Two Minds are Better than One

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon could see the jolts of pain reflected in Kazura’s movements as his arrows merged into the bullets. Of course the actual bullets hitting him didn’t feel pleasant either. Now though as the volley of arrows soared Asmoskon could see his friend shifting to the defense as he dropped to the floor and utilizing Soul Command. So he was going to hide behind a shield of physical matter instead of the reiatsu shield attached to his arm.

Asmoskon could sense his reiatsu spike once again and then saw the burst of light. “So he’s planning on attacking instead of waiting it out.” Asmoskon was surprised as Kazura almost always was more cautious than himself yet it seemed he wanted to win this session. Asmoskon wasn’t quite sure where Kazura was going to appear or go, but this was definitely going to be difficult so it was time to make this room more of a disadvantage for Kazura. Altering the path of the arrows that had yet to collide against the shield Asmoskon set up his next attack.

Instead of harmlessly impacting the shield the arrows that remained little less than half began to bounce off the shield going off in random directions throughout the room. If Kazura was really going on the offensive and sought victory than he would have to really start trying. So it was time to absorb the surrounding reiatsu once again into his cross. He didn’t keep the reiatsu long though as he flowed the reiatsu from his cross into his back in preparation for Kazura to attack him from the back.

Kazura was running now while holding his gun and although the room was littered with arrows soaring through the empty space Asmoskon gazing at Kazura fired off another arrow from his forehead at his friend set to strike his chest. Kazura was to quick to change his movements though once again using Bringer Light to accelerate his speed. He could hear the sound of the fun firing fired once again and knew that Kazura had shot at him once more. Dropping low and rolling backwards managed to get the bullet to pass over him yet as Kazura appeared from above only to sent two sword down at him, Asmoskon placed his hands on the floor and pushed against sending him up and back to the edge of the room.

The swords that Kazura had sent at him had managed to nearly strike only to miss by the smallest of margins. The way that Kazura was fighting was fresh and enjoyable to the Quincy. Of course Asmoskon had a way to make sure he was never caught off guard, but this was only a session of half power. He couldn’t cheat against Kazura nor did he want this to get boring. One thing was for sure though if he had simply taken that last bullet he would have suffered much more from the swords hitting him. Letting his guard down was no longer a possibility. Just like that though his attention had been fixed on the swords in front of him and now he felt the pain of being shot two more times.

Kazura was definitely going for the win. His right arm was bleeding from the first three bullets and now his shoulders were both bleeding from these last two. If he didn’t start to get more serious than Kazura was likely to beat him. He was on the opposite side of the room which meant whatever Asmoskon fired at him Kazura would likely be able to evade. There was always the Drachen Stürmen. Kazura had already provided him with the wounds needed to sacrifice the blood for such a technique. Doing so inside his friends building in such a small room though. He wasn’t looking to kill him so guess that was out of the question.

Gathering the surrounding reiatsu once again now that all of his arrows had finished soaring Asmoskon prepared the next exchange. He would just have to do what he could to wound his friend enough for the session to be called in his favor. Stubborn was perhaps his defining trait after all. Just like that Asmoskon would accelerate utilizing Hirenkyaku to appear behind Kazura and immediately fire off a Versteckte Pfeil from his chest. The arrow the size of his hand was aimed to strike Kazura in the middle of his back which of course would do nothing to his Fullbring, but Kazura would feel the pain of such an arrow piercing through him all the same.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1010/500
Quincy Cross: (+800)
Class 6 Arrow: (-20)
Versteckte Pfeil: (-70)
Hirenkyaku: (-50)
Form Property: (-100)
Power Property: (-200)

[Kazura Uzaki]

Arrows started to bounce across the room as Kazura sped around with Bringer Light. A few of them clashed with his armor as he dashed from point to point, especially because Asmoskon had keen senses and instincts to be able to keep up with Kazura's movements. Every time an arrow bounced off of Kazura or shattered into pieces against his armor, he felt the sting of getting hit by it even though his armor was not penetrated. Stranger and stranger. There had to be a way to combat this. He hadn't been hurt when the arrows had struck the wall that he was no longer imbuing with his spiritual strength, so if he could find a way to put a barrier between himself and his armor (one that would be tough to penetrate by the spiritual arrows but wasn't strengthened by his reiatsu) then he could protect himself better from the onslaught. At the moment, he didn't have any ideas as most of the things he could do with his powers would involve strengthening materials with his reiatsu.

Asmos looked pretty roughed up, though, by the few bullets that had managed to strike him. As he stepped towards Kazura and willed a large arrow to fire at the Fullbringer's back, the UE CEO used Movement again to turn his body to the side rapidly to dodge the Versteckte Pfeil. Immediately he felt pain shoot up his leg as his stitches burst and his leg began to bleed inside of his armor. He hadn't been very careful with his wound, especially with the performance of acrobatics previously with the bouncing off of the walls and ceiling and whatnot. If the Quincy had any ability to curve that Versteckte Pfeil, Kazura would be too distracted by the pain and the bleeding that he'd be caught by it. Even if it couldn't hit him through his armor, pain was not something that the man was used to or very tolerant of.

So, even as his body could probably tolerate more punishment physically, mentally Kazura was spent from the pain. He held up a hand and created a flag made out of pure reiatsu using his fullbring's Creations Evolved property. He waved said flag in surrender. "Any more and one of us will need a hospital. As is, we'll both need a medic. That's enough of a workout in my mind..." And, just to show his good will towards his friend, he released his hold on his Complete Fullbring and willed it to change back into the burnt belt. Limping over to the bench at the corner of the room, he sat down and just rested his head against the wall. He was spent, and had exercised both body and mind today. They also had been able to craft some very interesting devices that would be interesting to put into practice against the next Threat to Karakura Town and the World at large.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

This sparring session was definitely a work out there was no doubt about that. Asmoskon was starting to really feel the pull on his physical ability from the bullets wounds. He hadn’t been shot in . . . Weeks? Perhaps a month. Suffering more than a single wound though that hadn’t happened in several months. His form property was usually enough to protect him, but Kazura wasn’t the typical adversary. He was ready to keep going a bit longer driven by his ravenous competitive spirit.

He large arrow that he had just fired almost managed to hit Kazura although his friend proved once again that he wouldn’t be easily defeated. If only he could alter the course of the massive arrow. Sure he could bounce it off almost anything, but the room had already suffered many different punctures that bouncing an arrow would be much harder not to mention that it usually took Asmoskon preparing the bounce before even firing it.

Ready to fire off another small volley now that the distance between them was so small in order to guarantee a hit Asmoskon stopped as he saw Kazura craft a white flag through his Fullbring. It seems that the sparring session was over, good thing otherwise the janitor was going to have a hard time scrubbing even more blood off the floor. Asmoskon was suffering just like Kazura it just seemed that the young Quincy was more competitive, willing to suffer the pain of being shot if it meant victory.

Helping his friend over and taking a seat beside him Asmoskon almost in unison with Kazura deactivated his form property the tattoo markings vanishing from his body. “Wasn’t expecting to get hit this much. Your offense has definitely improved. Do you carry anything bigger than a handgun for your Fullbring?” Asmoskon was almost certain that Kazura would prepare himself with explosives, or even simply heavier guns to face down anyone in a serious battle. “I’ve got an idea that may help you out next time the Vandenreich or an Espada happens to believe Karakura is a toy. What do you think about constructing a type of backpack filled with artillery. Would you be able to merge them with your Fullbring?”

[Kazura Uzaki]

The two men collapsed onto the bench, worn out from the sparring session that had turned bloody. Mentally, Kazura made sure to note the spots that he'd have to fix himself with Soul Command or Soul Dominance. Especially the floor that he had raised up to block the arrows. That would most certainly require a Fullbringer's touch. But for the very moment, Kazura was content to rest and just talk with his friend. "No, I don't often find myself with heavy weaponry. It's a pain to carry around and most of the time my subordinates are capable of handling direct threats to the town. I rarely find myself up against someone noteworthy here in town. And while travelling? It's very difficult to get heavy artillery through customs."

True, Kazura had ways around that, but he had to be honest, he didn't really think of carrying something more powerful than a handgun. He was a precision fighter, not a bazooka. A well placed bullet could be just as effective as a rocket launcher, with much less collateral damage. The backpack of artillery was an interesting idea, but just not one that Kazura was psyched about. "The backpack you speak of would potentially be absorbed by my Fullbring depending on how closely I wore it, but it would be rendered useless. It wouldn't maintain its function if it was incorporated into the suit. I'd be better off weaponizing a bracelet or a shoulder pad that could go over the suit. Which isn't a bad idea, especially if we incorporate the new plasma blast system..." Kazura trailed off in thought as his mind spun out a dozen ideas for what he could do with the idea provided him. Blueprints flashed across his mind's eye as he created, destroyed, and recreated prototypes with his incredible mental processing power.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

He wasn't really surprised about Kazura not carrying around such large weaponry for many of the reasons that he had just clarified, but still there had to be a way that his friend could employ such devastating firepower through his Fullbring. Asmoskon had watched many comrades die and Kazura was one of the first spiritual aware people he had ever met outside his family. He was a true friend, one that Asmoskon couldn't not try to aid in every endeavor.

The idea of the plasma weaponry was still fresh in both their minds and while the both of them could potentially make weaponry vastly more powerful than available to either at the moment. Still though Asmoskon wasn't willing to just back down on other ideas. "What about storing the necessary components and materials to create small scale artillery? I'm sure together we could figure out how to make small scale weapons that pack a large bang." Asmoskon's mind was racing attempting to think up as much for his friend as possible the only problem was he didn't know what could merge with his Fullbring and what couldn't.

[Kazura Uzaki]

Kazura held up a hand to stop Asmoskon. "I get that you're trying to help, but I don't agree with the methods, to be honest. Large bang? Too much potential for collateral damage. I don't want innocents to get hurt when I fight. Thus, my fullbring is perfect as it is. It's precise and careful. And it allows me to walk through most types of damage, especially if I power through with Willpower. Combined with other techniques, I can become a walking hunk of steel that can absorb most attacks. If you were truly my enemy, this spar would have been something very different. But, you're not my enemy. I don't need to push myself to the upper limits to stop you. So for now, let's be content with what we've created and move forwards. Is there anything that you need from me before you go?"

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon couldn't contain the sigh of disappointment. It had been so much fun. Kazura just always had to cut things sort or let his pesky worry for the well being of everyone keep him from taking risks. "Yeah, yeah we came up with something grand and had some fun while I was here. You may have found a way to make your defense skyrocket, but your offense still needs some work my friend. I worry for the day that you have no backup and a simple explosion could save you." Dang now it felt like they were leaving on bad terms, such a pain.

Then he remembered that there was still something he had brought with him. Reaching into his pocket Asmoskon grabbed hold almost cursing himself for overlooking one of the very reasons he had come to see Kazura in the first place. "Hey catch." Asmoskon warned the CEO before tossing the small object over to where he still sat. It was time to put his coat back on and then head home where he would take to start digging the bullets out. They weren't in to deep, but deep enough that he was still bleeding slightly and each still hurt. Kazura would see that what he had just caught was simply a ring with a moderately sized red gem. "Don't lose it. You don't need to wear it, but keep it on you in case of emergency. You're not the only one who's pick up something new. Until next time War-Machine."

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

In the future, for ease of grading, please specify all of the thread details in the title so I don't have to ask this question: Is this a training or a PvP?

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Asmo, I can't grade this until you tell me what it is. I'm going to archive it for now because it's been over a month with no response from you, but just let me know what's up and re-report your post. I'll grade it from there.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

This is a Joint Training sorry for the long wait reply

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

You're good!



47 + 70 + 21 = 138 total paragraphs x 10 = 1,380 / 2 = 690 TP total to both participants