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Name: Asuma Haruka
Nickname: Assai Yaiba((Crushing Blade))
Sex: Male
Race: Shinigami
Age: Looks to be around 17
Real Age: 22
Height: 5’ 10”
Hair Color: Silver
Eye Color: Blood Red
Reiatsu Color: Crimson
Element(s): Gravity
Blood Type: O-
Appearance: As Asuma defected from Seireitei, he decided that he would take on a new appearance, one so that no one that saw him would recognize him. Of course, that meant getting rid of his old things, and cutting his hair. Since he got to Hueco Mundo, he cut his hair and tied it up, only keeping the whitest of his hair, and dying a few black streaks into it. He donned silver goggles, with a red radioactive symbol on them. These, he uses just for show. They really serve no purpose at all for anything other than looks. He kept his old undershirt, with leather straps and a long piece of cloth going down to his ankles. Over the shirt, he wears a black loose shirt, with a golden trim along the edges and the symbol of a crescent moon on the chest. His pants are jet black, and have a thin leather strap going down the sides of the legs. His shoes are black as well, with backwards 9's on them. The last part of his wardrobe is a back gas mask, mainly to hide his expression. He hates when people see what he's feeling, and it seemed the best way to do it.
Weight: 180
Personality: Depending on what he is doing at the moment, Asuma can be many different people, or at least, seem to be. One moment he can be calm, collected, and caring. He talks to everyone the same, and will rarely start a fight or even an argument. This, though, is rare, as he is usually busy and his moods change frequently. He could be angry, and bloodthirsty. Fighting is when he's usually like this. He goes all out, even going so far as to be a sadist, causing the most pain he can to whoever he wants without regard of who they are or how he knows them. He'll slice away at who he's targeted, sure to avoid anything that might kill them, just so that he can have more 'fun' as he calls it. And then, he can be uncaring, cold, and seem like a mindless cynic. When he's like this his true words come out. What that means is, is that he'll say what he's thinking, regardless of who it hurts, or who it angers. He could care less, really. Some may call him bipolar, and some may just call him crazy. It's yet to be decided.


Powers
Destruction Ball((Inmetsu Mari)): A mix of both Asuma's and Koshiro's reiatsu, Asuma first saw this move while battling a clone of himself during Tagg's training. Although, at the time, the one firing it was a VC level, Asuma decided to adopt the technique for his own use. Depending on the size of the ball is the amount of reiatsu. But, if compacted, the reiatsu ball can be much smaller, making one think the power is weak. When the ball is cut in half or hits something, it can explode, sending both his and his zanpaktou's reiatsu out in a large explosion. If the ball is cut, but not destroyed, the ball can be contained, making it two projectiles at half the power.
San Ousama Renda((Three King Barrage)): Pretty much a much better and more refined version of the Inmetsu Mari, this technique utilizes not only Asuma and Koshiros reiatsu, but his Zaigou reiatsu as well. Now a three color ball of reiatsu, the ball becomes mainly black, with a crimson light shining from within the black ball. A white aura surrounds the black ball, giving off the impression that it is a fireball, due to the reiatsu coming off the ball. In this form, the ball is usually held in the hand, and then directly hit into the opponent, as the energy is thrown forward. The way this happens, is by the user having their hand coated in reiatsu, and their hand cupped, so that all of the energy warps to the hand's bowl like shape, making the energy explode in front, rather than in just every direction.
Oto Ken((Sound Blade)): A technique made by Asuma to increase his speed and power, this move requires large amounts of reiatsu, as well as mass amounts of speed and control to begin with. What the user must do to use this attack, is first to shoot reiatsu through their arm, like they would if they were using a kidou. After doing this, the user must then make their arm move quickly, using the reiatsu as a catalyst for this. Like using shunpo, large amounts of control are required, as well as concentration. Making the arm of the user go at high level speeds close to that of a shunpo, their arm seems to be vibrating, barely moving an inch from where the arm is at. In reality, however, their arm is moving so quickly that every movement cannot be seen. Mainly used for attacking, the attack being used can only have two options. The first, being a stabbing attack, where the area where the arm is moving is spread out, putting large amount of strain on the arm, but allowing a large number of attacks to be done in a matter of seconds. The second option of this attack, is a slashing motion, where the quick movement's completely slice through whatever it touches. If stopped by a blade, the attack can continue, as the user spreads the range of the attack for a split second, going around the opponents blade. While leaving the opponent open for an attack, this also leaves the user open as well. The max number of times this move can be used in a battle is five, and the technique is usually only used while the blade is in it's sealed state.
Degradation/Replication: Asuma's reiatsu has the innate ability to both break down objects, as well as re-create, or copy them. Asuma figured this ability out while training with his reiatsu, after copying iron particles from a nearby Soul Cutter. After Asuma learned that his reiatsu could break down and copy objects, he mainly focused on re-creating elements, so that he could later use them without having to take the particles from the weapon, or thing itself. He first worked on the Metal element, using Soul Cutters to allow his reiatsu to easily bond with the metal and re-create the compound of the Iron particles and the infused reshi within them. After mastering the Metal element to as far as he could go, Asuma decided that he would then work on other things, to further his development as a shinigami. The elements he knows and has either understood how to manipulate, or master them, are such:
Metal((Mastered))
Earth((Recently Learned))
Senheru, Eiharetsu((Wire Hell, Wrap Explosion)): Using his ability to make metal, as well as his abiilty to use kidou without the use of his body, Asuma first must make small metal wires out of his reiatsu. Then, by shooting the wires around, or onto the target, Asuma quickly says the name of an explosive, or other kidou-most notably Shakkaho or Raikoho-Asuma quickly reverts the wires back to reiatsu, and then uses the reiasu as a catalyst for his explosion. If the target is trapped within the explosion, they are intensely burned, as usually the amount of reiatsu inside the kidou is centered around the person, for the largest portion of the blast to hit the person in the middle. Although, the kidou can be fired while the wires are still made, as they quickly revert back to reiatsu before turning into the kidou.
Mibae((Attraction)): Using his zanpaktou's innate ability to increase mas and control gravity, Asuma to use this move, must first touch the two objects that he will attract to each other. After touching the two objects, Asuma uses his zanpaktou's ability to raise mass, as he usually doubles or triples the objects mass. While this does not affect the appearance of the object, the ability that gravity can have on the object increases exponentially. After touching the two objects, Asuma manipulates the gravitational attraction of each, as he connects the two objects by their gravitational pull. The object not being held by his enemy(since he usually uses this move while fighting) flies forward, attracted by the other objects pull. The other object will continue to attract the other, until it is either destroyed, or Asuma lets the objects gravity and mass change. The bigger the object he affects, the more powerful the attraction will be. Since the formula for the gravitational attraction between two objects is (M1xM2)/(R)-M being the mass of the two objects and R being the distance between them-the higher the mass, the stronger the objects attract each other.

Abiilties: Asuma is a master swordsman, being a kendo instructor in his past life((See Asuma's Story in the Character Stories forum)), as well as a strategist. He may not be a genius, but his mind is always thinking about something, be it planning ahead, thinking of what he could be doing, thinking about what he's doing currently, or something that he could have done to improve what he WILL do. While it sometimes gets annoying, it comes in handy in the midst of battle, as he sometimes comes up with moves in the heat of battle.
Asuma, after training intensely with his reiatsu and how to control it within a second, can use kidou without the use of his hands, or physical contact at all. While a kidou is usually fired from a shinigami's hands, or even sometimes their feet, Asuma can use the reiatsu he lets off, or reiatsu he has made into Metal. This is mainly because why he is not very proficient in the power of kidou and how to use it, he can preform it well enough to use, and do a medium amount of damage.
Asuma's reiatsu has the innate ability to break down and copy elemnts and objects, and is the reason why he has learned the Metal element, and is learning new ones as well. Although he may not master all of them, Asuma can compensate for not being able to use them at full power by combining the elements, also known as Dyuaru Soshi, or Dual Element. This allows Asuma to use two or more elements at the same time, at reduced power, to make new attacks and defenses in the heat of battle. Although this takes a lot of concentration and reiatsu, it comes in handy in tight situations.
Asuma also has the ability to communicate with his zanpaktou spirit, Koshiro, and use his reiatsu, calling the amount he can use at one time, 'Sync', or, Synchronization. The number of percent he says, or what color his eyes are, says how much reiatsu he can use at the moment. Since he can't use all of his zanpaktou's reiatsu at once, he must build up how much he can use. When it gets to around 75%, his left eye turns completely white around the inner eye. Asuma utilizes his zanpaktou's reiatsu both in his gravity abilities, as well as his infamous, 'Imetsu Mari' attack, or combining it with his Zaigou's reiatsu in, 'San Ousama Renda'.




Squad: Ex unseated of squad 3, 9th seat of 4th Squad, unseated 6th Squad, 6th seat of squad 13, Vice Captain of squad 12, Vice Captain of Squad 8, now a defect from Seireitei.

Accessories/Additional Items: Asuma, after he defected, first got rid of his gloves. Now only caring if he can see his opponent, Asuma switched to a pair of goggles, with a sign for radioactive chemicals on the lenses. They are mainly used to see up close, as this is seen when the radioactive symbols turn in a circle. The amount they can zoom is enormous, able to see a target around five kilometers away.
Asuma also wears a black gas mask, mainly for situations where there are unfavorable weather conditions, like fog, smog, or sandstorms. Although they are used for that purpose, the other reason, the real reason, is to hide his face.

History:
Asuma's first memories were of those in one of the back parts of Rukon, and lived there his whole soul life. He didn’t remember anything that had happened to him during his human life, as most souls didn’t. He grew up with people he met there, and had to fight to survive; to eat, to get shelter, and to keep living. One day, however, he saw one of the people who he was living with at the time being beat up by some other people from a different district of rukon. He intervened, coming at them with a knife he had found the day before. They brought out crowbars, pipes, and other weapons. He managed to wound some of them, but was easily beaten back afterwards. As they came in for the kill, he called out, and reiatsu he had all his life poured out, forming into the blades he has now. Seeing that he had power, the other ones who were trying to kill him ran off. Some shinigami that had been passing by felt a small rise in spirit pressure, and went to check it out, thinking that it was a hollow. When they arrived, however, they saw Asuma lying on the ground, unconscious with his Zanpaktou in his hands. They took him to 4th squad and he was healed, and then sent to the soul society academy, where he was trained to be a shinigami. He managed to get out a few times, and visited the people who he had been living with ever since he came to soul society. However, when he came to see them, he found out that they had been killed by the people he had been attacked by. From that day on he was cynical, bloodthirsty, and always looking for a fight. He vowed that he would find who killed his family he had made, and would return the favor they had done for him.

Known Hadou and Bakudou:
Bakudou
4. Crawling Rope (hainawa) — An energy rope entangles a target's arms.
9. Hit (geki) — Engulfs a target in red light, completely paralyzing them.
Incantation: Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat!
30. Beak-Stab Triple-Flash (shitotsusansen) — After using kido energy to draw out an equilateral triangle, the targets' arms and waist are pinned down and rendered immobile.
39. Circular Shield (enkosen)— Summons a shield of condensed reiatsu to block opponents' attacks.
61. Six Rods Prison of Light (rikujōkōrō) — Summons six thin, but wide, beams of light that slam into a target's midsection, holding them in place. Referred to as "Six Rod Light Restraint" in the english edition.
Incantation: Carriage of thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six.
62. Hundred Stepped Rails (hyapporankan) — A rod formed of energy is thrown towards the target before it disintegrates into numerous short rods which are used to pin the target to the surroundings and render them immobile.
63. Chainlike Desert (sajō sabaku) — The target is wrapped from the neck down in a thick chain.
75. Quintet of 1 kan Iron Pillars (gochūtekkan) — Forms a cage made of five incredibly high and thick pillars around a target.
Incantation: Walls of ironsand, a priestly pagoda, glowing ironclad fireflies. Standing upright, silent to the end.

Hadou
4. White Lightning (byakurai)— Fires a concentrated bolt of lightning from the caster's forefinger.
31. Shot of Red Fire (shakkahō) — Fires a ball of red energy at a target.
Incantation: Ye Lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, The sea barrier surges, March on to the south!
58. Orchid Sky (tenran) - After suspending and spinning your Zanpakuto in a circle placed in front of yourself, a widening tornado-like blast is fired towards the target.
63. Thunder Roar Cannon (raikōhō) — Fires a massive wave of yellow energy at a target.
Incantation: Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!




Zanpaktou

Spirit Name: Toshiro Kujira((Great White Whale))
Spirit Appearance: Toshiro Kujira is the size of a blue whale, maybe even larger. Like it’s name suggests, the whale is snow white, and has the horn like a Narwhal whale, and is a third of it’s length long.
Element: Darkness
Normal Form:
A regular katana, four feet in length, and three inches in width. The hilt is white, with black wrapping on it, letting a few white places in the shape of diamonds show though. The guard is a shuriken shape with three blades, and the hilt has a black circle attached to the end of the hilt to draw the blade easier. The blade itself curved slightly, in the regular katana shape, and the sheath is black, with the same symbol of the guard on a few places on the sheath. The symbols are crimson. There is also the symbol of the division he is part of at the time near where the blade comes out of the sheath, with leather straps to tie it to his belt.
Shikai
Release Phrase: Crush them, Toshiro Kujira!
As the blade’s name is called, Asuma sheaths the blade, as the sword turns into a long metal pole. The pole is around five and a half feet long, as the color of the pole turns jet black. As the pole takes it’s full length, it sprouts three blades, one on the top, and then two more directly under it. The color of the three blades, are blood red. Asuma heard of a scythe that was like this, in the possession of a legendary ninja called Hidan. Rumored to be immortal, Hidan used the scythe to cleave away at his enemies. And, like Hidan’s scythe, Asuma’s is three bladed and quite long. The main power of the scythe, is:
At the point of contact, or in midair, for that matter, the gravity of the scythe can be altered to be much less, or much greater, increasing the damage inflicted and the power or force of the swing overall. Applying maximum force to opposite gravitational fields at once time, the blade’s power over gravity can even create small black holes. The blade itself gives Asuma the ability to control Gravity to an extent, the extent being changing the amount of gravity on an object or around himself.
The secondary power is much more complex. As it hits an object, it can alter it's mass, thereby altering it's gravity. Because this does not alter the weight, or appearance of an object, the difference of mass is almost undetectable. Since the mass is altered, the amount of gravity can either be much greater of much less, greatly helping Asuma use his Gravity abilities.

Bankai
Bankai Name: Shuutangun, Toshiro Kujira ((Terminal Force, Great White Whale))
As the blade is released into bankai, the first thing to happen is that Asuma's zanpaktou gains three new scythe blades, on the opposite side of the three already on the scythe. This increases the attack power of the scythe, as well as raises the power of the gravity Asuma can use on it. As the new three blades of the scythe grow, Asuma's wounds slowly close, as a white reiatsu envelops him. The white reiatsu also seems to change his clothes black, while white markings make their way all around him, forming weird shapes and patterns, used to hypnotize the enemy while Asuma is quickly moving. But, the real thing that happens in Asuma's bankai, is that his gravity manipulation increases exponentially. While before he could only make small black holes by putting large amounts of reiatsu into them, he can now easily move large objects, and create much larger, and more powerful black holes. He can even create supernovas, by causing the opposite effect of gravity as the black hole is formed. Not only do supernovas incinerate anything around it, but they also blind the enemy for long periods of time. Not only is this effective in combat to easily kill someone, but it is also very good for escaping. But, the largest demonstration that Asuma has done with his bankai, was how he attained it. He had to move his zanpaktou spirit, the Great White Whale Koshiro, from where he lay to the ground over fifty meters away, just with his own power.
Bankai, Second Gear
Bankai Name: Reisougon, Sorichisoku((Zero Gravity, Warp Speed))
Bankai Look/Powers: As the name implies, Asuma's normal gravity turns to Zero Gravity, greatly improving his speed and maneuverability. His scythe retracts, turning into a large sword. The swords length, as a whole, is around four feet, the blade being three feet and the handle being a foot long. A long strip of iron goes above the handle to the blade, with small spikes along the outer rim or it. At the end of the handle, where the blade meets it, there is a trigger. This, is because there is a sniper rifle barrel along the inside of the blade, since the blade around the barrel is open, except for the part it is connected to at the bottom of the blade. The way the sword looks could be described as a larger version of the Espada Habiel's sword, but larger. Although the blade looks heavy, it is quite light, mainly because of the ability of Asuma's second bankai, Zero Gravity. The blade's sniper can shoot large rounds, able to pierce through sheets of metal like paper. The reason for this, is to increase the mass and gravity of the bullet, so that he can attack opponents at much larger ranges. The way that the bullets are made, is vy using Asuma's ability to make metal, and then firing it after the mass has been altered greatly, to maximize damage and speed. Although the clip of the gun looks like it is part of the blade, being around the area where the hilt ends and the gun/sword begins, pulling on Asuma's reiatsu to make the bullets.


Zaigou
Name: Zetsumi, or as he likes to be called now, Benirikka ((Benny-reek-uh))
Translation: Death, or Crimson Snow
Reiatsu color: Jet Black
Weapon Manifestation: A Ball and Chain, usually hidden within the folds of Asuma's clothing. The ball itself is usually around ten inches thick, and around thirty to forty pounds. On each side of the metal ball, is Asuma's Zaigou Symbol, in white. The chain is indefinitely long, and can be lengthened or shortened depending on Asuma's wishes.
Weapon Ability(s): The chain is able to grow indefinitely long, and can wrap around opponents and strangle them to death. The ball is able to get bigger, the maximum size being a foot and a half thick, with the weight able to get to around one hundred pounds. Because it is a manifestation of his Zaigou spirit, the weapon is able to let out pulses of it's reiatsu, in Reido-like waves, or be shot out as it's swung or kicked.
Weapons Main Fighting Style: Because it is a ball, Asuma can kick it without hurting himself, using his reiatsu to cushion the hit. As he hits the ball, he can send it flying forward, using the chains ability to lengthen and shorten to his advantage. The ball itself feels light to Asuma, and he can wield it as if it were just the chain.
Weapons Release Command: Fall from above, Benirikka
Weapons Release Appearance: Because it is a manifestation of his Zaigou Spirit, Asuma does not gain a transformed weapon. Rather, his skin gets thicker, his nails become longer, as well, his eyes become white as snow. His clothes change into a black coat, that covers every part o his body except his head. Overall, his appearance turns into Zetsumi. While released, Asuma can still use his other weapons, and can now fire Reido blasts from his fingers, hands, and use all of Zetsumi's powers, as well as his own.

Name: Tansen Tsurugi

Nicknames: None that he knows of

Age: 26 but looks like he's 19-21

Gender: Male

Height: 6'1

Weight: It's a secret heart

Physical description:







Likes: Training, listening to music (The Beatles)

Dislikes: Fighting, those who don't value life

Special talent: Can do just about anything with chopsticks (Use as weapons, pick locks, etc)

Special accessories: Tansen wears a silver heart shape locket around his neck. Inside of it a picture of him and his deceased fiance. It is Tansen's most cherished possession and he never takes it off. Tansen also wears thick bandages around his hands. The reason for this is because his hands are covered in rough burn scars from his experiments with kido and he prefers not to show them off.


Shikai: Tsumari-Renkin (Ultimate alchemy)

Appearance: While in it's sealed form, Tansen's zanpakuto resembles a standard katana with an intricate pattern of two dragons on a dazzling gold guard and an emerald green hilt.

When released, Tsumari-Renkin grows a few inches in length and the blade is covered in mysterious cryptic symbols that are of unknown origin.

http://adrian-kun.deviantart.com/art/Lightning-Sword-129873782 (Credit goes to Mizu Botsuraku)


Ability: In it's shikai form, Tansen's zanpakuto gives him the power of advanced alchemic reactions, which allow him to break any matter down into base elements and recreate it into something completely different.

Tansen's most common transmutations with Tsumari-Renkin are as follows:

Golem: Tansen takes minerals from the ground and forms a powerful looking golem about the size of a house from the transmuted earth. Part of Tansen's reiatsu is also transmuted into the golem, enabling it to move on it's own. So far Tansen has transmuted golem giants, worms, dragonflies, panthers and dragons.

Cannon: Once again taking minerals from the ground, Tansen forms a colossal cannon about the same size as his golem, complete with a special gunpowder synthesized from minerals and reishei (Spirit particles)

Tansen Dummy: Basically a makeshift mannequin made to look like Tansen. It is mostly hollow, but filled to the brim with his special gunpowder. Excellent for surprise attacks. Part of Tansen's reiatsu is put into the dummy, making it capable of basic movement.

Weapon Synthesis: Tansen commonly transmutes Tsumari-Renkin itself into a weapon better suited to battle his opponent, such as a lance, hammer, or wristblades.

Shockwave: Tansen takes the surrounding air and liquifies it; then he reduces it's volume and vaporizes it instantly in order to create a powerful shockwave that can shatter bones. As it is an invisible attack, it's a very useful technique.

However, transmuting the elements in the air is more taxing than transmuting those in the ground and requires more reiatsu and concentration to do so. Because of this, Tansen rarely uses this technique and saves it for serious battles.


Bankai: Hijutsu no Tsumari-Renkin (Secret Art of Ultimate Alchemy)


Appearance: Tansen's shinigami bottoms turn white, his torso is covered in bandages, and he's wearing a platinum white cloak with the same symbols that his shikai has along the center, back and sleeves. (It looks like the red cloak Edward Elric wears in Full metal alchemist) His hair grows longer and floats behind him and his eyes become filled with an erie yellow light, creating a very intimidating an ominous appearance.




Powers: This is Tansen's ultimate form and it increases his speed and strength significantly. His alchemy is also ten times stronger than it is in shikai form, allowing him to transmute things larger, faster, and easier.

Hijutsu no Tsumari-Renkin also has another ability: It leaves Tansen void of all emotions. This makes him both cold and calculating as he battles in this form. He can tell friend from foe, but other than that he has little control over his power.

The downside is that unlike some Bankai, Tansen's Bankai does not have a second form and it consumes extremely large amounts of reiatsu, prolonged use of it can result in his life span being shortened and even death. The longest that Tansen can stay in Bankai without threat to his life is three minutes. After that, his body is left virtually drained of reiatsu and may take several days for him to recover.


Known Kido:

Binding spells (bakudō)

* 1. Sai (塞, Restrain)— Locks a target's arms in place behind their back.


* 4. Hainawa (這縄, Crawling Rope) — An energy rope entangles a target's arms.


* 8. Seki (斥, Repulse) A semi-transparent circular wall, building itself outward from the shinigami's arm, manifested from the user's reiatsu that temporarily paralyzes and repels whatever strikes it


* 9. Geki (撃, Strike) — Engulfs a target in red light, completely paralyzing them.

Incantation: "Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini!! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat!"


*21. Sekienton (赤煙遁, Red Smoke Escape) — Creates a blast upon activation and is used like a ninja's smoke bomb.


*26. Kyakko (曲光, Curving Light) — Hides the target from sight, by bending light. The spell has the ability to totally hide the presence and reiatsu of the user or specified object


*30. Shitotsu Sansen (嘴突三閃, Beak-Stab Triple Beam) — Forming a golden triangle with one's finger, it shoots three beams of light that pin the target to one place on a surface, slamming into his or her body in three places in a shape of a perfect triangle


*39. Enkosen (円閘扇, Arc Shield) — Summons a shield of condensed reiatsu to block opponents' attacks.


* 61. Rikujōkōrō (六杖光牢, Six Rods Prison of Light) — Summons six thin, but wide, beams of light that slam into a target's midsection, holding them in place. The target is then unable to move any part of their body including the parts that were not struck by the beams.

Incantation: "Carriage of Thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six!"


Destructive spells (hadō)

*1. Sho (衝, Thrust) — Pushes the target away from the caster.

* 4. Byakurai (白雷, Pale Lightning)— Fires a concentrated bolt of lightning from the caster's forefinger.

* 31. Shakkahō (Shot of Red Fire) ) — Fires a ball of red energy at a target.

Incantation: "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south!"


* 33. Sōkatsui (蒼火墜, Blue Fire, Crash Down)— Fires a burst of blue spiritual energy at a target in a similar manner to 31, but over a wider area and with more power.

Incantation: "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws."


* 66. Sōren sōkatsui (双蓮蒼火墜, Twin Lotus Blue Fire, Crash Down) — Essentially a doubled version of 33, this spell fires two shots of blue fire with greater potency than the single-shot variety.

Incantation: "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens."


*88. Hiryūgeki zoku shinten raihō (飛竜撃賊震天雷砲, Flying Dragon-Striking Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon) — Fires a gigantic electricity blast of spiritual energy in a fashion similar to a laser resulting in an truly enormous explosion. Tansen has trained with kido a lot but is still unable to fully use it's power. The only time that he can unleash this kido's true destructive power is when he is in his Bankai Form.


Other Spells

* Mirror Door (Kyōmon) Creates a glass-like barrier which is difficult to break from the outside, but quite simple to break from the inside.


History: Tansen came from an incredibly wealthy and powerful family. His father was the owner a military weapons company that supplied a large portion of Japan, making him both feared and respected by all. A very professional man, Tansen's father was often away on business and had little time to spend with his growing son. With his mother dead after giving birth to him, Tansen was left in the care of his personal attendant, Gai Nakamura.

While growing up, Tansen wasn't allowed outside of his mansion and was homeschooled in preparation for him to take over the company and estate in the future. He was taught martial arts in order to defend himself if the situation ever presented itself, as well as how to play the piano and the violen. As he was growing up, Tansen spent much of his time with Gai's half sister, Rose Kaika. She was Tansen's best friend throughout his childhood and the two eventually fell in love.

The moment Tansen's father found out that his son and heir had fallen in love with someone of such low status, Gai and Rose were immediately discharged and told never to go near his son again.

Furious at his father for trying to push away his love, Tansen found Gai on his own and the two of them worked together under his father's watchful eye and slowly began gathering the shares to his company through various connections and funds. After a year, Tansen had successfully accumulated enough shares to take possession of the company from his father and threatened to do so and run it straight into the ground unless he was permitted to see Rose again. He was sixteen years old.

Both astonished and proud, Tansen's father gave in to his son's demand and the two were allowed to see each other again. In addition, Tansen left the shares that he had gathered with Gai, who he trusted to take good care of his father's company as his buisiness partner until he was experienced enough to run it himself.

Years passed by and Tansen and Rose's relationship continued to grow more intimate with each passing day, the two of them hopelessly in love. At the age of twenty, Tansen finally decided to make his move and ask Rose to marry him. At the same time, Rose had convinced herself to gather her courage and tell Tansen that she was pregnant with his child.

However, tragedy struck on the day the two lovers decided to tell each other, and the two were attacked by a rampaging hollow. Tansen's body was crushed and thrown into the sea where he drowned, but not until after he saw the monster devour the love of his life before his very eyes.

Waking up in Rukongai, Tansen wandered throughout Soul Society for some time searching for Rose. He eventually came to understand that if he were to become a high ranking officer in the Gotei Thirteen, he would have access to various resources and could potentially find his lost love. And that's just what he decided to do.

Never one for fighting, Tansen had difficulty in the shinigami academy, despite his powerful combat skills. But with the image of him and Rose side by side in his head, no obstacle was too difficult for Tansen. He trained rigorously at night to the point of exhaustion, and using his buisiness skills, made sure to work hard and impress the right people in order to make connections.

Eventually Tansen succeeded in graduating from the shinigami academy in a mere two years, a feat that had never been heard of before in the history of the Sereitei. He was immediately assigned to a squad and began his official career as a shinigami.

Realizing that he had exceptional talents with kido and reiatsu manipulation, Tansen joined squad five and was appointed Seventh Seat by his Captain, Nagiko Shebasaburo. Under strict training from Captain Nagi, who Tansen both respected and admired, the young shinigami rose to the rank of Fifth Seat and slowly began to have his name spread as a prodigy.

After a few more months, Tansen was acknowledged by Captain Evil Wolf of Squad Ten, and became her Vice Captain. After more months of grueling training, both by day and night, Tansen successfully achieved the power of Bankai and was eventually accepted as the new Captain of Squad Eight, the Central Intelligence Division. All of this was acomplished within one year of his becoming a shinigami.

With his new rank and position of power, Tansen continues to search for Rose as he goes on with his new life as a Captain of the Gotei Thirteen...


Powers:

Tansen possess great skills in both reiatsu tracking and reiatsu concealment as well as shape manipulation. He uses these abilities frequently during his missions in order to throw his opponent off guard and overpower them.

Saiishu Chinkonkyoku (Final Requiem): One of Tansen's special attacks that he uses in combat. Fully utilizing his skills with kido, Tansen uses his own altered version of the Kyomon Mirror Door and traps his opponent in an invisible box, before following up with a powerful attack against the helpless opponent.

Jouzai Enkou (Cleansing Flame): One of Tansen's special attacks that he uses in combat. Using kido, Tansen creates sparks of electricity and then using alchemy, he adjusts the oxygen density and uses the more flammable gasses such as hydrogen in the air to create powerful blasts of fire. While it may be a powerful technique, this attack requires extreme control and precision on Tansen's part and can be difficult for him to control.

Ichigo, if you don't have shikai or bankai yet than you need to say so in your profile. As far as I'm aware you don't have either.

Name: Melohim Var (accent is on the "oh" sound in the middle melOHhim)
Age: 57 (appears to be about 21)
Gender: Male
Race: Kitsune
Aliases/ Nicknames: None

Physical Description: Tall. Dark. Handsome.


H - 6'
W - 150lbs
Skin - black fox fur, tips of ears and tails are white
# of tails - Three (For location of gain of third tail click here.
Elements - Lighting, and fire (fire gained same time as third tail)

Zanpacuto:
Name: Katachi Hensen (Shape Shifter)
Normal Form:Black wakazashi with a black circular hilt guard, red wrapping around the hilt, with a blood red fox design underneath. Also carved into the blade (almost invisible because of color), are the kanji representing, strength, speed, power, and wisdom

Shikai:Achieved "Shift, Katachi Hensen" (shape shifter), In shikai my blade can assume any form I desire. As a standard form, it will wrap around both forearms, producing metal bracers, that extend down to form long metal claws on each finger, lastly, it covers my hands with a kind of chain mail to keep them safe from harm. after that, I can make it assume any for I want. As a size limit, I'd say I could make a shape roughly 5 times my own size, or several tentacle like appendages stretching out about about 50'. One weakness is that some part of the blade must be connected to me at all times. so I cannot separate any part of the blade from my body. Also, I can use a more basic form of the fusion technique that my bankai gives me, the main difference being the power level, and the fact the the blade itself does not fuse with my flesh.


Bankai:Not Yet Achieved "Soudai Katachi Hensen" (Grand Shape shifter)
1st Stage:
When I enter the first stage of my bankai, the size limit of shikai is removed, the base form extends to become full samurai style body armour, and the size of whatever object I want to create is limited only by my concentration. (bigger object = more concentration)
2nd Stage:
When I enter the second stage of my bankai, my zanpakuto draws itself back to my body, and coats every inch of me in itself. After doing this, my zanpakuto spirit materializes, and fuses itself with my body, at this point, the metal is absorbed into my skin, making it rival an espada's in strength. Fusing with my blade like this, gives me a massive speed boost, and makes me much harder to damage, this is only used as a last resort however, due to the extreme pain, and mental trauma caused upon the separation of myself and my zanpakuto.

Skills: Techno whiz, skilled swordsman, Training in mid range combat using shuriken.

Items: Melohim always carries around a bag of salmon jerky, just in case he get's hungry, as well as a bag with pills which restore reiatsu when taken, however they cna only be taken once per day, or terrible side effects will occur. Also carries what is known as a kitsune ball. A plain white ball with no special attributes. In addition to the normal shuriken he carries, Melohim also carries 20 special shuriken, that are keyed to his reiatsu and will repond to his commands in flight. The can also produce an explosion of either fire or electricity with a 7' blast radius. This does not cause any damage to the shuriken itself. 10 are made of a mercury compound, and 10 are made form a mysterious bone substance. Melohim also carries two black wakazashi with no extraordinary properties.

Abilities: Has the ability to shut off unwanted emotions so as to always stay calm and collected. Also is a natural leader. Heals at a faster rate than your average person, kistune or otherwise.

Personality: Very Calm, Centered, somewhat of a loner. Always kind and willing to lend a hand to those in need. Has very few friends, but to those friends he will show undying loyalty.

Biography: Melohim Var is a young kitsune, being only 57 years old. He is a wild kitsune, and his two tails, allow him to control lightning.(not yet achieved). He is 6’ tall, weighs 150lbs, has black fur with white on the inside of his ear, on the tip of his tail, and in an oval shape covering his torso and abdomen. Because he is a wild kitsune, and not part of the kitsune court, he prefers to be alone, and spends his spare time reading, training or meditating. He has only a couple of friends, but those few are the best fiends a Kitsune could ever ask for. On the day of his death (which coincidentally was also the date of his birth, April 11th) he was practicing tai chi with Grishna, a female Kitsune, and his closest friend. She had wanted to further their relationship for some time, but he refused, saying he wasn’t ready. This day was no different. What was different was that when he refused her, (in the kindest way possible as always) she burst into tears and ran off. He let her go, figuring that she just needed time to cool off, but when she did not return after a couple of hours he decided to go looking. Using his tracking skills he easily found her, but she was best by a monstrous creature and was heavily wounded. Just as the creature was about to make its final blow, he jumped in front of it taking the blow himself. He then told her not to worry, and fired the biggest bolt of lightning he could create right through the heart of the creature. The blow he received proved to be fatal, but he didn’t mind dying for someone he thought of as a sister (he explains this to Grishna). As he dies she whispers “I love you” into his ear, and the strength of her love is so powerful that when he wakes up in rukongai, he heres an echo of her words. Confused, he pushes the words to the back of his mind and sets about getting ready for life in soul society. After a suitable time he enters the shinigami academy, figuring that he should be as useful as he could to this new world. As he gets ready for his graduation ceremony the words echo again, and he has a foggy vision of himself, mortally wounded firing of a very large bolt of lightning. He realizes that this could be part of his past, and makes a promise to himself that he would try to find the girl, and figure out how he died.

Powers/skills:

Bakudo:
#1 - Sai (restrain)
#4 - Hainawa (crawling rope)
#8 - Seki (barrier)
#9 - Geki (hit)

Hado:
#1 - Sho (push)
#4 - Byakuria (white lightning)


Inate Kitsune powers
Basic Illusion crafting
Shape shifting (only into full fox form, and back)
Use of lighting and fire based attacks.
Using fox fire (A little ball of fire used for light, igniting things, or play)

Name:Lestat Sherun

Aliases/ Nicknames:N/A

Physical Description:


Zanpakuto: A reverse blade sword or Sakabatuo.A red oak sheath and black satin wrap around the hilt. The hand guard is an Omega symbol inside a circle.Shikai attained The release montera is"Fuyu Hyoushi Sochou"-Winters Binding Touch The Zonpaku to disappears and a white mist covers his feet,shin,hands and forearm.The spirit looks like and woman covered in a think white mist long silvery hair and bright ice blue eyes.One of the two Shikai abilities is Senkou Tou -Flash freeze.A burst of freezing reiastu flows out from a hand of his choosing.The second one is Hebi Batio - Snake Bite his speed doubles and the strength of his left hand increases.His force grip equals 200 pounds per square inch.
Bankai Not attained
I have not come up with it yet.

Special Accessories: He has one Necklace in the shape of an Omega

Skills:Lestat is a Shodan in Budoshin Jijitsu and practices everyday.

Abilities: Lestat has practiced with Matthias Noewada and they have been able to come up with Reiastu tracking Matthias may be good but Lestat has been better but that may have changed.

Personality: Lestat has always been quite and reserved,always analyzing everything around him.

Biography/History: Lestat remembers what his life was like when he was alive it was not a happy one.His real parents died and a car accident when he was very little,he was then adopted by a couple that looked nice but when they returned home they were completely different people,abusive people who sold him for money. They allowed anything to happen when people paid them.This went on for 7 years.One day the school he went to had a strange test they attached sticky things to his head and face and had him sit there, just sit there.Soon after the test was done and he was home after the beatings, strange men dressed in funny clothing came and paid the people who had tormented him money to take him away. Lestat hope everything would get better, they didn't. He had a room all white and an uncomfortable mattress and nothing else was in the room. They kept making him sit still and do those weird tests. At least once a day sometimes more. Sometimes he would hurt in his heart but no energy was being put in him. He always wondered why that happened some days.On one test day,something happened, he felt the pain and he closed his eyes when he did he saw an animal, it had a white helmet like head and a strange body. It was muscled but moved like water was under the skin. Then the test stopped and they took him away back to his room and soon after a man came in, told Lestat to turn around he did. The man proceed to Shoot him in the back of the head. Lestat died never knowing Love, Tenderness, Caring,Nothing that a child should know.He awoke later laying in a grass field wet with dew,he stared at the stars for about thirty minutes wondering what they were.He stood up and saw something that resembled a house he had seen in history class.He walked inside and saw a family of three a young boy and two parents one male and the other female.The young boy stood and screamed "NEW FAMILY MEMBER!" this took him by surprised and he almost fell.The boy,Matthias was his name,was training to become something called a Soul Reaper....whatever that was.Lestat was wrangled into it some how but the more he learned the more he understood what it ment to become a Soul Reaper it was to show ones worth,what they were capable of,ever sense Lestat had gotten there he had this feeling that he didn't belong with these people like there was something inside him saying "run away they hate you.they will kill you"he never understood what it was until one day.After training one day Lestat went for a walk,he saw a thing, It looked so familiar , but Lestat remembered it was called a Hollow,Lestat watched it moving tracking in all it's bestial beauty,it was then Lestat had that feeling of separateness disappear he was happy being near the Hollow and he didn't understand why,A squad of Soul Reapers was dispatched to kill the Hollow. Lestat watched as they did.He felt every stab and slash,every injury that was given to it hurt him as bad as the Hollow. He started to cry. After he returned from seeing the Hollow, crying and sore he was escorted back to town. There did he start to hate himself for feeling for the Hollow, hated it so much that he trained harder then ever from that day forward wanting to bury that feeling, forget about it but he was never able to.As a present from the adopted parents that had shown him love and care they gave him a pendent with the Omega symbol on it to show they cared and wanted him always to remember them.Now he hides the fact the he is comforted by Hollows from all of his fellow Soul Reapers,knowing that if they knew he would more then likely be killed. As a side note Matthias has made it in also, now he was his own man making his path and so was Lestat. Now it comes together once again.

Powers:None as of yet but willing to learn.

Name:
-Vincent Valeheart

Aliases/ Nicknames:
-Vince/Vamp-boy

Physical Description:
Body type - Skinny, muscular
Eye color - Crimson
Hair length - to mid back
Hair color - Black
Tattoo - Dragon on back, sword on chest
Earrings - Silver studs


Zanpacto:
-Zanpakto - An Executioners Blade, a 5'4" blade (total) with a hilt at around 10", and the weight would be around... 180lbs-200lbs.
-Shikai - Not yet completed
-Bankai - Not yet completed

Special Accessories:
-Crimson chains across chest
-Flask of blood [[his own]]

Skills:
-Strategist
-Marksman

Abilities:
-Extremely good eyesight
-Athletic
-Strong
-Sixth sense
-Smart in strategy

Personality:
- Shy, yet a leader... Always a gentleman willing to help any female, and generally nice until poked fun at a bit too much. Considered a lone wolf, because he will sit in a dark corner in the room and think. He thinks of things for problems that may never come along just in case.

Biography/History:
- Vincent had a family of a mother and step-father. He loved no sports except basketball, but did not play for schools because of the rules. He was, and still is a masochist. His hobbies included drawing and collecting marbles. Vincent lived in the U.S. He died from a grenade being shoved in his mouth with it going to explode in 10 seconds.

Powers:
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Cyrus Rhein


Age: 37 (Died at 21)
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 145 lbs.

Body Type: Fairly tall, Cyrus does not have to look up to many, which he regards as a symbolic progression in his life; that he is not looked down upon by very many at all is something that keeps his self-confidence flourishing, but not to the point of arrogance. Not very toned with muscles, but in very good physical shape as far as cardiovascular endurance and physical stamina are concerned. Sports wild black hair that spikes off in just about every direction, which also coincides in a way with his outlook on life and the personal direction he has taken with training and also with relation to others both on and off the field of combat.

Clothing: Cyrus shuns the normal attire of a shinigami consisting of the same old stale black and white robe; instead, he substitutes his own garments that suit him better, as well as fit more comfortably. His customized clothing consists of a pair of lightweight, smooth battle pants, which bag slightly at the ankle and get smaller in circumference near the waist. These, as well as a skintight, sleeveless white shirt, are covered by a full-body robe that is wrapped at the waist with a black cloth belt and that sports a loop for his zanpakuto. For shoe apparel he wears the standard tabi that all shinigami sport.

Personality: Cyrus is the kind of person that can, without an attempt or purposeful motion of his own, annoy others tremendously. His lackadaisical nature and carefree outlook spew indifference to the point where it is overbearing, and it tends to get on others' nerves. However, this is completely contradictory to how he acts in battle; it is only fitting that his zanpakuto spirit revolves around the theme of distorting reality and revealing truth, because when combat arises Cyrus shows his true colors, so to speak. Suddenly focused with a steadfast resolve, Cyrus either becomes completely determined with a subtle rage forcefully created to drive him forward, or becomes cold and calculative, judging and chilling; in this state, he lets his intelligence and natural talents, as well as reiatsu control, to perform tactical maneuvers and play the dance of indirect combat that he became so accustomed to performing on the battlefield. All in all, Cyrus is a puzzle that no single person has been able to figure out completely, and put all the pieces in their proper places.

Skills: Besides having a prodigious control of reiatsu, Cyrus also boasts a sizable reserve of energy that, coupled with the mastery of manipulation, can lead to substantial practices in combat. However, due to his near reliance on energy-based assault and defense, Cyrus has not put much time and effort into honing his muscular build or to heightening his speed. He does, however, cancel out this weakness with a solid handle of kidou and bakudo, as well as a strong background in weapon handling and manipulation. His tactical prowess is not lackluster, either. To make up for his lack of agility, he has also put a substantial effort into learning instantaneous-movement techniques, though he has not as of yet mastered any.

Abilities: From a superior control of reiatsu, Cyrus has indirectly developed these abilities:
Kenchikisukyan (Sensor Scan): A passive trait that is always activated provided that Cyrus has the ample amount of reiatsu (which is actually nearly impossible for him not to have, unless near death). This innate sense "scans" every person (or any organic matter) within 50 yards and feeds back data subconsciously that clues Cyrus in to how much reiatsu the target contains, fluctuations in spirit patterns within the body of the target that can betray emotions that Cyrus can pick up on, and also which parts of the body are channeling reiatsu in excess (i.e. betraying when a foe will attack using energy-based moves, even when hidden).
Raiki Sanzen (Radiance Aura): An ability that is highly effective for supporting others, this trait allows Cyrus to subconsciously emit waves of reiatsu every 30 seconds that cause allied shinigami to regenerate lost reiatsu at a crawling rate, and also very slightly lowers their consumption of reiatsu when using abilities. The effect is not substantial; it merely allows allied troops to use on average possibly 2-3 more kidou by the end of a battle. The drawback is that Cyrus himself cannot be affected by the ability, only others.

Amongst the two abilities listed, Cyrus boasts a high cardiovascular endurance, above-average intelligence, and a fast learning rate.

Powers: Hadou and Bakudo numbers 1-10.

Zanpakuto
Unreleased
Spirit Name: Genjitsuyuurei (Eidolon of Reality)
Appearance: In its unreleased form, it retains the standard zanpakuto look; however, there is one difference. The hilt has an embedded orb in the pommel, and if gazed upon closely, the jewel appears to change colors within its depths, and the sense of an infinitely higher being becomes almost apparent. It is easy to become entranced by the stone's mystical spell.

Shikai Form
Release Command: Igameru, Genjitsuyuurei (Distort, Eidolon of Reality)
Release Appearance: The formerly simplistic yet enthralling appeal of the unreleased blade is immediately replaced upon the utterance the shikai release phrase. What was before a graceful and delicate design transforms into something more definitive: a jagged longsword. But what is strange about the design is its blade: a deep scarlet hue that taints the surface of the crooked metal, an edge that zigzags back and forth before culminating in a pronged tip with a blood groove running slightly down the side in between the "v" of the two tips. It truly is a wicked looking blade, but that is ironic in itself due to the abilities of the weapon in its released, shikai form that go against the very idea of rigidity and jagged philosophy or substance matter.

To add to the mystery of the released blade, a strange blue light strand, somewhat thick in girth, cycles in and out of the blade at its own leisure. The strand can be manipulated using merely a push of reiatsu to attach to the opponent and absorb reiatsu through its surface; while the strand cannot be destroyed, it can be somewhat easily removed and Cyrus must remain close to use it. It's true purpose, however, is to change the shape of the weapon itself; by covering the surface of the sword, it can transform the zanpakuto into a spear or an axe (but nothing else). In addition, there are 6 floating bright blue spheres that circle Cyrus' body while in shikai release, which serve no purpose... yet.

Release Abilities: The initial release that is the shikai of Cyrus' zanpakuto lays down the basic theme of the spirit within the blade with abilities that pose a substantial threat to foes who depend on reiatsu-based attacks such as kidou and the like with the introduction of the weapon's primary ability: reiatsu displacement and distortion. Against a foe of low seating or tactical prowess, this ability can wreak massive havoc; for the higher ranks, however, the magnitude of the shikai's abilities is quite often not enough to break a dent in the reiatsu of the elite opponent, and usually requires the upgrade to bankai.

But to introduce the concept of reiatsu control by displacement and distortion, each topic must be addressed first. The preceding words are defined as follows:

Displacement -- The displacing in space of one mass by another.
Distortion -- A twisting out of normal shape or form.

Now, the essence of Genjitsuyuurei, in its shikai form, is the basic implementation of those three processes/applications by refined spirit energy that has been transformed by the pure essence of the zanpakuto's spirit in order to manipulate any manifested spirit energy that an opponent, or even Cyrus himself channels through his body. There are three ways that the zanpakuto spirit can perform:

~~~~~1. Displacement. Taking any manifested spirit energy and redirecting it, causing it to be released in a completely different way, such as making a cero come out of an opponent's foot instead of his or her palm, rendering the attack both useless and taking a small chunk out of the opponent's reiatsu reserve. This can also be used defensively; by displacing internal reiatsu, Cyrus can effectively "spread" an offensive attack and release it from his entire body rather than just a single spot, which is effective against groups of enemies or an opponent who fights at close range. Likewise, it can also be utilized in a shielding manner by crowding reiatsu just above the skin level where an incoming attack would hit. While not very effective against assaults from weaponry, it can help reduce damage, and also can almost completely dissipate many simple kidou and energy attacks.

The displacement tactic can render what was intended to be a catastrophic assault by an opponent into a severely weakened mess, just through a simple process of pushing the reiatsu being used into other ends and dispersing the spirit energy into a weaker state. As a result, either the attack will be weakened enough to nullify using defensive displacement, or it will be redirected enough for a simple evasion or by a strategic followup by another ability.

There are three drawbacks to the substantial ability that displacement has to render almost any kidou offense useless, however. The first lies in "marking" the target. In order to be able to actually displace and manipulate an opponent's manifested reiatsu, first Cyrus must make initial contact with the foe. Any contact is enough; a simple touch of the finger to a shoulder tackle, anything. Another option is to use the blue light strand coming from the blade to attach to the opponent. As soon as he hits, Cyrus expels a customized frequency that allows the shikai-released Genjitsuyuurei to pinpoint the reiatsu frequency of the opponent and adapt, thus giving a direct link to the target as he or she manifests and brings forward the reiatsu. The bright side is that once that connection has been established, it never fades; if the opponent lives and then comes back to fight Cyrus at a later point, the connection will still be intact and thus Cyrus will have an early advantage, as the opponent will likely expect him to have to make contact first.

The second handicap lies in the term used often in the past few explanations: "manifested reiatsu." What that phrase is describing is reiatsu that is in use, and thus brought forward into circulation by the opponent and thereby accessible to the abilities of Cyrus' released zanpakuto. While it is not necessarily a major drawback, it still does limit in a small way the operation of the zanpakuto's abilities, as the only reiatsu that can be displaced or distorted is that which is about to be released. As such, the reaction time of Cyrus must be swift or the attack will be released in full force, leaving him to try to evade or use defensive displacement to somewhat nullify the attack. However, defensive displacement alone cannot fully nullify an energy-based assault; on average, it can dissipate 70-80% of the full force, leaving a small but still harmful bite for Cyrus to hurt through.

The third and final notable drawback is the substantial reiatsu burn that displacement has on Cyrus as he utilizes his zanpakuto's abilities. Each and every second that displacement is being used, reiatsu is sucked from Cyrus' body, and though the rate of transfer is small it can still have an effect in the long run. At the same time, while Cyrus loses a small amount of reiatsu with each use, if the displacement is offensive any reiatsu used is essentially given to the opponent used on. Basically, on average, any displaced attack that the opponent uses and fails will gain about 10% of the used reiatsu back because of the reiatsu Cyrus uses to displace is absorbed into the opponent's body. It is not a huge loss by Cyrus, nor a huge gain by the foe; the foe may be able to cast 1, MAYBE 2 more energy-based abilities by the end of the battle using the transferred reiatsu, but no more than that, and the attacks would not be altogether entirely destructive, and would not give an edge over Cyrus. ((The part about the transfer of reiatsu from one person to another using displacement is worded in a confusing way, I know. If you have questions, feel free to ask, I'm honestly ranting here and have had to pause myself to figure out what I was saying.))

~~~~~2. Distortion. The act of taking manifested spiritual energy of the opponent and manipulating it to spread in one area, diminish in another, or any combination Cyrus sees fit. For example, he can take the manifested reiatsu of an opponent about to shoot off a cero and condense it into separate sections, so that when the blast is fired it shoots off in several smaller beams instead of one larger one, making it much easier to avoid. The opposite is also viable: for opponents who use spread-fire energy attacks in bursts, Cyrus can first combine and "distill" (spread the attack so that it is less condensed and thus less damaging), then as the attack is released use defensive displacement to nullify the blast. This tactic can make fighting opponents who like to display grandiose acts of dominance in the form of energy attacks bow before Cyrus when he renders them useless with distortion.

The tactic is not just limited to spreading or condensing attacks, however; it serves many other purposes. For example, when acting as a support for other shinigami or allies, Cyrus can use distortion to manipulate ally attacks in a favorable manner or in a way that they would not have thought; when a healer is present and working, Cyrus can distort the healing spiritual energy to direct and in some cases rapidly speed the process of healing (and since Cyrus has the passive "Sensor Scan" ability, he can detect flaws in consciousness or physical being in ways many shinigami cannot); and even when using a shielding or binding kidou, Cyrus can distort the reiatsu to cause the shield or binding technique to strengthen in some areas and weaken in others according to what the situation necessitates.

Using Distortion has primarily the same drawbacks as Displacement. Cyrus must first establish the connection to the target, can only Distort reiatsu that has been manifested and about to be used, and is susceptible to a heavy spirit energy burn. However, with Distortion, there is no transfer of reiatsu, simply because the only reiatsu needed is the target's. Distortion uses the reiatsu already there and changes or manipulates, rather than pushing reiatsu into the target and then manipulating to force the reiatsu elsewhere.

There is, sadly, another drawback that is conjoined between Displacement and Distortion: neither can be used at the same time as the other. Simply put, Cyrus cannot both Displace and Distort an opponent's reiatsu at the same time; the same goes for his own reiatsu as well. The shikai release of Genjitsuyuurei is not yet capable of heavy tasks such as multiple-ability chains. That said, there will be times where Cyrus faces the tough decision and the possible consequences of choosing one ability over the other.

Bankai Form
Release Command: "The seams of space and time are banished; perception of truth diminishes in the face of a greater force... churn now the waters of illusion, raise forth the phantasm of creation! Usumohouben. Ashimireito, Genjitsuyuurei (The end justifies the means. Assimilate, Eidolon of Reality)."
Release Appearance: The garments and look Cyrus had established before uttering the eloquent release command are tossed aside for a new form. The battle suit armor design replaces all clothing that covered the arms with a sturdy, resistant material that can stand up to the magnitude of the abilities Cyrus now has at his disposal. A matching breastplate and shoulders as well as a helmet are also donned, with flowing robe-like pieces swirling around. The legs are covered only by a more sturdy cloth-like material, as they are not utilized in distortion or displacement unless being covered by defensive displacement.

The zanpakuto is now completely gone, vanished in order to give rise to a weapon of more catastrophic capabilities: the 6 orbs from the shikai state, combined with the blue energy strand and the blade itself, merged using passive distortion to produce 12, jagged, blade-like floating weapons, all tainted an eerie, ghostly green. Cyrus needs only to will the blades to move, and with the connection established between himself and the zanpakuto each one can be manipulated using displacement AND distortion, at the same time, and as such a nearly endless amount of possibilities for attacks can be developed, such as forming a massive spearing arm drill that combines several of the blades while leaving others in a wing formation for defense.

Release Abilities: With such an awe-inspiring appearance, the bankai release state of Genjitsuyuurei has to have an arsenal of deadly abilities to back up its looks. With the theme only just introduced by the shikai form of the zanpakuto, the bankai release takes the already incorporated abilities to their deadliest level, and then introduces four new abilities to further add to the destructive capabilities of Displacement and Distortion:
Deprivation, Isolation, Assimilation, and Termination.

To first make sure that there is an understanding, each of the preceding terms has been defined as follows:

Deprivation -- The absence, loss, or withholding of something needed.
Isolation -- Setting something apart from others.
Assimilation -- The process of absorption into the body.
Termination -- The act of ending something.

With that said, the spirit of Genjitsuyuurei while in bankai release can utilize its spirit essence in new forms. The new, extremely versatile and deadly abilities of the zanpakuto are as follows:

~~~~~1. Deprivation. When an opponent is still managing to be a thorn in Cyrus' side using very skilled and/or tactical kidou maneuvers, sometimes Cyrus is left with no choice but to somehow cut off his opponent's ability to use those techniques or face certain defeat himself. That is where the ability Deprivation comes in. By sacrificing the ability to use Displacement and Distortion until the opponent is terminated or Cyrus secedes from the bankai release, Cyrus can take hold of the opponent's reiatsu frequency, immediately and effectively seizing it and cutting it short. When an opponent is affected by Deprivation, the ability to access reiatsu for use is completely halted; the foe is unable to utilize kidou, bakudo, hadou, cero, bala, etc., or even perform techniques such as shunpo or sonido. With Deprivation active, Cyrus can finally rid himself completely of all energy-based attacks from the foe and focus on utilizing his own, as well as his new, bolstered weapon arsenal.

There are major drawbacks in using Deprivation on the opponent. The first, and possibly the most daring and hindering, is the fact that while Deprivation does indeed cut off the opponent's ability to use any technique that requires reiatsu access, it does NOT hinder the foe's ability to use any technique that is based off of his or her zanpakuto's released forms, even if it is an energy-based attack. So if the foe has a zanpakuto that can utilize a myriad of energy attacks, Deprivation is rendered useless and could cripple Cyrus rather than aide him.

On top of that huge risk, Deprivation follows the same principle as Displacement and Distortion: Cyrus must have established a connection between Genjitsuyuurei and the opponent. But, contrary to the two abilities in shikai mode, Deprivation does not drain reiatsu; it only requires spirit energy for the initial cut, and from then on all reiatsu can be devoted to other uses. It cannot be used in conjunction with any other ability, but at the same time, there would be no point, and it renders Displacement and Distortion unusable anyway so there would be no way to ability-chain.

~~~~~2. Isolation. Using pure untainted force to effectively "cut off" a part of an opponent's body, allowing Cyrus to quickly take advantage of it. This ability sacrifices the capability of Cyrus to use both Deprivation and Assimilation until the target is eliminated or Cyrus exits the bankai release. However, it opens up a much more useful option, provided that he can pull it off right. Simply enough, all Cyrus must do to activate this ability is wound one of the opponent's limbs; as long as merely one blade draws blood from the target, it is enough to allow the technique to work. As soon as Cyrus lands a hit, Deprivation immediately takes effect (provided Cyrus actually wants it to) and the affected body part is "claimed" by Cyrus. Once a body part is "claimed," it's reiatsu frequency mimics Cyrus', allowing him to use both the offensice and defensive forms of Displacement and Distortion on that limb, which can lead to some powerful follow-up techniques by Cyrus and can cripple the opponent's defense.

Isolation grants Cyrus the power to use the claimed body part as if it were one of his own, which can lead to some very interesting maneuvering. The body part still moves and operates normally at the will of the affected target, but Cyrus can throw the foe of balance when the combat continues; for example, by using Displacement to suck away the reiatsu of an opponent's offensive attack, allowing Cyrus to move in for a counterattack. Conversely, he can also use Distortion to "distill" a shield so that an opponent takes the brunt of an attack head on. The possibilities are vast and up to Cyrus to be creative enough to find new uses for on the battlefield.

If all four limbs are claimed, however, it has the same effect as Deprivation. The flow of reiatsu in the opponent's body is effectively cut off, and since he "took the long way" so to speak, Cyrus does not forfeit the ability to use Displacement or Distortion. It also allows use of the final and deadliest ability in Cyrus' arsenal: Termination.

Isolation is one of the only abilities arising from Cyrus' zanpakuto that does not have heavy drawbacks. This is quite possibly because of the fact that Cyrus must hit each body part and then to activate must forfeit the use of Deprivation and Assimilation, which is really the only heavy drawback. The reiatsu burn is minimal, though to continue to claim a body part Cyrus must keep a trickling flow so that the connection is not severed, but after this move has been put into effect, Cyrus can move on with ease and possibly even move in to claim another body part.

~~~~~3. Assimilation. The act of absorbing manifested reiatsu from the opponent into the body, claiming it for use. This ability allows Cyrus to raise his reiatsu store by a fair amount, which can make a difference in the long run. However, in order to absorb the spirit energy, Cyrus must be hit by the attack and allow the opponent to land a hit with it, and as such this move has to be used carefully; Cyrus will likely opt to take a weak bala or cero rather than trying to live through a grand rey cero enough to absorb its power.

The amount gained by Assimilation is a respectable but not disproportionate amount; on average, 30-50% max can be absorbed, though if Cyrus is seriously injured by the attack or it is barely damaging the rate can drop or rise, accordingly. This ability can be used in one of two ways: either by using the initial method described to absorb a direct attack and claim reiatsu, or in the case of a situation where Cyrus has allies nearby, and he can merely place a hand on their body, establish a connection, and (if they agree to let Cyrus go through with it) use reverse displacement (from the opponent to Cyrus rather than the normal way) to transfer spirit energy back into his own body for use. This method, however, provides even less than taking an attack head on, so strategical maneuvering and tactical skill is required for Cyrus to keep going.

The drawbacks of this attack arguably outweigh the perks, which means that this ability is possibly not worth the requirements it necessitates in order to perform. Having to be directly damaged by an energy attack to absorb some of its essence is extremely risky, and unless Cyrus is still in nearly top physical form at this stage of the battle it could spell the end for him, indirectly. The technique itself requires the initial connection, and does not burn reiatsu at all, which is a small perk but every little bit can help Cyrus succeed.

~~~~~4. Termination. The finale in Cyrus' arsenal that is only accessible when all four of the target's limbs have succumbed to isolation.