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Yoshi was supprised as he saw the shadow and pulled his arm back but was too slow as the shdow began to coil itself around his arm. His gazed was then directed to the floor upon starting to couch and saw that the darkness that was sprout out of Ryo's shadow. He could feel a cold aura wrap itself around his arm squeezing tighter. He started to pull on the darkness around his arm back but nothing would budge at all. He listened to Ryo's words trying to get any hints towards his attacks but all he got was that he has a very solid defense. Yoshi's smile was one of confidence as he looked up and gazed into Ryo's eyes. "Well looks like I am going to have to break this defense of yours Ryo.". Yoshi pulled back his left hand and lunged forward and he flicked his right hand in attempt to at least cut the shadow that was wrapped around his hand as, at the moment, it seemed to be solid. This would in hopes break the shadow letting him free. His lunge was to try and cut Ryo's right leg and as their shadows were able to combine they had to be very close to each other.

As he lunged forward however a further shadow would sprout from the ground aiming for his chest but would miss it's intended target due to the lunge performs by Yoshi. Instead of hitting his chest the shadow spike would cut through his Shinigami uniform by his shoulder. This would seem to have done no damage what so ever until a trickle of blood fall down the darkness and pool on the floor. The wound seemed worse than what it was as only a small amount of blood dribbled down the shadow and onto the floor. The spike went through part of the muscle on his armpit. 'Argh s**t that hurt!', he srcunched his eyes up to hide the fact that he felt the pain. He then looked towards his right arm to see if the shadow spike had let go and then to Ryo to check if his attack had worked. Once done he would cut the spike that is through his arm and jump up and gain a small amount of distance from Ryo (About 2 meters).

Tao relaxed all his muscles and allowed the increased gravity to pull him instantly to the ground."Gravity is gravity." He pulled himself up, his heavy body was annoying but he would eventually get used to it. "Sai!" He sent the Kidou at her chest, even though he knew it wouldn't hit her. "Seal of Patience." He placed a seal on his chest, the main place she attacked. He struggled to stand up again, and took a few steps backwards. "If you don't like being underestimated then you shouldn't underestimate others either. I may only be a little taller than you, and I probably look like a kid... but I'm strong..." He doubted himself for a second, he sounded like a little kid complaining to his parents. I can do this... He definitely wasn't used to sparring with other Shinigami at Lieutenant and Captain levels, but he was trying his best. "Breaking Palm!" He concentrated an amount of Kidou energy into his left palm, and slammed it down into the ground with as much force he could muster, making the impact harder because of how much he weighed under these conditions. The ground beneath him seemed to be destroyed, and sent dust and dirt in the air around him to give him a little cover. He let himself pant a little, he was getting a little tired but he'd keep going until he couldn't anymore.

"Dance Ryu!" He had to use both hands to pull out his katana, and it separated with a pink glow. He barely blocked the attack, the blade was inches from his throat. "I have to admit, I really wasn't expecting you to be able to control gravity... you look like more of the 'I can catch you on fire with my mind' type of girls..." He smiled again, and slid the right twin blade down slightly, making the blade slide more to the right and a bit away from his neck. "I guess relying on speed instead of strength isn't so useful when you weigh 3 times more than usual..." Even though in the gravity he was three times heavier, that would make him weigh three hundred pounds. "s**t, now I can be considered fat..." He laughed, he really was a weird one.

Tao cocked his head to the side, Her eye... changed color for a second... why do I have a feeling this is going to end badly.. He stood up, looking her over. In his released state it was a bit easier for him to move around, even though the gravity was still an annoyance. "You know, now that I think about this, your gravity would be an amazing training area. I mean, learning to move around in this gravity would make moving around in normal gravity even easier, making your speed increase and such..." He flexed his muscles for a second, trying to get used to the gravity faster. He place two more seals on his body, one on his right arm and the other on his head.

Tao watched as Tsukiko vanished, he couldn't follow her movements and looked around quickly. "Crap..." He muttered 'Kabe' under his breath, low enough that no one would see it. As Tsukiko appeared and shot the spell at him the wall absorbed most of it, the rest hit him in the chest and he instantly put his hand to his chest. "Damn..." He could tell she was weak after that, and put his katana away. "I guess that's enough... You win."

Tao walked over to Tsukiko, still holding his chest lightly. "I'm not soft, I just know when we've pushed ourselves too far... Plus, even if you weren't worn out, your gravity field kind of made me a sitting target. If it wasn't for me placing that Kabe up, I'd probably be part of that wall right now..." He smiled a little, but it looked more awkward than anything. "Want me to go get us some tea or something?"

((Sorry I didn't post yesterday. I know you know why. Glad to get out of work though, same again today *Sniffle, Sigh*.))

Ryo rolled to the side, dodging Yoshi's lung, though Ryo's and Yoshi's shadows seem to stretch and remained unsevered. However, Yoshi managed to cut loose and jumped backwards, and Ryo then allowed the shadows to sever. Ryo smiled at Yoshi, though he appeared quite safe at a distance, he still carried a heavy burden. The small shadow his body cast suddenly lept up before him and lunged towards his face ((this attack will not cease until you cut the shadow in two)). "You got too close. Now you pay the price for entering my personal space." He said. While Yoshi was defending, Ryo disappeared from his spot and reappeared behind Yoshi, his zanpakuto in his sheath split into a cloud of black spiritual particles, parting ways and reforming in each hand. This would take about 2 seconds to complete. While he went to grasp hold of each zanpakuto, Ryo aimed a knee to the small of Yoshi's back with his right knee and then swung the left zanpakuto down on Yoshi's injured shoulder. ((I am assuming the injured shoulder is the left.))

Once his attack was over Ryo shunpoed backwards 10ft, preventing Yoshi from committing a quick counter attack. His shadow bulked and grew large, into what appeared a large cat. ((Remember you wanted to know the final shikai summon. mrgreen Now you get to meet him, mwahaha.)) The fiery yellow eyes opened slowly and the cat let out a large roar, confirming any suspicions that this was a tiger. It's teeth displayed large white fangs that, along with the eyes, stood out as a large contrast to its black and slightly transparent body. "Torao wants to get to know you better, don't you Torao?" Ryo scratched behind the tigers ear, who closed his eyes in comfort, a soft grunt answered Ryo's question. The tiger opened its eyes and glared at Yoshi. "Go get him." Ryo ordered. The large cat crouched and then bounded, suprising quickly for its large size, towards Yoshi. To what would hopefully be a great surprise to Yoshi, the cat opened it's mouth wide and a gush of black fire shot towards Yoshi.

((black fire is not the temperature of black fire, it is around the tempurature of yellow and blue flames))

((Awwhhh, well at least you don't have to go to work or college. I would love to come see you but I don't wanna bother you razz .))
'This guy is too fast! He's a slippery bugger'. The gaze of Yoshi followed Ryo as he rolled to the side to evade his quick attack. His eyes was met with one of Ryo's smiles, Yoshi guessed that there was going to be something up, Ryo never smiles unless he has done something smart. Yoshi looked around to all the shadows not realising that it could be his that the attack would erupt out of. At the Connor of his eye a spike grew and covered the white floor. Yoshi lifted his arms and bent back dodging this spike to the face. He then wrapped his arm around the shadow allowing his body to dangle with his head bent back. He then heard the sound barrier break from the Shunpo and he pulled himself up using the shadow. He then saw a figure appear behind him. To counter this Yoshi swung around the shadow spike holding his left arm up to block the knew with the blunt side of his blade. Using the shadow to swing around helped him dodge the attack. As he saw Ryo jump back Yoshi held on blade to his shoulder and made a very small thing slice making a small around of blood dribble down his arm. He then made another cut by his hip. He then jumped up and down swinging both arms like it didn't hurt at all but there seemed to be a slight stiffness of his hip of which he cut.

Yoshiezawa then saw Ryo get covered in black particles and saw a cat figure appear. The loud roar that emitted from it's large mouth echoed through the air making Yoshi's eyes bang and ring soon after it finished. The Shinigami revelled in this new power that was revealed to him as he saw Ryo speak to it in such a cool manner. Yoshi then saw the large cat pounce up and he saw it's mouth open spilling out a large gas substance out. This substance was exactly like a shadow but seemed to fly through the air, but there was one thing that gave Yoshi the idea of what it could be. This was the shape. It seemed to take the form of fire as at the edge it was flickering off. Yoshi's face of amusement and awe disappeared quickly as he stood up with a straight back but his right side had seemed to be more on a slant. The words "Play time over" muttered under his breath as the signature Shunpo sound came from his direction. He turned up behind Ryo but he was less than a meter away. with his hand held out. "Hado #31 Shakkahō". He spoke with an emotionless voice. All enthusiasm had seemed to have disappeared. As soon as he spoke a shot of fire came from his hand and aimed for Ryo's spine.

((Finally! I wanted to see it for ages. About time xd Now tell me your Bankai!!! D: ))