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 Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:43 pm
Kaosu met the recieving end of that confrontation, the claws raking into the right part of his face and slicing against his ribcage. Kaosu roared, landing on the ground and immediately collapsing to his knees. He was panting, feeling the blood flowing down his face.
Kaosu wiped the blood with his sleeve, and stood up once more. With a sneer on his face, he charged once more. He was about to strike, weapon raised above his head, when one of the large paws swung out, smacking him to the side and into the wall.
Kaosu coughed, laying down. Splashes of colors lit behind his eyes, and everything blurred for a second. Shakily he rose to his feet, and looked at the hollow.
"I won't let you."
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:30 pm
It was bound to happen. Hikari has an intense reiatsu, at least for her level. She closes her eyes as she takes a random breath only to open them and see...nothing. She feels like she's floating in this inky blackness. What was it that felt wrong? She looks around, taking a few breaths for good measure. She looks down. Her feet aren't touching anything. She's, for all intents and purposes, suspended in air, or nothingness. Her eyes don't go wide. She doesn't panic.
Hikari can feel one thing, though. She's not alone. There are three unfamiliar reiatsu pressures. She turns around, which feels awkward in the strange area she's in. As she looks, she expects to see three faces. She only sees one. Of all things so far, this is the only thing that startles her. The face staring back at her...is hers! She blinks. "Who are you?" The mirror image throws her head back and laughs. "Why. Little Princess. You know me very well."
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:52 pm
Kaosu flashed that familiar, cocky, rebellious grin. "Not even over my dead body." Raising his zanpakutou, he jumped forward with a ferocious speed and slashed at the hollow's leg. He managed the hit, cutting through all but a few remaining tendons that held on with a bloody fervor.
The hollow roared back, pawing at the air. It succeeded in only severing it finally of it's useless arm. It fell to the floor with a hideous thump, spraying blood everywhere; even on Kaosu.
Kaosu panted, smiling. He took the oppertunity and ran forward again, weapon raised.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:01 pm
Kaosu was knocked back by the good paw, slamming into the back of the wall where the women and children lie. He kept standing, and pushed back off the wall. "You're quite the ornry beast aren't you?"
He laughed, gripping both his hands onto the zanpakutou. He ran forward again, his feet thudding incredibly hard against the ground, but it was faster than walking.
Kaosu was about to strike once more, jumping into the air, when it reared up and grabbed him in it's paw, slamming him into the floor. Kaosu gasped, the paw crushing his ribcage. He looked over, his zanpakutou was just out of reach. He reached out, his fingertips just barely touching it. He merely succeeded in pushing it farther away.
Kaosu tried pushing the paw off, but it weighed far too much. No...not after all this.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:40 pm
Rei would take a few steps away, thinking he hadn't been heard and didn't want to bother anyone further. He decided to roam around in the more forested part of the area. It became quite as smell overwhelmed the hearing, slowly the noise faded away as he walked with Zanpaktou in hand. When he finally lost sight of everyone he began to hear, no, feel a ringing noise in his head. He was fine until it started growing and growing. " nnngh..." He clutched his head and tried shaking it off, but to no avail, it just kept growing in volume and size. His mouth began to water as though he would vomit at any given minute. He soon found himself hanging onto a tree trunk for stability, mouth agap as spit dripped in fair amounts and spattered onto the grass, giving it that morning dew look. "W....what..is...."
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:48 pm
The sky would begin getting dark, or so it seemed to him as his vision began to give out, swaying in a curve first to the left and then to the right. His breathing became restricted as his fingers began to bleed from how hard he was clutching the tree. HE suddenly convulged to the left and stumbled as though someone had punched him in the side of the neck. A sharp pain suddenly shot from his fang-teeth in a jagged line up into his eyes and all the way up, over, and down the back of his head. Finding himself unable to move from his current position any way other than down, he took a knee and a hand and then the other knee. He suddenly felt himself going unconcious and as he slowly fell into that condition, his reiatsu weakened only to a certain point and then stayed at a constant level.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:04 pm
He could barely fight to keep awake at this point as he felt and saw his arms shaking, he hadn't noticed it before but he had broken into a severe sweat, it was almost enough to create a puddle beneath him. He gasped for air but felt none entering his throat and lungs, everything was tensing, every muscle, and even his skin and bones, as much sence as it made, it was the truth and the only way to describe what he was feeling but, to be honest, he didn't know if what he was feeling was everything that was going on or only a fraction. After his arm giving way twice he used his other hand too, letting it fall rather than thrusting it to the ground. "I...don't....under-stand.....what......am....I can't...." Both of his arms suddenly slipped and gave way from beneath him and he fell forward, actually causing a splash of sweat and spit with his body and head. Smashing his nose off of the ground caused it to bleed, tossing blood droplets up as his head bounced. His vision simply went out like a tv being turned off, the last thing he heard was a staticy noise and then everything went black and silent.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:06 pm
An orange paw slid the weapon into reach. Kaosu grabbed the hilt, and looked up amidst the crushing weight. The tiger stood there, impassive looking. "Well, are you going to just sit there and die?" Kaosu grinned, sinking the blade into the paw of the hollow.
He pulled out the zanpakutou in enough time to not allow it to be dragged up with the rearing, roaring, evil spirit. Kaosu roleed up and coughed, letting his lungs refill and his chest stop hurting. "Why...why are you helping me now?"
"I am here to help you fight your battles. I am not, however, going to help you with my own mind games. Those are yours for the taking." The tiger cocked his head curiously. "Now, what do you say to some hollow slaying?"
Kaosu grinned, looking first from the coy tiger to the pained hollow. "Nothing would make me happier, zanpakutou."
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:15 pm
At the exact same time as Kaosu sprung forward, the tiger leapt alongside him. It all seemed slow-motion, like it was deliberately trying to show something. Kaosu looked over at the tiger as he kept flying upwards, and found the tiger looking back, a smile on it's face as well.
A flame sprung up in Kaosu's chest. An overwhelming burning of determination, mixed with an overflow of confidence. As Kaosu lopped into the hollow's other arm, the tiger sunk it's claws into the monster's back, raking all the way downwards. As Kaosu landed, simultaneous to the tiger, the hollow's leg plopped down in front of him with a horrendous, strong slam.
Kaosu looked up at the hollow as it lost it's balance, coming crashing down straight on it's face. Then, rolling to it's side, it roared. The tiger padded forward. "Well, I do believe this is your honor." The tiger noted, nodding his head to the helpless hollow.
Kaosu complied, ramming his zanpakutou into the hollow's mask, all the way up to his own hands. The mask shattered as easily as porcelain, and the large body disappeared.
Kaosu stuck his blade into the ground, leaning upon it. It was incredibly obvious that he was tired. "Tell me, Kaosu, what were you thinking when you were slicing those opponents apart? What was running through your head that kept you going? Most people wouldn't last that long."
The way the tiger looked at Kaosu spoke that he wanted an answer, not just 'I didn't think'.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:26 pm
Rei would flow back into conciousness ever so slowly. A harsh wind suddenly picked up and the flapping of cloth filled his ears. The first thing he saw was what he was laying in, it was some sort of hard sand or saltflat ground, it was smooth like...like, like his Zanpaktou handle. He looked to the sky only to be blinded by white light, forcing his eyes back to the ground. To his surprise, the ground had turned black and smooth...it had become marble and the sound of flapping cloth was confirmed when he noticed that on either side of his being, were large, flowling sheets of white cloth that amazingly stretched for miles and miles in each direction as far as the eye could see. Amazingly enough, there was no glare from the white light above, it dumbfounded him but it was such a small detail to him right now that he didn't seem to care. "....where..." His face suddenly showed the expression of confusion as he could not hear, nor even feel for that matter, the word he had spoken, come out of his mouth. Despite the noise generated by the sheets, he knew something was going on, he first thought he was dreaming, but something felt wrong, even for a dream.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:26 pm
"Well..." Kaosu sighed, sitting himself down on the ground. "I suppose I was worried about the people behind that door." The tiger sat next to him. "You suppose? All this and you suppose? No, give me a solid answer."
Kaosu sighed, rolling his eyes. "I wanted to protect those defenseless people beyond the door. That good?" The tiger nodded slightly. "I'll tell you this now; when you fight for something you truly believe in, your strength will never waiver. When you fight for a belief or a right, nothing can stop you. Even if you die, what you have done will never fade.
"That's what you need to do, Kaosu. Leave a mark. Show them that a man can fight honorably, and still come out on top. Show the world that dirty tricks aren't needed to win a fight. Nor brute strength."
Kaosu smiled. "Yes. I will, you hot-air animal. I swear, you talk more than anyone I know. You could power a windmill with that mouth." Kaosu grinned, taking the weapon out of the ground with a new respect, sheathing it. "But I understand you. For once, I understand you. Can I ask you something?"
The tiger nodded, looking at him intently with those animalistic eyes of his. "When you helped me fight the hollow...was that a display of...shikai?"
The tiger opened the side of his mouth, showing a cocky grin. "And you call yourself stupid or dim-witted. Correct, Kaosu. All of this has been for you...to help you wield me. You are close, Kaosu. So close. Just a little more, that's all I ask. That's all you need. Work just that little harder and you will know my name. In the heat of battle, when you need me most, my name will reach your ears."
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:33 pm
"Wait...I'm not ready yet? Why am I not ready yet?!" Kaosu stood up, obviously angry. "All of this, and I'm not ready yet?! I have patience, zanpakutou, but my patience has it's LIMITS!"
Immediately, Kaosu noticed he was standing on nothing and he began falling. He screamed, flailing wildly as the wind whipped against his body as it kept meeting nothing, forever falling down. There were no lights below, only the square of light above that just became smaller.
A whisper floated into his ears. "This is why you are not ready, Kaosu. Your anger precedes your demeanor. I thought you may have been changed. It appears you have not, entirely. One last test remains, then."
His descent slowed, and he rotated so that his feet faced downwards. Ever so lightly they touched down, and he could see anything. He turned, looking for light. Nothing. It was empty. No noise. He couldn't even hear the padding of his own feet as he was walking.
It was void.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:47 pm
"Am....!" Rei would jump as the marble ground suddenly thrusted upwards and frowards, much like a wave. With a jump he cleared the disaster zone as the marble splashed upon itself like liquid and then droplets from the splash hit Rei and sent him flying backwards as though he had been hit with a large chunk of it. "But it-" He was suddenly cut off as he met the ground hard, landing on the back of his neck. He slid and slid fast, his attempts to stop were thwarted by the smoothness of the area. During an attempt to stop with his metal-lined ninja tabi, he was sent rolling as the marble shot up behind his foot, sending his rolling and sliding. He slid for what looked to be 10 mintues, constantly trying to get his footing and failing miserably. "What...is-Hrahck!" He was interupted as a section of marble thrusted up into his gut and sent him flying and flipping uncontrolabley. "I..."
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:17 pm
'SMACK!' That was the only noise Rei made as his flight was abruptly stopped by a wall of black marble that reformed into a ramp and sent him about his way sliding again. Rei would open his eyes and 'cack' up a load of blood, leaving a line as he went. He didn't realize how fast he was flying when his body hit, he was amazed that he hadn't broken anything. Another thing he noticed was that while he was sliding with his face against the marble, it didn't try to tear off his skin, where was he?
Everything suddenly slowed as though he had been slow-mode. "Get stronger....""Wha...'cack'...you...your here too?" "Silence....I am matter...I am antimatter..I am everywhere...and yet I am nowhere." "But-" "I said, SILENCE" Rei suddenly felt a great pain in his face as a large, black fist came up from the marble. Rei's body stopped in midair as a form came as the fist did. It was wierd as Rei noticed that even in all of his pain and the fact something was right there, he couldn't feel its presence yet. "Black fighting dog of war.....unleash one million faces..and one by one they fall." "What..." "Can you see all of me? Do you remember me? Capture you and set you free...." "What are..." "I see and feel the light....my hands will crush them all.....you'll think you have the answer and I'll laugh and watch you fall...." "What are you-"Rei's body would suddenly slam into the ground, making a ripple in the marble.
His breathing suddenly stopped as he felt an intense pressure bearing down on him. His eyes felt as though they were going to be pushed through the back of his skull and his bones were going to shatter, he couldn't even cough up the blood that filled his lungs as he bled internally. "Get stronger...." Rei couldn't even make strangling noises because of how intense the pressure was, the black figure suddenly came to his side and into his view to reviel that this pressure was actually coming from the figure itself! It was the beings spiritual pressure! and its Reiatsu was unimaginable as it engulfed a radius above 20 feet around, red as blood and menacing, as though it could kill you itself without help from its source. "Please....I.......no..." Rei couldn't even think because of what he was going through. "Get up......Get Stronger..." "...I...." "Get up and Get Stronger.....or die" The pressure suddenly increased as the things Reiatsu increased.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:34 pm
"Where....where is it....This is different from the first time......Where.....where IS IT!!!" The pressure woudl increase yet again and Rei could finally feel and hear bones breaking from all of the pressure. "Why, is it so difficult for you to uncap your rage? Surely you have gone through enough to have AMPLE rage to use to. Get. Up! Are, you UNABLE to remember what you pathetically suffered through as a small child? What your father had done to you simply for living in place of his WIFE? The BEATINGS, the CUTTINGS, the barbed wire COLLAR? The A-BUSE....Yet you show submissiveness rather than dominate and kill before the chance can be taken to do you harm yet again....Foolishness, child...foolishness." The figures Reiatsu would suddenly die down until it covered its form like a laminate, the pressure was let up so quickly, that Rei's body bounced up a little, He fought for air and to cough up the blood he choked on, but unable to really move anything, tears stained the sides of his face as he layed there. "..Hmmmph....you've only started and your on the brink of death....perhaps I made a mistake when I-" He was cut off as Rei blacked out.
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