Shinigami Tournament of Power Stadium

"Is it?" Despite Tatsuya's pushing, his snakes remained ineffective. What's more, Setsuko managed to jerk her blade away, snapping the fangs of two snakes and seeming to cause the boy some small amount of pain in the process. These three snakes retracted themselves into Tatsuya's sleeve, while the others continued their efforts. "What's Zetsuei? She won't tell me," he wondered. Apparently, Setsuko's Zanpakutou was content to mention its form and primary ability, but nothing more than a name regarding something else it had to offer.

"Yes, it's really weird!" proclaimed the Ninth Division's Vice-Captain. This fight was a bit unsettling, to the young woman but at least she managed to pull her blade back, but not without noticing a slight change in the demeanor of the young man. 'Ano... is he connected to the snakes?' she wondered internally. There was only one real way to test such an outlandish theory. Beyond this the boy went on to mention 'Zetsuei' which immediately caused Setsuko's eyes to widen. "What? I don't even... I... " she stumbled over her words because it truly wasn't a question she expected to be asked, it seemed to take her a few seconds, but eventually she seemed to get herself together enough to properly be able to respond to the young man before her. "Zetsuei... if I explain it... becomes difficult. I'll show you instead," she stated, while actively twirling her now reclaimed weapon. This time it spun much faster as she launched it back through her own barrier of chains without disrupting it, appearing to once again be aiming to strike the young man with the weapon from a distance, but instead at the last possible moment before it would have touched his person, she pulled back on the chain, changing its trajectory so that the weapon would launch itself into his shadow, aiming around his left shoulder. If she succeeded in this she'd say the attack's name. "Zetsuei!" causing a wound to appear in same place on his body.

It seemed Setsuko would sate the boy's curiosity by demonstrating the aforementioned ability of her Zanpakutou. He watched as her blade came toward him, and was more than prepared to deal with it... until it changed its course and embedded itself into the floor next to him instead. Tatsuya seemed even more curious by this, but the moment Setsuko spoke the name of her ability, blood spurted from his left shoulder as a deep stab wound appeared there. 'Nani!?' the boy thought as his eyes widened and his snakes receded into his sleeve. With his right hand no longer being used offensively, he used it to cover the wound he had suddenly obtained, aiming to limit the bleeding as much as he could. "Sou ka. That's hard to deal with."

It seemed her demonstration had done its purpose. Providing the young Vice-Captain with a sneak peek at the ability her Zanpakuto possessed but apparently didn't bother sharing with him. Beyond this it seemed to go even farther, allowing her to gain the first injury on Tatsuya, pushing her one step closer to the victory she wanted to claim. With him now holding his wounded shoulder, she yanked back on her weapon again, finding it within her grasp within a matter of seconds where she took it by its actual handle for once. "Sumimasen, it's a strange ability to use without going for more lethal damage, so I wasn't going to use it," she said but thinking about it, she'd done it pretty good job of it. "But... I think I have a bit better control of it than I thought," she said, though she'd developed this skill quite a long time ago, she'd gone without using it in friendly combat because it was more dangerous to other people than she thought necessary for training purposes. Surprisingly enough, this young woman didn't go for another immediate attack, instead she was content to see what the young man had to offer. "Well, I've shown you mine... your turn~"

Tatsuya was facing a rather bothersome ability to deal with in the form of this Zetsuei technique. He remained still for several seconds after taking the attack, only to eventually remove his right hand from the wound and produce numerous additional snakes from his right sleeve. These snakes quickly turned on Tatsuya himself, biting numerous locations along the boy's body. This caused him to fall forward onto the floor within a matter of moments, as he seemed to have been affected by a venom of his own choosing.

Setsuko soon got to watch as the young white haired lad let himself be bitten by numerous snakes. She'd instinctively fallen into a defensive stance, but her defense soon became utter confusion as the boy turned his own abilities against himself. "Nani?" she questioned soon enough but before she could get an answer it appeared the young man was unconscious and falling towards the ground. There was literally nothing Setsuko could do about this, as she didn't intend to attack anyone while they were already down. She sealed her Zanpakuto, having it reform its sheath and long blade and sealed them together. The crowds were stunned into silence as the host tried to make sense of what she had just witnessed. "I don't know what happened folks, but it appears, Tatsuya-fukutaichou is down for the count..." she said seeming stunned by this happening. "I guess, that means, our winner is Minami Setsuko!" she chimed apparently this would be the end of this match. Though this was the second occurance of someone just giving up the announcer supposed she couldn't really argue with that fact that he'd faced a daunting ability to deal with.

Tatsuya's state of unconsciousness was not long-lasting, though it plagued the boy long enough for him to be considered the loser of this match. He stirred moments after Setsuko was deemed the winner, and when he rose, Tatsuya appeared to have his wound sealed by some form of accelerated healing. "Ano... I lost?" he asked. "Whatever. I probably wasn't going to win against that anyway." With that, Tatsuya was content to vacate the arena and allow space for the next, and final, fight of the Vice-Captains' bracket.

Several minutes later, a blonde male with a short, thick ahoge stepped onto the ring. He wore the badge of the 6th Division's Lieutenant, a thick red sash to hold his Zanpakutou in place, black boots, earrings, and a red rope tied around his neck. His expression upon entering the arena was a bland one, seemingly devoid of emotion. Whatever sort of fight he was meant to have, he apparently wished only to get it over with.

It seemed that Tatsuya was able to rise again, unfortunately enough, it didn't seem to be in time to receive the right to continue with the match. Apparently he was fine with this though and both he and Setsuko exited the arena, Setsuko wondering what kind of weird thing that kid had been trying previously and thinking it might have been a good idea to have another go at him some time later on.

Soon enough the next match was starting and one blonde haired lad was already approaching the arena. A blue haired lad was also doing the same with golden eyes and a bit of a sleepy expression with a frown. He didn't seem to be much bothered about anything, though he couldn't have been more displeased about his initial match up. 'Ugh, this is horrible... that guy is so....' whatever word he was going to use to describe the other lad in his head soon enough he was standing right in front of him. "Ladies and Gentleman our final match in this round of the Vice-Captain's bracket. We've seen some very exciting and... unorthodox matches today, and I'm sure this one will be no exception. The Vice-Captain of the 6th Division, Noguchi Shisui and the Vice-Captain of the 13th Division Aoki Shichiro!" the host finished getting ready to depart. "Alright you two know the rules. BATTLE!" and just like that another match was about to take place, and Aoki found his hand hovering over the hilt of his Zanpakuto, figuring that he might be able to swing a bit of an advantage so long as he released first.

From the moment he looked upon his opponent, Shisui's eyes never left the man. He also never moved until the announcer spoke the word "battle" to the competitors. At that point, he spoke first. "Gomennasai," he said softly. He could see the blue-haired male reaching for his Zanpakutou, and was prompted to quickly do so himself while charging forward. Upon drawing his wakizashi, a tongue of flames wrapped around it, growing rapidly until consuming Shisui's entire body. "Ban... kai..." While Shisui was still clad in the fires of his Zanpakutou, the blade itself emerged in the form of a large, black sword aimed to slice Shichiro's right side as Shisui passed him by. Even if this attack were to miss, the pure heat emitting from this blade was enough to extend the range beyond the visible limits of the sword, and the flames around Shisui were fanning out to reach for Shichiro's full body as well. As far as Shisui was concerned, though, a positive note could be taken by the fact that any inflicted wounds would be immediately cauterized to prevent any sudden death by his opponent bleeding out.

Shichiro looked at the young man before him, and the eeire feeling he had prior to this was finally quantified in a single word, 'bankai'. This was something the young man really couldn't have been able to prepare for, as he turned towards the blonde haired man and tried to back away he was already consumed by heat and flame, his right side burning though he wasn't really sure how. It seemed like this was over before it'd even started and he soon found himself falling to the ground. 'I... knew he was weird...' thought the young man as he fell into unconsciousness. The entire crowd was silent so silent one could hear a pin drop.

Benihime sat atop her perch and though she probably wasn't the first voice to be heard, by the time the mumbles of the crowd picked up once again hers was rather clear to those around her. "Naw, fuck everything about that!" she said seeming not to understand what she'd just witnessed. Most people had been showing their skills, trying to at least put on a show or hide a little bit, this Vice-Captain came out, with his apparent bankai and all but demolished his opponent in less than three seconds. "I can't even... I'm not fighting him," the young woman said as the announcer went on to give a rather stunned crowd an announcement of victory. "There we have it folks, something none of us were expecting. Our winner by an obvious landslide, Noguchi Shisui!" hosting woman said.