Biege is Bae | NDE / R |

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Thread Title: Biege is Bae
Participants: Luke and Yetsuna
World: Human World
Death Setting: Non Death Enabled
Rating: R
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Sighing, Luke scratched the back of his neck as he looked up at the night sky. Dissapointment was apparent on his face as he locked eyes with the moon, frowning before he lowering his gaze downwards and heading down the sidewalk. Wearing a pair of black pants, brown loafers, a white dress shirt with a yellow tie worn underneath a beige colored sweater Luke had put on before exited the building he'd been inside. Luke looked as if he'd just been coming from work, but in truth he wasn't working at all. He'd been applying for a night job, and unfortunately didn't get the gig. Was something easy to. Security. Just keeping an eye on the camera monitors and patrolling the halls of a toy production plant. Sadly he didn't get the job, was given to someone with more experience and less of a "problematic" background. "Cheer up bucko. Now you get to go back to staring at ass at the club." Jäger chimed in with a chuckle.

"Is sex the only thing ever on your mind?" Springflut shot back, aimed at Jäger for his crass comment. "Kekeke, oh please. Don't deny you like seein some of those fine, thigh huggin, shorts some of those girls wear." Jäger continued, further irritating the other Doll. Luke, though, wasn't paying much attention to them. He was lost in his own thoughts, staring down at the sidewalk as he headed in the direction of the bus stop. The sword bag he always carried for his protection, housing Mūnran'nā, hung behind his shoulder. "---Eh Lukykins? Tell him!" Getting his name called, though a joking version of it, caught the young Bounts attention. Huh, sorry, what? Wasn't paying attention. A groan came from Jäger.

"I fail to understand why you're so bothered over your lack of employment. Taka's establishment has more than been willing to set you up with something to keep you busy, and with substantial income. This is the third interview you've had with an official business. Why not take Taka's offer, or resume participating in the arena?" Springflut questioned, causing Luke to look to the left of where he was walking. Honestly? I ain't really sure, Spring. Maybe I'm just bored. Yeah it's good money, fightin in the ring, but I can't help but feel...I don't know...dirty afterwards. Luke tried explaining, though it didn't really feel honest.

".......It's the room. It's the damn room, isn't it?" Jäger suddenly shouted, causing Luke to make an irked face. God damn it. Springflut, confused, turned his attention back to Luke. "What? You're looking for new avenues of employment because of your...room?" Springflut didn't seem to understand. Luke really didn't want to explain the stupid reason. "Of course he's looking for a new place! Have you not seen what he lives in? It's a damn closet. He literally lives in, like, sixty square feet of space! Hahaha!" Oh god damn it Jäger. "Hahaha! You're lookin for a new job cus you're looking to move out, ain't ya Luke? You don't want to have that conversation with Taka, since she was so kind to give you a place to sleep with no rent! Pft ahaha!" Jäger mocked.

It's...it's just so damn small. It's smaller than my LAST apartment. Luke confessed with a sigh. "All of this for new living commendations? I see. Hmph, I don't understand why you want to move out. Your room is fine. Not like you spend much time in there. You have plenty of room. After all, it's just you in there." Springflut spoke once again, Luke bit his lip. And then Jäger figured it out. And then Jäger laughed. "He wants to have a girl over! He's too embarrassed to take her into his freaking closet of a home ahahahaha!" Jäger shrieked, getting a sigh from Springflut. "So it's just about sex again, huh? I swear you and Jäger's obsession with an activity you can do well enough by yourself."

NO! NO IT'S NOT! Jäger you...you shut up stop laughing!

Needless to say, the three were having quite the conversation. But that didn't mean Luke wasn't paying attention. Training with Aevus, a Shinigami who used the shadows as his disguise, came with some developmental perks. Luke was a hard guy to sneak up on. He felt it in his Energy Sensory, and when the attack came the Hollow would be surprised to find Luke was not in its hand, and that it was suddenly missing three of its fingers. That's not what it's about at all you bastards. I just want some more room. I feel cramped in that tiny thing, damn it! Luke complained as he landed on the Hollows shoulder, Mūnran'nā drawn and dripping with fresh blood.

The Hollow, in pain and surprise, turned its ugly head towards the Bount so casually standing on its shoulder and let out a roar. It reached up with its other arm, aiming to grab a hold of the young man so that it may feed on his soul. Luke, though it seemed he wasn't paying attention, wasn't such an easy fish to catch. He seemed to vanish once again, his speed vastly superior to the weaker Hollow who would now find it's other, formerly uninjured arm, split open along the top as Luke slashed across it once more. "Oh totally. Oh yeah, totally, you want more room. More room to slam some pretty girl around one night, keke." Oh for the love of god. The Hollow howled once more, turning itself to face Luke who was now standing on the street facing it.

Opening it's mouth, what looked to be electricty began building up. Exiting from the molars in its masked mouth and forming in a sphere a few inches in open air in front of it, it was obviously preparing some attack against Luke. "Could you both change the topic of conversation? I swear, you both behave like children." The Hollow released its attack, a spray of lightning like it was water. I agree with Springflut. New conversation needed. RIght now. Luke replied as he danced backwards, dodging the electrical spray as it followed after him. "Alright mommy and daddy. Hey wait when'd this Hollow get here?" Both Luke and the other Doll groaned. Closing its mouth, its ability at its limit, Luke used the opportunity to dash between the Hollows legs. Two streams of blood gushed out of the wounds on the Hollows, at least where Luke assumed they were, ankles. Thankfully it fell over, roaring in pain, and found itself unable to stand up.

Flicking the blood off of Mūnran'nā, Luke sheathed the gifted Zanpakuto let out a sigh. "You're not gonna kill it?" Jäger questioned. Not supposed to. It's the Shinigami's job, not mine. I'm just gonna leave it here for whenever they come patrolling again. Luke replied, turning to look at the Hollow once more before deciding to continue on with his trek to the bus stop. But seems he wasn't gonna have to wait long for a Shinigami patroll after all, it seemed. He could feel the spiritual energy on the edge of his Energy Sensory capabilities, raising one of his eyebrows as he turned in his head in the direction with a rather surprised look. Huh...wasn't expecting to ever run into her again, honestly. Luke commented in his head, wondering if she picked up on him and the Hollow. Wasn't like he was hiding his energy or anything.

"Wait....that isn't. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

"Oh is this the one Jäger bitches about? I'm curious to meet whoever it is that can cause this little shit to scream like a frog."

x1 Artificial Zanpakuto
x1 Soul Gauge

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{Stats and Skills}

• [Weapon: Swords] {2}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {2}
  
  
• [Strength of Will] {2}
  
  
• [Pain Tolerance] {2}
  
  
• [Anti-Stealth] {2}
  
  
• [Charisma] {1}
  
  

Luke | Soldier

Strength - 100 - 70 Points

Speed - 200 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 300 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 200 - 300 Points

Light Aura - 90 Points

Dark Aura - 10 Points

Instinct - 150 Points

Senses - 150 Points

Energy sensory - 100 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points

Total SP: 1200 Points

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna sat in her office leaning back in the chair with her feet on her desk, having a staring contest with the ceiling, and actually doing a fairly good job of winning. Her mind floated aimlessly from one topic to another as she tried to find someway to keep herself entertained enough so that she didn't resort to doing the large stack of paperwork on the corner of her desk. Most of the files were generic run of the mill logistical stuff that wasn't important enough to reach Alex; repair requests to the training grounds due to damage from obvious sources, equipment requests, a few R&D requests (which she normally handed off to Alex anyway), and a few complaints about people in her squad being rowdy in town (her name was likely on at least a half a dozen of those ones).

It had been an almost unbearably slow few weeks, no high level hollow or (dangerous) arrancar sightings, no scouting missions, no real training to do (she kicked about 80% of the squads asses in a training session the other week), she'd gone toe to toe with the other vice captains that weren't either busy with their own duties or on deployments, she felt like she had nothing to do. Giving up on trying to keep her mind busy, and still not wanting to do paper work, she got up from her chair and grabbed her blade from near it's stand next to the locker and left her office; if nothing was going to come to her she was gonna go find something. 

The Stone Queen made her way towards squad 12, the guys mostly responsible for monitoring the human world's activity since they had most of the gotei fancy tech toys. Finding their main control center she more or less barged in, to the protest of a few guards, and went over to the guy who seemed to be in charged,  "I...uh...can I....can I help you?" he asked stammering over his own words due to a combination of surprise at her sudden appearance, intimidation because of her rank, and distraction due to her ample bust and choice of clothing. "There anything even remotely exciting going on in the world of the living?" she asked, her voice was nice, but it also carried the smallest hint of authority behind it hinting that he should find something if he couldn't think of anything off the top of his head. The guy quickly scrambled over towards a computer and started clacking away trying to find something to fit her request.

As he typed away the female shinigami found herself somewhat amused by the man's reaction, he was surprisingly jittery from someone in charge of such an important role in the gotei. If a vice captains badge and a nice rack where all that it took to make him nervous she hoped he never ran into anything like actual combat or he might be in some trouble. After a few moments passed there was a small alarm given off from one of the monitoring stations, "What's that?" she asked referring both to the alarm and its cause prompting the man to strike his keyboard a few more times, "Uhhh...seems like a hollow just showed up in Karakura in a sector with no assigned shinigami."

Yetsuna pondered for a moment, hollow appearance wasn't exactly what she was looking for, but at the same time she was in a prime position to respond to it before it could do any damage (assigning, finding, and then deploying a shinigami normally took in the tens of minutes). "I'll go deal with it, try to find me something a bit more interesting for when I get back, I shouldn't be gone long," she said with a small smirk before dashing out of the room and towards the senkaimon. By the time she reached the gate it was already open with a hell butterfly waiting for her, the squad 12 guys having the foresight to call ahead for her, which allowed her to just barrel right through the gate without missing a beat. A flash of white and she was walking in the star-studded sky of the human world.

She sensed the hollow only a few hundred yards away, the gate keepers did a fairly good job with the drop location, it was rare they got her this close to the target. She dashed off in the direction of the tainted reiatsu, but then noticed another signature, not exactly a huge one, or as easy to detect as a hollows, but one she knew, "Is that....?" she wondered silently. If it was who she thought he had gotten stronger since their last bout, at least spiritually, which if memory served was actually his forte. As she got a bit closer and she was able to actually get a visual she saw it was indeed Luke.....and he had (mostly) taken care of the hollow

Not one to miss the chance to make an entrance she took her sword out from it's sheath on her back and flung her blade towards the largely defeated hollow's mask. Luke likely would have noticed her approach by now, having an almost uncontrollable amount of reiatsu pouring out of you constantly didn't exactly do wonders for her stealth abilities, but whether or not he actually saw he throw the blade would depend mostly on his observation skills. Either way after a few moments traveling the blade would cut through the hollows mask and slam into the ground with a loud "thunk" before she used a shunpo to make go from being high in the air to standing on the cross-guard and pommel of her sword, "Well, if it isn't my vampire," she said with a warm greeting and an even warmer smile.

It had been a bit since she had last seen Luke, last time they met they had a match so that she could smack him around a bit to get him out of whatever weird head-space he was in at the time. When all was said and done Luke left with a number of mean bruises, but overall nothing actually damaging, and it seemed like the exercise helped his mind set somewhat, but it didn't seem to get him out of it entirely. She figured time was probably what he needed in order to come to terms with everything, and she was willing to bet that enough had passed by now, hence her greeting.

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Even though he knew it was her energy, he still looked a little surprised seeing Yetsuna again in the flesh. There was no way he could mistake the energy either. They'd met enough times before that he knew what her spiritual energy felt like. But even so, confirming it with his own eyes satisfied him. His brown eyes danced to the sword hurtling itself through the air, being easy enough to track with his sensory stats being what they were, and watching as it came to rest in the skull of the Hollow that Luke had disabled. And sure enough, she appeared right ontop of her own sword, balancing her form on the guard and hilt and flashing him one of her warm smiles. Luke coulda sworn he felt his stomach do a little flip when he saw it.

Lips pulled back to flash an equally friendly smile at Yetsuna as he turned to face her, looking at her with a face that she might not have ever seen. The last two times that they had met Luke hadn't been at his best, especially the last time. He had been consumed with anxiety and fear over the recent discovery of his Bount heritage. Terrified of becoming a man eating monster like a Hollow, he spilled his guts to Yetsuna since, well, he had nobody else to turn to at that time. Thankfully she'd been accepting, and worked to cheer him up. Even knocked him around a little. Therapeutic ass kicking was what he preferred to call it. Regardless, she was someone Luke called a friend. Though while he was certainly happy to see her somebody else, on the other hand, wasn't having any of it. He heard Jäger grumbling in the corner of his mind, but chose not to take the bitching bait.

He couldn't help but chuckle when he heard what she called him. Her vampire, huh? Luke couldn't help but find it funny. If she'd called him that when they last met, he probably would have freaked the hell out. But now he was fairly comfortable with what he was. Sure he still had lots of questions and things to figure out, but he certainly wasn't an emotional mess this time. "Sure do know how to make an entrance, don't ya rock head? But hey there Yetsuna. How ya been?" Luke asked casually with a smile, resting his sheathed weapon against his weapon. "I'm confused. What's wrong with this woman? She seems perfectly fine." Springflut asked, though the question was mostly directed at Jäger.

"She's a god damn bitch is what's wrong! And Luke cares more about getting between those fat fuckin legs than listening to me!" Jäger screamed, and Luke decided maybe he should explain what happened to Springflut. When we first met we had a little spar and flirting. It was one sided, I was getting my ass kicked, and she decided to pull the plug on the whole fight. Jäger hates her for it, though I don't really have any issues at all. Luke explained. "I see." Springflut didn't really get it. He hadn't been there so Luke understood that. Jäger just kept screeching, so Luke silenced him. "Thanks for dealing with the Hollow. I'd do it myself but...well you know, not really supposed to. What're you doing down here anyways?" Luke asked.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna's blade sunk into the hollow's mask and ground with a satisfying "thunk" finishing off the hollow Luke and crippled in one clean shot. As the body began disintegrate into ashes the female shinigami appeared standing atop the blade with her arms crossed under her chest before giving her friend a warm greeting, one he returned quickly, and with a smart ass comment of his own making her give off a small laugh. "I try," she replied to his comment about her entrance,a statement that was a bit truer then it probably should have been, "and it's not 'Rock Head' anymore," she said breaking into small cocky smile.

"People call me 'The Stone Queen' now," she continued, voice had the slightest hint of pride at her new name. It had been given to her by the rank-and-file members of squad 3 and spread out from there as most found it fitting considering the relative rarity of other geomancers as well as the strength and degree of control she had over her powers. The source also likely came as a small joke about her zanpaktou's name, the translation being Stone King, and the fact that she almost never went anywhere with out it (she'd been on more then one date and brought him along).

As she finished speaking she removed her foot from the pommel of her blade and took a small step backwards off the sword before giving the cross guard a kick upwards sending it out of the ground and several feet into the air, "I came to deal with the small fry you were dicing up," the sword started its return trip to the ground, "Been a slow few weeks so I've been taking anything I can to get myself out of the office," as she finished she cocked herself the her left letting her blade fall squarely into its sheath, she had been practicing that trick from weeks, it was actually harder to learn then one might think, lots of fine control into making that move work.

"What about you? What are you so dolled up? Got a date or something?" while she talked she noticed Luke seemed a little distant, not unlike the last time they had met, actually if it hadn't been for the last time she probably would have missed it, he'd gotten better at talking to the voice in his head. Before he could reply to her question she'd cut him off, "Still got that voice in your head too?" she'd ask knowing the answer, "What's he sayin? Go on a monster-y rampage?" she said poking fun at his concern during their last meeting, "You seem like you've gotten a bit stronger, but I'm fairly sure I can still take you down," she said teasingly.

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He couldn't stop his right eyebrow from raising with his smirk, a chuckle escaping from his lips when he heard Yetsuna's new title for herself. "Do people actually call you that, or is it just you?" Luke asked teasingly. "But it's fitting." He confessed, lowering his sheathed weapon from his shoulder and letting the tip rest against the pavement. The nickname did make sense considering her powers. He blinked when she answered why it was she was here. Pure coincidence really. The Hollow that Luke had picked off had been detected by Soul Society and, to cure her boredom, Yetsuna had come herself to handle it. Mildly impressed with her sheathing trick he wondered just how many weeks it took her to perfect that...and if she ever hurt herself while doing it. He was concerned for a moment, but pushed it aside when he thought about it.

If she practiced using stone swords then there was no chance of her getting hurt what with her abilities and all. Finally she directed a question to him. He let out a soft chuckle as he looked down at himself, pulling on the sweater a little bit. "Oh, this? Heh I wish. But no, I was just coming back from an interview. You're not the only one getting bored...cept I'm looking for work while you're looking to dodge it." He explained with a smile. In truth he had been looking at the job as a way to alleviate some of the boredom that had been filling up at Taka's club. Sure the fighting ring was fun, and the idea of getting a bigger place was appealing, really Luke just wanted something more...steady. Scheduled. Regardless, it wasn't like he got the job so...his free time was untouched.

Then she gave him a new question that caught his attention. She asked about the voice in his head. The question was asking if Luke still heard someone in his head, particularly Jäger. He was the only Doll in Luke's head when they last saw each other after all. Luke felt Jäger's interest peak a little bit, but as if noticing that Luke noticed the Doll immediately put on his grumpy face again. Oh? What was that just now, buddy? Luke teased, getting a hmph and a few grunts from Jäger. "He's not really saying much anything I care repeating. Bounts gotta keep some secrets, you know." He joked. He really didn't want to repeat the things Jäger said about Yetsuna. She might hit him to try and deal some damage to the Doll in his head after all.

"Oh?" Luke asked, looking at her playfully with a raised brow. Tilting his head a little, Luke couldn't help but chuckle. "You've noticed huh? I've been spending a lot of my time training and fighting, so who knows. No way to know unless we go at it again." Luke said with a playful shrug. "Unless...you're willing to go on another play date with me?" And there it was. Luke wasn't actually saying they were dating. Really he was just flirting. Like it or not, Jäger, Luke had a thing for Yetsuna. He was referencing how each time they met it always ended in them fighting. "What'd ya say, rock head? Same place as usual?" He issues the challenge with that smile still painted on his features.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

The sandy blonde chuckled slightly at his attempt at humor, "Others call me it smart ass," she said, if she had been closer she probably would socked him in the arm playfully, but she wasn't so she really couldn't. Conversation continued and the vampire boy explained his get-up before taking another swipe at her, if nothing else she had to give him credit his tongue had gotten a bit sharper since their last meeting, she didn't recall him being this good with the verbal jabs and jokes. "I'm still working," she said rebuffing his point as she shifted her weight on her right leg, "I'm just hunting things instead of doing paperwork is all," she said somewhat defiantly, the shinigami was technically working......it just wasn't on the things she should be.

When she inquired about the voice in his head, or more properly the doll, she would almost swear she could see an exchange take place between the two of them before he said he didn't wanna repeat anything it was saying. This made her laugh a bit before she replied her voice brimming over with tease, "Awww c'mon what's he saying? Is he telling you to try and do dirty things to me? Does he wanna do dirty things to me? Oh, maybe he wants you guys to do something together," she said before flashing a flirty smile in an obvious attempt to play Luke, and possibly the doll. "Maybe if he comes out and asks nicely I'll take off my top for him," she continued before starting to laugh again.

It took her a a few seconds to recover from laughing at which point her vampire friend issued her a friendly challenge, all the while wearing a fairly cocky smile. Yetsuna shot one right back at him "I could go for a round. We wanna wager on the outcome again?" she asked teasing at their first meeting where the stakes had been him groping her, though she had only used it as a means of motivation, one that actually worked surprisingly well. Chances were she'd likely take almost any wager Luke put down, assuming he put one down at all, "Alrighty fair enough, but I don't wanna hear any complaining when I bury you....literally," she taunted again.

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Well, needless to say that Yetsuna's teasing had quite the effect. Luke felt his own cheeks warm up a bit at the thought of them doing those things that Yetsuna was implying. Luke could hear Jäger grumbling, as well as a growing irritation within the Doll plus...embarrassment? Did Jäger not like being teased or something? "Well, I can certainly see why you like her. You both think about nothing but sex it seems. Idiots." Springflut grumbled, pulling his attention away from Yetsuna and retreating himself a bit deeper in Luke's conscious, as if he was leaving to take a nap. Jäger? You're awfully quiet. Oh Luke was loving this. For once it was Jäger annoyed into silence. "Just kick her ass, will ya? I ain't gonna accept you losing a third time to this titty monster." Jäger grumbled, before he too pulled away.

Luke mentally sighed, but chuckled outloud. "Alright, hah, alright. Let's leave him alone. I don't think he's too used to being messed with." Luke said with a chuckle. "Though I certainly wouldn't stop you from takin it off." He replied with a cocky smirk. Hearing the rest of what she had to say, Luke was happy to know she accepted the challenge. When asked if he wanted to wager something, he shrugged. "Nah. Impressing you is good enough for me." He said calmly, before using a energy propelled leap to begin heading over to where they were gonna have this fight. Wasn't like they were gonna dish it out on the side of the road. They'd damage everything if they did.

It didn't take long for Luke to reach the place where they had their last fight. The river came into view first, followed by the bridge and then the empty lot. At least it had been fixed up since the last time they were here. Even the store that got damaged was fixed. Mmm. He hadn't thought about the damage they'd caused last time. Ah well. Tossing his sweater into the air, he didn't really care where it landed. Wasn't like he was ever gonna wear it again. Landing on his side of the lot, Luke unraveled his tie and tossed that to the wind as well. His collared shirt unbuttoned so the tightness wouldn't get in the way, Luke was a little annoyed he was wearing so formal for this. He'd have much rather been wearing some casual wear instead of something so professional.

Ah well. Unsheathing his sword and letting the sheath drop to the ground, Luke clutched his sword with both hands. Adopting the ready position, Luke flashed the arriving Yetsuna a grin. Letting her get herself ready, he took the moment to press a button the watch her wore. In actuality the watch was something called a Soul Gauge, and using it gave Luke an exact reading on just how strong Yetsunas spiritual capabilities were. He'd need to be careful with hitting her. He'd learned the hard way what being on the receiving end of Cutback was like. Readying himself again, he cast those eyes to Yetsuna. "Whenever you're ready. Ladies first."

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

The dirty blonde chuckled at his response to the doll getting bitter over her teasing, "Awww, did I hurt his feelings?" she continued to poke not really caring that she irked the potty mouth cause she was having fun, "I'm sorry little guy," she said in a condescending faux apology, before she gave off a few more chuckles caused by her own amusement with herself. With a small smirk she shot back at his comment about removing her top, "You lost your chance at that after I beat your ass the first time," her tone still teasing.

Luke rejected her for them to have another friendly wager over the outcome of the battle making her give off a shrug, "Well if the last two fights are any indicators you'll have your work cut out for you," she smiled evilly. Luke took of into the air, Yetsuna trailing a little behind and to his left, the night was cool and from the air she could see the town lights, maybe after this she should go clubbing she thought to herself. It only took a few minutes before they were back in the area where they had their last battle, she had to give it to the humans, they could repair things quick, she would have sworn she had thrown Luke hard enough into the ground to cause a crater, but there was no sign such a thing ever happened. Maybe she was remembering wrong?

Regardless, the bount began to strip down in a somewhat dramatic fashion, her first thought was that that seemed unnecessary, and then she remembered that she was her, so she couldn't really criticize. With the clothing impairing his ability to remove gone he drew his sword and took up a fairly basic two handed sword stance ready to fight and giving her the first move. Yetsuna brought her right hand up and began to withdrawal her own blade, "Going for blood this time are we?" she asked with a smile, "I can do that," as she finished talking she brought her blade down unto the ground with a hard "crash". Enough though she swung the thing like any other sword her blade was actually quite a bit heavier then most other zanpaktou.

Yetsuna's sharp senses didn't miss Luke pressing some button on his watch and she was willing to bet that it wasn't just some kinda timer. The Earth Queen took up her own combat stance, a wide stance left side to her opponent, her right(sword) arm behind her with her left arm ever so slightly out in front of her. If her friend was watching the watch he would notice that as she took her combat stance her spiritual pressure would drop dramatically, by just a little less then half actually. The shinigami was intentionally lowering her spiritual pressure like she always did in friendly fights so that she didn't cause cutback, though, if the man was smart enough, he might be able to notice that it was still high enough to provide her a buffer for hits.

The shinigami made her first move was a fairly basic shunpo, though she curbed her speed a little bit (150), no point in starting off a full speed just yet. Yetsuna would blur out and then reappear to Luke's left side, her blade poised to swing, but rather then the cutting edge facing the man it was the flat end of the blade just in case he couldn't dodge for some reason she didn't wanna end up killing him. Her swing was set to strike him in the upper back around the shoulder blades, and there was ample force to knock him on his face in the event that he did get hit.

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Luke's entertained smirk vanished within an instant when Yetsuna took her stance. Those brown eyes that had been lit up with the amusement of flirting and teasing Yetsuna had now become cold. Chilled with determination and filled with a dedication to give Yetsuna a run for her money this time. Yetsuna was prideful and cocky, though not on a terrible level. Luke was determined to not let this third attempt against her wind up like the last two. He was stronger, faster, and had improved in many ways since they last fought. He was determined to win against her this time. Getting Yetsuna for a night wasn't what he was interested in. This was something he was doing to prove something to himself. So when Yetsuna had taken her stance, Luke readied himself.

He'd noticed on his Soul Gauge that she adjusted her Spiritual Pressure for the fight against him. She had lowered it so that Luke wouldn't have been destroyed by Cutback when he clashed against her. It was a kind gesture, one that Luke wouldn't forget and appreciated. He needed to watch himself around that Zanpakuto of hers however. He didn't fail to notice what happened to the ground when her weapon slammed itself into it. Keeping those brown eyes locked on her, he was wondering how she was going to start this off. Suddenly he felt her reiatsu flick itself, and right then she vanished. She used a Step Technique! "Tits to the left!" Jäger called out, but Luke already knew that. He saw her reappear in his peripheral vision, heard the flutter of her clothes, and felt her spiritual presence right beside him. I know jackass! Luke mentally replied, easily responding to Yetsuna's slowed down attack. Those brown eyes kept track of her easily.

She was swinging her sword downwards. He noticed how she had turned the flat of her sword towards him. She wasn't aiming the blade at him, huh? The brief mental image of clashing swords came to Luke's mind, but he knew that wouldn't be smart. She was swinging downwards, and with her strength and the swords weight Luke knew if he tried blocking her attack with his own strength he'd be crushed. What would he do? So many options came to mind. Luke didn't want to unveil all of his greatest tricks right away. He decided to just do something simple instead.

As her sword came swinging down, Luke leaned himself forward some so get himself out of the way of her sword. But instead of just standing there, Luke also vanished like Yetsuna did as well. It wouldn't be any trouble tracking him either. Yetsuna would be able to sense that Luke was suddenly above her. If she chose to look up, she would see Luke in the air above her, but was in the middle of swinging his sword, one handed, down at her. But he was out of range. His sword shouldn't be able to reach her being, maybe, a story and a half above her. But holy shit there was a lot of reiatsu in the air. Decapitation....Strike!

At the moment of his swing, an explosion of red reiatsu emerged seemingly from nowhere. Shaped like a crescent moon, the turbulent wave of destructive energy was hurtling itself down towards Yetsuna. No doubt she would dodge it, as Luke was intending, the attack would either slam into the ground or Yetsuna and accordingly exploding. It was certainly an upgrade over the smaller Spirit Waves Luke used to fire at her, that was for sure. Sure it was a big attack, but it wasn't a problem for Luke to use them. Was a way to get the fight going...with an explosion!

Remaining Reiatsu: 2575 / 3000
-25 for Movement
-400 for Decapitation Strike

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna's sword came down with the side poised to strike Luke's back in what would pain a somewhat painful, but ultimately unharmful blow. The dirty blonde was more or less expecting him to be able to dodge or intercept the blow, she had taken a fair chunk out of her speed with her step technique, she was mostly interested in seeing how her reacted. in their first few rounds Luke had been a dodger, he was more likely to avoid an attack and establish some distance between him and his opponent so he could use spells then he was to just block an attack or out right counter. His reaction could prove incredibly telling, if he actually tried to block that means his fighting style had changed, if he dodged, that means that he still used the same tactics.

Luke opted to dodge her attack using a movement tech to do the deed, something that wasn't overly fast by most standards, but still just fast enough for her not to be able to cleanly track him while he moved. The shinigami's blade hit nothing but air and despite her missing her target she had little trouble stopping the blade's motion before looking up to see Luke lingering in the sky preparing something. She could feel the reiatsu building and his sword starting to swing, seemed like the vampire had learned a new trick. As his blade flew through the air a large reiatsu discharge followed it; it was a saber wave technique.

Saber waves-types were exactly a popular technique to her knowledge, with most people finding them insufficient when compared to kidos or other spell-like abilities, not to say they were bad, most people just preferred either a spell caster or brawler fighting style, saber saves were more popular with the mixed combat variety, the spell swords. When actually used at range the effectiveness varies heavily based on the actual technique itself, but up close in an actual clash it could prove to be a real problem so she'd have to be careful. 

If Yetsuna had been in her armor she would have tried to tank/deflect the blow, but without it she didn't have many options but the dodge the attack herself. The energy beam moved in quickly, but Yetsuna still manged to use a shunpo to get out of the way before it collided with the ground where she had been, rasing herself up to the same level has Luke, "Almost got me with that one," she teased hyperbolicly, "I see you've learned a few new tricks since our last fight," she flashed him an evil smile, "I have a new one too." 

As she finished speaking the air would quickly begin to becoming even more saturated with her reiatsu then was typical, even for someone with her reiatsu output. Luke would notice this almost immediately, though not just because of the energy surge, he would notice he felt heavier, like something was pushing him down, like he was buried in sand, she was using her own personally developed technique, Reaitsu Resistance. in terms of direct combat the technique wasn't very effective, but that wasn't it purpose, it was meant to tire out enemies, making them burn their energy in combat and rendering them unable to fight.  Considering the nature of both their fight and her technique it was likely Yetsuna wasn't likely to keep the technique active long, she wanted to actually fight him, not just tire him out, so she'd likely keep it up long enough for Luke to get a taste of its effects. 

With the execution of her technique the earth queen began Yetsuna another attack, but this time she just charged Luke going her full speed, her sword dragging against the air just behind her. As she closed in she flung her right arm forward making her sword follow in a upper cut style motion that if unblocked would make contact with his groin before travelling upwards in a straight line with the possibility of cleaving him cleanly in two. Since he had dodged her attack just a moment ago with her shunpo there was really no reason that he shouldn't be able to react to this attack, and that was mostly the point, she was trying to get him to move, to give him a little taste of what her hard work had yielded.

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Good. She dodged. That was exactly what Luke was hoping for. Yetsuna used the Shinigami Step Technique, Shunpo, to dodge out of the way of his attack. Exploding into the ground, Yetsuna was left unharmed and standing at a level altitude with Luke. But instead of going for an attack, she opted to instead shoot some words at him. He couldn't help but return a entertained smile at her, "I haven't been sitting on my thumbs this whole time." Luke chuckled. Wait, what was that smile she was giving him? He didn't get a good feeling from getting that look. "She must be starved for cock." Jäger suddenly said. Jäger the hell?!

But before they could continue arguing, Luke suddenly felt it. It was similar to being assaulted by a stronger individual's gravitational pressure. But it wasn't quite the same. Gravitational Pressure was, if you thought about it visually, like being weighed down by the air itself. It was gravity. Shit was heavy. But this...no, what Luke imagined was as if he were surrounded all sides by...well...sand. Like he was trapped in a dune, or quicksand, up to his neck. The hell was this? He blinked and immediately got to work analyzing the technique. Despite the fact that Luke was an idiot he was far from stupid. It's not weighing down on me like the other one does. But just from moving my fingers...what is it? It's being buried at sand at the beach and trying to get free. Is it a exhaustion technique? Luke's battle minded thoughts were already at work trying to figure the technique out.

Yetsuna was charging, going at her max speed, but Luke was still working the technique out. I wonder...will it work the same as... Luke wondered as Yetsuna was closing the distance. "Hey dumbass wake up she's coming!" Jäger shouted. Yeah...I got it. Luke replied, his eyes suddenly locking onto Yetsuna. Her sword was coming upwards, like an uppercut, and aiming for that weapon between his legs? Yeah no. He wasn't getting hit there again. Luke's spirit went to work, expelling reiatsu to counter the effects of Yetsuna's Reiatsu Resistance. He could feel the hit to his reserves, but, at least, he was able to move properly.

And move properly he did. Her sword was coming, but it wasn't coming at any ridiculous speed. Luke dodged it, rather simply, by turning his back to the right and letting the sword carve upwards through the empty space where he just did, the flat side of the blade passing his nose tip. Luke chose not to waste the opportunity though. He dashed forward, his speed matching Yetsuna's, and swung his own sword with his right hand. Turning to look at her, Luke looked to see if he had any results. And those would be a light cut on Yetsuna's upper arm. He wasn't aiming for anything serious what so ever, but if he'd be...well...pleased with himself if he actually managed to get a mark on her.

Remaining Reiatsu: 2225 / 3000
-350 for Reiatsu Resistance resistance (pretty sure I did that math right)

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna saw the look of "oh shit" when she gave Luke her devilish smile, as her reiatsu began saturating the air more then it already was. The concept behind the technique was actually surprisingly basic, just expelling reiatsu, but what actually allowed the entire thing to work was her close affinity with earth. Before she became a permanent release type her reiatsu was already stubbornly tied to the element of her release, hence why she couldn't learn most kidos, but after the bond was made even stronger, thus allowing to make it feel like earth just by increasing its density in air. She was actually very proud of her technique, it was mildly draining to her, something she definitely couldn't keep up all day, but she knew that the strain was well worth it considering the effects it had on her opponents.

With her ability active she began her charge towards Luke, running full speed, but because she was actually running instead of stepping, her approach would probably seem slow as hell compared to the combat he was used to, which was kind of the point. Her upper cut attack was meant to be easily telegraphed and her approach (seemingly) slow because she wanted Luke to react, to move, she had no intention of hitting him, and the only way that would have been actually possible would have been for him to actually let her considering her technique didn't impair movement, it just made it far more draining. 

She got closer, watch Luke for any signs of what his retaliation might be when she sensed his own reiatsu output go up in an effort to counter her's, but she could tell that he was having to use a lot more effort to fight her reiatsu then she was just by using the technique. Unless she wanted him passing out from exhaustion she would probably have to end the technique rather soon. She did have to admit she was surprised by his choice to counter her reiatsu with his own, not because it was a hard to spot weakness (which it really wasn't if her opponent understood what was happening), but because most people just opted to fight through her technique, preferring to save their reiatsu for other things.

She continued her attack as planned, and, as she expected, Luke dodged it. She watched the flat of her pass close to his nose before he launched an attack of his own, something else she was honestly kind of expecting. A telegraphed attacked with a rather large opening? Luke would have had to have been a total moron not to take the chance and attack. Luke side stepped to dash in closer to Yetsuna, making up for the extra reach of her sword before trying to get a swing at her arm. As he closed in to attack she release her grip on her blade, allowing it to fly into the air before doing a similar move to what he had done, steping back and to the side so that he passed harmlessly by, though that was only because of the shallowness of his attack. Only going to nick her flesh had given her a rather easy chance to evade his attack, if he had actually gone for something deeper she might have been hit that time as she moved.

With a small jump Yetsuna got out of his range and caught her sword in her right hand as it came back down to her before twirling it once and letting it rest on her shoulder. At the same time she began suppressing her reiatsu output, canceling her technique before blowing a puff air upwards into her hair, causing one of her bangs to move. "That time you actually did almost have me," she said crediting his move, "You went too shallow though, if you wanna hit me you can't half ass it," she continued fully knowing she was half-assing it as well, and more then willing to bet Luke knew she was. 

The reason she was playing her hand so close to the vest was that she could afford to take a hit, she had some of the best health care in the world, good enough to replace limbs if needed (though the process wasn't exactly pleasant and she doubted it would come to that here), Luke didn't really have that option so she didn't really wanna hurt him beyond anything superficial. She wondered why Luke hadn't gone for something more serious in his attack that time, was there a reason he was holding back, or did he just not wanna hurt her either......? 

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Good. She dodged. Spinning on his heels, Luke threw his gaze to Yetsuna as she caught her sword and took her own position from him. The Bount knew that by not swinging closer, the chances of him actually hitting Yetsuna with that attack had been slim. She may have acted like a party girl, but beneath that pretty face was an experienced fighter of the Soul Society. "You saw through it, huh?" Luke asked, tilting his head to the side a little as he tapped the side of his Zanpakuto against his leg. "I wasn't aiming to hurt you. If we were actually fighting, as enemies, that move could have taken your arm." He explained with an entertained smile. "You should have gone for her head." Jäger grumbled. Could you shut up?

That last part of Yetsuna'a sentence, however, caught his attention. He couldn't half ass it? Of course if they were seriously fighting, that would be true. If Luke just half assed during a serious fight he'd get his ass beaten into the dirt. But this wasn't a serious fight. This was just a spar between friends. At least, that's what Luke saw it as. Yet, when he thought about it, those words were ringing far too loudly in his ears. He didn't want to half ass this. While his relationship with Yetsuna was nowhere near as deep as his one with Aevus, he still regarded her as a close friend. Or, hell, even as a rival almost. Yetsuna was something of a wall. She had been one of the first to show him the gap in his powers compared to other people, but hadn't been someone trying to kill him.

Yetsuna was a hurdle. A good test to see just how far he had come. A good trial to see just how far his devotion to his desire to become a hero had taken him. Luke had not trained until he couldn't move for nothing. He hadn't stressed himself to the point his body made weird sounds for nothing. He didn't shred his hands practicing the sword for nothing. Yetsuna didn't want him to half ass this? Fine. Luke was perfectly fine with that. He spread his awareness outwards, searching for anybody that might be too close. With them fighting in a future construction site, the chances of there being any passing randoms was zero to none. Feeling out with his Energy Sensory for a moment, he confirmed that there was nobody around them. He didn't want anybody getting hurt.

"Alright then, Yetsuna, I'll take that advice. No more half assing then." Luke said softly, sinking the tip of his sword into the dirt as he removed his hand from it. "You intend to go all out against her?" Yetsuna would notice a shift. Up till this point Luke had carried a friendly, bright, and playful aura as he interacted with her. It was natural. Luke was a good person after all. But suddenly that playfulness had shut off. A serious nature was coming off of him that, in her experience with the Bount, was almost unnatural. It was as if the puppy she had been playing with only moments prior had suddenly become a great wolf.

"A friend of mine explained to me how people who are powerful can affect the souls of the weak. In fact, exposure to my powers had jumpstarted their own. So I suppress my full strength so I don't end up hurting people." Luke explained, and as each word left his lips the air around him was shifting. A powerful windstorm seemed to kick up from nowhere, pushing everything away from Luke. The pressure continued to increase, creating a ring of flinging dirt around him as the air began to grow heavy. He was removing his restraints. As he did so, however, he was still careful. He wasn't allowing his power to just let loose all at once. He was being considerate of the people of the city. If Luke just let it all go at once, who knew how many blocks of Karakura would be caught up in his Spiritual Pressure.

A blue aura had flashed up around the Bount. The muscles in his body bulged suddenly before receding. The Bount's sudden jump in power should have been staggering to Yetsuna. In fact, she should have realized quite quickly just how powerful Luke really was now. In comparisons to other Shinigami, Luke had a power comparable to a Vice Captain. No, even more than that. If Luke was a Shinigami...he might have even been a weaker Captain. Letting out that pent up exhale, the pressure he was releasing would finally calm itself down. The wind would die down, and everything would slowly go back to normal. Except, Luke was still exuding all that power. Opening his eyes back up, Luke at Yetsuna as he gave her time to just take in his sudden jump. "Day in and day out, I've been training myself to the point of complete exhaustion to get this power. Training to take control over my life. So, like you wanted, no more half assing then. Put your armor on Yetsuna. You're going to need it." Luke would warn, before suddenly...he was gone.

The sword that had, momentarily, been planted in the earth was gone as well. Whether Yetsuna realized it or not, Luke had moved. He'd moved using a Step Technique. But it wasn't Movement he used. It was something more...natural to him. The basic of Bount stepping techniques, Schiene. Schiene allowed the user to move from one place to another by gathering reiatsu particles beneath their feet and connecting it to reiatsu at a location that the user wished to go to. The user then rides the invisible path of reiatsu connected between the two, until they reach their destination. While other Step Techniques only allowed someone to move in straight lines, Schiene was different. It allowed the Bount to curve the path that they traveled on. Using the curved rail version gave Luke a 5x increase to his speed (1500) instead of 7x like the technique normally did. So instead of appearing in Yetsunas face, Luke was instead moving towards her and then curving around her to appear behind her.

Behind her, that sword was raised with his right arm and pointing back across his left, as he prepared to slice. Time, for people as fast as they were, was much slower. I have no choice but to get stronger. I can't keep relying on other people to save me when I get in trouble. It's my own feet that I have to stand on. Like a streak of silver lightning his sword would swing, aiming to cut cleanly through the fabric and flesh of the back of Yetsuna's shoulder blades. He was certain she would put her armor on, or respond in a way to avoid being critically injured. But Luke was attacking in this way to get her to take this seriously, just as he was now.

Remaining Reiatsu: 6125 / 7000
-100 for Curved Schiene

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{As discussed, new Stats and Skills}

• [Weapon: Swords] {2}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {3}
  
  
• [Strength of Will] {3}
  
  
• [Pain Tolerance] {2}
  
  
• [Anti-Stealth] {2}
  
  
• [Charisma/Leadership] {1}
  
  
• [Battle Focus] {3}
  
  

Luke | Soldier

Strength - 200 Points

Speed - 300 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 400 - 700 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 100 - 60 Points

Light Aura - 90 Points

Dark Aura - 10 Points

Instinct - 150 Points

Senses - 150 Points

Energy sensory - 100 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points

Total SP: 1400 Points

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna chuckled lightly at his comment about taking off her arm, "If we were enemies I wouldn't have made my attack so easy to dodge," she poked at him. It seemed like she was right and Luke didn't really seem to be wholly invested in the fight and was goofing around much the same that she was. On one hand she found it kind of cute, Luke almost seemed to be too kind hearted for his own good, it was almost a surprise he hadn't been killed yet, but at the same time she knew there was a real fighter under his cheery exterior. Luke hadn't shown it to her yet, but she could still remember his determination in their first fight, and even though he was almost laughably outgunned then he still came at her without a second thought.

As she pondered how to progress with their bout Luke decided to take the initiative this time, sticking his blade into the ground before talking. He mentioned how the souls of weaker people tended to be influenced by more spiritually powerful, and as such he went to lengths to keep his power under wraps so that he wouldn't do anything to the people around him. She had heard to the phenomenon before, it was actually the reason all captains and vice captains had the little seal tattoo whenever they went out to the human world...Except Karakura. Karakura was so naturally oversaturated with spiritual energy that the seals made almost no difference, and when coupled with the laundry list of strong opponents that tended to appear in the town the seals were deemed an unneeded risk when deployed there.

She could feel his energy building rapidly and to a high degree, and in a matter of moments he had raised his spiritual pressure to match almost hers, not a small feat by any measure. Whats more she could actually see his body changing, his muscle mass and density shifting as he began to unseal his powers, and she was impressed to say the least. She had never seen such a through and efficient sealing technique before, to not only hide spiritual ability, but physical ability as well was highly impressive, but that wasn't the biggest surprise, no it was Luke himself. It was not long ago, at least for her, that they had met and he was a wimpy kid who could barely use a sword, but now he was as strong as she was, it was staggering development. His demeanor had changed as well, she could feel it, his light hearted nerdiness replaced with a sharp focus, seemed like Yetsuna had struck a cord with young man.

As he power level plateaued he exhaled, the muscles that had been pressing against his skin a moment ago returned to a more natural looking appearance. She gave a short whistle of approvement as he finished his trick, "Gotta say, that was an interesting show," she said in her typical nonchalant manner, though Luke would still notice some admiration, and maybe even a bit of pride, in her voice, "You definitely feel like more of a fighter now," she smiled, "But feelings don't count for much in a fight, let's see what skill you've been hiding from me." Yetsuna's demeanor had shifted in response to Luke's, seemed much more interested in the fight, much more eager, which Luke would probably be able to guess meant that she wasn't going to pulling her punches anymore. 

Luke responded with a line about his training, and a warning to her to put on her armor, telling her that she was going to need it, but she wasn't going to put it on that quickly, besides she had a small surprise of her own waiting for him with her release. The vampire executed a movement technique, and began coming towards her rapidly with hi newly enhanced speed. Yetsuna could no longer cleanly track him like she had before, but her senses, speed, instinct were still able to grab quickly flashes of him as he moved, seemingly floating along some kind of path. She had yet to remove the blade from across her shoulder, she was watching intensely as she tried to predict his move. While a frontal attack like she had done a moment ago would prove a good display of his new power she doubted he was going to do something so basic and easily countered, which left her sides and back.

With the feeling of wind on her back she had her answer about his angle of attack. Immediately she pulled the sword out from her shoulder, its edge scrapping against her armored uniform as she spun around and ducked slightly to catch Luke's blade with her own, stopping in a short distance from where it would have struck her. She smirked again, this time with approval, "You're faster, much faster, but it takes more then speed to win," she seemed to purr with excitement before leveraging her blades larger size and weight to push Luke's to the side in an attempt to knock him off balance and then using the momentum of the blade to round house kick his upper arm. If the strike connected it was going hurt like a mother, and likely send him stumbling to the side a few steps, but other then that there wasn't going to be any permanent damage.  

7750/8000 Reiatsu

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{Updated stats and skills}
Type: Perma Release level 2
Shikai Class: 3

Strength: 250
Speed: 300
Spiritual Pressure: (400 x 2) 800
Reiatsu Strength: 50
Light Aura: 80
Dark Aura: 20
Instinct: 200
Senses: 150
Energy Sensory: 50
Healing Expertise: 0

SKP: 16/17 (0/8)
Pain Tolerance - 3
Street Fighting - 2
Strength of Will - 3
Weapons: Swords - 2
Damage Recovery - 3
Battle Analysis - 3

Techniques:

Shunpo Karin (mastered)
Shunpo (mastered)
Stepping Ground (mastered)
Hado #59 Hellfire Prison (Mastered)
Reiatsu Resistance (Proficient)