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Post by Zhiel on May 13, 2008 4:11:52 GMT -4
OOC: Yep, thats good. If we'd do just one attack attempt at a time the battles would take forever Sorry if its confusing, I tried to explain it as best I could @_@ Azerin had been running at full speed towards the underside of the bridge, he knew leaving his back to his opponent would be foolish, but he had no choice but to get to a better area for fighting. Even though he was open for attack, that did not mean his senses was gone, and as such he could pick up on the sudden reiatsu variation above him, glancing up just as the arrancar leapt off the bridge with her sword raised, Azerin threw himself to the side, he felt the sword hit the base of his tabi (or whatever the "sandals" are called) and take a part of them with it. Had he been merely a milli-second later in reacting he'd have lost his foot. Just as he rolled up on his feet preparing to make a quick thrust however the arrancars foot impacted his gut like if he'd been hit by a ram, and it made him lurch forward as he gasped in pain, however he had no time to moan in pain as he noticed the arrancar continuing her attack by bringing her elbow down towards his head. He managed to avoid it partially by bringing his right arm up and hitting the arrancars own arm on the side with an open palm, not enough to actualy hurt, but enough to push her slightly to the side, making the strike hit him on his left shoulder instead, though still painfull a hit to the head could have been fatal. Not letting the arrancar get in more hits Azerin brought his sword up in a horizontal slash, as he then began moving backwards with his sword in a ready stance, he was obviously on the defensive as he slowly moved backwards, his eyes focused on the arrancar. He'd come under the bridges shadow any second now, but he couldent give his plan away.
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on May 13, 2008 21:45:25 GMT -4
Anaklusmos had smiled when her sword buried into his foe's sandals, hoping she'd connect with skin. However, she gladly continued as she felt the joy of her foot implanting into his gut, the elated as he managed to forgo her elbow smash, taking it on the shoulder before hurtling back. As he went on the defensive, Anaklusmos scanned him with a quick glance, analyzing his defensive posture and stance. Pretty good, but still had a hole or two. Nothing to difficult.
Ana smiled, almost a snear to others, and stood straight up, sword being rocked side to side on the ground, scraping a small line as her arm swung methodically. "C'mon, Shinagami...release you Zanpauku-to. You can do better than this..." Ana finished with a slight grin, then started walking slowly towards him, releasing bursts of spiritual energy, trying to get her prey to release his power. She wanted to get the full out of this as she listened to her sword scrape against the ground, the tip digging into the grass, leaving a small path as her spiritual energy beat it down.
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Post by Zhiel on May 14, 2008 12:22:58 GMT -4
Azerin was relieved when he was able to put some distance between him and the arrancar, like this he could proceed under the bridge and use the shadow cast by it to surprise the arrancar. Even as the arrancar started approaching, swinging her sword at the ground, Azerin kept backing in under the bridge, edging close to the wall on his left that supported the bridges weight. He completely ignored what the arrancar had said, he had his way to finish this fight, if it worked, he would not need to release his zanpaktou, and would only sustain minimal damage. His reasoning was rather simple, he wanted to finish the fight and still be in a good condition, because the more weakened he was the easier it would be for the hollow to take controll, even if just briefly, even a fleeting moment gave it another inch of complete controll.
Once he had gotten quite a bit under the bridge, and standing prety much right next to the support he stoped backing up and put his sword horizontally at chest level, the blade was merely a foot away from the wall, it appeared to be a strange form of defensive stance, however it had several apparent openings. Azerin's plan was to, when the arrancar attacked, attempt to dodge the attack, atleast partially. While at the same time thrusting his sword into the wall and using Hitozarais shadow walk ability to "teleport" the blade out of the wall to pierce the arrancar, aiming for a fatal blow towards her chest. He just hoped she was arrogant enough to be fooled by his act.
OOC: You can decide what happens here, if your arrancar attacks you can damage Azerin prety much as you see fitting, and how effective his own counter-attack is.
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on May 14, 2008 21:54:04 GMT -4
Anaklusmos had thought that this shinagami was foolish, running when she could easily catch up. She had grown arrogant. She slowly lifted the sword up, vertically in the air, looking at it as she walked towards her foe...her prey...her victim of enjoyment. However, as she glanced back at him to glare, she saw him shove his sword into the wall.
"What are you---"
SHICK
Anaklusmos stood still for a second, trying to comprehend what had just happened.She had felt a stabbing sensation in her chest, and pain, yet doesn't remember how. She tilted her head downwards, and sees part of a zanpauku-to sticking out of her chest, the tip red with blood. Her eyes widened slightly.
What just happened?!?
Anaklusmos stared at the wound on her chest, then took a lurch forward, removing the sword from her back. The wound started bleeding instantly, a large trickle of the red life liquid. Ana's right hand shot up to clench it.
"...Lucky shot...." Ana groaned, then stood straight up. She would finish this soon. She pulledu p her sword over her head, in samurai style again, staring daggers at her shinagami foe. She increased her spiritual pressue to maximum, blasting it all at the shinagami. Her zanpauku-to glowed an ominous blue.
"...Ready...to die, punk?"
Anaklusmos cupped her free hand around the tip of her zanpauku-to, then grinned. This would be over in no time.
"Submerge and Hunt!" Ana yelled out, shoving the sword through the cupping in her hand. "Tiburon!"
A blast of smoke, unsettled through the spiritual pressue, was issued from the colliding forces where Anaklusmos previously stood. the bzzt of a Sonido was audible in the sound.
Reapearing about five feet in front of the shinagami, in her Resurrecctión state. Her mask was gone completely, revieling a pair of equally blood red eyes. Under her eyes, three identical blue lines led from her under eyelashes down her face, like gill stripes. A nasty grin showed off some wicked, pointed teeth. Armor covered her entire body aside from her face, seeming to extend from her robe-dress. It was gray and plated, overlapping and steel gray. 3 large fins extended from her back, like a shark's dorsal fin, and to large blades came off of her wrists, serratted like miny saws.
Anaklusmos grinned as she seemed to tense up right in front of him. "Know this.....Arrancar Numeros des Doce, Anaklusmos Vycarius."
Ana's right arm shot out, the cruel blade aimed for the shinagami's gut, to rip and shred. Anaklusmos anticipated the cold, sweet victory she assumed was coming in her pride and arrogance.
**OOC:Kindof longish, and might not give you too much to work with >> Sorry**
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Post by Zhiel on May 16, 2008 3:14:56 GMT -4
As he plunged his sword into the wall, using its ability to move from shadow to shadow in order to strike the arrancar from the wall, he was surprised by how easily it had been. Either she wasnt as strong as he had assumed, or she had grown more arrogant than anything he'd have ever seen. He assumed it was the second though. As she moved forward, the blade slid out from the wound it had created, and once it did he pulled it back out from the shadow, throwing the blood off in a quick sweep before taking up a proper defensive stance. 'Even with that wound she is still comming at me... I suppose arrancar are quite tough.' He thought. It was strange, before the fight he had been all focused on the hollow, but now he didnt even think about it at all, yet it was seemingly not trying to take over either, was it scared that a disruption would kill Azerin? Or was it just biding its time? Then the arrancar released all her reiatsu at once, and the sudden pressure caused him to flinch visibly, yet he was able to remain standing, and as he steadied himself he tightened the grip of his sword. The arrancar put her arm and zanpakutou in a strange pose, then said a sentence that seemed like a release of some form. The resulting explosion of smoke surprised Azerin, but he did not let his focus dim, as he heard the sound of that quick move technique he took a step backwards as he raised his sword in defense, but no attack came, instead the arrancar appeared infront of him, now fully armored in a strange grey carapace. "Know this.....Arrancar Numeros des Doce, Anaklusmos Vycarius."And then she struck out with one of her arm blades that seemed like fins, even though he had expected an attack, he had not been able to completely read that, and as such he was just about to jump backwards to dodge it when it connected on the lower side of his left chest, however instead of cutting into him, it hit something solid. Even though there had been something to stop the attack, whatever it was seemed to crack under the pressure of the attack, and just after the entire force of the blow hit Azerin and he was sent flying backwards several meters before he managed to land, his feet being outstretched and his left hand infront of him as he reeled for another meter after hitting the ground, it was easy to tell that the blow the arrancar had struck would have killed him, or mortally wounded him, had the white carapace that covered his left chest been there, as a trickle of blood ran out his mouth. He coughed a few times, getting some blood out of his lungs, before he stood up while gritting his teeth, that attack had hurt like crazy. However he was still alive, and he had been hurt worse before, so he could continue fighting, although his opponent was stronger than he was, no doubt about it, he needed to play this smart. "Former third seat of the tenth division, Zhiel Azerin." He said, keeping his voice as calm as he could despite how much his chest hurt, and just after he did he brought his zanpakutou up infront of him, holding it horizontally as he placed his left hand near the tip. "Bring forth the end, Hitozarai." As he said these words the zanpakutou he was holding seemed to rapidly change, the blade growing longer, the edge of it growing wider, the guard disappearing and being replaced with a strange bending of the blade, then finally as it had seemingly grown completely the blade seemed to break appart, turning into dozens upon dozens of vicious steel teeth, each with a purple tip. Now the sword was nearly 1.4 meters in length, making it a two-hander, however its shape itself said it needed to be wielded in two hands. i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/Shinreiku/Hitozarai-Shikai.gifAfter the shi-kai had been released Azerin took up a defensive stance once again, this time it seemed to have less openings with it however, making it appear like if the stance had been originally made for the shi-kai itself. OOC: Sorry if it might have gotten hard to follow at parts, I have that problem with longer posts ^^;
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on May 21, 2008 19:51:15 GMT -4
OOC: (Sorry this took forever. Stuff came up)
Anaklusmos smiled as the shinagami dodged her blow, managing to survive, just to continue playing with her. He released his shikai, increasing his zanpauku-to's abilities. But, Anaklusmos couldn't tell what it could do by just looking at it. It grew razor blade protrusions on one end, making it look like a sword mixed with a hack saw. Zhiel, the shinagami, assumed a stance similar to before, but it seemed more comfortable for his larger sword. No matter. Anaklusmos would make sure to enjoy this fight, and drag it out...if Zhiel could keep up.
Ana crouched down, keeping one hand above her head, the other comfortable set level with her chest, giving her the look of a chinese fan dancer. However, she smirked in a way only someone with malice on their mind could. "Zhiel Azerin...you better be able to keep up." Then her face changed, giving Zhiel a glare that could turn a man to stone. [shadow=red,left,300]"I don't enjoy hunting weaklings."[/shadow]
She then sprang, launching herself at her target, coming at Zhiel at a high speed from his right side. Her foot touched down a few feet away from him as she pivoted in a quick motion on one foot. Then, she did a counter side flip, her twin wrist blades falshing dangerously as they were aimed at him, as Ana bypassed him from his front.
OOC: (Sorry if it's hard to understand >.>)
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Post by Zhiel on May 24, 2008 18:14:13 GMT -4
Azerin stood silently as the arrancar took up a stance that was unfamiliar to him, however it looked like something which could work in a dance, however with those arm-blades of hers it could be anything, and as such he did not let his guard down, especially not when she spoke, telling him to "keep-up", she was probably intending to go all out now that he had wounded her twice, while he had only recieved mild injuries, compared to what she otherwise could have delivered.
His plan was rather simple, he was going to make her think his sword was only capable of "teleporting" through walls, and by doing so, he could hopefully gain another surprise hit. He did not enjoy fighting dirty, however right now he had no choice if he wanted to get out of this fight alive.
However before he could act the arrancar launched herself at him, comming up at his side so suddenly he barely had time to react, but as he did he moved his right foot back, aligning himself towards her, but before he could pull any counter-measures she had done a quick maneuver, moving around him and gotten on his left side, as she leapt past him, slashing with her blades Azerin raised his sword to desperately guard against them, however due to him being as unprepared as he was all he managed was to take a bit of the force out of them, as they slashed into his left arm and chest.
Though the blades had not gone deep, they had still caused a lot of pain on Azerin's part, and as he backed away, clutching his chest with his left arm he panted heavily. 'Shit.. This isnt going well at all, she's faster than I thougth. I have no choice but to go all out...' He thought as he took his sword in both hands once more. Letting out a grunt of pain Azerin leapt towards the arrancar, his sword aligned horizontally with the rest of his body, and just as he was about to reach her he slashed with the blade, at the same time releasing four of the "teeth", sending them flying outwards, past the arrancar.
However shortly after they came flying back, aimed to hit where her back would be if she remained at the same spot. Azerin was doubtfull about how effective the teeth would be against the arrancar, but he hoped they could prove a distraction at the least.
OOC: Also sorry if its hard to follow, I'm tired right now and I dunno how much it affects my writing xD
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on May 28, 2008 14:51:25 GMT -4
Anaklusmos waited in spot as the "teeth" of the shinagami's blade shot out at her as he slashed. A pretty good move, if it hadn't been so slow and easily blocked. With a simple twist, she leaned slightly to the right, at the same time buckling her knee in, dodging his blade's slash in a seemingly simple movement. Anaklusmos raised her arm blades to counter, but heard the whizzing of something through the air, and reacted swiftly, leaping from the spot as the teeth came flying back to hit her, missing. Ana did a somersault before landing right behind Zheil, standing straight as she looked at him over her shoulder, he back to him.
"Come on....a parlor trick like that won't work."
Anaklusmos then whirred about on the spot, kicking out in a roundhouse kick, with a good bit of force behind it, aimed right at Zhiel's gut.
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Post by Zhiel on May 30, 2008 8:21:44 GMT -4
As he rushed at the arrancar she avoided his slash in a swift but simple motion, whereupon he could tell she was about to counter with her own weapons, but as he withdrew his own sword, causing the teeth he had shot out to come towards her back she instead dodged once again by jumping over him and landing behind him.
As she jumped, he aligned his sword to the teeth before following her with his eyes, he could tell she was not going to attack directly, and as he himself had no direct way of attacking right now he decided to do something else and hopefully surprise her again.
As she started talking, Azerin used his shadow walk ability, disappearing into the shadow beneath him just as the arrancar whirled around, trying to hit him with a kick, however merely a moment later he materialized just above her, comming out of the shadow covering the underside of the bridge, his sword was aligned to his side and he was ready to slash at her once he came into range just a moment later. If she blocked he would continue from there, if she dodged he'd use his shadow walk ability again to move behind her and attempt another attack. He just hoped he'd be able to hit her, as the shadow walk was prety draining.
OOC: If you need me to clarify anything, just send me a message on AIM
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on May 30, 2008 22:15:38 GMT -4
As Anaklusmos went to slash, her target, Zhiel the Shinagami seemed to vanish, his reiatsu pressue suddenly coming from behind and above her. Whirring around, the clang of her left arm blade was satisfied by colliding with Zhiel's zanpauku-to slash, stopping it as Anaklusmos grinned. Making sure the sword blade was locked with her arm blade to make escape harder, she did a half turn, turning away from Zhiel as he right foot came up for a devastating kick, before using the force from the kick to pivot away to the right side, back into a battle position, that mad toothy grin of hers flashing. This is getting good, she thought.
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Post by Zhiel on May 31, 2008 13:54:27 GMT -4
"shit..." Azerin cursed under his breath as the Arrancar whirred around to meet his sword with one of her own blades. He was planning to shadow walk straight behind her right after landing, however she had locked his sword in her blade, making him unable to move from the spot as her leg came flying towards him, unable to dodge it and with his sword stuck he could do nothing as the arrancars fot impacted his chin, pushing his head upwards and sending him flying skyward, sword still in hand as the arrancar pivoted to the side.
Gritting his teeth Azerin spun around in mid-air just as he was about to hit the underside of the bridge, but as he aligned himself upside down he met its hard stone surface with his own feet, then using it as a stand he pushed away with his feet, sending him flying at full speed towards the arrancars right side. He was aiming to slash at her with his sword, then as he passed her he would shadow walk from the ground on her other side to strike again, using the momentum to get out of reach before she could retailate. Atleast, he hoped it would work.
OOC: Same as always, if you want something clarified, or if I got something wrong, simply message me.
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on Jun 2, 2008 11:43:01 GMT -4
Anaklusmos waited until the shinagami was right in front of her, about to swing his blade when she sidestepped slightly, just slightly dodging his slash, a few strands of her hair cut as she expected him to hammer into the ground like a dead weight from his speed.However, her grin faded as Zhiel did that trick again, where he faded into the shadows to reappear from another one. She was on guard this time, however, as he popped up behind her. She was barely on time as she lurched backwards while turning, the blade scraping up on her shoulder, taking a small bit of her armor. She was able to rebound quickly as her feet dug into the ground, kicking off towards him, her arm extended to elbow him in the face.
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Post by Zhiel on Jun 2, 2008 17:44:35 GMT -4
As he had expected the arrancar was ready for his first attack, however the grin on her face told him she was not expecting what came next, however even after he shadow walked behind her she seemed ready as she moved to block the attack with a more powerfull part of her armor, though the teeth of Hitozarai dug into the armor still and ripped a decent piece off before he continued past her upwards.
As he was nearing the underside of the bridge once more he spun around once more, only to meet the arrancars elbow striking at full strength towards his face. Azerins imidiate reaction was to attempt and dodge, however with the position he was in all he managed was to have the elbow smash into his chests right side, the force of the blow making him hunch forward as he gasped in pain, a small stream of blood leaving his mouth, then just a moment later he was hurled with even greater speed straight into the sement of the bridge.
As he slammed into the bridge a large cloud of dust was pushed outwards as chunks of sement fell down onto the ground, shortly after followed by the apparently limp body of Azerin. If one looked at where he had hit the bridge one could easily see how a large fraction of the steel girdles in it had been bent upwards, although there was a large amount of commotion going on on the bridge right then, it was obvious why.
"You truly are pathetic, shinigami." The voice of Kehiel echoed out in Azerins mind, a vision of the hollows face, its mask, appearing infront of him, then he blacked out. Azerins body remained motionless, that was, until Kehiel felt the precense of a reiatsu, and nearly instantly he shot up, his reiatsu suddenly shooting skywards as he made a swift yet powerfull slash with Hitozarai before staggering backwards for a few steps as he looked up towards Ana, his eyes irises was now a golden yellow color. "Kerh... Damn that fool, to get this beat up by a simple arrancar." he seemed to mutter to himself, however his voice had changed, it was... Warped, it seemed nearly like there was two voice talking in unison, the second one sounding dark and malicious in nature.
OOC: Its only his irises that has turned hollow-ish, theres no black whites etc, though his reiatsu has turned a bit hollow-ish.
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on Jun 3, 2008 14:49:29 GMT -4
After blasting Zhiel with her kick, Anaklusmos figured the battle over once she witnessed his limp form fall from the damage they had done to the bridge. She slowly walked over, one arm blade raised to finish him off when she got close enough. However, the moment she was right in front of him he seemed to shoot back into action, slashing with his zanpauku-to while jumping back. The slash cut into Ana's right shoulder, overlapping her previous wound as she looked on in awe as the shinagami's voice changed, his eyes as well. Now he had such malice and aggression....like a Hollow....
Anaklusmos resumed her guard, unsure of what to make of this. She could attack, but something told her that this foe was different from the one she had been fighting. Ana scowled at herself.
"Damn....what the hell are you?"
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Post by Zhiel on Jun 4, 2008 11:03:15 GMT -4
The attack had been on an instinctual level for Kehiel, and as such he had not really cared much for it hitting or wounding the arrancar, it had been mostly a way to get some space between them so he could get up, however when she spoke a crazed grin spread on Azerins lips. "What am I? A good question indeed, however... It is not for you to discover, Arrancar!" Kehiel said aloud, despite his already twisted voice the way he said "arrancar" made it seem like he saw them as lesser beings, the way arrancar saw down on humans or shinigami.
And then he lunged at her, thrusting with the bladed tip of Hitozarai at immense speed, he was not as fast as the arrancar herself perhaps, but compared to Azerins previous speed this was quite an improvement, however it was clear that while his speed had not been increased drastically his strength had, and a hit of the sword could be fatal even for someone with armor such as Ana. Wheter she dodged or blocked the attack, he did not give her time to react as instantly afterwards he jumped backwards, slashing with the sword towards the ground and sending over ten of the teeth into it, the strings of reiatsu attaching them to the blade had an eerie red tint to them, and as they sunk into the shadows they appeared from more or less everywhere around Ana, the ground and the "ceiling" around her.
While it might not have been completely obvious their purpouse was not to directly damage Ana, their purpouse was to corner her as the only actual opening was straight ahead, where Kehiel stood now with his left hand raised towards the arrancar. "Destructive Art number 54, Abolishing Flames..." As he said its name a glob of energy was shot towards Ana, upon contact with anything it would enflame the object in unnatural fire that could incinerate nearly anything. After the spell had been fired the bandages on his left hand seemed to have been burned away, revealing a claw like hand covered in white carapace similiar to that of a hollows mask, or that of the body of a adjuchas or vasto lorde class hollow.
OOC: Going by how the spell looks in the anime here xD. Also, the reason I have him always looking at Ana is because the locations the teeth will come up on is only decided the moment they hit the ground. But if you feel I might be overdoing things just tell me and I will change it, I'm trying to show how superior he is in battle compared to Azerin. Being one of the oldest Vasto Lorde Kehiel has a lot of experience, and as such fights better than the already prety skillfull Azerin.
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