Shinigami Tournament of Power Stadium

[Bloodedge]

Later that day, one of two combatants standing within the new combat ring was another white-haired individual. The young male worked his arms out of over-sized sleeves to reveal a black headband, which he proceeded to tie around his head. "Ohayou gozaimasu, Minami-fuku~" he said to his opponent while standing erect. This boy wore no Zanpakutou on his person; he seemed more geared toward Hakuda-based combat due to the long, padded, fingerless gloves he wore beneath the sleeves which normally covered his entire arms.

[Apollymi]

"Ohayou, Tatsuya-fukutaicho~ That title is like a week old or less yeah? But you were one of those Academy prodigies... I'm sure you're up to it~" said the Ninth Division's Vice-Captain. She was used to mobilizing at a single moment's notice. In fact, she tended to take everything at the absolute head on most method she could do it. In fact, as proof of this she was carrying her entire sheathed Zanpakuto in one hand as she approached. The pure white sheath with its white hilt and double pronged guard. "Alright you know the rules~ Fight!" this came from the announcer who soon disappeared. After Tatsuya's preparations were made the respectful Vice-Captain of the Ninth Division gave a bow, then drew her weapon. She had no intention of holding anything back here. "GAISU!~" she said causing her sword and sheath to transform into a large double edged scythe like knife which had a large handle wrapped in the white which was previously her sheath complete with blue runes and three large spikes at the handle. "Bakuzan!" and just like that the young woman launched herself forward at tremendous speeds aiming to slash the young Vice-Captain across his fore from his left shoulder to his right hip in a single deft motion.

[Bloodedge]

"Hai. About a week," the boy replied. He was prepared to begin this battle after waiting for so long, and it seemed his opponent was keen on starting the fight without the restrictions of a sealed Zanpakutou. When she approached with her released blade drawn, Tatsuya bent at the waist and twisted to his left before rising again, allowing him to curve around the swinging weapon. Once his posture was back to its natural standing state, his left arm softened and extended with the intention of coiling around and binding Setsuko from the bottom up. If he managed this, he would immediately follow with a discharge of electricity from his arm to inflict damage upon his opponent.

[Apollymi]

Setsuko's eyes widened at the blatant show of flexibility used by the youngest Vice-Captain. "Nani?!" the woman seemed to be legitimately surprised by what came next, which was the extension of Tatsuya's arm and the subsequent wrapping of it around her person. Restricting her movements in a fairly strange way she was soon shocked and stunned enough that she couldn't immediately move. She would be at the mercy of this technique for at least a few seconds, until she could build up the Reiatsu to overpower her muscles and force herself into movement again.

[Bloodedge]

Tatsuya's arm continued its electrical surge on Setsuko, and he intended to continue having it do so until his victory was sealed. However, the female Vice-Captain proved strong enough to break free of his grasp, much to Tatsuya's dismay. His arm returned to its natural state and disappeared into the large sleeve which housed it when this occurred. His expression at the time was not quite related to the occurrence; instead, it looked as if he were receiving an answer to some question that hadn't been verbally asked. "You can do that? Sugoi. Why isn't she using it?"

[Apollymi]

"Who are you talking to?" asked the Vice-Captain of the Ninth Division. To be honest, she didn't know the young lad had that much reach on his abilities, given that it was already time to change tactics, before he could spring anything else upon her which might jeopardize her chance at winning. Still she wasn't willing to wait too long to find out the extra information, once she fully had all feeling back in her limbs she leaned forward, slamming the base end of her sword against the ground specifically in her own shadow. "Rengoku!" she stated. When she did this, and pulled her weapon back up, a set of chain links were attaching to each other as she pulled them out of her shadow. Eventually the chain was wrapping around her multiple times and once there were several cycles around her she began to spin her weapon around by the chain. "Alright again then," she said tossing the spinning weapon at high velocity towards Tatsuya as if she intended to pierce his chest with it, her fingers splayed along the chain that she might shift the direction of the weapon at a moment's notice.

[Bloodedge]

"Bakuzan," was Tatsuya's single answer to the woman's question. Setsuko went on to make use of her Shikai's special ability, causing Tatsuya to grin. "There it is!" he said. As the sword came his way, Tatsuya raised his right arm. Six white snakes suddenly emerged from his sleeve, boasting greater size than the norm as they extended forward. Three of these snakes bared their fangs to bite Setsuko's sword and stop its progress toward their master, as well as any ability to immediately retract it without significant effort. The other three continued stretching toward the woman herself. When their mouths opened, double edged jian-style blades emerged, coated in a poisonous substance and threatening to pierce Setsuko's left shoulder, right shoulder, and left side simultaneously.

[Apollymi]

"Bakuzan? You're talking to my Zanpakuto?" Setsuko seemed stunned. Such a thing seemed to be well outside the realm of normal possibilities. Surely the lad was kidding, it wasn't actually possible for him to speak with another person's Zanpakuto. Beyond this her weapon was stopped by a strange usage of snakes, which seemed to come out of nowhere, causing the young woman's eyes to widen quite a bit. Three of them seemed content just to stop her weapon's progress and keep the young woman from retracting her blade, while the others seemed content to try and injure her at various points on her body. Unlike most, this didn't seem to worry the young woman at all, with the special ability of her Zanpakuto active, she could easily defend herself from the coming poisonous blades. Her left and right shoulders, as well as her left side, were all protected at the last moment by the lengthening mass of chains which wrapped around to entangle blades and stop them from further encroaching upon her person. "Alright... you're going to have to explain... I'm so confused," she said having seemingly reached a stalemate.

[Bloodedge]

"Hai," he said. The snakes Tatsuya produced continued to grip Setsuko's blade, but the remaining three seemed to have been stopped by the shadow chain she had around her. A slight twitch occurred in the boy's arm, as if he were adding his own strength to all of the serpents in attempts to push harder using them. During this time, a discussion between the two competitors would apparently begin. "Explain what? Why are you confused?"

[Apollymi]

"Okay, don't know if you know this... but it's really unusual for someone to say they are talking to someone else's Zanpakuto. They talk to each other from time to time, but usually not their wielders," the young woman said. It would be more than obvious by this young woman's speech that she had no understanding at all for the kind of being Tatsuya was. In fact, she was very straight forward in her way, so she didn't even stop to think that something might be wrong here. Soon enough though, the young man flexed seeming to add strength to the push against her chains, but she could do that as well, her reiatsu glowing around herself and reinforcing the chains so that they would not give to physical strength alone. She also took the opportunity to apply a firm yank backwards in order to try and pull her blade free.