Gathering Darkness (Karzan/Open)

[Kyoshin Oscuro]

Kyoshin took the kick, flying backwards and landing on his feet, barely having enough time to regain his balance before Virgil's sword was whipped towards him. Quickly countering with a downward strike at the sword, Kyoshin locked blades with the Segunda, then sent a powerful kick at Virgil's chest.

[virgil]

The problem for Kyoshin was that his tail freed up his arms from using his blade and allowed them to do other moves in the process. Karzan managed to kick at his right arm and send his cero in the wrong direction from Kyoshin, but his left arm was still free.

With his mastery of reflex's, his left arm literally shot out at the leg that Kyoshin sent to kick him with and would try to grab onto it. He gave it a tight grip, so tight it would begin to bruise the leg. He looked at the second in command with an excited grin as he sent his tail at him again to clash with his sword, before swinging him around with his left arm and launching him at Karzan again.

As he threw him at Karzan, he would take a deep breath in, and blow out his breath at the two which sent a wave of his fire at the two.

[Karzan Zaraki]

As Kyoshin headed toward him, Karzan would grab his arms, and use Sonido to drag him away from the flames that now spewed from Virgil's mouth. He knew very well the damage those flames could do.

"Watch out for the flames he breathes," Karzan said as he released Kyoshin once they were out of Virgil's reach, "once set ablaze by them, there's no stopping them unless you defeat him."

[Kyoshin Oscuro]

Nodding to Karzan as he got up, Kyoshin leaped into the air, making a high arc over the Segunda (and his flames) and landing behind him. Aiming a quick slash at the Segunda's back, Kyoshin then launched his whole body at his enemy, feet first, while keeping his sword at the ready to parry any attacks from his enemy's tail.

[virgil]

Virgil's followed the second in command with his eyes as he finished off his breath attack; when Kyoshin landed behind him his tail raised his blade to counter the first slash that that Kyoshin delivered to his back, causing the two blades to temporarily lock. However The second in command managed to parry the blade as he jumped forward and ram his body into the segunda espada. But Virgil turned himself towards Kyoshin as he rammed into him and delivered a swift punch with his left arm to his face as the two collided into each other before bringing his leg forward to try and trip Kyoshin over him.

[Karzan Zaraki]

Karzan watched as the attacks of his two subordinate both landed successfully, and waited to see if Kyoshin would be tripped by the Segunda's upraised leg.

"A Cero at this range would do quite a bit of damage," Karzan commented, wondering which of the two might fire one off first, "it might even provoke your enemy into making a mistake."

[Kyoshin Oscuro]

Tripping partially but swiftly regaining his balance by embedding his sword in the ground to steady himself, Kyoshin spun around to face Virgil. Hearing Karzan, Kyoshin grinned broadly, and said, "Agreed, master, but maybe something a bit faster." Quickly letting go of his blade, Kyoshin charged one Bala in each of his hands and fired them at the Segunda, who was no more that but a few feet away.

[virgil]

Virgil made sure to turn with Kyoshin as he tripped past him so that he was facing him. The segunda was keeping his attacks brief so that the second in command could get some offense, even if under normal circumstances he would have continued his assault on the arrancar. He lifted his tail up again as Kyoshin fired off his bala's, using his sword to swing at and block one while he raised his right arm over his chest to take the second bala, he didn't have enough time to avoid it but better his arm take the hit than a direct hit to the chest. The blast left a burning scar down to the elbow on his arm but Virgil ignored the pain and simply lowered his arm to the side to reveal his other hand...there was a reason he had not used bala's himself, and that was because he had a fully charged Cero pointed right at the second in command within his left palm.

"Why rush power...?" He asked with a grin as he revealed his attack, firing the Cero at point blank range at his opponent, knowing full well that he was too slow to have mastered Sonido, the attack would surely engulf him without intervention from Karzan. "You lack the speed to avoid me, and the power to stop me, "Commander"." He thought, keeping what he was thinking to himself.

[Karzan Zaraki]

"But that will change with time."

As Virgil, fired the Cero, Karzan stood back and watched, smiling the whole time.

"You have one recourse Kyoshin," Karzan shouted over the roar of the blast as his smiled widened to become a grin of blood lust, "show him your real power!"

[Kyoshin Oscuro]

(Reiatsu: 235 Attack: 235 Speed: 160 Weapon: 180
These are my release stats. Now I can match Virgil's speed, and my Hierro works against him.)

Time almost seemed to slow down. Kyoshin saw the Segunda's Cero approaching, heard Karzan's instructions, and knew there was only one thing he could still do. Reaching out quickly so that his fingertips made contact with the hilt of his Zanpakuto embedded in the ground, he shouted out, "Darkness take them, Noche Espina!"

A blast of darkness exploded from Kyoshin as his sealed power was released, pulverizing the oncoming Cero in it's path and knocking Virgil back several yards. Kyoshin's Hollow mask had covered his face, and his hands now had bone gauntlets of a similar appearance. Both his clothing and flesh had become completely black, as if they were made of shadow, and behind his mask, his eyes were glowing visibly red. "Now, the fun starts," Kyoshin said.

Charging forward with amazing speed, Kyoshin took a quick swipe at Virgil's Zanpakuto (because of my current Weapon Skill, I am more than capable of disarming you, just remember that) with enough force to send the blade flying from the Segunda's grip, then slashed at the Segunda's chest with his razor sharp claws. Laughing in excitement, Kyoshin jumped back several yards and shouted, "Umbrio Horizonte!"

Kyoshin's darkness seemed to explode outwards, blanketing everything the three Arrancar could see. Soon, nothing could be seen in the blackness but Kyoshin's glowing red eyes, which soon disappeared behind one of the now invisible walls of the ruin.

[virgil]

Virgil grinned as he was pushed back by the sudden release of Kyoshin's Zanpakuto. "So early? ...I appreciate the compliment, commander." Virgil laughed out as the new form of the second in command came into view. Virgil was surprised with how little changed in his appearance, it was a bit disappointing, but he knew that the current release would surely make him more powerful. Kyoshin charged at him, attempting to remove his blade, but even with his increased power Virgil could keep up with him in speed...and he was a master of reflexes. When his opponent got with in range he opened his mouth and shot forth his fiery breath at point blank range, knowing that he still lacked Sonido. However, the fire was a distraction to slow him down enough for Virgil, as well as the tail that held his Zanpakuto, to move backward away from his opponents attacks, causing them to miss their target.

However after this Virgil allowed his opponent to leap backward and preform his technique, simply grinning the entire time as his vision began to fade more and more. complete darkness surrounded him, an interesting little trick, he thought. He sheathed his blade, knowing it to be useless in such combat conditions and waited. Within both of his hands he began to charge Cero's, while his tail move around the area he stood. He waited in ready to see what kind of attack Kyoshin would throw his way. Though, he had to wonder about Karzan and what he would do in this sitution...perhaps he'd come looking for Virgil as well? He was excited to see where this would go.

[Karzan Zaraki]

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Reiatsu: 185 + 65 (Master Release) + 10 (Power/Battle Type) = 260

Attack: 210 + 65 (Master Release) + 15 (Power/Battle Type) = 290

Speed: 165 + 65 (Master Release) + 15 (Power/Battle Type) = 245

Weapons Skill: 125 +65 (Master Release) + 10 (Power/Battle Type) = 200

"You would be well advised to release your power as well Virgil," Karzan said grinning as the darkness enveloped them, "Kyoshin's power is quite...interesting you'll find."

As the darkness completely enveloped them, Karzan would hold out his own blade, and utter his own release phrase.

"Destello-Colmillo."

The rush of energy as Karzan took his true form would be palpable in the all consuming darkness, since the sense of sight had already been eliminated. Smiling to himself, Karzan let out a howl, which would paralyze both of his subordinates, but would leave Virgil paralyzed slightly longer, giving Kyoshin a full 5 seconds to put into action any plan he had.

[Kyoshin Oscuro]

Grinning in anticipation, Kyoshin heard his prey move enough to give himself away. As Virgil stood there, Kyoshin contorted the space around the Segunda so that whichever direction he moved, he would in essence be hovering in place.

He then heard Karzan's howl, and in his paralysis realized that the Lord of the Deep had just released his Zanpakuto. Recovering, he realized that Virgil, who was closer, would still be under the effects of the paralysis and completely vulnerable to attack. "Animo Esparcir," he incanted, as his Reiatsu become scattered through the darkness, putting out that pesky fire Virgil had set on him. Then condensing part of his Reiatsu to make a phantom of his right claw, Kyoshin compelled his disembodied hand to strike directly at the paralyzed Segunda's back, then dissolve back into the shadow.

[virgil]

((Uhh, your paralysis would last longer on Kyoshin actually, Karzan. I have a good 25 attack more than what he has in his released form, and there's nothing that indicates you can choose who it effects more, Ya know? I should be paralyzed for 10 seconds while he should be for 15, in other words I'd be able to take action before his incoming attack. So I'm typing my post as the effect should have gone <<)

Virgil would be paralyzed from the attack that Karzan sent his way after he released. He found this to be quite annoying, He figured the Lord of the deep was trying to push the fight to its limits but it felt too soon. He wanted to fight this being in his sealed form because it would be more challenging that way. However thanks to his impressive strength he fought off the paralysis sooner than Karzan seemed to expect he would. He placed his right hand upon the hilt of his blade in that moment. "Lord of the Deeps orders, afterall. A shame he won't let me fight how I want to though." He commented to himself as he unsealed his power and became his Chimera form.

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Reiatsu: 190 + 65+ 20 = 275
Attack: 260 + 65 = 325
Speed: 160 + 65 = 225
Weapon skill: 100 + 65 =165

As he released Kyoshin had escaped from his paralysis as well and had moved into to attack Virgil, but the huge surge of reiatsu would force him back from his attack before he could do anything. "Hmm, interesting attempt at an attack, I suppose. However, even when concealed in darkness it won't do much good. Not without the power to back it up." He warned as he put his spiritual pressure down upon Kyoshin, following his reiatsu trail from his failed attack, he would use this to slow him down and would then send his massive tail like entity outward into the darkness towards it, hoping to slam it into him with incredible strength. After the tail made it's swing he would fire the first Cero in the direction of Karzan's voice, and keep the second upon his hand.

[Karzan Zaraki]

((My apologies, I tend to forget I used attack sa the base for the how attack, rather than Reiatsu, which would have made more sense. We'll just have it as a lack of judgment...post edited.))

"That won't do much good Virgil," Karzan said as he felt the Segunda's reiatsu surge, "until this darkness is gone, even if you slow Kyoshin, down, you can't really hit him...its like trying to hit the air."

Going by sense now, Karzan jammed his claws into the ground, and extended them, guiding them through feel to the source of Virgil's spiked reiatsu. When they were in the general area of Virgil's location, all 10 claws would come out of the ground in the form of thin spikes, than would attempt to impale the Segunda's various body parts.

However, as he was doing this, the unseen Cero would smash into him, knocking him backward, which had the added effect of snapping his claws off. He hit the ground with a thud, and grunted, getting to his feet as he waited for his claws to regenerate.

[Kyoshin Oscuro]

Kyoshin's laughter echoes through the darkness as the Segunda's tail waves through empty air, failing to hit the Second in Command, who starts to generate a Cero blast, unbeknown to the other Arrancar. As Karzan's claw spikes made to strike Virgil, Kyoshin partially materialized his own claws and aimed two silent slashes at the Segunda's chest, then vanished again and released his charged Gran Rey Cero directly at the Segunda, the massive, whirling blast of black Reiatsu almost invisible in the darkness.

[virgil]

Virgil had fired his Cero into the darkness at karzan as his massive tail returned to him. He was not sure if the attack had hit but within moments spikes shot up from the darkness, stabbing into the espada's chest and legs and pushed him backward quite a bit, much to his surprise. He would bring one his arms down to break the pieces off of him in one swing causing him to land back on the ground with a quick thud. As he knelt down Kyoshin's arms appeared in front of him but out of his view, delivering two quick slashes at his chest the first slash caught him by surprise and gave a quick slice at his chest but the second he was able to lift his right arm and smack it away with his strength before it could do him harm. The claw that had managed to hit him burned, like some sort of poisonous effect but even still the segunda had little time to worry about such things.

Kyoshin fired off a cero of massive reiatsu, unmistakeably a gran rey cero. How foolish, Virgil thought, to use so much power so soon in the fight now he would become exhausted far faster than Karzan or Virgil. Sighing he lifted his left arm up, which still had his second fully charged cero. The gran rey was hard to see in this, but you did not need vision to feel that amount of power coming towards you. He fired his fully charged cero in the direction of the reiatsu and immediately leapt upward and away from the collision. Virgil had more reiatsu, but he knew that a fully charged cero, even his, would fall to a gran rey. The two blasts would collide and after a power struggle Kyoshins cero would overtake Virgils, its remains smashing into the ground Virgil had once stood.

The segunda landed atop what felt like an exposed wall of the ruins, but he was not sure. His tail was brought close to him and began to move a small distance behind the segunda before wrapping itself forward ahead of him, readying itself and preparing for the next strike. He would not allow this to go on much longer as it was now. As he stood in his defensive position, a soothing aura would begin to escape and form to Virgil's body, a special power that his release gave him was being activated.

[Karzan Zaraki]

"Sounds like things are getting good," Karzan said with a smile, "soon I'll be able to see how much damage you two did for myself."

And sure enough, as he spoke, the veil of darkness would begin to lessen, as Kyoshin's ability began to wear off.

[Kyoshin Oscuro]

The darkness seemed to dim, then the entire field instantly collapsed inward, forming Kyoshin's body as it did. Now unhindered, the light of Hueco Mundo's moon revealed the damage the three released Arrancar had done so far, not to mention the crater left by Kyoshin's Gran Rey Cero. Kyoshin stood several yards away from Karzan and the Segunda, and decided to put a little more distance between himself and the now released Karzan.

[virgil]

"No where to hide, now. A pity, the second in command's power is finite. Mine on the other hand..." He announced as he put all of his reiatsu pressure upon Kyoshin, slowing his movements down thanks to the gap between them. He would then charge towards him with his immense speed, being much faster than the second in command already but now was even faster with his reiatsu baring down upon him. As he approached him his anaconda like appendage would shoot forward directly at Karzan, firing off a breath of fire the entire way to him; the tail would follow and attack him if he attempted to avoid the fire coming his way. Being nearly 60 feet in length, it could easily keep up in distance with the lord of the deep.

While his tail attacked Karzan he would catch up to the second in command and leap into the air, delivering a fully powered kick into his chest with both legs, making sure to dig his clawed feet into him as he did, and finally slamming him into the ground, causing it to cave inward from the immense strength the segunda held. "You'll find your current Hierro is worthless when compared to my strength." He warned as he would quickly deliver a powerful jab with his left arm at his chest as well, if it connected it would stab through the abdomen like a sword. However, the blow was non lethal.