on the other hand, was something Kagami could deal without.

And a false image of Harle appeared as well. It definitely wasn’t the real one, because the true Harle was injured. She had to be stupid to put herself in such direct danger. By exposing her whereabouts, she was making herself a sitting duck. This had to be a fake. If she wanted to use an ability only the real Harle could preform, she would only reveal herself after creating an opening. He wasn’t going for the bait. She was waiting in hiding for this trap to open a chink in his arm.

Harle set things up as she had done in the past. There was someone on every side. A wolf took the front while the other took the back. Kimiko took his right. She had used a similar strategy before in an attempt to surround the Captain. It was all too familiar. Harle may be running out of tricks, but that couldn’t be possible for someone who claimed the title of Captain. She had to be capable of more. The familiarity of the situation was a warning in Kagami’s eyes. She was showing him something different. Maybe it was time to do the same for her. Just when she thought she could do damage, Kagami would move out of her reach.

She nearly surprised him, however. If he wasn’t fast enough, both physically and mentally, he might have been thrown off by the replacement of the wolf with herself. It was a unexpected, but the mirror master adapted. Of course, there was a significant difference of speed, but it still wasn’t fast enough to outrun his mind. Harle was about a foot away from Kagami when she may have noticed that his right foot was lightly pushing off the ground. He was about to complete the movement, when, suddenly, the fake Harle would run into a mirror wall.

Did Kagami run himself into his mirror? No, he did much more than that. He summoned two mirrors. One was directly between himself and Harle, and that was summoned at the very last moment. The other, however, was in the opposite side of the arena, a good 35 feet from the ground. It was flat, parallel to the ground. Kagami linked the two together so that when he Shunpoed a short distance, he would reemerge on the distant mirror, lying flat on his back in a relaxed state.

But he left Harle a little present too. The instant he disappeared, when the wolves and fake Harle had all committed to their attacks to only find a mirror in their way, the mirror would explode into thousands of little shards that spread out instantly in every direction for one meter. The breaking of the mirror would happen almost exactly when Harle ran into it, leaving her off balance and unable to regain her footing to Shunpo away. Thousands of little blades emerged from the mirrors, piercing her from all angles and turning her into a kebab. It was a brutal move that Kagami used to finish off his enemies.

But that’s the thing. Harle wasn’t his enemy. She was his fellow Captain. This fight against her meant nothing to the Mirror Master. It simply served the purpose of earning her respect, at least for his power and brilliance if not his personality. It was also to showcase his true strength in front of an audience of Captains and lesser Shinigami, to earn their respect. This was all about making a name for himself. It was all about expanding his influence and power. That was the plan.

And killing Harle was not apart of that plan. Would never use such a dangerous move if the real Harle was present within its range. Therefore, he wouldn’t let the thousand blades all emerge completely. Instead, only the first millimeter of the sword would come out from each shard. It would still pierce the uppermost layer of the skin and cause sharp pain, but there was no danger in the situation.

“Harle,” Kagami began. It was one of the few times he didn’t address her as ‘beautiful.’ “You have put up a good fight. You’re certainly powerful, and I’m pleased to know that I can rely as such a person as yourself to fight alongside me in battle if the need be. Can I assume that this entertaining fight is over so we can get the medical team in? I can only imagine how much pain you’re in.”

Kagami was playing the ‘nice guy’ card. It was a tactic he wasn’t fond of using, but it was certainly one to be effective in some cases. If Harle agreed that it was in both of their best interests to stop the fight then and there, then they could leave the arena peacefully. If not, Kagami had to bring out his dark side. ‘Bad cop’ was an underestimate. Maybe the Captain couldn’t find Harle, but that didn’t matter. He was going to land a heavy blow to her heart. She might have felt a few influxes in his reiatsu, but she wouldn’t know of the two illusions he created standing in the same spot as he was, taking up the same space with the exact same reiatsu signature. It was impossible for her to tell them apart, even with energy sensory. He only created them if it was necessary to bring the other guy out. Only if she needed a meeting with Douma.

Reiatsu Remaining: 3750/8000 (-50 for Shunpo, -50 for two mirrors, -50 for Mirror Link, -300 for Shard Shatter, -100 for two new illusions)

Shikai: 5/10

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

Yet again Kagami fled with the use of his mirrors. From every direction of her recent attack her comrade managed to slip through without much of an issue. Harle's options were being reduced next to nothing. Not due to the fact that her reiatsu was nearly depleted but the loss of blood she was suffering from. At this point she had been suffering from anemia and with the dropping temperatures of her body from her environment Harle has nearly lost almost all feeling to her legs. She couldn't move at all any more. Even with her Bankai still active Kagami still found it more than difficult to pinpoint her position. That was the best defensive trait that her Bankai possessed against everyone. And it was the same ability that kept Harle safe from the battle while at the same time go on the offensive.

Kagami spoke once again, but this time it was a means to an end. Quite possibly the woman actually saw it as an option. In her current condition the French woman was incapable of moving around to fight, she had her illusions do the fighting for her. That itself was doing little for her when Kagami had terraformed the arena into a large mirror... Mirror?!.. That was correct. For her to accept defeat was a clear sign of forfeit, and Harle couldn't accept that. The pride of Squad 2 and her predecessor, no, even a remote chance of bringing the Omnitsukido back into Squad 2 was at risk as well. Harle swore that she will everything back. And with her capabilities Harle will see to it personally. After all, among all the Captains Harle was possibly the most versatile Captain in combat while being able to pull a victory from certain defeat.

With the illusion continuing, the pair of wolves stabbed with their master, and with Harle struck from all sides, the illusions vanished leaving the illusion of Harle there standing in grief. Her bickering with agony escaped from her pursed lips with the heavy drops of blood falling onto the once clear ice. "Har..le... won't lose.... Harle... can not... lose." the woman spoke. "Harle.. needz mo.....mo power.... Harle... made un.. promise... and it iz zat reason.. the woman forcibly grind her skin against the blades, carving her once soften skin to riddle it with deep lacerations. Even though it was merely a fake her words reflected what his fellow Captain beared inside. ..zat reason why.. Harle.. won't lose... Harle will never...lose."

The body blurred for a moment to fall apart to reflect the woman's current condition. The profusely bleeding bicep, the punctured torso, and pale complexion of her skin at a loss, this was the condition that Harle, the Captain of Squad 2 was currently in. And regardless of what pain she had to endure the broken woman continued on with little but the little reiatsu she had left, and the color of her eyes dissolving within the pale ash colored appearance of losing consciousness. Harle was more than willing to die for what she fought for, and her will to continue onward was astonishing. Was it truth or false in the eyes of the man? Harle would never know as her illusion continued to stumble to a relaxed Captain.

She wasn't done. As the woman slowly made her way across the ice field, the ice was once again consumed in light that surrounded the pair, but in actuality the light was being emitted from the twin moons below Harle and the one above them. This was one of the Jester's Bankai techniques. When seen the light would fade away to have the victim discover himself void of light, away from mirrors, and the arena, but most importantly far away from the Earth itself. The only source of light that was at the man's disposal were the twinkling stars around him. Weightless and most importantly the lack of oxygen. Kagami would find nether the gravity that bound him to the ground nor the air that was needed to sustain the human body. This was indeed a technique that was caused from Harle's Bankai, Cosmic Prison.

Harle began to force herself back onto her feet, taking the extra effort at a sluggish pace while her phantom continued to march her way toward the man at the same pace. In all sense Kagami would have lost his reflective arena, and the only coldness that will strike his nerves would be the silent coldness of space. The endless void of the distants stars with Harle approaching closer and closer with little resistance but the weakened state she was currently in. While Kagami would be trapped in a alternate reality created by the technique, in reality he was as still as a lifeless doll. More like a comatose patient, unresponsive to what was actually happening around him.

The only issue was that there were three of Kagami that she had failed to realize. She didn't have time to guess, so, she would let Kagami make his move while her phantom choose the far left illusion to approach. Even if they were illusions Harle's technique would cause the same effects to fall onto them as they would have done for Kagami. She had to hurry, for the light in her eyes ceased to exist as she slowly stumbled toward the Kagami in the center of the trio. She still knew that the man was one who would not move unless he had to, her energy sensory was still working while her other senses were fading away. And the woman could no longer remain, she was on her last ounce of strength with only resolve that kept her going. She was at the end of her line.

Remaining Reiatsu : 125/2400 : -300 Cosmic Prison.

Combat Posts : 6/8

Bankai : 3/7

Gas Remains : 4/5

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1. Kunai Knives = x9
2. Flash Paper Card Deck = 0
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4. Throwing Swords = x4
5. Smoke Bombs = x2
6. Flash Bombs = x2
7. Thin Metal Wire 15' = x1

[Douma]

(( OOC: Sorry for the eh post, I didn't want to keep you waiting any longer ))

Harle new illusion was strong, that’s for certain. Kagami felt so distant from the world. Like he wasn’t even sure where he was from. There was just dark, empty space around him. It was so nice and quiet, in a way. The stars looked so beautiful, just the way they poked out of the black curtain around them. There was no sound either. Not even wind. Not even air. Kagami couldn’t breath if he wanted to, for no air would enter his lungs. It was so peaceful. When you strip everything away, you’re left with the soothing embrace of…

SILENCE!

All of a sudden, Kagami’s reiatsu skyrocketed. His reiatsu wasn’t very potent, but there was a hell of a lot of it. Harle’s phantom would be approaching Kagami, just about to make her attack. He would be just one second away from suffering a fatal blow from her phantom when the air around him whipped up and his eyes once again focussed. All it cost was exertion of his reiatsu and the Division 13 Captain was able to shatter her illusion like it was nothing but glass.

A mirror formed between Kagami and the clone. His illusions had not yet dispersed, so they all stood still as he did, hiding behind his form. Harle’s attack would collide with the mirror that suddenly appeared out of thin air, and then… nothing. Black. If the phantom was real, it would know the true meaning of despair in just a second. If the phantom was real, it would have apologized for ever confronting the Angel of Silence. Angel? More like a demon. Kagami Murai is dead. All that’s left is Douma, and it was Harle’s mistake for not realizing how ruthless her opponent was. If her phantom was real, it would be sent to the void instantly, just as Kagami had been.

The only technique that was undodgeable at point blank range was Hado #90: Hado #90: Kurohitsugi. A giant black box suddenly engulfed the phantom and blades within the box speared her from every direction. She didn’t have a chance. Harle was most likely barely conscious by this point, but Kagami still had words for her. He wanted to tell her how pathetic she was. He wanted to scream about how it was so pitiful to see someone so weak claim the title of Captain. He wanted to shout that she couldn’t even see past the illusion she set up, that she didn’t understand what life was. What the world was. He wanted to let the world know. One by one, his illusions stepped away from him, standing on a fake air ground that isn’t there. He had the words ready in his head. His mouth was ready to yell. His lungs were full of air so that he could scream to the heavens and, more importantly, to Hell.

But Kagami Douma did no such thing. He sat patiently on his stone pillar in silence.

Reiatsu Remaining: 2925/8000 (-150 for three illusions, -600 for Hado #90, -25 for mirror, -50 for a tech through a mirror)

Shikai: 6/10

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

What remained of Kagami was correct, there was nothing but silence. Harle had been a witness to a very powerful technique that was swarming around her bleeding phantom. Like the black of night it was swallowed for only screams can be heard from within the endless void. Much to the man's own delight that he succeeded in his plan to overrule the Squad 2 Captain. The man had taken the bait and was committed as the two were locked onto each others eyes before the curtain of darkness severed their gaze. Harle was sending a message to her fellow that he may be the Master of Mirrors, but even a Master of such things was no where near close to the power that a Goddess possessed.

As the pitch black box concealed over the phantom, Harle herself pushed off with the last ounces of strength she possessed to relocate herself behind the man. She was tired, dreadfully tired. From the loss of blood, the little amounts of reiatsu she had, and her freezing body, Harle was only capable of using minor movements and techniques. Her usage of her natural speed was impossible in her current state, let alone using an advanced technique of hers. The increase of reiatsu from her fellow Captain wasn't something to be taken likely, if it were aimed at her. Sad for the man that he had been firing in the opposite direction of where Harle was roaming. Even as close as she was to the man her illusions remained.

Her technique was broken through, something that Harle was not really concerned about. Taking into consideration of his overall power there would be little doubt that he was more than capable of breaking through. The Captain wasn't surprised. And thus, she did allow the phantom remain as the black veil had faded away, only to reveal an immobile French woman. The remains of her Captain's Haori all but gone. Her robes tattered and only left shreds of fabric to conceal her privates and bosom. The clear reflection of the numerous streams of dark liquid provided color and some appeal to her already pale skin. Even so, even with the mirror that separated the two, the phantom continued, clawing at the transparent surface that divided them, her Bankai all but broken in shards of lifeless metal.

"Ka...gami... iz nothzing.but... a liar..." the woman desperately spoke in a cracked but low tone. It quickly dropped to its knees as her blood soaked fingers slid down the glass to leave traces of red behind. His eyes drawn to the falling woman who was directly in front of him to feel her presence fading away, her life fading away. He had won. That was fact either way, but not before a little parting gift from the French woman. As his full attention was focused onto the phantom, Harle's own weakened grip would have found his right shoulder. Even with contact his senses were her's to control for her Bankai remained. The gift was simple but a clear message. You can never hope to reach me. Those words would be heard as the phantom fell, as though they were transferred directly into his mind.

MurdererMurdererMurdererMurderer soon followed, echoing in every direction within his mind. But that was only a single part to the message as that same pain that was inflicted onto her phantom came to follow very shortly after the echoes rose to the man. Only Kagami would know the effect and devastation that his technique would do to an individual, so that was what Harle transferred to his senses. This would last but a few moments for Harle could no longer continue on, thus resulting in her Bankai's effects releasing the man from the Captain's grip. "Release." is what the man will hear shortly after the phantom vanishing from his sights, and his senses returning to his control.

The false imagery gone from his senses Kagami with one look would find his fellow Captain behind him, with a single hand on his shoulder, and a smile beneath the sloppy bangs of hair concealing her tired gaze. There was nothing left that needed to be said, Harle had done what she had set out to do, and even with Kagami reigned on top, the message had been sent. That was all that Harle desired to be delivered to the man as her limp body fell back off the stone column. MEDIC! Was what filled the outer layer of the dome as a team would rush into the dome to begin their treatment once everything had ended. Harle had done her job.

OOC: Finished at last ^.^, Kagami can post for a finish up.