Rise Up: Okami vs ?????? [NDE, PG-13]

[Amagai Kuchiki]

Thread Title: Rise Up: Okami vs
Participants: Okami Shihoin, A Suitable Opponent
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.

However, there are very few people in the audience. Essential medics, maybe three Captains at most, and up to four members of the Shihoin family. But other than that, the audience is worryingly empty. And as far as the record go, this fight never happened, and the participants never showed their capabilities.
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.

[Ōkami Shihoin]

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{Play This}

Get it all back.

Those were the words that had motivated him that day many months ago. That day, he had already died within. He had lost all hope for his family's survival. That day, there was no light at the end of the tunnel for him. But upon hearing those words, he had been saved. Upon hearing those words, he had been brought back to the light. Upon hearing those words, he had been redeemed. And now here he was, having followed the words of that man. Sozen Kuchiki. He would always be indebted to the Kuchiki Head for what he did that day. Had it not been for his arrival and his words, Ōkami Shihoin would not be here in this position today. He would have stayed dead. His family's status would have continued falling had it not been for Sozen Kuchiki's words.

Golden maize eyes peered out from behind the dark lenses of the goggles he wore. The smooth, calming breeze passed over his bald head as he walked proudly and confidently towards center stage. Each step brought him forward, foot by foot, to completing his goal. To once again have the Shihoin reclaim leadership of the Onmitsukido. It had been a dream he had ever since hearing those words and it had been what drove him all this time. And finally, that day had come. The day that he would showcase his abilities, honed over nine centuries of life in the Soul Society. As a Shihoin, no as the Head of the family, he could not disappoint. He had to make sure to showcase his talents today and show them why he was the son of Jiro Shihoin, former Head of the Shihoin Family and former Captain of Squad Two and Commander-in-Chief of the Onmitsukido.

As he stepped closer to the elevated platform, he stopped and looked up to the sky. "Father, watch me here and now. Watch as I make you and the Shihoin Family proud." He closed his eyes for a few seconds, lamenting on the battle to come, lamenting on those who he was fighting for and on those who he had to protect. Images of everyone in his family came to his mind and he cherished those images. They would be his strength for this decisive battle. A battle that would determine his strength as a Captain. A battle that would determine his strength as Head of the Shihoin Family. This battle would decide it all.

He opened his eyes again and breathed in and then out. He calmed himself and steeled his nerves and then turned towards the crowd. To his surprise, Sozen Kuchiki was there within the crowd, as one of the three Captains attending. He also saw his uncle Tetsuo, and his cousin Emiko. There were two other Shihoin Elders sitting with them as well. Apart from them, he could tell that the rest of the small audience present there were medics. They were there to make sure neither combatant wounded the other too severely. And if one combatant was wounded severely enough, the medics would step in and heal them. This was a high stakes battle after all, a battle between two Captain-level opponents. Serious injuries were inevitable in battles with combatants of this level.

With that, the Shihoin Head leapt upwards and made his entrance onto the elevated arena. There was a soft thud as his black boots touched down on the floor of the arena and he stood up straight upon landing. His new haori flapped in the wind slightly as he looked across to his opponent. The symbol for the Onmitsukido was emblazoned on the back of it in black. In front, it was parted slightly to reveal his chest where there was a huge Shihoin crest tattooed in black ink. He stood there, quietly gauging his opponent, right hand held at his side. His left hand, meanwhile was gripping the sheathe of his zanpakutou, Kyukyoku no Kasokuki. He wasn't sure whether he would be starting out with his zanpakutou or with his hakuda abilities. Either way, he prepared himself for what was to come.

Good luck out there, Ōkami. I believe in ya. Remember, we're a pack! We always work together.

Yeah, don't worry Kyukyoku no Kasokuki. I'll be using everything you taught me for this battle...

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{Ōkami's Stats and Skills}


Strength - Lowered [250 (125)] Points

Speed – [400] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [300] Points

Reiatsu Strength – Boosted [300 (600)] Points

Light Aura - [80] Points

Dark Aura - [20] Points

Instinct - [150] Points

Senses - [150] Points

Energy sensory - [50] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [1600] Points

Abilities

[*][Battle Analysis] {3}

[*][Special Skill: Stealth] {2}

[*][Martial Arts: Capoiera] {3}

[*][Pain Tolerance] {1}

[*][Movement Skill: Parkour] {3}

[*][Hakuda] {3}

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{Items}
x10 Kunai
x10 Shuriken
x1 Utility Belt

[Amagai Kuchiki]

Today was a momentous day, and it should honestly be recognized as one. For the first time in ages, the Omnitsukido was about to be restored to it's former glory. Back in the day, the Omnitsukido was an organization that made Squad 2 look like rank amateurs. They were lethal, unnoticeable, and it was taboo to even speak of them as shinigami. Hell, most people didn't know they existed, and the few that did weren't talking. While it would be unfair to say that they had withered under the reigns of Kenryoku, they certainly weren't reaching their full potential.

And that's why Okami's test was so important. It had to be someone capable of pushing a Captain level Shinigami to their very limits, and even beyond that, due to the nature of the Omnitsukido. It had to test how well Okami could hold secrets, and fight against foes who hopelessly outmatched him. It had to test how he could hurt the unhurtable, match the unmatchable, and avoided dying even in dire straits. And so the Central 46 had put in a special request to a higher power with regards to Okami's test, and the request had been responded to positively. Okami's match would be versus a foe that no Captain, except perhaps Sozen and the Captain Commander, could hope to beat. His match wouldn't be recorded, or publically accessible.

After all, the mere identity of his opponent was a state secret.

As Okami landed on the platform, he was alone. his opponent hadn't shown up yet, since it was still a little under a minute before the fight was actually meant to begin. And then, thirty seconds later, once the clock struck the hour, and the fight officially began, his opponent appeared. They materialized on the other side of the platform, as if they had been there all along and Okami just hadn't noticed them. In reality, that wasn't the case. The opponent hadn't been hiding, nor had they teleported in, or any of the other explanations that instantly would spring to mind.

No, it would be instantly obvious to any of the people that were in the audience with high energy sensory that the opponent hadn't used any Kido or technology to travel, but rather was just that fast. They had been waiting a short distance away, less than a few blocks, and when the time had come, burst into motion, crossing the distance and appearing on the platform in a split second, appearing suddenly with a smile on their face. Her face, to be precise. The woman who stood across from Okami was a few inches shorter than him, with brown eyes that evaluated him, as if scanning for flaws. And then finally, she spoke.

"Sup, Okami. I haven't seen you in quite some time." The woman's voice would jolt the scene back into motion, and it was likely that Okami would recognize her. They would've met at noble parties, gatherings of captains, before either of them got stuck in their own respective Hells for extended periods of time. And even if they had never been friends, they would've been on good terms. After all, they had similar sensibilities. And both of them ultimately wanted what's best for their families.

But this woman was meant to be gone, having left Soul Society long ago after personal strife and a mission in Hell had hurt her in ways that couldn't be healed. And yet, she stood before him, a cocky smile on her face, a Zero Division badge on her waist, ready to fight. Aiko Shiba, the only known living member of the Shiba Clan, was here to test Okami. And while there was a chance that some of the people in the crowd would've known that she had been alive this whole time, in the Zero Division, it was likely as shock to the majority of the people.

"You get first blow. Show me what you've got."

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Strength - 400 (1200) (1500) Points
Speed - 400 (800) (1000) Points
Spiritual Pressure - 400 (200) (250) Points
Reiatsu Strength - 400 (200) (250) Points
Light Aura - 50 Points
Dark Aura - 50 Points
Instinct - 360 (450) Points
Senses - 120 (150) Points
Energy sensory - 120 (150) Points
Healing Expertise - 0 Points

MMA(Jujitsu, Karate, Wing Chun): 4
Omni-Combat: 3
Strength of Will: 3
Hakuda: 3
Swords: 1

[Ōkami Shihoin]

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{Continue This}

"Yeah, it’s been a long time, Aiko-san.”

Beneath the tinted goggles, his golden maize eyes blinked once, then twice. He wasn’t sure if his eyes were working correctly. Was that who he thought it was? On the outside, he seemed calm about the appearance of this woman before him. He seemed generally unperturbed by the casual way she greeted him, as if the two saw one another frequently. On the inside, however, he was quite confused. The woman before him was said to have died. At least, that was what was usually assumed when someone disappeared. It had been the same case for him during his 100 year disappearance.

The woman before him, Aiko Shiba, he remembered her face. It wasn’t one that he could forget, honestly. Not after seeing it so many times during noble gatherings. The two had never actually had a chance to talk and become more than acquaintances, but he knew who she was. To see her here and now in the flesh was quite surprising. Actually, why was she even here? His eyes scanned her, until they glanced upon the Zero Division badge on her waist. So she was one of them now? Explains her disappearance all those years ago. He understood now. He knew now why she had suddenly disappeared that time. The Zero Division and its members were secret. The only reason he knew of its existence was from past Shihoin Elders who had been inducted to the secret organization that protected the Soul King. What exactly they did outside of that, he didn’t know. He wasn’t privy to that kind of information during his Captaincy.

”Didn’t expect to be fighting you, honestly. They must not have been able to find anyone else…to call someone of your strength in.” he said in response to her goading him to begin. The last part might surprise her. The fact that he made a reference to his knowing about the organization she belonged to. Either way, knowing that she was Zero Division made him more cautious about fighting her. It made him wonder whether or not he even had the strength to win this battle against her. The white-haired Arrancar had taught him a lot during his time in Hueco Mundo, but the Zero Division were naturally on another level from even Captain-level Shinigami. Ah…fighting women is a pain. He really didn’t like fighting women. There was no winning when fighting women. You either go easy and get ridiculed or beat them up badly and get ridiculed. But, this was a test and he had to do his best to show the audience here that he had what it took to lead the Onmitsukido as a separate division.

Now Play This

Ōkami Shihoin took a deep breath, preparing himself for the battle to come. He took a quick moment to analyze the moment and to determine the best way to approach the situation. Firstly, he was most likely being tested on his abilities as the Captain of a Black Ops division, a division of spies and assassins. They would probably test his ability to analyze a situation and how he would respond in a situation where he was vastly overpowered. A situation where despite his opponent’s vast superiority, he would still need to use everything he had to either wear them down or take them out and report back with information. He assumed these things based on the strength of the opponent before him. It was probably a good guess too, so for now he would go with that assumption.

His right hand moved to the leather belt he wore on his waist, digging into it to retrieve something. Secondly, given how strong his opponent was, he needed to figure out how exactly he was outclassed. Was his opponent a stronger physical fighter than he was? Did she rely on senses that were much better than his own? Was her reiatsu stronger than his? For that, he would need to throw some Kido her way, but since he needed to conserve as much reiatsu as he could against an opponent of her caliber, he was going to start by testing her physical capabilities. Not by rushing in and attacking her, however. That would just lead to a nasty counterattack if it turned out that he wasn’t the fastest or strongest one between the two of them. Instead, he would test her physical abilities with something simple. It would use up reiatsu, but it was worth it in order to avoid walking into a nasty counterattack by the Shiba clanswoman.

All of a sudden, a glowing seal in the shape of the Onmitsukido symbol formed across his chest. It was bright and would draw Aiko's attention immediately. Then, with a speed of 300, his right arm flew out towards Aiko, and from that hand flew two kunai. Aiko would find those two kunai speeding towards her position at a rapid pace, with each of them aimed to take out one of her shoulders. If they hit, she would be pinned against the reiatsu wall that made up the arena by her shoulders. But of course, those kunai weren’t going to hit. If she was hit, then cool, but they weren’t meant to. Even if they were, someone of Aiko’s caliber couldn’t be surprised by a straight up attack like that. Those kunai were just a distraction. While those kunai were rocketing towards her, decided to activate the second part of his plan. As the kunai reached within a meter of Aiko’s position, if she ended up looking at the glowing seal on his chest, claws would lash out from the thin shadows of both of the kunai, followed by an oni demon-like face. The two shadow-like oni demons lashed out at Aiko from the thin shadows of those kunai heading right for her, clawing at her face even as the kunai carved through the air towards her.

While his attack commenced, the Shihoin Head’s eyes were focused on the Shiba clanswoman. He wanted to know how she would react. If she chose to dodge, he wanted to know how fast she was. He had gotten a small glimpse based on her entrance. She had suddenly appeared like a magician when she hadn’t been standing there a few seconds beforehand. But he wanted to know how fast exactly she was. And this attack might give him a hint of that. Since he wasn’t attacking her directly, she might also come to him, and he was prepared for that too. His right foot was already slightly raised and elevated. He was already twisting on the ball of his feet too, readying himself to move on a moment’s notice if he needed to.

Ōkami’s Remaining Reiatsu: 2850/3000 (-150 for Kage no sakkaku)

Items: x8 Kunai (-2 Kunai)

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{Kage no Sakkaku}
Technique Name: [Kage no sakkaku (lit. Shadow Illusion)]

Class: [4] - 7-1.

Technique Type: [Kidou] - Kidou, Quincy Technique, Bount Technique, Human Technique, Hollow Technique, Other

Technique Element: [Shadow] - If any

Technique Description and Effects: [What does your technique do? How strong is it? What is it's range of abilities? List these things below.]

When in an area with any type of shadows, this technique can be used. By releasing reiatsu across the body and into the air, the user can summon shadows either from their shadow cloak or from the environment to do their bidding. The shadows can be used to distract the opponent, trap them, or drive them mad. The shadows can also be manipulated by the user, but they aren’t real at all. The whole thing is an illusion activated when the opponent sees the glowing seal in the shape of the Onmitsukido symbol that forms anywhere on the user’s body. Once seen, the opponent is trapped unless they are able to break out with superior reiatsu strength. A Level 3 in Illusion Resist or Calm Mind is also necessary. If one only possesses one out of the two, the illusion’s effectiveness is reduced by 50%. The user must also pay 50 extra reiatsu for each post after the first post that the shadow illusion is kept active.

How to use technique: [How do you use this technique? List below.]

Release reiatsu into the air and across the body and form the seal.

Drawback: [What are the disadvantages and drawbacks of your technique? Don't forget that the drawback must be equal in strength to the technique. List everything related to the drawback below.]

With no shadows around, this technique becomes absolutely useless. Also, there is the reiatsu drain for keeping up the technique. After the illusion ends, there is a three post cooldown.

[Amagai Kuchiki]

Aiko lived and breathed battle. She understood martial arts as if it was a language, and her mastery of it was constantly shifting as she added more fighting styles to her mental library. Aiko was the type of legendary fighter who could tell what type of martial artist someone was by the way they held themself before a fight, and then tell what type of person they were by the type of martial art they practiced. It wasn't really possible to get the drop on her. At least, when she was trying.

In this fight versus Okami, she was mostly fooling around. She would fight hard enough to test his limits, and do her best to reveal his capabilities, but ultimately, Aiko wasn't fighting to beat Okami. If she was, the battle would already be over. Aiko was fighting in order to teach Okami something. She wasn't going to teach him a specific sensation, nor was she trying to instill upon him an understanding of a technique, but rather she was trying to show him a secret of combat, and one that if he picked up on would allow him to do great things during his time as the Head of the Shihoin.

After all, Okami probably deserved it. The man had gone through hell, and was likely one of the few people that could have understood her own plight back in her captaincy. And so, Aiko was going to take it upon herself to teach Okami something fundamental about the nature of combat, because it was nice, because Okami deserved it, and because Aiko found it fun. She would push him to his limits, and just when he thought he was out of tricks, she'd show him one more, and that would be the trick that would come to define Okami as a Captain. Or at least that was the goal.

So, the fight was starting out simply: Okami had conjured a mark upon his chest, the shape of the division symbol. Most likely due to a Onmitsukido secret technique? Which meant it would be one revolving around stealth and trickery most likely. Interesting, that was the type of fight that he wanted. Aiko wasn't interested. She wouldn't stone wall him, but she wasn't going to just let him enter his comfort zone and test her at his leisure. That wasn't fun.

As Okami's right arm lashed out, and the kunai flung from it, they didn't get more than a foot before Aiko's left hand, which had just been hanging at her side, twitched. Maybe Okami had seen it, his vision was good enough that he'd be barely able to track Aiko's full movements. Aiko's arm had blurred into motion, lashing out and compressing the air, flinging it forward as a bullet, utilizing a maneuver frequently simply referred to as Shockwave. Aiko was one of the best users of shockwaves in the three worlds, and using it to deal with projectiles was a specialty of hers.

The overwhelming force that launched from Aiko's side would cause the kunai to stop in mid air for a moment before going flying back at Okami, from only a few feet away, and at a higher speed than he had originally launched him. However, that wasn't the only thing coming at him. A moment after the twitch happened, a moment after the kunai had been caught in the overwhelming force that was Aiko's physical capabilities, Aiko herself would be beside Okami, on his left side so that his attempts at Shunpo'ing would be blocked by her body. She had noted his foot, and had ensured that she could account for that.

Aiko had invaded Okami's guard using a technique called Shukuchi-Ho, allowing her to move at 3000 speed for free. But she wasn't doing anything yet, other than blocking Okami's ability to dodge. She was just more interested in taking the fight up close, and putting him under pressure. And right now, the kunai seemed dangerous enough that she didn't need to launch an addition attack. At least, not yet. She wasn't going to spare him, she was just going to see how he reacted first before doing anything.

After all, it would take a miracle for him to scratch her.

[Ōkami Shihoin]

What was that? The Shihoin Head blinked, unsure of what he had just seen. He saw Aiko’s left hand move, but barely. It had moved so fast that he had had trouble even seeing it. The next thing he knew, his kunai stopped in mid air and rocketed back towards him. While shocked, he didn’t show it on his face. Having been trained by the Onmitsukido, he had learned not to display small emotions like that across his face. If his opponents knew how their actions affected him in battle, they could easily take advantage of it. He had learned long ago that battles were won on more than a physical level. So that was why he didn’t show Aiko his surprise at the sudden return of his kunai and at the speed with which her left hand had blurred.

”There are certain opponents who possess a level of strength that allows them to use even the air as their weapon. You may not have faced such an opponent yet, but they do exist.” the white-haired figure with the mask lectured. He stood over Okami, having just beaten him once again. The day had been filled with spar after spar, and this was just one of those many spars between Okami and the figure that would come to be his savior from that world of endless night. ”I…don’t understand. Opponents who can use their strength to manipulate the air?” the Shihoin heir questioned. ”Yes, Okami. They call it a shockwave. There is even an Espada in Sonken Kouhai’s army who uses such an attack. Watch out for opponents like this.” the masked figure walked forward and held a hand out. ”Now, let’s go again. You can do much better than that.”

With his right foot already raised and ready to move, Okami had no worries about being able to escape his own attack. That was, until Aiko suddenly appeared to his left. His golden maize eyes caught a glimpse of the Shiba clanswoman as she appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Fast… There wasn’t time to think much else. With the kunai heading for him and Aiko also appearing at his side, there wasn’t much time to think. What he did next was act on instinct. Had Aiko actually been attacking, he would have been injured already after she had appeared. But it seemed her goal wasn’t to attack, but to throw him off. Okami suddenly disappeared in a blur, but Aiko would note from her energy sensory that no reiatsu was given off as he disappeared. Instead, with her senses, she would see Okami spinning to his right for one step and moving behind her with his second step. He had used the same technique she had, Shukuchi-Ho, out of instinct, since shunpo wouldn’t give him the kind of maneuverability and ease of use he needed in this situation.

With his spinning movement, he ended up behind Aiko, effectively dodging the kunai by spinning around her at 1200 speed. When he appeared behind her, his right hand found itself on her shoulder, to hold her there and prevent escape with a step technique. What he was going to do next was probably risky. No, it was risky, given what he now knew about her strength. She had the type of strength that Monarch had once told him about. And her speed was also formidable too, much greater than his own. He realized this by the way she had appeared so quickly at his side, enough to even move faster than the kunai she had redirected. But, this next move would allow him to keep up when she started getting serious and using the full extent of her speed. That hand that was placed on her shoulder had been for a second purpose. Reiatsu had been gathered in that hand when he appeared behind her, and upon touching the Shiba woman, a seal in the shape of the Shihoin family crest formed on her shoulder. Aiko wouldn’t be able to sense the seal or the reiatsu flare from forming it because of a technique Okami activated in conjunction with the seal, Sairento satsugai. It acted like a silencer for reiatsu flare from techniques, hiding their activation from anyone with less than 300 energy sensory.

With the seal placed, he activated the next part of his plan. More shadow-like monsters rose up in front of Aiko from her own shadow just as they had before from the shadows of the kunai. The shadows that rose were the same as the first shadows that had appeared. They were shaped like oni demons, with sharp claws that stabbed towards her face. Even as they rose, Okami was launching his own attack, to prevent her from escaping. While the shadow demons themselves weren’t real, Aiko would see them as actually posing a threat to her because she had glimpsed the seal that had formed on his chest earlier. The shadow illusions were only a distraction, meant to throw her off while he attacked from behind and placed the seal. Okami’s right knee lashed out as the shadow creatures formed, ramming into the back of Aiko’s right knee, which would cause her knee to buckle and make her stumble forward. This would leave her open to the oni-like shadow creatures clawing at her face. A tri-fold attack.

Would Aiko be able to see the true purpose behind Okami’s attack? How she would respond to his attack was to be seen, but in truth, Okami’s entire attack had only been a cover so that he could place that seal on Aiko. He knew that it would come in handy later. But for the moment, he wasn’t sure when. He was taking a big risk just to place it, but he figured Aiko wasn’t going to enjoy him continuously running away from her. Her speed would allow her to close the distance no matter how far he went, so instead he decided to stay close enough to set up his trump card for later.

Ōkami’s Remaining Reiatsu: 2550/3000 (-100 for Furasshu no kami seal, -50 for Kage no sakkaku, -150 for Class 4 Sairento satsugai)

Kage no sakkaku: Active

Furasshu no kami seals: 1/8

[Amagai Kuchiki]

(OOC: My apologies, hopefully my posting speed will pick up. This thread is my top priority)


Okami was good. Quite honestly, he was (in some senses of the word) pressuring her. And he was coming up with tactics that Aiko wouldn't have initially thought about. Which is what mattered, in all honesty. It was important that she force him to show his tricks, and beat those, and see what else he'd have to show for it. Their fight had been going on for a few seconds at most, and yet he hadn't released, which was a surprisingly good sign. She was relatively certain that she could've forced a fair number of captains to release by this point.

He had tracked her movement, even if only just barely, and had started to move on instinct. And she didn't need energy sensory to recognize Shukuchi-Ho, she knew the technique like the back of her hand. Okami wasn't a slow man, but Aiko was far faster than he was, and his Shukuchi-Ho was only somewhat faster than her normal speed. And yet, she let him move. She was interested to see what he was planning, and gave him an opening to show off. After all, if she just kept foiling his plans everytime he tried to so much as touch her, this combat would be boring. 

And then he put his hand on her shoulder, and she had decided she had enough of allowing him to show off. One instant, Okami would be gripping her shoulder. The next, he'd be flying through the air, hurtling at speeds far faster than anyone could safely travel towards the other side of the arena. Okami was good, and his perceptive capabilities were phenomenal, but Aiko was utilizing Shunpo Karin, meaning her arm moved at a blinding 10,000 speed, and her body language didn't shift to reveal the movement at all. The throw was a simple one, she simply moved her left hand over to her right shoulder, plucked Okami's wrist, and hurled the Captain. The massive difference in strength would make resistance nigh impossible, not to mention Aiko's supernatural mastery of several different throwing arts.

However, Okami's problems had barely begun. When Aiko had thrown him, she'd sent pressure into his wrist, in a manner similar to someone would normally launch a shockwave through the air. The force wouldn't break his wrist, heaven forbid, but rather cause muscle damage in the area around it, and bounce off, throughout his body. By the time Okami landed, his ability to use his right arm would be limited. Now, she was going to start to apply force in their combat, and see what she could force him to do.

Unfortunately for Aiko, however, Okami had managed to touch her, and in doing so, apply a seal. She wouldn't know this yet, as her energy sensory was lacking in this regard. Instantly, her mind jumped to what she knew about Okami. This wasn't his release, but perhaps some type of Shihoin family secret technique? Related to the mark he had placed on his chest? In an instant, and a flurry of speed, her fists lashed out, and shockwaves erupted from them, shattering the tiles in her shadow that the oni had appeared from.

However, the oni did not stall, and continued to fly at Aiko, lashing out at her with claws. She launched out a block, but simply moved through the illusion, and that's when things clicked. Although she lacked Energy Sensory, Aiko had plenty of instinct, and by this point had put things together. With that, she turned back towards Okami, who was about to land, ignoring the Oni that were now slashing at her. A distraction, yes, and one that would try her patience in the upcoming battle. But nothing more than an illusion.

Although, she was impressed that after all the time she had spent in Hell, Okami was still able to fool her like that. Props to him. She'd make sure to mention that in his evaluation. 


Reiatsu: 2400/2500

[Ōkami Shihoin]

When he had first planned that layered attack, the Shihoin had known it would be risky. He had known he was entering an unsafe zone by being close to the Shiba clanswoman. With her speed and strength, at that close range, she could have ended him without him even knowing. It had been a bad mistake on his part to grab her shoulder, because it had given her a method to counterattack with, but it had been his only option. Had he simply applied the seal with a Hakuda strike, she would have scurried off before he could land it. So he held her there to prevent her from using her speed to move away and applied the seal in that moment he held her. But little did he know that the Shiba clanswoman had actually stuck around to allow him to show off. No matter, what’s done was done.

”Oh snaps!” Ōkami managed to gasp as he was sent flying through the air. One moment, he had his hand on Aiko’s shoulder and the next, he was sent flying through the air at deadly speeds. And he realized the danger of allowing himself to continue to sail through the air. This wasn’t an open battlefield like he was used to. There was a barrier all around to prevent collateral damage to the audience. And right now, he was sailing at incredible speed towards one of the walls of the barrier. He had to act fast, or he’d become a work of art along the wall of the barrier. But, what he had in mind he had planned to save until a later time.

It can’t be helped. With that, Ōkami disappeared. He was gone, just like that. In a flash of black and white, he was gone. Similar to how Aiko had appeared in the stands earlier, this was the same way in which the Shihoin had disappeared. One moment he was there, and in the next, he was gone in the blink of an eye. Those in the stands would wonder how he had been able to utilize a step technique in such a situation, where he was both airborne and unable to control his body as it sailed through the air. Only the Shihoin elders in the stands would understand what Ōkami had just done. It hadn’t been a step technique that he had used to disappear. It hadn’t been pure speed either. It was something that was far more advanced, a level of technique that hadn’t been developed since Roshu Kensai, a man that would come to be known as ‘God of Murder’. Ōkami hadn’t known this when he had created the technique, but Satsujun had also possessed a similar technique while he had been part of the Gotei 13.

And so, just like that, the Shihoin disappeared into thin air, leaving nothing behind. And soon after that, without skipping a beat, he appeared behind Aiko, just as she had been turning around to face where he had been a moment ago. What Aiko would find strange about his appearance was that it had been sudden, and incredibly fast. He had appeared behind her as if he had already been there. As if he had been there all along. But, no step technique could generate such speed. It was unheard of! But that was why this wasn’t a step technique. This was the power of teleportation, a level of technique that only few in the Gotei 13 knew of outside of Ōkami.

The Shihoin made his appearance behind Aiko, but he wouldn’t have much of a chance to capitalize on it. The teleportation hadn’t stopped him from flying across the arena. No, not at all. He hadn’t used it to stop himself. He had used it to obtain a softer landing. He surmised that something fleshy would be better to stop his movement than something unyielding like a wall of reiatsu. And so, with his momentum also being transferred when he teleported, Ōkami found himself crashing right into Aiko from behind, knocking her into the arena floor. While her instincts were high and she would realize the Shihoin’s sudden appearance behind her, the teleportation was too fast. She might have a difficult time creating another shockwave to soften the damage from Ōkami crashing into her. But, something like that wouldn’t keep Aiko down for long. The bodily shock from the collision would only last a few seconds for both of them.

Ōkami stood up quickly as the shock wore off and he made some distance between himself and Aiko, about 15 feet. He would need the room, so he could prepare himself the next time she came at him. He was sure that that last maneuver might have riled her up. She might even decide to go on the offensive now after that little stunt. And if she did, he would have a difficult time responding. Firstly because as he was getting up, he noticed pain in his right arm when he tried using it to stand. He had anticipated some kind of risk with his layered attack. Secondly, Furasshu no kami wasn’t a technique that he could just use consecutively. He hadn’t intended to use it so soon after placing the seal, so that Aiko couldn’t connect the dots like she had done with the shadow illusion. Now, she might even be expecting its use. He wasn’t going to catch her off guard with that one again. There had been no choice with Furasshu no kami though, so he had to change his plans. He was going to need to go about it a different way, he decided.

”Ah, I hope my landing won’t prevent you from continuing, Aiko-san.” he called out in a joking manner. He knew she was tough enough to withstand that, there was no doubt about that. So, while she was getting up and recovering, he began whistling a little song, one his mother had taught him when he was younger. This would set things up nicely when he released, which would be soon. He wasn’t going to be able to continue to catch Aiko off guard with these tactics.

Ōkami’s Remaining Reiatsu: 2200/3000 (-200 for Furasshu no kami, -150 for Oto no danmaku)

Kage no sakkaku: Ended

Furasshu no kami seals: 1/8

Furasshu no kami cool down: 0/2

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{Techniques}

Technique Name: [Furasshu no kami (lit. God of Flash)]

Class: [1] - 7-1.

Technique Type: [Other] - Kidou, Quincy Technique, Bount Technique, Human Technique, Hollow Technique, Other

Technique Element: [None] - If any

Technique Description and Effects: [What does your technique do? How strong is it? What is it's range of abilities? List these things below.]

This technique has two parts. The first part deals with releasing reiatsu to create a seal in the shape of the Shihoin family crest. Once placed, the user, after giving up a large amount of reiatsu, is then able to move to the position where the seal was placed, as though summoned there. This is the second part of the technique. The seals can be placed on anything from non-living objects to living ones, but only a total of 8 seals can be placed. It costs 100 reiatsu to place a seal. As for the teleportation, it costs 200 reiatsu per teleportation and it can only be done once every two posts. Also, the teleportation only lets the user move to seals placed a maximum distance of 200 meters away. Any further and the user strains their body to the point of immobility. Lastly, once placed, the seals only last for the duration of the thread or until the user wills them away.

How to use technique: [How do you use this technique? List below.]

Release reiatsu to form the seal and then focus on its location to summon oneself there.

Drawback: [What are the disadvantages and drawbacks of your technique? Don't forget that the drawback must be equal in strength to the technique. List everything related to the drawback below.]

Each use of the technique strains the body heavily. Six uses is the recommended maximum for use in one thread, and any uses beyond that will leave the user drained considerably and immobile. After every two uses, speed is decreased by 10% due to the tearing of muscles from the teleportation.

Made by: [Okami Shihoin]

Reserved?: [Yes.]


Technique Name: [Oto no danmaku (lit. Sound Barrage)]

Class: [4] - 7-1.

Technique Type: [Kidou] - Kidou, Quincy Technique, Bount Technique, Human Technique, Hollow Technique, Other

Technique Element: [None] - If any

Technique Description and Effects: [What does your technique do? How strong is it? What is it's range of abilities? List these things below.]

By releasing reiatsu when one hums or whistles, the user can send reiatsu enhanced sound waves towards the opponent. The vibrations of the sound waves are then enhanced within the inner ear and by the water making up the body, allowing the reiatsu to move throughout the opponent’s body and affect the brain, which is the targeted organ. On the first post after hearing the whistle, nothing happens and it seems as though all is well. On the second post, the opponent becomes slightly disoriented as though they had been sent spinning around for a few minutes. On the third post, the disorientation worsens and the opponent’s ears begin to ring and they feel as though the ringing is bouncing around in their head, continuously growing louder and louder. The ringing is a side effect of the reverberating sound waves and is meant for distraction. It can be used to torture an enemy as well since it is only deactivated on the user’s command. A 3 in Calm Mind, Strength of Will, or Battle Focus will allow those affected to shrug off the effects of the ringing and be able to focus. By fluctuating reiatsu, those afflicted may also negate this technique completely if reiatsu strength is marginally higher (>150). Costs 50 reiatsu extra to keep the technique in effect after the first three posts.

How to use technique: [How do you use this technique? List below.]

Just hum or whistle and release reiatsu with it.

Drawback: [What are the disadvantages and drawbacks of your technique? Don't forget that the drawback must be equal in strength to the technique. List everything related to the drawback below.]

No other drawbacks other than the reiatsu drain. It also has a three post cooldown after it ends before it can be used again.

Made by: [Okami Shihoin]

Reserved?: [No for Shihoin and Onmitsukido members. Yes for all others.]

[Amagai Kuchiki]

Aiko had a small smile on her face as Okami was sent flying across the arena, she was interested to see how he would recover from such a harsh setback. And then, poof. He vanished. She realized what had happened just as a sudden force struck her from behind. Okami could teleport? There was only one possible reaction. She rolled with the force, most of which was her own strength, and ended up a few feet forward from where she'd started, standing back up quickly, barely phased.

"OKAMI!" She cried out, a smile having grown to overtake her entire face. "You need to teach me that one after this fight. That was fucking cool!" Aiko rarely cursed, but when she did, she really meant it. Okami had impressed her, and as he stood up, and made a joke, she knew that things with them were still cool. Excellent. She didn't want to lose any more noble friends. However, he was now playing cautious. He knew what she was capable of.

But that whistling. That wasn't just a joke. Her gut, and immense battle knowledge, told her so. Besides, this was Aiko Shiba. The Combat Archivist. There wasn't a technique in Soul Society that more than two people knew that she hadn't heard of. Okami's teleportation trick had surprised her because she simply hadn't known that such a technique existed. The shadows worked because her Energy Sensory wasn't high enough to see the seal, and know it's properties. But the whistling wouldn't work because she could see him start the process, she could hear the sound, she had learned of this technique years ago.

And so, Aiko made the snap decision to take the fight a little more seriously. She wouldn't go all out, she didn't want to kill him. But up until now, Aiko was probably operating at 15%, or thereabouts. She was using her strength, mostly, and using some of her speed, as well as a bit of her martial arts training. Now, she'd leverage it up to about 25%, and add in one thing that might prove a little dangerous: Aiko was going to start using Hakuda.

God help Okami.

Approximately .025 seconds after Aiko had made the decision, she was in front of Okami, once again using Shukuchi-Ho, but this time, using it as part of a greater technique. Anyone in the audience who had greater than 300 Senses and 300 Instinct would be able to track the motion and attack, and perhaps even recognize it as the infamous Swallow Reversal. Anyone else, including Okami, would hardly know what was happening, let alone be able to react to it. 

The first step of the attack, when launched from the front, was a strike to the exposed elbow area. If Aiko had attacked from the back, it would've been a strike to the spinal column, which probably would've killed Okami, so she'd decided to keep it safe. Her middle finger of her left hand lashed out, and struck the nerve cluster located on Okami's elbow, the left one. That arm would quickly go numb, matching his other one. Maybe she was getting a little rough, but he could handle it. She hoped.

Second phase, approximately .03 seconds after Aiko had made her decision. Right hand, slamming into Okami's solar plexus. If it hadn't already, Okami's whistling would stop after the blow as he suddenly lost the air in his chest. She'd held back enough that his ribcage wouldn't shatter from the sheer force of her strength colliding against his body. She was kind like that. Quite a few people in Okami's position in the past hadn't gotten that kindness. She was going to demand sushi as payment later.

Phase Three. .035 seconds have elapsed. A spinning roundhouse kick that would strike Okami center of mass. Aiko launched the attack, the air around her bending with the sheer force of the motion. The attack would land at 3000 strength, enough force to blow through several skyscrapers. Directed at Okami's chest. Chance of survival if blow landed? Less than 3%. Luckily for the Shihoin, Aiko's foot stopped just short. And then, she freely took four steps back, and stared him dead in the eyes. .05 seconds.

Aiko gave Okami time to catch his breath again, recover from the burst of motion. "I've been impressed with you so far, Okami, but while I think you've earned a Captaincy of perhaps the 2nd Division, that's not what's being determined here. I want to know whether you deserve the Omnitsukido spot. And for that, I need you to be able to deal with me trying a little. So I'm going to order you, respectfully: Bankai. Now. Your escalation fighting can't hold up against me if I'm using Hakuda. Simple as that. So, kick it up a notch. Show me what you got. And please:


Try to survive."

[Ōkami Shihoin]

It couldn’t be helped. While he knew that Aiko was strong, and that she could and would push him to use all of the tactics he had developed over almost 800 centuries of combat, he didn’t think that his best tactics outside of release would have been swatted aside so easily and defeated. While in truth, he had been able to pressure her in his own regards with those tactics, they hadn’t been enough. She had been able to defeat each and every one of them when it came down to it. It was time for something more…powerful.

As the Shihoin Head began whistling, he knew what Aiko’s immediate response would be. Given what he had shown her so far, he knew what she was probably thinking the instant his whistle left his mouth. His attacks had always had a second purpose. They were always layered. He made one move, but beneath that move he had had something prepared. He had a second purpose for every action he had taken. This is most likely what the Shiba clanswoman would have learned so far from Ōkami’s combat style. A combat style ridden with deception and layered with double meanings. It was only to be expected from a man who had spent the majority of his life as part of the Secret Tactics Division, the Onmitsukido.

So, as Aiko launched forward, Ōkami had already surmised her plan. He had thought of her next move before she herself had. With his battle analysis, he realized that her next move would be a pre-emptive strike. A strike to keep him from using whatever he had layered under what seemed like a harmless whistle. He had already taken it all into account when he began the technique. So with this knowledge, the Shihoin Head acted proactively as well, knowing that there was no way he would be able to react once she had attacked.

As Aiko launched herself, Ōkami released reiatsu from his body, letting it surge all around him. It would stop Aiko in her tracks. Why? Because what looked like bluish white electricity suddenly flashed before her eyes, possibly blinding her momentarily given that she was running right into the bright flash of light. The bluish white electricity coursed through the air around the Shihoin as she approached and would serve to deter the woman from any further contact him. Such a feat was possible given the strength of his reiatsu. There were many who could employ flashes or bursts of their reiatsu to blind opponents, and Ōkami could do the same with his shrieking electric-like reiatsu. Aiko would have to stop her attack, for if the blinding flash proved ineffective, there was still the crackling electricity pulsing around him. Well, she wouldn’t actually be shocked by the electricity, but the visual appearance of it would give that impression and her instincts would likely tell her to stop her attack. At least, he hoped. The split second from seeing electricity suddenly surrounding her opponent might cause her to abandon her attack. That and the fact that she would be blinded by the flash of reiatsu. Whether or not he was able to keep whistling long enough for Aiko to hear it depended on her reaction to the burst of reiatsu.

When the two parted after Aiko stopped her attack—if she did—Ōkami stopped whistling and glanced over at his opponent. "My mother loved singing me that song to make me cheer up. I was reminded of it just now." he lied, filling Aiko in on the origin of the song he had been whistling. It was time to take things to the next level. He had begun this battle knowing that he would be pressured. To fight someone of the fabled Zero Division was unprecedented, it was an opportunity of a lifetime. He knew that he would have to give it his best and even more. So, he figured that now was the time. It was time to step it up and bring Kyukyoku no Kasokuki into the mix. He went to place a hand on the hilt of his blade when he heard Aiko speak again. It sounded like she wanted more than his shikai. She wanted him to take the kiddy gloves off. Hmph. He hated using that in front of people.

”Thank you, Aiko-san. I’m deeply honored to have impressed someone of your caliber.” he began, thanking her for the compliment she had given him. “I don’t mean any disrespect by what I’m about to say next, but I normally don’t just use my Bankai when asked. It’s a secret I’ll take to my grave…” he said as his reiatsu continued surging all around him. The air around him began shrieking with his bluish white reiatsu almost as if one thousand birds were calling out all around his body. The power emanating from him, from his zanpakutou was rising. It was going to reach a peak soon. ”But, this is a special case. While normally, I wouldn’t use it out in the open like this, I’ll make an exception given that the amount of witnesses here today are few.”

It would become clear what was about to happen. Anyone with energy sensory could tell what was to come. That surge of reiatsu from Ōkami could only mean one thing. Not only did it mean that he was taking Aiko’s challenge, but it also hinted at something else. Something that many had wondered during Ōkami’s Captaincy and even now after he had returned from that land of endless night: Ōkami did indeed possess Bankai. Of course, to become a Captain, it was a requirement to have it; however, given that none had ever seen his Bankai outside of the Captain Commander, rumors had spread that he didn’t have one. And after his return, with his demotion to Third Seat, many had suspected that Ōkami had lost his greatest power. But this was not the case.

”Kyukyoku no Kasokuki, you ready?”

”I’ve been waitin’ forever for you to ask! What took ya so long?!”

Suddenly, Ōkami’s reiatsu stopped shrieking around him and there was a sudden drop in pressure to signal what was to come. With a strained effort, he placed his right hand on the hilt of his zanpakutou and slowly withdrew it. Time seemed to stop in those few seconds that passed while he called on Kyukyoku no Kasokuki’s greatest power. Everything had become so tense all of a sudden. This was it. The Shihoin Head's greatest power. ”Just as time has no speed, speed can defy time. Just as the Universe is a paradox, so too is the idea of defiance. Bankai. Kyukyoku no Yunibasaruakuserareta.” With those words, Kyukyoku no Kasokuki’s final form was released. There was a powerful surge of reiatsu from the Shihoin Head and a column of bluish white reiatsu rushed out from him, filling the arena with its glow. The shrieking had once again returned, this time much louder as the column rose into the sky. It glowed brighter and brighter and then began to expand, its light filling the entire span of that 100 feet by 100 feet arena and even spilling out into the crowd to cover that too. For a moment, everything was blinded in the light of his soul’s most powerful release and then when it faded, all would see that the world was vastly different. All around them, for five miles across the entire area, a huge “track” had formed. It was a huge black asphalt type of substance that had grown to cover the ground for the entire five mile radius around them. And Ōkami stood there when the light faded, at the center of it all also changed. He was now sporting a cestus—gold in color—on both of his hands with silver armor extending from the cestus up the entire arm itself. Both cestus were also covered in sharp blades projecting down the whole arm. Twelve inch blades extended from the shoulders and seven inch blades extended down the sides of the arms from the shoulders to just under the sides of the wrists. What looked like bluish white electricity also jumped from blade to blade, down the entire cestus itself, shrieking even more powerfully than it had before.

And so, with his most powerful ability released, it was time for the Shihoin Head to make his move.

Without warning, Ōkami took off. At max speed, he appeared to Aiko’s right two feet away, aiming an uppercut with his left hand towards her right side, towards her right kidney. It was a basic attack, textbook and nothing much special to it. Aiko would be able to react easily, but it would take her a moment. Not because of the attack itself, but because of the speed with which it came and the powerful shrieking from both cestus that would distract her senses. Somehow, Ōkami had gotten faster and Aiko would note that he hadn’t used Shukuchi-Ho this time to achieve the speed of 1200 with which he approached her. Somehow he had gotten faster than her, and this might catch her off guard for less than a second, but it would be enough to slow her own counter to his punch. While normally, a punch like that would only leave bruising damage and make it uncomfortable for Aiko to continue fighting with the pain, this was more than just a punch. There were 5 six inch long blades protruding from the knuckles of the cestus, all aiming to pierce into the woman’s side and tear cleanly into her kidney. Not only that, but Aiko would note that Ōkami hadn’t stopped as he appeared before her. His body was still moving towards her as if he planned to skewer her and continue going while she was pierced on his blades. A hit like that would be more than just troublesome for the Shiba clanswoman if it landed. But, Ōkami had a suspicion that it wouldn’t. Not only because the woman was skilled enough to easily see his attack but because she could easily defend herself from his blades.

Remember how I told you that there are opponents who can use even the air as their weapon?” the masked man with white hair questioned. ”Yes, I remember.” The Shihoin heir nodded, remembering with great detail this previous information he had been told. ”Well, those same opponents have powerful defenses too. Watch out for them. They can defend themselves with their very skin. Any part of their body that contains muscle can be used to defend from your attacks, even from a blade.” The Shihoin heir took this information in with a look of surprise on his face, a look of disbelief. ”Impossible. Their own skin and muscles can be used to defend even from blades?” he questioned. ”Yes, make sure you remember that when you’re up against these kind of monsters. Their strength is so high that they use it as both an offense and a defense.” the white-haired figure with the mask lectured.

Ōkami’s suspicion was that this woman’s strength was so high that she could even defend herself from his bladed attacks. From this attack. His blades weren’t going to pierce her, this he was sure. But, he kept attacking anyway because he had a second plan. His attack was multi-layered as it always had been. Even if he couldn’t pierce her skin, all he needed was contact to activate another one of his techniques, a passive one. With just a touch, he could weaken her. With just a touch, he’d be that much closer to sapping that incredible strength of hers. All it took was a touch. So then, would she try and retaliate with another shockwave or allow his blades to fail against her strengthened skin? He watched both of her arms, looking for any sign of movement from either, even the faintest movement. As he noted before with the kunai, even the faintest movement could produce an attack with the air. And he wanted to make sure he wasn’t on the receiving end of one of those shockwaves, so he wasn’t fully committing to the punch—this way he could easily retract it when she countered. He was already prepared to move when her counterattack began, since after all, his entire plan was to test his theory about her strength. He was light on his feet. He could easily get out of harm’s way.

Ōkami’s Remaining Reiatsu: 1875/3000 (-300 for Bankai, -25 for Kyūkyoku no Kasoku)

Bankai: 1/10

Kyūkyoku no Kasoku: Active

Furasshu no kami seals: 1/8

Furasshu no kami cool down: 1/2

Current Speed: 1200

[Amagai Kuchiki]

To call Okami good would be an understatement. As fast as the battle was moving, he was keeping up, and throwing blows back. He was keeping Aiko on her guard, at least to some degree. Of course, if this was a real fight, he'd never have been given the opportunity to pressure her, but that wasn't really the point. The point was that most Captains would have already been broken, yet Okami was still fighting. That alone made him worthy of praise.

Okami had predicted Aiko's aggressive attack, and had released his reiatsu in order to counter it. However, unfortunately for him, that wouldn't stop Aiko from hitting him successfully. Aiko's predictive capabilities were on another level entirely, and it was obvious to her that Okami's reiatsu flash was simply a distraction, an attempt to get her to back off. So, she wouldn't be forced back. However, there was the risk that he could layer another counter within the reiatsu, and so she held back slightly. Instead of inflicting the full damage of the attack, she only tagged him with the first strike, causing his left arm to go numb. She stopped before the central strike could land, and backed off.

A smile crossed her face as Okami began to speak, indicating that he was about to grant her the gift of his Bankai, despite the fact that he clearly didn't do so often. Feeling his reiatsu surge, Aiko took a stance, mind spinning into motion, prepared to deal with whatever was coming next. She didn't know the nature of Okami's release, let alone his Bankai, and thus what was coming would be a total surprise. Which was always lovely, given how few things were capable of surprising her these days.

And good lord, it was worth it. As the track manifested itself, Aiko had to pause in order to consider the scale of it. Most Captains had a range of about a mile on their Bankai. Okami's was five times that size. The race track didn't appear to have any directly offensive capabilities, which lead her to believe that it supplemented his own combat in some way. Race track, perhaps he summoned cars? As he blurred into motion, a small laugh escaped her mouth. She was happy, and it showed. It made him faster. Fast enough to keep up with her.

And yet, her Hakuda alone would handle Okami Shihoin. For she was, after all, a member of the Zero Division. As he arrived next to her, launching an attack towards her side, Aiko's right hand suddenly appeared, only a single finger extended, in the path of the attack. Shunpo Karin allowed Aiko to make such a motion at a terrifying 10,000 speed, and interrupt Okami's attack in the middle of launching it. Her finger found it's way in between the knuckle blades of the cestus, and with a tiny amount of force, the attack simply halted. Hakuda Defense: Do. Aiko knew the perfect place to stop the attack in it's tracks. It was simple, it was effective.

However, that wasn't all. With another exertion of force, Aiko flicked her finger up. And a shockwave, surging from the air displaced by such a motion, would catch Okami's arm and throw it upwards. He could back off, of course, but it was an opening. Her body moved, fluidly, almost so that it didn't look like she was moving, but instead teleporting, and her left hand flung forwards in a fist, a shockwave erupting from it as well. If Okami didn't disengage, he was about to take a great deal of damage. The fist was aimed at his center of mass, but the force thrown in front of it it, the shockwave component, would slam against Okami's entire body. If he didn't dodge, he'd break.

And although this fight might have looked somewhat one sided, the crowd was murmuring praises of Okami Shihoin. He was keeping up, in speed and in wits, with a Zero Division member. One, perhaps two, other captains would've been capable of such a feat. Truly, Okami was one of the strongest Captains out there.


Reiatsu: 2300/2500

[Ōkami Shihoin]

What?!

Time seemed to slow for the Shihoin Head in that moment in which his attack was stopped…with just one finger. It was so fast! Time seemed to slow as he went over what had just happened. Ōkami had known that Aiko was powerful. But to stop his attack mid-strike? With just a finger? She was on a whole different level. He had expected her to let him hit with that attack and block it with her strength. It was a feat she could accomplish easily, at least according to what he knew about people like her from Monarch. So then, why stop his attack? Was it too fast for her to guard against with just strength? No. He was sure that even with his speed outmatching her own right now, she could still see his attack coming from a mile away with her combat experience. It was more than that. She probably just wanted to show off. Well, in that case, he had a backup plan anyway.

The moment his fist was stopped, Ōkami used his full speed to twist his left wrist in an attempt to cut her finger with one of the cestus blades. While his arm was indeed numb, twisting the wrist itself was a small movement, and it was done at speeds much faster than Aiko herself could move without any other techniques. At just the right angle, he could manage a slight cut, but suddenly, his arm was wrenched up into the air. On its way up, it would catch the side of Aiko’s finger. His speed was faster than Aiko’s, after all. And it wouldn’t take him too long to recover from his attack being stopped. While he hadn’t expected it, he had too much battle experience to let something like that stop him. There was no hesitation between his fist being stopped and his wrist beginning to twist. He hadn’t put his full force into the strike anyway, meaning that he had already been anticipating pulling his attack back. Therefore, simply stopping the fist wouldn’t deter the Shihoin Head too much.

If Aiko’s finger was cut by the cestus blade, she would find herself feeling more drained than she had been a millisecond ago. To her, it would seem as if she had fought for a little longer than she had been. It was a subtle feeling, but one so honed in battle and so experienced as Aiko would notice the effect right away. She would sense her stamina weakening slightly, but she wouldn’t be able to figure out why. At least, not until she found the cut on her hand; however, because of how fast it had happened, she wouldn’t feel the pain until later. For now, she would feel the subtle drain to her stamina but be unaware of what caused it.

Meanwhile, Ōkami’s arm was now in the air, having been launched by that shockwave. Aiko would note however that his body was still in the process of moving. The Shihoin Head had already been light on his feet when he appeared and he had been ready to move. Had he not been proficient in parkour, he would have been incredibly unbalanced by the shockwave that had launched his arm into the air. But, with his skill in parkour, an advanced acrobatics, he was able to keep his balance and keep moving. Suddenly, he would disappear completely from her view. As she launched her arm out to strike at him with another shockwave, he was gone. He had recognized how open he was after the first shockwave and took his chance now to back off. Well, not necessarily back off. More like, get into a better position.

Ōkami disappeared with the use of Shunpo and moved past Aiko on her right side at 12,000 speed to get behind her. As he moved past, he prepared himself mentally for the pain his right arm would cause him when he moved it. To avoid most of the pain, he only lifted it slightly, to waist level and held the blades sprouting from his cestus out towards her right side. His intention would be obvious. As he moved past at 12,000 speed, the blades sprouting from his knuckles would cut into her, tearing five shallow gashes into her right side. He positioned the blades so that they didn’t cut too deeply because after all, Aiko was a fellow Shinigami, and ontop of that a woman. It was a weakness he had. He didn’t like fighting women to begin with, so he wasn’t going to cut her as badly as he could have. But despite how shallow the gashes would be, Aiko would bleed out more than she should. It was all because of the blade’s passive ability, Hayameru. Anything he cut or touched with the blades would speed up. Bleeding, stamina drain, you name it. And that meant that not only would Aiko bleed out more from both the 5 gashes and the small cut on her finger, but she would feel even more exhausted than she had felt after the first cut. As if she had been moving constantly for over four posts of combat.

There was something else that would occur as Ōkami moved past the Shiba clanswoman. Due to the speed with which he moved past her, at such close range, she would feel as if the air itself was cutting across her face and torso. The seven inch blades which lined his whole right arm were able to cut the air itself at that speed. While it wouldn’t actually inflict enough damage to cause any superficial wounds, it would still be quite shocking to the ZD member. That Ōkami could even cut the air at close range. Given her battle experience, such a display wouldn’t be enough to strike fear in her heart. Aiko wasn’t a lowly thug. She was from the effing Zero Division.

After making it past Aiko, Ōkami stopped himself about two meters behind her and spun around. He wasn’t going to go back in just yet. To go back in now would be suicide. She would be expecting him, which was why he didn’t stop right behind her. She would probably be expecting an attack from the back when he disappeared and would try to block his strike with her muscles. But given that he had attacked while she herself was attacking, it might be more difficult for her to block his strike. Then again, he wasn’t really sure the limits of the technique people with her kind of strength used, but he was going to find out. So while he waited for her next reaction, he began letting his spiritual pressure seep out. It would almost feel as if he was trying to suffocate the Shiba clanswoman with it, but he wasn’t. Soon, the air around him and around Aiko began to grow misty. But there were only patches here and there. The technique wasn’t fully formed yet but it would be in the next few seconds. He wasn’t going to be able to last much longer at full speed like this, so he planned out giving her all he had in the last few seconds before he ran out of steam.

Ōkami’s Remaining Reiatsu: 1600/3000 (-50 for Shunpo, -25 for Kyūkyoku no Kasoku, -200 for Kakusareta kiri)

Bankai: 2/10

Kyūkyoku no Kasoku: Active

Furasshu no kami seals: 1/8

Furasshu no kami cool down: 2/2

Current Strenght: 112.5

Current Speed: 1200

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{Techniques Used}

Technique 1: Hayameru (lit. Expedite)

Description: This is a nasty one. Well, for those affected at least. It’s a passive ability available in both forms of release and what it does is simple. All things the blades on the cestus cut or physically interact with in anyway, regardless of damage, can be sped up. From faster bleeding to sped up duration, all things cut or hit by the blades can be sped up.The powerful energy from the cestus flows into said object and powers it up, but does so in a way that shorts out that object. This serves to decrease the amount of time that object can last. If a release is cut, its release time is sped up by 2 posts for each cut in shikai and 3 posts in Bankai. For releases that change the body—Resurreccion, Saisei Oni, Dark Skill—cutting anywhere on the body speeds up the release time. Armor type defenses such as Hierro can even be weakened by this technique. The adjustment period for Hierro is cut in half each time contact is made so that two attacks in 4 posts instead of 8 is enough to reduce its strength to 80%, four attacks in 6 posts reduces strength to 60%, and six attacks in 8 posts reduces strength to 0. For releases without a set limited amount of lifetime such as dolls, this technique decays the mental bond between the Bount and the doll rather than limiting lifespan; making it so that the Bount’s ability to effectively communicate and plan attacks with the doll is weakened. For all races, when cutting a body that is not a release, rather than speeding up release time, this ability speeds up exhaustion. A cut from Kyukyoku no Kasokuki makes the body and muscles feel like two posts of combat have gone by. Two cuts, and it feels like the person has been moving constantly for over four posts. Three cuts and the exhaustion starts to sink in. At four cuts, the muscles have become fatigued; it feels as though one has run several miles at this point.

Drawback: First, this ability takes time to actually have a major stamina drain or noticeable decrease in release time; it takes three hits for significant drain or increase to occur. For those who have their blood loss sped up, Bleeding Tolerance or Strength of Will will allow them to shrug off the effects of blood loss for longer depending on the wound, of course. Second, those with Calm Mind or Strength of Will may be able to bypass the exhaustion and continue on. Third, since strength is a measure of durability and thereby stamina, those with strength surpassing the user’s reiatsu strength will have their stamina drainage per cut halved (ex. Exhaustion after 8 cuts instead of 4). Finally, those with reiatsu strength more than double Okami’s own will be unaffected by this technique completely.


Technique Name: [Kakusareta kiri (lit. Hidden Mist)]

Class: [5, 4, 3] - 7-1.

Technique Type: [Kidou] - Kidou, Quincy Technique, Bount Technique, Human Technique, Hollow Technique, Other

Technique Element: [Water] - If any

Technique Description and Effects: [What does your technique do? How strong is it? What is it's range of abilities? List these things below.]

The user releases their reiatsu into the air, permeating the surroundings with their spiritual pressure. Rather than suffocating the opponent and bringing them to their knees in the presence of the user’s spiritual pressure, a thick mist is formed instead. The mist takes one whole post to form completely. When it does, both the user and the opponent have their sight dulled by the thick mist that forms. Within the mist, one can only see two feet in front of them. Energy sensory is also dulled, unless one has a sensory greater than 200. The class of the technique depends on area the mist spreads to. Ten meters around the user requires 100 reiatsu. Two hundred meters around the user requires 200 reiatsu. A quarter of a mile or about 400 meters around the user will use up 400 reiatsu. For each post that the technique remains active, the user must pay 50 extra reiatsu.

How to use technique: [How do you use this technique? List below.]

Release reiatsu as though one was trying to use the gravitational force to crush the opponent with their spiritual pressure and activate the technique.

Drawback: [What are the disadvantages and drawbacks of your technique? Don't forget that the drawback must be equal in strength to the technique. List everything related to the drawback below.]

There are no drawbacks other than the reiatsu drain to keep the technique active.

Made by: [Okami Shihoin]

Reserved?: [No for Shihoin and Onmitsukido members. Yes for all others.]