Shinigami Tournament of Power Stadium

[Bloodedge]

Ryohei patiently awaited the announcement that the battle could commence. Once it was given, he stepped back with his left foot, and took hold of his katana's hilt with his right hand. "... Hai. Yoroshiku," he said in response to Benihime's greeting. Without further hesitation, he began running forward. His katana was drawn en route to Benihime, and held out to his side as per usual. Upon reaching the redhead, Ryohei swung his blade upward at an angle, letting its tip scrape the arena floor at the start of its arc. If this swing was successful, his blade would slice from Benihime's left hip to her right shoulder. Something was strange about this movement, though. One would perhaps note that Ryohei's grip on his weapon in this moment was not quite as firm as it probably should have been for such an attack.

[Apollymi]

Benihime was greeted in return, and after what she witnessed yesterday she was almost certain this young man was out for blood. As if to further prove this Ryohei was soon running at her with a bit of ferocity, his sword carried limply at his side, a little too limply. 'Hm... that... is strange... I wonder what it means,' the young woman thought, but knowing the arc the sword would take she had plenty of time to draw her weapon from the sheath at her lower back with her left hand in an arc from the side before spinning the blade around once before causing it to clash with the boy's before it could reach her hip. She also took a preemptive step back as she cast a Kidou spell with her right hand. "Bakudo no Ichi: Sai!" such a thing would cause the boy's arms to clasp tightly to his body thereafter if it happened to work and give the young woman a bit of time to think.

[Bloodedge]

The slash he aimed to begin the fight with was parried by Benihime's freshly-drawn blade. Interestingly enough, this was exactly what Ryohei anticipated, hence his loose hold on the hilt. The moment the parry took place, his katana slipped out of his grasp. It was his intention to catch his sword mid-air in a reverse grip, but Benihime's quick cast of a binding spell stole the opportunity from him. Suddenly, it was as if his wrists were strongly magnetized to one another. They both hastily clenched behind his back, but Ryohei was far too much of a proverbial animal in battle to give up his onslaught because of some pathetic Kidou. If he could not grab his airborne sword with his hand, he would find another method. Still moving forward, Ryohei opened his mouth as wide as he possibly could before chomping down on his Zanpakutou's hilt. With the blade pointed toward his right, he lunged at Benihime again, jerking his neck left to aim a quick slash at the left side of the redhead's face.

[Apollymi]

'Anticipation...' she marked the thought about the expectation of her coming block and now knew what to look for if she needed to use a similar tactic. Of course, all thought of cataloging important information for later use against other opponents, was soon lost as the young man had his arms tied behind his back by her kidou spell only to subsequently bite down on the handle of his weapon and aim to slash her face with it by a twist of his neck. "WHAT THE FUCK!" the young woman's reflexes allowed her to dodge away from the slash and a use of Shunpo took her far enough away to give her a chance to recover the look on her face, but she couldn't help but be utterly surprised, as strands of crimson fell away from her face. If she'd been any slower she'd have had a secondary scar on her eye. "Ano... I don't even know what to say about that... I had a nice plan worked out and that... just fucked everything up," the young woman seemed to have slipped a bit into speaking a bit more like she hadn't graduated at the top of her class but instead like the rough little street kid she'd been in the Rukongai. Still she held her weapon out in front and took some mental notes. 'Next time I use a kidou, use a stronger one. His instincts are something beyond comprehension... "Sugei!" the last part of that thought seemed to be aloud as Benihime seemed to shift her motivations a bit in this fight.

[Bloodedge]

Benihime's surprise meant nothing to the 11th's 4th Seat; he only felt his own disappointment at the fact that he had not drawn blood from his efforts. Still, the redhead moved away from his location after reflexively dodging the slash. This was not something Ryohei would easily allow. As such, he immediately utilized Shunpo of his own to track her down, stopping just shy of her person from behind to aim a downward slash from her right shoulder to the bottom of her left shoulder blade.

[Apollymi]

When the 4th Seat of the 11th Division also used Shunpo, Benihime didn't seem too surprised. In fact she didn't move at all initially and waited until she was sure, and just as she felt a prickle along the back of her neck she spun her body clockwise to try and meet the blade which was coming from her right shoulder across to her other shoulder. Her immediate response allowed for a bit of a lessened blow, but she'd still felt the blade make contact with the flesh of her shoulder, this time closer to her actual arm. She'd managed to save her back but it seemed Ryohei had managed to draw first blood. "So, drew first blood then," she said as she shifted the grip on her weapon and aimed to move the boy's sword out of her way so she could jump over his head and aim a concise kick at the back of it with enough force to send the young man rolling forward several paces.

[Bloodedge]

Ryohei felt the sensation he had been seeking with his slashes, along with the sensation of another sword against his own. The following pressure against his katana forced it away, but also forced his gaze in Benihime's direction. As a result, he saw Benihime hop over his head, and followed the movement of her foot as she aimed to kick him. Forward he went, forcing a headbutt into the bottom of the redhead's moving foot that was initially meant to make contact with the back of his head. Following this, he pushed further, aiming to withdraw quickly and leave Benihime momentarily stranded in the air as his blade came slashing toward the bottom of her foot.

[Apollymi]

'Did he just...' the girl didn't seem to be able to properly think as her foot didn't meet its intended target but instead met the man's forehead with a bit of force. She couldn't help but think her usual tactics weren't really up to the level of intensity. Since she didn't get to kick as she wanted to her body started on a backward bend which would have immediately turned into a flip, but the sword coming her way made her reach for her right foot with her right hand instead. While she was midair and curved like a circle she gave the name of a kidou spell. "Seki!" such would allow her to repulse the impending sword and herself with a blue ball of energy granting just enough power to blow her and her opponent apart. "Woo that's brisk~" she said. She was getting excited, fights didn't usually require such quick thinking from her, and as they continued she started to get more and more into it. Her maneuver would end in a flip with her right hand making contact with the ground before she righted herself with her sword still in her left hand.

[Bloodedge]

When his blade was met by a spell meant to repulse, Ryohei narrowed his eyes. Opening his mouth, he allowed the sword to be launched away without him; due to its angle, it went spinning behind the male until embedding itself in the ground several meters away. Benihime herself had moved away again during this time, leaving Ryohei to focus his Reiatsu until the spell restraining his arms was broken. With the use of his hands, he raised his left to his jaw and jimmied it until it popped on either side. "I'd rather not be forced to do that again," he said as he turned away from Benihime to walk toward his fallen sword.

[Apollymi]

Benihime was surprised that the 11th Divisioner took such advantage of the spell she'd used to avoid injury. Beyond this he was able to actually break the Kidou spell he'd been put under mentioning that he didn't want to have to hold his sword in his mouth again. "Hai hai, I'll keep it in mind when choosing next time~" said the girl as the man turned his back and headed to retrieve his sword. Everything in the young redhead's body tensed, turning away from her was kind of a serious thing to do, she could attack him. 'He's weaponless, it would be really easy to just...' she exhaled letting go of the initial feeling. She wasn't here to assassinate anyone, as such she shouldn't take this fight like she was just trying to end his life. Perhaps, this was what she needed to help her figure out the fun of fighting without the intention of killing, because she usually didn't get to do both. "That's a lot of faith you got there..."