A Blank Blade [PVT | Chirino]

Aien wasn't sure what he was seeing before him as the hole opened up. Misato did warn him there are occasions when a hole opens to Hueco Mondo as that is where the Hollows reside in the most. It is their safe haven so to speak, or at least that's what Aien had gathered. In either case his senses was screaming that this area is reeking with hollow energy. His attention was alerted by the door that opened before him like the mouth of a large monster. Standing inside of this door as Aien is referring to the hole as a doorway.

There was a humanoid figure in the midst of the hole that actually looks every bit like a human. With the exception of bone fragments over the eye that appeared to be from a mask. Aien was bewildered at the sight of Chirino as Aien has never once seen an Arrancar before. The man, despite his appearance, reeked like he was every bit like a hollow. But that makes no sense to Aien for they surely can't evolve... could they?

"Any last words Shinigami," the Arrancar snarled in a pause as Aien gripped the hilt of his zanpakutou for comfort. Aien is new to sensing spiritual energy, but from what he can read is that Aien is roughly equal to this strange individual. "before I cut ya into pieces? I hope you don't die too easy. I want a good fight, capiche?" So this man can speak intelligently? This is something new to Aien's eyes, but either way the moment Chirino launched himself towards Aien initiated combat phase. With his right hand Aien quick draw his Zanpakutou out while twisting his body against the swing. In which case the blank sword would clash with Chirino's blade, however Aien positioned his sword at an angle as a blocking position while letting the sword being struck by the broad side. In which case Aien would deflect the attack while simultaneously Aien would attempt to ram his right elbow onto Chirino's face. The elbow attack would have a power of a Tier III as Aien takes advantage of Chirino's assault by countering. "Well you're in luck then. I don't plan on dying today." Aien cleaned up his bewilderment when combat was initiated and is wearing the expression that possessed focus and confidence in his own ability.

The clashing blade grew lax as Aien grew aware while his elbow appears to have missed its target. Aien thought that he would've landed a blow on the Arrancar, but it seems that Aien needs to get faster in order to land a hit next time. Chirino practically danced as he evaded the counter and brought a small gap between them before thrusting at Aien's direction. Aien couldn't see it, but he could sense it before he could comprehend of what it was. Using his left hand that was free, in the form of a palm Aien would enter a stance while thrusting the palm forward. That suppressed reiatsu that should've pushed the Shinigami was effectively blocked as Aien weaved his reiatsu to coat the palm of his hand in order to block the attack. While physically Aien can't see the energy, Aien can sense it coming for him with the third eye so to speak.

Normally this technique was used when blocking physical attacks, and that reiatsu attack stung his palm upon impact. However Aien's reiatsu took a dark crimson color as it was visible to the naked eye. There's nothing special about it in terms of usage for combat, but Aien's spiritual pressure feels a bit different. Perhaps not noticeable to someone who never encountered a Shinigami until now, but still Aien would lunge for the Arrancar before attempting to smash a powerful kick onto Chirino's abdomen with the power of a Tier III. In which case it would hopefully knock the Arrancar back a few meters. In case the Arrancar was to counter with that blade of his Aien keeps his Zanpakutou at the ready to parry at a moment's notice.

Aien's eyes narrowed as Chirino made the motion of swinging one of the hands in Aien's direction. Not wasting his built up momentum and his already molded reiryoku. Aien briefly semi-solidified the spiritual energy in the air while gathering his reiatsu to his feet. So when those golf ball-sized orbs of lightning came into existence and began flying at him in high speeds. It would be at that instant when Aien Flash Stepped to sail high into the air about ten meters above Chirino. This doesn't mean that Aien escaped from it unscathed as Aien still had to slightly angle both the blade and his hilt while also forming his palm thrust to block up to three that managed to reach him before the Flash Step. In which case yes Aien managed to barely block part of the attack with the flat of his blade which sent a jolt in his hands. So when the second orb struck the bottom of the hilt the sword was officially knocked out of his hand.

However the palm thrust smacked the blade forward and would effectively bat the third golf ball away. When Aien Flash Stepped away his foot kicked the blade so that his blank zanpakutou would fly at a 90 degree angle about ten meters above Chirino. Now that both of them are in the air, Aien can go with something else he had in mind. Aien would catch his spinning sword by the hilt onto his left hand as he was beginning to fall while pulling the wooden scabbard from his sash. Assuming that Chirino would be able to follow his movements going up Aien went ahead and made the gap much shorter by flash stepping once again to get about a foot away from Chirino. Where Aien would have begun to spin his body while attempting slam the scabbard towards Chirino's head. Assuming that Chirino does block the scabbard with his own sword, Aien's movement and momentum would continue as he spun around the Arrancar before seemingly to stand on the air. Where Aien would quickly follow up by thrusting the zanpakutou with both his weight and the momentum he had built up as an attempt to pierce through the lower back. If Chirino catches the scabbard instead of blocking, Aien would simply let go of it and continue with the follow up movement.

Well this was unexpected as Aien was sure that he would at least move at the same speed as the Arrancar. It seems that this person was faster than Aien even during the flash step, but as the result this Arrancar seemed too eager as Chirino did something similar to flash step except it was a little different. What Aien originally going with was thwarted, but at the same time it provided similar results to what he originally was going to do. With his zanpakutou impaled into Chirino's left arm which honestly was a bonus in Aien's mind, for it meant that Aien's zanpakutou can cut him. In addition of Chirino showing signs of blood; Aien is developing an idea of what he could do to win this battle into his favor.

Aien is too slow to match Chirino's speed, that much was just proven. However that speed used by someone who is either eager or easily influenced with emotion makes some reckless decisions. In all honesty Aien hopes that this accident proved to be a lesson to Chirino even though Chirino is his enemy. The substitute could only brace himself as the Arrancar blasted Aien practically at point blank range to send him flying through the air. The rushing sounds of wind seeming to deafen his hearing as Aien attempts to break the knockback, but Aien was already fifty meters up. In total Aien is roughly a hundred and sixty meters above ground (160 meters = 525 Feet). 'Well aren't I in a pickle here... In terms of speed he's got me outmatched in every way, but he seemed to love it when clashing blades. Frankly with him taking off with my sword I'll have to improvise.'

Aien caught his footing to where he can resist the force enough to the point that he can enter his stance. Seeing those missiles coming for him Aien would thrust his palm with his reishi coating the hands to effectively block one missile, twist his body to avoid the second, thrust his other palm towards the third missile, before he takes two arrows to the chest and they all exploded on him. Luckily Aien's body is able to withstand the attack somewhat as most of his shirt has been shredded to ribbons and his arms were cut up like someone took a small knife and lightly scratched him multiple times with it. As for his chest that can be revealed is two small gashes on his chest along with several other small cuts on him, yet they refuse to bleed as Aien increases his spiritual pressure to stop his bleeding. Last time Aien attempted this was when Misato punched a hole in him, but now he's able to control his reiatsu better. It wasn't something that he trained himself to do, Aien just didn't have the time to figure out just what he truly is capable of. Then Aien began his descent towards the ground as Aien keeps an eye out below to make sure nothing else is coming at his direction.

In terms of speed Chirino has Aien outmatched in every possible way. Even when Aien sensed a disturbance of reiatsu from above, Aien only had enough time to simply flash step to the side. However this doesn't mean that Aien can evade the attack as the Arrancar's blade would still be able to connect with Aien's shoulder, but instead of seeing the familiar slash of blood formed there is instead the scabbard that is coated with Aien's spiritual pressure. The blade would clash against wood as Aien simply flipped the scabbard so that it would go up along his right arm while in the middle of moving, but that Zanpakutou won't be able to cut into the sheath as Aien's spiritual potency is coating the scabbard. Thus having the same durability as his own body only possessing a different material. A scratch would be made on the scabbard, but that's about it.

Still that bruised his shoulder as the scabbard still smacked the shoulder before Aien managed to fully flash step away to the side about five meters away. Then here comes the second attack that would be coming for his chest since Aien would have turned his body over in that direction. Aien would barely be able to raise his arms to mainly protect his neck area. So Chirino's attack would be able to leave a nasty gash that actually seem to connect the two gashes already on his chest. But anything that would be aimed higher than that would've been blocked by both the scabbard and Aien's left arm. Still Aien would literally grab ahold of Aien's Zanpakutou by his left hand allowing it to cut into his hand yet refuses to bleed before attempting to headbutt the Arrancar on the face just to stagger Chirino. Aien has a really strong grip on that blade to where in short of Chirino taking a boot to stomp on his fingers the Shinigami is not letting go. Aien would follow up by bringing that scabbard hard down onto Chirino's wrist that is holding onto Aien's Zanpakutou. Meaning that Aien is not going to let the Arrancar leave with Aien's sword and while speed isn't in Aien's forte strength proves to be of no problem.

Well when it comes to headbutts nobody wins as the damage is usually equivalent to both sides. Still things didn't go well on Aien's end as he remained firm on the headbutt while glaring with a particular anger that was boiling within his soul. Aien didn't bother dodging the impalement as it would meant that Aien would have a better grip on his sword. So he basically embraced the impalement to his lower body as he seethed through his teeth. Luckily the sword pierced his lower abdomen, and his right hand was bleeding from Chirino sliding the blade through. Even so Aien did not let go, for it is safe to say that Aien had a death grip on the blade.

Seeing how Chirino simply let go of the zanpakutou yet still had that menace expression on his face. Aien's face aside from wincing in pain remained strong with his amber eyes having that strong flame that refuses to flicker. However Aien was starting to lose it, all of this pain and even the fact that he can't seem to hurt this guy was frustrating Aien. Again Aien is faced in a similar situation where he's quickly overwhelmed by someone far stronger than himself. However he's confused as when he's sensing Chirino's spiritual pressure Aien gauges that they were roughly equivalent in power. So why is it that Aien can't even hold a candle to this guy? Something's missing from what Aien can feel, something that Aien hasn't discovered yet. All this tie Aien has been simply understanding the new world before him and also having to evade execution from the Soul Society did not help his consciousness either.

The only thing Aien could do about the next incoming attack is simply defend with his already raised right hand holding onto the scabbard. Aien would shield his face from getting struck in exchange he lets the entire barrage practically drill a few small holes in his skin that had a ring of searing hot flesh in addition the scabbard took quite a beating as well from the burn marks leaving on the scabbard. So now Aien has a thin line of blood trickling down his face from the failed attempt of a headbutt, his chest is also starting to bleed from the slash on his chest with the two small gashes from earlier, the small cuts clearly seen all over his chest and all over both of his arms. Yet not once did Aien made a noise other than he seems to breath deep to harness the pain for motivation to move faster. However Aien had about enough of this so Aien kicks his spiritual pressure into full throttle as the sheer gravity around him alters slightly from the power emitting from his being. His bleeding stops once more as Aien simply drew the Zanpakutou out from his own body before twirling it around his fingers until his left hand was on the hilt.

Aien's amber eyes carried a strong persona that burned with both passion and desire to actually hurt Chirino. Anger wrapping its temptation cloak over his mind while the burning sensation of pain being harnessed as his motivation to work on his footwork. His right hand was shaking a bit from the pain making his right arm to become a bit unstable. Still Aien had his left hand to work with, and actually now that Aien thinks about he can use either hand just fine so he doesn't have a dominant hand he could choose. So Aien enters flash step just to close the gap no matter how small it is until he's literally just a foot from the Arrancar. Where Aien would bring down all of his weight and power behind this one swing while bringing his scabbard up to act as a bad shield across his back just in case Chirino attempts to evade. However if one didn't know any better Aien is being affected by Chirino's behavior.

In truth the outcome from Aien's blow surprised himself as he didn't realize how much strength he truly possessed. Still his anger remained unsatisfied as his blood was pumping with adrenaline in his veins. As Chirino was falling to the ground Aien would flash step to intercept the Arrancar's descent only to grab ahold of Chirino either by the shirt or the lower cloth of his pants with Aien's right hand. With a heave and delivering a powerful kick to the chest Aien would throw the Arrancar harder with a powerful kick to accelerate the rate of speed to the ground. The first time he encountered a Hollow the only thing Aien could do is kick it on the face to send it away just so he could escape. A few times that followed Aien experienced the same thing except for the times that he's been saved by another source. The time when Aien finally got his soul reaper powers only to get a sorry excuse of a fight with Misato that ended with a broken wrist and got a hole punched into his lower abdomen where his intestines and possibly a kidney were falling out.

However even then Aien did not give up, instead he just got back up on his feet while exploding with his spiritual pressure and probably would've landed a blow on Misato, but instead Aien quickly turned his attention to deal with two hollows that were about to devour a pair of souls. So least to say Aien's willpower is strong to survive, and his anger fueling his strength right now is the result of those several encounters where he technically considers as a lost on his behalf. "My name... is Aien Lunasinger, and I suppose you can say I'm only half a Shinigami." Aien responded before seeing the transformation before his eyes. In technicality this is the first time he's seen somebody released and it actually reminds him of the time when he was fighting against Misato. When Aien first entered his Shikai the blade was a very beautiful one to behold, and in truth Aien really wishes he could have his original Zanpakutou back. Then again Aien doesn't think neither the Soul Society nor Misato herself were anticipating somebody like Chirino to show up in the Human World.

Still Chirino's release only served to improve Aien's desire to kill as his strong eyes never left the Arrancar's face. It wasn't that Aien wanted to end someone's life, but he has this strong feeling that if Aien doesn't do something soon a lot of people are going to get hurt. So to close the twenty five meter gap as small as possible with a flash step even though that only gives Aien five meters away from Chirino. Aien is going to attempt to come down while attempting to deliver another clashing blow on the Arrancar. In truth Aien hopes that he gets to clash once more even if it is against that fancy looking weapon Chirino is now holding. Aien can't release his powers simply because the Zanpakutou Aien is holding in his left hand has no spirit in it. So he's having to resort to pure physical effort with only a flash step to aid his movement from Point A to Point B. While yes Aien's attacks are now strong to how it should be for someone who would be at Chirino's level, at least that was before Chirino released, but Aien's swings are slow to someone's eyes like Chirino who moves much faster. This speed is like having to deal with humans, so if Chirino wanted to he could easily evade it with various methods unless he truly wishes to prove just how much of a gap in power there is between them. Just in case, Aien has entered a stance with his right hand formed into a palm to where he can use it one time at a moment's notice to block a precise attack.

The hand to hand defense technique is great when facing against something that is precision based attack. But when it comes to something that spreads or even multiple targets there's only so much Aien's technique can do against that. Aien's blade would come down hard at the spot where Chirino would've ended up if he hadn't sonido out of the way. Causing Aien's power to bring down a heavy blow to the ground as the spiritual force kicked up quite a bit of dirt. This doesn't mean that Aien can deflect nor evade the lightning cage, it just demonstrates how much force he was putting behind that strike.

In literally a second Aien is bound by the lightning cage as he can feel the Arrancar's spiritual pressure shift from one location to directly behind him. If anything it was a common blind-spot to any humanoid creature since no one has the eyes at the back of their heads without either spiritual means or it is part of their release. Aien wasn't sure how much damage he was about to get from this, nor can he move to direct an attack towards a specific limb such as his right arm since it was already damaged. Instead Aien braced himself as Chirino's spear of lightning pierced into his skin, but it didn't go all the way through as one would expect it would. Still hurts like hell though as Aien winced, but his durability was enough to keep that spear from running him through all the way. Even so it pierced him into his lower abdomen, thankfully on the other side where Aien was previously stabbed by his own zanpakutou. "Interesting? Well I suppose I can say at least I can make it interesting. However this ride is just getting started. See... I can make your next fight a lot more interesting if that's the case."