[3rd/11th] Week --: Round Two: Arashi Ryoujin vs. Mabara Tsubaki

[Beaks]

There was a fun little bit of giddiness that had crept into Tsubaki of late. Knowing the location, knowing her opponent. Just...knowing. Since when was common knowledge so damn edifying?

Who knew. More importantly, who cared? She knew who was coming, and she also knew that the boy sadly stood no chance.

"Come on out Arashi." Her voice was almost melodic as it echoed across the frozen plateau, a siren song to invite the disaster to come.

"The sooner you get out here the sooner we can end this."

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Shit And Stuff And Shite And Thiiiiiiings

Location:

3. The Fuji Summit

A secured location at the top of Mount Fuji, this battlefield was once host to the desperate struggle to hold back Prometheus, the Vasto Lorde, and spans no less than a five-hundred meter diameter. The peak of the mountain has been frozen over, almost permanently. However, just below the surface, lies a steep fall down to the core of the volcano itself, still teeming with lava.

Tsubaki:

Mabara Tsubaki, Third Division, Ninth Seat
Reiatsu: 58,833
-Rite Of Rebellion: 70,600
--Axis Of Anarchy: 82,366
Zanjutsu: 50,175
Hakuda: 1,000
Hohou: 5,000
Kidou: 2,658 (8 Slots)
- Mage Eye - Bakudou #5, 35 Kidou
- Break of Dusk - Bakudou #12, 75 Kidou
- Shouaku - Bakudou #15, 100 Kidou
-- Ningyō Tsukaiken - Bakudou #46, 600 Kidou
-- Kongoubaku (Adamantine Blast) - Hadou #47, 625 Kidou
Feats:
[Unique] - Duskdrinker
[Unique] - Empty
[Unique] - Lunar Petal
[Style] - Tempest Blade
[Trained] - Kidou Zero: Gun no Kyousei
[Trained] - Permanent Release
[GM] - Kidou ZERO SWORD

Items:

Majo No Fuin
Shiraha no Kake [A]
Platinum Grappling Hook (Tournament)

Kan: 881

Misc:
Exotic Sealed Form

Handicaps:
3: [Disarm] 0 - Unable to use Unique Items
5: [Torment] 200 - Cannot use the same technique or ability in consecutive rounds

 

[Shun]

"I'm already here, you getting old over there?" the Duelist called half-jokingly.

"Man if I didn't know any better, I'd say all of this was staged, Tsu-chan" a voice from within Tsubaki's mind said this time. Although the Blood Templars had disbanded, to his astonishment, he was still able to communicate with the Templar Queen, a thought that was still sort of creepy to be honest. Just how much did she know about his progress since her departure from the Eleventh? Other than Kyuketsu himself, the woman standing before him knew his strengths and weaknesses almost inside and out. She had helped him hone the blade, and was probably one of the reasons why he was standing today.

Nevertheless, she was no longer his Captain.

"That makes another opponent already eager to go at it; I'd say I'm in luck," Ryoujin said, bearing an impish grin. Or fucked for that matter.

And with the fact that he had not so much as bothered to visit or speak with her this whole time since her reinstatement back within the ranks of the Gotei, it was probably leaning more towards the latter.​

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Statz and handicap

Reiatsu: 41,569
~Kazeoni 49,883
~Ryuusei Kazeoni 58,197
Zanjutsu: 16,354
Hakuda: 1104
Hohou: 14,110
Kidou: 10,001 (Threshold: 15,002)
-Tsuzuri Raiden - Hadou #11, 80 Kidou
-Genshi (Atom) - Hadou #14, 100 Kidou
-Dragon's Breath - Hadou #17, 125 Kidou
-Raigen - Hadou #23, 200 Kidou
--Shakkahou (Shot of Red Fire) - Hadou #31, 320 Kidou
--Soukatsui (Blue Fire, Crash Down) - Hadou #33, 375 Kidou
---Homurahana (Blaze Petals) - Hadou #61, 1400 Kidou
---Kokuryuha - Hadou #70, 1500 Kidou
----Harasu - Hadou #80, 4000 Kidou
----Kurohitsugi (Black Coffin) - Hadou #90, 6500 Kidou
-----Gun no Kyousei (Army's Force) - Hadou #93, 8000 Kidou
-----Hyouga Seiran (Glacier Vapor Storm) - Hadou #94, 8250 Kidou
Haku-do Ryo-shinogi
Silver Dragonfly Sunglasses
*Summer 2009 Feat Slot*- Spell Diversity
*Summer 2010 Feat Slot*- Kyokyuu Houshutsu - "Permanent Release"
*Bankai Unique Feat Slot*-
GM Feat: Daisharin Uzu Kaminari [Cyclonic Thunderstorm Cartwheel]
4: [Haste] 50 - All ability durations or persistent abilities reduced to one round

 

[Beaks]

"Older by the second waiting on you."

She smiled, despite it all. For as close as he was to Kyuketsu the boy couldn't have been more of a polar opposite if he tried. Maybe that was why she had taken the liking to him that she had.

But alas the situation was what the situation was, and the pleasantries would soon be driven under by chaos and bloodshed. A mere flick of the wrist and the woman was armed, holding the Rite of Rebellion in her right hand and waiting for her opponent to strike.

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[Shun]

And strike he did. He had nothing to prove to her; she had helped him find a purpose within the ranks of the Gotei and had harbored him to become the Eleventh's pillar, but whether or not he had done a suitable job of doing that, well that was up for debate.

But not right now. Not now when the only thing running through the forefront of his mind was how much he'd enjoy crossing swords with the Templar Queen. This was no mere reunion. This was a sport. In fact, how often did he truly test his mettle against her besides the various training sessions they had when she was his superior?

Gone was the friendly expression he had earlier; replaced by a monstrous grin that told of blood-shedding intent. The answer to his earlier query became clear as he vanished into a shunpo. He had never truly went all out against Tsubaki. He had bore witness to her Bankai release before, but something about her soul slayer had changed - no, more like, something about her entire psyche had.

As he flashed into existence before her, appearing as if he passed right through her with ungodly speeds, his blood-red katana spurred forwards, threatening to cut her mid-section. She was not the only one that had changed over the span of one year.​

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ebsgubnh

Senka used.

 

[Beaks]

OHGOD

Late. Sorry. Don't ask. Please just don't ask.

Straight forward, just like I taught them. Good, I get so tired of the tricks and backstabbing.

She met the incoming assault in perfect time, shifting her footwork into an entrenched stance and investing the whole of her arm strength into the retaliatory swing. Was it severe? Perhaps.

But if he couldn't handle this the boy had no business ever claiming he was a Blood Templar to begin with.​

Arashi's murderous grin was mirrored by his former Captain as the luminous edge of the Rite of Rebellion seared a vibrant verdure. It was going to be an enjoyable fight.

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Using this

Attack: Badass-Ball-Buster - For a cost of 20% of Tsubaki’s Reiatsu the blade of Rite of Rebellion is overcharged with explosive energies, making it a contact-based explosive for the next thing unlucky enough to meet its blade. This explosion bursts outwards from Tsubaki herself with a radius of 10 meters. In addition, for each stack of Anarchy, a smaller detonations is triggered with a damage value of 1% of Tsubaki's reiatsu. These miniature bombs detonate anywhere within that 10m radius, each with its own blast radius of 1m. In a true blaze of badass glory, Tsubaki holds nothing back: this attack consumes every stack of Anarchy at once.

Sope, when we make contact get ready for a napalm handjob.

 

[Shun]

Well, would you look at that? Ryoujin thought, as Kazeoni locked with the Rite of Rebellion. His suspicion had been correct after all. This was her zanpakutou’s true form and abilities; she was not the only one that had changed. The thought didn’t last long however, as the searing energy from Tsubaki’s zanpakutou exploded outwards, enveloping his whole form. As debris was kicked up, tumbling down towards the lava below, it seemed like the battlefield at Mount Fuji wouldn’t hold on long enough for the battle to even prolong for any longer. Both of them knew, and yet, both of them persisted, as if the only way that they could convey themselves to one another was to leave it all on the battlefield.

And more so for him.

As the battle waged on, he realized that no matter how many times he consciously tried to convince himself he had nothing to prove; there was still something that always nagged at him. At one point, he was stronger than Kyuketsu, but that gap had quickly changed, and now the current captain of the Eleventh was perhaps on par with the Templar Queen, and yet here he was, lagging behind both of them.

In the midst of the explosion, a cry of anguish could be heard, coming from none other than Ryoujin. As the smoke subsided, a whirring could be heard in the distance, and a boy stood, half of his torso burned from the conflagration. Despite how battered he appeared, it could have been worse. Gritting his teeth, the answer soon became clear as to how he had avoided being consumed whole from the explosion, as three large shurikens rotated rapidly around him. There too was something different, not only in the obsidian weapon that he now carried, but also in his demeanor. His auburn gaze glowed with something much more fierce than the twin leonine irises that gazed back at him.

“...Bankai, Ryuusei Kazeoni,” he repeated, this time making sure that Tsubaki had heard right. Before he could allow her some leeway to soak in this new bit of information or even commence her next strike, the pink-haired youth once more spurred forwards, except this time the hira-shurikens that he had summoned lead the charge.​

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bk attack

Attack 1 (Bakushin chi 爆心地, Ground Zero) - Relying on Ryoujin’s superiority in agility, the first attack is based off of his hohou stat. With the bankai's sole ability to have completely mastery and control over weapons that are summoned, the Hira-Shurikens can shoot forward, aiming to detonate themselves in order to produce devastating damage towards anything that obstructs it's path. This costs 5% of his total reiatsu, and after the Shurikens detonate, jagged shrapnel is released from the center of the fiery explosion. The Shurikens are once more able to reform themselves from the iron found in blood. If they don't find purchase, then the summoning and control costs from the Bankai's ability apply to call them forth once more.

 

[Beaks]

You've come farther than I thought boy.

A smile accompanied the iron-clad eyes that bore back at him, but it was hardly a thing of arrogance. Arashi had grown in her absence, become stronger and more importantly had grown more determined. Maybe in time he'd step out of her shadow and claim a Haori of his own. The mere act of supposition only made her smile softer, beaming with a happiness that could never be fully spoken.

Of course, that would never happen if he fell here.

Around the former Templar Queen the frost-covered ground began to split and fissure, steam rising up to remind them of just what lay beneath the snowy plateau. Life and death surrounded the two combatants, an arena giving way to the might of the two titans that smashed ceaselessly upon it. Glorious beyond words.

No matter what happens, I'm proud of you Arashi.

"Ban Kai."

Whipstitched clothing replaced the robes of a Shinigami in the blink of an eye, covering the former Captain from head to toe in chaotic splays of checkerboards and crimson stars beneath a torn and pitted leather duster stained in the deepest of ruby.

I'm going to give this all I've got, no hard feelings.

The voice that resonated in the Duelist's thoughts carried an unearthly sense of grace and gentleness to it, set firmly in opposition to the chaos around them. Thunder roared across the quickly dissipating battleground as the woman disappeared from sight, appearing behind Ryoujin with her blade lashing downwards in an arc of vibrant gold.

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Used

Attack: Badass-Bonafide-Bitch-Burner - For a cost of 25% of Tsubaki’s Reiatsu the blade of Axis of Anarchy is overcharged with explosive energies, making it a contact-based explosive for the next thing unlucky enough to meet its blade. This explosion bursts outwards from Tsubaki herself with a radius 10 Meters.

Boosted by 5% from the 5 stacks of Anarchy generated by the last attack. Spliced with...

[ Tempest Blade: Arashi o Hanashi ] - "Draw the Storm"
Through careful practice and concentration, a practitioner of this technique is able to control the air around his or her body, transforming into the embodiment of the storm. Harsh winds cloak their body. This is expressed as a general increase in their base running speed. Furthermore, the harsh winds project an aura of destruction, ripping into targets that come within 1m of the user. To sustain this aura they must pay 2% of their reiatsu per turn.

And...

[ Tempest Blade: Teikiatsu Sousei ] - "Cyclogenesis"

An adept of the Tempest Blade style is renowned and feared for becoming the complete embodiment of the storm. The final technique for practitioners is the ability to move at a speed and attack like lightning itself. While Draw the Storm is active, the user launches forward 15m at a speed determined by their full zanjutsu stat.

As the ferocious winds lend fuel to their attack, the second half of Cyclogenesis turns into a deadly attack. Pivoting briefly before reaching the target, the user brings the blade down in a vicious chop as the winds come down with it - a crack of thunder accompanying the sheer force. Those struck by the blow are not merely sliced but crushed, taking the full brunt of the winds’ and user’s strength for the attack.

These complex movements occur within seconds, and are impossible to see unless the target has a movement stat that is at least 66% of the user’s. Each activation costs 5,000 Reiatsu. Cyclogenesis can be used once per round per 10,000 Zanjutsu.

Requirements: Tempest Blade Style; 10,000 Zanjutsu; 5,000 Hohou

So basically using Cyclogenesis both to get behind you at the equivalent of 50k Hohou and boost this attack, accompanied by the 25% BK attack that is boosted by 5% as well. Enjoy...?

 

[Nargles]

Gonna give this fight to Tsubaki even though it was super short. Tsubaki managed to get out pretty much unscathed, and though she used some rei so far Ryoujin tanked a pretty big nuke and got almost volcano'd. Shame though since this was gearing up to be a pretty dramatic matchup.