Shinigami Tournament of Power Stadium

[Bloodedge]

Akiko once again utilized her gravity manipulation ability, but this time, Terumi was not subjected to its power; it was herself she aimed to afflict. During this time, Terumi's eyes narrowed. Akiko would find herself unintentionally exuding a black and green Reiryoku the likes of which previously belonged to Terumi's chain. It would leak out of every pore before rising above her in the form of three large, serpentine constructs. With gravity taking hold, they would be weighed down over the 12th Division Captain's head. "You're it~♪ My Zanpakutou ain't fond of showin' itself to everybody. It's gotta get intimate with ya' first, so it skins itself while it gets inside ya'. Now ya' can see~"

[Apollymi]

Soon enough by making herself become affected by gravity she was able to see for herself what she'd been infected with. It truly was the Bankai of Terumi, as it had a green and black coloration to Reiryoku which leaked out of her person. "Eeew, this is super invasive," the woman said, as giant snakes of energy were apparently over her head and soon enough aiming to crush her where she stood. But instead she held a hand up over her head causing a singular pulse which would seem to affect the gravity of just the energy above her head, suspending the trio of beasts in the air above her head, while not allowing them to come crashing down on her. "Yuuki-taichou, you're making this really complicated for me," she mentioned seeming to find it strange that the man had such an ability as this as she moved the lollipop in her mouth around with her tongue she did something which would likely seem strange she shifted her monstrous hand towards the ground aiming to cause a pulse of energy from her Bankai. "Juuryokuha," she mentioned naming the attack. Instead of generally increasing the gravity of the area, her focus would instead be to use the gravity she controlled to harden the air directly in front of and on top of the Captain, following the motion of her hand from the top of the man's form to the ground. To have that sort of finite control she had to move her index finger straight down and use her middle finger curved as her arm made the downward motion. This would cause those hardened blocks of air to combine aiming to crush the man as the one at his fore would aim to push him back into the perfect position for the the secondary one to crush him from above. With a speedy strike she was hoping would maintain enough force to render the man unconscious without causing him marring injuries.

[Bloodedge]

"Your last Vice-Captain was a cyborg," was Terumi's response to claims of his Bankai being invasive. Akiko managed to stop her previous efforts to force down the serpents, but Terumi had another plan for them in mind. Such a plan, of course, required him to be mindful of his own situation, though. The next phrase spoken by the 12th's Captain was one which spawned some form of attack, and given the nature of the woman's Zanpakutou, its effect went unseen by the man. He suddenly found himself being forced back, and though this was nothing out of the ordinary for what he'd become accustomed to in this fight, there was something much more pressing happening immediately after. After being forced away, he was pressured down by something he could not describe as increased gravity, or even Reiatsu. This was more like a large, heavy object was being dropped on top of him. Before Terumi could rationalize it, the sudden blow from above did, as expected, jar him in a manner that his consciousness slipped. He managed to recover slightly, albeit not before falling to his knees with what seemed to be a case of vertigo plaguing him.

[Apollymi]

"I created him as a cyborg, it wasn't like he started off as something else. He was grown specifically to be that~" she said, clarifying that her creation of a Cyborg Vice-Captain wasn't at all invasive, it was simply a matter of science. "Speaking of, I really need to remember to check on him, I got upgrades in mind for his next incarnation~" Not that this would really matter much as it seemed her plan to trap the Captain of the 3rd Division went off pretty much without a hitch. Though he didn't fall completely to the blow he was surprised enough by it that it was jarring enough that she felt it would be possible for her to finish the fight without having to devise much more of a plan than what she'd already done. "Juuryokuha," the statement was made as she raised her arm once more this time bringing downward just her index finger, in the hopes of crushing Terumi once more with the hardened block of air. In his current condition she figured it would be enough to end the fight, and assure her victory.

[Bloodedge]

If Terumi had any retort for the matter of Akiko's former Lieutenant, he would not be of the proper state of mind to say anything of the sort. Worse yet, Akiko took advantage of his present weakness by utilizing the same attack method again. The second crash of hardened air left him in a brief stupor the likes of which he had never experienced, and with it, he fell to the ground. His Bankai remained active, but Terumi seemed to be out of commission indefinitely.

[Apollymi]

"And we have a winner!! The Twelfth Division Captain, Ayatsuki Akiko!~ Congratulations," the announcing woman said as Akiko finished her lollipop. All the fun of this endeavor had already passed. And as she'd been announced the winner after her final attack, Akiko sealed her Bankai placing her sword back within its sheath within the depths of her modified coat. After this, she simply turned away with a small smile on her face, apparently rather happy with her victory. She headed back off in the direction she'd come from, knowing Terumi would be cleared from the field by someone else in the next few moments. And this would be the end of this match. Soon enough though another would be starting.

After a passage of time a young woman with black oval frame glasses would be seen. She stood in the arena having been introduced as the 5th Division Captain Litchi Fayeling, and she was facing the Captain of the 7th Division. With her already the released form of her Zanpakuto, which was a large bo which she was standing atop balanced precariously enough. It would seem this match was already underway and that the climax was on the horizon.

[Bloodedge]

Across from the 5th Division's Captain, Litchi, stood the black-haired male Captain of the 7th Division. He had been introduced by the name Mutsuki Kagura. He, too, showed a released Zanpakutou at this time. His Shikai took the form of a large zweihander with edges that were parallel instead of coming to a point. He had taken a knee and held his sword with the end of its blade pressed against the arena floor, as if to guard himself using the large weapon. From this resting point of his, he held up his left hand and closed his left eye, seeming to be scoping out the woman in front of him. "I might have been wrong. I'm thinking it's an E now."

[Apollymi]

"We are in the middle of a battle, Mutsuki-taichou," the woman said crossing her arms under her rather large bosom as it was too large for her to cross them over it. "The least you could do is focus on the battle at hand, and not trying to estimate my cup size," she finished as she flipped off her precarious perch, sending her weapon forward with gentle tap of her toes. This would cause the large bo weapon to spin four times as if it aimed to thrash the Captain of the 5th Division, but this wasn't the case. By the time the spin was completed, Litchi herself would be moving to the man's left hand side taking the weapon up in her hand so that she could aim several quick jab-like strikes at the man's body from his left with the red tipped end of her weapon. One at his torso, one to his legs and then a final one aimed at his head.

[Bloodedge]

"Oi, I'm focused! If I'm going to hit you, though, I have to get past those giant barriers first, right?" he replied. When Litchi's staff was kicked his way, Kagura prepared his weapon to deal with the projectile. This was all for naught, as Litchi moved to recover her own weapon before any impact was made. This maneuver resulted in the woman being at Kagura's left side, ready and willing to begin her onslaught. Kagura had little option but to immediately shift himself to the right, placing himself at the opposite side of his blade once more to have it take the battering of Litchi's bo. In the meantime, Kagura channeled his Reiryoku into his blade. "Ryuuha Gokuenjin!" he called out. At the end of Litchi's assault, he slid his sword forward against the ground. This launched a trio of dark spires with the consistency of fire, all toward Litchi. The spire at the center aimed to damage her directly, while the other two moved along either side of the woman to prevent any movement to either side. In the meantime, Kagura picked up his weapon and hopped up with a forward rolling flip, bringing the zweihander toward Litchi from above. "Ryuuou Zangaoushou!" With this attack, he also charged his blade with dark Reiryoku. With his downward slash would also come a crashing wave, stretching all the way to the edge of the ring whether the blade itself was avoided or blocked.

[Apollymi]

"Mutsuki-taichou, they aren't barriers," she said seeming to find the man's line of thinking to be flawed in some way. Litchi understood that she was about average as far as Captains were concerned. Likely considered scary by most seated officers, but in a fight against certain Captains she was almost guaranteed to lose. Still she didn't have much time to think about his, as her own assault was soon deflected by the Zanpakuto of the 5th Division Captain. Soon enough she was dealing with one of the abilities of Kagura's Zanpakuto, which created spires of dark fire like energy. She soon found herself surrounded with one at her fore and one on either side. She used her Zanpakuto to bash at the spires directly by switching her weapon into the horizontal position she aimed to disrupt the energy to the left, in front of, and to the right of her in that order. Though by the time she was done handling this there was already another attack coming her way. Mutsuki himself was launching his body downward along with his sword bringing this time a wave of energy along with the sword slash she was prepared for. She'd moved her Zanpakuto to block the slash but there was nothing to be done about the energy wave which persisted afterwards. She'd find herself engulfed by said energy, taking serious energy and breathing deeply by the time the attack ended. She'd tried to use her own Reiatsu to take some of the sting out of the attack, even so, she'd find herself exhausted and injured as she couldn't completely overcome it.