Shinigami Tournament of Power Stadium

[Bloodedge]

Uninterrupted, Ryohei sauntered over to his Zanpakutou and retrieved it. He turned to face Benihime after doing so, only to hear her claim of how much faith he apparently possessed to do such a thing. "Faith? I expected you to attack. Your mind might not be that of a swordsman, but you've got the heart of one at least," he said as the sword in his right hand was brought across his chest to be held at the left side of his body, as if he were preparing a mighty slash. "Buttegire..." With this word, Ryohei slashed the air with his katana, causing it to morph over the course of the movement into the large cleaver that was his Shikai. "Kubikiri Orochi. You've shown me honor, so I'll honor you by fighting with my full power."

[Apollymi]

Something about Ryohei's words struck a cord with Benihime. In fact, it seemed to make everything clear, about what was wrong currently between her and Daiki, and the problems she'd been having to adjusting to her life while she was in the Academy. It was like a light switch was turned in the girl's head and in those very intelligent eyes was a hint of the fire which had been in them before. She was also rewarded with the sight of the young man's Zanpakuto, something she hadn't really expected him to use, but given his line of thinking she understood completely.

"Sou ka, I think... you just fixed my relationship... arigatou gozaimasu~" Benihime said as she began to hop back and forth switching her body up and gaining a bit of flexibility as she did so. She'd not been using any form of combat to the full force of the ability she had, for a very long time, because she thought she owed it to everyone to give them a chance. But... that was a wrong way of thinking... people deserved to know where the bar was... how far they needed to reach. How to face a challenge head on. "I'm ready," the redhead said, her Reiatsu flared for exactly one second in a visible crimson burst before she took off. At her full speed utilizing Shunpo she'd appear at this young man's left hand side at a speed which most would think impossible and immediately following this movement she aimed to slash this young man thrice. Once in a diagonal up his left arm up to his shoulder, where she let go of her Zanpakuto allowing it one spin only to catch it with her right hand as she spun around his rear. Once there, she aimed a slash down from his left shoulder to his right hip before dropping her weapon into her left hand once more to aim a quick slash around his right side, having her weapon aligned with her forearm for whatever reason.

[Bloodedge]

"... What." This was the only thing Ryohei could think to say when Benihime spoke of her apparent fixed relationship. He had no clue whatsoever what she could have meant by this, but that didn't really matter at the moment. In response to his release of Shikai, Benihime flared her Reiatsu for a minimal amount of time. What followed was an amount of speed he had yet to see, and had not expected to see, in the Seated Officer segment of this tournament. One could even call it more accurate to say he still didn't see such speed now, as he was incapable of following the redhead's movement to his left side. "What?" he said when a sudden slash mark appeared on his left arm. "What!?" he repeated as another cut reached his back. At this point, however, he was able to anticipate a pattern in these attacks. With that being the case, he slashed upward with the cleaver in his right hand, doing so just in time to intercept the third slash he couldn't see coming. Now that his blade was pressed against Benihime's, he looked in her direction and narrowed his eyes. "So, this is what you've got? I didn't expect you to be faster than Baiken, but..."

Ryohei's own Reiatsu suddenly climbed to its peak as his right arm tensed. He focused his strength and pushed against Benihime's sword with the intention of parrying it. If he managed this, his next aim would be to take advantage of the moment in which balance was typically lost due to this maneuver, by aiming to slash the left side of Benihime's fore, from left hip to left shoulder, with a swift upward movement of his cleaver. "It's exciting the hell out of me that you are!"

[Apollymi]

Benihime heard the word, 'what' exactly three times while she moved. She understood completely, he wouldn't understand the reference to the young man who was her boyfriend, after all they'd only just met. The other two however he seemed to understand well enough by virtue of his ability to meet the last strike she'd attempted to give him. Instead her blade met another and she found herself smiling at the young man before her. She wasn't surprised by this at all. In fact, she'd expected this, given what she'd understood of his abilities. "Sou ka, glad I can be a somewhat interesting opponent for you~" she said of the young man's apparent excitement at facing her. When he pushed back against her she didn't bother trying to block the movement, in fact she let her body go a bit limp, so that she could use the momentum to bend at her waist at the last possible second at the start of the slash, this would allow her to avoid the upward movement while transitioning herself into a trio of back flips which would end with the young woman several meters away. "Whew, that was pretty close, I like those instincts of yours though~" the young woman spoke her Reiatsu flaring, knowing that she was considerably faster than her opponent, at least on the surface she had a bit of a plan, even so it would only really work if she was in close proximity, and that would put her in a world of danger.

[Bloodedge]

It seemed Benihime's reaction time was not sacrificed to create the raw speed he had witnessed. She had managed to lean away from his attack, but Ryohei would not allow the back-flips she performed afterwards to give her any breathing room. With his cleaver still overhead, and while Benihime was flipping away, Ryohei ran forward. By the end of the redhead's flip trio, Ryohei was standing right in front of her, bringing his weapon down. This slash started where its predecessor ended, but was performed diagonally to end with the cleaver being transferred to Ryohei's left hand. At such a moment, he would then aim to slash again from his left to his right, switching the weapon into his right hand for a final diagonal slash toward his upper left.

[Apollymi]

Benihime soon found she wouldn't be given enough real time to contemplate her next move. From this moment forward her movements would be based solely on her own instincts which would create an interesting reaction as she found the young man to be standing before her when she finished her series of back-flips. 'Shit.' the only thought she had as tossed her sword up to her right hand to fend off the coming attack, while this happened she formed a ball of crackling yellow energy in the same hand. She'd also subsequently follow around the young man's blade around through all of its strikes with the chime of metal heard in their wake, while she was steadily pushed back. A golden triangle of energy was created by the time she stopped the last strike. "Bakudo no Sanjuu: Shitozu Sansen!" this would send the arcs of energy forward into the young man, and since there were no nearby surfaces her hopes were that they'd simply carry him off at a distance which would leave her standing with both her hands meeting at the wrist her left hand atop holding her sword her right hand below pointed towards the ground. As she started a chant for a high powered Kidou of a very different variety than she'd been shown using.

[Bloodedge]

Three slashes were made in total, and three times, Ryohei's sword clashed against metal. He immediately followed these parries by raising his Zanpakutou and pouring his Reiatsu into it. "Ikke-" Whatever he intended to say and do was cut short by the 5th Seat's binding spell. Golden triangles of Reiryoku crashed into each of his arms, as well as his midsection. Even though they could not bind him against anything, they forced him away from Benihime and halted his attack before it could properly begin. Even when he eventually stopped, his arms were still stuck in their outstretched position due to this spell. As such, he forced his Reiatsu to rise higher yet, and the bleeding from his wounds strangely began bleeding profusely. "Korikatamaru Kubikiri Orochi..."

[Apollymi]

"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man!" Benihime's chant got to this point and her opponent was taken off by her previous use of kidou. Such a thing caused a blue ball of energy to appear between the palms of her hand hovering out in front and it grew as she continued the chant noting the stop of her opponent as well as hearing his voice. "On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens," she finished the incantation as the man named one of his Zanpakuto abilities. She had no idea what it did, but she couldn't risk having to experience it at a closer range. "Hadou no Nanajuusan: Soren Sokatsui!" this caused the blue energy from her hand to explode outward in a twinned burst aiming to engulf the young man before her with massive burst of this energy that maintained enough force to have blown a hole in a solid building. Benihime paused her stance slightly defensive as she waited to see what became of her opponent.

[Bloodedge]

The bindings upon Ryohei's limbs were beginning to budge as he forced his arms forward. He could feel the spell bending, breaking, albeit not soon enough. The incantation Benihime recited was that of a high-tier spell, which saw its launch as Ryohei was seeing signs of his success against the Bakudou. There was a shining moment of the Shitotsu Sansen shattering, but in the same moment Ryohei managed to free himself, he was consumed by twin waves of blue Reiryoku. Seconds passed, and eventually, the spell and debris both cleared. Ryohei stood hunched over in a crumbled segment of the arena floor; the male himself was covered from head to toe along his fore with ash and burns.

In spite of the most recent successful assault of Benihime, Ryohei rushed forward as if unhindered. His sword was pulled back, then immediately swung forward when he reached Benihime's location. On its downward path toward the redhead's torso, one might take notice of the difference in his cleaver's blade; it was now somewhat jagged, as if it had been worn down over numerous uses despite its perfect condition mere moments prior. At the same time, though, it could be noted that Ryohei's movements were quite a bit faster and more powerful than they were when his Zanpakutou was in better condition.

[Apollymi]

A successful attack came from Benihime's high usage of Kidou, even so, her opponent didn't appear to be terribly phased by it. In face, he seemed even more ready to battle with a boost in speed and power that she'd not thought he had left within his person. She had to give him much credit, because she didn't assume most would get up after a fully powered up level seventies spell. 'Damn, I should have gone for the eighties...' she thought as she brought her weapon above her head to stop the downward swing of the large clever she found herself taking a deep breath to steady a momentary double vision. He was still way more powerful than she thought he'd be at this point."Your sword... looks... like it's been through hell," she noted as she held out her unoccupied right hand already glowing crimson. "Shakkaho," at this distance the spell aimed towards the center of the young man's chest would cause him burns, though given her close proximity, if he didn't back up she'd also be caught in it as well. She didn't seem to mind this however, a gentle smile appeared on her face as she fully found her bearings and wondered how much more of this ridiculousness the boy could put forth.