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((The throw was actually low and to left of my character, you're guy's right, but oh well I'll roll with it.))

He watched carefully what his opponent did, noticing his ability and agility. “Either he was just playing stupid or he’s good at recovering...like with medicine. Oh gods that was a horrible joke.” “Spare me such torment,” his Zanpakuto told him honestly. He stepped to the left and then back to the right somewhat impatiently while he waited for Kasen to be ready again. At his words, William smiled, “If you must know, I simply find getting somewhere to be an unnecessary hassle, even in conversation. When I feel up to it, I might do something about it.” He watched carefully while Kasen reached into his outfit. “He can’t be getting his swords out; one’s at his hip, and the other’s on the ground over there.” “Maybe you made him itchy by throwing him like that,” Hantoresu suggested as a possibility. “Don’t be ridiculous,” he thought with a chuckle.

Finally, Kasen’s hand came back out with something. William looked quizzically at the item which Kasen placed into his sleeve. “I really hope that’s just some kind of luck-bringer instead of some sort of cheap trick for when I might have you in a tight spot.” His feet shifted uneasily while he remembered his fight with Charles. “Those things were painful,” both he and his Zanpakuto clearly remembered while he cautiously approached Kasen. He couldn't help but smile at Kasen’s second comment though, “Anyone who would have seen that mistake, would have thought the same. But if you were merely trying to lure me into a false sense of security, then you should think again. One of the first rules of combat: never underestimate your enemy.” He shifted to a more aggressive stance and made a quick distraction jab with his left before swinging with slightly more power on his right. Each hand traded the roll of blocking with one another when the opposite hand swung. He didn’t like making the first move; however, he had no choice given that his current opponent seemed more of an evasive type.

William sighed at Kasen’s words, “I was merely making observations based on your fighting style. I wouldn’t drop my guard after only throwing you once; that would be stupid on my part. And I never said that you’re underestimating me; it’s a basic rule to never underestimate an opponent. If it sounded like I was implying that, then I’ll try and work on my Japanese more.” His distraction jab had not worked as expected, and his second hit had been blocked before the blocker jumped back. His opponent’s sudden burst forward after barely landing gave him little time to flex his muscles. Kasen got closer and closer until William knew he was going to try and strike him on the left. “Too easy,” he muttered to himself while his left hand went into position to block and his right to strike.

He had indeed been expecting a strike, but when Kasen jumped into the air before he was too close, William was thrown off-balance. Once again his eyes could follow his opponent, but his body could not keep up. “Not again,” he complained before he felt something hard make contact with the back of his head. He was sent to the floor, his vision fading in and out while he tried to recover. He shook his head a few times to clear the blackness that had taken up most of his vision. “You guys should rename to Grasshoppers…nhhg…instead of Death Gods; you jump around too much.” He carefully got up, hoping his opponent would at least allow him to recover from the foul trick. “The problem I have…” he said before holding his head to steady the shaking world, “is that I can’t truly gauge my opponents due to lack of limiting factors in physics and biology. Despite my former prowess in combat in the Real World, I’m at the bottom of the food chain because I don’t know how such things like walking on air work.”

((Also, I thought you couldn’t use Hoho to stand on air in Seireitei because of the Sekiseki stone. You could only use Flash Step apparently, I think there was a debate about this somewhere in this guild.))

Slowly his vision returned to normal while he listened to Kasen speak of how he was similar to other people in the squad. “His words have wisdom,” Hantoresu reassured within William’s mind. “Underestimating him might be a grave mistake.” He tested his muscle responses to see if they had also suffered from the blow; however, upon inspection they did not show any signs of flaw in coordination with what he wanted. A flower petal floated by his face, and with a practiced hand he caught it. He thought about Kasen’s words of wisdom concerning his current position. “Just like this flower, I am starting from the bottom. The only way is up.” A dark blue spark jumped up his arm from his Zanpakuto while energy filled him like in his fight with Charles. “Should I?” Hantoresu asked him, but he shook his head. “No, besides the fact that it is painful, I do not want to try that again.” He turned his attention back to his opponent and mentally prepared for a more strenuous fight.

“I did not choose this squad; it chose me. Oh, and I already told you that you didn’t have to put away your sword. I can fight you when you have it as well. As for the element, I’m not quite sure, but I think I have lightning. In my last fight, I saw sparks all over my body when I had a lot of unusual energy—Reiatsu ready for use.” Kasen’s information about his second form surprised him. “I only very recently found out that I have a second form, and even more recently learned how to change into it. Currently I’m trying to find a way to better control the change, for it can happen at any given time.” He paused from his short explanation, reassuring even himself that it had been true. “Your method of isolation does not hold though. I mean, each and every person is different in one way or another. If one is simply more physically different, that doesn’t necessarily make them an outsider. On the contrary, I seem to be more similar to this squad than you might think, despite my physical change upon sneezing; you yourself to me that I was similar to two other squadmates.” He chuckled at his somewhat defensive tones. “Forgive me; I simply thought you might have been singling me out as an outsider. If we are to fight, then please don’t overestimate me by pulling out something of a much higher power level like your Shikai. I might still be able to fight you, but even then you would likely be faster. You would definitely be more powerful, that much I know.” "You talk too much," Hantoresu said with a yawn.

“Well let’s see it,” William said with interest while he patiently waited for what Kasen wanted to show him. He watched carefully while his opponent crushed the card in his hand, “Just like the other one. Trick cards.” The fog took over where Kasen had been standing while he heard the stretching of tabi and sandals. “What’s going on in there,” he asked Hantoresu who had as little of an idea as he did. Suddenly the snout closely followed by the rest of the head of a werewolf poked out of the fog. His eyes widened at the feral appearance, and he felt a slight change in something around him. A smile crossed his face while he thought of the implications, “Maybe he can help me with the transformations.” The head disappeared back into the fog for a few more seconds before it dispersed to reveal Kasen in human form. “Neat trick. All I can do is sneeze to become a leopard. Nevertheless, I think I’m in the right squad.”

His Zanpakuto slid down his arm to lock into place with his fists in anticipation of what was to come. “The werewolf part I got, and the darkness thing was a long-shot guess because of the fog, but I haven’t seen any fire yet, heh. No need to show me either!” he quickly said to keep his opponent from showing off more. Like a subtle shockwave, William felt a pressure on his chest that wasn’t normal. He subconsciously gripped at the pendant of a crescent moon around his neck. “What is this?” he asked himself. “Stand up straight, and it will vanish,” Hantoresu ordered. He did as was told and indeed the pressure ebbed until it was only in the corner of his mind; at the same time a dark blue spark jumped up both his arms for a split second. William jumped around lightly on the balls of his feet while he warmed them back up from standing still for so long. “Yes let’s.” He shifted stances while he walked up to Kasen; he would have to block with the swords on his arm. His strikes would have to be through his defense, so he would have to focus on pinning the sword. From the way Kasen insisted on holding the sheath of his sword he deduced that it was just as much of a weapon as the weapon it sheltered.

William's arms went into a defensive mode, knocking away the sheath while blocking the blade from getting closer to his body. Kasen had been preparing to push off him if he had blocked, so he did the same, retreating back a few steps to contemplate how to fight his enemy. Clearly he had the advantage of distance, but maybe that advantage could be turned around to a disadvantage. He carefully awaited his opponent's next moves.

((Roleplaying in a fight is rather difficult unless your character relishes in fighting.))

William looked on in curiosity at what Kasen did, for he had never seen it done before. "He's using the sheath as a projecti-woaw!" he thought and almost exclaimed when he watched the sheath accelerate at him with even more speed. "Got to time this right," he thought while he prepared his hands. The sheath was but two meters away before he swung down with his left arm, knocking the sheath vertical. His right had already moved into position and had stopped the top from spinning. The sheath then stood at a vertical angle against his arms before falling. In it's fall, William snatched the sheath out of the air only to see Kasen charging him down. "A distraction? Geez, I really shouldn't underestimate him." He held the sheath in a defensive position and waited for Kasen to come closer.

((Currently in a real writer's slump. All of my current writing projects just ground to a halt, so this is definitely not the only one. Gonna go read some books and watch some more movies to try and get my inspiration back. Sorry if this was somewhat late, but I would stare at the web-page and seriously contemplate even what to write in here. If it's alright with you, I'd like to put this fight on hold for a week maybe three.))