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 Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:46 pm
[I basically just slashed at the wave of reiatsu. Didn't really want to dodge it. So I just slashed at it... so I guess we'll just say I nullified it ^_^ ]
...Though Amatsu wasn't sure how, he had negated the last attack from Mock, an almost cocky smile formed over his face as his blade was still going upward. Suddenly another blast of whatever reiatsu it was from the blade of Mock came at him in the shape of a 'V'. Amatsu wasn't in a position to dodge it. Just before it was about to hit him everything went white. Suddenly raindrops seemed to splash into his eyes clearing the whiteness from them. As it washed away Amatsu glanced around for Mock, for anyone, but before him was forest. The sky was unseen from any direction, only dark clouds. No thunder, nor lightning was seen or heard. Only rain fell. It wasn't exactly heavy, but it wasn't light. It was the median between them. The rain started to drench his clothes as he stood there. A smile began to form over his lips as he spread his arms out, and tilted his head upward with his eyes closed. His fringe fell out of his eyes. Just as the wetness seemed to cover Amatsu completely the weight started to grow heavier, and heavier. Amatsu's eyes opened suddenly as he felt this. Reaching for his Zanpakuto as he thought there was more to this than he saw he realized his Zanpakuto wasn't there...
...Glancing downward at his hip where his blade should be he let out a deep sigh. The weight was getting too much for him to bare. It was just like a high level reiatsu, just like that of the captains, but it was induced from the rain. "...Why don't you move?" A female voice of kindness spoke, though it seemed to echo from all around him. Looking around as fast as he could within such gravity Amatsu fell to his knees and hands. "...I've been waiting for you to move..." She said once more. Amatsu's face turned from the calm, lazy one to a fierce determined one. Slowly Amatsu began to attempt to rise himself up. He let out a noise, almost a roar as one could say. But just as soon as he seemed to rise up he fell face first into the earth and mud. "...Weak... That is all that describes you now..." The kind female voice said once more. Amatsu spluttered in the mud before attempting to rise once more. "No..." He said as he slowly began to get to his feet...
...As he finally stood up he looked up at the sky. Grabbing for where his Zanpakuto was he knew now what this was. "No! You are mine..." He said before slashing upward what seemed to be a invisible blade. As he did a showering blast of reiatsu shot forward toward the clouds. As they did Amatsu came back to reality. The attack he had just preformed in whatever that was transfered to reality. Negating Mock's attack once more. In Amatsu's hand there seemed to be nothing. His blade was unseen, yet it was there. Amatsu let out a light chuckle of happiness before falling back. As he landed on his butt he let out a sigh of relief...
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:49 am
Sinzou smile as he raised he Zanpakutou and pointed it towards Mock, "Choke the life from him, In'intaru Sando." He said as suddenly every particle of sand or sand-like material in the surrounding half-mile came flying in to swirl around his feet. Along the way it would have a sand blasting effect on Mock, and... unfortunately... Amatsu as well. As the sand cleared from the air and settled at Shinzou's feet he could be seen holding a ball and chain, which trailed back to connect to the hilt of his Zanpakutou, in his left hand and a seemingly unchanged Zanpakutou in his right.
He swung the small ball around as he began to run at Mock, and as he did so the sand began to build up on it. He released it when he was a good ten feet from Mock as the ball continued to build up sand, creating a razor sharp coating of jagged rock-hard sand. As it reached it's mark, whether or not it hit, he yanked it back and closed quickly on Mock, slashing upwards with his blade. As he did so, it too gained a sand coating, which extended it's range and formed a longer razor sharp blade.
(I think I might loose the ball and chain from my Shikai)
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:27 pm
She had dodged Hishidas attack and was now charging him. The shinigami had less than a second to observe her movements and develop a strategy. Luckily his last attack hadn't drained too much of his reiatsu. He saw her lunge at him and instinctively slashed at her; in the process of doing so, parrying Yuki's assault. He then saw her begin maneuver around him in a fashion similar to her last attack. It was then when he developed his new strategy. Instead of repeating his action of jumping away, he decided to take a different tactic. Once he saw her begin to shift her position and try to move behind him, he swiftly spun around and met her blade with his. Once they clash swords, he would begin to push on hers, hoping that he would have a chance at weakening the shinigami, if she attempted to match his force.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:54 pm
(( @ Amatsu: Well, the itsuryu attack was stronger than that, I suppose. You wouldn't be able to negate it by simply slashing with a sword, but that's not really relevant at this point. As for after achieving shikai, I guess that's acceptable then.
@ Amatsu & Shinzou: I've read both your profiles and I'm OK with your shikais. So after this battle you can begin using them. Don't add changes to them without talking to me first, and I would still like to receive a PM from you both, with a detail description of how your planning to use them. I want to now all it's limitations and resources. And Shinzou, if you're not going to have the ball and chain, then you can't use it now as well. Make up your mind and edit your last post if need be.
Oh and sorry for taking so long. I don't have much time now, and when I do I'm usually mentally tired. ))
Mock smiled at Amatsu, when he was able to release his shikai for the first time, and counter his attacks. Guess I can start fighting you seriously now. the Captain said with a smirk. Looking up, at where Shinzou was standing, MockaDash noticed that he also had achieved shikai. This shall be interesting from now on. Why don't you two fight me together?
The coat of reiatsu surrounding Mock was more than enough to prevent any sand from hurting him. The sand - as well as it blasts - were negated and simply exploded several inches before even reaching Mock's body. Amatsu would have to deal with the sand on his own, though.
A sudden upward sweep of the nodachi let out a large dark wave of reiatsu heading towards Shinzou's first attack. The wave and the razor-sharp sand collided and nullified each other, throwing sand in every direction, as well as a "splash" of crimson energy. Unsan KaijinKami. Mock muttered, and his katana, along with its sheath, turned to ash and vanished. Shinzou came out of the blast, he was slashing with his Zanpakutou in an upward motion. Mock's blade was also above his head, so he just brought it down to meet his foe's own. As the blades clashed, sending sparks into the air, MockaDash grinned as yet another dark wave was sent from the nodachi's blade, spreading to the sides and engulfing Shizou within.
The sand coating Shinzou's blade was nothing in comparison to the ominous dark reiatsu covering Mock's (nor his extended blade to MockaDash's man-sized one), and that same reiatsu was now all around the unseated Shinigami. Now that you have shikai... Mock began saying. Tobacco smoke was coming out of his nostrils. ...I guess your blood will be tastier!!! The dark wave engulfed the Shinigami from all sides. The wave pressure would be unimaginably strong at such close range, and even someone well accustomed with his shikai would have serious trouble in dealing with it.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:17 pm
[Yea I know ^_^ I was wanting you to attack to trigger my little 'gone with the spirit' moment, but it didn't happen. Though its good now!]
...As he regained most of his composer, Amatsu slowly tilted his head slightly downward. Looking down at where his blade should be there was nothing. But he could clearly feel the hilt of his blade. Lifting it just in front of his face he looked at the see through blade with a few mud droplets coming off. Amatsu let a smile lay across his face. Just then he heard the sudden words of Mock. Placing his free hand behind him, Amatsu slowly rose up. As he stood up straight his eyes closed just slightly. He was tired, but the Captain spoke, so Amatsu needed to jump. Slashing his blade before him to let off the mud a blast of raining, light blue reiatsu let out. It traveled toward Mock's back swiftly. Amatsu look up in astonishment. He hadn't meant to do it. He would have to learn his blade over time. Amatsu felt a wet droplet splash across the bridge of his nose. Glancing upward he saw blueish black clouds, much like in his little dream. Amatsu suddenly knew what they were. He smiled at Mock as he looked back down. "Fine... lets go..." As he spoke he witnessed as Mock began his onslaught toward Shinzou...
...Leaning forward suddenly, Amatsu rushed forward with high speed. His muscles were already at their extremes, but something can not gain, can not change unless they are push to their extremes, then passed there. As he reached Mocks back Amatsu leaped into the air, releasing a few slashes, as he did a torrent of raining reiatsu shot at Mock...
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:17 pm
(I'm not sure about how to edit that with out it taking forever, so we can just say that I used the sand to send an arc of sand flying at you, which works with your first block, and then the second part works so we'll run from there.
BTW, the sand flying in isn't going to do that much, it's not like a thick blanket, just like a sand storm rushing through, so it would obscure vision momentarily at most.
Also , his blade is getting a little thicker to accommodate the barbs, so think Renji's sword for basic blade thickness)
Shinzou shifted In'intaru Sando and blocked the attack from Mock as it slid off the blade's barbed surface in strange angles, however, this sent him flying in the opposite direction of the main blast. As he flew through the air his focus instantly shifted from Mock to where he was going to land and the sand followed suit. It raced under him as he flew, gathering under his back and allowing him to be gently set down. He was now beginning to realize exactly how these powers worked.
The sand flowed where he focused. When it came flying in he had been focusing on himself, centering himself and calming himself, readying for battle. When he had attacked just moments earlier he had been focusing on Mock and then on his blade as he would with a normal strike. If he focused on creating a wall of sand it would, he could make it rise and fall, twist and turn, or at least he would be eventually. He had gotten lucky moments earlier, working off instinct.
As he stood there, taking a fighting stance and looking over at Mock, he attempted to manipulate it a little more and further solidified the fact that he did not have complete control over his new abilities. As he attempted to make the sand rise he found that it was only able to rise about as high as it had when it stopped him from slamming into the ground, maybe half a foot at best while moving freely. He would have to mix strategy with his attacks as he fought now in order to make the best use of his current abilities.
"We'll see about that." He said in response to his Captain as his sand surge around him as he charged towards Mock, this time, before he got anywhere near the Captain he began to scatter the sand into the air by concentrating the sand on his Zanpakutou, launching it like a reiatsu blast but letting disperse in mid air by relinquishing some control of it mid way. This cast a cloud of sand around Mock that would disrupt his sight, reiatsu barrier or no. Shinzou would come bursting through moments later, a razor sharp coating of barbed sand extending his blade once more. Slashing down at his Captain from up above.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:21 pm
(We gotta reorientate ourselves after this post Matt, start putting in things so that he can't use our attacks against us through crossfire and what not. )
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:20 pm
((Guys you need to pay attention to each others position. If one of you is engaged in close combat with me and the other attacks me, the attack will most likely target the one that is engaged with me as well. You don't seem to be paying much attention to this.))
Mamorigami. the Captain muttered. Reishi ash particles, from what was once Mock's katana gathered behind his back, giving form to several small circular shields. Each one of the shields thus formed, blocked one of Amatsu's blue reiatsu attack - though the solid area of each shield was small, along with it there was a much larger field of pure reiryoku. The energy created a protective coat of sorts, fully blocking Amatsu's attack with ease. Mock didn't even budge.
Shinzou used his newfound power to throw a cloud of dust at Mock. Normally this wouldn't interfere much with his skills. MockaDash had one eye left, if he only relied on his vision for battling, he wouldn't be able to do much. Rather, the Captain trusted in his keen "Spiritual" perception senses in battle. He would always use this to ascertain the opponent's position, movements, directions of attacks, and so on. Even the act of focusing energy prior to the release of an attack, was knowable to Mock. Sometimes he was even able to feel his opponent's state of mind from the way his/her reiatsu aura was being leaked.
This time however, the sand was infused with Shinzou's reiryoku, thus literally clouding Mock's perception of what was happening. The Shinigami took a quick leap backwards in anticipation of what was to come, but he grinned when he felt Shizou relinquishing some control over the sands, in order to disperse them - it was this that allowed the Captain to notice where Amatsu and Shinzou were, as well as what they were about to do.
Brandishing his nodachi, Mock released two consecutive waves of dark energy, one towards Amatsu's attack, and the second towards Amatsu hismelf. The first wave was able to nullify the Shinigami's attack, and the second continued towards its target, following a straight line.
Now raising his left palm at the sand veil in front of him, Mock said Hadou #1 -- Shou! Casting this kidou he was able to push the cloud back, and preemptively see Shinzou coming through it. Two can play the same game... Ko Jin! Mock said, and his ash gathered in a cloud around Shizou, aiming to impair his vision. It was now that MockaDash let his guard down, by also pointing his nodachi to the ground.
As always, the Captain was trying to take into calculation every aspect of the battle. He noticed that Shinzou's shikai was allowing him to manipulate the sand, but this was forcing him to focus on one aspect of it at a time - as seen when he let go of controlling the sand in the blast to control the sand around his blade. Mock was hoping that the cloud of dust he had just formed around the Shinigami, would deprive him (Shinzou) of quickness of reaction, seeing that the cloud obstructed not only his vision, but his hearing as well, and that he would probably be too busy manipulating the sand to notice the energies about to rise from within the Captain. Amatsu in turn, would probably be attempting to deal with a straightforward incoming energy attack from the nodachi, only, it was everything but straightforward! With a flick of the wrist holding the Zanpakutou, Mock commanded the dark wave to split into two, as it was about to reach the airborne Shinigami. He did so, imediatly before releasing his next move, so Amatsu would be preoccupied with the incoming dark wave until the last moment. The wave would split just as the next attack would hit the Shinigami, and arching to both sides, they would aim for his back, not only forcing him to deal with them from that direction, but also preventing him from escaping backwards.
Shitsunen! MockaDash yelled. This was his next move. A pillar of red fire erupted from the ground around the Captain. The pillar was large enough to engulf both Shinzou and Amatsu within. As the fire reached towards the sky and pierced through Amatsu's "shikai clouds", it grew hotter and turned bright blue. The energy comprising the fire was mostly protective in nature, so Shizou's attack was successively blocked by a visible barrier of fire. Furthermore, if Mock's strategy proved successful, both his opponents were now caught inside the fire, that would most certainly burn them to some extent.
As stated, this fire was not primarily meant for attack, but it had been able to damage several seated Shinigamis and Arrancars in the past. So this two would most certainly suffer damage from it, if they were not able to evade the column of fire in time.
As the fire died out, Mock was seen unharmed within it. Rainstorms, and sandstorms... Pretty interesting indeed. Shall I add firestorms to the ante? Moetsuku! Mock rhetorically asked, as two powerful explosions occurred exactly where each of his opponents were standing at this point in time. The blasts seemed to come from nowhere, apparently happening from spontaneous combustion of the air surrounding the Shinigamis. But they where in fact produced by the rapid ignition of the near-invisible ash hovering around Shizou and Amatsu. The ash from Mock's KaijinKami Zanpakutou.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:16 pm
Shinzou's instincts kicked in as his attack was countered perfectly by the Captain. To tell the truth he expected no less from such a great Shinigami. The ash that now hung around him did everything that he knew the Captain had hoped it would, luckily for Shinzou he had his sixth sense to help him out. It appeared that Mock could sense spiritual pressure around him rather easily, and while Shinzou did not have such a gift, he had something that might have been considered even better in some situations. In this case it was most certainly about to save his skin, both literally and figuratively.
As the ash surrounded him he closed his eyes tightly. This served two purposes... number one was to prevent him from being blinded by the fine particles for the rest of the fight and the second was to allow him to focus and center his thoughts on the visions that he was given. It wasn't that they were entirely made up of images, but some were rather expressions of extreme sensations, which he was able to interpret in order to predict his opponents action. The fact that these "visions" were made up of impressions of all of the body's senses meant that he was able to make extremely accurate predictions.
This time his visions consisted of an expression of extreme heat, the smell of the ash, the sound of an explosion, and the sight of glass. From this he determined that Mock was going to launch some sort of explosive or fire based attacks, and that at least on of those attacks was going to be based around the ash that surrounded him. He quickly darted backwards as soon as his foot hit the ground. This took him slightly out of the cloud of ash as the column of fire shot upwards, glassing some of the sand with in it's range and missing Shinzou by only mere inches.
The Shinigami could feel the searing heat as he pushed off his next step, propelling himself out of the ash. He covered up as best as he could, knowing that an explosion was eminent. The Shinigami was sent flying by the force of the exploding ash, his robes trailing tendrils of smoke as his sand once again gave him a soft landing. He gathered himself and shook off a trailing ember from his sleeve. This time he was going to hang back and strategize, knowing that Amatsu would push forward and occupy most of the Captain's attention.
Shinzou did try something new this time though, he gathered the sand on the ends of the many razor sharp barbs and then swung his sword violently at the Captain. Perfect sand replicas of each of the barbs were sent flying right at Mock. They were fast enough that they would beat Amatsu there and hopefully tie Mock up to keep him from easily dodging Amatsu's strike or fully forming a counter attack. From the point Shinzou took a strong defensive stance, watching Mock carefully, but also remaining alert for any incoming attacks. Amatsu seemed far more adept at close range attacks for the time being so Shinzou figured that it would be best to find a way to assist him in his efforts. It would take some coordination to get right, but he was slowly forming an idea as to how they might gain an advantage.
(Matt, PM me before your next post, I have an idea.)
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:04 pm
(( Huh... Forgive the OOC. It's just to bump the thread, since it seems that Matt hasn't noticed that it's his time to post, and it's only slowing down your training guys. ))
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:10 pm
(He's seen it, he said he's just been really busy lately because they've been running him hard at his job. He also said he'll post later tonight.)
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:12 pm
(( Oh! Ok then. I can understand, since I'm also busy, not to mentioned tired all the time now. But now the fight was getting interesting so... xp ))
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:15 am
[OK! Now, let me post. Sorry for it, like Jon said, I've been busy as hell at work, and somehow for the first time in like two years i'm sick, been coughing so hard I feel like i'm about to have a spasm in my back XP ]
...Amatsu's eyes never shifted from Mock as he seemed to float a few yards above the ground, his attack got closer and closer to Mock, even though most of Amatsu's attacks were based on speed, and not that much strength. He expected Mock to null his attacks with ease. He wasn't the Captain of Squad 13 for nothing. Even though Shinzou and himself were quite powerful individuals, Mock had them out gunned in just about every area of battle. His lazy glaze never faltered as his attack was blocked and stopped with out worry from what appeared to be a unconscious shield of Mocks. Slowly Amatsu began to fall back to the ground that was now mostly puddles from Amatsu's clouds above. Just before he was about to reached the ground Amatsu saw the attack. Mock released a single wave of dark reiatsu, Amatsu didn't really pay much mind to it, he could easily take it out, just before Amatsu was about to raise Pondo Kouu to negate the attack he witnessed it split. Now two attacks for the price of one...
...Quickly shifting his weight, or what he could in mid-air, Amatsu aimed his blade in a wide arc down at the ground, releasing a raining blast of dark blue reiatsu. Using this Amatsu launched himself farther into the air. Rotating over the twin blast of dark reiatsu, Amatsu wasn't all lucky. Just the tip of the wave sliced his left biceps, nothing deep, but still he did get out unscaved. Landing with a light splash of the water below his feet, Amatsu placed his palm firmly on the ground. Through his wet hair Amatsu watched Mock as he seemed to falter at the sight of Shinzou's sand. As though he was unsure for a brief moment. That was when the idea hit Amatsu. Mock used his advance spiritual eye to see where Shinzou and himself were. Simply blocking this would leave Mock blind to attacks. Raising to his feet, Amatsu began to slowly pour his reiatsu into the water, and rain around the area. To Mock's little trick it would have seems as though Amatsu was surrounding him completely. Slightly deaf to what Mock's words were Amatsu was expecting the torrent of fire that was about to be unleashed. Suddenly a blast of unbelievable fire erupted from what seemed to be the ground. Steam filled the area, nulling some of the fire, but not all...
...As Amatsu landed upon the ground shakily once more steam seemed to rise from him, burns and such covered his body. None of which were that bad, but they still stung. A faint smile began to form over Amatsu's lips. Mock had made himself blind with that last attack. Amatsu's on rain, and puddles that had covered the area now covered it in thick steam. Blocking not only Mock's good eye, but his spiritual eye also, and to add on to this, Mock had sped up the process of the true reason of the clouds and rain. Now the thick moisture of the steam would have covered Mock, making any movements almost five times as difficult, and heavy...
...All of a suddenly Amatsu noticed the black particles that began to form around him. He knew what these were from Mock's attacks. Which he felt he had experienced too much of today. Slashing horizontally before himself, Amatsu leaped forward, just barely dodging the explosion. Amatsu rushed forward through the steam, and mist that hung heavily over the area. Amatsu felt exactly where Mock was due to his reiryoku throughout the area now. Each foot step of his quick dash made a sound, this Amatsu knew, suddenly his foot steps were no more as he leaped into the air. Slashing rapidly at Mock's left side as he flew passed him, Amastu released a torrent of dark blue reiatsu all along Mock's left side. Landing upon the ground, not far from where Shinzou was, Amatsu let out a sigh as he waited for what would happen next. Pain seemed to fill his torso from the earlier attack. Amatsu would need Medical Treatment after this... maybe. If he told anyone of it he would need it. Otherwise he would just deal with it...
[Sorry if I didn't dodge that explosion correctly... I really wouldn't have had away to dodge it as of now, and if you think about it... That would have put me out of the battle -_- ]
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:57 pm
((Dun worry. You're both doing fine.))
Omoshiroi... Though completely distinct in elements and such, both their shikais seemed very similar at first. Both are very versatile in offense as well as defense. the Captain thought to himself. But this kid's one... Seems to be able to create a strong reiatsu presence with similar effects to that of an increase in gravity. he noticed in relation to Amatsu's shikai, as the increasing pressure caused by the moist "hanging" around him, began to be felt.
Mock was proud of the way in which his subordinates were handling themselves. Not only they were quickly learning how to take advantage of their new powers, but they were also devising strategies to use against him. Shinzou had escaped rather unscathed from Mock's attack, while Amatsu had taken some hits. The later, was being more aggressive and taking the offensive, whilst Shinzou seemed to took the role of a supporter. Probably, in the near future Shinzou will be readying himself to deliver a final blow, while Amatsu was keeping Mock busy and aiming to impair his (Mock's) skills - so to speak.
This could only lead to one smart strategy from Mock. He was going to try and take out Amatsu first, instead of fighting both at the same time. That way, he would be left to deal with Shinzou only.
Amatsu's attempt to increase the difficulty at which Mock could move, was fruitless. The Captain simply released his reiatsu with the exact power and "substance" to counter that effect. The difference in power and skill between these two Shinigamis allowed for MockaDash to do so easily. But if the battle should stretch for too long, this will surely take a toll on Mock's stamina, as it forced him to continuously focus on how he was molding his reiatsu, thus straining him much more than it would if it (the reiatsu) was simply leaking out.
This came down to a battle of perseverance. Using this power most certainly costs Amatsu some energy in return, so it was a matter of seeing who would become tired faster. Furthermore, since Mock was constantly shaping his reiatsu, if Amatsu were to increase the gravity around Mock, the Captain would simply balance that increase with more of his spiritual pressure.
The first attack to come at Mock at this point, was Shinzou's. The sand barbs were all blocked by small shields though, hovering in midair far from Mock. The shields were formed by the ash from Mock's fire Zanpakutou - same as before - and there was one for each barb thus thrown.
So it comes down to a battle of elements now? Water versus fire? the Captain said to Amatsu as he began charging towards him. I think not!!! His face was overcome by a wicked grin of malevolence and bloodthirstiness.
As the Shinigami ran towards Mock, the Captain swung his large ominous blade and released another dark wave from it - the larger one yet. The energy traveled in a direct line, and missed its target as Amatsu leaped into the air. MockaDash was still looking forward, even now as Amatasu had moved past him and discharged an attack aimed at the Captain's left flank. Apparently, his plan to cloud MockaDash's perception was successful, as he seemed blind to what was happening around him. Apparently...
Not averting his gaze, Mock raised his left hand perpendicularly to his torso. His left palm was opened at the energy attack coming towards him. Bakudou #39 -- Enkosen. he said, as a large circular shield of an amber hue sprouted from his palm, and fully blocked the incoming dark blue reiatsu, forcing it to scatter to the sides. Mock was still smoking from his pipe, as the battle raged on. And also, he was still unharmed throughout the duration of it.
It was now that the Captain, chuckling sadistically, turned his head to look at Amatsu, at the exact same time that the enormous Dark wave previously released from the nodachi crashed upon the (possibly) unsuspecting Shinigami.
It had been all another ruse, played by the Captain.
It seemed that he was fully capable of still exactly pinpointing Amatsu's location. As it had been proved, when he released the dark wave, and had been controlling it all that time. First making it seem as if it missed its target, but then having it turn around and strike him from his back.
((There is, of course, a reason as to why Mock can still sense you. I didn't explain it now, on purpose. I want to give you guys a chance to try and find it out all by yourselves. This way, it's also more thrilling. xp
In one or two posts, I'll explain it to you.))
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:51 am
From his spot outside of the current engagement, Shinzou was easily able analyze everything that both Amatsu and Mock did. In the process he noticed that Mock was still tracking Amatsu with deadly precision. He thought about it for a moment as he watched the Captain's gaze remained fixed on Amatsu throughout his entire strike. This seemed rather strange to him, because if the Captain was tracking their spiritual pressure, then he wouldn't need to track them like that. He would be able to react to their every move with needing to see them. He could only come to one conclusion, it must have been that ash that Mock spread around. Surely not all of it had detonated, and they had both been right in the middle of it when he created it. That had to be it, by physically putting that ash in contact with them he was able to track them, but his senses were drawn to where the ash was, thus is why his gaze was also following Amatsu.
It made sense since it was essentially a part of his Zanpakutou. He knew that he couldn't do anything about it now, but Amatsu on the other hand, Amatsu could however, he would just need a little bit of help. Shinzou launched a trio of barbed attacks, sending them flying through the air at tremendous speed and directly towards Mock. However, at they surrounded Mock, ready to strike him, they exploded with considerable force, scattering sand in a thick blanket all around Mock. It was then that Shinzou shouted to Amatsu. "Rinse yourself off with that water, I think it's the ash that's allowing him to track us. I can't hold the sand around him for too long, so you need to hit him with everything you've got right now. Strike for the heart of the cloud." He said as he began to concentrate on keeping the cloud centered around Mock and pouring his reiatsu into it to impair the Captain's senses. As he did this he slowly sent more sand into the cloud, making it thicker and thicker by the moment. The extra sand would allow him to impair more than just his Captain's senses, it would also make breathing harder, and with the extra sand he could easily move part of the cloud to keep up with any quick escape attempts that Mock might make, and allow the rest of the cloud to catch up.
(I would post more here, but there's not much else that I can do and maintain the situation without being god mody.)
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