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Post by Clyde on Feb 10, 2012 19:57:22 GMT -5
“Now this technique I recognize, the Shikai.” The boy said with a grin on his face when Azerik lifted the large sword as if it weighed absolutely nothing. The shinigami without hesitation dropped the blade to the ground, sending condensed air out from the sharp at across the ground towards Clyde. The dirt and rock below was ripped apart easily by the air’s pressure. The boy’s gray eyes examined the air as it approached; with careful timing he jumped to the side of it and caused it to fly off towards Nonko’s current position. The captain would be in no danger as the blast of air passed by him without making contact.
Narrowly dodging Azerik’s first attack, the boy had unfortunately lost sight of his opponent if only for a second. His attention however was returned to the shinigami’s position when he yelled out the name of his attack. Clyde’s eyes darted upward and made contact with the drill of energy swirling around Azerik’s sword. With no time to dodge, the boy threw his arm up and used his power to transform his sword into a shield of pure energy, similar to Azerik’s but much larger. At the moment of its creation the purple reiatsu emitted from the zanpakuto made contact with the gray shield, causing both colors of reitasu to spark in all direction.
The boy gritted his teeth as the zanpakuto began drilling down into the shield. To his surprise, the increase in power the shikai gave to the fanged man was far more than he anticipated. As he began struggling against it he began to be pushed back by the ability; his feet dragged across the ground while Azerik still remained above him thanks to the positioning of his zanpakuto. Cracks began to form around the boy’s barrier and knowing that he needed to put the spirit on the defensive he activated his power once more, causing three sections on the shields face to sprout forward like three pipes which aimed to ram into Azerik’s chest and push him off of the boy.
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Post by Azerik Zaraki on Feb 10, 2012 21:59:56 GMT -5
Azerik grunted as the pipe like protrusion slammed into his chest, distracting him from his attack, which dissipated without him to control it. To stop himself from getting knocked too far, he stuck his sword into the ground, pulling it out as soon as he came to a stop.
Gritting his teeth, Azerik charged at Clyde, swinging his sword two handed this time to send another blast of air toward the boy, more powerful than the last. Leaping the last bit of distance, Azerik would bring his sword down in a vertical slash, heavy enough to kick up dust if he missed and hit the ground.
"Just wait until you see what I really have up my sleeve."
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Post by Clyde on Feb 11, 2012 17:21:47 GMT -5
Holding out his arm, Clyde channeled some additional reiatsu into the gray shield, causing it to contort and reshape with even more energy pumping through it as it took the form of a halberd. With a quick swipe of his arms, the halberd crashed into the ground and sent a wave of reiatsu that easily matched the blade of wind that barreled towards it. The pressure released from the blast of reiatsu would disrupt the winds rhythm and dispersed it into several directions.
His hands still on the pole of his weapon; Clyde lifted the gray mass of reiatsu and pointed it at the now airborne Azerik as the shinigami flew towards him to deliver a vertical slash. The boy’s speed gave him the edge though, and before the excited spirit could connect his attack Clyde would extend the halberd’s length so that at its current trajectory it would cut right into Azerik’s left shoulder and most likely throw him backward from the force behind it.
The weapon would immediately reform into a more manageable sized long sword, which the human dashed towards his opponent with to strike at him whether his first attack missed or not. If his first attack did miss, then most likely their blades would collide.
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Post by Azerik Zaraki on Feb 15, 2012 9:03:00 GMT -5
Azerik hissed as the strange weapon bit into is shoulder, interrupting his attacks. Landing swiftly, a few feet back from where he had expected to land, Azerik prepared himself for Clyde's assault.
"Kuiki Dekata Kuuhaku."
The words would be barely audible, but as soon as they escaped his lips, 5 black spheres would appear around the battlefield. Three lay directly in front of Azerik, poised to intercept Clyde's attack in place of Azerik's own sword, the other two appearing on either side of Clyde, following him as Azerik willed. As the boy's reiatsu blade made contact with the spheres in front of Azerik, the parts that made contact would seem to simply have disappeared, but would be coming out of the sphere to Clyde's right, aiming at the source of his power, and the dominant arm.
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Post by Clyde on Feb 15, 2012 12:48:22 GMT -5
It was too late for Clyde to stop the swinging of his blade as it entered the spheres that generated in front of the human. The section that entered the black sphere seemed to disappear, confusing the boy until it exited from the sphere directly next to it, causing to slash across his right arm. His gray eyes darted towards where he had been cut, seeing that his own weapon had been the culprit. “Some sort of portal?” He questioned in a surprised tone; instinctively he retracted his sword from the sphere so as to prevent it from being used against him anymore.
The young man’s eyes continued to dart around expertly, paying close attention to how many spheres his opponent had generated. "I need to try and avoid contact with those things..." He thought. Being surrounded by them, he instead tried to jump over them. While in mid air, his sword changed into more of a whip shape that he shot forward towards Azerik. His arm would glow with his reiatsu as he would command the whip to zigzag and change direction constantly in route to the shinigami in an attempt to confuse him and to avoid contact with the sphere’s that he had summoned.
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Post by Azerik Zaraki on Feb 15, 2012 13:10:51 GMT -5
Azerik smiled at Clyde's reaction, and when the boy jumped back, Azerik changed the position of the spheres. Four of them now floated in front of the Shinigami, acting as a wall between him and the Human boy. The fifth hovered above them, out of sight unless Clyde wanted to distract himself.
As Clyde's whip came close to Azerik, the spheres would remain in front of him, preventing damage, and making the whip flail harmlessly high above them. "Spheres of Moving Space," Azerik translated what he had said earlier, "These spheres are dimensional warps created by condensing my reaitsu to a normally impossible point. The only limit is that I can only have 5 spheres, and that I can't personally move through them...well I could, but its extremely dangerous. Because of how condensed these warps are, living tissue is severely damaged when it passes through."
Azerik continued to smile. This ability tended to make him cocky, but with good reason. If he had to he could use these spheres as the ultimate defense, surrounding himself with them, and using his Inju Joukai to create a barrier. They also allowed him to keep his enemies on their toes, wondering where his next attack would come from.
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Post by Clyde on Feb 15, 2012 13:36:41 GMT -5
Despite Clyde’s attempt to have the whip of reiatsu hit Azerik, the sphere’s prevented a frontal assault, so the boy retracted the weapon back around his fist and allowed himself to descend back towards the ground. The boy listened to what the shinigami said, having an excited grin the whole time; the fight was getting interesting now. Just as he came in contact with the dirt he punched his right fist into the floor at his feet and channeled his reiatsu into it. The reiatsu traveled fast, making its way underneath the shinigami. Instead of doing some form of attack however Clyde would instead use his alchemy to wrap the earth around the shinigami's feet and move it forward in an attempt to cause the shinigami to ram into his own orbs which by his own admission would harm him.
But Clyde did not think Azerik would let that happen, which was the plan. Once the alchemy was preformed the boy would swing his arm upward and launch a crescent slash directly towards the wall of orbs that was protecting him. If he tried to move the orbs now, he would be hit with the boy’s reiatsu, but if he didn’t move them he would ram right into them. With Azerik's feet restrained to the earth, it would too difficult for him to leap into the air in time. To Clyde, he thought he had him.
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Post by Azerik Zaraki on Feb 19, 2012 17:56:00 GMT -5
"YOU IDIOT!"
The spheres all around the area would disappear as Azerik released the energy sustaining them. As they vanished, Azerik would bring his huge sword up to cover his body, hiding behind the blade as the blast of Clyde's energy made contact with it. The blast knocked him back, slamming him into the ground, requiring him to stab his sword into the ground to stop his movement.
"That could have killed me," Azerik said with a growl before calming down and saying, "...I told you about the damage for a reason, to avoid permanent injury, to either of us. If I had acted too late I wouldn't be standing here...a lot of slugcats had to die to test figure this ability out...and unless you want someone to end up inside out, I suggest you be more cautious..."
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Post by Nonko Ryuuza on Feb 19, 2012 20:48:13 GMT -5
Nonko titled his head at the comment about the slugcats being used to test this item. "Nanako, remind me to count of my creatures when we return." He said as he looked to where she was. She seemed to have found a nice place to sit on top of a rock. Interesting. |
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Post by Clyde on Feb 22, 2012 13:02:12 GMT -5
Clyde lifted himself up as he was very quickly berated by Azerik. “Oh, geez, I’m sorry!” The boy yelled out towards the now much farther away Shinigami. “I guess all my battles with the arrancar have kind of forced me to beat my opponents with all my strength and tactics,” He sighed, scratching the back of his blondish hair embarrassingly. The boy had been told a weakness by the shinigami and, being so use to exploiting enemy weaknesses, tried to use it to his advantage. Stupidly, he had not realized how dangerous such a move would be. “It’s been awhile since I simply sparred with someone…”
“I’m truly sorry; I guess I’m still in the mind set of battling an arrancar.” Clyde bowed to the shinigami apologetically, dispersing the energy around his arm casually. “I think you’ve seen enough of my power as it is; this was just a test to see what I could do, after all, not an actual spar. If we go any further our risk of injury is only going to increase and with the war still going on…I need to make sure I’m at full strength for the next attack.”
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Post by Azerik Zaraki on Feb 22, 2012 13:27:23 GMT -5
"I was taking things too seriously as well, there's no need to be formal," Azerik said with a scowl, "but there's still one more thing I want to test."
In an instant, the 5 spheres would appear around Clyde, 4 of them creating a square around him, and the 5th 5 feet above him in the air. "I want to see how your Reiatsu manipulation fairs against mine...since my Zanpaktou's ability is 100% control."
As he finished speaking, a ribbon of Reiatsu would erupt from his sword, and fly into one of the spheres. The ribbon would come out of the sphere high in the air, then move into another one, repeating the process and alternating which spheres it entered and exited through, slowly forming a barrier around Clyde. "This is just a test of will power...while my Zanpaktou may be a master of Reiatsu manipulation, I'm only borrowing his power, so I want to see how your power fairs up against the one I'm borrowing."
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Post by Clyde on Feb 22, 2012 13:53:23 GMT -5
Clyde rose from his bow and his eyes stay focused on the shinigami, who wished for one more test of what this human was capable of. The Sphere’s from Azerik’s Zanpakuto and then his ribbon of reiatsu flowed through them. Clyde’s eyes shifted and followed the ribbon as it passed him several times, as if he were trying to “read” the reiatsu that it was comprised of and passed through him. Soon, it formed an entire barrier around him which sealed him off completely from the others. “One last test, huh?” He repeated, moving his head to get a complete look at the barrier around him.
“Alright, Azerik,” The boy called out as he placed his left hand upon his right wrist, “I accept your challenge.” Gray Reiatsu would begin to erupt from the humans hands, but unlike the other times during this battle it was far stronger. The human was no longer holding any of his spiritual pressure back, which would be felt easily by both Nonko and Azerik as it barreled down upon the training area. The reiatsu took form around his arm, circulating through the glyph markings that were scarred across it. With a deep breath he concentrated that energy all upon his hand and pulled it back in a striking position.
“Hyauuah!” With one quick motion the human swung his arm at full force upon the top of the barrier, causing the energies to spark and fight against each other. However, as the reiatsu’s struggled against each other more and more of Azerik’s purple barrier would slowly turn gray instead, and cracks would form around it. When the barrier had become nearly grey Clyde pulled his hand away from it and slammed it into the dirt below which, on cue with that, caused the barrier to shatter into pieces. Even the sphere’s would be pushed back by the force of energy, though beyond that they were unaffected.
The energy that swirled around Clyde would slowly fade back into the recesses of the world, and the human would lift himself back up to a standing position. His right hand bled slightly, a cut he received from coming in contact with Azerik’s ribbon; otherwise though, he seemed relatively fine. “Whew,” He wiped a bit of sweat from his brow with his arm, “Worked up a bit of a sweat there.” He laughed sincerely at that, hoping he had done what Azerik had wanted him to do.
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Post by Azerik Zaraki on Feb 22, 2012 14:05:36 GMT -5
Azerik's sword reverted to its original form, and the floating spheres faded away, as he sheathed the katana and walked toward Clyde. "That's enough data I think," Azerik said pressing the button on his glasses twice to turn it off, "that last bit alone shows very well how you're power works...your Reiatsu completely overtakes what its focused on, probably an effect of the Alchemy you can perform...I've got a lot of training to do...but I think I'll be able to beat that one day."
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Post by Clyde on Feb 22, 2012 14:11:12 GMT -5
"Haha, I look forward to that day, Azerik Zaraki." Clyde gave a confident grin as rose his fist in a challenging matter. "First thing's first, though, I'll be expecting your help during the next arrancar attack. If we work together I'm sure we can end this battle here and now." The boy reminded the shinigami of his promise, which Clyde fully expected him to keep. "Putting an end to this war is my number one priority right now."
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Post by Nonko Ryuuza on Feb 24, 2012 19:20:32 GMT -5
"War never ends." Nonko started, "It only pauses while those who fight rest and ready themselves to fight again." As Nonko spoke in reply to the boy's statement about ending the war. He scanned and analyzed the data that he himself was gathering from witnessing the fight. Interesting. I didn't expect a human being able to combat a shinigami so well would be able to exist. Is this what you left behind my old friend. The image of Hasaki appeared in his mind for a moment.
Backing back to busniess however and Nonko pulled a small container out of his shihakusho. Inside was the organic substance he was scanning over before coming here. "Azerik, now that you have finished your personal work. I won't you to have a look at this and give me any opinions on it you may have." He tossed the contain in an underhand fashion toward Azerik and Clyde.
"Your glasses should be able to give you a good enough reading of it and you are capable of accessing the already stored information on the computers in the Division System." |
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Post by Azerik Zaraki on Feb 27, 2012 13:47:22 GMT -5
Azerik lazily turned the projectors in his glasses back on, and scanned the substance, using one lens to display information as it was scanned, and the other to view the information Nonko himself had already updated.
"There's not much for me to say Captain," Azerik said with a shrug, "it appears to be similar to what you used for Nanako's artificial skin...its not as ductile as rubber but it has a certain elasticity that suggests it to be living tissue...basically as if you had cloned a patch of skin from your arm."
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