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Round 2 (Yorishou) Mar 5, 2016 0:29:28 GMT

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Post by Meilin Tachibana on Mar 5, 2016 0:29:28 GMT

♛

The training grounds were empty today, unlike the last time she had come here. Her right hand moved to touch her left shoulder, her mind going back to the memory of the resounding axe kick she had received from Fuu at the time. One thing was for sure, that woman knew how to throw a blow, whether it was a kick or a punch. She'd suffered a decent amount of damage back then, probably a lot more than she would have like. Fractured shoulder, ribs and only God knows what else. Her head had been cracked open as well if she remembered correctly, not to mention her zanpakuto had taken a massive blow to their pride.

They weren't happy about the loss, even if it was against a bankai, though Meilin herself knew that they did more than well enough. Herself as well, she'd managed to land a few blows of her own, but it had taken everything she had and then some just to do it. She couldn't remain as she was if she intended on getting stronger. Her right hand fell back to her side and she clenched her fist, her reiatsu surging slightly causing the dust around her to stir and whip into a frenzy for just a short moment.

What seems to be bothering you, Meilin?

"Like you don't already know the answer Gami. When will you two teach me bankai?"

There was a dead silence after she spoke, as if suddenly the entire world had gone mute.

It's true you've gotten stronger, but you aren't yet ready to try and control that power. You still have much to learn.

Meilin gritted her teeth at this comment, she'd managed to somewhat fend of a bankai with her shikai, how did that make her unqualified? "More to learn? What do you mean? How many people do you know that could hold their own against a monster like that and only simply with a shikai?!"

Sure you're strong and a decent fighter, but you still aren't ready. Or would like to try and lose us forever, or maybe even die. Because that's exactly where you're heading Meilin.

Kawa's voice came suddenly grabbing her attention. Meilin felt like she was being lectured by her parents. Wasn't she supposed to be the one in control here? Not these two? Perhaps this resistance of theirs was proof she wasn't ready for the next step. If that was case, she wasn't quite sure where to begin her next move. With a sigh she sat beneath the same tree where she had waited for Fuurinji, holding her left hand to her forehead she started to think. She supposed she'd first have to get these two to materialize first, but how?

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{Spoiler}Overwhelming Power: This buff is an incomplete cap left on the compression of power, causing for explosive torrents of reiatsu to surge around the user. This form of ability causes reiatsu sensing abilities to scramble when in the presence of the user, and also gives their overall speed and strength a 2x boost [not affecting steps]. The primary perk of this form is that it allows the user to practically use their overflowing reiryoku as a weapon. Most commonly found as waves of energy with the swing or focus of the Shikai of varying power, along with an increase in pressure by 50%.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) Mar 14, 2016 17:51:58 GMT

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Post by Yorishou Kiyoshi on Mar 14, 2016 17:51:58 GMT

Mountains of god

crumble before man

Mountains of man

crumble before me

The training grounds always reminded Yorishou about this film he watched once with singing cartoons. "I will make a man out of you" with the spinning staffs and random tasks. Everyone twirling around, trying to be the fanciest, the strongest, the fastest, the flashiest. Trying to out-do eachother as fast and as brutally as possible. The more hardcore the training, the more extreme the fight, the better you are? Yorishou thought this was complete bullshit.

But his fighting goal was to beat up a mountain so what the hell does he know.

Making his way through the worn floor corridors, coated in scratches and burns, no doubt from fighters who did not know when to stop. Recruits, academy kids, probably. Possibly from his own division, not knowing when to stop. Destroying a nice place. Sounds like 11th. He should know, his sword has destroyed his fair share of nice places.

The light from the training grounds hit him as he stepped outside. Breathing in, drawing his powers in. Then breathing out, sending out his powers at the same time, a exercise he found to be very calming. His feelers going out to find anyone worth duelling in the grounds. If not then there was always the target dummys or zan sparring. Maybe learn a new technique or learn how to play the ukulele. Not every ability is spiritual after all. And what if he fights a hollow that can only die if it hears an instrument being played badly.

A tingle on the back of his senses, something that felt familiar but he could not quite place. Something that stirred something, adrenaline maybe? Meh. Whatever it was, he could not place, locate or remember it. And so he would have to look the usual way. With his eyes. Boring. His mind changed again. Sending out a large burst of reiatsu, he sat down. If no one came then he would train alone, if not then whoever it was, if they were interested, they could come to him.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) Mar 15, 2016 2:31:19 GMT

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Post by Meilin Tachibana on Mar 15, 2016 2:31:19 GMT

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Both her spirits seemed to believe she wasn't ready to control their full power yet, were they right? Or were they simply being their overconfident selves believing to themselves to be the top of the food chain no matter the situation. It's not that she was satisfied with her physical strength, but she did know her physical strength could only take her so far. Without truly learning to use her partners to their full advantage she would never gain the strength she needed to protect Akane and others she cared about from harm.

Her train of thought was suddenly broken when she felt a sudden surge of reiatsu. She glanced to her left, in the general direction it came from. It wasn't one that had her particularly worried or anything, but it felt familiar though she couldn't quite place it.

We'll continue this discussion later, she aid to her spirits in her mind before getting to her feet and heading in the direction she felt the reiatsu coming from.

She took to the skies stepping here and there as she looked for anyone familiar down below within the training grounds. So far she saw no one, that is until a tuft of red hair caught her eye. Now that she was closer she could tell that this person was exuding reiatsu, though she couldn't really feel it anymore now that she was closer and her own began to outweigh it.

Hey isn't that the kid you sparred with when you first got here?

Meilin's eyes narrowed, it wasn't Shio... who was it? Then the it came back to her, ah yes this one was more fun than Shio at the time, though she didn't know how much he'd grown since then. She entered a step and exited behind the sitting shinigami, "Well well, sitting there pumping out reiatsu like that, one might think you were picking a fight if they didn't know any better." She had a smile on her face hoping that she had surprised Yorishou with her sudden appearance. It had been sometime since she'd seen the guy, hell she didn't even know if he remembered who she was. If not, this could prove to be very awkward.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) Apr 25, 2016 12:26:51 GMT

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Post by Yorishou Kiyoshi on Apr 25, 2016 12:26:51 GMT

Mountains of god

crumble before man

Mountains of man

crumble before me

The familiar 'whump' of shunpo made Yorishou aware of the shinigami who had appeared behind him. From this close range, aided by her willingness to share her reiatsu, he made a quick shifty through his mental address book and arrived at a former sparring partner. Someone he had not seen in a long time. However due to the strange and unclear ending of the previous fight, this would be interesting indeed. "So do you?" His head tilted to the right and turned his head left to show the side of his face. His left eye looking at her out of the corner of his eye. "Do you know better?"

It was probably unwise to jump straight into a fight this time. Although he had fought this foe before, he had also been out of action for a long time. The little he saw had been small fry or theory work, the difference in their powers had been about even before. But now it seemed to tip drastically in her favour. That's how it seemed anyway. His sensing could just be on the fritz again. Last week he thought he sensed the captain behind a wall but it turned out to be a 4th member making toast.

A step had him on his feet and turned around. Arms loose at his side, left shoulder slightly tipped forward. "It's been a while...um. I'm getting a 'M'...Melenie? Megan?" He shrugged apologetically and half grinned. "Mia culpa, you spent a few months filing reports and you lose track of names, places, time..." His eyes faded out for a second then came back. "But anyway. Back on the track now and ready for some training. I was hoping to find a challange." It would have been fine there. Just stop there. And it would have been fine, whats to be said was said and there is nothing more to say. But he was also a 11th member. "But until one turns up, I can make do with you." Throwing a smirk and backing up, drawing his sword as he did so.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 5, 2016 3:28:13 GMT

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Post by Meilin Tachibana on May 5, 2016 3:28:13 GMT

♛

She seemed to not surprise him, not completely anyways. Right off the hop, after a few moments of staring he pretty much started picking a fight. At first she thought he was playing, somewhat laughing to herself. But he kept poking and prodding and trying to push at her buttons. Eventually she realized he really wanted to spar, but he had to be a dick about it. That was fine, Meilin didn't mind teaching him his place. It was good for an old dog to get whipped once in a while, kept it in shape.

"So, you're gonna settle for me, huh?"

Her lips curled into a devilish smile as her knees bent slightly, her left foot sliding forward slightly as she drew her zanpakuto. "I guess I don't have to hold back then. I hope you don't either."

She released her reiatsu then, the oppresive force suddenly dropping around the area, much heavier than it was before as she pushed off towards Yorishou. The ground cracked beneath her feet at the start of ehr dash, a small shockwave left behind her. Immediately she would pop up in front of Yorishou's face, left shoulder attempting to slam hard into his chest with enough force to send him up off the ground. Her left would quickly follow through regardless if the shoulder hit in upwards left diagonal sweep at Yorishou and unlick the last time the fought, her attack would be much faster.

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{Spoiler}Overwhelming Power: This buff is an incomplete cap left on the compression of power, causing for explosive torrents of reiatsu to surge around the user. This form of ability causes reiatsu sensing abilities to scramble when in the presence of the user, and also gives their overall speed and strength a 2x boost [not affecting steps]. The primary perk of this form is that it allows the user to practically use their overflowing reiryoku as a weapon. Most commonly found as waves of energy with the swing or focus of the Shikai of varying power, along with an increase in pressure by 50%.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 5, 2016 13:20:28 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by Yorishou Kiyoshi on May 5, 2016 13:20:28 GMT

You know that moment when you are doing sonething you should not be doing and you are caught? That overwhelming fear and regret that surges over you? That makes you want to crawl in a box somewhere and think about what you have done, crying in the fuetal position? Yeah, Yorishou did not have that. But he did realise that pissing off someone stronger than you was a bad idea. Because at that moment, he realised two things.

One, was the obvious one, that he had fought this woman before and foolishly assumed she was the same level as before. She was not. She was so much more stronger, and this was a bad thing, as now she was an angry strong person.

The second thing was that she had attacked. And he was stood there thinking about how much it would hurt rather than actually doing something about the attack. Which in retrospect, was probably a bad idea, as it earned him a rather painfull elbow to the chest.

Lifting him off the floor, her sword flashing almost immediatly afterwards. His blade came up, his chest throbbing, possibly ribs broken, definite bruising. It would hurt like a bitch in the morning. Blocking the slash and using her momentum, he would bring his legs up and kick off of her, angling his sword downwards to prevent it from hitting his legs and shooting backwards.

This would leave him on the floor on his back, doing a hand flip onto his feet and rubbing his chest. "That hurt." He grinned "I see you have grown far beyond me in the time since we last fought." squaring his shoulders. "Its genuinly possible you could teach me a thing or two here"

He stepped forwards, with a wide slash left to right, keeping his body back and his arm out straight. A risky move but fortune favours the bold. Someone told him that once. Now he thought about it, that guy died two weeks ago. Oh well, too late to change his mind now.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 5, 2016 14:55:11 GMT

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Post by Meilin Tachibana on May 5, 2016 14:55:11 GMT

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Her shoulder bash had landed, but he either remembered their last fight well or his natural instincts were better than she'd thought. His sword came up almost immediately after to protect his midsection. There was a loud ring as blade clashed against blade. Before she could follow through and send him flying though, Yorishou had managed to get his and tried to use her as some sort of platform to bounce off of. She put up her right forearm allowing that to be his tool, though only truly to serve to her purposes in the end. In his current position she had no doubt that she was no longer within his field of vision, that added to the fact that she was faster than him she believed things would proceed smoothly.

She entered her step after he pushed off her when his body was in a way that his he could only see in the direction that was opposite Meilin. She reappeared as he flipped back to his, exiting behind him as he did so. She had said she wasn't going to hold back, and so she was going to use something she didn't have in their last fight. And now would be a convenient time for her to learn to use this without an incantation. Her right hand extended pointing at the other shinigami's back.

"Hado #33 Sokatsui."

This was the only form of warning that Yorishou would receive before the blue flames erupted from her hand, eating up the small distance between the two. If he wasn't quick he was going to get burned, though the damage would likely be less severe than if she had used the incantation with. Though that was the purpose of this, she needed to be able to use this technique at full power without the incantation. It gave her opponents far too much time to react.

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Name: Hadō #33 Sōkatsui (Blue Fire, Crash Down)
Class: Kido
Tier: III
Type: Offensive
Range: Long (70m)
Incantation: Ye Lord! Mask of flesh and bone, all creation, 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!
Description: Fires a burst of blue spiritual energy at a target in a similar manner to Shakkahō at x10 Cero Speed, but over a wider area and with more power.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 5, 2016 22:48:44 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by Yorishou Kiyoshi on May 5, 2016 22:48:44 GMT

The "Hado" was the first indicator that shit was about to go down. From behind as well, she had the gall to attack his back. So proud. It reminded him of that kids story, something about a bear hunt. They reached a mountain or a puddle or something. Anyway, at one point they said "We cant go over it, we cant go through it, we have to go under it". Well. Yorishou relished the chance to destroy rock.

Forcing his reiatsu downwards, the floor erupted beneath his feet, shattering upwards, some peices ripped through his kimono, but it was a price to pay. A blue energy rippled over his head as he dropped downwards into the hole. The top of his head singed and his forehead suffering mild burns. Enough to make him wince.

As soon as it passed he jumped neatly out of the hole, 'stepping' straight to Meilin in the hopes she would partake in a dab of swordplay. He brought his sword up from pointing downwards to upwards in a forearm move, keeping his upper arm close to his chest. With any luck she would be good at it, he needed a few pointers and there is no finer lesson than getting your ass kicked.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 6, 2016 16:54:23 GMT

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Post by Meilin Tachibana on May 6, 2016 16:54:23 GMT

♛

Her plan had worked exactly how she wanted it to for the most part, except for one little thing. After the flames cleared there wasn't any evidence that she had hit her mark. Her eyes narrowed, she was about to look around and scan her surroundings to see if he had somehow managed to step out of the way in time, but it seemed she didn't need to do so. Yorishou jumped out of a hole in the ground shortly after, one she was surprised had missed her attention. She'd need to pay more attention on the battle field, even if this was only practice.

She saw his step coming, he wasn't too bright for someone in squad that loved fighting. Coming at a stronger opponent head on was the best way to end up with your arse on the ground. Her right wrist twirled counter-clock wise, allowing her zanpakuto to do the same. Her blade would make contact with his as it swung upwards, though thanks to her parrying his attack would merely pushed off harmlessly to her right, hopefully leaving him open at the same.

"Hado #33, Sokatsui."

Again she gatehred reiryoku and fired the kido at Yorishou, though she could tell from the feel of it, that it wasn't anywhere near full power without the incantation. She'd need to practice this some more. Though at the moment she couldn't afford to think too much more about that as she watched Yorishou. Would he be able to dodge it this time again? He was coming out of a step, so she assumed his momentum would work against him.

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{Spoiler}Overwhelming Power: This buff is an incomplete cap left on the compression of power, causing for explosive torrents of reiatsu to surge around the user. This form of ability causes reiatsu sensing abilities to scramble when in the presence of the user, and also gives their overall speed and strength a 2x boost [not affecting steps]. The primary perk of this form is that it allows the user to practically use their overflowing reiryoku as a weapon. Most commonly found as waves of energy with the swing or focus of the Shikai of varying power, along with an increase in pressure by 50%.

Name: Hadō #33 Sōkatsui (Blue Fire, Crash Down)
Class: Kido
Tier: III
Type: Offensive
Range: Long (70m)
Incantation: Ye Lord! Mask of flesh and bone, all creation, 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!
Description: Fires a burst of blue spiritual energy at a target in a similar manner to Shakkahō at x10 Cero Speed, but over a wider area and with more power.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 7, 2016 17:24:55 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by Yorishou Kiyoshi on May 7, 2016 17:24:55 GMT

Each time you start a fight, you think you are used to pain. You think you can take the cut, the burn, the numbness before it hit. Sometimes adrenaline numbs it. Then it hits, the burning, the pain like you feel you have never felt before. Pain always seems less when remembering it.

But pain is what he felt, his attack batted aside by the shinigami he once called equal with no effort at all. And an almost lazy kido. He could tell it was not as strong as it could have been. That meant she was going easy on him, and he hated that. Like he was some novice trainee in his first ring.

Then it hit, his body wide open with no time to retaliate. The kido hit him at point blank range, engulfing his body in blue flames. Pain. He would never get used to pain. Closing his eyes to avoid damage to them and getting an arm up in time to save his vision. Summoning his fulm reiatsu and wrapping it around him in a desperate attempt at defense. He could do nothing but wait for it to disapear.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 11, 2016 18:55:42 GMT

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Post by Meilin Tachibana on May 11, 2016 18:55:42 GMT

♛

The flames came to an end to reveal the other shinigami standing there his eyes closed and arm in his face. He was just blocking using his physical body... well he was a gutsy one. She had expected him to at least throw up his reiatsu around him to try and defend. Though she hadn't really gotten as much power as she would have normally. Hmm, it would be cruel to just use him as target practice. Perhaps she'd practice this on her own later. She entered a step and went backwards, putting a distance of ten meters between them. She was bent slightly at the knees with her left at the front. Her left hand in a high guard while her right guarded her midsection.

"Hmm, you've got a pretty tough hide on you." She rolled her shoulders and rolled her neck once, twice. Purposely giving him just enough time to get himself somewhat together. She pushed of again, the lack of sound showing that her current speed wasn't a shunpo, but she still reached him in a mere second. "What say we get serious now?" Her blue eyes had grew cold and deadly, sharp like her swords.

At this range the technique she was about to use ver deadly, he'd barely have time to dodge if he wasn't quick enough. Her left came swinging down quickly to the area where his neck met his shoulder. At the same time she reached across with her right to her left along his stomach, using the momentum from her left handed swing she spun and attempted cut him along his abdomen. As she spun she would keep her eyes on Yorishou as best she could, her left hand over her shoulder with her sword guarding her back. Assuming he didn't manage to break her attack or interrupt her her barrage would continue.

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{Spoiler}Overwhelming Power: This buff is an incomplete cap left on the compression of power, causing for explosive torrents of reiatsu to surge around the user. This form of ability causes reiatsu sensing abilities to scramble when in the presence of the user, and also gives their overall speed and strength a 2x boost [not affecting steps]. The primary perk of this form is that it allows the user to practically use their overflowing reiryoku as a weapon. Most commonly found as waves of energy with the swing or focus of the Shikai of varying power, along with an increase in pressure by 50%.

Name: Savage Flow
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Tier: III
Type: Offensive
Range: 40 m
Description: The user launches a very quick barrage of attacks around the opponents head and midsection. Up to 10 attacks are launched. Attacks are half bala speed.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 11, 2016 20:58:48 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by Yorishou Kiyoshi on May 11, 2016 20:58:48 GMT

He recovered just in the nick of time. Or what he thought was, completly oblivious to the good grace his opponant just afforded him. His blade came up just in time to match the first strike to his neck, the second only just caught his eye. His wrist complained with the strain of the blow, and even more so with the next. Pushing off of his opponants sword and bending outwards to curve around it.

As Meilin spun, Yorushou had an...epiphany of sorts. It pretty much went like this; Bugger. He saw the speed of his opponant, her strength and concluded that this next blow could very well remove his head if he was not careful. And he was very attatched to his head.

"I stand as a rock in the wake of the mountain, valkyrie" he would say, finishing just as she came out of the spin. The armour and clothes turning his kimono into confetti, his sword growing in length and thickness. Aiming the release power coursing straight through his blade as he swung it at her front left side. Adrenaline and power blinding him to the possible attack on the other, he was focused. His speed and strength had doubled. And maybe now he had a chance of a chance of keeping his limbs after today.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 28, 2016 3:33:14 GMT

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Post by Meilin Tachibana on May 28, 2016 3:33:14 GMT

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Surprisingly he managed to block her first attack, though it seemed he'd only barely managed to do so, the second he'd dodged just in the nick of time. All this without even releasing his shikai, well she would have to admit that he wasn't as bad as she thought first, but if this was all he had he wouldn't last much longer. Though it seemed Yorishou had the same thought as Meilin, as she heard him speak his release phrase as she entered her spin. About time he started to take this seriously, she wasn't going to hold back anymore. He said he was looking for a worthy opponent, then had the audacity to look down on her, even if it was just a front. It was still an insult to her pride, she would put him in his place before the end of the day.

As she exited her spin she noticed that his sword was swinging in her direction. The size of it had also increased exponentially. As she brought her left hand back over her shoulder she flicked her wrist slightly while loosening the grip on her zanpakuto so that the hilt was now held in a reverse grip with the point of the blade aimed at the ground. She brought it down quickly guarding her open left side, a loud clang rang through the air as metal clashed with metal. Her right blade came back swinging to his open side again as she continued her barrage.

"You'll have to do better Yorishou."

Her left blade went forward and up now, a vertical slash aimed along the right side of his torso. Her intent to cut clear from his waist up through the shoulder blade. She'd already absorbed most of the force from his attack when she blocked it, so she wasn't worried about being struck by any inertia that would possibly carry his blade forward. Hell even if that were the case, he'd suffer being struck by her at least once. She wanted to see how he would handle this situation now.

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{Spoiler}Overwhelming Power: This buff is an incomplete cap left on the compression of power, causing for explosive torrents of reiatsu to surge around the user. This form of ability causes reiatsu sensing abilities to scramble when in the presence of the user, and also gives their overall speed and strength a 2x boost [not affecting steps]. The primary perk of this form is that it allows the user to practically use their overflowing reiryoku as a weapon. Most commonly found as waves of energy with the swing or focus of the Shikai of varying power, along with an increase in pressure by 50%.

Name: Savage Flow
Class: Weapon Skill
Tier: III
Type: Offensive
Range: 40 m
Description: The user launches a very quick barrage of attacks around the opponents head and midsection. Up to 10 attacks are launched. Attacks are half bala speed.

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Round 2 (Yorishou) May 30, 2016 14:04:35 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by Yorishou Kiyoshi on May 30, 2016 14:04:35 GMT

That was a close one, his sword clanged against hers and in that block he saw thier strength different. She did not even waver, it was like hitting a wall. Just another mountain he could not defeat, cursing himself for being so weak. This girl had her training whike he was stuck inside, had her drive and ambitions, had her...milestones. Then it clicked. Of course he was weak. What did he have? Every train has a destination but he was trying to go straight there instead of paying attention to the stops. Rome, they say, was not built in a day. And he would not become strong in a day either.

His epiphany lending him wisdom. It was a leap of the imagination and his own fighting style. But maybe, just maybe, he needed to change. The best fighter was not the most consistant, but the one able to adapt to his enemies fighting style. A concept he had been unable to grasp so far. Strength alone would not make him stronger. As a person or a shinigami, there was more to fighting than tactic, like strategy. And so he did the unthinkable. He 'stepped' backwards.

This may seem little to others but for a shini raised to his mantle by 11th members, this was unprecidented in the history of his fights. But suddenly he could see so much clearer, just in that second where he literally took a step back and thought about how to beat someone instead of why he couldnt. A smile crept onto his face, even if he lost this fight, which his ignorance was telling him he could still win, he was now excited about the confidence it could give his future.

He 'stepped' forwards again with renewed energy and purpose. Landing behind Meleins right hand attack, his left hand grabbing her wrist and pushing it towards her left hand, this would by no means work but hopefully the element of suprise and a crap ton of luck would buy the time he needed. His blade going to slice her right hip at an angle, the tip tilted toward the floor. This would allow for him to attack while at the same time offering him defence should she attack him under her arm.

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