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 Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 6:46 pm
Validus had indeed mistaken Allegretto for another arrancar. He didn't have to be caught off guard, Allegretto was the type to get straight up and personal regardless of the situation. Allegretto didn't need running or ducking off. He was the type who needed to be fought head up. Sneaking up on him would only cost the opponent their life as the surprise would be turned back on the them. It was sad that Alonzo had to learn this the hard way. True, the arrancar's speed seemed to have doubled upon the resurrecion, but the gap in power had yet to be closed. When the flying edge of the spear came, Allegretto purposely slammed the ulna side of his right arm into the blade creating sparks between the blade and the hierro layers of Allegretto's arm.
"Hehehe." He grinned before vanishing from sight leaving behind a blur shiny white feathers behind. Each of these feathers sounded like tiny little blades rubbing against each other, all of them covering Validus's field of vision before darting inward aiming to stab him in various directions. By the time Validus would spot Allegretto, the number one would be right upside down above Validus in mid air pointing towards the middle of Validus's skull with a the tip of his finger with a fully charged cero before firing off the gray doom blast. The blast covered 10 feet in radius and the area soon became enveloped in a gray haze of reaitsu particles. In most arrancar's eyes, fighting Validus was the equivalent of a Captain fighting off a bankai 6th seat. However Allegretto looked at it from a different perspective, he was only fighting an arrancar who wished to protect his honor. And Allegretto would give him that at the most.
"What's the use of your great speed without any strength to cut through your opponent. No matter how fast a deer is, the lion will always have the last laugh once it runs out of stamina. Now show me the strength of the warrior pride you promised Validus!!"
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Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 8:01 pm
Yes, Validu's blade would bounce off the hierro of Alligretto, but before he blades could even begin to point inward, Validus was gone, vanished without a traces even as Alligreto began charging up the cero. "What good is power... if you can't hit your target?" Validu's voice had sounded from behind the other arrancar, but Alligretto would not have time to react to it before a glowing black blade would come down, attempting to slice the other in half. At best Alligretto would loose one arm at the elbow, at worse, he would be dead. Even with the power Alligretto possessed, it would be impossible to block this with skin of any king, or even at all in his unreleased state. This being obvious as once he blade slashed down, a black edge of energy would release from it, carving a mile deep gorge int he ground. "And who said I would run out of stamina?"
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 1:15 am
Validus had made an error in avoiding the feathery blades. That was the incorrect way of countering the left over feather blades. Being that they surrounded him from multiple angles, speed was out of it's jurisdiction at this point. Instead the arrancar passed straight through the feathery blades thus skewering his own self before anything. Of course being stabbed by this many blades, Validus would leave a trail of blood droplets behind as he moved. But Allegretto didn't need to follow this trail, he had already found the arrancar's location before Validus himself even realized it. Validus had used the oldest trick in the book. One that even that all beings used, including vizards, shinigami, and quincy alike. Speed was a downfall if used with no tactics. Validus appeared behind Allegretto had already positioned himself in the air rose his left hand letting the black edge of energy smash against his hand. The energy seemed to erupt violently against his hand as it pushed forward trying to complete it's purpose.
"That's gotta be the oldest trick kid, you disappear and where do they appear. Let's see, uhhhhmmmm.......behind you. Hehehehe"
He chuckled. For the released Validus to go up against the number four espada would be the equivalent to going up against Ulquiorra Schiffer, and triumph would be futile. So to challenge someone three times above that level and six times above Validus's own was a mindless action and very munch unnecessary for Allegretto activate his release. His speed in his unreleased state was high enough to dodge even the highest level bankai released captains, espadas numbers five on down were absolutely unfit in outranked in fighting him one on one. So for Validus to challenge him alone, the battle was quite decided before it even started. Even Validus's released form wouldn't close the gap between their power.
"With every release there's an ego, I bet you're feeling like you can take the planet now eh Macho Man, hehehe."
Squeezing the focus of the attack thorough his palms, through sheer force alone he forged a tunnel through the attack where he blasted a cero down the middle of tunnel aimed for Validus's chest. The important factor in this fight whether he realized it or not was that Allegretto could afford taking direct hits from Validus while if Validus were shot with one single cero it could cause serious damage. And to break away from his own attack to avoid the cero, he'd still end up being injured by the black edged slash that Allegretto would force back in his direction jointed in with the cero.
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 2:58 pm
 Renkin appeared in the area after using Sonido to get there. When Renkin got there he say Validus and Allegretto fighting. Renkin just smiled one of evil intentions and of bloodlust. In an instant Renkin said to Allegretto with his hands in his pockets.
"Allegretto, leave him to me. I don't think that you should waste your time on him anymore. Im more than a match for him."
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 3:38 pm
Smiling Validus would rise his right arm, and simply catch the cero in his palm, as well as the cero oscura that had been thrown back at him. Yes he would be pushed back, but not damaged. ".... no...." Giving a small grunt Validus would throw the two attacks off in to the distance where they would explode. ".... ok, so you hit me... kinda." Showing Alligretto his right arm the feathers would be seen sticking out of it, but no blood would fall, simply because the feathers were not in deep enough to draw blood. "You think that my speed was the only thing that increased? You are wrong, my skin also hardened, much higher than it had been in my unreleased form." While that was true, it still didn't explain how a number 5 had been able to stop two attacks at that level without taking damage.
(It's my Brazo de la cuchilla technique btw.)
"Renkin... stay out of this. Now that I am warmed up, I can really pour the speed on." Twirling the staff in his hands once, the weapon would glow blue before shrinking down to nothing. After that hapened the red cape on his back would shrink, splitting down the center so that a strip could wrap itself around each of Validus' arms, creating blade like protrusions on the end. ".... Now come Alligretto." The warrior was now ready to take this serious, not that he hadn't been before. Unlike many hollows, he retained human tendencies, the biggest one was that he needed a good warm up in his release state before he could move at max speed.
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 5:09 pm
Allegretto yawned as he watched Validus play superhero with the retracting cape and special effects. In fact, he hadn't even realized that the arrancar had attempted a cero oscuras until just now. The cero was so inferior to the original that it he had mistaken it for a something less. Perhaps Validus didn't realize that only espadas four to one could perform a fully powered cero oscuras.
"Um, was that a bala you sent at me earlier or a cero? No offense or anything Gladius, I mean Validus or whatever your name is. Oh, and uh that was a distraction too, my fault if I didn't explain earlier."
He chuckled slightly as he pounced on Validus's Gladiator bride. All the while the arrancar thought the feathery blades used for offense, it was just another support technique that was used for weaker hollows while Validus in the end prepared a special defense against it as if it were something munch bigger. Usually Allegretto would finish up the battle munch quicker than this, however he allowed Validus three tries and the arrancar had finally struck out. It was time to release the full extent of his reiatsu. That very spiritual pressure that would send the released arrancar onto his knees from the monstrous weight of it.
"Since you're a gladiator and all that good stuff, I guess I can give you a sample of a power never witnessed by your kind for thousands of years, hehehe."
Allegretto braced his feet deeply into the sands, and rose one arm. As his muscles tightened, the hierro on the surface of his body began cringing from the spiritual pressure that would be soon released. But before that very power could slip, he noticed Renkin entering the White Desert. It was no surprise. The little guy wanted to further test his powers ever since the death of Kaen.
"Damn Renkin, you interrupted my s**t kid. Are you alwayz this selfish?! Alright alright you can have have'em. But I get to eat'em this time, I let you eat my last kill. I'm hungry as hell as it is."
He said using sonido to appear alongside Renkin and smacked him behind the head. The little guy actually had a point, though Allegretto didn't like it. There was no reason for Allegretto to fight Validus. At times Allegretto had forgotten about his own rank. Fighting off arrancar at any level wasn't a problem, but others like Renkin wouldn't approve of the number one getting h is hands dirty with little vermin.
"That's for interrupting my battle runt. Now go get in there."
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 5:37 pm
As Alligreto quit the fight Validu's gave a low rumbling growl. "... you... your no warrior." Turning around Validus actually began to walk off. "I wanted to fight you Alligretto, and I know you did as well. I could see it in your eyes." Looking back over his shoulder Validus pointed one red arm blade at the hollow. "... I know it probably means nothing to one of your power... but you have lost the respect of a warrior today, and it will stay lost until you unsheathe your sword, and let me fight at full power." More likely than not, both hollows would hear the note of pleading in his voice. For Validus, it was not the victory that mattered to him, it never was. All that mattered to him, was the clash of two warriors, the feeling of communicating with another on a level so deep, it was impossible to reach unless the two crossed blades. "... Alligretto...."
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:02 pm
Renkin sighed as Validus started walking away from a new battle it only showed his fear of a new opponent. Renkin sighed as he pulled out his right finger and pointed at the ground infront of Validus in a instant a steelblue color bala shot from Renkin's finger and hit the ground infront of Validus. Renkin then said to Validus.
"Your not running away from this battle Validus. We are going to fight now. If anything you should be lucky Alligretto didn't fight you. Your feebile attempts at trying to get his attention won't work. Fight someone more your level that will actually give you a challenge someone who will actually fight you at full strength reguardless. If you walk away now, I will kill you even if it means stabbing you in the back. Trust me Validus your speed is nothing compared to mine. You won't survive."
Renkin awaited for Validus to accept the fight or decline it. If he accepted it they would fight if he declined then Validus would surly die. The reason Validus would die was because of his weakness as a hollow. You can't live in Huceo Mundo and hope for a fair fight all the time thats just not how it goes.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:39 pm
Azrael, appeared within a blur of motion, landing before a lower ranked arrancar in front of her. She frowned, and grinned. She had overheard a little bit of what was going on.
Azrael looked different somehow, her silver pools was revealed, but that wasn't all. Her arms weren't hidden by sleeve, hey were out and open, her neck was left uncovered, and her long golden locks were pulled back into boned band.
"I hope I didn't interrupt anything." The fourth espada spoke, with an alluring smile, as she moved around the nuisance that was in front of her. The golden crescent which here her mask remnants shimmered slightly, coming forth from her shoulder blades.
"I came here in search of a battle, boredom will do that to you." Teasing she stopped beside Renkin and Allegretto, standing somewhere in the middle, her back to Validus.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 2:31 pm
((anyone know when Orichi usually signs on?))
Txsurri landed in the sand with a series of soft thuds, and just kind of laid there in pieces. She didn't cry, she didn' seem alright, she was just . . . there. The Arrancar were well away from her, but they would still be able to tell she was there, as her reiatsu started to climb higher than it ever had. All at once she pulled herself together, the bandage that usually covered her eyes fell off, exposing not yellow topaz that hollows usually sported, but plutonian shells that were it not for the unusual color, one would mistake for human. "It's this stupid mask! I hate it!" she yelled, grabbing disparately at the back of her head and dug her claws in.
"This thing! GET OFF!" She screamed, if the Espada didn't notice her before, they would now. Not just the screaming, either. Her Reiatsu spiked so far that the sands around her quivered and shot in all directions. She pulled and she pulled and she pulled with everything she had, flooding her reiryoku into her neck and arms so she could tear harder at the mask that plagues her, turning her into a misfigured shell of the human she once was, a wife and a mother that mask turned into a fiend. She wanted nothing more to do with that hellish thing.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 4:38 pm
Growling slightly, Validus turned around, noting the new annoyances around them. "... fine Renkin... we shall fight." Renkin would be hit hard in the gut by an invisible force that felt a lot like a fist. The force was strong enough that it would knock the espada backwards, sending him flying as well as immobilizing him for a moment through shere fore and speed of the impact. The only way Renkin would not be mobilized, was if he was in his released state.
It would take a couple of seconds after the hit had connected before Validus would vanish from where he was standing, fading out of existance, and appear crouched in front of where Renkin had been, his fist outstretched as if he had just hit Renkin in the gut. "Remember, I could of stabbed you with that strike. My Ligero is much faster than your Sonido."
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 5:53 pm
Renkin looked at Validus. Even though the attack struck him in the stomache. Renkin smiled as he looked up at Validus. Little did Validus know Renkin was a Vaste Lorde before he was turned into a Arrancar. Validus was only an Adjuntas. Renkin smiled as he told Validus.
"Your way out of your league Validus. I have come here to kill you and you know what. Your speed is nothing compared to my power, defense and speed. So why don't we kick it up a notch son."
Renkin disappeared after he said that. When Renkin reappeared he was standing to the right of Validus. Before Validus could even react Renkin had already thrusted his left hand forward into the neck of Validus. Even Validus couldn't have known Renkin was going to appear on the right side of him.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 5:59 pm
As Renkin appeared, Validus' reaction time was fast enough that he could easily raise his right shoulder, the impact hitting the super hardened skin, and sliding off along his back, scraping like metal on metal the whole way. Not only this, but the cape that had released his right hand for the punch would wrap around Renkins arm before becoming blade like, and cutting the appendage off from the elbow down. Since Renkin had to put enough force in to the attack to pierce Validus' hide, there would be no way to stop or escape before his arm was covered, and no way to remove it once it was trapped.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 6:53 pm
Renkin smiled as he looked at Validus. It was really simple Renkin didn't put any force behind the attack so getting out of it was simple. Renkin's left hand was going with a thrust but, the thrust wasn't hard enough to do anything to Validus at all. Before Validus could strike Renkin's arm, Renkin had grabbed the blade with his right arm. In an instant Renkin forced the blade back. After that Renkin jumped back and grabbed his zanpakuto at his waist. Renkin pulled out the blade half way and said.
"Rip, Izara"
As Renkin said that the area around Renkin started to become heavy. The reiatsu that was stored in him was now release and Renkin was going into his release form. The light that came from Renkin's blade made everything become bright as the sun. In the light Renkin was turning into his release form. The tail from Renkin could now be seen once again, the rest of his mask was completely gone. Renkin's hands and feet were covered in a type of gauntlet that was steelblue, black, and white. On Renkin's back he gains blade like weapons that are really his hair but longer. His speed increases making his whole body a weapon itself. Renkin teeth change and become fangs making him able to bite through the toughest of Hierro. Renkin's skin is was now harder, his speed faster, and his strength stronger. Renkin was now ready to battle.
When the light disappeared Renkin could be seen by Validus. Then again as Validus would see Renkin, Renkin had already disappeared again. This time it was time for Validus to see if he could catch Renkin's speed.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:08 pm
As Renkin transformed the cape on his back changed, covering his upper body in a second crimson skin, hardening, as well as making him a little more streamlined. By the time Renkin had completed his transformation, Validus had already summoned his staff like weapon, and at the same time, vanished with the other hollow. Validus was eager to so this so called speed that his opponent had, and wondered if Renkin could really keep up with Validus.
Validus however, could still see his opponent, keeping opposet with him, matching his speed easily. "Come on Renkin, I know your faster. One of us is going to die, so lets give the other a good death!" Speeding up, Validus would begin out stripping his opponent. The reason was simple. Renkin, when her released his blade, separated the boost in power in to 3 areas, power, speed, and defense. Validus however, went only in to speed and defense, he having a secret weapon that would actually boost his strength by several folds.
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