A Blue Breeze, A Red Gust [CLOSED]

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Enjiiro felt the resistance against his fist when he made contact with Sieg's face. He could tell that it wasn't a full contact blow, but he sensed that he had still accomplished what he had set out to do with that attack. Sieg had been knocked a couple feet back and looked pretty roughed up. Sieg fired off a Kido at Enjiiro, to which he reacted by getting ready to dodge it. This would have worked if a second Kido hadn't been used to bind him in place.

Enjiiro broke out just as the first kido made contact with him, causing him to take the attack head on. Enjiiro lost sight of Sieg but figured he would be on his right side, due to that being his weak side. This being so, Enjiiro turned to his right expecting to see Sieg getting ready to attack. Enjiiro being wrong, was taken by suprise when he heard another Kido being used, and tried to turn around in time. This didn't work as well because when he turned around, all he saw was a blue bolt of lightning in his face.

He didn't have time enough to block the attack or dodge it, so he had no choice but to brace himself for the impact. After it hit and the dust settled, Enjiiro emerged bloodied and his Shihakusho tattered. Enjiiro nearly fell over, but regained composure before anybody would have noticed. He then stood and wiped the blood from his face and said "Oh yeh, keep it up! I think you've earned this."

With that Enjiiro drew his Zanpakutou and shouted "Hoforu, Yajuu." (Massacre, Beast), and gripped his Shikai in his left hand only. Enjiiro then wanted to test something out, so he tried gripping his Zanpakutou with both hands. This attempt was a success, as at this point in the fight his Tamotsu (To Endure) ability had allowed him to ignore the pain of his right forearm, making it possible for him to grip his weapon with both hands. Enjiiro then looked over at Sieg and asked "You gonna release your's as well, or are you gonna keep fighting with your hands?" He stayed in his fighting stance while he waited for Sieg to reply.

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The attacks went off better than Sieghart could have possibly hoped. Both bolts of lightning striking home and tattering Enjiiro's shihakusho. Sieghart noticed that Enjiiro was much stronger than he previously thought, still being able to stand after taking both direct hits. He truly lived up to his title of squad 11 captain.

Watching as Enjiiro pulled out his zanpakutou and activated his shikai, Sieghart braced himself. An dramatic increase in reishi started to poor out of Enjiiro and despite his wounds he seemed stronger and more battle ready than ever. Enjiiro then asked Sieghart if he was going to continue fighting with his fist and Sieghart measured his opponent once more. "Your kidding me right? Haha, I may not be the brightest shinigami around but I know your still a captain and fighting you like I am now would be suicide." Sieghart said and as to further answer Enjiiro's question he drew his sword from his right shoulder and pointed it straight at Enjiiro smiling, "Tear, Fuykuu Ookami."

The wind around the two sparring shinigami picked up dramatically and the peaceful breeze turned into a violent gust. Then the wind began to spiral around Sieghart's sword and arm, when it dispersed only his shikai remained. "You might want to tell your men to back up, it'll be hard enough for me not to get cut to pieces without watching out for their well being." Sieghart said, sliding his right foot back and taking up a new fighting pose, the sitting horse stance. This stance was designed to fend off powerful frontal attacks and provide access to strong counter attacks. Sieghart looked Enjiiro in the eyes and could feel that the battle was about to go to ascend to a whole new level. "Captain Enjiiro, when ever your ready, lets begin." Sieghart said once again preparing for the onslaught.

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Enjiiro laughed at Sieg's response, watching as he drew his Zanpakutou and released it. Upon release, Enjiiro noticed the wind pick up rather violently and couldn't help but shudder in anticipation of the crazy fight that was about to hopefully unfold. When the wind stopped Sieg stood with his Shikai. Sieg then told Enjiiro to tell his men to get back so he could focus more on the fight instead of worrying about hurting them.

Enjiiro watched as Sieg slid back into his stance, getting ready for round two. At hearing Sieg mention something about his men, Enjiiro remembered them standing there for the first time since the fight started. He looked over and saw them with looks of astonishment on their face. When he looked over he knew right then and there that he had accomplished what he had set out to do. He shouted to his men "Ok guys, step back a bit. It's about to get a little more serious!" He watched as they did what they were told, then returned his attention back to the fight at hand.

When Sieg told Enjiiro he could start whenever he was ready, Enjiiro nodded and took a stance as well. Enjiiro, noticing Sieg's stance, launched himself straight toward Sieg. His gameplan was too attack him with an overhead slash, straight down the middle. He wasn't going to try and take any angles or anything; just try and use sheer strength to break his defenses. Enjiiro turned his blade so that the blunt side of his Zanpakutou was facing down. This would cause blunt damage instead of cutting if it made contact with Enjiiro's target: Sieg's head.

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As Enjiiro's men moved back at their captain's word, Sieghart focused more intently on Enjiiro preparing to counter his first attack. Enjiiro launched towards Sieghart turning his blade to the blunt side and coming down with a powerful downward strike. Sieghart wanted to test out just how powerful Enjiiro was now and figured with the added protection of his shikai he would be able to block it, so he lowered his stance and brought his armored right arm up to block the blade.

When the blade hit, Sieghart's feet sunk an inch straight into the ground and the crust began to crack outwards from where he was standing. He then started to slide backwards as Enjiiro pressed down on him. Luckily for Sieghart he had run a torrent of air over his arm in between it and the blade so the impact didn't break his arm. Now that he knew the massive force that Enjiiro was capable of Sieghart knew that blocking was not an option any more.

As Sieghart was being pushed backward he spun to the right pivoting on his right foot and letting the blade slide off his armored arm. He then spun around behind Enjiiro and replanted his stance waiting for him to turn around and attack again. As he did this he slowly started to draw the air around him into the palm of his hand preparing for one of his special attacks.

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Enjiiro felt the resistance against his Zanpakutou, and knew that Sieg was trying to gauge his strength by taking a direct hit. Enjiiro noticed this as soon as he made contact with Sieg's arm, and was able to ease off a little so that he wouldn't be thrown off balance should Sieg shift his weight to get out from under his attack. He was pushing Sieg back, all the while thinking about how he could sense a sort of unseen barrier between his Zanpakutou and Sieg's Zanpakutou.

This struck Enjiiro as odd, but he just shrugged it off as an extra precaution put in place by Sieg to defend against Enjiiro's attack. When Sieg spun to the right, Enjiiro smiled to himself due to his instinct to ease off to prevent being thrown off balance. When his blade was completely off of Sieg's, Enjiiro could sense a significant amount of Reiatsu coming from Sieg, and figured it was an attack charging up. Enjiiro reacted to this by letting his Reiatsu surge out of himself so as to push Sieg back, causing about 5 feet of distance to be put between him and his opponent. Enjiiro then turned to face Sieg, and started preparing for what Sieg had in store for him by lowering his stance and planting his right foot into the ground.

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Feeling the increase of power surge out from Enjiiro, Sieghart slid back a couple feet still charging his attack. Once he had built up enough power he said, "Get ready, i'm not going to hold back with this. Tear em' to pieces Surasshu!" Sieghart raised his right hand above his head and slashed down in a clawing motion as he did this five blades of wind flew out of his shikai twisting and arcing in a direct path towards Enjiiro. If they hit it would be like Enjiiro taking five direct slashes with a blade.

The true strength behind Sieghart's attack was that the blades were made of wind and due to the speed at which they were traveling it was very hard to follow their path. Sieghart was curious of how Enjiiro would react to this kind of attack, would he take the attack head on, or would he attempt to dodge the five invisible blades. Waiting to see if the attack hit Sieghart began building up his reishi for another attack, he couldn't let Enjiiro have a breath or he would just continue to get stronger and faster.

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When Enjiiro turned, Sieg had already slid back and was releasing his attack. When Sieg slashed, Enjiiro felt his Reiatsu spike and noticed that he couldn't see anything happening in front of him. Enjiiro knew that he had released an attack due to him feeling the spiritual pressure coming at him, but for the life of him couldn't see it. Enjiiro let out a hysterical laugh and said "I wouldn't have it any other way!" He then stood up straight, holding his Zanpakutou vertically beside him on his left side, he tensed, and let out as much of his Reiatsu that his Shikai would allow.

When he did this it wouldn't matter how many attacks there were, or where they were at the time. By releasing that much Reiatsu, the Shinigami with the greatest raw power would win this match up. He didn't notice his squad members looking at him in awe as a giant maroon minotaur head rose from his person. His Reiatsu shot out around him at a devastating speed causing Sieg's attack to be swallowed up by the sheer power of Enjiiro's Reiatsu output. After it countered out the attack, it kept going heading straight for Sieg and even his squad members. If someone of low or mid-level power were to be caught in this, they would face serious injury, or even death.

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After releasing his attack Sieghart began building up more power for another attack, this was perhaps the luckiest thing he had ever done. The energy he built up would allow him to react to the immeasurable amount of energy Enjiiro just released. As the giant minotaur head rose up from the center of Enjiiro's being Sieghart quickly looked around to Enjiiro's men. "Damn if I don't do something they are going to get caught in this blast." Sieghart said as the maroon reiatsu exploded outwards.

Suddenly an idea popped into Sieghart's head. "Ha that might just be crazy enough to work," he exclaimed loudly. He then began shunpo'ing around at his max speed, which even for a wind element user was incredibly fast. He would shunpo from place to place forming a giant circle around the ever increasing blast and at each point he would release another of his special attacks Wind Shear. When he did this Sieghart would draw up air and expell it from his being creating tiny explosions of his own. These explosions being in a circular pattern eventually surrounded Enjiiro's attack containing the attack in a dome of Sieghart's own reiatsu. This however was not near enough to stop the attack. Sieghart's defense was spread out over several different spots were as Enjiiro's was coming from one point. This fact, added to the difference in the two soul reapers powers caused Enjiiro's maroon reiatsu to burst out of Sieghart's barrier. Even so, Sieghart had accomplished his goal, his barrier had reduced the blast so that none of Enjiiro's men would be seriously injured as it had bought them enough time to flee.

Now that he didn't have to worry about the squad eleven soul reapers, Sieghart could focus on getting himself out of this attack unharmed. The blast was just a few feet away at this point and instead of trying to out run it Sieghart did just the opposite. He drew up all the reiatsu he had left and focused it into the palm of his hand. The giant torrent of wind that had formed around Sieghart's arm took the form of a tornado with a wolf's head where Sieghart's hand should have been. As the torrent engulfed Sieghart's body the giant mass of maroon reiatsu hit. However instead of pushing Sieghart back, the mass of wind began to cut its way to the center of the explosion. It felt like a long time went by when in reality the entire debacle was over in mere seconds. Once the mass reached Enjiiro and the maroon reiatsu finally subsided the torrent of wind dispersed. Left standing where it had been was Sieghart his clothes ripped to shreds, and giant gashes running all along his body. He was covered in his own blood, beaten down, and crushed, but there he stood with his right arm coated in his shikai stretched over Enjiiro's right shoulder. As he stood there a small cut formed on Enjiiro's cheek. "Dammit," Sieghart wheezed, "I thought I had that." He bent down and rested on one knee as the blood flowed to the ground. Quietly laughing to himself he said, "Seriously though what a let down, I thought I could have reached you with that haha."

Standing back up Sieghart wobbly took a few paces away and turned back to face Enjiiro, still bleeding badly. "I guess my attack back fired a bit, these gashes were suppose to be for you." He said with a small smile. He released his Shikai and stood there holding his sword and sunk back down on to one knee. He was exhausted but knew that if he gave up now he'd never get stronger. He had to keep pushing himself and there was only one thing left to do. Drawing upon the full power of his Zanpakutou, Sieghart looked up to Enjiiro from his kneeling position and whispered the words, "Bankai, Fukyuu Ookami, Biribiri Sora." All at once several things happened. A gust of wind blew by, Sieghart was standing again and his sword had disappeared. In it's place were two armored arms coated in spiraling gusts of wind that led down to his palms, which were covered in pure reiatsu claws. Sieghart's back was suddenly adorned with two giant wings made of the wind itself and to everyones surprise all the cuts on Sieghart had stopped bleeding and began to heal.

Sieghart's new glowing light blue eyes burned into Enjiiro. "I guess it's time to pull out all the stops, huh?" He asked Enjiiro and continued without waiting for an answer, "Sometimes I honestly think that I might have chosen the wrong squad, I do so love to fight," and with that said the battle escalated to a whole new level.

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As soon as Enjiiro had released his Reiatsu, he felt that he might have went a little overboard. He watched as Sieg created a barrier to counteract Enjiiro's attack. Enjiiro couldn't keep up with Sieg's speed, so he just settled for tracking his movement via spiritual pressure. Enjiiro felt Sieg moving around at all angles at very high speeds, setting off what Enjiiro would describe as tiny explosions of power. To his astonishment, Sieg was actually able to pull off stalling Enjiiro's attack to give his men time to move outta the way. Enjiiro didn't mind due to him completing his goal of trying to outright block down Sieg's initial attack, and after he accomplished this, retook his stance.

Once back in his stance, Enjiiro noticed Sieg following up with another attack to try and completely stop his Reiatsu outburst. Sieg had made a giant torrent of wind with a wolf's head; and when it reached Enjiiro, subsided. Once everything settled, Sieg stood covered in cuts, scrapes, and tattered clothing. Enjiiro felt a cut open up on his face, and let a slight grin appear. Sieg looked a little on the bad side, even by Enjiiro's standards of injuries. Sieg took a few steps back and said something to Enjiiro about his attack backfiring, to which Enjiiro replied "Ah it wasn't that bad. You did manage to make contact, and that's more than I can say for most of my opponents." He then took another look at Sieg and was getting ready to ask him something about him being sure he didn't want to stop, when Sieg stood and released Bankai. When he did this, Enjiiro noticed that Sieg's cuts and bruises were healing at a rapid pace, as well as him gaining two Reiatsu claws and a pair of giant wings made of wind.

Enjiiro felt a slight raise in Sieg's spiritual pressure compared to Shikai, but knew that this wasn't his full amount of power at Bankai stage. Although he had lost all of his cuts and injuries, Enjiiro knew that Sieg was still exhausted in terms of spiritual pressure. Despite this fact, Enjiiro sensed a change in Sieg's eyes that told him that he hadn't given up yet. Enjiiro lived for fights like these, and loved to see the burning passion in his opponents eyes. He heard Sieg say something about choosing the wrong squad, to which Enjiiro replied "Ha, you know it's never too late to change over." Enjiiro knew that the battle had taken on a whole new level of intensity, but still remained in Shikai due to Sieg's relatively spent level of energy; and he wanted to give himself a challenge as well as Sieg a chance. He lowered down into his southpaw stance once more, and motioned for Sieg to bring it to him with all he had.

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"That might be a mistake Enjiiro." Sieghart said as the right side of his mouth pulled up in a smirk. "Ya i'm kinda exhausted right now due to my own stupidity for trying to take you head on, but my bankai shouldn't be taken lightly. I'm just warning you." As the last words left Sieghart's mouth the wind picked up violently once more throwing strong gusts at Enjiiro. As the wind distracted Enjiiro, Sieg tested out his new speed by shunpo'ing right behind Enjiiro, buffeting him with wind from the back and then quickly shunpo'ed back to his previous spot as if nothing happened. He would be very surprised if Enjiiro had followed his movements given how he was even faster in this form than in his Shikai, and due to this he had released a gust of wind behind Enjiiro to let him know that he had been there.

"Let's see if you can stop my attack this time. Surasshu!" Sieghart released five more blades of wind and they arced all around Enjiiro coming at him from all sides. Just like the last time they were invisible but this time they were twice as fast. As they flew towards Enjiiro, Sieghart began drawing up the wind around him and used it to speed up his own shunpo allowing him to surpass the attack he had just launched and fly around behind Enjiiro where he released five more blades of wind.

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Enjiiro heard Sieg talking, but wasn't listening to anything he was saying. When Sieg finished talking, Enjiiro said "You sure are doing alot of talking to be using your Bankai." After he said this he started to feel the wind pick up rather significantly. When Sieg used Shunpo, Enjiiro lost sight of him for a second and then resorted to tracking him by his spiritual pressure again. Enjiiro felt the gust of wind put out by Sieg when he had went behind him. He regained actual sight of him before he had gotten back to his original spot, and due to this, didn't react to the gust of wind.

Enjiiro thought to himself how foolish it was to do something like this, even in Bankai. He also picked up on what he thought was a trace of arrogance in his gesture. This pissed Enjiiro off immensely, but he didn't let it consume him, or show any signs of emotion towards what had just happened. Enjiiro was about to launch another attack, when Sieg launched one of his own. Enjiiro watched as the blades of wind came toward him at a very high speed, and was about to try to block them down; if it hadn't been for Sieg's hastiness, that is.

At sensing five more having been released behind him, he decided to take the simple way out. Enjiiro used Shunpo to squeeze through a gap he found between the front wave of wind-blades. Enjiiro arrived at his destination a couple of yards in front of where he had been standing. He faced Sieg and watched as the attacks collided with each other. A look of dissapointment flashed across his face, and he said "Such a shame, and I was just beginning to think you were gonna give me more of a challenge in your Bankai. That won't do. That won't do at all, I'm afraid." He returned to supressed state, sheathed his sword, and continued speaking "We are done for today. Your attacks are beginning to get sloppy, but don't let it get to you, you did exceptionally well today. I was impressed by your fighting while in Shikai, though your Bankai was missing enough energy to be any sort of a challenge for me. Thank you for agreeing to spar with me today. I think that my men have learned alot from watching us." With that Enjiiro began walking toward Sieg, and when he got close enough, stretched out his hand so as to shake Sieg's.

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As Sieghart watched his blades sail towards Enjiiro he felt his power drop sharply. "Damn I guess I'm worse off than I thought." Sieghart said, "Then again he is a captain what did I expect." He laughed to himself as Enjiiro easily slipped through his weak attack and sheathed his sword. Sieghart suppressed his zanpakutou and listened to Enjiiro's words. He felt some shame at not being able to put up more of a fight for Enjiiro, but was atleast relieved that Enjiiro seemed pleased with their fights outcome.

Sieghart stretched his hand out and gave Enjiiro a firm hand shake. "Just wait a few more years, I'm still young i'll get way stronger." Sieghart said smiling at Enjiiro and continued, "and when I do, i'm going to want a rematch."