Shinigami Season! [RAMPAGE][DP]

[Valentin Acciai]

If there was anything Valentin had to admit it was that his hollow kin were masters of rumourmongering and information gathering. A bit problematic in sorting the truth out of the piles of lies but the threat of violence solved most problems in Hueco Mundo and thanks to it the Adjuchas had come to learn of something very, very interesting. In a town not too far from Karakura as the specific place was still inside Japan there were several hollow who claimed to have seen something akin to a minor expedition conducted by the Shinigami, some claimed the soul reapers were trying to spread their influence in the area while other more reasonable hollow said it was more akin to a field trip to the human world to get youngling Shinigami ready for their future assignments.

Whatever was true the Adjuchas had after his investigation into it discovered the towns name to have been Osaka, not a spot as readily flowing with spiritual energy as Karakura perhaps but with the population density in Japan it certainly left a print on the world. Having headed through a Garganta to get there Valentin was decided since long as to what to do, while he was firm in his decision not to harm humans his mercy did not extend to the soul reapers who on occasion lead raids to Hueco Mundo itself. It was a matter of preemptive defense to cut these growing buds by the root before they could ever cause him any harm despite knowing what he was to do would no doubt raise the amount of lowlife mindless hollows killing more innocents.

But he didn't want to think about it too much, this was the fault of the world they inhabited and the cause and effect left by hollows was too great a thing for Valentin to struggle against it pointlessly. For as long as he was hollow and they were Shinigami one's blood had to flow to satisfy that endless circle. Arriving through the black rift formed by the Garganta Valentin found himself standing atop a skyscraper that dwarfed most things he had ever seen, ever since his own death humanity had come to construct many marvels of engineering in the time span of less than a hundred years and still he found the capacity to be amazed by their potential of ingenuity.

But he didn't let it distract him from his self assigned mission, looking down at the almost classed megacity of over eight million evening had begun to shroud the peaks of the city with a blanket of darkness as the sun lingered yet on the far horizon, it wouldn't be long until it was gone entirely but a city like this always kept that darkness at a comfortable length as lights of every colour lit up the streets while everything else darkened. Jumping from roof to roof he could quickly cover ground but his search would be long, his abilities to sense reiatsu signatures was mediocre at best and abysmal at worst and as such poor Valentin had to rely on sight to find his prey, relying on what he had been told to narrow down his search area.

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The young Shinigami was unnerved as he walked along his comrades, each and every one of them following behind their experienced senior. It was his first time being showed the world of humans as he was born from the Rukongai and the scale of it all amazed him making the glory that was the Seireitei appear absolutely miniscule in the grand scope of things. ''Osaka, Japan. Home to over eight million humans and among the cities we make sure to always have at least one shinigami supervise at all times.'' their senior guide explained as they walked along a more empty part of the street in the strong evening lights of the city.

''There is frequent hollow activity in the area but rarely anything worthwhile worrying about, if any of them have seen us rest assured they most likely fled the city the moment they saw our zanpakutos the cowardly bunch! typical trait of their kind they'll flee at the first sight of danger if they've any wit and if not they die, by my hand specifically.'' the braggart of a man claimed, black of hair with a bald spot atop his head that made clear his seniority... or poor genetics the young shinigami didn't know which was more likely. At the very least he knew his superior was quite sensitive about the topic from another of the group making the mistake of mentioning it half jokingly and receiving punishment for it.

''So if we ain't likely to fight anything then why are we here? couldn't this time be better spent practicing?'' one of the younglings questioned ''Well if it ain't obvious too you it's too keep you from gawking at anything you see in the human world whenever you actually get an assignment there. What good are you if you let a hollow slice you open while you stare at all the charming little lights? that's right, none.'' the tone was passive aggressive and quite undeserved but all of them had come to suspect their leader thought his time could be better spent not showing them around the human world to explain his self importance and short temper.

Still none spoke against him, the behaviour wasn't exactly unique and they weren't as frail in mind as to break from his attitude so the march went on as the sky blackened. But the young Shinigami noticed something the rest of his peers seemed to have failed to, halting in his tracks as he spoke aloud ''Hey guys stop!'' causing others to look behind themselves and halt as well with the senior looking at him annoyed ''What is it, better not have dropped something cause we ain't looking for it.'' ''No it's... something is off, we're not making as much noise!'' ''Noise? explain yourself!'' ''a role call! i think someone might be missing.'' the group looking between themselves in confusion the leader began listing names as they were quite sizable as a group and thus hard to know if everyone was gathered.

Having them form a circle by the edge of a park that separated from the city they began to call names and noted that indeed two of their ranks were missing. Some were getting worried that they had gotten separated by the crowded population of humans but the leader, the young shinigami noticed the baldspotted man had grown pale as he muttered. ''T- their signature, i can't feel it anywhere in the city. If they had gotten separated they would have flared it up for us to see...'' grim realization washed over his face as he accepted his given responsibility and tried to shake away the fear he felt as a pair of purple eyes gazed at him from a distance with clear killing intent. ''DRAW YOUR ZANPAKUTOS! HOLLOW INBOUND!''

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Separating one from the group and then another without notice Valentin was proud of his achievements, the stealthy Adjuchas with it's human sized frame was an agile predator who was ever so light on his feet. For just an instance was he near them to slice the throat of whomever was in the back and disappearing in the distance with their corpse to enjoy and feast upon but he couldn't keep up the act forever, one of the younglings seemed to have quite the strong senses, not strong enough to actually notice Valentin but strong enough to pick up on the decreasing amount of footsteps even in their numbers. By a rough estimate Valentin guessed that another 16 Shinigami remained as he found himself discarding his stealthy approach to stare directly at his primary target and made his hatred felt, the one Shinigami with any power to oppose Valentin drew it's sword.

The hunt was officially over and the slaughter would begin, the freshmen too drew their blades and pointed them in Valentin's direction, spotting him as well. Licking his red stained mask he thought it fair to even the odds as his jaw unhinged and the hilt of a sword extended made entirely out of vertebrae. The Adjuchas grabbing on to it he slowly began to pull, revealing a crossguard of bone to follow and after that a 3 feet long blade of jagged teeth for tearing flesh to ribbons. The sword of white bone exiting his mouth it had taken the form of an European arming sword as his jaw shut with a grin, now he would get to see if there was any mettle to this ugly pig who was to be their inept leader.

Dashing at the group at full speed his sword thrust at the balding man who just barely parried the blow to his side, trying to launch a counter cut during the time Valentin would have to redirect his sword but it was not meant to be. Instead of realigning the blade Valentin simply followed it to the side and skipped the man, skewering one of the young shinigami on his blade as the impact sent both Valentin and the dying shinigami flying out of the reach of the others swords. Wasting little time Valentin tore a chunk out of his victims throat past his teeth and fed, killing the unfortunate third victim as the Adjuchas dropped the now useless corpse to the ground and swallowed the flesh that had strengthened him.

''Shatter his being, Senkai kattā ha!!'' the middle aged Shinigami spoke as he released his shikai, knowing without it he would not last much longer. With the weapon released the blade of his sword vanished as small fragments of metal spun in the air in violent jerking motions, at a glance they looked chaotic but there was a pattern they obeyed. The Shinigami knowing he was exposed if it came to close distance had the small blades create a perimeter of distance, a minefield of sharp objects the hollow would have to traverse to come any closer, particularly thick just ahead of the user. ''Everyone stay behind me, that's no ordinary hollow!'' he told them all loud enough for even Valentin to hear, well no shit sherlock was the words that rang in the Adjuchas head at the obviousness of the situation.

For a moment nothing happened, the blades in the air seemed to have a max range and his foe wasn't willing to carelessly pursue but Valentin wasn't too interested in testing that sharp obstacle course either and so his eyes glanced at the trainees who were closer to the edges and noted the concentration of blades wasn't as thick there. Deciding to give an idea of his a try he dashed to the side, trying to flank them as the blades moved to reposition but Valentin had the edge. He couldn't run fast enough to close the distance but the blades could not move fast enough not to leave openings for things faster than Valentin's legs could carry him.

The thorns that grew out of his tail provided such speed and were best of all inexpensive as they could regrow quite rapidly, as such with his tail pointing towards the group as he kept on running to the side thorns began to rain on the group of shinigami with the younglings not having a shred of the experience needed to deflect or dodge the projectiles that flew at 600 speed and thrust themselves inside their bodies. Not all hits were lethal hits but a few of them were, two of the shinigami falling to the ground with a thud as others who were just lightly wounded had their courage fail them as they ran, abandoning the side of the senior shinigami who shouted at them to take closer cover behind him as his blades deflected what blows they could.

But them running only made it easier for Valentin to shoot them in the back and the middle aged Shinigami knew it as well, hence as none had the calm to stay at his back he was forced to action in order to prevent Valentin from attacking them to begin with. And so with the blades closing in on him as the Shinigami dashed ever closer a small ball of red energy buzzing with a high pitch floated above the index finger of Valentin's free left hand. It was a little costly to end it like this but it would save time and make sure any who witnessed it wouldn't get any ideas, and with that decided Valentin simply pointed his finger out towards the blades who spun at full force itching to dig into his flesh and in a moment it all disintegrated under the weight of his cero, the man behind the blades nothing more than a pair of feet wearing sandals remaining as they tumbled towards the hollow, all that remained of the man.

Valentin hadn’t even introduced himself with how brief the exchange was but that was well in itself he told himself as panicked Shinigami ran for their lives incohesively scattering throughout the city. Picking up one of these feet and having himself another snack the Adjuchas gave them all a bit of a head start, he didn’t intend to catch all of them on any case as he needed himself someone to spread the word among the shinigami of what awaited them outside the Seireitei’s walls… waaaait wait wait wait… he really should have introduced himself after all, now they only knew it was the work of a powerful hollow, not which one! ’’Fuuuuck, this whole thing was pointless!’’ he said to himself as he dropped the remains of the foot and gave his forehead a quick, refreshing smack ’’Hmm… i should still hunt down a few more of them though, just to be thorough. Without their leader it’s only a matter of time until some other bastard is trying to scavenge out of my efforts.’’

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{Stats n Stuff}
Strength - 150 [50] (33%)

Speed - 250 

Spiritual Pressure - 250

Reiatsu Strength - 260 [390] (150%)

Light Aura - 50

Dark Aura - 50

Instinct - 150 [50] (33%)

Senses - 50

Energy sensory - 50 [17] (33%)

Healing Expertise - 340 [510] (150%)

Total SP: 1500

• [Pain Tolerance] [2]
• [Bleeding Tolerance] [2]
• [Stealth] [2]
• [Swords] [2]
• [Acrobatics] [2]
• [Street Fighting] [2]
• [Cero] [2]

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{Cero}
Technique Name: [Cero (Zero)]

Class: [4]

Technique Type: [Hollow Technique]

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects:

Available only to Hollows or Arrancar of at least Gillian status, Cero is the signature technique of higher level Hollow races. This concentrates their reiatsu into a condensed blast of light which fires out, usually from the hands or similar body part, though many can use it from their chests, feet, mouths, or other appendages. Color is usually red, but many Arrancar have learned how to alter the color of their fired Cero. When charging it appears to be an orb, but when fired is a large, very wide beam. It has a distinct high-pitched sound when charging, and a very low growl when fired. Anyone can hear either, and thus discerning a Cero is very easy. In power, weaker Cero explode on contact with targets, but some Cero have enough power to keep going after hitting a target, and simply consume and disintegrate it.

How to use technique:

Aim body part at target and charge the technique, then fire. In speed, takes a few seconds total.

Technique Drawbacks

Reiatsu cost of 200, despite being class 4.

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{La Mia Spada}
Technique Name: La mia spada

Class: [4]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Hollow]

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [This technique allows Valentin to forge swords from his very own bone, the weapon has no decided length or form and is generated according to his desires at the time. Spending a large amount of Reiatsu the blade is infused with his Spiritual energy and as such can compete and hold it's own against things such as Zanpakuto using whatever is his dominant offensive stat to determine durability and cutting power. The sword once finished is a permanent object in the world although the spiritual energy of it will fade within an hour and reduce it to no more than an ornament. 100 Reiatsu Cost.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [Standing straight and opening his jaw the hilt will extend outwards from his mouth for his hand to then grab onto and pull out from his body. Ready to be wielded.]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) (Insert Below)

It takes a few second for the blade to come out, creating an opening.

Incantation and Effect:

Made By: Valentin Acciai

Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): [Yes]

-100 La Mia Spada
-200 Cero
2200/2500 Reiatsu

2 Class 7 Shinigami Consumed
1 Class 4 Shinigami Consumed

[Yoko Kusanagi]

Play this – My Hero Academia – U.A. Corridors

Osaka. The famed culinary jewel of Japan. Back in the history of her motherland, this place had been known as the rice trade center of the world… or at least Japan. Though those times had long passed, the importance of food in the city had stayed. Some people still revered it as the food capital of the world, and that meant it had become a tourist hub over the years. Anyone that planned a trip to Japan tried to add this destination to their list if they had the extra time and budget to make it outside of Tokyo. Even for some who live in the country though, they may never find time to make the journey.

One person that didn’t have that problem was Yoko Kusanagi. She was Uzaki Enterprises leader of the newly formed Emergency Response Team. She was the leader by nature of being the only member as of yet. Her role in the world was to find problems and solve them. The names of those problems varied. Quincy. Hollow. Shinigami. It mattered not. The emergencies she responded to involved anyone that threatened the well being of those who lived in this realm. Just by their presence, those with spiritual power tended to attract threats. Hollows sought to eat spiritually aware humans. Quincy tried to convert them. Shinigami tried to “save” them. It didn’t matter what their goal was. Everyone just caused them problems.

As part of her “duty” the Fullbringer had taken a train out to Osaka. Uzaki Enterprises and Soul Society both had a fairly powerful force in Karakura Town at virtually all times. If someone needed saving, there was a good chance someone else could take care of it there. Instead, what needed to be done by Yoko was to seek out new threats in far away places. That was the official reason that she had gone to Osaka. What if there had been someone or something targeting spiritually aware people for a long time that had simply gone unnoticed because of the lack of eyes in that town? There was no good way to know without heading there in person.

Of course that was only the reason on paper. In truth she just really wanted some damn good Udon, and by god she was going to have it. Yeah, she could get some work in too, but the chances of actually encountering anything noteworthy was slim to none. It had been a long time since this particular human had been in the city. Years in fact. She hadn’t gotten out of Karakura much since her recent return to the land of the rising sun. Yoko had spent all of her time on deployment in the Middle East in the last few years, and she missed the little things like being able to take a train to another city and have it not only be on time but not get fucking blown up by an rpg. Ah, the small things in life!

As this was a fairly casual trip she was dressed for the occasion. Yoko’s blonde hair was tied back in a ponytail that came down to her mid-back, and she wore a white track jacket, underneath which was a plain black cutoff. Her hair was kept out of her eyes with a white ballcap, and her mobility was maintained with a pair of gray short shorts and some white sneakers. It was a fairly unassuming outfit, though the black stripes on her calf-length socks, jacket, and cap did tie the whole thing together pretty nicely. Though Yoko was hardly a fashionista, she did put some effort into looking cute once in a while. And besides, if nothing else, the shorts made her butt look good!

For quite a few hours she enjoyed the sites of the city, and a good bowl of udon. By this point the sun was barely a twinkle on the edge of the horizon. Without any ability to sense reiatsu, Yoko never had an easy time tracking down potential threats, or even people that were likely to attract trouble. She instead navigated by her sense of smell. Just as the last rays of sunlight dipped beyond the horizon she smelled trouble quite literally. There was a scent of blood on the air, and she took of towards the scent without a moment’s delay. She was a soldier, and that’s what a soldier did. They ran towards trouble, and not away from it.

Change Music – My Hero Academia (track of same name)

It could have been something innocent if the smell hadn’t been so strong. She had seen plenty of people die in her life, and the smell of death was unmistakable even at a distance. Her nose was sharp though, and it picked up other unusual smells in that direction. Cedar, linen, and steel were all mixed together in that direction. It was a scent that most, if not all, Shinigami seemed to have about them. They all dressed the same, lived in the same barracks, and wielded the same type of blade. For someone whose nose surpassed that of most animals the distinct combination of smells was as obvious as them screaming the word Bankai.

Yoko didn’t know exactly what to expect, but if it was the smell of Shinigami mixed with the smell of blood then it was sure to be a shitshow. As she turned the corner onto that fateful street the Fullbringer saw a blast of red energy fly by. The smell of burning flesh assaulted her nose at once, but it was mixed with all those otherworldly odors as well. And that was when she saw it. ”Is that a fuckin demon skeleton?” She couldn’t help herself from blurting out. Truly this creature wasn’t a typical one. Due to the order of things, she understood that it was a Hollow. What else attacked Shinigami anyway? She still didn’t really get the distinction between hollows and demons though.

If Dark Souls had taught Yoko anything though, it was that the human sized ones were always the scary ones. Monsters the size of a skyscraper were easy to bob and weave around. But if it was human sized? Oh fuck that meant a real fight. The Fullbringer was confident in her strength. She did not hesitate to advance towards the creature, and made no effort to hide her presence. A Shinigami ran by her as she advanced, clearly afraid for his life. What a pathetic coward. It did mean that her gut feeling was right though. As much as she disliked Shinigami, any enemy that forced them to flee was one that should not be taken lightly.

The whole time that she advanced towards the creature, she stared right at it. Once she was close enough to the beast for it to be obvious that she could see it, she spoke. ”I see you’re having some fun tonight demon. It’s a real pity, but I’m gonna have to ask you to stop eating these nice, incompetent, samurai.” She acted quite casual towards the creature. Clearly she wasn’t even remotely afraid of it. This was just another day in the life for her. After a moment of letting her request sink in she finished her thought. ”And if you opt not go home, I’m afraid I’m going to have to put you down like the dog you are.”

Her power flared around her, and it honestly wasn’t an impressive display compared to those who focused on the spiritual arts. A dark golden aura surrounded, and her ponytail fluttered in the slight breeze that her show of strength created. Such a display was unlikely to actually intimidate the hollow as her spiritual strength was likely below that of the monster, but it was obvious beyond a shadow of a doubt that she had powers of her own. Whether the hollow thought that made her a tastier snack or a threat was hard for her to predict, but she hoped that it would entice the creature to focus on her rather than someone else. Given the actions of the Shinigami thus far had been either die or flee, it was clear she was the one who had to stop this thing.

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{Outfit Reference}

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{Stats and Skills}
Strength - [400(800)] Points

Speed - [250(375)] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [300(150)] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [100(50)] Points

Light Aura - [60] Points

Dark Aura - [40] Points

Instinct - [165] Points

Senses [185] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [1400]

• [Martial Art: Kunlun] {3}
  
  
• [Weapon: Sword {3}
  
  
• [Pain Tolerance] {2}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {2}
  
  
• [Calm Mind] {2}
  
  
• [Anti-Stealth] {3}
  
  
• [Weapon:Guns] {1}
  
  

[Valentin Acciai]

''A... Fullbringer, right?'' the hollow responded to the woman's words, having kept his attention focused on her since noticing her ability to see him Valentin rested his bone crafted arming sword on his shoulder as he stood guarded towards her, blade ready to strike down at her when needed. The Adjuchas hoped it wouldn't come to that though, he considered their kind pretty much human albeit special cases and while the Adjuchas would gladly gorge on the likes of Shinigami his past bound him from carelessly harming humans although all bets were off if it came to self defense or provocation. ''Okay Miss first of all it's Adjuchas, not demon, repeat after me; Ad-ju-chas! Never considered you might come off as really rude calling a deceased Catholic a demon? that's rather harsh!''

''Although... it's been hard to give a shit about the old man in the sky after he saw fit to let me become a monster~'' he jested in an overly bright playful tone, just in time for the Fullbringer's words of warning reached his ears. Everyone was always so eager to settle things with the threat of death, uncouth i say! the hollow told himself as he tilted his head from side to side, cracking the bones in his neck in a cocky fashion to signal his displeasure at her words. ''I quite like dogs so i'm not a big fan of your tone. I don't kill humans, but i might make an exception for you!'' in truth it was less about the insult to dogkind and more Valentin being rather tired of bossy strangers poking their noses where they didn't belong, like getting in the way of his ascension to becoming a greater being.

And now aggravated as he was he returned the favour and flared his own Reiatsu to match her, a significantly more dominating presence of crackling red energy that seemed just as volatile and destructive as the cero he had previously unleashed. ''Still wanting to pick a fight? a human shouldn't meddle in the affairs of spirits, they should live to a pleasant hundred years of age and pass quietly with grandchildren to grieve for them.'' at least that was what Valentin had thought ideal, some eighty years ago when he himself was human. But if she was dismissive of the idea and insisted to spill her blood early he would oblige her with a simple ''Can't say i didn't warn you, Brat.''

And thus his first action would be plain, with a flick of his wrist and a snap of his fingers a Bala thundered forth from the humble movement that didn't require him to even make use of his shoulder joint, aimed to smash against her chest although he doubted it would reach it's intended target. For now was the measuring of one's abilities and the Adjuchas would keep a close eye on her movements to see how she would counter a cheap move like his. The human was plenty cocky so Valentin wouldn't be letting down his guard too easily as more than a handful of memories harshly reminded him that the most dangerous bastards in the world was without doubt blood-crazed bitches. 

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{Bala}
Technique Name: [Bala] (Bullet)

Class: [6] [Cannot be learned until class 6]

Technique Type: [Hollow Technique]

Technique Element: [None]

Technique Description and Effects:

A straightforward and simple technique that hardens the user's Reiatsu and releases it like a swift blast of spiritual energy. While the technique is not nearly as powerful as a Cero, its speed is 20 times faster and allows for it to be fired in quick repetition. The orb of reiatsu fired varies in size and strength, some Arrancar creating one the size of a basketball with the rough power of a massive punch, and others creating Bala with enough power to blast holes in adversaries. Some Espada can create Bala as large and powerful as an average Arrancar's Cero.

How to use technique:

The user must first aim and then fire the technique, as is custom of any projectile type.

Technique Drawbacks

50 Reiatsu cost.

-50 Bala
2150/2500 Reiatsu

[Yoko Kusanagi]

Play this – Haikyuu OST – Supernatural Haste

Prattle prattle prattle. All these monsters were the same. They liked hearing themselves talk way too much. Fight dialogue should be kept short and simple. What was the point of a villain giving a monologue other than for the hero to learn what their plan was? Yoko swore that the only reason people seemed to go on like that was to try an puff themselves up to make them seem scarier than they actually were. Of course if you were talking down to your opponent then that meant you were better than them right? Wait, shit. She was totally being hypocritical. Oh well. That was fine. She was the hero here, and the hollow as the villain. She was allowed to dislike its tendencies, even if they resembled her own.

Though Yoko couldn’t sense energy, it didn’t take a whole lot of skill to know when an attack was coming. This was especially true when the enemy gave you a clear flag. ''Can't say I didn't warn you, Brat.'' It was a line used by basically any villain ever right before they began their attack. All that she needed now was for the hollow to teleport behind her and say “nothing personal kid.” Really though, she was being quite harsh in her judgment of the demonic thing, but who, other than the hollow, could blame her? And besides, even if she judged the rhetoric harshly, she didn’t make the same assumptions about the combat potency of her foe. That was a mistake she wouldn’t make.

Sure enough though, an attack came her way. A small red blast of reiatsu leapt off the hand of the creature, telegraphed only by a small movement of the hand. Luckily for Yoko, she was already on guard given the dialogue the two had exchanged. Something like that could be troublesome as a sneak attack, but the beast had basically warned her it was going to attack before doing so. In a relaxed movement she extended her left arm up to chest and braced her palm against the attack. Sure, the attack ruined the sleeve of her jacket, but that only served to reveal what the hollow’s attack had been stopped by. Her left arm was not covered in skin, but rather glistened with a metallic sheen in the flickering light of the street.

This arm was something that had served her well for many years now. It was her aptly named Metal Limb, a gift from the Shinigami named Amaya. The two had fought before Yoko even started working for Uzaki Enterprises, and the healer had given the Fullbringer this limb in an attempt to show that maybe some Gods of Death deserved a different title. Some of them could even be trusted. Instead of trying to put down an out of control Yoko, the medic had helped her come back to her senses. This limb was a reminder of what she had lost by being careless as a hero, and she wore it proudly as a symbol of her strength. The limb had the durability of spiritual steel, and a weak attack did no more than warm it up.

”I hope for your sake you have more than that. You talk a fierce game, but I’m plenty used to meddling in the affairs of spirits. My name is Yoko Kusanagi, head of Uzaki Enterprises Emergency Response Team, and I will be the one to stop your rampage. Prepare yourself!” With a strong push off the ground, the Fullbringer propelled herself towards the hollow in a single movement. She led with her left side, and threw a simple punch straight for the head of the creature. Her speed and strength was held back considerably, as she hadn’t confirmed the area was free of civilians entirely yet. If she went all out, there was sure to be collateral damage. Unless she was careful with her strikes, got the area evacuated, or confirmed that there was no one else around, then she couldn’t risk blasting waves of pressure around with all her might.

This first strike of hers was nothing more than a probing blow. Blocked or not, the monster would feel a rush of wind as the attack came in. It held no offensive might due to the restraint of the Fullbringer, but it was a hint of the power she possessed. What she lacked in spiritual ability she made up for with brute force. She was a martial artist and swordswoman at her core, and that was where her power was most dominant. Sure, she had plenty of other tricks up her sleeve, but a punch from the Fullbringer was nothing to sneeze at. If the Hollow didn’t get out of the way, the force of the impact would still be plenty to send it flying down the street.

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{Metal Limb - 800 Reiatsu Strength for purposes of durability from Amaya}
[Kaido #68: Kinzoku-shi (Metal Limb)]

Class: [3]

Technique Type: [Kido]

Technique Element: [Healing/Metal]

Technique Description and Effects: [Like Kaido #7, this is a brutal but effective technique. For a healing art, it is incredibly mean. This Kaido summons a limb of metal that can be plugged into the body of an injured ally. Why is this technique mean? Because attaching a new limb to the body will shock the nervous system. This limb will have speed and strength equal to that of whoever it is attached to, and will generally function just like the original limb did. The only difference is that this limb is made of spiritual steel. This means that this limb is far more durable than most flesh and blood. The toughness of the limb is based on the reiatsu strength of the caster of this technique, not the wearer of the limb. It will always be equal to the reiatsu strength of the caster at the time the limb was made, so it will retain its power even if the caster is killed. ]

How to use technique: [Concentrate reiatsu between your hands and outline the shape of the limb you wish to create, leaving a trail of reiatsu in the wake of your hands. This will form the limb, which must then physically be plugged into the person in need.]

Incantation and Effect: [“Forge of the gods, give me a rod of steel that I may shape it into the image of man! You have created us in your image, and now I seek to repair your creation. I beseech thee Hephaestus; bless this steel with your power!” The incantation allows for the limb to last permanantly.]

Drawback: [This technique can only be learned and used by members of Squad 4 with at least 150 healing expertise. This process is extremely painful. If used on a target with no pain tolerance, they will likely pass out. Pain tolerance 1 allows them to stay conscious, but they will be in agony. Pain tolerance 2 allows them to stay conscious, but they will be hindered by the pain slightly. Pain tolerance 3 prevents this drawback. In addition, this technique can only be used if the target is not protecting the spot in any way. If they have hierro or an armor technique covering the spot, it will not penetrate unless the target purposely lowers that defense. Furthermore, if this technique is used without the incantation, the limb will only last for 12 posts before disintegrating back into reishi.]

Made by: [Amaya Azarola]

[Valentin Acciai]

''Oho, why hello there Colossus'' Valentin jested to himself with a wide grin as he witnessed the metallic limb that blocked his attack after it had sent her sleeve to tatters. She appeared to be strong after all which gave Valentin mixed emotions, on one side it would make her a huge pain to deal with as he had Shinigami to murder still but on the other overcoming adversity was a better way than any other for him to advance beyond what he is. Regardless what he decided to feel over it he was stuck with her now and from her display it was clear he did not want to get caught in the grip of an arm that could shrug of a Bala so easily.

Having stood patiently while she blocked his Bala Valentin was courteous enough to let her speak even though her words carried insult. But what spilled out of her mouth was a problem, ''My name is Yoko Kusanagi, head of Uzaki Enterprises Emergency Response Team-'' Valentin happened to have made something of a friend from one of their ranks, Marcus Cole. He didn't know what rank the man held but the Adjuchas didn't want to create trouble for him rare as friends were for hollowkind. Were his hard hollow mask of a face capable of any expression and colour he would have been deathly pale at that moment as he tried to reason over what to do.

But there was no time to idle, having been distracted as he was over this Valentin had noticed too late her approach forwards and had only managed in a hurried defense to raised his free arm to block the punch that came aiming for his face as he attempted to dash backwards to lessen the blow as dodging at this distance was just plain unreasonable. Bones creaked and broke under the weight of her blow and the Adjuchas was just like the woman intended sent flying far, ultimately he managed to land harmlessly atop a car breaking the window and sending it screaming in alarm but as for his arm, giving it a brief glance and feeling pain all over from it there was nary a bone in it that wasn't broken as the useless thing dangled from his shoulder in angles that were quite disturbing to look at.

But injuries like these were Valentin's specialty to deal with and as such he raised what he could of his shattered humerus and with the grating sound of further creaking the bone snapped back in place, soon it was followed by the radius then the ulna and lastly every little bone in his hand shattered by Yoko's blow quickly healed and snapped back in place. Followed by this the flesh too healed until any trace of injury was gone completely from view. Cracking his fingers to make sure all functioned as intended his gaze was back to the woman, no longer distracted by her words as her affiliations wouldn't matter if he let himself be killed. ''No... nonoNONONO-!'' a voice sounded as one of the Shinigami had hidden near the car and now went from terror to panic.

The youngling trying to flee the scene Valentin didn't break his focus from the Fullbringer even as he aimed his slender tail at the fleeing Shinigami and unleashed a triad of fast moving spikes at him aiming for non fatal spots in his extremities to slow him for later. In the meanwhile as Valentin stood atop the car which was now gaining the curious eyes of humans looking through their windows he decided to return a name, too pissed to properly consider the consequences of sharing it with another member of Uzaki Enterprises. ''Valentin Acciai, Prefer healing over hurting but ooh boy~ do i plan to inflict a lot of hurting on you, even if you are part of those guys.'' 

He didn't specify who those guys were but it was obvious enough, but with his name stated it was time to get down to business. Whether she was near or far Valentin would begin his retaliation, firing off the remaining seven spikes in his tail at her in altering speeds and slightly shifted trajectories as new spikes were growing to replace the spent ones inexpensively. Valentin in the meanwhile would await her this time with nothing to distract him as he tightened the grip on his sword, he was somewhat pissed about the first blow but if she needed to come close to deal punishment he should remain calm enough to to make use of her hindrance. Still it didn't mean she wasn't capable of fighting at range so the Adjuchas remained wary. 

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{Organic Generation}
Organic Generation, Valentin has the ability to generate various tissues from anything carrying his Reiatsu signature, not always just from his body. This makes him quite adept at creating organic structures and regenerating himself from injuries as well as that of others and can with sufficient time and Healing Expertise regenerate from the most devastating damage to a body as long as there is Reiatsu to spare. There are 3 different types or tiers if you will of this regeneration, the simplest being the regeneration of muscles, skin or anything at the surface level which would take him 1 turn of healing. The second type being the more serious injury of major muscle and even limb loss where he would be required to grow back a large part of a body from where it is missing, taking the time of 3 turns before fully functional. And lastly the third type being the most complex and important is the regeneration of things such as internal organs which could take as long as 5 turns. All of this regeneration does have a Reiatsu cost of course, the first type being 25 Reiatsu per injury, the second at 100 and the third at 200 Reiatsu. For every 250 Healing Expertise Valentin possesses he can reduce the time to heal by one turn, meaning the lower tiers if he were to become supremely proficient with the healing arts could heal near instantaneously.

Should this regeneration be used to restore any natural armour or weapon then the regenerated spot will be half as tough as it usually was for 3 posts before properly hardening. He can make use of his abilities in others by expending his own Reiatsu at double the price for any technique usable in himself though it requires that a piece of his flesh has been inserted into their body to act as a beacon for his Reiatsu to stream into them by what would look like a thread for those good at sensing energy. While his power can allow him a great deal of comfort knowing that there is no such thing as a permanently lost body part for any he would deign to call friend his abilities do have one great flaw, it's a network and Valentin is the mainframe. Any relatively recent healing from his beacons (Until combat ends or 20 minutes) he has applied to others will rapidly fall apart and unravel should he be put in a state of severe mental distress or unconsciousness, the whole system crashing with him.]

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{Living Spike Shots}
Technique Name: [Living Spike Shots]

Class: [4]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Hollow]

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [This technique allows Valentin to fire off spikes that can be grown from any part of his body in front of wherever he's aiming the spikes to a penetrating power equal to his Reiatsu Strength and a Static Speed of 600. The spikes on average are the size of a short punching dagger or 5 inches long and 1 inch wide so they can do moderate harm however there is a limited number of them. On his tail he has 10 spikes usable for that purpose and regenerates them naturally by 1 spike per 50 healing expertise a turn when it comes to those on his tail. Expending Reiatsu he can generate these same spikes from any part of his body with a cost of 25 Reiatsu for two spikes.

This technique acts as a stepping stone for further abilities as the spikes fired from his body are still alive and connected to him for a time, his Reiatsu visibly still present in them. They are made from an outer layer of bone structure with a fleshy inside akin to an organ though initially inert and malleable until another ability makes use of them and gives them purpose. Should there be no resistance from the body it hits for example a friendly and aware target then the spikes will upon penetration sacrifice their bone exterior to heal the wound made upon entry after the organic part has gone inside. Even if they do not strike a target they will still become a beacon for his spiritual energy and just as capable to transform to suit his purposes. this flesh eventually dissolves within twenty minutes whether or not having a host to sustain itself from and would have to be replaced to continue it's duties.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [By aiming the concerned body part in a chosen direction and simply forcing them out by contracting his muscles, in short flexing them out.]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) (Insert Below)

Supply of fired spikes must be regenerated.

Always go straight so they can be easy to predict.

If the relevant muscle structure is notably injured this technique cannot be used from there until healed.

Incantation and Effect:

Made By: Valentin Acciai

Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): [Yes]

-100 Organic Generation (Replace busted arm)
2050/2500 Reiatsu

[Yoko Kusanagi]

The colossus joke was the first thing that had given Yoko pause about this situation. She had called the thing a demon, a monster. She knew that was the nature of the beast, but it had just referenced human culture. It was, quite obviously, a reference to the Marvel Comics X-Men member. Though her powers were not even vaguely the same as his, she understood why the comparison would be made. He turned into metal looking stuff. She had a metal arm. For just a moment, she hesitated before she laid into that first attack. The idea that a monster could be cultured was new to her, and it was a bit of a shakeup to her worldview. But cultured or not, it was clearly doing evil, and she had a job to do.

Yoko said her spiel and laid into the creature with a rushing jab. She’d held back to avoid damage to the environment, but the creature was still sent reeling. It seemed like maybe this would be an easy battle for a moment. Her strike had been blocked, and she heard the distinct crunching of bones when she landed her blow. It was obvious that the Hollow was no match for her in terms of physical strength, but that honestly wasn’t anything new. She was well aware that she excelled there, but she lagged behind in the spiritual arts by comparison. Still, given that the attack the creature had shot at her first hadn’t damaged her arm, she didn’t seem to have much to fear in terms of attack potency.

But then the blasted thing shrugged off her attack as if it was nothing. Broken bones mended themselves in a nauseating display of self-healing prowess. With her heightened sense of hearing, Yoko even heard the shattered limb grind itself back together. It was like nails on a chalkboard to her, and sent a shiver straight down her spine. How disgusting. It looks like this isn’t going to be an easy fight after all though. Who knows what the limits of its regeneration are? As if the regeneration wasn’t troublesome enough, there was also the babysitting part of this. It appeared a Shinigami had been hiding behind the car. He was assaulted by the Hollow, and though Yoko could have made it in time with Bringer Light, some sadistic part of her opted not to interfere.

She still held a bit of a grudge towards Shinigami for all their failures. Hell, the reason this Hollow was even here was probably because they were such an easy meal. She was here to protect civilians. That man was a soldier. No. He was an insult to soldiers. He screamed. Hid. Begged. He deserved his fate. If he had stood his ground and tried to defend himself, then Yoko would have saved him. But he was a pathetic excuse for a man. If the world was left to be defended by weaklings like him, he would actively cause more harm than he prevented. Spiritual powers were beacons for Hollows, and if you couldn’t slay the ones you attracted then you were the problem.

''Valentin Acciai, Prefer healing over hurting but ooh boy~ do i plan to inflict a lot of hurting on you, even if you are part of those guys.'' The demon spoke to her again, but this time not in jest. It was a threat. It took Yoko a moment, but she realized she had read that name before. Valentin was described briefly in a report by Marcus that she had read. The two had encountered each other and teamed up to deal with some weaker Hollows together. Apparently Valentin could also shoot healing tail spikes or something, but Marcus didn’t put many combat details into his report. That was a shame, as those details would have come in handy right now, given that it seemed this time Valentin was here to fight the good guys, not the bad ones.

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As always, Yoko was a cautious fighter. Given that she still didn’t know the full depth of the abilities this opponent had, she still opted to play it safe. The healing factor was a troublesome ability to be sure, but outside of that she had little intel to work with. In light of that lack of knowledge, she had stood back to observe the results of her strike and did not immediately rush the target again. Instead, she took time to try to warn the civilians that remained in the area. In what was becoming an annoyingly standard tactic for her she yelled out to anyone who could hear. ”Ahhh! I see a bomb in that car! It’s a terrorist attack! Run away!” A person could be smart, but people were dumb. They tended to listen to stuff like that and either hid indoors or turn and ran on foot if they were outside.

Of course there were still some Shinigami around from the smell of it, but at least getting some of the humans out of her way gave her a little less to worry about. With the streets largely empty she could let out a bit more of her power, and she was aware of that not a moment too soon. The beast fired off some spikes in her direction, around the size of a throwing knife each. She knew that these could be the healing spikes that Marcus had mentioned, but the chances that the Hollow was trying to heal her were zero. The only sane option was to treat them as a threat. That said, they didn’t seem instantly lethal, and that meant the Fullbringer could do a bit of testing.

Her legs squared up a bit into a boxing style stance with her left side still leading, and she threw a quick barrage of blows. An eighth. A quarter. Half. Jab. Cross. Uppercut. ”Tsst. Tsst. HAAAH!” Three punches were thrown, and with each successive punch she used a bit more of her strength. All of the strikes utilized her signature martial technique, Fist of Unbroken Air. Each strike sent out a considerable gust of wind that grew in size and effectiveness as she used more strength. As she didn’t feel an immediate threat to her life, this was her way of feeling out how much strength she needed to use against this foe. Given that her foe could heal, she needed to conserve her stamina after all.

The only tricky bit with this attack was that it came from multiple different angles. Her jab sent a thin, pressurized stream of air right at a single one of the knives, and it faltered a bit but continued on its course. The cross that held a quarter of her strength was a bit wider and stuck out towards two of them at once. Though the Fullbringer couldn’t tell exactly why it was the case, a quarter of her strength was enough to pretty much stop the knives in their tracks. It wasn’t because that was a numerical advantage, but simply because Fist of Unbroken Air outclassed the small projectiles by such a large amount in terms of actual technique potency.

That still left five things on target though. The uppercut wasn’t direct at the knives themselves, but rather as a purely defensive measure. The rising strike brought forth a wall of wind in front of her. This time it had enough force to form an updraft larger than her body, and enough potency to stop the incoming knives and send them skywards. Fist of Unbroken Air was the defensive technique she had developed for situations exactly like this. Where some brutes punch the air, she gave it a nice little push. This gentler approach to using her strength gave her a lot more finesse. In terms of raw martial ability though, it was a technique surpassed by nothing, and equaled in class by only the other techniques wielded by masters.

”Come now Valentin. You say you’re a healer, and even tricked Marcus into writing as much in his report, but I dare say you only convinced him of that to avoid a beating. Don’t think I’ll be so soft.” The first three strikes had been purely defensive. A warning. They disarmed an attack and showed what the master martial artist was capable of, but none of those first few blows was aimed at the Hollow itself. As Yoko finished her statement back at the Hollow, indicating she knew what had happened the last time the monster met someone from Uzaki Enterprises, the organic spikes descended back down. Yoko wasn’t sure if they were capable of being controlled remotely or anything, but she wasn’t above to give the Hollow much time to try.

One more cross was thrown, this one too at half her strength. ”HAAAAAAAAAH!” Like those before it, this one sent a rushing torrent of wind outwards. Though the wind itself was just that, it was made visible by carrying the spikes right back towards their creator at 400 speed. Of course the whole sequence was telegraphed rather obviously, and she had given Valetin plenty of chance to see how the technique worked. Honestly, at this point, her hope was still that the beast would simply decide that fighting wasn’t worth it and run away. She had no problem with killing it, but making it surrender would likely mean less casualties. Fight or flight aside, a wall of wind raced down the street towards the Hollow, carrying with it the five spikes that were still airborne. In the event that struck anything in its path, the blow would send it flying as if Yoko herself had pushed it with 400 strength. How would an intelligent monster deal with a strike like that?

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{Fist of Unbroken Air}
Technique Name: [Fist of Unbroken Air]

Class: [1]

Technique Type: [Martial]

Usable By: [Anyone who meets the requirements: 800 strength AND have mastered Low Pressure AND have a 3 in either Kunlun or Baguazhang]

Technique Element: [Wind]

Technique Description and Effects: [This technique is something developed by Yoko after mastering Low Pressure, and reaching a truly high level of strength. Those with incredible strength are generally able to fire of shockwaves of raw power that can unleash terrible devastation. Such shockwaves have even been known to bypass Hierro. An unintended side effect of Low Pressure was that her shockwaves did not develop in the same way as most high-strength fighters. Instead of striking so hard that she shatters the air, her strength lets her "push" the air. At the most basic level, the difference between shockwaves and this technique is that the shockwave will "punch" things and this technique will "push" things.

Effectively, this technique allows Yoko to use her physical prowess to send out blasts of air. At learned or proficient status, it is only good for basic, ki-blast style gusts of wind from the hands or feet. The bursts of wind push things with force equivalent to Yoko's physical strength. That's the thing though. This technique doesn't cause direct damage, it just sends things flying. Granted, those who horribly neglect their strength may still get injured. If Yoko's physical strength exceeds that of the target by at least five times (ie: less than 160 strength target when Yoko has 800 strength) then they will still suffer bruising on impact. If her strength exceeds theirs by ten times (ie: less than 80 strength target when Yoko has 800 strength) then broken bones are expected. On the off chance that Yoko manages to exceed their strength by twenty times (ie: less than 40 strength target when Yoko has 800 strength) the impact alone is likely to incapacitate them. However, ALL impact damage is completely negated by any skin defense (ie: Hierro) or armor that can withstand at least one fifth of Yoko's strength (ie: Fancy Suit Mk 1 or Amaya's Tattersall Bindings). That won't stop them from going flying though, unless the defense specifically negates stuff like that (looking at you, Blut).

Regardless, the real risk of injury is what happens when they STOP moving. Slamming into walls at high speeds is rarely fun without high strength. If an emeny is hit by Fist of Unbroken Air, then they will go flying at a speed equal to Yoko's strength. The strength of this technique technically works off of impact strength, since it is a martial technique. That means it can be combo'd with techniques like Impact, and can bypass the 3x cap.

Mastery grants a finer level of control. The gusts of wind can be shaped to a degree. With mastery, Yoko can do things like change the gust to be a thin stream of air, a crescent, or even a sphere. Only simple shapes though. No sending any realistic drawings of Ben Franklin at anyone with this technique. The other advantage of mastery is that Yoko can launch the technique from any muscle she can flex. Tensing up everything at once can even briefly create a sphere of air around her that repels any weaker attack! Mastery also allows this to be used with weapons, assuming the user has a 3 in that weapon skill. Really though, the best perk of mastery in Yoko's eyes is the ability to hold back. With mastery the strength of this technique can be reduced as low as 1/10th of her current strength.

As a purely martial technique, this does not cost any reiatsu. Despite that, the gusts of air can clash with reiatsu. If the margin is close enough that the techniques cancel out, then the other technique will just be stopped in its tracks, and probably explode. If the margin is high enough that Fist of Unbroken Air completely overpowers the other technique, it will actively redirect it back along the path that Fist of Unbroken Air was following.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [At learned or proficient: punch or kick without holding strength back, and a blast of air comes out. With mastery, any movement or muscle flexed can send a burst of wind flying.]

Technique Drawbacks: [First, there are strict requirements to learn this technique. A minimum of 800 strength is required, as well as a 3 in one of two martial arts (listed above). A previous technique is required to be mastered, and that technique requires points in Calm Mind. Also, like Low Pressure caused Gravity Crushing to be lost forever, Fist of Unbroken Air causes the basic shockwave ability to be forever lost. Also, this technique will basically never do damage against a fighter of equal class unless they are standing next to a brick wall and have both low strength and no defenses. It's more of a defensive counterpart to shockwaves, which limits the damage output significantly. Oh, it can also be completely resisted (like, the target won't even move an inch) if they have strength 50% higher than Yoko. Others can resist being blown away by a variety of methods, including random stuff like Soul Commanding the ground they're standing on to be really sticky.]

Made By: Yoko Kusanagi

Reserved?: [Yes, but can be taught to, and mastered by, others if Yoko chooses to teach them all the secrets.]

[Valentin Acciai]

The Fullbringer for whatever reason just letting Valentin do as he pleased with the Shinigami was a surprise but a welcome one, as frightened as the little reaper was he kept running despite his injuries between alleys and intersections. But something which terrified the man one of the spikes sank down into his flesh and healed the entry wound as the spike became a soft mass that clung to the insides of his body. While the Shinigami had no choice but to continue running he did so filled with dread as he slowly felt ever weaker and weaker, sapped of strength as Valentin had implanted him with a parasite which sapped his reiatsu reserves and so graciously sent them streaming into Valentin's body where they could be better spent.

A smirk took place behind Valentin's mask, one which could only be seen ever so narrowly behind the sharp teeth of the mask he wore. A host to drain of reiatsu would be useful although the quality of said host was questionable at best, if he could get a few more of them though, then he could play a very different and very amusing game. The last of the spikes in the Shinigami's body soon followed the first that had dug it's way down the host's body and healed the wound behind it, digging itself down deep in the horrified Shinigami who could feel the strange movement inside his body, a second soft lump now residing in the ribcage among the organs grew to become a swollen lump of fat, a second brain that was slowly beginning the process of connecting with Valentin.

It was a genial idea of his to avoid sudden unexpected death, by creating extra brains and having them all connected with the same information, the same entity and the same soul Valentin could very well survive his original body being vaporized as long as all that made Valentin himself still lived elsewhere. But it would take some time to complete the brain which was it's weakness, it was a brain after all, the most complex organic structure invented by nature or anyone else for that matter. But this all went on in the background, for a person slowly getting further and further away. While Valentin could treat this poor Shinigami as his toy the Fullbringer was a completely different matter.

Her theatrics to get any people outside the hell away was well appreciated and Valentin bowed ever so slightly in thanks for doing what he was physically unable to do with his spiritual body. Still he had fired off his spikes regardless as he was none the less pissed with the woman and in turn got to see quite the unique display. How she commanded the wind in such a fashion was unknown to him but it was undoubtedly a problem as he saw it halt any advance of his spikes. By now all ten of them had regrown so it was no loss sure but Valentin liked to depend on these humble bone projectiles so it didn't please him none the very winds were against him.

”Come now Valentin. You say you’re a healer, and even tricked Marcus into writing as much in his report, but I dare say you only convinced him of that to avoid a beating. Don’t think I’ll be so soft.” ohohoho now he was beyond pissed, the woman called him a liar and a manipulator and Valentin would have none of it ''Watch your tongue wench, you seem to be familiar with an acquaintance of mine but you're obviously not very familiar with him at all. No one trusts a hollow on principle so i make a habit of never telling a lie.'' he stated in a much more dark tone than previously as the wall of wind and spikes flew his way at full force. It was a wide area attack and he was stuck between the walls of houses that made the opening of a street, in his arsenal he had little to counter such attacks but there was the always handy trick any vaguely intelligent hollow would remember was in their possession.

Ulcera, with no time to lose he ran straight into the empty dimension known as the Valley of Screams as the wind struck at the broken car where Valentin had once been to find no hollow to pummel. Instead the Adjuchas now stood by another pair of Shinigami corpses as he used his blade to slice off another few bodyparts for him to then begin to chew on only a handful of meters away from the Fullbringer. ''I *chomp* told him i don't eat humans and i don't, *chomp* never claimed i don't like taking revenge on the bastards who will hunt me even when i reside in Hueco Mundo. It's only natural to cut them down whilst they're young, i bet you've seen how proudly they parade the powers of their Bankais, killing however many innocents as collateral it takes to complete their mission.'' he said spitefully remembering a very specific example.

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{Parasite}Technique Name: [Parasite]

Class: [4]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Hollow]

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [Building on Living Spike Shots the Parasite technique transforms a spike that has entered the target into a small fleshy lump that holds itself in place by fusing with nearby material. It can only be used on unresisting targets or targets at least equal or below Valentin's Class and costs 100 Reiatsu to create, otherwise repulsed by their spiritual pressure. The parasite's function is to leech off Reiatsu from others and using the strings of Reiatsu attaching Living Spike Shots to Valentin in normal cases sends some of a target's Reiatsu to flow into Valentin. The parasite can harvest up to 150 Reiatsu a turn from a target and there can't be more than one parasite per person, if a target wishes to be rid of the parasite they can expend 200 Reiatsu to burn it out of their body. If a hostile target is of same class as Valentin he can drain them of 100 Reiatsu a turn and if 1 class below of further 150 Reiatsu. The parasite lives only as long as an ordinary spike once separated from Valentin and must be replaces every 20 minutes to continue working.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [Activate on a Living Spike Shot that has entered a target.]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) (Requires either willing target or class inferior target.)

Incantation and Effect:

Made By:
Valentin Acciai

Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): [Yes]

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{Headless Horseman Reenactment}Technique Name: [Headless Horseman Reenactment!]

Class: [3]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Hollow]

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [All too often when a foe learns that they fight a regenerating monster they either make their priority to destroy the brain or set it aflame. Valentin has come up with a trick for himself or someone with a part of him inside themselves to survive at least one of those scenarios. By creating a second brain inside a target's body (either his own body or someone who had been penetrated with one of his spike beacons) containing either his personality and memories or that of an ally linked up with his beacon spikes that readies at the speed a normal organ does using Organic Generation while the first brain is still alive one can copy all of an individuals memories and functions to the second brain perfectly, the two syncing up information as long as they are connected. This means that were one of the brains terminated the target would still very much be alive even if they were missing their head, able to have it regenerate at a later time. For paying the cost of the technique again the target would grow a pair of eyes and earholes instantly anywhere on their body to make up for their lost senses which disappear once the head is regrown.

While it is possible to also use one of his spikes to create a place to store a second brain outside of a body such a transformation would cost an additional 200 Reiatsu to form a large fleshy orb with the necessary environment to keep the brain alive. The thing would be immobile and vulnerable to attack but could in an emergency bring someone back to life when combined with Death Denial.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [By activating and using the technique, the organ being completed before the primary brain is destroyed will allow the target to go on even if their entire head is destroyed.]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) The brain needs to be created as an organ at the turn speed dictated by Organic Generation, if the brain is not finished before the primary brain is destroyed then the process is halted and the target would either die a vegetable to suffer a very serious case of permanent amnesia. The second brain will cease to function once combat ends and return to being malleable tissue. Using the brain in combination with death denial does not give one the power to make a foe explode from the inside but instead grow out harmlessly from their body and then separated without any injury.

Incantation and Effect:

Made By:
Valentin Acciai

Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): [Yes]

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{Ulcera}Technique Name: Ulcera (Ulcer)

Class: 7

Technique Type: Stepping

Usable By: Hollows (Not Arrancar)

Technique Description and Effects: This technique is a basic stale for a Hollow's ability to slide in and out of the valley of screams at will when it is hunting or stalking prey. By gliding in and out of the space used by techniques like garganta or descorrer, a hollow can get around quickly. This technique operates similarly to a stepping technique, but only moves at 5x the user's speed. However, the user weaves through rips in the fabric of whatever world they are in, and as such the hollows exits, and then re-enters at the destination, Hollows do not lose awareness of the world as they move through an Ulcera, and can return to the material world mid-step in response to a threat or opportunity. This technique does not take up a Technique slot.

How to use technique (How is it activated?): See Above

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) Costs 75 reiatsu per step.

Made By: Ajora

Reserved?: No

-100 Parasite
+150 Parasite
-400 Headless Horseman Reenactment
-75 Ulcera

1625/2500 Reiatsu

2 Class 7 Shinigami Consumed

[Yoko Kusanagi]

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That was an impressive amount of backsass that this monster had given her. It thought that it knew Marcus better than her? They had met what, once? Marcus and Yoko had worked in the spiritual side of Uzaki Enterprises together for quite some time. Of course there had been her forced hiatus, but aside from that they had both basically been there since the beginning of that organization. Though they didn't see eye to eye on everything, there was little doubt that the two of them were the most loyal members in that organization. Marcus had apparently even gone so far as to do mundane office work to be of use to Kazura. Yoko saw her value more in situations like this, and focused on growing stronger for them, but she had a massive amount of respect for her colleague's dedication.

Sass or not, she had continued her attack. The pathetic, half dead Shinigami had managed to flee around the corner just fine, but WHERE THE FUCK DID THAT HOLLOW GO? The very car that the creature had been standing on got sent screeching down the street as its tires and brakes protested with angry squeals. Yoko couldn't sense energy, but that was pretty clearly a use of reiatsu for her foe to dodge that blow. If the thing couldn't even avoid her punch earlier, the fact that it could escape Fist of Unbroken Air meant it had to have used some kind of technique. As far as she knew, Hollows had no step techniques at their disposal, and even if they did she wasn't convinced such a maneuver could give this creature enough raw speed to dodge. There was only one answer. Teleportation.

As if the universe felt like confirming her suspicions the voice of the hollow rang out behind her. There had been absolutely no indication that it moved as far as Yoko could tell, but there was its voice behind her. Without any delay, she instinctively jumped forward a few feet and spun on her heels to face the creature. For a mere moment there was a crack in her otherwise unflappable appearance. She had definitely underestimated this thing. What it lacked in raw power it easily made up for with tricks. Between the regeneration earlier and now teleportation, the Fullbringer was honestly unsure if she could stop this thing. She needed an edge to make sure she could kill this thing cleanly, and that just was happening with how hard she was trying so far.

Sure, Yoko had an advantage in brute strength, but that didn’t seem to be getting her very far. What she needed was tactics. Something that could catch the creature off guard and let her get a clean hit in. ”Though I can’t say I blame you for trying to survive, I can’t blame Shinigami for hunting your kind given how much death they spread. Pretty words won’t change my mind. Every Shinigami I’ve seen, no matter how much I might dislike them, has saved far more lives than they’ve ended.” She offered a retort back to the creature, but surely it would realize that she walked backwards as she did so. This was no more than a ploy to by time.

What she had decided she needed was a blade, but she didn’t have one without releasing her Fullbring. Given how many innocents were nearby she didn’t want to use that level of force if she could avoid it. Fortunately for her, and unfortunately for her “allies” in this battle, some of the Shinigami had died and left her a nice gift in their will. Sure the monster had left naught but bloodstains where some of them were, but most of the corpses had a fresh blade of spiritual steel right next to them. As she spoke, she had been backing up right towards one of the corpses. ”You can judge me however you wish, and you can judge the Shinigami too for all I care. It doesn’t change what I’m here to do.”

With those words she had reached it. The Fullbringer snuck her foot underneath the handle of the blade and yanked it upwards. In a single fluid motion she grabbed the airborne katana and vanished in a step of Bringer Light, leaving naught but a flicker of reiatsu in her place. She reappeared above and behind the Hollow, her freshly scavenged blade brought down in an overhead slash aimed to sever the head in half. Whether she hit or not, she jumped backwards after that single slash. She wanted to see how the creature reacted to an attack like that. It didn’t matter if it died, evaded, or regenerated the damage. No matter what she would learn something useful about it.

Reiatsu: 1450/1500
-50 for Bringer Light

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{Movement: Bringer Light}Technique Name: Bringer Light

Class: 4

Technique Type: Human Technique

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects:
This is the stepping technique for humans. It increases their speed for a single step by 10 times for 50 Reiatsu. It leaves a column of flickering light in the place where the user previously occupied. Unlike other steps, this one can be used to build speed. If used in succession, the speed and cost go up with each additional step. The second step is a 13x increase, and costs 100 Reiatsu. The third step is a 15x increase, and costs 200 Reiatsu. From there, the cost doubles with each additional step, and the speed increase goes up by 1 time. Meaning the fourth step is 16x and 400 Reiatsu, the fifth is 17x and 800 Reiatsu, etc. Though at first the column of light is visible where the user was, once the third step is reached, the column of light is no longer there.

How to use technique: To work, this technique manipulates the soul in whatever the user is standing on, allowing for feats such as high jumping, or the step which increases speed.

Drawback: None

[Valentin Acciai]

How amusing he thought, a simple trick such as phrasing in and out between dimension put her on such alert as to make distance in hurried preemptive defense? he had chuckled to himself after having completed his little speech just earlier, the hollows she was used to must definitely have been bottom tier if the humble talker by the name of Valentin was such a threat to her. He wasn't stupid, for a hollow he could damn well make Albert Einstein seem utterly average by comparison. Valentin knew full well she was holding back something fierce as to not cause casualities among the populace with her earlier call out to people about the terrorist and whatnot.

She hadn't even revealed her Fullbring to him so he could only assume it held powers far too destructive to use in a densely populated area like this one which just made him adore her more, truly Fullbringers were the only guardians of humanity that the world should need if only their numbers weren't so scarce. The Shinigami ought to just give them all Asuchi's to perform soul burials with, find a way to increase their number and retire, they were much better at the job in the Adjucha's experience. Although he had no idea how they would fare against proper Arrancar, he knew Marcus was strong and this girl he believed to be even stronger but Espada were an entirely different challenge he doubted their chances against.

His needlessly convoluted thoughts halted by Yoko's reply there was no denying the statistics were favourable for the shinigami if it was simply a numbers game but some of their rank were just as bloodthirsty as his own kin which Valentin just couldn't accept as justifiable for the self proclaimed good guys. But he was serious enough not to get caught up in the talk, noting her movements just like Yoko predicted he likely would but the Adjuchas was far too polite to interrupt her as the conversation was beginning to become a prospect more interesting than his actual hunt. Just as he was about to retort that he didn't really have anything to judge her for the Fullbringer had chosen to act, scavenging a weapon from one of Valentin's victims before unleashing her attack.

Disappearing in front of his eyes her attack was quite obvious, Valentin wasn't quick enough to see where she had gone but usually attacks like these were intended to follow up to a backstabbing just like he had just done himself without the stabbing her part so what he lacked in reaction he made up for in prediction... and speed, throwing himself forwards to dodge the blow guessing it was the sword she had intended to use. But he knew full well at his normal pace she might catch him in the movement and thus he had another trick up his sleeve, a wonderful new ability he had been saving for when he or whomever he might be buddying up with was outmatched by a opponent in physical abilities.

Reiatsu coursing through his body looted from the poor helpless shinigami streets away, he and the boy tied together by an unseverable thread of reiatsu that could have guided Yoko right to the boy if she weren't impaired in her ability to sense the flow of energy. The result of this stolen energy flowing inside Valentin it pulsed into his muscles, to every last protein and sent them to overdrive as his muscle mass swelled ever so slightly and then condensed itself into it's regular shape again albeit stronger, faster. His limit once 250 Speed it rose to 400, just the tiniest smudge faster than the woman and enough to escape her blade by the width of a hair as the Asuchi scraped against Valentin's carapace plating.

With her retreat backwards after her single attack Valentin saw no reason not to punish her current positioning, she was behind his tail and thus quite logically he fired the whole row of them with 10 independent spikes darting at her in something similar to the arc of a shotgun spray. Feeling particularly entertained Valentin as he turned around to face her replied in a cheery tone almost fitting only to share with a friend ''Judge you? i damn wish i was you silly~ refraining from using your powers for the safety of others you are worlds apart from that death reaper scum. If only i had been a Fullbringer some eighty years ago i wouldn't have to wear this hideous body.''

''I do appreciate you trying to perform a soul burial on me rather than destroying my soul though, or souls if you want to get technical. That's really nice of you but i'll have to decline on your generosity, i want to wear human skin again out of my own power, i won't settle for handouts. But i digress, you have a job to do yes? so let's have some fun and see if that deified nippon steel measures up to this cheap replica of an European arming sword haha~'' he jested as he would right after bolt forth with his enhanced body intending to deliver a barrage of thrusts aimed for her joints as he'd try to stay clear of her range to avoid any strikes from her far superior strength. Rather than block which was the tactic of fools Valentin would seek to parry what he could without fighting her strength head on and dodge, possibly even retreat against the blows where parrying didn't seem an option.


-150 Doping in Style
+150 Parasite

1625/2500 Reiatsu

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{Doping in Style}Technique Name: [Doping in Style]

Class: [3]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Hollow]

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [Generating and overlapping strands of muscle tissue Valentin condenses layer after layer to create densely woven muscles that might look normal enough but contains far more power than they did in their normal state. Using this ability Valentin can spend his Healing Expertise prior to type to increase another's or his own physical attributes by the same amount prior to type by also paying a Reiatsu cost every turn equal to the amount of Stat Points moved around. This of course means that the rest of abilities in possession by Valentin that require Healing Expertise will weaken by the same amount and might cause him to regenerate slower than usual and such. For example this means Valentin could sacrifice all 400 of his healing expertise for a turn to increase his or another's base strength by 200 points and his base speed by 200 or however he wishes to spread it.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [It is willed into effect using his own tissue, be it within his own body or the body of another that has part of his flesh in them.]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) If physical stats are increased by 200 or lower in total there is no drawback for the person the technique is used on, if stats are increased by 201-400 total a low amount of fatigue begins to build and becomes moderate fatigue after 3 turns and severe fatigue after 8.

low fatigue is little more than building up a sweat and doesn't affect the host much, moderate fatigue lactic acid is beginning to form and breath might become unsteady as oxygen intake struggles to be enough. Severe fatigue leads to exhaustion, inability to keep up with an opponent they otherwise should be able to due to the protests of their body demanding rest. They're panting deeply for breath as the lactic acid leaves them feeling weak and exposed with muscles refusing to move as they should. Target will need 2 turns of inaction to drop from each and every stage of fatigue.

Incantation and Effect:

Made By:
Valentin Acciai

Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): [Yes]

[Yoko Kusanagi]

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{Play this – Naruto OST – Minato vs Tobi Theme}

”Tch.” It had dodged by the narrowest margin. The tip of her blade had scraped against its tough outer shell. Had she been a mere millimeter deeper with her cut then a fraction of her strength could have registered with the attack and done enough damage to severely injure the creature. Having failed to end the fight there and then, Yoko had retreated back a leap to prevent her being in melee range of any of the monster’s appendages, but that didn’t mean she was safe by any stretch of the imagination and she knew as much. The moment she landed she was ready for another attack to come her way and the Hollow had obliged.

It was a maneuver she had already seen once before, though the pattern was a bit different. Spikes shot off the creature’s tail and flew at Yoko. She had previously gone as far as to determine the exact offensive power of this technique. The same attack simply wouldn’t work on her at this point, especially with a straightforward method of delivery. A quick exhale left her mouth as she flexed her body. Her stance upon landing had put her right side forward, and her newly scavenged blade was raised to cover her head since she couldn’t really flex her “head muscles” the same way she could with her arms, obliques, or legs. Some of the shots went wide due to her stance. One impacted the blade at head height but couldn’t force her arm backwards. Another hit her just below the ribs and another still went into her thigh.

Though they had made contact, none of the projectiles could do more than tear holes in her clothing. Her sheer muscle mass was strong enough that flexing it was enough to stop these physical hunks of the opponent’s body from cutting her. When it was all said and done, the things had all either missed or harmlessly been deflected. As they clattered to the ground her opponent spoke to her once more, and offered their praise. Ugh. She hated being praised by things she was trying to kill. But she actually did listen. There were hints in there that the creature didn’t actually want to be what it was. That it regretted its nature. Some, like Marcus, saw that as a reason to spare it. Yoko saw it as a reason to put the poor thing out of its misery.

At this point, she was largely done with battle banter. Hell, her last few lines had only been an attempt to distract the creature. She did appreciate the brief reprieve though. She hadn’t been trying hard yet, but that extra moment to catch her breath fully meant she was still at nearly full stamina. Despite that, she was a little worried. The movement of when the Hollow had dodged her sword swing was fast. Landing a finishing blow was hard enough with all the healing this thing could do, but it had also picked up its speed enough to avoid her. The longer this fight dragged on, the more problematic this demon seemed to become. Yoko only hoped that the increased speed wasn’t a sign of things to come.

Once again her opponent telegraphed her attacks not by motion, but by literally announcing the intent to attack. As the thing closed the gap between them it launched into a series of thrusts with its blade. Calm as could be, Yoko took in all the details of its stance. It seemed to actually know how to wield a blade, but she saw imperfections in the footwork and the angles used. They weren’t major things, as a thrust was a fairly simple attack, but the beast couldn’t match her in swordplay skill. That much was evident from the moment that Yoko caught the tip of the first strike on the flat side of her stolen steel.

As had been the case so far, her movements were kept to a minimum and held back to conserve her stamina. All she did was adjust the angle of her wrist to put her sword between her opponent’s attack and her own flesh. Part of her had been concerned that maybe the Hollow’s power had increased along with its speed, but that first attack didn’t budge her blade an inch. A confident smile flashed as the creature moved in for another blow. When it did so, Yoko’s blade was held horizontally in the path of the oncoming second thrust. Another adjustment of the wrist was all it took to put the sword in the spot it was needed. With the overwhelming different in strength, that was all that was needed on defense.

But she wasn’t just here to block thrust after thrust. When the third one came in she made a move as well. Her metallic left hand gripped the pointy end of her blade. With two hands she thrust the flat of the asauchi into the tip of her opponent’s blade. She had effectively “bunted” the incoming attack as if it had been a baseball. However this was a far more violent response than what happened when a normal human played sports. She had exerted half of her strength in that movement. Not enough to shatter her opponent’s blade, but certainly enough for an overwhelming different in strength to be beyond obvious to everyone involved in this clash.

The first and second times that their blades had met the Hollow would have been met with nothing worse than maybe a slight sting in the hands, as if they had slammed their sword into a reinforced concrete wall. The third time was different. It was as if they had tried to thrust their sword into a semi truck that was speeding right at them. All the force of her block would be sent down that bone blade and into the arm of its wielder. Unless the Hollow had some way to negate it, the force would repeat the same result as the Fullbringer’s first punch. An equivalent force would send the creature flying, arm first, and undoubtedly shatter every bone in that arm. She couldn’t help by wonder why the creature had even tried to engage her in melee when it knew it was at such a massive strength disadvantage.

Reiatsu: 1450/1500

[Valentin Acciai]

A welcome surprise the woman was an excellent duelist! certainly Valentin didn't exactly have many cards on his side when it came to close combat with her superb physical abilities and whatnot more than enough to tear him in half if she caught him. He knew well most would consider it folly for him to even think the thought to take her on in melee but it was such good fun to engage in such a pure form of fighting with minimal placement on spiritual abilities. Her prowess as a close range combatant however was too much for Valentin to keep up with as Yoko managed to keep each and every one of his thrusts from hitting her, regardless the Adjuchas was having a blast during the exchange.

When he had died he had been nothing more than a ravenous beast with his first victim being one of his sisters but as he had achieved intelligence and bit by bit fragments of his memories until he even possessed something of a conscience born from his regrets of the family he had murdered, horrible as the memory was that tormented him he couldn't even remember her name. But it was what had driven him onto this long hunt to achieve humanity and he believed his desire to wear human skin once more was what caused the shape of his Adjuchas body since it did have the rough dimensions of a human with exception to the tail of course, something that decided to stick around from when he was nothing more than a base hollow resembling an over sized lizard.

Since gaining these desires his way of fighting had become much more refined that much of his kin, the Adjuchas even having sought out hollows who remembered how to handle mortal weapons and forced or bribed them to teach him. When he was to become Arrancar he would have need of that knowledge which was also why he had never mastered any one specific type of sword, how could he when he knew not what sort of blade he would be blessed with if the day ever came to pass for him to ascend. But the fragments of various styles and teachings he possessed proved no match for a human trained to wield the weapons who properly belonged to humanity.

As their little exchange came to an end with her pushing the blunt part of her sword directly at the tip of Valentin's own blade the force she exerted completely nullified the Adjucha's attack as his arm broke in a funny angle with his elbow going the wrong way and the tendons snapped in a painful stretched that lasted no more than an instant. As before the blow sent him flying with muscles ripped and strained in his arm all the way from his hand with broken fingers all the way up to his shoulder which made him unable to hold onto his sword any longer with the thing sliding out of his grip and flying off impaling itself on a nearby building as a trophy should the woman have cared for it, the useless limb flailing as Valentin was sent flying he howled words in restrained pain at the Fullbringer ''UTTERLY SUBLIME! I LOVE IT~''

As he was flying his speed shrank back to 250 as he had halted the technique that had boosted his abilities to better focus on repairing his body although the change in his physical abilities that would be difficult to discern at the specific moment as his current traveling speed was dictated by the blow that just went and broke his arm again! aah, but it was a superficial injury for someone like Valentin at least. The painful to hear sounds of his bones creaking back in place this time it was even worse as all the little finger bones got into the action until Valentin would get back on his feet after tearing up a good chunk of earth and grass from the park before the momentum was halted.

Eyes focused on Yoko to make sure she didn't end up finishing the job while he was recovering by the time he had landed his arm was back in fighting condition to once more defy her ability to break it. ''Fighting you is a whole load of fun, i wish we could do it more often. I throw myself at you, you break my arm, i throw myself at you and you break my arm again! so lovably simplistic! but i worry if i might be boring you, am i boring you?'' he asked in a tone that sounded more mockery of worry than actual worry that he was getting repetitive. But he had an idea for how to even the playing field some more and make this whole thing a lot more fun. ''Ah! if you give me a minute i'll have something ready for you that will make this all a whole lot more interesting, you up for it?''

He stated with his healed right arm pointing it's finger up like an exclamation mark, so joyful was the Adjuchas with the battle that he treated it more like rough playing. He knew or at least pridefully believed himself to be beyond her capacity to kill even though Valentin himself hadn't even managed to give her so much as a scratch so far. A cocky attitude to be sure but hollow and arrancar both were prone to foolish pride, but with a nasty prank up his sleeve he crafted himself a nasty lie to unsettle her a little with some luck. ''Do you mind visitors in your immune system? if i can't fight you on the outside i might as well let myself in and play with your organs and do some boxing with your kidneys, no? mini Val here i go!''

He called out as the very next moment the Adjuchas would dash back towards the Fullbringer, he was now without a sword but he made clear he was still very much armed as his hands properly extended with the clawed tips of his fingers more than capable of gouging out a throat. The second he'd sense any hostility from her however or just got reasonably close Valentin would once more shift into the valley of screams by the aid of another Ulcera as his true intent was to get as far in to the now wrecked street as he possibly could. From there if he succeeded the hollow would keep on chasing after the numerous Shinigami who would likely have kept on running during their extended battle but with Valentin's superior quickness compared to most of them catching up would be a breeze.

If uninterrupted thus far the Adjuchas would after multiple turns between streets and alleyways ever so quiet as a predator was locate himself a group of the survivors numbering to seven standing grouped up near a bridge, almost half of the surviving numbers if his math wasn't horribly wrong after all the pummeling he had taken. Spotting the Shinigami was difficult but it was the sound they made that betrayed them, panicked as they were one of them was shouting for support as frantically as possible to that ever iconic black hell butterfly as if that would make it carry it's message any faster. While the butterfly did manage to get away before Valentin got there escaping through the air and fluttering off the Shinigami weren't as lucky.

Before they could properly react Valentin smashed into the group in a frenzy of claws, blades and spikes, he even dismembering the hand of one just to take his sword to replace his own lost blade. Ultimately four of them lay dead before the rest managed to scatter but they would only do so because he allowed them to and certainly not without marking them in his own special little way each of the three departing with spike injuries that sank into their flesh and horrifying them as had happened with the first. For the four dead Shinigami that remained shredded and torn apart on the ground there was only one thing to do really, awaiting the Fullbringer the Adjuchas began to feast on their severed limbs to make sure no other hollow could hope to scavenge his kill. Chewing on remains he'd remain near the bridge expecting her with one hand stuffing his mouth with Shinigami and the other resting an asuchi against his shoulder with a casual ''Yo, how'd you like the trick? aprils fools! it's... april right?'' upon her arrival.


-75 Ulcera
-300 Parasite
+600 Parasite (first parasite has now sucked the initial victim dry of reiatsu and rendered him unconscious.)

1850/2500 Reiatsu

4 Class 7 Shinigami Consumed

[Yoko Kusanagi]

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{Play This - Death Note OST – Kira Theme Medley}

Well that one was unexpected. Her opponent had been sent flying away again, but instead of agony it seemed the damned monster was enjoying this. It had screamed out in delight after having its arm shattered again. What kind of freak was this thing? Oh, wait, that’s right. It was a goddamn demon straight out of the afterlife. Yoko renewed her mental vow to put this disgusting creature out of its misery. That desire was only reinforced when she heard the its arm grind and snap back into place again. How completely and utterly repulsive. She wished for this fight to be over, but the civilians nearby still forced her to restrain her abilities.

Once more her opponent monologued, and once more she sat there in silence. She spent the time not listening to the taunts and teases for the most part, but rather she focused on her own breathing and an attempt to think of a way to get the civilians to safety. But then the hollow taunted her with a new attack and a pointed finger. This was troubling. Some kind of miniaturization ability, down to a microscopic level? That wasn’t something she could just swing a sword at, but she had an entire of how to deal with it at least. It was all a matter of timing so that the thing couldn’t get the drop on her if she wanted to exploit an opening.

As the Hollow charged back at her once more, it had earned one more sentence out of the Fullbringer. ”Let’s do this: Haro!” In an instant her body was enveloped by a form fitting bodysuit, complete with a visored helmet. This suit was airtight, rated for space travel. Nothing was getting in or out, no matter how microscopic. That same instant, right as Valentin entered sword reach, Yoko brought her borrowed blade downwards in an attempt to cut clean through her foe. But the damn thing had just vanished. Surely it couldn’t have been daft enough to think it could get through an obvious space suit, so it had to be the teleportation move from earlier. What a pain.

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{Updated Outfit Reference}}

Yoko brought her hand up to the side of her head and tapped the release button on the visor of her Secondary Fullbring. She had called out its form, but she didn’t have access to its properties yet. Unfortunately, that meant it was air tight with way for fresh oxygen to get in. The visor was opened, and on the off chance that it hadn’t been a bluff on the Hollow’s end then it could have spelled disaster for the Fullbringer. Surely an actual shrinkage would have at least had a dramatic pomf of smoke though, right? With a quick check to her six and above her, it seemed that the monster had fled the immediate area.

As much as the Fullbringer wanted to just let the thing get away and be done with it, she couldn’t let herself do it. Sure, the thing seemed to have zero desire to harm humans, but it was still the enemy. Given the nature of its movement, it took Yoko some time to catch its scent. Teleportation didn’t exactly leave a trail after all. But soon enough, her Low Pressure had brought the scent trail over to her. The Fullbringer headed over towards the area that the Hollow had migrated to, ready to try and put an end to this fight if circumstances permitted. Of course Yoko was met with more screams, but thankfully it was just more pathetic soul reapers. They were soldiers. They knew what they were in for.

She cleared the street and advanced cautiously out into the rather wide road that led out to a bridge. A nice dip into the river below would be padded by only the harsh, sloped concrete that kept the water from running amok. Though all the corpses were a bit of a shame, Yoko finally had a decent opening. The street was relatively devoid of any signs of life, and she could easily angle her attacks so that their full power went harmlessly into the river in front of her. With her tactical assessment complete, the Hollow broke her chain of thought once more with its voice that Yoko wished she would never have to hear again.

The beast had mocked her. Played her for a fool. Fine. Two could play that game. ”It sucked. I hate it. I hate you!” She was acting, though only a little. She did hate the thing, but she wasn’t anywhere near as bothered as she pretended to be. ”Why don’t you just fall in a ditch and fucking die already!” Her words were screamed at this point. All the frustration and anger she felt at the mere existence of this creature was channeled into that outburst, but that was all according to plan. In a mock fit of rage she threw her stolen asauchi like a javelin towards the beast. The chances of it slaying the thing were non existent.

To say it was a poor attack was generous. Even with her mastery of swordplay, katanas simply weren’t weighted to be thrown. Javelin style throw or not, it tumbled end over end rapidly like a circular sawblade. And to an outside observer, it might look like that had given it some extra lift. The sword curved upwards and went straight above the Hollow, having missed it by a good foot. Her mock pout continued. ”Fucking shit” Her arms were cast up and thrown down in an angry gesture. ”Worthless thing can’t even fucking fly straight!” As if to seal the deal, and keep the attention on her fake temper tantrum, Yoko entered a blind charge straight towards the monster, all the while screaming an exquisite selection of profanity.

”Fucking die. Worthless demon cumstain! Son of a donkeyfucking bitch!” Honestly, she enjoyed the release of swearing aimlessly at the thing. It was quite therapeutic, but it was still all an act. The earlier throw of her arms had been the key piece. A disguised used of Grasp of Shou-Lao had caught the sword and reversed its course, putting it on a path to slice right into the Hollow’s head. Yoko really hoped that it didn’t see the thing coming, as otherwise she had absolutely no doubt that the Hollow would never let her hear the end of how bad her acting skills were. If it came down to that, then her day would in fact have found a way to get worse.

Reiatsu: 1450/1500

[Valentin Acciai]

”It sucked. I hate it. I hate you!” ouch! that was rather harsh wasn't it the Adjuchas thought to himself, sure he had introduced a scary thought into her head true but he hadn't done anything like it. She never seemed like someone who would have taken such toying so seriously but Valentin couldn't exactly claim that he fully understood people after so many years of not being people. More hatred and insult being hurled at him Valentin was getting a little uncomfortable with the seriousness of her mental reaction to in his own eyes playful joke. ''Look i- i didn't mean to-'' he tried to stutter forth an apology in the middle of the woman's tantrum but he didn't know how to approach her behaviour.

When Valentin was human he might've been able to handle women more easily when they got upset but he wasn't that person anymore, that was eighty years worth of change plus the fact that what memories he had were more akin to fragments that teased him on who he had been rather than who he still was. The Adjuchas Valentin had no idea how to handle her at all despite knowing his human self had been something of a playboy to a lesser degree. Trying to figure out how to calm her he bad been brought to duck the sword that went flying at him even though it would have missed him even if he stood still, then standing back up to hear the rest of the verbal diarrhea he took a step back, getting ready to get out of her way as the woman was about to charge him furiously.

''Watch your mouth! and isn't that outfit a gund-AAK!?'' the sword which Valentin had completely ignored after it flew off above him had come back with a vengeance. Impaling the back of his head and piercing his brain the Adjuchas stumbled forward, one step, two, then he fell over with a loud thud as his carapace collided with the concrete bridge. Unmoving and with a blade lodged in his brain that coloured his pink hair red Valentin looked to have been killed by her trickery and if she had cause to inspect him she would find that no amount of poking or prodding would get a reaction out of him. But the truth was he was very much alive in the body of one of the Shinigami, a brain using the torso of a knocked out death reaper as his base of command.

And thanks to the strings of reiatsu carrying information back and forth Valentin had not missed a second of the event that technically killed him as while without a brain in his main body it still functioned perfectly if he just willed it to. But he was crafty and would await Yoko to lower her guard, perhaps expecting her to insult his corpse or turn her back on him. In such a moment he would then come to act in full force to answer her in kind with even further trickery. The moment he was given such opportunity he would send a burst of Reiatsu throughout his body with his muscles growing denser again as his tail would if possible sneakily extract the blade from his head and hand it to his left arm to wield two blades but only if she wasn't looking of course.

Then, at a speed of 550 the Adjuchas would bolt towards her in what might look like a blur to her as he'd swing both swords or his one sword depending on circumstance at her horizontally aiming for her right, non-metallic arm aiming to slice it off and then prioritize keeping distance with his superior reach, veering off to the right sharply to dodge any counter, willing to abandon the swords if they were about to become a liability and halt his escape out of her range. Finally while it wasn't very unique of him he'd blast all ten spikes of his tail towards her regardless if she made any effort to grab his limb or not and should she have managed to grab a limb then Valentin would quickly try to sever said limb with either blade or claws to avoid the death sentence which was superhuman wrestling.

Then if he successfully made distance he'd turn to face her, mostly just to mock her but also to judge how she would react. ''What, you thought it would be that easy to kill me? this is but one body among many, i'm actually playing a dark souls ladle run right now!'' it was an utter lie, he was currently snuggling up next to Shinigami intestines but it was too much fun to mess with her. Understanding her prior temper tantrum was a lie he wasn't about to become honest anytime soon. ''Mirror knight dead, yosh!'' he'd fistpump with or without sword in hand to further his lie, it was very entertaining not to respect her seriousness in trying to get rid off him.


+450 Parasite
-300 Doping in Style

2000/2500 Reiatsu

[Yoko Kusanagi]

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{Play This – Evangelion OST – In My Spirit (Extended)}

The “boomerang” bit into her opponents head, and that was that. It was a rather embarrassing method of attack, but it had silenced the annoying Hollow and finished it off. With that blow the monster had fallen to the ground and ceased yammering on. She could have sworn that killing a Hollow, especially with a Shinigami’s blade, was supposed to disintegrate it. Then again, this was actually her first encounter with such a monster in the flesh, and she had never actually killed one before, so she figured that was just a false rumor. The thing wasn’t moving. Even with her sharp senses she saw no rise and fall of its chest. It was definitely dead.

Satisfied with a job well done, she turned to head back towards her motorcycle and go back about her day. The cleanup could be left to the Shinigami reinforcements that would no doubt arrive to figure out why so many of their number had died. Yoko never enjoyed meeting the cleanup crew, and so it was best to make herself scarce. But that was when she heard movement behind her. It had tried to be sneaky about it, but a monster could never hope to overcome Yoko’s heightened senses and training in detecting those who hid themselves. As a master of anti-stealth, she was all but immune to stealth attacks. Only the best of the best could sneak up on her, and this opponent was not at that level.

Not wanting to give off that she was onto the creature’s effort, she continued to walk away from the scene. Her ears listened closely to what she heard. The sound of steel scraping against bone. The sound of limbs stretching out. Flesh scuffing against concrete. It was enough to put together a decent picture. It had likely drawn the blade out from its skull and regained its footing. She knew how fast thing could move. The only question was would it flee or fight? Click. Click. Tick. The sound of claws scraping on concrete… but they sounded closer than they should have so soon. Yoko turned her head over her shoulder, and the beast was already upon her!

A master of both swordplay and martial arts, Yoko instinctively stepped backwards at the creature. Everyone thought the answer was to run when attacked, but she knew better. It was only out of the periphery of her vision that she saw the slash coming for her right arm. Why did it look blurry? Why was it there so quickly? Had this creature somehow managed to increase its speed that much? Surely such a technique could be good on neither its stamina nor its body… but it could probably counter the latter of those issues with its irritating regenerative properties. If it could manage to recover from a sword to the head then there was little doubt it could deal with some lactic acid.

So what had stepping in accomplished? Quite simply it put Yoko out of sword range by making her too close. She had moved straight into grappling range. Instead of a sword cutting into her arm, the creature’s own limb had dully thudded against the side of her body. Her head twisted a bit farther, until her right eye was able to look right back at the mask of this creature. ”I thought you were dead.” Though it was a statement, it sounded a bit more like a question. The inflection betrayed a bit of surprise to be sure. She was not troubled overmuch by this unexpected occurrence, but she was clearly unamused by it as well.

Her right hand reached up and grabbed the creature’s limb before it could be pulled away. All 800 of her strength gripped down on the limb. Muscle was crushed. Bone was shattered. The attack was so violent that even Yoko, someone proficient in the skill of ignoring pain, grimaced a bit at the sounds that the Hollow’s arm made. In an instinctive measure, another flurry of tail spikes was shot at her, nearly point blank. Thankfully the woman had grown to expect as much by this point, and her body had already been taught and flexed while in such close proximity to the creature. Given she couldn’t see all of her attacker, ensuring she kept her defenses up was of course wise.

Spikes clattered off her body, once more unable to find any purchase in her sinewy flesh. She looked severely unimpressed by this attempt, and began to pull on the Hollow’s arm. Her intent was to replay the “puny god” scene from the first avenger’s movie. Before she could do much of use with this limb though, she found it had been severed clean off. The Hollow pulled back, missing one arm and one sword, and offered some mockery towards the Fullbringer. It revealed some valuable information in its mockery though. She hadn’t considered the possibility that the body was a puppet or remotely controlled until it had spoken about having multiple bodies. That explained how it could take so many wounds and continue on.

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{Change Music – Death Note OST – Kyrie Medley}

”I grow tired of your games Hollow.” They were in an area without anyone really around, and she had an angle to direct her attacks out where no one would be in danger. It was time to end this. If she couldn’t locate the host body and end that, then she’d just have to obliterate the puppet. She turned to face the creature fully and spoke to it once more. ”Our battle ends now.” A deep breath in. Her reiatsu swelled and flowed. Thousands of golden specks covered her body and then turned gray all at once. ”I am Gundam. GUARDIAN!” A crude suit of armor had formed around her that resembled a halfway point between Iron Man and an AI from Tron.

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{Outfit Reference}

She was only visible like that for a moment. Likely not even long enough for the Hollow to process she had released using its normal human level instincts. A shotgun was held in both her hands. A small red buckler was on her left arm. Her left hip had a pixel perfect recreation of Excalibur hanging from it (the Fate Series version of course). Last but not least, her right hip had a small pistol holstered on it. Those details would be almost impossible to take in given that there was naught but a flickering pillar of light where she had just been. Though it seemed the Hollow had speed to match Yoko now, she knew it didn’t have the reaction speed it needed.

Her first step of Bringer Light took her behind the creature. It was a routine movement, and easily predictable even without the senses to follow her step’s trajectory. That was the plan though. She waited for her opponent to make a move to try to counter the attack that was surely coming. But no attack came. Instead she vanished in a second step of Bringer Light at an even higher speed, leaving behind a second pillar of light. This time, at that close range, it would be blinding if the Hollow had looked her way. She reappeared on the side where the Hollow had first been facing, and now likely turned away from. BLAM. BLAM. BLAM.

Three spreads of birdshot point blank, with a spread all over center mass. There was no hope for the Hollow following her movements. Sure, it had the speed to physically react, but it lacked the senses to keep track of where she went, and the instinct to respond in time. Unless it somehow managed to avoid her shots, the body of the beast would be almost as much metal as anything else. If the thing had been alive a moment ago, it wouldn’t be anymore. Though she had taken off the kid gloves, she had been careful still. In the event that her shots somehow missed, the pellets would rain harmlessly into the nearby river. She was fairly confident in the hit though. Even if it tried to teleport out of the way, she was unsure that the monster could react in time to dodge this attack.

But she had grown wary. As soon as her attack was done she bounded backwards in a hasty retreat. Up until now she had restrained herself. Her power had been limited. Her reiatsu held back. She had resisted the release until now as a matter of principle. Her powers were not so wild and destructive that they endangered civilians. That was more a property of her raw strength. Sure, she could hit someone with a stray bullet, but the angle available to her prevented that concern from materializing. In that moment, before the Hollow, she would display all the might of her Fullbring Stage One. It was finally time to show the damnable pest the might of a Gundam.

Reiatsu: 1100/1500
-200 Fullbring Stage 1
-50 Bringer Light first movement
-100 Bringer Light second movement at 13x Speed

Fullbring Stage One: 1/10 posts
Shotgun Ammo: 5/8

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{Shotgun}
Name: Franchi SPAS-12 Shotgun
Appearance:Link
Slots Required: 1 Main Slot
Effective Range: 20 meters.
Power: 400
Speed: 400
Ammo Capacity: 8
Special Traits: The default ammo for this gun is birdshot. These shots have a stupidly wide spread. They reach maximum spread at 5 meters after firing, which is a circular spread of one meter in diameter. Even if it hits, the wounds are all quite small since birdshot is made of very small pellets.
Alternate Fire: Load a rubber bullet rather than birdshot. No spread, but still the same speed. Power is reduced to 125. Effective range is increased to 50 meters. Incapable of doing major damage, but it’s a great weapon when something nonlethal is required.
Spawn Cost: 100.
Drawback: Absolutely pitiful strength and speed compared to other firearms. This weapon is basically only good for close quarters combat against high-speed glass cannons that are charging you. Outside of that, it requires some creative uses to be good.

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{Pistol}
Name: Beretta 92FS
Appearance:Link
Slots Required: 1 Sub Slot
Effective Range: 50 meters
Power: 600
Speed: 600
Ammo Capacity: 10
Special Traits: Can be equipped with a suppressor for 50 additional reiatsu.
Alternate Fire: None.
Spawn Cost: 100
Drawback: Low range, low power, low speed, and only a moderate ammo capacity. This is just a basic sidearm. The only reason to use it is for the low cost, or if you need a suppressed weapon.

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{Excalibur}

Name: Physical Sword
Appearance:] Varies. Any sword she's seen can be replicated in terms of form.
Slots Required: 1 Main Slot if length of the blade is >10 inches. Shorter blades use 1 Sub slot.
Effective Range: Melee.
Power: Based on wielder's stats.
Speed: Based on wielder's stats.
Ammo Capacity: N/A
Special Traits: Spiritual Steel Durability. Edges can be made blunt when swords are formed.
Alternate Fire: N/A
Spawn Cost: 50
Drawback: It's not a gun, and it doesn’t do anything beyond cut people.

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{Shield}
Name: MMI-RG59V Mobile Shield
Appearance: Link
Slots Required: 1 Sub
Effective Range: N/A
Power: Based on wielder's stats.
Speed: Based on wielder's stats.
Ammo Capacity: N/A
Special Traits: Can freely convert between a buckler-sized shield for storage or skirmishing and a tower-shield for full-on tanking. Additionally, the shield can be forearm-mounted so that a hand is not needed, and orientation can be changed on the fly between parallel to the arm, perpendicular to the arm, or any point in between. Durability is that of spiritual steel, requiring an attack stat of twice Yoko’s reiatsu strength to destroy it completely or cut straight through it, but it can be damaged by any attacks with simple superiority.
Alternate Fire: N/A
Spawn Cost: 100
Drawback: High cost for no offense.]

[Valentin Acciai]

The ambush had failed, well shit. That was the only surprise Valentin had in store without going overboard on wasting reiatsu, he'd prefer not leaving himself so severely drained he wouldn't be able to regenerate from fatal wounds properly. It was a severe weak point of his that he wasn't able to continue regenerating should his consciousness slip, as long as he had several brains to avoid being taken down by a knockout blow to the head as well as kept his reiatsu storage at functional levels though he should be fine. At the very least the Adjuchas was pleased that he would be able to continue teasing the woman even if he had gone and lost a third arm now.

But the games and fun was over now, she said so herself and from the reiatsu that perforated the air he was inclined to believe her as he witnessed what might just classify as a real life gundam albeit a tiny one, she claimed it was a gundam regardless. Just about to give thought to regenerating his arm from scratch Valentin noticed his opponent had up and vanished and he felt worry crawling up his spines, on instinct like before he tried to strike the opponent he guessed hid behind him only to hit naught but air, damn! all he caught sight of was a bright sheen that annoyed his eyes but Yoko most certainly wasn't within sight. He should have been able to cut her down, the speed of his swing was beyond her ability to match.

But the problem was not his speed at all, when he had finally reacted and turned she had already moved as the Adjuchas limited reactions lagged behind. and that's when he felt it BLAM. BLAM. BLAM. three shots of piercing pain and agony smashed against his torso, tearing up his insides to ribbons. Collapsing to the ground the Adjuchas was wheezing and groaning in pain, his body was dying without doubt. If he just willed it he could have cut off the majority of his torso and everything below to regrow his body from shoulders and up in an instant but it wasn't worth it. Such a move was incredibly expensive and would leave him slower, weaker. Valentin at this point knew that if this Yoko gave her all he wasn't much more than annoyance to crush until it stopped moving.

No, he would let this body die and die soon it would. Coughing up blood and despite the pain that seared throughout his body he gathered what sportsmanship he could and spoke one last sentence ''Good *cough* show, s- see you... soon...'' after that the light in his purple eyes dimmed, this body had ceased to function, it was a dead lump of flesh unless willed into action from the still active Spikes connected to Valentin's reiatsu network but such would have been utterly wasteful. Now the hollow was reduced to a mere brain lurking within the depths of a Shinigami, a Shinigami Valentin now became aware wasn't alone. As the Adjuchas poured reiatsu from both near and far, from himself and the other Shinigami within his network of reiatsu draining he slowly crept up.

Head first ascended from the Shinigami's stomach as the death reaper had been placed on his back by someone, followed by his head came shoulders, arms, torso and eventually the entirety of valentin arose from the unconscious poor sod. Pain stormed throughout his body, so many new parts they were not yet fully compatible and his nervous system screamed at him as if his innards were on fire. But through sheer determination and prior experience with this technique he forced the pain aside and opened his newborn eyes with a pained expression, before him a view soaked with blood his worries had come true. While other surviving Shinigami had steeled their hearts to rescue their left behind comrades and dragged Valentin's host quite far they had been beset upon by lesser hollows and now found their way impeded in a long street.

Valentin found himself at the very back of the shinigami line, the death reapers having yet to notice him but the hollows most certainly did, a few taking a step back in newfound regret which the Shinigami took as a sign that the hollow were routing, thinking themselves responsible for the hollows fright as they charged. Valentin in the meanwhile was content to watch the slaughter as his body felt much too weak to participate, or at least until one side won, the Shinigami had prevailed and just as they were about to raise their swords in victory one of them noticed the Adjuchas ever so calmly observing them, seems there were... six of them, that he should be able to handle.

Raising his hand Valentin was well aware he wasn't in any condition to fight even weak opponents but luckily he didn't need to, he still had enough Reiatsu for one final big attack without risk of knocking himself out. A small ball of red energy forming just an inch from his open palm the high pitched noise became a low boom as the asphalt in front of him disintegrated and each and every hollow and Shinigami ahead of him died a charred corpse with the cero dissipating into the earth to avoid striking any buildings. He wanted to sigh in relief but such would have pained his lungs more than he wished to feel, instead he dragged a finger vertically through the air, tearing a fabric between worlds beside him as a sizable Garganta opened up. Painful as it were he did his best to scavenge what he could knowing the Fullbringer could have been anywhere.

Arms, legs, heads whatever fit he quickly shoved down his maw paranoidly as he felt his vulnerability. His stomach was an endless hole and no matter how much he ate it held little mass as it turned into and fused with his amalgamation of souls just as rapidly as he stuffed himself. A quick double check on what still possessed a soul for him to harvest or not his eyes gazed upon the still breathing Shinigami he had sprung from, the last survivor in the immediate area was it. He contemplated it briefly and then shook his head as he looked to his torn robes where Valentin had grown out from, the Shinigami without so much as a wound from Valentin ''Well aren't you lucky kid, consider it favour repayed.'' and with that he would walk through the Garganta, the black hole closing behind him.

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{Death Denial}
Technique Name: [Death Denial]

Class: [1]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Hollow]

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [Rare is it for a foe to seek to sever just a limb and Valentin has become quite used to being chop up badly. When his normal regeneration is not sufficient and he needs to regenerate a large chunk of his or another's body with part of him inside them quickly or risk termination of the individual in question Valentin might rely on Death Denial and sacrifice a huge chunk of his own Reiatsu to speed up the recovery. The technique lets Valentin instantly regenerate an injury such as being(Darth Maul being separated from his fashionable pants) split in half and ignore the usual regeneration time of Organic Generation for 800 Reiatsu.

If reduced to only a brain Valentin might instead pay 1600 Reiatsu to regenerate a whole body while it's brain is still functional, but this is incredibly weakening and takes 3 turns of being in a very vulnerable state further explained in drawbacks. Using this ability on others costs 50% more Reiatsu than on himself, rather than the usual 100% additional cost for most of his techniques.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [Insert Below]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc)

800 Reiatsu cost. 25% reduction to physical stats for 2 turns on the regenerated sections of the individual it is used on.

If regenerated from just a brain 1600 Reiatsu cost. 50% reduction to physical stats and 25% reduction to all other stats for 3 turns. First turn of recovery from this state the outer body is finished but severely weakened with many organs missing and incredible pain all over. Second turn organs regenerate properly but are still as if on fire. At the END of third turn of recovery the pain fades and the stat reduction is lifted as the brain gets used to it's new body. During this process the individual is not battle worthy as complex movements are impossible and basic movements so distractedly painful most can't even think to move let alone fight without some skill in Pain Tolerance. 1 in Pain Tolerance allows basic movement and keeps you from screaming in pain, 2 in Pain Tolerance allows activities such as running but not fighting as the mind struggles enough with movement, 3 in Pain Tolerance allows limited fighting and more complex movement, 4 in Pain Tolerance allows one to ignore the pain well enough to fight perfectly fine but of course still with physical stat reduction.

Incantation and Effect:

Made By:
Valentin Acciai

Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): [Yes]

+450 Parasite
-300 Doping in Style
-1600 Death Denial
-200 Cero

350/2500 Reiatsu

4 Class 7 Shinigami Consumed
8 Class 8 Hollow Consumed