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Zaine chuckles "Ah, but those without imagination, are blind to the simple pleasures in life." he returns, ducking his head to avoid the elbow while parrying the strike with his blade, "Ah, but who doesn't love a surprise once in a while, otherwise what fun would life be." he says reffering to Lerato's comment about him being in the dark, Zaine catches his foot in a hole he hadn't seen falling to the side, out of the pathway for both attacks.

(Unless I lowered my spiritual pressure enough so that the blast was higher. Wouldnt that be plausible?)

Zaine exhales sadly "What a dull world yours must be old friend." he says, standing up unassisted and brushing himself off, leaning down to the crushed flower Zaine smiles faintly, "Even the death of this plant serves a purpose." He says as he scoops up the seeds and places them in his palm, storing enough Reiatsu to release a blast strong enough and with the correct distribution to spread the seeds across the area. "Now, whats this bull about me hitting you?" Zaine's face slowly becoming more serious, the glimmer of mischief never leaving his eyes however, "Earn the hit, don't just stand there waiting!" he says with conviction, the sun breaking through the clouds to shine scattered rays across the battlefield, Zaine and Lerato standing in one, the dust motes visible in the light dance around the friends, "Come on, quit stallin and start fighting!" he says, suddenly reaching forward and attempting to clench Lerato's arm, wanting to start the fight with a reiatsu puse through Lerato's arm with the intent of numbing it.

(How's that post? But isn't Reiatsu basically spiritual pressure? If so I couldn't see a reason why someone adapt at manipulation of reiatsu would be able to temperaroly [sp] lower their precsence?)

Zaine grins wryly "Ah, my friend you haven't yet earned the cut." he says, he knew that Lerato would respond with a kidou, most likely Hado 4, seeing as it was a simple but destructive spell, Smiling as he feels the current entering him as he was sending the pulse into Lerato he closes his eyes, as if he knew what was about to happen, there was a brief moment of absolute silence, then suddenly a massive explosion occurs the clouds of dust and the light rising from it were quite possibly visible from half the Sereitei, when the smoke clears a massive crater is in the ground, no bodies were visible in the carnage.

(What I mean is a lowering of merely a few seconds, barely long enough to distract your character, nothing over an extended period. I would think that would be within our capabilities no?)

Laughter can be heard coming from the pit, suddenly a huge amount of rubble is blasted into the air, when the smoke clears Zaine's figure can be seen, his shirt in shreds and his left arm burned and blood coated he seems mostly unharmed otherwise, "Damn, that was close, almost didn't get that damn barrier up." he says ripping the rest of his shirt off he uses the cloth to create a makeshift sling to hold the tattered and broken arm. "Nice boom, huh?" he shouts to Lerato, chuckling loudly, then wincing "Damn reiatsu barrier is a drain, ya see I anticepated that you would use a kidou in response, thus there would have to have been an explosion created from the conflicting powers. So I released pulses of reiatsu at an extreme speed, essentially making a barrier that would absorb the entire effects of said explosion." he laughs sheepishly, "Never was too good at estimations I guess, still I would have died without the barrier." he cracks his neck grinning "Still wanna continue?" he asks

(I agree, think the explosion was too powerful though? I don't wanna overpower ourselves. I suggest if we spar with shikai or bankai we are VERY far from habitation)

Zaine smiles "Anythings possible my friend." he says and walks towards him slowly "We are in trouble with the medics huh?" he says chuckling holding his blade straight out it top blade tip almost touching the ground "I like your style, but then again always have." he swings the blade meeting Lerato's blows, both were pretty drained so for now it was a battle of swordskill, Zaine saw Lerato's plan and kept his crippled arm close to his body not offering many chances for a direct blow to it, at the same time Zaine continued to hammer at his friend's defenses as well, hoping that his blade's added weight would help him break Lerato's guard.

(Hell Im cautious even at that XD)

Zaine grins, closing one eye and gritting his teeth as he jostles his bad arm, sending an electric pain throughout his whole body "I doubt it though they'll be pretty pissed with us." he says chuckling as he returns the tilted strike as Zaine adjusts himself he see's Lerato's blade coming back up. "Damn!" he exclaims, tilting his own blade so that the bottom swordblade slightly deflects the blow so that instead of crippling Zaine it delivers a nasty gash, opening the side of his leg cleanly right below the kneecap, Zaine then swings his left knee up in an attempt to hit Lerato's ribs.

(Don't forget an exploded moon sending elementally charged shards into the battlefield XD)

Zaine chuckles "Still here, I'm imaginitave not delusional." he states dryly, landing on his feet and continuing the exchange, his own Crimson flecked eyes locking with his friend's gaze, Lerato's strike connected however, not as well as he probably had hoped due to a slight turn from Zaine, Lerato's blade had glanced off his ribcage, breaking some and causing pain but by no means was it a finishing blow. "Good, I hoped you wouldn't go down for something as trivial as a few broken ribs, he knew he had cracked a few upon connection.

Zaine laughs with the same result "Yeah I was, I didn't know if old age had finally caught up with you." he jokes, seeing Lerato kick the rock Zaine twirls his blade defltu in his right hand, creating the disk and shattering the rock, it deflects Lerato's blow and Zaine's eyes light up "Neither were you." he says fondly recalling the same spars, and subsequent Infirmary trips while bringing his elbow down and Lerato's passing arm, attempting to break it or at least disarm him.