Black Bird Arrival (Challenge to Nevermore)

[Rapidus Procella]

SO yeah, we discussed this in vm, and well yeah..here it is :D; this will be non-continuum, and well yeah. If anybody want's to judge be my guest, but still i will set the location:

Location: http://www.venuscandles.com/ebay/sce...esh_meadow.jpg

Judges: If there is any xD

My Temp:

Name: Ichi Yamago
Age:22
Race: Human
Occupation: Paladin
Complexion; White
Element Specialty: Earth and Lightning

Physical Description: being at a height of 5’9 and being at a weight of 180 pounds. His body build is a little bizarre for being a paladin he should be a fit but not too muscular but he is a really buffed. He only has 2 tattoos on his entire body, one tattoo is on his neck going down to his mid chest which is a Red sword with Black Wings surrounded by a swarm of fire. And his other tattoo is on his lower leg of a heart in flames. Ichi he is a big fan of the colors of hell so he had one of his friends custom make his whole attire, which consists of a red shirt made out of the finest cotton that man can wear and he wears a black leather jacket with symbol on the back and his symbol is a sword with wings. He has his own hand picked pants that are the color of the night moon. Also a cyber arm in which he hand carved himself give him a better edge in battle.

Personality : Ichi is a fun-loving guy he can be around people a lot, but at times he can be a jackass but he does have a great sense of humor but that is what people expect to have a hero and a fun loving guy and a jackass all rolled up into one you get ichi-yama-go. But overall he is a great guy but when his loved ones or the people he is assigned to look after or protect he gets serious and makes sure he protects them at any cost even at the cost of his own life.
Weaponry:
Tsukotaki: .Prince of Persia: sword by ~Skipina on deviantART

Tsukotaki is the mighty sword of lightning, it comes with a mighty weight of 50lbs, its blade is made of the strongest steel known to mankind, the milt is so sturdy, not even a mighty earth dragon can damage it. The power from within the blade comes from Ichi’s own life energy, and his will. Without his willpower, the blade’s power is useless; thus making it just an ordinary blade. The markings on the blade make it unique in it’s own way. Those markings are actually personal tribal markings that were engraved by Ichi himself, although most find it un-necessary on it, they actually provide a special ability to the blade, the ability to generate many lightning based attacks. This includes lighning balls that randomly shoot out of the tip of the blade, and lightning bolts that are created in a manifested form when Tsukobaki is swung; either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Also if given enough power; it is able to produce enough lightning to create the spirit form of a mighty lightning dragon that is only able to stay for 1 minute, so when it is the right time; the spirit goes forth to the opposing enemy to attack it; this blade is truly amazing.

Earth Gauntlets
Earth: just like in his powers, Ichi can use the mighty power of Earth as his own very weapon. This process is worked out by him impaling his hands firmly on the ground and his hands are suddenly covered with earth gauntlets . They cover his whole hand and go all the way up to his mid forearm. They have the power to fire small meteors at the opposing enemy’s, but their true power isn’t measured in attacks, but mostly physical strength. Like if an enemy is hit, then the result would be maximum to the opposing end of the Gauntlets. Cause of the strength and force behind each blow, the damage result of the attacks would be a never-ending onslaught. Thus the reason why the power of earth can also be used to be a weapon, in physical form.

History of ichiyamago‘s childhood 5-11: Ichi comes from a long line of paladin warriors, but he was separated by his parents at a young age and was taken in by a 35 year old warrior monk and the monk knew about the paladin backround of ichi so that is why he treated so harsh but that is what made ichi so strong later in his life.

History of ichiyamago;s teen hood 12-18: Having to run away at the age of 12 due to harsh treatment ichi went on his own and found shelter with a old paladin master and this master examines ichi and thinks he has potential to be the most powerful paladin in his generation so this old master known as regeakuso: thew paladin master of earth. So he teaches ichi 3 spells and 1 attack. At such a young age he learned 2 of the 3 spells and half way done his attack and he is 13 at this time.
The spells he can use are Tremor, Earth Rainer, and Shock of impact.(note that those are the spells he can learn at first he has 1 more that he learns up to the present).
Three years have past and he has once again bid farwell to another kind person who took him in and he spent the next two years training continuously without stopping and he actually got a lot stronger in the strength department. And now he begins the next chapter in his life..

History of Ichiyamago 18-present- since he is now an adult he travels alone in search of where his parents are and why they abandoned him and if they didn’t what happened to his parents all of the questions will be answered once he returns to the land he once came from. But as he is searching for these answers he comes across a strange young warrior that kind of looks like him in a way but he was told he was an only child. So he confronts this young man and says he hails from an unknown paladin kingdom that even he doesn’t know the name to, being angry ichi challenges this mysterious warrior to a fight and thus they are evenly matched and they find out that they were destined to find each other and the young warrior reveals his name, the young warrior says “Allow me to introduce myself I am Alchurlo Yamago” looking confused ichi asks” why do you have the same last name as me. Alchurlo replies “ I do not know I had that last name all my life so maybe it is destiny that we meet and also why we must travel together” so as many more questions appear to ichi and his new found companion they travel together to their homeland which all of their questions shall be answered. So it begins the tale of Ichiyamago and Alchurlo Yamago: the two Paladin warriors of Resakai. (which is the home of Kurosai Suroku and Kaidaku Suroku).

History of how ichiyamago got his cyber arm: Ichi lost his real left arm in an explosion so he was rushed to a local hospital and they could not repair his arm so instead they gave him the best mechanical arm in his diristriction of his age so after he was released he had some trouble controlling his arm so he had to take some medicine which made it a lot better and after 3 months of intence training he was able to control and use his cyber arm as he pleased. But he had to take it easy on times, due to him being only human with a robot part he had to be careful not to over do it.

Magics:
Tremor: A spell in which ichi slams his hands which are next to each other on the ground and shouts tremor and a bunch of rocks come from above the ground.

Earth Rainer: A spell in which ichi can cal upon the earth gods and ask them to send meteors from the stars and fire them down at a high speed.

Shock of impact: A spell in which Ichi raises his cyber arm up into the air and a bunch of lightning comes to his cyber arm and show his powered up arm in a L for moments and clenches his fist in a tight grip and launches his spell with all his might.

Lightning: This move is the magically calling of the element of lightning. To some this is hell on earth, but to Ichi it is a simple calling of his own power. Ichi does this by just chanting an ancient chant of the gods to release lighning from the sky, his hands, eyes, and mouth. Basically when he uses this chant, the lightning he calls upon comes out of any time of release from his body, or any normal place that lightning comes from.

Cyber Arm abilities:
Power Strike: This is the basic move of Ichi’s cyber arm in which he takes his arm and raises it to the air, and by surging his own lightning energy into the cybernetic functions of his arm; a surge of lightning makes it’s way to the fist of his Cyber arm, and then by jumping up in the air and forcefully punching the ground sending shockwaves through the ground and eventually hitting the opponent with a great deal of electric energy.

Metal punch: This is one of the basic moves that come in handy to Ichi. This move is the first skill that Ichi learned after he got his Cyber arm, actually it just came to pure logic. This is a simple attack in which ichi strikes the opponent 5-10 times in a row. However this does a great deal of energy drain upon Ichi. Using this move, Ichi is at risk of draining half of the energy he has in his arm, and that arm holds half of his energy.

Fighting Moves:

Gaia’s shake: a move in which the manifestation of ichi’s power is revealed to become in the form of a simple earthquake that can go to any length of strength just by a simple command. But with all that said there is one special part to this move that makes it called “Gaia’s Shake; the reason for this is because it’s a pure shake of raw power, with ichi raising his power to an extent, the force from his own raw power is compressed into a massive tremor that shakes the whole area that ichi and/or his opponent is in.. this may not cause external damage, but it will cause internal damage to his opponent. With the earthquake causing a shock and backlash through the opponent’s organs this will cause a continuous circulation of many damage to the vital organs of the opponent.

Shockwave Strike: This move has to be one of the most powerful moves ichi could do with out using his full power. The way this move is used, is that Ichi gathers most of the electricity power within his body to perform the first half of the most; which is to fire a series of lightning bolts up in the sky causing a massive thunderstorm. This thunderstorm will be now spread throughout the battleground, the earth will be shaking due to the fact of the lightning roaring down from the heavens, but what of ichi; how is he to continue his attack with this lightning striking down on the gaia we call the earth. Ichi is actually up in the heavens compressing his energy into small particles that go through a strange process from pure invisible energy; into fearsome lightning..

However when this lightning storm wares out; there is a different and more powerful force that creates itself in the aftermath of the lightning, a raging new power that surprisingly was the cause of the mighty lightning storm. This newfound power is actually an almost endless supply of electrician energy, like if you put ichi in the middle of a thunderstorm; he could turn that whole storm into his weapon. So basically in this stage, for only ten minutes the almost endless power of lightning is within ichi-yamago’s grasp.

After this stage, the energy left over is compressed into a mighty sphere lightning, and by simple reaching his hand out, the sphere is fired with immense speed and unreachable strength, destroying everything as it continue’s to the enemy. If it hit’s the enemy, then it will be catastrophic; miss and the area will be reduced to nothing more then a wasteland of rubbish.


Powers:

Earth: The power of earth is meaning controlling the very aspect of the entire planet, or the science of the geographical natures of it. But for ichi controlling the power of earth is to even control the orbit and radaiation of all things earth, including tree growth, the amount and strength of the earthquakes, mudslides, and all aspects of mother earth., Basically the power of earth means ultimate control, but there are some defects in this. The unlimited supply of the earth’s power can only go to a point for a human. .this is why Ichi has limited his powers to the basics and some advanced forms of control over earth.

Lightning: Ah the power of lightning is a magnificent power indeed, controlling the power it beholds within. The amount of lightning used around planets, the amount compressed into electrical attacks, all of these forms of lightning is available in his grasp. From the healing form of Lightning, to the damage done by one strike of lightning. Truly this is a simple, but devastating power of Ichi’s. He is blessed majorly and cursed all at the same time.

[Nevermore]

I'll have my template up as soon as I can :)

EDIT: Here's my template. It's an extended/enhanced version of a template that I've done before. I doubt there'll be any problems with it, lol

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Name: Masanori Atsushi

Gender: Male

Occupation: Shinigami - Third Seat of the Sixth Division of the Gotei Thirteen

Apparent Age: 24

Hair: Blonde, falls just above his shoulders, long locks in front of his ears fall to mid-chest

Eyes: Green

Appearance: He wears the traditional Shinigami garb and tabi.

Height: 185 cm

Wight: 81 kg

Personality: Atsushi is quite possibly the kindest Shinigami that you'll ever meet. He carries a natural gentleness around with him, and you'll never see him treating his allies unjustly. However, any enemy that considers this kindness to be weakness is in for a surprise. He treats his enemies with the utmost respect, which means he holds nothing back. Atsushi sees morality in black and white, without question. Unfortunately, his kindness can sometimes lead to being a little overprotective of his squad mates, which can sometimes put them and him on bad terms (some simply think that he is nothing more than a glory hog when he defeats enemies that his subordinates could have easily handled). His sense of absolute morality can also cause him to be preachy, further agitating members of his and other squads (particularly, squad 11). The combined nature of this personality type can also put him at a huge disadvantage against an enemy, as he becomes powerless when one of his allies is taken hostage.

Likes: Stargazing, Birdwatching

Dislikes: Cigarettes, Alcohol

Pre-Shinigami History: In his human life, Atsushi became orphaned at an early age. Lung cancer took his father from him shortly after his fourth birthday. His mother tried to down her sorrows with wine, but she took it too far and died from alcoholic poisoning a year later. He wandered the streets until he was twelve-years-old, when the drunk driver of a semi-truck finally severed his ties with the human world.

Shinigami History: Atsushi quickly fell in love with the idea of being a Shinigami as soon as he saw Captain Kuchiki in Rukongai.. He enrolled in the Shinigami school as soon as he was able, leaving Rukongai behind. He had little affiliation with that place to begin with, and he was always looking at Seireitei as the next goal of his life.

During the beginning of his training at school, he was accidently given a true Zanpaktou mixed in with the standard katana. None of the students or teachers, and especially not Atsushi, noticed this until nearly a year later. A group of students went to one of the Shinigami teachers, complaining that Atsushi was keeping a pet in his room, something that was strictly prohibited. He and another teacher made their way to the student's room but were surprised by a distinct, and potentially powerful, reiatsu coming from the young Atsushi's room. Fearing for the safety of their student, they burst through the door, only to find Atushi talking with an eagle sitting next to him. From there, it was easy to recognize that the creature was the manifested form of his zanpaktou, and they were shocked that Atsushi had become so close with it as a student.

They called in one of the captains, Kuchiki, to take over his training, and he became a member of the Sixth Division. He grew quickly due to his powerful and rare bond with Tsukitori, his zanpaktou; and had even managed to reach his bankai state without anyone's knowledge. A skill that he would rather not use if possible. He is currently the Third Seat in the Sixth Division.

Sword Name: Shikai: Tsukitori (Moon Bird)

Sword Name: Bankai: Mikadzuki Tofutori (Crescent Moon Soaring Bird)

Sword Mantra: Shikai: Spread your wings

Sword Mantra: Bankai: Let the moon's pale glow shine upon your back

Sword Appearance: Shikai: Both his Zankpaktou and his sheath transform into two identical swords. The blade on each looks like an elongated white wing. The hilt is gold colored, and features a rayskin wrapping that is as white as the blades themselves.

Sword Appearance: Bankai: The two swords from his shikai merge into one. The feathers separate and from wings on Atsushi's back. The blade becomes like a large Zankpaktou, but the blade looks like it was made from a crystallized piece of the moon, making it look like its surface. The blade is held in place by a twin, crescent-shaped tsuba, and the rayskin wrapping now extends beyond the length of the hilt, dangling in the wind.

Known Sword Powers: Shikai:

Hyoujin Tansen: As the battle goes on, his reiatsu sharpens and hones his blades, making them far deadlier as the match goes on.

Tsubasa no Youji: His blades are able to expand, forming shields when necessary. However, they can only extend to a set amount.

Hane no Tooriame: Feathers fly out from his swords, acting like small projectiles controlled by his reiatsu. Alone, they are practically worthless; but if many are released, they are especially deadly.

Known Sword Powers: Bankai:

Reinami: The stored reiatsu from his shikai is able to be released in the form of powerful Kidou waves. The longer he waits to change to his bankai, the more powerful and numerous this ability becomes.

Tenshi no Tsubasa: The wings on his back are incredibly mobile, and increase the speed of his shunpo tremendously. His wings also retain the same shielding ability as they did before.

Tsukiakari no Gyoushi: The most powerful ability that he is aware of. This ability will, underneath a full moon, cause the opponent to be ensnared by a Binding Kidou more powerful than any of the standard variety. The Kidou forces his opponents onto their knees and causes them to stare transfixed at the moon, completely helpless.

Fighting Style: Atsushi emphasizes speed above all else. He uses the momentum of his sword and his body to increase its power. He is also known to “soften” his enemies with quick, successive blows. His knowledge of Kidou is also well above average.

[Rapidus Procella]

Blooming flowers, low winds, perfect setting for a fight between two warriors. The meadow, green and lush, its pressence gives a perfect look to what fight might become of this area. Two warriors of two different backgrounds, they are to do battle here in this peaceful meadow, only one will walk away alive, only one will walk off with their life. This battle is different, its not like any other fight that occurs here, it is a bout to the death, and that itself is unavoidable, nor can it be prevented; the bout will happen, and one will die. But which one will have their life taken away from them, and who will be fortunate enough to get out of this alive.

Well not all is certain however, there is one thing that is determined, there is one warrior who is set to be the one coming out of this alive, his name is one of a weird one, his name is like a common phrase, but it is his name, nevertheless. This warrior’s name is Ichi-yamago, a weird one at that, but still it is the name he has chosen to take upon, and that is what he will be addressed as.

Coming into the meadow, a figure dressed in all red, his clothing representing the very fabric of hell, dark red silk elbow-length T-shirt. Seen on top of that shirt is a black leather jacket with the marking of a sword with wings ascending from the hilt of the sword. Also seen on his body, is a gray-colored pants, these are just normal pants, nothing really special or unique about them.

The being showed his face, and his entire body for that matter, a red robotic arm is seen taking the place of his right arm, which could be hinted that this man had some sort of accident in his life. “This is where I am going to fight.” The man said with disgust in his voice, as he already didn’t like the place where he’d be fighting his opponent.

“Guess there is no point in complaining.” Ichi said, just standing underneath a tree gazing up at the clouds as he waited for his opponent to arrive.

[Nevermore]

"I think we're lost, Tsukitori," said the man walking through a gathering of trees. His black garb and tabi made little noise as they went along their way. The creature he was talking to was an eagle, or to be more precise, some kind of spirit in the shape of an eagle. Her voice was a smooth as one could expect, and she was far wiser than her appearance might lead some to believe. That smooth and wise voice answered him in a matter of seconds.

"Yes, I believe we are." It wasn't so much of a "matter-of-fact" response, but simply agreeing with her master. "We were with the 6th Division only moments before, what do you think happened?"

"I'm not sure. We passed through the gate, but instead of arriving with our squad mates, we were stranded here."

The man's name was Atsushi Masanori. He was the third highest member in the Gotei 13's 6th Division. Long locks of his golden hair fell down the front of his clothing, and his green eyes constantly surveyed the like-colored greenery. In all honesty, he didn't mind the scenery. It matched his complacent and kind personality perfectly, and he knew Tsukitori felt the same way.

Atsushi stopped in his tracks. He could see the a break from the woods up ahead, but there was another feeling that deserved the higher priority. Tsukitori, who sat on his left shoulder, rustled her feathers and glared in front of them. They needed no communication to express what they felt to each other. It was too obvious, too brazen. It was an absolute resolution to fight and to kill. Tsukitori returned to the sword that hung on Atsushi's belt.

He stepped out of the woods and into a spacious meadow. It felt too much like those cliche, anime battlefields; and his level of comfort dropped to dangerous levels. Staring across the field, he saw the source of his nervousness and apprehension. A man dressed head-to-toe in a deep, bloody red; save for his black leather jacket that looked like something that belonged to a biker gang member. Tsukitori spoke to him as she lay in his sword, watching and waiting.

"I don't think we can leave this meadow right now, my dear."

His answer came in the "short and sweet" format that he only used when he was about to fight. "Yeah, I know."

[Rapidus Procella]

Still laying down under the tree, a good spot for shade. Ichi kept looking up at the clouds, but still he could hear a voice or voices in the area; he didn’t pay much attention to them. Ichi was more focused on how many clouds were up in the air, just slowly gliding across the sky, creating a glorious sight.

“you know the clouds, they represent what each of us are.”

Ichi said still laying back against the tree, and still looking up at the clouds, but he was well aware of who had arrived at this meadow, and yet, Ichi did not take as much as one second to look or even examine who his opponent was, or what they even looked like. Even though Ichi could feel this man’s power was far greater then any of his opponents, even the one that defeated him once before, but this time Ichi didn’t look at his opponent.

Now as one minute passed, Ichi stood up; but he still didn’t look at his opponent, but he did stand up, Ichi pulled out his weapon; Tsukotaki, a blade of Lightning.

Just releasing a small smirk on his face,Ichi turned to his opponent, with his blade leaning slightly against his neck, and Ichi spoke.

“The name is Ichi Yamago, and I am going to kick your ass.”

[Nevermore]

“you know the clouds, they represent what each of us are.” He heard the man say.

With no change in demeanor, Atsushi replied, " 'So looketh upon thy clouds, for yonder figments are but mere representations of our innermost selves upon the blue canvas that reflects the sins and virtues of our world.' I've heard that saying many times before."

The man's energy pulsed from within his body, yet Atsushi recognized it as neither Shinigami or Hollow. This man's power was derived from a source that was unfamiliar to the Shinigami world. Regardless of how unknown the man's specific strength was, he wasn't fooled by the seemingly lackadaisical act. He knew well enough that, if nothing else, this man was here to fight and fight alone.

In moments, the man stood up and pulled out his sword. The blue blade was exquisite, as were the markings etched along it's side. He could sense the air around the sword tense, as though a strong current disturbed the molecules around it. Atsushi felt Tsukitori's angst from within her sheath. He clutched the top of the sheath to calm her, though it didn't have as much effect as he had hoped for. She was just as aware as he was of this man's unknown and utter power. A power that he would much rather not expose her to.

“The name is Ichi Yamago, and I am going to kick your ass.”

"Atsushi," Tsukitori whispered to him, "What should we do?"

"Don't worry, my starling," He said, trying to comfort her.

Still holding the sheath firmly, he glared at the man. Taking in a deep, calming breath, he said, "Masanori. I apologize, but I only give my first name to those whom I call my family and friends. In all honesty, I'd rather not draw my precious Tsukitori from her resting place, if I can help it."

Atsushi planted his feet, ready for whatever might come next.

[Rapidus Procella]

Ichi could see the man, who stood before him in an all black robe, with a sword hanging from his waist; a swordsman of some kind. Ichi stood with his blade in his hand, gripping it ever so tightly, he began to approach the man, who looked to not even sheath his blade, this showed great disrespect to Ichi, and he would not have that in any shape or form. A stream of lightning began to appear around Ichi’s sword, bolts of lightning showing in the blades’ reflection, this lightning came to a stop after one minute; it was just poring out lightning every single second.

“you know, it pisses me off that your not taking out your blade. Where I come from, not un-sheathing your blade is a strong sign of disrespect, and my friend that is not cool. “Ichi said, raising his Tsukiyomi high up in the air, a swirl of lightning began to gather around the tip, electrifying sounds came from the power, a strong current of winds created from the lightning; it altered the winds of the area, miniature gusts formed, and lightning shown down the gusts.

“Let the fun begin!!”

Ichi spoke in high, excited vocals as he waved his blade forward, with the lightning surging through the blade and being fired, at high speeds. The lightning which made its way to Ichi’s opponent, shaped into the form of a gigantic lightning bolt, surging through the air, causing damage to the meadow path that was in its way; it closed in at the warrior, about three inches away from his face…

His fate was sealed.

[Nevermore]

Atsushi stood his ground as the man held his sword high in the air. Strong electric currents radiated throughout, contaminating everything around. The very air shook and morphed to become the lightning's conductor. With an ecstatic cry, he swung his blade forward, unleashing the pent up energy. A strong surge of pure lightning raced across the meadow, making its way towards Atsushi. His eyes narrowed as he watched the lightning coming towards him, and a tinge of disappointment could be detected in those eyes. Swinging his body to the left, he let the lightning bolt sail past him, singing his hair as it went careening into the trees.

Atsushi looked at the man and asked, "Why are you going easy on me? Do I look weak, or do you simply want me to draw my blade? Well, I'm sorry, but my Tsukitori is more important to me than your shallow pride. If you want me to draw my blade, you'll have to do better than that."

Atsushi raised his right arm, palm outstretched, towards his opponent. As he concentrated, swirls of bright red energy twisted and formed within his palm. As they gathered, he spoke aloud, strengthening the swirls. "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!" The gather energy intensified into a single, dense ball of red power. Atsushi looked at his opponent again before proclaiming, "Shakkahou."

The ball of crimson energy flashed from his hand and rippled across the meadow. It raced to meet Atsushi's opponent as it tore through the air. As the powerful comet flew, it's heat could be felt from afar; and it felt just like the flames of a towering fire as it was became mere feet way from his enemy. As it got even closer, Atsushi could only guess how it felt to have it's heat lick his opponent's face right before it connected.

[Rapidus Procella]

A gentle current, gliding along the air, piercing the very thing we call the atmosphere. After launching his attack, immediately, without thought Ichi’s opponent, easily slanted to the left, and just like that , the lightning was fended off ever so easily. Ichi had quite the irritated smirk on his face, angered that his attack was so easily dodged, Ichi was about to charge at Atsuchi, but that is when the warrior, extended his right arm, his palm stretched out, and it looked to be a red Swirl of energy gathering in the palm of his hand.

Ichi didn’t pay attention to what he said, but instead Ichi put his sword back in its sheath, and he then pulled out from behind him, two gloves. One of these gloves, bared a simple gauntlet -glove hand, but the other, it was quite different. This second one, had the same lower portion of the first one, but as for the top, well this was quite different; it had a buzz saw at the top of it. Once Ichi provided it to his hands, the buzz saw would start to rapidly spin in a counter-clockwise motion, and it would trace off a roar of earth particles that would have a liquid form; more so of the form of molted lava.

As Ichi applied his gauntlets to his hands, the buzz saw started to rotate rapidly, and at that very moment, Atsuchi shot off a blast from his palm that raged on to Ichi in a high velocity; he already had a plan to get out of this. As the blast came in contact with Ichi’s gauntlets, he was having quite the time to fend it off; this blast was more then meets the eye.

“Well I see this isn’t your ordinary power blast.”

Ichi responded as he held the blast of crimson, radiating energy at a halt. Even though it was a stop, Ichi could not hold it off for very much longer. SO now, deciding to do something with this Ichi tossed it up into the air. The blast took a flight into the sky, but Ichi did not stop there, right after that, he launched his body high in the sky, coming above the blast, he spun his body at high velocity, he extended his left leg, and following that, Ichi waved over his leg to kick the blast in the direction of Atsuchi, which did make its way fast.

“I’m not done.”

Ichi said, still in the air, he took off one of his gauntlets, and there was a charged up ball of intense, electricity just waiting to be launched. Ichi let off a small smile before releasing this powerful electricity. Ichi now, letting the lighting out of his hand fly off in a wide-spread range, striking almost everywhere in the meadow. From the corners of this place, to the trees, and even some of the electricity came in the same direction of the blast that Atsuchi shot at Ichi, thus making this a survival situation for atsuchi.

“See you in the next afterlife.” Ichi said in a calm, relaxed voice.

[Nevermore]

Atsushi huffed at the sight of this man snatching his Shakkahou out of the air. No matter how he acted, this guy didn't want to get hit just like any other person in a battle. As impressive as Ichi's feat was, Atsushi was furious at his opponent. It wasn't because of the amount of skill it would have taken to grab the sphere in his hands, nor was it the overly confident expression that never seemed to leave Ichi's face. Above all else, he was seething inside by how flippant that man was with his sword. To Atsushi, it was beyond disrespectful. It was an insult to use the sword once, only to immediately replace it with another weapon out of convenience. Just the thought of doing something so heinous to Tsukitori made him sick to his stomach. However, he had to keep calm; he had to keep under control. He knew that the instant he lost his composure would be all it took to bring that thing out. He couldn't bear it if that happened again.

Ichi, and his new gauntlets, hurled the ball towards the sky, and act that caught Atsushi completely off-guard. His opponent then leapt after it. The jump was on par with anything the Gotei 13 had to offer. Ichi's body twisted, gaining momentum, as he spun his leg around and swept Atsushi's Shakkahou right back at him. This alone didn't phase Atsushi in the slightest, he was more than capable of handling Kidou attacks, but he wasn't prepared for what came next. His enemy removed one of his gauntlets, revealing a charged sphere of lightning that he was secretly readying. He threw the sphere down, and it began to disperse, covering the vast expanse of tall, green grass.

Atsushi stared at the spectacle. He could take care of the Shakkahou; even if he did get hit with it, the amount of energy that it initially had would have been dampened significantly by the sudden changes in velocity. However, the lightning was going to be a big problem. There was no way that he could avoid it completely, that much was mockingly obvious; but if he could lessen its strength in some way, then he'd still have a chance. Suddenly, a light went off in Atsushi's mind. He knew a way.

Without a second thought or a second to spare, he took his sword from his belt, making sure to keep Tsukitori secure within her sheath. With the blunt end, he carved a circle around him into the soft earth. He slipped his sword back into his belt and extended the pointer and middle finger of his right hand. Just as Ichi's lightning was about to reach the ground, he called out loud “Byakurai” and a steady stream of electricity poured from his fingertips. He traced the circle, creating a seal around him. Afterwards, he kept his two fingers pointed towards the direct center of the circle, trying to maintain focus. As the electricity hit, it kicked up large amounts of dust and grass particles. He could feel the surge flood through his body. He knew that if he wanted to make it through this, he had to keep his Hadou going strong. What passed by as mere seconds felt like hours of struggling, but he was finally rewarded as the electrical onslaught wore off.

Mindful of the dust cloud, Atsushi regained his breath. He had managed to keep his burns and internal damage to a minimum, but he felt it none the less. He rose to his feet, using the floating debris as cover while he recuperated as much as he could. It seems Atsushi's stunt earlier triggered a new level of power in his opponent. Unfortunately for him, Atsushi was far from beaten. He waited for the dust to clear just enough to barely make out his opponent; then, he made his move.

Using his standard Shunpo to its utmost, he dashed back and forth across the already battered field. There was no way his opponent could see anything other than isolated points as he made one Shunpo after the other. Throughout his movments, Atsushi recited the words to his next Kidou attack. “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!” After finishing the final part of the recitation, he used one more Shunpo to move right behind Ichi. He extended his right arm again; though this time, small but noticeable burn marks traced its length. A larger, more intense ball of energy than before, this time blue in color, had already been forming his hand. At point blank range, he couldn't imagine his opponent being able to escape this one. The energy grew unstable, anxious to let loose, as he uttered the phrase to release it towards his opponent. “Soukatsui.”

[Rapidus Procella]

As he fired the red, flame blast back at Atsuchi, along with the lightnng that struck around the entire playing field, Ichi had surely thought victory was in his reach. However, as all things in life, this was a little too good to be true, cause as it seemed and it did seem as it looked; Atsuchi blocked both his own attack that came back at him, and even the Lightning that Ichi had fired so effortlessly at him. A blind attack, lightning against lightning. This was what caused Ichi’s lightning attack to come across paths with Atsuchi’s own lightning attack, and both attacks wore out. However, this was not the end of Atsuchi’s attack.

As he countered both his own attack back at him, and even what Ichi had thrown at him, Atsuchi had a new plan; another blast of the same power but just in a different shade of color. As Ichi landed ever so subtle on the tall grass, he was merely a few feet away from Atsuchi. No matter if he was a few feet or a few yards, Atsuchi would still prepare an attack of great strength, and at this point, during the seconds that Atsuchi was preparing his own attacks, Ichi had to act on this opportunity. While Atsuchi was chanting some mutter of words, Ichi took this time to do some kind of mystical art himself.

Hear my cry, great gods of earth, grant me the power of your almighty strength.

Words forged out from Ichi, in an old monk tone of voice, Ichi’s hands started to become surrounded in rocks, pure solid rocks from the earth. Upon his hands being completely covered with rock, Ichi just put his hands up as the blue-colored blast from Atsuchi’s hand came to him. By simply guarding his face, Ichi was able to fend off the blast and even able to withstand the blast until moments later, when it was reduced to just particles of energy.

Ichi let out a huge, and heavy sigh as this was a bit too close for comfort. Then now, with the rock still on his hands, Ichi took advantage of this. He ascended up into the sky, extending his right arm, and having his left arm form a hook; Ichi came to a stop about one-hundred feet high up in the air. He then, without hesitation, looked at Atsuchi, and launched his body below. His body, coming down at such a velocity, and the rock reacting to the descending fall, it transformed Ichi to like a human meteor, or at least it looked like that high up.

Ichi came down fast and strong, his body was coming down so fast that the acceleration tore off his jacket, and shirt; leaving him shirtless. About ten feet away from Atsuchi, Ichi re-directed his attack to about one foot away from Atsuchi,, but he still came crash-landing down next to Atsuchi, but still this gave the ground an earthquake feel, and it surely made the ground crumble into pieces.

[Nevermore]

As the blue energy flew out from his palm, Atsushi saw Ichi raise his hands up in an attempt to block the blast. Though it seemed a futile effort at first, it wasn't long before he realized that his opponent was still standing despite taking a direct hit. It was then that he noticed the layer of rock that encompassed his enemy's fist. He must have prepared it during the Soukatsui's incantation. There was no other way that he could have had enough time to conjure that skill and use it before the blast had made its mark.

He heard Ichi breath a heavy sigh as he leaped back into the sky. His arms mimicked a certain superhero that those in the human world seemed to enjoy. After casting a look at Atsushi, he hurled his body down towards the ground. The impressive speed would cause a huge eruption of rock and dirt that would no doubt shake the entire arena. Even worse, the man shifted his weight and looked as though he was now aiming for Atsushi. Much to Tsukitori's surprise, Atsushi cursed under his breath.

“What should we do?” Tsukitori asked him.

Both she and Atsushi already knew the answer, and he didn't like it one bit. He never liked using Tsukitori if he could avoid it, but it looked like he had no choice. Shifting the angle of his sword on his belt, Atsushi placed a firm grip on the hilt, feeling the familiar ray skin wrapping. He's was glad that he'd practiced mixing his battoujutsu with his Shunpo. He just had to make sure his timing was precise. He watched Ichi fly down from the sky as he held his breath, waiting, concentrating. As soon as his opponent came naught but five feet away from him, he struck. Letting out a scream to strengthen him, he used a quick shunpo to rotate and gather momentum. Now Ichi was four feet from him. After the first turn, he whipped out his sword; letting the all-important shockwave fly out from him. This substantially slowed Ichi down, rendering the attack futile.

Using the opportunity, Atsushi sheathed Tsukitori and jumped back, creating distance. Now that he had already drawn Tsukitori, there was no longer a need to keep her dormant. He removed the sword, sheath and all, from his belt. He took the stance to draw, holding the sheath close and parallel with the flat ground with his left while clutching the hilt with his right. Then he removed his left hand and dangled the arm in front of his right, which still held the sword in place. His reiatsu swirled around him, as he prepared to release the first stage of his sword.

”Spread your wings, Tsukitori!”

The hilt flashed to a smooth, golden color; and the ray skin wrapping turned snow white. As he drew the blade, the sword's shape transformed from that of a normal blade to that of a beautiful, white wing. After the first one came out, he spun around and swiped his hand across the sheath. As his hand passed, the sheath began to bear the appearance of a sword itself, identical to the first. When he gripped the end, it became a golden hilt, just like the other. Atsushi gave Ichi a serious and resolute stare, and held his swords at the ready. This was where things would get interesting.

[Rapidus Procella]

Ichi had no idea what was going to happen during the estimated time from when he launched into the open-sky, till the time he came crash-landing, creating a huge crater in the once glorious, lush, green meadow. Even though he could not see what Atsuchi was doing, Ichi could however, sense how his body was maneuvering. When he came down, with high velocity, Ichi had surely thought he had ended the fight there, but surely that was not the case in this scenario. Actually, it is a fact, that Atsuchi used some sort of flashy move to get out of the way or at least get in safe distance to get away to avoid harm in any way.

“Heh, thought that would work.”

Ichi muttered as he saw that yes there was a huge crater, but there was no Atsuchi nearby. So Ichi came to two conclusions. Either Atsuchi dodged the attack in the nick of time, or that he had been disintegrated into dust. And Ichi knew that Atsuchi was far too weak to get killed by a low-level move such as he did just now. Then to the left of Ichi, about five feet away, he heard Atsuchi shout out some words. Ichi didn’t pay attention to these, but he did however, pay attention to what was occurring to his blade. Atsuchi unsheathed it from its resting place, then after he shouted out four words, power from the blade started to pour out rapidly, until it went a transformation; to a bird’s wing.

“Finally the action is finally beginning.”

Spoke Ichi, as he saw that Atsuchi took his stance with his blade in his hands, in front of him, preparing for anything that would come at him. Ichi had so many thoughts of which one of his powers he could use, but then it just came to him like a nail on chalkboard, a screeching noise in his head gave him he perfect idea on what to do as of now. Now, as Ichi knew exactly what he was going to do, he had to prepare, and do the necessary deeds in order to pull off this move.

So Ichi took off both of his gauntlets, and put them back in the place where they first were. Immediately after doing that, Ichi raised his left hand, extended all the way. His left arm, raised strait above him, his robotic-arm , concentrating electricity from the sky, and within the arm itself. As that happened, Ichi looked at Atsuchi as he saw him still in his stance. All of a sudden, the lightning shot down, tearing a hole in the sky. The lightning came down to the robotic-hand of Ichi’s arm. Now powered by electricity, Ichi put forth his arm, horizontally, fully-extended, Ichi just prepared to launch his power, but before he did that, Ichi placed his other hand, at the other side of his elbow, just inputting his energy into the cyber arm, which increased the power within it.

“Atsuchi, prepare to feel this Shock of Impact!!”

Ichi said, ascending into the air, probably six feet in the air. After doing that, Ichi bended his cyber arm back a bit while his right arm was still in hold of it; then he launched it forth releasing the power gathered into one huge lightning blast. Intense as it was, this is surely no move that Atsuchi could dodge, nor could he escape, only a force stronger, or at equal strength could halt, or destroy it completely.

[Nevermore]

Atsushi bided his time, watching Ichi intently. Truth be told, he doubted that his opponent truly understood just how much stronger Tsukitori made him. Still, he could only benefit from studying his opponent. Atsushi could see the glint of happiness in his eyes. Though, he wasn't sure if it was satisfaction from being able to face him with his sword drawn or from forcing him to draw it in the first place. Atsushi didn't have anymore time to think this over, as his enemy started to make his move.

The man put his gauntlets away, yet another example of just how insensitive he was to his own equipment. Ichi raised his left arm straight up into the air, the light glinting off of it made the limb appear strangely unnatural. It was then that Atsushi realized that it had to be some sort of prosthetic. The light didn't last long however, for gray clouds soon rolled in overhead. These dark clouds brought with them lightning that used Ichi's arm as a lightning rod. It gathered the energy, concentrating and storing it. Before he was finished, his enemy placed his free hand on the left's elbow, adding his personal reserve of electricity to the mix. Atsushi heard words escape from Ichi's lips, but the thunderous roar drowned him out before he could make out what they were.

Once again, Ichi flew into the air for his attack. This time, however, only part of him was coming back down. The electrified arm shot out like from a cannon, hurtling towards Atsushi. There was no look of concern on Atsushi's face. In fact, his expression was far more angry in nature. He was being underestimated again, he could tell it just by the attack. As strong as it was, there was no way that it would outdo him. Worst of all, what fueled his anger and frustration more than anything, was that it wasn't just him being insulted this time. This time, Tsukitori was being insulted too; even still, their powerful bond, a bond that had saved Atsushi more times than he could remember, was being mocked. With rage coursing through him, he released numerous feathers from his sword that rose high into the air beyond sight, as if in some form of grand display or anxious release. He then took the sword created from his sheath and released it, allowing it to simply hover in the air, as he clutched the hilt of the other with both hands. All the while, the arm was heading straight for him.

“Hey! What is this!?” Atsushi cried out, forcing himself to be heard. “Aren't we worthy of your full strength!? Aren't we worthy of your best!? Do you honestly think that you can beat US with this level of attack!?”

“DON'T INSULT US!!!”

Atsushi lifted his sword and swung it down to meet the missile-like arm head-on. The clash shook the ground beneath them, and lightning shot out wildly in all directions. Atsushi's reiatsu poured out like a fountain, so much that it visibly spilled out from him and radiated as a bright, silver light. He screamed out from the top of his lungs, mustering up his strength. Shifting his sword, he forced the arm to the side with a powerful swing. It tumbled to the ground as the violent collision left a trail of dirt and shredded grass in its wake.

Atsushi took deep, heavy breaths. It wasn't unusual for his passion to get the better of him, and it felt good to let loose like that from time to time. However, he wasn't done yet. Atsushi grabbed the floating sword with his hand and readied himself to strike. A thin layer of his reiatsu covered his blades, sharpening them. Suddenly, he used his shunpo, made all the faster by Tsukitori's release, and closed the gap between him and Ichi almost instantly. He was right in front of him now, and with his swords raised high in the air, ready to deal a fatal blow, he spoke to his opponent in a resolute and sharp voice.

“You aren't safe in the air from me!”

With that, he swung down both blades at once.

[Rapidus Procella]

A sudden move on Ichi’s part, his thoughts raveling in his complex mind. He was deciding whether to do a land attack, or go arial. So many thoughts, and such little time. But after some quick thinking, and in just the right amount of time between when he would execute the move and when he was about six feet In height above ground, Ichi pulled off an attack that to his opponent was not even worth their full strength. No matter how they felt, Ichi did what he wanted to, and no one would tell him to do. So while in the air, Ichi only had like a few moments to pull off his move, and he did take advantage of these moments, he held his cybernetic arm backwards, and he gathered a decent amount of electrical energy within the hidden depths of his arm, and that triggered a current to be carried throughout his arm, only to be released towards Atsuchi.

As that was being done, fast and agile, Atsuchi dodged the attack with ease and he as well had some space left over from which he does just that, as Atsuchi was becoming more and more furious with the lack of strength that Ichi was providing with each attack he would throw, each move he would use in an offensive action against him, Atsuchi, and more so, Tsukitori, were becoming insulted. They both felt that they were being disrespected and they were not, for some reason worth Ichi’s full strength. As all this was unraveling, Atsuchi grabbed his blade, putting some physical force behind it, and he sliced through the light lightning, and caused the lightning to go in separate directions.

“He’s not bad.”

Ichi spoke as he took his eyes off of Atsuchi for one moment, and in that very moment, Atsuchi powered up, and he jolted right to Ichi, the gap between them was more like a little space. Now with his blade in his hand, energy allowing the sharpness to get more and more harder. As the moment came to a close, Atsuchi raised his blade and forged it in a fatal blow to Ichi..

“Not safe from you, you speak.”

Ichi said as he just closed his eyes, a careless mistake, would this be the end of Ichi. Well no, as it seemed, Ichi put his Cybernetic arm up to block off the blow, the force from both colliding forces caused an outbreak of power to serge throughout the meadow and as well through the both of them. As the force from both colliding forces pierced through the air, creating some sort of gap or something, this would evidently lead to a seperation between the two.

“I must admit, out of all my fights, this is the only one that would make me resort to by full power.”

Ichi spoke again as he lowered his body to the ground, as he knew Atsuchi would follow him. Upon landing on the ground safely, Ichi then proceeded to what could be his full strength being shown for the first time. As he did that, Ichi took off his jacket, along with his shirt, so that he can show why his full power is seen so rarely.

“Atsuchi, you see these scars, this is from countless hours of training to control my full power, but now seeing how you are so foolish to think you can stand my full power I shall show it to you.”
Ichi spoke once again, crouching his body in a forty-five degree angle, his arms fully extended up in the air, fists clenched; Ichi then began to gather his power from both the depths of the earth, as well as the heavens that resided high above ground. As the mantel of the earth began rising from the ground, the clouds in the sky began to turn black, blacker then the night sky, sort of like an eternal darkness feeling. After that has happened, lightning, randomly struck around the meadow, hitting trees, anything in site, and as the same for the mantel of the earth, but instead it reached out around the ground, causing a sort of heated look.

“This is my full power Atsuchi.”

Ichi said as he took out Tsukiyomi, raising it high the lightning came to the top of the blade tip, and it started to screech a electrical sound, only those with sensitive hearing would be effected by it, but others can withstand this. After that had occurred, Ichi raised his other hand, which was the free hand, or at least at the moment. As the lightning came to his blade, the earth mantel circled Ichi’s human arm, until it created a complete stone-based armor around his arm.

“Gaia Shake”

Ichi spoke as he jumped in the air, readying his stone-covered arm and he held it back, until he reached the ground, then with plenty of force behind it, he punched the hell out of the ground, which caused one massive earthquake in the area.