Time Changes, Not Gods

[Knightmayre]

Oketsu nodded to the Vice-Captain, "A smart move, and you never know, we may just do that some day." Oketsu looked over to his opponent who quickly dodge the chains and moved behind Oketsu, then obliterated them with a wave of water that was heading towards him from where he moved to. Flash step huh, impressive.

Oketsu smiled and leapt back, then rose his hands in front of his face an closed his eyes, “My apologies Vice Captain, but this has to be done. Waves of light and dark surge forth, and clear the way for a new day’s birth. Kidou #69 Wave of Destruction!" Oketsu brought his hands out and opened his palms fully as a massive wave of force fired out from his body, smashing through the water that had been summoned, and likely pushing both shinigami back if not knocking them over. Oketsu would jump back onto the ledge behind him and kneeling down, looking over at his opponent. "Hmm, you truly are on a Vice-Captain's level. Few people are lucky enough to defeat those chains, let alone so quickly. You may prove to be fun after all, all these years of killing nothing but hollows has grown boring, is has been many years since anyone stood before me and fought back." Oketsu stood tall and stretched his arms, then stepped off the ledge and looked across at Shin again. "Show me what you can do then, but don't take too long, this giant barrier combined with out battle will likely bring others along, and make leaving once you have been defeated difficult."

[shizu]

Reiatsu suddenly flared in front of her. Bright clear spots of intense pressure. Kasumi relished in the feeling, it was quite similar to opening once eyes. As the two brats started their fight she stood silently at the spine of the roof, head lowered and eyes closed. She preferred to watch fights that way, closing her eyes to all the annoying visual impressions she couldn’t read in any event. Like this, with her eyes closed, she could follow every little move. There was a distinct crack as tiles were crushed underfoot by sudden movement. A stream of reiatsu shot towards the Vizard accompanied with the wonderful sound of rushing water.

“You feel and hear it nee? You enjoy the sounds of battle don’t you Kasumi-chan?”
The voice beside her ear was strong and brimming with energy. It was filled with both joy and pride, the tone informal and easy. Kasumi knew it well, it was Chouka. Her fingers silently played along the blade, it felt slightly hot…

“Yes….”
Her answer was followed by a tingling joyous laugh, lively and melodic. She had always liked that sound, it was such a carefree sound, indifferent but happy. And he was correct; she loved the sounds of battle. The ability to read sounds, reiatsu and vibrations in order to make a mental picture of what happened.

A sudden sharp flare of reiatsu heralded another Kido. Centring on the Vizard was an immense pulse which flared outwards. The tiles cracked ahead of it, the sound running like a crackling ripple along the roof. Kasumi hunched down a few seconds before impact and braced herself. It was like an immense wave of wind hit her and slowly pushed her back, tiles cracked underneath her feet as she was pushed backwards along the spine of the roof. Her hair billowed wildly around her head. Then it had passed and she could rise once more. With silent and elegant steps she slowly walked back to where she has previously stood along the roofs spine, one hand carefully combing her silken hair back into place once more.

[Darkoda]

The pulse of reiatsu from the vizard's kido managed to push back Shin's kido, and he had to cancel it early to brace himself from the impact. He skidded back a few feet from the force, but otherwise, he was perfectly fine. The vizard had used the opportunity to jump back on a ledge to start preaching again though; that guy liked the sound of his voice far too much. He seemed to be at least partially concerned about attracting attention though, it seemed that he had some degree of sense with that massive ego of his.

Not bothering to answer the vizard, Shin stepped again, this time reappearing right in front of the vizard, with a palm thrust aimed for his solar plexus, aiming to knock the breath out of him. As long as Oketsu felt like underestimating Shin, he fully intended to take advantage of that and drop the guy before he even got around to drawing his sword. The close range Shin was at would make it quite hard to draw a katana, and that was with the vizard having to deal with the chain of punches that Shin intended to follow the palm strike with. A few cracked ribs ought to make him easier to bring in later.

[Knightmayre]

Oketsu noticed both shinigami were pushed back by his attack, as expected, though at Vice-Captain level he didn't expect either of them to take any damage. He had, however, achieved what he set out to achieve, and forced his opponent to dispell their kido. You over use that move, use something else, have a little fun! This isn't just a game, this kid is on my level, I don't really have the freedom to just have a little fun. Ugh, you're boring me, I woke up because I wanted to have some fun, and this is all you do? Why couldn't I get trapped inside a more interesting shinigami... Oh shut up and wait for me to call you out. Fine, but I won't be happy about it... And you're ever happy about anything that hasn't been dismembered? A fine point you raise...[/i] Oketsu sighed and looked over to his opponent, who was recovering from his earlier kido, and now looking across at him while he moved into action.

Oketsu crossed his hands over his chest, then lowered them and spread them apart, "Bakudo#21, Journey!" Oketsu looked up to notice his opponent flash step again, and appear directly in front of him and move to attack him. Oketsu didn't have as much time to react as he would have liked, he knew he was going to get hit no matter what, so he lowered himself down to his opponents eye level as their hand impacted with his sternum, and it took all of Oketsu's willpower to hold his eyes open, but that he did, and as he felt thin cracks shoot through his sternum, he was certain his opponent would be caught in the journey, at this range it would be near impossible to dodge unless they pulled out of their attack before it impacted, which Oketsu was sure the cracks in his chest told otherwise.

[Darkoda]

Shin heard what the vizard said before he struck out at him, but whatever kido he recited, it didn't stop Shin from hitting him. He could feel the ribs bending back on impact, hear the cracking of bones, and saw Oketsu bending over, until his face dropped to his eye level. It was an easy target for a palm to the face, and Shin struck out at the easy target -

He was running, he didn't know why, just that whatever he was running from, he had to get away, just keep running -

Hey, hey ,hey! Okay, just what did that vizard do to me? More likely than not, this was what that vizard's kido did. He did seem to be straining to keep his eyes open when Shin hit him.... what an odd kido.

A bit easy to see through though, I don't think anyone's stupid enough to not realise that they're in an illusion. How else do you go from fighting to randomly running?

It helps quite a bit that the reiatsu readings in the area haven't changed. You haven't moved at all. Kumori chimed in. You do realise that you're now an open target right?

That was certainly true, it was time for rapid problem solving. If he was in an illusion of running, then it likely wasn't a good idea to try to run. That left counter-attacking, and considering that his last action was to try to break that vizard's nose.......

"Hado #33, Sōkatsui." If nothing else, it should keep the vizard away, if not blast him away. It depended on how quickly he could recover from the palm strike that cracked his ribs.

[Knightmayre]

Oketsu lifted one leg, and shifted his weight so that the force of the blow to his chest would cause him to quasi-pirroette, swapping feet so that he made it around to Shin's side before coughing blood. He reached for his zanpakuto with his right hand, clutching his mouth with his left hand to catch the blood that he was coughing. Having trouble moving? You know, I could help you deal with that if you put your mask on. You seem to be forgetting the real vice captain over there, she will likely attack us after we are done with this kid, and I will certinally need your help then, not now. Tch, that's why you shinigami fail, always plotting things, you need to act on impulse. Acting on impulse is what gets hollows killed, and likely what got you trapped in me, so stow it.[/i]

Oketsu moved on despite the incredible pain pulsating through his body, and stabbed his sword upwards, aiming for his opponent's shoulder from the bottom, in a debilitating attack aimed at crippling his opponent's arm. Oketsu knew while in the illusion, his opponent wouldn't feel the pain, but that didn't make him any less surprised when Shin raised his arms and fired off soukatsui. To be able to fight through the illusion and move even his arms just a little, I may have been underestimating his will...

Oketsu jumped back and threw his hand forth again, "Bakudo #61, Chains of Fury! The chains again burst from the ground, this time though his opponent would not be able to flash step away, and Oketsu moved the chains so that they would be pulling on Shin's injured shoulder. With this done, Oketsu fell to one knee, the pain in his chest growing. Hey hey, you're fight is poking holes in my damn home again. Holes? Crap, that means bone shards are cutting me up, the hell am I going to do now if that vice captain attacks. I'll take care of the fighting for a bit, if worse comes to worse, but I can't do much about serious damage like that, you are going to need a doctor. Oh, a doctor, how thoughtful of you, and where would I find one of those? You could always go back to the brotherhood, I'm sure they'd be happy to have a vaizard on their side, not to mention they have doctors and training areas which you could make use of. Tch, I'll see, but we have to get out of this first. Indeed, good luck with that... Your confidence means so much to me...[/i] Oketsu spat blood all over the ground before him, then sheathed his blade, drawing the sheath out to use as a walking stick, it was likely going to be the only way he was going to move for a while, which in this situation was a shame.

[Darkoda]

The illusion broke, and the first thing Shin noted was the immense pain in his right arm. Wincing a bit, he glanced to the vizard, seeing him coughing up blood, then checked his right, noting the chains pulling on him, making the pain worse. More likely than not, that arm wasn't going to be very usable until he got it healed. Feeling much angrier now, he looked at Oketsu again, his reiatsu spiking as he saw the vizard trying to hold himself up on his sheath. He thought that he was in pain now?

The area around him started to grow darker, and he pulled out his zanpakuto with his left. "Embrace the darkness, Kumori." He said, his voice beyond arctic cold. The reiatsu around him exploded in darkness, as the chains simply eroded away from his arm. The black blade glinted in the sky, as the white edge slowly turned dark gray, pulsing with energy.

Ooh, you seem steamed. It's not as if it's the first time you got injured that badly. Guess it's time for me to stretch my claws then.

Shin flicked his left arm foward, releasing a wave of energy at the vizard, the plume of dark flames easily corroding away the top of the roof. Shin wasn't done with that though, he flash stepped ahead of his attack, releasing another burst of energy behind Oketsu, then vanishing again, this time aiming to intercept any attempt to evade from above the vizard, coming down with his real attack.

"Kumori katsu."

The condensed wave of energy shot down, aiming to cleave Oketsu in half.

[Knightmayre]

Oketsu noticed his opponent move his left arm towards his zanpakuto, and was fully aware things were not going to go well from him. Very well, you win, I'll let you have your fun for now, but once he is dealt with we are out of here, okay? No hanging around to mess with people who show up. You need to lay back, have some fun, enjoy yourself a little more, but I'll do as you asked this time, and then we'll work on controling your mask a little better, you need to learn to wear it longer, else I'll never have any real fun. Whatever, lets just make this quick. Oketsu lowered his head, so that his hair ran forward and covered his face. and smal white shards materialised out of nothing and flew through his hair. Oketsu then straightened himself up, ignoring the wounds he had previously taken, and laughed as his opponent released their sword and destroyed the chains holding them. Oketsu smiled and lowered his jaw, a red ball of reiatsu gathering in his mouth.

With his mask, Oketsu could sense his opponent's movements much better, even he couldn't see them. His opponent executed a well orchestrated attack, firing attacks from both sides before using a full powered attack from above. He hadn't, however, covered either of the diagonals, and Oketsu leapt up and to the right, narrowly avoiding the attacks. He then leapt up directly towards his opponent with a sudden burst of speed, spiralling upwards as he released the reiatsu he had been charging in his mouth. "Cero!" A red beam of energy shot forth from Oketsu's mouth, tearing through the sky towards his opponent, pushed on by Oketsu's own movement. Regardless of if the cero hit or not, Oketsu would continue spiralling towards his opponent, intent on getting into close quaters and finishing this quickly.

[shizu]

This is getting out of hand…
“Are you going to try and stop them? That could be fun…”
“Or it will simply escalate things further…”
I know…

He was of course correct, but this was starting to get a bit too hot, already part of the building and most of the roof had been destroyed. She had walked to the very edge of the destroyed area, carefully following the fight on a second roof that ran out from the tower and in towards the Seireitei. Their reiatsu had spiked considerably… both seemed to taking it to the limits. The amount of Kido they had unleashed was staggering, reiatsu flashing back and forth between them. There was a sickening crack as something in the Vizards midsection was crushed by a thundering strike. Seconds later came the distinct sound of a blade slicing into sinews and flesh.

Kasumi’s fingers slid down and gripped the hilt of Chouka, but then stopped…
For a second it seemed the boy was done for it, the Vizard had not only wounded him, he had bound him as well. He had surprised her however… It seemed his Shikai possessed the ability to corrode or consume reiatsu as the kido chains were eaten away. He struck out sending a current of Reiatsu towards his foe. In an instant he moved… Shunpo… Even Kasumi’s sharp senses struggled to follow movement that fast; in an instant he appeared on the opponents other side to launch another swipe. He moved again, reappearing above the Vizard in a flash to launch a final attack…
“He let his anger blind him… he’s a fool…”
The cold voice spoke true… The Vizard had changed his reiatsu suddenly and violently spiking… And what was more worrying, it had changed… it wasn’t the reiatsu of a Shinigami…

The hollowfied Shinigami laughed. It was a chilling thing, a twisted and guttural sound that should never come from anything remotely human. Kasumi felt how a chill ran down her spine. What had he done to himself… death would certainly be the better option. A steady flow of reiatsu was gathering at the things mouth… Kasumi’s eyes opened slowly; even she could see the intense red light… Cero… Oketsu shot up towards the boy… Her grip around the blade tightened. The cold voice whispered softly in her ear.
“He have to learn…”

[Darkoda]

Tsuno's going to kill you when he hears about this.....

Kumori's teasing voice cut through Shin's anger, causing him to focus on just what happened to the building. The roof was all but gone now, along with a few of the lower floors, and what was left wasn't going to last much longer, not with the black flames eating away at it anyway.

He had bigger issues to deal with right now though; the vizard seemed to have gotten desperate enough to draw on his mask. While that was enough to prove Shin's point about the guy having no idea what he was getting himself into with his quest for revenge, he now had to deal with a crazy hollow, which was charging at him with a cero.

This won't end well..... Shin appeared quite calm on the outside, despite his concern about how this was going to end. He couldn't flash step out of the way without some form of footing, so that left facing the attack head on. His zanpakuto was already glowing with dark energy again, as he swung his blade upwards, directly into the crimson beam. The energy bent and buckled, being forced forward by the spinning vizard. Shin could feel the heat from the cero pushing back at him, as he forced his zanpakuto upwards, bending his body to kick off the blade, releasing the condensed wave of energy.

As expected, two relatively equal forces of reiatsu were not going to react well. The expected explosion of red and black finished shoving Shin straight into the tower, with more than a few burns. Pushing past the pain, as soon as his feet landed on the ground of one of the lower floors, he dashed back to the roof, running along the walls to the edge of the roof, his hand pointed at Oketsu.

"Bakudo #61 - Rikujōkōrō."

Shin really didn't see how the hollow intended to evade that in midair, but either way, he was already moving on, flames surrounding his zanpakuto. This fight was starting to get far too destructive, and he was getting worn out from all this. Besides, now he had a rampaging hollow to deal with. That laugh he heard earlier, he had only heard that from the basic hollow who were little more than mindless beasts, only acting on hunger.

"I suppose now hollow is a more appropriate term for you than vizard." Shin said, the flames in his zanpakuto only increasing in intensity, before he swung his blade at Oketsu, releasing a plume of flames, stretching out like a funnel and aiming to completely engulf him. Hopefully, the sheer reiatsu loss from getting immolated in his zanpakuto's flames would weaken that inner hollow enough for the shinigami side to at least gain some control back.

[Knightmayre]

The blask knocked Oketsu back, though a quick spin in mid air at least allowed him to regain a sense of where he was, and while Oketsu could no longer feel the pain, he could feel the movement as the damage to his chest was amplified by the impact from the blast. At the moment you are just borrowing my power, but do you have any idea how close you are to passing out? Not to mention you have a very short period of time to keep the mask on. Let me take control. Let me get you out of here so that you can recover and take your vengeance later. This is about more than just my revenge, this is a test, if I can not defeat this kid then what chance do I have against the rest of the second squad? None if you die, you can train. I can give you more power than pathetic little runts like him could ever dream of obtaining, but you have to be alive to take that power. Let me take control. I will continue to fight while I wear the mask, once the mask comes off I will likely pass out, then the fight is all yours.[/i] Okestu span and threw his weight downwards, causing himself to drop suddenly, barely avoiding the six bars of light which he knew all to well would have ended the fight for him.

Landing on the ground looking up, Oketsu looked up to see his opponent's zanpakuto wrapped in dark flames. A single crack appeared running a long his mask, and Oketsu knew his time was running out. As his opponent gathered reiatsu for another attack, Oketsu too opened his mouth and charged up to fire off another cero. As a second crack appeared running alongside the first crack, Shin let loose a massive plume of black fire, which hurtled down towards Oketsu. Oketsu could feel the pain slowly increasing in his chest, and knew his control was slipping, but he also knew he had to finish this fight before his hollow took over, as he didn't trust it not to continue the fight. Oketsu winced and leapt to the side, firing off his cero as he did.

Oketsu suddenly felt a strange sensation in his leg, a burning unlike any he had felt before. While he was still not wholly feeling the pain, he felt a sudden drop in his reiatsu, and felt several more cracks burst through his mask. Oketsu closed his mouth as the cero ended, it would come out as a blast instead of a beam as he usually preffered. Oketsu then moved further to the side and tore off the lower leg of his pants where the flames were burning, though they had already done their damage. Oketsu was now around half of his total reiatsu, in rapidly increasing pain, and as he thought about his situation more, he realised the final cracks appeared in his mask, and it shattered and fell from his face, landing in a pile of shards on the ground. Oketsu fell to his knees and looked at the pieces of his mask, usually they would dissapear, but there they were. clear as day. Oketsu could also feel the reiatsu he had lost in the fight slowly being replaced by his inner hollow's own dark reiatsu, and decided he should speak while he was still himself. "It seems going easy on you was a bad idea kid, looking back on our fight I should have released my own zanpakuto, instead of allowing you to gain an advantage. It seems however, my time here is running out, that attack of yours drained the last of the reiatsu I was using to keep my inner hollow in check. I do hope he plays nice." Oketsu fell, face forward, into the shards of his mask, his body motionless.

This lasted only a moment, however, as the shards leapt back onto his face, rebuilding his mask, and rebuffing his reiatsu. Leaping to his feet, despite his injuries, Oketsu laughed once more, all traces of his former shinigami nature lost in the cruel blood-lust that tinged his voice. Picking up his zanpakuto and placing it in it's sheath, Oketsu turned back to face the two shinigami, stepping up onto the remains of the rooftop ledge as he did. "Oketsu sends his regards, but he made me give my word I wouldn't fight you lot, unless you wish to follow, then I'm sure we can have all sorts of games!"[/cplor] Oketsu tilted his head back and laughed again, quickly charging and firing a cero full blast into the barrier wall, punching a hole through it. "You were all such fun, we must do this again!"[/b] Oketsu pushed off the ledge towards the hole, building up a cero in his hand as he did. Once he reached the hole he would turn and fire a cero, either at whichever of the shinigami followed him, or at the building in general, as a parting gift.

Leaping off the barrier, Oketsu landed on another rooftop, and closed his eyes for a second, sensing the direction of the gate that would return him to the human world. Well, Oketsu won't mind that last blast, it's for his own good anyway. Laughing again, Oketsu ran off in the direction of the senkai gate, secretly hoping he would be followed.

[shizu]

“I said I couldn’t let you walk…”

The tone was ice cold, sharp and hard. It seemed almost unrecognizable if it wasn’t for the low and soft sound of her voice. In a flash Kasumi had appeared before the hollow. Her face remained empty… almost calm. But her eyes had changed, the palls of grey expanding like clouds covering the green world below. The clear steel of chouka glittered faintly, her swords remaining sheathed. A slight breeze caught her hair and clothing, sending them billowing softly. She wondered faintly on what had gone through his head now…. Why would anyone let a hollow take over? It seemed the equivalent of a personal suicide. But that didn’t really matter… all that mattered was that he had to be stopped. Then she stepped and disappeared.

Already as their reiatsu clashed had she moved, darting down from the tower and landing on the same precipice she had used earlier. It was an excellent position, from it she had been sheltered from the explosion but still easily able to hear and sense their moves. There had been the dual thump as the two landed, followed by a soft cracking and the howl of flames. The boy had unleashed another one of his reiatsu consuming attacks, obliterating yet more of the building. They had both however seemed quite so exhausted. That was… until that thing had appeared. Quite how she couldn’t tell, but there had been a massive increase in the Vizards reiatsu, almost like when he had taken on his mask only in a stable form. And then… there had been that voice… It left no doubt about whom or rather what it was. When you couldn’t see some once face then their voice became all the more important, it became a person’s signature. And this voice… It was cold and unnatural, seeping not only with lust but also a need for death and blood. It was the voice of a hollow…
The second she heard that voice Kasumi knew she would have to act, the boy had impressed her… but he couldn’t do this on his own. The second it moved she had darted down onto the barrier and sprinted to its edge. A second later the Hollow had fired of the cero, an intense heat shot past overhead, closely followed by a shockwave and an almost blinding flash of reiatsu. The force was easily able to smash a hole in the barrier. The hollow had disappeared though it, sending of one last blast as he did so… It had been aimed backwards… not downwards. The next second Kasumi had darted after him. And he had stopped… how careless….

Dual blades glittered in the faint sunlight as they were drawn, they seemed nought but silver flashes to even a well trained eye. She had used the shunpo to get up behind her opponent. Black hair flew around her as she pivoted on the spot, barely placing one foot behind the other. As she spun both blades were drawn and cut in one continuous motion, aimed to sever him in two.

[Darkoda]

Shin dived to the side of the roof to evade the cero, a sudden spike of pain in his right shoulder protesting the sudden movement and reminding him of why he wasn't using it in this fight. In the meantime, the vizard was unable to fully evade his last attack, his leg having caught aflame. The sudden pain seemed to cause him to clench his teeth though, which meant that Shin now had to evade an explosion of energy instead of a beam. With a sigh, he switched his zanpakuto to his right arm, cutting it at the flames and releasing a wave of dark fire to corrode away the brunt of the force. While explosions certainly had more range, the lack of concentrated power meant that he didn't need to dodge again at least. His right arm was really protesting him moving it about though, but it wasn't as if he had much choice; he needed to use both arms for now, he would deal with the consequences later.

The vizard was panting on the ground, likely the reiatsu drain of his mask catching up with him. His entire speech could be summed up as his ego biting him in the ass, which was exactly what Shin told him would happen, and he felt driven to point out.

"It's your own fault for being an overconfident moron. I would love to see how many pieces you would be in by now if you fought anyone higher seated than me." Of course, the vizard didn't need to know that right now, Shin was essentially the second highest ranked officer in the Special Forces, until the second to fourth seats got replaced.

The pieces of his mask reforming on his face wasn't expected though. Maybe he was serious about losing control of his inner hollow earlier. This posed a problem now, since the hollow had essentially restored the reiatsu of the vizard's body, and now they had to deal with this monstrosity.

The hollow charged yet another cero, blasting a hole into the barrier and running off, the vice-captain right behind it. It's second cero missed its intended target completely, and slammed straight into the tower, as if it hadn't been damaged enough today. He had to move to a second building as their original fighting arena collapsed onto itself, the only thing keeping the whole thing from crumbling being the barrier in place.

I am not paying to get that fixed.

Looking outside the barrier, he saw that the hollow had stopped moving for whatever reason, which it would likely not live to regret since it allowed the vice-captain to overtake it and from the looks of things, she was going to cut it down right there. Under any event, he saw no reason to step in yet, but just in case, he followed the two of them up there, after taking the easy route around the barrier and just dispelling it. He would just stay to the side, watching the two of them; he couldn't very well incinerate the hollow with the vice-captain so close to it, but if it tried to run, it would find another wall of fire heading its way.

[Knightmayre]

Oketsu sensed a sudden burst of reiatsu appearing behind him, and quickly grapped his zanpakuto and raised it from it's sheath, narrlowly blocking the two incomming blades. Oketsu tilted his sword so that Kasumi's blades would deflect upwards and over his head, and planned on using the momentum Kasumi had from the spin against her by not stopping the blades, only redirectiong them, forcing her to continue to move around. Oketsu would then bring his free hand in a fierce punch aimed at Kasumi's midsection. "Now now, little god, are you sure you want to dance with this devil?"[/b]

Oketsu leapt back, another haunting laugh echoing through the air around him as he smiled and pointed his sword at Kasumi. "Flash step from you too, I think Oketsu will have to learn this move, he wouldn't have stood a chance against that attack. Ha, now I see why he was worried about you getting involved in the fight, you may just be fun after all."[/b] Oketsu pushed off the ground and lunged towards Kasumi, charging a cero in his hand. He aimed at using his sword to defend against Kasumi's swords, and fire the cero at point blank range. A wicked smile crept across Oketsu's face as he launched his attack, he was looking forward to this.

[shizu]

Theme:This is War


The dull sound of metal on metal filled the air as he blocked her blades. They struck his sword on each side and stopped. A slight vibration, Kasumi felt how his body moved in for a punch. With a graceful step she moved slightly to the side and pulled her blades away, feeling the punch swipe past her midsection. He shot backwards, stopping a few meters away.

So he suppose he can intimidate me?... Sad… I wonder what it is like… being trapped in your own head.

She ignored the hollows words. But he seemed to be strong, his reiatsu was stable and quite high… maybe not her equal but still dangerous. He didn’t however seem to be her equal with a sword, at least judging from the first attack…
A howling laugher filled the clear air, a monstrous and bloodcurdling sound devoid of all humane qualities. Then it lunged, tiles cracking underfoot as it kicked off. Kasumi remained still for a few seconds, black hair playing quietly on the breeze. Hazy green eyes looked towards him, as unfocused and empty as ever. Silver blades glittered slightly as they were held down along her side, wakizashi in her left and katana in her right. He had lifted a hand, a large surge of reiatsu building up in his palm. She moved.

Kasumi was quick, a lot quicker then her build suggested. Just as the Vizard got within a few steps she shot forward and dodged low into his attack. Dual blades darted forward in a horizontal cut, much like her last attack. He brought his blade down as an answer, aimed to parry. But just as the weapons meet Kasumi pushed sideways with both weapons, using the both hands to push his arm outwards… For a second it seemed as if she had walked into his cero…
Then she was there, close and sudden. She looked into the manic mask of the hollow mere inches away, a horrible skull like visage with eyes that screamed for death and blood. Ice cold eyes of hazy green meet the hollow’s and didn’t weaver… Kasumi had stepped straight into his guard using the space left by his right arm. Like a flash of silver the wakizashi was pulled sideways out of the block and swung in aimed at his left shoulder. As the wakizashi pulled away nothing now held his sword and Kasumi brought her katana in from the side, aiming to take his head off in one clean swipe.



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Okai so it may be a bit confusing so to recap in shorter terms:
1. She run into his attack and dodge low so she comes up from below. 2. She does an outwards horizontal slice which I presumed you'd block. Her swords are now crossed against yours. 3. She push with both swords sideways and step into your guard. 4. She keep pushing with the katana but pull the Wakizashi (left hand) out of the block, allowing your sword to fall and chop at the arm firing a cero. 5. Unless you get away she bring the katana back for an inwards slice at head O.o