Takami watched as Sato used his attack, copying the Arrancar's. "This better work, I'm not in the mood to take a Cero today..."thought Takami as he watched. Now, Takami decided to make another stand against the Arrancar. He forced his Reiatsu near the limit of what a Shikai state allowed. He fed it into his left hand, which glowed with concentrated Reiatsu. Then, he spoke. "Arrancar!!" yelled Takami. "You tried to hit my friends and I and now you will pay!!!" he continued. Then, Takami did a Shunpo to get in close and said "Hado #54: Haien!!" A blade of purple energy shot toward the Arrancar. Because Takami was far weaker than the Arrancar, the Kido would not inflict a serious wound if it hit. Takami only wanted to buy time to think of a strategy. He Shunpoed back to watch what happened.

[Minoru P.o.V]

I watched as the scarf on the arrancars neck burnt away to reveal a blood red #5 before he vanished with a buzz and I felt a sudden built up in spiritual pressure, looking up I watched as the Espada smashed two cero together in his hands before firing it as he laughed and yelled out 'Cero de comprimindo' He launched the cero when suddenly Lt.Sato fired off his own somehow 'must be his zanpakuto' I thought to myself as the two blasts met, Sato's was being overtaken as Taka used shunpo to close the distance between himself and the Espada to use Hado #54. In those moments I yelled out SHUNKO! as a white-ish like washed over me, using shunpo I drew both my blades and took off towards the clashing cero's and with a yell I swung my blades into it slowing the blast further as it began pushing me back.

[Veloz P.o.V]

I watched in slight surprise as one of the shinigami somehow used a less powerful version of my Cero de Comprimindo to try and counter my own, it held off momentarily until one of the other shinigami now 'cloaked' in a white-ish 'film' of reiastu rushed at the colliding attacks and added his own might to them slowing my cero down before he began being pushed back. While I had watched this unfold the 3rd shinigami of the group was using shunpo again to close in on me as he was yelling something. I noticed a large amount of reiatsu gathering in his palm as I drew my blades from my back and coated them in my blue/gold reiatsu. Turning to face the shinigami as he approached I heard him call out 'Hado #54 Haien' and a blade of purple energy shot towards me.

As the purple blade neared my I slashed my blades into it splitting it around me only for it to go by and 'blow' up in a group of tree's nearby. Ahaha that one might of hurt if I didn't block it shinigami! Good one! I burst into a fit of joy filled laughter, surely the shinigami would know I was enjoying this fight. Using Gemelos Sonido I created 5 speed clones between where I had been standing and the 3 shinigami before using another sonido to end up behind the first two. Slowly I began reaching out my senses into the ground finding shards of diamond and channeling reiatsu into them, my blades once again began glowing with my reiatsu as I prepared to use Kongo roto la lanza(diamond shard blast).

The arrancar used sonido, getting close to Mutsuhito and Takami. "Damn! You're quick!" Mutsuhito remarked, using his own shunpo to get behind the arrancar "we should have a race sometime." The shinigami smiled, thrusting his blade into the arrancar. Should he be successful, Mutsuhito would be able to use another cero blast from inside the arranccar's body. Should it fail, and the arrancar move away, he may stab his friend.

Takami felt a burst of Reiatsu travel through the ground. He knew that the Arrancar was about to try something. "What are you trying, Arrancar?" asked Takami. "Gonna dissolve the ground? Melt it to magma?" he asked. Above him, he noticed Minoru using Shunko and being pushed back by a Cero. Then, he noticed Sato aiming a strike at the Arrancar. Takami realized that if the Arrancar dodged Sato's strike, he would be stabbed and possibly run through with the blade. Takami did a Shunpo, moving away from the spot so that he would not be accidentally stabbed by Sato. Then, Takami began to feed Reiatsu into his blade. He planned to strike while the Arrancar was distracted with Sato's attack. "Ready or not, here I come, Arrancar!!!" yelled Takami. He did a Shunpo and then reappeared above the Arrancar. Takami fired a blade of fire down at the top of the Arrancar's head. He then stayed where he was to see the outcome of his attack.

[Minoru P.o.V]

As I struggled to hold the cero back I noticed the golden color of it starting to give way to an inner dark blue core that suddenly put more pressure against me. I was being thrown back faster as I noticed the Espada buzz around the field, suddenly there were five of him one was near Taka and Sato which Sato turned to attack as Taka shunpo'd away from it, just in time as Sato's blade passed through the clone. After Sado's attack passed through the image it began to dissipate as a fiery blade ripped through it to hit the ground below. With an audible gasp I found myself being pushed back even faster by the cero as it began pushing my blades closer to my body.

Damnit... I didn't want to use this.. The cero was now beginning to push me towards the tree line and I knew I had a slim window of time left. Suddenly my spiritual pressure skyrocketed as the wind began to rip around me, BANKAI! I yelled out, my blades shortened slightly as a longer chain formed on them, at the same time the golden hilts turned into dragons wrapping around my hands. With a yell I once again pushed my blades into the cero, pumping reiatsu into them they began to cut through the cero before successfully passing through it. The 4 separate pieces of the cero glanced passed me singeing my shoulders and neck before exploding in the tree line behind me.

Suddenly I saw the espada re-appear near Taka and Sato, I burst forth in a blast of shunpo reaching a faster speed than before as I charged the espada.


[Veloz P.o.V]

I watched in the back ground as two of the shinigami attack the closest speed clone to them, first a blade passed through it before the other shinigami used shunpo to appear above the clone and blast a blade of fire at it as it began to dissipate. I began laughing at their attempts to attack me when I suddenly felt a blast of wind and reiatsu. Looking towards where the third shinigami was combating my cero I saw a jade green aura of wind pick up around him as his shout of 'BANKAI' reached my ears.

The shinigami who entered bankai suddenly cut through my cero as it passed around him singeing his skin. Using sonido I was once again near the other two shinigami, charging my blades with reiatsu I thrust them into the ground. Suddenly with a burst of reiatsu the male was charging me, a trail of wind behind him. Yes!! I yelled out as I begun laughing, finally an opponent with some power. The shinigami was nearing as I urged the reiatsu charged shards to my blades, with a blast of reiatsu and a yell I slashed my blades through the ground towards the air bound shinigami. Kongo roto la lanza Was all I spoke at a mere whisper as seven 7" shards of diamond ripped through the ground towards the charging shinigami, who if hit directly would suffer several puncture wounds or deep lacerations. Following up the attack I began rising my reiatsu to the point of my spiritual pressure beginning to push down on everything.

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[ooc: quick note on Kongo roto la lanza, the reiatsu Veloz emitted into the ground in my earlier post not only surges into any diamond it finds, but also allows Veloz to manipulate the earth easier making it easy for him to draw the diamond from wherever it may be. When his reiatsu coated blades are thrust into the ground the diamond is pulled to them and collect on them, soaking in more reiatsu which powers the expansion when Raoul slashes the blads through the ground and 'fires' the newly formed larger diamond shards.]

What? Another sound clone? It was a good thing Takami dodged. Minoru broke, resorting to his bankai, prompting Mutsuhito to use his own-but suddenly, a diamond shard poked out of the ground, headed straight towards Minoru. Mutsuhito attempted to push his friend away as he used his bankai. "Walls of iron sand, a priestly pagoda, glowing ironclad fireflies. Standing upright, silent to the end..." Mutsuhito set up building a bit of tension before releasing his spell "Bakudo number seventy five, Gochūtekkan!" He brings his hands together in a clapping motion, and sets them up. A ring of five circles form over his clasped hands. As he slams his arms into the ground, the ring appears over the arrancar. If he doesn't doge, he'd be trapped by the five incredibly thick tall pillars created by the spell.

Takami watched as the blade of fire he shot hit one of the afterimages. "You gotta be kidding me!" shouted Takami in anger at the fact that he'd fallen for that simple trick. As Takami finished yelling, he heard another yell. He heard the word "BANKAI". He looked over and saw that Minoru had released his Bankai. It appeared that Sato was preparing to do the same. That was when shards of diamond shot from the earth towards Minoru. So that was what the Arrancar was up to... thought Takami. He noticed that Sato was attempting to push Minoru out of the way. Takami decided that he wanted to minimize injuries to anyone. He did a Shunpo and appeared in front of Minoru and Sato. He built up his Reiatsu as quickly as he could and then fed it into his blade. He then pointed his sword at the diamond shards and yelled "HI SHIRO!!!!". An 'X' of white fire slashed into the shards of diamond. "Yes! I...." Takami's cry of happiness trailed off as he noticed a severe pain in his left wrist and several locations on the side of his chest. Takami put his hand down and felt the pieces of diamond sticking out of his skin. Blood poured from several cuts. One by one, he ripped the pieces of diamond out of the cuts, a look of pain coming over his face each time he pulled one out. Blood spurted from each hole when he removed the diamond. A fierce look came over Takami's face as his Reiatsu flared around him once again. Now, Takami fed his Reiatsu into his blade and shot a blade of fire straight at the Arrancar.

[Minoru P.o.V]

As I charged in at the Espada I felt Sato suddenly push me away before using Bakudo 75. Meanwhile I watched as a cluster of diamond shards shot towards me from the ground, until suddenly my view was blocked by Taka who had taken the attack while trying to counter it with his Hi Shiro. I watched as he pulled the shards that had hit him from his body before he turned and gathered reiatsu into his blade and unleashed a blade of fire towards the Espada. Without a moments notice I appeared infront of both Taka and Sato using shunpo, my blades were glowing with reiatsu as I slashed them infront of me in a X pattern.WINDSCAR! I roared out as 3 massive wind blades ripped from each slash before they began tearing towards the Espada. After unleashing the attack I began funneling large amounts of reiatsu into my blades once again, knowing what I had planned would push my limits.

[Veloz P.o.V]

I watched in amusement as the shinigami worked to save each other from my Kongo roto la lanza, when finally one tried to counter it with something called Hi Shiro. I watched as the flames collided with the shards before they continued on and hit their target. A smile crept to my face as the shinigami stood there pulling the shards out of his body, meanwhile I failed to notice the bakudo that had just been cast.

About to lunge forward I was meet with another blade of fire, which I hastily blocked with my reiatsu coated blades. The flames rose over my blades as I blocked the attack, singeing my uniform further. Whats with you and these damn flames!! I roared as my reiatsu began to spike, at the same time five tall thick pillars appeared above me before they began to fall towards me. The bakudo trapped me as my reitasu continued to rise, the large bakudo was now beginning to shake from the strain of containing me.

At the moment of weakness in the bakudo the shinigami who had entered bankai yelled out a technique name as he slashed an X in the air infront of him. I watched as six vicious wind blades ripped towards me. As my reiatsu began to loosen the hold of the bakudo that had me trapped the blades connected, vicious winds ripping at myself and the bakudo as the area around me suddenly exploded in a blue and gold glow.

At the last moment I had released a large portion of my reiatsu which worked to dull the damage of the shinigami's attack and in conjunction with his attack my reiatsu destroyed the bakudo holding me. As I stood up, my form littered in many small bleeding cuts, I burst out into a great fit of laughter. NOW you guys are making this fun!! Show me some more shinigami! show me what your made of! As my reiatsu surged again for a moment I vanished with a buzz, I was using my normal Sonido to zig-zag my way to the shinigami in bankai as I swiftly sliced across my palm and began charging the smallest gran rey cero I could. If the shinigami were to catch sight of me through my sonido they would see a golden and electric blue glow in my hand.

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Just felt like it...

As Takami rushed to save Minor once again, Mutsuhito couldn't think anything else but "what a show-off". Another fire attack rushed from the shinigami's blade straight toward the arrancar, deflecting his attack. Minoru then preceded with his own attack. Mutsuhito quickly became astonished at how quickly the arrancar broke free of his attack. "Hehe, you're not bad" Mutsuhito said grabbing his zanpakuto, then using shunpo, speeding quickly to the side of the arrancar as he was charging another cero. "Nope!" Mutsuhito interrputed, swinging his sword straight towards the arrancar's neck. "Kaikaku!" he declared, with a tone of victory in his voice.

Takami felt a momentary sense of relief as the Arrancar lay imprisoned inside the Gouchutekkan. Then, something bad happened. The 70's level Bakudo began to shake! Takami saw Minoru prepare an attack, which he released as soon as the Bakudo crumbled. It appeared to do only slight damage to the Arrancar. That was when the Arrancar began to Sonido toward him, Sato, and Minoru. He saw a flash of blue and gold as the Arrancar neared, and from the feel of the Reiatsu, it was a Gran Rey Cero that was being charged. Gran Rey Cero... thought Takami. The most powerful Cero possible. he thought. He then noticed Sato's act of bravery. Sato was slashing at the Arrancar's neck even as the Arrancar got ready to shoot a Gran Rey Cero. Takami quickly pushed up his Reiatsu and fed it into his blade. Then, he lifted his glowing blade and spoke. "I'm gonna kill you now, Arrancar. Take this!!!" yelled Takami as he shot a blade of darkness in the direction of the still-forming Gran Rey Cero with the intent of blowing it up while it was in the Arrancar's hand.