[quote=AbigailTenshi]
As expected, Nishiki's strike was blocked and countered with a slash from Shiro's blade. Since he slid back, Nishiki tired to slide back herself to avoid the cutting edge. Whether she did avoid it or not wasn't on Nishiki's mind at the moment, instead she immediately threw her body forward, aiming to do so before Shiro had a chance to move his sword back to where he desired. As she did, Nishiki aimed to punch Shiro's right forearm directly in the middle, since this was the arm he was using to hold his blade, with her left hand. If she landed the strike, she'd then use the palm of her right hand to grab hold of the back of Shiro's blade to hold it still before aiming to knee him in the gut with her right knee.
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Shiro watched as Nishiki narrowly avoided his Zanpakuto cutting her as she then quickly closed in on him again, her left fist then slammed into Shiro's right forearm effectively stopping him from moving his Zanpakuto back to cut her however she then grabbed his Zanpakuto with her right hand further preventing him from moving it. Her right knee them slammed into his gut, this caused him to skid back a little more however Shiro then with his free left hand extended his middle and index finger as he aimed to slam them into Nishiki's mid section to us Tsukiyubi. This would create a small white flash upon contact that would send her flying back away from him. As it stood Shiro was impressed with how well she fought at close range, he wanted to see what else she could do but he needed to see what she could do with her Zanpakuto also