Arina Kawagana, and Hiroshimoto Masumata
Arms raising, Kiretsu protected his mask in the one motion, as his other hand grasped at the air and tore a hole straight in it, creating a Kumon with essentially no effort. He tore it open so that it eclipsed even his own body, sucking in air, spikes, and debris as it grew in size. He flexed his reiatsu and Saishi returned to his side, nodding. This was a fruitless battle, they'd be gaining no footholds against the two shinigami--as much as they hated to admit it.
So instead, they'd leave them a present...and then retreat. This in mind, Kiretsu put one hand into the massive kumon, near the top, grasping at its boundary from within, while he grabbed Saishi with the other hand. She crouched there, her muscles bundling up and her reiatsu charging in her body to amplify her speed further. Then Kiretsu bent his own legs, and jumped, tearing the sky as he did so, and then threw Saishi sky high.
She would briefly appear high in the sky, far above the shinigami. Kiretsu threw a boulder sized rock upwards in her direction, but she didn't react. As it caught up to her, she latched onto it, letting it be a shield and carry her higher, bracing herself. With that she latched her reiatsu onto Arina's and
pulled even as she released a cero to push herself violently backwards. The effect would be drastic, pulling Arina just as violently into the air, at incredible speeds, directly towards Saishi.
Meanwhile, Kiretsu had charged a massive cero in his mouth, split it into two in his hands, and then charged a third cero in his mouth once more. By the time Arina was in motion, he had stepped into the kumon rift, and it had summarily snapped shut behind him.
What were the hollows up to?
Following the duo's movements, the captain sighed. Grimacing in disapproval as he sensed a steady stream of reiatsu emanate from the smaller of the two. Recognizing its composition, his expression grew plainly irritated as he extrapolated its trajectory.
Enough! He threw his free arm to side as if dispelling some invisible force. Fixing his gaze upon the sky bound hollow momentarily, he then utilized shunpo to ascend into the air. Forming footholds as he darted side to side and advanced towards the foe. Chasing after his companion whom had been suddenly yanked into the air, ensnared by the swift assault of their female foe.
Her eyes narrowed as she was yanked upwards, her hair whipping about her face as she tried to gain what little control of the situation she could. It was duly noted that the larger one had disappeared within the kumon he had ripped open, but something didn’t feel right - there was something off about the way he charged his cero but retreated regardless. Blue irises shot up as she drew closer to the hollow in the air, at an alarming speed. With a large swing of her scythe, she detached the two remaining lances, aiming them at the hollow, as they shot upwards at her form.
The mouth of her mask curving into a grin, Saishi laughed even as she jumped back and released a cero, from her mouth, sending the large boulder hurtling downwards towards Arina as the shinigami hurtled up towards it, as well as blasting her backwards faster than the woman could be pulled. As she was sent back, one might notice an impossibly thin black line being formed by her claws. What were the hollows up to?
The lances she had previously detached, made contact with the boulder and instantly shattered it, along with themselves. So she barely had time to react as her scythe flew down, in a futile attempt to shield herself,
“Hidoi ho (Unholy Stride)” A tendril of shadow stretched out sideways and in an instant, she had stepped into it, traveling out of the line of fire faster than her shunpo could carry her. As she traveled, the tendril rounded and stretched upwards towards the female hollow. She would exit the shadow still with some distance between the hollow and herself, and still being pulled. Her blue eyes glanced down at Hiro, not really needing to tell him what she was planning, and before she even made a move, she placed her scythe so the blade covered her left shoulder, he would only have a moment of opening before she spoke.
A window he intended not to miss. Ergo let air fill his lungs as he moved to initiate yet another flash step. However, instead of focusing on sheer speed, Hiro instead focused his efforts into manipulating the movement of his individual limbs. Maneuvering his arms as to bring his zanpakuto about his left side, his legs as to momentarily widen his stance, and then his arms once more. Releasing a horizontal slash into the air as he channeled his own reiatsu along the musculature of his arms. Initiating a Ken'atsu. All within the span of a single shunpo. Thus, to those incapable of finely reading his movements, it would appear as if a rather violent burst of air had suddenly erupted behind him as he continued on his previous coarse. Acting as if nothing had happened, he returned his attention to the 'petite' hollow. He would be between his latest and next shunpo when his attack at last struck the blade of Arina's zanpakuto. Its force propelling her to one side again as she continued toward the hollow, causing her to violently swing around the creature nearly forty-five degrees.
She smirked as Hiro's attack bettered her position,
“Kodai no dai Sanji (Ancient Catastrophe).”Her arm extended upwards, pointing the scythe to the sky. As she did this, the ribbons wrapped themselves around her thin form as four balls of shadow began to form, creating a makeshift cube with her, as their center of gravity. Arina moved slightly, stretching her body into a strangely graceful stance, and the balls circled her before stopping and rapidly grew. A black sphere then enclosed her before the four balls released their energy in an amazing display of colour; her barrier reflecting the energy into a Kido like blast which erupted from the circumference of the sphere.
Yet Saishi's smile grew, intrigued by the dance of the two shinigami, and she dropped her connection with Arina, instead attempting a link with the male. as before it failed, and with her having let go of Arina, the woman's movements would be thrown off course somewhat, even as Saishisent links out to individuals far below, pulling on them. With many inside buildings, she managed to use them to pull herself downwards. It appeare dher tactic simply couldn't work, so she'd have to alter it somewhat.
She shot downwards rather suddenly, then started moving diagonally, so she moved away from the shinigami, and downwards at the same time. While she'd stopped dragging her claws through the air, now she started again, before suddenly pushing instead, flinging her upwards and away, knowing the two would pursue. This would be interesting.
Remonstrantly, the shinigami let out a lion-like roar. Ignoring the pain within his chest as exhaustion gripped him. Momentarily sending a wave of tardiness throughout his body. Thus, it was without haste that the man reached for the strap which fastened his haori upon his frame, having come to a sudden and strenuous stop when his opponent's position begun to rapidly change. A few short moments later and the strap sat undone, causing the white over-coat to sit loosely atop his shoulders. Twitching eratically as it fluttered against the brisk kiss of the midnight winds.
And then he leapt.
Allowing himself to at first freefall, Hiroshimoto extended both arm to his sides. Allowing the air to pass around him as he let gravity propel back towards the city they had climbed so high above. Watching as the ground grew ever closer. It was only when he noticed that the hollow had changed directions whilst maintaining its momentum, that he drew his limbs close to his core and closed both hands around his sword's grip. Aiming the tip of his zanpakuto towards the ground as he used it to part the flow of the air before him, lessening his drag as he continued to plummet with ever increasing speed. With a loud
swoosh he then vanished. Only to emerge a few feet from Arina's position shrouded in an abundance of crimson light. His haori now firmly gripped by one hand as his reiatsu seemed to instantaneously sky-rocket. Sending a harmless pulse of the energy out and across the area before the aura faded.
A small sigh escaped her parted lips as the explosion went off, the female hollow avoiding it with ease, throwing her off balance slightly as she released her connection to Arina. Her legs trembled slightly as she dropped the scythe from above her head, stumbling slightly as her scythe became a sword once more, the Zanpakuto rebelling against its master.
A small frown graced her features and the weakness in her limbs began to take hold. Kidai no dai Sanji was by far her most powerful ability and was not to be used lightly, just as she had done. The slightest audible groan sounded from her throat as she fell, her blue eyes partially open as she allowed her body to give out on her. She was sure Hiro would be able to take the hollow on by himself… more or less she hoped, considering for now, she would be rendered useless.
Concerned for the well being of his comrade, Hiro involuntarily moved to catch Arina as she begun to fall. Cradling her within his arms as he braced her neck with his haori. Attempting to minimize as additional damage she might sustain, despite knowing is efforts to be in vain. Hence his voice was acerbic yet soft. His irritation bleeding into his concern as his lips parted to speak.
"Eis quos amo." He let himself fall. Decreasing their altitude as energy once again swelled up within his body. Swirling beneath his flesh with an increasingly audible whine until he used a shunpo to lay her upon the ground. Next to their original location and his zanpakuto's sheath. Expecting the enemy - who would now be even further away, he then moved to grab it. Taking a moment only to glance in Arina's direction and hone his senses before he spoke. His voice stentorian and direct.
"Bankai."
In the same moment his words rang out, a rift opened 5 meters above him and Arina and for a brief moment a fierce light and a glimpse of a familiar mask could be seen. Saishi grinned as her partner appeared before their mutual enemy for with his appearance came the release of the three cero he had been nursing elsewhere. She'd been but a distraction all along--which was her typical role anyways.
This could not have been more apparent, for while Hiro was likely briefly immobile whilst releasing into bankai, the hollow unleashed the cumulative power of three ceros in a beam straight down at the immobilized pair hoping only to deal damage, adding insult to injury, as it were.
While the man was distracted with that, Saishi tore a kumon in the air and hopped in, the rift snapping shut behind her in the same moment that Kiretsu's did, leaving them alone--and perhaps looking a bit stupid--in a park.
For a sliver of a moment, time itself seemed to stand still. Air and sound seeming to cease as all of the reiatsu surrounding the male shinigami was suddenly pulled inwards, towards his frame. Creating what would only appear to be a thunderous
pop and flash of light of ruby light as the energy was violently absorbed into his being. Vanishing instantaneously. It was only then that the soul reaper tilted upwards his wrists, allowing them to face the sky as magnitudes of spiritual energy erupted from each in unison. Quickly blanketing the entirety of the man's body with a crimson aura as said reiatsu exploded outwards and into the sky.
Initially, it simply formed a momentary pillar of pure energy. The likes of which sent a devastating shockwave across the imediate area in its sudden manifestation. Subsequently consuming all of Kiretsu's ceroes within its spire as it streched ever higher into the sky. Yet, milliseconds was all it took for the spire to collapse in on itself. Splitting itself into a myriad of air born tendrils as a secondary explosion sent them cascading outwards over a large swath of nearby land. Land which would be enevitably marred as the wayward streaks of reiatsu carved away at the environment with every strand that struck the earth.
A display of unchecked power that would have also left Arina mortally wounded, had he not been literally standing over her. Placing her within the epicenter of Hiro's crimson storm. Thus, minimizing, but not exempting her from the repurcussions of being so blatantly exposed to such an abundance of his reiatsu at close range. Unfortunately, having at last given in to his repressed urges of anger and pain, Masumata found himself all the more frustrated as he watched the hollow fractionally avoid being bisected. One of the aforementioned tendrils having whizzed past her last location just as the kumon had slammed shut.
Alas, when the the ambient destruction had finally halted. Leaving the area shrouded within a cloud of dust. Hiro remained steadfast for a few moments longer. Allowing his gaze to linger upon the night sky whilst he tilted his head back and again screamed. This time to the stars as the aura encircling him begun to fade, and with it the additional attire he had emerged with. Causing the metallic red of his pauldrons and hard-light wings to slowly flake away. Returning to a state of pure reiatsu before becoming translucent and at last returning to the void. Leaving him once again in his standard attire.
It was at this point that he spun on his heels, dropping to a knee as his rage swifted to concern - and he bent over Arina as his zanpakuto reverted back into its sealed state. Worry thick within his voice as he sought to ascertain her state.
""Arina..." His eyes begun to look her over.
"Are you ok?" 
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