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XXXXX'More shots...' Umehara thought to himself- barely able to even see the bullets. As an immediate reaction, he allowed his reiatsu to circle around him. Though the bullets had gone past him and went from behind, they crystallized upon nearing his skin. Umehara held out his hand, and kept them floating in midair. "I'm surprised... people usually hate me at this point." Umehara continued with his bragging, but it was more light-hearted than anything that could be perceived as offensive/aggressive. "I do have to say though- your abilities are quite impressive... I would recommend a revision of your tactics however. I shall explain. So long as your reiatsu- or anything generated of your reiatsu comes within around one foot of my personal radius- it will immediately crystallize... That- is my shikai. Of course, that is not the only part... but I'm sure you like surprises..."
'You didn't tell her that you run out of energy fast...' A voice pierced Umehara's conscience. 'Hush up...' Umehara thought. 'You've been silent this whole time... why pick now to voice your thoughts?'
'You know you depend off me...' Umehara's Hollow self replied. 'Don't lie to yourself... You'll need me eventually... and when you let me play with that little girl- I'll tear her limb from limb.'
'You're sick.' Umehara frowned- knitting together his brows.
'I try to be.' Was the only reply Umehara received, before he silenced his thoughts once more and returned to reality. A little troubled now, Umehara held tightened his grip- allowing the bullets Fiona had fired earlier to fall and shatter on the floor. He then proceeded to hold forth his blade. In a matter of swift movements, Umehara used a shunpo- immediately disappearing from where he once stood. He re-appeared relatively close to Fiona- at a safe enough distance where he would not feel threatened by the range of her fists. "Tenkesshō no Hashira" He said, before disappearing again and settling himself a considerable distance away. Beneath Fiona, a circle of blue reiatsu would begin to form... and in a matter of seconds, it'd rocket up towards the sky- creating a solid pillar of royal blue reiatsu. Then, it solidified- completing the process and leaving a sapphire-crystal pillar. Umehara looked to see whether or not he managed to trap Fiona in it- or if she had been able to get out of the attack in time.
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"No point in playing chess with you..." Location || Outside the Battle Dojo
Mood || Content
Health || Perfect
With || Fiona Niall "You'll never outsmart me at my own game..." gaia_angelleft gaia_diamond gaia_angelright
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:57 pm
 Fiona Natalia Niall
- Squad 6 Lieutenant - "Strong word that, hate isn't something I do a lot of...not much fun in it is there?" Fiona replied, shrugging a little at his first comment. She wasn't smiling quite as much as before however. Most of her abilities required her spiritual energy so she would have to improvise. At least it let her think outside the box. If anything she looked more contemplative but not really offended.
He was frowning now...just what was he pondering? Her body tensed as his lips canted down just what was he up too? She bent only to see the light starting to form beneath her, she'd escaped but not without losing part of her uniform. She was left in a white shirt as the black piece along with her lieutenant's badge was trapped in the crystal. Fiona smirked a little, clucking her tongue. "Here we've never even been on a date and you have me taking my clothes off. Aren't you a naughty boy..."
Her voice faded out mid comment as Fiona simply disappeared, there was no signature of energy, no sign, no smell, no sound; absolutely nothing to indicate she'd been there at all minus her crystallized top. She used her moment of true invisibility to dive in close, dropping her shikai less than a split second before the now unreleased blade came in for Umehara's right shoulder.
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:29 pm
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XXXXX It only took that one comment of Fiona's to restore Umehara's smile. He chuckled at the mere mention of 'naughty boy' and had to resist the sudden urge to roll his eyes. "Ah- you know me... I like to be ahead of the game. It keeps people on their toes." He explained casually. Then- she vanished- as if into thin air. Umehara tensed, and could feel his heart rate increase. Where had she gone? He looked around, noting the fact that she hadn't used shunpo. Her reiatsu signature was still present but just... untraceable. Suddenly he felt a cut dig deep into his right shoulder, sending a spray of blood into the air.
'SON OF A-' Umehara cringed as he hissed out a brief gasp of pain. "Heh..." He chuckled aloud. "Funny- it seems you're the one keeping me on my toes."
Umehara took a moment to recover from the shock of the pain. Already the arm of his sweater was beginning to turn a deeper shade of red than the burgundy alone. Then, he allowed the tendrils to come out again. They were blue, graceful- flowing as the locks of an angel's hair would. Umehara crystallized the tips again- creating razor sharp tips. Instead of breaking the shards off however, he thrust outwards, causing a large spray of multiple sapphire shards to glow flying everywhere- much like shrapnel from a grenade.
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"No point in playing chess with you..." Location || Outside the Battle Dojo
Mood || Content
Health Stat. || Bleeding
With || Fiona Niall "You'll never outsmart me at my own game..." gaia_angelleft gaia_diamond gaia_angelright
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:48 pm
Fiona Natalia Niall
- Squad 6 Lieutenant - A flicker of concern flickered across Fiona's features at the gasp of pain but it was there so shortly it would be quite easy to miss. Instead she smirked as he chuckled, shrugging in mock innocence. "I don't know what you mean naughty, I'd say you're a pretty good dance partner..."
Her words fell off, her train of thought interrupted by the reappearance of the energy. Fiona used Umehara's hip for swift leverage, putting her foot on him. She pulled her blade free again as the explosion went off. She was regrettably close and took several pieces of the crystal into her back where a few stuck but a couple seemed to deflect off of pieces of metal in her skin. A platinum color reflecting from small rings where the back of her shirt had been cut with her back, the white quickly staining red.
Fiona landed and stumbled a split second before swiftly righting herself, a slight wince on her face. Her sword vanished into shadow of her crossbow and she was a bit of an odd sight trying to pick pieces of crystal out of her back mid-battle. One had dug a little close to one of the many parts of her corset piercing and she really wanted it gone.
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 7:07 am
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XXXXX Umehara took advantage of the time of Fiona's retreat to quickly rip loose a small portion of his sleeve. The pinstripe fabric tore with ease- considering it was made of an expensive cotton- and he wrapped the strip around the wound tightly enough to stop the flow of blood. He disregarded the pain and looked up again at Fiona. "A good dance partner you say? I'm flattered. I must say, many a woman have been enchanted by my Viennese Waltz." He said, gesturing his hand to the side again. The crystal shards in Fiona's back reduced to nothingness- intending to relieve her of the pain but still leaving behind the cuts.
"Why were you not around when I was a Lieutenant of the Gotei 13?" He spoke aloud unintentionally. It was more of a thought than anything, but it had managed to escape his lips. At least he'd get an answer. The last person he remembered being Lieutenant of the Sixth Division was Sojun Kuchiki.
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"No point in playing chess with you..." Location || Outside the Battle Dojo
Mood || Content
Health Stat. || Bleeding
With || Fiona Niall "You'll never outsmart me at my own game..." gaia_angelleft gaia_diamond gaia_angelright
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:48 am
Fiona Natalia Niall
- Squad 6 Lieutenant - "Waltz, well I only ever did that with my grandfather..." Fiona commented, offering a slight nod of appreciation as the crystal stopped pressing on her piercings. She took the moment to catch her breath and roll her shoulders as if testing if all the muscles still worked despite the bleeding such a motion caused.
"Speaking of grandfathers, your pretty spry for a geriatric. I'm still fairly young...well on this side anyway. Aiming to add cradle robbing to your list of today's offenses?" Fiona wet her lips and smirked, ever a tease. Before growing slightly more serious for a moment in her fuller answer. "I'm a pretty recent appointee, Baraku knew me when I was still alive, we worked together a few times. Before all this after life samurai stuff. The details make for a long story. What about you? Why'd you leave? Your charm lose it's touch after five or six hundred years?"
She was watching him intently, while she could keep up friendly conversation neither had called an actual end to the battle and she wasn't too keen to just drop her guard. Though she was still bleeding, she couldn't exactly bind her own back wounds without putting in a lot more effort than Umehara had to do with a shoulder.
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:25 am
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XXXXXAt the mention of him being a geriatric, Umehara was quick to suggest otherwise. "I'm hardly anything of the sort. While we've existed for centuries... or so I assume, our physical selves are probably not that far apart in age. I appear to most as eighteen, or so I've been told. On another note, I'm only two-hundred and sixty years old." He paused, pacing around her again as he began to calculate another strategy. His goal was not to harm her, or give her critical damage. At most he sought to subdue or disarm her in some fashion and end the battle there. He could feel his arm growing numb- as if the bleeding was preventing his arm from receiving any blood. If he wanted to do some version of an attack- he needed to do it now.
Umehara wanted at all costs to avoid talking too much about his past. "I haven't been a fan of talking about my past. I figure, however, that I may as well discuss it with you seeing as you were willing to tell me. I've hopped around from squad to squad. I spent my time gaining experience in the Fourth Division. I was recognized for my abilities and became the Lieutenant of the Third Division... After awhile, being a Shinigami just didn't seem to be my thing... so I left..."
'You mean you were exiled...'
'Something like that...'
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"No point in playing chess with you..." Location || Outside the Battle Dojo
Mood || Content
Health Stat. || Bleeding
With || Fiona Niall "You'll never outsmart me at my own game..." gaia_angelleft gaia_diamond gaia_angelright
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:48 pm
Fiona Natalia Niall
- Squad 6 Lieutenant - "Well I turned twenty-four just before I died but I think I look fairly young for my age. I think I'm about seventy five total, sort of stopped paying that much attention. Does a spirit celebrate it's birthday or death day?" Fiona said with a shrug, apparently unconcerned with the idea. "I guess I'm a little of an odd case."
"Fair enough..." Fiona was decent enough with people to sense when they were uncomfortable with a topic. So she let it slide, instead remarking. "I joined cause I figured Baraku just couldn't survive without me, sides, it seemed like it'd be entertaining. I'm a noble soul you understand..."
All the conversation let her small timer reset so if needed she could turn invisible again, though she left her zanpakuto in a released state. The shadows still caressed her shoulder or flickered all the way up her neck to lick at her cheek. With a wink Fiona took two shots; but these were different than the last. They possessed incredibly less substance to latch onto. They couldn't deal physical damage at all, instead when they pierced her target they would remove an emotion or memory. She knew little of his memories so instead she aimed to remove 'pride'. It was something she clearly saw and Fiona was curious as to how it would alter the battle; assuming it hit at all.
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:46 pm
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XXXXXUmehara was about to reply, however he noticed something make contact with him. He felt a wave of suppression- something almost different. All of the sudden- something odd was happening. He could feel every ounce of his pride draining away- and the massive willpower with which he held back the hollow broke free.
'Time for me to make my debut!'
Umehara felt himself jerk backwards he placed a hand over his eyes. Something odd was happening to his body, and he seemed to tremble and shiver, before finally standing upright. "You made a bad decision..." This voice was someone almost entirely unique. It was much more eerie, and lacked the humor with which Umehara often spoke. When Umehara removed his hand from his face, he now had a mask covering it- his Vizard mask. His eyes were now a deep red in color.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!" He began to laugh, his eyes almost bulging out as his lips bent into an awkward smile. "YOU'RE DEAD s**t NOW-" He said. With that, he held forth his middle finger- as if flicking her off- and a collection of energy focused itself on the top of the middle finger. Then, he fired it. It was a massive blue Cero- rocketing towards her.
"I'M NOT STOPPING THERE!!!" He yelled as he leapt forward right after the Cero was shot- following her movements. He swung his blade vigorously- using an amazing strength and considerable speed. He was strategically aggressive- if such a combination even existed.
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"No point in playing chess with you..." Location || Outside the Battle Dojo
Mood || Content
Health Stat. || Bleeding
With || Fiona Niall "You'll never outsmart me at my own game..." gaia_angelleft gaia_diamond gaia_angelright 
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:07 pm
Fiona Natalia Niall
- Squad 6 Lieutenant - Fiona had seen a wide variety of reactions to her ability, this however, was definitely a first. Umehara seemed as though he might be having a seizure and she stepped forward slightly, frowning. "Are you..."
'Alrght' was interrupted by the new voice and her body tensed, there was something not quite right Then there was the addiction of a mask, and she'd heard rumors of vizard but this was the first time she'd seen one in person...clearly it wasn't a good change.
"Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde..." She remarked, fascinated for a short moment as the spoken threats didn't bother her overly much, though the cero speeding her way certainly changed that. It was only years of battle both dead and alive that gave her the reaction to get out of way, at least mostly, part of her right arm was sizzled so much that blisters began to form along it's surface.
Her bow raised even as his blade swung at her, three shots this time...the same almost nothingness of before...but now she was aiming for multiple emotions at the same time. 'Anger' 'Hate' and 'Pleasure' all things she wasn't sure how well a hollowed person would do without in combat. She was also stressed mentally to turn off her first emotional removal, allowing Pride to return to Umehara cost her the option of a full dodge. She used her sheath to parry his strike slightly to one side but it wasn't enough. She lost a good chunk of flesh and muscle from her left thigh as it was sheered forcibly from her body, blood running down from the wound in greater volumes than was healthy. The edge of her femur visible inside the gore her leg had become in that moment.
"Son of a b***h..." Her face was contorted with pain but it was a testament to her endurance that she could retain consciousness at all, more or less stand. Though clearly she was favoring the leg that wasn't missing a slice.
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:43 pm
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XXXXXUmehara stopped mid-swing, freezing as if everything had been suddenly removed from his brain.
'Get out!'
'NOOOOO- DON'T YOU SEE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE WITHOUT ME!?'
'The purpose is not to win or lose... not in this case....'
'STOP, YOU STUPID- AGH- s**t! GET----G YYYAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!'
Umehara finally tore away at his mask. The white substance that made up the mask fell to the ground and skittered away. After a brief gust of the wind disturbed it, it crumbled into nothingness. The hollow had been suppressed. He took a moment to recover from the shock- feeling the willpower that depended so heavily on his pride flooding into his body. His hair hung over his sapphire blue eyes, as he finally looked back up towards Fiona. "That... is the real reason why I was to leave the Soul Society. It was not a decision made by choice... it was forced upon me." Umehara explained, holding his keyblade weakly in his hand. He looked at Fiona- realizing his Hollow had seemed to leave Umehara entirely (for the time being). 'Finally- some peace....'
His eyes fell upon the burn marks and cut in Fiona's thigh. "Did I do that to you?"
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"No point in playing chess with you..." Location || Outside the Battle Dojo
Mood || Content
Health Stat. || Bleeding
With || Fiona Niall "You'll never outsmart me at my own game..." gaia_angelleft gaia_diamond gaia_angelright
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:00 pm
Fiona Natalia Niall
- Squad 6 Lieutenant - Fiona stared, half leaning on her sheath, which seemed tougher than most once her crossbow was released, perhaps because it was the only real 'shield' left to her against other blades once the shadows coalesced around her arm. She was ripping the bottom of her right pant leg as she glanced between it and the twitching out opponent, she didn't know how much time she'd have or if it would attack again.
Then he seemed to recover...which was probably a positive thing for her and she let out a slightly pained chuckle at his explanation. Her snarky attitude in place even as she worked at binding her own thigh. "I would have taken you at your word without the active presentation you know."
Fiona glanced up a moment from her work when he asked if her wounds were his fault. "Perhaps we only just met, but from what I've observed I wouldn't say that was you. Or really your fault, I stuck my hand in the fire, a few burns as a result.." She shrugged, still working on the makeshift bandage, though it was pretty quickly bleeding through. "I'm not in the habit of blaming others for situations I put myself in. If your done being all rage face though I think I can still manage to dance for a while before some member of squad four starts bitching at me when I show up like this."
Fiona apparently wasn't one to give up easily. (or even when she had gaping flesh wounds) She was still clearly favoring her uninjured leg but there was still a slight upward cant to her lips; tenacity was apparently a part of her personality.
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:52 pm
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XXXXX"You need'nt worry... once this little sparring match has reached its conclusion I can use my knowledge in healing kido to temporarily reduce the severity of your wounds. It will last long enough to return you to the Squad 4 Medical Center in a stable condition." He assured her, holding up his own hand. "In case you're going to ask why I just didn't use this on my own shoulder... it's because I would find it to be an unfair advantage- regardless if I have the upper or lower hand in the battle. In chess there are no medics... only right and wrong movements." He explained, still stepping around her in a complete circle. 'Now to just finish this...'
Umehara had developed a plan. It would be extremely risky. It could either work in his favor or completely screw him over. "Right..." He said as he neared in closer to her- starting off in a mad dash. Then he disappeared again, pulling a similar move to the one he did earlier. He appeared behind Fiona- at a considerable enough distance- and with all his might threw his key-blade directly at Fiona. Umehara wondered what she would do in defense.
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"No point in playing chess with you..." Location || Outside the Battle Dojo
Mood || Content
Health Stat. || Bleeding, Battered, and Tired
With || Fiona Niall "You'll never outsmart me at my own game..." gaia_angelleft gaia_diamond gaia_angelright
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:21 am
Fiona Natalia Niall
- Squad 6 Lieutenant - "Chess eh? I was never all that good with the game but we each call it what we will." Fiona remarked. "Glad to know though, perhaps I should call you Doctor Naughty instead of Naughty Boy?"
Shameless, the blue haired girl was clearly that - though she winked with the remark. Watching her opponent as he circled her. Her usual quick motion interrupted by the injury to her thigh...though she turned even as he vanished, at first it seemed a repeat but then he threw his weapon. While it wasn't expected, she reacted immediately, firing shots in an attempt to alter the trajectory of the incoming weapon.
He'd stated he could alter spiritual pressure around himself but with the blade not near his body perhaps it didn't retain the same ability. It was a gamble but she'd learn something else regardless of how it ended up. If she managed to alter the incoming blade she could follow up with an attack, otherwise it would end up planted firmly in her shoulder and she'd be down for the battle in question.
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:07 am
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XXXXXUmehara watched as the blade met with the multiple bullets- bouncing and clattering to the floor. It skittered across the ground before coming to a full stop at her Fiona's feet. Umehara stared at the blade, almost as if in worry. "Damn...." he breathed aloud. Suddenly, his blue reiatsu tendrils reached up the length of his body. He began to walk a little closer, cautiously- as if hoping Fiona would not pick his blade up from off the ground. Before he neared any closer- however- he gave her one last worried look--
-and then he smiled. His reiatsu shifted and slipped straight towards the keyblade. Umehara was originally trying to get the keyblade close enough to Fiona so that when his reiatsu made contact- it could crystallize the crossbow on her arm- hopefully rendering it useless.
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"No point in playing chess with you..." Location || Outside the Battle Dojo
Mood || Content
Health Stat. || Bleeding, Battered, and Tired
With || Fiona Niall "You'll never outsmart me at my own game..." gaia_angelleft gaia_diamond gaia_angelright
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